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The Pal ottine community of Priests and Brothers has been working in Western Australia for the past 80 years. Thirty years ago they established the Pal ottine Centre at Rossmoyne. See COLLEEN cGUI ESSHOWARD's story and pictures pages 10 and 11.

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Serviles for · Camp forerunner to higher ideal Marian talk As a Marian Year feature. two friars of the Servite Order will be giving tal s open to the public. Both have been in residence at the Servite Pontifical Faculty, The Marianum in Rome. The topics of their talks will be· • Mary in the Sacred Scripture on Wednesday, January 27. • Mary in Church Documents on Thursday, January 28. Father John Dowd, OSM, is currently the director of theological students at the International Servite College, where more than 40 seminarians from every continent are under his care. An American by birth, he received his Ph.0 from louvain University in Belgium in 19 71. He has lectured in Marrology not only at the Marianum but also at the Angelicum and the Roman Sister-Fcrmation institute Regina Mundi. Father Leo Spicer, OSM. born in Sydney, is well known to Perth laity and religious from an earlier assignment here. In recent years he has been studying to obtain his STL ( A in Theology) speciahsrng in Mariology

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A two day program over the Labour Day weekend ( arch 4-6) is likely to op n up the po ibilit of n annual Catholi summer chool. 'he week nd, sponored the by Catholic So ial u lice Committee will b definite! r not a seminar but a creativ ion for famili 'th imult n ous proram t r child n outh and adult .

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SYDNEY: The former Lewisham Ho pital is to hand to th St be paid off over si y rs. "Commercially th pro rty is worth much more but since the SVDP is the buyer the Sister are happy to negotiat this price," Sister Marina Havey, provincial superior of the Little Company of Mary, said. The closure of th 1 year-old Catholic ho ital was announced last month because u could no t approval for redevelopment plans. The approach to buy the property came from the SVOP and the decision means the complex will stay in Catholic hands. The Little Company of

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Record The monopolies that now control Australia's video and print networks choose to tum whomever they wish into ten-second ten-line overnight national gods but the public too have a right to refuse to bow to these tin idols. Federal public servant Charles Perkins' comments, given his Aboriginal prominence, on Asian migrants are not wanted and don't have to be treated with any attention or respect. Politicians' squinning and point scoring over the finer points of Perkins' professional cond ct only confirm public suspicion that 14 days into the Bicentennial the nation is sick of the grandstanding, manipulation and straiqht out publicity seeking that can tag along on the strength of its Aboriginal associa ion, The way present day Aboriginal needs and rights can be met will have to be ammered out in the po itical forum and the issue is too serious for every passing protest, boycott and posture to be e evated to high drama because it boosts media ratings and can be Ii ked to Aboriginal claims. The Bruce Ruxton outbursts, and n w ose of Charles Perkins, are not wanted; not only because they aro se the ire of o o thi differently on who hould e ter thi country, lb because they attack e moral re ry person is e titi to rece · . Catholics will wond r what ga taste ess remark , last week, about the Po ' vali ity excep

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ship. This is a minor change, he said. Eleven CIC sisters still live together in community, but their convent has not been restored. The Isters and the are aspirants housed in eparate buildings at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Guangzhou. The only tie the CIC has with the reopened novitiate is its mother general, S er Chen Zhldao, who beads the novitiate and teach Bible dy.

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graduates, the aspirants will undergo two years of postulancy and three years of novitiate. The novitiate, renamed the Guangzhou Diocese ovitiate, was formerly run by the CIC Isters, whose congregation was founded in 1932 in Canton (Guangzhou). A Guangzhou catholic Patriotic ociation official said that the novitiate will no retain its congregational identity, but will be under direct diocesan leader-

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The Vatican, far from being fabulously wealthy, has a budget half that of some UN agencies and is not generating enough income to meet its annual expenses. Documents sent to bishops last year show the Vatican is steadily depleting its assets by dipping into investment capital to make up the difference between income and expenses - a practice contrary to sound financial management - which could lead to future financial difficulties. The Vatican at the end of 1985 had assets of US$485 mi lion and liabilities of $261 million for a total net worth of $224 million. The assets do not include artistic, archaeological and historical holdings, which include some of he word's most famous works and which the Vaf can says it wiU not sell. or do he figures include the assets of the controversial Va ican ank, which is financially independent. In 1985 the Va ican to $2.2 mi lion of · s investment capital o help

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Pope John Paul II is Bishop of Rome and his cathedral is the Basi ica of St John Lateran. It is t e centre of administration of the diocese of Rome, supervised by a cardinal who is the pope's vicar. Pope John Paul is paying special attention to h's diocese and has already made more than 60 pastoral visits to the clergy and people of Rome's parishes. The original church and nearby papal residence, once the property of the Laterati, was a donation by the emperor Cons antine when he made the Catholic faith the official religion of the Empire. The original church was called St Saviour, but changed to St John because of a nearby monastery. A magnificent set of palatial buildings extende far to he right of the church and were the site of the five great Lateran Councils. While the papacy ad moved to France in the 14 h century the complex was des rayed by fire and never rebuilt. When e popes returned to Rome they lived first at Trastevere and then at the Vatican ever since.

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In the cour of a lifetime, le , are much more I ely to attend a se � in a Catholic ehun than Catholics are ten to enter a synag 11e. The reason is mple: Among Cathol , just about every 1g1ous event takes p e in a church. Amo Jews, many religio events unfold in the e. Take, for exa le, the events from H Thursday to Easter nd the Jewish Passov While Catholics cath munities In c celebrate the Lord's Supper, Jews

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setting on Friday night he is followed by two

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ily well, another wi,he,, it ill. When the father reaches home, the look angels through the window. If they find the home ready for "Shabbat" (the Sabbath), if the table b ,;et beautifullv with candles, win� and wine cups for the "kiddush" (the sanctification of the Sabbath day), the family beautifully dressed to greet the "Shabbat" as a special guest - then the angel that wishes the family well says, "May all of this family's Sabbaths be like this," while his companion is forced to say

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But if the house appears as ii docs on a regular weekday - the family isn't ready. there is discord - then the angel that wishes them ill says, "May all this family's Sabbaths be like this." The other sadly responds "Amen"

What must be striking about this story lo nonJewish eyes is that the focus of Jewish observance is in the home. Preclou as the svnB!!O!lUO l' BS a house of study, a place of gathermg and of worship, the f ullness of Jewish life is lived in the home. How much m keeping with this is the wellknown injunction of 8

BY RABBI DANIEL F. POLISH Deuteronomv D: wrhou shalt Iov» thr. Inrd th, God "ith all thv heart, 1uth all th1 'iOUI and ,uth all thJ · aught And these "vrd, which I command the,• th, doJ shall he upon lh1 heart Thau shall tearh them diligent/, unto thJ childrcn and shalt ,JJNlk of them ... whm thou licst dmrn and whm thou r,s,·sl up . . Thou ,halt write them upon th« tioorposts of thJ' how,,• and upon thv gait''- ..

OOO These words, repeated in everv Jewish prayer service. speak of actions that in the main lake place in the home: w hen ,v e lie down, when we rise up. Jews have interpreted the Deuteronomy passage by c:realing a "rnezuzah", a small case with a parchment inside containing these words, the Ten Commandments and other words of Scripture. It is traditionally hung on the right doorpost of Jewish homes. We kiss it when Wt'! enter and when we

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revere nm. When fe" talk ohout their religious life a common thread soon emerges Our form rive memories centre around observances at home,

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thdr roots, people lived meagerly. But the Sabhath was alwavs a tune for rejoir.ing. If there "1" one good meal in the "eek, ii would be served Fndav night as the "Shahbat" was greeted, This meal is acx:ompanied by singing and storytelling, Candles are lit lo welcome the "Shabbat" and the "klddush" is sung. It i a meal that can stretch mlo the night •� family and friends exchange news or tearh stories from the tradition and sing. For most fews, the most childhood powerful mernorv is the "SPd"'" ritual with which the Passover is greeted. Again a meal is sPrvPd. This service is a good bit longer and more structured. We read from our "Haggadah", the storv of the exodus from Egypt. Special blessings are said, songs sung and special foods eaten. each a symbol of some aspect of the story of our liberation. It is also a custom for every family lo build a "succah" - a frail hooth - in its backyard al the Feast of Tabernacles. the

season of "Suceot" Then friends and relatives are invtted lo sh.ire a meal under the stars and lo sav the hi, sings t!Xpres.,ing gratitude for the freedom we earner! thousands of yr.ar,, ago nnd which is our fortunate lot Inda, And 11 is o lime to gi • thank., for the bounty of the harvest that sustains hody along with soul.

Of course this is ·in addinon to stud , praver al meals, the morrung end perhaps evening worship which traditional Jt•ws prachce every . day in the home, Tradition talks about the family table becoming a "mikdash rna'at" a small sanctuary. By investing the home with sanrtitv, the rest of the life th�re is changed. The religious expericnc:e fell there becomes associated with the Iarnily's low To live a truly Jewish life, everv moment must he mfused with sane lily and everv · place with hohness In our homes we f;_,I the presence, the nearm·,, of God. All of this so that "we may remember and do all hi� commandments and he holy unto our (',od."

The closing mcident of the Infancy narrative of Jesus is Hrs being found

discoursing with the Jewish elders in the temple at Jerusalem. Jesus would later tell the Jews that He had come not to destroy the Law of the Jewish prophets but to bring 11 to fulfilment in Christ

BY FATHER EUGENE LaVERDIERE, SSS families in homes to celebrate the Seder meal. As a student of Scripture, I often had the opportunity to attend a synagogue service. I confess that I Jove the sound of Hebrew when it is well read and I much appreciate the plaintive tones of the cantor's

chant. They never fail to strike deep into my spirit. It is then that I truly know that Jews and Christians are inextricably bound as brothers and sisters in one family of God. To understand what the synagogue building and the services in it are all

DISCUSSION POINTS The Holocaust of the Jews during World War II is an event that can never be forgotten by Jewish people. Recently Pope John Paul II made it known that the Vatican will develop a major document on the Holocaust and on antisemitism. Why is a profound understanding of the Holocaust important for Catholic-Jewish relations? If Christians enter a Jewish synagogue for a religious service, what are some thin�that might seem familiar? What will seem different? Why does Dominican Father David O'Rour1<e suggest that the major world religions, such as Christianity, Judaism. Buddhism. have something to teach each other?

scrolls of the Law. All In the old traditional about, a few comparisons eyes were fixed on him as with a Catholic church and synagogues of Galilee, he spun to the music, the Sunday Eucharist can however, the similarities raising and lowering the be helpful. are less obvious. These scrolls, delighting in When Catholics come synagogues are very God's gift of the Law. It together for Mass, they small. The lecterns are was the Jewish feast of like pulpits which large do two principal things. the Joy of the Torah. rise in the middle of high They celebrate what we call the Liturgy of the the synagogue and take Word and immediately up much of the space. The afterward the Liturgy of congregation sits all around along the walls. the Eucharist. In these little synWhen Jews gather on the Sabbath, they celebrate a agogues of Galilee we feel the warmth and Liturgy of the Word. Historically, the Catholic strength of Jewish tradition. As outsiders we are Liturgy of the Word, with its readings, psalms, not made to feel unwel· prayers and homily, was come, though in this setting we might expeinfluenced profoundly by rience the uneasy feeling the early synagogue that we are invading liturgy. This was in someone's privacy. keeping with the practice One incident, more than of Jesus and the tradition of the earliest Christians, any other, typifies the joy, who were Jews still the affection, the Jove and closely associated with the reverence which fills a small synagogue at its the synagogue. prayerful best. It took The synagogue service, place in Israel. however, has nothing We were a busload of resembling the Liturgy of students, mostly priests, the Eucharist. ReHgious meals are very important visiting excavations in the among Jews, but their southern part of the place is the home, not the country in the autumn. Passing through a synagogue. neighbourhood in a small town, we heard music and ODO saw singing and dancing. The big difference in our In the midst of the small Witi Ille loss of the Temp/e Jerosal- ,,., to Ille Musti111s, Jews tou:, .... Ml:, I'- NU religious services has congregation, the rabbi ret.in,ni rr1lls of the site •i•inst die/I to ,r•:, ind l1ment IN loss of tlleir ,1 .. , of practical consequences was dancing with the ucrifice. for the architecture and physical appearance of Catholic churches and synagogues. Catholic churches have a triple architectural focus. • There is the special Several years ago I .,...,., working on the staff of lectern on which we a human relations program for high school BY FATHER DAVID K. display the Bible and students. The local school district wished to where we proclaim its familiarise their student leaders with the O'ROURKE, OP message in the Liturgy of different social, religious and ethnic backgrounds represented In the area. the Word. So we took groups of more than 100 older teaching on peace and war," I would respond, • There is the altar, "and focus on celebrating mass In Latin." student leaders a ...-ay for a week at a time. There where the Eucharist is Our comments about the .. competition .. were were several religious leaders on the staff, and celebrated. good-natured, but the youngsters "ere pointing I was the priest. • And there is the The rabbi, whom I mall caIJ Jesse, and I had a out one of the realities of American religion. Both the rabbi and I, like many of our tabernacle where the lot in common. We were both good teachers, Eucharist is reserved for involved In community affairs and leaders In colleagues, are Involved In major social i, ue,,. our religious communities. We had helped The quality of life for all people in America is the sick and for prayer. important to us. Synagogues have a dou- design the program for high school students and But the quest for justice, vitally important as it also were good friends. We could not have ble focus. objected if someone had pinned an activist label is, represents only one dimension of our traditions. There is also the meditative and • A major feature is the on us. contemplative dimensions of our lives. There is lectern. contrast, there was a Buddhist monk who By the human need for the quiet in which stress can used to come to our In the mountains for camp • The tabernacle also drift away; for religious rituals that can calm our holds a prominent place. one day out of the week. He was friendly but restrained. He never took part In any discussions unruly side. It is here that the scrolls of social Issues, It was this need, I believe, that Jesse and I of the Torah, that is, the He sat smiling softly as our debates roared on. ...-.tched surface In our youngsters. Law, the first five books Then he would uopack a portable shrine, put on Religions that emphasise quiet and ritual, of the Bible, are kept. hts robes and demonstrate Buddhist ritual with Including ones .,.;th their roo� in the Orient, can exen:i,,c, an appeal for Americans who live There is no better place great artistry. And the youn�er, absolutely flocked to him. under such great pressure. lnterestingl), the than Israel to visit and He was a religiou, Pied Piper in a Zen Buddhjst Catholic tradi.tlon also is �-ery rich in thi. area. study th various kinds of robe.jesse and I would grump as we watched our It is a dlmen ion of the tradition that has synacogues. Some of the Jewi,,h and Catholic youngsters offer Incense perhaps been underemphasised of late. larce modern synacogues and ring hdb, fascinated by the ritual. But Je. and I continually learned, the need of Jerusalem are compar"Here I am," Je"e would grouse, "trying to is there and the thirst <eems real. We " able to Catholic churches teach m1 kid., about creating a just vociety, and firsthand that an encounter .,.;th another built d rinc the past few they'd rather bum Incense." religion ma1 cau_se us to take a dimension of our years. "Maybe I should forget about the bishops' o.,.n f:uth more <erlously.

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The Pallottine community of Priests and Brothers has been working in Western Australia for the past 80 years. Thirty years ago they establish the Pallottine Cen re at Rossmoyne. lt sits on a large tract of land with some fine buildings. There are within the comple , four I ges in current us for s ud nts who come from as far north

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and holiday accommodaion for people working in the north. Six students came in 1959 and it grew from there. Funding rs mainly from the Commonwealth Department of Education and Aboriginal Hostels plus private donations. Brother Michael said: 'We provide a caring home atmosphere for these kids It's only recently hat th schools have en upgr ded up north and we have provided he mode for furt er educa ion "Ho ever the recent ov rnment thrust s to ncourag udents to re am in their own towns to further heir education, with improved f c1ht1 s "But although the owns are now t er c tered for, th re ar more remote communities who n ed our assistance

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"Children are I ct to come down on t proviso th t they are able to cope with P rth standard t aching at h1 h school lev I." There are fiv doing their apprennc shl in Perth, with some coming through the State Government system and

once they become tradesmen, "they are able to be employed anywhere in the State," said Brother Michael. "After students get through with their apprenticeships and secondary education, they generally go back to their own home towns so they can take their place as leaders in their community." A staff representative goes around the areas, enqumng as to who would hke to come and it starts from there. Enrolment forms are then ass s ed along ith their sch I reports The centre has s en graduated stud nts and ap rennces go through the system since 1959 Brother ichael said the Pallottmes have t Aboriginal chaplaincy in Perth, the same m Geraldton and another big centre m Tardun for primary nd s ondary stud nts The Pallotunes also hav he Rossmoyne parish and Broome. where th y have b en established for many, many y ars. Their c re extend o D rby, Halls Cr and former missions which are now communities, such as B agle Bay and La Gran Father Jo Butscher

came to the Pallottine Centre in 1981 with five years in charge of the girls section, and apart from being chaplain, gives other assistance at the centre where required. Carmel Coffey, who has been out from Ireland for the past two years, is one of the lodge mums. She takes care of 11 girls in Edith Lodge and has volunteered her caring service "to do a bit for someone else " Carmel's sister rs Sister Dolores of he Mercy

Sisters whose letters and trip home with tales of her life up north with the Aborigines. inspired Carmel to experience the people and Australia for herself.

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"They are very closeknit families and the parents want their children down here to get a better education, so they can have a better life. 'With quite a lot of the children, their parents were here and they want their kids to come to he Pallottmes. "The Pallottines are here for he peo le a d the Pallottine centre is highly reputed; it's a top class hostel and he know th tr children Ill be well loo ed after and II su rvised."

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"I think that today the nation of Israel, perhaps more than ever before, finds itself at the centre of the attention of the nations of the world, above all because of this terrible experie ce (of the Ho ocaust), thro gh which you ave become a loud wami g voice for all humanity." (Pope John Paul II spea ing to the Polish Jewish community in Warsaw, 1987)

Jewish people, said Fisher. Only · ce mid-1970s have m ny Jews been wil i g o spea o p "cly about the Holocaust. With many death-camp survivors growi g o d, worry that "if e story is not to d now, it · 1 not be derstood", Fi

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Sir, The 4,323 registered South Australian abortions in 1986 - 308 per 100,CXX> of population. We do worse here in WA: 6,693 abortions reported for 1985 -478 per 100,CXX) of population. Seemingly family planning and abortionists in the West are conspicuosly successful in their Government funded work of holding down the State's child population. The Archbishop of Adelaide's (The Record, January 7) estimated loss of 58,CXX> children will be topped by 80,CXX) lost here which equates to about 2,CXX) fewer teachers as one readily calculable employment loss factor created by the abortionists. But there will be others all along the line; nurses, shopkeepers, clothiers, doctors, all those many who serve people, their needs and their aooetites. The Adelaide and Perth figures support the general belief that Australia's oss of aborted babies is 80,CXX> to 100,CXX) annually which, of course, we endeavour to replace by a continuing, long term intake of 100,CXX> migrants annually. It is claimed that migrants create work rather than increase the num r of unemployed. But they do not creat as much work as would be invol d in raising th sam number of Australian babi s annually. It is II nown now that our pr nt day family siz rs not enough to maint in growth of po ul tion without an increasingly lar proportion of migrants. Our Asian neighbours are even better aware of this than are. Accordingly they are using land purchas , inv stmen and educational ingress into Austr Ii as a Troian Hors gainst th um wh n Austr lia becom s increasingly vuln r I to an Asian ta eov r somewhere bout AD 2050. Pres nt ay p rents hav a num r lative to th future of their children.

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lnfinit ly more valua le would for all Christian parents to unite to resist and d feat all tho e influ nc an practice ich are inimical o Australian arnllies and to foster all that favour and help them.

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Sir, The Pope's World Day of Peace message for 1988 (The Record, January 7) stressed the need for religious freedom and human rights in every nation, and rightly so. The aggressive manner in which believers have been, and in many cases are still persecuted in Eastern Europe is well known. However all indications are that despite this repression, the Church in these countries is thriving, and even growing, in the hearts and minds of the peopl. . On the other hand, the Church in the West appears to be losing th battle. Attendance at services had been d. clining for years, and th num r of enroll. d seminarians has only recently picked up slightly fter a long d cline. Th census figures show a continuing fall in th mu r of pea l holding religious bet, fs. Wh r, commu-

the ecqutsnton of those goods which the advertising industry have convinced us will make us happy. And this better lffe is available immediately through the miracle of plastic money. Is it surprising that we have taken to this new religion so readily when we are taught and believe that capitalism (with its underlying ethic ofprivate greed driving the economy} is the best economic system on earth? Unfortunately the Church seems to be incapable of meeting this challenge, and not surprisingly, as it has itself become part of the problem. While we are quick to criticise the "official churches in Eastern Europe for toeing the line", we ignore the f. ct that the Church in the West has larg ly sold out to th prevailing secular ethics - witn s our s ssion with big, n w expensive church buikiing , with sending our children to th b st (and n turally th m e SM � choots. wht/. pay littli mot. th n /Jp rvice to pr, l ms of hung r, pov. rty, war d injustice th urrround

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balancing this which was boring after the first month. 'But I kept doine it becau e I saw it a a job to b done, and, it prov · ded money and a way of life," he said. '\ or is different for each individual but I b lieve it do m an a t deal to th human

DOD r form it t · ive u a plac to fit into soci t •, an oppo tunit , to contribut , to tabli h friend hip opini ns and valu . 'All this is very important if we are to fully human.

"Jesus spoke often of the need for people to develop their gifts and talents. "We are made in the of image and likene God who is a Creator, a giver of life. "It is part of our nature to give and to contribute to life through wor . "When we think of and

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Student camp The Young Christian Students' ovement (YCS) are ho ding an introductory camp from January 26-28 at est Eagle's Gldgegannup. The camp is designed for tud nt oing into Years 10 and 11 this year ho would I ke to ind out mor about YCS

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pre-screened. Archbi hop ha appeal d mor familie to ta e such children. He aid they represent in human term the tragedy of th trite i their o s rife of

A proposed tour to Mo cow, Kiev. Cz stochowa, Rome, Medjuqorja and J rusal m rs attracting interest for Jun /July Sept/Oct 1988

i( To be gu1d d by Father John Jegorow

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