The Record Newspaper 27 August 1987 by The Record

,------ ------------- ------• I I I

POS ADDRESS: PO Box 50, NORTHBRIDGE, 6000 W.A LOCAT O : 26 ohn St, Northbridge (east off Fitzgerald St). TELEP O E: (09) 328 1388

Registered by Australia Post Publication o WAR 0202

EXCLUSIVE

---------, I

rep rt.

EXCLUSIVE

PRICE 60¢

�---------------------------------------------------

OTHE TERESA CHAR

ce Committee, nri h Borovi.k.

been to Kiev and to a newly built settlement for familie of Chernobyl evacuee .

Soviet Peace Committee recently invited her. other Tere a presented a sharp contra t to the Soviet dignitaries a companyin her. She poke without note and with total commitment of thin rarely aired in public in the oviet nion in faith,

seen as part of a concerted attempt by the Soviet authorities to inject more compa sion and human genera ity into what has over the years be ome a harsh and elfing s iety. ter the 1917 Revoluion, v oluntary organisation w re di and d and religiou orders forbid en to perform charitable \ ·or . It a r u d th n that

FLO ER A

BIRT DA BA

I I I I I I I

ACK • ame a

:-A •

nin ti

- a comfort

and suicide, especiall of he oung.

£ From page 2

From page 2

o dru

A The majo ney e ference ere not t e radica a atte

III

u r c h ATAC) and a em er of the ationa team. of

allocated to religious and other women and had been snapped up. further 100 were squeezed into the conference and a further fifty had to be turned a ay. en ere entitled to attend and there were ten p e nt. i ter Eileen said that r hbishop Clanc had been in it d to attend the conference b t he not Ii ted to .H

? II

The conference was part of a program sponsored by the religious superiors of Australia and which ends its Charter next year. Sr Helen Lombard, president of t e ajor Superiors of 1en and omen Religious of stralia aid the call to transform ociety is not imply about equa it but a t somethin more fundame tal it

R neral D 'recto m n·

intrin i

um n

� Ill'

(

Quali pr i. . ..,1L../...,.., ll abo

t 7,1

Unity's not a spectator sport

There seems to be universal agreement, or there is expected to be, for the proposition that things were definitely worse in the days when the high walls of religious intolerance fenced the Christian denomination into their ghettoes. Admittedly, the evil depended on ho claimed to have the ascendancy and who as the under-dog in a simmering feud that reached down to survival in everday life. · Catholics felt the sting of rejection and suppression where Protestantism abounded and Protestants new the countries in hich their revolt and reformation were not popular. Less well nown were the equally inglorious feuds going on as Protestant sects severed one from another to produce the patchwor quilt that embarrasses today's proponents of church unity. The alls ere not neces arily seen as bad. Human thrive on the black myths that can be perpetuated abou an enemy - especially a religious one - bout one no ery little. The my hs gave a sen e of superiority to tho e wielding po er. and the under-dog thrived on no ing the uppo ed villainy of his oppres or. If not throu h he direct guidance of th Holy Spiri c lling Chri tendom to unity, there have been mor pr ctic I influence at ark tearing do n the re igou hetto all .

o o n up to t ith on a c n u orm av hy th v ill do an hin ut tt nd, upport or ven ta e an interest in the denomin tion o ich th v a ert I y lty nd ff ction? Ho , oth i e, to e p ain th pr t nee of hy teria ee · Anglican nod' r olution on omen in i mini try. For a denomina ion hat ha I p ed - adly i many eye - to not much more than a qu rter of the Au tralian population - i he deci ion thi national crisi are led o beli ? Pre umably the Anglican y t m of voting nd deci ion m ing i ati factory to that body. By those rul , th proponent of change hav lo t th ir case. Yet ne bull tin have iv n no er denc or er dibility to tho e ho e majority vote r tain d the tatu quo. I it till a game of goodie and baddi ? I ome ider athe of public opinion conveniently riding on a run ay An lie n agon and joining in jo tling and having a body of people for hose b lief and faith th y oth rwi e ha e not the lightest re pect or intere t? In older day Catholics might not ha e blanched a heaving a f roe at the Anglican predicament. Today ecumencial good manner ugge t a tactful ilence. e is ue i not e clu ively hether omen hould attain the ran to hich ome o vocall a pir . It i al o the is ue of hether ome people in id and outsid he churche prefer to ee di unity in church ran a palliative scouring of th tern. rchbi hop Foley ponders heth r to I ad hi Catholic dioc into clo er relation 'th o h r church . It i much for the faithful a for the peciali t . p

The auction of the bike whic carried Irishman Stephen Ro he to · ctory in

the Tour de France ha r ised nearly 65 000 and e ery penny ill go to the

Iri h Sisters of Charity for their hospice in Dublin. And the bike has also been given

II back to them! The director of Our Lady's Hospice, Dr ntoin urphy, tipped Stephen Roche as the Ii ely winnerof the race and asked if the bike could be donated to he ho pice, should Stephen

Resolute es e arrest AGPUR: Arrested Indian Bishop Paschal Topno says the incident is "the crest of the high tide of an ant· -Chr istian mo ement'.

"I'll ace it throu h thick and thin.

adhya Prade h tale. Father oel D'Souza ay that fundamentalist Hindu roups are re ponsible for the climate of intolerance in the central Indian tale. He said that letter complainin a· ut Chri tian are never nb t

win.

TIPSTE

CTIO

Hea ers act• g ba le

BATH O

Remodel that o d bathroom

OUCHE O ES PLUMBER R ar 211

328 6955

Th Daug

ers of Charity

EED YOU

EXCLUSIVE:- FATHER ARNALDO PANGRAZZI SPEAKS TO THE

Remar ab young for the wisdom he has acquired and the o ition h hold a Con ultor General or min· str r in the Or er of St CamiHu rder hi h

with

a o,

h rd.

the

RECORD DURING HIS FIRST VISIT TO AUSTRALIA.

Fidelity in fashion

'We, with the patients, become fellow traveller ·n our jour ey of life, in ur journey to God."

en ounter with

cleansing effect on the of those stories and ritparticipants. ualising their themes," " eaningful prayer he said. can ritualise and make sacred a person's story," he said. Sacraments too give healing and grace, the most characteristic being the Anointing of the Sick; a blessing for ph teal, emotional and spiritual healing. "To learn to accept hat ve cannot change i to e p rience emotional hea ing; to ome a are of im a d tran formation and

of ministry to cultivate and affirm, whenever possible, the primacy of entering into human relationships. "I see the role of clergy as spiritual guide, to be that which ties this whole pro es together. 'A spiritual guide is omeone who listens to the language of the heart - and hears the hunger of the soul,' he said. " e, a cler y, come healing in trument , piritual uid , , hen we give fl h to ministry by inte rating our pa toral attribute of ent r-

Chastity is topical - and fashionable. This is the key message of a new 'life tyle' audio-visual aimed at Au tralian teenagers. The 3-part audio-visual program i entitled: 'It' OK to say O'. Initially, it will be targeted at econdary schools, and youth groups. "Teenage sexuality generates by far the toughe t questions young people face in early life," aid Jenny Kearney (pron. Carney), President of the Pregnancy Action Centre, which has produ d the audio-visual package. "From our experience counselling young people about pregnancy and sexual activity, and talking to them in schools, it became clear that there is a great need for an informative, realistic and broadly acceptable presentati on on teenage sexual relationship , ' rs Kearney said. "There is greater pre sure than ever on young peop , especially about ex. It come from their peers, adult , the media and advertising - it is part of modern Ii ring in a We tern society. "Too often, unfortunately, teenagers become sexually active for the wrong reasons as a re ult of the e pres ures. "The Centre believe there · a viable, acceptabl life tyle for teenagers today, , hich in lud lo, in affe tionate relation hip . But it al o mean fre l , choo ing - for the right reasons - not to prematurely exually involved. "This is the focal point of 'It's to say O'." Young ·olun e rs, a ed from 15 to 20 helped re rch and write the audio-vi ual, and appe r in ·1. Information and advic from m dical experts, · nti t , ocial or ce and coun ellor ar a o part of the

*****

Continu d n t \

� I

�

·•

ORDER FOR

I� at'Iikit(l((J/

EXCITING N:EW AUDIO-VISUAL PROGRAMME ON TEENAGE RELATIONSHIPS

A E

R/ RS/ ISS

POSITIO

HELD

RA MME

SCHOOL/ORGA ISATIO ADDRESS

d on thr

separa e occasions, followed exuolity; the

POST CODE TELEPHO E

ws of young

P EASE SUPPLY T E FOLLOWING: QTY ·

PRICE

g Chairman of the National -�Com�ents from Educationalists

2500

5000

2000

2200

0200 I

8500

2000 00 @

POST GE A D HA DU G

2500

O F T FEE AUSTRAL! 5 EW ZEALA D 30 OVERSEAS (1 - 3 WEEKS DELIVERY)

APPROV LO LY

UST BE CH RGED O

y u g peope ·n its prod ction."

TOT L

050

messooe on

SALES TAX PPLIC BLE

C 10

ITE S

AUST

FOR 20

(DEDUCTED

CIFIEO

CE TRE

7, 1

7 7

For each a gift Apostolic times

(The following dialogu, And he is. No one I know is designed to help reader has a greater sense of think about the gifts 311 caring than my uncle." roles of bishops - leade, John Paul pulled on and pastors serving th another sweater as the committed and not-so night, air grew more chilly. committed.) "It is clearer now that a Imagine a campsit bishop can combine that where six youths and the approach with his adrninisyouth minister, John Pau rrative duties," he said. are huddled around a fin "fhe apostles preached The group is talking aboi the Gospel; they celethe election of Matthias t brated the sacraments and take the place ofJudas as a mvolved people in the apostle as told in Acts I: lJ 26. "One of those who wi of our company while th Lord Jesus moved amon, us, from the baptism O John until the day he W3! taken up from us, should needs of the world around be named as witness v..itb them." us to his_ resurrectio�." Thomas v...as the group's Now Lisa �- F'.°m skeptic. ''When it comes to all I can tell, she says, th( faith, I find all of you more apostles were a closeaccepting than I," he said. group right from the ''You have never had as ning. I'm not surprise' much trouble accepting Jesus worked on thes God's existence as l have. until they learned to be In my sophomore year I community. Then he se,r was really struggling. The them the Holy Spirit campus minister said I was maintain the bond." experiencing a faith crisis John Paul, the youth mie not unusual at my age. He ister, was drawn to th loaned me an interesting figure of Peter and said pastoral letter by my "Don't forget Peter's role bishop - at exactly the in fostering community right moment. Leadership is an importanl "It impressed me when key for such unity. Like the bishop called faith a many leaders, he was often gift," Thomas said. "In the first to act. The firs other words, God was not apostle to see the risen forcing faith on me; God Christ. The first to pread was inviting me." at Pentecost Even the firs Thomas added that if apostle to convert a gen nothing else, the bishop's tile, Cornelius " words about a loss of hope Marie, who had just taket among people in today's her tertiary entrancr world, and faith's capacity exams, had the word "cd to stir hope, had given him lege" on her mind. "I thil* something to think about. that is why I hear thj When Therese heard church referring to th! what Thomas said, she apostles as a college, thought for a long community of apostol• moment. Then she men, dedicated to a con recalled some words of her mon goal with Peter 2 bishop at her confirmation their leader " about loving more deeply. Then Carl spoke. He ah "Torn, I know you have had plans for university an struggled with faith," said thought he would en« Therese. "Yet you are the seminary after that. a always so kind to people. I uncle is a bishop. think your loving manner is "My uncle often woull making your faith come tell me about how thl alive." bishops are the succes,IO� The group grew still and of the apostles," Carl said Wilderness sounds echoed "I recall a magazine aru'cl( in the night wind. They that characterised ml said a prayer together and uncle as a pastoral bishop retired for the night.

By Father McBride

After llecomi•1 /Jis/top in 1984, Bis/top Micllael ShHIIH uid •e hume Kllfel)' ,w,ro of Ille s,,fferinf c,use</ •, Ille <WrMf f,rm ulsis. Th 6isltop felt 111,1 "wllererer _,. ,re ..rtin1, Ille � He<ls to h" - ,llfl H IMtermine<l to 1'o whterer possible to hip.

Roles of a bishop

Bishop Michael Sheehan of Lubbock, Texas, recently teamed up with the local ministerial association, the League of Women Voters and the American Civil Liberties Union to work for better conditions at the local gaol.

Among issues the coalition sought to address was the fact that "priests and ministers couldn't get into the gaol" to meet with privately inmates, Bishop Sheehan said. "Inmates had to go to confession over phones in the visitors area." It was "very degrading." As a result of the coalition's work, the sheriff has promised that an inmate wanting to see a priest or minister may do so in a private place, Sheehan Bishop reported. When Ohio's bishops endorsed a 6-year-old farm-worker-led boycott of Campbell Soup Co. in 1985, some Catholic farmers were angry, Bishop

James Hoffman of Toledo

recalled. It had been a long, sometimes bitter dispute involving strikes against tomato growers over migrant workers' wages, working conditions and right to organise. "It was our farmers who were struck and our migrant workers who were striking," said Bishop Hoffman, recalling the dispute that now has ended. For many years, the needs of Hispanics and the farm workers had been a high priority in the Toledo dio-

cese. But "CathoHc farmers

felt the church was unsympathetic to their plight. The farmers maintained they were caught between the processor," who sets prices, and the migrant workers. In an attempt at reconctltation, Bishop Hoffman met with groups of farmers. He listened to their concerns, to which he felt quite sympathetic . . . It's hard for them to make a go of it." But he also tried to explain why justice compelled him to support the boycott. The roles a bishop plays are many. He is unifier, leader, teacher, listener, enabler, reconciler, evangelist. In the day-to-day work of a bishop, these roles unfold in a variety of ways, influenced by the economic climate, the social, educational and cultural background of the people, even the region's geography. One can safely say, how· ever, that a constant and vital element of any

The Record, August 27, 1987

bishop's ministry is getting out among the people. As Bishop Sheehan suggested, "If I don't get to know my people, I am like a man walking through a roomful of chairs with a blindfold on. I don't know what's really happening." He said he enjoys going out to parishes for masses or meetings, and makes it a particular point to attend every youth retreat in the diocese. I'

Cindy Liebhart After becoming bishop, Bishop Sheehan became acutely aware of the suffer· ing caused by the current farm crisis. Based on his conviction that "wherever people are hurting, there the church needs to be," the bishop determined to do whatever possible to help. As a first step he assembled a task force of farmers and farm workers to find out what they believed the church should do to help them survive. Not only did the task force come up with recommendations reflecting the con· corns of both groups, the dialogue also enabled farmers and farm workers

to respect one another more, Bishop Sheehan said. He said he believes in consulting with the people involved in a particular issue before making decisions. "I can't operate on a limb by myself." One of the first things Bishop Hoffman did after becoming bishop in 1981 was to hold a series of "town halJ meetings" so that he could hear people's concerns firsthand. "It's a little cWTerent when you're out on their turf and terrttory," Bishop Hoffman said. Primary concerns were in the areas of mar· riage, child rearing and jobs. Bishop Hoffman also established the practice of spending at least one week a year in every deanery. During these visits, he may attend a parish council meeting, sit in on a session of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, visit the sick, meet with pa.rents or hospital workers, pitch in at a parish soup kitchen. The visits "are life-giving," Bishop Hoffman said. "As long as you stay in the office, you get a sense of what's going wrong ... You don't see all the good." The visits also help to ''confirm our convictions about the struggles the chun:h ought to stay with," he added. For example, when he sees 350 people show up at a soup kitchen. he realises "that if it weren't for the church, these people might not have any food"

Education Brief "The bishops are the principles of the unity of their diocesan communities, and with the diocesan community they are witnesses to Christian hope in the midst of all their people, so that the Gospel, by being proclaimed and lived, may appear there as good news, salvation." (Pope John Paul II addressing the bishops of Switzerland in 1984) Bishop Joseph Hart of Cheyenne is on the road - or on the telephone - a lol Spending an estimated three of every five weeks away from home visiting parishes and schools throughout the diocese, Bishop Hart says his job "is the same as in any diocese; just the distances are different." Indeed his diotHe, with 60,000 C.tholics, StJ•ns nearty 100,000 square miles. Thirty-nine parishes with a resident priest ind 39 mission parishes occupy this territory; the farthest ,..,ish Is 450 miles 1w1y. "I don't even hive 1n office," he Slid. "There ire only three ,..,ishes in my town. tt I had an office, who w°"ld come to see me there?" For Bishop Hart, it is necesury to per1onn many 1dministr1tive duties by telephone. Some dioceS1n fr°"ps, svch as the personnel IJo,nl, mHI regularty by conference calls. Whe1 he is aw,y the bishop ealls home every morning to hive his m1il reld to him. He likes notes, then calls bacll and personally dictates responses. The almost consunt travel in his ministry is diffic..11, Bishop Hart admits, IJ..t "ii is vlul for me to get out and !Jilk to Pffple. • Bishop Hart regularty suys at 1 ,..rish in I more centrally localed city. Thera he celebroles pmsll masses, ,..rticipates in ,..,isl! pragrams and frequently is invited to people's homes for lunch or dinner. "I try to operate as I pastor,• he said. "A ,astor sets to 10 to people's homes. He h11 1 close 1ssoci11ion with the people - is on a fim-name basis with 111 the people in the parish.• Bishop Hirt said he thinks -le look to him "to make the church I ploce where they c,n touct, God throup their ,..riu community. ney also w1nt the straigt,t teachin1 of the church, even ii they llon1 lfrff with it.• In SIICh •• u,..nsive diocese, Bishop Hart said 1 ,rimary aspect of his role as bishop is that of •nifier - 1 ,oint of unity within the diocese II well as witll tlle lar1er church itself.

What is the link I !WI as it moves into between today's Is lenten series on bishops and the narisms in the apostles of the early nurch based on church? This week �e discussion of the NC Religious ,fts in the fourth Education Package hapter of the takes up that ques· lliesians.

Most of us may not realise it, but what we do as Christians is really a gift of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes, however, lit· tie relationship is seen between this "gift" and "what we do". Ministry is envisioned without charism; charism without ministry. The challenge almost everyone seems to face is to find the conneclion between ministry and charism. The word charism never appears in the Gospels. We do find it in Paul's letters, but even there it is surprisingly rare. Most of the letters fail to mention the word even when the context seems to invite it. All this suggests that although there may have been nothing wrong with charisms in themselves, the early church struggled with the way these charisms or gifts were understood and manifested in the community. A good way to approach charisms is to examine them very concretely as we find them operating in the hfe of some highly gifted or charismatic members of the early church. For this, the finest example is St Paul himself.

Paul often spoke of himself as an apostle. For example, in his opening address to the Romans, he referred to himself as one "called to be an apostle and set apart to proclaim the Gospel of God" (Romans 1:1). We know from his letters and from the acts of the apostles how Paul directed all of his apostolic energy for the salvation of others and for building up Christ's body. As Paul also said, being an apostle meant being "a servant of Christ Jesus" (Romans 1:1). So selfless was Paul in the exercise of his apostleship that he often risked his life to bring the Gospel to others, and as we know, he followed Christ all the way and eventually laid down his life for others. This gifi was a distinct one, as we know from first Corinthians (1:10·17). There Paul said he was sent to preach the Gospel and not, for example, to baptize. Paul was an evangeliser not a baptiser. Baptising was someone else's gift. Paul also had the gift of prophecy and teaching. Once Paul had preached the Gospel, he taught those who received it. He shared the Gospel's background along with its implications

- for example, that all those blessed in Christ had to learn to see one another as brothers and sisters in one family of God.

�

defection of Judas, the number of apostles had declined from 12 to 11.

So we hear Peter address-

Father Eugene Laverdiere , In his teaching Paul was prophetic. That is, he helped others see beneath the surface of things and recognised what was fully implied For example, he showed the inconsistencies of denying the resurrection of Christ's followers while maintaining that of Christ (1 Corinthians 15). He also pointed out the inconsis· tency of divisions in a community of believers who share in the one body of Christ (1 Corinthians 11).

The election of an apostle was the first item of business on the fledgling Christian community's agenda, according to Luke. Wrth the

The example of Paul's life, on whom the Spirit sher wered so many charisms for building up the body of Christ, helps us grasp the nature and purpose of cha· risros in the church today.

ing the little group as follows: "tt is entirely fitting. therefore, that one of those who was of our company while the Lord Jesus mowd among us. from the baptism of John until the day he was taken up from us, should be named as witness with us to the resurrection"" (ACIS 1 :21-22). Here then are the require-

ments for being an apostle

in the strict sense, one of the Twelve. The nominee was to have i-, a witness of Jesus' mihistry from its beginning right through to rts culmination in the resurrection. Only such a person oouk:I be an accredited witness. and the primary task of the group was precisely to give witness (Acts 1 :B). Obviously, these conditions could be fulfilled by relatively few. As the years went by, their numbers grew even smaller. In fact.. this is the last we hear of any attempt to preserve the original Twelve, even though others wit subs&-

quently die, like Jomes. the son of Zebedee (ACIS 12:2). Luke sees special meaning and function in the Twelve. Symbolically. they represent the 12 tribes of Israel. foundation of God's people of old. Thus. the Twelw are the foundation of the renewed people of God. This same idea is expressed another way in the New Testament book of

Revelation. Describing the heavenly Jerusalem, its author writes: "Twelve names were written on the gates. the names of the twelve tribes of Israel."" And shortly thereafter, '"Thewall of the city had twelve courses of stones as its foundation. on which were written the names of the twelve apostles of the

went "to see the apostles and presbyters in Jerusalem about this question" (ACIS 15:2). In the first letter to the Corinthians, Pat.It singles out a special appearance of the risen Christ to '"the Twelw"" (15:SJ.

Father Alfred McBride

Lamb"" 121 :12, 14).

For Ll*e, the Twelve were the apostles per axcel1ence.

When trouble arose between the Greek· speaking Jews in the Jerusalem community and the native Jewish Christians.

"the Twelve assembled the

community of disciples" and suggested that the

Greek-speaking members select ..,_., of their own men to protect their inter· ests (Acts 6). Later, when Paul sought official sanction for what

"II impresse<I me w6en Ille /Jishop c,lle</ f,it/J , rift,• Jlom,s said. 'ln otller wonls, Go4 w,s not forci•I f•ifll oa me; Go4 w,s inriti11 me.• lloma• added fll•I if oothing el••, Ille llifflOfl'• wonk ,bout , loss of� ,m .. g ,eople in lod.Jfs world, "'" f•ili'• c,paci(y to stir llofH, lud 1irH tum sometJii•1 to tllinJr lboul.

Cindy Liebhart has spoken with a number of bishops in preparation for this week's package. She introduces Bishop Michael Sheehan of Lub-

was already his successful mission to the gentiles. he

One gets the distinct impression that the Twelw fUI ictio. ied as a group. The only ones about whom we have any information are Peter and, to a lesser extent John. Their sphere of action seems to have been Jerusalem. Ell'l!f1 when the penerution following the martyrdom of Stephen forced Christians to flee the city. •• all except the apostles scattered throughout the countryside" (Acts 8: 1 ).

FOR SALE

BY OWNER n;. IJ9 A 'A/UetE

95:ACRES 293·2696 293·2697 299-6340

bock, Texas, and Bishop James Hoffman of Toledo, in an article on the ministry of bishops in the 1980s. Then, in the Education Brief, she talks with

Bishop Joseph Hart of Cheyenne, a bishop who is almost constantly on the road - a traveller, much as the early apostles were.

Father John Castelot discusses the apostles of the early church in his biblical article this week. Father Eugene Laverdiere, SS, discusses the biblical

notion of charisms in general and tells why St Paul is a particularly good example of a charismatic person. Father Laverdiere is a scripture scholar

and frequent retreat master. And, Father Alfred McBride, 0. Praem., presents a dialogue on the roles of apostles and bishops.

The Record, August 27, 1987 9

Off to ��Noeasypathforpost-�ar court

BELFAST: The longru n ni ng dispute bet n reb I prie t Fr Pat Buckley and Bishop D ly of Down and Connor will b aired in the orthern Ireland High Court. Fr Buckley ha is ued a High Court writ, eeking a de laration that Bi hop Daly illegall · remov d him from hi tipend nd and that he rein lated.

Alessandro Lutero JP, director of the Centre of Italian Language and Culture in Subiaco, was born at Sezze in the then Province of Rome (now Latina) on ay 24, 1923.

Ale sandro, commonly known as Alex, migrated to W in 1952 and, not ing a word of lish, his initial employment was as a lab urer in a ailway gang based at abing. in then he ha introduced the teaching of the Italian I nua e and culture into th

ODD

DOD

DOD nta lling rinz

too re uge in the Appenine mountains. The Germans, fighting bitterly in their withdrawal up the Italian peninsula b fore the advancing allies, were drafting every Italian man they could lay their hands on either into their army or for tran porttotheThird Reich for forced labour. Food was scarce right up to the end of the war and for some time a terwards u til the battle- avaged fields could b ucbrou ht into p tion a ain. But e en then i vital a ricul-

27,

How a man who suffered the ·solation of language barriers is e ping others avo · d the rap migrant were crammed into the accommodation esign d for 400 d the lit e el-

approache , crippled by lac · of n Ii h to camp ma ement by the 80 Italian over the foo brou t

migrants to the lucky co ntry-------------

KS s DS

cla ses in Ho ard St t and at U that had a total enrolment of 560. lex for a I a ad It

Certificate level. He introduced the teaching of English to young migrant children to enable them to fit more smoothly into the education s stem and was prima ily responsible for extending the teaching of lta i.an into primary schools. In 1968 ex started the Centre of Italian Lan uage and Culture in the ahered ad

er - fr ther

cour other cu tura for a variet of tion I w r . lot o thi ·

id.

DOD

l ad of

war-t r It ly to W. .

-el-

time di-

DOD

1 t of th remainin 350 million mainl ,

blac

DOD

p ' group

ODD r ligiou amon

ECO D CLAS IFIED �mnm[fil@=========== AIDS not Singapore response ADVERTISEME T from God from Dr D.R. BOTT,

TROPIANO: Christina, daughter of Janice and Ang /o Trop · no was baptised August 16 at Our udy of Lourd church, Mt Yokin by Fr Bri n

01.oughlin.

Carlisle As a Christian I would ike to pass comment on the statement that AIDS is a punishment from the Almighty. God is not a punishing God, He is a loving God. The price w pay for living on this planet rs disease, acci nts and sin (sm being d fined as not being caring or loving toward ourselves and others). AIDS is simply a disease transmitted b a virus. Th pattern of g ttmg t disease may refl the tend ncy of man to abuse the

from Mr J.F. CONCEICAO, Singapore High Commissioner, Canberra

Your story "Detentions to hit island d mocracy" (The Record, August 6) needs readjustment to its perspective so that your readers may know th whole truth. First, there has been no "move against Catholic workers". Actually, of the 10 selfadmitted Marxist-inspired workers who had infiltrated Catholic organisations and who had been arrested because of their involvement in the conspiracy that Vincent Cheng himseH drnitted cou d ha led to cha s, only three were Catholics. What the other seven atheists or re ing in Catholic bodies, agno ics when there rs a plethora of secular organisations m Singapore for them to work in, is an mterestmg and pertm nt

from Mrs Lyla SLA. TER. E, ton Srr, I am committed folio r of J m m r of th An lica bran h of th Church. d o llo

27,1987

arm h al round for yout appeal The fine weather for last Sunday's youth app al doorkno k was a first since 1983. The collectors did not have to brave the wind and rain that many have come to expect and remember on youth pp al Sunday. Than s to God for the fine day. outh ppeal doorover for

another year. A big thank you to all who gave, collected and helped. To all the generous collectors who gave up everal hours on a warm day - I say a big THA K YO ! Especially the older' who helped because they believe in roung p ople. The e are the ntioch adult who

doorknock. Graham abury of ightline and all radio disc jockeys received a handsome blue and gold Badge and were asked to promote the Appeal. All in all, about $1000 dollars was spent on paid advertising. lmo t negligible to anyone familiar with toda ' co ts. fter telling people that the ap al is on, the next crucial factor · · pairs of eet willing to walk th stre t, and the numb r of cnuc 1 to r ttle on

An information evening on youth ministry la t week at Doubleview was attended by 140 adults. a result, over seventy five adults have registered for five evening se sions and one full day on undertanding youth and youth ministry.

It i ho d that a many as thirty people ·11 commit themselve to as ist in the various youth programs run in the parish on an ong ing basis. Youth not already bein reac ed are the chief tar et. '\ e are particularly hopin to reach ho e w o would hy a vay from the tabl · he routh group , • a ording to orzani e Dan and D 1 Duff '·

Images in focus' A message to form r YCW/NCGM members rt to ensure that

Campo anva

d your d n ion to

FREEPOST O 7 607 AUSTRALIA YCW GPO BOX 7 675 E MELBOUR E 3001

A atu r ay

ber 5

7.30 m

Pago a Ballroom Form I Dress Single: $18 Students U/E: $16

Ring 328 9667

dKid

WUZZL

WORD PUZZLES BY

hildren 's Story Hour WO D T

. ample: O G

rTE

Bid Bid Bid e·d

Print Yo r

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

ral

FRUIT ?UZZLE· uo l PS F fRUf I CA

1Hl5 1i £E?

A V DIFFER£ r

VDU 10£ 11FY

..... u le

From the dee South

From tbe Lips of CbUd-

ren, bJ Richard bra nd.

Hodder &

urm-

Publt bed

tougbtan .

RTR IT

ADVERTISE in The RECORD

IS by CODEX

After vi o ou ly prea hing on St Peter's acquisition of the eys of the ingdom of Heaven on Sund y last, th cl rgy who head for the tennis court every onday at Aquinas Colle found th had a problem: they had no ey that would open the ate of the court at quina College. The predicament was accentauated by the college being de erted becau e of a arders' w end away. The embarras ment

******* ******** ******* ... timid. Blac cloud threatened a drenching but courage drove them on with the only e cape from a drenching b ing to scale the fence to dry refuge. The ultimate embarrassment was avoided by the ab ence of the club' wee ly patron and perceptive ob rver and commentator Father John Chauncy of Hilton who would have found difficulty expl inin ence climbing o hi azareth Hou e guardian . To e tore battered pride nd lo of di ity in th fenc

JUGOR Ei• FATIMA i •

(One whol

eek'

t y)

•• ••*

(10th Anniversary October 13)

Sept 2-4

5 6

Opening of Legion of Mary Congress, Perth, Archbishop Foley. Confirmation Armadale, Archbishop Foley. Open· of new parish church, Greenwood, Arch . op Foley. Confirmation Gingin-Chittering,

onsignor Keating.

Optional extension tour to LOURDES A Marian pilgrimage leaves

.•• TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 : Contact ICHAE DE I G:•

: 32 6211 : : Professional Travel Services: •: . AWOS • • •*********** ************** ******:

6-11 13

Something Som h"ng o

RECORD CLASSIFIEDS

GOLDE ed