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MELBOURNE: The Victorian bishops have protested strongly against what they term "the indecent haste" of the Parliamentary Social Development Committee's Inquiry into Options for Dying With Dignity. The bishops state that such a serious matter needs more time given to it for serious public reflection and assessment. "Matters concerning banking, tariffs, industrial relations and the like are given ample time for public ventilation and thorough assessment. 'The lives of old and/or dying citizens are far more significant than any topics such as those," they said. As well as calling for more time for the inquiry, the bishops in their nine-page submission urged parliamentarians to: • Give serious thought to the "great questions of life and death" being tackled by the inquiry. • Exercise "moral courage" and stand up for "the principles of the inalienable right to life" in any legislation which may result from the inquiry. The Victorian public, they said, should support their MPs on this issue. The terms of reference included in the inquiry which cause the Bishops concern are: • Whether legislative action is desirable and practicable for establishing a right to die. • Under what circumstances, if any, a person should have a right to die. • Whether or not a person should be 'assisted in dying". • Whether individuals can have a right in certain circumstances to direct that they be allowed to die or "assisted in dying".

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A greeting

for hostage ROME: The Pope has thanked the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Runcie this week for his part in securing the release of Father Lawrence Jenco, held by Mos1 em extremists in Beirut for 19 months.

Father Jenco, 51, parish

priest at Wanneroo in 1977 was received in private audience by the Pope on Wednesday, when he delivered a secret message from the kidnappers.

The bishops stress in their submission that in all circumstances related to dying. the principles of the inalienable right to life and the intrinsic value of every human being must be upheld. 'The attack on the inalienable character of the Right to Life has been seeking to woo allies by appealing to two very different motives," they said. "One is an appeal to pity: to pity the pain or the tedium of the chronically sick or the senile. "In its more aggressive form it finds expression in phrases such as 'they shoot horses, don't they?'

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He said afterwards "T brought the Pope a confidential message from the men who abducted me, and this will also be taken to the Archbishop of I'm Canterbury. frightened to say much more or to give details of the audience and the pope's reaction, or what I feel about my captors, because I have a deep feeling that it could be detrimental to the safety of my dear brothers still held captive in Lebanon. In my silence I pray for their release, as does the Holy Father. "But I want my captors to know I kept my promise and took their message to the pope. In my heart there is only compassion and understand-

Gentler modes

ing for my jailers. There is love and reconciliation. There is no resentment. They are forgiven. I shall now keep my vow to fight for the release of the other hostages." "I last saw the Holy Father in a Thailand refugee camp about two years ago,

Father Jenco said.

"I never believed I would

be a refugee one day. I was here before the Holy Father by the grace of God - my prayers answered and after 19 months of agony. It was a tremendous joy for me and an ordeal for my family," Father Jenco said.

Father Lawrence lenco gives the pope a message from the Moslem extremists in Beirut who kidnapped him 19 months ago. The American priest was given a private audience on Wednesday with the Arch-

bishop of Canterbury's special envoy Mr Terry Waite, who helped to secure Father lenco's release.

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In gentler modes of expression, it takes such forms as: 'he/she would be better off dead. It's the kindest thing, really'. "The other motive is much less worthy. "The London Economist (14 June, 1986) had a full-page article in its section World Business headed: 'It's so expensive for nations to grow old'. "This speaks for itself. "Every euphemism and sophistry will, increasingly, be sought to build up a public opinion that an increasingly large section of the community is too expensive to keep alive. "Every sort of rhetoric will be sought to persuade old persons that it is selfish and extravagant of them to expect society, or their family, to keep them alive. "In the near future, this discussion will focus on very expensive medical and nursing measures "If any sort of success is obtained by the Right to Die lobby, one must forsee the time when accountants and economists will be employed to prove that the cost-benefit equation of feeding helpless, senile or 'useless' people, and keeping them warm and entertained by television, cannot be justified in terms of economic rationalism."

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Removal of ABC from RAY OWEN National's religious in The Catholic Leader reading from its 7.10 Brisbane am time slot to 6.0) " further into the backam has brought strong ground," said Bishop John protest from the Aus- Heaps, of Sydney, who is tralian churches. secretary to the Australian The new round of Bishops' Committee for the Mass Media

protest follows hard me decision to remove the on earlier protests daily reading from 7.10 am, about the timing of a prime time, was reportedly religious broadcasts made by ABC management, on both radio and tel- not the religious departevision. ABC and com. ment Rev Jim Payne, general mercial. secretary of the Bible 'We're

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decision was "regrettable." He said the earlier time slot was not a convenient one for most people Rev Payne travels Australia in his position and said that everywhere he went there were people who expressed "real appreciation" of the readings and other religious programming Protests about the religious reading being moved to 6.30 have been made by the Salvation Army and some Anglican communities The Uniting Church, Queensland Synod, would be protesting. too, Mr John Harrison, a spokesman, said. 'We're concerned, because 7.10 is an accessible time that meets the needs of a range of people with an interest in Scripture but who can't get to read the Bible regularly," he said "The visually handicapped would find the reading fulfils a significant need, too. The change makes it that much more difficult for people to get spiritual sustenance." Bishop Heaps said the Bishops' Mass Media Committee would refer the change in time to its advisory panel Protest about the change can be made to Mr Peter Loxton, Controller of Radio Programmes, ABC, GPO Box

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Rome could in the future acknowledge both the primacy of the pope and the ability of the Church to pronounce infallibly on certain matters That was the main conclusion of a report by the joint commission of the Catholic Church and the World Methodist Council, which was published last week. The report also noted that Methodist churches which did not have bishops were willing to consider adopting them "as an enrichment of their own life and to pro-

mote Christian unity."

ODD Broadly speaking, there are at present two patterns of Church government in

world Methodism, one deriving from North America, involving bishops, the other deriving from Britain, based

on a single order of

ordained ministers The report also identified ways in which different "traditions" might contribute towards the "organic

unity" of the Church "It would not be inconceivable that at some future date in a restored unity, Roman Catholic and Methodist bishops might be linked in one episcopal college and that the whole body would recognise some kind of effective leadership and primacy in the

Bishop of Rome," it said.

First a "clearer recogni-

tion" was needed of which functions the Pope carried out by virtue of being Bishop of Rome, which

related to his role as Patriarch of the Latin Church, and which belonged to his "universal ministry."

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"Methodists accept that whatever is properly required for the unity of the whole of Christ's Church must by that very fact be God's will for the Church. "A universal

primacy

might well serve as a focus of and ministry for the unity of the whole Church," the report said. It noted that Methodists had "problems" with the Catholic understanding of infallibility. Agreement might be reached if Methodists reflected on their own "doctrine of assurance"

This doctrine says that believers can, through the Holy Spirit, be certain that they are redeemed. Methodists might consider whether the Church, like an individual believer, could the working of Hoy Spirit receive as a gift from God. . .an assurance concerning its grasp of the fundamental doctrines of the faith such as to exclude

"by

all doubt."

the

Australian nun marshalled disaster children The Australian-born daughter of a Polish family living in Kalgoorlie was right at the centre of the Chernobyl reactor explosion panic. Sister Teresilla, now with

the Missionaries of

Christ the King for Polish Immigrants at Poznan, Poland, was called on to tell parents to gather their children and take them to special centres. At the centres, those up to 16-years-old were given an iodine mixture to drink, to counteract the radiation. Sister Teresilla related

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the story whilst visiting WA on a holiday trip to see her parents. Poznan was one of the Polish towns most affected by Chernobyl. The first the town's

lt was the weekend. By the Tuesday, they realised why. The Chernobyl reactor had exploded and their

disaster was when they noticed the weather particularly hot, heavy and "drowsy".

Sister Teresilla's job to tell parents to gather their children and take them to the special

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SYDNEY: While Australians are beginning

had received. The cows grazed on the invisible radioactive ash which covered the grass and terrain, and produced milk accordingly. Milk and foodstuffs were naturally affected but only the more affluent could afford to buy alternative tinned food. But ordinary folk in towns, villages and convents, had to eat everyday food. Infants and young children were to be given no fresh milk, only the powdered variety. "I expected my hair to fall out," Sister Teresilla said. "But it didn't."

to feel the effect of the recent fall in the value of the Australian dollar, poor people in many parts of the world will be hit even harder because of the devaluation, the National Director of Australian Catholic Relief, Michael Whiteley, said this week

"It has thrown our planning into disarray," said Mr Whiteley. "Catholic development agencies in Asia, Africa and the Pacific,

which

have

been

promised funds by ACR for their projects, will now have to fin extra funds from elsewhere if those projects are going to be fully implemented," he

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The projects affected include a water well digging program in Zambia, the provision of seeds and tools in Ethiopia and training programs in India and the Philippines. Mr Whiteley estimated aid sent overseas by ACR was now worth 20% less than .1..., th ree months ago. "The government aid program has also been affected by the devaluation," Mr Whiteley said. "Some of this aid, which is spent in Australia on the provision of goods and services, will be protected from the full effects of the devaluation. "But there will be a significant drop in the value of our

Mr Whiteley called on the government, as a matter of Bency, to review the aid program to ensure that if cuts are necessary for domestic economic reasons,

He identified the overseas student subsidy scheme and the various facilities provided to Australian industry to export to developing

Mr Whiteley Australian aid this financial year," he added. Mr Whiteley said he was disappointed at the comments made by Mr Hayden, foreshadowing aid cuts in this year's budget. "This will only compound the effects of devaluation and cause further suffering

among the poor, who need our support."

countries as two such areas They accounted for over $130 million of the aid

budget in 1985/86. Mr Whiteley said that, in common with most aid agencies in Australia, ACR's income, already affected by the economic situations in Australia, had been further affected by Australians' lack of understanding of the continuing desperate situation of people in many parts of Africa He said because of this, ACR was unable to make any compensaton for this fall in the value of our overseas aid.

Tourism drop affects papal numbers VATICAN CITY (NC) Despite warm weather and clear skies, the summer papal audiences are held indoors instead of in St. Peter's Square, where such summer audiences have traditionally been held. According to Mons Gilio Nicolini of the Vatican press office, the Vatican will continue to hold papal audiences inside the Paul VI hall for the rest of the summer. Vatican officials made the change, he said,

because of the heat. The large Vatican auditorium is air-conditioned. Normally 10,000 people or more attend the Wednesday audiences during

the summer months. But since the pope returned from Colombia, the audiences have drawn 7000 or less. Paul VI hall can hold up

to 7000 people. The drop in attendance

coincides with a sharp drop in tourism throughout Italy. According to a Roman newspaper, Il Messaggero, the number of American tourists declined more than 5O percent in the second quarter of this year. The declining vale of the dollar and fears of terrorism are commonly cited as factors in the decline.

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Some future historian will write without a hint of surprise of the point in the late 20th century when children had to commence being taught that milk comes from contented cows and not a plastic container, that hens are not fed the fibre into which they neatly package their eggs. The irreversible effect of the Industrial Revolution was not only to pour hordes of mankind into today's ever expanding cities. It was the severance of the link that had bound human beings to their mother earth for thousands of years the production of their daily food. A handful of hobby farmers gallop off into the rolling hills to re-capture their primitive roots but it is all but a lost cause. Real food, the stuff hundreds of millions need to survive, now comes from enormous machinery pounding across vast hectares. Acquiring food takes place in the computerised, frozen supermarket barns that have in tum bought it on the stock exchanges and internal markets blinking their prices around the globe. No wonder the wheat subsidy crisis has left a lot of Australians who thought of themselves as masters and sons of the soil not knowing where to tum in their embarrassment. On the face of it Australia's bread next year may have a bitter taste only from the knowledge that rival US and European food subsidies have beaten us to shop where Russia can buy cheaply and offset their military budget in a system where treasurers are not beholden to the electors every three years. The real issue goes far deeper, even to the roots of modern Australia. The Europeans who have tilled their soils for the past two millennia, who watched the collapse of the breadbaskets of North Africa, who exported the populations who now farm North and South America, Australia, New Zealand and dozens of other young economies, have not the slightest remorse over their food subsidy programs. Politicians can pout and bluster at this week's political action in the United States but two unpalatable truths are being neatly kept out of the argument: Politicians world wide buy electors' votes and food, the food that also feeds the hungry, is the currency. The tourists whose air-conditioned buses shuttle through the manicured fields of Europe's farms hardly notice the sugar beet that has ruined cane economies in the Philippine and other Third World economies far more fragile than Australia. The tourist will not hear that those same European countries have not the slightest intention of shutting down their over-productive rural industries to shunt even more people into the urban dole queues. There is not much time on a television news bulletin to explain also that economies of the Third Word Africa and South America hungry to earn the hard currency on which politicians survive, are also into the rat-race of cash crops or subsidised exports while the poor of those countries struggle to exist. It was the hope of Bob Geldof that his concerts would persuade the world to end once and for all the spectacle of starvation and perpetual proverty. He has found out that the barriers to food common sense, that the manipulation of markets for politics - even in Ethiopia - are more impenetrable than human emotions. By the time Sport A.id took place human sympathy had packed up and gone home. The Australian wheat crisis serious for those of us agonising amidst millions of words and empty rhetoric, is but a bubble in the froth that points to the decay of a world with so much food that it cannot afford to feed its hungry. It is a sad day when an evangelist of Christ's gospel can no longer preach to the poor the Lord's words in Matthew not to fret and worry over what to eat or to put on, because such advice would hurt the two thirds of the world that is hurting too much already. Would that Australia in its mild pain could be some prophet in the darkness!

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LONDON:

The Catholic Evidence Guild, renowned In the past for producing robust street corner advocates of Catholicism, must find a new role if it is to survive, according to Father Bernard Eager, the organiser of the annual inter-Guild conference. 'The days of outdoor oratory are gone," he said. This is largely because many of the sites in Britain's cities at which public speakers used to hold forth have disappeared because of redevelopment.

□□□ People no longer wanted to stand around talking about religion, Father Eager said. "If I stood up on a platform now they'd look at me and say: 'Poor fellow'." Another reason for the Guild's decline was a fear of damaging prospects of Christian unity by continually restating the Catholic position. "It may be there will come a time when we have to say that the Guild has done marvellous work in its day but that day is gone, and so lay it to rest," Father Eager said.

LONDON: An Anglican bishop, a Catholic bishop

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audience gathered in a Liverpool church to laugh at the funnier sides of religion. The occasion, in

pool and Bishop Hitchen,

and a Jewish president, were among the packed

Our Lady and St Nicholas'C of E parish church, was part of the festival of comedy

which is currently being celebrated throughout Liverpool. t was entitled A

Time to Laugh which is a

Auxiliary in Liverpool. The Jewish president was Mr Ronald Bracey, President of the Jewish Representative Council for Merseyside. Pictured above are Canon Donald Gray, auxiliary Bishop Hitchen, Rabbi Blue and Bishop Sheppard.

LONDON: An accusation of slander has made a public event of the row between a bishop and the leader of Ireland's Progressive Democrats. Bishop Comiskey of Fems accused Mr Desmond O'Malley leader of Ireland's fourth largest political group, of slander in a letter published in the Irish Catholic newspaper. Mr O'Malley of the Progressive Democrats was accused of "breathtaking brazenness" by Bishop Comiskey, who said his review of John Cooney's book The Crozier and the Dail was "gratuitously insulting to Catholic hierarchy".

Option choice

ROME (NC) -- Preliminary government figures indicate an overwhelming majority of Italian public school students will be attending classes in Catholic religious instruction during the first year that this is an optional subject More than 90 per cent of the high school students and the parents of nursery and elementary school children have chosen religious education classes, according to estimates. government

The review, printed in the Irish Times said the hierarchy in Ireland had failed to engender "passions in (Irish) people about the social and moral consequences of 230,000 unemployed." It also stated that the hierarchy had failed to arouse a "passionate concern for the people of this Ireland who, on almost a daily basis, are maimed and murdered" Bishop Comiskey answered by pointing out that bishops in Ireland had addressed the prob-

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Angelo d'Almeida Ribeiro, 64, said that religious intolerance exists in Northern Ireland, Iran, Lebanon, India and the countries of Eastern Europe.

Ribeiro recently was appointed special "rapporteur" on religious intolerance for the UN's human rights commission. Because complaints of religious rights abuses

VATICAN CITY (NC) -While a belief in angels is not the "central content of the word of God," they do exist and have played an important role in salvation history, said Pope John Paul II at a general audience. Continuing a series of catechetical talks on the mystery of God the creator, the pope said many people have doubted the existence of angels, including the Sadducees at the time of Jesus. "But all of the Church's tradition is unanimous in affirming that they do exist," he said. "One would have to alter sacred Scripture itself if one wished to eliminate this teaching," he

added.

Ecclesiastes. The bishops were Anglican Bishop Sheppard of Liver-

Slander case gives court

While stressing that angels are not

HONOLULU (NC) -

Bishop A. Ferrario of

had been accumulating in the UN commission's files in recent years, the commission decided last

March that a special investigator was needed Since the late 1960s, the Catholic minority in Northern Ireland has claimed religious discrimination by the Pro-

Belief in angels is important the heart of revelation - 'That is, the truth about God and about the salvation of all men and women" - the pope said the truth about angels is "inseparable" from this revelation. "At certain points in salvation history, angels have had a fundamental role to play in the unfolding of human events," he added.

testant majority. The two factions have battled in the legislature and on the streets, with terrorism becoming a way of life. In Lebanon, Christians and Moslems have been fighting for 11 years, and a major cause has been Moslem politcal demands that the distribution of power, which favours Christians, be revised. By law, the president of Lebanon must be a Maronite Catholic, and Christians hold a majority of seats in parliament and the top military posts. During a recent meeting of the UN human rights commission in Geneva, one commission member said that in Czechoslovakia, an East European country, "the control of the state seems to be so strict that even private individuals cannot gather together for religious purposes."

Honolulu, in a formal decree, says Catholics can register in their parish of choice, even if they live within the boundaries of a different parish. He anticipated people who adopted a parish by choice "would no doubt be more enthusiastic in their membership." Bishop Ferrario said his decree was meant "to codify a practice that is already in existence and to insure proper care and proper responsibility on

the part of all." t was in line with both the legal requirements and pastoral thrust of the new Code of Canon Law, he said. He called on people to

register at their parish of choice, not simply go there anonymously. To take advantage of the option, Bishop Ferrario said, crossover parishioners "must register in the parish of their choice, and they would be expected to be active in the life of the parish with an honest investment of their time, talent and treasure."

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From page 4 lems of unemployment through conferences, and as individuals "In addition to practical projects launched in dioceses throughout the country to provide jobs on however modest a scale, bishops as a conference have on several occasions attempted to engender a sense of concern about the social and moral consequences of unemployment." The bishop cited the document Christian Faith in a Time of Economic Depression which Suggested ways to create jobs and alleviate the hardship caused by unemployment. "Isn't it true that the provision of employment is primarily the responsibility of politicians, at least in the sense of providing the proper climate in which jobs may be created?" he asked. "And isn't it true, Mr O'Malley, that you were a prominent figure in a government whose leader promised the people that he would resign if the number of those unemployed reached 100,000?

"Now that the number of unemployed has reached 230,000 no politician of any party is talking of resigning!" Mr O'Malley's statement the hierarchy had failed to provoke enough concern about the Troubles, was angrily rejected by Bishop Comiskey. "Repeatedly and consistently we have branded as murder the killings that are taking place on our island in the name of what we consider to be perverted nationalism and loyalism.

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EDINBURGH: t was tragic athletes could not take part in the Commonwealth Games because of political interference, Archbishop O'Brien of Edinburgh said.

The archbishop was speaking after the official service for the games at St Giles Church of Scotland Cathedral in Edinburgh. More than 1,000 athletes, organisers

and administrators were in the cathedral where the archbishop led prayers with the Episcopal Bishop of Edinburgh, Right Rev Richard Holloway.

Catholics Betts&Betts increase ■

NEW YORK (NO) The

estimated number of US Catholics grew last year, but there were fewer priests, nuns and brothers to serve them.

The estimated US Catholic population for 1986 was 52,654,908, up 368,865 from the previous year. The Catholic population and general population figures are based on widely varying methods of count or estimation by dioceses, and they are considered only generally representa-

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figures. The Boston Archdiocese, which in 1985 reported a drop of some 172.000 in its Catholic population, reported a gain of nearly 155,000 in 1986. However, other figures are considered to be accurate. The number of priests declined by 134, to 57,183. There were 113,658 nuns, 1,843 fewer than the year before. The number of brothers dropped by

115, to 7,429. The number of permanent deacons grew to 7,204, up 358 from the previous year. As 1986 began, 1,183 of the nation's 19,313 parishes had no resident pastor. This represented a 12.5 percent increase over the previous year's 1,051 parishes without resident pastors, and a 20 percent increase over the 983 of two years ago. In 1985 there were 953,323 baptisms, up 5,655 over the year before. The number of

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VATICAN CITY (NC): Pope John Paul I has told the Philippine bishops to avoid partisan politics in their efforts to help reconstruct Philippine society in the post-Marcos era. "The Church is called not to take positions of a political character or to take part in partisan conflicts," the pope said

in a letter to the bishops. At the same time, he encouraged their efforts to help solve the country's social, economic and political problems by preparing the laity to work for "the political construction

and organisation of social life."

"The Church in the Philippines cannot forget that a large portion of the population finds itself living in economic and social conditions that are extremely difficult and at times unbearable," the pope said. "Preferential love for the poor, which already in the past has not failed to inspire your pastoral ministry, must be one of the principal lines of action" of church ministry, he added

in the English-language letter. But this ministry must "be in conformity with the nature of the mission of the Church, which is not of the temporal but of the spiritual order, not of the social political or economic order but of the religious one," he said.

LONDON: An anti-nuclear

organisation is looking for families to lend a hand to an

ambitious project on October 5. Parents For Survival hope to form a human chain 30 miles across central Scotland as a symbol of the hand of friendship extended between East and West. Kay Caldwell, a Catholic and a member of PFS, estimates they will need around 30,000 people to make the link between Glasgow and Grangemouth "We are hoping that families and Church groups will literally give us a hand to make a complete chain."

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Hand of hope slogan for John Paul's visit

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ment shows forth the work of his hands." Look at our hands. How do we use them? We can make beautiful things with them and we can use them to

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destroy. We use them when we work -- at our jobs or in the garden or chopping up vegetables for a meal. We can hold hands as a sign of love and affection, or shake hands to greet someone, or slap a person, or make a clenched fist We can use our hands to build things up or tear thing down. We can use them to play Mozart or to choke a person to death ... The metaphor of the hand is both complex and rich Christ used healing as a sign of the Kingdom of God. He touched people to heal them -- the sick, the blind, the deaf -- and to raise dead people to life. He touched the untouchables -- the lepers, who were regarded as great sinners whose illness was a punishment for their wickedness So when Jesus touched, it was almost always a sign of healing and making whole What has all this to do with the pope's visit? The pope is coming to spread the message and story of Jesus. Jesus travelled around doing good, and he travelled as someone who spoke with authority. He touched all people - including the lepers, the prostitutes, the sinners, the suffering

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In doing so he showed he and those who were to follow him must have a special love and concern "an option" - for the suffering and the poor. The pope will touch the sick and the maimed and the suffering. He will touch the unemployed, the poor, the refugees, the needy, those suffering injustice, the Aborigines, those undergoing difficult times in the rural sector. He will touch them with his words as well as with his hands. He will plead their cause, and call for the justice, dignity, respect and rights they deserve. He will call for us to be one in a multicultural society. This will be particularly beautiful for us in Australia when he speaks about "Australia land of many cul-

tures."

He will talk about a rebirth of love and unity; and this will be on the first day of Advent when we begin preparing for the incarnation -for Christ being born among us, to take on our flesh and touch our lives. Christ challenges us -and so will the pope. Will we dare to touch each other, physically and symbolically? Will we dare to be concerned, intimately concerned, about the Aborigines, the unemployed, the lonely, the elderly, the needy? Will we dare to care about each other really care, really come into contact with others and their con-

cerns?

Or will we stay in our own comfortable groups and not leave them to be with people whom we somehow feel are "untouchable"? That is the Gospel challenge. That is the challenge the pope will bring us Sometimes we feel power-

less. But remember Christ's hands

They were nailed to a cross, pinned down, unable to move. But at that moment he was embracing the whole world The key to our mission is a real human encounter, real

intimacy. We must love each

other as we love ourselves and we love God. We must

be ready to stretch out a hand of hope

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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 thigs n their own way. The preacher said the best thing was to read what he said in his latest book of sermons published in Nancy in 1851 . . .

Passer-by: How's your cotton this year? Farmer: Ain't got none. Afraid of boll weevils. Passer-by: What about your corn? Farmer: Season looked dry so I didn't plant none. Passer-by: What did you plant? Farmer: Nuthin', I played it safe. The universe is itself full of God. Take from man the ideas of being, unity, extent, force, relation and the universe would be as it is for an animal a spectacle. But surely we could have these ideas without God having to put them in our minds? 1 know people who are full of bright ideas such as we used to see on The Inventors; or fashion designers. Towards the end of the last century, a French priest, touched by the condition of the deaf and dumb, devoted his life to leading them out of their solitude, by seeking an expres-

sion of thought which might reach their own. He attained his object. As soon as these unknown intelligences were penetrated, investigation discovered in them nothing resembling an idea. Sensation was caught here in the very fact of powerlessness. The intelligence appeared in the deaf and dumb in a state of sterility. The experiment has been repeated a hundred times and it has produced the same results. Men born in our civilisation, who had been present at all the scenes of family and public life, those men

Sceptics say that mind doubts. something we just can't know which he calls ideas To reply, is to suppose what is outside of which constitute the a reality, were it only us and therefore foundation of his reathat of the objection. son. But because the A state of trial should they say they are mind possesses _such precede the final state l#'?Bostics': There might be a God and ideas does it follow of beatification, and there mightn'tbea that there are realities that state of trial, God. Although I which correspond to founded upon free looked them? Who can assure will, closely necessarily us that the image is included the possibilthrough the Yellow exact? There is Pages and the ity of believing or not. H.B.D. I could find The liberty of undernothing to reply to no-one to give me absolute scepticism; standing was incomthe answer. because there is patible with a direct Ratiolism has not said: vision of the divine nothing to reply to CUAREYALE ISAIA There is nothing; but, those who make essence, consequently is there anything? it was needful that objects of doubt of their ideas, their God should veil HimScepticism reasons self from our sight. See page 7 words, their very ALBANY HIGHWAY, EAST VICTORIA PARK z this: Man sees in his TELEMONE 361 3164 zwiiiwmmuitmmiiimmiiiiuiniiniiiiitiuw

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New presbytery and meeting hall built in wheatbelt town

Progress in Wongan parish ...

Wongan Hills parish has progressed to a new presbytery and meeting building. The priest's quarters replace an old presbytery that was considered to be not worth renovating and the new meeting room will be used for religious instruction as well as social gatherings of parishioners. The opening of the building earlier this year was the resutt of more than two years planning commenced during the time of Father Michael Cave OSB before the arrival of Father Brian McKenna in April 1984. The fact that Wongan Hills is a classified earthquake zone meant the

$90,000 cost of the structure had to include special re-inforcement. The parish is currently landscaping the surroundings to bring them up the standard of church gardens which last year won the state prize for public buildings in the Tidy Towns competition. Parish councillors involved in the planning of the new project included: Danny Brennan, president; Joan Donnellan, secretary; Jenny Clarke, treasurer; Pat Duffy, Peter White, Graham Walton, Justin McKay and Gerry Travers. Parishioners put down brick paving under the direction of retired stonemason Stan Adamski. Parish Wongan includes Ballidu, Dalwallinu and Kalannie centres and Father Brian McKenna said the debt was a heavy burden.

Wogan Hills church of St Gregory standing in its prizewinning garden setting is now complimented by a new presbytery and meeting room building opened earlier this year.

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being interrogated knew nothing of God, nothing of the soul, nothing of any one of _ the principles of the human mind. They ADELAIDE: There will be a vigil were in a purely of prayer in St Francis Xavier's instinctive state. Cathedral the night before the RHas thought then received in language rated film "Hail Mary" is shown an auxiliary so indishere next week. pensible that, without The vigil will make reparation its help, man was conand will honour demned to incapabilas we Mary preity of emerging from great feast of Mary's Assumppa re for the A!'o,::iump-1 the reign of sensaSpecial tion. tion," Archbishop tions? It has always Reporter "Catholics believe Mary, Faulkner said. been found certain d the Mother of God. was A for the spokesman that man does not hold as precious and sacred. taken or 'assumed' into theatre said "To me, once speak before he has "No film-maker, nor heaven at the end of her life a film has been passed by heard language. Lananyone else, has the right to on earth." the Commonwealth Cen- hold up sacred beliefs to guage is always the Archbishop Faulkner said sorship Board it is a film public ridicule. he believes the vigil is a primitive and neceslike any other film," he "Because the film is blas- proper and positive way to sary motor of our said. phemous we are utterly react to the film "Hail Mary". ideas. convinced that it should not "We very much hope the Faulkner Archbishop repThence it follows that lied: "I cannot agree with be shown publicly. ugly demonstrations that Catholic doctrine is "The film dishonours the have taken place elsewhere the cinema spokesman that true when it exhibits great mystery of the incarna- will not be repeated here," this is a film like any other. to us God teaching the "We object to this film. It is tion, God's plan for our he said. first man. In fact, since "The film is offensive and something that degrades our salvation and Mary's role in man thinks and speaks that plan obscene which are evil society. " have discussed with only after having "Even at this stage I call on "But God is forgiving - and the theatre to consider its Catholic groups and people we must be forgiving, too, heard others speak, responsibility and to cancel of other Christian traditions even though something like and since human the showing of the film. this film angers us and how we should respond generations take their "Many Christian people in "And the best way to wounds us very deeply. beginning in God, it "The film is evil --but we SA are very disappointed respond seems to do special follows that the first that the film 'Hail Mary' will honour to what the film Christians cannot harbour movement of language be shown in Adelaide," dishonours grudges and thought was given Archbishop Faulkner said. "Nursing of grudges is a "For this reason the special to man by Him Who "The film is blasphemous cold, calculating evil vigil will be held. possessed all and "It hardens the heart and It does violence to cher"The timing is ironic," Who willed to comished beliefs that Catholics Archbishop Faulkner said. closes the mind to the influ= and many other Christians municate all to Him. "Friday, August 15, is the ence and love of God."

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The practice of contemplative prayer is especially valuable for advancing harmony and peace in the world. For thi prayer s rises, by divine grace, where there i stotal disarmament of the heart, and unfolds in an experience of love which is the moving force of peace. Contemplation fosters a vision of the human family as united and interdependent in the mystery of God's love for all people." (From the U.S. bishops 1983 pastoral letter on war and peace). "Far from beig n a flight from the world, true solitude sends us into the world with a new vision, new motivation, new dynamism, to be Christ's leaven in the world and to i carnate n his love in our time, in our place." (Passionist Father Richard Anthony Cashen writing in the 1984 book Getting It All Together, The Heritage of Thomas Merton. Michael Glazier Inc.). [n order to become truly human you have to live from the heart. We are all concerned with one goal in the spiritual life; to find the heart and to live from the heart.' (Benedictine Brother David Steindl-Rast writing in Getting It All Together, The Heritage of Thomas Merton. Michael Glazier Inc.). Spiritual life and development (requires) us to honour and observe a Sabbath rhythm in our life and ministry. The notion of resting in God is embedded in every great religious tradition and clearly in the Christian way." (Dolores Leckey. in a 1983 address). Getting It All Together, The Heritage of Thomas Merton is a book on some main themes in the thinking of one of the bestknown writers on spirituality in this century. A major interest of Father Merton was the quest for silence, solitude. But he didn't see this only as a value for contemplative monks like himself. "Thomas Merton was one of the pioneer contemplatives of

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KNOW YOUR FAITH

PATHWAYS IF THE SPIRIT

God often speaks in the silence

The sun will soon rest on the horizon. The flood tide of a day's activities is ebbing. A calm enfolds the abbey. The monks silently gather. A young monk reads a few lines from the sayings of the desert fathers: ' "Theophilus of holy memory, bishop of Alexandria. journeyed to Scete, and the brethren coming together said to Abbot Pombo: Say a word or two to the bishop, that his soul may be edified in this place. The elder replied: If he is not edified by my silence, there is no hope he will be edified by my words." Now the monks file into

the church. A bell rings and

the ancient service of Compline proceeds Finally, the

lights fade. Two solitary candles shadow the folds of her mantle and caress the smooth cheeks of the medieval

Madonna

The final

strokes of the evening Ange lus lose themselves in the surrounding hills Night has come

Creation has given up its

activities. It is time for the monk who has entered into

The young woman had spent years mastering the law, months preparing for the bar exam. Now, successful in her pursuit of legal knowledge, she had accepted a position in a thriving law firm in a large city. She lived in a small apartment in the central city because, as she told her family and friends, she wanted to be close to the endless excitement, the colour and the non-stop movement so readily available there. The young lawyer plunged eagerly into her new fife. As she had promised herself, she took full advantage of the culture, flavour and life of the

God's established rhythm to

be quiet and rest I cannot say how many times I have been asked. Do

you still take a vow of silence? Actually, Trappist monks never took a vow of silence. But we do have rules

or agreements on silence in the monastery valued by a group of persons living together and still seeking the context in which to be at one with themselves and to commune with God God does indeed speak to

city. She tried to squeeze as much as she could out of her professional life and her world outside the

office.

But after the first few months she knew something had gone wrong in her well-laid plans. And it wasn't her new job responsibilities that worried her.

No, her job wasn't the problem. It was the hectic, frantic pace, so attractive in the beginning, that now seemed to be suffocating the young woman And it was the constant noise of

only the rich melodies,

By Father Basil Pennington

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us through all the events of life, through all the persons we encounter God is in the mighty wind, the earth quake, the fire in all But God's voice is subtle, even though it thunders louder than all the voices of

creation Two could sit in the warm morning sun, Lis tening to the bnight morning

calls of chickadees, robins and finches. One might hear

the city, so unlike the pastoral quiet of her college campus. It didn't take the lawyer long to realise what to do. She began to look for ways to unclutter her life, to simplify and to turn down the noise. Think for a moment about the young lawyer's predicament. ls there a big human need for some quiet time? ls time for reflection of great value for growth? Let'sassume that you answered yes to both as did the questions lawyer Do you think her problem was then solved? Or was it just recognised? Have you ever felt the need to

while the other, who had perhaps sat that morning in the quiet and attuned his inner ear to the divine voice, hears a message of ineffable love: "Look at the birds in the sly. They do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into

barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them Are not you more important than

they?" (Matthew 6,26) In the quiet, whether we listen to the creation around us, the city's noises, the words of revelation or the

deepest stirrings of our hearts, we begin to perceive a voice too often lost in the static of life In the quiet spaces, the monk hears God He also

hears someone else

simplify, to reduce the noise in your life? The difficult part, the lawyer discovered, is finding the elusive way to carve out a portion of each day for a quiet moment. In our day-to-day world, there are children to raise, bosses to please, creditors to pay, noise to tolerate. Whether we live on a farm or in a city, finding time to collect thoughts and call upon inner strengths can be frustrating Think again about the young lawyer. How could she tum down the noise level in her life? If it's a concern in your life, how could

you?

hears himself -- his true self

Happiness consists in knowing what you want, then knowing you have it or are on the way to getting it We have to know ourselves to know what we want Ultimately, it is when we see ourselves reflected back

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woman, whose name was Bathsheba, sent word to David that she was pregnant mis presented a dilemma For her husband was awa

fighting in David's army It would eventually become obvious that Bathsheba had been unfaithful during his absence David dispatched a message to his general mandat ing a furlough for the husband. Uriah, who could stay with Bathsheba while home Her condition then would not need explna

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ter Uriah refused to enjoy the comforts of home while his friends were fighting and dying He insisted on camp ing at the palace gate with the officers stationed there David was cornered He decided on a desperate plan Uriah was sent back to the battlefield with a message instructing his commander to put him in the front line where he almost certainly would be killed. And he was The king now had com pounded adultery with murder, but had saved face One man was not tooled b these manoeuvers. That was the prophet Nathan He came to David with a little

parable It concerned a man who had only one little lamb, a cherished pet His rich neighbour had 'herds in

great numbers One day the rich man had a visitor and

instead of slaughtering of his lambs for dinner 'he took the poor mans cwt lamb and made a meal of it On hearing that David shouted. The man who has done this deserves death' Nathan responded "You are

went on to predict dire punishments for the king Then David said to Nathan 'I have sinned against the Lord. " Nathan answered "The Lord on his part has forgiven your sin, you shall not die" (2 Samuel 1219 David suffered for his sin

But he had the strength of character to acknowledge his sinfulness and God responded with forgiveness

This story is dramatic. But David's need of conversion was not unique Conversion is necessary for all people in maintaining right relationship with God

Work can often be a prayer

A police chaplain who worked in a parish and moonlighted as a hospital chaplain told me once that his busy schedule actually helped him keep in touch with God. He explained that his work was his prayer because he brought his mind and hands to the task, but looked to his heart for the reasons.

Last year I did a lot of travel I found myself waiting on platforms on some terrific summer evenings. I would think about my day in terms of how well I had related to others and whether I had done anything to build up God's kingdom. On a lot of those days I found myself promising to do better with the next sunrise. In the winter on a bus I wondered if I had done

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Is God found only in silence? Must sacred places be silent places? Are people who live with noisefarfrom God? Can the young mother clinging to survival and sanity fust as ber screaming children cling to her be religious in the best sense? I think so The story of creation describes bow God brought life and its sounds into a silent

places; the cloisters, reading rooms. cell If you want the value of this in your life you will need to find or create places of quiet, to agree on times of quiet. It might be a quiet time in the morning until breakfast. an hour or two in the evening or a few hours on Sunday afternoon when each is left free to read, pra reflect, write This is not impossible with children. They can be put to quiet games. And for teen

agers, a structure to discover the sounds of silence can be a gift that is perhaps at first not welcomed, but for which, as for dry wine, a taste develops

The individuality of all children should, of course, be respected If they cannot enter into the quiet, they should be asked at least to respect the needs of others Role modelling by parents in this regard is very important

By Father John Castelot

anything. During the day

that had meaning for my fellow passengers

Each person lives 10,080 minutes a week. No more,

no less While most of us tend to be relatively careful money managers, we are probably less careful of time, even though minutes are finite.

Once they're spent they cannot be recaptured That's why I find it important to develop a plan for "spending" time and to

consider ways of "investing" t

Is it possible to find time for reflection and prayer in a fast-paced, action life? What chance is there for those of us living in a world of work?

patients, I was put on a

regimen of daily walks. I was told, with the doctor 's

index finger wagging at my nose, Now don forget every single day for at least a balf bour" Knowing the alternative, followed the cardiologist 's orders. For tbe last year I have spent a halfbour each day on a quiet walk along tbe trails, through tbe grass lands and over the bills

void From the very begin-

ning of Jewish history we

hear over and over of the

practice of making a joyful noise to the Lord The mother with a scream ing childpracticing acrobat ics on her knees can well be in touch with tbe sacred

But some relative quiet is certainly a human need We have created a world of mechanical noises louder

us unique and that moves us to act To do that, it's important to break with some demands of the moment. The first step is planning

Consider leaving a Little early for work. Drive to your

destination without playing the car radio. Park the car and give yourself a few minutes to think, to pray Are there a few minutes way is needed to penetrate that activity to find our inner before or after lunch? What core -- the spirit that makes about the end of the day, while others rush home? Could this be a time to linger a few minutes in thought Using such times for pryerful reflection can be habit and more insistent than we forming Once a habit develcan bear We have deve ops it is easier to find time loped the means to amplify for it sound to a level we cannot The key to capturing time stand Researchers say the is an ability to focus assault is getting to The blaring radios, the Becoming free of those hustle of activity all around sounds, even a little wb~le need to be put aside Focus each day, can be restoring on what you are about and And that buman restorawhere you are realy going tion, wbich makes use of Ask yourself those questions silence, can be very reli regularly, the answers may (ous begin to surprise you

Each day we are hit with a barrage of words, pictures, distractions, demands. A

Quiet pace is valuable

in God's all-loving eyes that

we truly know ourselves with our infinite potential for beauty, for life, for truth, for love. In the quiet we come to know ourselves and what we truly want In the monastery there are silent times. The "great silence" of the night, times of prayer, study, reading rest And there are silent

David. suffered for his_sin

One evening King David decided to take a stroll on the roof of his palace and enjoy the cool breeze. The events that took place after that stroll constitute one of the Bible's great stories of sin and conversion From the roof, David happened to see a beautiful neighbour. Consumed with desire, he sent for her. "When she came to him, he had relations with her" (2 Samuel

Now the monks file into the oreh A bell rings and the ancient service of Compline proceeds {pally the lights fade. The final strokes of the evening Angelus lee themselves in the surrounding hills. Night has come. It i stime tar the monk who has entered into Gods established rhythm the quiet and rest

By Bob

Dylak . Find ways to save time, ways that remind you to pray. Just setting the breakfast table before going to bed at night can yield an extra free minute in the morning

Check out different methods of prayer until you find one that appeals to you and helps you. develop a perspective That prayer style is probably right for you The key is to make the time

Then attempt to move closer to God, or perhaps just allow God to move closer to you

where I love What began as medical necessity bas become per sonal luxury. That peaceful half hour bas become a

By Father David O'Rourke treasured time out It is my time to tune in to tbe quieter pace I now value so much Realistically, there is no way I have time for that walk 4 half hour, after all

becomes a lot of time out of a busy schedule I have to worie and my worle is time consuming So I learned to make the time ime bas been only half the problem Finding rela tirely quiet places bas been equally difficult We live in

buildings run by machines for our work, are trans ported by machines and use machines to prepare our food They re all great and hare freed us from lives of

drudgery But these machines create a constant din - fro the bum of the refrigerator or computer to tbe clatter of trucks and buses For health, samity and simple

well being we need a break

from it

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from the amplified and echoed sounds of machine aided living.In ase, the

regional parks provide res

pite from traffic and din 7 my surprise I found many thers out on the part trait Mothers with

youngsters in strollers senior citizens in ping ats, office worleers on their lunch break Some mote leisurely, others go along at a good chip But all seem to relish the softer sounds of tbe pare trail

A young critic obviously doesn't appreciate the loud sounds of the tuba during an outdoor US. Air Force band concert in Wethersfield England. Is God only found in silence? The story of creation describes how God brought life and its sounds into a silent void From the very beginning of Jewish history we hear over and over of the practice of making a joyful noise to the Lord

The Record, August 7, 1986 9

Kevin John Edwards was born in Perth on July 1, 1941. A solicitor, he was formerly a partner in the law firm of Stephen Jaques Stone James for which he still acts as a consultant - but is now a director of the Barrack Mouse Group where he is still involved in a lot of legal work in addition to the general business of the organisation. Me was educated at St Joseph's in Sublaco, the Brigidine school in Wembley, CBC Terrace and the University of WA from which he graduated with a LL.B in

1962.

He was articled to

Phil Adams, QC, at

Stone James and also spent a year of this training period with R.I. Ainslie, QC, before his admission to the Bar. Throughout his UWA days he played football with the highly-successful University side in the Amateur Association and was president of the Blackstone Society. He is a board member of Centrecare Children's Cottages and Catholic Homes for the Aged and was for years a councillor of the Law

Society.

Kevin and his wife Elizabeth (nee Nicholls) are Claremont parishioners and they have four children - Sally (19), John (17), James (15) and Michael

(11).

Kevin Edwards will tell you that the facilities for Catholic education have gone a long way since his infant school days at St Joseph's in Subiaco. If they could do a Dr Who and transport themselves backwards in time, today's educators would be aghast at the spartan provisions for learning prevailing in the old former church. As they journeyed forward in the Tardis to the adjoining time zone, the educators would have noted with approval the progressive improvements at Kevin's next two schools - the then new Brigidine establishment at Wembley and CBC Terrace.

ests at the Terrace were football, swimming and handball. He was very keen on handball and he and some of his contemporaries vowed that, when they had left school, they would come back at weekends and continue to play the ancient Irish game. They never did. After matriculation Kevin, like many another before and since, had no real idea of what he wanted to do in life. Accompanied by John McAlwey, he went down to the University of WA to enrol -in what he didn't know. Maths, physics and chemistry hadn't been among his stronger subjects at school, so Science was ruled out. He didn't have a clue of what Arts was all about. Therefore, exit Arts So he lined up to enrol in

Kevin Edwards

move had been given

But time wrought its healing influence. For a start Elizabeth's doubts seemed justified as they battled in London to find a suitable place for the family to live during the prevailing housing shor-

Law. It was a haphazard but happy decision, as his subsequent successful professional career attests 'The university was a much smaller place then," Kevin says. 'The Law classes were tiny by today's standards, so we got to know each other well. And largely through playing football, I met fellows from all the other faculties." The two years of articles he did with Stone James after graduation carried with them the responsibility of studying for and passing the Bar Association exams in addition to gaining practical experience in the prac-

But he had mentors of the calibre of Phil Adams, Bob Ainslie and Bob Blancken-

see.

His articles time was divided approximately into a year in commercial conveyancing and a year in litigation. From then on most of his

The Record, 5'Fr gust,71. 988,

Petite, slim and youth-

fu I, the young lady,

born Evie Nagiel, perched on the table edge to have her picture taken for this article. She represented all the good things of youth. Change the conservative grey nun's habit she was wearing for leather jacket and jeans and it would not be hard to visualise her astride a motor bike. She used to ride one and went around with bikies. She went to heaps of discos, parties too and was a "mad car driver," she said Not only that, but Evie was also into Karate. The more I heard about the "then" and "now" the more I warmed to her. The 24 year old's life has already been one of great

Brother Quilligan and later Brother Collopy were the principals during Kevin's period at the Terrace His classmates included Warren Anderson, now a multi-millionaire property developer living in Sydney, John Horgan, the present chairman of the WA Development Corporation; and John McAlwey, who was to become a successful solicitor and businessman His main sporting inter-

tice of law.

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On a time machine...

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By BOB BOYLE time with the firm was spent in property and commercial law, which involved him in many big deals. These included shopping centres (in which he was to meet again his old schoolmate Warren Anderson), acting for organisations such as Metro Industries and a lot of general corporate work. In 1976 he was entrusted with the pioneering task of opening the Stone James office in London. It was the first WA legal office in the British capital, the first outside the state and only the second Australian legal office there. '1 had to start from scratch obtaining premises, set-

ting up the office and establishing liaison with English solicitors were some of the requirements," Kevin says "Initially the English law firms were suspicious of these bally colonials setting up on their doorstep. I had to convince them that we were dealing only in Australian law with Australianrelated matters between the two countries 'They took a lot of persuading, but they finally got

the message." At first Kevin's wife Elizabeth was not too happy about the project. Baby Michael was a mere 12 months old, the oldest children were at school and only six weeks' notice of the

But after a time they were able to secure adequate accommodation in Victoria Road, Kensington. Kevin was so busy getting the office in Gresham Street established during their six-months' stay that they had time to visit the Continent only once. But there was some compensation for the deprivation in their catching up with the Tannocks when Peter was with the OECO in Paris. Kevin believes the former somewhat lackadaisical attitude of English law firms has changed dramatically. They are now top-notch performers with some world leaders in their fields Kevin relinquished his partnership in Stephen Jaques Stone James to join the Barrack House Group on July 2, 1984

"I thought it would be interesting," he comments, "to get the perspective from the other side of the table to be a client instead of a counsellor and to become involved in the broader field of business." And the Barrack House Group certainly presents a broad field Some of its mineral involvements are through the Barrack Mines operations at Horseshoe Lights and Wiluna; through Metramar Minerals and Central Coast Exploration; through Barrack Energy which has a producing oilfield at Mt Horner near Dongara; and through numerous other joint ventures. The group has a merchant banking operation through Barrack House Ltd and its other business ownerships include Rainbow Neon Signs and the Leeuwin Estate vineyard and associated farms All the technical personnel of its Barrack Technology arm are at present in Boston where they are working on development of the Caru combustion process for engines. Kevin believes WA generally will suffer severely if the Federal Government carries out its threat to introduce a gold tax.

contrasts Evie, as she and her father testified, had been a "wild one" as a teenager Her parents, both Polish, had reason to be concerned about her behaviour and she gave them plenty of headaches. "She'll end up behind bars!" her mother used to state Others were concerned about her behaviour too. She was expelled from the Josephites Catholic College in Sydney for being rebellious and misbehaving The Sisters said in their opinion and with other parental pressure at the school, "she just had to go.' "I finished my high school certificate in a Sydney public school after that, and attended Technical College," she said. "I then started working for four years in various places "Naturally like any young girl, I went to discos, parties and was into a lot of other things," said Evie. Her unfolding story became more and more interestmng •• Evie's path to self-discovery and vocation and directionseeking wasn't easy, not for her nor her parents That's what made the final decision such an unexpected chmax - and the story in between so fascinating "My first call to the religious life came when I was 13 years old," she said But that was around the time Evie was expelled However despite the uphe@val of changing schools and the turbulence of her youth, Evie still felt the thread of a religious pull But it took a cataclysmic fall from a horse (with a parallel to Paul's at Damascus), for God to "really change the direction of my life," said Evie. 'When I fell off the horse, something happened. I was 18 at the time and I then realised my place was in the convent. 'The force was so strong t changed my life complete from that time onwards," she

said.

However the road from then

on was still fairly rough for Evie despite her newly discovered revelation and convic-

ton.

The family suggested a Polish Order would be most desirable for Evie so when she visited the Holy Land and

Australian nun shapes new life among the poor in Poland

From 'bikie' to teaching the Bibi e... by COLLEEN HOWARD

Europe, she called in on the Missionary Sisters of Christ the King for Polish Immigrants, in Poland "I had a look at the place and it appealed to me straight away," said Evie. She expressed her desire to join their Order but had to return to Australia to make

and express and sort out any

doubts or indecisions She was on her own and

that made it hard In the next two years after her return from her Polish visit, Evie came under the influence of an ex-Catholic girlfriend who had joined a fringe religion; one which was in the habit of taking out sections of the Bible and using them to their own advantage. "She twisted things, brainwashed me, and made me

departure preparations Then it became tough Because the Order was not in Australia, Evie had no mentor among the Sisters, with whom she could relate

think my Catholic faith was

wrong," said Evie. Confused and being torn away from her Catholicism, Evie cancelled her intention to join the Polish Sisters, then re-applied and cancelled again. She finally converted to the other religion she had become involved in. Evie's parents, distracted

with worry and concern and embroiled in Evie's turbulence and turmoil, called in their friend Father Pajdak, the

Polish Provincial for the Society of Christ He had originally been guiding Evie in her search for a suitable Polish Order to join. His own Order, which is now in every State except Western Australia and the Northern Territory, with its Provincial House in Sydney, is closely associated with the Missionary Sisters of Christ the King "1 had just come home from a religious meeting and when I saw him there waiting to see me, I was all ready to fight for my new-found religion," she

said.

"1 told him I was searching for God, for the truth," said Evie But he deflated Eve's balloon of hot resistance when he said ... "And so you should be."

Her aggression stopped right there as he explained that with the other religion's misuse of context, he (a Professor of Bible studies), could prove even the nonexstance of God! by using their methods "You have to read it in the Hebrew to find the real meaning," Father Pajdak said. He then proceeded to show Evie that taken out of context and fragmented, the Bible loses its original meaning "And so l gave in," said Evie. "ht all became clear to me then. He was right. I then resumed the practice of my Catholic faith." Evie left Australia in 1982, spending six months in Los Angeles, studying the Order and then joined the Order

when she arrived in Poland in December 1982. It is a young Order, only 27 years old, co-founded by Father lgnatious Posadzy of the Society of Christ (Father Padjak's Order), and the late Cardinal Hlond who used to be the Polish Primate during the second world war. Today, that lithe figure, now Sister Teresilla, is clothed in a pale grey habit; one which she is forbidden as a member of her Order, to remove. Even if Evie rides a horse, the habit remains. Because we don't take our habit off, we have so many vocations," she said During the last six years I've been associated with the Order, we have had 15 new novices each year, the young est of whom is 18 years old "1 am the only Australian." Home for a holiday with her parents who now live in Kalgoorlie, after four years absence, she is obviously excited to be back In Poland, Sister Teresilla s stationed in Poznan, about 200 kms from Warsaw.

She is undertaking a four year music course at a Catholic organisation which is connected to Rome. "I do the clerical work in the convent and try to perfect my Polish," she said. She overheard one of the children say. 'That teacher can't teach us, because she can't speak properly!" Sister laughed. And what is it like for an expatriot living so far away from her native country and fam-

iy? "In the beginning irt was very difficult because l didn't know the language properly and there was the necessary assimilation into a different culture and way of thinking, she said. "But being very busy and with many new experiences I didn't have much time to think of my family or Australia. "But now I must admit, I do get homesick and it's hard sometimes," she said It is possible however that her Order may, at some future date, come out to Australia So perhaps Sister Teresilla may yet return and work among the Polish migrants out here. The transition from her previous behavioural pattern to her present calm serenity of Sisterhood didn't come

easy.

But -"T am now totally content and peaceful," said Sister Teresilla "1have found myself." The Karate Kid cum Bikie of Sydneytown, has finally arrived..

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solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances of my life you are with me. I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things as I confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you ever in spite of all material illusions. I wish to be with you in eternal glory. Mercia O'Brien. Novena to the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit. you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances of my life you are with me. I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things as [ confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you ever in spite of all material illusions. I wish to be with you in eternal glory. Thank you for your mercy towards me and mine. Jennifer Harris.

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Peace name comment from Father Donald SPROXTON, Archbishop's Secretary Sir, Mr A Munut referred to

"Catholics for Peace" in the last issue of the "Record". "Catholics for Peace" is a group of Catholic laity, religious and priests committed to the challenge of the Gospel to be peacemakers. I believe this group of concerned Catholics is committed to building peace for our

world today.

They have not been given approval as a "Catholic" association authorised by the Archbishop. However, they do keep in contact with the Archbishop from time to time.

Prayer bouquet? Mrs Nora CLARKE, Bluff Point

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May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised adored and glorified throughout the world now and forever Amen. Thanks to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Thank you for favours granted. 0.S.C.

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who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances of my life you are with me. I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things as I confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you ever in spite of all material illusions. I wish to be with you in eternal glory. Thank you for your mercy towards me and mine. Calvin and Mum.

from Paul SHERIDAN, Bassendean Fr Uren states masturbation

is OK if the sperm is used for

"good", that is, IVF. That is

strictly his opinion; the Church has always taught that evil cannot be done to procure good. This immediately and eternally makes masturbation, in any form or for any reason, evil. The same goes for the contraceptives he suggests as another path to collect the sperm.

Peace explained

Sir, Mr Alex Munut (The Record July 31) asks a number of questions regarding

Prophets many times warned the people of Israel when. against true security, they depended upon their own strength or alliances with other nations rather than trusting in God (Eg: ls. 30.1-4, 31:.1-3, Jer.

Catholics For Peace. 1. We are a group of Catholics committed to the ideals of peace and justice. Canon 216 requires permission to be sought to use the word "Catholic". It does not require any special authorisation to use the word "Catholics". Our existence is in keeping with the words of Pope John Paul II. "The Church wishes her children to join through thei rwitness and thei rinitiatives, the first rank of those prepari g n peace, and g (World Day of Peace causing it to rein" message. January 1, 1982 2. Our policies are firmly grounded in scripture and in the statements of the Church and the Popes, particularly Popes John XXIII. Paul VI, and John Paul II. In fact we are launching this month an education initiative aimed at further educating the faithful in the contents of these statements. 3. On disarmament, we believe that "justice, right reason, and the recognition of man's dignity cry out insistently for a cessation of the arms race. The stockpiles of armaments which have been built up in various countries must be reduced all round and simultaneously by the parties concerned. Nuclear weapons must be banned A general agreement must be reached on a suitable disarmament program, with an effective system of mutual control (Pacem et Terris. Pope John XXIll, 1963l We also agree with the U.S. bishops statement that "While we do not advocate a policy of unilateral disarmament, we believe the urgent need for control of the arms race requires a wilingness for each l side to take some first steps" (Challenge of Peace, 1983 4. We believe the Anzus treaty and the American alliance should be viewed in the light of the scriptures. The Old Testament

for concern. The Second Vatican Council declared that "any act of war aimed indiscriminately at the destruction of entire cities or extensive areas along with their population i sa crime against God and man himself. t merits unequivocal and unhesitatig n condemnation" (Gaudium et Spes, 1965) Therefore we oppose visits by nuclear armed ships from whatever country, and the presence of foreign bases which may have a nuclear strike role 5. We have no formal links with the Melbourne group called Catholics for Peace. 6. Pope Paul VM said "If you wish peace, defend life" (World Day of Peace Message, 1976) We do not oppose the use of nuclear material in medicine, where rt plays a prolife role. However nuclear power generation is leading us into the plutonium economy which by the year 2000 will enable nuclear weapons to be produced by almost every country in the world (Scientific American, August 1985). This and the still unsolved problem of the disposal of highly toxic waste products, lead us to conclude that supporting the nuclear industry is incompatible with a pro-life stance Our beliefs are well summarised by the U.S. bishops statement, The Challenge of Peace: "Peacemaking is not an optional commitment. t is a requirement of our faith. We are called to be peacemakers, not by some movement of the moment but by our Lord Jesus. The content and context of our c peacemaking is set not by some politial agenda or ideological program. but by the teaching of hi sChurch." Further information may be obtained by writing to Catholics for Peace, P.O. Box 189 Victoria Park, WA 6010

From Peter STEWART, co-ordinator Catholics For Peace. Victoria Park.

The Catholic Church has never suggested certain "conditions" under which contraceptives can be used When he says that the virginal conception is another morally legitimate form of procreation alternative to natural intercourse, which then makes other possible alternatives legitimate (IVF etc), this is once again his opinion, without Church teaching to support him.

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Leaders' meeting [ by DARREN GRONDAL

Forty young leaders met at the Lecderville Parish Centre last Sunday to discuss the implementation of a three week peace program called "Youth Working for a Just Peace". First started by the

Catholic Youth Council, the afternoon was

organised by Peter Shooter, Malcolm Dix, Monica Butler and Peter Handcock. Strong support came from

Julia Pickering, former Catholic Parish Youth Full Timer and Paul McGinty married at Willetton Parish church recently. Peter Stewart, member of Catholics for Peace (right) helped present the Peace Seminar last Sunday.

Antioch groups who will include the program in their weekly meetings.

Youth appeal Youth Appeal on Sunday, August 24 is one chance in the year for Catholic Youth to extend their fund raising activities to the whole community. Normally it is Catholic parents and business people who are first approached for donations towards Catholic youth projects. The doorknock does not

The program is designed to show young people how

best to combat the arms race with concrete and attainable actions Reading material and videos are part of the package. "We're on about doing something and being part of something." explained Peter Shooter YCW full timer.

little from everyone

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Youth groups should not

'The three week program aims to encourage young people to overcome the injustices at home, at school

canvas

explained Pauline Kennedy

especially the average

an Aboriginal social worker, a speaker at the meeting "When we see ourselves as part of the whole human race we can appreciate the value of even the smallest action to bring about peace." Although every movement

Year of Peace. It is a call to journey in a

non-violent action toward a unified and lasting peace

Pauline

More information about this resource can be obtained from Peter Shooter on 328 9667 or Monica Butler on 328 4071.

August ll oumil Do9

The Young Christian Workers present

The Annual Dinner Dance

One step in the three week program is to read articles from "Work for a just peace" Pictured: Pauline Kennedy Social worker among Aborigines.

at 82 Beaufort Street, Perth (2nd Floor) Saturday, September 13 7.30pm

Tyron Berg a YCW member. Paula hopes young people's

realistic fear of the arms race will be harnessed into practical goals. The program is a rare opportunity for youth groups to do something practical in International

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young person,

was not represented at the training day, Malcolm Dix

was encouraged by the openness and enthusiasm of the participants Youth Worker Paula Gee travelled from Bunbury with

church-goers

after Mass. The doorknock, similar to the more established drives, is in its fourth year but it is little-known in the community. The Catholic Youth organisations are interested in all youth but

and at play. "It aims to build an attitude that seeks resolution to problems without conflict and force. Everything in the world is interconnected,"

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drivers, farmers, religious workers, women in the markets) who expressed support for the Government and of their hope to rebuild their country in peace, free from outside intervention. This hope was shared by the world court, in their decision on June 27 denouncing US backing for the Contras as a violation of the United Nations Charter, and asking that the US immediately stop all action against Nicaragua. As to the Amnesty International report referred to in

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Wbat word is always spelt incorrectly? Incorrectly. What must you do to have soft bands? Nothing. Wbat is never borrowed but often returned? Thanks.

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Wbat is the difference between a radio and a

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A boxing ring

Wbat bas a bead but no brain? A nail.

Wbat's the difference

between a bill and a pi? A hill is hard to get up and a pill is hard to get down.

What is the difference

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One cobbles for a wage and the other wobbles in a cage.

What goes up but never

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When it is felt. Wbat bow can never be

tied?

A rainbow

Wbat is it that plays when it works and works

as it plays? A fountain.

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Student: "Can I get into trouble for something l

Mother to son: "Come on, you'll be late for school." "Sban't go," came tbe reply front the bedroom. "Why, what's wrong?" "The teachers bate me and tbe kids despise me." Tll give you two good reasons why you should go." "What are they?" "One, you're forty-one and two, you're the headmaster."

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What bas no legs yet runs around a paddock?

Student: "Good, because I didn't do my homework!"

Noah and His Ark

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What was wrong with tbe cross-eyed teacher? He had trouble with his pupils

didn't do?" Teacber: "No."

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Why is an island like the

letter T?

It's in the middle of water. What comes up to the

door but never comes in? The sidewalk.

Ten men's length, ten men's strength, ten men can't ter a it, yet a boy can walk off with it. Wbat is it?

A rope.

slow horse fast? Tie him up.

How can you make a

What did one knob say to another? "Don't fly off the handle."

What can fall down and never get burnt? Snow.

What do witches put on their bair? Scare spray.

What did the pen say to the paper? "I dot my eyes on you."

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Creation for Perth

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Dr Pat Dunn, who is an obstetrician and gynaecologist at National Women's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand has delivered a large number of babies - well not quite a million, he says, but enough to have lost count. He has never been entirely satisfied with the range of books available for the intelligent, young pregnant patient. What better than to write one himself?

This little book will appeal to every mother, whether she is having her first second or tenth child It is written for the lay person but it is neither dull nor patronising. In describ ing the whole reproductive process, he tells patients what to expect at each stage of pregnancy labour, deli ery and after He challenges many of the rigid beliefs of the overcons cientious modern preg nancy books Relax, he says, enjoy your pregnancy Do what you like, eat what you like, ha a nice lazy time! As a further novel approach. he includes a section on the spiritual overtones of bringing new life into the world. Life springs from true love and that has an eternal quality

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The Untidy Pilgrim, by Eugene Walter, published by Methuen Australia, $12.95.

Originally published in 1954, this first novel set in Mobile, Alabama, the author's home town, won him a Lippincott Prize Award and launched him in a dazzling and eclectic literary career.

Peter Seymour, whose name is a byword on the Australian choral scene, will make a guest appearance when he takes the baton for the University of Westemn Australia Choral Society's performance of Haydn's Creation in August. Peter is the conductor of the cekebrated Sydney Philharmonia Choir, which has built up an enviable reputation in the Australian musical world The Creation is to be given with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and a superb cast of soloists in the Winthrop Hall on August 20th, starting at 8 pm. The entire work is to be sung with soloists Elisa Wilson Thomas (soprano), Edmonds (tenor) and Gregory Yurisich (bass). Tickets for The Creation will be on sale at the Octagon Theatre, Gramophone Record and Zenith Music. They will be $11 full and $9 concession. Mail bookings ( including cheque and SAA) to P.O. Box 262, Nedlands, 6009, will be accepted until I0th August UWACS own conductor, John Winstanley, is delighted that Peter is coming over He feels that the Society can only benefit from "this wonderful cultural interchange" John adds "I have known Peter for many years now and have been hoping that one day we would be able to induce him to make this visit. It should be a really marvellous performance. I have alwavs felt that UWACS sing this work particularly well. They last sang it in 1980 at the Perth Concert Hall to great acclaim." John is also very pleased with the soloists UWACS have been able to engage. Perth audiences will be delighted that Gregory Yurisich, a Principal Bass with the Australian Opera, will be paying a visit to his home city for the occassion. "As one of Australia's finest performers, it is a pity we don't hear more of him in Perth!"

The Society has also been able to engage the outstanding Adelaide tenor Thomas Edmonds, who is very popular with Perth audiences "Both Peter Seymour and I agree that there is no one else in Australia who could sing this role better. In March this year he sang with us in a performance of the St

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John Winstanley Rehearsals for The Creation are now under way, and all members of the Society are experiencing the exhilaration of Haydn's music. John Winstanley will be on long-service leave following the performance of The Creation. He is equally delighted that the Society's program for the remainder of the year will include a performance with yet another fine conductor. "We have a very distinguished musician to be guest conductor in our October performance of the Faure Requiem. Professor Ivor Keys, who will be visiting professor at the Music Department of the UWA, has been very pleased to agree to undertake this performance I will resume the Societv's baton for our annual Messiah at the end of November" John says Meanwhile it is great to have such wonderful artists giving their own individuality skill and colour to our program for 1986."

Sydney Conductor Peter Seymour

The Conductor Guest conductor Peter Seymour OBE, is the Director of the Sydney Philharmonia Choir. Peter Seymour trained as a singer, percussionist and teacher at Melbourne University Conservatorium and was a founder member of the Australian Youth Orchestra He is now chairman and musical director of the National Music Camp Association which is its parent body. In 1974 he founded the Sydney Youth Orchestra Association which plays an important role in the training of young players

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Matthew Passion, and he also joined us in our previous performance of The Creation in 1980 with great success." The third solo role will be sung by the brilliant young Perth soprano, Elisa Wilson. "This is another remarkable voice. Elisa is a most exciting performer and she is a product of our own WA. Conservatorium, where she studied withMolly McGurk I am very much looking forward to hearing her sing in The Creation."

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TENNIS

by PETER MESSER Results in this week's tennis round of winter pennant fixtures were all very one

sided. In the men's A grade Queens Park continued on their winning way defeating Dianella 10 sets 63 games to 35. The score in the Lynwood and Willetton match was not a true reflection of the closeness of their match. Lynwood won nine sets 58 games to Willetton one set

36. However, there were two tiebreaker sets and three sets which Lynwood won six games to four. Willetton had their chances

but just could not capitalise on them. In the men's B grade, the four top teams easily accounted for their rivals. St Benedicts defeated Wlletton No. 2 10 sets 63 games to 31 games. Greenwood seven sets 44 games beat the inexperienced Queens Park team three sets 37 and Dianella easily accounted for Willetton No. 1 nine sets 58

games to one set 24. In the battle for home team supremacy, Attadale No, 1 defeated Attadale No. 2 eight sets 57 games to two sets 31.

In the women's pennant Attadale No. 1 remained undefeated when they overcame Pignatelli No. 2 nine sets 69 games to three sets 42. At the other end of the

table, Greenwood remain without any points as they were overrun by Pignatelli No. 1 twelve sets 72 games to 15 games. Attadale No. 2 also had a win by defeating Queens Park nine sets to three sets. At the half way point in the competition, the pennant tables are as follows: MEN'S A GRADE Queens Park 6 Lynwood d Dianella 2 Pignatelli Willetton MEN'S B GRADE St Benedicts 8 Attadale No. 1 8 Dianella 6 Greenwood 4 Attadale No. 2 4 Willetton No. 2 2 Willetton No. 1 0 Queens Park O WOMEN'S Attadale No. 1 8 Attadale No. 2 6 Pignatelli No. 1 6 Pignatelli No. 2 2 Queens Park 2 Greenwood 0 A social tennis day has been organised for Sunday August 17 to coincide with the annual general meeting for the association. The venue is St Joseph's Pignatelli courts, Wichman St, Attadale. The tennis will begin at 1.00 pm with the meeting to follow at 4.30 pm. All association members are welcome to attend and join in the tennis. Women are requested to bring a plate of afternoon

tea.

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RACE ONE: Pancho Dust 1, Daisy Jane 2, Chasing Fun 3. RACE TWO: Knight Venture 1, Diamond Ball 2, Peak Period 3. RACE THREE: Fernando Prince 1, Pale Sunrise 2, Scott a Win 3. RACE FOUR: Sometimes White I, Correct Weight 2, Rovon Judy 3 RACE FIVE: Little Acorn 1, Chief Monarch 2, Rushlake Green 3

RACE SIX: Bowetzel's Time 1, Vinaka 2, Surging

RACE SEVEN: Steel

Monarch 1, Walkin' Sideways 2, Orange Lady 3.

RACE EIGHT: Abilene 1, Candid Conquest 2, Chez Nous 3. RACE NINE: Win Sandy Win 1, Luecinder Gold 2, One More Night 3. RACE TEN: Work It 1, Sombrero 2, Fiery Ryan 3.

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KALGOORLIE DEBS

Archbishop Foley received 20 debutantes at the Goldfields parish Ball in Kalgoorlie recently. Organisation was in

the hands of Father Greg Donovan and Shirley Marshall and debutantes were trained by Anne Miller and Marina Isle,

John Grace played the grand piano for the occasion. Debutantes and partners were: Suzanne Joyce, David Trembath; Jody Leahy, Michael Smith; Narelle Delbridge, Michael Vestorp; Fiona Robinson, David Watts; Michelle Bell, Greg Lockyer; Jennifer Coyle, Stuart Carrigg; Lee Nowland, Edward Jessop; Donna Gordin, Daniel Homby; Josephine Jurack, Darryl Evans; Catharine Quirke, Tony Tamlin; Lisa Gusmeroli, Hamish Fraser; Celeste Boase, Brett Lamb; Kelly Hudson, Keith Lee; Julieen Krepp, Gary Lamont; Julie Dwyer, Kit Fortune; Jenny O'Brien, Rodney Innes; Denise Davies, Andrew

Shehan; Danielle Robertson, Paul Craig;

Donna Scroop, Murray Fahey; Leandre MacDonald, Dean Carlsson.

PETER'S PENCE

The Vatican has acknowledged the receipt of $32,000 as the 1986 contribution from Perth archdiocese parishes to the Pope's Peter's Pence Fund.

NEWMAN SOCIETY St John's gospel discussion group 14th August, 8.00pm. In chaplain's office. St Thomas More College. Contact Father Dynon 386 8712.

RELIGIOUS RADIO & TV

On Sunday August 10 at 11am Mass is televised on Channel Two from St Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne. The music is classical polyphony sung by the Cathedmal choir. Encounter on 6WF st 8am features Dom Bede Griffiths, the teacher and writer on Christian spirituality in the Indian tradition, as heard during his recent visit to Australia. Pilgrims at 5.30 pm on 6WF is a special program on the Falling Asleep of The Virgin, in the Assumption. On Channel 9 on Sunday August 10, Mass For You At Home is dropped because of golf transmission but will resume at 7.30 am the following Sunday. On Channel 7 on Sunday August 10, Sunday Magazine at 7.30 am is followed by the children's Christian program Sing Me A Rainbow at 8 am.

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A Parish Healing Weekend will be conducted by the Pastoral and Matrimonial Renewal Centre at Hosea Prayer House, Dardanup on September 5-7. The Healing Weekend offers a gentle process of healing the hurts suffered in personal relationships throughout our lives. Places are limited to 30 participants and bookings can be made directly to the Prayer House, (097) 28 1148, or through Vera Kay, (095) 76 1083 or Peter and Veronica Dymond, 367 9870 0r (096) 26 2688.

BEACONSFIELD

MARIAPOUS

A mini Mariapolis will be held on Sunday, August 10th at Christ The King Parish, Beaconsfield. Focolare members will speak at each Mass. From 2pm-4.30pm special group sessions will be held. Afternoon tea will be served. The Focolare Movement (Work of Mary)

HOLY HOUR

The World Apostolate of Fatima will hold a Holy Hour at the church of Our Lady

provides a family environment in which all age groups can enjoy and put into practice in their daily lives the teachings of the gospel. Beaconsfield sent 25 people to the recent Mariapolis and monthly meetings have averaged 30 since then.

of the Most Blessed Sacrament, 175 Corfield Street, Gosnells, on Sunday. August 10 at 3 pm.

RECOLLECTION

Charismatic Renewal In Hope For Religious will hold a day of recollection (with emphasis on healing) directed by Father Hinton S.S.S. in Old Novitiate, Convent of Mercy, Victoria Square on September 14, 9.45am-3.00pm. All religious welcome: BYO lunch (morning & afternoon tea provided). Please advise of attendance by September 8, Sister M. Raphael, Convent of Mercy, Victoria Square, telephone 325 4875. Sister M. Celine, Convent of Mercy, Leederville.

NEWMAN ARTCENTA

The 12th annual art and craft exhibition will be held at Newman College 216 Empire Avenue Churchlands this weekend. More than 1,000 paintings and craft items from artists such as David Dridon, Pro Hart, Mitton Moon, John Franken, Terry Cousins and well known local and Eastern States artists will be on sale. The auction takes place on Friday

August 15. Tickets $16 includes cham-

ALTAR BREADS

pagne supper. Sales continue Saturday August 16, 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday August 17, 10 am to 4 pm, admission $1, children and pensioners free. Further information 445 1984.

In keeping with liturgical advice that altar breads appear similar to real bread, the Carmelite Sisters at Gelorup advise their clients that, if there is sufficient demand, they are prepared to make wholemeal buff coloured breads in the normal 25mm and 65mm sizes. They also now produce, in packets of 10, concelebration hosts 115mm and 150mm in diameter.

HELP WANTED

Volunteers are urgently needed in the Catholic Social Justice Commission Office on Fridays August 15 and 22 to help with the set-up of a resource centre.

The centre will provide information,

For further information contact Carmelite Monastery Gelorup (Bunbury) 6230,

resources and equipment to individuals and groups working on justice and peace issues in the Church community. Helpers will be entertained while they work with lively conversation, videos and

phone 097-25 7807.

ITAUAN MISSIONERS

Visiting Italian missionaries Monsignor Battista Mutti and Father Otello Gentilini will preach parish missions over the next five weeks in the diocese of Bunbury.

tapes. Contact Sandra Brown 325 1212 or call at the office, 459 Hay Street, Perth.

Commencing Friday August 8, Don Otello will preach to Italian communities at Collie, Harvey, Narrogin, Brunswick and Esperance. Don Battista will preach at Manjimup and Harvey. The two missionaries have spent over 30 years amongst Italian migrant workers in Germany and currently are stationed at Stuttgart.

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Mass of St Alphonsus, Redemptorist Monastery, Archbishop Foley and Bishop Healy.

Confirmation John XXIII College,

Archbishop Foley.

Confirmation Osborne Park, Archbishop Foley. Mass and procession Mundaring, Bishop Healy.

Confirmation Fremantle, Mons. M. Keating.

Thirty-seven acolytes from ten parishes gathered at the Carmelite Monastery, Morley, for a one day retreat conducted by Father Raymond Clasby ODC who dealt with the relationship between the Acolyte and the sacraments. Father Raymond looked at the Mass in depth and emphasised the importance of reading the Mass prayers and scripture readings in advance. In his final talk he dealt with prayer and its proper perspective, suggesting that 'Prime Time' be given to prayer each day. A period in the morning was set aside for Reconciliation and the day closed with Mass in the church at 3.15 pm.

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