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VATICA CITY (NC) - Declaring a equate shelter a "universal right", a new Vatican § document called for" old social policy" to help the = world's homeless.

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"Any person or family that, without any direc fault o his or her part, does not have suitable housing is the victim of an injustice", it concluded.

The ocument blamed the lac of decent a housing on a "structural crisis" related to the

most pressing social pro lems facing society, including "unemployment, low salaries, the rural exodus" and overly rapid industrialisation.

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Produced by the Pontifical Justice and P ace Commission, the 5,000-word document was released February 2. T e document i dated or 1987 to coincid with the U d laration of 1987 as the International Year of She ter for the Homeless.

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From page 1 • Many "victim of peron I problem ." • Young couple unable to find housing of their own. • Urban poor, part of a great migration to the ities. • Rural poor who live in "inhuman" conditions. • Political refug s. Situations whe populr -

Missionary s fort re from Two Christian Brothers from Perth have been appointed to oversea posting for mi. ion \'\'Of .

They c re Brother Luke Flanagan, who is going to northern frica, and Brother Jim Paton who has left for a second po ting in Papua 'ew Guinea. Brother Jim Paton has alrea<l left for cond two ear po ting, thi time in the \ e t rn Highland. He will b

Sister Florence O'Sullivan will become the first Western Australian to join a team of eight Australian Sisters of ercy who have been orking in Pakistan for the past three years. In the historic North-West centre of Peshawar she will help train teachers to use ne religious education curricula. For the past four years. Sister Florence has been involved m riting the religious education quidelmas for the Catholic Education Commission of estern Australia. In Paki tan. the Australian Si ters of ercy team ork m a 45-bed hospit I. v1 ua ion, a girls' hostel, pastor I ork and schools. Other estern Australians in Pa istan include erght St John of God Sisters wor ing m t o hospitals and district he Ith services. and Father P.J Kelly. formerly of Perth, in a Columban team.

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ercedes ana College The idea of a rm ron assignment beg n f ur year ago nd hearing f ther Pet r Hennot SJ pea mg m Perth convmc d her to apply for a acancy th t occurred last year when St ter Bathur t , hdre becau e of health "I began to realise ho often my compa sion and a arene of mJu lice around me a rarely a ted on m a re pon ive way The need gre to e pre s m ome creative ay he attraction I felt for people m Third World countne "

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Perth's latest Catholic primary hool opens this week at O an Reef and work on Ro kingharn's nev Catholic econdary colleg begins in pril. O ean Reef scho l opens with ix cla r om and two pr primary room hou ing 137 student .

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After only four days of broadcasting, Sonshine FM 98.5, Western Australia's first Christian radio station, has received an overwhelming show of support from the communrty. More than 900 letters and 300 phone calls have been received from lo ations as distant as Three Springs, Yanch p. Sawyers Valley, Mandurah, Bunbury and Buss hon as w II s calls from every m tropolitan suburb A 1 O,CXXJ watts pow r output1sutil1 dtom e such wid. reception po lbt. Good News Bibi s

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tridges which cost about � $18 each. � Sonshine FM has 18 � full time staff including� four announcers and� two journalists. Most staff members are paid missionary type salaries - an indication of their dedication. Currently a children's programmer and two _ more journalists are � needed. Applications � may be made to the � g neral manager at P. 0. � Bo 430, Morley, 6062. About 1000 p ople took advantag of th studio open day to visit Sonshine FM's studio and office building at 9 Bo g Road, Morley prior to the comm ncement of broadcasting on January 26. Now that transmission throughout the metropolitan area is a reality, work can begin in = earnest on providing � satellite transmission to � the whole state includ- � ing the remote areas.

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Record Notwithstanding the Western First World's too easy acceptance of schools on tap, this week is the peak of excitement for the tyros, a last bend in the road for the seniors, a time for growth by sensib e parents and unfortunately a non-event for the large segment of the population not involved. In the Third World, hundreds of thousands will not know what it is to have a school, or will scramble for a place in the most primitive of classrooms, with hungry bellies halving the effectiveness of the little education they will receive. Having hosed down the fires, then, with which some Australian children feel it their privilege to bum down the community's schools, the public can be a touch sceptical about the annual histrionics that children suffer irreversible damage because there are a mite too many bodies in a room or because the temperature is a touch hot for their pampered brows. The Catholic school system opening this wee has come many miles from e near poverty in which parents struggled for their schools whi e religious teachers performed eats of penance o cope with unbelievab e class izes and conditions. The existe ce of most Catholic school today is indeed , e result of ubstantial gov rnment funding which the realists will be the first to admit - but are loath to say too lo dly, - is e c eapest and most efficiently pent do lar anywhere in e public sector economy. Such spending contin es to draw its bia ws reporti g, as instanced by e dirgeful tones ast w announcing how m ny millions would be nt on private schools a if here was not a disproportionate flood of funds into the government system but about which journalists are remarkably quiet. principa ly because they are iqnorant of the economics of education. The ews stories concentrating on trivia such as the cost of a private school uniform - as if e rest of the populatio dress in hessian - also create a smokescreen around the millions of dollars being paid by parents both in fees and other donations to keep the schools of he· r choice open. The economics of this fi ly tun cooperaf on be n govemm n and private ources of school unding und rscore th princip es on which this truly alternative form of educa ion operates and intends o opera e. The fine prin in dvertisemen prospectiv ch rs to sc ool's port Catholic ethos is more than just a quirk of a principal or school board. It is call for accountability by gra -root par nt money guarant them a sta e in employm nt such teach rs are ing. Although ra , emotio ally orche rated news manipulation by ome teachers chall nging uch a Ca olic ethos, i a h lthy w ming to parents that their respon i ility and right to s up in d fe ce of e schoo th y sup rt doe not end with a cheque pa cross he b rsar's desk. As he Catholic ystem appe r pro rou ly on the expansion of it fac"liti s, it will be im lyto r mindtheCathorceducation bodythatthe Church rankseducaf n far bov and beyond mere schooling. The Catholic school i esse · lly an ann of evangelism, no matter how m ch at term ha to be tempered to the reality of e children ing its produ . The children of religiously indiffere t parents who may be see ing Catholic schooling for mixed motives will have to be coac ed, however gently, into the tang off · h. t cher in th Ca holic y em i this fundamental task. Parents will m ke it an easy b rd n and a li ht y e if ey prai and affirm f · h an commitment th is ing shown by ou nds of lay Catholic eachers now staffin

Jews to change liaison RO E (1 'C): Israel ha changed it liai on with the Vatic n from a full-time to a part-

--Briefs ... --- Soviet rejects a BUDAPEST: Theology students in Hungary are to have the period for which they are required to do military service reduced from 18 to 12 months, which brings them into line with other university students.

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LIMA: A Peruvian priest was murdered while saying Mass in Ayacucho, centre of operations of the Shining Path left-wing guerrilla group. Fr Victor Acuna Cardenas, , • welfare director of the diocese, was shot dead by unidentified men. VATICAN CITY: A record-breaking 100 million US dollars has been collected for the Propagation of the Faith Mission Society. It appears that about half the amount, most of which was collected on Mission Sunday, came from the United S ates. None of the money is transmitted to the , Vatican. It is all invested and remains in the country I in which it was raised until specific mission projects are approved, to which designated amounts are then sent directly. More than 900 ecclesiastical jurisdictions in the mission field receive money, usually for infrastructure programmes such as the training and support of catechists.

VATICAN CITY: Last week's Soviet rejection of an application for recognition by the Ukrainian Catholic Church may put a damper on rumours of a papal trip to Russia. The press in Italy has been speculating whether Pope John Paul will succeed in travelling to Russia during the millennium celebration of the baptism of Duke Vladimir of Kiev. The pope told journalists recently (The Record, January 21) that his journey would require a "true invitation" and that this touches on the status of the Ukrainian Cathe ic Church, currently denied recognifon by the Soviet government. Yet behind the travel rumours are some hard facts. Under Communist Party leader Mikhail Gorbachev, he Soviet Union is trying to change its international image as a closed, rigid society.

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VATICA CITY ( C) - Po e Pius XII plann to re ign o avoid a crisis of church leadership in case Adolf Hitler made good a plan to arrest the pontiff and remove him from the Vatican. "If he wer arrrested and conducted b yond the walls of Rome, he would hav en immediately considered to have given up the throne of Peter," said Cardin I Pietro Palazzini. Thus "the prisoner would be Eugenio Pacelli (his baptismal name) and not th po ," he aid. Th cardinal aid P e Pius I ft the writ en resignation with a V tican lay official. Cardinal Palazzini aid the po was aware of a plan by Hitler to arr st him. He said the p p was afraid of putting the Church in a crisis irnilar to hat of th I t 18th c ntury, w n Po Pius VI as seized by Fr ch fore s Church ad o aw I his h inc p iv t ore r storm

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Hobbs Smith and Holmes have won the Royal Australian Institute of Architects competition for the design of the new Catholic church to be built in

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"The design takes advantag of the unique site which has views across the school playing fields to a green valley running down to th sea. The north east eli vation sweeps up to a h ,ght of nine m tres and th Cross on top on the spire is 13 m tres high." Th ceiling of th church rises giving n ethereal ett. ct from a h ight of three m tres at the entrance nd will be p n fled with pine. Suppli d by a parishion r, th sam tim r will b us d in th pews. Th entry court. nin m tres by four m tres, gives ccess through swinging glass doors to an overflow area flanked by a kitch n: toilets, m ting room, store, servers' sacristy and priests' s cristy.

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which seats 280, is to be renovated after which it will seat only 180. It will be used mainly for noon masses on w days and on mass each we kend. Th assembly res will b lit from swmgmg glazed d. ors on both sid. s which Ii d from paved courtyard Natural Ii ht will also b used with clerestory windows set over th sanctuary. Floor to ce17ing stained glass windows six m tres by on m tre will be set on each si of th sanctuary.

DOD The to al rea of th buildmg will be 716 square m tres inctuding 116 square m tres for ancillary services. It is e pected construction wil! gin in Apr,7 and compli ted by th end of October. Tend rs w1'll b called in March. The contr. ct includ. s a 115 square metre two-bedroom restdi nee for a car t er or assistant priest

a about 20 metres to the south east of the church.

ODD A n ture area of trees and gardens will separate the church from the parking area hich will be used jomtly by the $300,000 St Joseph's College gymnasium b ing built to the north. F. th r FitzSimons said that a $650,0<XJ price limit had been set for the n w church by the bw'lding committee. "We have money from parish savings and the $400,CXXJ sale of land opposite the Community Centre and I am confident that when parishioners see the building their contr. butions will m et any extra funds

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congregation, they were short on ideas to implement their needs. "We thought that architects with church construction experience would have more expertise in putting our ideas into practice. Also it would result in having five different concepts from which the committee could choose.

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There are times when a nagging, inner question becomes a moving force. At certain points in life. such a question propels a person with new passion into a life of faith. One's question may explicitly concern some aspect of faith. Just as often, however, the nagging question is about oneself. "What should I do when I feel unrewarded in a career that most people would consider rewarding?" "Is there hope for our homelife. which so often is chaotic - even frustrating?"' "Where did we go wrong, that we experience so much stress?"

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lrustr•llans. how,r,r. An 1ncount1r with 1nath1r p1rson wbos, f1itll s11ms p1rticu/1rly 11tr1ctw1 camp1//1ng - can stir n,w inn,, questions ,bout /1itll. Consider this true-life scenario: You have been invited to 1ttend I parish Scripture group which rs meeting in the

home of an acquaintance, and have 1ccepted the invitation more from a sense of oblig1tion than real enthusiasm During the first meeting. 1 friend you have long known leads the opening prayer in a way that surprises you - not because of slartling words she uses. but because of her calm manner and the genuine malurity she brings to prayer. Knowing this to be a person who 1lso spends time serving the poor, ind who is a p1tient listener ind friend to many, you are quietly amazed. Tho woman's faith becomes the source of I n1gging question for you. Driving home that evening - and in the days ahead - you asl< something like, .. How c,n this be? •. ·why is faith the force 11 is in her life?" ''What IS faith?'" Still other events can become the source of a qutstion that leads into !11th. A good outcome of events of an illness, of a job change - m1y leave one feeling puticularly thankful. A person may then begin to asl< reputedly about the mystory of God's role in the world: •. Does God play any role in the events or the pattern of our lives?"

Andrea is 26, single and working in a career that is rewarding but that barely enables her to buy the necessities of life. She sees her two brothers engaged and happily planning their marriages. Recently her two best friends moved to distant cities to pursue new career paths. herself lonely, unhappy and questioning just what she wants to do wtth her hfe. Should she concentrate on finding a suitable partner and aim for marriage and a family> Or should she change her career focuv, which would mean gomg to graduate school? Andrea

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What was the question that puzzled Job so intensely? Think about events with which you are familiar. Has there ever been a time when you or someone you know had a nagging question similar to Job's question? What are people to do when they have a nagging question such as Job had? Who can they discuss the question with 7 Where can they tum for support? Does it matter whether or not they truly pursue such questions about life's meaning? What are some of the reasons why, at certain pomts in adulthood, people renew their journey into faith? What causes them to want to investigate the meaning of faith for their lives? What are some obstacles people may encounter to their desire to rediscover faith's meaning for their fives?

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turned to other gods or engaged In practices which violated the terms of the covenant, the bottom dropped out of everything. However, as time went on, thoughtful people began to realise that what was valid on a national scale dld not necessarily work out In Individual lives. About the fourth century B.C. a keen observer of the human

He could not ignore the fact that many good people suffered and many evil people seemed to· prosper In every way. How could common human experience be squared with the view of Deuteronomy? He dld not tackle the problem as a Greek philosopher would, In abstract speculative fashion. Rather, he composed a dramatic dlalogue with different characters defenddifferent ing positions.

To get the actlon started the author Introduces Satan, who appears for the first time In the Bible in this prologue. He Is portrayed as a sort of nagging prosecuting attorney who suggests to God that Job

wouldn't be so "religious" If he were deprived of some of his blessings. God accordingly gives the devil permission to make life miserable for Job.

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skin disease and ends up In the city dump scraping his sores with pieces of broken pottery. The Inevitable question Is, "Why?" If he had done anything wrong he could understand. But be has been so faithful. Why?

The poor man suffers one reverse after another. All of his livestock Is rustled by marauders. The roof of the house where all his children are gathered for a party collapses and kills them. To top everythlng off, he himself Is afflicted with an ugly

"friends" Three arrive to console hlm, but they are not much consolation. The author uses them as spokesmen for the traditional view. They Insist over and over that Job must have done somethlng terrible to deserve this punishment. Just as

lng to tbeir tires? And they arc far from unique. People conunu all> find themselves in vnuauons that cause them to reassess their values and beliefs, said Dr Doris Donnelly, co· director of centre for -piritualiry.

Sometime, people find themselves asking about their faith after experiencing what theologian Reinhold Niebuhr called "shipwreck" events times when disaster strikes. Then people ask, "'*'hy did this have to happen to me> Will l he able to

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child runs into problems in the neighbourhood or a first grandchild" horn Then we wonder what our faith· ha, to SO) about those evcntv," ,he .,,.id �h Donnell, told ol J person \\ ho <.;me to her for help m choo�1ng

though ,he had attended Catholic schools and was m a parixh where such tOpll\ were discussed. she '-lid she didn't have the vaguest idea how faith could help with the decision. But .. l have an inkling I ought to," she said Ms. Donnelly helped the person explore her quesnon ht askmg questions, "What are vour rock bottom belief,' What is important to you?" Through such probing. the person began to reahse that she wanted a JOO which was useful to the community, one where ,he could "feel that I am fulfilling a plan that God has for me." Ms. Donnell> observed that people who are wilhng to grapple with their faith, recognizing their doubts and resolving or learning to live wuh them, often succeed rn moving into a more mature stage of he lief But usually people need a community to carry on that process, she said, Being able to turn to others "who live out a strong Chnstian life" i, crucial for people "ho arc questioning their faith or values A• e,rJy m0111inr IHacltcomllff walch<!s Ille su• tryinr to 11re1• throurb th ,..,., cloud .....,.,. inf Ille Kea•. Alone and isolated, Joi, c .. tempJ1ted th meani•r of U.e adrersi(J witl, w•KA Ire was 1fflicted God. Uh Job, people may find themselves ;,, 1 d1alof1N wit• God conceroi•r life's rery me1n,n1.

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As /ires Wn1e, people discorer nelf nfffls, 1sk new questions, d••e1.,, new relali.. ships. When people have bftn away from Ille cllurch awhile, Ibey disco,er lllat m,ny lllinrs •ave chanfH and llley IHd to ask questions 1bout tire way tltinrs 1re done. Tlris m1y le1d to •irrer .,eslions com:erninr Ille ,eeper me,ninr: Why?

vehemently, be Insists on his Innocence. At last the author Introduces God himself, who tells them all to keep quiet and proceeds to give the answer, obviously the author's. It Is In the form of a question, following a magnificent description of the work of creation, "Do you think a God wise enough to create this marvellous universe would allow a just man to suffer without reason?" The answer clearly Is no. That Is as far as the author gets. It doesn't seem to be much of an

answer and, In fact, It Is far from satisfying. Still, It marks an advance. It frankly acknowledges the suffering of the Innocent and Indicates that such suffering Is not pointless; It has a reason. What the reason Is Is not explained but It helps to know that there Is a reason. To suffer pointlessly Is maddening, Knowing that there Is a reason, even if one doesn't understand it, makes the suffering at least bearable. Cont page 10

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suspicion - that rediscovering faith is tied to rediscovering oneself.

By Father John

He used as his mouthpiece a character widley known In ancient Mideastern folklore, Job. In the flctlonal prologue to the book, Job Is portrayed as a wealthy sheik with a large and happy family, camels and cattle beyond counting. And, of course, he Is very faithful to God.

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The Israelites �Id were quite co, :nt with the view resented by the 80\ of Deuteronomy. •11s stated, quite s�11y, that fidelity to Id's covenant brou�uc· cess and happ\ss, while lnflcli1ty brought disaster. That principal lq,ed out to be quite suiUstlc. It worked w�0n the national scal\ nd was verified bi be varying fortunes nd misfortunes of be people. As long � be nation acted oa its allegiance to God to Yallweh - all 1,01 well. As soon as 1ey

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Little children delight and weary their parents with endless questions about why it is raining, or why they can't go out, or why their friend Melissa has red hair. Later, when communication between parent and child comes to a difficult phase, parents probably would give anything for a question out of that same child. Similarly, university teachers facing a lifeless class would delight to have some of that questioning from students in place of an "I dare you to teach me anything" passivity. To ask questions about hie, ourselves, the way things are. what we are learning, our rehg1on, 1s necessary to some degree We honour God's message by taking 11 seriously enough to wonder what 11 means and how ,t got that way The mind too has a right to nounshment, to know some reasons why we should stay with a belief. with Jesus Christ or the church. As 1 Peter ,n the New Testament says ··Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope, but do 11 with gentleness and reverence" (3.15-16). The questions people ask about faith vary with their circumstances, background and educat,on Why 1s suffering so unevenly distributed? Why IS Sunday Mass necessary? Why are there so many different churches? Some wonder how we know there 1s a God. others ask what God 1s like. Is he really old and grey-headed? Is he a he? Still others wonder about practices they·ve grown up with Is conies-

By Father Donald Talafous, OSB

s1on necessary? Why don't priests marry? Why do people say Hail Marys over and over again 1n the rosary? Teaching theology or rellg1on ,n a university, one often finds that students with no rehg1ous background take the most interest ,n the subJect or ask the most probing questions They take nothing for granted

ODO One finds, too, ,n responding to them, how much II often takes to make our rehg1on 1ntelltg1ble to the world around us. To allow ourselves to be questioned - even gnlled - by friends with no rehg1ous background 1s often an incentive to get to know and comprehend better what we believe ourselves Many, behevers or not, arrive at their questions under the impact of stressful s1tuat1ons ,n hie the death of a family member or fnend, a failure of large proportions. a heartbreaking a experience relationship These s1tua11ons and many others can lead to questions about faith.

bellefs And we need not fear the search that results For ,n a sense, most of us have to ··reave home." at least ,n thought and feeling at some time or other, before we can come back to 1t with any apprec1at1on or recognition of how much 11 means to us Like any trip - to Rome or Katmandu or even down the street - the Journey into the depths of faith has ,ts frightening aspect I've often heard of tertiary students who did not want to take a course in theology for fear of having to question and shake faith. Also, there often are family members and

friends who have re1ected what we cherish ,n our bellefs and left what we consider so important and true. That's pan of the risk, but we need to continue our respect for the consciences of these people and keep the door to our hearts and homes open. In many ways their recovery of faith often depends more on our continued love and respect, hurt as we may feel al times, than on our arguments and knowledge A faith life that goes through the experience of some questioning, some struggle, can grow stronger and more mature

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The first official WACLTA 1988 function will be the annual Mass and tennis evening on Friday February 19. Mass will be celebrated by the WACLTA chaplain, Father Richard Doyle, at Saints John and Paul church, Pinetree Gully Road, Willetton, commencing at 6.30p.m. social tennis evening follows at the WiHetton Sports Club in Burrenda h Boulevard. The evening will conclude with a social gathering at the John Paul Centre. Ladie are requested to provide a plate and the men the normal liquid refre hm nts. Tea and coffee \ ill al o b availabl .

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Father Frank Brennan SJ. advisor to the Australian Catholic Bishops on Aboriginal affairs, will be the key-note speaker at a seminar which is a joint project of the social justice agencies of the Anglican, Catholic and Uniting Churches together with the Conference of Christian Churches of WA. "Towards a Just Australia" will be held on Saturday February 13, from 1-5pm, at the Wesley Auditorium, 93 William St, Perth. There will be a registration fee of $5 or $3.50 (concession). For further infonnation contact Sandra Brown, Catholic Social Justice Commission, 325 1212.

A memorial luncheon in honour of the late Father Jocelyn Madden will be held on Sunday, February 7 at noon in the Victoria Park parish hall. Please bring a plate. The 1 Oam Mass will be offered in his memory.

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SPECIAL MASS. LOCKRIDGE

Mass for families, residents of Pyrton Training Centre and other hoste s, and members of parish commu · · • will be held on the second Sunday of each mo th in 1988 at the Good She erd Church, 34 Arbon Way, Lockridge, at 3.00pm. The next Mass will be on Su ay, February 14.

The 1988 program for the WA branch of the Royal School of Church is a folows:

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Catholic Social Justice Council The Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference decid d in 1987 to deepen and extend the Church's work in the area of justice and peace, nationally and at diocesan level. The decision included the establishment of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council. The Bishops have approved an interim charter for the Council. The objectives of the ACSJC include the following: • To serve the local Churches and the Bishops' Conference through the Bishops' Committee for Justice, Developm nt and Peace. • To promote justice, development and peace values at diocesan level. • To provide a credible national Catholic voice on development. justice and peace issues, in collaboration with oth r national Church agencies. • To collaborate, in the area of social justice and peace, with national and international a encies • To provid research and educational mat rials. The Council's charter provides for a membership of 16, including representatives from all of ustra ia's eccl siastical provinces.

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