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The first appeal in all Australian Catholic churches to help finance the tour of Pope John Paul looks like reaching the organisers' target of $1 million - and WA is among leading contributors. Of more than $900,000 banked already, Western Australia has given $116,480 or 13 per cent WA is reckoned to have 10 per cent of the Australian catholic population. Other percentages resulting from the 1600 churches canvassed for the appeal include: NSW 32 per cent; Victoria 26 per cent; Queensland 13 per cent; South Australia eight per cent and Tasmania four per cent. 'The support of the individuals in the Church will go a long way towards keeping the planning of the pope's visit running smoothly and to schedule. "I am extremely grateful to everyone who donated," said the national director Monsignor Walsh. "I know times are hard for many people and that cash donated was hard earned, so we will ensure it is spent wisely. "We said we hoped to raise a million dollars from the appeal, and we will go very close. "The whole project has given us a vote of support from the people in our parishes," he said. "What has been equally encouraging is the help we have already had from so many individuals and companics "Their donations of goods, services and staff have enabled us to manage this far," Monsignor Walsh said Another appeal will be held in all Catholic churches in September to meet the cost of facilities for special functions during the pope's visit.
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contact has been. Within his role as Augustinian Provincial for the lrish province, Father Cooney visits his men in the field end sees his office "as a sign of unity and liaises between the houses, keeping in touch with their activities. His area of concer involves visiting the lrish Augustinians in lreland, England, Scotland, Australia, the US, Equador
and Nigeria. Father Cooney is very impressed with the vitality of the Augustinian houses here in Australia and their close affinity with the people they serve. He is currently passing through Perth on his way to Rome, having visited the Augustinians in the eastern states. Drogheda, lreland, birth place of Father Cooney, was also by coincidence where I inter, viewed him for The Record article, June 14, 1984, "Why Irish Priests No Longer Come to Australia." Even in that brief meeting, he came across as an impressive man and well suited for his international liaising.
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tinians followed the people. Cairns then became their new centre. The Augustinians moved down to Brisbane in the 1950's and today have secondary Colleges in Brisbane and Sydney. They have been in Victoria for almost 100 years within the diocese of Sandhurst and serve in Kyabrim, Rochester and Echuca (which was an inland port). The order takes care of the South Yarra parish, in
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activities, about two years ago the Augustinians started a joint venture with the Scottish-English province, establishing a mission near Korea, where two of their men are learning the language. Father Cooney said in the lrish mission in Nigeria, the young men seeking to join the order are on the increase is a great sign for the future. 'This of course reflects my own optimistic outlook," said Father Cooney. "After all, as St Augustine reminds us, we are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song!" Father Cooney is due back in Ireland for the opening of the 16th centenary of the conversion of Saint Augustine, on Sunday at St John's Church, Dublin, where the Augustinians have served since the year 1280. Archbishop Kevin McNamara, Archbishop of Dublin will be chief celebrant and preacher at the Mass. [St Augustine became a Christian 1600 years ago this year and the Augustinians are planning liturgi-
cal celebrations, lectures and conferences to mark the event. The order's Prior general, Father Martin Nolan, OSA, an Irishman, launched "Centenary 16" at a press conference in St Ethelreda's, Ely Place, London last wek. Referring to St Augustine's prolific literary output - he is thought to have written well over a thousand books sermons and letters, including the influential massively "Confessions" and "City of God" -Father Nolan repeated the saying that anybody who claimed to have read all his works was a liar. Love was the driving force in St Augustine's life, Father Nolan said. He quoted a line from one of his homilies:"Love and do
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Father Barry outlined the new training philosophy of self discipline and self responsibility that depends less on authority from above but encourages each student to follow Christ to their ability with the help of the Holy Spirit. But he explained that the changeover was not easy erther for seminary staffs or for students Seminary staffs did not know why their students were asking questions in the aggressive period a decade or so back. No one knew. "Older professors found it hard. The decline in numbers led to a decline in morale and a lot of soul searching." "It is important to place that student unrest in the context of what was happening in the world and the attitude of seminarians in the context of their peers," he said. Father Barry used himself as an example of seminary training in a period when students were isolated from others in the world of their age, with little except holiday contact with parish life and a certain lack in leadership training. The seminary model did not encourage assertiveness or a confrontatrve style compared to a later phase when students were allowed to be more appropriately assertive.
He said that although changes in seminary life were under way before Vatican II in 1962, the decade following the council saw only cosmetic changes, mainly because there was no overall plan for change and staff and students and bishops were products of, and still happy with, a pre-Vatican II mentality. The fact that seminaries
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A recurring difficulty with being right, with taking even a positive stand in being right, is that it is only half the jouney. The real trouble comes in being seen to be right or convincing others. So found out Dr and Mrs Tralaagan who along with their real estate agent are now $1250 out of pocket after having dismissed tenants from a unit they let in the Sydney suburb of Hurstville. In Australia's tight rental situation most tenants do not like being bundled out of their residences for any reason but in this case Shane Burke and Julie Steer were moved on because they were not legally married but professedly living together. The Tralaagans were frank with their reasons: they are committed Anglicans and they feel they should not make money out of what they believe to be an immoral situation, nor be seen to be condoning it, they told an Equal Opportunity Tribunal. By co-oncidence the Tralaagans were found guilty the same week the NSW government published the notorious list of the real estate owners of Sydney's red-light premises. The disclosure unfortunately tumed into a Keystone cops comedy with Federal Police being mistakenly linked to one building, most people forgetting that for years the Commonwealth government secretly owned the notorious Roe Street brothels in Perth which had been confiscated from a German national as war booty. On the face of it the Sydney landlords' quarrel appears to be with the tribunal. So much for the much touted new era of human rights when an Equal Opportunity Tribunal sees no difficulty in imposing its view that although Christians had a right to their beliefs they should not impose them on others when it comes to renting a residence .... ! But the Tralaagans' problem is more complex than that. The tribunal said the tenant couple were discriminated against. The Tralaagans said they know many people who live together and thay they don't refuse to talk to them just because they don't agree with them. The couple have discovered, to their cost, that the language of communication has been changed while they were not watching. This is no better illustrated than by the fact that the English language can find no suitable tenn for a new situation. It resorts to the Latin expression 'de facto wife' to describe the union of Julie Steer with Shane Burke. It has not been sudden. A welter of amendments, deletions, additions, exceptions has been surreptitiously introduced into government regulations to the extent that the married may well ask what are the legal and civil advantages of being publicly declared a man and wife. The Tralaagans' dilemma goes far beyond any moral question whether Shane Burke, Julie Steer and thousands co-habiting like them are doing anything 'wrong'. The Tralaagans have lost this round because they have been neatly shunted on to some high ground where they are made out to be moral snobs, and worse still Christian moral snobs. They should need no defence by the Anglican dean of Sydney or indeed any Church or faith. The defenders should be the millions of generations of men and women, atheists, agnostics or believers who have leamt the elementary human lesson that people are happier, that love is safer, when a couple's commitment is public and respected. As if the hundreds of thousands of deserted, stranded and penniless solo parents are not an already sufficient indictment of a system that won't be happy until all protection of family rights are tom to shreds. do we need equal opportunity tribunals and trendy couples to lecture humankind that it has been wrong all these thousands of years in practically every culture on earth in asking for public, profession of and respect for committed love between spouses? It's a pity that it has been left to a couple of devout Sydney Anglicans to say so.
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LONDON: Recruiting suitably qualified Catholic teachers is one of the main problems facing Catholic education today Bishop Hannigan, Chairman of the Catholic Education Council, told the annual conference of the Catholic Teachers' Federation. He said "Slightly more than one in three teachers in our Catholic secondary schools is not a Catholic. 'When one considers that some of our excellent Catholic teachers are fully employed in their own special subjects and that not every Catholic teacher can be said to be a pillar of Holy Mother Church, this can cause difficulties in providing the religious education and formation which are the very raison d'etre of our schools". Mr Michael Bovill, secondary adviser to the Catholic Education Council also referred to the supply of committed Catholic teachers. He said teachers teach by what they are. In ensuring an adequate supply of Catholic teachers, urgent consideration needs to be given to the overall aims of our Catholic colleges and to the priority given to their tradrtional role of teacher training to the attraction of more Catholics to the colleges and to the recruitment of Catholic teachers from University schools of education. The curriculum should be taught by those who are aware of and in sympathy with Catholic teachmngs
BELFAST: Northern Ireland Catholics now feel less isolated because of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, according to the Irish Primate, Cardinal O. Fiaich. He gave his first detailed comments on the working of the agreement in an interview on RTE Radio recently.
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the country last year for alleged involvement in subversive acts. The Church's representatives at the talks were Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega, president
US backed rebels seeking to overthrow the Marxist-leaning regime.
to hold monthly meetings and to prepare lists of concerns to be shared at the next session. After the meeting, Interior Minister Tomas Borge told The New York Times the government was prepared to review the cases of 10 priests who were expelled from
The government representatives were Rene Nunez, secretary of the Sandinista National Directorate, and Rodrigo Reyes, minister of the presidency. In a pastoral letter in April 1984, the bishops offered to negotiate a settlement between the Sandinista government and the The bishops repeated their mediation offer last April.
John Paul urges educationists Cl1Y: Pope John Paul II, criticising modern societies that "impose silence on God", Catholic urged teachers to stress the connection between religion and culture. Teachers should help their students begin a dialogue between the real world and the critical conscience, the pope told a group of Italian middleschool teachers. VATICAN
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Other modern cultures are so lost in "earthly things" they are unable to even formulate questions about the meaning of life and human values, he said. "The school and culture cannot allow themselves to be imprisoned in such narrow visions," the pope said. He said the proof of man's spiritual side is found in the arts, sciences, philosophy, literature and music of our age, which all are expres-
sions of a yearning for truth, beauty and harmony. The teacher's role, he said, is to recognise the positive values of modern culture and above all to help young people develop confidence in the capacities of intellect and reason. Quoting St Augustine, the pope described human reason as the foundation of religious faith.
He criticised fideism, the philosophy holding faith has no basis in reason but must be accepted on authority.
The pilgrim painter who sat with easel, brushes and water colours at Assisi was summoned to lunch by bis bosts the /Franciscans as "Fra Carlo" in other words, Prince Charles. For 30 minutes alone and in silence he had painted at the Castle at Assisi before dining. The Prince and his cousin Lady Sarah Armstrong-lones are the guests of the Marquess Vittorio Frescobaldi and the
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He said the agreement might serve to ease the Catholic's sense of alienation, but in a more symbolic sense, than in any other way. The Irish government's right to express views and make proposals in the Anglo-Irish Council led Catholics to feel less isolated. An Anglo-Irish Office in Belfast, manned by civil servants from the Republic, means Catholics now have an official way to make their feelings known, whether of grievance or disapproval. The cardinal admitted to being "a little bit depressed about the situation Polarisation had increased between the communities because of the opposition to the agreement from a wide spectrum of the Protestant community He expected an additional outburst of opposition which would gradually die down, but he didn't see much indication of that happening He said he had not seen any other issue on which Protestant moderates and extremists had come together so closely. He was disappointed with some of the comments on the agreement by the Northern Ireland Secretary Mr Tom King The secretary said the agreement would be a bulwark against a united Ireland and there would be no possibility of a united Ireland. Cardinal O. Fiaich felt this could have an impact on the Nationalist community which had shown its support for the agreement to the present Nationalists might begin asking themselves whether the agreement deserves support if the secretary's statements were valid This might eliminate Nationalist support for the agreement, he said, without winning the vast majority of Unionist support, which the agreement was striving to attain The cardinal said his view of the agreement was the same as that expressed by the Catholic bishops last November They hoped it would make a genuine contribution to peace and reconciliation "I think it has a lot of potential in it for all sides," he said.
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share an equal dignity, Pope John Paul II said at his April 9 general audience. Biblical texts show "that man and woman are given by God equal dignity as persons," the pope said. Despite the sin of Adam and Eve, he added, man and woman "still possess the dignity of bearing the image and likeness of
God,"
This dignity, he said, also shows in their tree will and ability to think and reason. 'While maintaining a basic dependence on God," the pope said, "they remain responsible for their own decisions and actions in life. 'When man and woman exercise dominion over created things, and especially when they co-operate with God in transmitting life, they become a particular expression of the glory of God the creator," the pope said.
has urged the government to withdraw from the Organisation of Islamic Countries. 'To elevate one religion to the status of a state religion is clearly against our constitution," the bishops said. The OIC charter provides the head of state and foreign minister of member nations must be Moslems. "How can Nigeria guarantee this, unless it entrenches the absurdity of making political leadership the exclusive preserve of a particular religious group?" the bishop asked.
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ragua's ambassador to the Organisation of American States, said he is still a Catholic priest, but not a clergyman. Father Parrales is one of four Nicaraguan Catholic priests who were ordered by their superiors, with the Vatican's strong support, to resign their government posts or lose their right to function as priests. The priest-diplomat said he made his choice and began petitioning for laicisation in 1983.
He said his choice was "linked to the situation we were confronting by the hardening of the church position." When the Nicaraguan bishops set an August 1984 deadline for the resignations. Father Parrales said he was ready. "I did it. I made my choice" to leave the active priesthood, the 42-year-old diplomat said. "And then they (the Vatican) said no."
OTEGUCIGALPA (NC) A Canadian missionary has been killed in Honduras and two Nicaraguans have been accused of the murder. Father William Arsenault was shot just after dinner at his mission in Zamoranito, 19 miles east of the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa. The two Nicaraguans were being held by Honduran officials who reportedly accused them of killing the priest during a robbery attempt. The government has also described the two.as "subversives". Eyewitnesses and the Nicaraguan government alleged either right-wing Hondurans or Nicaraguan "contra" rebel forces stationed in Honduras are responsible for the killing.
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social and political oppression." The caution is a twofold warning. The first is that Catholic social activism must be rooted in the Church's primary mission of freeing people, spiritually, from sin. The second is that cannot theologians borrow uncritically Marxist concepts such as class warfare and the legitimacy of violence in analysing social structures and means of overcoming injustice. Cautiousness has been a trademark of the Vatican's official approach toward liberation theol-
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The Vatican worries that some branches of the liberation theology movement are headed in the same direction as partisan political movements which see socioeconomic and political progress as their primary mission. At the same time Church officials do not want to blunt the renewal of interest and involvement in Catholicism, especially in Third World regions, which has been stimulated by Catholic social activism. The activism is seen by many as an important means of evangelising people by meeting their immediate needs.
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VATICAN CllY (NC) Here is the Vatican text of a summary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's document on liberation theology, titled "Instruction on Christian Freedom and Liberation." It was released at the Vatican on April 5. With the publication of its instruction on "Christian Freedom and Liberation," the Congregation for the doctrine of the Faith offers this summary of the instruction's text. It contains a resume of the outline and principal points of the document without pretending to reproduce the complete and authoritative substance of the original. Needless to say, for an accurate understanding of its contents or for any problems of interpretation, the actual text of the instruction should be consulted. The Church of Christ is in solidarity with the great aspiration for freedom which moves people and whole polulations today in a dramatic way. She knows that Christ, by his death and resurrection, has freed man from sin and from the power of death, thereby ushering in the era of full freedom. In fact, where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Christ said, 'The truth shall make you free." (Jn 8.32)
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The demands made upon us by our community living teach us to have realistic desires. Only in truth and justice is human liberty orientated toward the good and toward happiness. Only disaster results when man forgets he is a creature made in the image and likeness of God and that in his dependence on God his freedom is exalted.
Yearning clearest of signs The yearning for freedom is a "sign of the times" for us today and it is among the clearest
of signs. Still, it is not restricted exclusively to the contemporary world. The Renaissance and the Reformation both expressed this desire for freedom and it had its culmlnatlon In the Enlightenment and In the French Revolution. From then on history was conceived of as a real and true liberation of cosmic dimensions. Humanity would finally be able to enjoy concrete and total peace. The modern era promised the liberation of man in three areas: liberation from domination by the forces of nature, from political social injustice, and finally the liberation of the individual who
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What is freedom? The common response today might be that a person is free who can do what he wants, without exterior constraints. But each of us quickly sees that man desires much more than he is capable of achieving: our being is contigent, limited.
would free his intellect and will from every bond. The process which was born of these goals has unquestionably had positive results. But it is not possible to conceal the fact that in each of the fields mentioned more problems have emerged than have been solved. Freedom is still today under oppression and is menaced by new dangers.
To deny this is the lie which contemporary atheism has made its own. It is a lie which is fascinating but fatal, since it promises man the place of God. Liberation in time, when it is authentic, cannot prescind from the notion of that freedom of which we have a
cribed as that great mass of yearnings, plans, actions, struggles, sufferings and events which tend to promote and guarantee the conditions which the excercise of authentic human liberty requires Freedom is a given, it is in fact at the beginning of the process of liberation which allows it to be excercised and developed But what kind of freedom is it which God gives to mankind, that from the desire for freedom there emerge ever newer forms of slavery and even the processes of liberation are transformed into processes of oppression? Without an answer to this question, there is no really trustworthy way to obtain freedom and liberation Our faith teaches us evil lies not in freedom, but in sin: the breakdown of the relationship with God is the cause of the continued failures of mankind But this is hardly evident to society today But even today it remains possible to discover just what sin is by returning to the nature of freedom itself and to the use that man makes of it. In his desire for freedom, man discovers the temptation to lie to his very nature. He wants to forget that he is a creature, he wants to become like God (cf. Gn
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The ethical-social dimension of liberation is a consequence of its salvific dimension. It is impossible, therefore, to reduce redemption to its temporal aspects Christ, however, in returning to man his true liberty, gives his a duty: to realise the commandment of love, to practice this love in every circumstance The commandment of Jesus is the foundation of Christian social morality. It is justice and love which have given form to social doctrine This doctrine. born of the Gospel message, uses the resources of wisdom and human science It offers principles for reflection, criteria for judgment and directives for action ts purpose is to remove situations of injustice and misery and promote the civilisation of love. The very dignity of man requires this. This teaching brings with it rights and duties. It is here that the two foundations of social doctrine rest: the principle of solidarity and the principle of subsidiarity The first calls for the Church's opposition to every form of individualism. The second says no to collectivism. In a positive way, these fundamental criteria affirm the primacy of the person over the structure From all of this there arise precise directives for action. Among them • It is necessary to educate for freedom. There is no authentic liberation where there is no respect for the rights of persons to freedom • A "no must be said to the systematic recourse to violence as the necessary way to liberation, but the church proclaims that an end mu t be made also to violence against the poor. She condemns police oppression and every form of injustice produced n systems of govern ent She holds as unacceptable the passivity of public powers in confronting situations where power 1s abused
Once there was a man who wished there were four of them that he might believe more of them - HILAIRE
BELLOC God must have been a real loner before He made things, with noone else around? What did He do all day? God exists, but what does He do? What is His action? What is His life? The divine life consists in the co-eternal union of three equal persons, in whom plurality destroys solitude, and unity division; whose thought corresponds, whose love is mutual, and who, in that marvellous communion, identical in substance, distinct in personality, form together an ineffable association of light and love. Such is the essence of God, and such is His life, both powerfully expressed in those words of the Apostle St John! There are
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• The Church does not accept the theory which sees in the class struggle the structural dynamism of the social life. In fact such a theory subjugates man to a pretended "law' of history which denies his freedom. • The Church rejects the myth of revolution which is founded on the conviction that the demolition of an unjust system is sufficient to make society more human. This leads to a devaluation of a methodical approach to reforms and lays the foundation for totalitarian regimes. • Some situations of grave injustice require bold and radical reforms and the suppression of unjustified privileges, but one may never use unjust and criminal means. If the magisterium considered the recourse to armed combat a last resort to put an end to clear and prolonged tyranny (cf. "Progressio Popolorum," No 31) still the application of this principal can only be suggested after a thoroughgoing analysis of the situation. In light of continual technological development and the growing danger implied in the recourse to violence, what is today called "passive resistance" offers a better way to maintain moral principles which is no less promising of success • ln the face of the anxious cries for justice which call for profound transformations in various parts
of the world, the Church urges all the faithful (in particular the laity) and men of good will to build a civilisation of labor, to promote solidarity, and to foster the access of everyone to culture. The Gospel of labour, founded upon the existence of Jesus of Nazareth, teaches us how work shows forth all its nobility and fruitfulness in the light of the mysteries of creation and redemption. Labour can well be defined as the key to the whole social question. It is the centre of man's life. Christian social teaching defends the priority of labour over capital and proclaims as legitimate and right the participation of workers in every possible area to realise and promote the common good of the nation and among the nations. Solidarity is a necessity which flows directly from human and supernatural brotherhood. Initiatives should be advanced which foster solidarity at increasing levels: between individuals, organisations, and ultimately among peoples. Affluent nations have precise responsibilities toward the impoverished. This springs from the principle of the final purpose of all things as well as from the principle of solidarity. Justice desires this and imposes the task of coming to a revision of the
relations of commercial exchange between North and South. Finally, it is indispensable the great book of culture be opened to everyone. This is the way in which a man becomes more himself. Th Church invites all Christians to this great undertaking in virtue of her mission for the salvation of the world. Within this missionary dynamism, she proposes to accept the challenge of inculturation, which consists in grafting upon the ancient trunk of Christianity the authentic values of diverse cultures. The result is the transformation of those values and a greater rooting of Christianity in the various cultures of humanity. Liberation and Christian Freedom God has not abandoned his creation. He has not allowed that history, marked by sin, should push man to the brink of despair. The death and resurrection of Christ fulfill the promise of salvation and make the Gospel
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ity. The Church would betray her own mission if she did not denounce oppression and slavery. She is equal to this task because God has entrusted to her those words of truth which illumine history and that love which compels her to unite with those who suffer. The Beatitudes, read in the context of the Sermon on theMount, express the spirit of the kingdom of God which is to come. In light of definitive destiny of history, they are seen more and more clearly as the foundations of justice in the temporal order. In fact, the Beatitudes identify justice against the background of a transcendant order of which it is a function. This, without taking away from the temporal its own proper consistency, attributes to it its correct role in the drama of salvation.
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HE LAITY This week the NC Religious Education Package introduces a 13-week series on the laity and the Church. The theme is especially relevant now as the Church prepares for the 1987 world Synod of Bishops on the laity. Lawrence Cunningham sets the stage by suggesting an interesting definition of saints as persons whose lives are so formed by the Gospel that they become models for others. With this definition in mind, Cunningham adds that in every parish there are ordinary people leading extraordinary lives parents raising children with debilitating illnesses, adult children caring lovingly for disabled parents. Cunningham is professor of religion at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Suzanne Elseesser interviews a nurse and a businessman to find what connections they see between their work and their faith. For Virginia Baker, nursing among the poor in the South Bronx gives daily proof of how the Gospel lives -in people reaching out to help each other, Ms. Elsesser is a free-lance writer living in Larchmont, N.Y. Katharine Bird interviews Ukrainian Catholic Myron Kuropas of DeKalb, Ill., who tells about the direct connection he sees between his faith and his work as a teacher and a justice advocate. Ms. Bird is associate editor of the NC Religious Education Package Father John Castelot says that for early Christians, making an impact on the world around them was not easy since they were considered members of an outlaw religion. Different Christian communities developed amazingly different stances toward the world, depending on time and place, he adds.
There is an inclination to see the saints as otherworldly figures, haloed in a golden world of art and stained glass. The saints are part of tradition but they are, at the same time, beyond us. Even those contemporary figures often thought of as saints - one thinks instinctively of Mother Teresa of Calcutta - seem beyond what we are or would even dare to be. Do we look, perhaps, in the wrong place? If the saints are thought of as those whose lives are so formed by the Gospel that they become models for others -- and serving as models is surely one way of defining a saint - then in searching for them we might look a little closer at ordinary experience, since it is our own immediate circumstances
that most influence our character and outlook on life. For a Catholic, that includes a consideration of
parish life. Every Sunday, in every parish, people
gather for the liturgy. Some attend from habit, others come out of compulsion, some from a genuine felt need, still others out of an intense longing for worship. Every parish is a microcosm of the great Church It is to the particular parish community that I would direct your attention. When we look closely at "our" pansh we can find many ordinary people who live extraordinary lives. The great undiscovered resource of Christian spirituality in contemporary Catholic life is to be found in the hidden and unacknowledged sanctity of the people of God.
Who does not know of parents who
care for a child who is mentally or physically afflicted not only out of
a sense of parental duty but out of a deep and abiding love? How many people around us care for an elderly parent or sustain and nurture an addicted spouse? How many single parents live heroically as they sustain their families in an atmosphere of prayer and devotion? Does not every parish have people
who are always ready to go the extra mile not only for the needs
of the parish but for the larger community in need?
These are the people who edify. That word, "edify,"has a sort of pious ring to it. But recall that its Latin root, "edificare," means to build up. I would argue that they are the persons who give credibility to the Gospel, they encourage us in our own faltering efforts, just as they fudge us for our own lacks and deficiencies.
While we still look to the great official saints of the Church, I think we should also turn to these saints. They are close to us and, in their closeness, they demonstrate that the Gospel enriches, deepens and magnifies our lives. It is for that reason that they, like the great saints, are a sign of God's presence
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who has a literary gift and a spiritual sensitivity who could chronicle the lives of those who live out the gospel message with seriousness and love. That book should start, not with the luminaries who make the magazines and the TV documentaries, but with the people who sit in the adjacent pew to us each Sunday.
In the beautiful Piazzale Michelangelo that overlooks the city of Florence, Italy, there is a small monument to
its architect. The inscription reads: "If you seek his true monument, look around you," I would apply the same words to the subject of contemporary sanctity.
If you want to find evidences of it in
the modern world, simply begin looking around at those who gather with you each week to celebrate the Church's liturgy. There you will find, as one could find all over the world, those who build up the body of Christ which is the Church
A young woman pays a visit to a resident of retirement home. A priet distributes food to the ndy from the back of his vw, Saints are commonly tiought of as heros from a age gone by but if one loks around we can find ordinary people living erraordinary lives. (NC pitos from UPl and Chris Sridan March 31, 1986)
faith in the day-to-day work they do: One is a nurse, the other a vice president in a multinational corporation. Virginia Baker goes almost daily as a visiting nurse to housebound patients. She bathes them, dresses wounds, gives injections and medications - and she listens to the voices of patients and their families who often live in shattering poverty and who many times possess an incredible peace and dignity "1 choose to work here, she says, because I feel this is where I should be, working with the poor. I see that I have something good that I can put to use for people." But what Ms. Baker describes of her work centres not so much on what she is doing. but on what the people she serves are giving back to her "]gee the power of love and caring in the way people reach out and help each other For me that's how the Gospel lives and l see it everyday. It is a privilege to have the skills to work in this area," she states with quiet sincerity "1 amn constantly being gifted by the people I
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When Pope John Paul II announced plans for the November 25- December 8, 1985, extraordiary n session of the world Synod of Bishops, he said that one of the synod's aims would be to examine ways of furthering Vatican ll's work in the light of new needs.
The church is looking for adults willing to listen to young people, to spend time with them and to create environments in which youth can try out their ideas, she suggests. These adults need to be credible -their actions need to match up with their words, she adds. Undoubtedly the needs of youth would rank high on most lists of current church concerns. How is the church to communicate with contemporary young people, who represent the church's future?
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Joseph was tired after a long day in school. He was only IO and would have liked to play. But his father had a small coal business and needed Joseph's help. "We still have a load of coal to deliver before dark," he told his son many evenings. Joseph knew how hard his parents worked so that he could go to school. So he willingly helped even when he was tired. He knew many other children in Belgium were not so lucky. He could hear their wooden shoes on the cobblestone street before the sun rose in the morning. He heard them walking home in the dark at night. Workers were dragging children younger than he off to factories, mills and mines to work 12 or more hours every day. As he grew, Joseph thought often of these working children. As a teenager he decided to become a priest. He wanted to spend his life helping workers. Joseph was ordained a priest in I906 when he was 24. His bishop sent him to the university to study the Church's social teachings Later he was sent to a parish in Brussels. to serve thousands of poor workers He soon realised the best hope for changing the conditions that kept working men and women in subjee tion was to help young
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T Continuing the Pathways extended feature on laity in the Church. When Pope John Paul II announced plans for the November 25 December 8, 1985, extraordinary session of the world Synod of Bishops, he said that one of the synod's aims would be to examine ways of furthering Vatican ll's work in the light of new needs. The church of 1986 is looking for adults willing to listen to young people, to spend time with them and to create environments in which youth can try out their ideas. These adults need to be credible their actions need to match up with their words, she adds. Undoubtedly the needs of youth would rank high on most lists of current church concerns. How is the church to communicate with contemporary young people, who represent the church's future?
The lay person who participates in Mass for an hour on Sunday and who gives two hours during the week to a parish activity still spends less than 2 per cent of the time in Church. Ninety-eight per cent of that lay person's time is spent at work, or at home, or in school. Meetings to attend, children to raise, bills to pay, home repairs to attend to, grocery shopping to complete these constitute the stuff of the lay person's life. It so happens that plans are under way for a meeting of bishops from throughout the world to discuss precisely this person: the lay person. But what's to discuss? What does the stuff of the lay person's life have to do with the Church? The planned meeting of the bishops is expected to take place in Rome during the fall of 1987. It is called the world Synod of Bishops. Its theme "Vocation and Mission of the Laity in the Church and in the World 20 Years After the Second Vatican Council. This edition of Faith Today is the first of several planned on aspects of the lay person's life in light of the upcoming synod. When the bishops meet they will, of course, discuss the two per cent of the time that lay people actually do spend in Church. For today, lay people distribute the Eucharist, serve as readers, participate in parish councils, provide religious education and fulfill many other key tasks in the Church. Moreover, many lay professionals today hold fulltime positions in the Church. Their roles will be discussed during the synod. But the 98 per cent of the time most lay people spend apart from Church premises will also be a major interest of the synod. If the lay person's Christianity means much, it has to mean something during that time. Planners of the synod have already noted that the Church's lay people have a particular opportunity to humanise the culture around them. They make the world more human through their work, and in their families and friendships. They also do so, for example, when they vote or take some action to change the world.
Little chance
Politica realities in Rome
It was practically impossible for the first Christians to make a direct contribution to the marketplace or to the world of political realities. According to the law of Rome, they
were members of an illicit cult -- and outlaws have to lie low. Still, the first Christians had to live in this very real world. Devel-
oping a working relationship with it was
not easy.
In fact, there was no uniform policy on this. Different communities sometimes adopted amazingly different stances, depending on time and place. One solution would have been flight from a hostile society. But St Paul, for one, never suggested that the first Christians go off somewhere to become free of the world These Christians had a mission to the world. How they would carry it out only time would tell. For the present they were to influence society by their Christian example (Philippians 2:14) Writing to the community at Rome, seat of imperial law
and order, Paul urged the Christians to be dutiful citizens. If they are living good lives, they have nothing to fear from the government (Rom. 13:7).
The author of the pastoral
letters, writing in Paul's name - the letters to Timothy, for example gave much the same advice. But now the motivation was a bit different. He addressed communities at the turn of the first century. By then Christianity had spread, communities had become settled. Except at times of open persecution. the Christians could live untroubled if they kept
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a low profile.
However, this meant that people in general knew of the Christians only by rumour. There is evidence that the rumours were
vicious To allay rumours of wild
disorderliness, the Chris-
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Just and true by KA THERINE BIRD
Myron Kuropas, a year 3 teacher, finds himself taking more than a passing interest in some public issues, especially those he
thinks involve justice and injustice. He traces this interest back to growing up a Ukrainian Catholic and to the philosophy and religion courses he took in the early 1950s. "Often it is an unconscious, instinctual response," he said, "I . react to certain situations in a certain way. I become angry at injustice and feel the need to do something about it." That response to injustice has led Kuropas down some intriguing paths. Often the issue involves human rights. A few months ago, a Ukrainian seaman jumped ship and asked for asylum in the United States. Kuropas and others travelled to New Orleans to support him and "to call attention" to what they considered an injustice. Kuropas felt they failed, since they believe the sailor was forced to rejoin his shipmates. Since then, Kuropas has continued his interest in asylum situations, testifying in the Senate and working to investigate US .. asylum policy. For 13 months he served as a special assistant on ethnic affairs in Washinton, DC, for President Ford. While working for Senator Robert Dole, Kuropas served as a liaison with the Helsinki Commission, the intergovernmental body which monitored Soviet compliance with the Helsinki Accords.
to make direct contribution
by Father JOHN CASTELOT tians were urged to present an orderly image to the world. Family life was to be above reproach. Solid citizens should be selected as their leaders. If you read the criteria for selecting overseers and elders, you can't help noticing that the criteria have nothing especially "Christian" about them. Candidates must be once-married, modest, hospitable, sober,
gentle, good managers of their households, "well thought of by those outside the Church (1 Timothy 3:7).
All people have a place in the Church to worship and to help others and
themselves.
In fact, that seems to be a
prime preoccupation: presenting a good, non-threatening image to the world. At the other extreme is the author of the book of revelation, named John. In the
Churches to which he wrote, the trade guilds
posed a special problem. Every craft had its guild, and every guild had its religious ritual. Could a Christian participate? Or must the Christian drop out and face financial ruin? For John, to compromise with pagan rites, no matter how indifferent some might judge them, was out of the
Kuropas said he thought his knowledge of the Ukrainian Church in the Soviet
Union provided Senator Dole with a perspective he wouldn't otherwise have had.
have had. For Kuropas, what he does with his free time and what he does on the job are ways of making
life in the workaday world consistent with his
religious values. He thinks the pope is "right on target" in calling on lay Christians to be visible and outspoken in the arena of public affairs.
A teacher uses the comic page to make a point to his class. One teacher, Myron uropas, who teaches third grade, views his teaching as part of his apostolate. "Thirdgraders have a strong moral sense and if an adult addresses issues with a vale orientation, that person can have a real impact on the future," he says. (NC photo hy Paul Conklin)
Charlie Lockwood was born at Queenstown (now Cobh) in Country Cork in the south-west of Ireland on December 5, 1914. He was educated in Liverpool and had various jobs before becoming a regular soldier in the
General Montgomery was certainly living up to the peppery reputation he had gained, thought Charlie Lockwood and the others responsible for watching over him during his visit to wartime Gibraltar. They agreed he didn't care who he tore strips off while other people were well and truly within listening range. In loud and ringing tones clearly audible to Charlie and his colleague just outside the door, he had even dressed down such an August personage as the British Governor of Gibraltar, for instance. For the whole time he was on the Rock he had treated the security people who were constantly with him with absolute disdain, not even favouring them with a nod.
British Army before World War II in which he served at Gibraltar. He rejoined the Army after the war and had postings in England, Austria and East Africa before coming to WA in 1967. Here he worked for Attwood Motors and later Brisbane and Wunderlich (now Bristile) from which he retired after having been stores foreman and president of the company's social club. Charlie, who became a Catholic in 1973, is an acolyte and reader at Our Lady's Assumption Church in Dianella and chairman of the parish committee which helps disabled people.
All and sundry were glad
when he finally left the place.
They had no idea then but they'd all been subjected to one of the greatest cons of all time. The fellow was not Montgomery, but a former actor who was a second-lieutenant in the Pay Corps. It was a brilliant intelligence charade succesfully designed to fool the Nazis with regard to Monty's whereabouts at a critical stage of the war. This is just one of the many memories Charlie has of his 12-year stint at Gibraltar, a place he reached along a life path studded with variety. When he was little more than a baby shortly after the outbreak of World War I he moved with his mother, a nurse, from his lrish birthpl ace of Queenstown to Liverpool in England Mother was busy on wartime nursing and father was away fighting with the British Army, so Charlie and his brother were entrusted to the care of a succession of orphanage-type homes while they gained their education at schools in Liverpool and nearby Wales. Charlie passed a scholarship examination which would have paid his tuition fees, but he had to pass it up because mother did not have the money for uniforms, books and other necessities. Father, at this stage after the war, was away at sea as a ship's steward. The youngster's first job was cleaning the driving chains on the Foden steam trucks of a carrying firm, but he quirt because the clothes-cleaning costs entailed in the messy task Just about equated his wages In a series of subsequent jobs, one that he enjoyed was working as a laboratory assistant for a pharmaceuticals manufacturer. He impressed his employers to the extent they offered him the opportunity to study analytical chemistry, but the 50 pounds necesary to start the course was an insurmountable obstacle. Then came a chance to start a blacksmithing apprenticeship at the Harland and Wolfe shipbuilding yards across the Mersey River from the city of Liverpool, but the public transport fares for getting to and from work would have gobbled up his wage of two shillings and sixpence a
A wartim e secret agent
A Congregational minister wrote a glowing letter, but in the course of it he oommrtted the gaffe of mentioning that the youngster was only 15% years old. The recruiting man, seeing the disappointment on the lad's face, asked. "Are you interested in boxing? In fact he was and pretty good at the noble art, too. The recruiter provided him with a note and told him to take it to Colonel Alban known as The Bull -at Seaforth Barracks On reading the note the colonel, a boxing fanatic, took him to the gym and put him in the ring with a soldier named Corbett (not Gentleman Jim) The officer was pleased with Charlie's performance, a facweek. tor that enabled him to join "f I go into the army," with his father's permission Charlie thought, "T'II get three the King's Regiment meals a day, all my clothing (Liverpool). and a roof over my head and During his six months' rooI'll be able to give mother half kie training at Seaforth he got my pay." such a surfeit of boxing he : The recruiting sergeant was determined never even to amenable to the idea, but watch it again. pointed out that Charlie When he posted to the 2nd would have to produce a Battalion of the regiment he character reference from a was immediately asked to worthy citizen. join the unit boxing team, and
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his adamant refusal made him quite unpopular. After 6/ year's army service including some training as an electrician, he joined the General Post Office and topped the cable-laying course at the GPO training school at Dulwich Hill, Lon-
don. His rise from unskilled labourer to supervising inspector was rapid, but he resigned after a time through events arising from his refusal to take bribes An impoverished period ended early in 1939 when he secured the position of stok controller of the airframe factory of Rootes Secunties, a job terminated when he was called back to the army from the reserve on September 1, 1939 -two days before war was declared. Gilbraltar, to which Charlie was posted, did not initially impress him. He found nothing attractive about the barren rock. the bed bugs, the lack of mail from home, the suicide-inducing Levant wind and the boring periods of idleness as an infantryman. When he opted out of the foot-sloggers and joined the Military Police, things started
Today's People
A regular feature By BOB BOYLE to improve. He had done a course in Spanish and his proficiency in the language was enhanced through the daily conversations with the local police on patrol. He was put in charge of a horse section of the MPs and enjoyed being a mounted policeman much more than he had being an infantryman. He and his colleagues had crowd-control duties and, with their horses, were trained to carry ammunition to the guns on top of the Rock. They participated in quite a lot of ceremonies, too, and riding back from one of these gave fate another chance to take a hand in his life. As the party of horsemen passed along a narrow street. a girl framed in an upperstorey window threw down a chestnut. It was intended for Charlie but it struck his horse which took fright, stumbled and nearly threw him off. Some time later he went back to remonstrate with the girl, but in the fiery Spanish dialogue that followed he got more than he gave. She was Maria Palma, who later became his wife and the mother of his children.
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O'Connor: Suddenly, at Royal Perth Hospital, on April 25th, 1986, Mary Bridget (Kate) O'Connor of 157 Swan Street, Y okine, formerly of Marybrook via Busselton, beloved wife of Jeremiah (Jerry) (deed); devoted mother of John, Dermot, Vincent, Gregory and Maureen ( Sister Maureen, R.S.J .). May she rest in peace. Her funeral took place in the Catholic Lawn Cemetery, Karrakatta, on Wednesday, April 30th, 1986, following Concelebrated Requiem Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Mount Yokine. Bowra & O'Dea, Perth 328 7299.
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Sir, the inclusion of women in liturgical functions does not in any way weaken the Catholic Church but rather provide a much needed balance. I have been a readerfor over ten years and that has been a source of spiritual growth. Other women I have met have been giving freely of their talents to the praise of Jesus. Never have I seen an expression of atheism or the feminist movement in the Church. Rather I have encountered resourceful Christian women. Women are expected to suffer and perhaps die for their faith. Because of this I feel any attempt to bring the lord Jesus closer to them should be greeted with enthusiasm. There was no attack on the magisterium by the clergy on the women in Woodlands at Easter, only a flag of hope for the future.
Aussies also? from Mrs Deborah LJSSON, Bunbury
Bnan Peachey (The Record April 13) makes a valid point in his letter. Unfortunately, like most people who ride hobby horses, he has not ridden this particular one quite far enough. I concede there were no women present at the Last Supper. I can also find no record in the Acts of The Apostles of any women receiving the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Does Mr Peachey advocate that women be denied the sacrament of confirmation on these grounds? Let him also consider this while rt may be perfectly true that none of the disciples whose feet Jesus washed at the last supper was a woman, I am willing to lay odds not one of them was an Australian either.
Complex • Issues
From Mrs Margaret KER, Mount Lawley.
Sir, I wholeheartedly support Peter O'Meara (The Record April 10) in his championing of the "need to be faithful to the teaching of the holy Catholic Church" on bioethical matters.
History or theology? from Brian PEACHEY, Woodlands Sir. My argument against the Holy Thursday washing of women's feet is not theological, but based on history. It has nothing to do with sexism or antipathy to women. The historical facts are that some 2000 years ago a man named Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem to a virgin named Mary. He lived in Galilee, died by crucifixion in Jerusalem, and rose from the dead and ascended into heaven. Prior to his death he partook of a passover meal with his twelve disciples who were all men. On this occasion he instituted the Eucharist ed established a priesthood for a new religion. It is an historical fact that he chose only men for this role not women. It is also an historical fact that his disciples who formed his Church and preached his gospel continued to ordain only men as priests. To construe that. because the first twelve men were Jews and only they were given the Eucharist, only Jewish men can become priests and that women should not receive the Eucharist is pedantic nonsense. The disciples, who more than anyone knew the mind of Christ, gave the Eucharist to men and women. They did not ordain women priests but did ordain gentile men. Those who argue for women priests must first rewrite the history of the first glorious century of the Christian Church. Pope John Paul so often has explained that we must preserve an essential relationship with a Christ-centred faith which "illumines with all clarity the bond of theology with the Church and with its Magisterium. One cannot belive e i nChrist without believing i nthe
Church, the Body of Christ one cannot believe with the Catholic Faith in the Church, without believi n inalienable g n i its Magisterium. "Fidelity to Christ implies, then, faithfulness to the Church; and faithfulness to the Church brings with it fidelity to the Magisterium. One must therefore realise that with the same fundamental freedom of faith with whih c the Catholic theologian adheres to Christ he adheres also to the Church and to its Magisterium "Therefore, the ecclesial Magisteri n alien m u is not somethig to theology. but it i srather intrinsically and essentially a part of it. " the theologian i sfist r of all and thoroughly a believer, whose Christian Faith is faith in the Church of Christ and in the Magisterium, hi stheological work must remai nfaithfully bound to his ecclesial Faith. whose authentic and definitive interpreter i sthe Magisterium." (Pope John Paul I to Spanish theologians)
However, I do not share his apparent optimism that such knowledge is readily available. The future John Paul I is on record as having indicated his uncertainty as to whether the birth of Louise Brown, the world's first IVF baby, was to be condemned as contrary to Catholic teaching. "Catholic teaching" has never been monolithic on complex moral issues but has involved a process of evolution in the light of changed circumstances and increased scientific knowledge. Unless t is seen to take into account these changes it will not command respect and obedience. "Purveyors of error" are unfortunately more likely to lead astray the souls of those who have failed to accept the complexity of the issues and who are seeking an easy answer on their consciences and their powers of reasonIng.
Funds query from David PARKER, president WAIT Liberal Club Sir, 1985 audit figures of Australian Catholic Relief including Project Compassion funds. reveal some startling facts. While the Middle East project received $90 000, South American projects received $249 976, Pacific projects received $267 301, and project in PNG received $325 025, the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace received a whopping
$273 916.
Project Compassion funding of the CCJP was exceeded only by funding of relief projects in PNG. Funding of the CCJP out of Project Compassion monies amounts to nothing less than deception, because most Catholics who donated money to the Project Compassion appeal would have no idea that their donation would be financing antiAustralian, and anti-democratic propoganda from the CCJP, as well as supporting the so-called peace movement, which has this antiWest tendency. It comes as no surprise to me that Bishop G. Mayne of the Catholic Military Vicorate resigned from the committee over this scandal What makes me more angry is that the intended recipients of Project Compassion -our less fortunate brothers in the Third world have missed our on well over $250,000, which could have been used to purchase equipment and resources of which they are so desperately in need
Bob praises John Paul Il From page 3
Mr Hawke was speaking exclusively to me, the only
journalist present inside a very tight security Vatican papal apartment. Mr Hawke, after the papal audience, was brought into a lush papal apartment accompanied by Cardinal Casaroli, to meet 60 Australian priests, brothers and nuns mostly from Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth. Accompanied by his wife Hazel and the Australian ambassador to Ireland and the Holy See, Sir Peter Lawler, Mr Hawke looked fresh as he shook hands and exchanged greetings with the religious. Security was extremely tight for the Vatican visit and several checkpoints were encountered even by the visiting groups of Australian priests and religious. Mr Hawke asked the religious to pray for Australia, adding to include in it a victory in the forthcoming America's Cup. As Mr Hawke left the papal apartment, he was given a sustained round of applause. He arrived under tight police security and an escort sped through the Via di Conciliazione a mere 10 minutes before his 11am appointment. Traffic was halted as the escort made its way through the chaos of the Roman streets. Mr Hawke was having his second meeting with Pope
John Paul II. As head of the ACTU he met the pope in June 1979. l was surprised at the number of security check points as we made our way through into the inner sanctum of the Vatican, entering in an intermittent fashion and being stopped at each door. In the inner courtyard we were again held waiting for 15 minutes while Swiss guards and plain clothes men with short-wave radios ran another security scan. Making our way like pilgrims up the palatial staircase, one could not help but be impressed by the sheer magnificence and splendour of the stained glass windows, the murals and the finely polished marble. For many of the group it was the first time they had been ushered into the plush waiting rooms of the pope. Cardinal Casaroli led the prime minister and his wife into the papal apartment to meet His Holiness and afterwards accompanied them to meet the Australians. One could notice how at the end of the prime minister's meeting with the Australians how deeply moved he was by the response and enthusiasm of the group. He made a fine gesture of stopping on his way out, turning around and waving his hand in a final salute. The Australians gave him a rousing parting reception.
Contest for those writers
people the agcs Ol (between 12-25) are invited to submit written contributions to a monthly called magazine 'Society' on social Young
... it's good to be alive
Mother's Day is around the corner and young people should make the day, especially memorable for their mums.
l have a story from last year's father's day. A young mother showed me the literary masterpiece of her seven year old daughter Emma. . It was the week before father's day and the teacher asked the children to write a letter to their dads or about their dads. Emma only knew her father from a photograph that sits on her bedside table.
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Dad had died tragically when Emma was still a baby. But that was no real problem when it came to writing about her Dad. She wrote:
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sand words.
"My Dad. Iknow my Dad loved me. l bet my Dad would go to the park to fly my kite.
Daddy is dead with God. Daddy can see God." She also drew a picture of the grave, just to illustrate where exactly her Dad lay now. This was all executed in a very matter of fact way that is so characteristic of children. Young or old everyone remembers their parents whether they are living or dead.
The deadline is May 3 and all contributions must be submitted in double spaced type, between 1500 and 3500 words. Graphics are also welcomed Contact Tim Carrigan PO Box 274 Fitzroy 3065 Victoria (03) 4196622 for further guidelines The following themes are guide. • detailed examination of some aspect of the predicaments of young people and community response to them; cg. examination of Government youth policy initiatives etc • detailed analvsis of the roles young people are play ing in social issues, debates and movements; cg. young women in the Women's Movements; young people in the Union, Labour Move-
The annual Mothers' & Fathers' days ought to be reminded that honouring our parents is an obligation that stands everyday and not just on two special days in the year. I'm sure young people will let mothers know how special they really
are. A young man recently thanked God in prayer for
the times his mother stayed up all night during frequent bouts of illness. Mothers do everything •.. They feed, wash, cuddle, fix, mend, burp, encourage, count teeth, transport, attend to,
care, teach, protect .... oh the list is endless. The pages of this paper would not hold the list of tasks and jobs performed by mothers. Their greatest gift is to love a supreme task. I hope young people return that love. Perhaps youth groups can highlight their appreciation by a special activity during May - which is also the month of Mary, our heavenly mother.
From page 9 They would then read the Bible, trying to judge the wages they were paid in the light of Jesus' teachings. Then they would pray and decide to act to change the unjust situation. They would gradually begin to realise their own dignity, rights and responsibilities. Powerful people feared Joseph's new Young Christian Workers. Rich people who owned the mines, mills and factories were against him
But
Pope Pius XI
praised his work. Young working men and women loved him
Father Cardijn helped them work for better wages, better working conditions, better job training For 60 years
he formed YCw "cells" in
over 100 countries He even helped Pope John XXIII write a major letter to the church's people on the dignity of workers. Pope Paul VI named him a cardinal. He was 85 when he died in 1967
A gathering of CPY at the Christian Living camp.
ment etc
• reflection on the level of political activity amongst l young people, and their • detailed examination of political affiliations; eg. a generalist social issue; young women's aspirations (contributors wishing to in the 80's: the extent and write in this theme are nature of political activity in advised to look at past editions of Australian Society in secondary and tertiary institutions of education etc. order to establish topics)
CPY hold a camp
Venture a success
The Catholic Parish Youth Movement held it's first Diocesan Christian Living camp for the year last month Much work was involved with the organising of the camp from the three fulltimers and review team, resulting in it being a great success Youth from Lockridge, Willetton, Forrestfield, Joondanna and Bedford came together to grow in love sharing a Christian atmos phere The theme of the camp CPY members at the camp are (from left) Jamie Wass (Willeton), Katherine Haigh (Bedford), Who am I helped us to Clare Pavlinovich (Lesmurdie), Andrew Alberti (Willeto), Sally Dobson (Willeton). discover a deeper awareness of who we are and also gave us an opportunity through small groups to share with one another the thoughts and feelings of our true self
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Another aspect which really made our camp were the sessions which involved looking and learning more about ourselves to find out how unique and individual we really are. This was done by activities such as role plays, questionaires and games.
Lisa-Marie Haigh, a review team member said her small group sessions worked excellently. The members
shared so much of themselves and their experiences. She believes it was truly a worthwhile experience. For all those who would like to experience a Christian Living Camp and are over the age of 15, we would like to see and share with you at at our next one on August, 1-3.
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hildren's Story Hour Father Charles de Foucauld knelt in the desert sand outside his small hut. His hands were tied behind his back. A young African from a roving band of plunderers guarded him with a rifle. As he knelt, the priest's long journey in life may have flashed through his mind. His life began in a happy. rich Catholic family in France. But Charles' mother and father died before his was 6, leaving him to be raised by a loving grandfather. By the time Charles graduated from high school, however, he no longer believed in anything. He felt life had no purpose. He decided to join the army. It was not long afterward that his grandfather died. Charles.
just 19, inherited a fortune. But he quickly wasted the money in wild living. He often was in trouble. He was sent to Africa and fell in love with the country. So he left the army to explore Morocco. There he was amazed at the faith of the Moslems, who bowed down in prayer five times daily.
calling him to an even simpler, poorer life. Charles left the monastery. He travelled to the Holy Land. He wanted to live the same kind of hidden, poor, caring life Jesus lived for many years. At Nazareth Charles worked as a handyman at a convent. But he could not forget Morocco where there were no priests. He decided to become a priest and return to Africa.
But he still felt empty. He went back to France. He prayed: "My God, if you exist, make your presence known to me." God answered through his cousin, Marie. They became good friends. Impressed by her faith. Charles began to believe in God again.
After becoming a priest Father Charles returned to Africa's Sahara Desert. Living in a small hut among the Tuareg tribe in Algeria, he told people: 'We are all brothers and sisters."
Later he became a Trappist monk. But, after a while, he felt God was
He intended to prepare the way for Christianity there, not by preaching,
but through his good example his life of prayer and charity. He opened his heart and home to all, as he believed Jesus did. Father Charles learned the Tuareg language and shared everything he had. Now Father Charles was kneeling in the warm sand, the prisoner of a fanatical group. He heard footsteps and turned. His guard. perhaps thinking he was trying to escape, shot and killed Father Charles. It was Dec. 1, 1916. Today thousands of "Little Sisters of Jesus" and "Little Brothers of Jesus" in many nations follow the ideals of Charles de Foucauld, preparing the way for Christianity through their example and prayer.
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I don't understand why Teri De Sario and her gifted producer/muso/husband Bill Purse have not claimed a front row seat under the Christian music spotlight before Teri's latest album, Voice In The Wind (DaySpring, A&M). Claim it they have though. ln fact, Teri is currently engaged in a 30-day blitz of eastern and midwestern cities in the United states called the "Just What You're Looking For" tour with coDaySpring artists, Wayne Watson and Kenny Marks. Voices In The Wind, Teri's feature album on the tour, is truly one of the most lyrically inspiring recordings I have heard recently. It shines all the way through, from the poetry of Tapestry to the resillience and the vitality of Teri's song about the birds and beasts of the field --Celebrate. Much thought was put into a song on self-image which became the title track. Teri communicates stronly and yet sensitively in her serious mode on I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier and addresses with equal gravity the theme of computer crime in All Day Thursday. Bill Purse was responsible for the composition of the dynamic and thoroughly original music. I hope I can also
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She approaches from her standpoint as a psychotherapist and astrologer the whole vexed question: are we fated or are we free? It is a complex and provocative book, particularly if you are new to modern psychological theory of the familv and indeed to astrolThere are no easy ogy answers offered "Storytelling: Imagination and Faith," by Father William J. Bausch, Twenty Third Publications, $7.95. Contends that the use of imagination will lead Christians to the truth beyond truth "The Scbillebeeckx Case," edited by Ted Schoof, Paulist Press,
[j[;[\[[lESPELETTE: my problem was locating this tiny French hill town on the map. "Espelette" enunciated a rather exasperated local man helping me. Still searching the map vainly, realising we both had communications difficulties, I requested "Spell it," "Correct" he said and walked off ...
It was worth the hassle, however, to find Espelette A rare reed of wild pony -the pottock, dating back to prehistory roams over the green open heaths round this characterful enclave in that
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berets like an identity badge; there is apparently more than a hint of a smuggler's tale to be told. Rolling countryside puts first one village in France, its neighbour in Spam. work. A comfortable two-hour drive by MARGARET Following Sunday Mass the west from Lourdes brings you restaurants along nearby Rue e la HIDES here on good roads. partly toll Republique are a great favourite motor-way, through wooded wine, about $1.20, will be less with French families. Memories countryside and farmland where than a fizzy drink for the children linger for me of turbot poached maize for animal feed is the main m a cheese and champagne (or the driver). crop. That characteristic steelLargest and most celebrated of sauce, and Basque chicken-in-agrey glint of French slate in the the Basque churches. St Jean pot which for $8 was a main dish sun signposts villages and tall Baptiste is a cornerstone of that in an excellent three-course church steeples ahead. attractive old harbour area in St lunch. I was sampling a Dan-Air fly/ Directly behind the coast (a Jean de Luz. In this impressive drive option to Tarbes, the airport church with its ornate wooden picnic drive away) enjoy trips to which puts Lourdes immediately galleries and richly painted Col de St Ignace where a ratchet on hand. A scheduled service ceilings Louis XIV and Marie- railway runs to the frontier. Linger leaves Gatwick each Saturday. Theresa, Infanta of Spain, were over a vin du pays at Sare, sitting Bayonne is the principal town of under the plane trees outside married the Pays Basque. Focal resorts The door by which the bride Hotel Arraya -the hotel with its are Biarritz and St Jean de Luz. entered in her wedding finery was country fresh ginghams and Biarritz of the nostalgic bygones walled up after the ceremony so gleaming antiques and flower where you still come across that no one should use those posies which made me wish lhad plump gilt Edwardian cherubs in portals again. More than 300 discovered this border country urgent need of a good dust with years later you can see - but not village at the start of my journey, a feather tickling stick and where pass through -this door out- not at the end (dinner, bed and elegent salons de the1, like the lined in a tracery of fine stone- breakfast $46 t0 $56) Miremont in Place Clemenceau, displaying out-dated Royal Warrants, tempt you with melting patisserie and marzipan Touron Basque decorated with almonds and anglica The endless beaches of southwest France are blond and clean. washed by Atlantic tides. Seaside, spots in the shelter of high dunes and sandstone cliffs. offer a double room m one-star hotels from around $12 per person At those pretty little seaside caf es a pot of good strong coffee, 0r a pot of lemon tea, is likely to -ii.a..-th cost about $2.50. A glass of Soaking up the sun in Biarritz.
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TENNIS
Competition in the A grade mixed tennis pennants continues to be very close with no team able to gain an
ascendancy. As in the past two weeks, the players enjoyed almost perfect playing conditions.
Both A grade matches were decided in the final sets of the day. Queens Park No 2 defeated Queens Park No 1 six sets all 49 games to 47 games· and Pignatelli defeated Dianella six sets all 60 games to 50 games. Queens Park No 2 looked to have their match sown up at six sets to three sets with only 3 men's doubles left to
play. Their women Linda Farrell and Kerry Messer had played very well and given the team the consistancy to be in a comfortable position. However Queen's Park No 1 came through to take the remaining three men's doubles. The experience of Kevin Quain and Ron Smith yet again proving age can overcome many obstacles particularly when the pressure is applied. Fortunately for Queens Park No 2 they had won sufficient games in the earlier sets to stare off defeat. The Pignatelli and Dianella match was a similar story where Pignatelli were leading six sets to three sets with only three men's doubles to play. Dianella won all three sets remaining but had not won enough games in earlier sets
to win. The B grade competition looks to have been sorted out with three teams clearly playing better and more consistantly than the others.
St George defeated Greenwood nine sets to three Pignatelli No 2 defeated Wlletton nine sets to three sets and St Benedicts easily accounted for Pignatelli No
1, 12 sets to nil.
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Although Queens Park No 2 are undefeated in the A grade competition their best
win was by only seven games. In the next round they could conceivabley fail to win a match, the competition is so close. In the B grade St George, look certain to be playing in the finals with St Benedicts or Pignatelli No 2. Association Meeting: Clubs are reminded the next association meeting will be held on Tuesday May 6 at 7.45 pm in the home of John and Pauline Gorringe, 49 Stoneham Road, Atta-
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More than 220 relatives who turned out for the Lynch reunion at Manning last week found they had much to celebrate in their current and past family tree following Mass celebrated by Father McGrath and Orzanski with musical help from organist Gloria Brennen and guitarist Patricia Brennen. Tom Lynch of Salters Point celebrated his 85th birthday; Phil Lynch of Glendalough was 83 earlier this month; Jim Lynch of Three Springs reached 81 also this month; Sr Mary Emmanuel Lynch of Three Springs celebrates 50 years in religion in August; Peter Lynch of Conigin celebrates 76 years in June. CATHOLIC NURSES
The Catholic Nurses' Guild meets on Tuesday, May 20 at 7pm at 11 Ellesmere Rd, Mt Lawley. The guest speaker is Cheryf Robins on "Nursing lssues and I.V.F." All Catholic nurses are welcome. Enquiries to Miss Nancy Edwards 350 5996.
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At the Lynch reunion (rear) Peter and Phil, (front) Tom, Sr Emmanuel and Jim.
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BASSENDEAN MUMS' MASS
The fourth annual Mass for Mothers, sponsored by the Bassendean Majellans will be celebrated in St Joseph's
church, Hamilton Street Bassendean at 10.30 am on Thursday May 15.
Following the successful ARCIC discussions an invitation is extended to all mothers of any faith to come with their children. A light luncheon will follow in the hall. Further information from Doreen Gibson 279 4078.
NEWMAN SOCIETY The Young Newmanite discussion group meets on Tuesday May 6 at 8pm. Marriage and the family in Vatican fl will be discussed at St Thomas More College in the Chaplain's office. Contact Fr Dynon 386 8712. Cup Pastoral View
It is anticipated that there could be as many as one million visitors to WA during late 1986 and early 1987. Most of these visitors would be concentrated in the Fremantle area. An informed study of the implications of this influx will be of interest and concern to the Catholic community. The Seminar will take place over two afternoons at the Fremantde Stella Maris Centre on Saturday May 10 from 2pm to 5.30pm opening with an address entitled 'The Challenge modern day Tourism poses for the local Church". The second part of the afternoon will study implications of the Cup visitors for the local community. Three representatives are invited from each parish in the region in addition to the parish priest.
WA WEEK MOTHERS' AWARD
The nominations for this award close on May 8. Nomination forms can be obtained from all branches of the RR & I Bank, the YWCA at 17 Ord Street, West Perth and all public
libraries. If you know a mother who is a resident of WA, at home or in the work force in any social sphere or ethnic background or playing any mothering role, you can nominate her for the award.
Nando Ellul and hi sbride Serenella Stillisano after their recent wedding in St Mary's Cathedral during Mass celebrated by Monsignor McCrann. The groom i sthe eldest of three sons of Vincent and Maria Ellul of Bedford Park and the bride i the s second of five children of Luiig and Teresa Stillisano of North Perth. The couple will live in Mirrabooka.
ENGAGED ENCOUNTER
Seminar at Loreto Primary School Webster Street, Nedlands
Friday, 23 May from 9.15 am-3.15 pm led by Sister Pat Fox RSM from Adelaide
"Women, Paradigms of True Dicipleshi s pi nthe Gospels"
The Seminar will be centred around the book by woman theologian Elisabeth Schussler-Fiorenza, entitled "In Memory of Her". Sister Pat Fox will lead a discussion of this work and the meeting will then explore the implications of these ideas for women in the Australian Church today.
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Hamersley parish will host the 1986 Pentecost Festival of Praise Friday May 16 7.15pm, Saturday May 17-7.45pm, and Sunday May 18 --7.15pm.
Vacancies exist for the forthcoming Engaged Encounter weekend on May 911. Contact Morris and Margaret Pavlinovich on 291 7162.
WOMEN AND THE AUSTRALIAN CHURCH y
HAMERSLEY FESTIVAL
John A. Armanasco Your Candidate in the East Ward
lam married with 4 children, educated at Mary's Mount, St ledephonsus' College, New Norcia and Aquinas College, for a total of 12yrs boarding, before I started my University education. I have had my private dental practice in the East Ward for 10 yrs.
I wish to stand to represent your Interest, to maintain the pleasant character and charm for this superb area, the East Ward. Voters seeking information or wishing to express ideas please ring me on 325 3397 or call in at 55 Bennett St Perth. Offers of help gratefully received.
POLLING BOOTHS Rod Evans Centre 160 Hay Street, Your vote of support is essential on Saturday Mt Lawley Technical School May 3. Cnr. Harold and lord VOTE Streets Kevin Sim Highgate Primary School Lincoln Street, John Leahy Mt Lawley Sea Scouts Banks Reserve, Joel Terrace, Mt Lawtey Voting Hours: 8.00 am-6.00 pm Authorised by Rod Evans - 240 Hay Street, East Perth 6000
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