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He's not a God JAPANESE BISHOPS WARN NATION'S CATHOLICS TOKYO (NC): The bishops of Japan warned Catholics against viewing the late Emperor Hirohito as a god as elaborate f uneral rites were readied.

and the ascension of the new emperor might lead to pressure for the revival of State Shinto — the official version of traditional Japanese religion by which emperors were declared gods.

Before Japan's defeat in World War II, the emperor was officially considered divine.

The bishops have asked clergy and religious superiors to forgo holding requiem Masses, and avoid organising or participating in special functions related to the funeral observances.

The bishops also said they have formally asked the government to "observe the principle of the separation of religion and politics" guaranteed

by Japan's Constitution.

Catholic leaders in Japan have expressed concern that the funeral

The messages were released after Himhito's death last Saturday. The funeral was scheduled for Feb 24.

posthumously to an emperor along with the name he chose for his reign.

In the case of Hirohito, the 124th emperor, the name would be Showa Tenno. Showa means "Enlightened Peace".

Hirohito died at the age of 87 after a 62-year reign.

According to Japanese tradition, the imperial line was founded more than 2600 years ago.

In their letter to the laity, the bishops said they pray "for the eternal rest of the Tenno (heavenly emperor) whom God has called".

They also noted that the war in the Pacific was conducted in the emporer's name "and he had to bear the heavy burden all the while".

Since then he "as the symbol of the state has desired peace in the world", they said.

The late Emperor Hirohito.

In a previous draft of the letter, not released to the public, the bishops said of the war that Hirohito

"should be held himself responsible for these miserable affairs".

Tenno is the name given

Prince Akihito, 55, assumed the Chrysanthemum Throne the day his father died as the first in the line to become emperor without claiming divinity.

"As the funeral, the enthronement and other functions take place, let us be attentive so that we

would not divinise a human person," the bishops said to the laity. "nor absolutise a manmade system, nor univerparticular salise nationalism" In their message to the clergy and religious superiors, they said a "clear distinction" must be made between tradiShintoism. tional "patrimony of ancient Japan",and "State Shintoism", which made the emperor an absolute ruler under the Meiji line since 1868.

"We can by no means accept such absolutisation of a human person and a man-made system under any circumstances," they said. But the hierarchy warned that "there is a danger of going back to the abominable past".

Pope expresses deep sympathy CITY VATICAN ( NC): Pope John Paul ll expressed his "deep sympathy" at the death of Japanese Emperor Hirohito, saying he was a

leader "cherished by his people".

The pope's condolences were epxressed in telegrams to the new emperor, Hirohito's oldest son Akihito, to the late emperor's Empress w idow, Nagako, and to Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita. The messages were sent in the pope's name by Agostino C ardinal Vatican C asaroli, secretary of state.

The pope recalled his meeting with Hirohito during a visit to Japan in 1981. At that time, in a remarkable gesture, the emperor bowed to the pope when he departed the Imperial Palace.

The pope said his sympathy extended to the late emperor's family and to the entire nation.

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During a tour-day visit of senior members of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana USA, Archbishop Foley invited representatives of Catholic religious bodies and societies to a morning session to ask questions regarding the proposed Catholic University of Notre Dame in Perth.

Father John Neal OP director of the office that is planning the feasibility study was chairman of the meeting and is pictured summing up at the end.

It was the second visit of Notre Dame executives who are members of the board planning the Perth project: Father Edward Malloy CSC, president of Notre Dame; Father William Beauchamp CSC, vice president; and Professor Timothy O'Meara, provost.

Also on the panel answering questions were board members Archbishop Foley, Mr Denis Horgan and Dr Peter Tannock.

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Previous recipients of funding have included a young man in India who set up a business venture and a local agency which developed a program to assist people living below the poverty line.

Fr Ross said "The fund is awarded to projects so that Servites will have a personal involvement. It is not just the giving of money."

Fr Ross said that the

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project submitted by Emmanuel Centre was seen to meet the criteria of the Fund because it would result in bringing about a change for people with disabilities.

"Many people with disabilities are either put off, put out or kept away when church facilities are not accessible."

He said that the Emmanuel project was an opportunity for the Servite Order to be more involved in the ministry of an individual Friar, for example, Fr Paul Pitzen. who is Chaplain for deaf and hearing impaired people of Western Australia.

The local access study will be conducted by two occupational therapists, Linda Dolzadelli and Julie Harris who will personally visit every school, church, hall and Arc.hdiocesan Administration/agency to evaluate the facilities for

access for people with disabilities.

Mark Hutson , a staff member of ACROD, an Australian Council on Disability, who himself is in a wheelchair, said that "the project is important for the Church because the Church has a role to play in the life of people with disabilities. The Church can help people to experience community and a sense of belonging."

Mark said: "People with disabilities should have t he same options to participate in Church life as others. Accessibility for people with disabilities means enriching everyone's life."

He said that the first time he went to participate in a church function he was late, there were steps into the church and he couldn't get in.

He added: "Other times I've had to wait for someone to assist me or I've had to perform chair

gymnastics to get inside:' Mark said, "If a person with a disability has a positive experience it gives one more confidence in facing the next encounter, be it positive or negative."

"It is not to be expected," he said. "that people with disabilities need to be more persistent. more confident or more assertive than their able bodied counterparts.

"This project," Mark said. "will promote good access not only for people with disabilities but aLs4) for mothers with babies, elderly people and anyone who may have a disabling condition."

A copy of the report with its recommendations will be presented to the Archbishop, Fr Ross said: "Knowing where you stand and what is the situation is the first step towards knowing where to go and what to do about it."

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The money will be used to do a study of Catholic churches, schools, halls, and offices.

Fr Ross said that the Social Concerns Fund was an Australian initiative started three years ago.

"The objective," he said.

"IS to support projects of social concern where there is some connection with Servites, if possible.

Funds are distributed t wice a year."

SYDNEY: A Catholic university could be in place by early 1990 following a decision last week by the NSW State Government to support such a proposal by Catholic Tertiary education authorities.

In a joint statement last week, the NSW Government said it was prepared to support the university proposal by the Catholic College of Education, Sydney provided there are "procedures and structures" guaranteeing the new institution would operate at university standard.

The statement went on to say that if such a ssurances were provided. the government

would legislate to enable such a national institution to function as a university.

The decision to support the Catholic College's proposal is in keeping with the NSW Government's position on higher education in the state.

The Catholic College approached the NSW Government after the College decided to become part of the Unified National System,

as set out in the Federal Government's recent White Paper on Higher Education.

The College proposes to set up such a university based on the present Catholic tertiary institutions in NSW, Victoria, Queensland and the ACT. In the joint statement, the government said that in the light of the White Paper, it has recognised the need for the coming together of smaller insti-

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Under the Unified National System which would come into effect in 1990, only those who have joined the system would receive funding from the Commonwealth.

However, as the principal of the Catholic College of Education, Brother Sydney, Ambrose Payne points out, there are many benefits for Catholic tertiary institutions.

"They become eligible for what they call the equalisation measure. which is an attempt to fund similar courses at similar rates and it would have to benefit Catholic institutions because they have all been funded well below the average rates." Brother Payne told The Catholic Weekly.

Choice of house or children THAT'S WHAT THOUSANDS OF AUSSIES ARE FACED WITH

By CLIFF BAXTER in The Catholic Weekly

SYDNEY: Many thousands of young married Australians now have to make a dreadful choice — a house or children.

This was pointed out by Cardinal Clancy who went on television over Christmas to warn the community that the present housing system had "obviously failed" and to appeal to political leaders to do whatever they could to end the crisis.

Cardinal Clancy told his TV audience: "Christmas is the time to give special thought to the poor and needy in our community.

"When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Mary and

Joseph found themselves in a crowded town, without accommodation, and my thoughts today go particularly to the many homeless people among us.

"Thousands of Australians, both young and old, are living on the streets or in emergency hostels.

"Many thousands of young married people can no longer afford a home of their own.

"Often they face the terrible choice of having either a house or children, but not both.

"This is a damning indictment of our social and economic values.

"The present system has obviously failed and I appeal to our political leaders to do whatever they can to end this crisis.

"This is a serious injustice in our community and it was not for this that Jesus was born. May God be with you all this Christmas."

Priests voice concern

By GREG HALL in The Catholic Weekly SYDNEY: Two Sydney priests have voiced c oncern over the increasing influence f undamentalist groups are having on young A ustralian Catholics.

Father Doug Akehurst M. Chaplain of the State Youth Conference of St Vincent de Paul and Father Bill Challenor, Maroubra Parish Priest said it was one of the basic issues which had to be addressed by the Catholic Church today.

"One of the things which concerns me the most is the very strong trend towards fundamentalism and that is touching the lives of young people," Father Akehurst said.

He said such groups, both in and outside the Church. were attracting young people with black and white answers to very complex issues.

And the Church was not countering the fundamentalist issue which he described as becoming rife in the Christian churches.

Father Chattenor said during his studies in the United States last year he

saw research which showed a very strong correlation between those parishes where liturgy was poor and the increasing number of young Catholics joining Pentecostal groups.

He said what was more disturbing was that they lose their very best young Catholics to such groups.

Father Challenor. whose "standing room only" Sunday evening youth Masses attract young people from far and wide, says parishes must be more aware of the needs of young people particularly when it comes to music in the liturgy.

Salaries up, so school fees go up, too SYDNEY: Increased teachers' salaries have been given as a major reason for the rise in Catholic school fees next year.

Executive Director of Schools in the Sydney Archdiocese, Brother Kelvin Canavan, said the fees increase would cover rising running costs, including teachers' salaries and the difference between operating costs and the Federal Government's grant to Catholic schools.

Brother Kelvin said fees for primary schools will rise by 10 per cent and secondary school fees will increase by nine per cent.

Survey 'misleading' ADELAIDE: A report on a national survey claiming that an overwhelming majority of Australians approve of abortions was misleading, according to an A delaide Catholic Church spokesman.

Fr John Swann, a member of the MedicalMoral Committee of the Archdiocese of Adelaide, said popular support for abortion on the grounds of genetic abnormality

was understandable.

"But the 97 percent majority of abortions in SA are carried out on socalled 'psychological' grounds," he said.

"The figures quoted from the survey in fact indicate that the least support for abortion is on these grounds.

"There is a trend against abortion in SA and it's not only coming from church and pro-life groups.

"The significantly lower approval rating for abortion overseas shows the way we are going," Fr Swann said.

"If there is an overwhelming approval of abortion, then why are the medical and nursing professions so concerned that they have withdrawn some of their abortion services in SA? "Surely it is because they realise there is a

human life and can no longer bring themselves to be part of the trauma of destroying that life.

"Morality is not determined by popular opinion or gallup polls.

"It is a matter of principle which relates, in the case of abortion, to the fact of the human life of the unborn child and to the rights that the child has to continue to live," Fr Swann said.

Faulkner longs for unity ADELAIDE: Archbishop Faulkner spoke of his longing for full unity with the Anglican communion when he ordained a former Anglican priest into the Catholic priesthood.

For Father Ron Herde the December 21 ceremony in St Francis Xavier Cathedral was the 37th anniver-

sary of his Anglican ordination. It was the 39th anniversary of Archbishop Faulkner's own ordination.

Father Herde, a widower, became a Catholic in 1976. In preparation for his Catholic ministry he took a two-year shortened course at St Francis Xavier seminary, a time

he described as one of friendship and renewal.

In his homily Archbishop Faulkner said: "Because so much of Ron Herde's earlier faith journey has been within the Anglican tradition, it is a good opportunity for me today to express my deep respect for the Anglican Communion, and

for its traditions.

"I hope and long and pray for the day when we will achieve full communion with our Anglican brothers and sisters. We are committed to work for this cause in every way we can, since we are convinced that this is the only way we can be faithful to our Lord Jesus Christ."

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The world media attention that will focus on the obsequies of Emperor Hirohito of Japan will itself be an event of historical importance not only for Japan but for the world.

He is likely to be the last of the earthly emperor gods in human history and it will have been the 20th century — virtually Hirohito's own lifespan — that saw the last of dozens of the powerful monarchies of history dismantled and even buried under new popular government.

Other gods, of even drier clay, tried to usurp the vacuum. The worshippers not only of the East but of a confused West bowed in homage to the images of Stalin and Mao but already the hammers of the proletariate that once worshipped them have reduced their statuesque deception and viciousness to dust.

In a living mockery of her power the once mighty wife of Mao languishes pathetically as the final bitter episode.

Yet through it all the emperor of Japan survived and history cannot change the fact that his long survival was to be determined as CITLUK, Yugoslavia: The local plan c.alls for tions in what is taking crowds. From that state Garbage cans throughmuch by his conquerors as by the devotion of Local communist building new roads, a place there," he said. of surprise the govern- out the village and his people. government officials shopping mall and local ment now wished to regular pick-ups are also But some interruptions That the mighty have fallen from their have a master plan for language courses for have occurred. In middevelop the place." scheduled, he said. thrones takes on henceforth a new meaning. increasing and accom- those dealing with the November soldiers with He said that in the past The quality of service There will be foolish dictators of every hue modating tourists in ever increasing number bulldozers levelled or seven years without a given to visitors is a who will scale the heights of power again and the village of Medju- of visitors. sealed off shops along the government master plan, concern of the governagain but humanity has turned a corner and gorje including conchurch.

James St road to villagers and outsiders ment, he added.

The Yugoslav governnever again will one human person be held up struction of an indoor made "fast moves and mayor said The they ment estimates that since "We want to help again as the god of another. shopping mall where wanted to achieve lots of money, legal and private homeowners to simply 1981, million 11 people Yet the gods of the past will in a sense never pilgrims can buy have visited Medjugorje. some order there. There illegal". learn languages, cooking die. From the archives of ancient Persia, souvenirs. was too much confusion "That's why the gover- and how to deal with While Greece or Rome and now Japan, film makers avoiding using there, he said.

The village where six ment wants to make a people's behaviour. This will make them box office hits time and time young people have the words "religion", Mayor Bevanda said program to cover all place has no tradition in again. claimed seeing the Virgin "pilgrims" or "appari- that when the "activity" aspects of lives in Medju- travel jobs so they want The demise of the divine Hirohito comes at Mary daily since 1981 is tions" communist mayor in Medjugorje began in gorje, to provide better to give a little more a time when Western society soul has been a scene both of neatly Bevanda explained how 1981 the government organisation and to con- sophisticated service. stifled by its materialism and secularism and kept vineyards and of the government "has a was not prepared tp deal trol the making of legal "We want people to is close to death. piles of rotting garbage, positive opinion about with the influx of money," he explained. understand we are a Medjugorje". tourists.

In the master plan. friendly country. We are The West that can neither find God nor with an open ditch "We are not afraid of shopkeepers will be going to do whatever we worship Him will this month sit in front its alongside the pot holed "In the beginning they television screen wondering what is the road along which tour- helping to develop the were very surprised," he licensed to operate in the can to let people know spiritual heart that still in various ways ists gather each evening place as a tourist centre said. "They had no recipe mall to be built near the and understand that leading animates the vast human face of Asia and For the apparitions at St and we are not planning to solve the problems bridge to Yugoslav people want to to make any interrup- that accompanied the Medjugorje. which is virtually a closed book to Western James church. make friends." thinking.

The death of Hirohito would also appear to make a moment in the history of Catholicism in Japan. When, since the days of Francis Xavier and the bloody persecutions in between would a Catholic hierarchy have dared go public and warn Catholics against the emperor's divinity and not hold public Masses for his memory?

For much lesser crimes the fate of Christians in the past was swift.

ROME (NC): Bishop Vilnius because he Ironically, it has been the modern industrial S AN SALVADOR, churchman in the Julijonas Steponavi- wasn't granted perJapan that has fed the materialist consumer (NC): Salvadoran offi- country when he was cius has been given mission to carry out furnaces of the world to fashion new gods of cials said the killing in killed by a bullet permission by Lithua- his duties as apostolic steel and the micro-chips. And now the Japan 1980 of Archbishop through the heart nian authorities to administrator. of tomorrow faces itself the risk of Oscar Romero, which March 24,1980, while resume his church godlessness. Akihito has a difficult direction to has become a rallying celebrating Mass in a The government duties as leader of the choose for his country. point for anti-rightist hospital chapel. began relaxing resVilnius Archdiocese, demonstrations, will Last year Garay tesThe Australian perspective of Hirohito's according to the trictions on Bishop reamin unsolved tified that he was the death has to be coloured by all of these Lithuanian Informa- Steponavicius several because the nation's driver for the gunperspectives.

HELENA, Mont (NC): The months ago when it tion Centre in Rome.

Supreme Court ruled man, sentence of a convicted whom he identiEconomically we wrestle with embarrassthe testimony of a key fied as a dentist Since January 1961 granted him permiskiller who had been ment that the great Australian landscape witness t he invalid, named Hector Anto77-year -old sion to visit Rome in scheduled for execution would not be half as pleasant if the comforts because it was nearly nio Regalado, an bishop has been October for three has been commuted to life of Japanese technology were not around. We eight years ago. forced by the govern- weeks of talks with expert marksman and imprisonment after a six dream a fantasy that we can produce and buy Pope John Paul hand ment to live outside a week campaign for cleformer security The testimony was A ustralian but it is never realised. the archdiocese, pre- other top Vatican official. mency by a Catholic from the alleged Australia too is harnessed to the memory of venting him from officials. priest. driver of the getaway It is only Garay's a war that deserves never to be forgotten for exercising his pasear, Amado Antonio testimony Father Jerry Lowney, which The bishop, during its brutality and mass destruction yet the hurt toral duties as apos- his Rome visit, Garay, who said a links associate Regalado pastor of St to the and pain suffered by many living Australians tolic administrator of expressed pessimism major right-wing pol- murder.

Helena's Cathedral. got and their families at the hands of the Japanese Vilnius, Lithuania's that government offiitical figure, Roberto involved in the case of Garay said that after sits uncomfortably with the fact that the most important cials would allow him D'Aubuisson ordered convicted killer David the killing he heard Japanese alone, with our connivance, had to Catholic See. the killing.

Cameron Keith when he to exercise his duties his boss, Capt. Alvem suffer the nuclear holocaust that makes us Bishop Steponavigave a homily opposing in Vilnius because Archbishop Romero Rafael Saravia, tell tremble today. cius has turned down "they do not want to the death penalty that headed the San Salva- D'Aubuisson, "We did Those, of both sides, who probably suffered previous offers by the admit that they have spurred two Catholic dor Archdiocese and what we planned, we most in the war died either immediately or in Soviets to reside in made a mistake". lawyers to seek clemency was the leading killed Mr Romero." the fading 44 years. The intemperate remarks for Keith. of some ex-servicemen over Hirohito's death The commuting of the are mocking commentary that no generation sentence prevented what lives long on this earth, least of all to would have been the perpetually nurse its hatreds. state's first execution in DUB LIN: Materialism Christian Lastly, Japan, if no other, is the country that values, on fam45 years.

MOSCOW: According to seminaries cal various in and secularism are "areas ily life and on the natural most warns Australia of 1989 that its a Russian Orthodox Keith, who as a result of Soviet republics. miniscule 16 million population sits on the for concern" for the generosity of the people. church leader there were police shoot-out is a Cath olic Church in Ire- Training in the fringe of the billion strong Asian basin and the faith would 723 churches opened or Of nearly the blind and is re-opened land, according to the history of tomorrow is only partially in our seem churches, some 200 are paralysed on the right retiring Vatican nuncio be in some instances to re-opened in the Soviet hands. deficient."

Union in 1988. said to be in the Ukraine, side of his body, had said Archbishop Alibrandi who The god died. His fellow gods smiled in has but the Metropolitan did his injuries have made Metropolitan Filaret of held the post since The archbishop added Monsk sympathy. The true God looked down on us 1969. not specify to which him no longer a threat to said the that on the whole he saw Orthodox and wondered . . . denomination the re- society and that he church had "These two forces are reasons for hope and received permission to opened churches should not receive the having an effect on optimism in the church. belonged. death penalty. open four new theologi4 The Record, January 12, 1989

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Soviet e yes' to eight nuns MOSCOW: Eight nuns of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity will be allowed to work in the Soviet Union on temporary visas.

Mother Teresa. in Moscow after visiting earthArmenian victims, quake reached an agreement with the Soviet Peace Committee whose president said it was hoped to prolong the agreement after the initial six months.

Mother Teresa told a news conference that her nuns had no money to offer "but we are very happy to give tender love and

care to the people, to the sick, to the dying, to the lonely, to anyone who needs love."

In 1929 Stalin banned charitable activities by religious congregations.

A professor at Moscow's Institute of Microsurgery said one condition of the nuns presence there was that religious services would be for themselves, not for patients or for the public.

He said that the nuns at the institute would be working with victims of severe spinal injuries and trauma.

Pope names 5 bishops in Hungary VATICAN CITY (NC): Pope John Paul II named five auxiliary bishops in Hungary, a step seen as positioning the church's hierarchy there for the

future.

Two of the new auxiliaries will go to Esztergom, the primatial See in the communist nation, and the others were named to some of Hungary's largest dioceses.

An informed Vatican official said the appointments were worked out in negotiating sessions between the Vatican and Hungarian representatives in October.

There was no serious government opposition to the Vatican-proposed candidates, most of

whom had been suggested by the local Ordinaries, he said.

The official said the appointments would bring young leaders into dioceses where the resident bishop is old or ill, and would relieve the workload on other bishops. Two of the new bishops are in their 40s.

The official said the appointments had no direct connection with a planned papal trip to Hungary, but he added that they could help build a good climate for such a visit.

Vatican sources have said the trip would probably not occur before 1990.

Two million in pilgrimage MEXICO CITY (NC): An e stimated two million Catholics made the annual pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe for two days of c elebration and Masses marking the feast of the patron saint of Mexico and the Americas.

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims began arriving at the Mexico City basilica the night of Dec 11 for the traditional singing of Las Mananitas,

the Mexican version of Happy Birthday to the Virgin Mary.

Masses were celebrated every hour throughout the day on Dec 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Mexico City Cardinal Ernesto Corripio Ahumada celebrated an 11am Mass before a crowd of 30,000, which jammed the aisles and overflowed out the doors. The basilica holds 15,000.

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...BY COLUMBAN PRIEST BACOLOD CITY, Philippines (NC): An Irish Columban missionary who returned to the Philippines after three years of exile sees a "long civil war ahead" unless there is immediate land and judicial reform.

Columban Father Niall O'Brien also said the Philippines was in danger of becoming irreparably divided by internal fighting.

"If no reforms take place, we will begin a landslide backwards which will be far worse than the position at the end of the Marcos years," he said.

He said he believes there are only "four or five years, or even less" to make changes.

During the regime of former President Ferdinand Marcos, Father O'Brien, Father Brian Gore of Australia and six Catholic laymen were accused of the 1982 ambush slaying of Mayor Paolo Sola of Kabankalan, Philippines.

In July, 1984, charges were dismissed because guilt could not be established "beyond a reasonable doubt", but the priests were forced to leave the country.

Father , O'Brien returned to the Philippines in 1987, a year after the "people power" revolution toppled Marcos

and put President Corazon Aquino in power.

But he said he sees no improvement in the justice system and not much hope for agrarian reform.

"There has been no adequate cleanup of the judiciary, so there are no normal channels for the people to solve their problems," he said.

In June, Mrs Aquino signed an agrarian reform law scheduled to take effect in steps over a 10-year period.

It set a 12-acre limit on land holdings, with an additional seven acres for each direct heir over age 15 who would till the land.

It also gives landowners the option of sharing profits or giving tenants shares of stock rather than physically dividing the property.

Father O'Brien said the military and powerful landowners are refusing to support the government's program.

Many Catholic groups have criticised the program as having too many loopholes.

The missionary said he sees signs that the wealthy landowners on Negros Island are angry enough to leave the Catholic Church and join the newly emerging Protestant fundamentalist faiths.

"It's the first time in hundreds of years this has happened," he said. joining "They are because the fundamentalist churches won't disturb their easy lifestyles by asking them to commit to social change." fighting He said between the government and communist insurgents puts the country of danger "in Lebanonisation".

"At one time both sides had high ideals for fighting." he said. "Now that has degenerated into old-fashioned revenge and vendettas. When you extrapolate that to the national scene, (with) the cultural habits of switching sides, you'll see how easily things can deteriorate here," Father O'Brien said that "anybody who says anything about justice and truth is suspected of being a communist", but added that Christians must remain nonviolent.

"As Christians, our stand on justice should be as strong as it could be. but under no circumstances should we give way to killing or armed struggle," he said.

Since his return to the Father Philippines.

O'Brien has published his second book. "Revolution From the Heart".

He also edits the Columbans' missionary magazine, Misyon (Mission).

Low-key ordinations RANGOON (UCAN): Priestly ordinations taking place throughout Burma's dioceses since November this year have been untypically quiet as lowkey celebrations have replaced the grand manner which characterised past ordinations.

Considering the political turmoil that has recently rocked the nation, however, people

believe it is no small miracle that the St National Joseph's Catholic Major Seminary has produced an above average number of ordinations.

Burma usually has 15 to 20 priests each year, but 28 seminarians this year were ordained — most Karens, Kachins and members of other minor-

ity groups.

Such ceremonies in the past would be attended by as many as 7000 people, but the new priests had to be content with at most 500 people a t their ordination ceremonies — the low turnout due to a government regulation that restricts attendance at ceremonies to no more than 500.

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Great deal of ignorance There is still a great deal of ignorance about cultures and peoples.

When it comes to other religions, Australians have even more limited and knowledge experience.

So says Scalabrinian priest, Fr Dino Torresan, in a booklet entitled: Inculturation: Option to Multiculturalism, The Search for Identity.

Says Fr Dino: "Migrants and refugees from Asia (about whom so much controversy literally

Inculturation: Option to Multiculturalism The search for an indentity

By Father Dino Torresan, C.S.

rages at the moment) come not only from cultures unfamiliar to European -Australians, but have affiliations with the world religions about which (sad to say) Australians are ignorant."

He says the Church in Australia has a serious moral obligation to undergo this process of re-formulating the Gospel message, for the sake of the Gospel of Christ and for the sake of its multicultural audience if it wants to be a true de facto to her mission of salvation and meaningful as a way of life.

He says that if "we" want to surmount some of the barriers which stand in the way in efforts to deal effectively with the complexities of The Asian cultures, he Asian cultures, we must says, are an even more incorporate their "mech- difficult challenge to the anisms" of social com- Church in its effort of munication into the inculturation and communion of faith. evangelisation.

This is because of the differences in mental categories, vision of life, symbolism, and patterns of values.

He adds : "Indeed, even before dealing with the Asian Christians, we must clarify what we imply with the word Asian."

He then gives two examples of the complexity of the task: "India is a mosaic of races and religions, of cultures and languages.

"India is a melting pot of

"The percentages of various religionists are computed as follows: Hindus 76%, Muslims 11%, Tribal religionists 5%, Christians 3%, Sikhs 2%, Buddhists, Mains . . . and people without religion put together 3%.

"1. The Thomas"There is a mainstream of Indian culture; yet Christians (south-west); there are significant 2. the Konkan or West differences among the Coast Catholics (Mangacultures of the Indian lore, Goa, Bombay); 3. the Catholics peoples, broadly coincid- Latin-rite ing with the linguistic (south India); 4. North India ( the descendants of regions.

"The Indian Constitu- the converts by the tion recognises 15 lan- Capuchins); 5. the Advaguages officially, with sis; 6. the Tribals of the North-eastern States."

700-odd dialects spoken He says that: "It is by small groups. obvious from the above "There is also quite a classification that the variety of Indian challenges of inculturaChurches. tion will differ according "The Catholic Christian to the cultures and communities may be traditions of the local fitted into six groups: Christian communities.

Church has a special duty Of Christian Expeamidst rience Changing Cultures, Fr Dino says: Today the Church has a special duty to present itself as the sacrament of unity in variety, in the midst of so many peoples everywhere, who find themselves painfully torn apart by all types of divisions, by increasing hostility and open conflict, and who anxiously scan the horizon for a coveted vision of peace.

The Church — that is, ourselves, all of us — must exhibit a

model, or many models, not just of peaceful co-existence, but of peaceful proexistence, where each one has something to contribute to the wellbeing of the other, and where differences make for mutual enrichment.

The newness of this encounter, in its plurality of contexts, and the urgency of reconciling pluralism with unity in the Church are the focal point of the Christian experience amidst changing cultures.

A consistent, committed and alert dia-

logue between the Church and modern cultures, becomes a fundamental condition for announcing and keeping alive in our time the timeless message of Jesus Christ.

Thus, the aim is not a becoming fragmented in particularism nor a being dissolved into a grey uniformity; it is rather that creative catholic universality which accepts all the spiritual riches of different cultures, and purifies, consolidates and elevates them, leading them to unity.

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The Second Vatican Council states that "theological investigation must necessarily be stirred up in each major social-cultural area" in order that "it will be more clearly seen in what ways faith can seek for understanding in the philosophy and wisdom of these people.

A better view will be gained of how their customs, outlook of life, and social order can be reconciled with the manner of living taught by divine revelation. As a result, avenues will be opened for a more

profound adaptation in the whole area of Christian life."

Inculturation, according to the Synod of Bishops, "is different from a simple external adaptation, because it means the intimate transformation of the authentic cultural values through their integration in Christianity in various human cultures."

As A.A.R. Cmllius, sj., writes: "The above words show clearly that inculturation is not "simple", but is a "two-way process": from cultures to

Christianity and from Christianity to cultures.

Inculturation is, at the same time, a process of integration and of taking root.

And since cultures are many, and Christian doctrine is one. the problem is given of the one and the multiple."

Thus evangelisation of cultures and inculturation of the Gospel intertwine in the missionary task of the Church and in a practical way involve her in the building up of a civilisation of truth and love.

Multiculturalism in a nutshell According to the Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission of WA, multiculturalism is "a public policy perspective based on a pluralistic model of society.

"Translated into a strategy aimed at preventing the structural fragmentation of society by supporting the cultural aspirations of minority groups within a commitment to the contemporary political and economic order.

"In an Australian context, multiculturalism contains four themes: social cohesion; cultural identity; equality of opportunity and access; equal responsibility for, commitment to and participation in society."

As one can see, such a definition underlines its primary emphasis on political, economic and social anthropology.

My aim is a different one: that is, to emphasize the set of meanings. symbols, trends, insights and values, which under specific ways of unde,standing, expressing and

defining give shape to specific cultures.

My assumption is that even' specific culture is the result of a belief.

Thus, if we want to come to a definition of culture. we may describe it as: "the set of meanings, values and patterns which underlie the perceptible phenomena of a concrete society, (...), that consciously or unconsciously pass from generation to generation, and are kept as they are or transformed by people as the expressions of their human reality and beliefs."

Culture therefore is the deepest code to reveal a human, social and religious group and its key to make it understandable.

Multiculturalism is the multiple variety of cultures, situated in a specific milieu (ex. the city of Perth, or in Australia) and interacting with one another.

In itself, multiculturalism is neither positive nor negative; the reciprocal attitudes and relationships of the groups can turn it into one or the other.

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about cultures, peoples "And, as we can see, the her own." label 'Indian culture' can He then takes another become an elusive term example of what we call as well," he adds. culture": "Asian Fr Dino writes: "Thus, if Indonesia. the Church in Australia Indonesia is the largest (and this can be applied archipelago of the world. to society as well) is to be Of the more than 13,000 incarnate in people, she islands that make up its must be in continuous, territory, only 992 have humble and loving dia- permanent inhabitants. logue with the living But most of the 155 traditions, the cultures, million Indonesians live the religions — in brief, on the five big islands of with all the life-realities Java, Sumatra, Kalimanof the people in whose tan, Sulawesi and Irian midst she has sunk her Jaya. roots deeply and whose In this extensive history she gladly makes Archipelago live many

ethnic groups, each with their own language, traditions and culture.

There are more than 250 different languages.

In the religious field Indonesia displays a great diversity.

According to the Government census of 1980 the breakdown of the population by religion is as follows: 87.19% Moslem, 5.77% 2.96% Protestant, Catholic, 2.03% Hindu, 0.92% Buddhist, 1.10% other religions.

When we realise these geographical and cultural situations, we can easily understand why the Republic of Indonesia has as its motto: "Unity in Diversity". Indeed, it is not very clear what should be understood by "Indonesian culture", because this country is fundamentally pluricultural, he observes.

When people in Indonesia speak about "culture", they usually refer to one of the traditional local cultures: the culture of the Javanese, the Sanda-

nese, the Balinese, the Bataks or the many other the of people Archipelago.

society) (and Australia.

in

"If to the so-called Indian and Indonesian As one can see, Indone- cultures we add the sian culture itself is still specifically "Asian culin flux. For them incultu- ture", like the Vietnaration also means partic- mese, the Japanese, the ipation in the creation of Korean, the Chinese, the that new Indonesian Filipino, etc. cultures, culture. It is still in the then the problem widens and we can deeply feel making. our incompetence to "These two examples understand, appreciate may help us tp under- and share the world of stand and be aware of migrations in Australia. how complex incultura"But this is the chaltion is for the Church

lenge of inculturation for our Church today, even before starting any work of evangelisation.

"Catholic, before being a title, must be a living reality, "No doubt, this involves also time, considerable time. I feel that if the Church (and society as well) is looking for fast results in a process involving broad cultural changes, she is forgetting her own 'European' history," he concludes.

Flashback! The pope dancing with young people at a Youth Rally at Sydney Cricket Ground when the pontiff visited A ustralia in 1986. The gathering saw young people of various ethnic groups and cultures present.

We are a multicultural society That Australia is a multicultural society, that is a society made up by a variety of cultures and people, no one has any doubts.

Statistics are available in thousands, presenting and evaluating percentages, drawing up conclusions of different social impact and impor-

tance for Australia's way of living.

Although immigrants have been coming to Australia since British settlement, it was only after the Second World War that a "mass migraprogram tion" commenced.

This marked a departure from pre-war immi-

gration policies, in that to Australia.

By contrast, a common the Federal Government saw sought to plan yearly misconception intakes in order to meet immigrants themselves a number of objectives, as the sole beneficiaries primarily development of their move to Austof an industrial labour ralia. force. were they Thus It is important to note expected to assimilate that immigration was quickly to mainstream considered by its archi- Australian life and to rid tects to be of great value themselves of their lan-

guages, cultural values and religions.

Governments in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s conformed to this assimilationistic view, and as a result immigrants were faced with an unenviable choim: either assimilate or face the prospect of being excluded from partici-

pating in community affairs.

The 1970s saw great changes in Australia's immigration policies, primarily during the dismantling of the White Australian Policy.

Henceforth, eligibility to immigrate was to be determined without reference to racial origin.

As a direct result immigration from South East Asia and the Indian subcontinent increased markedly. This was par ticularly so following the end of the Indo-Chinese War in 1975, when growing numbers of Vietnamese refugees were allowed to settle in Australia.

Definition of pertinent words Identity may be defined as "the set of self-images held by an individual or a group, and their subsequent behaviour."

Or in different words, it is the internal consistency of human persons in their ethical behaviour.

I will apply this definition firstly to religious groups and individuals, and only indirectly to a wider anthropological context.

My criterion of affirming the identity

of a culture and of individuals belonging to such a culture is based on the theology of creation: if God found the world good, then there must be much to affirm in a local situation.

and Individuals groups will find a identity common when their self-images meet the ethical behaviour, common to all: the Gospel message of Jesus Christ.

Inculturation, in my I will also base it on opinion, implies a the theology of incar- theological dimension, nation: if God revealed and can't be fully himself in the person understood unless it of Jesus, and his goes beyond the message was meant horizon of cultural for all cultures, then anthropology.

Without this theologany cultural setting contains more positive ical dimension, inculthan negative qual- turation may fall into the trap of social, ities.

economic and even cultural exploitation.

This will suffice for now;Iwill have a more accurate explanation later, in this paper.

Iwant, at this stage, to specify some terminology which will be used in the course of the dissertation: INCULTURATION: "The relationship between the Christian and message/life cultures."

ENCUI,TURATION: "The process by which the human individual becomes inserted into

his/her own culture or with the words of Herskovits, the learning experience which marks humans off from other creatures and by means of which, initially and in later life, they achieve competence in their culture."

A CCULTURATION: "The encounter with a culture other than one's own or the contact between cultures together with the ensuing changes."

Or in other words, the continuous first-

hand contact with their influence upon different cultures, and itself. the subsequent According to the changes in the original definition, this is in my patterns of either or opinion the mission of both groups. inculturation: to make MANSCULTURATION Christianity enter the "The transference of very blood and veins of cultural traits, sym- the Australians, in bols, meanings, patt- their multicultural erns, values or institu- reality; to make it tions of a specific answer their aspiraculture to almost all tions and anxieties; to other cultures." make Australian It is implied here a Christians recover certain self-conscious their one identity affirmation of a cul- rather than live in ture which deeply dualism. influences other culNot an easy mission tures while resisting indeed!

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"I'm leaving Church!"

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The young man in my university office was very intent.

He definitely wanted me to hear this, and so I nodded for him to go on.

But he had said everything he wanted to say.

The ball was in my court now.

"Has the decision been coming for a long time?"

It had been.

"All that stuff about God they tell you in high school. Did anybody

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really believe that?"

The year was 1970. 1 was teaching in th university's departmet t of religious studies. It s not unusual in thos ? days for a student to te 1 a priest that he or she , leaving the Church.

What happened aftel _ ward also was typig The student did sip going to Church. But also continued to stop, my office from time time.

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DISCUSSION POINTS

"Faith sometimes remains dormant for a long while. But like a desert flower, all it takes is a little water for it to blossom again."

In focus What brings people back to the church again once they have drifted away?

That is the question behind this week's NC Religious Package.

Blessed Sacrament Father Eugene LaVerdiere suggests that often it is more of a "leave of absence" than a real departure from the church when young people forego practicing their faith for a time.

He tells of two young men and how they returned to active participation in the church.

Dolores Leckey tells the story of a nurse who was brought back to the church through the influence of a dying patient.

After her own return to the church, the nurse became one of the people in her parish who offers support to others who are returning.

Cynthia Liebhart McCormack describes a process that has been developed by JesuitFather James Lopresti to meet the needs of alienated Catholics who are returning to the church.

Father John Castelot's Scripture article tells some of the ways the Bible can be helpful in bringing people back to the church.

In a sense, the whole Bible is a story of conversion, he say's.

Scripture includes frequent reminders that the word of God is powerful, able to turn things around.

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RCIA

By Cynthia

LIEBHART McCORMACK That there are Catholics who have "fallen away" — or even "run away" — from active participation in the Church comes as no startling revelation.

What may be surprising, however, is the number of alienated Catholics coming back.

Parish leaders report that these people are

turning up especially at gatherings of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.

They are attracted at first by the supportive atmosphere found in the community settings and personal relationships of the RCIA and by its emphasis on conversion as a process.

Nonetheless, many alienated Catholics soon discover they need something slightly different — "something more notably reconciling", as Jesuit Father James Lopresti,

There are people who drift away from the Church slowly. Others may leave abruptly, perhaps in a moment of anger.

Think of your circle of friends a acquaintances. Have any left the Church for period? Have any returned? What brought theni back?

Why might a person feel fearful or anxious about returning to regular participation in the parish Sunday Eucharist after a long absencel Where can the returning person turn if he or she has questions to ask about the Church?

Is there anything parishioners can do to ease the way back into the Church's life f individuals and families who are "coming home".

Experts agree that many people will acce a warm invitation to return to the Church. Ho might such an invitation be extended?

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catechumenate director, puts it.

"The rite of penance is, of course, meant specifically to provide that reconciliation," Father Lopresti noted. "Often it does. But for many, a single encounter in the reconciliation room even with the most kind and understanding priest isn't quite enough."

Those who have been away a decade or more likewise discover they are returning to a Church they don't know, "a community behaving

in a way they don't recognise", said Sally Harmony, a pastoral assistant.

"They need time, time to heal their wounds, time to become reacquainted with the Church," she said.

Father Lopresti has developed a parish process patterned along the lines of the RCIA but tailored more closely to the needs of alienated Catholics.

He believes it is being used in more than 100 parishes already.

But then, every once in a while, he gets a clear indication that they are listening — each, of course, in his or her own way. It is an indication, I like to think, of what the writer of the New Testament letter to the Hebrews said: "Indeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soil and spirit, joints and marrow" (4:12).

There is real hunger for

the word of God. Often it is the reason that Catholics who have drifted away from the sacraments come home again.

A large part of the answer to why they return is found in the hunger Amos spoke of in the Old Testament when he referred to a kind of famine, "not a famine of bread or thirst for water, but for hearing the word of the Lord" (Amos 8:11).

The word has brought many people full circle.

This wouldn't have surprised the Old Testament prophets. Consider these words from Isaiah: "So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth. It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the

By Father John CASTELOT end for which I sent it" (Isaiah 55:11).

All of Christian life is a long series of conversions — from sin to repentance, from goodness toward greater goodness and perfection. In this vital, ongoing conversion the word of God is an extremely important factor.

As a teacher, it has been gratifying to hear, by word of mouth and by letter, that a course I conducted or even just one particular Scripture passage has had a transforming effect on someone.

Sometimes people tell me that certain phrases have furnished constant motivation and encouragement in their efforts to be better Christians.

Here are some of the recurring passages they have mentioned — passages they have contemplated and found particularly valuable: "For when I am weak, then I am strong" (2 Corinthians 2:10).

"I have the strength for everything through him who empowers me" (Philippians 4:13).

"Ilive by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and has given himself up for me" (Galatians 2:20).

In a very real sense, the

in Church — after he graduated.

Eventually he and his wife were blessed with a son.

And 17 years later that son, too, may challenge his parents and perhaps a priest friend just as his father did.

What brought the young man back to the Church? Was it his marriage? The responsibility of parenthood? The concern of parents who never abandoned him? A few games of squash with a priest?

His parents and I had not approved of his dropping out. But we had allowed him to find his way, hoping and praying he would land on his feet and eventually on his knees.

And he did.

Perhaps he had never actually left the Church.

He had spoken of leaving and he had stopped attending Sunday Mass. That's one thing. But it is quite another to really leave the Church.

Today I think of such

Called "Re-membedg Church", the procos calls for ongoing snit group gatherings of alnated Catholics active pensioners 3 share their persog 1 experiences of faith a of the Church, to ref :t on Scripture and to 7 His approach also for a rediscovery of Order if ancient Penitents.

Originally conceived)f as a means for baptild Catholics who had colmilted serious sin 10 return to the Euch

whole Bible is a contrsion story with GI's word appealing to pegle to "come home" in v after story.

For example, then is the conversion sty when Nathan confnits David with his sin.

There is the invita0 extended by lsalL "Come now, let us things straight, saystte Lord. Though your its be like scarlet, they ill Y become white as sre (Isaiah 1:18).

And there is the udrgettable story of lie Prodigal Son. His fai'r happily welcomes In home.

Is anybody really 1' ling to this word? le answer, I'm sure, is 1

"departures" as leaves of absence.

It is wonderful when someone comes to adult faith more smoothly. At least it is less traumatic for family and friends.

But a leave of absence when a young person takes stock of things need not be a cause for panic.

God who gives life is also the God who gives faith. And when people wander away from the Church for a while, it is God ultimately who brings them back to it.

Faith sometimes

remains dormant for a long while. But like a desert flower, all it takes is a little water for it to blossom again.

I think this was the case with another young man who never actually decided to leave the Church. He simply stopped showing up at Church when he went away to college.

At the university — a large state university — nothing nudged him in the Church's direction.

Nor was there anything or anyone in the Church

reaching out to him. At least none had found him.

This continued for quite a while until a friend recruited him to do something for others.

A group of young people from the university were volunteering to tutor underprivileged high school students.

Many were bright. All they needed was a little help.

He volunteered. Soon he was joining his new friends for Mass at the university's Newman

Centre.

What had brought him back to the Church?

Was it because he was approached by one of his own peers? Was it because he was asked to do something to help others?

For many people, it is not enough to receive the benefits of the Church and the help it offers passively. Like adults in all areas of life, they need to join with fellow Catholics in giving to others what they continue to receive.

An ending and a beginning.

A return to the church after a long absence marks both an ending and a beginning.

It is a first step into a dynamic community.

Some who return are amazed by the communhity itself.

For during their absence, its life was not "on hold", standing still.

Just reading the announcements in the parish bulletin may be an eye-opener for those who

return.

Parish renewal groups, Scripture study classes, parent -preparation classes for a child's baptism, communal penance services with individual confession, soup kitchens and Catholic organisations caring for expectant single mothers: All these may represent an unfamiliar parish landscape to the returnee.

The celebration of the

Sunday liturgy itself, while familiar in so many ways, may be unfamiliar to the returnee in other ways.

Clearly, this is a community people must grow into.

But returning to the church is more than a matter of getting reacquainted with renewed facets of church life.

Behind each return — whether it is that of an individual, of a couple or

the sacrament of penance.

At the same time, the "penitents" are assigned a "companion" from the community, someone to encourage and support them along the way.

The process reaches a climax at the Holy Thursday liturgy, when the community celebrates the penitent's return to the Eucharist and to active discipleship.

The point, Ms Harmony said, is that "people on a journey back to the

Church don't do it in isolation, in a corner somewhere . . . They do it in the middle of a community, with the community's support and strength".

The approach makes sense, however, only in parishes where "the process of reconciliation is valued" by all, says Father Lopresti.

"It simply would not work where the community gives out the message that some are sinners and others are not."

attraction

Real hunger for the word of God As a priest presiding at the Sunday Eucharist looks out at the congregation during the Scripture readings, he often is tempted to wonder, "Is anybody listening?".

Along the way, some of his friends joined us. All had dropped out of the Church.

One day I received a phone call from his parents.

"Our son tells us you're a friend of his. You're a priest, aren't you? Why can't you get him to go to Church?"

I told them their son was a fine person. They needed to be patient. But patience is difficult when your child is involved.

Well, they were patient.

Their son got married —

By Father Eugene LA VERDIERE SSS

the Order of Penitents today can be used to ritualise and publicly celebrate distinct moments of reconciliation occurring in the lives of alienated Catholics.

As it is practiced, individuals who decide to return to the Church can be enrolled in the order.

At the beginning of Lent, they are marked with ashes and they enter into an intense period of prayer and reflection. And they are encouraged to receive

When prayers are answered

By Dolores LECKEY Sheara is a nurse who specialises in the care of children and youths who have cancer.

She was reared a Catholic, but in her college days and afterward she drifted away from the practice of Catholicism.

She is clear, however, that she never doubted God's existence or the power and pull of the spiritual life.

For her, spirituality

simply was occurring outside formal religious practice.

Sheara married a man who was sensitive, caring and concerned about social justice. He also was an agnostic.

Distance from Catholicism became increasingly normal for her.

Then Jim, a student at university and a cancer patient, entered Sheara's life and changed it forever.

Jim was an involved member of the university's Newman community and he often talked to Sheara about it.

The relationship of nurse and patient is very close.

Vulnerability, dreams, fears and values often are shared in the time and space this relationship encompasses.

Jim spoke to Sheara about his worshipping community. His family also identified the Newman Centre as a precious place for them.

As Sheara's work shifted from prolonging life to preparing Jim for death, Jim and his family's efforts turned toward inviting Sheara to "come and see" the worshipping

of a household that includes children — is a unique story.

Sometimes it is the story of people who have suffered much. Their pain is an undeniable part of their story.

Other times the story is of people who have drifted away from the church over a period of time without ever making a true decision about it.

The return is a sort of reawakening.

It may take place, for example, when a couple has children and senses that a new stage of life has arrived.

The story of those who return may reveal that someone told them of the collaborative work done in today's church to serve people within a parish and beyond it.

The opportunity to give oneself in such a way sounds appealing.

According to much

evidence, the story of a return to the church often is punctuated by an invitation received from a parishoner. Apparently many people are just waiting to be asked back.

And sometimes when the story is told, a picture comes into view of people who felt emptiness in their lives.

Searching for God, they decided to set a new course.

The fact is that a return

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to the church is often part of a much longer story. People may take this step with trepidation. It is a step that involves them very personally. They attach hopes and expectations to it.

How they are personally received and welcomed, then, is no small matter. It becomes a key element in the story that now begins to unfold for them.

"People on a journey back to the church don't do it in isolation in a corner somewhere . .

They do it in the middle of a c ommunity, with the c ommunity's support and strength."

assembly at the university.

It was an invitation as ancient as that of the Gospel fishermen.

What Sheara saw was a community of believers, men and women who are married and single, young and old, trying to live and be what the Gospel proposes.

Sheara felt she needed to learn about her faith and felt a desire to grow in it.

To enter the community today non-Catholics go through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, often simply called the RCIA. Baptised

Catholics who have never been confirmed also enter the RCIA. There they learn about the basic truths of Catholic faith. They and members of the faith community share their stories and their struggles, relating the stuff of real life to the drama of Calvary.

Sheara chose to become one in spirit with the people in this process, to accompany them as a witness even though she was not preparing to receive baptism or confirmation.

Today she is one who supports others seeking

to enter the Church or to return home to it.

She continues to participate in groups where there is honest sharing and faith-filled prayer.

The focus of her Christian growth now is to grasp her care of cancer patients as a mission, as her vocation in the marketplace — to discover how her vocation is a flowering of her baptism.

The community continues to strengthen and enlighten her.

And her husband, though not Catholic, is supportive of her new

life in Christ and of the Newman community.

Overall, one senses the spirit of Jim whose suffering and faith built a bridge for Sheara to cross into new depths of spiritual life.

One can almost imagine that Jim, her patient, who was the instrument of her rediscovery of Catholicism, is praying for her with all the generosity that she lavished on him when they battled for his physical life.

One senses that Jim's prayers are answered.

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Some snap The Mundaring hisexhibition torical

By Colleen McGuiness-Howard springing from New People New Life, attracted considerable ing, "and still continue to different times.

Shire approval was interest for the many enrich the parish," said hard to get and it took people who came to Johanna.

Prior to its construction, t wo persistent years browse among relics of Masses were said in halls before approval to build the past right through One of their sons Eddie and private homes. a Catholic school was to interviews of the Mucciarone (assisted by finally given — and then present. lots of other folk), was a It was not until 1949 with the stipulation that Coordinator of the oral key figure in setting up however, that Mundar- no bricks be used. Hence program, the exhibition. history ing became a parish in its the quarry.

Johanna Bowen, who Although all three own right. was very ably assisted by brothers and a senior Father Linnane and Mr Merrifield, Michael deceased, two of are wife That is when Father Bertola •toiled for the Anne Winfield, Joan still living Tom Linnane (now in quarry rock and then Morcomb, Meg Phelan the wives are Antonia and retirement in County enlisted parish labour to and Kathryn and Mau- there — although Clare, Ireland), was get it on site. reen Loveland, said 25 Maria — who Eng- appointed and he and learned never they conwere interviews memocontributed lish, Peter Bertola ("who was ducted. They were The land in fact had exhibition. paid a very meagre wage been given generously by centred on presant pari- rabilia to the When the Coolgardie indeed," said Father Mrs Reddy (one of the shioners, regardless of Street church was built Linnane), leased a quarry original Catholics) who their origins. part of the and became labourers to gave the large tract plus Three Italian Muccia- in 1933, it was Midland build the Mundaring and Toodyay came who brothers rone out in the thirties, marry- parishes who were school. ing Italian girls, raised responsible for it at their families in Mundar-

her four roomed wooden cottage which then became the presbytery.

Sweat and toil finally paid off when the school was blessed in December 1952 and opened in February with 65 pupils.

Father Tom O'Kane took over in 1955 and he too became a labourer on the church extension and building of the presbytery to replace the old cottage.

The collected interviews and general parish information have been put into book form and will be stored in the State archives for posterity.

The book of personal parish stories held interest for Mrs Gwen Meehan who has been a Mundaring parishioner for 16 years following six years at Woorooloo after she and her husband Bill retired from their Nanson farm.

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As David Ball (right) looked on the display had memories for John Mucciarone who came from Italy with his family in 1936 and for his wife Anita who has lived there for 30 years.

Next to a display of Child of Mary regalia, Amanda Broun (right) who has lived in Mahogany Creek for nearly 14 years had some history to tell her La Salle friend Erin Digby of Ashfield who was on a visit.

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'stories'

Right: The format of Time Line which is envisaged to continue recording parish happenings. Photographs, newspaper cuttings and notes tell the parish story from its infant days.

Below: Brian Courteney recalls days gone by of the parish he has grown up in, and is himself part of its history.

20-metre 'line' of history

By Colleen McGuinessHoward One of the history initiatives which has emerged from Archbishop Foley's New People New Life program, is a 20 metres Time Line of history running around the walls of the new lesser hall of Our Lady Help of Christians parish, East Victoria Park.

Under the chairmanship of Brian Courteney and two other committee members, Maureen Billing and Molly Butson,

collected material depicts the inception of the parish in 1935 to the present day.

Photographs, newspaper cuttings and notes tell the parish story from its infant days interwoven with priests, sisters, school children, their parents, and parishioners.

went through until 1984, when Father Harris arrived, the current parish priest.

The growth of Catholic education is also seen with the building of Xavier College in 1953 which amalgamated with the primary in 1980 Xavier is now co-ed to year seven and then only Father (later Monsig- boys through to year 12. nor) O'Connor was the The religious fervour of first parish priest who the people is exemplified worked with others to get in the First Holy Comthe new parish and munion photos which school started. always had pride of place Father Stinson took in families, and the over in 1971, followed by industry of those who Father Farrelly who struggled to fundraise is

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evidenced by such people as Brian Courteney's mother Kathleen, who sold a total of 6400 fund raising tickets at 3c each,

during 1936, netting $160.

She continued to fundraise for 35 years until her death in 1971.

The 'joy of discovery' in reviving the past and tabling the present, has so enthused parishioners that they plan to keep the

Time Line viewable and growing.

A video will ultimately be taken to keep as a parish record.

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0 Holy St Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need, to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance.

Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked.

THANKS St Jude pray for us and all who invoke your aid.

Ask St Clare for three Amen. Say three Our favours, one business, two Fathers, three Hail Marys impossible. Say nine Hail and Glorias. Publication Marys for nine days with must be promised. This lighted candle. Let candle Novena has never been burn out on ninth day. known to fail. Publication promised. Thanks. N.D.S. Publish this notice. M.

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IN MEMORIAM SCHWIETZKE Martin: Please pray for the soul of Martin Schwietzke of Mullaloo, who passed away on January 13, 1988.

Loved husband of Ursula, father of Fritz-Otto and Christian.

"Eternal rest grant unto him 0 Lord."

THANKS Novena to the Holy Spirit — Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances of my life you are with me.

I want in this short prayer to thank you for all thinp as I confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you ever in spite of all material illusions. I wish to be with you in eternal glory.

Thank you for your mercy towards me and mine.

This prayer must be said for three days after which the favour will be granted.

The prayer must be published immediately.

C.S. Novena to the Holy Spirit.

Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances of my life you are with me.

I want in this short prayer to thank you for all thins as I confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you ever in spite of all material illusions. I wish to be with you in eternal glory.

Thank you for your mercy towards me and mine.

This prayer must be said for three days after which favours will be granted.

The prayer must be published immediately.

Thanks to the Holy Spirit.

K.L. All praise, honour and thanksgiving to Our Lord Jesus Christ and Mary our mother for many great favours and blessings bestowed on my family and myself. A. Tennent.

Novena to the Sacred Heart. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, may your name be praised and glorified throughout the world now and forever. Amen.

(Say nine times a day for nine consecutive days and promise publication.)

Thanks to the Sacred Heart for prayers answered. Liz. Thank you St Clare and Holy Infant Jesus for a favour so quickly granted.

R.B.M.

Story for kids Charles Borromeo was born 450 years ago "with a silver spoon in his mouth", as people like to say.

His father was an Italian count and his mother was the pope's sister. Charles grew up in the family castle on beautiful Lake Maggiore.

Young Charles received an excellent education. He earned a doctor of law degree in 1559, the same year his uncle was elected pope. Pope Pius IV quickly named Charles his secretary of state. At 21, Charles had a great career, his own palace and many servants.

It was a time of great challenges.

The Council of Trent had been working on a tremendous renewal of the Catholic Church after the Pro-

assassin in 1569 to kill him, but luckily the attempt failed.

The next year famine struck Milan.

Cardinal Borromeo food organised rations for the starving and fed 3000 people every day for months. When the plague broke out in Milan, thousands fell sick and died. Many of the nobility fled the city.

Cardinal Borromeo went into the streets to minister personally to the sick and dying.

He also organised the distribution of food, medicine, bandages and supplies. He sold everything he had to help plague victims.

Gradually his health weakened during the next years and he died quietly in 1584.

16 St 1Charles .

Borromeo was cononised in

By JANAAN MANTERNACH testant Reformation.

Pope Pius IV decided to call the council back together to finish its work. He trusted its success to Charles.

While Charles was organising the council's final session, his brother died. Charles -was now head of the Borromeo family.

People expected him to live comfortably as an Italian count.

Charles Instead resigned his family position and became a priest in 1563. Soon he was to go to the city of Milan as its cardinal archbishop.

But before moving to Milan he supervised the writing of the catechism of the Council of Trent, a new missal and breviary.

These books helped shape Catholic life and worship for centuries to come.

Cardinal Borromeo moved to Milan in 1566. The church there was in a sorry state. He determined to reform the city.

He began by giving away much of his wealth to poor families. He set up retreats for priests and made two retreats each year himself. He involved hundreds of lay people as catechists in the of Confraternity Christian Doctrine.

The church at Milan slowly became a model of Catholic life.

Many who had left the church came back. But the cardinal's reforms upset others. Some hired an

New members of Commission SYDNEY: Membership of the National Catholic Education Commission for the next four years was announced this week by the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference.

The members of the commission were appointed by the bishops at their bi-annual

conference.

The members are: Ex officio: Mr G. Gleeson, Dr J. Morrow; Bishops: Most Reverend Pl. Murphy, Most Reverend G. Pell.

Nominee of the Major Superiors of the religious of Australia: Sister Helen Lombard SGS. Nominees of State/

territory commissions: Brother John Taylor CFC (NSW); Reverend Father Tom Doyle (Vic); Mr Alan Druery (Qld); Reverend Father Kevin O'Leary SDB (SA); Mr Des O'Sullivan (WA); Reverend Father John Williams (Tas); Reverend Dr Joseph Rheinberger

(ACT); Brother Neville Feeney CFC (NT).

Nominees of the Bishops' Committee: Mr Leo Dunne (Qld); Miss Patricia Ryan (Vic); Sister Rosemary Lewin OP (ACT).

— The Catholic Weekly.

to the Editor

Doris is 'totally correct' from Brian PEACHEY, Woodlands Sir, Mrs Doris Martyr (The Record, January 5) is totally correct in expressing her concern for the "idiosyncracies" creeping into or deliberately inserted into the liturgy of the Mass.

She is also correct in saying that "no one can permission without change one word of the Mass"

The Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship in "Liturgiae Instaurationes" September 5, 1970 instructed: S3 "The liturgical texts composed by the Church also demand the greatest respect. No one on his own authority may make changes, substitutions, additions or deletions in them."

This document was reaffirming the stand of Vatican II, which earlier

Total agreement Mark and Joan EMBRY, Boyup Brook Sir, We totally agree with Father Pat Rooney (The Record December 8). Our priests and people, as our Pope Paul has said, need to hear the witness to and vision of natural family planning from married couples.

We personally see the ideals for Christian marriage given in Humanae Vitae as very positive. But how often the message is given in a 'Thou shalt not' style, with the pope appearing as the big, bad ogre. There is nothing attractive or positive in the bare essentials of the message, as quoted on November 24 from Pope John Paul's address to moral theologians; and so we do need to be heard.

The whole basis of the message of natural family planning is that it is the joint fertility of a married couple, and that communication is therefore i mportant between us, as husband and wife.

Speaking personally of our relationship; we haven't got to heaven yet! So we haven't reached the perfect and ultimate in our communication and relationship!

But we have on rare occasions experienced the meaning of true unconditional love, in our communication with each other at fertile times of our cycle. This increases a reverence and respect for our love and desire for one another, and our whole relationship is more special and intimate.

laid down in 'The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy".

brother who comes into our hearts at communion and fills us with his love."

S22 (1) "Regulation of the Sacred Liturgy depends solely on the authority of the Church, that is on the Apostolic See and as laws may on the determine, bishops."

As Mrs Martyr says, this tends to make the Mass merely a meal of friends and not the great Paschal Sacrifice of the unblemished Lamb of God.

(3) "Therefore no person, not even a priest, may add, remove or change anything in the liturgy on his own authority."

This one illustration is not isolated, other priests are changing the word "disciples" in the Eucharistic prayer to "friends".

There is a great difference.

Despite these clear instructions, there are priests in the archdiocese who consistently add and delete words from the liturgy of the Mass. This could be a sin of arrogance or disobedience.

The situation is even graver when done by priests entrusted with the care of the young, as chaplains at schools or university.

One priest prominent in Education Catholic administration has consistently altered the words of the Mass. At the consecration he says: "Jesus picked up the bread from the table and offered it to his friends."

In the Communion Rite he changes the words "This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world" to -This is Jesus our friend and our

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YOUTH FORUM

Redem The Redemptorist Youth team gears up for the second youth ministry training sessions beginning on the March long weekend.

Last year's inaugural program proved highly successful.

Adults, both religious and lay, together with young people already working full-time in the youth field and young prospective leaders, all took part in the threemonth course last year.

The course is presented by the Redemptorist lay community but draws on the expertise of a variety of speakers and lecturers from WA. Cathie Allen, who was just beginning her term as a full timer for Catholic Parish Youth Movement, said that the course "was a great way to crystalise her thinking and sharpen her skills in youth work".

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University

CATHOLIC ORIENTATION CAMPS February 19-21 February 21-23 First year students at UWA can meet fellow Catholics, make friends & learn about Uni life from students For details, write to: Father Stephen Astill, SJ University Chaplaincy UWA Nedlands 6009 or ring 380 2405 Fr Frank Smith of the Redemptorist Lay Community with Margaret Swindells and Kevin Baptist, Redemptorist Youth Ministry Team members, Anita Andreatta, parish youth worker at Mirrabooka and Paul Russell, taking a break during a CYC meeting.

... it's good to be alive

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0 camps: A call Parish Bulletin secretaries are asked to publicise 0 Camps for the Catholic f irst year university students.

0 Camps are orientation experiences for Catholic university stu-

Welcome to the next weekend

FEBRUARY 17

dents beginning their studies in 1989 at the University of Western Australia.

The transition from school to tertiary studies is a major event in a student's life.

University can be a lonely existence in what may seem an unfriendly or even hostile environment, particularly after the supportive atmosphere of a private school.

The orientation camps will be held between February 19 and 23 at Point Peron.

A huge success in the past, they promise to be full of information, fun and friendship in 1989.

First year students can meet staff and students from the university.

Students can learn from the second and third year students of the traps for the unwary. It's a chance to meet a wider circle of young people from different parts of the State — but with a similar

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family background of faith.

Grants are available to assist young people aged 1225 years to design and run their own community based projects

Please register your interest by ringing 380 2405 or writing to Father Stephen Astill SI. The Chaplaincy, LPN , Nedlands 6009.

Grants of up to $1000 will be made.

The first 0 Camp begins on February 19 and will be immediately followed by a second on February 21.

Young people today are looking for the opportunity to express their faith in a real and relevant way.

The young Catholic community at UWA offers many opportunities for lively debate, fellowship and the celebration of liturgy.

Who is eligible?

Individuals and groups of young people supported by community organisations. Projects should be initiated by young people and they should have extensive involvement in the planning and operation of the project.

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YOUTH IDEAS FOR '89

Brilliant ideas, plans and hopes for the Catholic Youth Scene of WA should be addressed to the CYC Secretary before February 24.

Anyone is welcomed to make suggestions to build a better Catholic Youth Scene.

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Movements, dioceses and youth organisations are encouraged to appoint their respective delegates to the Catholic Youth Council of WA. New delegates should be ready to take part in the annual Vision weekend on March 17, 18, 19 which brings together some 30 young people, their chaplains from various organisations to reflect back on the previous 12 months and make concrete plans for the months ahead.

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When our kids have wheels...

With the carnage on the road and the often fatal combination of youth, inexperience and alcohol plus the super-surging of life through young veins, we parents earn our grey hair and wrinkles, knowing our beloved teenagers are "somewhere out there in a mean machine!"

This following prayer is appropriate, and the letter on the death of a 17 year old perhaps food for sobering thought to show our young ones who take off behind their wheels in a "freedom flight".

1 thought them worth re-publishing A Boy's First Car going to bring.

Dear Lord, please bless this boy Oh, God, give my son judgeand his first car. ment in using this car.

Bless his pride in it, his joy in it, Give him joy without recklesshis plans for it. ness, power without folly.

Let it be whole and sound and Give him generosity and dignity right and good for him. and decency and common Let it carry him safely. sense.

Lord, bless his energies — may Lord, I offer them up to you for they be equal to cope with it blessing and safe-keeping: (and pay for it).

This boy. This car.

Bless his mind — may it learn from the mechanical experienTaken from: ces he will have with this car.

I've Got to Talk to Somebody.

And may he learn from the God emotional experiences this car is

by Marjorie Holmes.

I can't be dead ... I'm only 17 The day I died was an ordinary school day. How I wish I had taken the bus!

But I was 'too cool' for the bus. I remember how I wheedled the car out of mum.

"Special favour," I pleaded. "All the kids drive."

When the 2.50 bell rang I threw all my books in the locker I was free till 8.40 tomorrow morning.

I ran to the parking lot, excited at the thought of driving a car and being my own boss. Free!

It doesn't matter how the accident happened. I was playing around — going too fast. Taking crazy chances. But I was enjoying my freedom and having fun.

The last thingIremember was passing an old lady who was going awfully slow.

I heard a deafening crash and felt a terrific jolt. Glass and steel flew everywhere. My whole body seemed to be turning inside out. I heard myself scream.

Suddenly I awakened. It was very quiet.

A police officer was standing over me. Then I saw a doctor.

My body was mangled. I was saturated with blood. Pieces of jagged glass were sticking out all over. Strange that I couldn't feel anything.

Hey, don't pull that sheet over my head. I can't be dead, I'm only 17.

I've got a date tonight. I'm supposed to grow up and have a wonderful time. I haven't lived yet.

I can't be dead.

Later I was placed in a drawer. My folks had to identify me.

Why did they have to see me like this?

Why didIhave to look at Mum's eyes when she faced the most terrible ordeal of her life?

Dad suddenly looked an old man. He told the man in charge: "Yes he is my son."

The funeral was a weird experience. I saw all my relatives and friends walk towards the casket. They passed by one by one with the saddest eyes I have ever seen.

Some of my buddies were crying. A few girls touched my hand and sobbed as they walked away.

Please . . . somebody . . . wake me up!

Get me out of here! I can't bear to see my mum and dad so broken up.

My grandparents are so racked with grief they can hardly walk.

My brother and sisters are like zombies. They move like robots.

No one can believe this. And I can't believe it either.

Please don't bury me! I'm not dead! I have a lot of living to do!

I want to laugh and run again. I want to sing and dance.

Please don't put me in the ground. I promise if you give me just one more chance, God, I'll be the most careful driver in the whole world.

All I want is one more chance.

Please, God, I'm only 17!

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THOUGHTS

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

Adam Bennett and friends from Oukiler and Chisaler (Big and Small).

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre will open their 1989 season with a delightful school holiday treat for all.

Oukiler and Chisaler (Big and Small) is written and directed by Associate Director Noriko Nishi-

moto. It is part two in a series of paper plays, part one being Debuden and Noppon (Fat and Skinny).

The performers entertain and show children how to make their own puppets and play with them.

With the accent on simplicity the paper puppets

become wondrously animated and together the performers and puppets sing the praises of the vitality of children. The play teaches children "how to create and develop in their life".

Noriko's unique style has proved to be enriching and entertaining and Oukiler and Chisaler will be no exception.

This exciting new program has ten performances only at the Short Street Theatre, Fremantle.

Dates: January 14 to 28 (excluding 19 and 20).

Monday-Friday at 10.30am.

Saturday matinee at 2pm.

Prices: $8 adults, $6 children, $4 groups of 10 or more.

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More than fifty mammal species and more than one hundred bird species have disappeared frxmi the world forever since 1600 — in almost every case as a result of human activities.

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Rome — the biography of a city by Christopher Hibbert.

Her history from the Etruscan Kings to Mussolini.

Published by Penguin. $29.95.

Although this book is intended to be an introduction to the history of Rome says author Christopher Hibbert, and of the social life of its people from the days of Etruscan kings to those of Mussolini. I have tried at the same time to make it, in some sense, a guidebook. It cannot pretend to be a comprehensive one, but the notes at the back

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information about all the buildings and treasures of the city which are mentioned in the text; and I believe that none of the principal sights and delights of Rome has been omitted. The book will, therefore. I hope, not only provide for the general reader an outline of Rome's varied past, as well as character sketches of those who have played their parts in its long history and development, but will also be of practical use to all those who intend one day to visit or revisit this most wonderful of cities.

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Margaret Preston — Australia 1875-1963 — West Australian banksia — 1929 • Sydney, woodblock print, hand-coloured on paper. Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1985.

Margaret Preston is one of Australia's best loved and most respected artists. Her bright, decorative paintings and prints of distinctively Australian subjects have delighted the public since they were first exhibited in the early 1920s.

The Australian National Gallery travelling exhibition The Prints of Margaret Preston, is open at the Art Gallery of Western Australia and r uns until Tuesday, January 31, 1989. This exhibition of 94 works covers the years 1916-1957 and includes previously unknown or rarely seen works, such as Still life

and Flowers, and Rock Lily.

Few Australians would not know the colourful flower paintings and prints for which Preston is best k nown. Yet these were produced, for the most part, in the decades 1920 to 1930 — a very short period considering she exhibited from 1893 to 1958.

The Prints of Margaret Preston exhibition indudes works which were completed before her return to Sydney in 1919 to the late 1950s. These testify to a far wider range of themes and interests, and to previously unrecognised facets of the artist's extraordinary industry and imagination. Three such examples are Still life and Flowers, c. 1916-19, Beach Scene, Balmoral, 1929 and Rock Lily, 1953.

Still Life and Flowers is the only discovered woodblock print that she did while in England. Beach Scene, Balmoral, is the result of her collaboration with Dorothy Ure Smith, the eight year old daughter of the publisher of "Art in Australia", Sydney Ure Smith.

Rock lilies grew profusely on the Prestons' property at Berowra, New South Wales, and by 1953 had already featured in three of the artist's prints. The Rock Lily, in this exhibition was Preston's final statement on the theme. It was included in her last one-person exhibition held in 1953 when she was 78 years old.

To co-incide with the exhibition, a comprehensive catalogue, posters and a variety of merchandise will all be available from the Gallery Bookshop.

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Lawson's yarns While the Billy Boils. A classic yarn by Henry Lawson. Published by Eden/Angus& Robertson. $7.95.

Brilliant and timeless, the fifty-two stories in While the Billy Boils represent Henry Lawson at his very best.

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The Delights of Russian Cuisine by Yvonne Webb.

Published by Bay Books. $6.95 From the lamb shashliks and exotic fruits of the Caucasian regions in the south, to the salted fish and cabbage dishes of the Baltic States in the north, Russian cuisine, like Russia itself, is diverse and fascinating.

Brisbane nutritionist and lecturer at the Queensland Institute of Technology, Yvonne Webb. is the author of a definitive Russian cookbook — The Delights of Russian Cuisine — which was launched in April at the Troika Restaurant in the Russian Pavilion at Brisbane's Expo 88.

The book went on sale in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory on Monday. June 27. Sales at Expo alone have exceeded 1000 per week, reflecting the renewed interest worldwide in all things Russian.

The Delights of Russian Cuisine takes home cooks far beyond Chicken Kiev, Beef Stroganoff and Borsch. It is a unique collection of recipes including hearty soups, appetising courses, traditima: Russian dumplings, and classic breads and biscuits.

Yvonne Webb has a Russian background, and the lavishly illustrated book included recipes handed down from her family and friends.

essence of the Australia lawson knew.

Henry Lawson was horn in a tent on the Grenfell goldfields in 1867.

He spent his boytxxid on old mining fields and on a selection his father had taken up. Later he went to Sydney to learn coach-painting before beginning his wanderings about Australia.

At twenty-one his talent had already developed to the point that he was the country's most remarkable writer of verse, and he went on to become its most acclaimed short -story writer.

Lawson died in Sydney in 1922.

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The islanders grieved for Mark James, their popular minister, who had lost his family so tragically. They were glad when he found solace in the company of Rhanna's pretty new 'xiung doctor, Megan Jenkins.

Recently, however. she has been cool towards him, as if she was hiding some dark secret.

The calm of the island was shattered by a fearsome storm; in great peril, the lifeboat took to the sea in response to distress signals from a luxury yacht. On hoard was a man who held the key to Megan's mysterious past, and her heart would be torn between this glamorous playboy and the minister who needed her so much.

The sixth novel in the series about the Herbridean island of Rhanna.

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Perhaps even more remarkable than the history of the Church's beginning in Korea is its phenomenal rate of growth in recent times.

Each year thousands of people are prepared for

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There have been about 150,000 baptisms each year; almost 50 per cent

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of the Catholic community is aged between 20 and 40.

In 1981 Korea had two major seminaries; today there are four. The 1400 priests (nearly two thirds of whom are native Korean) serve over 700 parishes. They are assisted by over 4500 sisters, many lay catechists and special ministers of the Eucharist.

In addition to the Catholic Church, Korea has a large, though sadly divided, Protestant Church, while 20 per cent of a population of 40 million is Buddhist and still 57 per cent profess no religious faith.

The Church in Korea, made holy by the blood of its martyrs, has been struggling against violence and war for decades. While in the South it's one of the growing fastest Churches in the world, in the North it's a "Church of Silence", without priests or Eucharist.

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witness to the truth and justice of the Gaspe!. To live up to this challenge they cling to the Holy Eucharist.

This year of preparation for the international Eucharistic Congress offers us also a serious challenge to discover through prayer and sound teaching the deep riches and implications of the risen Lord's gift of peace in the Blessed Eucharist. Following out the pope's request for people all over the world to express their solidarity with the people of Korea, we in Britain and Ireland can grasp this opportunity to renew and deepen our devotion for the Blessed Eucharist while

T HE PARIS SCENE SALESIAN CELEBRATION The Salesians in Perth invite all Salesian Co-operators and their families, all the Salesian past pupils and their families and all the parishioners of St Joachim Parish, Victoria Park and of Good Shepherd Parish, Kelmscott, to attend the solemn feast of St John Bosco that will be celebrated on Sunday, February 5 1989 at St Joachim's church, 122 Shepperton Road, Victoria Park at 10.15am. Father Julian Fox, the Salesian Provincial, will be the main concelebrant. After Mass, Father Fox will officially inaugurate the Perth branch of the Salesian Past Pupils. He will also open the after-school youth activity centre that will operate in the parish hall at St Joachim's Parish.

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"Christ Our Peace"

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also using the coming year to understand its significance for our practical living.

The multi-faceted theme of peace couldn't be more appropriate for us today. It richly highlights the tasks and responsibilities of a genuinely eucharistic community: parish reconciliation and unity Christian between Churches, especially in the light of the "not strangers but pilgrims" theme of the Swanwick Conference a year ago, at which Cardinal Hume called Christians of the different churches to move on from collaboration to commitment to one another.

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Archdiocesan Calendar January Mass to farewell Father Dowd, 22 Hilton. Archbishop Foley.

23 Jubilee Mass for Brothers V. Duffy, B. Doyle and P. O'Doherty.

Archbishop Foley.

Mass for close of chapter of Sisters 24 of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.

Archbishop Foley.

25 & Motor Mission Seminar.

26 27 Meet students at St Charles.

Archbishop Foley and Bishop Healy.

Staff mass and meeting, Chisholm 31 College. Archbishop Foley.

Launch Project Compassion, Cathedral Parish Centre. Archbishop Foley.

February Open and bless Vietnamese Centre; 5 Mass for Chinese New Year and Confirmation. Archbishop Foley.

7 Mass for Diocesan workers.

Archbishop Foley and Bishop Healy.

12 Paulian Association Mass. Archbishop Foley.

Annual Charismatic Mass, St Mary's Cathedral. Archbishop Foley.

Rite of Election of Catechumens, St Mary's Cathedral. Bishop Healy.

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