Catholic schools in big merger PERTH, WA: June 8, 1989
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Yes! The Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference and the Australian Council of Churches have decided to explore the possibility of moving towards an expanded national ecumenical body. The Roman Catholic Church has had observer status in the ACC since 1965. On a provincial level, some Catholic dioceses are members of state ecumenical bodies in Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. A Sydney-based working party comprising five representatives from each body is to think through issues raised by a resolution of last year's ACC General Meeting. That resolution invited non-member churches "to explore appropriate relationships either within the existing ACC structure or within a new one." Co-convenors of the working party are Bishop Bede Heather (Catholic) and Bishop Richard Appleby (Anglican). In April, Lutheran and ACC representatives met in Adelaide to start talks on the same question.
Ch'nese Blood bath in the country sparks a big protest by A sian Catholics
Catholics from Taiwan to the Philippines have protested the bloody suppression of prodemocracy demonstrations in Beijing by Chinese army units. But several bishops of China's governmentapproved Catholic Church said they had heard nothing about the crackdown. In Taiwan, retired Archbishop Stanislaus Lokuang of Taipei planned to preside at a Mass June 11, commemorating the victims of the military attack on the civilian demonstrators. About 500 students at Fu Jen Catholic University, whose president is Archbishop Lokuang, joined a rally in Taipei protesting the crackdown. The June 3-4 incident in China's capital, which was reported to have resulted in the death and injury of thousands of civilians in Tiananmen Square, was a clampdown on the peaceful seven-week pro-democracy movement led by university students. The Chinese government called the demonstrators "counter revolutionary" and the "dregs of society".
Official Chinese media mentioned no civilian deaths, but said hundreds of soldiers were killed. Other reports told of fighting between army units opposed to the bloody crackdown and those adhering to the government's policy. Taiwan's President Lee Teng-hui condemned the violence as an "act of madness". In the Philippines, Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila said he was "greatly dismayed to receive the news that the Chinese government has started to apply military force on the students clamouring for democratic reforms. Violence cannot be the solution to the problem". In Hong Kong, Cardinal John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung issued a statement noting the bloodshed at Tiananmen Square "with regrets and deep grief". Saying China has come to an extremely critical moment, he called for prayers for the Chinese people and for peace.
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Shocked bishops make a plea Australian T he Catholic Bishops' Committee for Justice, and Development Peace, has sent a message of concern to the Chinese authorities through the Ambassador in Canberra.
of their hope "that the problems of your country, for which we have the highest regard, will henceforth be solved justly and peacefully." Archbishop Foley also asks Australian Catholics to remember the people of China in their prayers.
Archbishop William Foley of Perth, Chairman of the BCIDP, told the Ambassador by letter that the bishops were shocked at the loss of life and the injuries, and were appalled at the way in which the human rights of unarmed civilians, including many young people, had been violated. "It is our hope that all acts of violence will cease immediately," Archbishop Foley said. The Bishops' Committee also told the Ambassador
"In a special way, we sympathise with Chinese residents of Australia, including students and visitors as well as those who have made their permanent homes here," he said. "It must be a very distressing time for them, as they think of their friends and family at home. I assure them of our sympathy and our solidarity with all who struggle for greater freedom, especially when they face violence and injustice."
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Three historic Perth Catholic schools in the Victoria Park area are to amalgamate next year to become a new Catholic College providing for students from Pre-primary to Year 12. The new college will result from the amalgamation of St Joachim's Primary School and St Joachim's High School, Victoria Park and Xavier College, East Victoria
Park. St Joachim's High School is a girls-only secondary school. Xavier College provides coeducational primary classes and boys-only secondary classes. The Chairman of the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia, Dr Peter Tannock, said a working party's recommendation was in line with an established pattern of
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campus. A principal has yet to be appointed. Year 11 students from both colleges will work together next year towards the development of a more extensive upper school curriculum. An interim school board to be appointed will include representatives from the existing school boards, parish priests from the Victoria
Park and East Victoria Park parishes, a representative of the Sisters of Mercy, a representative of the Catholic Education Office and the principal. For the St Joachim's site currently with 447 students and 48 staff in its secondary college and 275 primary pupils under 10 teachers, the move marks the end of a 90 -year chapter of Catholic education. In 1899 a group of six
Sisters of Mercy recruited in Derry had been destined for the Goldfields town of Medina but when a chaplain accompanying the group took a look at the place he declared the move was not on. A second Mercy group also were marked down for Kanowna but finished up founding the famous Coolgardie convent. In Perth, the Derry nuns
took hospitality with the West Perth Sisters of Mercy until Mother Clare could start her Victoria Park school in 1899 with 35 pupils, many of them nonCatholics, paying five pence per week. Thanks to their benefactor, Mr It McClaffey they lived in one of his nearby houses until their own convent was ready at the end of their first year.
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amalgamation of schools to form larger coeducational schools. "The new school will cater for all family members and provide a guaranteed educational path for both boys and girls from Pre-primary to Year 12," said Dr Tannock. Initially the new school will operate from the existing three campuses with a deputy principal in charge of each
They discovered that they have a common vocation and a common faith. The coffee and croissants bond was created when 40 doctors were
joined by 40 medical students at the inaugural Mass and breakfast sponsored by the Catholic Doctors Association.
Fr Michael McShane, the UWA chaplain
reminded the doctors in his homily that just like the centurion of the gospel they too hold positions of authority in the community and are charged with the respon-
sibility of loving those in their care as they would Jesus, who said: "1 was sick and you visited me." Fr McShane recognised the students' experience of vulnerability as a good
Memories cast Prendiville College on Perth's northern corridor frontier recently cemented its bond with the archbishop after whom it was named and whose foresight made it possible. Archbishop Foley unveiled a bronze bust of Archbishop Redmond Prendiville in the presence of the principal, Mr Bill Woodruff, special guests including the archbishop's nephews Redmond (partly obscured) and Pat (far right) and the school assembly. The bronze is by Roleystone artist Gerard Darwin (pictured far right) and intentionally emphasises the youthful features of the late archbishop who was only 33 years of age and only seven years a priest when he was consecrated in 1933 as co-adjutor archbishop with the right of succession to Archbishop Clune.
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In 1925 the impressive convent was built on Shepperton Road and t he former convent refurbished to house the Our Lady of Mercy College. In 1936 the hitherto independent congregation joined the Sisters of Mercy Union based on Victoria Square, but during those previous 37 years some 30 women had joined the Victoria Park group which in turn
had launched a school in South Perth from 1908 to 1915, then from 1915 onwards a new convent and school at Queens Park and the school at Belmont to which they travelled daily. The post war expansion took place under the late Sister Paschal O'Connor who in 1975 handed over to the college's first lay principal Miss Deidre Weston. At East Victoria Park
preparation for the life of caring for the sick and yet necessarily requiring the support of people such as those in the Doctors Catholic Association.
Dr Bill Reed — professor of medicine at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, welcomed those at the breakfast, especially the students. He described the CDA's
the amalgamation happens just at the first and only exclusively Xavier Year 12 class of boys make history after 33 years. The Sisters of Mercy established the St Francis Xavier primary school in 1936 and still have a staff member on the college with which they merged in 1981.
Brothers were asked to staff a new regional junior secondary school funded by parishes in the area. After 25 years the Brothers in 1978 handed over the college to its first lay principal.
In 1953, the Christian
Today the college has 500 pupils, approximately half of them in the co-educational primary classes and the remainder in the boys' secondary years.
two year history, its submissions to the Law Reform Commission on the treatment of minors, on the treatment of the dying and on the issue of confidentiality.
Also mentioned was the CDA's association with the Goody Bioethics Centre and the annual mass and AGM. The CDA's next events, which are also open to
The Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society winds up its 111 year history in WA with its final Mass and general communion at Subiaco church on June 18 at 10am. The Hibernian Society, as it was more commonly known, was first established in WA in October 1877 to provide funeral benefits, medical and hospital cover as well as sick pay for members who were unable to carry out their normal duties through illness. Nearly 50 branches were established and located from Albany to Geraldton and stretching out into the Goldfields Areas around Boulder and Kalgoorlie. The Society became an important part of many parishes, holding social functions, house parties, competitions in table tennis, quoits and later badminton; members were very prominent in all parish activity and administration. Branches held a quarterly communion and the annual general communion and breakfast at St Mary's Cathedral was the big event around October each year. The Hibernians, like
many others, suffered a serious decline as its principle benefits were gradually replaced by Government assistance. Regulations introduced in the early 1970's prohibited any further enrolments for sick and funeral benefits; sick pay payments were transferred to the funeral fund, and contributions were not allowed to be increased. The traditional role of the Friendly Society was gradually being dispensed with. In 1980 the Society was forced by the Federal Government to amalgamate, which did away with its being able to supply medical and hospital benefits direct to members. To survive, the Hibernians were forced to rely on investments and commissions as agents for these type of benefits only.
Unable to enrol new members, the Society's deaths over the past twenty years reduced its membership by 80% and at present benefit membership stands at only 285,90% of whom which are over 60 years of age. Under the provisions of a new Friendly Societies Act no member of the board of management is permitted to be 70 years of age or more yet 12 out of 14 of the present board are between 60 and 70 and half of the four trustees are well over 70. With expenses likely to be far in excess of income, the Society decided to wind up whilst in a solvent position, and distribute the funds to it's members. All the benefit members will be happy to learn that their funeral benefits will be paid in full plus at least 10% in addition.
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Before greying and balding Western politicians and other grandstanders get carried away by their sudden found rhetoric condemning Chinese atrocity it may help if there is a compulsory consultation of calendars. Among youths doing the real dying and suffering on Beijing's streets, those who are 23 years and younger were only being born as Mao's incarnate madness called euphemistically the Cultural Revolution launched a decade of hell on the Chinese people. Those young martyrs on Tienanmen Square know only indirectly the reported millions of deaths that followed. But the deaths were far too numerous for great swathes of Chinese family life not to feel the sting of ridicule, forced labour and the collapse of a rural system. But unlike 1989 the 1966 Western world was at the peak of its gullibility and manipulation by our comforted intellectuals who helped foment the whole thing into some kind of practical joke. Because Mao was an untouchable idol his little Red Book was perhaps mocked but only in disbelief that Western mind-controllers had not come up with something equally quaint. The Western university hordes of course who knew not a wit of what was happening to their peers in China probably thought Red-Bookism was a sign of progress. Anxious to be in the tide, Catholic educators even thought of producing a Christian Red Book as an antidote. It was the jolly good fun of the age because it was not our blood on the streets and most importantly there were no Western television crews showing what communist populations look like when they are trampled to death by other communists. Instead, the bloodbaths of Saigon ruled the screens. Only the greying and balding Western protesters of this past week, and not the radicalsturned-softies of 1966, are old enough to admit they were mere youths of 20 or so when the Bamboo Curtain slammed down on the old China of 1949. There were chokes of protest indeed, but they were ineffective. The Western world was stunned at the way Stalinist imperialism, abbetted by compliant Western ideologues, had in three short years snatched nearly a quarter of the globe into the straitjacket of 'liberation'. Unlike 1989, there were no Western journalists making heroes of themselves to tell the truth of what was going on behind both Curtains. Communist bandits were a shade too seasoned to allow such a free flow of information to wreck their strategies. Instead, chosen lackeys including churchmen visited these countries and came back with fulsome praise, but little truth, about the human life that was being tortured into submission. One such famous Perth political functionary returning from China in 1953, when questioned about millions of deaths caused by the Chinese Revolution had the gall to say that Chinese people had a different view to us of this sort of thing. For the next decade he became the czar of Left wing politics in Australia. The Church is no idle spectator in the process because for decades it preached that the intrinsic evil of communism was not the legality or otherwise of dictator governments but the degradation of individual human rights, including the right to know what was going on. That the West, for 70 years since St Petersburg and Moscow and 40 years since Peking, never knew and was never allowed to know the shambles perpetrated in those countries is, in 1989, a fact not discovered by the Western investigative media but by the exposures now taking place on the streets and corridors of Moscow and Beijing even if both governments are still at this late stage wary of telling their populance too much of what is going on in China. The Church has a strong vested interest in the outcomes of this week both in Moscow where the massive faith of the people was unable to be stamped out by tanks and thugs, and in China where a precariously small Christian Church has managed to survive and even to surface for air — but who knows for how long. 1989 goes down not as the year when unexpected revolutions turned on the Revolution but when knowing the truth became a revolution in itself.
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Church magnet NEW YORK (NC): After studying history, theology and philosophy the Rev. Marc K. Oliver and his wife, Valerie, said they couldn't resist becoming Roman Catholics.
They were received into the Catholic Church in 1985, and last month Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York ordained the former Episcopal priest to the Catholic Roman priesthood. The couple's three children were in the congregation at St Joseph's Seminary for the ordination.
About their decision to become Catholics, Father Oliver, 48, said, "We just seemed to come to a point for us that it had to be done. We couldn't resist doing it." "When you study history, theology and philosophy, it just moves you along," he said. "We've always been studious people. It wasn't because we had an association with somebody who convinced us that this is what we should do." "Having made the decision and gotten to that point," Mrs Oliver said, "we could look back and see things along the way,
our associations with Catholic priests, nuns and lay people all through our lives."
The Olives met when they were attending a Lutheran high school in California. Mrs Oliver was baptized Catholic, but became a Lutheran when her mother died. They married in 1962, and Oliver decided to become an Episcopal priest, and was ordained in 1968. Of their three children Patrick 18 entered the Catholic Church with his parents. Megan 21 is taking instructions in the
faith, and Melissa 24 plans to do so. From their conversion in 1985 until 1988, the Olives worked at Benedictine Hospital in Kingston. Last June they began coordinating the archdiocesan permanent diaconate formation program. Father Oliver is the 42nd married former Episcopal priest to be ordained to the Roman priesthood Catholic under a 1980 Vaticanapproved program for use in the United States, said Father James Parker,
assistant administrator of the program. Father Parker, who was the first ordained under the program, said 14 celibate former Episcopal priests also have been ordained Roman Catholics through the program. Other unmarried former Episcopalians have become Catholic priests, but since their participation in the program is not mandatory, an accurate number is not available. Several other married candidates are awaiting rescripts from the Vatican granting permission for ordination. Father Parker said.
Priestly ups and downs VATICAN CITY (NC): Priestly ordinations are on the rise worldwide, but the number still does not make up f or the annual decrease through deaths and departures from the ministry, according to the latest Vatican figures. The figures show a total of 7251 ordinations in 1987, the last
year for which worldwide figures are available, as compared to 5918 for 1978. However, in 1987, t here were 7324 deaths and 986 priests who left the active ministry, for a total of 8310. The result is a net loss of 1059 priests. But the gap between ordinations and loss of
priests has been steadily decreasing over the past 10 years. In 1978, there was a drop of 2867 priests. Also decreasing has been the number of priests leaving the active ministry, from 2037 in 1978 and 986 in 1987. The Vatican gives a total figure for priests who left the active
Priest decides to 'acquiesce' W ASHINGTON (NC): Dominican Father Matthew Fox, who said last November that he wasn't sure he would comply with a request from his superiors that he take a sabbatical, has decided "to acquiesce", according to his assistant. David Gentry Akin, assistant to Father Fox at the Institute in Culture and Creation Spirituality in Oakland, California said that Father Fox is "reading, writing, relaxing and travelling". Father Damian A. Byrne, the Dominican master general, asked
Father Fox, a theologian and author specialising in creation-centred spirituality and founder of the institute, to take a year to reflect on his work beginning on December 15, 1988. When the request was made public last November, Father Fox said he would be silent for one semester, but after that he would "wrestle with my conscience every day" about maintaining the silence for a full year. Father Fox received a grant for travel during
his sabbatical, and has been visiting theologians and small Christian communities in Europe, South America and Africa. Father Fox also is working on two new books, one about St Thomas Aquinas and the other about creation spirituality and liberation theology. Father Byrne's request that Father Fox take a sabbatical followed a four-year investigation of Father Fox's writing by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
ministry and does not break it down into those who have been laicised and those who simply have abandoned the priestly life. Figures show a total of 402,243 priests in 1987, down from 416,329 in 1978. Also decreasing was the number of reli-
gious women. In 1986 they totaled 908,156 a nd dropped to 902,743 in 1987. At the same time, the figures show a 44 per cent increase in major s eminarians from 1978 to 1987. In 1987 there were 90,424 major seminarians. In contract, there were 62,670 in 1978.
Turk who shot Pope gets two-year reduction ANCONA, Italy (NC): Citing good prison conduct, Italian authorities granted a two-year reduction in the life sentence being served by Mehmat Ali Agca, the Turk who shot Pope Paul ll in 1981. Authorities cited "irreproachable conduct" by the 31-year-old papal assailant, who is serving his sentence in a maximum security prison in Ascoli Piceno. Based on previous Italian cases, legal observers estimated that Agca would be released after serving 24 years, or in 2005. He could qualify for four additional years in good conduct requirements. Agca was arrested immediately after the shooting in St Peter's Square in May 13, 1981. He confessed to the attack, which seriously wounded the pope and two women. Years later, Agca claimed he was part of a plot involving other Turks and Bulgarian agents. At a trial based on those accusations, however, Agca was an unco-operative witness and eventually refused to testify. The defendants were acquitted and released.
We know nothing about this criminal'
PARIS: Catholic Church leaders in France have distanced themselves from a controversy following the arrest of a World War II criminal at a monastery run by followers of excommunicated Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Paul Touvier, 71, head of a pro-Nazi militia in Lyons, and a Catholic, had been using the name Paul Lacroix at St Francis
Priory in Nice. Investigators said Touvier lived in at least 10 monasteries over the past year and that police came within hours of catching him six times. They said they had established that in 1970 Touvier worked as a caretaker for the secretary of the archbishop of Lyons. "I assure you this has surprised me," said
Father jean-Michael Di Falco, spokesman for the French bishops conference. "In a way it is revolting, knowing as one does Paul Touvier's part in the death of a c ertain number of people?' Cardinal Decourtray of Lyons, head of the French bishops' conference, said: "This question does not fall within my jurisdiction, but that of French justice, in which
I have full confidence." He said he hoped facts and respect would take precedence over lies and settling scores. The following day, Archbishop Duval of Rouen, vice president of the conference, said he was "happy that justice has been done, or is about to be done". Current leaders of Archbishop Lefebvre's Priestly Society of St Pius
X in France would not comment on the arrest. Bishop Tissier, general secretary of the Society in Switzerland, said, "I know nothing about this." However, Benedictine Father Guillon, former abbot of St Francis Priory, said 'The role of the priest is to help a man when asked, even a criminal. The role of the police is to investigate."
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HONG KONG (NC): An official of China's Catholic n ational o rganisations says Chinese -Vatican relations could make substantial progress if Pope John Paul ll publicly renounces a 1988 Vatican directive on China. The directive explained how to deal with the Church in China, and according to Anthony Liu Bainian, vice president of the Chinese Catholic Church Administrative Commission,
the document was not a sensible move and invited bad consequences. Liu said the document presented blocks to normalisation of ChineseVatican relations and that all the Chinese he met bishops expressed adverse feelings and disappointment regarding it. The document directs that contacts with the government -approved Chinese Church be marked by doctrinal and fraternal charity.
But it says the Vatican rejects the governmentChinese sanctioned Catholic Patriotic Associits ation, regards members who flout ties to the pope as nonCatholics, and considers China's self-appointed bishops as illicit.
The Vatican advisory was reported to have angered Chinese government officials and Church leaders, including those regarded as moderates. "Renunciation of the
document may be perceived as the Vatican's good will to improve bilateral relations," said Liu.
At this stage, Liu said, bettering ChineseVatican relations also depends on if and how the pope's speeches during his Asian visit touch on matters concerning China. The pope is reportedly scheduled to visit South Korea, Indonesia, Mauritius and probably Hong Kong during his October
trip to the International Eucharistic Congress in Seoul, South Korea.
A Vatican source earlier this year said that the papal message to Chinese Catholics in October is expected to stress Church unity beyond policy differences among groups who favour different solutions to practical problems. The source also said the pope is expected to express admiration of the Chinese people and their faith.
Acceptance problem
HONG KONG (NC): recently Some ordained young priests of China's governmentCatholic approved Church say they have difficulty in being accepted by ordinary Catholics because the church spurns links to the Vatican, a recent visitor to the mainland said in a Hong Kong interview. The issue of loyalty to country and loyalty to church is also said to create tensions in seminaries between students of families which have been Catholic for generations and those who are new to the faith. The visitor, said two priests, in their 20s and 30s, told him they felt "a little bit lost" and were upset with what they
called an "ignorant" government policy which bars Chinese churches from formal links to foreign churches.
the (local) patriotic association." A Hong Kong-based specialist on Catholicism in China said some The clerics belong to the parishioners help the so-called "new blood" of young clerics "but a lot the government - consider them as coming approved church, which from a 'patriotic' semiwas virtually shut down nary and refuse to accept during the 1966-1976 them as their priests." The visitor also said he Cultural Revolution and is just now beginning to had been told eight rebuild the corps of young seminarians in Inner Mongolia had quit priests. their studies rather than "Ido my best not to have being ordained by what anything to do with the they called a "heretic" Patriotic Association," bishop of the patriotic one was quoted by the church. The church visitor as saying. "But it's elects its own bishops difficult, because I'm without Vatican paid by them and approval. depend much on them." A further problem, Another priest said he according to a young uses "a great deal of man studying in a "patrienergy trying to escape otic" seminary, is suspcifrom the surveillance of cion among students of
Six-day hunger strike ends after meeting MOSCOW: A delegation of underground Ukrainian Catholic clergymen ended a six-day hunger strike in Moscow after meeting a highlevel Soviet official to protest persecution of their church and to ask its legalisation. The delegation arrived with a petition pledging loyalty to the Soviet government and asking Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to intervene in favour of legislation. The delegation of three bishops and three priests began a hunger strike when initial efforts to arrange a high-level meeting failed. The hunger strike after the group met Yuri Kystoradnov, head of the Council of the Supreme Soviet. Bishop Vasylyk said that "we reached no firm result, but we were able to discuss the fact that Ukrainian Catholics are still being persecuted." "Khystoradnov told us that the problem of active persecution would have to be resolved with authorities in the Ukraine and that the Russian Orthodox Church was a roadblock in the legalisation of the Ukrainian Catholic Church," Bishop Vasylyk added.
religious different backgrounds. The 24-year-old seminarian from an "old Catholic" family with generations of church members said students without that background are considered to be "weaker" in the face of patriotic association pressure.
ties to the pope and whose bishops are considered legitimate in the eves of the Vatican, is illegal in China, but is said to have the loyalty of millions of Chinese Catholics. The seminarian said most young priests regard Pope John Paul II as head of the Catholic Church.
"Moreover, the invisible pressure of the under"We are quite unanimground (pro-Vatican) ous on this point," he church raises in my said. conscience concerning But the dilemma is how my future priesthood," to balance loyalty to he said. "They have more church and state, he said. faith than I have (and) I "We are concerned to admire them, even if extent we can be what some of them are stub'patriotic' while truly born and reject what the Vatican," recognising the from comes he said. "What amount of government." love do we have to give The underground our country. our nation, church, which maintains as Catholics?"
Wedding a nun had to perform
Valdez, Alaska: The archbishop could not land his plane so Mercy Sister Carol Ann presided over the wedding but it was not a church ceremony. Instead, Archbishop Hurley invoked canon law and dispensed the couple from the canonical form of marriage and Sister Carol Ann perFormed a civil ceremony. Fog, rain and a shortage of priests upset plans for the wedding in a 90 family parish that has been administered by Sister Carol Ann since Holy Ghost Father Gerard Ryan was assigned to Australia nine months ago. To have substituted
Sister Carol Ann as a canonical celebrant would have required the approval of the bishops' conference and Vatican, Hurley Archbishop explained. The couple chose Sister Carol Ann to apply for the civil certification because she had prepared the couple for their marriage. A similar situation nearly prevented a deacon performing a wedding recently, and because of the shortage of priests Archbishop Hurley intends to ask the bishops to allow trained laity to preside at weddings if a clergy minister is not available. While it would have
taken the archbishop 45 minutes by plane to reach the parish, the alternative was a seven hour drive by car, and that would have thrown the couple's and visitors' reception arrangments. Visiting priests go in to the isolated parish ever three or four weeks and it was the archbishop's turn to go that weekend, but 10 minutes into the flight he knew it was a hopeless case so he landed at another village and phoned Sister Carol Ann. But the archbishop then obtained a car and pushed through at least in time to perform the confirmation cereconies that had been arranged.
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Mirrabooka does it Archbishop Foley, dressed in a dazzling white chasuble, sat comfortably in his chair of honour, looking relaxed and very much at home. He heared and watched the proceedings around him and soon broke into an approving smile. His smile told the story. He was pleased with the goings-on. The scene: St Gerard's Parish in Mirrabooka. The occasion: The parish's top event of the calendar year — the Multicultural Mass.
archdiocese — were achieved. That's for sure. The blending of the Our Father said in many tongues at the Mass warmed the hearts of many. The tonal quality that echoed in the chruch was superb. Perhaps one did not understand each other and that was understandable but that oneness in spirit and understanding was evident. At the Offertory, gifts from the Thai people, the Filipinos, the Vietnamese and the Polish were presented.
By A Senior Staff writer The archbishop was there to concelebrate the Mass with half a dozen other priests. They were Fr Felix, Fr Tiernan, Fr Ly, Fr Jerome, Fr Dino and Fr Geoff. And what a Mass it turned out to be. A Mass in seven tongues. A Mass that touched one and all. A Mass to remember — and perhaps repeat. Young and old, black and white, rubbed shoulders nad joined hands as one unit. Yes. There was no trace of any distance between this m ul t i -racial congregation. Mind you, Mirrabooka parish boasts of having 36 ethnic groups under its wing. For obvious reason the Mass could not have been celebrated in all the languages, so the organisers, spearheaded by Fr Dino, decided on these "main" groups — Polish, Vietnamese, Italian, Spanish, French and English. It proved to be an eyeopener as well as an enriching experience for many. And many, many more must have gone away very touched and with a deeper appreciation of what co-existence is all about. Togetherness, love and respect for one another — the target of the
Aboriginal artetacts also were placed at the foot of the altar. At the international dinner which followed the Mass, it was a treat by itself to watch the congregation inter-mingling and talking the night away. May 27 will go down as a night to remember for the Mirrabooka parish. It was the culmination of a week of related activity before that day. The other highlights of the week were: • A Mass in English, Polish and Filipino, the theme of which was on Prayer. • A Mass in English, Vietnamese and Italian with the theme on Family Life. • A Mass in English, Portuguese/Spanish and French, with the theme on Reconciliation. • Discussion Night, where ethnic groups banded together in respective rooms and discussed the Mirrabooka church. • A Mass for all deceased relatives. A big cross was made and during the week parishioners wrote the name of their deceased loved ones and friends on the cross. The theme at this Mass was the Meaning of Suffering and Deaths in our Lives.
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Mirrabooka parish priest, Fr Geoff Aldous, has been aware for a long time of the multicultural dimension of the parish. "I had been aware of it long before I came here. I have always tried to build a family spirit in the parish. "We have been working at it especially over the recent years. In some cases trying to get people together in their cultural groups — not always fruitfully. "When the opportunity came up for a mission we grabbed at it fairly early in the piece. "We were one of the first to approach Fr Dino. "The fruits of the mission have been first of all among the general parish in helping to deepen our appreciation that we are multicultural and that came out especially.in the final Mass with the archbishop present and the social gathering afterwards. "Ithink it also helped to affirm the identity of the groups that were involved — especially the Vietnamese.* "I am sure they felt not only that they were recognised but accepted and affirmed by the rest
of the parish — something they probably had not felt before. "Where we go from here is to keep building in what we have got and to continue to help to affirm the identity of every cultural group and maybe find a reason to
Speaking as a migrant who came here 19 years ago, Pat said although he had no problems assimilating with the people
well as distributing pamphlets.
here, he nevertheless, appreciated the difficulties "some less fortunate" migrants faced.
What they have to say get them together trom time to time and help us to grow in our awareness of being one family in God."
He said he was lucky in that he spoke English and was educated in the language in Singapore, his birth place.
Pat Hogan, part-time pastoral assistant who was responsible for the distribution of pamphlets and keeping the parishioners informed said he found his part in the mission interesting and helpful.
He found the mission beautiful and was especially touched by the saying of the Our Father in many tongues.
"The feedback was useful and this helped towards the parish compiling a census of ethnic groups more speedily."
He felt it spoke well for the universality of the Church.
Malcolm Pieries, in this mission, helped Pat with the office work as
He said he discovered that many parishioners were at one stage not a ware of the mans nationalities that made up the Mirrabooka parish congregation. He found the international dinner after the conclusion of the final Mass "most heartwarming". "There was intermingling of people present and there was evidence of love and respect for one another." Margaret Vance, a Dominican sister, who was the liaison officer in charge of banners and publicity, found the mission a unique experience. "It was an experience I felt so privileged to share with the parish. The spirit was that of community reaching and it was an enriching experience." She admitted that being part of the project helped open her eyes to the some difficulties migrants faced over the language barrier. — R.I..
Our love must have a broken wing if Multicultural Mission. It may sound like a catchword, because multi-culturalism is today a word used and abused. However, my use of it does not want to be a by-product, or a superficial attempt to be up-to-date with modern trends. A multicultural mission is a co-ordinated effort at reaching out to all parishioners within the bounderies of a given parish: making them aware of each other. 6
creating in them a feeling of belonging to the parish family, building up within its variety of cultural differences willingness of co-operation and mutual acceptance. lam not trying to follow the Roman example of simply adding new gods (= the migrants) to the existing ones for the sake of saying that our Archdiocese is multicultural and open defacto to different cultures. The task of multicultural mission is much more
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demanding and much deeper than simply creating a folkloristic church or parish. The task ahead is to create a family spirit, to build up an awareness of each other and come to grips with the reality that each member has something special to give and contribute to the general welfare of the parish life. Those who want to sing. always find a song . . . So does the saying. And it is remarkebly true. The process of incultu-
By Dino Torresan, Scalabrinian Father ration (the incarnation of the Christian life and message in a specific cultural setting) is the journey that the Archdiocese has started with its CALL TO MISSION, aiming at a new vision of Church which does not exclude the previous but rather through a process of acculturation (interac-
tion of cultures) brings it to maturity. Such a process does not take place in some remote clerical or religious laboratory, but in the living communities of faith, in a spirit of dialogue with the symbols of the various cultures present in our midst. The Catholic Church, the Perth metropolitan area, is a multicultural reality: 34.7% are still overseas horn people. (Its
variety of ethnic groups
ranges more than 45 but he loves to be different countries or helped . . origin.) As a community which We also know that each takes its origin from country of origin brings separate cultural tradiwith it a variety of tions, racial and ethnic cultures and subcultures, stock, religious beliefs or with the complexity of historical experiences, diverse mental catego- minority groups do exist ries, vision of life, symbo- within our society today. lisms and patterns of Some go very far back in values. time (the Aborigines), In this milieu, pastors. others are of recent religious and lay people origin. must together share, in Some are able to pretheir own way, in this serve and affirm their dialogue. own identity and are well God is a good worker, integrated within our
In many tongues... •
Left: Mai Bolland and Betty Bennett offering gifts of bread and wine. Second Right: r eading by a Vietnamese.
Left: Julie Cunningham, r epresenting the Philippino community, presenting the Philippino flag and a small basket. Right: Archbishop Foley holding up a gift from the Vietnamese.
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The procession on the final day
Archbishop Foley holding up a spear and woomra presented by Bruce Jacobs.
we can't fly over sea of differences society; others find themselves in situations of suffering and distress. A multicultural mission tries to respond to the call to inculturation. Evangelisation cannot take root in people's lives without inculturation. As John Paul II stated, evangelisation "presupposes a long and courageous process of inculturation in order that the Gospel may penetrate the souls of living cultures, responding to their highest expectations and
inducing them to grow in faith, hope and Christian charity". In a parish, a multicultural mission tries to bring to focus the presence of different ethnic groups, to underline the need to be open and desirous of knowing better the cultural heritage of the minority groups and to help to eliminate attitudes of prejudice which hinder healthy social and religious relationships. God does not ask about
our ability or inability: but our availability . . .
Our love has a broken The danger lies in the attitude: "It is for them, wing if it cannot fly not for me!" Without across the seal! The lack of response to realising it, we become this 'call to mission' can It is interesting to notice undermine our practical ghetto! how, during a multiculRather than being a commitment to the local tural mission, each group church and thus barring driving force to unity is looking for a special through our availability, the creationof a family touch, for an approach spirit or a feeling of we become the stum- that is both personal and belonging within the bling block to cohisive- communal as well. ness, care and belonging. parish. The local community, During a multicultural It is of paramount mission, together with importance during this through its visible partiction during the misthe English language, type of mission to make other languages are used onself available to the sion, plays the important so as to reach out in the Spirit, and respond full role of welcoming, of mother tongue to the heartedly to the call to making ethnic groups "build unity in diversity". part of the parish family, various ethnic groups.
of creating a feeling of inclusion for all, where isolation is broken down true belonging. Such a reaching out by and community built, the local community is where all tendencies to motivated and nourished racial, socio-economic, gender and age divisions by the Eucharist. are removed." Around the altar of God we find the reason and Indeed, our love must the strength of our unity. have a broken wing if it As Archbishop Foley cannot fly across the sea puts it in his "Call to of our differences, and Mission" (by this eucha- build a genuine comristic pascal food) we are munity, healthy enough energised to take up to take our Church into together following chal- year 2000 with a positive, lenges: the challenge to a optimistic visions of more full participa- itself, its life and newness tion . . . the challenge to of its message. The Record, Jilt* 8, '1989
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We are the wo By Father Basil Pennington, OCSO Our bishops seem to be running here, there and everywhere. The cardinal archbishop of New York visited Cuba. The archbishop of Los Angeles was in Vietnam. The archbishop of Miami was in Haiti encouraging the work of Food for the Poor. Don't they have enough to keep them busy at home? What are they trying to say to us?
Have you ever been in love? When we are in love everything that concerns the person we love concerns us. Jesus said, "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends." Jesus lay down his life for every woman, child and man on this planet earth. Because we truly love him, each one becomes our concern. In a sense we have no choice. On judgment day we will hear that what we did for the least of his dear ones we did for him. Those who failed to
clothe, feed, give shelter, visit will be told, "Depart from me . . . For I was hungry and you gave me no food, . . . naked and you gave me no clothing." Did you see that delightful evangelical musical "Godspell"? As the Lord is separating the goats from the sheep in the last judgment scene, one little goat pops up and says, "Lord, if I had known it was you I would have taken you around the corner for a cup of coffee." We don't readily realise that the hungry in the slums of Haiti, the
oppressed in Cuba and Vietnam, are the Lord. There is an amazing economy in God's providence. Christ came and died for us and for our salvation, yet no one receives more glory from the cross than Christ himself. And God so disposes things that when we minister, responding to his needs in others, it is we ourselves who most benefit.
As the old adage says so truly: It is more blessed to give than to receive. In giving we receive. In
reaching out to the poor and needy of Haiti, Vietnam and other countries our consciousness is expanded, our lives are enriched. We have the great joy of helping others, a joy that is greater the more it actually costs us, the deeper we dig into our own pockets.
Those who have visited overseas food projects for the poor not only have reported this. They have said their experience of life was greatly enhanced. After seeing the miserable lot
of their sisters and brothers — of Christ they have a new apprec. ation of all the goodness God has shown them. They also have come to realise that they can easily enough get 1) without so many thing that a consumer society tries to convince them they need. Their needs are greatly simplified They know a neli freedom. Moreover, they hay! discovered new ways a prayer, some of whici they have been able tc incorporate into theit own lives and others into
the life of their parish. They have made new friends, people from a different wholely culture.
The children of those who visited Haiti are growing up with expanded horizons, an international outlook. To say the least, there is a lot less boredom in their lives. God has created a wonderful, rich world, full of variety. There are beautiful people everywhere waiting to be part of our lives. Each has something to reveal to us
about God and his love for his creation. Our bishops with their globe-trotting, led by Pope John Paul II, have an important message for us all. We are the world. We are one Christ. We deprive ourselves of much of the richness of life that God intends for us if we do not lift up our eyes and expand our hearts to embrace the fullness of this wonderful human family, this whole Christ of which we are a most blessed Part.
Respecting each other... Several years ago I was in Rome during the world Synod of Bishops that was called by Pope John Paul II to mark the 20th anniversary of Vatican Council II's completion. I was one of about 200 reporters covering the event and we were lucky enough to be given front seats for the synod's
major ceremonies. A synod is a gathering of bishops. And for this there synod were bishops representing every nation and region in the world. Like many of the writers, I imagine, I went there with my own set of questions. They were thoroughly American. The issues that were
foremost in my mind were the ones that occupy the Church in the United States: the shape of the priesthood in years to come, the relationship between priests and bishops, roles of the laity. I expected those questions to be addressed. In Church matters, as in political matters, we Americans tend to think
that our questions are the most important ones. I very quickly learned differently. One of the first press conferences was given by two cardinals, one from a small country in Central Africa, the other from Latin America. The largest group of reporters was from the United States and the
first questions were typically American questions about Church authority. After answering these adequately but without the energy that indicates personal interest, each cardinal was asked a question that he personally was interested in. The African warmed to the topic of inculturation
I37 Father David K. O'Rourke, OP — the need to translati the life and symbols ci the Church into tit culture of the peopi This is a big issue di Africa. The Latin America spoke with convictia and real energy on tit
Of not being lost in a crowd As a child I learned about the four marks of the Church. It is one, holy, Catholic and apostolic. Of the four marks of the Church, Catholicity is the one that demands a lot of our attention today, because never before has the Church had the opportunity to know itself as a world church to the degree that it can today. The Gospel has been preached and the Church planted all over the world. But it is not necessary to travel all over the world or even around a country whose population is largely immigrant to know that we belong to a world church, as I found out December 8, 1965.
That was the day of the Second Vatican Council's closing session. I was a student of the Bible in Rome at that time. Now, the square in front of St Peter's Basilica in Rome is very large. It is easy enough for 500,000 people to gather there and several hundred thousand more can gather on the avenue in front of the square itself. Ihad gone to the square for the closing ceremonies of the council and knew that this was an event of great historical importance. Arriving at the square, I 8
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By Father Eugene LaVerdiere, SSS was in the company of fellow students, priests who like myself were members of the Society of the blessed Sacrament. When we entered the square, we all felt the need to go our separate ways, something I did not understand at first. Only later did it become clear why we might have wanted to do this. Not that we didn't want to be with each other. We simply wanted to be with others. I went off by myself to a place near one of the two fountains in the square, the fountain closest to the residence of the pope. At the time that was Pope Paul VI. For awhileI was lost in my own thoughts, aware of the fountain but not paying any attention to it, and excited about being there and trying to grasp the implications of that day in that place. Then I looked around to see who else was there. There were people from all over the world, many in their national costume. There were Africans, North and South Americans, Asians, Australians, and Europeans. After awhile I became
aware that I was repeating the same words to myself. -The whole Church is here!" The whole Church was there. It was a gathering of the world church, coming together to celebrate unity of faith and life in eucharistic celebration presided over by the pope. Around him were the cardinals, archbishops and bishops of the world. There were also many priests, sisters, brothers and hundreds of lay men and women. That is the most powerful experience of the world church I ever had. I realise that it was an extraordinary event. But when I went to St Peter's Square that day, I had no idea I was about to experience the universality of the Church. Nor did I know asIleft the square that the experience would sustain me for all these years. That day I knew the Catholicty or universality of the Church as a wonderful experience. Today, however, I know it as a great challenge. What I learned that day must be lived out daily. Belonging to a world church means that Imust be eager to share my faith with peoples all over the world. It also means that I must be eager to have them share their faith with me.
. The last session of the Second Vatican Council was a gathering of the world chureh coming together to celebrate unity of faith and life in a eucharistic celebrabol presided over by the pope, says Blessed Sacrament Father Eugene LaVerdiere.
Briefly..
• world church for a long time? When people speak The term "world church" today about the world came into frequent use at a church, what's new? time when there was much Catholics travelling on talk of a global village. business or vacation in New and faster modes of foreign countries have virtucommunication and travel ally always taken it for meant that the world was granted that they would find contracting in size, social a Sunday Mass to attend. commentators said. Hasn't the Church been a The hope and expectation
was that certain dug; could be different in a gkil village. The peoples ofIP' world would have gr/ . access to each other. But valuee of thisadcc nt be to eespesib would not domination of one POO over another. In the global village, peoples would expect Os voices to be heard.
Church's solidarity with the poor. What I witnessed at the synod was the fact that the Church is a lot more universal than we often think. The very presence of the two Church leaders in
the Vatican press office, one from Africa and the other from Latin America and each with the rank of cardinal, was an object lesson in that universality. But besides being universal and having repre-
Today the Church is a world church. This means that the Church in each part of the world is learning that it has to take the needs and strengths of the others into account, Father David O'Rourke says. sentatives in every part of the world, the Church also is becoming a world church. The Church in each part of the world is learning that it has to take others into account. The two cardinals from Central Africa and from South America went into that press conference knowing that they had to talk about American
issues with American reporters, the situation of the Church in Europe with French and Germans, the situation of the Church in Australia or New Zealand with representatives of those nations and the very questions different raised by the representatives of the press from India or the Philippines.
It is an experience that most of us would never even imagine. The Americans, for example, were interested in speedier action on approving and publishing the reformed rite of baptism for children. But an Asian bishop from India objected that is books printing expensive.
"Ten years ago all our parishes had to buy new books for celebrating Mass," he said. "Now they will have to buy another book. Our people work three months for the price of a book. "Besides," he added, "in my country we have 27 dialects. Printing books in that many languages is very expensive. But if we
A spirited trajectory
When a spacecraft takes off from Cape Canaveral, it has a f ixed destination. Countless factors are involved in reaching its goal, including the angle at which the spacecraft heads into orbit. This determines its arc, its trajectory. However, at any point in its journey through space a casual observer would have a hard time figuring out where the spacecraft was headed or if it would ever get there. When the Christian community started its mission, it too was given a mission and set on a trajectory. Luke put it this way, "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witness in Jerusalem,
throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8). Luke's readers knew, and we know, what the goal is: the ends of the earth. But when the mission was first launched it was hard to imagine how it was to get there, as it is today. History is full of strange twists and turns. It is easy to forget that while the journey seems impossibly long, Mission Control is well aware that the trajectory has been set. In this case, Mission Control is the Holy Spirit and for God "one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day" (Psalm 90:4). There is a place in the Acts of the Apostles where Luke tells us that
Peoples of the world would positive aspects of each make their presence known unique culture would and seek recognition. receive new emphasis. Small nations and poor Naturally enough, changnations would insist on their ing relationships and changrights and demand an end of ing expectations among the Oppression. nations would be reflected A wareness would grow in in the life of the Church. For the world community of the the Church itself embraces diversity of the world's ways many nations. of speaking, of its cultures, It was Vatican Council II in customs and traditions. The the 1960s that gave people in
envisions a "trajectory" and a Mission Control.
By Father John Castelot
This trajectory took the Mysia, they tried to go apostles into strange and into Bithynia, but the unexpected places. In Spirit of Jesus did not Galatia they encountered allow them" (Acts 16:6- a culture quite different 7). from the general GrecoLuke does not tell us Roman culture of the what form this guidance area. For the Galatians of the Spirit took, but one were a distinct ethnic thing is clear: Luke group that had come from Europe and settled around three towns, one of which is now the capital of Turkey, Christians in the Western World are far distant Ankara. from Christians in Asia. It might seem that Western Ethnically and cultuneeds and concerns are quite different from those rally the Galatians were of the East — of Vietnam or China, for example. Celts and their whole What is the "world church"? makeup was Celtic. Paul What does it mean to say that the peoples of the took them as they were Church in different parts of the world not only have and they accepted his special needs, but have special gifts to share with message the only way each other? they could — as Celts. Why is awareness of the world Church growing Consciously or unconstoday? ciously, Paul acknowl-
the reason St Paul and his companions traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory was "because they had been prevented by the Holy Spirit from preaching in the province of Asia. When they came to
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the Church a new awareness of the world church. This really happened through the simple fact of the council's participants and who they were.
were and how the people of the Church in different nations might help each other — although that was an important part of the picture.
It was not just a question of learning through the council's participants what the special needs of the Church in each part of the world
It was also a matter of learning to hear the voices of those from all parts of the world — a matter of becomming attuned to the
cultural riches of the Church in every corner of the global village. In the world church, the story of faith in far-off places — the ways God acts in the midst of each people — would take on new interest. In the world church, Catholics still can find a friendly faith community
edged that to become a world religion Christianity had to recognise everything good and positive in a variety of cultures. The Church today has moved into a new era as a world church. But it is just following a trajectory set by the Spirit and followed by Paul and other farsighted missionaries throughout history. They courageously and trustingly pursued the lead of the Spirit, strange as it may have seemed at times. They couldn't forget — nor can people of the 20th century — that God often "writes straight with crooked lines". God has set the trajectory, even "to the ends of the earth".
almost anywhere they travel. But that community will be celebrating the Eucharist in Portuguese or Zulu or Vietnamese. And while the celebration will be familiar in many ways, it will also have ways of expressing the culture of the people of the region — a unique people in a universal church.
choose one dialect and not another, we will have real problems." Those are issues most Americans would never think of. But they are very real in other parts of the Church. In our emerging world church we are learning to think about the way our decisions and actions affect people in other nations.
Week in focus What does it mean to say that this is the age of the world church? That topic is discussed this week as the NC Religious Education Package. Dominican Father David K. O'Rourke says that the world church means that the Church in each country is learning to take into account the different needs of the Church throughout the world. He tells of being at a world Synod of Bishops when this lesson was brought home to him. Trappist Father Basil Pennington says that by reaching out to the needy in different countries "our consciousness is expanded, our lives are enriched". The travels of the pope and the bishops to different countries is a reminder to us to be concerned about the world's people, Father Pennington says. Blessed Sacrament Father Eugene La Verdiere tells how he discovered at the closing session of the Second Vatican Council just how worldwide the Catholic Church is. The lesson has stayed with him ever since, he says.
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Where 'hurt' kids
It's a discreet building. And although on a busy street — blends quietly in with the surroundings. That's what it's meant to do. Same goes for the indoor decor and the dress of the personnel. Although a law enforcement body, the Child Care Unit at 555 Wellington Street, is a friendly, "at ease" sort of a place and most definitely not intimidating for distressed children or family. Its location is deliberately set apart from police headquarters to achieve that aim, plus maintain a secure sense of confidentiality. Set up five years ago, the unit deals with interfamilial sexual, physical and mental abuse against children, or criminal neglect. However, if the abuser is a family "friend" or neighbour, they will also investigate. In other cases, they are referred to the Criminal Investigations Branch. The unit also works in closely with the police department, Department of Community Service (DCS), Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and the
Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC).
They have investigated 400 cases since last July, relating to sexual abuse, assault, bodily harm and criminal neglect, which includes 171 cases of indecent assault. But the majority of cases seen have been for sexual abuse. Since July, the unit has laid more than 130 charges in relation to indecent dealings with children under 13 — which doesn't include sexual assault. "Abuse" covers mental, physical and sexual. In sexual abuse offences, 83 per cent are male offenders, but with physical abuse, there is a higher percentage of females. And the age of the sexually abused is getting younger with cases against children as young as a few months old. In Australia, one in four children is sexually abused, and in America, one in four is an incest family. The Child Care Unit has male and female investigating officers which gives the child a
choice as to whom they wish to see. Most opt for a female, particularly with a younger child. Female officers are especially chosen by a selection panel. Instead of uniforms they wear attractive clothes and are specially trained for their sensitive role. And according to Detective Sergeant Roger Smart, Officer in Charge, 'They do a really good job". One of the officers, Detective Sergeant Lily Cvijic, has received a Churchill Fellowship to study child abuse in America, Canada and England and is abroad for five months. The six male detectives attached to the unit have years of expertise and training to deal with the offenders "who are often a little bit different from the usual criminal", said Det Sgt Smart. "He may not be a criminal as we perceive him to be, but it does require a certain amount of expertise to extract the truth."
The unit has male and female dolls which are anatomically correct so the child can readily indicate abuse areas.
There's also a special prosecutor attached to the unit which allows some sort of liaison and gives confidence to the child. "The child will know the person asking the questions (the prosecutor), so there's a bit of rapport with him as he's not a stranger to them." Some offences are reported to the DCS or other agencies and they are not required to have the police involved. Or they may refer to hospital sources, or SARC. Information is readily exchanged between the unit and its interstate and overseas contacts, for instance "at Expo we were aware there was a world-wide known paed-
ophile, who originated from the UK, but travelled the world and is known for his indecent dealings with boys and a dog", said Det Sgt Smart. "And through these contacts we know when offenders move house and travel interstate. The Perth unit also gives statements for interstate colleagues if required. But in the case of offenders, Det Sgt Smart issued a warning with heavy emphasis, that in the case of severe child neglect or other offences, "Queensland would not be far enough away for them to hide. And we'll even follow them overseas if necessary . . ." And he doesn't hold to the theory held by some, that preservation of the family unit is paramount — regardless. "Not after seeing some of the abuse cases which have come in here!" The police will not keep quiet, he said emphatically, if there is a child at risk. "We are a law enforcement agency, and will apply the law to its fullest extent. "And if an offender has offended, he should be
exposed." Currently an offender's name is suppressed if it involves the child's identity, but this also serves to protect the offender. However cases in the High Court may have a different ruling. One area of necessary change is that of the nonacceptance (generally speaking) of uncorroborated evidence of a child under 12 years of age. Although changes to this and other areas are under review, there is no way around it right now. However, in most cases, the offender admits his offences. Another area of change being mooted, is not only to allow uncorroborated testimony, because children almost invariably tell the truth in this area, but to also achieve less intimidating court appearances for small children. They aim to present the child's evidence to be presented on video, which would then eliminate any face-to-face contact with the alleged offender.
"With this method, the child goes into court as normal, but the accused goes into a separate room. This prevents eye-
to-eye contact and the obvious intimidation some children may feel," said Det Sgt Smart. Mothers' reactions differ too. Although most support their children, some support the male and disbelieve the child; to their regret when they eventually discovered the child was telling the truth, as the offences continued. Some too, don't wish to admit or face it, because of the subsequent dislocation to their lives and change of lifestyle. Women who have been offended against as far back as 20 years have now come forward to the unit, and successful prosecutions have been brought about. The current open discussion about such matters through people generally plus education in schools and media, has given children and adults more freedom to come forward. "This may account for the increase in cases of sexual abuse and assault we're receiving." On pornography. Det Sgt Smart said pornography in relation to paedophiles, is abhorrent. "These types of magazines and videos
Some sickening $1.2m gym cases handled
Cases brought to the attention of the unit are sickening. And one can only wonder if perpetrators of acts against innocent children can be called human. One eleven year old had an argument over household chores with his stepfather, and had to sleep in the backyard overnight. (He hadn't been allowed to sleep in a bed for four months.) And on other occasions when disciplined, he had been forced to sleep naked on the bathroom floor and had also been tied by his feet to a towel rail. And also by the wrists to a rail underneath the wash basin. In this instance, when he was allowed in the next morning after a night in the back yard, he was given a beating with a fishing rod by his stepfather who then put him under a shower of boilinghot water. The bpy got out but in order to facilitate his escape, broke the shower screen. To pay him back for this, the offender tied his ankles together with a strap and dumped him in a bath of boiling hot water. Delivering him a final kick in the backside
he left — and then locked the door on him. The boy escaped through a window and ran to a neighbour who called the ambulance.
His stepfather was charged with assault and received a 12 months sentence which is reduced to a mere four months with the usual remissions. Then there's the case of a two year old who was punched in the head while sleeping, resulting in his admission to hospital. There's also the one of the 16 month old child whose mother's de facto inflicted shocking multiple injuries which ran into two figures, on the child — resulting in his death. Multiple offences are committed against some children and, in one case, two men committed such offences against two girls — and then swapped over. Even foster parents, teachers, welfare officers and a retired policeman, have been involved in indecent dealings with children. One father committed offences against his four daughters, and another
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father against his two daughters and his son! In the area of sentencing, people can often be split into two camps.
Regardless — perhaps he should also have paid a price for taking away the dignity and happiness of an innocent child.
Such do-gooders often Those who feel justice very effectively deny should be done to the justice to the child by offender — and those concentrating on the who are bent on keeping offender, rather than the him/her out of gaol at all victim. costs. In many cases penalties But the problem is that provided for in the Act the "cost" is rarely the domay be the maximum gooder — merely the number of years. But in innocent, abused and reality under the new often ruined child. parole system, they are That child's voice is not out in a third of the time. given space in the media or the minds of the do- If people can be rehabilgooders. Their voices are itated — that's good silent and their minds, news. But perhaps they emotions, memories and should also pay a price as well, to make them bodies scarred. realise that although No one who could see society is soft, permissive the photographs of the and virtually "anything innocent victims — goes" and it's easy to either still alive with all forgive and forget if it their suffering — or didn't happen to you dead, could feel anything personally, that somebut horror at the act. And where along the line wonder at the lightness some sort of justice has to of their sentences. be given to The InnoOne known offender cents who didn't ask to who had committed be born. But do ask to be many offences, was given loved. And who are too a few months, partially soon on this planet to because a church know about rights and member had written a might, politics and law. glowing account of his And only ever needed reformed attitude and love — which costs discovery of God. nothing — and nurturThat may be true or ing, in order to grow and may be a front. inherit life as we did . . .
Sacred Heart College, Sorrento, has undertaken a $1.2 million gym project which is the result of many years' planning and striving. A State Government grant of $700,000 has been allocated and parent body donations to the building fund over the past seven years plus on-going revenue, will handle the debt balance. The 3100 square metres project will be built on the site of the existing tennis courts and include facilities for indoor physical education classes, indoor sports, school assemblies and drama productions plus six more class rooms. Its completion in early 1990, will allow an assembly of the 800 strong student body indoors. Mr Stephen Cooper, Sacred Heart's business manager, said within the complex there will be a weights room, ablutions block, theatre artists workshop area and a drama centre for small productions. "The cost also includes the relocation of the demolished tennis courts," and indicated that the years of waiting for the gym complex "will be well worth it!"
Bishops' nod ROME (NC): The Italian bishops have approved distribution of Communion in the hand. The decision will go into effect after approval by the Vatican and after an "adequate catechesis" has been given to Italian Catholics. The decision was made during the \1 bishops' conference meeting in Rome. It marks the first time the bishops' conference has approved Communion in the hand as a general practice. Special permission has been previously granted for Masses for small groups.
can turn to are totally unacceptable and obviously for the sexual gratifications of that person." And children are at risk. Such people, he said, should accept they have a problem and seek assistance, rather than get gratification from these sources. "I wouldn't necessarily hold that other pornographic classified material which depicts adults, is necessarily conducive to molestation. child AlthoughImust concede there could be some stimulation there. And if a person was that way inclined — it could lead to sex offences against children." One teacher came to the attention of the unit for showing pornographic videos to children. Now that the unit is becoming known through education and social bodies, and the increasing awareness of children that it's not okay for anyone, no matter what position they hold, to abuse them, Det Sgt Smart hopes they will come to them, or some other establishment such as Incest Survivors or DCS and an effective brake can be put on such offences.
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Fr Charlie Burrows, together with seven other priests from Australia, is an Oblate Missionary on the Southern Coast of Java.
For 15 years he has been tireless in— (a) Installing wells and pumps (b) Building clinics (c) Building dykes for land-reclamation (d) Establishing fish farms (e) Initiating nutrition programs In coastal villages — Southern Java. This zealous and energetic priest has devoted his life to God's poor in a difficult mission.
Can you help him? Will you help him? All donations of $2 upwards are tax deductible. The title of the fund is "OBLATE MISSION INDONESIA" All donations will be acknowledged. Cheques and money orders payable to Oblate Mission Indonesia and posted to — Fr D. McCarthy OMI PO Box 384, Camberwell. Vic. 3124 MY GIFT TO HELP THE OBLATE PROJECTS IN JAVA $ Name (Mr Mrs Miss) (Block Letters)
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St Jude's novena: May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. St Jude workerof miracles, pray for us. St Jude help of the hopeless, pray for us. Say the prayer 9 times a day. By the 8th day your prayer will be answered. It has never been known to fail. Publication must be promised. Thank you St Jude. P.J.H. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, may your name be praised, honoured, glorified throughout the world now and forever amen. Thank you Jesus, Mary, Joseph, St Jude, all Saints. RAMM.
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THANKS Novena to the Sacre<, Heart. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, may your name be praised and glorified throughout the world now and forever. Amen. (Say nine a day for nine consecutive days and promise publication.) Thanks to the Sacred Heart for prayers answered. Liz. Ask three favours, one business, two impossible, pray nine Hail Marys, light candle, let it burn out on ninth day. Publish prayer. Thank you St Clare. R. Prayer to St Jude, Saint of the Impossible. Holy St Jude, Apostle and martyr, great in virtue, rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor for all who invoke you, especial patron in time of need; to you I fly from the depths of my heart, humbly begging you to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me now in my urgent need; grant my earnest petition. I will never forget the grace and the favours you obtain for me, and I will do my best to spread devotion to you. Amen. Blessed Apostle with confidence we invoke thee. St Jude, help of the hopeless, aid me in my distress. Thank you St Jude & also Pope John XXIII. M.M. To St Jude, thanks for help when needed, also thanks to Sacred Heart, Our Lady. All my prayers answered. I am very grateful. M.D. Sincere thanks to Our Lady of Lourdes, St Jude, Sacred Heart, St Anthony for prayers answered. E.S.
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KELLY, P.D. (Paddy). Passed away peacefully at SCGH June 1, aged 52. Dearly loved husband of Madeline, loving father of Patrick, Siobhan, Fiona and Deirdre. Fond fatherin-law of Marina. In our hearts you will always stay, near and dear as yesterday. May perpetual light shine upon him.
IN MEMORIAM HA, Teresa: Late wife of Stephen, mother of Victoria and Cecilia, has served her Lord in Heaven for one year. An anniversary Mass will be celebrated at St Jude's Church, Langford, on June 19, at 730pm.
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Crying inwardly Sister Bernardine DALY, North Perth Sir, All earth is precious, the ground of our being, the shrine of being, but the grounds of St Mary's Cathedral, overlooked by Royal Perth Hospital's eight storeys and shadowed by the cathedral itself, have a poignancy and sacredness, not often felt elsewhere. I believe never have those grounds been so poignant and so sacred as Monday night, May 28, when two hundred or so people touched in some way by the AIDS virus, met there to mourn the loss of loved ones. The edges of the main driveway and the garden plots were marked by candles in their lighted "shrouds" and as each person arrived, a candle or flower was offered representing some one who had died here or elsewhere. Similar services were held throughout the world on this day. A tragedy as so often, made us realise we belonged to "the family of man", the global village. There were lights in the darkness; there were
Special thanks to the Sacred Heart, Our Lady, Saint Jude, Saint Anthony, Saint Joseph for favours granted. Rita.
Ask three favours, 1 business, 2 impossible. Pray nine Hail Marys, light candle and let it burn out on ninth day. Thank you Holy Spirit and St Clare. P.R.
glimmers of hope. Those who mourned could not fail to have been comforted. Those who faced death, their own or a loved one's, gained strength for the ordeal by the solidarity, sincerity and simplicity of the service. Our Archbishop was thanked for the use of the grounds. I was grateful the Catholic Church, Roman brand, had done that much following the Australian Bishops' excellent message "The Aids Crisis" issued 1987. But I confess, I was crying inwardly for some public show of solidarity with the oppressed, the victims not only of the AIDS virus, but the far more hurting and even deadly poison of rejection, ignorance and fear. Maybe many of us didn't know the service was on. Maybe, we are not yet used to standing with the poor, the marginalised. Please God, soon, so many of us will be there, that no longer will there be poverty or margins. The special presence of Christ in these "least" will have caused the Kingdom to come.
Much confusion from Bernise REID, Karnnyup Sir, may I speak before the academics run off and write courses and try to send us all to "night school". During the Grassroots consultations, the parish Assembly Day and the Archdiocesan Assembly kept hearing from people in small groups a real need for us all — young,
not so young and elderly to hear from within our Sunday Mass time some basic simple teaching, be it doctrine, tradition, commandments, Church laws etc. To a certain extent we no longer know what we believe and there seems to be so much confusion in these areas. However, should the people who will be
responsible for putting "Adult/Education-Faith Formation" in place think the majority of faithful want the "night school". I mentioned then perhaps we need more dialogue or maybe nothing will change! Most lay people who spend between 40 and 60 hours per week at their work or business and who already are on
two or three committees at their parishes and childrens. schools and perhaps belong to a spiritual group e.g. Christian Life Group or Bible Study Group or both DO NOT have another evening or morning or weekend for anything else. Especially if they recognise the need to spend some time with their family.
We care for our parish priest
from G.E. HOWARD, North Perth Prayer to St Clare, thank you. Mary. Prayer to St Jude. Most holy apostle, St Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the name of the traitor who delivered your beloved master into the hands of His enemies has caused you to be forgotten by many, but the church honours and invokes you universally, as the patron of hopeless cases, of things almost despaired of. Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone. Make use I implore you, of that particular privilege given to you, to bring visible and speedy help where help is almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularly (here make your request) and that I may praise God with you and all the elect forever. I promise, oh blessed St Jude, to be ever mindful of this favour, to always honour you as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to you. Amen. Thanks to St Jude for prayers answered, and thanks to Our Lady of the Revelation, Bullsbrook, for a very special favour granted. Liz.
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Sir, I agree with Mary Urquhart about affirming priests. Our parish priest of Mt Lawley is a carpenter, bricklayer, fitter and turner; you name it, he does it, alone he has looked after our church. We the parishioners have helped him in the following
way a) Given him a rose garden in front of his house, and this summer he harvested eight Iron Bark Pumpkins! b) Four paper recycling bags near the church, bring an income to the parish. c) Our organist arranges the altar and surroundings for each feast day, and
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d) For every Mass, the church door is opened, candles lit, the water and wine replenished, the lights put on. e) For important feast days he is invited to our homes, to relax and enjoy a home meal and a bit of Scotch,
We the parishioners of St Paul's, care for our parish priest and he in return r eciprocates our actions and, like the Good Shepherd, fills the church with warmth and love. We are confident that even at the ripe old age of 90 he would still be our parish priest!
Chinese cauldron
• From page 1. His statement urged China's leaders to use restraint and immediately stop using armed force against civilians. Cardinal Wu appealed to Catholics in Hong Kong to join in peaceful expressions of concern for China and to mourn and pray for the dead and injured. More than 5000 Catholics and Protestants joined in an ecumenical mourning service on June 5. Before the service, the group marched to the Hong Kong offices of China's official New China News Agency to protest the killings.
TENNIS by TOM BRANCH Wild West Night St Joseph Pignatelli Tennis Club is holding a Wild West Night on Saturday, June 24 at their Bourhill Parish Centre in Wichmann Road, Attadale, commencing at 7.30pm. The cost for the evening is $15 single or $25 double. Those attending will be required to provide their own refreshments plus nibblies. The Club will have a spit of lamb cooking for the main meal.
A competition is being held to see who has the fastest popgun in the West — and looks the part. So come dressed for the occasion. Reservations can be made by phoning Dee Nunn on 339 2295, Libby Rutzou on 331 3328 or Robin Salter on 330 5631. The invitation is open to all association members and friends.
More than 200,000 people, dressed in black and white, wearing black headbands or black armbands, joined in a Hong Kong-wide "black sit-in" on June 4. Several bishops of the Chinese government-approved Catholic Church, reached by telephone on June 5, said they knew little of what was happening in Beijing. In some cases, telephone connections were cut as Chinese bishops were being asked to comment. An American recently returned from a trip to observe Christianity in China said that church leaders seemed generally to favour greater democracy as good for the advance of religion in the country. But she said they were reluctant to become publicly involved in the pro-democracy movement for fear of a backlash against their small and politically vulnerable institutions. Pope John Paul II, who was visiting Scandinavia, on June 4, expressed conern over the deaths in Peking. "As Christians, we hope that these deaths may serve to bring about new life to that great and beloved country," the pope said.
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Mundaring debut for Luke 18 By NANA HOWARD Luke 18, a program designed to build Christian community for 1114 year olds, made its debut in Mundaring parish on the weekend of April 21-23. Eleven youngsters came together for a full weekend of prayer and discussions, based on talks given by local Antioch members who acted as weekend leaders. Team co-ordinator Andrew Dymond hailed the weekend as a great success. "The children learn to appreciate their families and their faith," he said. "They come to appreciate what a vital part they play in our Church." In charge of the group's leaders were Peter Merrifield and Ruth Kiernan. both members of the Mundaring Antioch community who kept the weekend running smoothly and main-
tained a great sense of unity among the participants. They were aided by Michael Merrifield, who acted as logistics organiser. Until recently there has been a void in the youth scene for the 11-14 age group, a matter of great concern for many parents and parishes. Antioch is established for the 16-20 year olds and Charis fills a growing need for the 18-30s, but there has been little for the younger age group. Luke 18 is designed to fill that gap. Following their weekend success, Mundaring Luke 18 now meets every second Friday in a program similar to Antioch. The group attends Mass together before meeting with leaders, parents and co-ordinators for an ongoing series of talks on
Above: Michael Merrifield with two new friends at Mundaring. Right: Andrew Dymond is the centre of attention at Mundaring's Luke 18 Weekend. Left: St Peter (Bradley Burgess) at the gates of heaven, welcoming young people to Luke 18.
Christian living today. Luke 18 is a great way of keeping young people interested and in touch with their faith.
Osborne Park is runnings its second Luke 18 weekend this month, and Mundaring is planning another in July. Enquir-
ies are welcome, and can be directed to Andrew Dymond on 367 9870 or Rob Coombes on 345 1956.
Neway's live-in week W hile Perth Catholics shared visions and dreams for a weekend, one group of young people recently went a step further at St Centre, Charles Guildford. The Catholic Parish Youth support team 'Neway' lived together for five days during their annual 'live in' week from May 1-5. Ten team members and three supporters spent each night at St Charles while continuing to work or study as usual during the day. Aimed at building strong bonds within the team, the live in week allowed them to plan the future of CPY without interrupting the important business of earning a living! Stimulated by the challenge of living a community lifestyle with
The CPY Neway team pictured during their "live-in" week at Guildford. people their own age, team members found the week an exciting new experience. The Neway team was established by CPY in 1986 to seek new ways of
reaching out to young people. Full time workers Cathie Allen, Andrew McLean and Cate Hale draw heavily on the team's advice and sup-
port in their work with parish youth groups and school retreats, the most recent being at Mercy College, Koondoola. Meeting every two weeks, Neway helps plan
and run youth camps and other key events, as well as setting new goals and directions for CPY. Among their goals for 1989 is an increase in the number of CPY groups in Perth and further development of leaderformation ship programs. Finance is another key task shouldered by the team, who are throwing a top effort behind this year's Youth Appeal on August 20. Further plans include with efforts joint Catholic Rural Youth Outreach to resource and support youth groups in our country parishes. Kalgoorlie and Merredin will be high on the list when Andrew McLean takes to the road in June to follow up the recent country run by CRYO's Patrick Willix and Keetha Wilkinson.
On the ball ... Diary for youth
This is a new feature for the youth page, a running list of events corning up on Perth's youth scene. We will run the calendar every two or three weeks, depending on availability of space on this page. Included here are some of the major events coming up in various youth movements in Perth. All youth groups — YCW, YCS, CPY, Antioch, Charis and any other youth group — are urged to let us know of events coming up in your area. Send notices to "Youth Calendar, PO Box 194, North Perth 6006" at least a month before the event you want listed. JUNE 16-18 CPY Eastern Regional Camp. 17-18 YCS Assistants Camp. 23-25 YCW Leadership Camp. 30-2 July CPY Sexuality Program. JULY 2 Catholic Youth Council Meeting, North Perth. 3-7 UCS Camp, Gidgegannup. 9 CPY bowling day. 14-16 CRY0 Conference, Bindoon. Redemptorist 'Stranger' Camp, Gidgegannup. 16-20 YCS State camp. 22 Albany Ball. AUGUST 4-6 CPY Diocesan Christian Living Camp. 13 CPY Sports Day. 20 Youth Appeal 1989. 25-27 CPY Neway team retreat. 26-28 Antioch Renewal weekend, Gidgegannup. 27 Catholic Youth Council meeting, North Perth. The Record, June 8, 1989
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Work experience endeavours have really brought in great results, according to Mr Colin Salleo, Careers Counsellor and Student Development Officer for Sacred Heart. Two boys have been offered apprenticeships at the end of this year in panel beating, and sheet metal work. Four students have gained part-time employment and two fortunate young men who wish to pursue careers in the aviation industry had work experience with the Royal Flying Doctor Service at Jandakot, and with the Royal Aero Club. William McDonnell with the REDS did daily servicing of aircraft preparing them for flight and took part in a flight to Southern Cross, plus being involved in equipment checks on the satellite navigation system. Emerys Jones with the RAC went for a flight in a Tiger Moth over the city and suburbs. Wonder if a little bit of Mr Salleo's enthusiasm for flight has rubbed off? He's a member of the R AAF Air Training Corps!
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1. Andrea Zencich of Year 12, has excelled in the dance and academic worlds, gaining awards, trophies and certificates. 2. Emerys Jones whose work experience was spent with the high flyers at Jandakot! 3. William McDonnell inspecting a Cessna Conquest aircraft with Bob Hartree, of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. 4. Spaghetti eating — but not in recommended style! 5. And some of us just can't stand the pace any more and have to take a break from zany happenings!
Waiting for the Revolution — A history of Australian nationalism by Noel McLachlan. Publishedby Penguin, $24.99. Where, when and how did Australian nationalism appear? Did the convicts really have anything to do with it? And what about Eureka, Ned Kelly, the Bulletin and the Heidelberg painters? Are the RSI. really better nationalists than the Communist party? Why federation was delayed until 1901? Why haven't we become a republic? Noel McLachlan believes these issues are worth
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exploring as we enter the third century of European settlement. Our Botany Bay complex, he argues, should be seen as a variant of the New World nationalism created by the American Revolution. Although we haven't had a revolution, we fulfilled the revolutionary cult of the blood sacrifice in Turkey in 1915. That war confused our loyalties for a generation, hut in 1942 we finally achieved nationhood — only to replace the British with the Americans as our minders. The time has come to decide whether we consider this nation worth defending by oursleves.
King of the Cloud Forest by Michael Morpurgo. Published by Piper $6.99. With the Japanese armies advancing into China. Ashley is forced to leave his father's Mission and escape to India with his Uncle Sung. In the mountains of Tibet they meet a holy man who foretells that Ashley will be a king, King of the Cloud Forests, an omen that astonishingly is soon to become true. King of the Cloud Forest is a compelling and original story that combines high adventure with great sensitivity — an inspired novel for children.
Sacred Heart Day
Careers Counsellor and Student Development Officer, Colin Salleo, checking out the campus action!
Almost everything was happening on the Sacred Heart campus Sorrento last week — except study. The place was alive with students dressed mostly in country and western gear, with a few variations. The idea of Sacred Heart Day is to raise money for their favourite cause and this year funds gathered were for a bus for Our Lady of the Missions School, Broome. Students ran a wide variety of events including badge making, food stalls, bush dancing, face painting, competitions, iron horse pillow fights, skateboard competitions, rock music videos, chocolate wheels, radio controlled model cars, jumble sale, records exchanged, treasure hunts and radio controlled model cars. Maybe Broome's school gets to keep the money — but it certainly was Sorrento students who had the fun!
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A top prize of $175 out of a pool of $600 awaits the Year 12 winner of the 1989 religious essay competition being held by Knights of the Southern Cross at the suggestion of its Bunbury branch. Secondary student competitors from Years 8-12 are to write 500 words on any saint, on the influence and presence of Pope John Paul in the world, on the way of life of any one religious order, or on the place of prayer in the daily life of Christians today. Entries close with the State Youth Officer on July 7 and will be judged by Father John Orzanski, KSC chaplain, John Rossi, KSC chairman and a senior representative of the Catholic Education Office.
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Acolytes interested in carrying out ministry at the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre (Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital) by assisting the seventeen (17) acolytes on Sundays on a rostered basis should contact Bob Peters on 387 7568 (A/H) weekends and on 425 7544 (wk) or write to 37 Lakeside Road, Churchlands 6018. Please provide your name, address and telephone number and a meeting will be arranged at St Aloysius parish, 84 Keightley Road, Shenton Park 6008.
FRANCISCAN MEETING The Franciscan Fraternity of St Mary's Perth meets every fourth Sunday of the month at Mercedes College staff room at 2.30pm4.30pm. Would-be novices, enquirers and visitors are welcome. Phone the Prefect, Mrs M. Jones 459 2550 (pm), the Secretary Mrs J. Wilson
342 8868 (am).
NEWMAN SOCIETY
CARLTON HOTEL with good old-fashioned hospitality in the heart of the city B&B Single $30; Double/Twin $50 • HEARTY BREAKFAST • PARKING FACILITIES • REFRIGERATOR • TEA & COFFEE FACILITIES 248 HAY STREET, EAST PERTH
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The Record, June 8, 1989
Guest speaker Discussion Group: Tuesday June 20, at 8pm, Mrs Mary Tiller will talk on "Christian Life Communities: A Formula for Action from St Ignatius Loyola". On Monday June 26, at 7.30pm, an extra meeting will be held for Father John Neill OP to talk on the proposed University of Notre Dame, Australia. Both meetings to be in the Senior Common Room, St Thomas More College, and are open to all interested. Contact number 446 1628.
PRINCIPAL BMW BROOK for
Leonie will be held on Saturday July 1 at Cottesloe Star of the Sea Church Hall, Stirling Highway from 9.15am to 5pm. Beginners welcome. Cost $ 20 ($15 students). Enquiries 383 2108. 'Sitting' meditation happens fortnightly Thursday 8pm, Broome St, Cottesloe.
ST MARY'S PRIMARY SCHOOL
for 1990
St Mary's is a co-educational school with an enrolment of 35 pupils from Years 1-7. The position is available as a two-year secondment for the successful applicant. Salary and conditions are similar to those offered by the Ministry of Education. Applicants must be practising Catholics, committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education and have requisite administrative, academic and personal qualifications. Further information and official application forms are available from: Eric Chidlow, Catholic Education Office of WA PO Box 198, Leederville WA 6007 Telephone: (09) 381 5444
June 16 Catholic Secondary Principals' A ssociation annual Mass and meeting. Archbishop Foley. 18 Confirmation, Riverton. Archbishop Foley. 18& Visitation and confirmation, Green22 wood. Bishop Healy. 21 Trinity College Old Boys Mass. Archbishop Foley. 23& Confirmation, Brentwood Willet25 ton. Monsignor Keating. 24& Visitation and confirmation, Kam25 balda Norseman. Archbishop Foley. 25 Visitation and confirmation, Quairading/Cunderdin. Bishop Healy. 29 Silver Jubilee, Fr Justin Bianchini. 30 Commissioning of new catechists. Archbishop Foley. Confirmation, Kalgoorlie. Bishop Healy. Visitation and confirmation, Embleton. Archbishop Foley. Confirmation, Leederville. Monsignor Keating. Adult Education Seminar. Catholic Youth Council Mass with WA Bishops. Confirmation, Willagee. Monsignor McCrann. C onfirmation, Trinity Archbishop Foley. Altar Servers' Guild, Archbishop Foley. Golden Jubilee, Fr Samuel Rodomonti. Silver Jubilee, Bruce Rock Church. Archbishop Foley. State Conference of the Catholic Women's League. Army Family Church Archbishop Foley. Memorial Service University of WA. Cantenian Association Mass at St Mary's Cathedral. Archbishop Foley. South West Regional school staff Mass. Archbishop Foley. Visitation and confirmation, Doubleview. Archbishop Foley. Visitation and confirmation, Queens Park. Bishop Healy.
Official application forms should be addressed to the Director, Catholic Education Office of WA (address above) and lodged by Wednesday, June 14, 1989.
BLESSED SACRAMENT FATHERS
ALL SAINTS CHAPEL Masses Monday-Thursday 12.10 and 1.10pm. Friday 12.10, 1.10 and 5.10pm. Saturday 11.30am.
Confessions Monday -Friday 11.30am-1.30pm, 4.30pm-5.30pm. Saturday 10.30am-11.30am.
Exposition Monday-Friday 8am-5.30pm. Saturday 8am-11.30am.
Morning Prayer Monday-Saturday 8.10am.
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A JOURNEY THROUGH THE ANCIENT LANDS
HOLYLAND, EGYPT &JORDAN NOVEMBER 1989 23 DAYS FULLY ESCORTED FROM PERTH THE HOLYLAND (ISRAEL) - A place where the great biblical leaders lived and worked. Scene of some of the most stirring events in the history of man. EGYPT — Land of the Pharaohs, pyramids and the Sphinx. An awe-inspiring place of ancient monuments. The cradle of history and culture. JORDAN -- A kingdom of dramatic contrast — 9000 years old yet as modern as tomorrow. Lawrence of Arabia country; with many ancient sites. For further information and a copy of the brochure please call.
GORDON TOURS — Tel 227 6515 Sabina Fleckner — tel 227 6663, (A/H) 443 1031 LICENCE No 9T400303