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As the story of Australia's first white arrivals begins to be retold again, notab y in Hughes' latest book and on the ABC Great Expectation series, o e fact emerges clearly: they were little people being cut off from their roots with a finality we will never understand. Life, and death, wou d roll on at the two extre es of the earth. Spouses, families would be split asunder, perhaps forever. There was little point in fretting over distant tragedies. The news might take years to arrive, if ever. Two hundred years later, sate lites stand sentry across the heavens. Millions of ·gnals stream into the stratosphere each second and not an atom of infonnation cannot be tra s ited instantly - provided someone wa ts to ear. The graphic telling of the Zee gge ferry disaster was only the lastest exa p e of e communication mirac e. What the te evision cameras missed in live interviews with anguished survivors, pages of detail and speculation filled momi g papers. eir High profile perso alifes furrowed brows over the · m e sity of e edy, promising anything. Australian o cials desperat almost ately comfort he na io with n no Australians re invo ved. e process peats itse fin a of trag i at can bare v be re airfi e eras , a hijack, a stadiu fire or iot,
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They arrived here in January and wil be hem for an indefinite period based at the .Josephites' convent in South Perth which provides them with accommodation and a sui able venue to run their courses. They are involved with retreat teams and ru ning a wor sho on the Enneagram. This is a way of self knowledge which is part of s irituali y, getting to know yourself and your reactions and is helpful in piritu I dir ction and growth. It is us ful also for living with groups of P I . Th y rec rr ntly running a school of prayer pl nning an Enneagram worksh for th April holidays. 'We would e happy to go nywhere, to parishes, country, groups or whatever necessary o run any of thes projects," they said. "All Christians pray, but at some time in their lives som Christians fe I their prayer is static and not growing," said Fat r Marius.
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"They b came conscious of a d sire for something more. We aim to help such p ople id ntify their exp rience of God, discover the most ap ropriate ways to respond to him at a per onal level and grow in their relationship with God and oth rs. "We offer a vari ty of approaches to ena le individuals to choose what s ems mo t suitable," he said. "Our hope is to reach ordinary people not on an academic level, but ginning with their own experience, helping them to articulat it, hare it and d pen it." Sister Bridget said they are ho ing to teach p ople to get in touch with what is happening in heir lives and from that, pray. "Often prayer is s parate f om their daily living and it is important to integrate prayer so that it flows from th ir experience of life.
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"But Mum, why do I have to go to Mass?" That's what many parents hear from their young people. How do you respond? Some parents simply say: "You will go as
with Catholic liturgy? Father Don Kimball of youth ministry fame gave me three reasons. First, teens and young adults often find liturgy too slowly paced. Their lives and
long as you live under this roof because I say so." Others let their young people drift away in hope that some day when they find some
music are on the go. The liturgy just doesn't look or sound like
the other six days of their week. meaning in the Mass they will return. · Second, they find the Mass too wordy. A middle group may insist on faithful They function best in the language of attendance at community worship while images - in fact, multi-images like music also helping youth find meaning in it now. video. Why do young people have diff��- d uths sense that in parish liturgy
What makes the conversatio• lletween parents and teens difficult wM,n the topic Is fallll? Sometlmts w1ten parents and lee1ta1tn talk tocether about their faith an awkwanlntss creeps In. Ptr1!aps the parents fttl Inadequate to the task of communicatin1 their faith; perllaps the te•••c•r raises many 111uestions and uks rather lllunlly what real difference falll, Makes. 11 any tYflll, ii often is - at leut from the parents' ,ers,ective - a hie• slaku conversalloo. For the parents very likely want lo see faith passed on to lhoir cllildren. TlM tee .... ,er who say "I doo, want to 1• to Mass• is tho ooject of Falhor Patrick Collins' attention in an article that taamines what problems teena1en have wHh the Mass and what can and cannot be done about il Father Collins is a director ol the Office of Christian Worship and Music.
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Mar1arel Steinfels, editor of Church m11uine, examines some of the ways llraw their children onto the ,aths that lead towanl a more mature Christia" life. But, she observes, parents 11norally fiod that lhoy can, 10 it alone when it comes to teen-11en and faith. She tells how two parishts offer the S11pport parents ..... in this area. Katharine Bini, associate editor of lho NC Relicious Education Pacu1e, writu of a mother who has worked Ions and hanl so that her children will Itel they can discuss any a.nd every concern In their lives with her. This Is a slQrJ of faith. It tells how one pareat approached
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''WeU, uh, we pray here. I hope you don't mind." My adolescent son's warning to our dinner guests summed up many of the feelings our culture, and our teen-agers, have about religion. It's a little
embarrassing in front of trangers. And it's expecially touchy when you know that your guests, or fellow students, or the neigh· bours, don't share ycur views or, at lest, your denomination. WeU our friends didn't mind. "We think grace before meals i, just dandy," But my son, the great debater, was probably a little disappointed not to be able to launch into an argument about imposing your views and your prayers on others - another taboo of our culture and, it seems, our teen-agers.
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people don't know how to become part of a community made up of people of many ages and backgrounds, especially if they are having difficulty feeling at home in the family. The Mass is meant to express and reinforce the participants' faith. It is an experience of a faith that is vibrant with life. Yet for youth the Mass may not seem like life. At least, as one who presides at the
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Eucharist that is much of what I read a, faces of many young people when the,: , present. What to do? Do we solve youths' pnj 1 with slow pacing by celbrating Mass 11
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gement at Mass by having separate youth 1rturgies? Yes and no. First the "yes". In Masses primarily for youth, a celebra(ion which moves more rapidly, uses rock-
tieat music and employs fewer words and more images could be helpful. Use of eucharistic prayers for children and a
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cisrn comes with how far we are willing to push and pull our adoles cent children and. at other moments,
just to leave them alone. We challenge and test our children, but we also challenge and test ourselves
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we search out the wooden church at the edge of a country town? In crnicisrng our children's friends. do we leave room for the affection and compassion our children may feel for
someone who is having a hard time making sense out of life? Of course, every family is different �" so, yust as we have different ways
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children's tecnonarv is recommended. On occasion, such a youth Mass is a good idea though not as the steady practice.
But why have youth Masses as a regular practice? School rituals for games, events etc could possibly be more effective for youth if they were not squeezed into the structure of the eucharistic liturgy. Rather than twist the Mass to fit the very real and expressive needs of youth, why not conceive and create rituals for youth that
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The f.ict is. a prayer before meals, or a ,turdy debate on how cheating in school used to he a sin, or helping to set up the bed, for a neighbourhood shelter for the homeless are the daily mean, parent share of drawing their adolescent children onto the paths that lead toward Christian maturity Of course it all begins much earlier But there is no doubt that part o'
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of pa, sing on to children our <,njo)· ment of football or basketball, of Jane Austen or Charhe Chaplin, we ha, e different wa), of sharing our deepest beli f, about God. about the teachmg of jesus, about the Church Some farruhc: tall.. a lot - about the Sunday homily. about abortion. about moral choice and standing up for what you believe. Other f:un1iie,, are deeply involved in
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celebrations for the entire community. Young people need to learn to fit into a world which rs more than themselves, their interests and needs. Although it should never drag, good parish liturgy involves a reflective pace, not a rock rhythm.
What Makes You Special? Here rs a test far you something hke the test Sarah was given m school Think about each quesnon for o moment and then give the answer that fus you best l\emember, there ore no nght or 'wrong answers Yes 0
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possess' 7 LISt five words you would use to descube yourself
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At 18, the high school graduate told hi mother he wanted to spend the month, until university 11,ing with his father - "so I can get to know him." But. Chr is added, "I want to talk with you about it." "He knew I would have feelings about lus leaving and was con· cemed I might be hurt or angry." said his mother, Carolyn Hall ( not her real name) She was delighted by her son's sensitivity, saying: "That's the kind of maturity I want from my child."
But ltf!'J admit it. Even if our own
religiouv practices. sense of compas \IOn and hopefulness about church and world arc strong. that', not enough We keep hearing that the family I the chief influence on a childv religiou� view
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But 11 i, clear that the family cannot do it alone. Adolescent, al',O need educatmn. information and fact, about Scripture and doctrine, about Jesus and the Church I.Jke all of us. adolescents need a larger commumt:i, to confirm and ,u tam their belief., and practice. Adole,cents m the process of lea\1ng childhood and f:unil}· may need ,u<.h a community most of all. Fortunate then. those families that li\'e m a pari<h, v,..foch ha, a ,mall group progr.un for adolescents - and v,..-hen they go olf to umver,;11')· keep in touch he sending them copies of the lively and mfonnJlive parish bulletin. Or a parish like St Anthony',, where a Young Chri,tian students program provide, some 250 teenagers each year with a small group m which to pray, to talk. to reflect on Sc:npture
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'The kids and I have al"-a}. talked a lot." she ,;aid - about ,;chnol and wor�. telling joke,, and sharing experiencC'"I made sure th") !Js. Her daughter Jill is 17. teaed to "-hat was hapin hle, too," M• "I want the children to perung Hall explained. see me .,, a person. It's "It's selfish to a1 ...-ays important for me to hav1: talk about yourself I the right to be angr)' or hurt with them," 1'h Hall wanted them to be sensi · tive to others." said. "It give. them the free· dom to ha\-e the same
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7hrt Is N tlollk tut ,art of tlN re•/ t,st tf - rrilliop,ss aM aWlify II tNrNII It ,ass M CatJM/lcisnl - •Iii llt• far •• art •illi•t t, ,in/I - Moluc...t ctl/llrtn, .., .t etlltr -ots. jusl t, luro tt.. a,..,. w, <hllNft '"' ttst - <ti,..., NI •• alH c11o11..,, a"4 fest_..,. .. (IIC sketdl.,. MlflfS .. Oct 27, 19")
Now for the "no" answer. Regular Sunday parish liturgies cannot be adapted to meet the feelings of youth. These are
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their parent, taking responsihilil') for liturgy planning or for orgarusing a soup kitchen In a variety of ways adolescents pick up our belief, and pracnces, or our lack of them.
Of course, that larger community that adolescent, need can sometimes be the high school or a peer group or a youth organu.ation What's 1mporunt 1s that our adoles· Cents be able to find them And adolesttnts will only find them if we adults - some of us parents.
use rock music, moving images and a snappy pace.
ts Hall tned tO gJ\-e her children a sense that "I would alwa). be there for them."' C'\·cn v.tlen 1t \Vas mconveruent.
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eyebrow m la" bric& .;,d tried to be rc:ad} to !J..'1en ..,t,en th") wett up,et The re<,ult "10\\. up m th kinds of problems the teen-ager, bring to her no"
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other Having feeling, doesn't change that" The early year,; were a ,truggle to make ends meet as :\Is. Hall studied law at uni,-ers1ty, spent a year in London m a base· ment Oat, then began her career. I
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She told of rc:admg a book on sexual.,ty to her children v.tien they "-ere 4 and 5 , getting �mbar rassed and skipping a page. "The kids tease me about 1t now," she s.ud But she has been frank v.ith her children about sexuality
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And she let them know up front that she di.Sap· proves of sexual relations for teens. In a recent lengthy con,..,rsation Chris asked her v.tiy. "I found it hard to explain to one so young all that is involved in sex," she admitted. "But I emphasised 11 "' an experience that mvoh-"O a lot more than a bodily act and how much potential there LS for one person to feel used b) another... Ms Hall belJe,.-es that "teens aren ·1 prepared to handle sex It's dynarrute. 'They don't anticipate the ranuficalions " Asked how Chris responded, she s.ud he listened intently and appeared co belin.., her.
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Benedicti "Hello Mummy!" cal ed out the litt e girl. Mummy'' dressed in the white habit of a Benedictine smiled and waved back at the ittle black face flashing the brilliant white teeth. Sister .Josephine Montero OSB from Old Castile, Burgos, Spain, is um and Mummy to two fu 1-b ood Aboriginal sisters, Louaella and Joanna. 11
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But perhaps one rare y hears of the good and only he bad. Sister Veronica Willaway OSB ·s part Abo ·ginal, part white. She is a Catholic sister who although she entered at t e age of "bare y 14-years-old" saids e wouldn't c ange her ife with anyone! from an o d New Norcia family. Her great, great, great grandfather was t re at the time of Bishop Salvado during the 1840's. There were five children in her family a d Sister wa taught by e Spanish Benecfctine isters in w Norica. She mt Spanish and spea s it quite well. When he was just 14, she e tered their Order and did a I her religious training in N w orcia. But in 1975, the �ority of the sisters (with the exception of a few left at Kalumburu orth on the tip of WA) returned o Spain. Sist Veronica' ip took ix the Pacific, to ch the south of Spain where di mbart<ed and nt by train to Barce o a. She worked with the Barcelo a community of Spanish nedicti betw n 1975 and 1978 in a child
Sister Veronica's commitment to her Religious vocation has been disrupted by tin ing hersett with two different cultural strains, although the sam basic Order, initially the Spanish and now the Filipino Benedictines.
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She is very attac ed to the girls and "I try to care for them as much as ssible," she said. "Mummy" even goes into Jeans West and in er Spanish ace nt as s for a denim skirt and waistcoast for Loua Ila, 14 years old, who is boarding at a Broome girls' college with h r sister J nna, 13 years old. Home for th iris an Sister Josephine is the Kalumburu riqinal mission which is 2(X)() air ilom tr s rom P rth and 400 kms of unse led road from Wy dham; it is situated on th north r most tip of Western Australia. But wh t is national! , territo com s to
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oya which t month. "But I cam rm ionary wor nd was hoping to go to Kalumburu," aid sist r. Howev raft r joining th ew orcia based Spanish Bened cti s and spending five y a in St John of God Hospital doi g g neral nur in training, she was sent ba o Spain in 19 9
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Sir, Mazenod principal Father Pat O'Dwyer (The Record, March 5) remarked on the unemployed of Ireland and Britain, citing their demoralisation as horrendous.
I am convinced this problem and many others attendant would not have reached the present destructive proportions if: • youth wages and unemployment benefits had been at far lower rates than is now the case; • the discipline of the young had been more stringent, particularly in relation to work and effort; • children should not have the pocket money they seem always to get.
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Sir, I protest nd co mn the scr nmg last Saturday night of Monty Python's "Life of Brian" by Channel 9. The film rs yet anoth r perverted atta amst t sacredness of our Christ, n beliefs and n unv iled mockery of all th t we tr sure as mg holy nd c ntral o our prais • rat, and worship of J us Christ our Lord and Saviour, and His holy word which s enshrined in th go Is. Th gutt r langu g nd full rontal nudity of a man nd woman, and what s d gradrng to th firm
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cannot be "divorced" in God's sight. Jesus was very unequivocally explicit about that. Until Holy Church formally declares a given Catholic marriage to have b en invalid from the word "go", for whatev r reason, th rel vant spouses are m anwhile morally bound in God's sight to eith r mutual fidelity or abstention. Anything else is mortal in, which unrepented of, lead to h llfire. (J sus, t Son of God, e lot abou hell, ps H wa trying P a .)
ant mortal sin, is yet I further {and worse) sin sacrilege. That is why civilly divorcee and-remarried Catholics er not su� to receive � communion - and failure lo attend Sunday Mass, ftX that or any reason (uni unabl to do so), wou ma e matters even worse i view of the Third Command, ment, "Ho our and keep holy the Sabbath Day", And cf arly, anyone Who would try to make another "feel unwelcome" at Ma� would be committing the ultimat fy rse sin that ii could r be possible tc commit! "L t he who is without s n cast the firS'.
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Sist Joan Chittister OSB, Ph.D., n Ame· n Benedicti ·11 on the "Ch I g Facing Today's Church", to laity, rel"gious, priests on Sund y, M rch 15, 9.30am-4.30pm, Eucharist at H • R' . 4.30pm, at Trinity Co Drive, East Perth. B.Y.O. lu ch, coffee provi ed. Adm" ion $5
NEWMAN SOCIETY
On Thursday, March 26, Father Brian the ewm n O'loughlin will ddre Society on "Marriage and the Tribu the Senior Common Room at St Tho More College at 8pm. Members of the Newman Society are expected to attend; the pubf invited. The evening will conclud with Enquirie regarding this add information about the Newman Society can be obtained from the chap ain F ther James Dynon, SJ, 386 8712, p id t Mr Adr· nne Byrne, 381 1180 and discu sion group co-ordinator Si ter Suzan Vandeleur OSM, 341 1160.
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