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ENVOY TELLS OF GORBACHEV'S DESIRE ROME: "Yes, and why not?" was Soviet Ambassador to Italy Nikolai Lunkov's reply to questions whether President Mikhail Gorbachev would meet Pope John Paul.

Twice in two days ambassador Lunkov confirmed Gorbachev's desire to meet the pope, first at a meeting of the Italian Communist Party and later on Italian Radio.

A Gorbachev meeting with the pope had been mooted 12 months ago when a Soviet state visit to Italy had to be abandoned because of Italy's constitutional crisis.

Press reports say that Gorbachev may have requested a papal audience in a letter delivered to Pope John Paul by a personal representative of Foreign Minister Shevardnadze.

Tass agency merely said that the letter outlined issues that should be a ddressed in a Vatican-Soviet meeting, such as nuclear threats.

As far back as July 1988, Cardinal Casaroli had met Gorbachev in Moscow and spoke of better contacts between the Vatican and Soviet Russia.

Ambassador Lunkov said it would be rushing things to predict further diplomatic relations.

"In everything we have to be realistic," he said.

He favoured further development of relations between the Soviet Union and the Vatican as an aid to world peace.

"It is necessary to interest oneself in the actions favouring peace and detente undertaken by the more than 800 million Catholics," he said.

Supreme values ... MUST BE INJECTED AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL, SAYS POPE V ATICAN CITY (CNS): Bishops should not be seen as "foreign agents"

by Catholic universities but as participants in their life, Pope John Paul II told a commission revising a Vatican draft document on C atholic higher education.

The responsibility of the university and the Church to each other requires "an intimate communion with the pastors the of Church", he said recently.

"The adjective 'Catholic' on the one hand defines the uni-

versity, and on the other, it helps it develop according to its true nature and to overcome the dangers of undue distortions," the pope said.

The values held and taught by the Church are brought into dialogue with culture and with science through Catholic colleges and universities, the pope said. supreme Those values are becoming more insistent as the pragmatic and hedonisic mentality of life leads to social and moral conflicts which can gravely injure the dignity and freedom

of people as well as the good of society", the pope said.

Finding practical ways to be truly Catholic and truly a will university require adapting Vatican norms to the local situation, he said.

The draft document, first released in November 1988 and discussed in April this year by a meeting of 200 delegates has been reviewed by a commission of 15 includes which Father Edward Malloy, president of Notre University Dame Indiana.

"One of the most important things to say is that when we put the norms section to a vote, after some changes, they won unanimous support in almost every case," Father Malloy said.

"Where it goes from here is not up to us," he said.

The draft will be presented to the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education and then will become advice to Pope John Paul II who is expected to issue a on document Catholic higher education next year.

The draft being reviewed by commission members distinguished between the educational mission of the Catholic university and the evangelising mission of the Church.

It also encouraged the universities to preserve and strengthen their Catholic identity.

The draft guaranteed Catholic colleges and universities the "institutional autonomy necessary to perform its functions", and said that "so long as the rights of the individual and of the community are

preserved within the context of the comits good, mon members are guaranacademic teed freedom".

Theologians teaching at Catholic universities, the draft said, "recognise and accept the right of the the of bishops Church, as the authentic interpreters of Catholic doctrine, to judge the conformity of their theological research and teaching with authentic catholicity and divine revelation".

Father Malloy said the commission

members felt, "in so far as it was a consultative process, a real consensus emerged".

"We hope that will be reflected in whatever the final document says," he said.

Father Malloy said commission the members were concerned "that in some areas the draft was excessively juridical or negative in tone".

However, with the revisions made at the September meeting, "we feel we were able to sustain the consensus reached by delegates to the April meeting", he said.

Foley gives th mbs up Archbishop William Foley was high in his praise of the Charismatic Renewal when he opened a communications centre for the WA renewal at Carmel House, Morley last Saturday.

Addressing an enthusiastic audience before he gave his official blessing, Archbishop Foley said the renewal was a leader in the Church "expressing a great desire to recognise the gifts of the Holy Spirit that works in our hearts".

Carmel House represented a "wonderful sign" to remain in touch with the Body of the Church.

"I pray it be a source of unity within the charismatic renewal to enable you to go forward with confidence," he said.

"This centre will encourage strong teaching that is needed if we are to grow.

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"The charismatic renewal has been a great power in the Church and has shown enthusiasm of faith, prayers and recognition to repent and be converted to the Lord.

"In this we can find joy in our faith and be a beacon to a confused and cold world."

WA Catholic Charismatic Renewal chairman Pat Callahan said Carmel House would be the focus of resources for the renewal.

"We have a great vision for this centre as a media resource, counselling and meeting venue among a list of things," he said.

"We hope to have full-time staff in the near future and we will be planning a major State conference for next year involving renewal groups throughout WA." Mr Callahan said the renewal already had shown itself as an active organisation by sponsoring three day conference, starting on Friday, September 29 at Aquinas College.

Titled Thy Kingdom Come, the conference promised a wide-ranging number of topics focussing on corporate and individual relationship with God. Conference inquiries could be addressed to Carmel House on 275 7898 between 10am and noon Monday to Friday.

Tribute to McMahon Catholic graduates, their families and friends celebrating Newman Sunday at St Thomas More College Crawley, on Sunday October 1 will honour the Society's founding chaplain, Monsignor John T. McMahon, who died earlier this year.

Archbishop Foley will celebrate Mass at 10.30am and will deliver the homily in the presence of the Chancellor of the University of WA, Mr D.H. Aitken, the Acting Vice

Chancellor, Professor R Lourens, and their wives.

lunch on highlights of the life of the late Monsignor McMahon.

After Mass Archbishop Foley will bless and dedicate the College library, to be called the John T. McMahon Library. Luncheon will follow in the College dining room. The cost will be $12 per head.

The Newman Society of WA was founded in September 1924. It pioneered University Sunday in 1926.

Monsignor James Nestor, a former director of Catholic Education and a member of the senate of the University of WA. will speak after

It encourages Catholic men and women to take a right and proper place in the intellectual life of the nation.

Its major purpose has been to be a living link between the Church and the university.

Boosting identity ROME (CNS): The educational mission of Catholic universities must remain distinct from the evangelising mission of the Church, said a revised Vatican draft document on higher Catholic education.

But Catholic colleges and universities can contribute to the task of proclaiming the Gospel, the new draft said.

The document, less than half the length of the previous working paper, released in November 1988, incorporates changes recommended by some 230 r epresentatives Catholic colleges

of

and universities meeting in Rome last April.

"This document is writencourage to ten Catholic universities and their communities, and to assist them in preserving and strengthening their identity and renewing their dedication," the revised draft says.

One concern of delegates to the April meeting was that the 1988 draft blurred distinctions

between the university's mission to educate and the Church's mission to evangelise.

"While education and evangelisation are related, the university should not be described simply as 'an instrument of evangelisation'," said a steering committee's summary of recommendations.

The delegates also said that the norms for Catholic institutions should be "few in number, general in nature and interpreted and applied in accord with principles to be developed by regional bishops' conferences".

The number of "general norms" in the document has been reduced from 72 articles, many with three or four subsections, to seven articles.

The delegates had said that because Catholic universities must "fully and faithfully" observe pertinent regulations in canon law, "nothing in the final document should extend the juridical meaning or scope of existing canons".

The revised draft, like the previous document, guarantees Catholic colleges and universities the "institutional autonomy necessary to perform its functions".

It also said that "so long as the rights of the individual and of the community are preserved within the context of the common good, its members are guaranteed academic freedom".

"While freedom of conscience and religious liberty are to be preserved," it said, "those in the university community who are not Catholics are expected to respect the Catholic character of the institution, and so respect its fidelity to the Church."

Theologians, it said, have the same freedom and responsibility as colleagues in other academic disciplines, although their work involves "revealed truth, whose authentic interpretation is entrusted to the pastors of the Church".

Theologians teaching at Catholic universities, the

draft said, "recognise and accept the right of the bishops of the Church, as the authentic interpreters of Catholic doctrine, to judge the conformity of their theological research and teaching with authentic Catholicity and with divine revelation".

The revised document acknowledged that lay people make up the majority of faculty and administrators at Catholic colleges and universities.

"These lay people have always exercised an apostolic role in the Church through their university activities; today these institutions are being entrusted to them by the Church with hope and with confidence," it said.

The new draft asked that national and regional bishops' conferences develop principles for applying the document's norms on a local and regional level. The principles would be submitted to the Holy See for approval.

Eastern zone acolytes retreat Following their practice of holding a spiritual retreat at least once each year 43 acolytes from the Eastern Zone attended a retreat conducted by Father W. Creede C.Ss.R., at the Infant Jesus Church, Morley.

During the day Fr Creede explained the part acolytes play as servers of God at the altar and the relationship of the acolyte with Our Lady — The Mother of God. He stressed respect for the priest at all times, especially when serving at the altar.

The day closed with an hour of exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, during which the Papal Blessing was bestowed, and concluding with Benediction of the Blessed Sacraments served as a fitting conclusion.

Discussing AIDS in a big way The national AIDS conference, Bioethics and AIDS, has raised public awareness of the bioethical issues in the AIDS debate, conference convenor, Mr John Fleming, said this week.

"We've got the discussion going — and that's a major achievement," he said.

Mr Fleming is Director of the Southern Cross Institute Bioethics which, with the South Australian Postgraduate Medical Education Association, sponsored the conference.

The conference was held in Adelaide from September 5 to 7.

Among topics covered were: • The bio-ethical, bioeducational and biomedical perspectives of AIDS. • The rights and duties of the health care workers faced with AIDS patients.

• Confidentiality on the part of all people who

come into contact with AIDS sufferers.

• The role of the mass media.

• The rights of children to know about AIDS. The conference attracted people from medicine, churches, education, insurance, police, drug and alcohol counsellors, funeral directors, and many others.

"The atmosphere at the conference was excellent," he said. "We had people from very different backgrounds and viewpoints. They were able to discuss difficult and complex bioethical issues in a calm manner.

"We had some impassioned speeches. But there were no explosions.

There was no nastiness."

Some conference participants who identified themselves as homosexuals had feared it would be "a right-wing homosexual bash", he said.

"I was very pleased at their reaction to some of the interventions — especially the one by

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there wouldn't be much sense in it.

Professor Charles Vella of Milan. He emphasised that you can accept a person, even if you don't agree with that person's point of view, or part of that person's lifestyle.

"If, on the other hand, by compulsory testing you mean testing a person who might constitute a threat to others, but who refused to be tested, there would have been general agreement that testing should be carried out.

"I was also pleased that the importance of a person-centred nature of ethics was stressed. This is something the pope is fond of reminding us about.

"Our ethical perceptions should be based on the conviction that it's the person that matters — on the right to life."

There was also an emphasis on the objective nature of ethics.

"Take a question like compulsory testing," he said. "There would have been universal agreement that if, by compulsory testing you mean testing everyone in the population, it's just not on. It would be economically impossible. And

"In fact, the experience of doctors is that most people who are asked to have an HIV test agree to it. Compulsory testing would apply to very rare Mr Fleming said the conference had given greater prominence to the bioethical issues raised by the AIDS pandemic.

"I hope this emphasis will be part of the continuing discussion among people who have a specialist interest in the AIDS question," he said.

"And I hope it will permeate the community in general and help form public policy."

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"There is no doubt that AIDS is the most daunting of all illnesses as far as health care workers are concerned," according to Professor Peter McDonald.

"It is both physically and emotionally exhausting," he said.

"And workers need to be prepared for what they will have to face."

He gave some examples of these stresses involved: • The strain can extend beyond them to their families and loved ones.

• Many face the difficulty that their families cannot accept the risks.

• In some cases, spouses want to break off all relations in case they catch the infection from their partners.

Professor McDonald is Professor of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide and a member of the National Council of AIDS. He is also a member of the organising committee of the national conference, "Bioethics and AIDS".

Professor McDonald is concerned about a number 'of issues raised by the AIDS epidemic.

He is particularly worried about the stresses on health care workers, such as nurses, and has organised training sessions to help prepare them.

"The management of AIDS has created some very difficult nursing and medical situations," he said.

"And it is not just because of the physical danger of infection.

"Workers face intense emotional pressures, as well as societal stresses that can affect their own home lives.

"Most of the AIDS patients have been young people in the prime of life, dying terrible deaths that leave the carers feeling helpless.

"The patients often have their own emotional problems, especially if they are rejected by friends and family.

"They then turn to the professional carers for support placing immense strains on the carers' ability to cope."

Professor McDonald said the dangers of nursing patients were real, but not insurmountable.

In some ways, he said, we had to revert to the situation of 50 or more years ago when nurses and doctors regularly faced the risk of contracting lethal diseases.

"With the advance of modern medicine, the effective abolition of most infectious diseases, the proliferation of medical disciplines and with new equipment, health workers have not recently had to face the regular risk of contracting lethal diseases," he said.

"Now, with the advent of AIDS, they once again have to come to terms with the fact that are working with an incurable disease that is also highly infectious under certain circumstances."

This meant hospital staff had to take more than usual precautions to avoid accidents, such as pricking themselves with a used hyperdermic needle, he said.

The most dangerous substance for any AIDS worker was blood.

"Blood should be considered to be more infectious than faeces," he said.

"Blood is likely to contain either the AIDS or the Hepatitis virus, for neither of which is there adequate treatment.

"On the other hand, all infections that can be contracted from faeces are capable of being treated."

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Guest Editorial Archbishop Winning Glasgow

Forgetting the Tenth!

The Tenth Commandement traditionally read: "You shall not set your heart on his house, his field, his servant — man or woman — his ox, his donkey or anything that is his. (Deut.

5.21) What are we to make of this today?

The gradual loss of the sense of sin makes it more difficult to appreciate that interior desires themselves, even if they never see the light of day as actions, can be wrong and at times sinful.

Although we may wish for a more positive approach to the Tenth Commandment its place in the Decalogue is logical, for if Christian love means anything it calls for an end even to unloving feelings towards others.

The heart is the seat of a person's real attitudes.

"A man's words flow out of what fills his heart." (Mt. 12).

Scattered throughout the Sacred Scriptures and especially the New Testament are instant reminders that we cannot claim discipleship with Jesus if our feelings towards our neighbour's possessions are less than honourable: "Just as I try to be helpful to everyone at all times. . Take me for your model asItake Christ" (1 Cor. 11.1).

The parable of the Good Samaritan sets the standard for the Christian. Far from harbouring thoughts of further violating the enemy's" person, the Samaritan is concerned only with coming to his rescue.

Today we have a lot to learn from the Tenth Commandment and its implications for our Christian stewardship.

The phrase 'rat race' to describe our frenetic way of life today means a race with only one rule..

'Every man for himself'. Ambition and competition cease to be just and good when they assume the role of absolutes in our life.

It is then that real values are discounted in our struggle to the top.

History will record 'class war' as belonging to our age: a long-distance method of ensuring that the Tenth Commandment is never kept.

People are hated because they are better-off Bitterness is general and becomes a society illness as we well know today.

Christians findit difficult to dislodge themselves from the swamp of resentment and hatred that seems to pervade relationships between social classes, but their integrity as Christians demands that they do so.

Being behind the wheel of a car does something to a person. There is a feeling of power which is sometimes more potent than alcohol We spit fury and venom as we hurtle along safe in the immunity of our tin boxes.

And what about the job we covet or the contract we have set our heart on. If we don't succeed are we ready with a kind word, or is that not the way to the top?

The Holy Father recently wrote about social concerns.

The key word is "solidarity" — "all for one and one for all"; the new Christian name for the Unity.

John Paul II describes it as ". . . a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good. . . to the good of all and of each individual, because we are all really responsible for alr. (Social Concern: 38).

That's one way of expressing the Tenth Commandment in modern terms.

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Satanic cults widespread U.S. PRIEST SOUNDS OUT A WARNING LAFAYETTE, La. (CNS) — Satanic cults are more widespread than people realise, said a Louisina parish priest who counsels victims of satanic cults.

"There is not a satanist behind every tree," Father Joseph F. Brennan said "but they're out there and they have to be healed."

Father Brennan estimated that there are 8,000 covens in the United States with 100,000 members nationwide.

Father Brennan has been counselling victims of ritualistic abuse and

satanic cults for the past three years.

He first got involved when parents of a young boy came to him and asked for help.

As the counselling sessions progressed, the young victim began talking to Father Brennan about books that he read.

The priest went to a nearby bookstore, where he found "shelves and shelves of books on satanism. I had been shopping in that store for years, and I had just never noticed them."

The priest began reading all he could about the practices and rituals of

satanism. He contacted psychologists and other ministers who have helped victims of satanic cults. As word got out that he had begun his own ministry, more and more parents began seeking his help. He currently works with about 150 cases.

"Many times I have been asked what they are like," he said. "But satanic involvement cannot be defined, it has to be experienced."

He said victims often express a "lack of love and trust" in their lives.

Some of the advice he offers parents to keep

Bishop hits out at training HONG KONG: A Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association bishop has denounced the inadequacy of training in CCPA seminaries.

He said that students received out-of-date training which in no way prepared them for dealing with real life. He said the seminary authorities were well aware of the situation but the wide age-gap between students and teachers frus-

trated their efforts.

years.

Formation was where it had been in the 1950s, rules were too strict, and any infraction was rewarded with expulsion.

He criticised healthcare for the students, and the lack of teaching aids.

He also condemned the quota system for entry to seminaries which allowed only a certain According to the number from each bishop, who comes from region. southern China and who was giving a press interWhen a region had view in Hong Kong, two- completed its quota thirds of the seminarians further applications from his diocese had were ignored, even if either left or been other regions had places expelled in the past six to spare.

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their children from becoming involved in satanic cults includes family prayer and a strong family life. He added that fragile home conditions make a child vulnerable to becoming involved in satanic cults.

"Bring Jesus Christ, his love, Gospel and church back to your homes," he said. "I have never treated a case where there is family prayer."

He also stressed the role of the community in stopping the growth of satanic cults.

"Our task as leaders of a Christian community is to make sure we build a

society that is not right for evil." said Father Brennan.

In today's society, there is emphasis on an inordinate desire for money, power and success. "We have a society that says whatever is good for me is right," he said.

Father Brennan said there are several warning signs that can help parents determine if their children are involved in satanic cults, including locked rooms, aggressive behaviour, no church attendance, satanic symbols, jewellary, candles and posters.

Bid to get lay astors PEMATANGSIANTAR, Indonesia (UCAN): A Medan archdiocese meeting discussed the possibility of introducing lay pastors to serve parishes in North Sumatra which have existed thus far without priests.

The meeting tried to formulate new pastoral guidelines to serve 357,483 Catholics spread throughout 42 parishes and more than 1220 parish stations.

Capuchin Father Hilarius Manurung, head of the organising committee, said it is difficult to serve Catholics properly due to the shortage of priests.

TIRANA, Albania: Mother Teresa of Calcutta was delighted and deeply moved by an unexpectedly warm welcome in her Albanian homeland, a militant Stalinist stronghold.

She was greeted with an extraordinary ovation which four years ago before the death of dictator Enver Hoxha

would have been unthinkable, as would have been entry into a country which for 45 years has sealed itself from Christianity and European culture, and which persecutes openly Catholics.

Mother Teresa was hailed as "a heroine and a famous Albanian

benefactress."

She simply wanted to make a discreet private visit to the capital of Tirana and the village of her parents. But her little pilgrimage of prayer and reflection became a series of whirlwind encounters with leading dignatories, lavish in their praise.

VATICAN CITY (CNS): — The Xaverian missionary order has suspended an Italian priest recently elected to the European Parliament.

Father Eugenio Melandri, had been warned that he should not run for elective office.

Father Melandri ran for

the European Parliament as a candidate of Proletarian Democracy, a leftwing party with historic ties to Marxism. He was the only member of the party elected in the June ballot.

public office if it involves approval of the European the exercise of civil Community's annual power. The European budget.

Parliament is a nonCanon law also states legislative assembly that that clerics are not to debates social and polit- have an active role in ical issues and advises a political parties unless decision-making Council such participation is of Ministers. The Parlia- necessary to protect ment's main power is church rights or the

Only 70 priests are involved in pastoral work here.

"The majority of Catholics, especially in rural villages, do not have regular Eucharistic celebrations on Sundays," Father Manurung said.

"Instead, they only have the celebration of the Word of God led by a local lay leader.

"How can they meet Jesus Christ through the Eucharist?" asked the professor of exegesis at St John's Major in Seminary Pematangsiantar.

Order suspends Italian priest According to canon law, priests may not hold

common good.

Father Melandri said he would accept all ecclesial punishments without complaint. He said he wanted to spend at least one year at the Parliament to promote European action for the world's needy.

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Open and shut eyes of Jesus: priest resigns PITTSBURGH PA (CNS) — The pastor of a p arish where the open eyes of Jesus on the church crucifix allegedly closed on Good Friday has r esigned.

Father Vincent Cvitkovic, 51, a member of the Croation Franciscans has been on leave from the parish since midJune and is reportedly in seclusion in a monastery.

The parish drew national attention when Father Cvitkovic and parishioners reported that the eyes of Jesus on the crucifix closed on Good Friday.

Bishop Pittsburgh Donald Wuerl appointed a four-member committee whose findings said there was "no convincing evidence that a miracle occurred.

Photos taken over a three month period before and after the alleged apparition "consistently show the eyes of the crucific to be in the same position," the comittee said.

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$300 million boost for Church

AMSTERDAM: Evangelisation and charitable projects of the Catholic Church worldwide are to receive a financial boost of more than $300 million from the sale by Dutch Catholic businessmanmillionaire Piet Derksen of his northern E uropean "Center Parcs".

Of $339 million he received for his business, $1.36 million will go to Center Parcs employees, $36.18 million would acrrue to the Center Parcs company and the remaining $300.71 million was to go to Living Water, one of two Dutch Catholic foundations founded by Derksen.

Living Water finances Catholic charitable, vocational and evangelisation work around the world.

The Living Water share of the profits will go toward "helping the poorest of the poor" and toward "spreading the Gospel to every corner of the earth", Derksen said.

After being healed from what was diagnosed as an incurable illness — a healing Derksen attributes to his wife Gertrude's prayers — the Dutch businessman reportedly promised God in 1980 that he would give all his money to the poor.

At about the same time, the Derksens became

involved in the Catholic Major beneficiaries of charismatic renewal Derksen's profits have movement, joining a been Evangelistion 2000 French group known as and Lumen 2000, two Fraternity of Jesus.

Catholic evangelisation Since then, Derksen projects with strong links reportedly has chan- to the charismatic moveneled all profits from his ment. Project officials Center Parcs business have said Derksen has into Living Water and donated $10 million to Witnessing to God's the projects since their Love, the other religious founding in 1987. foundation he US Redemptorist established.

Father Tom Forrest, He also donated $1 international director of million to a 1984 world- Evangelisation 2000, has wide retreat of 4000 said the two Dutch priests in Rome, helped Church foundations pay for the international fund about 2000 projects broadcast of Pope John per year, including aid Paul Ifs 1987 Rosary for for lepers and orphaned Peace and helped fund a children, priestly rene1987 retreat in Colombia wal and support for for 109 South American seminarians and bishops. evangelisation.

Gorbachev seeks ties

VATICAN CITY: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev sent a personal message to Pope John Paul just one day before a top level Russian Orthodox delegation met the pope.

Gorbachev's message asking for a strengthening of Soviet-Vatican ties was announced by Tass newsagency in Moscow, and was delivered personally by a personal representative of Soviet For-

Minister of civilisation", said Tass. eign Shevardnadze.

"Gorbachev analysed The Gorbachev mes- practical ways toward sage "expressed readi- shaping extensive interness for the further national co-operation to development of Soviet- find solutions to these Vatican contacts", said problems," said Tass.

Tass.

On the following day Gorbachev also out- during a 45-minute lined the "drastic issues meeting at Castel Ganof the present times: dolfo the three-member elimination of the threat Orthodox delegation and of nuclear war, consoli- the pope examined dation of peace and "problems that exist justice on earth, and between the two protection of basic values churches, especially

questions regarding the Catholic Church in the Soviet Union", said a Vatican announcement.

A Vatican official said this included problems of Latin-rite and Easternrite Catholic churches.

The Russian Orthodox Church is a major opponent of Vatican efforts to get the Soviet government to legalise the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Model 'most satisfying' SAN FRANCISCO: The sacramental model of the Church is still the most satisfying according to a US Jesuit theologian who popularised the "models" of the Church.

But in recent lectures, s ays Father Arvery Dulles, he has been addressing "the model of the Church as a c ommunity of disciples.

That immediately puts the Church in a relationship to Christ. . . We are

sent from Jesus, and we look to Jesus for direction. Every sacrament should be seen as an encounter with Christ."

That particular model may have special value for helping people "in this country at this time" to understand the church better, he said.

Father Dulles, now 71, attracted much attention with his 1974 book "Models of the Catholic Church".

Today he says, "from a

Since Gorbachev has come to power, Ukrainian church leaders have stepped up campaigns for legalisation. The pope and other Vatican officials also have been pressing for legalisation.

Last year, Russian officials Orthodox expressed openness to discussing the status of Ukrainian Catholics as part of overall OrthodoxCatholic ecumenical talks.

He said Pope John Paul universal perspective I model of the Church I "often uses sacrament, still feel the sacramental found often in the docu- I model is the one that ments of the Second body of Christ, communVatican Council, "I con- ion" as well as other satisfies most". fess it's not my favourite images, such as comIn simplest terms, the munity of disciples, to i mage of the church. sacramental model refer to the Church, and emphasises the character "It certainly can be of the Church as a sign used," he said, "but it is it's not clear if there is and communicator of not as theologically rich any "dominant" model Christ's redeeming grace. in my opinion as even the embraced by the pope.

It puts a stress on the 'body of Christ' (model), "It's not easy to pigeonfaith and holiness of the which brings out the him within any one hold church's members. unique relation of the model . . . You can find Father Dulles said that Church to Christ and to statements that fit in any despite the "many advan- the Holy Spirit not of the five or six models tages" and wide popular- conveyed by the image of with which I work," ity of the "people of God" people of God." Father Dulles said.

Czech govt says eyes' to dialogue with Church PRAGUE: The Czechoslovakian government has e xpressed willingness to dialogue with the Catholic Church and improve relations, said Cardinal Frantisek Tomasek of Prague, Czechoslovakia.

The cardinal said the governcommunist ment's position was communicated to him by Deputy Prime Minister Matej Lucan.

A meeting with Lucan followed the cardinal's

offer to mediate between the government and supporters of a movement for political liberalisation.

But Cardinal Tomasek said that Lucan's offer was to dialogue only with

the Church.

"It's a more relaxed attitude than in the past," said Cardinal Tomasek.

"Lucan spoke of harmony between Church and state.I saw in him a willingness to dialogue?'

he said.

The recent naming of new bishops has produced "some new hope" for improving Churchstate relations but "nothing concrete yet", said the cardinal.

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New law breakthrough?

"The proposed new Guardianship Legislation will be a breakthrough for people with disabilities and their families or careers," said Mrs Barbara Harris, at a consumer meeting for people with disabilities last week.

"Guardianship is a legal device which gives an individual a right to make decisions on personal matters on behalf of some other person.

The classic example is the parent-child relationship," said Barbara.

"At present, when individuals reach the age of 18, regardless of their degree of disability or

infirmity, they have full legal capacity and the legal right of a parent ends," she said.

"Under the current law", Barbara said, "the emphasis of concern is the need to protect property while making no adequate provision for actually protecting the ordinary needs of the individual.

"The proposed bill will give people over the age of 18 the freedom to function independently where they have the competence.

"It recognises a wide spectrum of disabilities and allows for the principle of patriality.

"It will provide for guardians to act only in

those areas where a phere so as not to over person is unable to look awe those attending the after him/herself." proceedings.

Barbara proposal" "The Applications may be remarked, "is to establish made to the board by: independent 1. The patient; an and guardianship 2. A relative or a dministration board which will be responsi- 3. Any person who satisble for the appointment fies the board that he/she of guardians and estate has a proper interest in the care and protection of administrators". the person in respect of The board will consist whom the application is of three members made. appointed by the goverThe bill recognises nor. The board will facilitate the ongoing varying degrees of care of those people who incompetence, encourare incapable of looking ages personal and indiafter their own health vidual liberty, offers and safety, or managing limited as well as plenary their own personal guardianship. affairs.

The board would The board will operate appoint a guardian only in an informal atmos- where a person lacks

decision making ability.

A key factor will the principle of "the least restrictive alternative.

The bill foresees the appointment of a public guardian who may act when there is no parent, next of kin or other suitable person willing to do so.

The inclusion of this public guardian represents the government's recognition of the importance of preserving the rights of people with disabilities.

The legislation would provide quick action to provide back-up in the event that the present guardian is unable to continue. It also provides

How Australian Church money is being used

Australian Catholic Relief this week revealed how its money is being put to work.

Mozambican Refugees in Zimbabwe:

$20,000 given by the Australian Church for refugee work was utilised.

Earlier this year year, a health clinic was constructed in the Nyamatikiti refugee camp in Zimbabwe. The camp was established in 1984 to house refugees from Mozambique.

At present there are 3000 Mozambican refugees living in this camp.

The camp was originally intended to accommodate 5000 people, but the numbers have had to be restricted because of a lack of water.

As the report notes: This does not mean that we turn down displaced

persons seeking refuge, but we transfer them to our sister camp — Mazowe River Bridge Camp — which is 48kms eastwards.

Despite the water problem, various projects have been initiated in the camp to enable refugees to acquire some degree of self reliance.

It is our hope that skills functional acquired in this camp will be quite helpful to the refugees now and in the future when they go home.

The report notes that 18 Mozambican teachers work with 710 pupils, from Grade 1 to 6.

As well, 522 children attend four pre-schools, for early-learning sessions and supplementary feeding programs. During the last year, 265 adults have attended

Diaries may expose all Z AGREB, Yugoslavia: The main charge The publication of Cardi- against him was conal Alojzije Stepinac's operation with the Croaprivate diaries may lead tian Ustashi, a fascist to the rehabilitation of the militia which worked former Archbishop of closely with the Nazis Zagreb, and shed new and the Italians. light on the part he played Bohan believes the in the Second World War. Stepinac trial was a putThe diaries, which have up job which helped been in the possession of Tito's partisans keep the the Yugoslavian secret Catholic Croats in police, are to be pub- suppression. lished in several lanHe thinks the cardinal's guages, according to the journal shows clearly historian Ljubo Bohan, that he did much for writing in the Zagreb persecuted Jews, Serbs weekly paper Danas. and Croats at that time.

Cardinal Stepinac was Cardinal Stepinac was put on trial in 1946 and in prison until 1951 and condemned to 15 years' thereafter under house imprisonment by the arrest. He died in 1960 of Communist regime then a rare blood disease at the in power. age of 62.

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literacy classes also.

With 3000 people in the camp, and another 600 people living in the surrounding district, there is a great need for a good health service.

The clinic that has been established in the camp, has worked for a number a years without a reliable source of electricity.

The grant from Australian Catholic Relief has enabled electrical equipment to be installed.

The report notes that, because that area is considered a 'growth point' — "the electrification of the clinic is seen as a long-term benefit to the community at large".

The clinic staff of ten people attend to approximately 150 patients a day, six days a week.

Whilst malnutrition is not a problem for the longer-term residents of

for the discharging of a guardian perceived as unfit.

The legislation further provides for adjusting orders after evaluation as an individual's circumstances change.

A guardian may give consent for medical procedures. It will not be necessary to appoint a guardian merely to co consent to medical/dental treatment for person not otherwise in need of a guardian.

A key feature is the The consent of both the requirement that both guardian and the Board guardianship and must be obtained before administration orders be sterilisation procedures. reassessed by the Board This legislation is within five years from innovative for Western the date of the order.

To protect civil liberties, Australia. there is also provision for It will bring WA into right of appeal to the line with Victoria, South Supreme Court. This will Australia, New South be with the entitlement Wales and Tasmania, of legal counsel. The where guardian ship public guardian may act boards currently exist for persons under and are extremely guardianship orders. effective.

'Dispute a scandal'

the Camp, new arrivals emergency relief situa- since I was in this area. I frequently arrive in a tion of rehabilitation and walked through the malnourished condition. education. It only market area chatting to The report states: The remains for peace to be children, who seemed to most common ailments established in Mozam- be delighted to practise are malaria, diarrhoea, bique, for true develop- their English.

"I visited schools and bilharziasis, some cases ment to take place. gardens that the saw of tuberculosis, leprosy, Floods in Ghana: A night blindness, snake request from Caritas children had worked on bites etc.

Internationalis has come themselves, the produce No case of AIDS has to support the request for going to the mothers in assistance from the the tuckshop — who in been reported. then provided a There is an average of Catholic aid and devel- turn cooked lunch for good in agency opment 10 births per month. In children. case of emergency and Ghana, the National the "I saw families taking secretariat.

Catholic for major surgical operatheir drinking water tions, the patients are In Tamale, a large urban from a drying-out dam, evacuated to a neigh- area in the north-east of because there was insufthe country, a week's ficient electricity to bouring hospital.

As well as the treatment torrential rain has pump the clean water of the sick and injured, flooded many areas, supplies from the nearby the staff are involved in causing great hardship large dam. health education, giving for a people already "And it is these same classes on hygiene, mala- living on the edge of people who are now ria prevention and existence. having added burdens — Maureen Postma, Com- the destruction of their nutrition.

So CADEC, in their munications Officer, for homes, the loss of clowork with the Mozambi- Australian Catholic relief thing and household can refugees, has defi- said: items, increased health "It is just over a year ago risks." nitely moved from the

Statement by Cardinal Edward Clancy, Archbishop of Sydney over the pilots' dispute: "The pilots' dispute is now into its third week. What began as a regrettable industrial dispute has now become a scandal and a national disaster.

"The dimensions of the disaster are best measured, not by the billions of dollars it is costing the nation, but by the hurt that it is causing to countless families who are being denied their livelihood.

"In the name of sanity and on behalf of the thousands of innocent victims, I appeal to all the principals of the dispute to abandon their entrenched positions, to sit down together, and to decide how best they might speedily and sensibly bring about a resolution of this intolerable impasse."

AIDS centre set up

Australian The Catholic Bishops Conference has announced the establishment of an AIDS Resource and Reference Centre to enable the Church to continue its education, social welfare, pastoral care and other services support related to AIDS. Australian The has Government agreed to provide funding for this project.

The Centre, which will be administered by the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission, will be located at the Commission's Secretarit in Canberra.

It will build upon the

achievements of the

1988 AIDS Projects of

the National Catholic Education Commission and the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission.

It is a response also needs the to expressed by the participants in the State/ Territory Workshops held in all the capital cities in 1988 as part of the Commissions' AIDS Projects.

These needs centred on the requirement for on-going support from a national body and for simple basic resource material and up-to-date information that could be used on the community/parish level.

A Project Officer has been appointed to establish the Centre and to implement its objectives which include: • facilitating communication betwen the Commonwealth Government and its Departments and the Church agencies and organisations involved in AIDS social welfare and pastoral care.

• developing a more effective network of communication and support for those working in this field within the Catholic Church.

• developing appropriate resource material for use at the local,

state/national levels, including the production of a Catholic videotape on AIDS for use in parishes and community groups.

• conducting and/or evaluating research into the AIDS epidemic from a national perspective, clarifying the implications for Church agencies.

• consulting with representatives of other religious denominations who are working in the AIDS area.

Concurrent with the establishment of the Resource and Reference Centre, the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission has issued an AIDS

Community Awareness and Pastoral Care Catholic Guide to assist in understanding the major issues associated with AIDS. The Guide highlghts the specific information which is relevant to members of the Cathlic community and emphasises the need to raise the community's awareness of the issue and to achieve a Christlike pastoral response to those who are infected.

This document is available from the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission's Secretariat in Canberra.

Manipulative use of human rights violation Human dignity and the rights flowing from it have always been of paramount concern in our Judeo-Christian tradition.

The Holy Father, John PaulII, has been insistent that this concern should mark the modern Church's approach to its involvement in social questions (cf. Redemptor Hominis and Solicitudo Rei Socialis especially).

The basis of this concern, needless to remind ourselves, is the simple truth of our creation unto the image of God and our redemption by His son, Jesus the Lord.

In the Philippines today, the incidence of human rights violations has escalated in areas where the military and the NPA (New People's Army) and other rebel groups are fighting for control.

And it is innocent civilians who, needless to say, are subjected most to the abuse of rights by both sides in the conflict.

The situation is most deplorable, and we cannot deplore it enough.

But even more deplorable, to our way of thinking, is a development hardly recognised generally as an evil, we are afraid, in the way human rights abuses are t alked and about reported.

To give it a name, we

call that evil "the mani- fear it is equivalently NPA are either passed pulative use of human what is happening today over in silence or muted rights violations". in the Philippines, when down or explained away, Thus, each time that one or another political and vice versa. "massacres" of civilians group positively gloats It is for this reason that take place, inevitably over massacres or cases we have been insistent such killings are trum- of torture, etc, when on the condemnation of peted here and abroad as these are perpetrated by all transgressions against incontrovertible proof an opposing group, and human rights, whether that nothing has changed its crime is treated as they are committed by in regard to the govern- only one more piece of the military and government's already dismal propaganda ammunition ment or by the CPP-NPA record on human rights to be used to destroy its or by any other power in violations. credibility before the bar our society.

Now, after the discovery of public opinion.

It is for this reason too of the mass graves of This is what we mean that we have been wary Quezon and the more by "the manipulative use recent slaughter of a of human rights viola- of peace groups or peace Church community in tions"; the reprobation councils that have an eye Davao del Sur, the very and publicising by one open for the peacecharges that are liberally political bloc of viola- destroying aggression of hurled against the mil- tions of human rights, only one side in the itary and government are not specifically to put a conflict currently raging now turned against the stop to them (despite the in the country, but close CPP-NPA (Communist rhetoric), but merely to the other eye to the Party of the Philippines- blacken the political violence of the group they "sympathise with".

NPA), the NDF (National image of the other.

Again, the problem is Democratic Front) and This is using the misfor- the use of peace, of their allied groups. tune of others (the What this means simply victims, that is, of human people sincerely commitis that the issue of human rights abuse) to one's ted to peace, to further one's political agenda. rights and their continu- narrow advantage. ing violations have Neither peace nor This is putting the human rights are the real become a political and ideological (not, as it suffering of the people objectives, power and should be, a human and secondary to what polit- political advantage are. moral) concern, and it is ical and ideological And people and their this particular develop- mileage can be gotten violated rights or their ment that we in the from it. efforts at peace are CBCP would like to Over the past three simply means for the address in this statement. years, we have had ample protection or furtherWe find it most distress- evidence of this kind of ance of power and ing that the killing of treatment of human advantage. innocent people and rights issues in one-sided From the point of view other violations of reporting of violations. of the Gospel, the instruhuman rights are actuAll too often, the crimes mentalising for sheerly ally cause for rejoicing. of the military are played political ends of an evil This is putting it too up extravagantly and like violations of human strongly, perhaps, but we similar crimes by the rights and the suffering

F ather Maurice Dullard, S.J., 33 years in India.

Now Diocesan Administrator.

that comes from them is something that we Christians cannot but reject in the harshest terms.

So too to be rejected is the similar instrumentalising of a good like peace and the cessation of hostilities that it advocates.

We condemn such a cynical use of human rights and peace efforts.

But even more strongly, we condemn the very violations of human rights and the violence that spawns them.

But as in our separate statement on graft and corruption, we should not just condemn. We must act, and act to prevent the very evil, to promote the very good, that we say are being used as mere political fodder.

Last year, we asked how we the people can put a stop to the suicidal fighting going on between the military and the NPA, a fighting between brothers. We still ask the question.

And we ask it too in regard to the human rights violations which are done in the name of the conflict, as a result of its violence.

Some answers have been tentatively put forth in a number of places in the country over the past year.

They are responses of

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hope, and from them we glean three suggestions that we now propose for further deliberation and action.

The first concerns an open, publicly announced repudiation, by our Church communities and organisations, of violence as a way to peace and justice, whether the violence be that of the military or the NPA or any other power group.

The absence of peace, the continuing violations of human rights in conflict areas, are proximately due to their violence.

The gelling of public opinion against violence may seem like a small thing, but its power to constrain soldiers and rebels from uncontrolled violence should not be under-estimated.

The second is the evenhanded reporting of cases of violations of human rights. We do not subscribe to the definition of human rights abuses as only those committed by the state against its citizens. Acts of arbitrary killing ("salvaging" or "liquidation"), torture, detention without trial, etc. are all crimes againt the basic rights of people, and must be treated as such.

Half-truths, selective truths, manipulated are these truths,

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The third is the fostering and supporting of genuine peace initiatives, uncoloured and uncorrupted by any political agenda, overt and covert, and geared only toward achieving real peace.

For these to succeed, men and women truly dedicated to the pursuit of justice and peace must come together, stand together in an organised way, and even as they work together, have a real care that they do not themselves lose their right not to be pawns of political blocs.

On our part as bishops, we will try to make our social action centres and programs more responsive to the demands of peacemaking and the promotion of human rights.

We put the resources we have at the service of those demands, impelled by the Gospel of unity and love. And we invite all, our youth especially, to act seriously on the three suggestions we have made above or on any similarly Gospelinspired initiative for peace and human dignity.

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It is better to be wis Wisdom would not make the top 10 list of dinnertable conversation topics.

People probably don't think about wisdom very much. Certainly most people would deny they possess it.

The word conjures up images of extraordinary individuals whose austerity and age enable

them to see things as they really are — people like the firm but gently grandfather in the movie Heidi.

But is wisom reserved for only a few?

"I'd rather be wise than smart," said Dr Anthony Moore.

Wisdom helps people to make judgements, to

know what really counts, Moore said. It enables people to sift through the often contradictory messages they hear.

Perhaps the beginning of wisdom is the recognition that these value judgments have to be made at all, he said.

Each individual is a mixture of wisdom and

what the Greek philosopher Plato referred to as "common opinion — that which is sometimes built on illusion or on false, superficial values," Moore said.

He believes there are different stages of wisdom, and that it is important to people to recognise "there are

times when I've been more wise and less influenced by common opinion."

Wisdom is not an attribute reserved to the aged, Moore said. A young person making choices based on deeper values could be considered wise.

People "can make deci-

sions responding 1, external pressures," IL, said, or they can mak, decisions based on will really seems to fit wit the way they see th, world, their values.

Moore thinks decision! based on one's rea values are practical in th long run. Ultimately the, bring happiness an(

So you call that wisdom

and so considered their bodies morally neutral.

They could eat and drink as they pleased, sleep with whomever they Corinth in St Paul's wanted. What difference times was a bustling, did it make to superior wealthy city. A cosmo- beings like them? politan centre of Paul was well aware of government and com- this attitude. He conmerce, its population fronted it directly: included Roman offi- "When Icame to you I cials, business leaders, did not come proclaimmerchants and sailors ing God's testimony with from all over the any particular eloquence Roman Empire. or 'wisdom'. . . My mesIn a pagan world sage and my preaching known for its tolerance had none of the persuao f sexual license, sive force of 'wise arguCorinth stood out. It has mentation', but the conbeen said that the vincing power of the phrase "to live like a Spirit. As a consequence, Corinthian" came to your faith rests not on the mean "to live a disso- wisdom of men but on lute life". the power of God." (1 Archaeological excava- Corinthians 2: 1-2, 4-5) tions have uncovered a Was Paul antilarge non-religious struc- intellectual? Quite the ture which housed 33 contrary. taverns. Corinth also Paul was an intellectual boasted of a temple said giant, a true genius, to have been served by Christianity's pioneer 1000 priestesses. theologian. But he was Into this city of con- wise enough to realise trasts, Paul brought his the inadequacy of philomessage of Christian sophy to bring genuine wisdom, a wisdom that happiness. some Corinthian con- The wisdom proposed verts chose to misinter- by Paul surpassed, but pret. Considering them- did not neglect, human selves highly knowledge. sophisticated, they This wisdom was paraprided themselves on doxical; it pointed to the their wisdom. cross as the necessary It was, however, shalingredient for true low wisdom. human fulfilment. This Wisdom is that intellec- was "a stumbling block tual virtue which enables to the Jews, and an a person to "get it all absurdity to the together", to organise Gentiles". knowledge and expeBut Paul wrote: "God's rience into a practical folly is wiser than men, system for truly happy and his weakness more living. This was the powerful than men." (1 wisdom Paul preached.

Corinthians 1:23-25) However, some CorinPaul applied the parathians found it hard to doxical wisdom of the accept his message comWorld (Wisdom) made pletely. It ran against flesh: "Whoever would what they considered preserve his life will lose wise. it, but whoever loses his Oh, they were enthusi- life for my sake and the astic about the Resurrec- Gospel's willpreserve it." tion — as they inter- (Mark 8:34-36) preted it. It fed their ego.

The Resurrection vindiThey could consider cated the truth of this themselves "risen", above wisdom, and the expethe petty concerns of rience of millions of ordinary human beings. people has demonstrated They were "spiritual", it beyond question.

By Father John Castelot

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A young bey scrambles onto a giant clay model of Einstein.

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Where I grew up the playground philosophy on wisdom went something like this: "Don't get wise, bubble eyes, or I'll knock you down to kindergarten size."

In that juvenile arena, wisdom — a virtue of the ages — was not worth pursuing. And while the threats have disappeared, still it is not easy to find someone who admits to being wise.

People today are gifted, talented, smart and, if older, respected. But wise? Wisdom's burden is a discomforting thought.

In the distant past, it was different. The Greek temple of Delphi, where the oracle provided answers to life's great mysteries, showed that wisdom was marketable.

But this age is not so comfortable with role

models for wisdom. The guru of India is a curiosity rather than a role to revere. Even the learned tribesman of native Americans has faded into legend.

However, wisdom has not left us. Its nuggets are waiting to be mined, and Pat Wealon, a 77-yearold tells this story how to go looking for wisdom: Once there was a proud family so poor it was near

starving to death. night they prayed, asks nielltghili vem atn eso Gotd . tTohsed ea

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A Publication of the Catholic Education Office of Western Australia Registered by Australia Post. Publication No: WBF 2526.

VOLUME 6, No. 3

Aboriginal educators look to the future "The work of the Church in Aboriginal education in the Kimberley region is one of the finest examples of what Catholic education is about in Australia," said Dr Peter Tannock, Director of Catholic Education in WA. In his address Mr Stephens saluted the Dr Tannock was speaking at the opening of the Catholic Aboriginal Educators' Conference Catholic community's contribution to education in the region and cited it as an example of held in Broome in July.

He said, however, that Catholic education what could be achieved in the rest of the State.

He said that generally Aboriginal children are had a way to go before it could be said to be serving Aboriginal communities in other parts still not achieving at the same standard as their non-Aboriginal counterparts and do not stay at of the State.

"I am hoping that one result of this school for the same length of time.

"Many reasons are given for this nonconference will be ideas emerging about how the Church can make a better contribution retention and poor academic achievement of through education to meeting the needs of Aboriginal children," he said.

"In order for Aboriginal children to achieve Aboriginal communities".

The conference, which was held by the the system must be aware of their needs and Catholic Education Commission of WA, the needs of their parents and the needs of their provided a forum for issues vital to the future culture. Education within itself, must exude education of Aboriginal students and looked at Aboriginality." Mr Stephens said to do this ways of improving the personal and educators must recognise that the control of professional development opportunities for Aboriginal education must ultimately be with Aboriginal people.

Aboriginal educators.

Aboriginal studies program unrivalled Three main challenges "The Aboriginal Studies programs at Dr Tannock outlined what he saw as the three main challenges in the area of Aboriginal Catholic schools in the region are the finest education. The first challenge he saw was how examples and have no rival," he said.

"I do hope we see the day when we in the Catholic education could assist in retaining and enhancing the culture of Aboriginal people. cities of Australia can incorporate Aboriginal The second was how to cope with the studies programs like these into mainstream accelerating learning requirements of society education for the entire community."

He said the delivery of education by the and the third challenge was the achievement Church and the Catholic Education Commisof full brotherhood and sisterhood.

"We can't look at yesterday's curriculum, or sion has been of singular importance to the yesterday's teaching methods, or yesterday's Kimberley.

Educational Dreaming for a New Age was the style of school if we are to survive in the future," theme of the conference which attracted more he said. than 70 Aboriginal teachers, teaching assistants Contribution saluted Aboriginal education administrators. and Education at Representing the Minister for Fora full coverage of the conference see page 9. the conference was Tom Stephens MLC.

Sisters Tracey and Narelle Kickett of Culunga Catholic Aboriginal Schoo were among the Aboriginal teachers who attended the conference.

Sacred Heart Hying High

A bove: Year 12 students Justine Harvey and Warren Salamone inspect a Squirrel helicopter under the watchful eye of Warrant Officer Peter Luck.

Sacred Heart College, Sorrento, students who are considering a flying high career recently visited the Pearce RAAF Base at Bullsbrook.

The students, all from Years 11 and 12, visited the base's Air Traffic Control Centre, the Search and Rescue Flight and the Number 2 Flying Training School as well as maintenance hangars and the avionics workshops.

During the visit the students were able to discuss flying as a career with Caribou pilot, Flight Lieutenant Richard Ward. The tour was organised by Careers and Community Liaison officer, Colin Salleo as part of the school's Careers Awareness Program.

Federal funding at risk Catholic education bodies have expressed major concerns over the latest Federal funding proposals for non-government schools.

If the proposals are paper indicates that communities and the of implemented, Catholic there is no commitment responsibilities parents will face an by the Federal Govern- governments to meetincreased financial ment to continue to ing those needs; provide real increases burden. * removal of condiThe proposals, inclu- which would allow tions requiring Catholic ded in the discussion increased educational school communities to paper Commonwealth resources for Catholic increase fees and other private effort; and Funding Arrangements students.

Immediate resolution for Government and * linking of grants to a standard, N on -government of the issues raised in f unding Schools After 1992, will the paper is critical, as drawn from recurrent if resource decisions for pi oposals, mean schools will have the to increase fees and accepted, will set the government schools. become more involved agenda for funding of Commission The in fund-raising through n on -government requested that the schools to the year other means. principle of stability for 2000. schools be reestabFormal commitment Submission through: lished A fter consultation In its submission to * development of with state and territory the for Minister Catholic education Employment, Educa- appropriate formulas categorising bodies, the National tion and Training, Mr f or Catholic Education Dawkins, the Commis- schools into funding Commission has asked sion has asked that levels; * continued provision the Commonwealth there be a Commonsupplementary Government to recon- wealth commitment to: of sider the proposals and * improved standards grants to maintain real value of grants. to make a formal com- for schools; mitment to continued * removal of condiThe Commission also non- tions requiring Catholic asked for a formal for support government schools. school communities to commitment to conDeputy Director (Act- increase fees and other tinued support for Commonwealth speing) of the Catholic private effort; * emphasis on the cific purpose and capEducation Office, Therese Temby says the relative needs of school ital programs.

INTERCOM visits the Goldfields See Focus on Schools pages 6 and 7.

Successful Aboriginal Studies Program A successful Aboriginal Studies program established at St Mary's School, Merredin, has resulted in the school's Aboriginal students becoming more enthusiastic and involved members of the school community, as well as improving their academic achievements.

The program was set programs designed by other students in areas up in 1987 by principal, the classroom teachers such as maths and Lesley Wunnenburg in in areas where the science. There were also response to a need she children needed help. noticeable improvements in their detected to increase Outings and oral the Aboriginal childThe activities included written ren's active participa- outings to Merredin expression." tion in school.

The successful proRock or the Railway "Generally, the child- Museum or more gram is continuing at St ren attended school, simply nature walks to Mary's. When Annette wore the school uni- collect leaves and nuts Eriksen left last year her form, interacted with for craft work. position as Aboriginal their friends readily, but A section of the Teaching Assistant was weren't interested in school hall was set taken by her mother, school," said Lesley. aside as a permanent Margaret Eriksen.

"They were not achiev- display area for the "It's good that we ing and were in danger Aboriginal students' art have Margaret because of becoming disillusi- and craft items. she was a bush woman oned with the system."

Instead of an enforced in her early days and The disinterest showed compliance with home- she knows a lot about in the students' class- work and completion the bush lore which she room work and home- time strictures, the can teach to the childwork, assignments and students were ren," said Lesley. "They projects often were not rewarded for initiative are really urban Aboridone. gines. They have no and effort.

Lesley also was con"The change was cultural memories and cerned that the then most of their parents Aboriginal Teaching amazing," said Lesley. have no cultural "By the end of 1987, Assistant at the school, memories." their confidence had Annette Eriksen, was increased and their One of the sidenot being used to her self-esteem had just effects of the increased full potential. confidence and ability To overcome this, blossomed." of the children is that Lesley developed a Classroom success program, led by "Once the children the Aboriginal parents Annette,which meant started succeeding in are now coming freely withdrawing the Abo- their own area they to the school, and, riginal students from brought that success encouraged by Martheir normal classes for back into the class- garet and the rest of the part of the day and room and began to staff, are accepting involving them in differ- achieve in other areas. more roles in the dayent activities which By the end of the first to-day life of the taught them about their year we could see school. of Support cultural and historical distinct signs background and art improvement.

The program was The and craft activities. As A boriginal students supported with the well, Annette worked were competing on purchase of Aboriginal with the children on equal terms with the Studies resources,

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St Mary's students, Jason Garlett and Coral Sandy discuss some of their handiwork with Aboriginal Teaching Assistant Margaret Eriksen. The map is part of the colourful display of Aboriginal artefacts and the children's art and craft which features in the school hall. Making the children aware of and proud of their Aboriginal heritage is part of the successful Aboriginal Studies program. including Australian Aborigines and Nyungar — past and present.

Part of curriculum So successful has the program been that other students are keen to be involved and Lesley envisages that within a few years it will become a part of the school's standard curriculum.

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BACK TO BASICS A return to an emphasis on literacy and numeracy and less teaching of non-relevant subjects in schools is advocated by Shadow Minister for Education and Training, Cheryl Edwardes.

"If students don't come out of school, either into the workforce or as a member of the community, with the very basic skills of being able to read and write and communicate, then what are we doing in our education system?" she asked.

Mrs Edwardes, the to be going to univer- problem lay in thinking Member for Kingsley, sity, working in a bank, that children had to be has held the shadow the public service or as taught everything there portfolio since her a checkout operator, was to be learned while election to Parliament there are basic life skills they were still at school. in February this year. you need which revolve "I think we have to get She spoke to Intercom around literacy and away from that idea ... about her thoughts numeracy," she said. what school is about is "Your language skills teaching children to regarding education.

"I'm not an expert in are very important in learn," she said.

Mrs Edwardes is also education," she said. terms of communica"Apart from tutoring at tion. When I employ concerned about the UWA, I've not been in- young girls of 16 or 17 number of "extras" volved in education at a who cannot take a which teachers are teach. to really in-depth level, but simple telephone mes- asked I believe you need to be sage, then I think we "Teachers are saying to a good listener, some- are falling down on me 'Stop!', they can not body who's able to take what we are teaching teach anymore in one day. Whenever someon board all aspects them at school." thing new is introfrom people who advise Community concern you, evaluate it and Mrs Edwardes said duced, something else then act upon it." her concerns were has to go. We need to what shared by many corn- re-evaluate Life skills Mrs Edwardes said munity members. "I get teachers are teaching." the basic problem at lots of telephone calls Unit Curriculum the moment was that and letters from people Unit Curriculum, a while there have been who are concerned system introduced to secondary changes made in edu- about education and junior cation to try and cover the biggest areas of classes last year, is a life skills, this was not concern are basic skills very positive approach and Unit Curriculum." happening. but it is not working, Mrs Edwardes said according to Mrs "I think that it doesn't matter if you are going she believed that the Edwardes. She cited

Shadow Minister for Education and Training, Cheryl Edwardes meets Year 6 students Jessica Walker and Daniel Parin during a visit to Liwara Catholic Primary School, Greenwood. cases reported to her of students having to take courses in Surf Skiing for and Cooking Toddlers in place of Mathematics because they couldn't be fitted into their schools'

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"Unit Curriculum has more. Any change some very valid argu- affects the teachers, the ments, but it must be students, the parents, modified to ensure that the employer groups the basics are retained and the wider com(as core subjects) and munity, and they've that students cannot go had to cope with an a whole term without awful lot. I think that's studying subjects such one of the issues behind the recent as Maths."

Were she to become teachers' dispute."

As Minister she would Minister for Education, Mrs Edwardes would not become involved in retain Unit Curriculum, the day-to-day adminwork istration of the Ministry. would but towards making it suc- "There has to be a cessful. "It's in now and separation of the powI am not going to throw ers," she said. "A it out. We need to look Minister has to be able forward to how it could to listen and evaluate and then make the be rectified," she said. decisions in terms of Changes from within She said she A s Minister, Mrs policy." would not base herself Edwardes said she Ministry's Royal would work towards at the offices. narrowing the focus of Street "Ministers are only education to ensure human and can have that children were adepet hobby horses. One quately equipped with of mine is Christian basic skills. However, I believe we education. such changes would to be ensuring not be introduced over- ought that more Christian or night, and would not be Religious education is simply handed down back into f rom the Ministry. brought schools." government "Changes need to education come from within, to Catholic Mrs Edwardes supevolve," she said. "Our schools have gone ports Catholic and enough other forms of nonthrough change at the moment, government education.

"The choice has to be there for any parents who want their children educated with a different emphasis such as Christianity. I think it's very, very important that choice is there; that parents have that right.

"If you have that choice and exercise it in favour of a system that is not a government system, then you have a cost to it. When you are weighing up the savings to the government of the Catholic and other independent education systems, then there has to be a better link between the cost of educating an independent school child and the cost of educating a government school child."

Should she become Minister for Education, Mrs Edwardes would consider herself Minister for all education systems, both governnonand ment government. "The Ministry has a role in educating people in Western Australia from preprimary level to mature age students," she said.

Army to the rescue The Army came to the rescue of the new Catholic school and parish of South Lake by providing a large tent for the community's first gathering on 16 July.

Father Peter Bianchini, the parish priest, wanted to hold the first public Mass on the actual site in Verna Road so he turned to his friends in the Army where he has served for as years many Chaplain.

More than 150 new parishioners attended the Mass and many stayed for the barbecue which followed.

On display in the tent Pictured outside the army tent are South Lake were the building plans school board members (from left) Quentin Wilson, for the primary school Colin Emmott and Anne McMinn with Michael which will open in 1990 Smith and Father Peter Bianchini. and drawings of the proposed school uni- the recently appointed classes.

Enquiries form. On hand to assist principal, Mr Michael about enrolments parents wishing to Smith. should be directed to enrol children in the The school will begin Michael Smith at school were members next year with two pre- Queen of Apostles of the school board and primary and two year 1 School, Riverton.

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BUDDING REPORTERS The daily happenings at St Paul's School, Karratha are chronicled by a group of budding young reporters who produce their own monthly newspaper.

Monthly Mania is prepared and produced by Year 7 students under the guidance of teacher Colleen McGinley.

The students write the stories and lay-out the newspaper using an Apple Macintosh computer and Newsroom, a desktop publishing software package.

The computer used in the project was won by one of last year's Year 7 students, Jamie Brown, for his entry in a Bicentennial competiton held in conjunction with the Round Australia Yacht Race. Jamie had to prepare a log detailing the circumnavigation of Australia.

Above: Michael Vella, at the keyboard, works on the latest issue of Monthly Mania with help from the rest of the production team, Michelle Plant, Nadja Walcher, Nicole Wignall, Philip Giles and teacher Colleen McGinley.

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More than 60 parents attended two language workshops conducted recently by staff of St Vincent's School, Medina.

The workshops were arranged by principal, Mr Ron Saulsman, to present to parents an overview of the language program operating at the school.

The program reflects current practice across Australia which is founded on research conducted in New Zealand and mainland states. St Vincent's is one of a growing number of schools offering programs which focus on the integration of the four language modes (listening, speaking, reading and writing).

All schools During the past five years teachers in all Catholic primary li• schools have been involved in intensive language inservice Mrs Wendy Hatton and son Christopher examine the displays prepared for workshops.

Junior the language workshop for parents at St Vincent's School, Medina. primary teachers have completed the Early reading and between Positive aspects "It is good that Literacy lnservice workshop activities in Parents who attended through this system the Course (ELIC) and their classrooms. generally agreed that children can learn at middle and upper primAs a result of their the workshops were their own speed and ary teachers have par- participation in these valuable. are not forced, and that ticipated in the Sup- major professional Mrs Karen Northey, positive aspects are porting Children In development courses, who has two children at reinforced," she said.

Further Literacy teachers are able to the school, said she In control (SCIFL) program. Each offer more stimulating had come to the workConn and Rina of these courses, con- and appropriate lan- shop because she O'Brien, whose son ducted by the Catholic guage programs. wanted to understand Conor started at St Education Office, Staff at St Vincent's what her children were Vincent's this term, consists of 10 sessions have undertaken these telling her about their found the workshop held over 10 consecu- courses and are draw- lessons. "I always very interesting. "The tive weeks. Teachers ing on their new knowl- thought it would help if way the language is attend workshops part- edge to provide a each parent could sit in taught allows the child ly in school time and holistic approach to the classroom and see to be in control and to are required to carry language learning what the children are express own his out extra professional throughout the school. taught," she said. thoughts," they said.

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Arts Alive at St Norbert College

Winner of the St Norbert College Senior Talent Quest was Year 12 student and singer Renae Ferguson. Renae sang the old Beatles number Help to win the top spot in the quest.

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Where most schools have a once-a-year theatrical production performed on one or two occasions, the staff and students at St Norbert College, Queens Park have a range of productions lasting for most of third term.

The annual St Norbert night. Following the said Mr Corcoran. "The practical, then they student technicians.

College Festival of Friday night perfor- investment we made in must be able to demon- "The Xanten Centre Performing Arts has mance the current set terms of building and of strate that course. has very intricate become a tradition is dismantled and the staff was an important There is nothing like a sound and lighting since the first was held next set put in place in investment in the child- live audience to show equipment. Students in 1984- and each year time for a final dress ren. Theatre arts is one the kids exactly what who aren't acting it has got bigger and rehearsal for the next part of the student theatre is all about. oriented are given the better. show on Sunday. developmental proce- Although we go to a lot opportunity to learn This year's festival So why would any dure - it also enables of shows and we talk to about the technical began in July with a busy school want to go students with talent to the actors afterwards side and by working musical Sheer Luck to so much trouble specialise in an area and we get actors out with the shows they get Holmes performed by during its already which can appreciate here to do workshops. just as much out of it as the Xanten Singers, crowded year? their specialisation. you've got to actually the actors," said Kerry. continued through Special characteristics Without a theatre and be on the stage in the Xanten Singers evenings of one-act Theatre arts and the everything that goes middle of a perforStudents with a musplays, a debating even- involvement of stu- with it such as back- mance before you can ing, junior and senior dents in the festival drops, the technical realise what theatre arts ical bent can use their talents by joining the Talent Quests and a have become special side and a theatre arts is all about."

Xanten Singers, a dramatic production, to characteristics of St teacher whose specialchoral group of Years 8 conclude in September Norbert College, says ist area is in the Confidence The success of the to 10 students under with a staff production principal Tom Corco- development of all phases of live theatre, theatre arts course is the direction of Tricia of a fantasy space ran. musical.

It began in the early you couldn't do justice reflected not only in the Van Nus. As well as The festival is strongly 1980s as a balance to to a student who festival but in the presenting a musical supported by the col- the increasing empha- wanted to specialise in boosted self-esteem of during the festival, the the participating stu- group performs at offilege and general com- sis being placed on theatre arts." dents and the rapport cial college functions munity and most per- mathematics and which develops throughout the year. formances are sold out science studies. In Specialists St Norbert has as its between staff and Prospective members well before show time. order to provide for the must audition for a full development of specialist theatre arts students.

Hard work place in the group and While the festival is a each student, the teacher, Kerry Hilton, "Other staff are practice sessions occur great vehicle for dis- administration at the who, together with the amazed at the way the weekly during the specialschool's music playing the talents of time agreed to the ist, Tricia Van Nus and children handle them- school year. staff and students it construction of the staff member Chris selves on stage." said also requires dedica- Xanten Centre with its Kerry, " and the greater Super Talent O'Donahue, is respontion and hard work. well equipped, funcconfidence they Principal Tom Corcosible for the festival.

For several months tional theatre. develop through this ran had the final word.

Kerry believes that in spills over into other rehearsals have taken "The vision was that "It's not only the place after school, at St Norbert would giving the students the areas of their school weekends and during become a south-of- opportunity to perform, life. The kids start to festival itself which is so good, but the standard the second term holi- the-river college with a the festival is one of the bloom." reached by the studays, to ensure that special theatre arts most important aspects dents in their perforeach performance concentration. And it of the students' theatre Technicians reaches the highest would be the only arts studies. "Theatre On stage performers mances - they are possible standard of feature other than the arts is an intensely are not the only stu- super. I hadn't realised subject. dents who benefit. the depths of talent in normal things asso- practical excellence.

Each production is ciated with schools that Therefore if the stu- A nother important our students and in the performed twice, mid- St Norbert College dents are going to have aspect of the course is staff until I'd seen them week and on Friday would concentrate on," a course which is so the development of in the festival," he said.

Music first for St Anthony's

When the new stage is completed at St Anthony's School, Wanneroo there will be no shortage of volunteers to perform.

As a result of the school's music program the children have become enthusiastic and confident composers and performers.

The purchase of 18 Program promoted by Yamaha keyboards by Yamaha.

Through the program the Parents' and Friends' Association the children learn all enabled the school to aspects of the music establish a Music Cen- curriculum including tre and to introduce singing, playing, listenmusic into the curricu- ing, reading and lum this year. creating.

The principal, Mr John Express emotions Willett, said that while music the program is not exSpecialist teacher, Mrs Mary Rose traordinary compared said that it was a big with other schools, he boost for the children's believes St Anthony's self-esteem when they may be the only primbegan to master the ary school in the State keyboard. using keyboards from "The keyboard is a junior primary. wonderful tool and is a Policy great place to start New John agrees with the because it is easier for of Educathe children to learn the Ministry policy on and is a springboard for tion's new which other instruments," Performing Arts creative that says said Mary. dance, drama and "Music assists the music should be cenchildren to develop tral to the child's listening, evaluating experience in early skills and gives them a childhood education. medium through which "I feel that by giving they can express their children a background emotions and be aware in the performing arts, of others' emotions." as well as regular Assists opportunities to create self-understanding and perform music, The program, intro- assists them in their of duced throughout the understanding school, is based on the themselves and othMusic Fundamentals ers," said John.

Above: Enjoying their music lesson are St Anthony's students, from front to rear, Ricinda Thomas, Hahn Hoang, Lauren Jacobsen, Monica Sinagra and Mark Syrkiewicz.

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PROUD HISTORY Kalgoorlie Catholic Primary School, located in the commercial heart of the Goldfields, bears witness to its long history in the old stone buildings still used as classrooms, the former convent, now used as an administration centre and staff room and the original chapel with its stained glass windows.

The school was begun in temporary premises in 1897 by the Sisters of St John of God, who came to the Goldfields at the invitation of Bishop Gibney.

The St John of God Sisters continued their work in education until 1936, when the difficulties of maintaining and staffing both a school and a hospital became too much. Archbishop Prendiville asked the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart to assume the responsibility for the school.

The Josephites, who were already well established with schools in many of the outlying areas of the goldfields, took it over in 1937.

Kalgoorlie CPS is now one of the largest country Catholic primary schools in Western Australia with a total enrolment of 467 students.

Emphasis on computers

Mrs Anne Fissioli, nursing son Michael, with daughters Jodie, Year 2, and Melanie, Year 4, with Melanie's teacher Miss Helen Ritchie during an Open Night at Kalgoorlie CPS.

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Lucas Mirtl is a bright-eyed Year 1 student.

There is an emphasis on computer learning at Kalgoorlie Catholic Primary School this year. Teacher Rob Rowe (pictured above with Year 5 student Anna Boord) is the school's Resource Colleague in computing.

He spends time with hope will become an his fellow teachers annual exchange prohelping them to learn to gram. Students from use and understand the Kagoshima are expectrole of computers in ed to visit Kalgoorlie in education.

March next year.

The school has a wellThe visit was arranged equipped computer by a former Kalgoorlie room and each class CPS teacher, Jill receives at least one Nunan, who is now a hour of computer edu- member of the Kagocation each week. shima school staff.

"The trip gave stuExchange tour Rob's role is not dents an opportunity limited to the class- they may not otherwise room. This year he have had to learn to live accompanied 15 Year 7 and function in another students on a three culture," said Sr Katweek visit to a school in hleen. The informal Kagoshima, Japan. social interaction was The visit was the first most important," she in what the two schools said.

Tee little maids from St Joseph's School, Boulder are Anny Inwood, Paula Scullin and Kr/sty Cull.

"As long as the system, the teacher and the child work together to bring out the best the child can do, then the school is successful," says Mrs Ann Fissioli, mother of three Kalgoorlie Catholic Primary School students.

Mrs Fissioli says she is the children," she impressed with Kal- added. goorlie CPS and Daughter Melanie, in believes staff and child- Year 4, agrees with her ren do strive for their mother. "The teachers best. here are nice," she said.

"I always wanted my Mrs Fissioli's comchildren to go to a Catholic school ments were seconded because there are cer- by Harold Elsbury, tain values to be learnt whose two daughters in a Catholic school. I attend the school. wanted my children to "I couldn't say learn that if they are enough about the nice and are doing the school," Mr Elsbury best they can, then they said. "One of my don't need to be smart daughters has a learnor beautiful. ing difficulty and hated "When I was a child, going to her previous schools were so strict, school. Here she gets now they are caring heaps of encourageand friendly and the ment and really enjoys staff are involved with going to school."

Teachers at Kalgoorlie Catholic Primary School and St Joseph's School, Boulder are often prevented by distance from participating in professional development courses offered by the Catholic Education Office in Perth.

To overcome this problem Kalgoorlie principal Sr Kathleen Hitchcock this year arranged for at least one of the courses to be brought to Kalgoorlie.

Staff from both schools are now taking the Accreditation B course for teachers of Religious Education.

Benefits "There have been many benefits from this course," said Sr Kathleen. "It has helped the teachers' own faith development and given them confidence in dealing with the new Religious Education guidelines. As well it allows them to compete for city teaching positions on equal terms with city-based Teacher Kerry Troost helps students Ian Smallwood, Linda Ruffino and Melanie teachers," she said.

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Like most other teachers in small schools, Kaye McCallum wears many hats. Kaye teaches Year 1 and is also the school's Senior Teacher and Resource Colleague in Mathematics. This year St Joseph's is concentrating on building up mathematics.

Kaye is enthusiastic about her role as Mathematics Resource Colleague. She assists other staff members to resolve problems with maths teaching and is involving parents in a maths program to help them become familiar with today's teaching methods. Parents assist her by organising maths equipment and making games.

The school's small size is part of its charm for Kaye who is the longest serving teacher on staff. "We have always been a close knit staff and teachers know all the children by name."

41 Enjoying a quiet chat in tie KC chapel are: (back row) Melanie Jumeau, Carla Vanderwoude and Matthew Kolar, ( front row), Andrew Robertson and Parish Priest. Fr Tony Pires.

Fr Tony Pires, Kalgoodie-Boulder Parish Priest, has both Kalgoorlie Catholic Primary School and St Joseph's School, Boulder, in his care. He is Proud of both schools and sees them as having much in common while retaining sufficient differences to give each a distinctive character.

"One of the great things5bout both schools," he said, "is that the teachers are much more a P-1of the parish than in city schools. Many have responsibilities in the pi fish and some are involved with the youth in the folk group which prat des music for Mass. Because of this I am more in touch with them at he parish as well as school level. I think this involvement is a trenendous thing. The teachers make a worthwhile contribution to the parish and it is very good for the students to see their teacher!. being involved and practising their faith.

"I'd like to pay tribute tot le teachers. It's not easy to come to the goldfields to teach. There all a number of difficulties such as isolation and the high cost of accohlrr °dation. In some respects it's a sacrifice, a real commitment for tea' 'hers to come to the goldfields and I commend them for makingl le effort," said Fr Pires.

Parents help m "Parents are keen to itlinlaPkesin th tee sclhm 00 0lrse. alpa thrtinokt ththeesychfo inodl them satisfaction in doing this community and keeps the litouch first hand with what their children are learning in the school 'he boards of both schools also have dedicated members," Fr i Fr Pires spends time atP r8sthsasicdh.ools. "They take up quite a bit of my time - I am a member 0 )L0ft) school boards, and conduct Masses and paraliturgies at each 5 .. 00l as well as spending time making the Playground. I also help each school contact with the students i °n with preparation of Year 3 5 udents for reconciliation and First Holy Communion.

"The children at both sctIo ),Is are marvellous, beautiful people. They are always open and friencl: he said.

A And what of the future? tholic education in Kalgoorlie-Boulder f is going to go from strength ' strength. There are redevelopment plans scrioi in place for both primary st a.Is_ which will upgrade facilities and allow Fr Pires. them to grow even more," .--.

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Teacher-librarian at St Joseph's, Mrs Joan Stephen Orazi with some research.

St Joseph's School, once one of the smaller schools on the goldfields, is rapidly undergoing change. The school's current enrolment of 164 is expected to reach 200 by 1992.

Already plans are in hand for the school to change to a straight single stream by next year and a pre-primary class will be established in 1992.

The changes are the latest in a series which have occurred during the school's long history. Unlike its sister school, Kalgoorlie CPS, St Joseph's did not have a permanent home until 1949 when it opened on the present Wittenoom Street site.

Previously the school had been accommodated in temporary premises, including one which was destroyed by a cyclone around the turn of the century.

To accommodate the expected increase the School Board and the CEO have developed a five-year plan for St Joseph's which will provide an enlarged administrative area and extra classrooms.

However, the school's current size has many benefits according to principal, Rob Troost, not the least of which is the caring attitude towards each other shown by the children.

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WORKING TOGETHER St Joseph's Year 3 teacher, Linda Burke is also the school's Religious Education Coordinator.

It is her first year as an REC and she says she is still learning and becoming familiar with her position.

Linda believes that an important part of the REC's role is to help maintain the relationship between the church, the parent and the school in the child's religious education. "I want to help parents become more involved in their children's faith development," she said. To assist this she has initiated a regular Religious Education newsletter for parents.

Linda also wants the St Joseph's students to become more involved in their parish. She holds singing practice each week so the

Linda preparing her students for their First Communion. children can learn to enjoy singing at Mass.

For most of this term she has worked with parish priest, Fr Tony Pires, to prepare her Year 3 students for their First Holy Communion held on Sunday 20 August. Preparation also

has involved meetings with the parents of her First Communion class.

As Religious Education Coordinator Linda helps her teaching colleagues with the RE Guidelines and in the preparation of class paraliturgies.

A school to take to your heart

Principal Rob Troost is briefed on the latest building plans by School Board Chairperson, Mary Crew.

The chairperson of St Joseph's School Board, Mrs Mary Crew likes to be involved in her children's school.

This is Mary's second stint of serving on the board. She was a member several years ago when her elder son attended the school and became involved again when her two younger children started at St Joseph's.

"I've always always been interested in the school. It's the type of school that you sort of take to your heart because it's little and seen hard times and now it's coming back," she said.

As chairperson, Mary's now involved in the planned redevelopment of St Joseph's "We must have a new classroom ready for next year, otherwise we will have to turn children away", she said.

Despite the amount of time and extra meetings it involves, Mary says there are personal benefits in being on the school board. "It gives you a lot of satisfaction to to know you have had a hand in getting things done and you make friends with the principal and teachers."

Mary enjoys spending time at St Joseph's.

"I've always found it friendly, I've never felt unwelcome here," she said " and the children get wonderful care. The teachers always have known when a child has had special needs and even though the school is growing they still do."

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Author's visit marks Book Week

A visit by Perth author and journalist Tom Hungerford was one of several activities arranged at Mercy College, Koondoola to celebrate Children's Book Week.

Mr Hungerford was Video Year 8 students and the invited to be guest The formal presenta- upper school students speaker at a presenta- tion was video-taped who are studying his tion of the students' and copies of the tapes autobiography, Stories own Book of the Year were sent to the From A Suburban Awards. authors of the winning Road.

Students from Year 8 books.

Make-your-own-book had formed their own Interestingly, the stujudging panel to review dents' choices were the competition the listed books. After same as the Children's The Year 8 students advice from English Book Council judges. also participated in the teacher June Barns Book Council's MakeThe winners were your-own-book comand teacher-librarian Pam Buselich on how Beyond the Labyrinth petition. Nathan Magoto read the books by Gillian Rubenstein rian won second prize critically, the students (older readers) and The in the picture book developed their own Eleventh Hour by category for Years 8-10 judging criteria. Each Graeme Base (picture and commendations student assessed each book). were awarded to Clare book and the scores During his visit to the Cafferty, Brendan were averaged to school Mr Hungerford Appleby, Doug Suiter decide the winners. addressed both the and Diem Truong.

Author Tom Hungerford and Mercy College student, Rubini Pylarinos discuss a student entry in the Make-your-own-book competition, during Mr Hungerford's visit to the school.

Photo courtesy Wanneroo Times.

All dressed up Students Speak Up More than 600 people packed the Vastese Club in Balcatta to join in St Lawrence's Book Week celebration last month.

Principal of St Lawrence Primary School, Martin Loney, said he was delighted by the huge turnout of parents and friends.

To open the evening the 230 students and staff paraded in costumes which brought to life much loved characters from a wide variety of books.

Skeletons happily mingled with Snow White, while the three little pigs were accompanied by an assortment of heroes and villains.

The parade was followed by folk dancing and a social.

Students from WA Catholic schools are well to the fore when it comes to public speaking.

In the annual primary school public speaking competition Speak Up, six students from Catholic schools are among the 10 selected to contest the final to be held later this month.

Derek Pike of Chi- ary final rounds to com- Robertson, Kalgoorlie Award is to help primPrimary ary children build up sholm Catholic Col- pete for the title of Most Catholic School, and Marina their self-confidence lege, Bedford; Elizabeth Outstanding Speaker.

Ryan of Loreto Primary Sucur of St Joseph's before moving on to Boulder, high school.

School, Nedlands; Semi-finalssemi School, In the finals competed in the district Dana Hince and Liane Haan Ti, Holy Rosary rounds held in August, semi-final, with Miriam The Award is sup14 of the 34 students School, Doubleview; who qualified for the and Marina being ported by the Broadcasting, Radio, Electriselected for the final.

Edwina Allen of John cal Industry Fellowship X XIII College, Mount preliminary final were from Catholic schools. Penguin Club ( BREIF) Club, the Claremont; and The Speak Up Award Speech Teachers AssoAndrew Montaldo of St Kalgoorlie award Munchin's School, In Kalgoorlie, Miriam is arranged by the ciation, Ashton SchoMelanie Penguin Club of Aus- lastics and the Ministry Gosnells, survived the Landers, semi-final and prelimin- Searle and Andrew tralia. The aim of the of Education.

Foundress Honoured

Getting ready for the Book Week parade is Year 3 teacher Sharon Burkett with fellow characters.

Students of Our Lady of Grace School, North Beach, last month honoured the beatification of Blessed Frances Siedliska, the Polish born foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.

The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth run the school.

The actual beatification took place in Rome on 23 April, 1989.

A week during which the children became familiar with the life of Blessed Frances and the works of the Congregation concluded with the presentation of a play, Love is the Way, which captured the highlights of her life.

The play was written by Sr Jean Wojcik, who teaches at North Beach, and performed by Year 7 students.

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BATMAN I am deeply perturbed about the Film Censorship Board's PG (Parental Guidance Recommended) rating of the film BATMAN. Most parents relate to Batman as a relatively harmless spoof on crime, as depicted in the comic books of the past and more recently in the TV series. In my opinion the film is now totally unacceptable for children. I feel it is potentially dangerous with direct psychological ramifications due to the sadistic, vicious, depraved nature of the film which is vividly portrayed throughout Intercom — Page 8

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its length.

Most parents would never envisage the horrendous, mind boggling threats and which slaughter unfolds in the Batman many and film, throughout Australia will innocently send their children off to view it, trusting the PG censorship rating. The child in return could be devastated that a parent could allow them to experience such brutality. I cringe to think of the trust lost and the desensitization effect of the child's moral and emotional values.

All parents should be informed that this lethal

contains garbage explicit scenes of, for example, the prolonged execution of a person by electrocution, until smouldering the charred form is left in all its gruesome detail; the cruel disfigurement of a woman's face from acid; the wanton destruction of human life by shocking shooting scenes; life threatening deprivation of liberty; destruction of property including the systematic destruction by slashing and paint spraying of recognisable world renowned, priceless works of art and artifacts.

The Batman film is

made to instigate fear in the form of suspense which can be emotionally stimulating to children. But children require a positive resolution to that suspense.

When the endings, as in Batman, are macabre, the suspense extends to fear and in the child this is like the dream where they are falling into a dark pit with no bottom. Throughout the Batman film these scenes are depicted often and children seeing the film could have dreams like this as a result of increased anxiety.

I have four sons aged 20, 18, 15 and 12 and

have had the unenviable task over the years of dealing with peer group pressure. The publicity relating to the Batman film makes the task of saying "no" even more difficult but I urge all responsible adults to firstly view and then think carefully about the Batman film before subjecting our beautiful Australian children to its money making claws. Letters to the appropriate authorities requesting an "M" rating would also benefit the future TV viewing audiences.

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CATHOLIC ABORIGINAL EDUCATORS' CONFERENCE

Teacher housing heads priorities CALL FOR The provision of adequate housing for teachers in the Kimberley region emerged as a major priority during an open forum on secondary education for Aboriginal students.

In order to provide the highest standard of education to students highly qualified and experienced t eachers are needed. However, participants said that good teachers would not work in the Kimberley and other country areas of WA because of inadequate housing.

Alternatives need to be explored Catholic education administrators were asked to explore alternative ways of providing secondary education in Aboriginal communities and in towns and cities.

One alternative which was commenced this year was examined. This was the extension of several K imberley Catholic primary schools to junior secondary.

Mrs Leonie Kelly, a trainee teacher at Sacred Heart School, Beagle Bay, said the school had been extended to junior secondary this year in order to meet the needs of young Aboriginals who found it hard to leave home.

"We have 17 students and their ages range from 13 to 18 years. Young people from Beagle Bay still go away to New Norcia Catholic College and Nulungu Catholic College but we meet the needs of those who do not cope away from home," she said.

Sr Francine Roberts, Principal of Djarindjin Lombadina Catholic School said there has been a "miraculous change" in some students since the school extended to junior secondary.

"When students who didn't stay in other secondary schools came back to Lombadina there was nothing for them to do. The change we have seen this year in the previously bored and discontented children is almost miraculous," she said.

The Bishop of Broome, the Most Rev. John Jobst receives the Offertory Gifts from Rose Narkle (member of the Catholic Education Aboriginal Advisory Committee, Perth) during the special Mass to close the conference. Centre is Tony Giglia (principal of Our Lady of Fatima School, Palmyra).

ABORIGINAL STUDIES Mrs Annette O'Connor called on all schools to introduce Aboriginal Studies into the curriculum during the first session of the conference which looked at the ethos of the Catholic school.

Mrs O'Connor, an Aboriginal teacher at Holy Rosary School, Derby, said that all involved in Catholic education needed to develop an understanding of the social and historical factors, including Aboriginal cultures, which shaped and continued to influence the self-concepts and attitudes of Australians.

Self-esteem "One must be aware that while racism may not be prominent in text books and classroom practices, the overtones in schools do little to build Aboriginal self-esteem. " Appropriate programs must be deve- people to start to help Annette O'Connor JP trained as a teacher loped and delivered," themselves.

"We must be able to through Signadou Colshe said.

Mrs O'Connor said help ourselves and it lege. Canberra, and that these programs must be more than just has been teaching should be developed in survival skills, we must lower primary for five consultation with Abo- be able to push and pull years. She teaches riginal people. ourselves along in special education at Mrs O'Connor said it order to cope in this Holy Rosary School, was time for Aboriginal world."

Derby.

Mrs Verna Lockyer a teacher from Derby, catches up with Tony Treacy who teaches at Ngalangangpum School, Turkey Creek.

Aboriginal Spirituality the way we live A special guest and speaker at the conference was Mrs Laurel Blow of Brisbane. Mrs Blow presented a paper entitled "Educational Dreaming - the bridge between Aboriginal Spirituality and Catholic education."

Mrs Blow is Secretary be the bridge between important that all Ausof the Queensland Aboriginal spirituality tralians have a knowlA boriginal and Island and Catholic education. edge of and pride in Catholic Conference She used the land as their heritage. and Chairperson of the an example of Aborig"The Australian heritQueensland Catholic inal spirituality. age begins with the Education Commisthe of "Subconsciously we heritage sion's Aboriginal and are still under the Aborigines."

Islander Catholic Eduinfluence of DreamShe said there was a cation Group. time. Take the land for Mrs Blow described instance, it has two need for the Church to appropriate take Aboriginal spirituality kinds of landscapes - actions to enable Abosimply "as the way we one is physical, which riginal people to take live". all human beings can control of their own " Togetherness and see, the other is a destiny. sharing are a natural vibrant spiritual lands"This can be done by part of our lives. They cape that only Aboriglistening to our Aborigare part of the spiritual view people inal inal teachers, our values that we have the retained and we can through Elders and our children Dreaming." encouraging and use these values to greater participation enhance the education Pride in heritage of our children and to within the school."

She said that it was

Seventy people from throughout the State attended the conference. Among the participants representing Aboriginal community schools were (from left) Nora Maggie, Luumpa Catholic School, Balgo Hills; Leonie Kelly, Sacred Heart School, Beagle Bay; Nida Tchooga, Bilir Ngawiwu Catholic School, Yaruman; Barbara Yagan, Balgo community; and Margaret Rosewood, Warlawurru Catholic School, Red Hill.

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LAWYERS IN TRAINING Further study for

Semite College students )%ndrew Callaghan and Edward McClafferty were among a Year 11 Law class which recently visited the Supreme Court and Francis Burt Law Centre in Perth.

During their visit the students viewed part of a trial, then were able to discuss what they had seen with Law Society of WA Education Officer, Bernadette Jones at the Law Centre.

The Law Centre is housed in Perth's oldest surviving public building, once the first court in Perth, in the Stirling Gardens adjacent to the Supreme Court of Western Australia. It has been set up by the Law Society of Western Australia as a working museum designed to give school students an insight into Andrew Callaghan and Edward McClafferty inspecting the historical displays at The Francis Burt Law Centre. the law and its works.

Mock trials role plays and mock Visits are arranged education is also eviVisitors to the Centre trials, viewing videos on through Bernadette dent in the annual are able to complete a matters to do with the Jones, the Law Socie- Mock Trial competition variety of activities law and inspecting the ty's Education Officer. run annually for teams including dressing up relics of WAs early legal The Law Society's of secondary Law in wigs and gowns for history. commitment to students.

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A Peer Support Program, based on similar successful programs in secondary schools, has been introduced at St Brigid's Primary School, Collie.

The program, which port, senior students for Primary Schools and a preparation session involves Years 7 and 4 help younger students include issues such as to familiarise the childstudents, aims to accept and cope with new children in school, ren with the discussion develop communica- different school issues. school bullies and topic. tion, leadership and Groups of students, led personal and relationBoth the camp and responsibility in senior by Year 7 students, ship issues. the Peer Support Prostudents while provid- meet weekly to enjoy Training camp gram have been linked ing a caring environ- games and activities as The Year 7 students with the children's ment where all stu- well as to discuss were prepared for their preparation for the dents can develop situations likely to leadership roles at a Sacrament of personal confidence, occur in schools and two-day training camp Confirmation. individuality and the how to handle them. held at Wellington Mills The school obtained strength to withstand The discussions are at the beginning of funding for the proharmful peer pressure. based on articles from August. Before each gram from The Family Through Peer Sup- the book Peer Support weekly meeting there is Foundation.

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Eight Religious Education Coordinators from WA Catholic schools are the first group of teachers to qualify for Accreditation C, a new level of accreditation introduced by the Catholic Education Office in late 1988.

The group contains both primary and secondary RE Coordinators. They are Maria Gaudion, Our Lady of Lourdes School, Nollamara; Janet Menezes, St Paul's Primary School, Mount Lawley; Keith Morgan, Chisholm Catholic College, Bedford; Doreen Buckley, La Salle College, Viveash; Sr Frances Hayes, St Brigid's Primary School, Collie; Sacred Heart College Religious Education Coordinator, Mr Philip Cox (right) with Year 12 Sr Jean Wojcik, Our students, (from left) Justine De Candia, Kerrilee Lady of Grace School, Lenz and Paul Nolan.

North Beach; Philip Philip had already science or maths, so Cox, Sacred Heart College, Sorrento; and undertaken a Bachelor RE teachers need to Br Simon Keane, Trinity of Education course become more profesCollege, East Perth. including two majors in sional in the way they Religious Studies when teach. The teaching Support Role Accreditation C has the requirements for has to be seen to be been introduced to Accreditation C were relevant to the childensure that in future decided. He completed ren's lives," Philip said.

He agrees that teachyears RE Coordinators the Catholic Education lnservice ing styles have will be well trained and Office requirements and changed for RE as they was practised in the crucial area of supporting the awarded the qualifica- have for other subjects.

"Learning now is expeteachers of Religious tion earlier this year.

Education in the Relationship with God riential. The facts are Philip believes that provided but they are school.

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Aranmore artists A group of talented Year 10 students at Aranmore Catholic College have proved that trash can be both beautiful and profitable.

Moving verse Poetry is definitely not a lost art at St Joachim's High School, Victoria Park.

The school has more than 70 budding young poets whose efforts in the recent City of Perth Young Poets Award won for the school the Most Successfully Participating School award.

Five students were successful in winning individual awards and merit certificates.

Year 10 student, Theresa Browne won the 12 to 15 years section with her poem What Are They? for which she was awarded a $75 book voucher. In the same section Jane Thompson, Year 9, and Lih Yi Soong, Year 8, won Merit Awards.

In the 15 + years section, Nicole Burnell, Year 10, was given the encouragement award for her poem Symbiosis. Nicole won an anthology of Western Australian poets. Year 11 student Loretta Ranalli was awarded a Merit Certificate in this section.

Theresa's winning poem is reprinted below.

Aranmore's winning artists with Ted Bull (third from left) and Rick Ralph (right) admire the Coma/co shield.

The students used hundreds of discarded a luminium cans to create a sculpture of an environmental tree which was the winning entry in the Comalco6WF Cash for Cans sculpture competition.

Model tree Aranmore's winning entry, created by Annette d'Souza, Alison Evans, Jennifer Taylor, Monica Veder and Adam Voak, was a model of a Drummond's Gum, a flowering gum native to the south western region of Western Australia. The

tree held examples of many wildflowers including four species of orchid as well as honey possums, squirrels and butterflies.

Each flower of the tree had more than 100 cuts, the vines consisted of thousands of tiny pieces of aluminium and the plants and animals were realistic models of the real thing.

For their efforts the students won $400 for the school's Parents' and Friends' Association and were awarded a perpetual trophy.

Presentation The cheque and trophy were presented to the winning team at a special Year 10 assembly by ABC breakfast announcer Ted Bull and the state manager of Comalco, Mr Rick Ralph.

"The aim of the sculpture competition is to teach the children about recycling," said Mr Ralph. "Our environment is a very precious commodity and it is in our hands to preserve it for the future."

Hi St Joachim's High School's poetry winners are: from left, Jane Thompson, Lih Yi Soong. Theresa Browne.

Nicole Burnell and Loretta Ranalli.

Spare Time Award Scheme is Rewarding

What Are They?

Students of St Luke's College, Karratha have plenty to do in their spare time - more than 80 are participating in the challenging Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, including five who are working towards their Gold Award this year.

The Award Scheme was introduced to the school by Brother 011y Pickett who acts as Coordinator. range of The nearby coast school and usually take Before coming to St participation in the broad provides St Luke's the form of overnight Luke's, Br Pickett had Duke of Edinburgh activities. coordinated the Award Scheme is also Service points are students with oppor- camps which include scheme at St Mark's. useful to students in gained through volun- tunities to sail and compass work, bushHe introduced the later life. "Employers teer work at the local swim, although other craft, first aid, camp and activities cooking scheme at St Luke's appreciate it," he said, children's day care popular because he believes it "because it shows that centre, the hospital or include cycling, netball, backpacking. is of great benefit to the the young people can veterinary clinic, basketball and Tae Community support students. stick at something until through Volunteer Fire K wan Do. Last year the St Luke's "Participating in the they achieve in it."

Brigade and St John The skills section is group received the Ambulance service, as Scheme helps the Four areas limited only by the children develop their Participants in the Brownie leaders or tastes of the partici- greatest number of Duke of Edinburgh leadership roles and Award scheme must other activities. pants and again the St increases their self- qualify in four different For recreation points Luke's students have Awards of any school in Western Australia when esteem," he said. "It areas - Recreation, the choice is even many diverse 33 students qualified. helps them mix well Skills, Service and wider - participants chosen including with others and builds Expeditions and can may choose any of a activities The Scheme is recogmotorbike cooking, team spirit and achieve three different long list of sports maintenance, dog obe- nised and supported by because their teachers levels of the Award - ranging from Aerobics dience and stamp and the Karratha communare involved the child- Bronze, Silver and and Aikido to Wrestling ity. The Shire of coin collecting. ren learn to treat them Gold.

Roebourne arranges a and Yoga and including more as friends." are presentation ceremony The St Luke's stu- Skateboarding, Caving Expeditions Br Pickett believes dents participate in a and Potholing. arranged through the each year.

To tell you how to feel would be trespassing.

To ask you how you feel would be destructive.

Greenpeace winner Xavier College Year 3 student David Rojas, who is seven and a half, is keen to see the environment protected.

David's drawing of a f lourishing rain forest being inspected by people in an airship won first prize in the Years 1 to 5 section of a recent state-wide competition organised by the Greenpeace Movement.

Painting for peace The subject of the competition was Painting for Peace. Entries had to reflect an aspect of the environment, c onservation or peace.

Students from Xavier entered the competition after they had been visited by members of G reenpeace.

David Rojas with his award winning painting.

But to know how you feel is an impossibility.

For to know is to experience, And to advise is to understand.

But to feel grief with you would be to situate myself in sorrow.

To act as he did on the cross.

To give life for others, to sacrifice.

For sorrow, sacrifice, grief and pain, all find a way to your heart.

They embrace and turn the world.

They hurt more, heal more and fulfil more than anything.

They are emotions.

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Schools in the News • St Mary's School, Merredin (formerly St Joseph's) is celebrating its Golden Jubilee in October. All past and present students, teachers and families of this school are invited to attend the anniversary reunion on Saturday 21 October, 1989. For further information contact Rosa (090 411755) or Yvonne (090 441037).

RECYCLING WEEK The Keep Australia Beautiful Council launched its new educational kit during Recycling Week in August at St Columba's School, Bayswater.

Each day a special guest explained the benefits of recycling a variety of products. Captain Comalco, pictured below, was a great hit with students when he demonstrated the benefits of the correct method of disposing of aluminium cans.

• Red Nose Day - to raise funds for the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome appeal - was celebrated in an unusual manner by students from Loreto Primary School, Nedlands.

The appeal day, Friday 8 September, was also the school's annual athletics' carnival day, so competitors and supporters alike wore red noses.

• Students of Notre Dame School, Cloverdale excelled in the recent South Suburban Eisteddfod. More than 100 students participated and the school gained 12 places in various events. The Singing Choir gained third place, while in Choral Speech the school took out first, second and third place. In the Individual Prose and Prose Drama section students gained first and second places in the Under 10 section; first, second and third in the Under 12; and a second place in the Under 14 section. First places were also gained in the Primary Drama and Primary Effective Speaking sections. Notre Dame's next challenge is the English Speaking Board Examination.

• Teams from Servite and Mercedes Colleges have reached the quarter finals of the Law Society of Western Australia's Mock Trials competition. The competition is run annually for secondary students studying Law. • Two Xavier College students, Michael O'Mahoney and John Riley, have been chosen to represent Western Australia in national sporting competitions to be held later this month. Michael plays Touch Football and John is a basketballer. Jason Moore, also a Xavier student, is the first reserve in the Western Australian Touch Football team.

• St Brendan's College, Hilton, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. Students, parents, past students and friends attended an open day at the school on Sunday 2 September, followed by a celebratory Mass on Tuesday 5 September and a fete on 6 September.

• St Norbert College, Queen's Park also will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year. The college is forming a committee to plan a number of celebratory activities and is eager to involve members of the wider community. Interested people, particularly ex-students, should contact the principal, Mr Tom Corcoran on (09) 350 5433.

• Chisholm Catholic College, Bedford, will be blessed and officially opened by Archbishop Foley and the Minister for Defence, Mr Kim Beazley on Saturday 16 September. The ceremony will be held in the College Hall on the Beaufort Street Campus at 2.30pm.

• Also celebrating an official opening this week is Corpus Christi College, Bateman. Stage 6 of the college's building program comprising science laboratories, a Special Education classroom, and rooms for typing and business studies was officially blessed and opened

by Archbishop Foley and the Director of Catholic Education, Dr Peter Tannock on Thursday 14 September.

Record win for young netballers The champion Year 7 netball team from Our Lady of Lourdes School, Nollamara, earned a place in the record books this year by winning the Saturday morning Girls Under 13 section.

The section, officially The Our Lady of Coach Mrs Pat O'Conthe Catholic Netball Lourdes School team nor is justifiably proud Association Sub- competed the season of her champion girls.

Junior competition, undefeated to take out She said the fact that was begun only this the perpetual trophy for the girls played as a year to provide a com- the first time. The team team, rather than indipetition for Catholic comprised only the viduals, helped them schools in the northern minimum seven play- take the out area. ers, with no reserves. competition.

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tha smart peace.

Patricia Davis defines wisdom as the capacity "to discern the truth and then apply it in a way that is loving."

Ms Davis is an addictions counsellor who also has an advanced degree in theology.

Some wisdom is a gift, Ms Davis said. "There are

people who are natural reconcilers, who can almost instinctively find common ground and begin to build bridges."

But part of wisdom can be learned, she added.

One way people open themselves to wisdom is by "getting in touch with people who have gone before us," realising that

"every one of us doesn't start fresh in life."

It also takes "a certain amount of life experience" to become wise, she said, although ageing doesn't necessarily imply wisdom.

Among the marks of a wise person are "less grasping, more gratitude, the appreciation that

By Cindy Liebhart

everything in life is a father Hemrick said. gracefully and people gift," Ms Davis said.

Conscience is "an inner who have bowed out of Father Eugene Hem- sense that knows what's the limelight gracefully.

But growth in wisdom rick, a research director, important, what describes wisdom as a matters." doesn't just happen. It intention, combination of knowl- Wisdom brings a sense requires edge and good of "peace, tranquility, Father Hemrick said. experience. wholeness, a coming Education and contemIt involves "being with together" in life. Father plation — "working one's own interior values Hemrick believes it can things out in one's own — the Greek meaning of readily be seen in people mind, thinking things the word for conscience," who have grown old through without distrac-

tion" — can foster wisdom. So can listening to the wisdom in adages and stories passed from generation to generation.

Wisdom can come, too, when people are able to recognise and break out of unhealthy situations they are locked into and their from learn mistakes.

Time well spent for the future SCIENTISTS CREATING ARTIFICIAL MACHINES THAT 'THINK' News reports say that scientists now are creating "artificial intelligence" machines that "think", machines that correct and even reprogram themselves.

Could wisdom ever be put on a microchip? The question sounds bizarre, since most people agree that only a person can truly be wise.

In everyone's life there is an encounter with a wise person. It is a rare and cherished moment — when we get a look of understanding while going through hard times or when we receive some advice that goes straight to the heart.

For me it was an unforgettable week I spent with my grandfather. He was in failing health and the family asked me if I could go down and be with him.

When I arrived in his apartment I could see that he wasn't well. Yet his eyes lit up, because he knew we would be able to share a lot during the next week.

We cooked together each day and after lunch we would often sit down on the sofa to talk. Out the window, spring had finally come after a long winter and life was reappearing everywhere.

He asked me about my plans. At 17, I wasn't too sure whatIwanted to do.

At the end of high school all I wanted to do was

"How blessed are the poor in spirit: the reign of God is theirs. Blessed too are the sorrowing; they shall be consoled." take off somewhere — I continued reading to anywhere. him, but I felt as if And even whenI didn't something was rising in feel I was making any my chest, something I sense, my grandfather stop. couldn't understood what I was talking about.

I looked around the and realised I apartment "Before you decide what you want to do," he would not be coming said, "you have to decide back here. who you want to be." It After all, my grandsounded pretty good to father wasn't well. Time me, so I laughed. was short. Why couldn't We sat talking. Sud- we have more time, more denly he pointed out the than a week, to talk about window. "Look at the life? birds on the telephone The strangest thing was wire." "Where?" I said, "I that even though he was don't see anything." in his 80s he looked on "They're sparrows. life with a lot of simplicThere are quite a few of ity and clearness. For them that come and sing him goodness wasn't just everyday outside my an idea. It was something window." to put into practice.

It was as though a After the week was over bunch of birds made his I returned home, bringday. Something so small, ing along a book he had so trifling. Then he asked given me about the Bible. me if! would read to him. On the first page he had I think the book was "A written something: not Treasury of Great "For you to read", but Poems". One of them "For you to live". ended: "Beauty is truth, I suppose that is a good truth is beauty — that is all you know on earth indication of who is wise; and all you need to the person who wants to live the things that count know." not just to read about I couldn't say why but I and them. was beginning to feel When the telephone strange. a month later Then my grandfather call camegrandfather had that my suggestedIread from the I felt a Bible, anythingI wanted passed away, loss.

But tremendous to, my choice. knowing we had shared I flipped through the that last wonderful week New Testament and certainly made it easier to accept. came to the Beatitudes. by George Tombs

As we sat talking, George Tombs writes, my grandfather suddenly pointed out the window. "Look at the birds on the telephone wire," he said. "There're sparrows. There are quite a few of them that come and sing every day outside my window."

:ognise those 'gifts' Prayed again. But the same things happened, except the stone was larger. And the same thing happened a third night, but this stone was so large it wouldn't fit into the cupboard. The family plunked it on the counter.

The next day a neighbour came by, found the hungry family and went for help. While the family was regaining its health

the townspeople wondered why a family would fill its cupboard with gold instead of food.

"That's the way it is," according to Wealon. "So many of us don't recognise the gifts around us."

Wealon declines the honour of being called wise.

"I dont' know nothing about wisdom," he said stressing the double

negative. "I've just always been open to learning as much as Ican from life's lesspx. Now that I'm old, young people call it wisdom."

"If you want to be wise, take a lesson from the angels," he said. "They fly because they take themselves lightly. If we do the same, we will have a better chance to listen to our own heart, to hear the breath of God."

Wealon is steeped in education. But, he said wisdom is more than education.

"I've known lots of smart people I wouldn't want to have help me across the street, he said.

The difference is that a wise person "understands the ways of the world. Wisdom isn't learned in schools of higher learning, most of

it comes from the school of hard knocks."

Sue Brady empathises with the school of hard knocks theory of wisdom. She leads a support group at a hospital for parents whose children have died.

A wall-hanging in her office quotes an ancient Greek poet: "In our sleep pain falls upon the heart and through the awful mercy of God comes

By Daniel Medinger

wisdom. from these tragic and sad "Wisdom is God's gift to events. "That helped," help us overcome life's she said. "Now I try to share that perspective." pain," she said.

Two of Sue Brady's Wisdom, she said, does children have died. Dur- not come from just living ing their extended illness a long time. "Otherwise she ran the gamut from all you do is learn a lot of denial to anger. unrelated events. You Then one day she have to stay open and prayed, asking God to store things in your heart help her stay open so that like the mother of Jesus she wouldn't miss wha- did. Staying open is the tever might be learned key."

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One chapter to end, new one to start

Sister Mary Michael surrounded by the grandfather clock, leadlight windows and jarrah memorabilia of the Victoria Park convent built in 1925 and spanning much of her own lifetime. Born in 1912, Sister Michael came out from Co Limerick, Ireland, with her family at the age of four, and was educated at St Joachim's.

She joined the Mercy Sisters in 1924 and subsequently taught at St Joachim's post primary for many years, with a 14 year term at Midland where the sisters also taught. Typical of the excellent Mercy will be the ex-students' reunion on Saturday.

September 30 from 24.30pm. Everyone is asked to bring a plate, and memorabilia will be on sale on both occasions.

It's a long and fruitful history and over the many years of their involvement, the Mercy Sisters have given superb education to generations of students with their "no messing around — let's get down to it" manner of The current St Joa- education which really chim's Victoria Park paid off for their Campus has come to students. the end of a 90 year era Many people in top and is commencing a Perth positions today, new phase in its owe their start to the history. hardworking sisters who At the end of 1989 the came out from Derry, existing three schools — Ireland, in 1898, at the St Joachim's primary and invitation of Bishop high schools and Xavier Gibney, to commence the College East Victoria huge job of building and Park, will come under a educating. joint board of management as a step towards Why these six sisters volunteered (along with future rationalisation.

To mark the 90 years, a many others but only six concelebrated Mass of were selected), is hard to thanksgiving will be imagine. celebrated on Sunday, It certianly wasn't the September 24, at St attraction of 'the good Joachim's Vic Park at life' because they came to 2.30pm with afternoon an untamed land and a tea in the hall afterwards. city which hadn't long Another opportunity to been settled by the white re-establish old links, man.

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teachers, Sister Michael still lives and helps out on the campus wherever needed.

Inset: The second Victoria Park convent built in 1925 which is now St Joachim's school administration block. it was for many years a landmark synonomous with good quality Catholic education which the Mercy sisters brought to the district, attracting Catholic and non-Catholic students alike.

The answer is of course, community necessitated churchgoers on windy deceased); Kathleen Savthat they came to spread a larger convent, which days, when it was noted age (Sister Louis by someone that "the old deceased); Dorothy Kiely; the word of God, because was built in 1925. leaving one's homeland The old convent building swayed from Margaret Lipsett; Marie and known comforts became the first high side to side!" This promp- Fitzgerald; Mary Wells; offered little other motive school — Our Lady of ted the partitioning of the Molly O'Sullivan; Mary or enticement. large mom into four Staude; Marie Grogan; Mercy College.

January 1899 saw the With the inception of smaller plus a verandah. Marie Kent; Pat Phelan. opening of the little new Catholic primarys Over the years much Priests — Fathers Joe Catholic school with an in South Perth, Belmont development took place McCann; Tom Tomich attendance of 35 pupils and Queens Park, the and the school went from (deceased); John O'Reilly; at a fee of 6d (5c) per hard-working little band strength to strength, Peter Steele and John week. of sisters dispersed their amalgamating with the Flynn.

Victoria Square Convent To supplement this energies to service these of Mercy in 1934.

Christian Brothers — probably travelling also, meagre income, the sisand Laurie Negus Peter St Joaschools, Both by horse and buggy daily. ters taught music. chim's and Our Lady of and Kevin Fitzgerald. As News spread around Their lot hadn't been Mercy, amalgamated in has frequently happened the district and non- easy because the sisters 1955 and the name unfortunately in many Catholic applicants also had had their little changed to St Joachim's Catholic schools convent almost gutted by High School. came to fill the ranks. throughout Western fire, losing most of their The sisters — Mothers belongings, in 1915. Dean Today class rooms have Australia, the Religious been re-allocated, addi- on the school scene is Clare, Veronica, BeneO'Reilly gave them his made, and gradually disappearing. dict, Mercy and Sisters presbytery while he used tions undoubtedly many more But for those fortunate Agnes (sister to Mother the little room at the Clare) and Benignus — church which doubled as subjects added to the enough to have had the curriculum. Student benefit of their influence lived in a humble a sacristy, until the numbers are now 280 for over the years, the large wooden cottage vacated convent was ready. the primary and 448 for majority would be vocal for them by a benefactor, Vocations and swelling the high school.

Mr R Claffey. in their praise for the Mercy numbers which

By December that year forced the new convent, And from the student splendid teaching they their little convent was gave the sisters their first ranks have emerged a gave and example of large number of sisters, built. taste of space! Until then priests and brothers, 1Religous life given.

With the absence of they had to not only live etiti also suggest other Catholic schools in a congested dwelling, lift-Pin/It is appropriate to although their that mention.

Some of the and churches in South but had to teach in one have dwindled, numbers recent ones who more Perth and Queens Park, big classroom which religious influence their entered Religous life are: the sisters travelled there held all classes except for and scholastic grounding on Sundays to prepare Infants. This then Joan Carroll; Joan Pheentrenched in the is lan; Eileen McVittie; for the children doubled as a church on Maria Luciani; Helen generations they taught, Sacraments.

Sundays.

Flynn (Sister Ephrem and has been, in many Overcrowding with the This must have been an deceased); Margaret cases, carried on to their growth of their own interesting event to Kelly (Sister Martin own children.

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Dom Justin Bruce OSB with BE Executive Director Sister Tarianne de Yonker from America, Margaret O'Brien and Jenny Huembs, at the Brisbane BE conference.

"As long as the door to relationship the remains open, the person tries to hold on to what he or she has actually lost, and this leads to depression, and doesn't allow them to get along with their life.

"The door must close gently. If it is slammed shut with bitterness and anger, it will fly open again, leaving the business of the past still unfinished," said Ms Jenny Huembs, president of the Beginning Experience (BE) in Western Australia.

Along with Dom Justin Bruce and Ms Margaret O'Brien, Ms Huembs attended an international conference of BE in Brisbane recently, a main object of which was to set up a regional board in Australia "so that we could look after our own people in our own way," she said.

Sister Tarianne de Yonker, executive director of BE came from America, where it originated, plus representatives from most Australian states, New Zealand and Singapore.

The trio from Perth were also interested at comparing notes, and listening and taking part in three workshops on administration, team training and ministry.

Ms Huembs said she found it very interesting and Informative, listening to how the others ran their Weekends and the different approaches they had.

"I was delighted to find how up front we were and happy that our uniqueness and bond was so good here in WA." Another reason for the trip was to find out about ongoing programs and other support programs through the BE. YABES (Young A dults' Beginning Expe-

rience) is a recent initiative for people between the ages of 16-25 which will start early next year.

It operates on peer ministry with their own leaders.

YABES will do the same programs as the adults, and the idea is to help young people who have lost a parent through divorce or death, "to sort out their feelings and put it in the past, so they don't carry it with them into their own relationships," said Ms Huembs.

Speaking enthusiastically about the BE weekends, she said the team see the death and resurrection, with people coming in on Friday with all their fear and anger "and you see them going home on Sunday saying how they feel kilograms lighter! And that's our reward.

"It is an emotionally exhausting weekend for the facilitators as well as the participants. But it's great to see them putting their life back together again."

And the positive gains which emerge . . . one resolved to throw in her job as a tea lady, because "she could do better than that!"

And others returning to their faith practice. "Unrealistic guilt drives some away from the church but after a weekend, return. "We have a reconciliation service which is very meaningful."

And some of them say it is one of the best things that has happened to them.

"Basically what happens is that they regain their self esteem, having come from a situation which has left them so battered that they feel they are failures with their self esteem at rock bottom.

"Through the weekend they regain it and learn to forgive themselves."

They learn to trust themselves and others, Ms

Huembs said, "and we look at the symptoms of a spiritual death, which is the grieving process, and ways of looking at how we can make our lives better, having put our past behind us."

Up and running now for four years, BE originally came to Perth through North Beach's Father Ken Keating's backing of Ms Huembs — sending her to Sydney to learn the course, and then subsequently to Brisbane recent the convention.

Ms Huembs operates out of the North Beach Pastoral Centre.

The BE, which is worldwide, has programs for children down to the age of four, where they've lost a parent through death or divorce. There are 21 on the Perth BE team, running two weekends in Perth each year and one in Pemberton.

After the weekend, a five week program will be run called Continued Beginnings, and then there will be another six week support program. The facilitators are always available for people after the weekends and follow-up programs, and they've now formed a BE social club holding functions once a month.

Ms Huembs said as far as she is aware, the Catholics are the only ones who are supporting the separated, divorced and widowed.

"The tragedy is that there are younger widows, and widowhood I believe, is a neglected part of the Church."

Next BE weekend will be at Pemberton for the rust weekend in October and anyone interested in further information should ring Jenny — 447 3795 or Noeline on 447 9725.

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Holy Spirit, you who solve Prayer to St Jude. Most all problems, light all ho apostle, St Jude, roads so that I can attain faithful servant and friend my goal. You gave me the of Jesus, the name of the divine gift to forgive and traitor who delivered your forget all evil against me beloved master into the and that in all instances of hands of his enemies has my life you are with me. caused you to be forgotI want in this short prayer ten by many, but the to thank you for all thins Church honours and as I confirm once again invokes you universally, as that I never want to be the patron of hopeless separated from you ever, cases, of things almost in spite of all material despaired of. Pray for me, illusions. I wish to be with I am so helpless and you in eternal glory. alone. Make use I implore Thank you for your mercy you, of that particular towards me and mine. privilege given to you, to This prayer must be said bring visible and speedy for 3 days after which the help where help is almost favour will be granted. My despaired of. Come to my grateful thanks to the assistance in this great Holy Spirit, Our Blessed need that I may receive Mother and St Jude for the consolation and help favours granted. V.W. of heaven in all my May the Sacred Heart of necessities, tribulations Jesus be adored, glorified, and sufferings, particuloved and praised larly (here make your throughout the world, request) that I may praise now and forever. Sacred God with you and all the Heart of Jesus, pray for us. elect forever. I promise, St Jude, worker of mira- Oh blessed St Jude, to be des, pray for us. St Jude, mindful of this favour, to helper of the hopeless, always honour you as my pray for us. Say this prayer special and powerful nine times a day. By the patron, and to gratefully eighth day your prayers encourage devotion to will be answered. Say it for you. Amen. Thanks to St nine days, it has never Jude for prayers ansbeen known to fail. wered, and thanks to Our Publication must be Lady of Revelation, Bullspromised. Thank you St brook, for a very special favour granted. Liz Jude. K.L.

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to the Editor

Logic turned upside down from Brian CASTIEAU, Bunbury ' Sir, I was stunned in disbelief at Compass on ABC TV last Sunday.

It shows how logic is turned upside down in abortion.

The women were saying "caring and nurturing" for "existing life" (the mothers') is a reason for abortion.

They sounded compassionate while implicitly approving of the killing of 80,000 unborn babies every year in Australia.

And this was happening on a show whose main audience is Christian.

'The Bible doesn't say anything about abortion,"

said one. Nor does mention gas chambers!

it

It was "not very Christian" to protest outside an abortion clinic she continued. I thought it was Christian to save life.

The same "logic" applies to abortion as a "woman's right". What about the rights of 40,000 unborn baby girls to be a woman?

"Medicare funding of abortions stop discrimination against poor women," they said. What about the poor baby?

Christians who are soft on abortion need to ask themselves at what point Christ had the right to live.

Vocations issue from Patrick SWEEIVY, Manning Sir, As the vocations

representative for my parish, I would like to draw attention to the September issue of the "Far East".

It is a vocations issue — naturally for the Columban Fathers, but the revelations of a number of their priests on how they entered on their vocations is most interesting and inspiring.

I feel that the reading of this great international magazine by boys and girls, men and women — possibly with discussion and help of religious teachers and of parents would give them the opportunity to hear Christ's call for helpers, not only for the Columbans, but also for the many other religious orders in our State. (There are approximately 100 catering for all aspects of spiritual inclinations for men and women.)

No one can hear the call unless that person listens. It is surprising sometimes what inconsequential event or aspect can cause an individual to seek a vocation.

Saint Gerard had to climb out of a window of his locked room to become a Redemptorist. Padre Pio joined the Capuchins because they grew beards!

Anglican view from Gordon LESLIE, Albany Sir, As an Anglican with keen past involvement in the ARCIC discussions I was disappointed by Fr John Lisle's letter (The Record, 31/8/89) about our problems with the ordination of women and the rising tide of lay opinion favouring this revolutionary step.

As a former Anglican he will have been aware of the humility and perplexity with which our Lambeth Conference addressed this problem. One would not have expected him to gloat publicly over our distress.

Anglicans would not wish upon your Church an issue as divisive as the one we face — and much of our sadness relates to the increased distance which it has put between Rome and Canterbury.

Tertiary visitor

IMCS globetrotter Lawrencia Kwark.

Perth was the last Australian port of call for Lawrencia Kwark, regional worker for the International Movement of Catholic Students, who visited the city recently.

Since graduating from university in 1983 in her native Korea, Lawrencia has figured prominently in IMCS circles, culminating in her election to the African regional coordinating team in 1986.

Her task is to coordinate the African members of IMCS with their Asian, European and Latin American counterparts, and to help bring together various tertiary student movements around the world.

The International Movement of Catholic Students was founded in 1921 and today has representation in seventy countries.

Many nations have their own national tertiary coordinating bodies, in Australia the Tertiary Catholic Federation of Australia.

IMCS is an umbrella body of these national groups and other tertiary movements, and is recognised by the Vatican as the official voice of Catholic tertiary students.

The movement took part in the 1987 Synod on the Laity in Rome, and in November this year will attend meetings with the Pontifical Council for the Laity and the Vatican Secretary of State.

"IMCS is a unity of separate national student movements, so its shape and method vary from country to country," said Lawrencia during her Perth visit in August.

"Some movements use the Cardijn method, the review of life. My task is to work with these and other groups to systematise and globalise the educational methods of Catholic students."

Now just half way through her appointment with IMCS, Lawrencia spends about half her time travelling in Africa and around the Asian region.

Directory a hit!

Every Catholic parish and school has a wealth of information at its finger tips in the 198990 Youth Directory which lists over 150 youth groups, organisations and services in the Archdiocese of Perth.

What began as a bright idea for Catholic Parish Youth fulltime worker Andrew McLean turned into over 12 months of steady painstaking work for a large team of helpers.

Andrew's stay in Melbourne for the 1987 Leadership Youth Course run by the National Pastoral Institute was the catalyst for the project.

Seeing a poster-sized directory of youth contacts inspired Andrew to repeat the exercise in Perth.

"I felt that Catholic and other youth should be able to find out where Catholic and secular youth-related organisations are based and who co-ordinates them," said Andrew this week.

"Over the course of six months a number of people assisted me in writing letters and making phone calls in an effort to find as much information as possible about existing groups," he said.

"It was by no means a simple task!

"We found people difficult to contact, and in some cases the contact person for a group or organisation changed several times in six months," Andrew said.

"People like Graham Douglas, Patrick Willix, Father John Jegorow, Paul Russell, Margarethe Byrne, Allison Chowdhurie and fellow fulltimers Cathie Allen and helped Hale Cate enormously.

"I must also mention my brother, Chris McLean, who as Assistant Co-ordinator spent many long sleepless nights phoning groups and organisations on my behalf," Andrew said.

The next challenge was to sort through the reams of information collected and decide what to include on the directory itself.

Settling on twenty-two changes to the material categories, Andrew man- itself — like a new youth aged to cover every chaplain early in 1989! conceivable area from Printing eventually pre-adolescence to ter- began in February this tiary and from retreat year and the directory teams to government was ready for distribuyouth bodies. tion by March.

Editing was done on Funding for the project computer disc, a task came from several sponcomplicated not only by sors, and very generous the sheer volume of assistance was received information to be from the State Governincluded but also by late ment via a Western

YOUNG CHRISTIAN STUDENTS Present an entertainment phenomenon!

1989 YCS RIVER CRUISE Friday, September 29 7.45pm-11pm Barrack Street Jetty For ages 15-25 TICKETS JUST $8!

Phone YCS on 227 7061 Drinks on sale — no alcohol

A NIGHT NOT TO BE MISSED!

Directory coordinator Andrew McLean posting a winner

Australian Family Foundation grant.

Andrew says that plans are already under way for the 1990-91 Catholic Youth Directory for Perth.

Requests for inclusion and offers of sponsorship can be directed to "Youth Directory Co-ordinator, PO Box 194, North Perth 6006".

Footnote: If your parish

or school has not yet received this invaluable resource, please call at the Catholic Youth Office, 30 Claverton Street, North Perth during office hours.

Every parish and every Catholic agency and group listed receives one directory free, and additional copies can be purchased for just one dollar, plus $2.50 postage and handling if required.

Catholic Parish Youth

KEYLEADERS CAMP October 6-8 at Eagle's Nest, Gidgegannup For anyone aged 16-25 interested in gaining basic leadership skills Cost: $30 all inclusive Registrations close on Friday, September 29 Enquiries: call Cathie 328 9878

1989 YOUTH RALLY December 3

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Books galore!

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

Gifted potter Learning to read CoLLEcr T1IF WORI.1) OF

BEATRIX POTTER

Footrot Flats 'Weekender' 2 by Murray Bali Published by Angus & Robertson. $6.95.

Behold the foppish but brave and brainy, Scarlet Manuka the mighty Iron Paw, protector of the weak the spooky but nice Grey Ghost . . . All manifestations of that incredibly cool and heroic dog.

More hilarity from the pen of Murray Ball, featuring the side-splitting antics of Wal, Coach, Horse and, of course, Dog!

Aussies

How Koala Lost his Tail and other Australia?: Stories by L. & G. Adams.

Published by Collins. bb. $9.95.

A great introduction to Australian animals with stories featuring Koala.

Echidna, Emu and Water-Rat Illustrations reflect the terrain and habitat and the story line is interesting.

A good Australian book for children.

Collect the World of Beatrix Potter published

by E Warne & Co. Dist through Penguin. bb. $35.

A beautifully boxed set of four delightful hard back books with the delightful illustrations and text which Beatrix Potter is renowned for.

Gideon the Little Bear A superb gift for any child Cub by Emma Mora. of any age.

Titles feature: The Story of Illustrated by Kennedy.

Miss Moppet; The Tale of Published by Barrorrs.

Ginger and Pickles; The Tale Dist through Collins. bb. of Samuel Whiskers and $6.95.

A beautifully illustrated Appley Dapply's Nursery hook with big print for little Rhymes. readers. The text is in rhyme and simply written.

Bubby bear

Read Together Series by Helen Arnold. Published

by Piccolo.

This is an outstanding series of colourful reading books carefully graded in six levels for children aged 3 to 6+.

The books are ideal for use at home to help your child learn to read and enjoy being a reader.

The series provides a wide choice of lively stories and introduces a variety of familiar characters for your child to get to know.

Every book contains advice and guidance for parents about helping young children to read.

Each book also includes activities to help parents check their children's progress.

Some titles are: The Witch at Number 3; Silly Dog; The little Train; Empty Your Pockets; Robot in the Garden; Washing Day; The Dragon and the Knight; Sleeping Beauty; Tamla's Animals; Busy Liz; Dressing Up.

About chooks!

Jimmy and His Fabulous Feathered Friends by Peita Letcbford. Illustrated by Terry Denton.

Published by Angus & Robertson. bb. $9.95.

Jimmy was a normal sort of kid. He hadn't had a lot to do with chooks before the rooster talk to him . . .

There he was, just minding his own business, in his own backyard, when a rooster from next door pecks between the cracks in the fence and asks for his help.

Join Jimmy and his fabulous feathered friends in this lovely and funny story by Peita Letchford. There's Louise — the cute one, Becky — the toughie, who should be called Peck)'; the twins, Sally and Debbie; and Jimmy the Rooster.

Discover the secret of why animals don't generally talk to humans.

Dream This is how time Robert Crowther's

Freya's world Windows by Ted Greenwood. Published by Puffin. $6.99.

Preaching. Preaching! To Freya, it seems that they are always preaching at her. She grows to feel that everyone is trying to prevent her getting outside. Not only her parents, but also Doctor Lind, and Mrs Postins who comes to be in the house with her while her mother and father are at work, keep telling her the same story "This is a gaol, and I am a prisoner," she tells Mrs Postins, with exaggerated drama, when Poss suggests that Freya should not venture outside — even to the letterbox to see if there could be a get-well card

there from her friend Es,sie.

Mrs Postins chooses to take Freya's outburst as serious.

"Tutt, little one, what nonsense is this you are making up? This is your own house we are in. This is no gaol."

"Yes it is, Poss. It is a gaol.

And you are keeping me here against my will."

In this gentle evocative novel for teenagers, author Ted Greenwood is now provoking much thought and stirring the imagination.

Instead of Ted providing the illustrations, it is his central character, Freya, a budding artist, who is trying to make sense of the world she sees through her windows.

Her fusion of realism and fantasy creates a world she hadn't known existed, and an extraordinary book for adolescents.

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pop-UP MACHINES

Gidja by Percy Trezise and Dick Rougbsey. Published by Collins. bb. $14.95.

This is a charming story of the Aboriginal people, of their drearntime mythology and how the moon and the evening star came to be.

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pop ups

Make Your Own PopUps by Joan Irvine. Published by Blue Gum. $5.95.

Having a picnic or a party?

Then why not create your own invitations complete with mouth-watering popup sandwiches?

Someone is feeling blue?

Then put a smile back on their dial by making them the unique changing-face card. And if you're stuck for a fun Christmas gift, the

portable, pocket-sized, popup zoo is just what you need to cause pure pandamonium. In fact, there's a great pop-up design for just about every occasion in Make Your Own Pop-Ups: Book 2. Easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step diagrams make each design a breeze. In no time at all you'll be dazzling your friends and family with a fabulous array of fun-filled cards.

Cocky pal

'Hello, Barney!' by Mary K Persball, illustrated by Mark WiLson. Published

by Viking KestreL bb. $16.99.

Long ago in the Australian bush, a little boy named William Jackson trapped a young cockatoo. William put the cocky in a cage and called him Barney. From that first day together till William was an old man, Barney was William's special pet.

This is the story of what Barney watched from his cage in William's back

NtHellO B ARNEY!' garden: the changing seasons, the passing years, the growing up of kittens and gum trees and children. It is

also the story of what happened when William Jackson grew too old to care for Barney any more.

Art and books Unique art

painting the c ountry

Praying in Secret by Hedley Beare and Lyn Beare. Published by the Joint Board of Christian Education.

• How meditative prayer can be an important part of }our thy.

• How daily devotions can be a source of spiritual energy This book grew out of Lenten workshops led by the authors in a congregation of the Uniting Church in Melbourne.

The chapters follow the pattern of a service of worship, drawing on insights from a wide range of de‘utional traditions. At each stage explanation is accompanied by practical exercises to use and adapt.

Make Way for the Spirit,

bY Michael Cole. Published by HighlandBooks, $9.95.

A guidebook for members of all denominations as the Church makes way for the Spirit.

A great revival of faith, sometimes called the charismatic renew, is spreading throughout the world. Here are questions commonly asked about changes in Worship, growth in the Personal life, as well as on the baptism of the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, healings and miracles.

Some first appeared as part of a regular feature in Renewal which now circulates in 57 countries. Other questions which the author felt needed to be answered have been answered.

Painting the Country.

Contemporary Aboriginal art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia byJohn E. Stanton.

Published by tbe University of Western Australia Press, $15.

This stunningly presented book which celebrates the unique art of 25 painters from Western Australia's Kimberley region, will be an important acquisition for anyone with an interest in contemporary Aboriginal art.

It examines a topic of fastgrowing public interest: the response of Aboriginal societies to varying kinds of European influences, for example, missionary efforts at evangelisation.

Over 40 works, all from the University of Western Australia's Anthropology Research Museum's collection, are featured in superb colour reproduction.

Each painting is accompanied by a detailed annotation and a short commentary on the cultural significance of the paintings. It provides a setting for the appreciation of these works in both anthropological and general terms.

The accompanying short essay has a minimum of academic terminology and provides the educator, social scientists, secondary or tertiary student with unique and valuable information useful in a variety of contexts.

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

Song of the lamb

Quiet prayer Together Joined in Love — Everyday prayers for married people. Preface by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Published by Collin& $7.95.

Here are prayers for the whole of a couple's life together: engagement, marriage, first years, family life, middle age, old age. There are prayers for family celebrations and prayers for the problems which many couples face.

The freshness and immediacy of these prayers will reach out to married couple's love and care for each other in marriage comes a concern for the specific needs of people caught up in a wide range of everyday problems and crises.

Dignity

Apostolic Letter. Mulieris Dignitatem of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul 11, On the Dignity

The book states in 'the introduction that the dignity and vocation of women — a subject of constant human and Christian reflection — have gained exceptional prominence in recent years.

This can be seen, for example, in the statements of the Church's Magiesterium present in various documents of the Second Vatican Council, which declares in its closing message: "The hour is coming, in fact has come. when the vocation of women is being acknowledged in its fullness, the hour in which women acquire in the world and Vocation of Women. an influence, an effect and a power never hitherto Published by St Paul achieved.

Publications, $2.50.

William Strutt's The Lamb, oil on cardboard, 55x33cm. Collection of Wesfarmers Ltd Perth.

Over the last 12 years a remarkable collection of Australian art ranging from colonial to contembeen porary has assembled in Perth and is now on display in Gallery 1, at the Art Gallery of WA to October 2. The Wesfarmers' Collection commenced in 1977 and has steadily grown into one of the most important corporate collections in Australia. It has remained a little publicised aspect of their activities and they have maintained a low profile within the national art market, moving quickly and quietly to secure major purchases.

The collection now comprehensively covers the development of Australian art from colonial to contemporary times with fine examples by major artists. A

strength within the Wesfarmers' Collection is the group of colonial works by Conrad Martens, Von Guerard, Chevalier and S. T. Gill.

The colonial sectioh is enhanced by fine works of lesser known artists like Rielly, Rolando and J. H. Scheltema.

Wesfarmers has also formed a good representative collection of Australian impressionist works induding an 1898 oil panel by Tom Roberts together with good works by Ashton, Nerli, Mc-Cubbin and Streeton.

Twentieth century developments in Australian art are equally well covered with major paintings by Margaret Preston, Grace Cossington Smith, Roland Wakelin, Kathleen O'Connor and Roy de Maistre. An excellent group of works by artists working in Melbourne in the late 1940s provides a focus to the collection of early

modernist works. Arthur Boyd's "The Prodigal Son" 1946, John Perceval's "The Scourge of Job" 1947 and Sidney Nolan's Blake Prize entry "The Flight into Egypt" 1951 are all outstanding examples of these artists' early work.

The Wesfarmers' Collection also document more recent developments with works by John Olsen, Lloyd Rees and Fred Williams while paintings

by Peter Booth and William Delafield Cook indicate Wesfarmers' new direction in contemporary art.

The Wesfarmers' Collection is remarkable for its comprehensive coverage of Australian art that rivals many state collections. It will be welcomed by the public and students of Australian art as a unique opportunity to broaden the understanding of our cultural and artistic heritage.

Folk trio for WA

Steamfolk are a folk group based in the Morayshire fishing town of Lossiemouth in the north east of Scotland. They will be holidaying in Perth during September, and will take time out to play a concert at the Irish Club. They are also on the bill for the WA Folk Festival, to be held in Toodyay at the end of the month.

The group is a trio consisting of an Anglo-

Irishman, an Irishman

and a Scot. For ten years now they have been performing traditional and modern folk music, with the accent on harmony singing, both riotous and gentle. Their repertoire is drawn from all over the world, with an emphasis on the songs of Ireland and the British Isles.

Steamfolk are Terry Reddy, guitar and vocals, who draws many of his songs from his Dublin father and London mother; Trevor Foster, guitar, vocals and story-

teller, a Derry man originally from Donegal; and Bob Sharp, guitar, banjo and vocals, a Glaswegian noted for his sharp wit.

Steamfolk, who have recently released their second tape, will appear in concert at the Irish Club in Townshend Road, Subiaco, on Wednesday, September 20. Local folk group, The Colonials, will also appear. Seats are limited, and tickets ($8) may be booked by phoning 381 5213.

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Black priest ducks charges

WASHINGTON (CNS): Temple this summer, Father George A. Stal- he told reporters that lings Jr, who defied when he asked CardiCatholic authorities nal Hickey for a new this summer to form an parish and began A frican-Amercian pressing his plans for a Africanchurch, has labelled new "baseless" to a page- Amercian cultural one report by The rite, the cardinal urged Washington Post alleg- him to undergo psying that he had a chological testing at history of homosexual the Servants of the Paraclete hosptial in activity.

New Mexico.

The suspended priest The hospital is has said he will not widely known to give interviews or comment further on Catholic clergy as one of the main treatment the Post story. centres in the United Cardinal Hickey who States for priests with suspended the priest problems of chemical because he formed a dependency or psyblack breakaway chosexual problems, church also will not including homosexucomment. ality and pedophilia.

"I was sorry to read Father Stallings said the allegation in at the time that the today's Post," the car- cardinal had urged dinal said. "If it is true, testing because he thenIfeel great sorrow considered the priest and sympathy for " excessively everyone involved in ambitious". what was described in The Post said that today's Post story, according to its sourespecially the young ces, Cardinal Hickey's man." real concerns were The newspaper cited based on complaints to unidentified sources the archdiocese about saying the priest was Father Stallings' lifesrefused a pastorate tyle and concerns earlier this year expressed by several because of concerns by parishioners over the church authorities years about the freabout his lifestyle and quent presence of boys sexual and young men at the possible behaviour. priest's private home, incidents plus at least one The three years allegedly occurred at allegation homosexual ago of the rectory of St Teresa of Avila Church, a behaviour.

That complaint was Washington inner-city brought by a family Father parish where member of the alleged Stallings was pastoral partner, the sexual until 1988, when he said the was made archdioce- Post said. It took no of archdiocese director san because the action vangelisation. e allegedly person When Father Stal- involved "refused to lings formed Imani talk".

Catholic Charismatic Renewal

'Thy Kingdom Come'

Fri-Sun Sept 29 to OctI Aquinas College Mt Henry Road Manning WA

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LUMKO INTERNATIONAL COURSE: VENUE AUSTRALIA The International Course conducted by the Lumko Missiological Institute to introduce pastoral workers.

• to the Institute's vision of the Church as a

NEW NORCIA

BULLSBROOK PILGRIMAGE

The New Norcia Marian Pilgrimage is on Sunday, October 29 with Mass at 10.30am followed by the procession. The main celebrant will be Fr Tom McNulty 0. Prem. The New Norcia Catholic College choir will lead the singing and the 1989 Mandoria Exhibition will be on display in the Museum. Further enquiries regarding the Pilgrimage: the Monastery secretary (096) 54 8018 between 9am and 5pm.

Rosary and benediction will be held on Sunday, September 24 at the Bullsbrook Church at 2pm. For further information and bus reservations please ring 444 2285 for Perth, Highgate & Midland bus and 339 4015 for Fremantle bus. The church "Virgin Mary Mother of the Church" is available for pilgrimages (by appointment) and is open every day. Sacri Association PO Box 311 Tuart Hill 6060. Telephone 571 1699.

MAJELLAN RETREAT

Archdiocesan Calendar

A retreat will be held on the weekend October 20-22 at St Joseph's Retreat House, Safety Bay, and will be directed by Fr Alister McLean.

Cost $45. A deposit of $20 is required to confirm a booking. Mail only Mrs B. Townsend, 23 Daglish Street, Wembty, 6014.

A small bus will be available for travel to Safety Bay. If you wish to take advantage of this service ring Biddy 381 5757. Time of departure 6pm Friday from St Mary's Cathedral, Perth. Return Sunday afternoon.

MARIAN MOVEMENT

The monthly meeting of the Marian Movement will be held at the Little Sisters of Carmel 2 Frazer St, Swanbourne on Tuesday, September 19 at 10.30am.

ACOLYTE APPLICATIONS

Intending candidates from the recent program for the ministry of acolyte must have made application for institution no later than Friday, September 29.

CATHOUC NURSES GUILD

Members are requested to attend the Catholic Health Care Association seminar at Sr Martin Kelly Centre Catherine McAuley Family Life Centre, Tuesday, September 19, 49.30pm in piece of the regular guild meeting scheduled for the same evening. M.J. Hubery President. Tel 272 5471.

MARRIAGE FAMILY GROUPS

SEPTEMBER 14 Confirmation, Lesmurdie. Monsignor Nestor.

16 Opening of Chisholm College.

Archbishop Foley.

Confirmation, Midland. Bishop Healy.

17 Visitation and confirmation, Mirrabooka. Archbishop Foley.

Mass, Rockingham, opening Adminstration Centre. Monsignor Keating.

Consecration of the WA Police 19 Colours. Archbishop Foley.

20 Visitation and confirmation, Osborne Park. Archbishop Foley.

22 Confirmation, Pallotine Centre.

Archbishop Foley.

23 Chapter of Christian Brothers.

Archbishop Foley.

24 90 years of schuAng, Victoria Park.

Archbishop Foley.

Visitation and confirmation, Bedford. Bishop Healy.

Police Week Service, St Mary's Cathedral. Bishop Healy.

Confirmation, Claremont Monsignor McCrann.

26 Tertiary Chaplains' Conference.

Archbishop Foley.

27 Confirmation, North Beach. Bishop Healy.

Confirmation, Whitfords. Archbishop Foley.

Ordination to priesthood of Brian 29 Limbourn. Archbishop Foley.

Police Remembrance Day, Police Headquarters. Rev Dean Jon Orzanski.

Blessing and opening Vincetian 30 House, Midland, Archbishop Foley.

Ordination to Priesthood of Robert Hollow. Bishop Healy.

Centrecare Marriage and Family Service will be conducting three groups during October and November. The groups will be: OCTOBER • Men as husbands and fathers; Newman Sunday Mass. Archbi1 • Strengthening step-families; shop Foley.

• The end. . . and a new beginHeads of Independent Schools. separated/ ning (for recently Archbishop Foley. divorced people).

50th Anniversary, Dowerin. Mon- it Further information and applicasignor Keating. tion forms are available by phoning Naval Cadets Service. Monsignor 325 6644.

Keating.

PAULIAN MEETING

The Paulian Association of WA are holding a weekend Friday 8pm to Sunday 3pm, October 6-8 for Christian widowed, separated, divorced, solo parents men and women, to look at support with grieving, aloneness, starting again, and coping with God. Contact Denise on 398 3368 or 457 9622.

Dedication, Vietnam Memorial Pavilion, Kings Park. Father John Chokolich.

10-11 Bishop's Central Commission meeting. Archbishop Foley.

Council of Priests meeting.

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"Community of Communities", • to the rich array of pastoral methods and tools prepared by the Institute to enable pursuit of this new (and ancient) vision of the Church will be offered in Australia in 1990. Preference will be given to pastoral animators working on diocesan, regional or national levels, who want to facilitate the introduction and/or growth of Small Christian Communities in their areas.

The course will be conducted by Fr Anselm Prior OFM, head of the Pastoral Department of the Lumko Missiological Institute (Germiston, South Africa), in conjunction with the staffs of Daly River Centre (Northern Territory) and Mirrilingki (East Kimberley).

Location: St Joseph's Conference Centre, Kincumber South (NSW, near Gosfordj.

Time: August 14 — September 14, 1990.

Cost: $A1200 (course & live-in accommodation).

Application Dead-line: March 1, 1990 Applications & Information: Directors, Lumko International Course Daly River Centre PMB 28 Daly River NT 0822 Australia (Tel 089-753460)

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Master of Pastoral Studies Enquiries: Mrs Betty Peaker PO Box 24, Cowaramup WA 6284 ( between Busselton and Margaret River)

Phone (097) 55 6212 (097) 55 5444

MENOPAUSE MENOPAUSE

Education Support Group Friday Sept 22 9.30-2.30pm To talk about your health, your sexuality andfertility, your emotions, your anxiety or anything that concerns you.

325 6644

* Natural Family Planning Centr( 27 Victoria Square Member of the Australian Council of Natural Family Planning Inc.

The Servite Friars

NEWMAN SOCIETY NEWMAN SUNDAY will be honoured at St Thomas More College Chapel, Crawley, on Sunday October 1. Archbishop Foley will celebrate Mass at 10.30am and deliver the homily. This will be followed by the blessing and dedication of the John T. McMahon Library. Lunch will follow in the College Common Room, where Monsignor James Nestor will speak.

If attending lunch please ring 446 1628 by Monday, September 25. Cost $12. Academic dress optional.

will be holding a Day of Prayer for young men considering tilt' Religious Life on Sunday.

October 1, 1989.

If you are interested in spending a quiet day in prayer and reflection to consider your vocation in life, then you would be most welcome.

Contact: Father Leo, OSM Servite Priory

DOWERIN JUBILEE The 50th anniversary of the Catholic church in Dowerin will be held on Sunday, October 1, with Mass at noon, followed by a luncheon (byo) at the Goff Club. Tea and coffee supplied.

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