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Didn' you do anything at edjugorje except oo at he sun? asked Father Kevin GLOVER's friends w en they saw his re rt· n The Record on Sep ember 3. The argaret River pastor now tells s of he spirit of Marian prayer hat pervaded his visit,
A world of conquests • • 1n science
Restoring the image A couple of years ago I attended Sunday worship at the ecumenical community France.
in
Taize,
Gathered together with Brother Roger Schutz and other brothers were young
people from all over Europe. The service was intcrd nommational nd multilingual. ,\ pint of n ncwal
apparenl In th congn,gation Hundreds of teena ncl yuung adul wcrn th re to pre, and lo experrenc e Iarth lh h•h nccrpl d nd < h llenged
by FATHER HERBERT WEBER The Go pel wa snrring them to action A VISIOO for a new creation ts developing within prayer centre!')
like Taize. Becau • of what happens there, the face of th earth "bemR re-created, renewed llul rnost people will n ver v l it ULh a place Thry n ,d to he rea • sured that wh lover 11 me ns to re-crmte lho r of tho rth can occur in ordonar pl with ordtnarv pcopl \\ hat d II m n to peal tin lhe fa of the earth• \fin I returned homo from Tol,e I found mi •If lnol ng al m) paru h \\ ilh new e) .
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Because we are a university parish we too
have people from many nations and states. I noliCf'd, too, thal lhe unday liturg} ,vas a galhering of lhe succe>sful and the nol-sosuccessful: of forull) member� with keen mind, and < holdren \\'ith li\'el imagina· tion • or parent and )DUng coupl , of lhe reed aod recently people trugghng with other prob I ms. Tho reno\\al of lhe earth I taking pla e
when such gatherings occur. To renew the earth means to make it new again, to restore it lo the order firsl chosen b) God. It is clear what ll means lo restore Michelangelo's paintings in the Si tine magnificent Chapel al the Vatican. There the artisans' goal b to allow vtsttors to ·
lhe wall, and ceiling in all thr-rr J6th,ccntur bnlhance R to rat ion of I he human w rid requires a Imilar' goal uch tornllon the mo on of ch par h How doe at come
about? Through an ongoing, inner oonversion of the community's members 'ol incidentally, thrs conversion lead to a deep awareness of the longings and hungers of others, When parish group gather lo share their faith, not m rely to lalk about resurf ring lhe parking lot, th pirit of converv on nd ren wal Is u ually found mong them the inn r conversion I speak of a chan of heart Becau of ( people begin to find more room
In !heir others.
hearts
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Then the ordinary acceptance of others i..!, traru formed. It becom a genuine piril of hospitality as well as a de ire to understand and share in the experiences of others
In anv parish wh re the people continu lo turn toward Godandtry lo be op, n lo oth rs, on im Ioned d, ,re for just WI develop
A lloJ /ooh ,t t/Je ripples "used b1 , pebble tossed into , pond. Whit will his future brinr? �ill he be one who simp/1 meets ind d ,ts lfith life's d1it1 ,h,llenres or will he be one lfho /ires , Christ-centred life sendinr out ripples that tou,h those he encoullfers?
Th pcopl and their par h hecom ymbols of peace and lust i
Talking of creation. • •
Technology, science Astronomers report
by FATHER DAVID O'ROURKE, OP Bnth scrence and S< ripture talk about a new creation. For those of u
w ho are
happ if WC JUSt man, aRC to deal with the challenge w face ch d v.th ideaofa nm
creation
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m be ond us. Yet from St Paul to Pope john Paul II. a new creation is said to be part of life for
ordinar Christian . So ,t c n't be that far from our own worlds. Bui what does 11 m n? A torv "11111111 Ira le Good friend, of mine no\ in their late JO were workmg hard to provide for thernselv and their children Like man) people the chose the r job because of th or personal interests and the prosper I of good salaries. Their friends thought tho had ,1 mad \ few vears ago some new opportunnies arose for th m Donna was offered n attrnctive position as an edu tional pecialist Rob wa asked to thmk about becoming a
detecting evidence of
upervtsor 10 hi mm· pan llul thongs round lo a hall "hen Rob uf, Iered an attac l one I• urday morning.
two planets, larger
Theall ck l led onlv a fe" mlnul and dul not ur But 11 did bring a trip to th doctor • 1 thin], )OU ha, a prerli<pos11ion to high blood pre ur " the doctor told Roh You might 11" able lo hand I it w uh m dicanon. but I
50 hght-years of Earth
than Jupiter. on orbit around two stars sim-
gene involved ,n pro· duc,ng a brain-tossue abnormaloty charactenst,c of Alzheimer's disease,
leading
Re earchers report that new cholesterol· lowering drugs and a strict low-fat, lowcholesterol diet g,ve
an appointment
evidence of slowing or
for I hem to m, II didn't t,,ke Ions lo pinpoint th p ures fa mg • hard-working man fore important, \V8 began 10 d, u what th,,, could do ahem I ,1.
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cause of death among the elderly
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by KA THAR/NE BIRD
Set ntosts identify a
really redu, e th level of stress 10 \OUT hfn." "Stre�s? • Roh won dered ''\\ hat st '" That's "hen Oonna
We dealt rth r hoice , human choices lhei might m kc about ho" they wanted to live Th._ decided whal s important tn Rather than dnfl or impl react to even the d dded lo run their own Iiv and 10 put famih life first
for everything
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"The worid of the new ace, the worid of space fll1hts, the world of the previously unat· talned conquests of science and technolop - is It not also the worid '&roanln& In tr•· vall' that 'waits with eacer loncln1 for the revealln& of the sons of God?" (Pope John Paul II In his 1979 encyc· llca� "the Redeemer of Man"). Today, near the end of the 20th century, people look with 1reat expectation to the worid of science. Hlct, on the list of the r hopes 11 the discovery of • cure for AIDS. Cures for cancer and heut disease r•nk hl1h on this 1st as well. In this astoundln1Jy new era, • lancer Nfe sp•n Is
reversing the buildup
of latty deposits 1n the arteries of the heart. One ,n four Americans have cholesterol
levels putting them at higher nsk for develop-
NASA 11,s cre,tefl this , m ite p to of � six of II r lillOWII satellites. Tlte w rid toda! � Ai ncini ,n u recedentea uplo i of ui,atif,c, 1 and tedtnolorigl linowledf•· Titer• 11ow is ,_. •f $0/ '1111s lleini fOIIIHI to , r.ut ,,,,, of mefic,/ prolHems u,,t '"" ,fflictH "" �e for ,en ies. Oii photos t,lr,. in ,,ii
ing heart disease The world today IS 8""8· r1enc1ng an unprece
dented e.plos,on of sc,entohc, medical and t cl>nol091cal knowl edge, as t I Justrate
examples
Th<s hOldsout the prom· of pr<Mdtng solutoons
to a vast array of me<focal problems and scrent1fic ossues that have affllCled and puuled people 10< centuries
But these same advan-
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Put simply, on embrac· ,ng what science teaches what rs technolog,cally or medically possible, there ts a n of pushing full steam ahead without considering the ethical 1mplocat,ons0< whether a given procedure IS good 10< the person m� People tend to develop the attitude that of tech· nology can do something. II should Phys1C1an RIChard Haas sees this happening m me<ficme An anesthesi· olog t he deso,bed the kind of s,tuatoon commonly encountered today A 63-year-old man suffered a massive hean attad< In a coma w,th
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httle blood pressure, he was almost dead Nonetheless, he was taken mto the operating room and hooked up to machines to keep him alive
"The man's heart was shot." Haas said. ·but the family insisted that something be done and no measure be left undone We have the technology so we did 11 Haas sat at the patient s side 10< nine hours. four ho<.rs doing nothing but mon1t0<1ng the patient's v,lal s,gns, whole people searched the medical community for an art1h
c,al heart But the man died "Lots of 1,mes patients arego,ngtod1eanyway, · Haas added "You might thmk 1t would be bette< to let them die but you tend to prolong life · because ,t can be done This story only serves to ,nustrate the extent to which people almost ,nst1nct1vely rely on the fantastic developments
today 1n the fields of technology and science How to connect ethics with SC1er1t1fic and tech nologocal advances ts a
recurring concern of
Pope John Paul II The development of technol· ogy demards ··a propor-
1,onal development of morals and ethics." the pope wrote ,n his encyc·
local. "The Redeemer of Man' The pope said that the question to asl< ,s, Does a particular kind of progress 0< adv�nce make human hie on earth ·more human· ,n every aspect/• Does 11 help people to become truly bener more mature spmtually, more aware of the d1gn,1y· of their human,ty more respons,ble and more open 10 others. especially the weak and poorl
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The pope stressed that today"s advances can have far d1fferer"I results than mlhally intended People today seem "ever to be under threat from what they produce. from the worlt of their hards and. even more so.
from the wor1c of their ,nteUect
In J,ne with the teach· 1ngs of the Second Vat,can Councd. the pope 1ns,sted that sc,ence and technology always must serve human beings and not w::e versa
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What 1s scoent,focally technologocally poss,ble isn't always best 1n terms of human need School counsellor Carol Wilken tells a story to illustrate how a family struggled with the 1!1sue of human need vs what scoence and technology can do
When he was diag-
nosed with cancer, an old man, a Lutheran m1nrster active until shortly bef0<e
hos death at 88. consulted with hos children and medocal personnel about treatment
He decided to accept but chemotherapy, would not accept surgery 0< radiat,on After suffering a stroke and aware that he could lapse into a coma he
reiterated his dec1s1on not to be kept alove through extraordinary
means
virtually taken for &ranted. People have come to rely on science and mediclne to assure a lone nte. Many also have come to put creat hope In technolop - that It wm not only make life enjoyable, but that with Its constant flow of new products It win create • worid that Is endlessly lnterestln1.
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Popo John Paul II has &fven numerous speeches dur· in1 his pontificate in which he praises the woril of lldent· lits and calls attention to the potential technolop holds. At the nme time, he Insists that the achievements of science and technolocy bken by themnlves do not constitute th• new creation that the people of God are c•lled to brine about. It Is always• m•tter of priorities and values for the pope. What is needed, he writes, Is the priority of ethics over tech· nolocy, the prl· muy of tho person over thlncs and the superiority of spirit over matter.
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Human beln1s cannot relinquish thoir proper place In the worid, the pope adds. Th•t means people must not become the slavos of thin&s, of economic systems, of production or of their own products. Furthermore, people should not allow themselves to be "taken over merely by eu horia or be ca�d away by one-sided enthusl•sm" for the technolo&lcal or sclentifi, achlovemonts around them. WI dam and love are the factors that must under· clrd th new crHtlon, the pope sue· 1ests In hi first oncycllcal, "The Redeemer of
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