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The Social J stice Sunday paper produced for discussion and refection o September 28 this year is o ded on Justice and Peace.

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e paper is a collection of the teachi gs of Pope John Paul II on questions of justice, peace and human development, commissioned by the Australian Episco al Conference a has been prepared by the Catholic Commissio for J stice an Peace and Australian Catholic Relief. It is a clear and succinct exposition of the main themes evident in the pope's social teaching. t begins with Jo n Paul l's call to the youth in Monza to help uild a new society a d, thro gh references to his reflections on the situation · n the wor d oday, it elucidates the pope's belief hat a newcivilisa ion is struggling to be born.

Bishop Brennan, e lscooat uty on CCJP, Bis op Gerry, deputy f r ACR say of the latest statement: 'With the pope's visit imminent it is appropriate this year's discussion pa r shoul be based on the pope's own social eaching. "Every public statement issued by the pope since his election in 1978 was cons· ed in the preparation of Founded on Justice and Peace. "I is an excellent document which prov· parishes with a most valuable discussion guide."

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Record The faithful are not quite in the starter's ha ds but the barrier draw is on and the fi dis about to firm up. The outcome now depe ds largely on late entries or last minute scratchi gs. This is a reasona y irreverent description of the run-down that has started for a number of re igious functions that are to take place at four of Australia's best known turf tra s in late November. If the visit of Pope John Pau has been till now largely a theoretica exercise in pious expectaion, polite interest or bemused indifference, it is TransPerth and not some Catho ic conspiretorial inquisition that has comme ced sorting out the starters and no -starters. Papal visit organisers point out that it costs exactly nothing to wa k in or wa out of the Belmont Park site for the pope's ass on ovember 30. Those who will en·oy the added stimu us of a bracing wal from he arest availab e parki g point eed not fear that they have en b si ess from what Perth transport autho · ies say will be the ·ggest ever peop e transfer e city as andled. The decision by tho sands of Catholics last weeke d o secure eir transport o e Mass e visit · nto real focus with the ry y they are goi g? ether ould be a

Third Cat olic man EXICO CITY ( C) The Vatican squelched a plan by northern ex can bishops to hold a as less Sunday to protest a leged election fraud. The ass "Can never be an instrument of politically motivated pressure," s id the apostolic delegate in exico, rchbishop 1Prigione. rchbishop areno of Chihu hua preI

viously announced the 62 churches in his archdiocese would be closed "a a sign of protest" of municipal election • He said in a pastoral letter the elections were so marred with fraud they constituted "a social sin". However, the archbishop said he had received Vatican instructtcns to keep the churches open. "We wdl obey this ord r, ' he s id.

But hop lmeida said the "denunci tion of electoral fraud" which he and other Chihuahua bishops had levelled "remains intact". The denunciation is "supported by the s well, pope because it deals wi h a very grave violation of human ri hts of the kind the peopl (have) continually denounced with 1d. great viger," h

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KNOW YOUR FAITH

"BBligious writers often portray human life as a journey that a person travels. Human life is a way- the story of the journey passage or adventure" (John Elias writing in "Christian Adulthood: A Catechetical Resource," 19841985). "Most persons in their faith journey need companions . . . We cannot be teachers, guides or saviours for others. But what we can all do is be companions; we can go along and share the journey and help as best we can with our limited vision and love. " (John Elias writing in "Christian Adulthood: A Catechetical Resource," 1984-1985.)

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"Fro"' tbe word go a small cbUd Is trying to ,,.aJu, sens« of tbe uiorld," said Dr Jean Haldane. Sbe Is tbe retired dean of tbe Episcopal Lay Academy of tbe Episcopal Diocese In Call/ornla. Tbe cblld's s,mse of curiosity carries over tnro adullbood, Ms Haldane said. In her 30 years as a n,Jiglous educator, she bas dlscoven,d that questions about "our search /or meaning" always attract Interest. To encourage people to reJlect on UHlr personal splrltualjourney, sbe sometimes asJos people to draw conn«ttons between UHlr own life history and tbe saJvaLkm blsrory found In tbe Bible. Somettmes she does so by using this exercise: First she asJos participants to tblnl, of UHlr lives as a booll wllb tbree chapter beadings. One woman suggested these cbapters. • "Pre·revolutton": when she u,asyoungerand

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• "ReoolMtton": bercolkgeyears when she was rebellious and Impetuous; • ''Post-revolutton": after sbe married and became a mother, a time she Jell mellow, realising there was more tban one side to a question. Second, group members are aslted to approach tbe Bible and salvation history as If It were a booll u,ttbjust tbree chapter beadings. "Most people need help" doing this, Ms Haldane said, so she might start u'llb God's creation as tbe first chapter beading. A second chapter, she continued, might be tbe story of Israel and tbe prophets. Tbe third chapter might embrace tbe cburcb, Ms Haldane said, "anything to do wllb us now." She remembers a man al a large conference wbo was pleased uitb bis chapter beadings:

"When will that big day get here?"

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qu<>t,OOS. back when I w.15 about 18or 20 tr seemed to me at that watashal point in bfc that I deserved all the

years. hadn't I' Loolang back, I think I "'25 a IJ.ttJc scnsal.JVC. After all. it

Is the trip 'worth it'?

grew up to hear rather '\\-iz.rnC'd vctcrms ol life's battles call 30. or 40.yar old men "boys·· ln bet, I kn� a woman who, rcfcrnng to her 500, said "The boy took the pickup on down to the ston:. ,. NCYcr mmd that ·"the boy" was about • 5. Anyway, I kept waiting for lhc mag1C21 moment when adulthood would make its appearance. I guess I tboogbt It would sortolpull into town one <by, like lhc Sunsd Unc bus. I kept waiting aod tblnbng about It

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meantng, Its changes and developments, reJlected In tbe blblJcal story of salt1atlonl • Wbal are some special times of creation and new beginnings In your story? • Wbat u"""' some times of ,wteu>orfby development and growth, like the time of tbe Israelites' exodus from Egypt? • Have there been times of tkalb and resurrectton In your II/el

'When will everyone know, without a doubt, that the threshold of adulthood has finally been crossed, that legally and otherwise, I am a man?"

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• "Acffon": '7bat'.! ua, • the man said; "We'rr supposed to go Into tbe world and'"'"' action" on tbe Christian message. Finally, Ms Haldane Invites people to com· pare their two lists. "People see amazing connections, n she said. Typlcally, Ibey respond by SO)ing Ibey can see reftecttons of their own life In tbe larger Bible story. Is your life, wllb Its continuing s=rcb for

Waiting for a magic moment of adulthood

Jesuit Father Walter Burghardt reflects on the path he has travelled as a Christian, a priest and a man in "Seasons That Laugh or Weep: Musings on the Human Journey." For the jour- The image of Hine as JOU(ney is very sppeahng to adul!s. rel,g,ous aducator Jean ney to move Haldane says. HI! suggests there's more to me than meets the eye; there's a sp,r1tual "rm moving forward and I have choices. she says. '7here ahead, you have to dnnension. /! also suggestssre paths taken and not taken. "Jet go of the level of life where you are now, so as to live more fully," he says. He sees a , wU1ingncs, to make adjust- • Tbc twinge o{ panlc felt to willingness mcnu along lhc way. oltcn in one's when change as a link to Our Joumc>� an: too potm· lhc � ol life are no longer counted In terms or the tially glorious to foUow lhc growth. It is essenBy c:xample ol a couple I know yean sine<, birth but of lhc tial to the Christian Theodore Shonly before their first aod yean until dcat.i, pilgrimage "to go pcmaps only trip to Europe, • Tbc c-..:nrual accq>WKX through a self- Hengesbach they tokl me ''We haven't aod SiM>UrinS ol one's unilooked into it mudl. We'll quc Ufc journey in lhc mld· emptying more or jus< drive around when WC to-tare 5()s and 60s. less like Christ's get there and sec what own emptying," Adulthood often seems to happms." be marked by lhc s,gllts aod he writes. '7ime I write this article Somctlmcs adult life C2D be and again, from surTOUnded by maps compattd 10 lhc sunc scene 90W1ds ol changc - new different responsibiliwomb to tomb, and gutdebooks. Lay- on a mountlin rood viewed jobs, ties, a growing family. An you have to let go. ing plans for a trip now from one aniiJc, tbcn opportunity fo< growth may East. I've gathered up another. At each wayside we And to let go is to resources. checked ponder anew questions cmcrgc as wc ananpt to die a little." But, if the family finances. naa answered oocc and uodcrsuod what a giYcn change really cntllls for us. we refuse, he I ere cted points of mar- fo< all adds, if "we clutch est to -· calculatad What does lhc future bold? And 11 is similar in our mocs Will It be better than my of &ith. /u WC IOOYC from a our yesterdays like driving time and childhood &ith nunurcd by debated whether to past? Linus' blanket, we take the scenic or Will my rclatlooships with parents 10 adult &ith, wc refuse to grow." direct rou1B - aU part family aod friends get better? may ask. What dilfcrcocc He suggests that a of an effort to make Tbc study o{ lhousaods o{ docs &itb make for my wori< c:xpcricnccs life? For my social life? In way of harmonis- sure the trip is "WOl1h people's it". raals that adult life is a '\\-'hat more mature wzys am ing past and presAltboogb rm planning a journey marked by cert.tin I Invited by my &ith to 3CfVC ent is to adapt v.lCltioo trip acroos Amer· relatively com.moo ele- Olhcnl creatively to new lea, this setting also SttDlS meetsSuch qucstloos C2D chalchallenges. (Pau- appropriate for writing lenge us to a new undcrTbc blncrswttt ol 5Undlng - and that C2D list Press, 997 tbac rdlcctloos on adult •lcaYlog the parental home Macarthur Boule- life as an ongoing journey. and sctting <JUI OD your own, signal growth. For wbctbcr it's a I <klay Tbc counc ol adult Ufc is vard, Mahwah, Y2C2tioo or a life ol 30, 50 or N.J. $8.95.)

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• Tbc jolt, oltcn in your 30s, in coming 10 terms with pcnooal llmituions;

also marked by the intcrpby bctWttD cootrol and accq,uocc. Adulthood an begin

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But, as we: mcountcr distressing events - happy events too - gradually wc: dJscovcr that everything isn't under our control

Mmy thins< happen "to" us.

Then lhc journey o{ adulthood bccomc:s a tessoe m dcddlog when to act aod when to rccciYc, when to ,pall: aod when to listen, when 10 accept the gn· dousncss ol othcn aod ol God An adult's life is alw2ys in

lhc proccso ol dcvclopmcnl, as new CY'Cllts arc turned to opportunities for growth But this requires shifting gears from time 10 time, lairing stod<. Through It all, we can discoYcr God. lhc sowa: o{ all life. falth is a g,ft fo<

seeing the changeless, vibrant life o{ God all along the challenging route of adulthood. And faith bean lhc promasc: that it is aU ''worth it" Cff:11.

tboogb life•s meaning may only be l'CYCaled lo dribs and drabs along the way.

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another hving soul was gomgtobc; • About bow, If a pcr,;oo ol lhc adult persuasion wanted to, be could just sit down one d2y and do nothing; • About bow, In lhc basic glvc-aod·lake of everyday life. tbcrc would be var Utile left to lam, • Or, lftbcrc was much left to lam, nobody could make you IC2111 it If you didn't W2llt to - and why would you want to anyway! I W2S apcdally loolang '°""2n1 to knowing all lhc right things adulu should ""Y lo situ2tloo. Tbc

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dom. I�. 9,-ould Uk.ea fev, )'C2lS I would K!tl� at first for knowing how 10 m:ogru,c: lhc punch bnc tn my noghbour's joke> 10 .. ,o know when 10 laugh And 9,"0U.ldn't 1t M rucc to -.hare adult insight and adult knowledge 9,·ith younger rouo. corning up in the ranks> I w.15 pretty sun, adulthood would be like all that How cbc: could it be? So I waited. And while I w.uted I watched. M"}bc I could learn about being an adult by watching adult> I thougln. of I got too tired ol w21ung. adulthood ""uld land o( <hp tn unnoticed through an open window SOIDC'0,1,cn:.

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About this point you're probably apccting to hC2r that suddenly it all made sense, that one d2y adulthood pulled Into clar view and I knew ClOlClly what It

looked like. But II dido1 happen qultc that w.l}' What I did rallsc is that bccommg an adult is - a moment in time. I dJ.,ro. � ifs a long. often con fuslOg process - pc:mtpl a proccso that nevtt ends. But Just achlcving that rcal,satloo lmohoal a long. coofus.

mg procc,& I lamed that adulthood doesn't me111 audi:tt llvlog. - by a long silo<. And It IOOl1 became painfully and pcnooally obvious that adulthood Uvcd 10 lhc fullest lllC20S fonnulatlng a thousutd pcnctntlng questions and learning to � with a handful ol imperfect

answers.

Now, when J ·o,as about 18 or 20, I figured tbcrc .,......, that much to this adulthood business, and an)'Wlly, I'd have all the answers I nccdcd when I became an adult Why wouldn•t It be that way?

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Ufe is a challenge for all of us, adults and children alb. Even when we grow up we find there are situations that require us to give our ubnost.

1he joumey of faith, like 11'1 joumey of life. calls on Qistians to change and to

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An educator who lw worked with adults for 30 years, Ms Haldane is convinced that every Christian's vocation grows from a bith that continues to rnatucc from 2 lifelong quest for under5tanding. She considers it important to help adults draw

oe Michael Feist dis- Katharine cuses how as a youth he laKed forward to crossing Bird 111 threshold of adulthood. Gedually he discovered tilt becoming an adult is ......._ ., nt a moment in time, it's a Adults find "the connections between IO! J, sometimes confusing image of life as a their ruth and their ordi· pit ::ess, one that may never journey very nary lives and to identify elf. appealing," said ways they already arc as Oiristians. religious educator living "The common thing I Dr Jean Haldane. hear from adults is 'I'm "It suggests fheodore Hengesbach there's more to me not a good Oiris1tan'," Ms Haldane added. She IS � i busy planning a vacathan meets the convinced m211y Chrisw-1, working with maps eye; there's a spir- tians don't n:alise that a travel guides, when he itual dimension." activities they already= � down to write about the The image of a iour- carrying out in their daily adllt years as a time of ney also suggests to lives uc ways of putting j�; they offer a choice adults that Tm moving their bith into action. of direct or scenic routes, forward and I have Thus, she often asks id- over a peiiod of time choices; there are people to think of a pertaken and not son they h2vc served and oh· views from differing paths taken," she added in an vice versa. all 1es of life's reality. interview.

father John Castelot tells oft ',e ancient Oumran comn11 nity' s round-the-clock �: of studying the Torah a other books of the �- Drawing on its Jewisl roots, Christianity from tlf beginning has sbessed tlf value of ongoing educat,J'l llnd growth for its adult lflllllbers, the biblical schola(S�.ys.

Ms Haldane, a British native, is dean emeritus of the Episcopal Lay Academy in San Fran-

cisco, California, and lives In Seattle, Washing-

ton. In seminars, she often asks people to "teU me about your religious journey." Adults usually find the question unusual but riveting. She recalled a man who talked about a painful work experience where he felt he bad been unfairly treated. The man, who felt bitter and demeaned, questioned God's justice. But, in discus.sing the situation, Ms Haldane said, the man gained an insight Into his own journey of l\iith, realising that "God saw me througll thaL I kept on � C\'Cll though I was mad 2t

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explained, people begin to realise their miaistry takes place "in all of life: at home, at work, In the community, with the liunily and with strangerS."

To help adults make connections between life and l\iith, Ms Haldane is apt to use an exercise which moves from the common human journey to the particular journey of each per.;on. She outlined four steps that part of chis exercise. She begins by asking people to ddvc Into their past history - pcrtups to describe their position in the bmily as a child and then to ponder what was good and what was problematical about that experience. The goal here, she explained, is to build trust by taking par· ticipants back to a nonthreatening experience.

Second, she asks participants: ''What did you love to do growing up>" This elicits varied response,, "from climbing trees, to sewing. 10 pulling children out of 2 canal." Her aim is to help identify participants what they enjoy doing. This may be the beginning of identifying our gifts 2nd talents, she explained. The third step, Ms Hal-

dane continued, is to

think of a transition time,

some experience when they changed. At this point in the exercise, people often mm-.: away from experiences of the disunt past to speak of a more recent and "deeply

religious experience,"

Ms Haldane said Sometimes it uwoh� the loss of a parent, a child or a

spouse.

Often people dlscovcr that "the time of anguish

was also a time for growth in understanding their bith, •• she said

The founh step involves writing 2 pcnonal obituary. People UStwly react to chis step with hesitation, smiles 2nd unc:isi ncss. But it lw 2 purpose: to get people to say v,,lut they would ltke their life to stand for 2nd wlut qualities they run-.: <k,.-.:· loped which may ble those of Christ. As they share their experiences, adults begin to see that their life entails a journey - one not only tied to the past 2nd pres-

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ent, but "in the future too," the religious educator said Ms Haldane makes 1l a point to rcspcct people's needs and fc:dings She ne-.n forces peopl<c· "! challenge them to try new things and to see that their journey IS UOJ· qucly thctrS. •· She concluded., "As an educator all my lif� J',-.: tried to assist people in finding hope that life lw significance and meaning."

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Father John Caste/at The Dead SM Scrolls contain all sorts of writings: texts of lbe books o/ lbe Bible, commentaries on them, lbe rules and traditions of lbe Qumrrm community wbicb produced lbe scrolls. The scrolls rejlected the lnlense, continuous study lbal took place In lbe community. For Qumran badfonned originally, not long before lbe time of Cbris� In reactwn to wbal Its members considered the corroptlon o/ lbe temple clergy. A uswper bad taken over tbeofjice oflbe blgb priest, Ibey charged, and tbe result was a general deterioration of temple personnel. Having cut themselves offfrom.J.l}b¢ bad been lbe centre of their lives, lbe liturgy celebrated al lbe Temple, Qumran's members bad to find another cenlre of Interest. They found It In lbe Bible, and especlally In lbe Tomb, lbe Bible's first jive books. Day and night lbe Qumran people sllUlied these books, rejlected and commented on them. During lbe day when most were engaged In manual labour, some were assigrn!d ro study. At nlgb� a third of the community was busy wllb lbe cenlral task of study. In a �. Ibis was a sort of lnunslue synagogue enterprise. For lbe sy,uwogue, wblle It was a house

vfprayer, was also a bouse of study. The word of God was the centre of lbe community's ll/e and there � no end of mining Its riches. 1bis was a thoroughly adult enterprise. The first Cbristlans continued Ibis practtce. Wbat Is preserved now as our liturgy of lbe Wont was for tbe earliest Christians tbe occasion for continued and continuous Intellectual and sptrltuaJ enrichment. In a summary of llfe In lbe early cburcb, Luke tells us: "'Ibey devoted tbemselves to lbe apostles' Instruction and lbe communal life" (Acts 2:42). So Important was Ibis constant, conscious growth In Cbristla,i understanding and lluing that wben lbe apostles werefaced wllb a cboia betwren administration and teacbing, St Peter spoke up, "It Is not right for us to neglect lbe word of God In order to watt on tables" (Acts 6,2). St Paul's whole life was dedicated to tbe lnstructicn of bis adult converts, and be was never content wltb wbat be bad taught tbem In preparation for lbelr baptism. Since be could not stay witb any one group very long, be used kiters to conltn1UJ their development. 1bese eptstles were read to the community al the liturgy and S/)arlled funber discussion among Its members. Christian Ufe was a growth process and growth Is never finis/Jed. Paul constantly urged people to make even greater p,ns,as. All of Ibis Involved adults. The word was preached to adults; adults aca>pted It and began ro live lbe Cbrislian life. It Involved continued effort ro plumb lbe mystery of Cbrls� wblcb Is Inexhaustible In It self and In Its Implications for liuing Christian llfe was and Is a serious, adult concern.

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W,th the America's Cup elimination trials due to start on October 6, one man is busy making sure Australia's senior citizens literally don't miss the boat. Catholic Homes for the Aged administrator Peter Dudley has obtained 130 berths per day during the trials for senior citizens o the new sail training ship Leeuwin, a three-masted barquentine which has been chartered by the Barrack House Group for the duration of the Cup. For $50, senior citizens can spe d a day o the barquentine watchin the elimination trials. KEN W1LSON reports the "senior sailors project" ls the first of what r Dudley describes as "on-going opportunities for senior citizens to rediscover life experiences."

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e ar r e Peter Du I y prefers to scribe th secto (55 years and over) as mature a because terms such as "aged" an "eld rly" conote peop e "pa it". H belie st e or should remain as a vital part of the communi - a sector which should exercise its riqht to maintain an active lifestyle.

'Promote the family' SAN DIEGO: Promote family values by helping those who are isolated or are suffering from problems, was the message of the Lenten pastoral by Bishop Maher. He has called for an extension of programs for victims in abusive situations; improved pastoral outreach to separated and divorced Catholics and an increase in the use of Church facilifes for day care and housing services.

ew monaste y o ens TOKYO: A new Benedictine monastery is to be opened at Fujimi by the community of St Anselm's Priory. The community will maintain its Tokyo parish, which has been organising charity concerts supported by embassies and relief aqencies for the past 13 years. St Anselm's was established by monks from St John's Abbey in Minnesota.

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Sir, until now, students received assistance at the beginning of Year 11 in order to acquire the necessary requirements for the nevv school year. Beginning in 987 they will no recei it until their 16th birthday - fine for students whose birthdays are at th inning of the year, but a those at r ln the year it is too lat . its This new syst m students n most of t East-

The underage drinking and smoking problem in our society, combined with the road toll of people under 25 years, is an indication of the irresponsible attitude of many of our youth. Unless common sense prevails in the allocation of these funds, many more students will be ceasing their ed cation rn Year 10 rather than extending it. What does the future hold f them excep a lif wasted watching television and the possibility of turning to en ?

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The ·nvitation · to Ch · · · ng · n pu · ·ng, television, m, radio, graphic rts, telecommunicatio , mari<eting, · ·ng, education& med' , d mecf law. The purpose of the meeting i to estabf n ongoing fonm of expertise d participation, to explom nd advise on the potential for com nications · the Church, to the Church, and the wider community to belong to a Chri n Communications Comm ity. Further ·monnation from Patrick 325 3155.

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