Candles for oly Week PERTH,WA:April16.1987
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This is the night when the pillar of fire destroyed the darkness of sin! " This is the night when Christians every. wh re, washed clean of sm and freed from all defilement are restored to grace and ~., grow together in holiness. ., This is the night when Jesus Christ broke the chains of death and rose triumphant ~., from the grave. "'" What good would life have been to us, had "• Christ not come as our Redeemer?
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A Cat ol"c group's study of the WA curre t priso practice calls for fewer appearances by of enders efore courts, an expanded use of community service orders, a greater se of fines and a more imagi at" ve use of pr"so alternatives. It also calls on U,e Wes A stralia Government to grant an amnesty of abbrev·a ion to some prisoners during the Bicente nial yea of 1988. The sugges ions appear in a ninepage docume t issued by the Criminal Justice sub-com ittee of the Perth Catholic Social Justice C mmission, at er a two year s, udy of prison pro lems. The docum nt qu riou , ·iolen e or tions nether impri· threatened vi lence. sonmenr i the most "Imprisonment has a effective opti n for the place in our society onl • as a last resort for e 5 of ' pri one ho are not there for
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Does the average Western AustraIian Cat olic regard Easter as merely a four day ho iday? Or does it mean something more to them? Archbis' op Foley, Bishop Quinn and Bishop Hickey were invited to ,give s the·r thoughts on t 1s.
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"It is a fact of life that with the coinciding of the school holidays this year, many wo Id feel drawn to use the last touch of summer to the fullest, to go away with family or friends," Archbishop Foley said. "Nonetheless, I believe that most Catholics would like to experience something of the mystery of Easter; there would be a real regret in not being in their own parish for the community celebration. "The wider society places less religious significance on the celebration of Easter than in the celebration of Christmas. "Of course they have their Easter eggs, and all that goes with them . "For Christians then, and this applies to all Christians, there is a endency to develop a clearer religious message or active participation, than is sometimes possible in
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the semi-religious atmosphere of a secular Christmas. "The Christian at Easter, is challenged to look more deeply into the meaning and its significance in their lives. "Religion speaks to us of a movement from death to life, from darkness to light and therefore if a Chris ian celebrates this mystery at some depth, they are open to a new und rstanding of ociety and their own personal problems. "The victory of life over death, lead to a conviction that it is okay to be
hopeful and optimistic. "T e light of Easter morn conquering darkness, means it is okay to accept the reality of unchangeable values and eternal ruths; a lot of people today don't want to think anything has absolute moral values. "Easter will always b however, a celebration of new life and deep joy to the believer ... "
Bishop Quinn, of Sunbury says, "I don't think the vast number of Australians are enthusiastic about the spiritual significance of the Easter celebrations, because the majority are declaring themselves to be non-committed to any living or practising of a Christian faith . "This leaves them out of touch with the motivation for the biggeSl celebrations in our calendar. 'The name rema ins - the significance has disappeared. "The Easter gg has replaced the cross and the resurrection.
"The Christian impact is being challenged by the secular and humanist set of values. "It is a great shame tha the joy and the strength that the Risen Christ offers people, is being bypassed and nothing substantially seems to being discovered. "It is especially challeng·ng to those of us who declare themselves to be believers, to prove the value of faith in Christ by our commitment to the way of life e has taught."
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Bishop Hickey of Geraldton says, " ,J think that a lot of C ristia s are in conflict when it comes to oly Week because the ublic holidays, especially Good Friday, Sa urday and Sunday, are also days of special devotio and people go away at that ime and end to miss out o the Holy Week ceremonies. "As a result t ey fail to immerse themse ves i the irit of h
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The document will go on sale in the parishes for SO ent and on-going action will be through a group organised by the prisons chaplain Father McGregor OMI. , o other imilar Australian Catholic tudy is belie ·ed to have been done. Th W group may have tol n a march on mat may b the theme for ne ·t year' ial ·ustic atement.
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the ocial Ju tice Commission. His intere t dates from 1976 when his pari h of Osborne Park got him involved in the ettlem nt: of Vietnamese boat pe ple. He i at pre nt a nior cuti· offi er a£ the Catholic o.ffic. "I had no kn
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'They are under a ot of pressure from the secular socie y to enjoy themselves at at tim when he Church ·s aski g the to spe d time i prayer and meditafon on the death and resurrection of Christ. "Celebratio s s ould sta on the v·g·1 of Easter - not before. "It is a pity ha so any people, Catholics of good will, have to fee the press ure o t em from e broader society, •o begin the·r celebrations o Good Friday. "On the more posi ive side, Easter is always a celebration of hope. "Personal hope of final union with God and hope for the world; that change is possible, ha people in poverty and liv·ng under stress, will achieve a better life. "As long as there is a possibill y of individual con ersion, there is hope for the world.··
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down hild abuse. poor h using, cohol, drug . and nigh unemplo ment have all contribut d to the gro •ng crime rate it sa . The document starts i case with the fact mat the 'A daily average of imprisonment is 100.1 per 100 000 compared with Queen land 84, 0, 60, Tasmania 54.3, ictoria 46.1 and 278. In W . Aboriginal men comprise between 30% and 33% of the adult male population in prisons. It ys that it • unlikel • The conditions and depthat WA i more la le rivation of pri n life are than other tatcs. also considered to be The high Aboriginal fig- against me dignity God ure reflects the inability has given each person.
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Saved from the Reaper's death Farewell. Grim Reaper. His days are numbered even before he is summoned. He is destined to d"e much soone than his intended victims. But Au Revo·r. Grim Reaper; he is still indestructible. He was too fearsome and terrible a figure for children, said not the chi dren, but the fidgeting adults who can quickly dress their own discomfort and anx·ety in the disguise of concern for children. His message was not sufficiently explicit said those who bel"eve a campaign of sanitisation until the vacci e arrives - wil postpone death and let us get on with living. no matter what the cost. His message was mediaeval and archaic. too full of fear. said a generation which barely iii ches at ever endi g wars. at genocidal and nuclear holocausts, a d wh"ch accepts dai y the mountain of alco olic road deaths as o e of life's costs.
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LIVERPOOL (Brit): Bury Tour di.ff r nee t work for Liv rpool, Archbi ·hop Worlock told politician at a as. His call came as the city wait for an imminent Law Lord ruling exp cted to r ·ult in the di qualification f om office of 3 Labour city councillor .
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Ironically, the G ·m Reaper would make his eweekof Passover,wh n eavenging exrti a gel passed by the doorposts sprinkled e blood of sa vation. e rhaps too severe. The analogy is "ctims of thi latest devastati g ag e, and of so many others, are not all stony hearted Egyptians. e innocent too. utter. But society never knows how to segregate the guilty and ·nnocent whe dead disease stri es into its e Grim Reaper would disappear prematurely probably for the most basic of rea ns re too busy on their ol"days and the ma te evi ·on advertising over Easter ·s a wasteland, and a waste of money. r's message wa rig t beca R everyo e saw it and now must make their p e Reaper' messa e wa never accordingly. right oec;;c;1u:iit:: it attempted to ta about d th tth eration that prefe to be ieve in ·n urance. ·nto n Grim R per wou d S dly, sit Christians when darkness on the Thursday the • t i , down to t with their Lor because n· ht before He wi I die.
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ROME: Asked in a recent interview why he had expelled Father Fern ndo Cardenal from the order when he had been minister of education in the Sandinista government of icaragua, while other J suits were allowed to continue working with his blessing as counsellors to the government, the Jesuit General Father Kolvenbach said the situations were quite different: There was a difference betw en holding a dialogue with a government and identifying wholeheartedly with its cause. "We do not see how a Jesuit can remain available if he is a government minister. A priest should be a man for all men." Helping or advising a government to build a community was different and done in the spirit of the gospels.
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LONDO : It's hats off to Paul Flannagan and his friends Mark Lawson (left) and Philip Lynch (right), h ading for the World Scouts Jamboree in Australia later this year, all e ense paid. n chosen as the off1c1al Paul had representat1v of Cal rval Scout Group m Lanarkshire. But the AusY sponsoring the trip d with the other two hey d 1ded o nd
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Carmel Demaio of Midland came out from Calabria when she was ~Ix years old, grew up and married In Midland. Her four children went to St Bngid' s as she did. and then on to La Salle College Carmel 1s one of those people who represent "the backbone of the Church" and is very much involved in the ,dland parish She was on the parish council for three years. 1s on the Mary Help of Christians committee and is in the Italian choir which she largely organises Two honeymooning friends , also Calabrese Just out from Italy, gave me details of Easter in Calabria with Carmel translating . The ceremony there ta es the form of a dramatic reenactment "which 1s so moving you would cry". said Carmel On Good Friday, m Bagnara, Calabria, after the kissing of the Cro s. the tabernacle Is le t open At the conclusion of the 3 pm ass on Good Friday, the statue of Dur Lady 1s t en out and lollo tS Christ on the Cro s es the in a procession re It 1s Cross to the ch I ft The tatue Is ta en b c to the church accompanied by th band h1ch pla m muffled tone
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They tell her that her son 1s nsen So the two statues gradually come together. a pace at a time, and when they a e a fe metres apa . the band stn es up 1oyous music at er disco ery of her son The blac veil 1s remo ed from adonna and the two the statues come face to f e m a crescendo of music and applause from the people Our Lady's statue 1s th n placed ehrnd the Risen lord nd they are t n m proc s1on round to II th church and finally r church I cal ed C
Roman Bialozor, his '\\ifc Bozcna and their two daughter Baeta and Monica came to P rth almo ·c a year ago.
They left their home in East m Poland in
1981, ·orked in Lybia for four year: and one y ar in rcec . They ar b th pathologi t and came to Perth to make a new Li.£ £ rth m elve , and in particular, prmide a b ·ncr futur • for their girls \1onica·s
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Polish people take a small ba ket ·ith pysanky and include boiled egg , a pi c f sausage, bread, p ppe.r and salt, symbolic o th basic ne • • of Life anddeli • p • cia1 Poli Aftert
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RIGHT: Monika, Baeta, Roman and Bozena Bialozor preparing to celebrate their first Easter in Australia. Although they are very happy to be here in Perth, they retain their Polish customs and reli• gious observances.
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Disaster can strike at any time and in any form. But be it load famine ea t quake, cyclone or political upheaval, it al ays takes i s greatest toll from he poor. Around he arid. every day, he poor of our family seek food. shelter: ate and health care as h y leave behind hem he deb is of homes and lives des rayed by poli ical or natu al disas er. Homeless. and suddenly withou he means o earn a living they mus depend on others fo neir daily needs as hey patien ly a ait the chance o etur home and rebuild or move o to a new coun y
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radish and a de rt of bab a and yrn • ( chee cake). After the father has led the prayer. the blessed egg is ut in o veral piece . one for ach member and gr ts the family with the traditional salutation, mboli ing family unity.
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Special lour-11ge Holy Week feature " The history of salvation - the history of humanity as well as of every human being of whatever period - Is the wonderful history of a reconciliation: the reconciliation whereby God, as Father, In the blood and the cross of his Son made man, reconclles the world to himself and thus brings Into being a new family" (Pope John Paul II In his 1984 apostolic exhortation on reconciliation and penance).
One character In the biblical parable of the Prodigal Son Is almost lost from view - the elder brother of the young man who returns home after a long absence. Some readers Identify with the parable's father figure. His jubilation at the return of his younger son explodes before their eyes. The father is the welcome Image of one who realises that this reunion - and every similar one Is cause for celebration.
Creaders tden· tll-h the prodigal Sljmself, The y ''lise his dlsapPtnent at th e "t:1ness of t he 111 1,, he had found IM1clnatlng, and hl,nse of being "1 , dishonoured, eited" when he llito build a world lilhlmself," 1pro~Jgal son resents every h~ being, But so, in05t interesting Wiioes his elder brir. i John Paul 11 w 1 of this In a 1$ me111ge on
terness and anger." His father's kindness and mercy "Irritate and enrage him," writes the pope. In this story, the "selfishness which divides the broth• ers ... becomes the story of the human family." Yet, the pope says, It must be recognised that to the extent that the elder brother "Is not converted and Is not reconciled with his father and brother, the banquet Is not yet fully the celebration of a reunion and rediscovery."
penance and reconclllatton. He pointed to the elder brother In the parable as one who Illustrates how Important, yet complex, the task of reconclllatlon within the human family can be. The elder brother Is temperate and hard working, faithful to father and home. Refusing to Join In the banquet celebrating his brother's return, he Is "too sure of himself and his own good qualities, jealous and haughty, full of bit-
The story Is a reminder of the need for transformation If reconciliation Is to be achieved. "There can be no union among people without an Internal change In each lndlvldual," the pope writes. Reconciliation, he says, Is the result of conver-
Egy ptia n 1elen ted for Jew 11 xod us Soon, very soon now, my people will set forth from this land of slavery where we have toiled in captivity for 12 generations. In our rush to leave - fired by the pharoah's desperate urgency to have us gone there Is no time to prepare properly. All around me people are rushing around, wrapping bowls of unleavened dough in their cloaks, packing a few precious belongings, rounding up their excited children. Others are gathering flocks and herds together, making ready for the journey to the land the Lord promised our father Abraham long ago, a land of milk and honey and plenty. Whatever we ask now of the Egyptians they, in their terror and fear, give us freely, gold and silver and clothes for the journey. Why are they suddenly so generous, these people who have heaped misery on us for so long, who tossed our sons into the river at birth? It is our blood and sweat as slaves that helped build the last pharoah's new capital at P1-Ramesse on the eastern delta on the nile.
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For his Queen Nefertiti we worked on a magnificent tomb In the Valley of the Tombs and a temple at Abu Simbel in Nubia . We laboured in the Egyptians' graineries and died in their mines. We even figure In one of the Egyptians' victory poems following their defeat of us in battle . The poem gloats, "Israel is desolated and has no seed." But, now all around are the sounds of Egyptians shrieking and wailing. Never has there been such lamenting in this land. May there never be again. For exactly at the stroke of midnight today the Lord slew every firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of pharoah on the throne to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon and all the firstborn of the animals. It happened exactly as my brother Moses prophesied to the pharoah when he arrogantly refused to let us leave his country. In all the land there was not an Egyptian house without its dead. Then pharoah rose ,n the night with all h,s
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people and,i aste, called Moses to him and said: "1 1~ my people at once, you and the I! lites with you I Go and worship th1 1rd as you said. Take your flock too arn ur herds and be gone I May I never see m ycur people again!" Earlier this fal night, as the Lord asked we preparecr Passover feast. At twiligh~ we slaugh!d unblemished year-old lambs and ts, one for every family or small groupe smeared the blood of the slain animPn the doorposts and the lintel of evetlraelite's house. This blood marked our1sesso the Lord would pass
over us when he struck down the Egyptians. We ate our passover feast of roasted meat, unleavened bread and bitter herbs, as the Lord commanded, "with our loins girt, sandals on our feet and our staffs in our hands - like those in flight." In the years to come, our descendants and our descendants' descendants will eat this same Passover feast and remember this night once every year. It is a night of rejoicing, a night to celebrate forever more, the night of our passing over from lives of slavery to lives of freedom under the one Lord God. I am writing down this night's happenings to help my people remember exactly what happened tonight and the mighty Lord who made It possible. For safety's sake, my emissary, one of pharoah's servants who is in sympathy with us, will place a copy of this record in Nefertiti's tomb in a secret spot. Who knows, perhaps many generations hence, this story will be found and marvelled at once again .
Accept this Easter candle, a flame divided but undimmed, a pillar of fire that glows t o the honour of God. Let It mingle with the ll&hts of heaven and continue bravely burning to dispel the darkness of this nl&ht!
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local doctors could not diagnose. It may have been a form of epilepsy. he hoped that Je us might help ber. Then one day he met Jesus. He felt very sorry that Mary suffered so much and he healed her. People . aid he drove ,;even devils out of her. Mary became a follower of J us and travelled v.ith hlfil and h1-. di! i•
pies from town to town. he lm'Cd to Ii ten to his preaching and to talk with him he did whatn·er she could to help Jesus, who loved her very much. Even v.:hen people began to turn against Jesu , Mary ta ed "'ith him. e went with him to Jerusalem, knowing how dangerous it wa5 to be a friend of Jesus She ne'\'r his enc:mi
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tarr ran to the tomb with ome other women to anoint his body with perfumed oils. But they found the tomb empty. They were frightened. Mary tayed crying outside the tomb. Suddenly he felt the presence of someone behind her. he turned around and saw a man she thought wa the gardener. "Please tell me where
you ha"-e carried the body of Je u ," she begged him. The man answered, " lacy." Then she kne it v.ras Jesus! He was alive! He had risen from death! A few minutes later Jesu left her She ran back to tell the other di.~ples that he had seen J us alive. She v.:as the first person to see Jesus after hi resurrection
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Ho ly We ek Spe cia l It is maddening to g o through life knowi ng th t one ha deeply hurt a dear friend. U ually there Is a chance to repair the hurt nd to expesweet rience th r elief of reconciliation. But upposeth friend die before the opportunity pre ents itself? Then one to carry that nagging remorse day in and day out.
This wa the prospect Peter faced. He had let Je u down in his own difficult hour, had denied him publicly i n a most cowardly fashion , even while Je u bravely was denying nothing. On i way through the pal ace courtyard the con-
demned Jesus had br iefly, tu rn ed caught Peter' eye and JU t looked at him . That one look was enough. It cut right throu gh to Pe ter's heart and he had to r un away to hide his tear from the bystande rs. And now Jesus was dead. He would never know how sorry hi friend, the "Rock", was.
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T e old man gently placed the sma ll bunch of flow rs, still wrapped in tissue, on the grave of a young woman w ho had died some yea rs ea rlier. He stood there quietly for a short ti me. As he was leaving, the old man stopped to thank the attendant who had given hi d1rect1ons. Then, after tu ning to go, he topped again and s id, "She was my daughter. I demanded a lot from her and she ran away. "I was too proud to go after her and as time pass d the hurt har d ned m . For a long time I didn 't feel much of anything . But now my days are fewer; I knew I could not go without telling h r I loved her. I didn 't exp ct she would b gone. " I hope she can hear me, even 1f it 1s too late and so lit le. At least I made some peace with my elf." Contrast that story with Scnpture·s parable of the who Son Prodigal returns home, repenting his wasted life. The father, hearing that his son is homeward bound, has a lavish banquet prepared and personally runs out to embrace him (Lu e 15.11 -32) This 1s a story of hope. In it Jesus really is speaking about all lost per ons nd God 's w lcoming compa ion for h m. This , a tory of re on-
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by J NE OLFORD HUGHES c1hat1on with which II c n 1d nt1fy For how many can say th y never have experienced the pain of division and estrangeme nt to on r or anoth r? Reconc1l1 tion does not go w1 h the flow of today's life. To becom r conclled one must o bac . stop, even R conc1liat1on d mand chang mus We re ch out h s1tantly . Each for forgiven patching up of a torn r lat1onsh1p 1s hard won Reconc1hat1on may be the way top ace of mind and r tor d lov . But 1t goes gainst th grain of the way we are.
ard to t10 o t, and forgi lly m chan situations wt r persons are m con tant ru bin d1 tanc such as husband nd wrfe, parent and child or co-wor ers. Remind rs of what we are try1 g to forget r ad like corrosion from old batten s. Th pow r i gon but h acid still stin
f:very Cl1ristIan Is call d o be a recon ciler. Jesus himself was a reconciler. His whole life was aim d at reconciling human beings to one another and to God. mission continues today in the life of the Church . It His
We fear being hurt again; w proudly resist admitting we are wrong In some nstances, w try to separate the need for reconciliation with others from our relation ship with God. But no matter how we rationa lise, we cannot embrace God with one arm while cradling personal angers, hostihties and pettiness in the other. Jesus said it clearly· " If you are bringing your offering to the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you. leave your offering th re before the altar, go and be r conc1I d with your bro her or 1st r fir t, and then come back and pre nt your offering " ( atth w 5 23-25). I
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affects all of us, not just passively as people who ne d to be reconciled, but actively as men and women who need to reach out to others with Christ's gift of reconciliation. In modern times, our role as Christian reconcil ers often drops far into the background . We th i nk of ourselves as patient m n ed of heal ing and r conc1l1at1on . W forg t that w e re of ag nts al o reconc1l1at1on . We think of th prte t a the c urch' special min ister of reconciliation But ry w for et tha
e by F tber EUGENE l.aVERDIERE SSS t1sed person has a role m brtngmg Christ's reconcI II tion and p ace to all peoples. I would hk to 1llustr te Christ's reconciling mis sion with a favourite story. The setting for the story 1s lsra 1. The time is around 1972, a few y ars after the Six-day War. The story involves Chrisand Jews t I ans, Moslems
W were working on an archaeological site called Tel Ke1san, which 1s situated in a larg f rtlle plain in the northern part of Israel between Haifa and Acre Most of our group was Fr nch. but a few wer Americans, all working s1d y side on a sm II e cavat1on by th French B1bl 1cal and Archa olog1cal School, a chool of th Dom1rncan There w s not hing unusual in all this e c t
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ed first to To r role in be a ling mIsChn t' nd to have the s10 to recog· common en we can make ni e a contribution . m To cquire that awarebered how ne s w m1 ht reflect on was to be John 20.19-23, where w Je us appears to the fn nds. of disAs th evening pro - whol community resurrecthe r aft c1pl gr s ed. the conv rsa them t1on betwe n them grew tion and greets o offer nerous g a with liveh r and livell r. Had th wi be Peace " peace. those of us who were ,s the characChristians left, our you." Such of th e greeting teristic would ab enc probably disciples his to Lord risen not have been noticed for He th n asked his disci a good while. ple - the w ole Chris ttan community - to ov rcome their fear o persecution . He was ask We had not planned 1t ing them togo forth as h that way, but that even had done and b We wanted to accept mg we had fulfilled our the 1nv1tatIon, but how role as Christian r conc1l- reconcile rs peace greeting H1 could we go without ers. We had mad a littl their own. would th m7 contribution to Christ's fulfil the not did y tt w J our We persuaded work of peace. nci ish host to invite the r xtraordi- re pon 1b1hty as reco th Thi Arab w ith us, and w 1s a good ers • how would b na community the Arabs to ex p r uad t Chris - human r onc1led in Chnst 7 acc ept the 1nv1tat1on Th ame app hes to u nt Th y cam and all living church. Ever th w II. t1 n , called to be Chn mg out of church on F rs run d p, but llttl r conc1I r by ht I th y disco r d Su day morning
lso that our group included a f w Pal st1 man Arabs from the West Ban , a d we w r excavating m an ar a en part of which had y I ra I for 25 ars. s on Aft r a few w the site, the French and the Am ncans were invited for a meal at the horn of the mayor of Acre . The probl m was that th Pal stin1ans, who h d worked for many years for the Fr nch chool, w re our fri nd . They were al o Mos lems. Our invitation came from an Israeli . He and his family w re Jewish. It did not occur to him to invite our Palestinian fnends .
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himself mo t underserving of confidence. But such is the amazing forgiveness of the risen Christ. By no means to be overlooked is the fact that he take the In tlatJve. One would expect the guilty seek to p rty reconcili tJon. But the Lord always eem to make the f r t move, more eager to patch things up than we are. Peter's case is far from unique. Writing
heartfelt protest tions of love. What a blessed relief. Not o ly do s the Lord ccept Peter's eame st avowals, he entrusts his own people to his care: ,,Feed my lambs.. .feed my sheep" (John 21: 1517). The r cone atlon is complete, w"th the Lord ctually showi g confidence In this d shown man who
What agony! But wait. Jesus is not dead. He ·s risen and here he Is, asking heartbroken the fisherman th t allimPortant question: "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" (John 21:15). Three time Je us asks the question, giving Peter the opportunity to balance off his triple denial with three
forgiveness; he can hold out the olive branch, but people have to accept t. About the risen Lord's power to forgive, there can be no doubt. It is interesting to note how many stories of reconciliation are woven into deaththe resurrection accounts. St Luke tells us that Hfferod and Pilate, who had previously been set against each other, became friends from that day
to the Galatians, St Paul recalled his former hatred of Christ, his active persecution of Christ's followers. But then "the time came when he who had set me apart before I was born and called me by his favour cho e to reveal his Son to me"
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of hostility that kept u apart ... reconciling both of us to God in one body through his cross, wh ch put to e mity that death" (2:15-16). Earlier St Paul ad written:.,, meant at God, in Chri t, was reconcl ·ng the world to lmself''
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Neil Smith (The Record April 9) is quite critical of the curent drive for vocations to the priesthood in the Archdiocese yet religious vocations are very much incl uded in this campaign I might add. He states that the drive is an "exclusive vision of ministry" but the fact that the role of the laity is not developed in a ten minute homily surely doesn't mean that it is excluded from anyone's thinking. Vatican II (Lumen Gentium ch IV) mentions firstly
S. African claims disputed from Bryan and Beth MOWRY, Bedford S,r, We agree with Mr Peachy (The Record April 9) that ''necklacing" as practised by some of the A C South African blacks on black police informants absolutely be should cond mned. y that the Howev r, to South African Gov rn ment's 'State of Em r ncy' was called precisely to stop th,s abhorr nt practice stretches credulity too f r. oreover. Mr Peachy's Compas claim tha ProJ I0n contribu11ons support n apparently subv r 1ve Catholic South Afr1c n
simply m1sch1evou His cla,m th t parthe1d "ob olet and oon 10 complet ly d, mantled" fal
In fact, violence to fundamental human rights under continues apartheid unabated without any signs of s1gn1f1cant improvement Well over 85 per cent of the population have no vote and people are around 20, estimated to be m detention in 1987 and subject to texture. (What Is most abhorrent is that many of the school detainees are children.) Pa s La-..vs tightly control the influx of black Sout Afncans mto urban r as from th ,r om lands which are enforced settlements of d nse populations on small 1nfert1le d solate piece of land unable to prov,d d • quate food nets her Thus th m nfol urban d, tant r m Iarea I s year nour,s w days round sa br Contra Mr Peachy, the ould "Chnst,an m, ,on" be to roundly cond mn any capitalist or communI t regime that Hows such barbarism
that the laity's vocation is in "secular activities". Lait. it says evangelize in the "ordinary circumstances 0 the world". Neil Smith writes only of ministries in the churct for the laity. Because he does not mention What believe is the primary role of the laity stated above ' I cannot presume that he excludes it. how on offers I agree with some good ideas he 1 go about a vocations drive. They are long term ssues But when he implies that nothing or very little has been done, I disagree very strongly. From my own experience and in tal ing with other priests and in seeing what is happening around the archdiocese see things differently. There is a virtual army of laity involved in a variety of ministries. My chief concern, however, Is about criticism of the main thrust of this vocations drive. Pope John Paul II in a recent letter for Vocations Sunday made the exhortation "to ma e known our Saviour's call in the world today changing from an att itude of patient expectat ion to one of open invitation" . Archbishop Foley and the Vocations Committee are doing just tha t. Furthermore they are asking us to be "callers" and voice our Saviour's call. Archbishop Prendivilte was a caller of priests to Perth and recruited over 100 m n from Ireland ana more in WA. Archbishop Goody called young men to the priesthood in 194 in a concerted drive m which he visi t d ev ry parish from E peranc to Port Hedland, opening St Charles in 1942 i h t nty students. ppropriately o come forward today will Any trained for the Church of today. In seminary training n i th hght of Vatican the role of the laity will be II. for priests and the Importanc of this vocation. rt1cl on seminarians at wh t I 1d i th Ir m last wee 's Record. "They are vital for h d1oce and for he growth of th Kingdom of God hrough t e inistry of Word le to take their and Sacram nt, and for nabli g proper place i the Church and Wo I "
dford w r St T omas Aq not only th gr clou hostesses, for he econd time, of the Associated C thollc Col e&'e Swlmmlne Carnival. from Dons MARTYR, Attadale e sc ool Marissa Seer i r ke he Girls t er 16 Bl record for tbe d April 9) eil Smith's pIctur (Th R on trophy, th years 100m Freestyl , of th Church pre-V ucan II ("pray, pay, rs forg, trophy and c me a clo e race in 61.05 obey, th t e role of the laity n as merely n a sad s Since Vatican II one of co-operation and support") did ot seco d to Newman Co eptance of all h, "'T t t true it 1s or up grew I where apply e Senior Girls I gi Catholic c aracteristics, laity at part h I vel have nev r b en t co ch It ,s no wonder rsh1p toward a encou aged or g,v n I i g w I ian wela pne ts sen e of ministry nor gIv n r I expen nee years 100m ming Champio It Is also rea ona I to uppose that the of ministering." 9 i Credit lac of priestly a d r hg u vocations is lmmediat ly before Vat'can 11, Australian e- ces y ak I ,ng numbers m Catholic linked to th re ta ght and understood that Catholics u of any methods of h to due r she Sara families God" o "People the Just not was the Church nt,on n·ng, birth pr oth or "Church" a today's Jargon has t, but the Reducing the Catholic pn sthood to a und Mystical Body of Christ Hims If, ch pan re t nt· ype ministry won't get us more otest P s1b1hty. r nd plac uniqu a having rfly priests, let alone holy ones. nor will They newt e1r roles - mIrnst nng to ach 3 t
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nd ··-·-~~~---....--~ - • other through the family, th clu parish groups, and throug works of m rcy and education performed with ded1catton and often with great sanctity and selflessness Also I vigorously contest Ne·r Smith's statement that the "Pr, st Is of the laity .. and ordained to a special ministry, other than that, he and the rest of the laity share a common vocation." Catholic teaching is hat the ordained Catholic priesthood ,s a special vocation directly from God, with the over-nding dignity of his being the one to offer the Sacrifice of the Mass and effect the mystery of Transubstantiation as His d,v,ne Master did, as well as forg1v1 g sins and preaching and teaching the Gospel and Catholic doctrine in His Name. In omitting the sacnf,cing and transub tan ,ve elemen s from his d fin1tion of t e pnesthood. eil Smith stnps It down to a ,ch It ,s not simple Protestant ministry, The pnests of the Church fore Vat1ca II came fro Catholic fami lies in pan he . o
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fa, hngs, t e pr, t matt r his many hu ed and understood as , e one wa tep atth t wh n God nd ble altar. t e - - - ----t sinf I man. ct f r th pr 1th this nd ding lov of went a corr
encourag, g lay peopl to consider thems Ives as "sharing a common vocation" wi th t ord i ed. sacnfic, p st This lead o aberration h e priestesses and proposals fort mporary Cat olic priests to be chosen from the par h by the parish. a bein bruit ,n som quarters are bigger Catholic What might he fam1hes, nch ,n devotion to our EuchariStic Lord and to the Mass as sacnf,ce and sacrament: and a conscious effort through the schools and pulpits to nourish understanding of the richness of this Sacrifice of fullne of the prieStiY ass and the vocation Cathol cs do all share a common vocation - but ,t ,s to holine of life, not to th e Cat ohc pr, sthood
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Young Christian Student ull time wo ers returned from a week's training session in Ad laide o find a new line telephone installed in the YCS office. The new number 227 7061 brings an end o five years of s aring the same line with he Tertiary Young Christian Students. In days past it has not been an easy matter dividing the monthly bills. No matter how he carefully number of calls was made recorded, the in house accounting never accurately tallied wi h telecom bills. Five full timers in two different areas of work w·11 now have the benefit of two separate lines. Each can talk as long as they like without inconveniencing the other movement. TYCS - on 328 4071, on YCS 227 7061.
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he focus and C RIST source of all acu ties As Chr st-centred organisation, do s ould flow al ha fro our recognition o and commitment to Christ. s I· EDUCATIO . exposure to information or bout uniust sItuatI0 areas of ignorance that from a Cathol c or Christian pom s ould respond of view to.
OUTREAC - any Chnst,an action to reach out to ot ers, as a mteg a ton of faith nd life. groups feed In practice o the ideas, oonV1ctIon and commitment o d1f erent. diverse people united in t grou Pert TC 100 d tings, ca nd ha1pus s and gr intestate. p g to co-ordinate and Is yo integrate all t colu rnst Tim lea y, part time) fifth year ed cal stu• dent een to hear your any about questions T.C F.A matter. Pho e him on 271 5330
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Antioch Youth leaders Day • Antioch All Groups Meeting Cathedral Mass 5pm, followed by tea and meeting Mercedes College.
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At the age of 86 years she published her first book on poe ry "Lines of a Lazy
Laggard", Her second book "More Lines of a Lazy Laggard" is soon to e published by Vanguard Press and she ·s busily writing her third at the age of 93. A school teacher by profess·on, Miss Parker has done a lot of livi g, travetli g a d of recent years g. Wrth a keen mi d a d all facu • intact she occasionally says: "We I I on't be around for much lo ger you know" but ,i t's the sort of state t you dismiss (eyeing off her relative fitness to yo rs) and you d o think "You'll outHve me by years!" She has written and ad p b ished • various magazines a d p b icatio , prose and poetry. But it wasn't ntil at found the time to down e rt a I
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On Thursday, April 30th at 8pm Dr Charles Waddell of the Anthropology Department of the University of W.A. will address the Newman Society on "Some Anthropological Notions of Religion", in the Sen·or Common Room of St. Thomas More College. Open to all interested. The evening will conclude with upper. Further enquiries: The Newman Society President Mrs Adrienne Byme 381 1180.
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To those interested in sharing their faith with others a catechist sponsor or team member ·n the catechumenate process, Maranatha Institute offers, dependant on number of participants, two Training
Courses·
• A day course of 7 weeks, commencing Thursday May 21, 9.30 am-3.30pm for which applications close in writing May 7th. • An evening course of 10 vveeks, commencing Thursday July 23, 79.30pm for which applications dose in writing, July 9th. A recommendation from a parish priest is required. Send all ap ·cations to Sr. A umpta, 75 Kalamunda Rd., Kalamunda 6076.
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Sixteen of t e original 1943 25 fou d 1ion students were on a d to cut the St Joseph's Waroona school reunion cake made nd decorated i the former co ours of fawn and brown by Mrs Lucy Cavallaro to open the recent celebrancms. A second ca e decorated in the of lue d ye low by current coo Maira DeRosa was cut by 1987 d boy a d d gin Peter Forenza and Flavia Cavallaro. For a outdoor Mass attended by nearly 500, former pup·I Father Tony Ch" ra i ined the present parish priest Fat er Russell Hardim nd former pa o Fathe Tony Stott OFM end Philip Magni. 0th r visitor came from Tom Price, Kalgoo ·e, Geraldto . Perth. Bu b ry a d Ma "imup. A cabaret on the preceding evening
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family barbeque nd mu ·cal items followed the Sunday Mass i the school grou d . The reun •o wa due to the efforts of Darrell Fitzpatrick, H len Maiolo, Lynette D I Franca, Father Harcfman, Sister Eileen, Mick Dell F.ranca, Gill" Mitchell, V m n Pitt r and Lucy Anz lino.
BULLSBROOK PILGRIMAGE
The pilgrimage to the grotto of the Virgin of the Revelation at Bu lsl>rook will take place Sunday, April 26 at 2pm. For further infonnation and bus reservations please contact J. Roberts (Perth & Highgate bus) 271 0506, Mrs Bertoncini (Fremantle Bus) 335 5169.
MARIAN MOVEMENT
Lay cenacles are held weekly in the
fol owing centres. Tuesdays: Mass and Cenacle: Me kite Church Highgate 11am, Cenacles Inna oo 11 am, Swanboume 10.30am, (447 6223). Evening Ma and Cenacle lnnaloo 7pm (446 4145). Wednesdays: Cencales Manning 10.30am (450 5301), Victoria Park 10.30am (447 6223). Thursdays: Cen cles Riverton, Rossmoyne and Willetton 10.30am (345 1896), Balga 1 .30pm {342 1853). Fridays: Cenacles Fremantle 7.30pm {330 2654, 335 6895}. Saturdays Mass and Cenac es Jandakot and Spearwood 6.30pm (417 9238). Further enquiries Yolanda Nardizzi {447 8885), Bob Wright {447 6223).
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LIVING I FAITH WITH MARV
Residenti I Weekend: St Joseph's Conferenc~ Centre, 27 Penguin Road, Safety Bay.
Friday, May 1 - - Sunday,
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Commencing 7.30pm co luding 4pm, BYO LINEN FEE: $40 including $10 booking fee. BOOK NGS: Box 58, South Perth. ENQUIRIES: 367 7847. LE DERS: arius Dawson, 0. C & Bridget Kayser, RSJ. F rrH is not static. It is a living commitment to God. Faith is at lulowing.
Js your faith alive and growing? For the
Pad e P OCe tenary V Sit
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accompanied by Father
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Eight day guided tour. Depart Perth, May 19. Price 12,075; minimum of 30 ~assengers. Tour includes: ) air far return 2] coach trans1er 3) breakfast and din er dairy
4] lunch four days
5) accommodation 61 sight tours.
OPTION: Four day tour o Jerusalem $495. Includes return air fare from Rome. Includes br akfast and dinner daily.
Contact icola Comito. URGE T a orthline Travel 328 610 after hours 446 935 . 22 25 26
Cathedral, Arc . Openi g of Edna Brown Cotta e. Beverley, Archbi op Foley. Anzac Day ce ony, Archbishop Fol y. Fol y and Sydney the Au
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Course running for 6 Tuesdays. Commencing 28th April - concluding 2nd June. EITHER morning sessions: 9.30am - 12 noon OR evening sessions: 7om - 9.30pm. AT: St Joseph's Convent, cnr York and King dward Streets, South Perth. FEE: $24 on booking. LEADERS: Manus Daw on, O. Carm & Bridget Kayser. BOOKING : Box 58, South Perth. ENQUIRIES: 367 7847.
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