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Vatican to decide on two US requests Sunday worship without priest

Cardinal O'Connor. . . "They are lies."

VATICAN-SPONSORED AIDS CONFERENCE HEAR OF LIES THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD

Catholics condemn condoms VATICAN CITY (CNS): Catholic participants at a Vatican sponsored A IDS conference strongly condemned condoms and sterile syringes as means of combating spread of the disease.

"These are lies perpetuated often for political reasons on the part of public health officials, including public health authorities, whose political future depends on their controlling the spread of the disease,"

said Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York.

"They are lies told even by some health care who professionals believe they have nothing else to offer persons with AIDS or at risk," he said in the keynote speech of the 13-15 November conference.

"The truth is not in condoms and clean needles", but in giving people a meaning for life that does not include homosexuality and drug abuse, he said at the

conference attended by more than 1000 church officials, theologians, scientists, doctors and health care officials and workers.

The attack on use of condoms and clean syringes as solutions to acquired inunune deficiency syndrome began at a November 11 Vatican news conference to discuss the scope of the meeting.

Such solutions trivialise the problem, said Archbishop Fiorenzo Angelini, head of the Pontifi-

Missing link at conference

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cal Council tor Pastoral A ssistance to Health Care Workers, which organised the AIDS conference.

BALTIMORE (CNS): The US bishops approved guidelines for priestless Sunday worship after lively debate.

This vote was 225-18, with one abstention. The guidelines now need the approval of the Vatican before taking effect.

The approved order of worship for priestless Sundays offers three options: evening prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours, morning prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours, or a Liturgy of the Word. Any of the three options could stand alone or be followed by a Communion service.

The order of services would vary slightly depending on whether they were led by a deacon or layperson.

A deacon could preach a homily, for example, but an explanation on the Scripture readings by a lay man or woman would not be called a homily.

Laypersons to perform marriages BALTIMORE (CNS): The US bishops voted 175-12 November 9 to ask the Vatican to view favourably any requests for bishops in vast missionary territories to allow laypersons to perform marriages when no priests or deacons are available. of some bishops who said the objections the despite came vote The action would be "premature", create problems in states where the marriages would not be civilly recognised and threaten the "sacramentality" of marriage.

The request for use of Canon 1112 of church law to allow laypersons to assist at marriages originally came from Archbishop Francis T. Hurley of Anchorage, Alaska, who said last summer that he has need of it in his archdiocese.

Archbishop Hurley, who was to have assisted at the marriage but could not land his plane in Valdez because of bad weather, could not delegate a nun pastoral assistant to substitute for an ordained minister because such a move is forbidden unless a national bishops' conference has approved such a procedure and received permission from the Vatican to use it.

Instead the Archbishop invoked a provision in church law for mixed marriages — a member of the couple was not Catholic — under which a bishop could dispense the Catholic party from being married according to the canonical form ordinarily required by the church.

shop Angelini were a Dutch moral theologian and a US expert in medical ethics.

patients unless they asked for it.

Father Bonifacio Honings, moral theology professor at Rome's Lateran University.

At the same time, for those who use condoms "pastorally, we need to show understanding", he said.

"Morality does not see a solution in sterile syringes or condoms," he added.

"It has confidence in a person's capacity to use interior forces to escape the degrading comportment" of homosexuality and drug use, said Father Honings.

"We ought not to do that would anything "To give condoms or to suggest their use, foster or encourage activwhether by states or ity which would lead to whoever, is a hypocriti- homosexual or heterocal, disloyal and unedu- sexual transfer of this Dr said disease," cated act which does not Pellegrino, Edmund appear to hinder the director of the Georgecontagion," the archbitown University Centre shop said. for Advanced Study of "Instead, it spreads it Ethics in Washington. beyond our imaginaPellegrino said doctors tion," he added. should not offer condom Agreeing with Archbi- information to AIDS

"My view is that we answer the question, but we do not urge people to use or to practice 'safe sex'," he added.

Pallegrino said the dominant view in the United States, however, is that doctors should offer information about condoms as part of AIDS education.

The only moral option for a married couple infected with the AIDS virus is to practice abstinence, said Dutch

VATICAN CITY (CNS): A Vatican-sponsored international AIDS conference should have scheduled talks by people with the disease, said several participants, including Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York.

Also supporting the view were the only two conference participants who publicly said they have AIDS and several people working in AIDS programs.

Cardinal O'Connor said that if he were planning the conference, "I would have done two things: include people with 'hands-on'

activity, including persons with AIDS, andIalso would have included periods for discussion and exchanges of views".

The cardinal spoke to journalists after people who tried to start floor debates were told by conference organisers that it was not allowed.

People wanting to discuss issues with speakers should invite them to side conference rooms, said Archbishop Fiorenzo Angelini, president of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, on the first day of the Nov 13-15 conference.

Cory can't deliver the goods The Filipino people are beginning to realise that the present government cannot deliver the goods and more and more are struggling on their own to find ways and means of the changing situation.

This is the view of Yolanda Esguerra, secretary general of a people's organisation in that country who was in Australia recently.

She said the total war policy of the government against the insurgency problem was not hitting the communists who are a minority and underground organisation, but instead was inflicting casualties on civilians who were labelled as subversives.

"They are not succeeding against the communists and they are not succeeding in alleviating the plight of the poor," she said.

"They don't even know who the communists are so they keep picking on civilians."

Targets for these military crackdowns are likely to be basic Christian communities in the country areas. They may be given a day's warning to evacuate an area because alleged insurgents are present, and then bombing attacks will start.

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principal victims are women and children in poor health.

In Negros some 35,000 people have had to be evacuated in these circumstances, and some 315 have died as a result.

The government claims its first priority is to crush insurgency and then economic development will improve but the government is tied to the dictates of the IMF World Bank as to what its economic priorities are, Yolanda said.

Some 44% of Philippines' production goes to pay interest on its crippling foreign debt. When the World Bank calls for higher repayment, the government finds the money by cutting back on social secur-

Yolanda Esguerra thought her family with six children was amongst the poorest in her social group until she attended a Franciscan nuns' secretarial college after leaving secondary school.

One of the college's projects was to expose the students to life in the squatters' shanty towns.

For 18-year-old Yolanda it was an eye-opener: "Here I saw real poverty. I was touched and surprised to see people living like this."

It has marked a change in her life and she has become active in trying to raise consciousness amongst others.

She was for a year the secretary general of the National Union of Students but sees that it is necessary to carry the reform message to other groups in the nation as well.

She is at risk in her present organisation P.E.N.T.E.C.O.S.T. (People's Power for Enlightenment and Commitment to Sovereignty and Truth.)

"I don't want to be overpowered by fear because somehow that would paralyse me," she says, knowing all the time that her organisation is branded as communist in the papers.

Yolanda Esguerra . . . an eye-opener for her. ity and raising charges on water and electricity services, thus passing the burden on to the poor.

Up to three-quarters of the population live below the poverty line, many subsisting on $2.90 a day when $8 is considered to be a minimum necessity.

On the other hand, says Yolanda, US dominated the World Bank and the multinational industries set up in the Philippines see the country as a

source of cheap labour but do not transfer their high technology there.

It is estimated that for every dollar they invest seven dollars goes out of the country in the form of sugar, copra, mining ores and other raw materials or cheap manufactures.

Things are not improving under Cory Aquino, says Yolanda. The people are still poor and violence is increasing.

The only hope is to change the whole system political because the present opposition parties offer no real alternative, only more of the same. Only one of the present senators is not a millionaire.

"Personally I am afraid," she said. "If there is no change in the next five to 10 years the people will be pushed to the brink. At the rate oppression is growing there will be a social

volcano and this is what we are trying to stop because we do not want people to be killed.

"The answer is in the hands of the people.

Our solution is for them to be able to speak and to have peace and a better life.

"The basic Christian communities have developed a new social consciousness and awareness in the people, giving relevance to their Christian faith."

BALTIMORE (CNS): The US bishops have not withdrawn or repudiated a controversial 1987 statement on AIDS, but enunciated their moral values more clearly and forcefully, said their outgoing president last week.

Archbishop John L. May of St Louis, finishing a three-year term as president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, commented at a news conference after the prelates completed their general meeting in Baltimore.

As part of their agenda, they debated and approved a statement on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome as well as a resolution on abortion and a statement on the Middle East, and they dealt with a variety of other hierarchical matters.

In December 1987 their 50-bishop Administra-

tive Board had issued a statement, The Many Faces of AIDS, that mentioned use of prophylactics.

The new statement, Called to Compassion and Responsibility: A Response to the HIVAIDS Crisis, carries more authority because it is a document of all the bishops — approximately 300 — not just 50, Archbishop May said.

However, the 1987 statement still is available, he said. "No, it has not been (withdrawn)," Archbishop May said.

"That statement remains in effect. It is, however, more fully and clearly enunciated in what we say today."

The 1987 document said, in part, that in some situations "educational efforts, if grounded in the broader moral vision . . . could include accurate information about prophylactic devices or other practices proposed by some medical experts as potential means of preventing AIDS".

It said the bishops were not promoting the use of prophylactics and that "a factual presentation should indicate that abstinence outside of marriage and fidelity within marriage as well

as the avoidance of intravenous drug abuse are the only morally correct and medically sure ways to prevent the spread of AIDS".

Archbishop Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles, chairman of a committee that drafted the new AIDS statement, told the press that "it is a very dangerous admonition to suggest as a general rule that use of such a prophylactic as a condom will prevent AIDS. The only secure means to avoid AIDS" is moral behaviour, he said.

In introducing the new statement to his brother bishops earlier in the week, he said the 1989 document and its 1987 predecessor both maintain "that abstinence outside marriage and fidelity within marriage are the only morally correct and medically secure ways to prevent" such diseases as AIDS.

Officer on AIDS: Bishops moral c lear the air matters CANBERRA: The Australian Bishops have appointed a research officer who will gather expert opinion on moral matters and service the National Catholic Research Council.

Mr Nicholas TontiFilippini, a renowned Catholic scholar, father of three, and married to Dr Mary Dean Walsh is well known for his work as director of bioethics and hospital ethicist at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne. He is currently a board member and trustee for AIDS Fund Inc. and a consultant on infertility counselling for the National Bioethics Consultative Committee. Mr Tonti-Filippini has published widely

in the field of bioethics.

His role with the Bishops' Conference will be to advise the bishops on research in a variety of disciplines and to monitor the development of sociocultural and socioreligious issues as affect the they Church's mission.

He said that an increasing number of issues are, and will be, the subject of intense community debate.

He instanced the just use of health resources and maintaining respect for human life and human dignity in the development of the new gene therapies.

These are issues about which the bishops desire to be fully informed.

Bigger national body in mind The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and the Australian Council of Churches are to receive a report next year that points towards the formation of a more comprehensive national ecumenical body.

Co-convenors of the talks, Bishops Bede Heather and Richard Appleby, expect to submit an interim report to the Catholic Bishops Conference in May 1990 and the ACC General Meeting in June.

Further work would be needed, they said, before either body could ,be asked to decide on a specific proposal.

The ACC, formed in 1946, has 13 member churches. The Catholic Church has had observer status since 1965.

"The threat of AIDS is real and great," Archbishop May said. "Precisely, though, because of their terror, people act without reason.

Persons with AIDS are often shunned and lose jobs and insurance and housing opportunities," he said. "As moral leaders, we say that sort of discrimination is a scandal and compassion is the only valid Gospel response."

Reject the prophets of doom...

"Young people are being constantly bombarded by messages of It h opelessness. causes them to despair about their future of the world, and to blame their parents' generation. We must give them hope."

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"St Luke's College is the largest project undertaken in the Diocese of Geraldton for many years. On completion the College will cost around

Bishop Hickey said this at the Speech Night of St Luke's Catholic Secondary College, Karratha, Nov 10.

It was the first Speech Night since the College

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"Many young people today are being affected by an unhealthy spirit of pessimism.

"They are being told that the world is being destroyed by the greenhouse effect, the hole in the ozone layer, the pollution of the oceans, acid rain, soil degredation and the cutting down of the forests.

"They are being told that Aids will get them if

the bomb doesn't! They become frightened of marriage because they are being told that it won't work.

"They are told that the chances are that they will face a life on the dole.

"They are told that the world is overpopulated, and that the worst environmental disaster of all time was the appearance of human beings on the earth.

"They are also told that overpopulation causes

She'll hold fort for another three years

Bishop Hickey. . .

"We must give the young people hope."

poverty and starvation, without being told that the world can produce much more food than it does, and that the real reason for poverty and starvation is politics, not lack of food.

With all this negativity is there any wonder that teenage depression and consequent rejection of social values is high?

Even religion has its prophets of doom that see an outraged and

angry God punishing the world because of sin.

"We must give young people hope," Bishop Hickey said.

"The very basis of our Catholic Faith and the Gospel we preach is hope, based on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

"Young people should not grow up hating feeling humanity, defeated before they start.

"They should be told that the problems facing us are very real, but that they can be and must be solved.

"The Kingdom of God to be made perfect in the world to come, has already begun, and we look forward to a better world, through the exercise of human intelligence and co-operation among nations, guided at all times by the laws of God."

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Initially appointed in an acting capacity in January 1988, Sr Eleanor was confirmed as Director in June 1988 for a period ending in December 1989. The appointment has been extended to the end of 1992.

St Eleanor, a Brigidine Sister, has had wide experience in classroom and administrative positions; she is a graduate of

the University of Lancaster (MA) and of the Universities of Western Australia and Murdoch.

Prior to taking up the Director's position, Sr Eleanor had been associated with the Catholic Institute from its earlier years. She was a lecturer in the Religious Studies Department at the WA College of Advanced Education and the Institute's liaison officer with the College.

As well as her administrative duties, Sr Eleanor will continue to lecture in the Religious Studies

Department. She has recently completed research into children's fairness judgement making processes as part of a Bachelor of Education Honours Degree thesis.

Sr Eleanor is currently working on a paper on this issue which will be published in the American Journal of Educational Psychology.

Sr Eleanor is an active member of the Subiaco parish where she has a particular interest in children's liturgy of the word.

In 1990, the Institute

will mount a new program to provide background for teachers of Religious Education in Catholic Schools.

"This proposal has been greeted enthusiastically by teachers who already have completed their formal study requirements but who wish to enrich their understanding of Catholic faith," said Sr Eleanor.

'The program is a new direction for the Institute and will complement its work both in Murdoch University and the WACAE," she said.

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Guest editorial

The Universe London

Rights AIDS outbreak in of Ireland a worry women

The lengthy andanguished debate within the Church of England about the ordination of women is carried out openly and freely both at meetings and in the media.

It may be painful but at least everyone can join in. Catholics are not accustomed to such public discussion. Decision-making and decision-taking tend to be much more private and restricted.

Contrast, for example, the reporting of the Church of England Synod and that of our own Bishop's conference meeting.

Behind both attitudes are very different ideas of what it means to be a Church.

There is much more between us than formal differences of dogma.

A lthough women priests — and in one instance a woman bishop — have been ordained in other provinces of the Anglican Communion, the Church of England is seen to be a special case. The synod's decision will affect ecumenical relations in a new and damaging way.

Catholics will be particularly disappointed that the Church of England is seen to be a special case. The synod's decision will affect ecumenical relations in a new and damaging way.

Catholics will be particularly disappointed that the Church of England seems to be moving slowly but deliberately towards the ordination of women.

Decisions are now being taken despite the clearest warnings both from the Orthodox Churches and ourselves about the serious consequences for the cause of Christian unity.

It is not suprising that the Church of England is split so clearly on the issue.

The ordination of women is a step so serious that it should be taken only with the agreement of the whole Christian Church. Independent action by the Anglican Communion will not destroy the ecumenical dialogue but it puts yet another major stumbling block in the way.

Catholics must not stand on the sidelines and throw stones. However unfortunate the discussions of the Church of England, they affect us all. We have committed ourselves to the search for Christian unity.

The synod discussions create new situations in which we are all involved.

We have at least to appreciate the sincerity of the convictions underlying the moves towards the ordination of women. They are based on a deep desire to release the God-given gifts of women in the service of God and to recognise the equality of all os us in his sight. That is something we must take very seriously indeed.

Taking up firmpositions on the ordination of women is not the final Catholic response.

We have to fashion our own forms of recognising the full equality of women in the People of God. For too long the Church has undoubtedly taken women for granted. Their role has been subordinate and very largely seen in the context of wife and mother.

I n Europe generally women are leaving the church in unprecedented numbers. We have to take their aspirations seriously.

They surely have the right to undertake the non-ordained ministries. And what has been done to study further the reintroduction of the women deaconess as the bishops undertook to do in The Easter People, after the National Pastoral Congress now nearly a decade ago?

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PRIESTS MAKES CALL TO TACKLE PROBLEM DUBLIN: Ireland has the fastest growing AIDS population in Europe says Father Paul Lavelle, coordinator of the task force established by the Irish Bishops' Conference to tackle the outbreak.

Father Lavelle says that AIDS now poses a huge problem for the Church and the Irish health service.

He thinks that the Irish Minister of Health's prediction that by 1995 Ireland will have 12,500 reported cases is excessive, but brings the gravity of the issue home to the public.

So far there have been 108 cases of full-blown AIDS since the virus was first recorded in 1982. More than half of these have resulted in death.

According to latest Government figures there have been 845 cases of reported HIV, most of them drug addicts sharing infected needles and syringes.

Father Lavelle says that by the year 2000 the world could have six million people infected with AIDS. He adds: "AIDS is about what you do, not who you are.

"It's certainly not a gay issue. In Africa 80 pr cent of the reported cases are among heterosexuals."

He points out that the Irish figures would be considerably higher if those who had left Ireland were included.

In London a special group has been established to work with Irish AIDS sufferers and their families.

Father Tim O'Keefe, a Columban Father working with the Irish Chaplaincy Scheme in Britain, believes that the group, Positively Irish Action on AIDS, has an important role to play in bringing together AIDS sufferers and their families.

He says that homosexuality is only now beginning to surface in Irish life. "The gay issue is right the way through from the smallest village in the west of Ireland to the suburbs of Dublin."

Father O'Keefe describes those who have left Ireland because of their sexuality as "sexual exiles", and says that parents often blame themselves when they discover that their son is a homosexual.

In the first six months of this year 18 Irish people died of AIDS in London. Estimates as to the number of HIV positive Irish in the city range between 800 to 1000.

Sexual chastity the answer WASHINGTON: Sexual chastity, not condoms, and a life free of drugs, not clean needles, are the right way to counter AIDS, says a draft statement to be discussed during the meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore.

If accepted and passed, this will be the second major paper on the

subject from the bishops in two years.

The first, issued in 1987 by the administrative board of the conference, was later publicly criticised by some bishops.

The new statement incorporates many of the points made in 1987, but does not repeat the earlier statement's view that the church could allow education about condoms in publicly-

sponsored education programs on AIDS if that education were in a proper moral context.

Instead, it states: "Not only is the use of prophylactics in an attempt to halt the spread of HIV technically unreliable; promoting this approach means, in effect, promoting behaviour which is morally unacceptable."

The statement notes

that the most common methods of spreading the AIDS virus are homosexual activity, heterosexual activity outside marriage, and intravenous drug abuse.

It warns against regarding the virus as the vengeance of God. As to homosexuals, it says "homosexual inclination is not in itself a sin, but neither is homosexual activity a morally acceptable option".

On drug abuse, it rejects suggestions that the distribution of free needles would reduce needle-sharing.

It recommends education, counselling and persuasion as the way to slow down and eventually halt the disease and asks Catholics to respond to those suffering from it by learning "to discover God in them so that they in turn are able to encounter God in us".

Swing to pro-abortion folk

W ASHINGTON (CNS):— US media coverage favours people who want abortion kept legal, according to the Centre for Media and Public Affairs, a Washington-based nonpartisan group which studies how media treat social and political issues.

In news reports monitored from January to August this year "the pro-choice side dominated" in stories about

the legalisation of abortion, and reporters quoted "pro-choice activist sources" more than their pro-life counterparts "by a 5 to 3 margin."

The centre found that: • Women reporters were more likely than men reporters to emphasise the "pro-choice" position in their reports.

• TV reports respected the wishes of abortion rights advocates to be designated "pro-choice", but ignored the prefer-

ence of the opposition to be called "pro-life" and instead designated them "anti-abortion." Newspaper reports usually designated the two sides as "abortion rights" and "anti-abortion."

• Television carried over twice as much coverage of demonstrations as newspapers.

• The "pro-choice" side dominated the legalisation debate, covered heavily in the news early in 1989 as the Supreme

Priest reprimanded HONOLULU: A priest who described the late Ferdinand Marcos as a "Xerox copy of Christ" has been reprimanded.

The remark was made

by Father Domingo Nebres in his homily at a Mass said for the exPresident of the Philip-

pines in the Catholic cathedral in Honolulu, before a congregation of 2000 including Marcos's widow Imelda. Bishop Joseph Ferrario of Honolulu said the priest had committed a "gross abuse of the Catholic Mass" and dismissed the compari-

son as "ridiculous, absurd and an insult to the Filipino people".

Fr Nebres responded that he only compared Marcos to Christ "in suffering", and had felt he had to say something nice about the deceased.

court prepared to rule on Webster vs Reproductive Health Services. In its July 3 decision, the high court gave states more power to limit access to abortion.

• The pro-life position dominated stories on the status of the Roe vs Wade, with pro-lifers opposing the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalising abortion.

• The pro-life position also dominated stories on government funding for abortion, with pro-lifers rejecting use of public funds for abortion; on debates on the morality of abortion, which prolifers denounced; and on when human life begins, with most pro-lifers answering "at conception".

Richard Doerflinger, associate director of the US bishops office for ProLife Activities, said the study "confirms some impressions we have had for a long time."

"Secular media are heavily biased on the abortion issue even in terms of the ways they are willing to describe the opposing sides in the debate," he said.

"Spokespersons favouring abortion on demand are given much more coverage than those who oppose it and, interestingly, although our opponents continue to claim that the pro-life movement is promoting an establishment of the Catholic religion, representatives of the Catholic Church are almost never asked for their opinions in this issue," he said.

He added that the report's finding "that women journalists are more biased in favour of support for abortion than their male counterparts is of interest because most surveys of the general public show women generally to be somewhat more opposed ..) abortion than that."

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Lee Kuan Yew. . . suing a magazine

DEFENCE WANTS DEFINITION IN LIBEL CASE SINGAPORE (UCAN): Rounding up his defence of the Far Economic Eastern Review (FEER), which Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew is suing for libel, Queen's Counsel Geoffrey Robertson told the court here that one basic question needs answering: What is the Catholic Church?

Robertson said the question needs to be addressed before it can be decided if the VEER was justified in saying Lee attacked the Church, the basis for the prime minister's lawsuit, in which he claims an VEER article published

December 17, 1987, defamed him.

After the 14-day trial, High Court Justice LP. Thean postponed his judgment on the case.

Lee took a dogmatic approach in defining the Church as the international institution represented by the Vatican, Robertson said.

Therefore, he concluded, Lee firmly denied that he attacked the Church, since he had not tried to shut it down or sever diplomatic ties with the Vatican.

But Robertson maintained that the Church is also made up of clergy, lay organisations and its

teachings, and criticising them amounts to criticising the Church.

In all these "ordinary senses", he argued, Lee could be said to have severely criticised the Church at a June 2, 1987, meeting at Istana, the prime minister's residence, at which a 10Catholic member Church delegation was present.

While Lee saw an "attack" as an "attack with guns to demolish the Church", Robertson said that in common parlance, to attack means to "assail with harsh words".

The counsel contended

that Lee was obsessed with liberation theology, the Philippines revolution and communist united front tactics in Singapore during the 1950s and 1960s.

That was why Lee leaped to so many conclusions about "communist united front" tactics being used by priests and church groups, Robertson said.

He said Lee's testimony proved Father Joachim Kang right in testifying that Lee's real targets were four particular priests and the Church, rather than the 16 people arrested under the Internal Security Act in May 1977.

In his final submission to the High Court, Robertson said leading public figures are expected to endure disparaging criticism. This is the meaning of politics and is "part and parcel of the political reality", he said.

Robertson argued that freedom of speech guaranteed by the constitution means the law of defamation should be interpreted to "allow for maximum criticism of public figures". Nothing said against Lee regarding his conduct in office can be libelous so long as it is not a false statement knowingly made, Robertson argued.

'Priestly and lay roles distinct'

JAKARTA (UCAN): Pope John Paul ll acknowledged the large role of priests in the Church's life and mission in Indonesia during a meeting with priests at the Cathedral of the Assumption here, while maintaining that priestly and lay roles should remain distinct.

He also expressed his opposition to ordaining "viri probati uxorati" (married man worthy to be ordained), as proposed to him

by Indonesian bishops during their "Ad Limina" visit to Rome last May. The bishops had argued that the Eucharistic Celebration cannot be held every Sunday in 91 per cent of places where Catholics worship in Indonesia.

As an alternative, they suggested, outstanding lay people could perform some priestly functions.

"While new forms of ecclesial service with lay involvement are to be welcome," the pope stressed, "they cannot substitute for the ministry of priests."

He expressed concern that Church life might suffer and local communities might be deprived of the full ministry to which they are entitled, "if on a regular basis the laity are entrusted with roles and responsibilities that belong to ordained ministers".

Ordained priests must do their part and the laity contribute their share, each according to what has been given to them, he said.

"There is a complementary of roles between clergy and laity that is essential for the Church's life and mission," the pope said.

"Iknow that you often have to carry out your mission with means that are totally disproportionate to the task entrusted to you," the pope told the priests, referring to remote churches in jungles of Kalimantan and Irian Jaya, mountains in Sulawesi, and the Moluccas Islands.

The pope also said he is happy that in the last seven years the number of Indonesian clergy has increased.

"Although there have been obstacles to the continued presence of the missionaries," the pope said, referring to the Indonesian government's refusal to extend foreign missioners' visas, "this very problem has been turned to the Church's good."

The increase in vocations and Catholics means the initial stage of evangelisation is through, he said.

The pope said Indonesian priests should be inspired by the example of past missioners to maintain their vocation.

"The high esteem in which you are held today by the Indonesian people, including those who are not Christians, is due in great measure to the dedication and moral integrity of those who have gone before you," he said.

Priest:I was stunned...

This is very briefly what Father Joachim Rang (above) said when he was called as the first defence witness in the libel suit against the Far Eastern Economic Review: He expected a meeting with Mr Lee Kuan Yew (the plaintfiff in the suit) to be a dialogue on the arrest of 16 people but the "spotlight" turned on four Catholic priests.

Upon arrival at the meeting place the delegation was shown to an antechamber where they were each given two files to read.

One contained statements by detainee Vincent Cheng and the other was on four priests — Fathers D'Souza, Edgar Patrick Goh, Joseph Ho Guillaume and Arotcarena.

Father Rang said: "I

must say at the outset that having a file of these four priests right at the beginning had taken me aback because...my expectations of the meeting had been to be enlightened as to why and how the detention of the 16 people has been made.

"This was a rude awakening . . . to be given a folder that contains matters on the four priests . . . I was stunned."

Turning to the meeting with Mr Lee, Father Rang said he was "further surprised" that "relatively speaking," not very much was in fact spoken by Mr Lee about the detainees.

"The Prime Minister had gone on to turn on the spotlight on the four priests and their activities," he said.

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Church is losi g out ...

VATICAN CITY: While the church steps up efforts to care for migrants displaced by war, hunger and economic and political hardship, its efforts to stem the flow to the fundamentalist sects is falling short.

For years, the church has been trying to meet the challenge of enerwell-financed getic, evangelical movements that have spread across vast areas of the globe, especially in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

At the Vatican recently

some 50 experts were told that the church's efforts are falling short.

From migrant settlements in the United States to Mozambican refugee villages, in Brazilian slums and in Gypsy camps, millions of Catholics are turning to

fundamentalist sects.

Archbishop Giovanni Cheli, who chaired the meeting of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travellers, opened the session with some sobering facts: • In the United States, he said, a "tremendous

number of Catholic Hispanics (some millions)...have been converted to the sects."

• In traditionally Catholic Latin America, it is estimated that 20 percent of the population, many of them migrant workers, have

joined fundamentalist Christian groups.

• In the Philippines, the sects have picked up about 1million members from Catholic ranks.

• In Africa, the number of sects is estimated at more than 10,000, many concentrated in South

Africa, Nigeria and Kenya, with others active among refugee populations in Mozambique, Namibia and Angola.

All in all, Archbishop Cheli said, the picture shows "an alarming conversion of Catholics in diaspora."

Appeal of sects Why do fundamentalist sects hold such great appeal for people who have left their native lands?

The answer seems to be that they offer a sense of power, responsibility and familial warmth — a spiritual home to people whose lives have been disrupted. A refugee who has nothing can, overnight, become "somebody" in a sect.

In the United States, said Archbishop Sanchez of Santa Fe, "many migrants and refugees are seeking a personal friendship and welcome when they need church".

"Their needs are frequently not being met by our Catholic churches or parishes, which are large in size and consequently

Bishops fail in bid for change The GLASGOW: Catholic bishops of Scotland have failed in their attempt to have the Scottish schools bill now before Parliament amended.

They wanted to change the present position whereby non-Catholic teachers appointed to Catholic schools by regional authorities are deemed in law to have been approved by the diocesan authorities.

While emphasising their gratitude to nonCatholic teachers at a time when the Church cannot supply sufficient Catholic teachers of its own, the Scottish bishops and the Catholic Education Commission feel the current system of "approval" to be anomalous and want it regularised.

Some head teachers, while paying tribute to the teaching excellence of non-Catholic staff, are uneasy that some individual teachers say they cannot accept a Christian ethos in the school.

Some educationalists hope to persuade the Scottish bishops to press for non-Catholic staff to give a formal assurance that they support that ethos. The bishops have reached no clear view about that.

quite indifferent and often cold."

The sects use three effective proselytising methods, the archbishop said: • a personal invitation to join their church; • house-to-house visitation; and • preaching in the minorities' own idiom.

Many also promise jobs or material assistance, he said.

Archbishop Sanchez was instrumental in writing a Hispanic pastoral plan in 1987 that aimed, among other things, at organising small church communities to help counter the appeal of sects.

"We are not yet emotionally or structurally

CHRISTIAN TELEVISION On Channel Nine, the Christian Television Association of WA, of which the Catholic Church is a member, presents in conjunction with Catholic Communications Sydney, the following Cross Sections programmes at 7.30 am Sundays and repeated Sunday evenings: November 19 Bread and Blessing — Ministry to the poor at Sacred Heart Mission. Kids are Kids — The story of parents who adopt foreign born children. Indigenous Faith The dialogue between Christianity and Native Religion.

November 26 Michael Paul Gallagher: Jesuit Theologian — On Faith in Contemporary Culture. Toni Fitzpatrick — Street Gangs. "Brothers and Sisters United". Africa — Development and Change.

McAULEY FETE The annual fete of the Catherine McAuley Family Centre, Station Street, Wembley will be held on Sunday, November 26 from 10.30am to 3.30pm. Craft, cakes, jams, toys, white elephant and garden stalls, raffles, a giant Christmas stocking, entertainment for children.

COUNTRY PRAYER A Day of Reflection will be held on November 27th at St Joseph's Parish church, Kellerberrin in honour of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.

Parishioners from country centres are gathering together there to share a day of prayer and reflection in preparation for Advent and Christmas.

The day is being organised by combined country centres and commences at 9.30am concluding with Mass at 2pm. There will be enrolment in the Miraculous Medal.

Those attending are asked to BYO lunch and share. For information ring (090)44 7035, (096)22 3109, (096)38 1042.

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prepared to effectively minister to migrants, refugees and ethnic minorities."

One church refugee expert in southern Africa pointed out a seeming paradox: that although the Catholic Church is known for its solidarity with the refugees, more and more of the displaced are turning to the fundamentalist sects.

Most participants said the sects' appeal to migrant groups is primarily psychological and spiritual.

"The sects weave a message of material development and spiritual invincibility, and a migrant who feels that his church or society has neglected him can hardly be blamed for clutching

at the straw of hope such a message seems to offer," said Andre Van Chau, head of the International Migration Catholic Commission.

Added Father Remi Hoelcman, director of the international federation of Catholic universities: "The African migrant, on leaving his village, becomes very vulnerable, too. He is no longer under the protection of his ancestors. He might find no one to meet him.

Yet to have community is essential. He is an easy prey."

Pope John Paul II told the participants these elements of fear, insecurity and loneliness placed refugees and migrants in the "highest-risk" cate-

WHAT'S ON CHURCH WEEKEND Father Ron Nissen S.M. will present two Church Weekends in November and December at Lesmurdie and Osborne Park.

The Church Weekend is one of the Pastoral and Matrimonial Renewal Centre programs, primarily addressed to couples, priests and religious who have previously experienced a Marriage Encounter weekend but is also open to singles who have already had some other renewal experience in the church, e.g. Antioch, Barnabus, Charis, etc.

The non-residential weekend begins on Friday evening, includes all day Saturday and concludes late Sunday afternoon.

Mass is shared on both Saturday and Sunday.

At Lesmurdie parish, November 25-27 is being offered as a full parish renewal; Osborne Park weekend takes place December 1-3. Registrations and further details phone Ron and Helen Howerd 291 6168.

Enquiries Peter and Veronica Dymond 574 2688.

1962 MISSAL Mass using the 1962 missal will be celebrated each Sunday at 11am in Corpus Christi church, Myaree.

Archbishop Foley has granted this permission in response to requests from people who hitherto have attended the Tridentine Mass celebrated first at Clontarf and most recently at Myaree on the first Saturday of each month.

The archbishop's permission is given in response to that request and also the urging of Pope John Paul for a "wise and generous application of the directions."

CATHOLJC NURSES The next meeting of the Catholic Nurses Guild will be held at 11 Ellesmere Road on Tuesday, November 21 at 7.30pm. Further information: M.J. Hubery, President.

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gory for proselytism by sects.

Among the world's oldest migrant populations are the Gypsies and here, too, despite decades of Catholic pastoral efforts, pentecostalism has made deep inroads, said Father Andre Barthelemy, a French chaplain to Gypsy people.

Gypsies appear to like the pentecostals' travelling tent missions, their star preachers of fire and brimstone, their insistence on the "magic" aspect of the faith.

Moreover, Father Barthelemy said, pentecostalism gives Gypsies the idea that they are a sort of "chosen people".

The Catholic Church has responded by forming Gypsy pilgrimages,

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CATHEDRAL NOVENA The solemn novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal will commence on Thursday, November 30 at 7.30pm and continue at the same time for nine consecutive evenings, concluding with Mass on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on Friday, December 8. The guest preacher will be Fr Lou Molloy, SM. CHRIST THE KING Mass will be celebrated at the Bullsbrook church -Virgin Mary Mother of the Church" on Sunday November 26 at 2pm, followed by a eucharistic procession. For enquiries and bus reservations please ring 444 2285 for Perth, Highgate & Midland bus and 339 4015 for Fremantle bus. Sacri Assoc, P.O. Box 311 Tuart Hill 6060. Telephone 571 1699.

NEWMAN SOCIETY The AGM of the Newman Society will be held in the Senior Common Room, St Thomas More College, Crawley, on Tuesday, November 21 at 7.30pm. This will be followed by a talk by Father P. Bishop, SJ on "Jesuit Education: Where it comes from and where it is going". Contact No. 446 1628. Open to the public.

QUEENS PARK PRAYER On the Solemnity of Christ the King. November 26th, there will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in St Norbert's Priory Church, Treasure Road, Queens Park from after 9.30am Mass until 7.30pm.

The Liturgy of the Hours will be Prayer Midday celebrated:12.10pm, Vespers 5.45pm (evening prayer), Compline 7.15pm (night prayer). Enquiries to 451 5586 or 458 2729.

gatherings and schools of faith, he said. But he added bluntly: "Our Church is slow and still too dependent on a clergy insufficiently formed in the spirit of mission."

Solutions offered at the meeting were those that have been heard before: an emphasis on small church communities, placement of more church workers in the midst of migrating peoples and more sympathy for new arrivals, who might be invisible to the regular parish structures.

Archbishop Sanchez and others also called for a willingness to adapt pastoral programs, to "bend the structure and adapt it to the needs of the individual".

DUTCH MIDNIGHT MASS This year, a Dutch Midnight Mass with Dutch Christmas carols, will be held for the first time in Perth. The Mass will be held on December 24, 1989 at 9pm in St Joachim's Church, 122 Shepperton Road, Victoria Park. Seeing the short time available for preparation, the celebration will be kept simple this year. If there is sufficient response we will try to make this an annual event.

Everyone is welcome. For more information please contact Father Moester 361 1057 or J. Beekvett 309 2875.

JESUIT GENERAL'S VISIT Very Reverend Fr Hans-Peter Kolvenbach, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, will be visiting Perth in December.

Fr Kolvenbach's visit will not be a high-profile one: he wishes simply to meet with Jesuits Associates/ and their Collaborators.

He will celebrate Mass at St Thomas More College Chapel on Tuesday, December 12 at 9.15am.

Friends of the Society of Jesus and those who would consider themselves "Associates" of the Jesuits are most cordially invited to participate in the Mass and in a morning tea afterwards to meet Fr Kolvenbach.

Further information: Fr Patrick Bishop SJ St Thomas More College 386 8712

Civil rites on the rise but for us it's...

Knot on Special report

by Father John Jegorow Twice in as many months the morning press has carried a small article which caught my attention even though it was buried in the back pages.

The reports pointed to the increasing number of West Australians seeking civil rather than religious ceremonies to tie marital knots.

A more recent and prominent Weekend story told of a bride and groom left "at the altar" by a civil celebrant who had to dash off to perform another wedding when the first bride arrived late.

I presume the reporter meant the gazebo, the gum tree or the wishing well and not "the altar", as civil celebrants shy a way from anything

religious and wouldn't be Civil celebrants made allowed near a church their grand entrance in altar.

1974 with CommonI wondered if the wealth approvation and number is growing of distinguish themselves Catholics who are able to from civil registrars many in the Catholic mainly in that they will Church but turning for an extra fee, travel instead towards civil anywhere to perform a celebrants or registry wedding. Registrars on the other hand require office weddings.

In his last report to the couple to come to the parliament the WA office.

Registrar General said Last year 10,578 couples that the number of married in Western AusRegistry Office marriages tralia. Fifty per cent were in 1988-89 increased by religious ceremonies and 183 (19%) over the 1987/ the other half were civil 88 figure. He said there ceremonies performed was greater client satis- by civil celebrants or faction with the Perth registrars.

Registry Office as a result of 'tailoring' the ceremWestern Australia is the ony to suit individual only state that boasts couples. such a high proportion of Registry office wed- non-religious weddings. dings are different from In every other state the those conducted by civil proportion is 60-40 in celebrants. favour of religious

ceremonies but that's another story.

Given that 25 per cent of the population is Catholic and less than 30 per cent of Catholic marriages are between two Catholic parties, the proportion of Catholic wedding ceremonies should be over 35 per cent of the total (i.e.

the total number of marriage ceremonies.

The percentage has been steadily dropping since then.

Today the Catholic proportion of marriage ceremonies is around 18 per cent in WA and has been so for the past five years. In 1984 it was 19.1 per cent and 17.8 per cent 10,578). in 1988, an average of In the five years 1969- 18.4 per cent.

1974, before the advent No doubt the easier of civil celebrants, divorce laws and the Catholic ceremonies increase in the number comprised 27 per cent of of civil celebrants since

1974 has contributed to

this decline.

A part explanation can also be found in West Australia's higher than average divorce figures.

In 34.5 per cent of the total number of West Australian marriages in 1988 at least one of the parties was a divorcee.

This is 2.1 per cent above the Australian average. For a Catholic perspective the only valid base from which to calculate is the number

of first time marriages for both parties.

The total number of marriages where both had not been previously married numbered approximately 6928 in 1988. In the same year Catholic ceremonies numbered 1887 so the proportion is 27 per cent of WA's first time marriages. This is still below our projected 35 per cent but it brings the figure closer to the mark.

Are we losing contact with that missing eight per cent?

Of requests and a key ruling "Father would you marry us in the park?"

Many a priest may have heard this request from couples protesting as well that they are very much in love.

Aside from theological and sacramental fact that couples do the actual marrying and the priest or celebrant is merely a witness, the answer to the question for

Catholics may be simple but the pastoral problems are complex.

Couples asking the question will come to find out that the Archdiocese of Perth required Catholic marriages to take place in a church, even when a nonCatholic church is permitted as the location.

We don't know how many Catholic cou-

ples turn away from a Catholic Church wedding just because they cannot be married in the park or similar location.

The task of presenting the church as an attractive alternative to couples is not easy at the end of a telephone.

Often these enquirers have a wavering faith, have no or little sense of belonging to the church or are just

ignorant of what they should do to marry.

In our sunshine State where the weather lends itself to outdoor functions should Catholics have reason to be concerned about the growing popularity of marriage civil ceremonies.

From figures elsewhere on this page it is not altogether clear that we are totally unaffected.

When a couple looks for an outdoor or other location wedding the initial contact with the priest may be the vital tentative though moment that could bring them back to the church.

How the simple answer to the complex question "Can we marry in a park?" is delivered by the est may be the key.

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Some couples may feel unworthy of a church wedding after a time of living together without the church's blessing.

Once they have placed themselves outside the church they sometimes think that a garden wedding is a suitable compromise.

for a wedding needs to be relaxed in some situations and left to the discretion of the priest.

This will hardly open a floodgate.

There are more pressing questions to address. Perhaps what is needed most is a more aggressive publicity drive about the church's concern and care for people thinking of marriage.

Maybe our ruling on the church building as the normal place . . . . .... . ... . ,The Record. November 16, 1989

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Readings for special liturgies Fabian Yanez vividly recalls a day in his childhood when a stranger, carrying two heavy valises, trudged up the sidewalk toward the Yanez family's home. The man introduced himself as a Bible salesman.

Yanez's mother ushered the stranger into the living room and the

entire family gathered around to see his wares.

"He pointed out the fine binding, the pretty pictures and the red type that highlighted Jesus' words. He stressed the importance of a family Bible — not so much for reading, but for record keeping," Yanez said.

Smiling at the memory, he added that the family

and Liturgy of the Hours, you are told when the readings can be changed at the prerogative of the celebrant," the liturgist anniversary liturgies, explained. wake services and Optional readings are funerals. then suggested in the "On Sundays and Lectionary or people can solemnities, the readings select Scripture readings are strictly set, but on that they find suitable for other days, if you look at the occasion, the liturgist The Order for the Mass explained.

diocesan office of worship.

As people grow in familiarity with Scripture, they want to have more input into planning special liturgies which mark personal milestones, Yanez added.

They want to incorporate Bible passages that have special meaning for them into wedding and

bought the Bible and "put it up on a shelf in the closet where it gathered dust until we would bring it out to make entries in the familyrecord section."

By contrast, in many households today, the family Bible has taken on a new prominence, said Yanez, director of the

By Stanley J. Konieczny

The liturgy poser Every year at Christmas a friend receives a coconut. This has been happening for 25 years.

My friend has no idea who sends the coconut, why he receives it or what he is supposed to do with it. It simply shows up as a consistent, although meaningless, part of his Christmas ritual.

To celebrate the Mass or the sacraments without using Scripture would be something like the gift of the Christmas coconut.

A symbolic action would take place, but it would not be clear who is responsible for it, why it occurs and what its purpose is.

Scripture answers those questions. At the same time, what Scripture says is given a concrete, hereand-now application in the liturgy.

Scripture proclaims

who is responsible for the liturgy.

By telling some part of the story of God's relationship with our ancestors in the faith, Scripture reminds us that God is at the origin of the Mass and the other sacraments.

During a baptism, for example, we hear through Scripture of a God who gives life, who freed the Jews from slavery.

The same life-giving and liberating action of God is made present in the sacramental rite.

At the sacrament of reconciliation, the God who forgives and revitalizes sinners is proclaimed through biblical stories.

Then God's forgiveness and mercy are offered through the sacrament.

Without Scripture, the origin of liturgical

By Father Robert Kinast actions can become obscure.

This could lead to the conclusion that liturgy is our doing alone or that its value is limited to the aesthetic quality we build into it.

between God and the people.

This relationship, of course, is not just seen in distant, past times: It is an invitation in the present to re-enact and continue the story Scripture proclaims.

For example, a sacramental marriage is not merely a reminder that God established a relationship with Abram and Sara long ago, or that God renewed it through Jesus.

Scripture also makes clear why the Mass and sacraments are celebrated by connecting the liturgy to its origin in God. Liturgy is meant to deepen the relationship

A sacramental marriage re-enacts that relationship — that covenant — in the commitment and love of the spouses.

It is more than a civil contract, but its further meaning becomes clear only in light of the biblical interpretation.

Without Scripture, the meaning of liturgical actions can be distorted.

For example, the Eucharist might be viewed as just another ritual meal rather than a celebration of the Lord's presence in the way he requested; anointing could be viewed as a sign that a person is about to die rather than an invocation of God's abiding support during a serious illness.

Scripture sheds light on why liturgy is celebrated.

In doing so it clarifies the role of the participants.

God's relationship to people today is not

radically different from God's relationship to people in biblical times.

The biblical stories which described their responses to God describe our responses as well.

The Eucharist tells communicants fed with the bread of life that there are other hungers which they must feed.

The foregiveness of sin brings penitents face to face with evil, challenging each one to take responsibility for the moral quality of life.

Scripture keeps the liturgy from becoming self-serving. Scripture tells participants wha they are to do with the gift they receive.

Liturgy without Scripture is like an unintelligible Christmas gift.

Liturgy with Scripture is like the mystery God intended.

'When I choose readings for a liturgy,Ilike to t art with the Gospel nce the other readings" t iolve around it, Yanez t 'Then I try to select an (,Id Testament reading pith the same theme as die Gospel." iometimes he uses the time theme in the cond reading, sometimes a contrasting ti eme. kayer and reflection a e important tools for SIster Catherine Wellingloff when she selects leadings for parish liturties and prayer services.

On occasions such as fimerals or anniversaries, the tries to think about the people involved.

She considers a person's 'characteristics, lifestyle, ommitment to the Ourch. Then I try to (link of passages from Scripture that fit that p erson."

She tries to listen to the rord of God carefully and store up what she hears, paying attention to passages that might be iseful in planning spec al liturgies.

"Last year, on the feast of Sts Joachim and Ann, the reading from Sirach was so appropriate for a man who was a good father and was well respected in the community," Sister Wellinghoff said. "It struck me that the reading was a wonderful description."

A month later a parishioner, Frank Kuhl, died. "I remember that passage from Sirach and how it so aptly described Frank, so we used it.

After the funeral Mass, people commented on how appropriate the reading was," Sister Wellinghoff said.

She added quickly that pieces do not always fit so easily. "Sometimes, I don't know quite what reading to choose for a special event. Then I Pray!

"I try to be quiet in the presence of the living God and try to see what Scripture passage surfaces."

When Tom and Ceil Pajda were planning their 1985 wedding, they received some helpful

tips during their preCana training and from her cousin, Father John Myler, the wedding celebrant.

When they selected their readings, Tom was certain of one thing: They were going to use St Paul's soliloquy on love from his First Letter to the Corinthians.

"It was familiar. It meant something to me and I wanted others to get something out of it like I had," Tom said.

"Now, looking back,Ican say that I understand that reading even better because of four years of married life."

Ceil agreed, noting that she had been asked to read the passage at the wedding of some friends.

"I felt I did it with special meaning," she said. "Those words speak volumes to me. They tell me that I can lose everything, but as long as I have Tom, I'm fine."

Reading, reflecting, remembering and dayto-day living all contribute to selecting meaningful Scripture readings for special liturgies.

The liturgy, a bearer of the Gospel, should make people think, writes Father Eugene LaVerdiere.

When this happens at a liturgy, it means the biblical word is hard at work.

Biblical word hard work.. at The activating agent DISCUSSION POINTS

The Bible is so rooted in the church that it pervades its very worship. The liturgy is biblical, not just in its readings but in its tone and overall vocabulary.

What does Father Robert Kinast mean when he says he can't imagine the liturgy without Scripture?

Father Eugene LaVerdiere says that the Scripture readings at Mass have a way of making people think.

How so?

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There was a time when many people thought the Scripture readings were just something to "get through" before moving on to the "real Mass".

Remember learning in catechism class that the essential parts of the Mass were the Offertory, Consecration and Communion? The impression was that the rest was relatively unimportant.

Matters weren't helped much by the fact that the same two readings were used on the same Sunday, year after year. This led to a sense of routine.

The fact is that Scripture is an integral

part of the liturgy — a most important part.

Now, the Mass and the other sacraments are encounters with the risen Christ. They are the kind of experiences that involve the total person — heart and mind and body.

But if hearts and minds are not engaged, the personal element simply is not there. And sincere people wonder why they "get nothing out of Mass".

It is the function of Scripture and the accompanying commentary in the homily to prepare minds and hearts for total involvement in the action of the liturgy.

Word, leads us to respond to this divine love and to appreciate its relevance for living balof God's saving plan for anced lives in an unbalanced world. humanity.

We listen to the Then we are ready to accounts of God reaching embrace God in the out to people and God is Eucharist. Jesus now revealed in the process as comes to us in a unique concerned, loving and self-surrender, and we forgiving. are prepared to embrace We see God's love and surrender ourselves enfleshed in Jesus, who in turn. reaches out to touch No longer are we passtricken people and sive spectators at a horestore their human hum drama, but vitally dignity, to hug children, i nvolved actors in a to heal, to forgive, to reassure us of his pres- moving, transforming ence in our troubled experience. lives.

It has been this way The homily, an essential from the beginning, as part of the Liturgy of the Scripture prepared peo-

By Father John Castelot That goal inspired the renewal of the liturgy by the Second Vatican Council.

Perhaps the most significant renewal of the Mass was in the area of the Liturgy of the Word, when the Scripture readings are heard.

There are now three readings each Sunday in a three-year cycle that offers a rich variety of selections from the whole Bible.

One benefit is that this situates the Mass itself within the whole sweep

ple for a personal encounter with Jesus.

In Luke's story of the meeting of the risen Lord with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, we catch glimpses of the early Christian liturgy.

At first the disciples didn't recognise Jesus. It was only after he had explained the Scriptures to them that they were enabled to recognise him "in the breaking of the bread."

In retrospect they exclaimed, "Were not our hearts burning (within us) while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures out to us?"

(Luke 24:32).

Every so often something happens in the course of a liturgy that lifts it way out of the ordinary. It could be just about anything.

• — A little child

responds to a rhetorical question in the midst of the homily. The hornilist is very eloquent, "Who could possibly do such a thing?"

Pause.

A child's voice pierces the silence, "My daddy!"

• — A police radio breaks into the church's sound system at the consecration.

Either of those occurrences could make a liturgy memorable. But sometimes what

happens is connected directly with the liturgy itself.

Perhaps former friends, long estranged, are reconciled as they share the Eucharist together.

Or, a Gospel reading clearly addresses a local problem. People have been complaining about "those new neighbours".

The Gospel asks, "Who is my neighbour?" and continues with the story of the good Samaritan.

Again, one of the Prayers of the Faithful may express a need felt deeply by everyone.

When something like this happens, the liturgy is not just extraordinary and memorable.

people find themselves plaugued by questions about the world around them: Why do good people suffer? Why does anyone suffer? What gives people hope?

A most important form of thinking occurs when

people must apply their knowledge and values to specific situations in their lives. High school and college instructors know how great a challenge this form of thinking is, since they are always seeking out new

It is significant. Everyone gets a glimpse into what our eucharistic liturgy is meant to be.

Sometimes, a liturgy becomes significant because of something reported in the news. Let me explain.

A name that became familiar to everyone during the past 10 years was that of Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini, who died recently.

Within a couple days of his death, I was with a group of people attendScripture a ing workshop.

At the liturgy, I introduced the Prayers of the Faithful and invited the

By Father Eugene LaVerdiere, SSS

participants to share their own intentions.

After a couple of intentions, a voice said, "Let us pray for the repose of the soul of the Ayatolla Khomeini." Everybody responded, "Lord, hear our prayer."

The whole event stayed with me, but with no special connection to the Liturgy of the Word for that day.

Some time later we were gathered for the Eucharist in a beautiful chapel rich in the culture and atmosphere.

I was taken aback. It never would have occurred to me — sadly — to pray for the Ayatollah.

The Gospel reading for the day was Matthew 5:38-42, which contains a saying familiar to just about everyone: "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

But Isay to you . . ."

Now here I was at the liturgy joining with everyone else, praying for him.

At rust I was quite stymied trying to find something for the homily that would be helpful.

Then it struck me. I introduced the homily with the story! have just told.

The incident put the Gospel reading in a strong light. Everyone was attentive to the homily, and I could see that people were pensive after it was over.

The liturgy, a bearer of the Gospel, was making people think, leading them to a fuller understanding of prayer and its purpose.

One person told me later that the experience, though welcome, was unsettling.

In the Prayer of the Faithful, as you might

guess, someone prayed for the ayatollah.

The liturgy should make a difference in the way we think. Sometimes it ought to trouble us and help us to deal with problems we may have set aside and refused to face.

As with the liturgy I described, you really do not know whether the liturgy actually did some of this until it is over.

A good barometer is what people are talking about as they leave the church. If I overhear them talking about the issues raised in the homily I say to myself, "The biblical word is hard at work today."

Very briefly...

When the Scripture readings at Mass are really heard, they have a way of causing people to think.

To think. Now there's a mouthful. "It really makes you think," people will say of a movie or

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book they enjoyed. But what do they mean?

They may mean that a movie had a serious side and was not meant to be taken lightly, or that a book was difficult to understand, a challenge to the mind.

Thinking is a natural process for human beings. Since it is a multifaceted process, it undoubtedly has different meanings for different people.

People are set to thinking when they are

reminded of something important that hasn't occupied their attention for a long time.

People enter into a thought process when they face the need to make a choice in life —

to evaluate the options open to them.

Thinking occurs when a whole new way of viewing something presents itself — a new perspective on another person or a series of events in one's life.

When people find themselves in a situation where they must reckon with their own goals and objectives, thinking becomes an imperative for them.

Thinking is also the order of the day when

ways to get students to use what they know.

If this, then, what experts in the fields of Scripture and liturgy have in mind when they say that the readings at Mass have great potential for making people think?

When the Scripture readings at Mass really are heard, they have the capacity to remind people of important values, to present fresh perspectives on common situations, to aid people who face important decisions

and must reckon with their goals, and to nourish people wrestling with big questions.

And the Scripture readings at Mass ought to be the "thinking person's" delight because when truly heard, they so

clearly suggest that Christian values are meant to be applied to all of life.

If there is an emphasis today on the lector's responsibility at Mass to present the Scripture

readings clearly, it is because the Bible plays a vital role in the liturgy.

The Scripture readings set the tone for a celebration of the liturgy — and they really can make people think.

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Spotlight turns on Eastern Europe

Patience... ... SAYS POPE AS HE ENCOURAGES CHANGES VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II encouraged continuing political changes in Eastern Europe, but also asked Catholics in Poland to be patient with their new noncommun i st government.

The pope made his remarks to some 15,000 Czechoslovakians and Poles who were at the Vatican for the canonisation of a Czech princess who became a nun and a Polish brother who had taken part in an insurrection against Czarist Russia.

One new saint, Agnes of Bohemia, daughter of the Czech King Premysl

Otakar I, "had a notable role in the civil and cultural development of her nation", the pope said.

Some 8000 pilgrims from Czechoslovakia attended the Mass after receiving the largest single block of exit visas ever granted by their communist government.

The canonisation Mass was the first papal ceremony ever broadcast by state-owned Czech television.

The government sent a five-member official the delegation to ceremony.

Vatican relations with t he Czechoslovakian

have government improved in the last two years, with the government agreeing to the appointment of some new bishops. The nation's 13 dioceses have about 10 million Catholics.

During an audience with some of the Czechoslovakians, including the government ministers, the pope called for increased religious freedom and the appointment of bishops for the eight dioceses that are either vacant or have apostolic administrators.

"Certainly, the number of your bishops is not yet complete, but the fact

that in recent months it has been possible to see to some dioceses which had been vacant for many years is a good sign for the future," he said.

"It confirms our hope that it will be possible, in the end, to institute in your country its respective episcopal conference," the pope said.

St Agnes was born in the early 1200s. Her parents arranged a royal marriage for her and sent her to study at the royal court in Vienna, Austria.

After several years of study, she decided to become a nun and founded a convent in Prague, Czechoslovakia,

based on the style of religious life begun by her friend St Clare and

by St Francis of Assisi.

She became abbess of the Poor Clare monastery in 1234 and died there 48 years later.

She was beatified in 1874 by Pope Pius XI. Pope John Paul II said her life is a lesson that "human history is in continuing motion. The times change with various generations and with scientific discoveries. New technologies, but also new worries busy the horizon of humanity".

But "the truth of Christ, which enlightens and

saves, persists during the small nation is not changing events", he forgotten". said. People continue "to "St Agnes is a shining thirst or yearn for the example of Christian truth". optimism," he said. "She An official at the Vati- is a sign of hope for us, in can's Congregation for the sense that with the Sainthood Causes said help of God, anything is the timing of St Agnes' possible. This is a strong canonisation 115 years call for (Czechoslovaafter her beatification kian) Catholics of today." was not politically After reciting the Angemotivated. lus later, the pope told Czechoslovakia's 90- the pilgrims to rely on year-old primate, Cardi- the intercession of Mary nal Frantisek Tomasek of who will "accompany Prague, said "this canon- you with her special help isation is very important in this year dedicated to because it means that our deepening your faith".

Prayers for justice, freedom and peace CITY VATICAN (CNS): As parts of the Berlin Wall were torn down, Pope John Paul ll met with the city's bishop and later said he honed reforms there would be made in "justice, and f reedom peace".

The events mark "a moment of great emotion and profound

changes in Europe, which in a special way concern your people," the pope told a group of West German bishops at the Vatican Nov 13.

"As a pastor who cares for the whole flock,I want to join in your prayers so that people's hopes are fulfilled in justice, freedom and peace," he said.

On Nov 11, the pope met with Bishop George Sterzinsky of Berlin, whose pastoral territory includes West Berlin and the communist eastern half of the city. No details of the private audience were made public.

The same day, Bishop Sterzinsky sent a message to the East German Presi-

On Nov 9, East Germany opened its borders to free travel, and the next day it began dismantling sections of the wall

Growing ties through art VATICAN CITY (CNS): A Vatican exhibit of Russian religious art is a sign of the growing ties between the Soviet Union and the Vatican, said a Russian official.

"This exhibit is an effective step on the road to reciprocal understanding," said J.S. Melentev, minister of culture of Russia.

The Nov 11-Jan 30, show marks the first time that a Soviet art show has been held in the Vatican.

The exhibit consists of 100 icons, religious paintings on wood panels, belonging to Russian museums.

The art show "is not the only step. There are many others," the Russian official said.

Melentev cited the meeting upcoming

between Pope John Paul I and Soviet President I Mikhail Gorbachev and dialogue growing between the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches.

"We hope these lead to mutual understanding," he said.

Melentev said the popeGorbachev meeting later this month would open the way for a papal visit to the Soviet Union.

"We can assume that the meeting would be returned on our territory," he said.

The meeting will have "very positive results," he added, but he refused to predict specific results.

The world "is on the threshold of a new era, the third millennium after the birth of Christ," said Melentev.

that had divided the city since 1961.

In the next 24 hours, an estimated two million F.ast Germans flooded into West Berlin and West Germany to visit.

The loosening of travel restrictions came as East Germany's communist leaders promised to introduce free elections and agreed to

dent expressing the hope that "all the reforms may be realised in the spirit of dialogue and understanding, without any recourse to violence," Vatican Radio reported.

This calls for "abandoning old stereotypes and ways of thinking," he added.

People must get used to the "unusual steps" being taken under Gorbachev's reform policies, he said. "It is necessary for East and West to find a common road."

Religion is an important part of the Soviet Union's cultural history and has not been forgotten, Melentev said.

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was "a rupture with our history, but not a cultural rupture," he said.

"Our culture is an undeniable part of our people," he said.

The art exhibit is cosponsored by the Russian Ministry of Culture and the Vatican Museums.

The changes were made after more than 100,000 East Germans left the country in recent weeks to settle in the West. The moves were also part of a trend toward liberalisation and political pluralism in much of Eastern Europe.

The meeting of West German bishops and Vatican officials on Nov 13-14 was to discuss themes of priestly formation and religious education. Bishop Sterzinsky, who lives in East Berlin, cut short his visit to Rome to return home as the dramatic new events unfolded and did not attend the, Vatican meeting.

Case of seeing eye-to-eye ROME (CNS): A top Soviet official said his government and the Vatican now agree on most social issues, a development that has opened the door for the meeting between Pope John Paul II and Soviet Mikhail President Gorbachev.

Vadim Zagladin, a foreign policy adviser to Gorbachev, said he expected relations to keep improving to the point that the pope will be able to visit the Soviet Union.

But he indicated that the thorny issue of the Ukrainian church was one that must be settled between Catholic and Orthodox leaders, not the Soviet government.

He said the Kremlin now views the Polishborn pope's 11-year ponfavourably tificate because "the pope's , • I A•

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position has developed during this period and is still developing".

"Today the Vatican's positions on humanitarian problems, on peace, the ecology, development are for us not only interesting but acceptable in the great majority of cases. This is why we want to improve relations with this pope," he said.

"The fact is simple, there are many points of view that the Soviet Union shares with Pope John Paul II, and this is a change from the past," he said. the Asked about Catholic Ukrainian Church, which has been illegal in the Soviet Union since it was forced to merge with the Russian Orthodox Church in 1946, Zagladin said: "This is a problem for

churches, not for our state. Your question should be addressed to the Orthodox."

His remark echoed that of another Gorbachev adviser, who in October cautioned that a profreedom-ofprosed conscience law would not in itself resolve the Ukrainian church issue.

The point is expected to be a main topic on the agenda of the popeGorbachev meeting, scheduled during Gorbachev's visit to Italy Nov 29-Dec 1.

Zagladin said he believed "the pope will come" to the Soviet Union, but would not predict when.

"If we keep developing our relations, I don't see why this visit should not be made. It would be completely normal," he said.

A positive step to beat grief...

Losing a loved one, especially a child, can be an agonising experience where one is plunged into a pit of grief, and among other emotions, the tremendous sense of loss through separation which death brings.

Mrs Anne Plant — founder of the Doubleview Bereavement Support Group. "I get comfort and a sense of peace in helping the bereaved. It's true you give — but you also receive."

Realising we'll all die and lose a loved one some day, is one thing.

But facing up to the reality of it is yet another.

And above all the overriding helplessness.

Faced with death we are powerless. And realising we'll never see that person again is heartrending.

But the fact is, life must go on. For ourselves, and others we love.

That's where the hard

By Colleen McGuiness-Howard part comes in, how to go on when coping with such self-destructive grief, in many cases.

Mrs Anne Plant of Wembley Downs lost a daughter who died as a young woman; if one's offspring survives the Teenager years, one tends to heave a sigh of relief and think 'they've made it'.

But death in the midst of life is always a possibility; and it's always hard to let go.

Having stuggled with her grief, Anne decided she'd better do something more positive to help herself so enrolled in a parish retreat and

joined the local bowling club, which helped. But having access to a support group within the parish or nearby, "would have helped such a lot," she said.

Some can handle grief without a support groups depending on the type of loss, closeness of the relationship with the deceased, and support received. "We're all individuals and feel the loss in a different way."

But Anne decided a support group was needed, so started one in Doubleview, just over 18 months ago.

She also realised it's not simply a matter of setting

Comparing notes at workshop

Kevin Blight (left) attending for environmental interest, Sister Mary Hinchey RSM from the Syndey national team, Mrs Mary Droste, program coordinator, and Christian Brother Dave Bodman (who has been released to research juvenile justice in Perth), comparing notes on the Mission and Justice workshop.

Sydney national Mission and Justice team members Sisters Margaret Hinchey RSM and Helen Kearins RSM, with Bernice Moore, have just completed a two day workshop involving 21 people drawn from all walks of life, religious and lay.

Based on the Mission and Justice con-

cept, the program has been developed to involve Australians in educational activities in relation to living the gospel in today's world.

The program which was used to a limited degree, can be expanded because of financial assistance from the Catholic Social Justice Commission (Archdiocese

of Perth), the Sisters of Mercy (Perth) and Christian the Brothers.

The object of the workshop was to equip facilitators with the necessary expertise to help run more workshops to cater for a variety of local needs, and offer a support system.

Brendon Mr

McKeague, a WA team member along with Peter Hann, Carol Henderson and Marietta Sister O'Connor SJA, said the national team come over every couple of years and engage people in examining those aspects of mission and justice in light of a response to Christian life today — the mission of the

church, of being a Christian, a teacher, or parent.

"You apply it to whatever sitaution.

But there is an understanding that the people here want to spread the word, Christianity, and how to live it in our local environment," he said.

The workshop was held in the chapel at.

the MacAuley Centre — now renamed the Martin Kelly Centre — which since its recent renovations and opening, is used for activity groups of adults or children.

Anyone interested in Mission and Justice work, should ring Mary Droste on 3251212.

— Colleen McGuiness-Howard

one up tor initial purposes, but it needed to be an ongoing one to provide support for however long needed.

These groups should be run by the bereaved, for the bereaved, Anne believes, because of their own experience in having gone through the trauma and gradual recovery, themselves.

"I get comfort and a sense of peace if and when I can help support the bereaved in our group," she said. "It's true that if you give, you also receive.

"There is a common bond among us with lots of love and support given and received."

She also feels it is better not to take up bereavement work under two years after their own loss because of raw emotions.

There's also the shock that death brings which is another reason why semi-strangers in the group, understand this and the pain of loss.

There are many grieving people within a parish who grieve without a support group; admittedly they have friends and relatives in the intial stages but then their support ceases and they're on their own.

Some other parishes have expressed interest in starting similar ones and the resource costs involved are minimal, said Anne.

Currently people come from other parishes to Doubleview attend Bereavement Support Group's monthly meetings, the requirement being that they have experienced a bereavement of someone close.

The group provides an atmosphere where people are free to discuss problems, see a video, play a tape dealing with different loss and grief aspects, cry, or state worries regarding the death, hospital treatment, doctors, coroners' reports or anything else of concern. Some find it easier to discuss these things with people other than family or friends.

If professional counselling is required, a list of counsellors and larger groups is available.

At Doubleview's last meeting, 16 people attended, plus requests from other parishes rural and urban for information on starting up their own.

Anyone interested in discussing this with Anne can do so by ringing her on 341 2212.

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from Mrs M. McCOMISH, Solicitor, Youth Legal Service

Sir, Once again Paul Donnelly (The Record November 2) and Brian Peachey (October 26) have found a social evil which can be directly attributed to feminism and the working mother — this time it is juvenile delinquency.

For Mr Donnelly it is the working married woman taking jobs from school leavers and for Mr Peachey it is the working mother breaking up the family, who are largely responsible for juvenile offending.

After 12 months working as a solicitor exclusively in the Children's Courts I still would not be as confident as they of pinpointing the root causes of this complex problem.

With boys there is usually alcohol involved prior to the offending and the modelling for this behaviour tends to come from alcoholic fathers and big brothers.

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With girls, the offending is often a result of homelessness, caused by sexual abuse in the home, which has caused them to leave for their own self-protection.

One thing I am sure of is that working, (and if so losing a precious day's pay) or not working, it is invariably Mum who sits for up to four hours in the crowded chaotic waiting room at the Children's Court straightening collars, wiping tears and paying fines, and then enduring the baleful glares of police prosecutors and fielding probing questions by magistrates, and perhaps finally watching helplessly as her son or daughter is marched off to the cells between two police officers.

Surely it is time to stop looking for scapegoats, and time to start working together to ensure that this problem can be dealt with in a positive, humane and creative way.

So bemused...

from Brendan McKEAGUE, Wembley Sir, Last week's letters page heading "Homosexuality" caught my interest but after reading your guest editorial on a God who "keeps the doors of forgiveness and understanding — and the doors of dialogue — always open", I was somewhat bemused by the nature of the criticism levelled at Archbishop Foley's statement.

My disturbance stirred me to reflect on the

Biblical character of Nicodemus — and for this I am grateful to your correspondents. Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a well respected Jewish leader of his day; he was a clean living man, a pillar of the local church.

At a time of great controversy — created by a 'different' Jew called Jesus — Nicodemus chose public silence as a r esponse. Instead of speaking his mind or being seen to have some doubts, he decided to use

from J.E. VESZELY, Nollamara Sir, Your report: Mission in Ukraine (The Record, November 9) requires some clarification.

The "Soviet Ukraine" was referred to as an area which "once belonged to Hungary".

The "once belonged" could be interpreted as a period lasting a few years. The area once belonged to Czechoslovakia for 20 years. But, Subcarpathia belonged to Hungary and or Hungarian Transylvania, to the Hungarian Crown for no lesser period than eleven and a quarter centuries!

Neither the USSR nor Ukraine has ever controlled and established claims over the region and its subjects till after World War II. In 1919, when the victors established Czechoslovakia, they carved Subcarpathia out of Hungary and annexed that too to the new state. In 1939 the region came back to Hungary. After World War lithe territory was given to the USSR, or more appropriately was taken by the USSR, to establish itself inside the Carpathian Basin

and enter into what is Central Europe.

More Hungarians live in Subcarpathia than there are Aborigines in this land. Alongside them live and have lived for centuries, Germans, Ruthens, Slovaks, Poles, Rumanians, Czechs, Russians, etc.

Not only is there no historical ground for the annexation of the region we know as Subcarpathia, there is no valid reason for the USSR even extending its borders even to the Carpathian Mountains. from Richard EGAN Sir, How encouraging to see that the Pro-Life rally scheduled for Saturday, November 25 is to be a genuinely ecumenical endeavour. What clearer, more urgent cause could Christ's followers unite around than the public defence of the right of unborn babies to life and birth?

Here in WA at least 8000 babies are brutally killed by abortion each year. Moves by the State ALP to legalise this holocaust would surely lead to even more deaths. It is imperative that all of us who care for these voiceless children and for the women to whom an act of violent killing is preferred as the

the cover of darkness to explore his many unanswered questions. It was safe then and none of his f riends or followers would know what he was about.

Nicodemus and his fellow Pharisees did not like particularly the answer given by Jesus that "God did not send His Son into the world to be its judge but to be its saviour" (Jn 3:17).

On reflection, thank you Archbishop Foley, for solution to a problem pregnancy join in this public witness for life. There is no doubt the politicians will be counting the numbers!

Parliamentarians of all parties are realising that voting to support the killing of unborn babies can cost them the votes of Godfearing citizens. We need to send Canberra a loud message that Western Australians don't want to mutilate and kill unborn babies.

November 25 is the Vigil of the Feast of Christ the King.

Perhaps it is providential that the Pro-Life rally falls at this time at which Catholics have traditionally borne public witness to their loyalty to Christ's kingship.

Let's join with our evangelical and charismatic brethren in publicly proclaiming our allegiance to Christ as Lord of life and our firm intention to see His justice and mercy manifested in our nation's care for women in difficulty and their precious unborn children. from R.L STUDHAM, Mt Lawley Sir, The statement by Archbishop Foley that there was no good purpose in making criminals of those who engage in sodomy in private, clearly signals to the young that they should not be considered criminals if they engage

speaking out in 'broad daylight' and for putting your views into the public arena where we can all hear them. lam glad that, unlike Nicodemus, you did not choose to "remain silent on the issue", or like him, choose to act only after the event!

I am a believer — you have my respect. Judgement — well that's another issue — and I am quite content to leave that to the Creator of us all. in private drug taking, porn video viewing, suicide pacts, abortion and mercy killing.

It also undermines the recent declaration by the Australian Bishops' Conference and torpedoes their five year effort to induce the Federal Labor Government to ban Xrated videos. from Mrs Margaret BLIGH, Parent member, AIDS committee, Yidarra Catholic primary school, Bateman Sir, I strongly disagree with the Parents & Friends Federation of WA (The Record, November 2) that the 'present law is an adequate deterrent without resulting in disproportionate punishment'.

And, I strongly agree with Archbishop Foley that 'the Church would never approve of legislation that would authorise the unjust violation of privacy'.

Also, I agree and emphasise that 'the law must ensure that there is no question of the corruption of young people under the age of 18, and that it does not accept and condone homosexual practices as normal in any program purporting to educate young people'.

TOMORROW TODAY with Father Joe Parkinson

NSW rocked

Three thousand Antiochers rocked Sydney when they took to the streets at the end of Australia's second National Antioch Convention on September 24.

From the University of NSW, where the threeday convention was held, 2200 registered Antioch youth were joined by hundreds more as they marched to the Hordern Pavilion for the closing eucharist.

During the Mass nearly 4000 young people and 45 con-celebrating priests heard Sydney's Bishop David Cremin challenge all Antiochers to take up their mission to young people. he Bishop spoke of a 'great hunger' in Australia — the hunger of

loneliness, boredom, by the airline pilots' hopelessness, aimless- dispute which theatened ness — and the answers to decimate registrations, which lie in Christ and but hundreds made His Church. heroic efforts to reach the Addressing the huge convention in time. crowd Bishop Cremin One young man hitchsaid "You, by what you hiked from a Northern are doing, have more Territory mission station answers to this huge into Darwin before travelchallenge than we of an ling by three separate flights to Sydney, while the Townsolder generation." ville contingent spent two "So, in the name of the days on the road each way.

Church, I challenge you But the biggest impact was to go out and tackle head made by a group of 22 on this huge mission to Antiochers from Papua our young people."

New Guinea, whose openThe same convention ness and enthusiasm theme 'Together We touched many of the AusMake The Difference' tralian Antiochers present.

Because of the huge was echoed at an earlier eucharist when Cardinal numbers, talks were presClancy said that Anti- ented simultaneously in ochers are "a winning three separate venues and covered self-image, sexualteam". ity, community, Eucharist The huge task of organ- and mission, each in the ising over 2000 young context of the Church as the people was complicated Body of Christ.

Part of the 3000-strong crowd of Antiochers who marched in Sydney during the national convention.

Each venue had its own choir and band, and these combined to form a 100strong lead group for the closing eucharist.

Bishop David Cremin leads 45 priests and 4000 Antiochers in the closing mass at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion.

Rallying around.

Hundreds of Perth's up of fifteen separate Catholic youth are youth organisations. expected to descend on The Rally is one of the the Quarry Amphitheatre few occasions to bring in Floreat for the annual together Perth's CPY, Youth Rally on Sunday YCW, YCS, T'YCS and December 3.

Antioch groups, as well as hundreds of other The event, one of the young people and their biggest on our youth families. calendar, is sponsored by One of Perth's premier the Catholic Youth outdoor entertainment Council which is made venues, the Quarry Tertiary Catholic Federation of Australia (TCFA) is seeking to employ a

NATIONAL YOUTH WORKER

Amphitheatre offers breathtaking views of the city skyline, and rally organisers believe it to be a perfect location for the event.

The Rally begins at 7 pm with an hour of live entertainment by the popular "Resurrection Shuffle", a group now in great demand in many parishes, who will also provide music for the liturgy.

The eucharist for the First Sunday of Advent will begin at 8 pm with

Lucy Ninmongo and Elizabeth Las from Mt Hagen Antioch, Papua New Guinea, at the convention.

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Archbishop Foley as principal celebrant. A large number of other priests are expected to concelebrate.

Ample parking is available at the Quarry, which is located off Oceanic Drive in Floreat Park, and organisers suggest you bring a blanket to sit on.

The Quarry's own kiosk will be operating during the Rally which is timed to end promptly at 10 pm.

Tertiary Youth Christian Students

END OF YEAR CAMP

TCFA is a federation of Catholic campus based groups around Australia, which strives to challenge its members to a deeper understanding of faith and life.

(Open to all ternary and TAFE students)

APPLICATIONS are invited from people aged 21 or older with a tertiary education, a commitment to their faith, Church and young people.

"SOLIDARITY IS TENDERNESS OF THE PEOPLE"

THE position is based in Melbourne, and will involve some interstate trawl. Award wages will be paid according to qualifications and experience. Conditions of employment are negotiable.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE NOVEMBER 20, 1989 Enquiries: Barbara Townsend 6 Frasher Street, Swanbourne 6010 Phone (09) 384 2225

December 3

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Eagle's Nest, Gidgegannup Cost: $30 Bookings by Friday, December 1

on 328 4071

INVITATION The Catholic Youth Council invite all Catholic youth to the

1989 YOUTH RALLY at the

Quarry Amphitheatre

FLOREAT

(off Oceanic Dye)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 7pm-10pm

* Includes Sunday Mass * BYO blanket * Kiosk open ENQUIRIES: 328 9878

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About kids and books

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

Aussie Sports are Travel diary Good Sports!

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The AUSSIE SPORTS program is rapidly gaining momentum and a vast number of Catholic primary schools are developing their physical education programs around the concepts and values of AUSSIE SPORTS. The values of the program are particularly r elevant to the catholic r eadership. The research which developed the AUSSIE SPORTS concept revealed that there was a growing need in the community for a c hildren's sport program that was 1. Fair 2. Non-sexist

3. Up to date 4. Fun. Building upon these themes, the concept of modified rules such as Netta-Netball and Minkey Hockey were developed, and the number of children receiving a "Fair Go- rapidly increased The research also revealed that, as sport is an integral part of Australian family culture, there was unfortunately a sad element in adult behaviour at junior sport.

The AUSSIE SPORTS program then introduced a code of behaviour for all sections of the sporting community and is available plus general information from WA AUSSIE SPORTS Coordinator, Ministry for Education, 151 Royal Street, Perth 6000.

Tel: 420-4892.

The Codes of Behaviour are an excellent guide as to how sport in Australia should be played and, in conjunction with the Australian family, how we hope sport will be played.

The AUSSIE SPORTS program supplies, free of charge, a vast support network for all sporting clubs, no matter what their size. If you wish to find out more about your club becoming an AUSSIE SPORTS club, please do not hesitate to contact your state AUSSIE SPORTS Coordinator.

Five staff and 28 La Salle students from Years 9 - 12 spent several days in Singapore in early October.

On arrival the problem of a large population on a small island was brought home to the students many of whom live on the rural-urban fringe of the Swan Shire. The vast expanses of multi-story apartment buildings contrasted sharply with the open spaces with which most La Salle students are familiar in their home state.

Not only were the students truly amazed that 3 million people could live in such a small place but their amazement was increased when they discovered that there was only a 2-3% unemployment rate and that the state funded no social security system whatever.

Shopping, bartering and seeking out the bargains, was only minor in comparison to the experience of cultural and religious customs of the and Singaporeans Malaysians.

Having established dose ties with St Patrick's de La Salle school in Singapore as a result of their visit to us in

Midland earlier in the year, it lady did comment on "how was a joy to re-establish the fascinated and amazed she relationships both for stu- was at how the way of life of these people was so intedents and teachers alike.

Though our visit did indude grated with their religion and a tour of the school and a beliefs" and on having Singaporean luncheon, the dicussed this issue realised highlight of the day was that her life as a Catholic in celebrating with the school in Australia was very much on a the Holy Sacrifice of the similar par. While another of our students expressed disMass. gust at the concept of money The Mass was celebrated by Father Dora an Australian and material possessions who impressed the St being connected with one's Patrick's students and Mid- ability to get close to the land students alike when he Gods. This was particularly greeted the congregation in evident in Malacca as we Mandarin and then in explored the confucianist English. Though only 25% of burial rites where the practhe school was Catholic and tice of offering paper houses, apparently attendance at TVs, videos and even paper Mass is not compulsory for money to the gods with the non-Catholics it was amazing soul of the deceased, is to see the gymnasium fill up regarded as the way of with white uniformed young bringing that soul closer to God. men.

However, the group's excitement and joy dissipated on arrival at Changi Prison Chapel where tears were shed as people recalled stories from parents and grandparents on the atrocities and pain of the war. It was indeed a moving experience to pray together in the very place where many of our forefathers prayed before their imminent death.

The visits to Chinese temples and Mosques both in Singapore and Malaysia left many of our students speechless though one Year 9 young

In today's modern society, it's not often that you can get something for nothing, especially something which is of great value to your children. It's a great opportunity, find out more.

Rer,oh'ing Pictures. A reproduction from an His lively stories of the antique book kv Ernest daring and audacious deeds .Vister. Published by Col- of Robin Hood and his lins. bb. $13.95. companions are full of This is yet another revolv- boisterous humour, which ing picture book, as superbly will appeal to all children. illustrated as the other.

Robin Hood is an English Highly recommended as a hero. gift (4 quality These tales tell us why.

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M onday 11th September proved an eventful one for La Salle College Midland when Year 10 students Jason Neridah A ntonucci, Quek, Alan Gibson, G lenda Gibson, and Mathew Lane defeated Foothills School Guildford, in the semi finals of the Regional Inter School Quiz Competition with a score of 245 to 380. The La Salle win will see the return of the Perpetual Trophy after an absence of seven years.

The finals were also held on the same evening and La Salle faced Grammar Guildford School their adversaries in the 1988 Final. This time the positions were reversed and it was La Salle's turn to emerge the winners with Guildford Grammar being runners up. The final scores were 515 to 540.

The students were awarded individual cash prizes of $100.00 and as well a cheque of $1000 was presented to the College.

OLD MAN FIRE and other Australian stories

Antique appea

Howard Pyle has captured splendidly the turbulent atmosphere of England in the Middle Ages.

While the exploration of other religions did much to heighten the awareness of all to the role of the Catholic faith in their lives so too did the visit to the St Frances Xavier Church where St Frances Xavier, a patron of Australia ministered to the Malaysian people as did participation in the Sunday Mass at the church of St Mary of the Angels. The feeling of belonging was enhanced by the fact that Fr Alban Mitchell OEM a former chaplain of La Salle College Midland was the main celabrant •

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The Pau, Thing by Paul Jennings. Illustrated by Keith McEu,an. Published

by Puffin. $5.99.

Mac walked over to the safe and opened it. Then he took out the black book and flipped over the pages. "Ah ha," he yelled. "Just as I thought." He pointed a long, skinny finger at Singenpoo.

-You're the one. You're the one that gave them the recipe."

Singenpoo crouched down in the corner. She was frightened by all the yelling.

Mac had flipped his lid. He thought the cat had been reading his book. "Don't be silly," I said. "Cats can't read . . ."

Another hilarious adventure from the author of many hest-selling Puffins, including Unreal!, Quirky Tails and The Cabbage Patch Fib.

Be Yourself is frank, simple, Be Yoursey. Love, Sex direct and it provides and You. A guide for precise and detailed answers teenagers by Vicki Woof- to any questions teenagers ten. Published by Pen- might have. guin. $12.99.

The book is divided into ten No, this isn't just another main sections with many book for teenagers coping subsections, making specific with the problems of adoles- information easy to locate. cence. It's The Book for The issues examined in the teenagers, children and even book are complemented by parents who want to know hilarious, cartoon style anything at all about grow- illustrations which bring out ing up. It is The Book that is the lighter side of these most interesting and enter- important topics. The 1989 taining to read. It is The edition of Be Yourself has Book without the technical been updated to include the jargon and medical terminol- latest information on such ogy that seems to serve no topics as AIDS and contrapurpose but to confuse ception, it is also recomeverybody It is The Book mended by the Family used by the Family Planning Planning Federation of Association.

Australia.

Old Man Fire and other Australian stories by L. & G. Adams. Published by Collins. bb. $9.95.

Covering stories such as Old Man Fire, How the Rainbow was made, The Spirit in the Stream and

Butterflies of Spring, this book will entertain with the story texts and colourful illustrations.

Best of all, it puts the young reader in touch with his Australian heritage which is uniquely ours.

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Slily Joke Book by Stoo Hample. Published by Pan. $5.99.

SILLY JOKE BOOK

Packed full of jokes, riddles, puzzles, puns and sketches the Silly Joke Book is silly, silly, silly!

Silly Jokes . .

Owl to chicken: "We ow are smarter than you chickens."

Chicken to owl: "What makes you so sure?"

Owl: "Who ever heard of Kentucky Fried Owl?"

Theatre, Art and Literature

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

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Mr Ian Haines, Chairman of the organising body for the Albany Art Competition, the Albany Arts Advisory Committee, has released details of a major sponsorship which will enable a record amount of prize money to be offered for the 1990 Competition.

Barnesby Motors will sponsor the Open Award for the best work in the Competition and the prize will be $3500, nearly double the amount offered this year.

The increased prize money now available to the Committee meant that extra awards would now be made in the sections from which the winning entries are acquired into the Town's permanent art collection.

Rosemarie Lenzo (left), Kavisha Mazzella and John Reed, part of the cast of The Deck Chair Theatre's excellent performance of John Boyle O'Reilly which opened in D Shed, Victoria Quay, last Thursday night.

A perfect venue for this character play of the hardships of life as a convict Fenian and the struggles for freedom from English tyranny.

The simplicity of the stage settings in the cavernous old wharf shed, lent itself to the starkness of the story setting.

Highly recommended, the play is being performed until December 3. Bookings, please phone 336-2372.

I N SEARCH OF UNITY by Fr Edward Varriold.W (St Publications, Paul's

$5.75) Reviewed by Bishop Cormac Murphy-O'Connor of Arundel & Brighton One of the many misconceptions concerning ecumenism today is the belief that the process of reconciliation between separated churches can be achieved in a short period.

Ecumenism, as Fr Edward Yarnold points out in his excellent book, has its phases and rhythms, its time for slow consolidation, its time for rapid progress, even its time for the endurance of apparent repression.

Thus the ecumenical relations between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion seem at present to call for the dogged virtues of perseverance, patience and unwearying hope.

There is no better person than Fr Ted Yarnold to help us understand the nature of ecumenical dialogue and the progress of Anglican Catholic relations since the end of the second Vatican Council.

As a member of the Anglo-Roman Catholic International Commission since its inception in 1970, he is admirably equipped to explain and try to answer the questions so many Catholics and Anglicans are asking today: If the work of ARCIC getting anywhere? What

diversity is possible within the one Church of Jesus Christ? What are the remaining problems that need to be settled before full communion between Anglicans and Catholics can be achieved? What prospects can we hold out for the future?

We live in an extraordinary period in Christian history, a time when the rapidity of change in society makes its own challenge to renewal in the Church. But we Catholics must understand that the Church of Jesus Christ, while it is the Church of today and prepares itself to be the Church of tomorrow, remains the Church of always.

It is the great virtue of Fr Yarnold's book that he writes as a Catholic theologian who is deeply and sensitively alive to the tradition of the Church and also as one who has c ommitted himself whole-heartedly to the growth of unity between the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church.

I warmly recommend this most helpful contribution to ecumenical growth.

In Search of Unity should be read by all those who are seeking to further the unity of Anglicans and Catholics.

It is a timely reminder of what Pope John Paul II said: that "the commitment of the Catholic Church to the ecumenical is movement...

Irreversible."

ISRAEL FREDERIC BRENNER AND A.B. YEHOSHUA

Israel by Frederic Brenner and A. Yeho4:ma. Publishedby Collins bb. $60.

Pragmatists don't change the world; prophets do.

Behind the astonishing achievements of the State of Israel in its first few decades there lies a land whose qualities of light, magnificent scenery and rich but fraught history make it one of the most intriguing in the world. Israel is not only outstandingly photoquestioning, graphed, socially incisive and beautifully written: it is also a dialogue between an Israeli Jew and a Jew from the Diaspora, the Israeli a writer and the Jew a photographer.

The writer is A.B. Yehoshua, descendant of five generations of Israelis, Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Haifa, celebrated author of plays, short stories and novels. The Frederic photographer, Brenner, was born in Paris of Russian (Ashkenazi) and Algerian (Sephardi) origins.

How Frederic Brenner and A.B. Yehoshua see that land, what their views have in common and how they diverge, constitutes the essence of their book. In more than 100 colour and

duotone photographs, Frederic Brenner reveals the Diaspora within Israel: the religious affinity but also sharp cultural diversity of Yemeni, European, Indian, Russian, Iraqi, American, Ethiopian — as no less so the divergence between Arab and Druse and Jew, religious and secular, Western consumer society and traditional Jewish values. A.B. Yehoshua writes passionately of the country where he was born and with which he identifies profoundly and at the heart of which remains the question: does Israel mean that the Jews can at last live like other nations? He also examines the trauma of a homeland shared by two peoples and the options for peace.

Together, writer and photothe explore grapher extremes of their country's physical and human landscape (the book contains superb panoramic photographs), they review the legacy of the main historical events of the State of Israel, they describe the glories of Jerusalem and, finally, they offer an interpretation of the three elemental characters essential to Israel todr- the Jew the Israeli and the Zionist.

Another nine sponsors will offer further prizes totalling $3400 induding $500 for a popular vote award.

The Albany Art Competition was started in 1963 as the 6VA Art Competition and has been conducted by the Albany Town Council since 1972.

The J.A. Bamesby Memorial Award for a young artist under 18 was introduced in 1962, in recognition of the contribution to the arts and the community by the late Mr J.A. Bamesby.

Mr John Barnesby of Barnesby Motors said both his father and his grandfather

were artists in their own right, the latter having painted landscapes in England and the Albany area late last century.

He said his company will assist the Art Competition because it was a significant cultural event which deserved every support from the business sector.

Many winning paintings, which are now in the Town's collection, were painted by artists who had gone on to make national and international reputations.

The 1990 Barnesby Motors Albany Art Competition entry forms are available from the Town of Albany 221 York Street, Albany 6330.

Total prize money on offer in the General Section of the exceeded Competition $11,000 for the first time and the Arts Advisory Committee expected more than 300 entries next year.

Our Aussie home dream

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Time and patience

In addition to the Barnesby Motors Open Award there would be two prizes of $1200 for the best oil and watercolour, one of $750 for the best print, another of $500 for the best drawing and a nonacquisitive student encouragement award of $200.

Building a .Vation. A history of the Australian House by John Archer.

Published by Collins. bb.

$39.95.

WhenIgot started building the house and I got to the floor joists I said to Mum, "God, this house'll never get built." Because I'd never built a house before you know A soldier settler in Western Australia in the years following the Great War, Stanley Diss' experiences were by no means unique. Australians have long been possessed by the dream of home ownership, despite the many obstacles, physical and financial, that often have to be overcome to achieve it.

Building a Nation tells the story of these people and their homes. The author.

John Archer, brings the perception of an artist and the expertise of an authority on owner-built housing to a unique and wide-ranging history. Beginning with Aboriginal dwellings, the evolution of urban and rural housing is traced, from the hurriedly erected shelters of 1788, through the exuberance of Federation and the blandness of the 1950s triple-fronted brick veneer. to the diverse styles and philosophies that characterise the Australian house of the 1980s.

Australians have lived in tents and in tree trunks, in bungalows and in castles; they've put their homes up on stilts and they've dug them into the ground — the nation's domestic architecture is as rich and complex as the people who have contributed to its history.

Generously illustrated with over 250 photographs, and enriched by numerous contemporary quotations. Building a Nation brings you the story of the Great Australian Dream.

FUT TRESS AND wiN!

Fight Stress and Win! by Ken Powell. Published by Tborsons. $14.95.

In industry alone, millions of days are lost each year because of stress. Stress affects us all to some extent — the young, the old, the successful, and the not-sosuccessful. It is a physiological arousal which, in the long term, causes physical harm.

This book presents a new way of looking at stress. The workbook approach uses

special methods for individuals to examine the stressors in their lives — and the patterns of stress-inducing circum stances.

• Offers a different and individual approach to tackling stress.

• Uses personal construct psychology to help analyse and deal with stress patterns.

• Gives a practical program of stress reduction based upon self-hypnosis to promote relaxation and reduce stress arousal.

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Two weeks to go!

Professionally designed dried flower arrangements complete with five candles mounted.

ADVENT WREATHS Order now 242 2773

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Father Hugh Galloway Departs Perth, July 3, 1990 with optional tours to Medjugorje — Lourdes — Fatima

27 days from A$5990 share twin

Visiting Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy, France and UK For details and bookings contact Alan

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Archdiocesan Calendar November 16 Mass for Diocesan Liturgy Committee. Archbishop Foley.

19 Visitation and confirmation, Spearwood. Archbishop Foley.

Visitation and confirmation, Cottesloe. Bishop Healy.

Confirmation, Dianella. Monsignor Keating.

75th anniversary Sacred Heart Primary School — Highgate.

Monsignor Keating.

21 End of Year Principals' Mass.

Archbishop Foley.

22 Visitation Camilla. Archbishop Foley.

Induction Service, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Bishop Healy.

24 Meeting at St Francis Xavier Seminary, Adelaide. Archbishop Foley.

25 Conference of Churches of WA Church. Bishop Healy.

26 25th anniversary, Holy Cross Kensington. Archbishop Foley.

Confirmation, Maida Vale.

Bishop Healy.

27-1Dec Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Archbishop Foley and Bishop Healy.

December 1 Commissioning of catechists.

Monsignor Keating.

La Salle College Ball. Monsignor Nestor.

with good old-fashioned hospitality in the heart of the city

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Nominations to: The Director Catholic Institute of WA PO Box 198 LEEDERVILLE WA 6007

KSC RELIGIOUS ESSAY COMPETITION 1989

PERSONALITY TESTING

Myers-Briggs personality testing will be conducted November 25 and December 2 by Elizabeth Devine, RS M at the Upper Room with special focus on communication, decision

making and prayer. Bookings must close this Monday. Enquiries: 367 7847.

ROTTNEST ENCOUNTER The Rottnest family holiday takes place December 23-January 2 or December 26-January 2 at the Kingstown Barracks. Extended families are most welcome. All catered for at cheap prices. Reduced boat fares. Please contact Eileen and Roly Bott on 450 1294 for more details.

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PIONEER ACOLYTES

Acolytes instituted in the first ever ceremony by Archbishop Goody on December 8, 1974 plan a reunion dinner at a city hotel on Thursday, December 7. Because of the difficulty of locating some of the original group, acolytes of the pioneer intake who have not been contacted are asked to phone 399 3358.

Winners & Awards of Merit CATEGORY A: Years 8 and 9 1ST PRIZE — $125: ENZO DUCA Year 8, St Mary's School, Carnarvon. Topic: PopeJobn Paul II.

AWARDS OF MERIT — 3 prizes of $20 each

(Note: 3 x Awartis of Merit issued in this category as Year 12 entries only totalled 6, therefore only 1 Award of Merit given in Year 12 The remainder was reallocated to Years 8 and 9 in lieu, which totalled 41% of all entries.)

1. PAUIA PANUCCIO Year 9, Bunbury Catholic College. Topic: St Bernadette.

2. MELANIE SAMUELS Year 8, Corpus Christi College.

Bateman. Topic: Priests and Relimbus.

3. DEBBIE (ALMA Year 8, Mercedes College.

Victoria Square. Topic: StJohn De La Salle.

CATEGORY B: Years 10 and 11

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MARIAN MOVEMENT The monthly meeting of the Marian Movement will be held at the Little Sisters of Carmel, 2 Frazier Street, Swanbourne on Tuesday, November 21 at 10.30am.

Nominations are invited from volunteers interested in joining previewing panels for audiovisual purchases being considered by the library.

As audiovisual items held in stock cover early childhood development, school programs, and materials suitable for adults, a cross section of the community would be an advantage on panels.

Nominees who are chosen for panels would be asked to join a group of two or three at a time appropriate to the group for previewing.

MEDJUGORJE

EASTER departs April 9, returns April 20.

JUNE (for anniversary) departs June 18, returns June 29.

YOUTH PILGRIMAGE also organised for Easter.

Contact Eileen Radford 401 6368 all hours.

1st PRIZE — $150 (Note: Also rated (Arran winner of all 3 categories INGRID HANEMAAUER Year 11, Kelmscott Senior High School. Topic: Prayer

AWARDS OF MERIT — 2 prizes of $25 each 1. SAMANTHA WEST Year 10, Kearnan College.

Manjimup. Topic: Prayer.

2. MELISSA RYAN Year 11, Bunbury Catholic College.

Topic: Carmelite Nuns.

CATEGORY C: Year 12

1st PRIZE — $175: VALERIE THOMPSON Year 12 Harvey High School. Topic: Prayer

AWARD OF MERIT — I prize of $30 (see note for Years 8 arid 9 as to why only 1 Award of Merit ) LYNETTE DWYER Year 12, Mercedes College.

Victoria Square. Topic: Prayer.

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Speakers Alasdair Webster, MP — Member, Australian Parliamentary Pro-Life Group.

ORGANISE

BY THE COALITION FOR DEFENCE OF HUMAN LIF

* Help save the unborn

Supported and endorsed by leaders of Catholic, Evangelical and Charismatic Churches of WA.

Support positive practical alternatives for women with unplanned pregnancies * Support those who want to stop the destruction of 80,000 unborn Australians each year * Support those who oppose moves to legalize abortion in WA

Bisica Gavranich - Trade Union Official Richard Roy — Senior Pastor, Forrestfield Bible Fellowship A Representative of Archbishop Foley Dwight Randall — Director, Pregnancy Problem House

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Saturday 25th November 1989 Walk: Assemble 2pm sharp Parliament House (East Side)....then walk or drive to the...

Rally: Esplanade, 3 pm - 4.00 pm • The Coalition For the Defence of Human life is an int.M.nominational orponisAtion of gmlip% working for legal protection of unborn humans