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B t "in the present worl , the situ tion of the laity is certainly not easy."

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It wo Id be "most beneficial" if the laity reached a level of form tio as Christians, w ich corresponds to the level of their cultural surroundings in the world.

in prayer servic s n poss1bl d1stnbut Communion using pr viouslv consecrated host . 'This form of eel r t1 does not repl ce the ass, but should ma e ,t more desired," the pope said in a talk to m mbers of he Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship

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Word-wide reports on Chu ch actions for separated and divorced couples and on marriage. Pope John Paul's statement from Rome on marriage and its sanctity. See page 4.

That mi sion and the lay vocation, "is from God." The bishops should therefore be concerned about providing the laity with o portunity for coni nu i ng formation as Christians, enabling them to r spond "to their social, economic and political responsibilities in a Christian spirit." Bu "many laity, women and men, generously assume the ta of forming" other , too. They "des rve as urances" of

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VATICAN CITY: In

his third meeting with President Reagan in the past five years, Pope John Paul 11 spo e of the need o end the arms race and said the "oneness of humamty must influence the policies and practices of governments." The pope's brief public comments followed a speech eaga by which pralsed the Holy Father for his coura nd

Lower pension age not the answer

Lowering the pension age to 5 5 is not the best solution to finding jobs for the healthy older unemployed who want to work and need the money. This will require policies which w ill change the composition of the workfo ce as well as its size, says the atio nal Catholic Social Welfa e ommission (PO Box 12, Curtin ACT 2605. ature age un mplo rment is a rmptom of a larger problem \ ·hi h cannot

c anges or wor ers again t employing tho 45 and over in mo t ca e ha n ba ·i in actu 1 or likely pert rmance. \ hy annot a 4-_' ar- l d or a --do the \ ·ork

ature age unemployment is a symptom of a arger problem which cannot be corrected in iso ation, says the commission

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1 e to by the Respon es to th earlier Linearn n Documen had "undertin d h necessity for all pn sts to encourage the advanc ment of the laity " Formation of candidates for the pnes hood "must put a greater emphasi on serving the ne ds of th laity and working with them."

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The new working d urnent - lnstrumentum Laboris - 1s a tudy document on the synod's theme, The Vocation and Mission of the Laity in the Church and World 20 Years after Vatican II. It is "not intended to be a finished product" and "presents the opinions Which have resulted from a careful consid ration of the reflections and responses to th Lineamenta. But it is not "pro rly speaking," a ummary of their content Th Lin arnenta, an initial gu din document for h yn ,

e ming and other pri vate in ome. There i merit in providing rent as i lance or a istan to pay o f a mortgag on their h m for th e in financial ifficult y in thi ag category who a re eivi no une mp loyme nt benefit .

The working document is n aid for th bi hops, "bef re and urrng" th synod, "reflecting th most commonly m nuon d ne of the universal Church" Some of tho refl ct d

s arch for "p ace in world increasingly wounded by violence and tried by war, y terrorism, by torture, by concentration camps and military interference in politics." Human work, "in its multiple forms, rs a k y social question," repres-

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entmg " for the laity .. Consumerism, hy "based o the philo of h onism." m hich "women and m n often lirrut th rr social p rncipatron to producing o as to po sess Th re rs no stopping this dynamic." The role of women m Church a d society. •Apa srv pr senc in t e liturg and Sacraments "by a great number of lievers .. with the re ult the parish is not able to come tog ther as a true force in the community ... "

Record The papacy and its spokesman Those who feel occasionally overpowered by the structures of Catholicism can take some small relief from the fact that its major feasts are fairly movable and the degree to hich we celebrate them is probably optional. The citizens of Rome last Monday no doubt stayed obstinately ith the traditional feast of Peter the Apostle, praying at his Vatican hillside tomb and paying compliments to the current Bishop of Rome next door. More universally the Catholic calendar honours the event this Sunday. Whether the liturgy celebrates the martydom of Peter and Paul or honours the current John Paul II is largely up o the local congregation. like all sensible Romans the pope decides that the best way to preserve his sanity is to get away from the city about this time. Whether he escapes from the Vatican rs largely up to himself and the schedule he sets during he summer recess. The papac is not so much an article of faith as n enigma of belief. The iqnificance of the papacy c n reach from the h1ghe heoloqrcal flights about the unity of Christian body to the la s rgument whe her John P ul II hould ha e cceded to Austrian aldheim' reques for a he d-ol-s a e udience The papac , t he cro sroad o faith bee u e hundred o illlions of Chr trans, from our near in Orthodo br thren o he I e born-a in phenomenon. on' entert in h idea for a mom nt The pap c I a e t of per onal f ith becau e 1 1 h point her he theory of irnple go pel h s to come f ce o ce I h h re llty of I s e pre sron m very comple ocie y. If m t e a e o V tic n II the place of he p pac m fa ith I no longer topic of ermon hen C tholic r o much he poorer If outh t Ca holic chool do no no the relationship of he papac to their faith h y are by m lly uneduc t d F r from o ercloudmg the papac , he Second Vatican Council m turning 1t ttenncn to then ture of he Church m de the debate on the pap c more mten than ver b fore. Pages of council document are de oted to the object El e here h re re hundreds of reference to h pl c and au hon y of the pope debate the model of n ideal Theologians m p pacy m he clo t of demia but m he end 1 111 be he pope him el ho I h1 o n commentary on the m anm of th p pacy. The pope of the I st 100 year ar a aleid cope of c round , emper ment and abili re Pubh her m e million out of boo s h t try and describe the pope Pop John Paul I hi o n H1 hird plun e mto Pol nd a no o h overnm nt' h mg, hi econd turn mto the United States 111 th Archbishop Hunthau en en I or the Curran theolog1 n d b te. His Ion d1 logue I h the Brazilian h1 r rchy over hber non theolo y and other matter sit again t hi det rrmnauon to tac le arid opinion headon m its ru h into technological reproduction. rs mce ant arrun to political I aders that they are pending too much on war nd th t th poor re the vrc un of the rich are hint of hat the man thin s m hi quieter moment . Pope John Paul ha made humani and it me nm th t rget of hi papacy and hi rel ntle determina ion to be een and hearby by as many human as possible I no pu hmg he rrna e of the papacy f r b ond th pope rniqh original novelty ten year ago that occasionall travel. L1 e the re t of hi f llo c rdinals t the end of the 978 conclave hat had JU t elect d John Paul I and arol Wotyla pac ed his bag ent horn to Craco convinced that thi a th man ho ould chart he cour e of the Church for a decade to come.

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Theme ia at ome ••• Do the media foster pas· sivity7 In the spring of 1987, US health experts reported that the nation's children are showing unprecedented rates of obesity.

This is seen as the result of passive, sedentary lifestyles and bad eating habits. More than one com· mentator pointed to the connection between a sedentary lifestyle and watching too much television. For many children, watching television is a passive

because it involves a

There were no TV sets, radios or printing presses in biblical days. Even if people could read - and relatively few could - copies of the sacred books were rare and prohibitively expensive. People had to hear the biblical words

kind of immobility that other forms of the media do not, for instance listening to the radio. A person can drive a car, ride a bike, play a sport while listening to the radio. You can't do any of those things legally or well while watching television. But even television is not doomed to be a passive activity. Wrth educa-

during

That is stiU the basic means of comm uni· when

comes to the Bible. The following little "beatitude" from the ew

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sage, and happy are those who hear it and heed what is written in it" (Revelation 1:3). Who is "the one who reads"?

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It is the lector, who proclaims the message aloud to the worship· ping community, to "those who hear." This can be supplemented, bul never supplanted. Obviously, evef)' availa-

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hie means must be used to get the Good · ews across to as many people as possrb le. But when the Gospel is presented through televison or radio, for example, there are a few points to keep in mind. First, religion can be exciting and challenging. But it does not

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ents can help their children learn to approach the media in a more active spirit. To understand the media, I think there are some points to keep in mind. It is important to realise that whenever the word "media" is used, another word should accompany it -

communication. "Media", as the word is used here, rete.f to various means of communication. Moreover, the word "media" does not refer

only

electronic

media, such as movies, video, radio. television,

the telephone. etc. Communication is a human activity which should lead to a twoway exchange: human dialogue. Actually, there are many forms of this.

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Children can grow in a confidence that they too are communicators and that there are many ways to communicate. As parents help children to do this. they may also find that

they are helping to disrupt an unhealthy passivity with regard to the

electronic media. Furthermore, many educators believe that children who are actively involved in dif· ferent forms of communication will be less passive in general. The experts also believe that this can have a spillover effect on television watching. When active children sit down to watch television, they will be less apt to watch passively. Just before school lets

out for the summer

months, many �nts with others. Parents anguish over ,at can help children dis· kinds of ac:tiv;,;.. . cover a whole new . ... ..,.,,, will ,... . world of commun ch.11dren · ... .,,., to com d unng the • of uon necessary leisure. Parems ln-f plement the vario�s that children forms of electronrc � be . . d oomed to an communoca�unheatthy "'""' of children do this witoo much tel<lion theY put on a pet�· and too little Qtive 8 camival or mrmarcus. a magic show. an stimulation. I would like to ""'51 art shoW of their own that parents 'ink drawings or a talent media" in the b- show. Children can sense, that is, ti\ ci have fun writing their creative means Oel> own jingles, limericks icles by which \mg or song parodies, as people can eaess well as performing themselves aoely them. And children can and thus commi.ta, makeuptheirownfairy

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tales and stories. which they can share in storytelling sessions. Writing letters is a form of exciting two-way communication.

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puppet shows or spoofs of TV personalities and commercials are

other

means

through which children discover that they not just others - are communicators.

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can have great fun taping themselves and

qualify as entertainment. Trying to make the proclamation of God's word part of entertainment TV programming can trivialize an important reality. This is also the reason why most biblical movies have fallen fiat on their faces. Some assumed that the Gos· pels are straightforward "lives" of Jesus and then hammed them up, turning them into religious epics. This distorted the Gospels, which, while based on some solid historical material, are primarily intended to give the meaning of Jesu 'life in the light of

Christian faith, something difficult to project on the screen. Even if a telecast slicks to a direct proclamalion of the Christian message, there can be problems. What tends to occur is person-toperson communication - one individual addressing another. Each viewer glues attention to the screen and enters into private dialogue with the speaker This is nol bad, but it is inadequate, For religion is not just a private affair; we do not exist in isolation from other people.

ODD Jesus respected every human person's dignity, but he formed a community. When the Good News is proclaimed to Christian communities, an important dimension is added. Let me explain.

All these activities are means of communicat· ing, but not all are electronic forms. Such activities expand the human spirit.

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In a free society the communications media reflect

values back to consumers who, in -

by DAVID THOMAS

the end, support the continued existence of the media. To put it more concretely, the programming chosen by my family is a good indicator of my family's values. Each media user exercises an ultimate fonn of control over the media - control of the on-off switch on the television, radio or videocassette recorder.

forecast of what he once thought life would be like in 1984, television was presented as "big brother" to control the people. TV screens kept watch on their activities. In various totalitarian countries, there rs strict supervision of what

rs transmitted over the airvvaves. And when political revolution occurs m a nation, one of the rebels' first objectives is the takeover of radio and TV stations. The communications media can be dangerous weapons in the

hands on those who want to exercise control over a large number of people. Everyone would agree with that. But how does the media operate in a free country?

What are you watching on your TV

Among my findings: • television sets. I inter· Everyone viewed owns at least one; one person has four; 12 own two or three. • videocassette recorders. Twelve people own one; one

woman owns l\VO, a

I enjoy the opera, and I like to listen to the Saturday broadcasts of it from the Metropolitan Opera in ew York. But I also have attended performances at the Met itself, and there is no comparison. In that <citing, a thrilling relationship is set up, not just between me and the but performers, between me and the rest of the audience. Similarly, when God's word is proclaimed to the Christian community during the celebration of Mass, there is electricity in the air. "We" experience "our" identity as God's people. We respond as a com· munity and gain strength from knowing that we are not just a bunch of individuals limited by our per· sonal weakness and powerlessn . We are a people, God's people, with the power to transform the world.

others, and then playing back their own wori<. This gives youths a _,.., that they can make their own TV material and also gives them an idea of what goes into making TV programs. It removes some of the mystery from the TV medium and may enable youths to become more discerning about it.

All a question of who controls the situation •

In George Orwell's depressing

What kinds of electronic media do people have in their homes? How much and what kinds of TV programs do they watch? I took those questions to a randomly selected group of 21 people. five men and 17 women. All are coworkers or friends.

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Just before school breaks U/1 for the sprinf their children will engage in rinf the W!':1,i,i ilfd too unhe11lth1 mmer of too mu•"

llnguish Ofer Whllt kinds of ,ctirities worry children will be doomed to ,n e cnt11tire stim l1tion.

Beta and a VHS. • radios. Everyone owns two or more; one family has nine. • home computers. Eight people own one; a professor has two. • TV viewing. Everyone interviewed watches television. Eight people average less than 10 hours weekly; 11 average 10 to 30 hours weekly; two average 35 to 50 hours. A busy mother of three young daughters said she barely watches television an hour a week. "I don't have time and I flop at night. I'm an early bird. If TV is on and I'm watching, I usually fall asleep," she said. Her TV viewing is child-oriented. Then there ts the selfconf sed "T\' addict" whose television or VCR is running all the time she is home and awake. A computer expert. she ""Y· that she watches

they look through the

by KA THAR/NE BIRD

television for inforrnalion, out of habit, for entertainment. But she recently made a decision not to start watching any new programs "to break myself of the habit of mindlessly watching TV."

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A mother with three

energetic boys under 6 said, "TV watching is frustrating with kids." Her TV habits have changed with children. Where once she delighted in classic films, she now chooses programs she can "watch in bits" without losing too much content. How-to pro· grams on cooking. health and home repair rate high with her. Why do people watch television? For diversion ... to vegetate . . • for information ... to learn something •. for entertainment. Or they watch with someone else, for the companionship. In deciding what to watch on television. people in my random survey proved selective. vtost turn sets on for specific programs; they don 't just flip the T\i knob and hope. Several people said

TV or cable guide on

Sunday "to see what appeals, what sounds like fun" in the coming week. Others have favorite programs they watch routinely. Sports and news programming are general favourites; 14 people routinely watch the nightly TV news or new · magazines and 12 watch sports regularly. Several people identified "The Cosby Show" as their favourite TV program. A father with a packed schedule said that he had no time for situation comedies that are "contrived and arh----.1,

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The communications media and the ways people approach them spark a lively drscussion by our writers this week. Religious educator Michael Warren suggests that parents need to think of the media in the broadest possible terms in order to help their children become intelligent media users. He suggests that children will approach the media less passively when they have confidence in their own communications ability. Katharine Bird conducts an informal random survey with 21 people on how they watch televi· sion and what electronic media they have rn their homes. Everyone she interviewed watches some television, even 1f only an hour weekly, and most approach TV v1ew1ng thoughtfully, she discovers. Theologian David Thomas says that a clearer understanding of the US system of media producnon can help people deal with the media rn a rational way.

ficial." He does like shows like "The Cosby Show", where the relationships seem realistic to him and the situations, though exaggerated for dramatic effect, are believable. People spoke of using videocassette recorders to gain more control over TV viewing. Most use recorders to tape shows while they are otherwise occupied. One young worna n tapes a daytime soap opera. Watching it is "a way of unwinding when I get home and am making dinner," she said. "It's an escape, for fun."

clearer

under-

standing of media pro· duction helps people

deal with the media rn a rational way It also helps one learn an important lesson. for the media are probably reflectors of our present values as a society than any other source of information. In a free society the

commurucanons media

reflect values back to

consumers who. m the

end, support the continued existence of the media To put u more con-

cretely, and to bring the entire

matter

much

closer to home, let me put 11 this way The programming chosen by my family rs a good 1nd1cat0< of my family's values, whether I hke II or not

Each media user exer-

crses an ulumate form of control over the media control of the on-off swrtch on the television. radio or videocassete recorder

Those who produce media materral use every means avarlable 10 learn what the public will buy watch. listen 10 or attend Cont page 10

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"Your serYice is tommunie11tion, your muns ire therefore called media ... I ask you: Build en4uring brid&es from separated shore to separated shore ind across frontiers. Your lan4 has special possibilities in this regard. Do not look at humanllin4 an4 society only with an implacably diagnostic • eye, but with the eye of hope, with I sharp eye for possible cunces for the better. Make it ,ossible for &ood .... to lie ex,erienced 1t least wiUt as much excitement as the Nd. An4 Heo wheo the oews is deplorable, sllow the cood lloulld up witll il" (Pope Joho Paul II to mem�oftttecommu•

ie11tions media, in Vienna, Austria, 1982) There is Power in words. tt is a ,ower to commun,. icate. Often life, as one hopes to live ii, depen4s on the cood use of this power. Just think of the power of well-intended words to influence rel• tionships ol 111 kin4s. The power to communicate, however, is not only a power to •se wonts well. II isn't loun4 enly in the •&ile, clever use of words. The trve commu• iutor also mu t SN well. Al least that is wtiat p_,. John Paul II sauests. On pilcr,ma1e in Austria, the - adllrused a-olmedia�·· Gin atteotioo to the way JOII 11.se yeur eyes, lie

seemed to say. "Do not look ••• with an implac· ably diagnostic eye, but with the eye of hope, with a sharp eye," he said.

This allows one to know what is changing for the better, and to see the good wherever it occurs. tt is a valid messace not only for media specialists, but for almost anyone depen4ent on the power to commu•icate effectively. This is 1n ace of com11111nie11tions. Tliat, some 111i1•t assert, ass•res very little, except that ii will N H act of INRY wor4s fleetinc i111111es. 81t t•ere is always incretliltle ,ete• ti1I i• tlle ,ower to ceMmunicate.

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From page 9 It is really not that complicated: Desire or need or want tends to determine the product. Of course, we sometimes complain that what is offered is beneath our sophisticated tastes or moral sensitivity. But the fact remains, society gets what it does because that is what we will pay for. If the public really wanted cowboy movies 24 hours a day, that's exactly what would be broadcast, nothing more, nothing less. Ratings drive television. and you and I drive the ratings.

Of course, there is a complication in all this. As a people we are not entirely united in our Ii es and dislikes and values. There isn't only one value structure influencing the media. In a pluralistic nation the media cl arly refl ct this fact.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has laid the cornerstone for a Vatican hostel for Rome's sick and de titute, to be administered by other Teresa of Calcutta's Missionarie of Charity. The ho tel w II be run by four isionarie of C arty who will accept people for overnight stays ch day beglnnln t Spm, she said. The ho tel 1te is

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"Traumatic" may be the word to describe the big periods of transition in a person's life. Especially is this true if a per on almost feels forced to move from one stage of life to another - to a new and uninvited stage. But even we come development can leave a per on feeling shook up as they signal the passage from one condition in life to another: graduation from high chool or co le e; mama e; th b rth of a child.

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another, with the loss of o d friends and the challenge of finding new friends. There is the change of pace and responsibility that come when one's last child leaves home.

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shocked - happily or unhappily. For awhile a per on's neat pie. ture of the world and hi or her place in it appears a little jumbled. Old goals may come in for ome re-evaluation. Old expectations of elf and of others may undergo altera ion. As a r suit, a person may e filled with u stions and long to ma'k sense of thin •

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life's -�ig moments ?f transrtron come in many shapes. There is the move from one community to a not her, with the loss of old friends and the challenges of finding new friends. There is the change of pace and responsibility that comes when one's last child leaves home.

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RECORD CIASSIFIED ��TITI�OO� Medjugotje? Capital sentence ADVERTISEMENTS 1n1mum 5 ror llr I 28 word . Po t or dellver. o hone ads. Clo es noon w doe day.

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Despite the heading. on the MedJugoqe story {The Record June 8) perhaps on could be excused for believing "Our Lady" rs appearing as the article expresses rt, when m fact the opposite could be the case The sole authority who's God-given task ,t rs finally to pronounce on these events is the bishop of the diocese of which Medjugorje rs part, and up until now that uthoritv rests with Bishop Zan of Mostar-Duvno. But he alone does not pass Judgement, he rs assisted by a twenty member comrmssion freely nominated, and presided o er by him The Record (Sept 4 1985) reported that this cornmission in March 1984 publicly "as ed for an end to the pilgrimages. s the authentrcitv of the apparitions h d not been establish d". The call was repeated in October after p,lgnmag s continued, saying u found "disciplinary and th olog,cal d1ff iculues ,n the m ssages of dJugorJ •. On May 21, 1984 the Vatican newspaper printed the that u would be d suable that warning s above but ad r hg,ous sources of commum t10 t in from cone rmng th ms Iv with bo -m ntioned events ( t MedJugorJe) at the comp ent authority has e press us Judgement From th abov • It rs obvious tha1'th po inon of th Church rs urt cl ar. It has issued a warning and d for nd I am sur prud nt Catholics w,11

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from Trevor BOARDMAN, Fremantle Dear Su, I was surprised that your e d itona I (Th e

Record June 18) referred to the "extremely severe sentence" of the mere g olinqfor-life of the brutal rapists. sadistic torturers and coldblooded wilf ul murderers of tha saintly young wife and nurse, Anita Cobby Or. do innocent victims share equal guilt in this d nerate dark-age of nondrscnrnmanon between ood and evil? I b li ve that wh re the guilt of the accused rs absolute! beyond question, all uch mal thrill- illers of f m les should be h ng forth th t

Few enough these d evs would have even so much as be baptised, yet all must somehow still be tau h g t "Th ou shalt not comm murder". . and th�:

includes rapists ... The death sentence should not be mandatory upon all convictrons for murder, since as the Chamberlain case shows. juries are hardy infallible. Bu Judges should at least have 1t optionally in reserve s a I d of exception to th� rule or last resort, rn cases where obJect1vely rational (1 e n tural) Justice cannot reasonably be satisfied by anything less Also. provided that h re cannot reasonably e er be the slightest d ub whatsoever as to the r al nd actual guilt of the accused Th C urch teaches the th Stat has the nght to ut 1lf ul murderers att rs perta n1ng to hna JU th, •

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00000000 Pictured at a recent m rria e prepara· tion course are: Keith Magry of South Perth and Joanne Burke of Perkwood who are to be married in St Anne's church Bel· mont on July 12.

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JULY Hamersley Antioch weekend. YCS Party. Spots/Stripes Party. 5 Laurel Close Riverton 8pm. BYO drinks/snacks. Catholic Rural Youth Outreach Weekend Bindoon. Ring David Edwards (09) 341 4 92 wmana Antioch weekend. rrr booka Antioch weekend. Young Christian Students S con Statew d camp held at Man ur h Ring 227 7061. CPY en Pm Bowling. 328 8136

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BRUNSWICK MASSES

Brunswick weekend masses will be Saturday t 7.30pm. Sunday at 8.30arn. Leschenault weekend masses (in the school chapel. Mardo Av • Australind) Will be Saturday at 6pm, Su day at 1 Oarn,

by PETER MESSER The coming \ inter p -nnant ca on w ill prov id · vere an tennis player \ ith an op orturury to pl y cornpetitiv tennis know ing that the} won't he run off their feet by someone haU their ug •. Prov idcd th .re i suffi-

tenni c urt as a horn venue you can nominate. Entry into this year' • 1i · W ,LT comp title n will giv • one entrant the opportunity to travel by air to ydn ·y and enjoy sc ·n <la} o tion pa .ked un \\ ith accommodation in .luded, Th c i th • prize f r the

CARMELITE FEAST

ARMADALE COURSES

Archbishop Foley will ce ebrate Mass for the feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel, at the Carmelite Monastery. Adelma Rd. Nedlands, on Thursday, July 16 at 9.30am. Following which there will be an enrolment in the Brown Scapular. All are most welcome.

Sister Elizabeth Devine FMM has returned to WA to give scripture courses at Armadale parish and will return later in the year to give two Saturday courses from 9.30am to 3.30pm on selfawareness and personal development. Her six weekly sessions each of two hours duration on Introduction to the New Testament and later St Mark were expanded from Monday evenings to Tuesday mornings, each groups attracting 35 members. Babysitters were provided for the morning session. Fo lowing th course th pari has stabli hed home study group that will be perma nt with a maximum of el ht m mbers who will furth r th ir knowledge of th f ith nd d pen th ir sense of community. The group • first subject will be St Mark's go I using the bookl t produced by th C ntre for Con· ui g Rel"gio Ed cati n.

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BENEDICTINE OBLATES

The Oblates of St Ben diet will hold their next Chapter rneeting at the Red mptorist Monast ry, Vince t Street, North Perth on Sund y, July 12 at 2pm.

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