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VATICAN CITY: The long awaited document of Pope John Paul on the laity calls for improved religious formation of Catholics, a greater role for women in the church and a stronger Christian witness at all levels in society. But the pope also is concerned with a too indiscriminate use of the word "ministry", a confusion and equating of the common priesthood, and the lack of observance of church laws and norms and the tendency to clericalise the laity.
The pope urges a mar- subjects of separate VatHis reiteration of the of the laity to ican studies, the pope shalling priesthood ordained being for men is bal- evangelise a world which said. The document also anced by a call for greater he said is increasingly involvement by women indifferent or hostile to raises concerns the pope has often voiced: Christianity. in the church. increasing • With The pope warned of a The admission of women to the ministries "new state of affairs" in threats to human dignity of acolyte and lector are both church and society and Christian belief, and not dealt with but a which "calls with a on the eve of third Vatican spokesman said particular urgency for millennium of Christianthe matter is being the action of the lay ity, Catholics should renew themselves and faithful". studied (see page 12). "It is not permissible for their societies. The 200 page papal • In the face of religious document responding to anyone to remain idle," indifference and seculathe 1987 world Synod of he said. As recommended by rism, the "responsibility" Bishops is titled The Vocation and The Mis- the Synod, two hotly of Catholic laity "is to sion of the Lay Faithful in debated issues — lay testify how the Christian the Church and in The movements and minis- faith constitutes the only tries — continue to be the valid response. . . to the World.
problems and hopes that life poses to every person and society". The pope balances support for past-conciliar developments with an affirmation of traditional structures and disciplines, particularly in his discussion of lay ministries, the role of women and new lay movements. His praise of the laity for its desire to be more actively involved in the life of the church is balanced by a caution against a blurring of roles between the ordained non-ordaisned and ministries.
Certain tasks such as the ministry of the word and distribution of Communion can be performed by the laity "when necessity and expediency in the church require it". he said. But the pope warned pastors to "guard against a facile yet abusive recourse to a presumed 'situation of emergency' or to 'supply by necessity,' where objectively this does not exist or where alternative possibilities could exist through better pastoral planning".
Words of encouragement On the vocation of women and their role in church and society, the pope repeated his condemnation of sexual discrimination and other threats to the dignity of women contained in his 1988 apostolic letter "Mulieris Dignitatem". In his exhortation, the pope acknowledged the "indispensible contribution of women to the building up of the church and the development of society."
His reiteration of the church's teaching that the ordained priesthood is reserved for men was balanced by a call for greater involvement by women in the church. "Above all the acknowledgement in theory of the active and responsible presence of women in the church must be realised in practice," he said. Canon law contains many provisions for
such participation, he said. Canon law contains many provisions for such participation, he added, but they "must be more commonly known" and "realised with greater timeliness and determination". No mention was made of female altar servers or deacons, two issues raised by individual synod delegates but not included in the synod's final propositions.
The pope balanced praise for the local church and particularly the parish with words of encouragement for new lay movements. "In our day the parish still enjoys a new and promising season, he said, and he encouraged various efforts to renew it. The pope also spoke of a "new era of group endeavours" in movements, groups and associations. The laity have a right to form such associations, he said, and they can be for many a "precious help ... in remaining
faithful to the demands of the Gospel" and the committed to Church's mission. The pope said criteria were needed to recognize such groups, including: • The importance they attach to the call to holiness. • "The responsibility of professing the Catholic faith." • Communion with the pope and the local bishop. • Participation in the Church's apostolic goals, and a "missionary zeal." • "A commitment to a presence in human
society," including efforts to improve social conditions. The pope repeated his announcement of last June that the Pontifical Council for the Laity is preparing a list of associations which "have received the official approval of the Holy See" and is studying the conditions of granting approval for ecumenical associations which have a majority of Catholics. The pope said a "total and ongoing formation of the lay faithful" should be a priority of the Church. Declaring the division betw-ween "spiritual" life and "secular" life one of the
"serious errors of our age," the pope called for a formation which would stress the unity of life. This must include spiritual and doctrinal formation, and a "more exact knowledge" of the Church's social teachings. In a final appeal. the pope said the Church was standing on the "threshold of the third millennium." "A great venture, both challenging and wonderful, is entrusted to the Church — that of a reevangelization, which is so much needed by the present world," he said. The laity are an "active and responsible part of this venture."
They are in, out and FATHER PETER BIANCHINI, director of missions since 1985 will become the first parish priest of the new parish of South Lakes. Originally from East Victoria Park where he was educated by the Sisters of Mercy and later the Christian Brothers, , he was ordained in 1974
FATHER KEVIN CONDON, Dominican parish priest of Doubleview for the past seven has been years appointed parish priest of the Dominican parish of East Camberwell in Victoria where he will be involved in the pastoral training
after studies at Guildford and Adelaide. After appointments at Rockingham and Moora and North Beach he took up part time marriage counselling with Centrecare until his appointment to Bencubbin parish in 1982. Since 1985 he has been chaplain at Trinity College.
TREVOR FATHER SIMONS, chaplain to Royal Perth Hospital will also become chaplain to the Our Lady of the Mission Nursing Home at Highgate where he will also reside.
During 1988 at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Father Simons studied pastoral care of the sick in preparation for taking over the RPH chaplaincy from Father John Ryan, now studying in Rome.
Father Simons was ordained in 1981 and has served in Hamersley, Leederville, Willetton and Cathedral parishes.
After 14 years at St Thomas More College
Happenings FATHER JOHN JEGOROW, diocesan youth chaplain for the past 10 years is to become the first parish priest of the new parish of Ballajura. Originally from Boyup Brook he was educated by the Sis-
ters of Mercy at Harvey and the Marist Brothers at Subiaco before training at the Guildford and Adelaide seminaries before his ordination in August 1974. A fter his initial appointment to St
Mary's Cathedral he was appointed in 1979 chaplain to all youth movements excluding YCS, and to the Diocesan Youth Council, assisting at Nedlands parish, and since May 1984 as chaplain to Aquinas College.
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FATHER GREG DONOVAN will become parish priest of Bencubbin in succession to Father Nino Vinciguerra. He was educated at Holy Family School Como, Aquinas College and by the Redemptorists at Galong before finishing at St Paul's Seminary Kensington before his ordination in August 1981. His first appointment was to Whitfords followed by
Dominican of students. At Doubleview he will be succeeded by FATHER STEPHEN T ARRANT, OP, who has been in charge of the Dominican parish in Canberra for the past seven years.
JAMES FATHER DYNON, Jesuit, is to become chaplain to the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor at Glendalough. He succeeds FATHER VERNON THOMAS. Originally from Melbourne, Father Dynon has been a Jesuit for 58 years, including 16 years as the promoter of the Australian Jesuit missions in India.
Kalgoorlie in 1984 and the Cathedral parish in 1987.
FATHER JOSEPH PARKINSON will become diocesan youth director in succession to Father John Jegorow. He has been in Kalgoorlie since August last year when he returned from two years moral theology study in Rome.
FAYHER NINO VINCIGUERRA, currently at Bencubbin, will take FATHER JOSS BREEN, Dominican, at Mundaring for the past eight months, will temporarily return to Gosnells where he has already served for two years. Originally from Cork, he taught as a Presentation Brother for four years before joining the Dominicans in 1959 being ordained in 1966. He later studied at the Angelicum in Rome and in Dublin for a M.ED, and for a post-graduate diploma in counselling. During a 1985 sabbatical visit to Dominican houses in Australia and new Zealand, he decided to offer his services to Perth archdiocese.
FATHER DOUG CONLON, of the diocese of Bunbury, will be chaplain at Aquinas College for the next two years.
FATHER ANDREW PYKA, formerly of Katanning, is the new Salvatorian parish priest of Greenmount.
FATHER JOHN GANMI, Salesian, has returned from Italy to become assistant priest at Kelmscott.
FATHER LIONEL HENRY SDB will be assistant at Victoria Park.
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He was educated at St Kieran's school and Servile College in his parish of Osborne Park and was ordained in March 1981. He was appointed first to Highgate and then to Rockingham and later to the Cathedral parish, becoming diocesan chaplain to YCW at the same time. He has been a chaplain to the Marriage Encounter movement.
Originally from Ireland where he was ordained in 1956, Father Condon came to Australia in 1960 and served in parishes in Adelaide, Sydney, and Canberra before his appointment to WA.
FATHER JEROME WATT joins the staff at the Carmelite parish of Hilton. Originally from Melbourne he attended Christian Brothers College Middle Park before entering the Carmelites in 1950 and being ordained in 1959. an Following appointment at Port Melbourne, he studied canon law in Rome for three years and taught in the Carmelite seminary for nine years. He was parish priest of Brisbane's Cooparoo parish for six years and for the past six years has been chaplain to the Sydney Catholic Teachers College. up an appointment with the Special Programme for Religious Education Development. Originally from Subiaco he was educated at St Paul's School. Mount Lawley and Trinity College before his studies for the priesthood at Guildford and Adelaide. After his first appointment to Kalgoorlie he was transferred to Leederville in 1981, and became parish priest of Bencubbin in 1985.
FATHER BRIAN MCKENNA will in May become parish priest of Claremont when Father Ferdinand Marlow SI goes on extended leave to Europe. Father McKenna was first appointed to Claremont in 1974 after his orination for which he had studied at Guildford and Adelaide seminaries. Originally from Hills where he was Subiaco he was educated parish priest until underby the Brigidine Sisters taking a course in spiritand the Christian ual direction in 1988. He Brothers. is temporarily in charge His next appointment of Spearwood parish was to Nedlands. Kal- while Father Whitely is goorlie and to Wongan overseas.
on the move SHORTIS succeeding FATHER BOB DOWD who has been transPort to ferred Melbourne. Originally from Kyabram, northern Victoria, Father Shortis is the eldest of seven and worked in the postal service for two years before returning to Assumption College Kilmore to prepare to enter the Carmelites in 1947, being ordained in 1953.
The new Carmelite parish priest of Hilton is FATHER FRANK
FATHER VINCENT CONROY will in April become parish priest of Mundaring when he finishes seven years full time chaplaincy with the Australian Army.
He attended Melbourne University and was in Port
Originally from Floreat Park he was educated by the Brigidine Sisters and the Christian Brothers before studying at the St Charles and St Francis Xavier seminaries before his ordination in July 1967. After appointments to Kalgoorlie, Northam and Shenton Park he went on loan to Darwin diocese in 1974 followed by study leave in the United States until becoming administrator, under Bishop Quinn, of Nedlands parish in 1978, taking up army duties in 1981.
FATHER THOMAS PA N DA RA PA RAMBIL will become assistant priest at Kalgoorlie. He is originally form Cochin, in the Indian state of Kerala, and has a sister in the Salesian Order. Since his ordination in 1979 he has worked in several parishes in Fiji.
FATHER ALISTER MCLEAN will be chaplain to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and assistant in Subiaco parish while residing at Subiaco presbytery. He will also counsel at Centrecare. Originally from Mel-
bourne where he attended Xavier College and later Longerenong Agricultural College, he spent a few years in the grazing and timber industries before studying at Springwood and Manly seminaries for his ordination in 1967.
FATHER FRANK MURPHY will be assistant priest at St Mary's Cathedral for the next twelve months. Wexford, Ireland, he was ordained for the diocese of Ferns in June 1981. He did post graduate studies in philopsophy at the Gregorian University in Rome and then was professor of philosophy at St Peter's College Wexford.
Melbourne parish for six years. He was responsible for the foundation of two schools — Whitefriars College, Donvale, where he was for 12 years and then at the request of the archbishop, of the 660 senior co-ed Geoghan College at Broadmeadows which he directed for six years. He was his order's provincial for six years and spent three years on spirituality courses and retreat work.
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FATHER MICHAEL McSHANE, Jesuit, is the new chaplain to the University of WA. He succeeds FATHER STEPHEN ASTILL Si and will reside at St Thomas More College. Born in England of Irish parents, Father McShane grew up in Kwinana where he was
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Record As though waiting until the Bicentenary was decently out of sight, the unthinkable in Australia has been thought, the unspeakable has been spoken and Australians have heard the mention of the unmentionable. We thought that we were a gloriously united continent but it is not true because in different states we celebrate our national Australia Day on different days. There must be no other nation on earth like us. To add to the national disgrace it has even been proposed by our leader(s) that Australians should think of celebrating the day — together — on the actual date, January 26. An unspeakable proposal. This leads to the unmentionable sin in Australian life — to kill the sacred cow of the Monday holiday. Never, groaned the West Australian politicians in unaccustomed unison. On such a sacred issue no-one would commit political suicide by condemning the long weekend syndrome just six days before an election. Even the NSW January 26 observance was turned by many into a four day rort if not as blatantly as the Australia Monday charade. But is the flagging celebration of Australia Day only a symptom of what creeping secularism and consumer materialism can do to the simplest yearnings for some kind of tribal observance? In the late 20th century we smile smugly at the memory of our grandparents perhaps gathering around a flagpole, the band pumping away, poetry declaimed, orations delivered. If the rich and the famous spoke too pompously and too long it did the nation's heart good to be worn on the sleeve for a day even if tomorrow would be as bleak as yesterday. Today, we are proudly told by our commercial promoters that more and more West Australians gather around the Great Lake of Perth — not to hear stirring thoughts but music poured through space machines, the heads bowing in adoration at the great heavenly lights that flash like new gods through the heavens, to the cheers of advertising revenue. The question is not whether Australians worship anything anymore but what are the new gods that have replaced the old. Across the ages, of course, organised religion — not just of Christians — discovered that a heart had to find its god in symbols. The sounds, the songs, the smells were the ritual that summoned souls into the presence of the mystery. The arid 20th century spiritual desert has dried up all that sort of thing. Australia's empty Day is perhaps a symptom of the emptiness of its heart. Better to argue greedily over what eggs the golden goose will lay than to look at the uncluttered sky that God made without the help of fireworks, to search our hearts without the help of rating conscious radio stations. The Prime Minister's call to be a little more honest about our national day observance could have repercussions elsewhere. Unfortunately the increasingly popular English language is no help. What if the pagan SUN-Day were truly the Day Of The Lord as it is described in the European tongues? But then do Europeans keep a holier day than the rest of the consumer world? What if Ash Wednesday became a national attack on our gluttony, our junk food mentality, our flabby bodies and our indifference to those worse off than ourselves? Instead we remember it as a day of the Victorian bushfire. What if people celebrated Christ's birth and not the arrival of Santa Claus? If Christ's Mass could drown Jingle Bells? Would we be any closer to asking ourselves about the truths that !uric below the surface on these occasions? What if Easter was not a four day bash at the fading summer and was the celebration of the Lord's death and triumph? What if we prayed and worked as hard for the life of Jesus as we do for the life of the pay packet? What if we discovered that bodies have to worship God before He can be heard or come to our aid? Would things be any different if we actually celebrated Australia Day as a sign of what God has done for us and not of what we have done to this world? 4
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Yugoslav scene a worry POPE CONCERNED OVER MORALITY VATICAN CITY : The changes largely on the pope is worried about atheistic element in disintegration of fam- education and a growing ily values in Yugoslavia, attitude of materialism the abandonment of and consumerism sacramental marriage, among Yugoslavians. the increase in separaThe pope urged the tions and the frighten- bishops to update their ing number of catechetical programme abortions. so that it can continue to He told Yugoslav reach youths, many of bishops on their ad whom have lost contact limina visit to Rome that with the faith after there was a spirit of adolescence. nihilism regarding moral The pope also encourvalues in general in the aged the bishops to country. continue their dialogue The pope blamed these with the state authorities.
Cardinal Earlier Kuharic of Zagreb said there have been good signs in recent months regarding church — state relations.
A socialist youth magazine interviewed Bishop Lenic about his time in prison in post-war Yugoslavia.
The church can now publish its own books and magazines and in December the state radio and television was opened up to Christmas programmes for the first time, broadcasting a Christmas Mass and a message from a Yugoslav bishop.
These kinds of freedom are opening up, the cardinal said, but "the biggest problem is morality. Liberalism is creating a crisis for young people. There is contempt for values and moral principles are losing ground." The cardinal said the ancient religious and ethnic divisions were still
VATICAN CITY : Pope John Paul told Yugoslavian bishops that he would like to visit their country but Yugoslav and Vatican churchmen say the time is not ripe. Pope John Paul told the country's bishops his visit would have a pas-
toral scope "to confirm each church member on the path of witness and in the spirit of unity." Earlier, however, Cardinal Kuharic of Zagreb had said the time was not right for a papal visit because of the economic and ethnic tensions
deep and the Church had recently been the target of historians who tie the Church with the genocide of Serbian Orthodox Christians during World War II. "They hold the Catholic Church responsible for the conduct of the regime during the war. This we cannot accept." he said. In order to find a common language for all the bishops present, the pope gave his address in' Latin.
which sometimes involve the church. In the past Yugoslavian government officials have said that the pope is welcome to come but they have been vague about the timing. Privately they have been concerned at the reaction of other religions.
Christian challenge
• DUBLIN (Ireland): Christians in other countries ; might see the strife in Northern Ireland as a religious war, said Cardinal O'Fiaich but leaders of the main churches in the British territory see it as an ecumenical challenge. Cardinal O'Fiaich said in Dublin that he and Archbishop Eames of the Church of Ireland, Moderator Brown of the Presbyterian Church
and President Stanley Whittington of the Methodist Church meet in each others' houses to explore means to achieve peace. "We pray together, read the scriptures together and discuss current affairs whenever there is a possibility that a joint statement or joint action may be called for," said the cardinal who lives in Northern Ireland.
He was addressing the Association for Cultural. Economic and Social Relations which profriendship motes between the people of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Cardinal O'Fiaich said "The clergy of the main Christian churches in Northern Ireland are in my view more closely *acquainted with each other's beliefs and practi-
ces, more friendly toward each other and more often seen in each other's company nowadays than at any time since the Reformation."
tion move. The body was handed to Bishop Martinelli in Tripoli and he accompanied the remains to Rome where it was handed over to US officials on the same day at Ciampino military airport. Bishop Martinelli, a Franciscan, was born in Libya of Italian parents. Five days before the 1986
US Navy retaliation raid, Bishop Martinelli and three other churchmen were seized as possible hostages in the event of an attack. They were released four days later following Vatican intervention. Of the recent Vatican action Bishop Martinelli said: "Libya wanted once more in a very special way to show that recon-
tion could not believe that we came from a land where they heard a religious war was going on.
However, he stressed The cardinal recalled that main Northern Irethat when he and a land Protestants feel "a former Presbyterian deep seated fear of moderator preached Rome". He asked Catholfrom the same pulpit in ics to take serious West Germany shortly account of this fear and before Christmas 1987 to try to dispel it through "our German congrega- love.
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TRIPOLI (Libya): Libya's return of the corpse of a US airman shot down in 1986 was a gesture of peace and reconciliation toward the United States and not an opportunistic ploy, according to the bishop who was the Vatican's intermediary in the transfer. Libya chose the Vatican as intermediary because the Vatican enjoys "a
special appreciation" in Libya and among Arabs for its efforts on behalf of world peace, said Bishop Martinelli of the Vicariate of Tripoli. The Vatican accepted the role because it wanted "to support this will and this desire for peace by Libya", he said. He said it showed that the church in Libya supported the reconcilia-
ciliation is the best way to begin a new era, a new period of peace, especially with America. "Some people might think that this could be opportunistic but I believe we should put a positive emphasis on the gesture." He called the Libyan decision a humanitarian action.
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BISHOP HOPES FOR DECISION ON MEDJUGORJE VATICAN CITY: The Yugoslavian bishop of Mostar-Duvno which includes the alleged apparition site of Medjugorje told Vatican officials he hopes the church will make a public judgment soon so that pilgrims "can stop deluding themselves". ''I'm certain the authenticity of the visions will not be supported by the Vatican," said Bishop Zanic who gave a lengthy report during his "ad limina" visit to Rome this month.
He said he was supported and encouraged by words he had with Pope John Paul and said that most of his visit to Rome was occupied with the happenings at Medjugorje. He told the Vatican that the apparitions have created tension in his diocese, that he is not satisfied with the present situation in which pilgrimages continue pending a definitive church judgment on the matter.
A diocesan investigation commission concluded the apparitions
were not authentic but its finding was never published. In 1987 the Vatican called for a nationwide commission to do a wider study. Cardinal Kuharic of Zagreb believes this commission may complete its work in another year. "The commission is not going to hurry its work and is not making statements," the cardinal said. But Bishop Zanic said that there is tremendous pressure being brought on the Vatican and
Yugosalvian church to continue the investigation indefinitely. Some say the judgement on the events cannot be made until the visions have ended. Bishop Zanic says he is encouraged by Pope John Paul's January advice to Yugoslavian bishops that priests, particularly religous, obey their bishops. The pope quoted canon law and said religious priests should not try to act independently of their diocese. Bishop Zanic has said that events at Medjugorje
are tied to a long standing conflict between the diocese and local Franciscan friars. The bishop said he doubted the authenticity of the apparitions when one message was said to have sided with two Franciscans expelled from their order in 1982. He says the Medjugorje Franciscans have disobeyed his instructions on a number of matters but they claim that the instructions are unenforceable and that they have a duty to provide pastoral care for all those who come to Medjugorje.
Signs of new openness VATICAN CITY (NC): An official of the Russian Orthodox Church said signs of a new openness to the church on the part of Communist authorities include permission to open parishes, monasteries and convents. In a Vatican Radio interview, Father Joseph
Poustooutov, archimandrite of the Patriarchate of Moscow, said more than 700 Russian Orthodox parishes, monasteries and convents were opened or restored to the church during last year's celebration of the first millennium of Christianity in the Soviet Union.
Among the monasteries restored to the church was the "great monastery of Kiev, source of Russian Christianity", the archimandrite said. In addition, "new schools of theology are also being opened", he added. There are "numerous other signs that testify to
an opening on the part of the authorities in relation to the church", he said. "We are looking at all these changes with much hope," Father Poustooutov said. "We want truly to believe that this process", now begun, "will be irreversible".
Father Poustooutov said that participation by delegations from other churches in last June's millennial celebrations in Moscow was a new beginning for ecumenical relations. Relations with the Catholic Church particularly improved, he added.
Call for new peace efforts HARARE, (Zimbabwe) (NC): The bishops of southern Africa have called for new peace efforts in the region, appealing to governments and rebels to stop the fighting and end the suffering of millions of southern Africans. "Listen to us, lay down your arms," the bishops said in a 21-page pastoral letter.
It is a "main function of the state to provide security for its citizens, but the wars that have been dragging on in southern Africa for years show that war does not provide security for peoples but provides hatred and destruction," the letter said. "Without negotiation there will never be peace
or security and the people will continue to die, said the bishops of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa, and Swaziland Zimbabwe. "War is the most cruel injustice that many of our people are suffering at the present time," the
bishops' letter said. "It has affected not only the combatants but also the majority of some nations inhuman with suffering." Both sides in each conflict "must lay down their arms and start talking about peace," Auxiliary Bishop Patrick M. Mutume of Mutare, Zimbabwe, told repor-
ters, releasing the letter at a press conference on Harare.
"The call is not for only one side," he said. "Everybody must talk." The bishop said that the appeal was directed as much at white-ruled South Africa and its guerilla opponents as it was at other countries.
Family values losing grip DUBLIN, Ireland (NC): A recent report published by a non-partisan research institute says Catholic values are not reflected as strongly in family life as they were earlier in the century. "Fifty years ago, the
values of the Catholic Church were generally reflected in family life," said the report, published by the Economic and Social Research Institute. statistics "Today, regarding extramarital
birth, contraception, abortion as well as marriage breakdown suggest a diminished assent in practice to these traditional values." About 94 per cent of Ireland's 3.6 million population professes
Catholicism. The report, written by Fiona economist Kennedy, showed that one in 10 births in the Irish republic occur outside marriage. It said six per cent of pregnancies end in abortions.
The report said governmental children's allowances were only half of those paid in Northern Ireland and recommended that a special government unit be established to monitor the effects of economic policy on families.
Accord on financing of schools
VALLETTA, (MALTA) (NC): Malta's Catholic Church and government have reached an agreement on financing church schools, ending years of feuding on the issue.
legislature passed a law saying secondary education would be free. Church officials said droppimg tuition would force them to close the schools.
During Malta's previous the administration,
However, a series of Vatican-mediated tern-
porary agreements that provided 50 per cent state funding of Catholic schools kept the system operating.
When Prime Minister Edward Fenech Adami took over in 1987, he pledged church-state
cooperation and said tne previous government had "violated" the rights of the Catholic Church. For the 1988-89 school year, the 20 church-run
high schools are not charging tuition. Under
the provisional agreement, costs will be
covered by government
grants and interest on capital acquired through the sale of church property between May 1987 and Aug. 1988.
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The church also will contribute money from a special collection. The Record, February 2, 1989
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Catholicism os1rig BEIJING (NC): — The government-approved Catholic Church in officially atheist China wants to become a trusted part of Chinese society with no outside alliance contradictory to the country's social and political goals, said church officials. But bishops, priests and other officials of the church also describe themselves as one in faith with the Catholic Church worldwide. They hold that view despite 30 years without official ties to the Vatican and with the election of bishops in violation of canon law. They criticise as "narrow-minded" Or "heretical" the so-called "underground" church of Chinese Catholics who have maintained loyalty and links to the Vatican. Leaders of the government -approved church spoke about Chinese Catholicism to a group of foreign Catholic journalists on a 17-day working tour sponsored by the International Federation of Catholic News Agencies. The tour was organised in conjunction with official church and government authorities. Church officials said they are focusing on regaining church property and building up the clergy after the ideological "nightmare" of the 10-year Cultural Revolution — when Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung let loose his young Red Guards on many Chinese institutions he regarded as enemies. Church buildings were seized or destroyed, clergy abused and imprisoned and religious life brought to a standstill during the period which
NC Foreign Editor BILL PRITCHARD made a 17-day tour of China in late November and early December under the auspices of the International Federation of Catholic News Agencies. He has written the seven-part series and four profiles as a result of the trip.
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Children at a pre-school run by the Shanghai Diocese. many Chinese regard as one of their country's worst experiences. The official church encountered on the tour was poor for the most part and often tucked away obscurely in older parts of the cities. An observer of the church in China called it a "secondary force" in the country neither well understood by the vast majority of Chinese nor understanding itself "what the church is in the modern age." Church officials said
Catholicism is losing its traditional image as a foreign implant. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries it was identified with "imperialist" Western powers which had forced humiliating economic and political concessions from the crumbling empire, they said. Now it has launched a limited program of social services — including medical treatment and care for the elderly — aimed at gaining social acceptance, as well as
practising Christian charity. Although ties between t he government approved church and the Vatican have been broken for decades, most of its senior clergymen are validly ordained Catholic priests. church has The largely remained untouched by the Second Vatican Council. Masses, for instance, are still celebrated in Latin with the priest's back to the congregation. However, church officials
throughout the tour said they are receptive to Vatican II ideas and plan to use some. In 1957, links with the Vatican began to break when the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association was formed under goverment sponsorship to put the church in synchronisation with state goals and separate the church from "foreign interference." The association of lay and clergy representatives is one of several non-communist organisations under the
United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party. Catholics who publicly resisted the association and continued to pledge loyalty to the Vatican — such as Bishop Ignatis Kung Pin-mei of Shanghai — were frequently given long prison terms. Church officials and Patriotic Association spokesmen said the split with the Vatican is a "political" matter which could be solved if the Vatican severs diplo-
matic ties with Taiwan. The anti-communist Taiwanese government says il ls the legitimate administration of China. China said it will not consider exchanging ambassadors with the Vatican while those diplomatic links exist. There is also the further issue, officials acknowledge, of the canonically illicet election of Chinese bishops. That practice was begun in 1958 when priests of the Archdiocese of Hankow elected Franciscan Father Bernardine Dong Guangging to head the See. Bishop Dong said he accepted election only because the diocese needed a leader after the foreign bishops of China were expelled by the communist government. In the govenmentapproved church, which generally uses the ecclesiastical boundaries set up by the Vatican, there are no archdioceses or arc.hibishorks. The practice of election falls under what officials call the independent selfselfpropagating, supporting and self administering stance the church has taken since the mid-50s. It also means automatic excommunication of those who ordain or are ordained. A senior church official said he believes the Vatican wonld have to agree to a compromise allowing some degree of autonomy in the selection of bishops before can be relations normalised. Yet, knowledgeable sources said several chinese-elected bishops have secretly been "regularised" by the Vatican.
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Despite the presence of young seminarians and novices at this Mass at Hankow's St Joseph's Church, the church-going Chinese Catholics are most often elderly and female.
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TAIPAI, Taiwan: As spec- President Chiang Ching ulation grows on the Kuo. dilemma facing the VatiThe mainland Chinese can over its recognition of Taiwan, the nunciature government and the Catholic charge d'affaires has Patriotic Church frequently critibeen transferred as procise the Vatican for nuncio to Bangladesh. Taiwan Monsignor Pier Biggio recognising has been charge d'af- which claims to be the faires in Taiwan since still legitimate government of China. 1986. The Taiwanese bishops There has been no pronuncio assigned to to are said to have been told Taiwan since 1979. He that eventually the Vatiwas Australia's Archbi- can will have to drop this shop Edward Cassidy, recognition hut the timnow the No.2 man in the ing will be critical in determining proper relasecretariate of state. tions, especially if Pope At that time he was also John Paul is due in the pronuncio to Bangladesh region in October for the and lived there in 1971 I nternational Eucharistic visiting Taipeh for the inauguration in 1978 of Congress in Seoul, Korea.
image of implant Some of the Chinese Yukun, pastor of ImmacConception 1 ishops interviewed dur- ulate the tour also said they Cathedral in Peking and secretary esire papal approval of assistant t heir offices as soon as general of the Peking branch of the Patriotic elations are restored. Both church and Association. Chinese culture is more government officials emphasised repeatedly than 3,000 years old. that Catholics want to be Buddhism, imported good Chinese citizens. from India, and Taoism, a homeThey noted that 1.600 still-thriving Catholics — from doc- grown religion, are its tors to factory laborers — major religions. have been identified as Catholicism took root in "model workers" by the China in the late 16th !;tate. century, brought by the Catholics are "very Italian Jesuit missionary responsible in their atti- Father Matteo Ricci. who :ude" toward their jobs, is still respected in aid Bishop Joseph modern China for his : hong Huaide, chairman scientific contributions. ;if the Patriotic AssociaThe church has since tion, in Beijing. "They are gone through periods of patriotic and they obey general acceptance and the lows." persecution. Non-Catholic Chinese Chinese say Christian'don't say (Catholicism) ity is compatible with is a foreign religion their culture — particuanymore," said Bishop larly with the Confusian Zhong, elected to head tradition of ethical the dioceses of Tsinan behavior. Officials estiand Chowtsun. mate there are three But it was clear from million Catholics among meetings with church China's nearly 1.1 billion officials that being law- people — about one for abiding citizens also every 360 Chinese. In the means Chinese Catholics United States, with more will not publicly speak than 53 million Catholagainst state policies — ics, the ratio is one in such as that regarding four. abortion. underground The Under China's one- church says it also has at family, one-child popula- least three million tion policy a woman with members. one child must have an China's Constitution abortion if she becomes guarantees freedom of pregnant a second time. belief and "normal reliGovernment -backed gious activities," but in church officials said they the same article cautions would advise against "destructive not Catholic couples to resist activities against public the policy, but urge them order." to avoid second pregnanIt also warns that cies, or counsel them Chinese religious organspiritually after the isations "must not tolerabortion. ate interference from "Our hope is to advise foreign powers." the faithful to use natural For Chinese Catholics, family planning," said "foreign powers" transFather Laurence Shi late into the Vatican and
The basilica in the Diocese of Shanghai rests on a hill that was the site of reported Marian visions. ordaining our doctrines are the regular contact with illicitly international religious organisations. some bishops in the same." Gradually, since 1978, bishops. orders. government -approved The underground Bishop Zhong, a strong The law also bars the state has also allowed Catholic Church. church to has continued on the Vatican churches from evangelis- foreign clergy to visit the critic of the ties to maintain There was little opporing in public and from Catholic Church in the Taiwan issue and the Vatican during the 40 tunity on the tour to meet running church schools, China. However, it for- pro-Vatican "under- years of communist rule. with under-ground Catholic and bans foreign mis- bids them from exercis- ground" church members. but and bishops ordains It that despite while said Church, ministry their ing functionsionaries from the lack of links "in faith priests considered valid Chinese who identified ing as ministers in the in the country. we believe that the and licit under canon themselves with it desChinese Repeatedly. country. church is one and we law. According to various cribed it as a thriving But officials of the state- church officials said their believe in the Trinity and sources, it also has institution. sanctioned church said most pressing projects that on the positive side, are to reopen churches the government has and train new priests. become much more tol- The current corps of erant of religion in Chinese priests, numbergeneral and has returned ing about 1,100, is aged. many church properties Most are in their 70s. seized during the CultuChinese Catholic sporal Revolution, including kesmen insisted their rental properties from church is not schismatic. which dioceses draw They rejected comparimuch of their income. Large range of reconditioned portable, son to the movement of It also allows the Chi- excommunicated French manual and electronic typewriters Marcel nese church to accept Archbishop contributions, with no Lefebvre, who was RING strings attached, from expelled from the Catholic Catholic Church for foreign
Tickets for Christmas midnight Mass About 3000 faithful, including 300 foreign consulate officials and foreign students, attended midnight Mass at the cathedral, he added. Compared to 1987, more people brought their families and more young and Catholic Christmas services in Shanghai in newly baptized faithful attended, the official 1988 attracted more than 40,000 people, more added. than four times the number who attended the Teresa Ying Muhlah, assistant secretary previous year, said an official of the city's general of Peking's Catholic Patriotic Catholic Patriotic Association. Association, said every Peking church was Between 20,000 and 30,000 people packed with participants to the extent that attended services in Peking, the Chinese people could not enter or leave. capital, said another Patriotic Association Hong Kong newspapers reported that official. Patriotic Association officials had issued an A system had to be adopted for midnight edict to keep non Catholics from entering Mass at the Shanghai Cathedral. Churches for Midnight Mass, to avoid a Non-Catholic youth without tickets were repeat of crowd scenes and church damage unfamiliar with the system and had to be that occurred in 1987. turned away. "We had to ensure that the religious lives "They came with good intentions, but we of believers could be respected," Ms. Ying adopted the ticket system to keep the Mass said. "We also realize that non-believers are orderly and to avoid overcrowding," an curious and want to experience the religous atmosphere of Christmas." official said. She said churches receieved large groups He also said that after church officials explained the difficulty to them, the young of non-Catholic visitors from morning until people bought some Christians cards at the evening Dec.25 to look at the cribs and decorations. cathedral and departed. SHANGHAI: Tickets had to be issued for Christmas midnight Mass at Shanghais c athedral to avoid the crowd scenes and church damage that had occurred in previous years,
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Jerusalem is a bustling, seething, noisy city where believers of the world's three major monotheistic religions rub shoulders as they hustle to visit their sacred sites. winding, In the crowded streets of Jerusalem's Old City, Arabs in turbans and colourful long gowns finger their prayer beads on the way to the Dome of the Rock. The third most sacred shrine for Moslems, its
golden dome towers above the city and overlooks in the distance the Mount of Olives. The dome houses the huge rock said to be the place where Abraham was willing to sacrifice Isaac. Here too, Moslems believe, the founder of their religion, Mohammed, ascended to heaven. Moslems come to pray but also to touch reverently a carefully preof relic served
Mohammed, the imprint of his feet. Orthodox Christian priests and Roman Catholic monks and nuns wearing traditional habits hurry to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or to the Via Dolorosa down which Jesus toiled with the cross. Here pilgrims stop at the Stations of the Cross, disregarding the occasional heavily laden donkey. Orthodox Jews wearing
Great Spirit in entirely differnt so environment. skull caps join Hasidic Jews in black frock coats and hats at the Western Wall (sometimes called the Wailing Wall), part of what once was the temple courtyard. Segregated by sex, men and women pause to pray, to read their prayer scrolls and to touch the wall. In Jerusalem I was
reminded that Christians do not have a monopoly on the seriousness with which they practice their religion. I also became more aware of the varied ways people of faith encounter God. Thousands of kilometres from the bustling city of Jerusalem, Native Americans search for the
Nightly TV news programs often report on conflicts which have a religious element, such as Jewish-Arab strife in the Middle East or CatholicProtestant unrest in Northern Ireland. It can seem that people of different religious beliefs do nothing but fight each other. Have there been occasions when representatives of the world's religions met together to promote peace? Are there occasions on the local level when people of different religions band together to work on a common cause? What are some common characteristics that followers of the world's religions share? What does it mean to say that people have a universal yearning or instinct for God?
The Indians go today to make co with the Great Spirit as their ancestors di , long ago. A reflective and sophical people, Sioux look to the wo
Like most Catholics I know, I was born to Catholic parents and I grew up Catholic. In my child's world, all the people I knew were Catholic and I assumed everyone, or nearly everyone, was Catholic.
In Jerusalem, believers of the world's three major monotheistic religions rub shoulders as they hustle to visit their sacred sites. The Via Dolorosa, down which Jesus toiled with the cross, is special to Christians visiting the city.
This means every third person is Christian. Among the other 67 per cent, 17 per cent are Moslems, 13 per cent Hindus. The rest, in lower percentages, include Buddhists, Confucians, Taoists, Shintoists and Jews. About 16 per cent profess no religion at all. Those statistics cause
For the Sioux In,' the serene and ma' Black Hills of Dakota are a place.
All nature "speaks to the Sioux about the presence of a Supreme Being, of a force or power" greater than they, Hillenbrand Father explained.
For the Sioux, thunder and lightning are "the Great Spirit speaking to us", Father Hillenbrand said. They also believe that the Spirit can be found in animals and in the sun and moon and stars.
Among these people, "anyone willing to be They see the Great open to the created Spirit as friend some- universe is on the road to times but also as a foe at communing with the times, as frightening and Spirit and the spirit world", the priest added. yet attractive.
The solitary voice of a young Moslem boy, alone in the centre of the mosque, rose and fell in prayer with the porter tones of the ancient Arabic scales.
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I recently saw a population chart indicating the number of people belonging to the different world religions. Of the 5 billion people in the world, 33 per cent are Christian.
nature to experience the sacred, said Benedictine Thomas Father Hillenbrand.
me to ask what those three billion people believe about God, about their lives, about their ultimate future. I don't want to create the impression that I believe Christianity is pitted in a spiritual or political battle against other religions, although some real differences and some conflict are facts of life. Instead.I want to reflect on what it is that people of religious faith share. My first point is that people of all kinds of religious beliefs ask many of the same kinds
of questions about life's rest in God. meaning about death, The study of world about ethical values. religions from ancient The perspectives in times to the present which we couch and reveals other common frame our questions features. differ and, of course, the For example, rites of answers may not come initiation are common out the same. But we among the Papuans in stand together in asking New Guinea as among them, a single yet poly- Christians who celebrate phonic chorus of seekers. baptism, confirmation In addition we are and the Eucharist. This bonded, in the words of helps the community St Augustine, by our pass on its deepest beliefs restless hearts which and practices to the well remain so until they young.
Though community values and practices may differ, the desire to pass them on to future generations is universal. Another common feature of world religions is a general feeling, as one author puts it, of living in a "split-level" universe — the human world and the world of divine or ultimate reality. The passage between these two is bridged in a variety of ways by prophets, religious leaders, priests, saints. Their messages, rituaLs and the gods they are devoted to may differ, but
I learned differently not long after Iturned 12, my first year as a Boy Scout. when I accompanied our Catholic troop from Sacred Heart Parish, to
the desire to find connections between the two is a constant. The world's religions set aside days and times and seasons to celebrate meaningful occasions. The people of the world's religions in many ways are united in mind, through their questions; in heart, through their restlessness; in action, through their ritual expressions. There are differences and sometimes discord. But there is also a shared quest and a belief in life's purpose.
Le annual Boy Scout mboree. was my first time ay from home and my mediate family. ather Long, a great iest straight out of a ng Crosby movie, was r chaplain. ome Sunday morning und 6:45, we left our mpsite and quietly embled with other tholic troops behind e grandstand where we d Mass. There were ut 200. tack at the campsite, a' were just finishing eakfast when the bugle unded and what emed to be the whole mpsite came to life. is we watched, troop ter troop of Protestant :outs followed our ition's flag and their vn troop colors into the amn grandstand. There ust have been about 00. :very so often the wind ?w a few words sung or ad from the Bible in Jr direction. Chat day I learned that belonged to a Catholic inority in a largely N3testant country. kslearly 20 years later in )67, I was in Turkey
visiting early Christian sites on the way to study in Jerusalem. In Istanbul, I visited St Sophia's, one of the greatest and oldest churches in the entire Christian world. It had been transformed into a mosque. Christian churches do not have minarets. Nor are their walls covered with giant placards with quotations from the Koran proclaiming the sovereignty of Allah. In the years after the Boy Scout Jamboree, I had made many Protestant friends and come to recognise the broader Christian culture in whichIlived. I also had made Jewish friends and become aware of the Jewish roots of the Judeo-Christian culture. Islam, however, was something new to me. When I inquired of someone at the small hotel where we stayed if there were many Christians in Istanbul, I received a puzzled look. No, there were not many Christians in Istanbul, except for some foreigners.
As we visited Istanbul's great mosques, it was like watching the Protestant troops gathering in the grandstand all over again. As Christians in Turkey, we were foreigners like no Moslem ever would be. And I realised it would be that way in much of the world for Christians. But I also learned something else. Istanbul has many mosques. The most impressive ones crown the city's many hills, with their domes, half-domes and quarter-domes raising the hills as in prayer to the sky. Some are so architecturally awesome that one easily could look right past the praying Moslems without giving them so much as a thought. One mosque, perhaps the one named after Suleyman the Magnificent, seemed empty when we entered. Then we heard the solitary voice of a young boy, sitting alone on the carpet in the mosque's centre. He held a copy of what I assumed was the
Koran. His voice rose and fell in song with the quarter tones of the ancient Arabic scales bearing the joys, fears and pleadings of a human spirit to the presence of God. Sometimes his voice soared, quavered and then plunged into nearsilent groans of lament. We stood quietly behind a pillar, barefooted as is required, fitting in a holy place. I do not know how long we stood there. No one said anything. When we left, the boy was still praying. The sounds of his prayer became part of my religious imagination. As he sang,I felt the vibrations of genuine prayer from the lips of a young Moslem. Through his prayer, I too entered the presence of God. Yes, I did learn during those few days in Istanbul that I belonged to a minority Christian among human beings. But I also learned that I could learn from the religious experience of men and women of other religions.
Hostilities can cloud the relationships between the subject of interreligious world's religions. When relations comes up are the subject is Moslemthe journeys of Pope Christian relations, for John Paul II in to Africa e xample, what often or Asia or, yes, California springs to mind first is the where he placed such an hostile relationship of the accent on the need for United States and Iran, or understanding between the violent atmosphere in people who, though Lebanon. divided in significant The world continues to ways, are united in a grow smaller as rapid common quest for the communications and divine and a thirst for travel, international justice. trade and a necessary In California in Sepinterdependence place tember 1987, Pope John people in the far corners Paul entered into a of the globe in closer conversation with Moscontact. lem, Buddhist, Hindu Nonetheless, the path to and Jewish understanding between representatives. Christians and Moslems "It is my conviction that or Hindus or Buddhists we must make use of often is lost from view in every opportunity to the midst of internashow love and respect for tional political realities. one another in the spirit It is possible for internaof (the Second Vatican tional relations to overCouncil's Declaration on whelm interreligious Non-Christian Religions) understanding with an which, as the theme of unfriendly — or at least our meeting affirms, is a highly competitive — indeed alive 22 years spirit. after its promulgation," What may not spring the pope said. readily to mind when the To the Buddhists he
said, "I wish respectfully to acknowledge your way of life, based upon compassion and loving kindness and upon a yearning for peace." To the Hindus he said. "I hold in esteem your concern for inner peace and for the peace of the world, based not on purely mechanistic or materialistic political considerations, but on self-purification, unselfishness, love and sympathy for all." To speak this way with representatives of other world religions is to take nothing away from the church's desire to proclaim its Gospel, the pope stressed. He sees proclamation of the Gospel and dialogue with others as two c ompe l l i ng commitments. To speak as the pope does with these others is to come out from under a cloud of hostility into a new atmosphere. It creates a new relationship in which people who believe life has a real purpose can work together to create peace and give the world fresh hope.
The Course of Miracles. Whatever does that mean? in brief it's a set of three books in hardback or one in paperback. It represents inspired text given (she believes) by Jesus, to a Jewish atheist Professor, Helen Schucman in 1965. She and her coleague, Professor Bill Thetford,
Top: Iris Rodoreda "soaking in" CM readings.
Above: Some CM students absorbed in the beautiful CM prose.
Right: Relaxing at a social gathering to farewell the Lucketts after their CM intensive, are (left back) Wolfgang Flatow, Ed Rodoreda, (left front) Nana Howard, Don, Patricia and Maneesha Michalka.
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were experiencing frustrating difficulties with their work and colleagues. They were convinced there had to be a better way of dealing with their problems. From that time on, Dr Schucman had a series of strange psychic experiences; a voice in her head stating: "This is a Course in Miracles. Please take notes." In concert with Bill Thetford who became her co-scribe, she took down shorthand notes from inspired words given her, and he typed them out. For two atheists they had come a long way and this discovery changed their life direction. Helen Schucman died several years ago and Bill Thetford died last year having finally gone to live with Jack and Eulalia Luckett of California.
Now there's an interesting couple! In fact meeting them is quite some experience. And I guess they, and other Course of Miracles (CM) people they've closely associated with over here, are in themselves somewhat set apart from general folk. Eulalia Luckett is a college professor MBA and one of the first group of females to graduate from the previously all male Harvard University in America. She along with husband Jack, are students and teachers of the Course. Jack is a former Marine Colonel, a trial lawyer, member of the bar in the State of California, a teacher, and a former director or the Centre of Attitudinal Healing in Tiburon. This Centre set up by Dr Jerry Jampolsky was the forerunner of many others now in various parts of the world and the Australian Attitudinal Healing Centre, based at the Catherine McAuley Centre in Station Street, Wembley, was opened in March last year under the codirectorship of Don and Patricia Michalka and Dr Margaret Smith. Now getting back to the Lucketts, the CM, and people involved with CM. It's an interesting trio. Eulalia and Jack were running intensive two week courses in Hawaii when they felt drawn to Australia to run intensives over here. This they did in Toowoomba, Nambour, and ran a two week course in Kings Park 5.30 to 7.30 each weekday morning. A huge success, it was attended by up to 130 people daily. In two circles, with a background of green
grass, tall gum trees and blue skies, side by side with one of the most beautiful cities in the world, these people ranged from grandparents right through to litt lies and even a couple of kittens and the cutest Puppy. This adorable canine with his innocent loveliness, rather typified the guileless people who were there. They came to soak in more lessons from the CM readings, to articulate them, to feel the love and peace which emanated from the verses and the companionship of others with like minds. They were circles of love, with Jack and Eulalia guiding them through. Included among the gathered, were lay people from Catholic and other denominations, sisters and priests. Something powerful must have drawn them there because some travelled from Mandurah daily. But experiencing the Lucketts, the delightful hosting couple Iris and the Ed Rodoreda, Michalkas from the Attitudinal Healing Centre and many other good people who facilitated arrangements, plus the large and warm assembly, it was a reminder that the world's resources of good people hasn't dried up as much as one can tend to think in daily living. While some people spend their time plotting assassinations of character or otherwise or "how they can get at the other fellow", these people plot love courses and how they can create peace zones instead of war zones. And how does it work? I saw it in action. Planning to have an the at interview Rodoreda home after the assembly, my car broke down. So while waiting for the RAC we opted for having it right there. We sat on a pathway (and not the grass because the gardener was running a mowing machine right next to us), which seemed to stretch for kilometres. Perfect peace and nary a soul (we thought) apart from the gardener. Next thing, still very early in the morning, the ranger drives up. I couldn't believe it. A solitary 'cyclist had apparently ridden past and told the ranger we were blocking his path! My first reaction registered was that Australia must have changed a great deal for someone to have complained about such a ridiculous thing, and I immediately had a
of Miracles mental image (a bad but I really think it was their families; during his saying: "The CM is a Australian tour last year Christian psychology one!) of the petty minded Eulalia's charm. cyclist. She was wearing a he was instrumental in that provides healing But Iris, Eulalia and purple singlet, short getting the books into through peace of mind Jack's reactions were purple pants, purple sox some Australian prisons and leads to nonentirely different....they in sneakers and purple with whom CM students judgment, acceptance been and forgiveness of ourblessed the cyclist for glitter on her cheek had already selves and others." associated. bringing the ranger to bones. profit Their discovery of the a makes one No them! In case he thought we came through Healing the CM or CM of out at (or weird The lucky man received were a little searching when Jack was a love heart stuck on his least Eulalia) I explained Centres. The books of which half given six months to live, shirt, hugs, affirmations, she was a professor from the million have already several years ago. a USA. they doubt a without and made his day. "That doesn't make me been sold and translated He and Eulalia then deeper Guess it's how you look any different," she said. into 14 languages are strived to find a and life in as cheaply meaning as produced the it But quietened at things... and no charge is changed from being possible feelsuspect proprietors We moved on with a made for meetings or any traditional professionals battery start to a service ings I believe. very seccessful), to With that dramatic aspect of the CM except (and station. With car still motivated stuspiritually purchase. book running I ran into the change he even volunteachers of the and dents for pay Eulalia and Jack proprietor, quickly regis- teered to drive the car CM. tering a sign which said onto the Rodoreda's all their own fares and excepTheir discovery and the with expenses, "No cheques". (I only had home when Ed came to ent is so proby hosted commitm being tion of rescue us. cheques!) during found, they want to share families local He accordingly turned He looked surly and their stay, and they it with others — to miserable as though the up and then shyly men- accept no fees or catalyse other groups previous customer had tioned it was his birth- donations. and individual students just pistol whipped him day... Yes. He too was so that they too can find Centres Healing The given hugs. love and and grabbed his cash. went off operate. too, without that pathway back to Not a good one to work affirmation and different charge and the Austral- God and inner peace. on I thought but never- a completely Jenny Flatow who is ian Attitudinal Healing theless proceeded to person. at her discovis Wembley overjoyed in Centre you. tell It works, I promptly talk him into a few years CM, the of earnery by funded partially accepting my cheque for Because I saw it in the ings from the private ago, said she also uses it space of one action a new battery. husband's her practices of the Michal- in Suspicion all over his packed morning. kas and Dr Margaret business. Students of CM have Smith. face he semi-reluctantly "It's a mind training it brings tears to said the to make agreed Luck- course which deals with the years, six For intensity and their eyes switch, for the cheque. their home and forgiveness. Trust is the of feeling when reading etts kept completely having But La Jolla, Cali- linch pin of the book; it's in garden the beautiful prose disabled the car, he then and available about development of open fornia which is in iambic announced he had to do who wanted to trust and establishing anyone to pentameter. a little business at the attend their daily (365 AIDS sufferers using days of the year) lunchlocal bank — nothing to the CM have in some time meetings, or came do with me. gone into rem- merely to meditate, instances Would we mind? What undoubtedly and ission, counsel or whatever. can one say with a many more miracles disabled car? They decided upon have been achieved in their Eulalia and I continued many life areas but for urging, to take parts other to intensives the interview sitting in students of the CM, were in the car, no grinding of peace, joy, discovery and of the world and their to prior Hawaii teeth. Simply sweetness re-discovery of God, have visit. Australian and light. all taken place and The Lucketts believe the Eulalia rubbed off — transformed them. to be a practical CM highly so is CM when The not only on me but in bringing the process fellow regarded by Dr Jerry burly t he God. They teach of peace Tuithe returned, he, too, with a Jampolsky of "Teach only example by love heart stuck on his buron Attitudinal Healis what you that for love sweaty singlet, was smil- ing Centre, that he uses it are," they say. the with be working Could when happy. and ing Jack sums it up by because he owed us one, catastrophically ill and
our relationships with each other and our Creator. "People have often kept their spirituality and business separate, but the CM is a means
whereby you can integrate the two." It works! she says, "and there's nowhere you can't use it." requiring Anyone hooks can contact Jenny
Flatow on 364-4681, or ring Jenny, or Pat Leunig on 341-7831 or 245-1611 for information regarding the Course Of Miracles.
Absorbed in their love for each other, Don and Pat Leunig perhaps represent what CM and life are all about — Love.
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Closer look at role of women VATICAN CITY (NC): A Vatican-named commission is "studying the possibility of reconsidering" the Church's ban on installing women in the ministries of acolyte and lector, said Archbishop Jan Schotee, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops and a c ommission member. But this does not mean that current Church rules will be changed, he said. "Nothing is excluded," but "nothing has been decided," he added. The study commission is only empowered to present information to Pope John Paul II for his use, he added.
Although Church rules bar women from being formally initiated as lectors and adolytes, as a practice many women do the readings at Mass and in some places women or girls serve at the altar. The 12-member commission has been in existence for a year and is studying the overall issue of ministries in the Church, said Archbishop Schotte at a news conference. The Vatican released the pope's post-synodal apostolic exhortation on the role of the laity in the Church and the world, the theme of the 1987 world Synod of Bishops. In the document the pope said the commis-
sion had been established to study the theological, liturgical, pastoral and juridical aspects of lay ministries in the Church, including the ban on women as acolytes and lectors. A reconsideration of the ban was asked by the synod. The overall scope of the commission is to provide information about lay ministries in today's world and to define them in relation to the general obligations and tasks of all Catholics, he said. "We have to be much more severe and clear in using the term ministry," he added. "Is visiting the sick a ministry? It could
become one if it is something the community entrusts to one person. But it is also an obligation of every baptized person," said Archibishop Schotte. "So if someone visits the sick, that doesn't mean he becomes a minister," he said. The commission is composed of Vatican officials and experts living in Rome, said Archbishop Schotte. He did not name the other members and said the following Vatican, general policy for study commissions, has not made the names public. The archbishop gave no deadline for the end of the study commission's work.
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to the Editor from Mrs D TROWBRIDGE, Dampier Sir, I feel I must reply to the letter from Mrs. Doris Martyr, January 5 (The Record), not on the grounds of church liturgical law — about which I know almost nothing — but from the viewpoint of a very ordinary, fairly conservative lay person who has an intense love of the Mass. I have participated in only a few home Masses, some in my own home, and I feel very sorry for Mrs Martyr for not having experienced the beauty of a home Mass. Masses have been said by priests in homes all through the ages and I cannot see how the "majesty of the Catholic Mass" can be "devalued" just because it is said in a home. After all wasn't the "first Mass" held in a room and wasn't Jesus in the company of His friends? Her mention of the "idiosyncracies of a particular home during Mass" might be taking things a bit too far, but as I have not experienced this I really cannot comment on it. I would like to know what Mrs. Martyr means by "excessive use of special ministers of the Eucharist."
In our small parish we have six special ministers, myself included. We assist our parish priest in the distribution of the Eucharist under both species, and once a week I or one of the other special ministers have the privilege of conducting a Communion Service, as we do should our parish priest be unable to say our one midweek Mass. ( take Communion to a sick child fairly regularly and just before Christmas I had the opportunity to minister to a group of Filipino seamen. Our priest was unable to be contacted at short notice and I was asked if I could conduct a Communion Service for them. The men were due to sail that night for Europe, a journey taking 40 days and they would have no other chance to go to Mass or receive Communion. It gave me great joy to do this for them and their gratitude was very obvious. This sort of thing does not happen often and I certainly would not consider us being used "excessively" but we are there should the need arise. From a purely personal point of view, the feeling of joy and privilege I experience when carrying out my duties as a special minister is really quite awsome and I pray I may spend many more years witnessing my faith in this way.
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Father Anthony Peile, a Pallottine priest for 32 years, was better known outside Australia then locally for his work to
Aboriginal preserve botanical knowledge and
language. Born in East Malvern Victoria he was buried on his 58th birthday after two years suffering from cancer. In his research Fr. Peile worked for 28 years in the Balgo Hills area, 270 km south of Halls Creek with the Kukatja people. He was once described by journalist as 'a burly, middleage priest chauffeuring parties of Aboriginal grannies in a battered four-wheel-drive through the mulga to look for plants, an image of priest not easily understood or accepted by people living in the city. To them priests belong in churches, Aboriginal grandmothers spend their time waiting for the next welfare cheque and bush medicine to a past as distant as the tribal grounds where it was practised Fr Peile was one of a handful ethnobotanists working against time in Australia to save what
remains of the millenia-old knowledge that the Aborigines have accumulated on the continents plants and its uses. Their knowledge allowed them to live in a harsh, arid enironment for many thousand of years." First Fr. Peile did many years of linguistic research, Then he learned from the people at Balgo their views on health and sickness. This knowledge he tried to transmit to help and bring their medical service in a form which is related to their culture and patterns of thought. For a long time Fr. Peile had difficulty to find acknowledgment and acceptance of his work. This lack of appreciation could have many reasons, but one of the biggest reasons would be the indifference the majority of white Australians exhibit towards the original inhabitants of this country. His r esearch had as its aim to overcome ignorance, indifference and prejudice. Experts from overseas had much more appreciation of his research. Profesor Harold R. Battersby, from the Department of A nthropology and Linguistics of the State Universiy of New York, has written a foreword to
Father Peile's book: "Body and soul: an Australian Aboriginal View- yet to be published: 'Anthony Peile has a quest among "his people'. It is to acquire as complete as possible an understanding of their realities, and, with empathic application of them, seek means to improve their lot. Dedicated to the service of God among the Kukatja, he devotes himself to Kukatja studies with a rare zeal that sustains him through years of privation, acquiring a profound knowledge of the Kukatja language and culture, and unquestionable mastery of Kukatja verbal and nonverbal communication, and of the Kukatja environment — to the extent that the Kukatja respect his talents beyond measure. After all, he does not go to the Kukatja to conduct his research as a stranger, he lives among them, and is considered among the multifaceted nuances of their thoughts of what is real to them and what is meaningful in Kukatja world view. . . . Decades of fieldwork, teaching and studying languages and cultures, working in the medical anthropology have
taught me that language, culture, religion and the environment in which they develop, are inseparable aspects that provide an ethnic group with its concept of reality. Indeed, the wisdom of clinical medicine should be supplemented with a knowkedge of health beliefs and folk medicinal practices, environments and the affects of changes of environments, of foods, beverages and other things the environment provide, of importations, genetic factors, mental and emotional aspects, socioeconomic conditions, and, in fact, all that the environment and culture of a patient can ploduce or contribute to disease. Pallottine provincial superior Fr. Eddie Wehrmaker said of Fr. Peile: He was a listener and a bridge-builder. He was also a man of prayer and faithful to his God Thus Fr. Peile was a true son of St. Vincent Pallotti. who gave a legacy to his sons and daughters: to spread the faith that God is a saving God and to re-enkindle love amongst all." May he rest in peace
l'CiN future bright In November 1988 20 young workers gathered at Eagle's Nest Gidgegannup to decide the future direction of the Perth Young Christian Workers Movement. They examined the hopes, aspirations, concerns and needs of 100 voting working and unemployed people, both within and outside the YCW in Perth. The YCW Leaders had questioned young working people on 11 areas of daily activity. YCW Diocesan Council '89. These included areas Front from left: HareIle Woodberry, Joanne Newman, Judith Gledhill & son Beau, Michael Santovito, Tania Nivarelli. such as; Who am I? 2nd row: Tim Ronchi, Luisa Spaddacini, Michelle Kopec, George Poniatowski, Vince Whateley, Andrew and Cathy What's my place? What's Lange, John Patten, Miguel Guerrero. the purpose in life? 3rd row; Bruno Locastro, Gerry Ravenscroft, Warren lannello, Debra Grainger. How's my family? What 4th row: David Hughes, Andrew Maclean, Marina Paino. is racism and sexism in Australia? tion in the area of inter affirmed as a valid Deavin. The YCW plans to personal relationships in vocation. YCW method is about consult, offer support MEMBERS: Sharon the workplace. seeing the facts, judging and friendship, assist Functions such as Sandells, Marina Paino, upon the facts through with job finding, and An enquiry will exam- indoor cricket and Michael Santovito, David low-cost ine causes and solutions. monthly dances will be a Hughes, Vince Whateley, the eyes of faith and organising acting upon planned recreation. Important environmen- regular feature next year. Bruno Lo Castro, CHAproposals in 1989. The YCW will consult tal issues such as the In the elections for PLAIN: Fr Geoff Aldous, Five main proposals other groups working in destruction of the ozone diocesan leadership the LAY COLLABORATOR this area. were made. layer will be raised with following people were Mark O'Sullivan. The enthusiasm at the The YCW plans to politicians and individ- elected. PRESIDENT: Unemployment was lannello, was high and the encouraged. council Warren actions ual of forms investigate of area seen as a prime Kate future looks bright. injustice and discriminaconcern. The single state was SECRETARY:
Reflecting on the word waiting As we prepare for any major event in our lives, we anticipate great joy, yet also experience anxiety. The recent Advent discussion groups reflected on a different understanding of the word waiting. The first Christmas was celebrated by the immediate family of Jesus and
the child's birth now had a reason to serve Him. He was helpless and vulnerable — their presence was His security. This idea of waiting on someone else and taking care of their needs lends a different interpretation to the coming of the Christ Child. Rather than solely war. rying about how well we
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orientation activities where Catholic students can meet before the academic year begins. Friendships grow through shared experiences. These Orientation Camps or Orientation Days are experiences worth trying out. Murdoch University Catholic Community (MUCC) are holding an Orientation Day on Friday, February 10, 10.30am at Bibra Lake. You are welcome to contact Gillian on 276 7324 or Rhonda on 419 1814 for more details.
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human He needed. The wise men only came later with their gifts suitable for a King. As we wait for the Kingdom of God it is appropriate to reflect on the activity of our waiting -- is it a service to others, or only our attempt of preparation while remaining isolated from the other people of the Kingdom?
February 19-21 February 21-23 For details, write to: Father Stephen Astill, SJ University Chaplaincy UWA Nedlands 6009 or ring 380 2405 These camps will give you a head start at uni and enable you to make new friends, learn from experiencedstudents andhave a good time before term starts.
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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 takepart 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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will receive Him into our lives, we can purposely Often the basic necessibring Him into the lives ties for a fruitful life are of those around us. This can take various passed over in preference forms; from a gesture to the glamour of towards the needy of our materialism. to or The shepherds invited community members of our families to the Holy Birth, who in some way lack brought their sheep as an something — whether it offering of both meat be of friendship or good amd warmth; which gave to the infant what as a health.
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by Colleen McGuiness-Howard
A missionary explorer Jacques Marquette was an idealistic young teen. He lived in Laon, France, about 300 years ago. Jacques found some stories about Jesuit missionaries across the ocean in New France — what we now call North America. These stories of courage and adventure stirred his imagination. He dreamed of crossing the ocean as a missionary. When he was 17, Jacques joined the Jesuits. Twelve years later in 1666 Father Jacques Marquette sailed for an exciting, frightening new world. It took Father Marquette a year in Three Rivers, Quebec, to learn the customs of the Native Americans and to learn to communicate with them. His superiors sent him to bring the Gospel to the many friendly Indian nations along the shores of Lake Superior. The Indians trusted their young French priest because he respected them and their ways.
They liked his honest, warm manner. In 1671, after an attack by the Sioux Indians, Father Marquette and the friendly tribes moved to the safety of Mackinac Island in Lake Huron. He built a new mission there. Not long afterward the governor of New France invited Father Marquette to go with a young explorer and fur trader, Louis Joliet, to discover and map a large river the Indians called "Missi Sepe", the "father of the waters". The young priest was excited. He hoped to discover more Indian tribes to tell about Jesus. It was a difficult, dangerous journey by canoe. At one point, the Indian guides abandoned them. But the explorers pushed on. They rowed down the Wisconsin River until it flowed into the great river they were looking for near what is now Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Today the river is called the Mississippi. Further down the Mis-
sissippi they met the Illinois Indians. They stayed a week with the friendly tribe. Father Jacques spoke to them about the Creator and about Jesus. Just before the white men left, the Illinois gave them a beautiful peace pipe. At least once that peace pipe saved the explorers from attack by hostile natives. When they were sure the Mississippi flowed into the Gulf of Mexico, Father Jacques and Louis Joliet turned around and headed back toward Mackinac Island. By now Father Jacques was exhausted and in failing health. The Illinois Indians took him in and cared for him while Joliet headed north. Father Jacques never reached home. He died May 18, 1675, in what is now Michigan. He was 38. A statue of Father Marquette stands in the US Capitol honouring him as a discoverer of the Mississippi River.
A River Journey Can you help Father Marquette and his companion. Louis Joliet, find the Mississippi River)
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What's that Noise? Written i t %tan Ituertnfeldt Illustrated t•sy Hobert thwitnieldt
How the Camel Got His Hump byRudyardKlpllng Illustrated by Krystyna Turska. Published by F Warne & Co. Distributed through Penguin — $9.95. Collected in the volume are two of Rudyard Kipling's funniest children's stories: How the Camel Got His Hump and How the Whale Got His Throat. The first tells of the lazy Camel who won't do any work and who, when anybody speaks to him, just says 'Humph!' (But he says it once too often). The second is about the Whale who eats up all the fish he can find in the sea, but meets his match when he tries to eat a shipwrecked sailor. These much-loved stories with complete come Kipling's own accompanying poems and sparkling new illustrations by Krystyna Turska.
The adventures of Charlotte and Henry by Bob Graham. Published by Viking Kestrel. bb. $12.95. Even though they are very different, Charlotte and Henry are the best of friends. Charlotte is wild and reckless and full of ideas about ways to have fun. Henry is a cautious fellow, and he likes to worry. He gets lots of chances to worry about Charlotte. Often he thinks her ideas are pretty crazy, but somehow he finds himself following right along. Life is never dull with Charlotte — and besides, she needs him to get her out of some difficult situations. In these five stories Charlotte and Henry share all the good times and minor catastrophes that make up a warm friendship. Told in witty comic -strip-format, The Adventures of Charlotte and Henry will endear the two friends to children everywhere.
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The Not fust-Anybod, Family by Betsy Byars. Pub by Piper/Pan. $6.50. It made all the headlines when Vern broke into prison, hut what would you do if your grandpa was in Oil? The Blossoms had no doubts. Since they couldn't get Pap Out, Maggie and Vern
had to get in. A little unusual perhaps, but as Maggie said. "We Blossoms have never been just 'anybody'." This is the first adventure for the Blossoms — Pap, Vern, Maggie, Junior and Mud the dog. They're a family you won't forget.
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Fiery girl by Derek and Lle wellyn Jones Suzanne Abraham. Published by Oxford Cniversity Press. $14.95. Every girl needs to known about herself: about her body. her feelings, her physical and mental health. EveriNirl is designed to help adolescent girls come to terms with the physical, psychological and social changes they are experiencing. Everygirl discusses not only fo-naccological facts and fallacies, but also looks at diet and skin care, and social and sexual behaviour.
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What's that Nolse? Written by Mary Roennfeklt, Illustrated by Robert Roennfeldt. published by Omnibus. hb. $14.95. A humorous story for the veri young, with few words, the action being told visually through the pictures. After being awoken by a strange noise in the night. George. who is a zoo keeper. decides to investigate further. Armed with his coat and torch he heads out into the night to try and determine just what is causing all the havoc. Haphazard House by Mary Wesley. Pub by Piper/Pan. $6.50. Haphazard Muse had been empty for years. A place of mystery; damaged by fire and lost in time. Then I.isa and her family arrive, falling for its crooked ways and the strange glass spiral staircase. But who is the eerie figure R — who waves from the window 1 - of a room burnt long ago?
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Left: Early mornings in Kings Park is not only a great place to be enriched by CM intensives — but it's a great place for teddies too! Top right: Emilie Turner with the CM 'pooch' and mother Jenny Flatow. Bottom right: Amanda Turner thinks prebreakfast early morning CM intensives in Kings Park, plus holidays, are a great combination!
Play opens season For the 1989 Festival of Perth. the Hole in the Wall Theatre Company, Subiaco will premiere a new translation of Paul Claudel's masterpiece, Break of Noon (known in French as Partage De Midi). The new acting version has been prepared by Lisette Nigot (previously Senior Lecturer, Department of French Studies. University of Western Australia) and The Hole's Artistic Director, Raymond Omodei. "It's a great play. I've wanted to do it for ages" says °model, "and with the 1989 Festival celebrating the French Republic's Bicentenary, what better time to present the work of this great F rench poet and dramatist!"
Four voyagers en route to the Orient become enmeshed in another journey altogether where the world of the senses and the world of the spirit battle for dominance as a woman beautiful becomes the tocus of three powerful men — husband, lover and would-be priest. The four are cast into a high noon of passion, adultery, choice and betrayal where their lives must be divided and shared. autoClaudel's biographical drama of temptation. sin, grace and an is redemption apocalyptric theatrical vision of overwhelming Wagnerian splendour. This is its first major production in Australia. Directed by Raymond Omodei, and with set and lighting designs by Serge Tampalini and Jake Newby, Break of Noon takes us on an epic voyage from ship to shore, from high noon on the Indian Ocean, through total eclipse in Hong Kong to radiant midnight in China during the Boxer Rebellions.
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Claudel wrote the play in 1905 but forbade its public production until 1948, with Edwige Feuillere as Yse and the great Jean-Louis l3arrault in the "Autobiographical" role of Mesa. Destiny throws together four apparently illassorted persons: Amalric (Rod Langlands), a downto-earth self-made man, who "sees things as they are", not as he wants them to be; De Ciz (Robert van Mackelenberg), an impecunious aristocrat, born to be a man of leisure and driven to wander abroad in search of quick gain; his wife, Yse (Michele Stayner), a vivacious alluring woman who seems concerned only with skin-deep satisfactions; and Mesa (Bill McClusky), a commissioner of Customs with profound spiritual cravings. And there the suspense begins. Will completely passions overcome the unsteady spirit? Will the spirit triumph over temptation? Or will both of them triumph while transform-
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ing each other? Such is the guiding line of this "spiritual thriller."
Break of Noon Opens at the Hole in the Wall Theatre Saturday, 4th February, 8 pm. Plays: Monday to Saturday, 8 pm. Matinee: Saturday, 25th February, 2 pm. Special "First Week" discount (6-11 February) all seats $14. BREAK OF NOON is the first play in The Hole's 1989 Season One Subscription Series (Romeo & Juliet, The Plough & The Stars, Travesties).
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prizes, including Ann Church, a gifted young American who brings her rare feel for music to London just as the sixties start swinging. Thgether they make a Ibrmidable team as Jack abandons his career in the law to become a '11' personality and an entertainment entrepreneur. Their friend Peter Mortlake is the son of a bullying father, and lives in a more private world. He seeks the satisfactions of life as a country solicitor.
Three lives bound by old friendships, until ambition turns to greed. Then everything changes: old loyalties are torn apart. Conflict escalates into a battle in the High Coun which sets friend against friend, son against father. wife against husband and sees lovers divided. On trial is the law itself as Peter risks everything in a hid to gain Justice. A triumph of modern storytelling — jlititiCC is tense and tender, compulsive and explosive.
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PARISH S CENE. Archdiocesan Calendar BEGINNING EXPERIENCE A Beginning Experience weekend
program for the separated, divorced and widowed — learning to close the door gently on a relationship that has ended, in order to begin a new life will February be held at St. Joseph's Convent, 4 Installation of Father Lisle, Mosman Safety Bay on February 25. For Park. Archbishop Foley. further information, phone Jenny on Open and bless Vietnamese Centre; 447 3795 or Noeline on 447 9725. 5 Mass for Chinese New Year and An information evening for those Archbishop Foley. Confirmation. interested in learning more about the Mass for diocesan workers and tea. weekend, will be held at 8pm at the 7 Archbishop Foley and Bishop Healy. following venues — North Beach Pastoral Centre: 3 9& Council of Priest. Archbishop Foley Kitchener Street, North Beach on 10 and Bishop Healy. Monday, February 6. 12 Paulian Association Mass. ArchbiVictoria Park, St Joachim's Parish shop Foley. Hall: 122 Shepperton Rd, on Annual Charismatic Mass, St Tuesday, February 7. Mary's Cathedral. Archbishop Cooloongup, phone Gordon on Foley. 527 7508, on Wednesday, February Rite of Election of Catechumens, St 8. Mary's Cathedral. Bishop Healy. Swanview, phone Claire on Mass at Catholic Education Centre 14 294 4818, on Thursday, February 9. and lunch. Archbishop Foley. 16& Australian Catholic Social Justice 17 Council Conference, Melbourne, Archbishop Foley.
Back to school More than 47,000 students commenced classes this week in 150 Catholic schools throughout the State. Three schools, one primary and two secondary, opened their doors for the first time to students. The primary school, St Luke's Primary School, is located in Woodvale and has enrolled 241 students from pre-primary to year 3. The two new secondary Kolbe are schools Catholic College, Rockingham and Chisholm Catholic College, Bedford. Kolbe will start with 132 students in year 8. which Chisholm, resulted from the amalgamation of St Mark's College, Highate and St Thomas Aquinas College, Bedford, will be the largest Catholic secondary college in the State with 1300 students. Both are coc olleges educational. Two Catholic schools in the Kimberley region have expanded to include junior secondary classes (years 8-10). The Catholic Education Commission approved the expansion of Sacred Heart School, Beagle Bay and Djarindjin Catholic Lombadina School, because of the lack of secondary opportunities for the student.
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