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The Church in Australia was based on a lay church Archbishop Foley told Catenians at the dinner to celebrate the inauguration of the Avon Valley Circle.
Without the cross in the centre the links in the Catenian emblem could be any sort of a chain Bishop McKeon said at the Mass for the inauguration of the Avon Valley circle. "The chain binds us to Jesus crucified, who shows us where we are going, who says: 'Come follow me'," the bishop said.
He was responding to a toast to the clergy propo ed by the circle vice pre ident r h ·arz.
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Re'cord Pope John Paul's Lenten message Lent is a period which profoundly affects the life of every Christian community; it fosters a spirit of recollection, prayer and attentiveness to the Word of God; it encourages us to respond generously to the Lord's call as expressed in the words of the Prophet: "Is not this the fast that I choose . . . to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house? ... Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say "Here I am" (Is 58:6,7,9). Lent 1988 occurs during the Marian Year, on the eve of the third millennium oft e birth of Jesus, our Saviour. Contemplating the divine motherhood of Mary, the woman who bore the Son of God within her womb and surrounded the child Jesus with special care and love, I am reminded of the painful drama of so many mothers, whose ho e and joy has been s attered by the earty deaths of their chi dren. Yes, my Brothers and Sisters, I ask you to thin of this scandal of · fant morta ity, which c aims tens of t ousands of vie i s every day. Children are dying before their birth; others ave o ya brief and painful ort by diseases existence which is cu that could easily be prevented, It has been c arty demonstrated that in the most severely poverty-st icken countries of the world it is the childre who have the highest death rate due to acute dehydration, parasites, polluted water, hunger, lac of vaccination against epidemics, and eve the lack of love. Und r conditions of such poverty, a great many children die in their infancy, while the physical and psychological deve opment of others is so serio sly affected that th ir very survival is threaten d, and t y are at a disadvanta in fi di g a place for t mse v s in oci ty. T e ictirns of his tragedy are he chi dren · h who are bor i a st te of pov rty oo often terns fro i I · njustic s a well as heir families who do not hav the resources they d and who are wounded forever by t e early deaths of their children. at determination our ord Recall with Jesus demonstrated his ol"darity "th children: e called a small child to himsetf, set him in their midst and declared: "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me" and he commanded: "Let the children come to me" (Mt 18:2,5; 19:4). I strongly urge you, in this liturgical period of Lent, to allow the Spirit of G to ta e Id of you, to brea th chains of seffi h and in. In a splrit of sof arity, hare those who hav fe er resources t n yourselves. Give, not only the ings you can spare, but t e things y may perhaps n d. in o er to lend your ge ero support to the actions and projects of your local Church, especially to ensure a just Mure for children who are least protected. By so doing, dear Brothers and isters in Christ, your charity will s in forth, and people will "see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven" (Mt 5:16).
Changes at Notre Dame for Lent PARIS: For the first time in 150 years, the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris is breaking with the tradition that a single speaker gives the Lenten talks on the six Sundays of Lent. Instead, there will be five different speakers, one of them a woman. The tradition go s back to the Dominican priest Jean Baptist Henn Lacordaire, who gave Lenten lectures for 16 consecutive y ars from 1835 to 1851. Some of his successors, though not rivalling him as a popular idol, did almost as well: the Jesuit Father Michel Riquet returned from deportation by the Nazis to I cture for 10 years after the war, and th Dominican Fath r AM. Carre, a member of the Acad rm Fr ncaise, did it for eight.
Marie-Helene Mathi u, this y ar's woman preacher, is not intimidated. Her credentials are impressive. She is an educator experienced in formation. In 1963 she founded an organisation for the handicapped and maladjusted. She is president of Foi et Lumiere, which she set up with the Canadian Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche, for Christian communities of handicapp d adults and children, now in 45 working countrie . She s a member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. Madame Mathieu's lecture is n xt Sunday on "Mary, Moth r of Mercy".
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GEORGETOWN (NC): A Catholic newspaper cited as "the sole independent voice · Guyana" faces nearly $20,000 in damages and court costs stemming from two libel suits won by the Guyanese president. Guyana's Court of Appeal, the country's highest court, ruled in favour of President Hugh Desmond Hoyt, who became president in 1985, in two libel cases filed in 1982. In one suit, the Standard published a release from the Liberator Party accusing the ruling party of decelvlng the U Development Program when applying for funds. Hoyte was head of the Ministry of Economic Planning and Finance, which pplied for the funds. The release did not mention Hoyte's name, but members of his staff testified that when they read the article, they thought it referred to him. In a second case, the Standard published an article quoting allegations by an insurance company official that th ove ment was lyin to the World ank and
International Monetary Fund and "strangling" the private sector by instructing insurance companies to repatriate their foreign investments. The article did not mention Hoyte, who was responsible for relations with the World Bank and International Monetery Fund.
The paper's editor Father orrison said Bishop Benedict Singh made a diocesan appeal during Masses and already had rece ved about $30 0 In donations. "We want to show Mr Hoyte that he Guyane e peop e are with us and against this decision," Father orrison said. Father Morr"son's lawyer, iles Fitzpatr"ck, had aid if Catholic Standard lost the case, journalists would not be able to attack government po icy without fear of b ing ued for ibel by those who implement the policy. The new paper and Fat er n u d ever I tim rnme t off" c1 I tori crit" ci official tho i •
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who loves us. He formed a community to continue his work and he carried out works of love and service to show that the Kingdom of God had arrived", said Archbishop Foley. "Teaching is a noble career", said Archbishop Foley. "You are called to share the light of your faith will all". In a special dedication ceremony during the Mass the teachers promised to share their God·given talents with their students and fellow staff members.
Primary school opens at Ocean Reef The young and enthusiastic staff of Western Australia's newest Catholic school spent the final week of the school holidays moving books and furn· iture into classrooms in preparation for the first day of term. re the eachers They of St Simon Peter Catholic Primary School. Oc an Reef, which took its first
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Foundation principal of the school is Sr Breda O'Reilly, a Mercy Sister, who has just returned to Australia after completing her Masters Degree in Religious Education at the Boston College. Sr Breda was formerly principal of St Mary's School, Donny· brook.
However, the long years of waiting and planning were forgotten as the excited children, teachers and some parents partici· pated in a brief prayer ceremony performed by Acolyte Bill Tarrant of Emble on.
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To trace the arrival of members of Religious Orders during the early years of Western Australia's history, and their subsequent dispersal to often remote areas to pioneer church schooling, is to follow a path marked by extreme physical hardship, grinding poverty and often makeshift facilities. It is also a path of deep commitment to the provision of more than just a bare education for the children of their times. During the 100 years following the establishment of the first WA Catholic school, members of many orders came from overseas or the eastern states to establish schools in some of this state's most remote areas •
The historical information provided in this feature was researched by Dr Heather Vose. Dr Vose was employed by the Catholic Education Commission's Bicentennial Committee which prepared the Changing Habits • • . lasting values exhiblUon.
Social change reflected in schools . C�tholic sc�ools in Western Australia have always reflected social change, both within Austraha and overseas. Times of economic depression, the development of �he �tat as a penal. colony between 1849 and 1870, goldrushes, post-war 1mm1�ration m�de th�·� 1mpa_ct on th; development of Catholic schooling. An mflux of lnsh political pnsoners m the 1860s and increased emigration in the aftermath of the Irish famines, meant an increase of the Catholic population of WA from less than 10% of the total in 1849 to almost 29% in 1871.
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The role of lay teachers employed in Catholic schools hs been of great importance throughout the entire history of tie Church's educational involvement in Western Australia.
Echoes of a political conflict half a world away are evident in this photo of a St Patrick's Day Parade held in Bunbury In 1918.
Church and community brought together Events related to the Church-school calendar constantly brought par· ents into the orbit of the chdd' s daily school life: first communion, confirm· ation and school or parish choirs, as well as fancy dress balls, visits of celebrated guests (such as pastoral calls by the Bishop) combined to forge a strong bond between fern ilies and school staff This group of First Communicants
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The Religious Orders
From I 846, wt, n Ir sh catechist Terrence Farr· elly began a boys' school which was to flounsh m Perth. there has been some dependence on Jay staff to open teaching posts and support the work of both the classrooms and the rehgious who assumed control from time to time. Lay staff were interspersed with religious in the colony's Catholic schools although the with· drawal of government subsidies in 1855 meant that salaries for lay teachers had to come from fees and Diocesan grants. Fremantle's earliest Cat· holic school. opened by the Sisters of Mercy in I 847 had a lay teacher, M,ss Cresswell, in charge Three years later Miss L Burrows had taken over, at a salary of 60 pounds. The port's second Catholic school. a boys' school. had a Mr Mulrooney at the helm. In 1856 John Roon· ey and his friend John Jennings. Irish teachers brought to Australia by Bishop Serra. added to the Jay staff at Fremantle.
First country school
Miss Anne McKenly taught at the first WA country school at Dar· danup in 1890, while in T oodyay a Mr Jeremiah O'Connor was master of the boys' school from 1856 to I 861. Other centres with lay staff followed. The arrival of many new Orders from 1870 on made lay staff increasingly redundant By 1895 only three schools (at Albany. Geraldton and Fremantle), all for boys. remained under lay con·
trol. The Assisted Schools Abohuon Act that year meant these schools were ultimately handed over to the Christian Brothers. Their entry into education and the abolition of government grants meant the end of lay teaching m us original form in WA.
Specialist services
Lay staff continued to provide specialist services and extend the capacity of depleted teaching Or· ders Within another 60 years. lay teachers and
religious were working even more closely in
classrooms than bd,e. This came about folk>lf'9 u-e baby boom and he increasing migrant �pulauon of the 1!1Ps which led to overcro,#d schools and high <ISS numbers with a sulle· quent demand for n<re teachers. At the ....., time a decline in religos personnel was being C· celerated by a corresil"' d,ng decrease ,n it,;e seeking entrance to he professed life. The re mand for secondary rducation led to a need!" more and highly qua -d teachers and the pa�;� years has seen a transJl>n from religious back t�'Y staff who now accouii or a major proportiOfl of school personnel.
Dedicated Christians
These dedicated <Jf st 1an lay teachers. t� er with their colleagues m 15 religious congreQ• · CatholiC1111· preserve the osophy, srms and i-ct· ices In educeuon thrOl]h nnova on and profe,f.,. ali m.
Parents. although anx ious to ensure a Catholic education for their child· ren. were usually strugg· ling to make a bare l,vlng for their fam,Ties in a new land and every penny counted. This frugality was shared by the Rehg,ous. When fees could not be paid they turned to other actMues such as tuition m music. speech and drama, embroidery and sew ng and art. to provide an income. These extra teach ing dunes were in addition to the regular teaching they performed m the schools. Schools were often begun 1n makeshift premises such as tents or bough shelters, and ,n mmmg areas where chang ,n fortune could see entire populations, and the school s income, disappearing almost overnight,
Verandah
The Sisters of Mercy. brought to WA from Ireland in 1846, were the forerunners of some 35 Orders which have subsequently come to the State and established schools (See table). Their first school was begun on the convent verandah us· ing packing cases for desks and planks for seats. The Benedictine Monks from Spain and the French Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition also were ea rty comers to WA.
Bishops
These Orders. and the ones which followed. came to Perth at the mvitation of successive Bishops of Perth who were viqorous m promot ing the cause of Catholic schooling. Bishops Brady and Gibney and Archbi· shop Prendlville were espec,ally successful ,n attracting the Orders to WA.
The main thrust of the Orders came in the late 1800s and the ava,labihty of Religious to teach in the schools made Jay staff Increasingly redundant By the end of the century schools were staffed a� most enbrely by Religious. a situation which continued well ,nto the 20th century.
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Country expansion
With so many new Orders coming into the State. the expansion of Catholic education tocoun· try regions was assured The Sisters of Mercy spread out from their Perth bases: the Sisters of St Joseph of the Appan· tion consolidated their position m areas such as Albany and Northam· The St John of God Sisters combined their dual role of teaching and nursing when a typhoid epidemic on the goldfields in 1897 took them to Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie; the Presen tation Sisters established schools in the Geraldton area; and the Dominican sisters moved into the mining towns like Cue, Daydawn and Gwalia.
Kimberley Pioneers
Later the Orders moved into the Kimberley region. where even today Rehg1· ous Orders are pioneennq the establishment of new schools. Two representatives of the 35th Order to arrive in WA. the Sisters of the Faithful Companions ol Jesus. took up positions in the Kimberley Regional Office of the Catholic Education Office. last month.
The first 20 Orders I 846 Sisters of /"vercy (Ireland)
I 846 Benedictme Monks (Spain) 1855 Sisters ol St Joseph ol the Appantion (France)
1864 De Lit Salle Brothers (Malaya) 1884 S.StersofStJosepholtheSa<:redHeart(Adelaidel 1891 Presentation Sisters (Ireland) 1894 Christian Brothers (Melbourne) 1894 Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Ireland) 1895 Sisters ol St John of God (Ireland) 1897 lnsbtute of the Blessed Virgm Mary-Loreto Sisters (Ballarat) 1897 Institute of Our Lady of the Missions (New Zealand) 11899 Dominican Sisters (New Zealand) 190 I Society of the CatholK: Apolstolate. Pallottine Fathers (Germany) 1902 Sisters of the Good Stiei:t,erd \Melbourne) 1904 Teresian Sisters (Spam) 1913 Mans!. Brothers (Sydney) 1935 Benedictine Missoonary Sisters ( ew oroa Dioc�n CongregatJon) 1938 JeSUJt Fathers ( \elbourne) 1938 Poor Sisters of Nazareth (England) 1942 Bngid·ne Sisters (Sydney)
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June 1938 saw the opening of a new Perth Catholic school St Louis' School. Claremont one of the forerunners of John XXIII College of Mt Claremont This school for boys was established by the Jesuit Fathers. Among the 23 small boys who were the first students at St Louis' school was John Prend,ville. now Fr John Prendi ville SJ, who was the first director of the Catholic Pastoral Institute of WA Fr Prendiville is still a lecturer for the lnsuute. In the photo left. Fr Prendiville is the first boy on the left in the back row. School staff in the picture are: from left. Mr Gleeson (later ordained), Fr Tom Perrott. Fr Austin Kelly and Mr John Farmer (later ordained). Thepho(ograph was taken on the school's opening day.
Catholic Education Commission
Today, members of the Catholic community share the responsibility for the provision of Catholic Education in Western Australia. Quality education
Parents. clergy. bishops. teachers. Religious Ord· ers. pnnc,pals. students and other individuals and organisations work togeth·
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quality Catholic education is available now and in the future. In 1971 the Cathohc Education Commission was set up by the Confer· ence of Bishops and Maior Superiors of Reli· gious Orders specifically to assist the community in this responsibility. The Commission has been g,ven the responsibility and authonty to speak and act on behalf of
Catholic educanon mWA.
Main functions
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functions are: • to make broad policy decisions relating to the scope and direction of Catholic education in WA: • to advise governments and other authorities on the needs of Catholic education and to work towards meeting those needs: • to assist the coordmeuon and development of Catholic education and to provide advisory and con· sultatlve services, • to provide leadership m educabon for the Catholic community.
• to plan for the development of Catholic education in WA.
School boards
Community involve· ment in Catholic schools also occurs through school boards which began in some schools m the 1960s and were introduced to all non-order owned schools in 1974 School boards operate within a const.Jtution issued by the Catholic Education Office. Their functions include planning. employ· ment of staff and financlal
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Students who left school last year are urged to take part in a survey to be held by the Youth Employment Scheme (YES). a section of the Department of Employ· ment and Training during April.
This statewide survey of 1987 school leavers, held in conjunction "th the Catholic Education Office aims to identify unemployed school lea · ers and to help them become a are of employment, training and education options. The survey ·11 also determine heth· er school lea ers are emplo ed, in po t-secondary education or m train· ing.
New Dimension
According to Sunbury Catholic College Captain, icholas Maher. the hall has added a new dirnension to college life. "It has become the centre of our school activitie .. h said. "lt is difficulttoseehow e managed ithout if'. In his addre a the opening the Bi hop of Sunbury. Most R . Peter Quinn praised th Col· leg School Board and th whol Catholic com· muni who en bl d th $5QO 000 building proj c o proce d.
1987 Survey Th surve con· ducted or th fir tirn m 1987. or than 16.000 1986 chool I a
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The new Bunbury Catholic College Hall has provided not only a much needed gathering p�ce for students but a vital facility for the Bunbury community. Officially opened and dedicated on Sunday 21 February, the hall is al· read booked solid by groups from the Catholic community and orqanlsations such as the South est Development Authority.
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Welcome to "Living With Kids". This "You c�.n watch "The Goodies at 6.00pm and • • LS the first of what will be a regular do your homework at feature in Intercom where issues that 6.30pm or do your home· concern parents and children will be work first and watch "Dr Who" at 6.30pm." diLSCUSSed. "Homework may be com· As children begin a It sounds almost magic· pleted between 4.00 and new school year a quest· al doesn't it? But where 6.00or7.00and9.00pm." ion many parents ask does self-esteem come "You may ear your blue themselves is: "What can from? Can you catch it? or your brown shirt." I do to assist my child to Or learn it from a book? Provide children with an learn at school?" It is an Maybe it is given out at environment in which important question. A birth on the whim of they are free to safely test teacher may answer it by some fairy Godmother? their growing abilities. Of course we know it Such an environment asking parents to ensure that their children come comes from none of would include the chance to school with a sense of these sources. Children to mix with other families. achieve high self-esteem isit ne places and try high self-esteem. Teachers recognize that mainly through their inter- out ne activities. In this children with high self· action with their home way social skills are esteem ·11 learn quickly environment. de eloped, vocabulary because they are willinq These are some of the enlarged and ph sical to 'have a go' and take the steps parents can use to capabilities increased. risk of being wrong. Such de elop high el -es eem Allo inq children room to move in their environ· children are usualty cap· in their children: able of orking without Whenever possible pre· ment is often di ficult for the teacher's constant sent the child with choice, paren particular\ when 'th the opportunity to firs schoolda aretaking supervision. The gener· all develop good work make decisions and ac- place. and stud habi . Th For example. in their cept the consequence . are capable o mo ·ng Opportunltlesforchoice desire to h Ip parent from mished ork ton come in the areas of food, 0 en car eir ear one "thou being clothing.lVprog mrnes, child's ca home from proje school. But this kind o promp ed. B th time home ork times and th reach high school types of leisure activities. help robs the child o a mary Crowe at the Catholic Education Offic the will have de loped a This does no mean that chance to learn to take n e of re pon ibili or ou mu allo icecream care o their o n belong· their part in the learning for breakfast. dad's tsui ings and to est out hat process. Hom ork ·11 to be om to school or the , can and can' do. Principal Ho e r. children ma comple ed b au e horn ork o be done at s i importance midnigh Children ne d peri nee fru tration and and not b caus the are th securi of boundaries ailure the ta ks are oo re oria dth teacher train· told o do it b parents or wh n making choic s: teachers. ing hich led to po i on in
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ar in e ching and admini tralion posi ion in secondary chool mainly at Gen· azzano Coll ge, Ke and John Paul College Frank· on, ictoria. This ar r ryrose ·11 ork in th Kimb rley C olic Educ lion Offic curriculum planning offic r "th the aim of nding secondary education for th oung peopl of e Kimberl y.
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Sr Ro ma aloe� d as principal o r I schools and s a mem· ber of Regional In ervice Educa lon Committees. a r pre entati e of the Prinsociation and cipal ' repre en ed her Order on the Education dvi o Committee to the [or Superior . She has undertaken piritual and professional training in Europe on everal occasions. Sr Rosemary and Sr ryrose ar exci ed about th ork th ·11 b doing in the Kimb rl nd look forward to the chall nge th ir job ·11 provide.
complex for them to manage. This can be avoided if parents present the tasks in small easy steps. By mastering the easier steps first children are motivated to try the harder ones later on. E en if small steps prove difficult children will be willing to take a risk and have a go again if they are praised for trying. When the alternative is practised and they are accused of not getting it right or pitied because they found the task pain· ful. the result ma be the opposite. Children may become hesitant and in some cases de elop a learned helplessness. They ·11 then continual! seek adult assistance. Such cons an assistance is not po sible a school. The ma conseq en be in danger of falling behind the o er udents as the sit and rai for
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Schools participating in Associated Catholic Coll· eges (ACC) sporting fix· tures during 1988 are pioneering a new type of interschool competi ion. Because of the growing number of schools some o which are located on he outskirts of them tropolitan area, transport of students to venues has become an increasingly demanding task.To over· come this difficulty, the participating schools in the CC competition last year agreed o regionalise for mter chool sports. The school r form d mto clusters - outhstern, north-w rn nd north m - ccording o th rr loca on.
Through this competition it is aimed to give all schools the maximum in enjoyment, social inter· action and good cornpetition.
New Division
1988 also heralds th introduction of a ourth division in the Athletics and Swimming Carnivals. Last ear A, B and C divisions w re held for both carnivals ith onl a small numb r o country school participating. It was fel by those m ol ed wi h CC that fourth. or hould b
teams ponsored by the Education Department are no open to students from non-government schools. Selection trials are conducted by the v est Australian Government School Sports ssoclation (WAGGSA) at arious times during the year. Members of ACC will be kept in orm d about these trials.\ AGSSA also conducts a Champion Schools competition in summer and winter sports. Se ral of the schools in CC alread participa e in his comp ion.
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"I still call Au tralia home" sang the students of St Lawrence School, Balcatta as they celebrated the nation's birthday by forming themsel es into a giant map of Au tralia in the school ground . be ore rel a ing hundr d o gr n and go db lloons.
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At Town & Country e a e comm· ted to evelop ing junio s art in Weste ustra ia. We be ie e that lt p omo es the qualities of fi ness c aracte and team s · it which he p to give our young people a sense of pu ose in ife. To & Coun ry s Pacesetters' Club fo bo s a d girls up o 6 years of age p ovides spa ing invol ement as we I as enco ragemen to develop sponsib e sa ings habits. Fo ids under 12 there s a special offer th oug the Su a Imes a garoo Cree Ga g page wh e ve p_ o ide the irst dollar. Theres a so s c I competitions ands i gs incen · es so loo for the column e t S nday. Pacesette s ho are 12 yea s o age o over become senio membe s ith he· o e s ter and special discou ts t spa ing events and mo ies. For mo e etails hone lse Cobby on 421 3339.
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A glossary attached to the US bishops' November 1987 statement says that the small groups of the Church C'small ecclesial communities") are "organised for more intense personal and community relationships among the faithful, and for a greater participation in the ife and mission of the Church". • Why is there a need for such "personal and community relationships" in the Church? • What are some ways small groups foster greater participation in the Church's life and mission? What are some qualities that you think each member needs to bring to a small-group ses ion if it is to work well? After reading eil Parent's article, what are some of the kinds of small groups in today's Church? What sort of group interests you?
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I am preparing to give a course titled "A Biblical Spirituality". The 20hour course will take place over two weekends. This presents a problem. To lecture for so many hours would be deadly for all concerned. But my experience with groups offered a solution.
With Medjugorje, a new problem ha been introduced for the ongregation and the epis opal authoriti ; an explosion of evidence. There are two rea ns. First, the uppo ed apparition . to ix different people, now number in the thousands. econd, the millions of pilgrim drawn there are b oming part of the ca e to be tudied - a witn ca e, of alleg d and as petitioners.
Consequently the two weekends will include an introductory lecture followed by small-group sessions to share insights and ways of applying the biblical texts. The course will be an extension of something that is growing more popular in parishes. People are coming together to study Scripture not only in a way that satisfie th ir hung r for nowt but also th ir thirst for a rel tionship with God. It is hard to ·ng out any on reason for hi .
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Sometimes a particular biblical question is in the news and peop e want to learn what is going on like creationism, with its discussion of how God created this world. Again, in a p urali · society, Catholics are ·n close contact with Protestant neighbours and fellow worker for whom th Bib pays a pecial ro . Cathol' want to know wh t th. II bout.
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People are not interested exclusively in learning "about" scriptual spirituality; they want to experience it, to live it. This makes perfect sense since spirituality is a personal exper ience - personal, but not private.
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Sir, I have for some time been concerned at the misnamed Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, being sometimes referred to as the adult catechumenate. Since the great majority of those seeking reception into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church are already baptised Christians from other denominations, it is presumptuous to refer to them as Christian initiates, or, as catechumens i.e. those preparing for Baptism. The relevant Roman document clearly states in the Instruction to the Rite:
"Anything that would equate candidates for reception with those who are catechumens is to be absolutely avoided" (N. 391.) While we welcome other Christians into the Church, we must also be careful not to give gratuitous ecumenical offence.
School film offends from June PRESTON, Mount Claremont Sir, On Four Corners television recently, I was very upset by a program on AIDS filmed in a NSW Catholic high school (co ed) with a nun in the midst of the children.
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Pictured at a Sunday conference preparing for their marriages: Above: John Pedri of Spearwood and Tania Bavcevic of Munster whose marriage was celebrated at St Anne's on March 5. Below: Paul Long of Beechboro and Diana Skroze of Wanneroo whose wedding was celebrated in St Anthony's church Wanneroo on March 5.
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Julie Hickey and Peter Renouf of Scarborough who will return to be married in New Zealand on March 26. Below middle: Kirsty Livesy of Woodlands and Kevin Rollo of Warwick whose marriage will be celebrated in Our Lady of the Rosary church Doubleview on March 19.
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NORTH DOUBLEVIEW OPENING
The dedication and opening of extensions to St Dominic's Church and St Dominic's Primary School will take place on Sunday, March 20, commencing with Mass at 9.30am celebrated by Bishop Healy and followed by lunch and refreshments in the schoolgrounds. Please bring a, pate and drinks to share.
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Pictured at a Sunday conference preparing for their marriage are Domenic Pozzi of Morley and Julie Bendetti of Duncraig who were married at All Saints Church Greenwood on March 5.
MARIAN CALENDAR HIGHGATE: On Sunday, March 13, the Highgate community will make a Marian parish pilgrimage to the church of Mary Mother of the Church, Bullsbrook, comm ncing with Mass at noon, fo owed at 3pm with Rosary and Be ediction. Fath r Micha I Keating will be the ce ebrant. For furth r information phone 328 8574.
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QUIZ NIGHT
K"ng y/Woodval Catholic pari h will old a quiz night at K"ng y Tavern on Monday, April 11 at 7.30 m. Tickets $4; ta s of ix. P o Kay on 409 9979 for tickets. P se book EARLY.
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COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
The St Thomas More College first year scholarships for 1988 were awarded as follows: S.J. Murphy scho arship: Richard Mil. Patricia Cullity scholar hip Heather D vin .
Parishioners, ex-parishioners and friends of St Dominic's are welcome.
LEEDERVILLE CWL
Members of Leederville Catholic Women's League are reminded that cakes and articles are needed for their stall at the Community Fair, Mt Hawthorn Civic Centre on Saturday, March 19 at 9am. Goods can be left at 91 Buxton Street, Mt Hawthorn.
GOS ELLS CELEBRATION
The City of Gosnells Bicentennial Christian Cel brati n will ta e pace at Gosn lls Ova on March 27 at 2.45pm with ma er of ceremo ies Graham Mabury nd a messag from Bi hop Witt. For the 2pm Youth March through the centre of Go Is m t t th Foothills Shoppinq Centre t .45pm.
NEWMA
The guest pea er discu ion group will m t on Thursday, March 24 at 8pm, in th S ni r Common Room of St Thomas ore Col ge. Father D. Bourke CM will on "Refl ions on h History of h Church in WA". Op n to all interested. For further informafon contact 381 1180.
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BURMA MISSION
URSES' GUILD
The next meeting will be at 7.30pm on Tuesday March 15 at 11 Ellesmere Rd, Mt Lawley. Enqu"ries to Secretary 350 5996.
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Ecumenical Peace Service 1988 "Peace, not tor you, not for me, but tor all ot us."
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MAR,IAN MOVEMENT
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CATHOLIC
Th monthly cenacle of th Marian mov m nt will be he at the Uttl Sisters of Carm I. 2 Frazer Street, Swanbourn on Tu ay, March 15 at 10.30 m.
LEEUWIN EASTER MASS
Th annual Mass and "B in of th Vinta e" at Leeuwin Estate will be h Id on Easter Su d y, April 3 at 11.30am. Th Beth I Covenant Community will assi e ·nging. Anyon in the district i w lcom to participate in the Sunday ceremony and u the BBQ and picnic f ciliti s afterwards. Win will b on sale.
SOCIETY
VIGIL
At Riverton Queen of Apostles church an all night vigil for Proiect Compassion will be hed on Friday March 18, commencing with Stations of the Cross at 7 .30pm through to Mass at 7am. For further information r·ng 457 2424.
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T ul r Fran iscan Or r, 'A, is organi ·ng outdoor Stations of the Cro at Kean y Col • Bindoon on P Im Su day, March 27, at 3pm.
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The Bishops' Committ e for Justi e Development and Peace (BCJOPJ invites applications for o executiv positions ith the ne ACSJC.