The Record Newspaper 29 June 1989

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'ARRANGEMENTS FOR SCHOOLS IN BREACH OF COMMONWEALTH'S OWN PRINCIPLES' was Gleeson Mr Proposed Commonwealth funding arran- responding to a Discusgements for schools sion Paper on Commonwill require increases wealth funding arrangeabove the cost of living ments for schools beyond and will be an attack on 1992 issued by the choice, Department of Employparental according to a national ment, Education and Training. spokesman.

burden, which is an attack on parental choice, particularly the choice of low income parents.

"No real increases in Commonwealth grants are indicated in the paper.

"The proposed arrangements would require fee increases in Catholic schools of about 10 per cent each year. This means increases of three per cent above cost of living increases.

"This is in contrast with the present scheme, which provided an eightyear program of real increases and, therefore, a significant degree of stability and security for Catholic schools.

"Catholic parents cannot accept this additional

"The current scheme also provides a direct link

"The Commonwealth has foreshadowed funding arrangements for schools that are in breach of its own stated principles," the Chairman of the National Catholic Education Commission, Mr Gerry Gleeson, said this week.

between the level of Commonwealth grants and a standard of resources based on government school resource decisions. There is no such link in the proposed arrangements.

"Although described as a 'funding' paper, there is no mention of ongoing Commonwealth funding commitments for school buildings or for specific purpose programs that directly address the needs of disadvantaged students and communities. These are important

programs for Catholic schools."

The National Catholic Education Commission will be making strong representations to the Government on the profunding posed arrangements.

Mr Gleeson was confident that the Government would address the needs of Catholic schools more seriously in its announcement later this year of the Commonfunding wealth's commitments.

• Schools Expand — see Page 3.

Reformation reversal LONDON (CNS): When A rchbishop Robert Runcie of Canterbury, England, visits Rome in late September, he is to become the first Anglican primate since the Reformation to attend a papal Mass.

After celebrating the Eucharist at an Anglican church on October 1, Archbishop Runcie is scheduled to attend a Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II in St Peter's Basilica.

The pope and Archbishop Runcie also are to meet September 29, 30 and October 2. At the last meeting, the two leaders plan to sign a joint declaration similar to the one signed in 1982 when visited pope the Canterbury.

During their 1982 meeting, Pope John Paul and A rchbishop Runcie's "common declaration" established a new Anglican-Catholic commission to work to resolve doctrinal differ-

ences and recommend "practical steps" for the reunion of the two churches.

Anglican officials hope that before the visit, the Vatican will publish its response to the final report of the first A nglican -Roman Catholic International which Commission, established substantial agreement on questions of the Eucharist, ministry and ordination and which reached considerable agreement on the

Sowing the seeds for mutual respect and acceptance

question of papal authority.

A draft response, prepared by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, has been circulating for some time, but a final response also would carry the authority of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The two leaders are expected to discuss the issue of women's ordination, which Catholic officials have said is an impediment to unity.

Expected to accompany Archbishop Runcie to Rome are Anglican Archbishop Joseph Adetiloye, Nigerian primate, and Bishop Mark Santer of Birmingham, England, Anglican co-chairman of the second AnglicanRoman Catholic International Commission.

His Catholic counterpart, Bishop Cormac Murphy -O'Connor of Arundel and Brighton, England, also plans to be in Rome during the visit.

Pope on the wound of abortion and rising divorce rates • Page 4

It's back to Bible 'school' for 20 adults • Page 2

Back to 'school' for Hilton 1 adults Hilton parishioners preparing for the Bible evening.

Some adults of Hilton Parish felt the need to go back to school. And this they did.

They have gone through seven sessions of Bible studies organised by the parish. The course ends after three more sessions.

The "classes" are being conducted by Fr McMahon.

The first class took off with 29 adults present but by the end of the seventh session there was an attendance of 20 people.

The evening lectures on the Bible have been organised by the parish at the suggestion of delegates at the final meeting of the Grassroots program earlier this year.

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They said that adult education was a top priority of the archdiocese.

The theme of the Bible course is on the Gospel of St John.

Fr McMahon was pleased about the interest shown.

"A surprising factor emerging at these ses-

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sions is the questions asked every evening," he said.

Pre-destination took the greater part of one evening and discussions about it are still going on.

Christ walking on the water also aroused interest. Christ's real presence on the altar was another theme.

Every evening begins with an introduction on some aspect of the times in which Jesus lived.

What was the political situation? How did people actually live at the time?

Problems of translation, the meaning of some important words used, all this filled the evening so far.

Why do people attend the course?

Amadeo said: "For me it was simply a continuation of the Grassroots program. And I enjoy it very much." Josephine agreed: "I would not miss the evenings for any-

thing. I find them very enjoyable."

The course is also providing a chance for people from the parish to know each other better.

There is a possibility of another course being held in spring concentrating more on the problems of today's Catholics living their faith.

Catechumenate boost

B RISBANE: Two new resources, At Home with God's Word and At Home with God's People, are being developed for the Catechumenate program in Brisbane archdiocese.

At Home with God's Word was being prepared as a simple way

of helping people to reflect on what the readings meant and how they related to our daily lives and is being piloted in eight parishes.

At Home with God's People is being developed by Mr Gagen and Fr Bill O'Shea as a teaching resource to

replace Journey to Easter, the resource currently used in the Catechumenate.

Mr Gagen, officer for Adult Education, Brisbane Catholic Education, said At Home with God's People would have a different treatment of some topics and

would cover some new topics such as prayer, a spirituality for today, the Church's teaching on social justice and a theology of ecology.

more time on deeper issues as: What is the nature of conversion?.

How do we minister to "conversion"?, and What is the nature of the journey of faith?

Mr Gagen said that in Catechumenate workshops he was now called to spend

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Companionship, coffee, comfort BRISBANE: Rosie's, widely known for its outreach during Schoolies Weeks on the Gold Coast, is now serving coffee, companionship and comfort to allcomers in Brisbane's Mall on Friday nights.

The Mission in the Mall has been established after several trial runs, Oblate Fr Paul Costello, Rosie's co-ordinator, said.

The Rosie's coffee bus offered safe contact for "kids who have split from their mates, missed the last bus, run out of money, had one too many to drink or just feel a bit isolated," Fr Costello said.

"It's a sort of 'time and place out' from the city night scene. Kids can head for us instead of for trouble."

AIDS: New proposals SALE, Victoria: The testing for AIDS and treatment of the disease has been recommended by the annual general meeting of the Catholic Women's League for the Sale Diocese.

After detailed discussion, it was decided that a resolution be sent to the general conference in Melbourne in September that "AIDS be treated as an infectious disease. and we ask the government that compulsory testing be introduced and suitable sanitorium facilities be set up for AIDS sufferers".

Eight Rosie's members are rostered each Friday night.

They meet at the City Hall where Alderman Sallyanne Atkinson, the Lord Mayor, has arranged a room for their pre-street prayers and a boiling water supply for their coffee urn.

Bikies "reserve" a parking space at the Mall end of Albert Street for the Rosie's bus.

"They look awesome but we've found them gentle, kind and with a real interest in Christian ministry — they are among our regular customers," said Fr Costello.

Abortion clinic 'no' ADELAIDE: Archbishop Faulkner called on State Cabinet to reject proposals to establish an abortion clinic and said the real problems experienced by families and single women with regard to pregnancy could be solved by better counselling services and better education and social conditions.

"It is clear that the abortion legislation in South Australia is not functioning according to its original intention," Archbishop Faulkner said.

"If 97.7 per cent of abortions in South Australia are carried out on the grounds of 'specified psychiatric disorders' (1987 figures), then

the State's resources should be going into a proper psychological assessment when an abortion is contemplated and the provision of good psychological counselling for women.

"In South Australia there is a strong swing against abortion on demand.

"The decisions of the doctors and nurses in refusing to do late abortions and the concern of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital about becoming a 'dumping ground' for the State's abortion services are a sign of the public discomfort with the way the abortion laws are operating in this State."

Term over and vicars switch places ADELAIDE: Cathedral administrator Monsignor Robert Aitken has completed a third term as vicar general and will not be re-appointed.

He will continue to assist with confirmation ceremonies in the archdiocese.

Archbishop Faulkner announced in May that there would henceforth be one vicar general who would be a full time member of the Diocesan Pastoral Team.

Father James O'Loughlin, who has completed a three-year term as the first vicar general of the pastoral team has had his appointment extended for one year after which he will not be reappointed but replaced by another full time vicar general.

Now the men start to fill the gap in schools faster than women

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Whereas in the 150 positions today there are 16 male religious compared with 60 women religious, in the lay field 53 men considerably outnumber 21 women.

Staffing of Catholic According to figirtres in, schools in WA has shown the latest report of the a dramatic increase over Catholic Education the past decade with an Commission, 100 even more dramatic women (93 religious and change in the percentage seven lay) were in charge of religious teaching in of schools in 1978 whe- the schools. reas today their number Of 2551 full-time equihas dropped to 81 (60 valent teachers at the end religious and 21 lay). of 1988 slightly less than half were in primary For the corresponding schools whereas a period in which the decade ago primary staff number of positions has outnumbered ( 901) increased from 144 to secondary (807).

150, there are now 69 males (16 religious and In that same period the 53 lay) in charge of number of religious in schools compared with the schools has dropped 44 a decade ago. from 390 to 209 and the

Honour for Horgan The Institute of Chartered Accountants in A ustralia has presented the 1988 Award for distinction to leading Perth businessman, Mr Denis Horgan FCA. The Award cited Mr Horgan's outstanding services as a chartered accountant to many charitable and community organisations in Australia and overseas, and his notable achievements as a Company Director and businessman.

His continuing contribution to the Institute and the wider c ommunity was regarded by the Institute to be in the highest traditions of the profession.

The only other West Australian to receive a similar award was Sir Charles Court in

1983.

number of lay teachers has risen dramatically from 1318 to 2342.

In just one year, 19871988 staff in Catholic

schools moved up 100, this being the result of an increase of 122 lay members and a reduction of 21 amongst religious.

Catholic pupil enrolments are also increasing at an accelerating annual rate.

Whereas the total pupils moved only 300 in 1979 (up to 35,044), there was a jump of 1474 to 47,013 between 1987 and 1988.

Girls were outnumbering boys in both primary and secondary levels in 1978 but 10 years later the sexes are almost evenly distributed in total enrolments.

Principals for transfer Two existing school principals transfer next year to become founding heads of two new Catholic schools on Perth's expanding metro area.

Mr Michael Smith, currently principal of Queen of Apostles School, Riverton will become head of the South Lake Catholic Primary School on Verna Road.

Sir Margaret O'Sullivan, josephite, principal of St Brigid's School Midland will be in charge of the new Catholic school in Ballajura.

Construction of both schools is underway and first stages are expected to cost about $700,000 each.

The costs will be met from Commonwealth funding, from parish contributions and from the Catholic Education Commission's Coresponsibility Building Fund.

Of grants cuts and cost rises MELBOURNE: The Victorian State Parliament has been told that grants from the state government to pupils a ttending Catholic s chools had fallen dramatically behind increases in school c osts.

The Shadow Minister for Local Government, Bruce Chamberlain told the Legislative Council: "The Catholic Education Office Victoria says that the grants to nongovernment schools have fallen substantially behind cost increases to schools."

The letter from the Catholic Education Office to Mr Chamberlain of April 7 states: "Since 1985 the increase in state government grants per pupil paid to non-government schools at each category level have fallen substan-

tially behind any cost increases to schools. In that time grants have increased in money terms by an average of 3.1 per cent per annum.

The increase for 1988 over 1987 was 1.2 per cent and for 1989 over 1988 was three per cent.

"Using the Commonwealth Schools Price Index as a guide, the grants to Category 10 schools (the level at which Catholic systematically funded schools are funded) have declined by nine per cent in real terms since 1985 with most of the decline in the last two years.

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A s lay principals begin to replace religious in charge of Catholic schools, males are beginning to reverse the predominantly female lead of a decade ago.

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the average salary cost of teachers in Catholic schools rose by approximately 13.4 per cent because of increases in the Education Services

Schools) (Catholic Award of the Industrial Relations Commission of Victoria.

"The actual average salary has increased at an even greater rate because of the automatic incremental salary movement of the majority of lay teachers and the replaceretiring of ment members of religious orders by lay teachers."

Mr Chamberlain concluded: "It is obvious that the Catholic system with 25 per cent of primary students and approximately 33 per cent of secondary students is bearing a large part of the education burden of this state.

"The government should be aware of that and appropriate discussions should take place with the Catholic Education Office to remedy the problems of that system."

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With the Meredith parole affair so far providing only the certainty that the matter has a distance to run, it reveals nevertheless how little we seem to know of what is going on in society today and still less about how to grapple with legal and moral questions.

By the middle of this week the matter was heading for the familar diversion that all blame was due to the media for saying too much on the one hand, and allegedly saying too little on the other.

One wonders from where, in the absence of media reports so far, the full story would have been available, with presumably more to come.

If there is a feeling of confusion as well as outrage in so many quarters it is worth noting the number of areas in which uncertainty and moral dilemmas have been revealed. Like diners at a food bazaar each person samples the case from their own point of view but with little ability to understand that two considerations are completely unrelated.

We have the not too encouraging picture of a legislature hurriedly blocking a juvenile legal loophole but only after the damage was done; serious medical opinion at odds over the trial evidence; the right of aggrieved relatives to air their frustration with the system; the inability of the public to understand the sentencing processes; the equal inability to understand the parole board's workings, to say nothing of gaol procedures; politicians distancing themselves from the judicial maze but sensing the electoral wind sufficiently to join the cry and protest over what has happened.

On top of this we now have a parent understandably going in to bat for his estranged son but only with a heartful of hope; a now revealed broken home; blame on the suburban socio-economic factor; Meredith's own patchy employment history, his drug use, his racist presumptions; the long but unknown list of his previous offences.

Are there files on departmental desks with even more issues to debate? Would all these matters have not hit the public conscience if Meredith had served a long term and vanished through a prison gate anonymously at the end? Is the Final Solution for today's social problems to be merely a shrug of Outof-sight, Out-of-mind?

Even the most notorious names must disappear from public interest in time but this is no excuse for avoiding discussion about what is supposedly wrong with our justice and prison system and more importantly what destructive forces are at work in the lives of the young today, and why are we so powerless.

Whatever the merits of the independence in which judges perform their thankless task on behalf of society, the work is only half done if the public has little assistance to understand the processes of law, beyond hearing argument about salary rises.

An army of legal and social experts no doubt understand and can defend juvenile sentencing and detention but it is perceived by the public as an unfathomable riddle and to that extent held in little respect either by the public or probably the juveniles themselves. This does not encourage healthy public respect for law.

The parole system no doubt plays a complementary part to prison detention but why should it be so difficult for the public to understand this process? A combined churches task force last year went to a lot of trouble to publicise the defects of the prison system but its efforts are met with silence.

Why? Finally, who will tell the public that its juveniles now reap the whirlwind of the socalled value-free education that watches helplessly as its schools are torched, while stolen vehicles and property become the alternative currency, while families disintegrate because someone else can be called upon to pick up and patch the broken pieces?

The Meredith confusion could be saved if somewhere someone could take up the blame . . and tell the truth!

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Help young couples, he says VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pastoral programs must help young couples overcome the "negative phenomena" influencing contemporary family life, said Pope John Paul II. A major element of good pastoral programs is developing a strong parish environment that

supports young couples during the stress-ridden period of their early years as husband and wife, the pope added.

Negative phenomena include "the wound of abortion", rising divorce rates, increased use of sterilisation and a growing contraceptive mentality, the pope said.

The pope spoke on June 16 to members of the Pontifical Council for the Family meeting at the Vatican to discuss pastoral programs for newly married couples.

Young couples, "especially in their early years of marriage, are exposed to possible difficulties, such as those having to do with adapting to life in

Importance of marriage VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II has told Togo's four bishops, the church there should give priority in instructing young people and adults about the permanence of marriage.

They must "state clearly what the family is according to the Gospel, inspire respect for it, emphasise the greatness of the permanent union of the couple and show how it is the protector of the rights of children and spouses," the pope said.

He said he recognised that this represents "a difficult and lengthy task" for African pastoral workers, but said it

was an extremely important one.

The Christian family founded on the sacrament of marriage forms "a community of love uniquely adapted to teach and transmit essential values to society," the pope said.

The head of the Togo bishops' conference, Archbishop Dosseh of Lome, said the pope's visit to Togo in 1985 had given the local church new energy and hope.

He said the church still faces serious problems, including youth unemployment, the "great poverty" of the people and an "imperialism" carried out by industries of "death and contraception".

common or arising from the birth of children", he said.

The pope asked planners of family life programs to avoid a "sterile and resigned attitude" in the face of these difficulties.

Use the parish to develop religious education programs for the

entire family, he said.

Helping young families "should be an integral part of the parish mission", he added.

"The parish community should aid Christian parents in their responsibility of exposing to the faith the children they have brought into the world," the pope said.

The 'unique pilgrimage' VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul ll called his June trip to Scandinavia a "unique pilgrimage" undertaken in an ecumenical spirit.

The fact that the countries' Lutheran bishops and state leaders invited him "was surely a significant 'sign of the times' and a call of divine providence", the pope said during a general audience at the Vatican on June 14.

"1 want to thank everybody who made this unique pilgrimage possible, a pilgrimage carried out in conformity with the spirit of the Second Vatican Council's ecumenical intentions," the pope said.

The pope said he would

Recognition for gays, lesbians CHICAGO (CNS): The Archbishop of Chicago has granted formal recognition to a new organisation for gay and lesbian Catholics.

The organisation called AGLOChicago, an acronym for Archdiocesan Gay and Lesbian Outreach-Chicago will operate "within the framework of the authentic teaching and discipline of the church:' according to a statement from the archdiocese.

A 1986 Vatican document taught that homosexual activity is sinful and said that homosexuality is a "disordered sexual inclination."

However, the document urged full pastoral care for homosexuals and protection of their rights.

A "memo of understanding" between the archdiocese and AGLOChicago said the organisation will be "entitled to the same consideration as, and observe the same policies and procedures" as other archdiocesan organisations.

While arrhdiocesan parishes will continue to have primary responsibility for ministering to

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members who are homosexual, the organisation "will encourage and assist . . . in this ministry where necessary, appropriate and helpful," the archdiocese's statement said.

The pastors of six parishes are comoderators of AGLOChicago and will alternate with priests of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Project for Gay and Lesbian Catholics in celebrating a weekly Mass for gay and lesbian Catholics and their friends.

Jerry McEnany, a former leader of Dignity-Chicago and one of the founders and co-directors of AGLOChicago, said that "recognition as an organisation of the archdiocese exceeds the expectations we had as we began working with the archdiocese a year and a half ago".

The archdiocese discontinued allowing Dignity to sponsor a weekly Mass at a Chicago parish after Dignity-USA passed a resolution in 1987 opposing church teaching on homosexual activity.

remember with special significance the ecumenical prayer meetings with people of Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland.

These encounters, and particularly the meeting with Nordic' youths at the end of his visit, "expressed a shared conviction of the urgent need to give priority to the spirit and its demands", he said.

They also reinforced the hope that inspires the ecumenical movement, he said.

As a result, he said, the churches are more firmly committed to do "everything passible" to overcome remaining clifferences. This should act as a stimulus to ongoing theological dialogue, he said.

Outweighed DUBLIN: For the first time the number of Sisters and Brothers who entered religious Orders in Ireland has been outweighted by the number who left. Last year 87 Sisters joined Orders but 91 left.

Similarly Brothers have suffered severely from' the fall off in vocations with just seven joining Orders last year and 27 leaving.

This is the first time since the Council for Research and Development started taking records, that the numbers leaving exceeded numbers joining.

'Stand down

DUBLIN: The Pallotine Fathers in Dublin have officially requested Fr Patrick Ryan to withdraw his candidacy for the European Elections.

Fr Ryan, wanted in Britain in connection with alleged IRA activities, absented himself without permission from the Order in 1974.

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Indian vow on discrimination

BOMBAY, India (CNS): Indian Catholics have pledged a campaign to end discrimination in society and the church a gainst their cofrom religionists India's low caste.

In a national convention statement, 500 representatives vowed to "mobilise resources to remedy injustice and create opportunities of equality" for Christians of low-caste origin, who

constitute more than 50 per cent of Christians in the country.

Discrimination based on caste, a traditional social practice, is illegal in India, but it remains a force in Indian society.

The government provides economic and other aid to low caste Sikhs and Hindus who have suffered discrimination, but not to low caste Christians.

The Catholic statement

demanded extending that assistance to all lowcaste individuals, "irrespective of their religion".

The delegates also called for an end to caste discrimination in the church in India.

They noted that burials and admissions to the priesthood are subject to caste segregation — particularly in south India where the church is largely in the control of

indigenous clergy. Lowcaste Christians say they converted to Christianity because they believed it would treat them with equality.

The delegates noted, "with a sense of anguish, the sins of injustice and inequality that are prevalent also in the Catholic community," and called for an awareness of "the sin of caste practice and discrimina-

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tion that is widespread among us."

They pledged to: work for formation of lay leaders, especially women; push for greater involvement of Catholics in politics and public life; pursue justice in working conditions; discourage an inward-looking tendency in the community and join people of all faiths in their struggle for human rights.

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est has blamed satanic lyrics in some rock songs for contributing to attacks on a number of churches in the Scottish Highlands.

Three parishes, including the Catholic Church at Fort William, have been desecrated in the past few months.

Sacristies have been fouled, Bibles burnt

and satanic messages scrawled on the altars in the attacks which have all taken place within a 30-mile area.

Mons Thomas Wynne, parish priest of St Mary's, Lochaber, called on parents to be more vigilant over music their children listen to.

"The 19-year-old boy who desecrated St Mary's Church in

Christian view takes knocking LONDON: The traditional Christian view of marriage as a relationship for life is undermined by a continued trend towards divorce and cohabitation, according to Population Trends published by the government statistician.

Nevertheless, half of those married in 1987 had a religious ceremony and this figure rose to 70 Per cent for those marrying for the first time.

The upward trend of divorces continues. Of men and women born in 1921, one in 13 are estimated to have been divorced by 1971, while of those born in 1937, one in 20 would have been divorced by 1987.

By 1985 a fifth of marriages lasted less than four years.

In 1987 the number of children aged under 16 who were affected by divorce rose to a record

149,000.

Another figure that reflects social attitudes is that in the first half of this year 25 per cent of babies were born outside of marriage.

Fort William did not just pick up the satanic verse he wrote on the altar," said Mons Wynne.

"He obviously learnt it from somewhere, probably from some of the more dangerous types of rock and pop music.

"We should not ignore the influence of the occult in music, television and videos which can have subtle

Ex-cop now a priest ROME: A former Manchester Anglican policeman ordained by the Pope at St Peter's received a congratulatory message from a fellow convert to Catholicism, Chief Constable John Anderton.

Well done. You're a fine officer and I'm proud of you," he said.

Geoffrey Robert Hilton, 32. was one of 57 deacons ordained by the Pope before more than 10,000 people. He expects soon to be appointed a curate in the Salford Diocese.

A keen footballer. Geoffrey has become one of Rome's most sought after referees and is regularly engaged by the Vatican's

Swiss Guards team and by the Pontifical English and Scots Colleges.

influences on the young mind. Many of these groups have huge followings.

"The music is chaotic and bewildering and, mixed with weird lighting at concerts, it has a dangerous effect on people."

Wynne Mons claimed some pop r ecords contained which messages

Stand on religious knowledge SINGAPORE: The teaching of religious knowledge in schools will be continued in the islandrepublic — but only as an option rather than compulsory subject.

The government parliamentary committee on education made this and other suggestions when they met recently.

Members present also expressed the view that the current moral education program for lower students secondary

should be extended to the upper levels as well.

The group agreed that moral education program should include aspects of citizenship and values education, and an understanding of major religions in Singapore.

In March the Education Minister Tony Tan announced the government had decided to take a fresh look at the teaching of Religious Knowledge in schools.

Boost for Irish society

DUBLIN: The Irish government has given the Society of St Vincent de Paul E500,000 to help the jobless find work.

The money will be used to help identify skills and to give people the basic start-up money which they may need to open a business.

As a result of the SVP's

efforts, around 200 jobs have already been created in Tallaght, a large Dublin housing estate with massive unemployment.

"We identified a number of people in Tallaght who had various skills but did not have the facilities or the premises to use them," Sr Columba

Faulkner said.

"So we rented industrial premises in the area and people are setting themselves up there. For instance, there is one man who is making voice synthesisers."

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could be heard when the record was played and backwards satanic symbols were printed on album covers.

Mons Wynne said: "I am not suggesting a witch hunt nor do I believe all pop music is bad. It can be a healthy pastime but we must not ignore real are what dangers."

work. It will give advice on approaching employers, assistance with finding premises and materials, if necessary.

government, but pointed out that the Irish public had also given E8 million last year.

Last year, the SVP spent E8 million helping people. Commenting on the £500,000 given by the government, Sr Columba said it was nice to be recognised by the

The job creation encouragement of the society is nothing new, she said. "What is new is official recognition of its value in the shape of this financial assistance.

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. . . URGES ESTONIA'S ONLY PRIEST WHO WAS 'EDUCATED AN ATHEIST' "I was educated an who only recently had books it is impossible to atheist" is the surpris- graduated from the understand," he said. ing introduction Esto- Catholic seminary in "Only from experiencing it with others do we nia's only Catholic Riga. priest gave about himHe was later to tell his understand the message self when he recently guests in English that of Christ." He added: met a group of Ameri- although baptised as a "Theology does not help can Catholics whose Lutheran — the predom- people in difficult visit was almost by inant faith in Estonia — situations." accident.

Two years later Father he received no religious The group had wanted instruction as a child and Ounapuu became a to visit predominantly his interest in Christian- Catholic and entered the Catholic Lithuania but ity began in high school seminary in Riga where were diverted at the last when he was required to he spent the next five minute to mostly Luthe- read a novel by Dos- years. ran Estonia. toevsky, the Russian All his teachers had In Tallinn's old town writer whose works been prisoners in Siberthe group came across often deal with religious ian prison camps, he told us. The seminary at Riga the former Dominican belief.

He church where a notice soon became now has 75 students announced Mass daily at involved in a Lutheran from all parts of the church, and by age 18 Soviet Union, including 8am.

Thus six priests in the had decided to enrol in some from Siberia, group found themselves the Lutheran seminary where there are now several Catholic parishes. celebrating Mass in the in Tallinn.

Tridentine traditional, However, he was disapAfter his ordination, ceremony with Father pointed in his studies Father Ounapuu was Rein Ounapuu, a 31- there, finding them heav- assigned to Sts Peter and year-old native of Tallinn ily intellectual. "From Paul in Tallinn. When its Meeting W ACLTA executives meet at the home of Tom & Julie Branch, 7 Hayes Road, Leeming on Tuesday, July 4, at 7.45pm sharp.

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pastor died shortly after, he became the pastor and the only Catholic priest in Estonia. This month he will be joined by another young Estonian now in the final year of his seminary training.

There are now about 2000 Catholics in Estonia, he said, 400 of them practicing. Most are of Polish ancestry, although many ethnic Estonians, such as Father Ounapuu, have joined the Catholic Church in recent years.

"Much of my time is spent in translation," said Father Ounapuu, who speaks eight languages.

"All our parish meetings here and at Tartu need an interpreter because the people speak so many different languages." He has been asked to translate the Mass into Estonian, and his text is now

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The future for the Catholic Church in Estonia appears hopeful, although there are many problems to be overcome. Many Soviet citizens fear Gorbachev will be replaced by someone who will return the Soviet Union to the police state of the past.

"Aren't you afraid?" one American asked Father Ounapuu. He answered that while a return to the past is possible, he plans to continue taking advantage of the new freedom for as long as it lasts.

"Fear and faith are incompatible," he told us.

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being used experimen- troika," Father Ounapuu tally, pending approval told us. "Things are by the Vatican. changing day by day The Gorbachev govern- now." ment's policies have had Last spring he was a major impact in Estonia, especially during the allowed to visit Finland, past year, when a new where there is also a party called the Popular small Catholic Church.

Front was permitted to "Three years ago it would have been impossible for form.

The head of the Esto- a priest to visit a Western nian Communist Party country," he told us. said, "We have learned "What can we do to help the first lesson of peresyou?" the American troika: Everyone has the group asked. right to state his or her opinion." He explained "First of all, pray for us," that the Communist he answered. "That is the Party "supported the most important thing.

Popular Front as a The second is to visit us movement of society — here, as you have. It is students, pensioners, very important to us to non-party people and have visits from the West. religious people — may It gives us much suptake part in perestroika port." He explained that outside the party". although it is impossible "The situation is much for churches in the Soviet better because of peres- Union to receive cash

MIXED PENNANTS Three close matches highlighted round 3 of t he 1989 WACLTA Mixed Pennant competition. The narrow wins emphasised that this year's Pennants will be a more even competition than previous years.

A Grade Both matches were decided on games as all teams won five sets throughout the afternoon.

St Joseph's defeated St Norbet's, 5 sets 72 games to 5 sets 70 games. St Joseph's performed very well, considering they played without their No 1 player. It was their first win for the season. The deciding sets were played in semi-darkness.

In the other A grade match, Queens Park 5 sets 53 games defeated St Jude's 5 sets 49 games.

The first two sets in this match took more than an hour and a quarter to finish. Given that if matches continued at this rate there would not be a result, both captains agreed to reduce the sets to the first to 6. The win consolidated Queens Park position at the top of the table.

B Grade Wholesale changes in the B grade ladder followed the results of last Saturday's games.

Pignatelli 1 caused the upset of the round by defeating the highly fancied St Benedict's team in a keenly contested game, the score being 5 sets 79 games to 5 sets 71 games. As a

result of this loss St Selection: St Cecilia's Benedict's forfeited top Queens Park position on the ladder.

B Grade Pignatelli 2 remain the Queens Park v St only undefeated team in Benedict's B grade following their Pignatelli 2 v Liwara win over Dianella, the Dianella v Pignatelli 1 scores being Pignatelli 2 St Benedict's should 7 sets 72 games to return to the winners list Dianella 3 sets 54 games.

As a result, Pignatelli 2 when they play bottom team Queens Park. lead the B grade table.

Liwara travel to AttaIn the remaining game an improved Liwara dale to play Pignatelli 2 defeated an under- in what looms as a very manned Queens Park tough encounter for team 10 sets 90 games to them. This match should shed some light as to 0 sets 40 games. their level of improveTable ment which they have A Grade shown over the last two Queens Park 5 weeks.

3 St Cecilia's 2 Dianella play host to St Jude's 2 Pignatelli 1 and the St Joseph's 0 home team will find it St Norbert's tough going against a B Grade 6 team who toppled the Pigantelli 2 4 premiership favourites St Benedict's 3 last week.

Pignatelli 1 Liwara 3 Selections: St Benedict's Dianella Pignatelli 2 2 Queens Park Pignatelli 1 0 Next Week Dinner Dance A Grade The crowning of the St Cecilia's v St Jude's Queens Park v St 1989 Miss WACLTA Queen will take place at Norbet's Second position is the the annual Dinner Dance to be held on Saturday, reward for the winner of the clash between St August 5 at the "Regal Cecilia's and St Jude's at Room" Wembley Lodge, Bedford. St Cecilia's 202 Cambridge Street, drew with Pennant lead- Wembly. Tickets are $25 ers Queens Park in the each and can be obtained opening round of fix- from Club Secretaries tures and they must be and/or Social Secretary favoured to win given Judy Russo on tel: their home ground 387 3766.

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Frankly speaking...

Father Dino at the interview.

Scalabrinian priest, Father Dino Torresan, leaned across his desk to put out his cigarette. His olive complexion glowed against the bright desk lamp and his hair showed signs of premature greying. Forty-seven-year-old Father Dino has an unenviable task of overseeing the affairs of ethnic groups in the Perth archdiocese. As he so aptly put it: "I am the meat in the sandwich." Father Dino is a cool operator. No matter what the pressure, no matter how difficult the task, he always has a ready smile.

Behind that smiling face is a burning determination to achieve his most important milestone — spreading the idea of the necessity for mutual

respect and acceptance in this society. "If I succeed in this direction I would have achieved something and that will make me happy," he exclaimed. Whether the seeds for "mutual respect and acceptance" he is sowing will take root is difficult to forecast. Only time will tell. But he foresees a stubborn growth. He expects to spend a lot of time cultivating his "field." In the light of the comlexity of his mission several questions were put to him and Father Dino very obligingly answered them. Here's a Question and Answer session Father Dino had with the Senior Writer of The Record:

Bringing to light what the Church wants

Q: As a priest specially assigned by the Archbishop to look after the affairs of ethnic groups, can you state how successful you have been?

A: One can't measure

up success in my work.

What matters is to spread the idea of the necessity for mutual respect and acceptance, the urgency to make an effort to come to know each other better (historical, religious and social backgrounds), and work together as a family.

One has to sow the seed, hoping that the rain of good-will will water it and the fertile soil of mutual respect and acceptance will make it grow.

Q: Have you faced any difficulties, then?

A: One finds the difficulty and the wound of being misunderstood.

In my work for the multicultural reality of the Archdiocese, lam not trying to prove any personal ideas, but rather to bring to light and to fruition what the Second Vatican Council and the latest documents of the Church want.

If we take the Pastoral Constitutions Ad Gentes

and Gaudium et Spes, Love is not only a the Apostolic Exhorta- feeling, but an outtion Evangelii Nunti- stretched arm ready to andi, the letters to the reach out.

Episcopal Conferences People on the move are "Church and People on not minorities any the Move" and "The longer, but a world Church and Racism", phenomenon which and the Apostolic Exhor- deserves our attention tation Christifideles and our active care.

Laid: there we have a Q: Don't you think the clear idea of what the Multicultural Missions, Church expects from us such as at Balcatta and and what directions she Mirrabooka, have proved is taking. positive in this effort Now, when one dis- to be attentive to be to turbs trends and patterns needs? Why do migrants' religious or they life, be of different lansocial patterns, he is you use guages, if the Mission is looking for trouble: peodirected to the whole ple don't like to change, Parish? or to question their A: Multicultural Misattitudes, or to be the first to make a move towards sions are trying to create the stranger, the a Family Spirit inside the Parish, building up an migrants or refugees. other They expect others to awareness of each that grip to coming and adjust, to fit in. Yet somehas member each according to the Gospel give and message "He who gives thing special to general the to ontribute c when he is asked, has Parish life. the of elfare w already waited too long!"

A multicultural mission As you can see, it is not a matter of success or is not interested in the failure: it is a question of folklore: that is part of the celebration itself. But the awareness.

The world is becoming main aim is to remind a global village: and we as ourselves that it is only Christians cannot sit on around Christ and the fence, interested or because of Christ, as our distracted by useless Bread of Life, that we gossip, diminishing our become one.

He is the only reason ideals with apathetic attitudes: we must move and explanation of our out and do something efforts to create unity in our diversity. positive.

The use of different languages and costumes during such missions is a visible, audible and tangible sign of our diversity, which we must respect; at the same time though, we are ONE because of our common faith in Jesus.

It is the Gospel message becoming reality, in our oneness.

Q: You seem to demand a lot from the local community. But what about migrants' obligation to learn the local language?

A: We must always encourage people to learn the language of the host country. But that is not to say that they must forget their own and not teach it to their children.

A language is the key to understand a culture and the many subcultures it possesses.

And it works both ways: for the welcoming country, so as to be able to receive the core values of the different migrations and adjust them as far as possible to its own values, customs and for c haracteristics; migrants or refugees, so as to share their richness with the host country and be open to receive its culture.

Very clear, theoretically!

When we go down to the nitty-gritty, many difficulties crop up: lack of time, work commitments and priorities for the family, lack of schooling preparation or mental incapacity of learning a new language, etc.

The use of ethnic languages, during multicultural missions, rather than supporting the formation of ghetto mentalities, can be felt by migrants as a sign of respect for their own cultures.

Migrants generally find they must learn English to live here, though some find it harder than others because of age, educational background and learning opportunities.

Can we condemn or refuse them for this?

Q: But migrants tend to form ghettos, anyway.

Why? A: The formation of ghettos, in 90% of instances, is self-defence and protection from the refusal migrants meet outside their own groups.

In my opinion, the problem is not that of learning English, but mutual rather acceptance.

There are many people around, who can speak and write in English: and yet they are not accepted.

They are citizens, born that, Australia would be here. However, their t remendously accent, the colour of their impoverished. skin, their . . . are causes We live in an Easternof refusal. An old proverb South Asian context. We says: "To love is to are lucky to have the admire with the heart!" Aboriginals to interpret It is true though that the land and its message some ethnic community for us; we are lucky to leaders have failed to have a variety of cultures, direct properly their Europeans and Asians, members to attitudes of living together. openness, gratefulness Through a common and co-operation. language (English), we Mental narrowness can share the best of our always causes problems cultural core values, find for both the welcoming a common denominator, community and the and create something migrants. unique, which is AustraI sincerely hope we lia 2000. open up to each other, in We have already in our trust and sharing the midst such a social and good cultural things we religious potential that have. contains the answer to Q: I don't think I am out our search for an Ausof line to suggest that tralian identity. most of these ethnic Rather than expecting groups have taken up people to adjust to a Australian citizenship. As single culture, let us try such, they should be first to appreciate each identified as Australians other.

— not Greeks, Italians, Once again, we go back Vietnamese, Singapo- to the process of incultureans, etc. As Australians ration (knowing each they should speak the other) and acculturation language of communica- (sharing each other's tion, and that is English. values).

What have you to say?

Australia 2000, and the A: AsIsaid, language is Catholic Church as part the key to a culture. We of it, can be a beautiful in Australia speak country in its variety, if English. we only have enough However, what culture- courage to overcome identity have we to offer? some of our pride and Anglo-Saxon? If we do selfishness.

Part 2 of the interview will be published at a later date The Record, June 29, 1989

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Families face transition

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Uncertainty is one mark of any period of transition in human life. This uncertainty can bring pressure to bear on it. asfoamielykiunnds

of transition in family life are unplanned and unexpected, like the prolonged illness of one

By K atharine Bird

When her oldest child went away to university, the mother went into an emotional tailspin.

She bombarded her daughter with phone calls and letters, and a barrage of questions aimed at finding out what the girl was doing day and night.

The daughter soon felt overwhelmed by her mother's excessive attentions and resisted her mother's requests for information and for frequent visits.

In time, distressed at her own overpowering reaction to her child's departure for college, the mother phoned Father James Bacik for help. He is a campus minister and adjunct professor of humanities.

A child leaving for university can precipitate a difficult transition for parents, Father Bacik said. Many parents have ambivalent feelings.

When a child leaves, a parent can feel a great sense of personal freedom along with extra energy to devote to the other children, to a spouse or to personal growth.

But many parents go through "a sort of grief period. They may feel sad", Father Bacik said.

He helped the mother face up to her mixture of negative and positive feelings, and encouraged her to enlist her husband's support in coping with the transition.

He also encouraged her to look at the larger, religious perspective. It helps parents to remember that "offspring are gifts given them"

by God, he said.

Sending children off to college can be seen as one way of preparing them for their adult role in God's plan.

Mary Roemer, a PsYchologist, pointed out

that it can take a long time to get through any transition.

Ms. Roemer identifies three stages of the transitions that occur in personal and family life: an acute stage, a middle stage and a reorganisation stage.

1. The acute stage is the most chaotic, the one where there is "total disorganisation" in the family, Ms. Roemer said.

People may feel as if all the pieces of their lives have been thrown up into the air. Often they react with shock and denial and wishful thinking.

Other times they deny their feelings or blame others for what is happening.

2. In the middle stage, the major change has been made — for instance, an elderly parent has been settled into a nursing home — and the family is beginning to figure out what "the rules of the new situation

are," Ms. Roemer said.

In this stage, people have to decide what their new relationships are going to be and what their expectations of each other are.

3. In the reorganisation stage "everyone knows where they belong and what the rules are," Ms. Roemer explained. "They are beginning to be comfortable with that new sense of themselves."

Periods of transition have "a way of shaking up our perception of things, revealing new strengths and hidden weaknesses," Father Bacik said. This can be "an opportunity for greater self-awareness and teach us to be more reliant on God." A time of transition can provide a new understanding that the "Spirit is one who does new and surprising things for us, who opens up doors," he added.

Ms. Roemer suggested

immummommi 4%+\ that parishes can hel people cope with a difficult transition. Parishioners need to keep alert to the possibility that people may need extra support at this time.

People in transition may need "a kind of a rms -around -the shoulders sort of support," she said. If people

feel as if they no longer belong anywhere, perhaps the Church can find ways to help them feel a renewed sense of belonging.

For people in transition, "a sense of belonging and a sense that they are fulfilling necessary and important roles" is crucial, she said.

• A child leaving for unnrsity can precipitate a dificult transition for parents, 'rites Katharine Bird. But trying] see the larger, religious pictim can help parents come to terns with this important transition inmily life.

situation that, over hisyismaember. faTmil time, will uniquely challenge all the family members.

Other kinds of transitions are instigated by the families — for example, when a mother, after years of fulltime homemaking, returns to college to prepare for a new hiscareer. situation, too, ultimately will challenge all the family members.

Whether a family is undergoing a transition that was unanticipated or one that family members instigated themselves, the change occurring in their lives can only be worked out over a period of time. At any given point during this period, it will be difficult — or impossible — to see exactly what things will be like "in the end" or even when "the end" will be reached.

Patience will be required during this time of uncertainty. Hard work also may be demanded of one or more family members.

And, as family members find that their energies or hopes or health are being taxed by the transition slowly unfolding in their lives, they will find that clear and trusting communication is of the essence for them.

Little by little the family members will discover that if they don't "pull together," forces at work in their lives will attempt to tug them apart.

It is only natural for Christians to pray when they find themselves in such circumstances.

There is more than one force at work in their lives, after all. What prayer addresses is the force known as God's love.

To the extent that prayer means asking something of God, people experiencing a period of transition may ask for the grace to be patient and to persevere during a process that by its very nature takes time.

But prayer also means listening — trying to hear God's voice in the midst of the events occurring in one's life.

One possibility is that family members can put blockades in each other's way at a time that ought to be a time of growth.

The other possibility is that they will be positive supports to each other.

Thus people listen for God's voice, attempting to discover how to be channels of grace.

During a period of transition in a family, each member will be called upon to respond to the others in unique ways.

Listening for God's voice means trying to identi1),, what God is asking of a person — how God wants us to respond to each other in this situation.

How families s rvive tryirg times It was a stressful year for the Higgins family.

Their oldest child entered high school and, almost immediately, his results took a nosedive.

Mum began a part-time job and was finding it difficult to balance the demands of home and workplace.

Dad's company fell prey to a hostile takeover.

Rumours of job cuts kept everyone on edge.

As if this were not enough, a younger daughter was hit by a car and had to be hospitalised for several weeks.

She still requires physical therapy.

The family has little perspective on these problems so far. They are certain of two things, however.

First, the problems have been disruptive for the family as a unit, not just for the individual family members.

Second, the family is still intact. For this they are most grateful.

The Higgins family is in crisis. They sense that they've entered a period of instability and vulnerability.

They're in transition.

But, they womder, will they travel backward or forward?

I'm told that, in Chinese script, the word for crisis combines the symbols for danger and opportunity.

The same circumstance which precipitates a breakdown for some will,

for others, produce a breakthrough.

What accounts for the difference? What helps a family to experience transitions as times of growth, as moments of grace?

I want to discuss four traits that seem to help such families, to paraphrase William Faulkner's words, not just to endure but to prevail.

The first characteristic is the ability to communicate as a family.

For one family this means everyone must gather for dinner on Friday evening when stories of the week are shared, problems are discussed, plans are made.

A prayer of thanksgiving is offered. Blessings are asked for what lies ahead. Everyone is encouraged to express how he or she feels about a given situation, not just to give an opinion or judgement.

What is Dad feeling as his company goes through restructuring?

What feelings do other family members have about the possible loss of his job?

These are not easy matters to talk about but, to the extent a family does so, present pain is healed and family members grow stronger in their ability to care for each other.

Another family told me that periods of transition had become times of growth because of the

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family's network of friends. This is the second trait of families who can grow in times of crisis.

This family always had sought out people who shared similar values.

Together they had worked for Birthright, for the homeless, for migrant labourers.

When the family needed help, they sought and found it in their "extended family."

A third vital trait is found in rituals and traditions.

Times of transition often disrupt a family's equilibrium. During such times a family can imagine it is breaking apart as members become preoccupied, angry or try to blame each other.

At these moments a deeper sense of family needs to take hold.

One means of developing a sense of family is to cultivate family rituals and traditions. Traditions convey a sense of stability. Rituals help us to express what we might not otherwise be able to articulate.

Traditions run the gamut from religious

customs associated with holidays to simple practices like an annual holiday picnic. Rituals can incorporate prayer, express an ethnic tradition or just mark such ordinary events as trimming a Christmas tree or planting the first seeds in a garden.

A fourth trait associated with healthy transitions in a Christian context is a spirituality that interpret the experience of transition in the light of Christ's great passage, his dying and rising. Such an attitude cannot be developed without prayer.

When we open ourselves to the Lord, we begin to realise that the pattern of our lives is a dying and rising. We understand that if we are united with Jesus in his death, we will rise wih him in glory. The effect is not to remove the pain, but to invest it with purpose.

All transitions involve a kind of dying. The successful ones, because we have entered them trusting in God's loving presence through prayer, through friends, through honesty and through the power of ritual, also end in a resurrection.

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Amazing changes

There are strong indications that the woman the Old Testament prophet Hosea married had served at one of the shrines dedicated to the fertility gods as a "sacred harlot."

lions with his people.

Hosea now would porBy Father tray God as a jilted groom John Castelot and Israel as a faithless bride.

Here is how it started.

Thus, in the book of Hosea, we hear how God Alexander the Great was chose Israel as his people a young man with a in spite of their dream — to make the whole world Greek. He "In any event, she and unworthiness.

Hosea were apparently At first they were set out on a campaign of happy together. But after delighted. But later they conquest that brought the third child was born, abandoned him for the him all the way from Greece to India. she left him and went fertility gods. back to her old job.

On his return, he died of Still, God, in his incredPoor Hosea was ible loving kindness a fever at the age of 33. crushed. But he loved her brought them back to life Since Alexander left no so much that he went and restored them to heirs, his vast empire was and bought her back favour. split up among his from her employers, and Hosea suffered deep generals. Antiochus IV, a brought her home. hurt. Yet his story sug- successor of one of those became By itself, this would gests that turning points generals, have been a heart- in family relationships enraged at the Jews in his and wrenching experience. can lead to strange and jurisdiction But for Hosea it turned sometimes wonderful launched a vicious perseout to be an occasion of insights and amazing cution of them. transformations.

Alexander's dream had great blessing. come true. The whole Centuries after Hosea, For Hosea was given the insight to see in the another biblical family world was Greek. The experience a striking was involved in a series Greek language, philosophy, drama, architecreflection of God's rela- of dramatic events.

DISCUSSION POINTS When a family experiences a period of transition, for whatever reason, all family members are likely to find themselves challenged — or taxed — in unique ways. It is only natural at such a time for Christians to pray.

To pray can mean bringing one's petitions to God. What might families ask of God during a difficult time of transition?

To pray can mean listening quietly for God's voice.

Where will families hear God's voice during a time of transition in their lives?

By

H. Richard McCord

ture, even athletics, were the rage. Except in Israel.

The Jews refused to have anything to do with this culture which was pagan to them. This unfuriated the neurotic Antiochus, and he decided to wipe out the Jewish religion.

follow him and his sons, and they became a guerrilla army.

They harassed the armies sent to put them down in a series of cleverly fought battles under the leadership of the eldest son, Judas Maccabeus and later, of his brothers. Eventually they were victorious.

Antiochus sent agents into the towns to set up altars to the gods and Now it was their turn to force the people to offer institute a cultural transacrifices to them. This sition. But ultimately, the happened at Modein, last surviving brother, where a priest names Simon, was to begin a Mattathias and his five dynasty that would sons lived. become just as oppresOn one occasion, when sive as the enemy had a Jew approached the been. idolatrous altar, MattaHere was a family thias killed him on the caught up in a series of spot, and also killed a events which altered royal agent. them radically. It raised There was nothing to do them to heights of heronow but run — but not ism, but eventually alone. Mattathias fired plunged them into the up a considerable depths of selfish power number of people to madness.

In focus

What happens to families when transition invades the home? That is the topic explored this week by the NC Religious Education Package.

H. Richard McCord tells about the transition the Higgins family went through following a string of disasters. McCord discusses four traits that are characteristic of families who survive difficult transitions.

Bill Dodds, a free-lance writer tells how the Kelly family turned a transition that could have been

a nightmare into a positive experience.

Katharine Bird interviews theologian Father James Bacik and Mary Roemer, a psychologist on families and transition. Ms Bird's article spells out three stages that families experiencing a difficult transition can expect to go through.

Father John Castelot says that turning points in family relationships can lead to wonderful insights and amazing transformations.

Outside factors involved in a family decision

"It's a different experience to have everything in your life cruising right down the road," said Bill Kelly, describing the move he, his wife Lori and their two children made with a hired truck. "You can reflect on that."

Mrs Kelly agreed. "You say, 'Oh, what have we done?"

What the Kellys did was pull up stakes and move to an area where they had a few friends but no family and no jobs waiting for them. Hard economic times forced them to sell a custombuilt home and their massive block, losing $50,000 on the deal — and move to an area where the job market was stronger.

1987 they put their home

By Bill Dodds "We figure that in the long run we came out ahead," Mrs Kelly said.

They also think that facing the challenge head-on as a couple helped them to make a positive and successful experience out of what easily could have been a nightmare.

The Kellys — he's 42, she's 38 — have been married 10 years. They have a 7-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son.

In 1982 the couple left for an area that was booming because a major oil company was working on a project to extract oil from shale. But when

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the price of oil toppled. so did the project.

The company pulled out, Mrs Kelly recalled. It pulled out two weeks after the Kellys had purchased another block.

Kelly worked in the accounting department at two companies, helping them close up shop.

Mrs Kelly, a nurse, held three part-time jobs.

In the meantime, the local economy continued to sag and friends continued to leave the area.

Mrs Kelly was the first to suggest they hit the trail. "I had to drive half a day to get groceries," she said. "Bill would go into work and I'd be out in the boondocks with two very small children."

She lobbied for a change, Kelly recalled, and he knew that what she was saying made sense. "It was time to take our losses and run."

But for the Kellys, "running" meant "planning." In the Spring of

on the market.

Kelly had friends who had attended university with him and now lived nearby. The Kellys visited them and began hunting for a house to rent.

Their house was sold and they left two days later. But it wasn't easy leaving friends and family.

"We had to depend more on each other," Mrs Kelly said, explaining how the experience brought them closer together.

"A lot of people are amazed that we would pick up and move. We made it a success."

Now Kelly works as a comptroller at a gas company and Mrs Kelly is a nurse at a hospitaL They've bought a home and their daughter attends the local public school and religious education classes at the local parish.

"We developed a plan and carried it through," Kelly said. "We made it a very positive thing."

"We" did it, they say.

And that says a lot.

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World of bashed babies and stress UNIT AT P.M.H. HANDLES CHILD ABUSE CASES Within Princess Margaret Hospital are four paediatricians who specialise (apart from normal duties), in child abuse.

Dr Patrick Pemberton, Director of the Neo Natal unit is one of these.

PMH sees about one case a week, where the child requires hospital attention for injury.

But that doesn't include children brought in for 'softer' injuries such as failing to thrive, emotional deprivation or neglectful abuse.

And if a child shows behaviour problems, is always crying and is underclothed and dirty — is that a case of abuse?

— or a parenting problem?

Dr asked Pemberton.

In fact many such cases are seen by community and social agencies and never get to hospital.

Numbers of child abuse are not increasing rapidly such as in areas of child and sexual assault "And in physical, emotional and neglectful abuse, it is a fairly static problem," said Dr Pemberton, "although our anecdotal experience has shown that when we get more significant child abuse, it is symptomatic of familial stress — perhaps generated by and unemployment financially tough times.

Such as our current mortgage crisis. Under these stress conditions, it is usually the defenceless one in the family who cops it — the baby."

Within the hospital framework, fairly serious cases of child abuse are seen which may be physical — bruises and broken bones. Or other types such as where children are deprived of

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love and care, and some special circumstances such as parental substance (illegal drug) abuse.

Patients go to PMH through two avenues — either brought because of bruises and fractures which may in fact be a cry for help from the parents for themselves and the child. Or through welfare agencies, a community nurse or a relative.

Although the child may be brought to the hospital by the parents, they may never admit who inflicted the injury, even after a course of treatment which may last two years.

The usual cases seen by Dr Pemberton, are predominently physical abuse. "the old fashioned baby bashing."

Children are generally under five years' of age and have injuries not explicable as ordinary or accidental.

"We also see babies who have excessive bruising as a consequence of being excessively punched," said Dr Pemberton.

"If you are five years of age, it may be culturally acceptable in certain ethnic groups, to hit and thus cause bruising. But most people in the western world would not accept smacking a nine month old child to cause bruising."

In the case of a nonwalking nine month old baby brought in with a fractured femur (thigh bone); then it is obvious someone must have done it to the child.

And X-rays or a skeletal survey, may reveal other hidden fractures which may have already healed.

Dr Patrick Pemberton, one of PMH's paediatricians specialising in child abuse.

A decision is then made as to whether the child needs a Care and Protection Order to protect him from further injury. This is done by the Children's Court.

"But most cases of child abuse don't actually go to the Children's Court.

Most are resolved in a caring and healing manner by those professionals who try to find out what has been happening within the family.

And therefore correct these problems," said Dr Pemberton.

"Most recently we use a method of nuclear bone "This may involve marscanning of fractures ital or behavioural counwhich may not otherwise selling — or even the be detected by X-ray and Church may help." could be used to detect The aim is therefore not fracture age with less to find out who did it and radiation involved than in X-rays," said Dr punish them by the police and jail. But to find Pemberton. out why it did happen Occasionally PMH sees and prevent it happening cases of life-threatening again, he said. injuries sustained by the "Our team doesn't see child or baby, such as head injuries — frac- this as a criminal problem needing police and tured skulls. punishment — but "But these are fortu- rather a behavioural nately less common. problem needing care However through my and support." involvement in many Dr Pemberton said it is cases of child abuse, I have seen severe per- important to get the manent brain damage to parents to accept responthe young, through child sibility for the child, and were in fact responsible abuse. when the injuries "Quite a number of occurred. these children have been put into long-term foster- If they accept responsibility, "then we can have ing," he said.

The PMH child abuse a therapeutic relationteam consists of four ship and work out how to paediatricians, the social prevent these things work department and happening again." administrative support. In cases where police Once the child's injuries contact is necessary, are diagnosed as "non- PMH accesses through accidental" (the medical the Child Care Unit. term for child abuse), "they are specialised in and a risk of re- dealing with families in occurence is high, PMH this setting. involves community "Statisticaly it is usually agencies, statutory or the mother who has done government agencies (in it, but that doesn't mean Perth DCS). she loves the baby any

less. Usually it means she is under stress.I think we are all potential batterers of children as parents.

"It's a fine line between being uptight and reaching out and swiping the child."

Dr Pemberton said child abuse is more common in single parent families or families from lower socio-economic groups. But it can occur in any other families too.

"No one is immune from this problem."

Certain children are more at risk in this problem area, said Dr Pemberton. Babies at special risk to be abused are those with a chronic problem — maybe a handicap, abnormal deliveries (particularly if the mother has been separated from the child after birth) and marital pressure.

And also the family background — if the parents have been battered, there is a high risk that they will batter their own babies — "markedly so."

Dr Pemberton's advice on the community's role or responsibility in child abuse is not to initially over-diagnose it. If a young baby or toddler has a significantly bruised face, child abuse may be suspected, but this is not necesssarily the case, he said.

The community needs to be aware, to be helpful, befriend and communicate with people and not "dob them in" unless they have reasonable concern for the child's welfare.

"Unfortuntely the community has stopped caring for its neighbours.

We no longer chat over

the back fence. And so someone looking at a child with bruises and marks, jumps to the conclusion it's through child abuse, whereas it may be better to talk to the mother and ask what they can do to help to counterbalance that.

"If the child is abused however, then it is important for it to be brought to the attention of some helping agency — either the community nurse, doctor or hospital."

An alert for the community is for evidence of certain types of injuries such as cigarette burns, repeated bruising on the face, above the chin or below the forehead and strange and severe bruising which may be caused by sticks or other weapons.

Dr Pemberton said in WA, very few deaths occurred as a result of child abuse. By far the majority of such children will be treated for these injuries, requiring a brief period of separation and then the family would be completely reunited after appropriate counselling therapy and safeguards put in place.

"The aim is not to separate the family but to repair family dynamics and keep the child within the family wherever possible. Much credit goes to the community preventative services for this," he said.

"Unfortunately we have re-occurrences prior to diagnoses of the causes, with the child presenting with bruises and fractures. But once we realise the cause and give the parties the therapeutic counselling they need, usually the child abuse stops."

Working model of a special group

By Michael Cowan, a Pastoral Theologian from Minnesota, U.S.A., who will be in Australia from September to October acting as keynote speaker for a three day national conference titled Gathering — the Church in Small Groups.

Small communities of f aith are made up of Christian persons who deliberately have chosen to cast their lot in a special way with others who share their f aith.

This deliberate choice m4kes such groups intentional communities rather than simply random gatherings.

Despite our legendary

The worldwide movement of intentional Christian communities can be • authentically appropriated in and for other Western cultural contexts only in a voluntary and democratic fashion.

It is a way of life to which persons must be invited.

The kind of community life described here can-

Divorce rates cultural loneliness, it is not at all easy for individualists to cast our lots significantly with anyone outside our primary groups.

Contemporary divorce rates seem to suggest that our pursuit of individuality bodes ill even for p rimary -group commitments.

Intentional community is not a "natural" for us.

I want to examine briefly what it means to participate in an intentional community as part of our calling as Christian adults.

Intentional Christian communities are not only gathering places for their members, but also a gents social of reconstruction.

Their memories are dangerous because they Spawn hopes that r equire that present social arrangements be put under prophetic critique.

These small communities have the power to call for change because their members can speak with one voice.

That voice is amplified still further when intentional communities form into networks.

As I am using the term hem, the word "intentional" means "deliberate" or "consciously chosen."

Adopting this word is a way of highlighting the fact that within the relatively affluent contemporary culture of the industrialised nations, large numbers of persons will ordinarily not be drawn into small communities out of necessity, as has been the case in Latin America and elsewhere.

not and should never be forced on anyone. It must be chosen intentionally.

I want to present a working model of the small community of faith. Let's begin with a definition.

An intentional Christian community is a group of ten to fifteen persons committed to ongoing conversation and shared action along four distinguishable but interrelated dimensions.

They ae consistently committed to a high degree of mutuality in the relationships among them. an pursue They informed critical awareness of and an active engagement within the cultural, political and economic megasystems of their society.

They cultivate and sustain a network of lively connections with other persons, communities, structures and movements of similar purpose.

They attend faithfully to the Christian character of their community's life.

I have just named the four dimensions of intentional Christian community in thoroughly contemporary language.

Terms like "mutuality", "megasystem" and "network" are drawn from the vocabulary of the modern social sciences.

But such terms can also be translations, attempts to revivify the ideals of our ancient Christian story in everyday contemporary life, to help us name and envision a form of Christian praxis in and for our time.

for members of intentional "Mutuality", instance, is a way of Christian communities naming the koinonia, the keep their personal and belonging and equality, collective moods and the solidarity among motivations attuned to persons characteristic of the challenging and Christian consoling contours of authentic their sacred story. existence.

In so doing they place Koinonia pertains to relationships within par- the everyday acts of their ticular small communi- interaction with one ties as well as to relation- another and the world in ships among various the ultimate context of the sacred Christian small communities. narratives of justice and As we learn to participate in face-to-face rela- love.

Therefore, to say that tionships of mutuality, we are actually nurtur- intentional Christian ing koinonia among us. communities are characAs we learn to network terised by mutuality, effectively with others of social engagement, netcommon purpose, we are working and Christian extending and deepen- remembrance is to say ing the web of koinonia that these small groups — of belonging and are concretely involved with the equality — which our together Christian story holds to genuine praxis of koinonia, diakonia. kerygma be sacred.

"Pursuing an informed and leitourgia. critical awareness of and It is to say that they are an active engagement truly ecclesial units, truly within the cultural, polit- Church. ical and economic 'megMany human groups asystems' of our lives" is simply a contemporary are characterised by one way of naming a form of or several of these four the diakonia, the caring attributes; an intentional service, to which authen- Christian community is tic Christian existence the social form that it is calls us. "Private" Chris- because it intends to tianity is a profound strive toward the faithful contradiction of our embodiment of all of them simultaneously. ancient tradition.

Collective moods Our Christian vocation Pressing and often overis radically social or whelming and demoralrelational. ising dilemmas face When we learn to people in our time — reflect together critically issues of peace, economic and theologically and to and social justice and the engage actively with the rights of women and world around us in the other oppressed groups. light of such reflection, The often hyper we are extending our individualistic form of diakonia — our caring contemporary Western and serving presence — culture makes solidarity into the systems of the with other persons a contemporary world. dilemma.

Finally, "to attend faith- In such a troubled and world, it fully to the Christian complex character of our com- touches the deepest munity's life" is to keep longings of many people the Christian kerygma to envision the possibility with its dangerous of participating in a memories and transfor- group where a high mative hopes at the quality of belonging is centre of our collective experienced through (and mutual relationships, c onsciousness unconsciousness!), and where society and histo celebrate that memory tory are engaged and not and hope together in the retreated from, where we sacramental moments of feel the common presChristian leitourgia. ence of other groups with In communal and inter- shared values and purcommunal rituals of poses, and where the word and sacrament, centuries old conversa-

tion called Christian tradition is faithfully continued and ritually celebrated in and for our time.

This is indeed the fourfold claim and promise of intentional Christian community.

But is is a claim not in the sense of ownership, but rather in the sense of a piece of earth to be worked painstakingly and with fidelity.

paradoxically collective "pursuit of loneliness' is itself a powerful cultural incentive to a new form of belonging.

Beyond granting a particular group of persons privileged access to our

Special right And it is a promise not in the sense of a guarantee, but rather in the sense of a possibility which might unfold into concrete actuality.

The social form I am calling intentional Christian community does indeed hold the potential for deeply creative interaction with other individuals and with the megasystems of our world.

But this creativity will emerge in society and history in a substainable way only if networks of small Christian communities intentionally not only stake their claims but keep their promises in fidelity with the sacred stories of their tradition.

At one level, a commitment to intentional Christian community is a promise to stay engaged over time with a particular group of persons in the four tasks just described.

Such a promise gives the community a special right to our time, energy and care. But at the core, commitment makes our selves available to specific others in a privileged way. Something of our cherished privacy and individuality is always given up in authentic commitment intentional to community.

This is in fact one of the major uphill struggles facing a movement of such communities in a country such as my own with its profoundly individualistic and autonomous world view and ethos.

On the other hand, the distress that many individualists feel in our

selves, a commitment to intentional community is an acknowledgement of the fact that beingrelated is central to human existence.

It is a way not merely of coping with, but even of celebrating, life as participation in the web of systems which we are about to explore here.

It is a commitment to participation in a particular form of mediating structure within that web.

What we acknowledge in committing ourselves to intentional community is that our individual and collective identities

narrative to shape their existence profoundly.

At the centre of the dangerously liberating memory which is Christian tradition is a cornmunitarian or relational vision of human life in the world.

In such a vision my life is never just about me, it is always about us as well. We matter, all of us, living and dead.

Commitment to intentional Christian community entails a promise over time.

There are many worthwhile experiences that can happen in an hour or a weekend or a month; intentional community is not one of them.

There is an issue of continuity here, of the staying power of our claims and promises.

It has been observed that when an intimate relationship is working well there is a strong tendency for persons to commit and recommit themselves to it.

Sense of identity do not exist prior to our relatings, but arise out of them.

Our sense of identity — as individuals, Christians, members of a particular culture etc — emerges from and is continually being tansformed within our concrete web of connections to life.

Commitment to the shared life and work of any kind of intentional community is a recognition of the significance and pervasiveness of human life as irreducible relational.

Commitment to the shared life and work of an intentional Christian an is community acknowledgement of the religious, that is to say, the ultimate significance of our being-related.

Christians in intentioal community are allowing the profoundly relational character of their sacred

It is as if there is a natural strain toward permanence in creative, intimate relationships.

The promise that is commitment to intentional Christian community is like that.

It is generated and regenerated in the everyday acts of community life: in our mutuality, our collective engagement with the world, our standing in common cause with others of similar purpose and our shred practices of memory and anticipation in word and sacrament; that is to say, in our shared praxis of koinonia, diakonia, kerygma and leitourgia.

In sustaining the fourfold pattern of these everyday acts over time, we come to feel the efficacy of belonging to intentional Christian community flowing into and out of us.

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THANKS Many thanks to Saint Jude for granting my recent prayers. Also to Jesus Christ and His Blessed Mother, I am very grateful. C. O'Dea. 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 has you to whom 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. Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances of my life you are with me.

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

Thank you for your mercy towards me and mine.

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

This prayer must be publish immediately.

Teresa C.

Leigh Henderson, a year one Ardent at St Brigid's, Collie negotiating the hoops during the obstacle fun run to raise funds for the poor in India. — Picture by courtesy of the Collie Mail.

Country students often receive more than their fair share of this type of criticism, and yet there is a little school in Collie where the youngsters are shining examples of dedicated enthusiasm for living, and a very caring attitude towards others.

In the past month a number of year seven students at St Brigid's Collie have shown their true potential as caring Christians. and have motivated the whole school to rally behind them to raise more than $1600 in just an hour of fun.

That money is for Jane Isbel, a former St Brigid's student who is working with the needy in one of the poorest and most remote regions of India.

Jane recently visited the school, and has kept in close contact with the students inspiring them to run an Obstacle Fun Run one lunchtime.

Almost every pupil participated, getting sponsors and collecting the money to send to Jane.

"And we did not have to do any organising," Sr Frances Hayes, the Principal said.

"The girl prefects just did everything in a quiet and unassuming way.

"They designed and distributed the sponsor sheets, set up the obstacle race, and then on the day, the year sevens were organised to shepherd the rest of the classes through the program."

Everyone had loads of fun, and more than $1600 was collected.

In a recent letter to the school, Jane said she is helping feed many babies at the hospital where she works — their parents have died at the hospital, and so they are now orphans.

But she has been specially moved by the plight of the young girLs who had been given away in marriage, but because their families could not afford sufficient dowries, were horribly disfigured by hot oil.

"Everyone is rejecting them, so they have no food as the hospitals in India rely on the families to supply food to all patients," Jane said.

Sr Frances is positive Jane will be thrilled with the donation from the students of her former school and the fact the project was totally an initiative of the students.

to the Editor

Blame the structure from Dr Peter GILET, Dalkeith

Sir, Further to your editorial (The Record June 22) the French Revolution is not to be equated with a military repression.

This has been a favourite Anglo-Saxon view since the time of the revolution itself, or rather, it has been a view carefully induced in the Anglo-Saxon world by those in power who, being in power, feared revolution like the plague and, being committed to a monarchy, feared a republican revolution even more.

The French themselves reaped enormous benef-

its from their revolution and are still today quite happy with its results. (I lived in the country for some years.)

The terror was regrettable indeed, but accidental to the great restructuring of French civilisation that took place. As for Australia we do indeed live in a land of plenty and there is no reason for us to be heading for a recession, as you suggest.

An important section of Australian society is paid and spends far, far more than a large and growing proportion of our community which finds itself below, on, or just above the poverty line.

Agreed that this is not

the biggest cause of our economic misery, none the less it is an important fact and luxury taxing should go into effect immediately to tap the resources held by the wealthy. To do otherwise would be immoral.

It is not our addiction to cigarettes, booze, petrol and high living that will cause our downfall, just as it was not a propensity for orgies and decadence which caused the fall of Rome.

This thinking ignores the fact that the biggest cause of our deficit is not that we have had it too good for too long, but that large corporations have been borrowing heavily from overseas, the two

The problem is thus not one of individual morality but of an irresponsible social structure which allows international capital to gain control in this way of our resources.

While there have been the inevitable minority in the Soviet Union who have busily feathered their nests, the real cause of an absence of luxury, or even ordinary consumer goods there is military spending due to the cold war, a phenomenon largely created by the encircling missiles of the United States and its allies.

style. Knowing that we are all very busy and maybe not able to read every detail of each others publications, at the very least, all ministers and priests would be aware by means of the headlines of the important issues that concern each others community.

This would be so simple but a tremendous

exchange of Christian life.

The recent synod in Rome on the laity was a very important event but the local Anglican minister knew nothing of it. I wondered why, then saw this very practical way of solving it without offending the sensitivities on particular any denomination.

biggest offenders are the Bond Corporation and BHP, by the way.

Helping to build trust from

P SHIELDS, Como Sir, I would like to suggest an action to further help the trust and e xchange between C h r i s t i a n denominations.

Within each parish area, clergy of different denominations, on a

regular basis, could invite a copy of each others' newspaper to be sent to their presbytery or rectory and at the same time offer a copy of their own.

If the relationship is good, complimentary copies may be involved.

The significance of this would be that each group would have some regular news of the other's life

TOMORROW TODAY with Father Joe Parkinson

Kalgoorlie folk group (rear l-r) Chad Prangley, Marie Aitken, Helen Ritchie, Kevin Fleming, (front l-r) Helen Johnson, Mark Battista, Michael D'Cruze, Patsy Das.

Reac 1 'Reaching out to youth' is more than just an idea for members of the Catholic Rural Youth Outreach team as they make final preparations for their youth conference to be held from July 14-17 at Keaney College, Bindoon.

The past two months have seen team members taking to WA's country roads to promote the third CRYO Conference among young people in all rural areas.

Patrick Willix, Keetha Wilkinson, David Edwards and a host of others have covered thousands of kilometres from Albany to Geraldton and Collie to Kalgoorlie — nine major centres and all

points in between — to ensure that this year's conference is the best yet.

The conference program combines a series of talks on issues relevant to today's youth and small group discussions with larger group activities including a bush dance and coffee shop.

Previous CRY() conferences in Geraldton (1986) and Bindoon (1987) were great successes, and the team are very happy with the response to this year's gathering at Bindoon, 60km north of Perth.

R egistrations received so far indicate that up to 70 country and city

youth will take part in the event, which aims at building a sense of community among young people from every area of the state.

The team are still taking registrations, so readers of The Record can still book on the weekend by calling David Edwards on (09) 341 4192 after hours.

Transport from Perth to Bindoon and return will be provided, and billets in Perth can also be arranged.

A bus will also be running from Geraldton, and lifts can be organised for those travelling from other country areas.

The conference costs

CRY0 team members Patrick Willix and Leon Fowler of Tammin plant the Year of Mission tree on Leon's property outside Tammin.

are $55 for waged and $45 unwaged, but team member Patrick Willix this week emphasised that finance should not stop anyone from attending as other arrangements can be made where necessary.

Patrick also acknowledged the tremendous support and spiritual direction CRY() receives from the Congregation of Christian Brothers, Holy Spirit Province, without whose help these conferences could not be held.

Catholic Rural Youth Outreach was established in 1985 as an International Youth Year initiative to promote commun-

o

ity among young people in rural and outlying areas.

It was created by young people, for young people, and has a core team of twelve to fifteen with a spiritual director.

CRY() has grown steadily over the years, thanks to the dedicated effort of the team and support from the Christian Brothers, and seems set for a bright future in WA. Information on the conference can be obtained by writing to "Catholic Rural Youth Outreach, 49 Aruma Way, City Beach 6015", or by phoning David Edwards after hours on (09) 341 4192.

CRY° chairman Patrick Willix

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This is a new feature for the youth page, a running list of events coming up on Perth's youth scene.

Send notices to "Youth Calendar, PO Box 194, North Perth 6006" at least a month before the event you want listed.

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.

JUNE 25 CPY Northern Regional Meeting.

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 CRY° Conference, Bindoon.

Redemptorist 'Stranger' Camp, Gidgegannup.

16-20 YCS State camp.

21-23 CPY Northern regional camp, Pinjarra.

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.

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Antioch WA is seven years old on Friday June 30. Seven years ago June 30 fell on a Wednesday. It was a frosty winter's morning.

Eighty teenagers and many parents arrived for 6.45am Mass at Nedlands Carmelite monastery.

The cloister church resounded with sleepy but happy whispers.

To be invaded by so many teenagers was probably a `first' for the delighted Carmelite Sisters.

The previous weekend has seen WA's first Antioch program held at the Loreto primary school in Nedlands.

Young people were drawn from both Nedlands and Claremont since the respective parish priests (Frs Justin Bianchini andjohin Joe McGrath) had paid the fares of Gabrielle Giambazi and Paul Watt to attend Australia's second weekend in Sydney.

It is a tradition for Antioch members to attend a weekday

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mass and today over a third of Australia's 5400 members do so each week according to a report recently published.

The report claims that as of December 1988, 31,500 young people have attended a weekend experience.

Western Australia figures as the only state to have held six annual statewide Antioch conventions.

The report also states that since 1983, sixty five young men have entered a seminary, and twenty one have gone to a novitiate.

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Mainly books!

La Salle visit

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

The Original Peter Rabbit Miniature Collection 3

by Beatrix Potter.

An exquisitely boxed set of four complete books: The

Tale of Squirrel Nutkin; The Tale of Two Bad Mice; The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher and The Tale of Johnny TownMouse.

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La Salle College Midland was recently host to members of a 55 strong body comprising St Patrick's De La Salle College Military Band from Singapore. The Band made up of boys ranging in age from 13 years to 15 years arrived in Perth on Thursday June 1 to play at the WA Band Association Annual State Championships on Sunday, June 4. St Patrick's entertained a large, appreciative audience in St John's Square opposite the Fremantle Town Hall during the interval.

The band with Bandmaster David Glosz was accompanied by teachers, Brother Kevin

Oliveira and Brother Bernard Teo as well as Miss Lim Lan Chin and Mr Mervyn Rodrigues.

The official photographer Mr Lee Yew Lee was on hand to provide a visual record of the trip.

Families from La Salle College Midland generously billeted the boys during the Foundation Day long weekend and thus exposed the visitors to the Australian way of life and also showed them various local sights. A number of Perth schools were visited before the band left on the 14 June and included Aquinas College, CBC Fremantle and Santa Maria Col-

lege. In addition recitals were also given in Forrest Chase and at t he Belmont Race Course.

On the eve of their departure St Patrick's performed a final concert in the Laurence Murphy Hall, La Salle College, for staff and families of the College.

The capacity audience responded with enthusiasm and appreciation to the wide selection of numbers.

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Collins Atlas of the World is published with the explicit aim of satisfying this need. It provides in one easily handled volume: • a new set of maps of every part of the world; • an authoritative illustrated encyclopaedia of the most recent scientific knowledge about the world's origin, development and present state; • a compendium of contemporary geographical data.

Each section has been carefully planned to meet the many different purposes for which an atlas is required today

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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Collins Children's Classics. bb. $14.95.

When children read The Secret Garden for the first time, they feel the same wonder and excitement that Mary felt when she turned the key in the hidden door and slipped into the mysterious, magical tangle of the secret garden.

Children will be intrigued by the huge isolated house on the Norkshire Moors. outspoken Martha, crusty

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old Ben Weatherstaff and the robin who showed Mary the way into the garden.

And long after they have grown up they will remember the story of Mary, Colin and Dickon, who secretly and lovingly tended and brought to life a wild, neglected hidden place, and who found and gave great happiness.

The Secret Garden is one of the most perfect of all stories for children and will be read and re-read again and again.

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BABY-SITTER

The friendships which have formed between the staff and students of both Colleges will be renewed later this year when a party of staff and students will visit Singapore in October.

Sloan. Published by Piper. $6.99.

Like everyone else in Misterne, Lisa knows the legend of of the Sands — and ghosts who live there.

Will she be able to help the girl who comes to the mainland for help?

Collins Atlas of the World. bb. $32.95.

Today's space age technology makes available a mass of geographical and astronomical data so great that the ordinary atlas user could easily be overwhelmed. This current information explosion, combined with a growing awareness of our planet and its problems, calls for a new type of atlas that presents to the general reader not only an up-to-date wellof collection documented maps but also an illuminating and readily accessible record of the latest findings and essential facts about our fascinating and fast changing world

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Three books for beginners: Ten Apples up On Top by Theo Le Meg; Marvin K Mooney Will You Please Go Now! by Dr Seuss; and Ian Fleming's story of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! The Magical Car. by Al Perkins/B. Tobey. All published by Collins. $4.95 each.

These great books are full of fun, humour and interest for children of any age. Easy to read with enjoyable texts.

the Berenstain Bears and the Baby-Sitter. First Time Books by Stan and Jan Berenstain. Distributed through Collins.

$3.95.

Mama and Papa Bear are going out for the evening — Gramps and Gran are too!

When Mrs Grizzle comes to baby-sit for the first time the cubs are not sure what is going to happen . . .

Stan and Jan Berenstain's ever-popular bear character introduce young children to all those anxiety provoking first time experiences.

Through reading about the little bears, children will be reassured and so gain the confidence to cope with the situations themselves.

The Little Master of the Elephant by Partap Sharma. Published by

Piper. $5.99.

Chintu's best friend' is Vivek, a brave and clever elephant. When Vivek saves the boy from certain death, Chintu thinks he and his friend are set for a long and happy life together.

But the elephant is sold to a cruel new master — and that's where their adventures really begin.

Partap Sharma's wonderful collection of tales are ideal for children who are progressing from picture books to longer stories.

Fleadh and literature Fleadh '89 is all set to capture Perth over the next five weeks with its typically Irish colour, warmth, humour and culture.

The eighth Irish f estival will open officially on July 1, with a Christmas in July night of wine, dine and dance at the Irish Club. (All events open to the public.)

Fleadh '89 will give Perth people the oppor-

tunity to experience the uniqueness of Irish culture which they've come to love.

Activities feature sport (golf, gaelic football), dancing (popular and Irish), sing-a-longs, traditional Irish dancing and music story telling (the Irish are famous raconteurs!), wine, dine and dance evenings, and Irish film viewing.

The Irish are great playwrights and performers and among

listed plays will be two major works by Irishman Brian Friel and Western Australian CoIm O'Doherty.

Friel's Freedom of the City is a powerful and moving drama as three innocent people carry on with their lives, despite the fact that violent death awaits them. O'DohertYs The House of the Stare was written at the request of the W.B. Yeats Society of

WA to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the poet's death.

This is perhaps one of the most innovative and startling plays written about Ireland and her people. It is the Ireland which gave Yeats inspiration for his great poems.

And to the people of Perth the Irish have one final comment - Cead Mile Failte! (A hundred thousand welcomes!)

PROGRAM OF EVENTS FLEADH '89 OFFICIAL FLEADH OPENING

JUST FOR A LAUGH!

Christmas in July To launch the Fleadh with an evening of Humour, satire, you name it! It all goes to make a top night's good food, entertainment, dancing. Music by Stack from 8 entertainment. Presented by Fred Rea and a cast of thousands. to lam.

Irish Club of WA. Venue: Venue: Irish Club of WA. Date: Saturday 22nd July, 8pm.

Date: 1st July at 8pm.

Admission: $8.

Tickets: $25.

GAELIC FOOTBALL FLEADH CUP

SEISIUN

An evening of traditional Irish music, song and dance from slow airs to foot stomping jigs and reels. An evening of Fleadh Gaelic Football Cup played for over two weekends. delightful entertainment featuring Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Come and see top Garlic Football.

Eireann and other local artists. Produced by Sean Doherty.

Sunday 2nd July at Centenary Park, Wilson.

Enquiries phone 455 1303.

Sunday 9th July at Crimea Park, Morely (Final).

Venue: Irish Club of WA. Enquiries: Michael Morgan 451 9586.

Date: Wednesday 26th July, 8pm.

Admission: $8.

THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY

By Brian Friel The Irish Theatre Players present, in another West Australian first, the powerful new play by Brian Friel. This moving drama shows how three innocent people carry on with their lives despite the haunting prospects of a violent death. Set in 1979 during the 'civil rights' marches, we are taken through the tapestry of ghetto life and sift the evidence of the authorities in our search to find who is responsible for that fateful "Bloody Sunday'. Directed by Bill Motberway.

Venue: Irish Club of A. Dates: July 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 at 8pm.

Admission: $8, concession $7.

WEST AUSTRALIAN STATE TRADITIONAL IRISH DANCING CHAMPIONSHIPS The WA Branch of the Irish Dancing Association presents the State Championships. See the cream of West Australian set, step & figure dancing.

Venue: Tuart College, Banksia Street, Tuart Hill.

Date: Sunday 6th August from 9am to 4pm.

Enquiries: 448 4101 or 307 3002.

Charge: $2 per family.

GOLF DAY Arranged at the scenic and testing Seaview Golf Course over 18 holes. Prizes and a trophy to play for. Golf will be followed by a refreshing drop and food - note private golf club dress requirements. Book early, numbers strictly limited.

Venue: Seaview Golf Club, Cottesloe.

Date: Tuesday, llth July at 12.

Charge: $15 includes light meal at 6pm.

THE CONVICT PRIESTS The story of the first priests transported to Australia. Scripted

by Vincent Donnelly. Music by the Colonials.

Venue: Irish Club of WA. Date: 12th July at 8pm.

Admission: $8, concession $7.

THE VOYAGE OF THE HOUGEMONT The story of the last convict ship with its human cargo of convicts, which included 62 Fenians from the illfated rebellion of '67, told in drama, music, poetry and song.

Produced by Ormonde Waters.

Venue: Irish Club of WA. Date: Tuesday, 18th July at 8pm. Wednesday 19th July.

Admission: $8, concession $7.

FLEADH GOES TO FREMANTLE Put out the fire with a great evening of food, song, music and merriment at one of Fremantle's great restaurants. Set menu, BYO. Venue: Firehouse Restaurant, 17 Philmore Street.

Date: Thursday 20th July at 7pm.

Admission: $21 Bookings: Directly to Firehouse (phone 430 5128).

BRIAR PATCH SING-A-LONG Mick McAuley sing-a-long, an evening to remember; some surprises in store!

Venue: Briar Patch Tavern, 243 Albany Highway Victoria Park.

Date: Friday 28th July Admission: $5 includes supper.

Enquiries: Phone 361 2237 (book early).

BUSH DANCE How about this for an Irish evening - we never called them Bush Dances. A great evening with a light meal included.

Dress: Bush Attire.

Venue: Irish Club of WA. Date: Saturday 29th July at 8pm to lam.

Admission: $10.

Music by: Bush Telegraph.

THE HOUSE OF TIRE STARE

By C. O'Doberiy The Ireland of W.B. Yeats: The author created this work for presentation at a special preview during Writers Week as part of the 1989 Festival of Perth. The play puts the great lyrical and patriotic poems of Yeats into their historical and political context. A great work. Don't miss it. Produced by Collin O'Brien.

Venue: Irish Club.

Date: 31st July, 1st & 2nd August 8pm.

Admission: $8, concession $7.

25 DRIVE AT THE CLUB Playing for the Sheanaglishll-ophy Organiser - John Reid.

Venue: Irish Club of WA. Date: Friday 28th July at 8pm.

"IT'S ALL BLARNEY" A special night at the Blarney Castle for Fleadh '89. Enjoy three course dinner plus an Irish Coffee and be entertained by "The Blarney Players" in an evening of Irish song, dance. music and comedy Special price for Fleadh patrons of $18.

Bookings: Paddy Larkin (phone 328 7996).

Venue: The Blarney Castle, Cnr Newcastle & Stirlinp Sts. Perth.

Reservations: Directly to the Blarney Castle.

Date: Friday, 4th August.

A Vision of the Snouy Mountains by Elyne Published by Macmillan Australia. bb. $29.95.

Over fifty years ago, Elyne Mitchell came to live at Towong Hill in north-eastern Victoria at the foot of the Snowy Mountains. Since then, the mountains have been close to the centre of her existence. From the Mitchell property she has watched their colour change each year from the blues and greys of summer to the white of winter glory The distant peaks have lured her to walk, to ski, to ride, and have inspired her to write of their beauty Her first expedition into

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FLEADH REVIEW/REVUE A very special evening to close Fleadh '89. A chance to let your hair down!

Venue: Irish Club of WA. Date: 5th August.

Admission: $10 includes supper.

BOOKINGS Bookings and reservations for all events, except those nominated as direct will be through:

FILM NIGHT

The Irish Club, 61 Townshend Road, Subiaco.

Phone 381 5213.

Speak to Maura Ducey

A delightful evening of Irish films presented by Tony Bray.

Venue: Irish Club of WA. Date: Friday 21st July at 8pm.

Admission: Free.

Box office open Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 9am to 3pm & normal club hours.

Enquiries phone: The Irish Club 381 5213.

the Snowies was a trip with her husband Tom, soon after she was married. He was a champion skier, she a beginner, but together they trekked on horseback to the snow-line and then on skis over the top of the western face of the ranges, from Geehi and on to the Chalet at Charlotte's Pass - the probable route of Strzelecki and James Macarthur. Subsequently she became an expert skier and learned of the secret places hidden deep in the mountains, many of which had never before been skied. She learned too of the alpine flora and fauna and developed a keen interest in the protection of the area from overexploitation.

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History from the Sea. Foreword by Lord Bullock, FBA. General editor Peter Throckmorton.

Published by R.D. Press.

Distributed through Collins. bb. $45.

All the gold and silver now tying on the world's seabeds represents only a small part of the treasure beneath the sea.

A far greater prize, as more and more people are beginning to realise, is the past itself, saved from the ravages of time and human destruction, and miraculously reconstituted through the recently developed scientific techniques of maritime archaeology From cargoes, personal possessions and the timbers of the ships themselves, archaeologists are now able to reconstruct in astonishing detail the everyday lives, commerce, technology art and interests of seaborne people over a period of 4000 years.

History from the Sea tells the story of their thrilling discoveries at key wrecksites from the Bronze Age to the 20th century, each encapsulating a moment in time and thus illuminating an entire era.

Written by an international team of experts under the editorship of scholar-diver Peter Ilirockmorton. one of archaeology's maritime founding fathers, the text conveys the mixture of physical and intellectual adventure which makes this branch of archaeology so uniquely dramatic.

The book's illustrations feature precise reconstructions of lost ships such as the 4th century BC Kyrenia ship.

Henry VIII's flagship the Mary Rose. and the 18th century privateer Defence.

Archaeology of the Dreamtime by Josephine Flood. The story of prehistoric Australia andher people. Published by Collins. $22.95.

The first human set foot on an Australian beach over 40,000 years ago. At that time in the ice age the level of the sea was more than one hundred metres lower than it is today and although there was never a complete landbridge, the passage from Asia was accomplished. Just how these first Australians arrived is only one of the mysteries explored in this immensely readable book.

Using the very latest archaeological evidence from stones and bones and also Aboriginal myths and legends which have been handed down from generation to generation. Archaeology of the Dreamtime examines the ways in which the Aborigines adapted to and modified their environment, from the rainforests of the north to the snowcapped highlands of Tasmania, how their art and culture developed and was passed on, and how they coped with such massive changes as the rising of the seas at the end of the last ice age.

Josephine Flood draws a fascinating and absorbing picture of prehistoric Australia, of a dynamic and highly adaptable people

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THE PARISH SCENE

by TOM BRANCH

• Because of production difficulties the tennis column will appear on Page 6 this week.

Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia invites applications for the positions of

PRINCIPAL FOR 1990 of

Aranmore Catholic College

LEEDERVILLE

Aranmore Catholic College will commence its 87th year of operation next year. The school is situated 3km from the Perth city centre and during the past eight years has undergone significant redevelopment of its facilities.

Currently it is a five stream, co-educational high school with an enrolment of 710 day students from Years 8 to 12.

The successful applicant will take up full-time duties from the beginning of January 1990.

PRINCIPAL, FOR 1990 ST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE

ALBANY

St Joseph's College, Albany is situated on a large, welldeveloped site on the beautiful south coast. There are 700 boys and girls from pre-primary to year 12 in this growing college. The Principal is assisted by the Deputy of the Secondary School and the Mistress-in-Charge of the Primary School.

Foundation Principal for 1990 VICTORIA PARK of

Catholic College

This co-educational college in Perth 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 and will commence operation in 1990.

The college will be on three campuses and the expected initial enrolment will be 1200 students from Pre-primary to Year 12.

The successful applicant will be invited to take-up full-time duties from the beginning of fourth term in 1989.

Applicants should be practising Catholics, committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education and have requisite administrative skills and academic and professional qualifications.

Salary and conditions are similar to those offered by the WA Ministry of Education.

Further information and official application forms can be obtained from: Eric Chidlow, Catholic Education Office of WA PO Box 198, Leederville WA 6007, Phone: (09) 381 5444

Official application forms should be addressed to: The Director, Catholic Education Office (address above) and lodged by July 14, 1989.

A NEW BOOK

From TABLE MOUNTAIN to the ZAMBESI

SMALL GROUPS Freedom for lay people to form small groups is acknowledged by Pope John Paul in his document "Christifideles Laici" and he goes on to say that this freedom flows from the sacrament of Baptism and not from any kind of "concession" by authority. The 175 page Post Synodal Document is now available from Gatto's and Pellegrini at a cost of $3.

HOLY HOUR There will be a Holy Hour and Reparation at 3pm on Sunday, July 9 in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Kelmscott, CHRISTMAS IN JULY The Beginning Experience Program will hold a Christmas-in-July on Saturday, July 29 from 6.30pm at Anzac House, 28 St George's Terrace, Perth. Cost: $20/head — four course meal includes roast and trimmings and 50-60's dancing. Bar facilities available (private function room). For further information contact Maureen 448 1060 or Val 364 4772. RSVP (with money) by 14 July, 1989.

BENEDICTINE MEETING The Lay Benedictine Chapter meeting will take place at 2pm on Sunday, July 9 at lona College (convent library) Mosman Park.

Among other matters, the format for the retreat will be discussed.

Enquiries to J. Simpson 444 9305.

BEGINNING EXPERIENCE The next Beginning Experience weekend for the separated, divorced and widowed — learning to close the door gently on a relationship that has ended, in order to begin a new life, will be held at St Joseph's Convent, Safety Bay, on July 22-23. For further information phone Jenny on 447 3795 or Noeline on 447 9725.

An information evening for those interested in learning more about the weekend, will be held at North Beach Pastoral Centre, 3 Kitchener St, North Beach, on Tuesday, July 11, at 8pm and Bentley, Unit 605, Brownlie Towers, Dumond St at 7pm.

Enquiries: Margaret on 377 2271.

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TRINITY C OLLEGE Applications are invited for

The Brothers' PIPE ORGAN Scholarship 1990 available to Boys who are working at or have attained a 4th Grade AMEB standard on piano and are entering Year 10, 11 or 12.

The Scholarship covers music tuition and school fees.

Application forms are available from the College office and auditions will be held at the College on Thursday, August 10.

Applications close on Friday, July 28.

YOUNG PERSONS RETREAT 18-24 years A different kind of experience for young people.

A weekend spent in SILENCE and PRAYER. You will be enabled to pray in different ways.

Two days in touch with yourself and God in prayer.

Your child's or children's education (especially secondary and

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post secondary) may seem far away and therefore, of little

importance right now. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth.

Save with the Australian Educational Allowance Fund (which is administered by a non profit co-operative) and be able to provide your children with the education they deserve!

Phone Greg Thorpe (09) 398 1252 or 242 3590 (office hours) or post the coupon to: Freepost 487 Australian Educational Allowance Fund 1st Floor, 416 Scarborough Beach Rd, Osborne Park 6107.

There's no obligation and it's post free!

experience of seeing dose up and at a critical hour of history, this great country, with its wealth and poverty, with its vast variety of peoples and cultures, of problems and achievements.

"Above all, I cherish the privilege of havin,5 spoken to many thousands of its youth . . .

Parents Name

From the Introduction launched at the Catholic Education Centre, June 29, 1989, by Ms Angela Chaney.

Address

Obtainable from: L Fay, Catherine McAuley Centre, Barrett Street, Wembley 6014

Children's names and ages

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July Confirmation — Kalgoorlie. Bishop 1 Healy.

2 Visitation and confirmation, Embleton. Archbishop Foley, Confirmation, Leederville. Monsignor Keating.

2-4 Adult Education Seminar.

Catholic Youth Council Mass. WA. 4 Bishops.

Confirmation, Willagee. Monsignor 5 McCrann.

6 Confirmation, Trinity. Archbishop Foley.

Opening priests' units - Nazareth House. Archbishop Foley.

7 Altar Servers' Guild, Bentley, Archbishop Foley.

9 Jubilee, Fr Samuel Rodomonti.

11 Jubilee of sisters, lona Convent.

Bishop Healy.

12 Jubilee of Bruce Rock Church.

Archbishop Foley.

15 Carmelite Monastery Mass. Archbishop Foley.

Little Sisters of Carmel. Mass, Bishop Healy.

16 State Conference of the Catholic Women's League at Redemptorist Monastery Church. Archbishop Foley.

Army Family Church Service at Salvation Army Citadel. Archbishop Foley.

Catholic Rural Outreach Mass, Bindoon. Bishop Healy.

19 Professor Saint memorial service, at Winthrop Hall. Archbishop Foley.

Our 27-day departure, Father Hugh Gallo remaining. Please ' book NOW „

Secure your child's future now!

"I will always be grateful for the unique

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THE PASSIP PLAY 1990 O BERAMMF

Experienced guides will accompany and share their experience with you.

Fr Owen Ryan C.Ss.R; Sr Paula Quinn P8VM, Sr Kathleen Dawe RS1.

by Father Luke Fay CSsR

Price $8.95 plus $1 postage.

HEALING WEEKEND The Pastoral and Matrimonial Renewal Centre will present a Parish Healing Weekend in Brentwood Willetton parish on 15-16 July.

The Healing Weekend offers an opportunity to identify, examine and heal any hurts caused in our relationships, either current or past.

The registration fee is $15 and places are available for non-parishioners.

Further information and registration from Helen Pickering 364 5227 or Margaret Fong 332 4428.

Redemptorist Retreat Centre Cameiia Street, Nth Perth (Off Vincent St)

$60 including accommodation and all meals and handouts.

Contact:Jan Broderick, P.O. Box 74, Nth Perth 6006 Tel: 328 1258 or 328 6600 BOOK EARLY

MEET THE AUTHOR The popular Australian author Fr Luke Fay CSsR will be signing copies of the latest book "From Table Mountain To The Zambesi" on Tuesday, July 4 between 10.30 and 11.30am at

Vitorini Phone .

858 HAY ST, PERTH PHONE 321 6655

BAPTISM ADVERTS

Announce a BAPTISM FREE in The Record Classifieds. Post or deliver (no phone advts) the candidate's name, parents' name, date of ceremony and the church.