The Record Newspaper 25 January 1990

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LEFT IN THE COLD ARE SINGLE INCOME FAMILIES, SAYS THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMISSION

Tax rebates for children and the promise the single income family, says the A similar one income family of the same to repay the effects of bracket creep are commission, and are supporting the view income paid 1.86% of income in tax and desirable proposals in the Liberal-National that two incomes are necessary to maintain now pays 18.56% — a rise of 16.7 Family Action Plan says a top Catholic a standard of living. percentage points. commission.

The taxation burden of the two income As a result the Family Action Plan targets But the Australian Catholic Social more assistance to two income families than family has only increased one half as much Welfare Commission wants additional to the single income family which has the as the tax liability of the single income family. rebates for child care extended to all greater tax burden and is most in need. families caring for children, including Currently, 39% of married couples with Since 1957/58 a two income family with single income families providing their own two children paid 4.2% of its income in tax. a dependent child (or student under 24 child care.

It now pays 12.55% — a rise of 8.35 years) are supported by the earnings of one partner.

All politicians are ignoring the plight of percentage points.

Eastern block heroes praised • Page 4

Jesuit killings: Top officer held • Page 5

Caring Albany heads for first • Page 7

Singapore raps priests THEY ARE FORMENTING INTER-RELIGIOUS TENSIONS CLAIM SINGAPORE (CNS): A Singapore government a gency has blamed Catholic priests, among others, for fomenting interreligious tensions in the country.

The report, Religious Trends — A Security Perspective, was released as a supplement to a government white paper proposing new laws to keep religion out of politics..

The Internal Security Department said in a report released on December 30 that the priests are among several individuals and religious groups responsible for strained relations among Singaporean religious communities it recent years.

The report says that after the May 1987 arrest of individuals the government considers Marxist conspirators, Archbishop Gregory Yong of Singapore "specifically ordered his priests not to mix religion and politics in their sermons."

Casaroli hope over latest ethnic violence

ROME (CNS): Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, Vatican secretary of State, said he hoped Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has the "wisdom and energy" to resolve ethnic violence in the southern Soviet republic of Azerbaijan "in the least traumatic way possible".

The cardinal spoke on January 21, the day after Soviet troops entered Baku, the Azerbaijan capital.

Cardinal Casaroli, speaking to reporters at a Rome church, said Gorbachev deserved encouragement both "as a person" and "for what he represents and is doing".

Despite this, several priests continue to make political statements from their pulpits, the report says, mentioning three by name.

• Father Patrick Goh, assistant parish priest of St Bernadette's Church, who it alleges has "continued to deliver sermons portraying the ISA (Internal Security Act) detainees as victims of injustice, and the political climate of Singapore as repressive," the report says.

"At a Mass on May 12,

1988, he told the congregation to pray for all the victims of injustice, lies and untruths," it says, adding that the priest said many people live in fear and helplessness and urged Christians to stand up and fight against injustice.

• Father Adrian Anthony, former rector of the minor seminary, now pastor at St Vincent de Paul Parish, who at several Masses, the report says, suggested that the ISA detainees were innocent and had

C zechoslovakia's new government has decided to restore diplomatic relations with the Vatican after a break of more than 40 years.

Czechoslovakia broke off diplomatic relations with the Vatican after the communist takeover in Prague in 1948. Its Catholics were subject to some of the harshest restrictions in Eastern Europe. Hundreds of priests were arrested or barred from carrying out their clerical duties, and many parishes remained vacant.

Negotiations between Prague and the Vatican in the past two years have led to the appointment of some new bishops. As part of the loosening of restrictions, priests now are being allowed to publicly minister to people in prisons and .hospitals. Czechoslovakian radio broadcast Pope John Paul II's 1989 Christmas Day message live for the first time. On New Year's Day, President Vaclav Havel said he hoped Pope John Paul would visit the country before elections, planned for June,

been "At an evening \ Liss on wrongfully detained.

April 30, 1988, the eve of On May 21, 1989, he Labor Day, he told his celebrated a Mass com- congregation that there memorating the second had been no wage anniversary of the ISA increase since 1985 and arrests where, the report urged workers to stand says, he said "the minis- up for their rights," it ter of home affairs, says.

Jayakummar, all judges "At a Sunday Mass on and ISD officers would August 28, 1988, he face God's punishment" referred to the coming for detaining them. general elections and • Father Andre Victor exhorted his congregaChristophe who belongs tion to vote 'with their to the Paris Foreign eyes open' as the tightenMission Society and is a ing government policies permanent resident of would inevitably affect Singapore. their children."

The security department report also accused proselytising Christians.

Hindu and Sikh political rivals, and Muslim extremists of creating tensions.

Unless all religious groups exercise moderation and tolerance in their efforts to win converts, and maintain "a rigorous separation between religion and politics, there will be religious friction, community strife and political instability.

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Pope for Prague PRAGUE: Things are not only moving fast politically in Czechoslovakia, they are moving just as fast for Pope John Paul.

He is expected to visit the Czechs in April and that means the visit will have to be squeezed in between his Easter commitments and a listed visit to Mexico in May. It normally takes two

years for a papal visit to be planned but this one is being fasttracked into three months after a decision last week with Czech officials.

Poland was the pope's first breakthrough into Soviet controlled Iron Curtain countries and C zechoslovakia becomes the second such visit, with many more hoped for.

The Vatican wants the pope to be there ahead of planning for national elections in June. Normally the pope avoids visiting countries at election times so that partisan views cannot be exploited at the time.

Welcoming the pope will be non communist leader Vaclav Havel, a playwright often imprisoned for his dissenting views.

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For migrant kids SYDNEY: If you need evidence that Australia is a multicultural society, there is probably no better place to go than your local Catholic school.

A recent survey of 1990 enrolments has revealed that more than half the students in Sydney's Catholic schools come from homes where languages other than English are spoken.

The trend is increasing. Nearly one-third of the 1990 kindergarten children will have little or no English at all.

Sydney is a magnet

for many new arrivals, attracting some 40 per cent of Australia's total migrant intake. A high proportion of these people settle initially in the inner suburbs.

Catholic schools in these areas are in demand great migrant amongst groups.

This high degree of language and cultural diversity presents the education system with quite a challenge, especially at the classroom level.

Competence in English is regarded as the key to educational and

social participation in mainstream culture.

There is also the added difficulty of c onfident parental involvement in school life and the education of their children. Parents are seen as valued partners in Catholic schooling.

These challenges are also shared by the State system, although their migrant population is slightly less.

A great deal is being done to meet the c hallenge.

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ever, start school in the first week of February because the parish has arranged to use two classrooms at St Jerome's in Spearwood.

The children will be taken to school and back each day in buses.

There will be about 40 pre-primary and 20 Year One children.

"That's about half of what we expected," said Father Bianchini.

He attributed the poor response to the fact that there was no building up when registrations were invited.

"People could not see a school and I think that made a difference," he said.

For the time being the school will be identified as the South Lake Catholic Primary School.

An official name has yet to be given to the school.

Getting a name for the school will be the top priority of the parish this year.

The Catholic Education Office mooted the idea of setting up school in the area long before the parish was established late last year.

Father Bianchini sees himself playing a vital role in the school.

Principal of the school will be Mr Michael Smith. Apart from a parttime secretary there will be three teachers appointed.

In fact four teachers had earlier been appointed.

Because one class has been cut back the fourth teacher will be on loan to Riverton primary.

When fully operational the school is expected to cater for 450 children.

More and more classrooms are being planned for the years ahead.

It is hoped that eventually the buildings will provide for two full-day pre-primary classes, 14

classrooms, a multipurpose area for art and craft and practical activities as well as areas for music, drama and computer facilities.

Classrooms will allow teachers the flexibility to adopt a variety of teaching methods — be it whole group, small group or individual teaching.

There will be adequate chalkboards and display boards which should help stimulate a learning environment.

Plans have been drawn up to incorporate outdoor learning areas where activities can flow out of classrooms into courtyards under shelter in winter and shade in summer for group activities and individual studies.

The philosophy of the school will be based on the recognition of the dignity and uniqueness of each person that as a child of God, he or she must respond with guidance to develop spiritually, intellectually, physically, socially and emotionally according to his or her ability.

The goal of the school is to build on the initial formative influence of the family, helping each member of the school community to: • appreciate his or her own human potential.

• grow in responsibility for his or her learning. behaviour, decisions and freedom: and • develop a positive self-image within a Christian happy environment.

At South Lake Catholic School the Gospel message will be proclaimed by the word and example, and gospel values and Catholic traditions imparted and lived so that the children can grow towards a full Christian maturity.

ACR's $30,000 donation

SYDNEY: Australian Catholic Relief is sending $30,000 to Caritas Panama to help them in their emergency situation, said Mr Michael Whiteley, National Director of Australian Catholic Relief in Sydney.

According to him, the Church in Panama is providing assistance for 70,000 people who have been displaced by the fighting.

Reports indicate that attacks by the US armed forces on Panamanian military installations

caused severe damage to houses and businesses in two areas in Panama City.

The residents of these areas are mainly recent migrants from rural areas who work in the city as day labourers or itinerant merchants.

In Chorrio, 10,000 to 12,000 people have been forced to flee from the fighting and destruction.

These people have sought refuge in the soccer stadium, and the report indicates that tents and other shelters are needed for these

people.

It is estimated that approximately five per cent of the homes in San Miguelito have been destroyed or severely damaged in the fighting. and 10,000 people have been displaced from that area.

"Our report notes that the fighting and looting has virtually destroyed the economy of Panama City, and the supplies of food and medicines that were available have all disappeared," said Mr Whiteley.

He added: "So the main

requirement is for funds not see Church workers to purchase food and continuing to supply medicines from other food and medical care to victims in war-torn areas parts of the country." of Ethiopia, flooded The report notes that the US government is landscapes in Banglaproviding food and med- desh or now with the ical assistance, but in victims of fighting in many cases the people Central America?

"Because of the destructurn to others in the local community for support tion of homes and small businesses, the impact of at a time of crisis.

"For this reason, the the fighting will be felt role and work of the for a long time to come, Church is important in and We are pleased to be Panama, just as it is in able to use some of the many other parts of the resources entrusted to us to help these people in world at times of crisis. in "How many times their hour of need," Mr film or TV footage do we Whiteley concluded.

Schools bear the brunt CANBERRA: Australians would have paid an extra $1.351 billion in taxes in 1989 if the 832,000 children a ttending non-government schools enrolled in government schools according to Federal Shadow Minister for Education, Peter Reith.

He said that figures in the Federal Budget show that State and Commonwealth governments spend, on average, $1624 more for each child at a government school compared to those at non-government schools.

"In 1989-90 State and Federal governments will spend $8.472 billion on government schools and $1.83 billion on non-government schools.

"The Budget predicted 1989 total school enrolments of 3,048,500 of which 2,216,200 will be in government schools and 832,300 in non-government schools.

"This 27.3% of children who attend nongovernment schools will receive a mere 17.8% of the total State and Commonwealth expenditure on schools.

"The Liberal and National Parties strongly believe that every child is entitled to receive a reasonable measure of Commonwealth financial assistance towards their education irrespective of which school or school system they attend.

"In the non-government sector the Coalition will introduce a simpler and more equitable funding regime incorporating a basic per capita grant with additional needs-based funding.

This will ensure a more realistic funding arrangement for non-government schools.

'Migrants not regular at Church' Migrants are not regular church goers.

"Moreover, in contrast to Labor's deliberately vague policy for funding of non-government schools after 1992, the Coalition will provide substantial and clearly defined levels of support.

Schools will be placed in one of four funding categories attracting 20%, 30%, 40% or 50% of the cost of a government school place.

"This funding regime will provide the stability and certainty required by non-government schools to plan their futures.

"It will also provide parents with real choice in selecting a school for their children and will be central to ensuring that all Australian children receive the best education that this country can provide."

Father Dino . . . another book.

a debt or taxes neither to God nor to the Church; for them the Church is rich enough (Europeans and South Americans in general) or has enough funds from overses to survive (some South Americans, Africa and Asia).

"Now in order not to lose the core value of Sunday worship among migrants, I think it would be important and much appreciated to use in our celebrations another talent that many in ethnic groups have: music.

"Using their natural skills, the Sunday celebration can become more attractive and alive: songs in different languages may be introduced, intentions in the Prayer of the Faithful, some notices in parish bulletin . . .

"They will create a feeling of belonging.

"And once that this is done, the idea of coresponsibility in Parish affairs may be introduced and through a process of sharing obtain the migrants' full participation in Parish life.

"It is important to keep in mind, during this slow and at times painful journey to Christian maturity, that lack of regular Church attendance is not equal to lack of faith.

"The latter can still be alive, although the former is almost completely lost.

This assertion was made by Father Dino Torresan, CS, in a recent book — A Dream, A Journey, And Some Shoes — written by him.

He observed in a chapter: "It is a fact that migrants are not regular church goers, that it is hard to make them participate in the Parish Planned Giving, that they are absent from Parish organisations."

What is the explanation of such attitudes?

He wrote: "We are faced here with a typical clash of mentalities and historical backgrounds.

"Australian history tells us that our Catholic forefathers, for the sake of survival, needed to be totally committed to their faith and even financially involved if the church and school buildings were going to be built for their Sunday celebrations and the education of their children.

"Such a commitment was the flesh and bones of Catholics of the past 150 years.

He said recent migrants, however, came to the country from a totally different background and somehow with a different idea of Church.

European latin mentality, South Americans, South Africans and Asians view weekly Church attendance as moments of encounter with God and each other, moments which keep them "The constant work to be done is to analyse going during the week. if our presentation of the faith is so vitally "When this twofold reality is gone, or split, then attractive to people that it creates the need in Church attendance fails. them to be present and take part in community "Besides, they feel that they do not have to pay life."

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PROSTITUTION'S PRESS-ING A CCOUNTABILITY Bankruptcy clouds surrounding some recent government episodes will be matched by the bankruptcy of community moral views to emerge in the forthcoming open season on the subject of prostitution.

With not many moral principles left to rub between them the 'community' is likely to say nothing at all in the hope that the headache will go away. From the remaining vocal f ew there will be much waffle and much indignation but little morality.

The present lawfully/unlawful situation is rightly said to be a sham because the messy job of containment is left to the police. In this way ordinary people don't have to get their hands dirty in the trade. But why should the police do our acceptable dirt's clean-up?

Were the government, however, to preach containment to the men-clients who fuel the degrading trade there would be howls of outrage about invasion of privacy and rights. So much for the women!

That opinion of course is what the 'churches' would be e xpected to say — the 'Church' being listed at one of 10 people on a review panel. The 'Church' in this case cannot mean the 75% of West Australians who say they belong to a church.

So anxiously were 'church' views sought on Tuesday that a few words by the Anglican Arcbhbishop were heralded on television as 'the Anglican Church' backing the proposal. Apparently between breakfast and tea the A BC had found out what Anglicans — 26% of the WA population — think about things.

Prostitution becomes an eternal moral riddle because no two people will want to address the same moral issues at the same time.

We are going to hear bleeding heart stories of those on the game in order to cope with the government's housing interest rates, to put children through expensive schools, to lay down their bodies for mankind, or because in every woman is a heart not of gold but hooked on what gold can buy.

Anti-rape lobbies will emerge in force, health workers with furrowed brows will lecture ponderously and from grey suburbia there will be stony silence that male customers are someone's husbands, sons and brothers who vanish into thin air at the mention of the topic. The taxman will boast that prostitutes pay up better than some of our millionaire miscreants.

All of these issues, it will be said are not 'moral' issues, so the subject can be shoved to one side.

The 'community' however will discover that even a r egulated sex industry has to operate somewhere. First up before the enquiry panel, then, should be the shire c ouncillors who want premises in their wards There's nothing like a prospective property devaluation of the neighbourhood to sharpen up the ratepayers' moral views as a recent Attadale episode revealed.

Aside from the radio announcements, it was a touch appropriate that the government's decision should burst on the unsuspecting public via The West Australian in which further on there were columns of sex advertisements to the tune of $3000 that day. Based on that and the $3600 gained last Saturday, the so called 'industry' of sex contributes some $1 million annually to The West's revenue. At $7500 per weekend The Sunday Times gains $400,000. The loss-making Daily News gets only a lesser share of that revenue.

These advertisements sit alongside real estate and used car adverts so presumably respectable house hunters and impressionable teenagers chasing a car are not corrupted by these titillating invitations. Should however The Record or the Gardener's Gazette have even a whiff of such adverts we could no doubt be accused of corrupting the nation's youth or frightening the peunias.

The absence of morality, it seems, is abroad everywhere.

As with prostitution the newspaper industry too does not like competition. The West Australian otherwise would not be so anxious to buy the loss-making Daily News — reportedly $2 million they tell us — except to keep others out of the food trough. And the 'community' should ask why the same Bond monopoly so desperately wants to get the whole share of Community Newspapers that control the suburban advertising trade. At the opening of that enterprise's premises some time back Premier Burke praised them for striking out for an independent press. The paint was hardly dry on the wall than the same independents sold out to big money.

Basking in this convenient monopoly is the WA Government through its Bell Group holding and about which the Australian Journalists Association asked the public to shed tears lest their integrity be impaired. Their sensitive consciences are quiet when it comes to the morality of the financial stranglehold the media barons of Australia now hold over every aspect of community life publication.

The dregs of prostitution will still have to be mopped up, broken lives will be left to rot and all because it's a moral issue that like so many others, becomes just too

bard to talk about, but more convenient to 'regulate'.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul ll said the breakup of Eastern Europe's communist systems has shown them to be "tragic utopias" which have led to an "unprecedented regression" in the history of humanity.

The pope expressed admiration for what he called the "heroic resistance" of Christian communities under Marxist totalitarianism.

"The current world is dicovering that, far from being the opiate of the people, faith in Christ is the best guarantee and stimulus of their freedom," he said January 12.

The pope introduced his remarks by referring to "the great cultural changes that are shaking up the world," particularly during the past year.

"The great ideologies have demonstrated their failure when put to the hard test by events," the pope said.

"So-called scientifi systems of social rene wal, the redemption o man by himself, tin myths of the revolutionary fulfillment of man, have been revealed in the eyes of the entire world for what they were: tragic utopias that have caused an unprecedented regression in the tormented history of humanity," the pope said.

The pope praised the fact that "walls have fallen down" and "borders have been opened," an apparent reference to the opening of the Berlin Wall and the lifting of travel restrictions in several East European nations.

"An earthly massianism

has collapsed and the thirst for a new justice is springing up around the world. A great hope is being raised — for liberty, for responsibility, for solidarity, for spirituality," he said.

"This immense hope of humanity must not be disappointed," he added.

The pope called for "wise reflection" by world leaders and said that in Europe's case, there was a need for the continent to "redefine its identity outside political systems and military alliances."

He also noted that "enormous barriers" still exist between "the hope for justice and its realisation, between wealth and poverty."

The pope extended his remarks to other areas of the world, mentioning in his speech only one

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country by name: China.

"China is searching for a new destiny to live up to its centuries-old culture," the pope said. He encouraged China to

open itself up more to the rest of the world, saying such a process would bring "new energy" to the Asian nation.

• International exchanges of academicians and students.

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First meeting in 40 years ALBA JULIA, Romania (CNS): The heads of Romania's 11 Catholic dioceses held their first general meeting in 40 years January 34 and outlined a program aimed at reestablishing Church institutions in the postCeausesc u years.

Among the issues raised during the two-day conference were:

• Revising Churchstate relations. That included a call for dissolving the government's office for religious affairs, making the Church economically independent. readmitting religious orders to the country, and preparing to reestablish VaticanRomanian diplomatic relations.

• Appointing bishops

to five Latin-rite and five Eastern-rite Sees currently governed by administrators or secretly appointed bishops.

• Making Alba Julia an archdiocese.

• Re-establishing Church schools, religious education and theological universities with g overnment -paid teachers.

VILNIUS: Lithuanian women are organising the first Catholic charitable organisation in the Soviet Union — a wide-ranging welfare and education program that is part of the revival of society in their mostly Catholic Baltic republic of Lithuania.

Organisation president and co-founder Albina Pajarskaite said the effort represents a return to a unique role for women

as Lithuania moves away from Moscow's direct control, said the softspoken, 62-year-old Miss Pajarskaite.

"They had come to be considered nothing more than part of the work force in Soviet society," she said.

But they wanted to resume the work in which they had been prominent: charity, education and family life.

Those will be important components of Caritas,

the new 4000-member, children. mainly female volunteer "In independent charitable agency Lithuania, morality was launched by Miss Pajars- very firmly established kaite and seven other and the sense of family women in 1988. was very strong," Miss She said the Caritas Pajarskaite said. agenda includes reLithuanians were also establishing a strong "very devout Catholic family structure and a believers". strong sense of communA fter the Soviet ity, and helping revive a takeover in 1940,a policy sense of religion, as well as the more traditional of militant atheism was works of charity such as imposed that changed all helping the poor, the that.

"The Church was deciailing and needy

VATICAN CITY (CNS): The pope's special envoy for Eastern Europe said that during a visit to Romania he was shown a torture chamber used under the regime of the late ousted dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

torture, a dreary two- tru Mazilu, vice presiroom building," said dent of the governing Archbishop Francesco National Salvation Colasuonno.

Committee.

"The victims were first ColaArchbishop beaten bloody and then finished off with a nail suonno said Mazilu was pounded into the a human rights specialist and "a believer who, cranium."

In Bucharest, the arch- condemned to prison bishop met with Dumi- and most recently to

• Establishing an independent Catholic press with its own printing office, plus obtaining permission to import printed materials and obtaining access to broadcast media.

• Gaining permits to build churches and

Romania's governing National Salvation Committee has repealed government decrees in 1948 and 1949 which banned the Romanian Catholic Church and forcibly merged it with the Romanian Orthodox Church.

...Lithuanian first, too mated," she said.

Priests and lay leaders were imprisoned or killed or went into exile.

In the schools, a Soviet ideology was imposed that caused rifts in families between parents who grew up in the preSovietised society and their children who were subject to the new indoctrination.

Young people grew up "demoralised", she said.

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capital punishment, admitted with tears in his eyes that he had felt the hand of God in his liberation".

"Mr Mazilu began the conversation with the convinced affirmation that the changes taking place in the countries of

Central and Eastern Europe are due mainly to the Holy Father," the archbishop said.

Mazilu also promised religious freedom in the country. including legalisation of the Romanian Catholic Church, which was outlawed in 1948.

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SAN SALVADOR, (CNS):— A top-ranking Salvadoran military officer reportedly has been detained in connection with the investigation into the November 16 murder of six Jesuit priests and two of their female employees.

Colonel Alfredo Benavides, former head of military intelligence for the Salvadoran armed

Xmas Mass reaches 52 nations NEW HAVEN Conn (CNS): Pope John Paul II's Christmas midnight Mass reached 52 c ountries, including East Germany and Hungary for the first time, according to the Knight of Columbus, which paid for the telecast.

The Soviet Union also accepted the satellite signal originating in the Vatican, but the Knights said it was not yet known whether the papal Mass was actually telecast there.

A potential audience for the 1989 Mass was more than a billion people, according to information received at the Knight headquarters in New Haven from Archbishop John P. Foley, president of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communications.

forces and director of the country's military school for officers is confined to base pending the outcome of the investigation.

Reports say Benavides was the officer responsible for security in the zone that included Jesuit-run Central American University.

Forty-five other officers and troops have also been detained.

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He said the government's investigating 'commission had determined that the murders of the six priests were committed between 2am and 3am and that during the murder, highpowered weapons fire was heard, including machine guns and rifles.

Sandoval said Jesuit Father Joaquin Lopez y Lopez was first shot to death outside the priests' residence with the other Jesuits and that the body was then dragged inside the residence and left in a guest room.

Five of the priests received single shots to the head, Sandoval said.

The shots fired at the six priests were from M-16 and AK-47 rifles, Sando-

val said, while the housekeeper and her daughter were shot to death with other weapons.

Sandoval said the commission relied on fingerprints, the coroner's report on the six Jesuits, the clothing the priests were wearing at the time of their murders, some 2 30 cartridge shells found at the scene of the murders and other evidence.

Bid to change heart RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's bishops are tackling the issue of women in society and the Church for the theme of their annual Lenten campaign.

The bishops hope "to change the heart and behaviour", of a society that discriminates against women, said Bishop Queiroz, secretary general of the Brazilian bishops'

conference.

"The faith education is done by the woman in Brazil — not the priest," he said.

"But the woman is discriminated against in the work and the salaries," he said.

Bishop Queiroz characterised Brazilian society as macho. In its terms "the woman is for cooking and for taking care of the

home and the children", he said.

Within the last 20 years, however, more and more women have begun working outside the home. Yet women doing the same work as men are not paid the same salaries, he said.

"Personally, it's very interesting for me," the bishop said, noting that his mother

worked outside the home as early as 1927.

"The woman in my life for me is the woman who works, not the woman who is at home every day," he said.

"I see that my life, my family, is not the same as other families," the 56-year-old bishop said.

5 mil pilgrims PARIS: More than five million pilgrims visited Lourdes during 1989.

Of this total, more than 600,000 travelled with 760 official pilgrimages.

The three hospitals for sick pilgrims, received over 45,000 people — accompanied by over two thousand doctors. last Recognition summer of the 65th miracle cure, that of

Delizia Cirolli, had increased interest in pilgrimages by Italians said a report.

The annual budget for the Sanctuaries was 72 million Francs — a small part of the total budget of the town of Lourdes.

More than 300 people are employed by the Sanctuaries, and this cost represents 49 per cent of the budget.

It was also reported that the Cite Saint Pierre de Secours Catholique — which receives poor pilgrims on the recommendation of their parish priest, saw an increase in pilgrims last year — particularly from Eastern Europe, from where numbers are now e xpected to increase rapidly in coming years.

Bishops in a hurry MOSCOW: The Russian government rushed underground Catholic bishops to Moscow to take part in top level talks between a Vatican delegation and the Russian Orthodox church.

When the Vatican delegation did not reach the Ukraine, the five Ukrainian Catholic bishops, all secretly ordained in the past, were given plane tickets to Moscow.

It was the first such meeting in 40 years that Catholic bishops have had direct official talks with the Orthodox Church.

The high-level Vatican-Russian Orthodox meeting was called to discuss the status of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, which was outlawed and forcibly merged with the Russian Orthodox Church in 1946.

The Vatican has estimated that there are some five million Ukrainian Catholics in the Soviet Union.

In the past six months, Soviet officials have shown

increasing tolerance toward the Church, and many bishops, priests and religious have begun exercising their ministries publicly.

The Council for Religious Affairs in the Ukrainian Republic began allowing Ukrainian Catholic parishes to register in early December.

At the same time, several parishes that were Catholic before 1946, then became Russian Orthodox, have declared themselves to be Ukrainian Catholic.

Hundreds of priests ordained for the Russian Orthodox Church have applied for recognition as Catholic priests.

The Ukrainian Catholic bishops denied Orthodox claims that violence had taken place in the reclaiming of churches.

"The Ukrainians stated that they were not forcing any parishes or communities to become Ukrainian Catholic (and) that the people themselves were asking for the change," it said.

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'The new climate which progressively is being installed in Europe favours substantial progress in for negotiations nuclear, chemical and c onventional a disarmament.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS): The political and social t ransformations in Eastern Europe are positive developments, but pose new challenges to world peace, Pope John Paul ll said in a major speech to diplomats.

These include getting the politically and economically better-off European Western nations to help their less fortunate neighbours and to develop a stable Europe in which the ethnic and nationalistic rivalries of the past do not explode into violence, he said.

Almost half of the pope's traditional New Year speech to diplomats accredited to the Vatican concerned the 1989 "happy evolution" in Eastern Europe, which loosened the post-World War II communist domination of the region.

The pope also asked for an end to the "secondclass" status of Catholics in many Islamic countries, criticised China's repression of student dissidents, renewed his calls for a sovereign Lebanon and asked for Palestinian-Israeli negotiations to resolve the status of the Israelioccupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He did not take a stand on whether the Palestine Liberation Organisation should be represented in such negotiations.

The pope used his annual January speech to diplomats to outline international major issues of concern to the Vatican.

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Eastern Regarding Europe, "the irrepressible thirst for liberty" has caused "walls to crumble and doors to open", he said.

The Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries have become "stops on the pilgrimage to freedom", he said.

"The year 1989 could well signal the decline of what has been called 'the cold war', of the division of Europe and the world in two ideologically opposed camps, of the uncontrolled arms race and of the communist world locked up in a closed society," the pope added.

"The new climate which progressively is being installed in Europe favours substantial progress in negotiations for nuclear, chemical and conventional disarmament," he said.

The changes are also positive for superpower relations, causing the United States and the Soviet Union to become "partners in dialogue and in peace", he said.

The pope said his contacts with US and Soviet leaders "have assured me of their desire to place international relations on a more secure foundation and to

on the 1975 Helsinki Accords, he said.

The accords pledge fostering human rights and increasing economic and political cooperation between Eastern and Western Europe as ways of stabilising peace.

ISLAM The pope also said he "could not let 'lass in silence the worrying situation in which Christians find themselves in certain countries where the Islamic religion is in the majority".

"They have the painful sensation of being second-class citizens," he said.

Christians "often are deprived of places of worship, are objects of suspicion, are impeded from organising religious education according to their faith or undertaking charitable activities", he said.

"I strongly hope that, if Muslims today rightly find the essential facilities to satisfy their religious needs in countries with a Christian tradition, Christians could benefit also from a comparable treatment in all countries of Islamic tradition," he added.

The pope did not criticise any specific country The pope criticised "the presence and spread of and praised Indonesia, the country with the countervalues such as selfishness, hedonism, world's largest Islamic racism and practical population, for guaranteeing religious equality materialism". for Christians. The pope The Europe of the visited Indonesia last future should he based October.

regard each other even more as partners instead of competitors".

But the changes also provide challenges so that Europe develops as a peaceful "community of nations", he said.

"Secular rivalries may re-emerge, conflicts between ethnic minorities may become inflamed anew and nationalism may be exacerbated," he added.

"The time has come for Europeans of the West, who have the advantage of achieving freedom and prosperity years ago, to aid their brothers of Central and Eastern Europe", he said.

"The time is ripe to reassemble the stones of the battered walls and construct together our common house" based upon the "spiritual roots which have made Europe," said the Polishborn pope.

This requires changes in Western Europe. which often has forgotten religious values, he added.

"One can only regret the deliberate absence of all transcendent moral references in the governing of so-called 'developed' societies," he said.

Billy on pope VATICAN CITY: It is cardinal was called to particularly evident in Rome to enter the conthe pope's speeches clave in which he that his attitudes and became Pope John Paul decisions "are based H. The US evangelist, on his great personal spiritual life", said whose crusades have evangelist Billy Gra- taken him all over the ham after a half hour world during a 50-year meeting with Pope John preaching career, said he had his first meeting Paul.

"1 will never forget the with this pope, his first address he gave on his meeting with any pope, enthronement. It was a in 1981.

"He has overwhelming straight evangelistic address in which he responsibilities," Dr Grastressed the importance ham said. "How he does of personal faith. He used the things he does . . . a number of gestures "He bases his work and even in his talk," the 71- messages and vision on year-old preacher said. biblical principles," he Dr Graham was sup- said. posed to have his first "Of course, Protestants meeting with the former cannot accept everyCardinal Karol Wojtyla thing, but they're beginin 1978 in Krakow, ning to find out that we Poland. have a great deal in The American clergy- common, and perhaps man was preaching in far more in common we have the cardinal's cathedral than and was supposed to differences." dine with him.

During Dr Graham's stay in Rome, he had As it turned out, the 6 The Record, 'January 25, 1990

three meetings with Archbishop Edward I. Cassidy and Bishop Pierre Duprey, president and secretary, respectively, of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

Dr Graham said his crusades are not aimed at getting people to switch churches. At the Hungary crusade, Cardinal Laszlo Paskai read the Scriptures and led a prayer, Dr Graham said.

Dr Graham said his The participation of information about Chris- Catholics and Orthodox tian churches in Latin in the Billy Graham America was not as Crusades is "ecumenism current as he would like on a person-to-person it to be. level. We have a great Dr Graham said being deal of ecumenical conknown as an evangelical ferences in which the is misunderstood in hierarchy of different some parts of the world. denominations — Protestant, Catholic and "Some think in terms of Orthodox — get together, extreme fundamental- but it doesn't filter down ism," he said. to the masses of people."

"But an evangelical is a In offering ecumenical person who believes in the authority of the Bible, worship to thousands of the atonement of Christ people, "the only two on the cross for our sins, things that are going on of course the virgin birth are meetings like this of Christ, the Resurrection and the need to (the crusades) and the respond to the good news ones that the pope holds of the Gospel by repent- when he travels," Dr ance and faith," he said. Graham said.

Resolving social probRegarding China, the lems through violence is pope criticised the "grave a "suicidal illusion," he events" of last June when added. soldiers killed hundreds Positions taken by the of protesting Chinese pope on other world students in Beijing. issues included: "I can only express, • Hope that negotiaalong with my injured feelings, the sincere hope tions in Angola and that so much suffering Mozambique end the was not in vain, serving civil wars in both African above all the renewal of countries. the national life of this • The need for South noble country," he African political reforms added. to be "better translated Regarding the Middle into reality".

East, the pope expressed worry about "the future • A "definitive overof Lebanon which, descoming" of tribal conflict pite so many efforts in Burundi. deployed, remains precarious".

• A speeded-up process "It is urgent that the for returning prisonersLebanese be given the of-war in the Iran-Iraq conditions to sovereignly conflict. decide their future," he said.

• Greater international The Middle East is also efforts to end the fighting the place where Palesti- in Afghanistan and to nians in Israeli-occupied repatriate Afghan undergo refugees. territories "hard-to-justify sufferings", he added.

• A return to negotia"Only negotiations will tions to end the fighting guarantee to the oppos- in Cambodia. ing parties respect for • Cautious optimism their legitimate aspirations, immediate peace regarding Vietnam's and security for tomor- "discreet signs of openness" toward religious row," he said. liberty and encourageSOUTH AMERICA ment of international The pope criticised the efforts to resolve the "violent battles which problems of Vietnamese have, above all, stricken refugees. the civilian populatons" in Central America, • The need for a lasting especially El Salvador, truce in Sudan so that the scene of the "barbar- international agencies ous assassination of six can aid people suffering Religious of the Society from the civil war and natural disasters. of Jesus."

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Demo in support of married priesthood NEW YORK: While Cardinal John J. O'Connor ordained a former Anglican priest who is married and the father of four children, former Catholic priests demonstrated their support for a married priesthood outside the seminary where the ceremony took place.

Father Trevor Nicholls, 47, became the latest of about 50 married Anglican priests ordained since 1980 when the Vatican approved a program for use only in the United States.

Most of the others were former Episcopal priests.

Father Nicholls said that his attraction to the Catholic Church first began when he was studying history at the University of Leicester in England, his native country.

He said he grew up with "the evangelicals' traditional suspicion of the

Roman Church". During his studies, he ran across some Catholic teaching on the trustworthiness of the Scriptures.

"Finding statements on the Bible virtually indistinguishable from those contained in the most highly approved evangelical doctrinal handbook was akin to discovering that a person whom you had always considered to be a miler and a cad wasn't such a bad fellow after all," he said.

Father Nicholls and his family were received into the Church in December 1975, after he had served seven years as an Anglican priest in four parishes.

During his service as a priest in the Church of England, he said: "I was moving in a Catholic direction."

He and his wife went to New York in 1986 at the invitation of Cardinal O'Connor, after petition-

ing for admission to the V atican -approved program.

Last May Cardinal O'Connor ordained a married forme. Episcopal priest for the Archdiocese of New York, Father Marc K. Oliver, now co-ordinator of the archdiocesan permanent diaconate program, and a friend of Father Nicholls.

Father James Parker, assistant administrator of the Vatican-approved program, said that the program also applies to celibate Anglican priests, who, when counted, bring the number ordained in the Catholic Church up to about 65.

Father Parker, the first ordained under the program. assists Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston. who directs the "pastoral provisions", as the system for processing married Anglican priests for ordination is called.

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Caring Albany works towards 'first' Led by Father Hugh Galloway, a team of professional and lay volunteers in Albany is working towards establishing one of the first Australian regional rural hospice-palliative care programs.

We aim to better manage the present and estimated increasing number of persons suffering and dying from terminal illness," said Father Hugh.

"The care program will be patient, family and home centred, carried out by an interdisciplinary team of and professionals volunteers.

"We intend to establish within 12 to 18 months a day-care centre and, ultimately, expand into a 24-hour hospice facility."

Father Galloway, on a visit to America and

England in 1988 saw laymen, nurses, minis- will work with Silver many hospices and was ters of religion and Silver Chain nurses and assist inspired to develop a Chain representatives," with patient care in the similar service in Albany. said Father Hugh. home," said Father Hugh.

From April to July 1989 "The sessions were "The only professional he attended professional conducted by top people member of the Albany studies in palliative care in the hospice-palliative team we need is a doctor. medicine at the Univer- care field, including a Ideally we would hope to sity of WA Medical clinical psychologist, a have a local general School, run in conjunc- palliative care doctor, a practitioner attend the tion with the Cancer Silver Chain co- three month hospiceFoundation through the ordinator, the chaplain to palliative care course at Cottage Hospice at Shen- the Cottage Hospice and the UWA. ton Park. one of the founders of the "To do this we need to This was the only such hospice. have financial support course conducted in "I expect that about 12 from the community.

Australia and was of those who attended "When the doctor had attended by people from the seminars will enter completed the UWA other States and South upon the volunteer traincourse he would have the East Asia. ing program in Albany understand ing of all Subsequently, from which starts in March aspects of palliative care July to December, Father and runs for 12 weeks. and would be a resource Galloway organised a "The seminar and person for other doctors program of six one-day volunteer training pro- in Albany." seminars held in Albany gram will be repeated In December, Father which was attended by regularly to expand the Galloway established a 64 people. pool of volunteers to bereaveme nt support "A representative cross- service in the hospice- group to help bereaved section of the commun- palliative care program. people.

Meeting ity attended including "Trained volunteers monthly, it is a self-help

Quiet faith and loves of Kathleen Discuss with Kathleen Galloway of Albany her 86 years on earth and the conversation is lit by recurring gleams of love of people and music with a thread of quiet faith running through her motherly philosophy.

No wonder there was a steady stream of unexpected teenage grandchildren and their friends during the 11 2 /hour conversation with her and her son, Father Hugh Galloway.

The interruptions did not make for continuity of interviewing but they illustrated more than words the love and esteem in which this gregarious lady is held by her family of four daughters, two sons, 16 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Born at the Golden Gate, Kalgoorlie, in 1903, Kathleen O'Connor was educated and learnt her

music at Iona Presentation Convent.

In 1931, she married John Galloway who had joined Elders Pastoral Company on leaving school. They were married in St Mary's Cathedral by Father Pat Sheridan.

"Most of our married life was spent in country towns — Kondinin, Wagin, Katanning and Albany where John managed the Elders branches.

"He was a dedicated manager who gave more than was expected of him and at limes, under the pressure of a growing family, our marriage was strained.

"But, as I say to young women today, they should recognise the demands placed on their husband and make allowances for his preoccupation with business.

Remember, he is your companion, hopefully,

for a long time after the children have grown and left home."

Their eldest son, John, followed in his father's footsteps with a career in Elders and now manages the branch at Esperance.

Kathleen Galloway has lived 28 years in Albany.

When they arrived, John was one of the first to take up virgin land at Green Range and ran Aberdeen Angus cattle on it. He died in 1971.

"I often wish he was here to see his family grown up and doing so well," said Kathleen.

Recently, their daughter, Pat, arrived from Perth to live with her mother.

"Pat has just retired from Royal Perth Hospital where she has been night supervisor for 20 years."

No doubt, there will be much music making in future with mother on her piano accompanied

operation offering support from shared common experiences.

"We endeavour to achieve a normal attitude to death. For instance, death is not an end but a beginning which is illustrated by twins sharing a common womb.

"When one is born it leaves the other alone in the womb not knowing where it has gone. But the born twin as it leaves the womb is greeted outside by a new life. In time the other twin joins the born twin.

"The hospice-palliative care program is not in competition with or a threat to existing medical facilities or programs. . .

"It offers terminally ill persons and their family the competent and compaKsionate care of the local community."

Fr Hugh Galloway. . . big plans ahead

Kathleen Galloway talks to her son, Fr Hugh Galloway, in the garden of her home in Albany.

by Pat on her violin, having inherited the gift of music.

Kathleen Galloway's third daughter, Katherine Simpson is also a musician and is organist St Michael's, at Tambellup.

"Music has played a great and happy part in my life," said Mrs Galloway.

"When we first went to Narrogin there was no TV — not even a radio — so we made our own home entertainment.

"We did have the silent movies once a week and I played the paino to accompany the action on the films.

"It was quite a challenge due to the sudden changes of mood and tempo of the films. One minute I was playing stirring martial music to accompany marching troops or a cowboyIndian chase and the

next minute a sentimental, nostalgic tune was demanded as the heroine gazed into the eyes of the hero," she laughed.

Mrs Galloway also played for the light opera company which prided itself on Gilbert and Sullivan productions.

"We had to work on fund raising for months in advance before we could afford to pay the steep performing rights royalties."

Peter Doyle was in the company and his daughter, Doreen, became firm friends with Kathleen.

Today, as Mrs Geof Wilson, she lives in the same housing complex as her long-time friend Kathleen.

Mrs Galloway was the accompanist for the Narrogin choir in the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Federation choral competition.

"We won the WA section and then the

National finals in Melbourne for which our reward was to visit Canberra and perform with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra."

Later, when the family moved to Katanning„ Mrs Galloway was the organist at St Patrick's Church.

"I'm looking forward to meeting many old friends when I return to Katanning for a church reunion on 17 March," she said.

After moving to Albany, Mrs Galloway played the organ at St Joseph's church for ten years.

Two other daughters married farmers — Anne, a popular watercolour artist, is the wife of Geoffrey Flugge, of Katanning. and Helen, who recently retired after ten years as secretary of the Wellstead Primary School, is married to Leith Rowe.

Kathleen Galloway has

seen many changes, especially in the Church.

"Some people resist change because they're afraid of anything new but I feel changes in the Church have been for the better.

However, Kathleen Galloway regrets the diminished presence of nuns in the country communities. `They have been in Albany for over 100 years and we are lucky to still have about 12 of them here.

"Years ago we placed them on a pedestal and asked them to pray for us as if their prayers had a better chance of finding favour than ours.

"There has been a welcome transition from a strict Church hierarchy to a democracy with the laiety taking a more responsible role.

"Possibly, the future will see women priests — but not in my time: she added laughing.

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No more boring prophets

Why do the prophets continue to inspire us today? After all, they spoke long ago and their messages often are familiar, writes Father Eugene LaVerdiere. One important answer is that the prophets often spoke in poetry or used vivid poetical images. On the left is a painting of Hosea

by Robert HodgeII. Inset: Pictures of eclipse of the sun in sequence.

Briefly...

Here is a little quiz that m ay prove helpful.

Imagine that the opportunity has arisen for you to meet with a real prophet — an Isaiah, Jeremiah or Hosea.

In your mind, picture the meeting. Then use the questions in the following paragraphs as a guide to help you sort through your ideas about what a prophet is.

First, picture how your meeting with the prophet begins. Do you shake hands? Do you smile at each other and say, "Hello how are you?"

Would you welcome each other warmly? Or would the prophet greet you with a firm and stern demeanor?

Next, try to picture the setting for your meeting.

Will you meet in an officelike room, facing

each other across a table or desk?

Will you sit during your meeting, or will it be a brief encounter with both of you standing? Or will you meet outdoors perhaps and walk along side by side?

Ask yourself now who will do the talking during your meeting. Will the prophet's voice dominate the encounter, while you simply nod your head in agreement? Will your voice dominate as you explain in detail and with considerable passion what bewilders and perplexes you in life, with the prophet responding only occasionally in a few words of profound commentary?

Or will your meeting be a two-way exchange in which each listens and each speaks?

In focus...

What were the compelling concerns of the biblical prophets? What are the compelling concerns of prophets today?

These two questions are at the heart of the CNS Religious Education Package this week.

One factor that made biblical prophets so compelling, Blessed Sacrament Father Eugene LaVerdiere says, is that many spoke in poetic language. Isaiah and Joel used dramatic images to convey their messages from God in poetry, the biblical scholar says. This ensured that people remembered them.

Jane Wolford Hughes talks about some people who have been prophets for her, acting as beacons

to light her way in life.

They range from family members to a young man she saw once at a restaurant to a nun who influenced her during her college years.

Father Herbert Weber suggests that young people need adults to bring prophets to their attention. He also tells of two young people who went on interesting missions in response to a prophet's call.

Father John Castelot says it was no picnic being a prophet in biblical times — or now, either. Most prophets balked at the idea, r eluctantly answered God's call and often were treated badly by their own people.

And what will you talk about? Will the encounter centre around you, your concerns and responsibilities as the prophet attentively focuses in on the immediate problems and challenges you face.

In other words, will the demands placed on you by work, spouse, children, aged relatives and friends figure in the discussion? Will your financial worries be mentioned?

Will you and the prophet perhaps discuss some of the larger social issues — like upcoming elections or Social Security or abortion or the modern weapons of war?

Will your attention turn to poverty, racism and drug addiction?

Finally, do you think it is possible that you and

the prophet will find time to discuss both your compelling concerns at home and those of society at large in the hope of casting light on the direction you might take in response to them.

As your meeting with the prophet concludes, how will you evaluate it?

Will you find that the prophet's words were predictable and not really helpful in your specific situation? Will you find that this encounter helped you rise to the occasion in the face of a complex problem you face? Will you feel that the time you spent with a prophet was a uniquely rewarding opportunity?

And will you make plans to meet this prophet again?

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who are poets. Otherwise they are apt to be

By Father Eugene LaVerdiere, SSS downright boring, even if This never ceases to be prose that usually is vants and the handmaids they do make us feel a source of wonderment quite poetic. Consider uncomfortable. "in those days I will To get a hearing, a for me. How can a word Zechariah. pour out my spirit." so old, and in some cases prophet must have a As poets, the prophets We know those lines number of qualities. A so familiar, continue to used a lot of images and also from Peter's disprophet must be a person inspire us today? they expressed these in There are many rhythmic lines that are course in the book of of deep faith, a person of vision and a good answers to that question, remembered easily. Take Acts 2:17-18. each one a part of the these lines from the book All of us can identify communicator. with those images.

Every prophet whose whole answer. of Joel 3:1-2: work was inlucded in the One of the most impor`Then afterwardI will We saw it when we Bible possessed those tant answers is precisely pour out watched Martin Luther three qualities. that King Jr. intone: "I have a the prophets "my spirit upon all dream" In his speech, the That is why their mes- expressed most of their mankind. civil rights leader used an sage still speaks across message in the form of "Your sons and daugh- image that had powerful many centuries.

Poetry. ters shall prophesy, biblical resonance, and The biblical prophets Our greatest prophets "your old men shall everyone listened. They died long ago, but their were poets. Consider still do. message still is alive in Isaiah, Hosea, Joel and dream dreams, ` itrur young men shall the liturgy, prayer and Amos. Those whose That is because images meditation of reach beneath the surthe writing was not in the see visions.

"Even upon the ser- face of experience and Church. form of poetry wrote in

touch deep levels of human sensitivity that no one can exhaust.

That is why we can listen to a prophet's poetic words over and over again. Situations change. We also change.

But the poetic imagery is able to address every new situation.

Prose does not do that easily, especially prophetic prose.

We have examples of prophetic prose in the Bible, of course, as in the book of Zechariah.

There the images are so strong and vivid — a lamp stand all of gold, a scroll flying, a flying bushel containing the guilt of all and filled with

wickedness, mountains of bronze — that Zechariah's prose possesses many qualities of poetry.

Prophetic poetry is important especially when the message is grim or severe. Consider, for example, this passage in the book of Joel 3:3-4: "AndIwill work wonders in the heavens and on the earth, -blood, fire and columns of smoke. `The sun will be turned to darkness, "And the moon to blood.

"At the coming of the day of the Lord, "the great and terrible day"

Were the message a prose description based on a real event, it would lose its impact.

Had Joel said: "There will be an eclipse," we might read what he said and dismiss it as boring.

I doubt we would store it in our imagination to ponder further.

But who can forget: "The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood"?

The image stretches the imagination. It speaks of things beyond human grasp. It speaks of the power of God, a power we must recognise and which we cannot escape.

That is how it is when prophets are poets.

Two prophets who speak quietly In Scripture the prophets loom as giants set apart from the people who heard the word of God through them.

But I also believe God sends prophets who speak quietly to a few people, or perhaps just to one.

Some prophets are like campfires you come upon suddenly and sit before to warm your soul. I chanced upon such a prophet recently.

I was waiting for a late lunch in an uncrowded section when I observed a man, perhaps 35. who had stumbled across kilometres of unfriendly floors and was trying desperately to find acceptance in the

restaurant.

He applied himself with the concentration of a Boris Becker in a tennis final.

He was being trained as a waiter. As he removed the dishes and wiped each empty table, he held his tongue in the corner of his mouth much as a child does when trying to keep crayons inside the lines of a colouring book page.

He moved from table to table while his supervisor, a gentle young man in his 20s, quietly guided him, reminding him, for instance, to replace the salt and pepper in the same position on each table.

The trainee listened, nodded, wiped his fore-

Student prophets...

A group of fresh tertiary as much a part of youth students sat around a as having acne and bonfire as part of a new crushes. students retreat. The Being able to channel topic of conversation was those ideals before they what excited them — and get lost, however, is a what frightened them major chore — both for about college life. the young person in After awhile one stu- question and for those dent exclaimed how working with adoleshappy she was to be at cents and young adults. that particular retreat.

One of the ways ideals Up to that point in her are tapped and devebrief career, she had been loped is through the wondering whether powerful witness of anyone else held ideals heroes or others whose and beliefs similar to lives make a prophetic hers. statement. Who these What she had heard in prophetic men and the conversation had women are, however, is a been a source of reassu- surprise to many adults. rance for her.

People like Nelson As an instant affirma- Mandela, Sister Thea tion of her statement, Bowman or Father Oscar nearly all the others Romero often have present quickly inspiring lives and could DISCUSSION POINTS expressed the same attract the many young relief. people who are searchWhen people think of prophets, often it is the biblical Having ideals is almost ing for fully human and prophets who come to mind, prophets who bring compelling concerns to people's aftention.

V% Look at the first chapters in the Old Testament hook of Jeremiah. What kind of person was the prophet Jeremiah?

II Prophets appear in the modern world too. Who are I! • —.IL-% the prophets Jane Watford Hughes and Fatter Herbert ; 1 Weber talk about? What are their concerns?

Think about your life. Who are your prophets?

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We need prophets, We need people of penetrating vision to unveil God's prese ice and disclose his wil to us.

We need men .Lnd women who remind us of our Christian be;innings, who help it to uncover — and to dc — God's will in r ew situations.

We need people who awaken us to cona,rns that need addressing but which we would ra her avoid.

There is no denyini the need for prophets. They have played an important role in the story of Israel and in the life of the Church from the beginning.

But we need prophets

just ways of living. Yet their stories often remain unknown.

Instead, present-day prophets of the young, with the rare exception of Mother Teresa of Calcutta or some other person frequently in the news, tend to be those men and women who are a more vital part of their lives.

Youth workers, inspiring teachers, pastoral ministers or grandparents are the role models who also can speak as prophets to them.

It often is up to these persons to tap the ideals of the youth.

But it also is helpful when they can introduce to the young the names and personal stories of those who may be contemporary prophets on a larger scale.

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head with his hand and proceeded with the job.

I was standing outside another person's life watching an act of heroism and nobility. I was inspired by the miracle before me.

After some kind words and further reminders, the supervisor left and soon the trainee came to the table next to mine.

When he had everything in place, I smiled and said, "You do good work."

He looked frightened at first and then smiled radiantly. His words tumbled out at an uneven pace, "I know God will take care of me, but I should try to help myself too."

As I paid my bill, I

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In other words, those nearest to the youthful enthusiasm can nurture that zeal by introducing other models to imitate.

Hands-on experience also can help young people translate some of their ideals to reality.

Each year our campus ministry offers a springbreak field experience in Appalachia so that our students can attempt to put some flesh and blood on their notions of service.

That program, along with a Third-Wold immersion program to Mexico, works to expand the perspective of human needs so that the young may be better ready to respond with renewed fervour.

Along the way many unknown prophets emerge.

A young man named Mike, who has lived for 10 years with the poor people of Mexico, became a flesh-andblood example of what the college students were visualising mentally.

His willingness to give up comfort and family was, for many, the first taste of the true cost paid by a prophet.

Another graduate, Brian, spent a couple of years as a volunteer in the Rio Grande Valley working with refugees.

In such settings, one's own enthusiasms are forced to come face to face with the struggles and pain of modern living.

Often heroes emerge, prophets are born and the ideals of the young given the opportunity to develop.

By Jane Wolford Hughes complimented the manager for giving the trainee a chance.

"I did it because it seemed right, but in the few days he has been here I have re-evaluated my life," he replied.

"The restaurant business is not for me. I am going back to get the degree Istarted in education. This time it will be with the retarded."

If some prophets can be compared to campfires, others are lighthouses — dependable beacons lighting our way.

I came from a family that did this. My family counselled me percep-

tively, leaving room for my natural independence and curiosity to break free.

I was ready, then, when I entered university to listen to the wise woman who became my lifelong friend, mentor and prophet, Sister Honora.

For some students, seeing their names posted for a visit with her could cause a case of hives. For me it was an anticipated pleasure.

Our meetings might involve a progress report on my work at a black centre community where I taught art to children and helped parents organise a neighbourhood club.

Sister Honora was global in her view of

education and the need for community service.

My effort was an experiment for the college and monitored it she carefully.

During my second year, Sister Honora directed one conversation away from the usual sharing of thoughts on God, current affairs and books. Her statement was quick as an arrow: "I understand the sisters are badgering you about entering the convent."

I felt strained. I did not want to get the sisters in trouble, but some had formed a circle around me, pulling me to the convent door. I simply looked at her.

She had her answer.

Her voice was firm,

"Don't worry, I know they mean well. In fact, they are not wrong, but are seeing only one side of the prism. I am sure you are called to bring Christ to the marketplace. You belong in the world not the convent."

That was in the 1940s and her words dividing convent and world reflected the times.

But she saw what my immaturity blurred.

And no matter how clumsy I have been at times since then, I have tried not to be insulated from the world and the mission she showed me as mine.

Sister Honora died some years ago now, but for me her lighthouse signal transcends time.

by Father John Castelot

Why, then, did the prophets undertake this task? And how could they say with such assurance, "Thus says the Lord"?

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People did not run for the office of prophet. In most cases they ran from it.

Moses and Jeremiah protested loudly when they felt God calling to be his them spokespersons.

That's just what a prophet was in Israel: not someone who predicted the future, but someone who dared to deliver God's message to people.

Most of the time that message was countercultural. It ran directly counter to prevailing moods and attitudes.

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This experience did not deprive prophets of their freedom — they were not robots — but it was compelling. Jeremiah, for e xample, often complained bitterly about what his mission cost him. But he carried on.

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At times the initial religious experience involved a particularly keen insight into some basic aspect of divine truth.

For Isaiah it was an overwhelming sense of God's holiness and consummate perfection.

For Ezekiel it was an appreciation of the divine transcendence, otherness.

Their sermons were coloured strongly by these basic insights.

These experiences and insights lay behind the prophets' conviction that they were speaking for God. But it would be naive to imagine that behind every "Thus says the Lord" lay a fresh heavenly communique with a worded precisely message.

The prophets already knew God's message from the Law.It was their task to apply it fearlessly to the present situation.

This was the prophets' people set their minds on pressing concern — not a certain course of action what was going to or behaviour, they do not happen in some distant want God and his spofuture, but what their kespersons interfering. people were doing here So, why were the and now. The prophets later held in prophets were essentially people such esteem and their of their times. sermons preserved and Moses was concerned revered? with liberating his peoBecause events had ple from bondage in proved them right.

Egypt. Amos was conBut it was too late to cry, cerned with the social injustice and religious "Why didn't we listen to degradation of the north- Jeremiah?" when the ern kingom of Israel, as country lay in ruins and the people languished in was Hosea. exile.

Isaiah preached against Jesus, the greatest of the a myopic foreign policy prophets, suffered the that would enslave the same fate, and all who people to Assyria; Jere- follow him in proclaimmiah fought for 50 years ing his message in any against the hawkish age unfortunately can antiof the lobbying expect violent resistance.

Babylonian bloc.

When the Church carAll suffered terribly for ries out is prophetic their efforts. Jewish mission today, it often is legend says that both ignored, scorned, ridicIsaiah and Jeremiah uled, rejected. eventually were marBut God's message must tyred — by their own be preached by all people.

Christians who by bapNo, it was no picnic tism share in the probeing a prophet. When phetic ministry of Christ.

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Reaction to proposed laws to ensure religious harmony in Singapore

Define politics clearly call Can religion and politics be kept strictly separate? While the majority of religious leaders felt that the two should be kept apart, some had reservations over how this could be done.

Among them were Roman Catholic Archbishop Gregory Yong and the Muslim religious authority, Mufti Syed Isa Semait, who both called for a clearer definition of "politics".

In a four-page statement commenting on the Government White Paper on the Maintenance of Religious Harmony released last month, the Archbishop described the separation of politics and religion as a "complex and problematic proposal" which could cause confusion if "politics" was not carefully defined.

If defined narrowly to mean party politics, it

was acceptable to say that, in Singapore, no religion should espouse the cause of any political party and politics should be left to the layman, including lay Catholics.

But where politics meant "the study and practice of public affairs", it was akin to religion in that it affected the whole of human life.

"To say that religion and politics can be separated is, at best, an ambiguous statement," he said.

He noted the Governdistinction ment's between the right of a religious leader to speak as a private citizen and as a religious leader, and that it would be wrong for him to use his position to foist his personal political or social views on his fellow-believers. when "However, government policies have a bearing on faith or morals, then the religious

leader has a right and duty to teach his coreligionists the stand they have to take according to the authentic and authoritative teaching of their religion," Archbishop Yong said.

"This is where confusion can arise.

"It is not sufficient to say that the state is autonomous in secular matters and religion is autonomous in religious matters.

"There can often be an overlap between the secular and the religious.

In such cases, the religious leader cannot be accused of going beyond his competence in speaking on the moral and religious overtones of what might appear to be a purely secular matter.

"Just as the State shows its concern about interharmony religious because of its political implications, so religion must show its concern

There can often be an overlap between the secular and the religious. In such cases, the religious leader cannot be accused of going beyond his competence in speaking on the moral and religious overtones of what might appear to be a purely secular matter. Just as the State shows its concern about inter-religious harmony because of its political implications, so religion must show its concern about 'secular' government policies when there are moral or religious implications.

—Archbishop Gregory Yong (above)

about 'secular' govern- pulpit to voice their own ment policies when there personal dissatisfaction are moral or religious with Government policies, except in so far as implications."

He also said that while these affect Catholic "loyalty to the nation is teaching on faith or not to be identified with morals." loyalty to the GovernThe Mufti of Singapore, ment", it would be "quite Syed Isa Semait, said that wrong to brand as dis- for Muslims, there could loyal or unpatriotic those be no separation of who oppose some of the religion and politics decisions of the Govern- because Islam embraced ment of the day. all aspects of its follow"It is possible for a ers' lives.

"As long as politicians person to be a great critic of the government and a do not interfere with our religious life. I don't great patriot," he added.

He noted, too, that the foresee any problem," he Government had said in said. the White Paper that it "But should there be did not claim that its interference in our relipolicies were always gious life, then religious right. leaders would be duty"Hence, there must be bound to speak up." room for criticism and For example, he said, dissent," he said.

Muslim leaders would "As far as the Catholic have to protest if the Church is concerned, Government decided religious leaders, that the dead should be whether bishops or pri- cremated rather than ests, may not use the buried, because, in Islam.

First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, who takes over as Prime Minister later this year.

One of his goals for the 1990s is to practice a more constructive participatory -style democracy.

"Participatory because Singaporeans will be more directly and actively involved in shaping Singapore into a nation of their dreams; accommodative because more tolerance will be shown towards different viewpoints and opinions; co-operative because problems will be solved through consensus instead of confrontation.

"There will be greater emphasis on the individual; every Singaporean is important because he counts."

cremation is a sin.

The Mufti also said that if religion is to be separated from politics, politicians should not be advisers to mosques and religious groups, as is presently the case with some Malay MPs.

religious groups to reach a consensus on issues on which they could or could not express their views.

As the White Paper proposals stood, the Government had set itself as the arbitrator on "It is not their domain. these issues without Under the Administra- setting the ground rules. tion of Muslim Law Act, The Government the Islamic Religious make it clear should also Council (Muis) is the that it would not hastily adviser. set retrospective rules "We advise them on and use the law to silence how mosques should be groups which hold a run and the types of different view from the activities that can be Government. organised.

Also urging the Govern"Leave these places to ment to be more specific people of religion. But the line between about politicians can still be involved by serving as religion and politics, patrons to mosques and Singapore San Ching Taoist Association chairreligious groups." man Tan Kok Hian Mr Ridzuan Abdullah suggested that there Wu. president of the should be a handbook on Singapore Muslim Con- the do's and don'ts for verts' Association. called politicians and religious for a dialogue among leaders.

Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the Prime Minister of Singapore since 1959, who is e xpected to step down this year.

No need for law: Priest There is no need for new laws as the Government already has powers under the Sedition Act and the Penal Code to ensure that religious harmony is maintained, Father Patrick Goh said.

One of three Catholic priests named in the White Paper for having made political statements from the pulpit, he also said that politics and religion could not be separated as both touched on all aspects of life.

The other two priests, Father Adrian Anthony and Father Andre Victor Christophe, declined comment.

Father Goh, the parish priest of the Church of St Bernadette at Zion Road, felt that the Government had not provided sufficient grounds for introducing the new laws.

Rather, he believed that it was afraid of "moral pressure 10 The Record, January 25, 1990

arising from the development of legitimate social action".

He agreed that there was a need to acknowledge the multiracial, multi-religious character of Singapore, emphasise commonly-held beliefs, respect the right of the individual to hold his own beliefs and to accept or reject any religion.

But he maintained that there was no need for legislation as religious groups would abide by "rules of prudence" to maintain religious harmony.

"It is extremely unwise to legislate on matters internal to religious groups as this amounts to direct interference in their area of responsibility and competence."

He said that the proposed powers to be given to the Home Affairs Minister would make him the "prosecutor and judge" in deciding whether to curb the activities of a religious leader.

The minister may issue a prohibition order to stop a religious leader from preaching, for example, and those who flout the order could be prosecuted in court.

"The court then plays the function of legitimising the minister's initial order and the poor offender is now subjected to punishment for not observing a Prohibition Order issued by the minister as prosecutor and judge," said Father Goh. He preferred offenders to be prosecuted under the Sedition Act or the Penal Code.

The White Paper said that court trials were not desirable as there could be delays before judgement and passions could be aroused if defendants turned court proceedings into propaganda.

... from The Straits Times weekly overseas edition

Concern in Malaysia ISLAMIC PARTY UNEASY OVER PROPOSED LAWS KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's opposition Parti Islam (Pas) has expressed reservations over a proposed set of laws in Singapore to curb religious activities that could undermine religious harmony and political stability in the Republic.

In a press statement released by its information chief, Haji Subky Latif, Pas urged the Singapore Government to enforce the proposed laws with caution so that religious freedom and legitimate missionary work would not be affected.

If not implemented with care, the law could restrict freedom of expression and the right to preach, Pas said in the statement, which was a response to the White Paper on the Maintenance of Religious Harmony released by the Singapore Government on December 28.

The White Paper recommended, among other things, that religious leaders and members of

with a Muslim minority should not do the same thing.

The Pas statement also suggested that Singapore consult Islamic leaders in the AsiaPacific region in its efforts to preserve religious freedom through the setting up of a presidential council.

The proposed laws, it added, "should not create the very problem, that the government wants to prevent".

When contacted, Haji Subky said he had released the statement after informal consultations with party colleagues.

He added that although the Pas central executive committee had not discussed the proposed laws, the leaders felt there was a need for the party to send a friendly reminder to Singapore to underline their concern.

religious groups whose words and actions threaten Singapore's religious harmony would face government orders to stop preaching, and that they could also face jail terms and fines.

A Presidential Council for Religious Harmony has also been proposed to moderate relations between religious groups and advise the government on sensitive matters.

Although Pas made it clear in its statement that the party did not have any intention of interfering in Singapore's internal affairs, it said that it had a responsibility to send a reminder to the authorities because Muslims formed about 15 per cent of the population of Singapore.

Pas said it hoped the rights of Muslims as a minority group would not be adversely affected by the proposed laws.

Noting that repression against Muslims took place in some Islamic countries, it said nations

...but most religious leaders in Singapore back need for new laws Thirteen religious have leaders e xpressed their support for the proposed legislation to maintain religious harmony, but some asked how politics kept be c ould separate.

The leaders made these comments in response to queries from The Straits Times on the Government White Paper on the Maintenance of Religious Harmony, which was released last month.

Among other things, the paper spells out the reasons why the Government considers it necessary to introduce laws to ensure religious harmony and to maintain a strict separation between religion and politics.

The paper also made public an Internal Security Department report detailing religious problems that tension to led between different communities here in recent years.

Many of those who responded were satisfied that the Government had provided sufficient and convincing grounds to introduce new laws to maintain harmony and keep religion and politics separate.

They said that proposed laws would help curb overzealous evangelists who offend others with their aggressive conversion tactics.

The proposed laws would also stop those who tried to exploit

religion for political purposes.

Most of the religious leaders also indicated that the proposed laws would not affect the way they practised or spread their faith.

Those who welcomed efforts to inter maintain religious harmony Roman included Catholic, Muslim, Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu and Sikh leaders.

Clearly the strongest support for the new laws came from Buddhist and Hindu leaders, who welcomed changes the wholeheartedly.

The Singapore BudFederation dhist Secretary, Venerable Shi Ming Yi, said that although he had doubts over new laws on religion initially, he now viewed the change as "a wise the by move" Government.

The federation's also members believed that "this is a good way towards a harmonious society".

He noted that the proposed laws would only deal with those who caused religious differences. Singaporeans would still enjoy freedom of worship, and religious leaders could carry on their work.

Mr Ong Bon Chai of Singapore the Shoshu Nichiren Buddhist Association said that the Internal DepartSecurity ment's report, which accompanied the White Paper and cited

past instances of heightened religious tensions, showed why the Government was concerned.

Advisory Hindu Board chairman Sat Pal Khattar said that as a small minority, Hindus were "subject to all kinds and shades of religious persuasions".

He said the proposed laws were timely. "If we decide to act when the problems actually arise, it may be too late," he said.

Agreeing with the Government's rationale for the new laws, the Mufti of Singapore, Syed Isa Semait, said: "Singapore is a small and secular state and we need laws to preserve the present state of religious harmony".

He said the greatest danger to the security of Singapore was the aggressive conversion tactics used by some groups. The White Paper said some groups Christian were particularly aggressive in this respect.

Roman Catholic Archbishop Gregory Yong said that the purpose of the legislation was "entirely praiseworthy", and it was "good to see the Government's concern about preserving and fostering interreligious harmony".

Catholics, he said, were well aware that Singapore was multireligious and multiracial, and that for harmony to prevail, they must be sensitive to the religious beliefs,

practices and cultural heritage of others.

Noting that the White Paper upheld the constitutional right of Singaporeans to embrace, practise and propagate any religion, he said: "We are blessed to live in a country where there is religious freedom.

"However, in view of the nature of our society, it is clear that the right of any religion to propagate its beliefs must be exercised with great prudence and restraint," he said.

Catholic The Church, he stressed, did not approve of aggressive proselytisation. He also thought it "regrettable" that legislation was needed to prevent poeple from causing feelings of hatred or hostility towards those belonging to other religions.

"Religion ought to be a unifying influence in society, but we know from sad experience that it can, instead, be a divisive force, often with tragic consequences," he said.

In a similar vein, the Rev John Chang, the executive director of the Singapore Baptist Convention, said that Baptists desired to live with peacefully society. government and other religions.

Sikh Advisory Board chairman Bhajan Singh felt that the new laws were in line with the Sikh concept of One Brotherhood On the whole, Sikhs accepted that individ-

uals who broke the law had to face the consequences, he added.

Taoist priest Tan Kok Hian, chairman of the Singapore San Ching Taoist Association, thought the pro-

posed laws would be for the well-being of Singapore.

• Among those who were approached by The Straits Times but declined to comment

on the White Paper Anglican were: Bishop Moses Tay. Methodist Bishop Ho Chee Sin. Bethesda Church elder Ernest Chew, and officials of the Calvary Charismatic Centre.

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THANKS Holy spirit you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances of my life you are with me.

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

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'Sore spot' query from John O'KEEFE, Laverton.

Sir, On a report on the Latin American "Sore Spot" (The Record January 4), the question needs to be asked whether the Church has any right at all to celebrate 500 years of Christianity in Latin America in 1992. Has the presence of the Church in Latin America even been a Christian presence?

The Church came there

with the Spanish and Portuguese invaders. It connived at, and sometimes instigated, the ruthless oppression of the peoples there — the enslavement of native peoples, the torture and sometimes wholesale slaughter of the people, the theft of their property, their dehumanisation, the effects of which still keep those countries in great poverty.

Indeed, the Church has supported dictators and

military regimes for most of those 500 years, regimes that were just as cruel as those of the Spaniards and Portuguese. Very many bishops, and especially those appointed in recent years, would still prefer regimes that work for the rich, and oppress the poor.

And the Vatican has been working very hard to counteract the work for the poor done by such people as Archbishop Helder Camara

and Cardinal Arns.

I wonder if that is not the real reason why Rome doesn't like the "Word-Life" program developed by the men and women religious of Latin America. That program would make the people think about all that has happened to them in the past, and the causes of it, and lead them to a true resurrection, to the living of a truly human life.

message from the late Fr Jim 0 Brien at a Mass in the small, centralwheatbelt town of Nungarin, just six months before his death.

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Sir, John O'Keefe's search for Christmas (The Record, January 18) reminded me of a short but sustaining Christmas

THANKS Holy Spirit you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances of my life you are with me.

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Shuffling off o Broome Andre Ghouse, of Resurrection Shuffle, left for Broome on January 19.

Perth Antioch communities were saddened last week with the news that two original members of the popular "Resurrection Shuffle" are heading north for 1990.

Andre Ghouse and Damien McBain, along with Shuffle stalwart Trevor Ghouse, are off to

Broome for the year, leaving a large gap in the most polished and popular band currently playing on the Catholic youth scene.

"Resurrection Shuffle" have played for most of the major youth events in Perth over the last two years, including two youth rallies and two

f The Resurrection Shuffle after their last performance at DianeIla on January 13: (L-R) Trevor Ghouse, Sean Merrey, Lindsay Dutton, Eloise Hicks, Juliette Lush, Sharon Antonio, Andre Ghouse, (behind) Damien McBain and Mark Cypher.

Flame weekends, and have built up a strong following in several parishes where they play regularly.

As the three travel north, the thoughts and prayers of many Catholic young people go with them, while remaining members of the band are believed to be considering reforming with a new lire-up of top talent.

The Shuffle's Damien McBain heads north at the end of February.

Flashback: Resurrection Shuffle gave a strong lead at "Flame '89.

1991 Meet shapes up has come up with a clear people who replied to the indicator of the most survey, there were mamy pressing needs of our other topics for discusyoung people. sion which also figured prominently.

Of 250 replies the ten major topic choices were, These included scripin order sexuality, alco- ture, the development of hol and drugs, faith and leadership skills, workthe Church, justice. shops on creative arts, family issues, the envir- the role of youth in onment, vocation, peer modern liturgy, and pressure and Christian Australian spirituality. life issues.

All of these topics are While these areas now being examined by seemed to command the the four committees set attention of most young up to plan the January conference, so those attending can expect a wide choice of electives. present Perth's first major youth conference was held in 1985, the International Year of Youth. This success was followed by another in 1988.

Sexuality, the Church and the environment are just some of the topics Catholic young people have indicated they would like covered during next year's Catholic Youth Conference to be held on January 11-16, 1991, at Aquinas College in Manning.

A survey sent out by the Youth Office last year to a sample group of Australian Catholic schools

Dominican student Patrick Jones OP returned to studies in Melbourne this week after giving three weeks of his annual leave to work on preparations for the 1991 Catholic Youth Conference. ****************************

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THE ANNUAL VALENTINE'S RIVERCRUISE

APRIL 9-18, 1990

Friday, February 16

Free flight to Rome or London.

Singapore stopover on return.

on the Rottnest Explorer Ferry sails at 7.45pm docks at midnight

Spiritual director: Fr Creede CSsR All inclusive cost: $2450 Enquiries: Mrs Eileen Radford 401 6368

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TICKETS just $8 Available from CPY: 328 8136 For ages 15-25 NB: NO ALCOHOL

Up to 1000 young people are expected to attend the gathering, which will address many contemporary issues of interest to youth in the light of Catholic faith and life.

Combined with this will be the usual emphasis on fun, music and generally having a great time which always seem to characterise Catholic youth when they get together.

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Story and book First American saint Isabel de Flores was such a beautiful baby that her parents' maid said she looked like a rose. From then on the family called her Rose.

Rose's father was a soldier most of his life. He and his wife had 13 children, including Rose, who was born in 1586.

They lived in a big home in Lima, Peru.

Rose's mother taught her to read and write. As a young girl, Rose read the life of St Catherine of Siena and decided she wanted to be like her. She

began to pray a lot and to fast.

Her parents were not wealthy, so Rose had to work to help them support their large family.

She made lace and silk items. She also raised flowers and fruit in her garden. At the market she sold what she raised and made.

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Rose's mother was eager to see her married. But Rose decided not to marry.

She considered becoming a nun, but became convinced that God wanted her to stay at home with her family.

When she was 20, she became a member of the Third Order of St Dominic.

She continued working in her garden and began living in a small hut in the garden. There she spent much time each day praying.

Her parents allowed their remarkable daughter to turn one or two rooms of the large family home into a kind of infirmary where she cared for poor Indian women, street children and sick elderly people.

This was the start of social services in Lima.

People also began coming to Rose for advice and guidance. They considered her a saint.

Some seemed to have

Discover the world of the tirt people from the earlie.t t.i e-dw eller, to the men and women of the Iron Age

See the tools used by the first farmers, the oldest surviving food, the weapons of a Bronze Age chieftain, what our earliest ancestors looked like.

Learn why humans first stood upright, how people survived the cold of the Ice Age, 'how scientists uncovered the Piltdown Man hoax, how to make a flint axehead, which people used magic to find their food.

AL1KI v Franz Brandenberg Cock-A-Doodle-Doo Franz Brandenberg. Pictures by Aliki. Pub. by Piper/Pan. $6.99.

Cock-A-Doodle-Do() is an intmduction for very young children to farmyard animals and the sounds which are associated with them.

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Each farm animal introduces links to the next in the procession of breakfast -time feeding, until the farmer and his family can themselves sit down to breakfast.

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One .Vight at Lottie's House by Max Dann.

I llustrated by David Pearson. Published by Oxford University Press. $6.95.

When Arthur has to stay the night at Lottie's mysterious run-down house he makes sure he's prepared for anything. However, the night turns out to be so scary he's forced to use his ghostfighting kit which leads to unexpected results.

Avail3ble now for the first time in paperback. this spine-chilling but very funny story was short-listed in the Australian Children's Book of the Year Awards in 1985. combination of The Arthur's panic at the imagined horrors in Lottie's house at night, and the straightforward explanations, produces a reassuring though creepy story that enables fear to be laughed at.

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Apple and Pineapple (Pomme et Ananas) by Paule Alen and Myeiam Dem. A bilingual picture book. Published by Collins. bb. $14.95.

Side by side in English and French Apple and Pineapple is a picture storybook about two little mongooses that will delight and entertain

the earliest readers. In their enjoyment of the story the children will discover line by line the fun of recognising and learning simple everyday words in two languages at the same time. With the additional help of individual words, appropriately illustrated on the facing pages. their vocabulary skil l increase even further.

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doubts about Rose. Her life of prayer and penance was clearly unusual. A delegation of theologians concluded that she was a holy woman. Around 1614 Rose became very ill. She recovered but remained weak.

Her close friend Maria and her husband invited Rose to live with them.

They would see that she received the care she needed, and she could tutor their two children.

Indian Tales and Legends retold by J.E.B. Gray.

Published by Oxford University Press.

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Early People. Collins Eyewitness Guides. bb. $16.90.

Here is an original and exciting new look at the fascinating world of ancient people and their ways of life.

Stunning, real-Ilk photographs of tools, weapons, jewellery, clothing and even the remains of the people themselves, offer a unique "eyewitness" view of how human life changed during our first four million years.

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This is a hook of contrasts: there are simple tbik-tales about cats, mice and tortoises, about a tiger of very great cunning, and a jackal who dyed himself blue.

There are strange legends of ten-headed demons, of rogues and villains, of splendid kings ruling from jewelled thrones, the air round them heavy with the scent of flowers. And at the heart of the book is the great Indian epic. The Ftamayana: the marriage of Rama and Sita, the loss of Sita. and of how the monkey god Hanuman went in search of her.

"For as long as mountains shall endure and the streams flow, so long shall the story of Rama be current among men."

Rose spent the last three years of her life with the Maza family. She never regained her fully strength.

Rich and poor people in Lima loved Rose. They believed her prayers saved their city from destruction by an earthquake. They also felt she had saved Lima from an invasion by pirates.

In 1617 Rose again became ill. At midnight on August 23 Rose died.

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Such large crowds pressed into the church for three days that her funeral had to be postponed. Finally she was buried privately in the cloister of the Dominican priory.

Pope Clement X canonised Rose in 1671, the first native saint of the New World. He named St Rose of Lima patroness of Peru, all of the and A merica Philippines.

Odd tales INDIAN Tales andI.e,gends

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What a horse!

Promise and the Monster by Babette Cole. Published by Collins. bb. $10.95.

When Fergus McHeap's monster is stolen by a travelling circus. Promise the pony devises a cunning plot to save him. In a borrowed firework barge, she sets sail for Ellevermesshire with her friends Babtail and Kipper. Plum Pudding the dog and Farmer Jellybones.

Undaunted by highland bea.sties. ancestral spooks and phantom pipers the five sneak into the circus.

Promise leads the ringmaster a merrs dance. while the others. disguised as clowns, cause uproar in the ring.

Once again. Babette Cole has captured the joyous personality and intelligence of Promise, her own muchloved pony. And the tumultous fun and charm of her story are matched by the vibrantly busy illustrations.

Books and more books Beloved country

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

A Medjugorje Retreat by Robert Farley, SJ and Mary Rooney, 3ND. Published by St Paul Publications. $10.95.

Medjugorje provides the setting and the messages of Mary, the context around which these Scriptureoriented reflections revolve.

In these brief meditations, the reader is invited to fix his or her gaze on Jesus and, under the guidance of Mary who is always interceding for us, to grow in loving oneto-one relationship with her divine Son. The 24 exercises follow the general dynarnic of the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius and, within that framework, the fifteen mysteries of the rosary: joyful, sorrowful and glorious.

Third world ills rant, The Golden Land. Published by Viking hb. $12.99.

Blessed with superb natural beauty and mineral wealth. Australia is a golden country in twry sense.

It was gold that first put Australia on the map last century bringing growth and prosperity to our cities.

The Australian Impressionist painters — the first artists to take their easels out into the hush — perceived the predominant colours of our landscape as gold and blue.

The many faces of this lucky sun-drenched continent are evoked by these stunning colour ph4iti )graphs.

.4 Taste of Japan by Donald Ricbie. Pub by Kodansba. Dist through bb $29.95.

at home. Yet while many Westerners have eaten Japnese food and have come to appreciate it for its attractive presentation and light, delicate flavours, few know much at all about how it fits into the life of the Japanese people, how it has evolved through history, or how it is traditionally served and eaten.

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In the last few wars, Japanese food has become an exciting part of the Western eating experience and has added a new and pleasurable dimension to both dining out and cooking

Wealth, Poverty and Starvation by Vic George.

Hemel Hempstead: Wheatsbeaf.

1988.

Retlewed by John W. Doyle, SJ. .

Professor George presents figures that illustrate the extent and impact of poverty over the last 30 years or so.

Rich and poor countries are affected, and the gap between rich and poor seems to have widened rather than contracted. both within countries and between them. History has not justified the euphoria of the 60s.

To discover why this is so, the author first examines five t)pical explanations of how poverty has arisen. especially in the Third World countries (Chapter 1).

Two see development as an internal matter. All countries follow the same path from primitive to modern (Western, industrialist). Some have evolved further than others; that is all.

A third attributes the backwardness of Third World countries chiefly to the way First World countries have used them, kept them in a state of dependency and prevented them from developing naturally Structuralist theories seem to fit the facts better. They acknowledge both internal and external factors that promote or hinder growth, and some of them recognise that ethnic, tribal and religious structures are independent of class. There are factors other than the economic at work.

Besides, any theory that

explains the gap between poor countries and rich should also be applicable to the situation within countries like Australia and the US, a very large proportion of whose citizens experience more or less continuous dire need.

Having described condi• tions in developed countries and undeveloped, Professor George goes on (Chapter 5) to explore reasons why the latter are so much worse off Is it because they lack the irreplaceable resources squandered by First World countries? Is it because the cannot use the resources they haw? Is it because ot rapid population growth?

(The author rejects the "self evident" assertions of the World Bank that this is a major factor in the persistence of poverty) However well-intentioned. social security provisions and international aid programs are often missing their targets. and wealth is not trickling down to the people whose needs are greatest — including their need of personal dignity What of the future? Sadly. one must agree that conditions for the poor are not likely to improve in the foreseeable future.

It is not economic resources that are lacking. but political will: "Fear is often a more potent force for social policy legislation than reason, let alone altruism." And fear means conflict rather than solidarity Wealth, Poverty and Starvation should be in ever) senior school library.

20 Evercises for Great Legs and 20+ Ways to a Perfect Figure by Julia Swift. Published by Thor. sons. $4.95 each.

Are you ashamed of your legs? Have you ever yearned for firm, shapely legs? 20 Exercises for Great Legs shows you simply and clearly exactly how anyone can improve and recontour their legs A complete hip and thigh shape-up plan. 20 E xercises for Great legs works on specific muscle groups that give )i-iur hips

and thighs their present shape. The exercises outlined stretch, strengthen and tone these muscles — great legs can be yours at last.

Nobody can change their basic body structure — but everybody can do something about the shape of their figure.

The specifically designed exercises in 20+ Ways to a Perfect Figure concentrate on those hard-to-get -at problem areas like soft upper arms and slack tummy muscles

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Care and Repair of Furniture by Desmond Gaston. Published by Collins. bb. $24.95 In these days of knockdown furniture with its nylon joints, vinyl-covered chipboards and imitation woodgrains, it is refreshing to meet a man who has spent a lifetime with real wood.

Cutting, shaping and marrying pieces to form furniture which seems to grow in stature as the centuries roll

by A man with a far-away look in his eye when he handles a piece of well seasoned timber, and who is as handy with an upholstery needle as with a jack plane.

In his book, Desmond Gaston's love of his craft shines through as he introduces the vast range of tools he has grown to love over the years. Tools whose handles, through constant use, have taken on the shape of his hands.

Apart from the romance of

the subject. his book has wry real value to readers considering the restoration of good pieces of furniture. If such furniture is to hold and increase its value, then it must he restored in the manner in which it was originally constructed. And it must be done well.

The book includes chapters on tools and how to use them, restoration work on timber frames. repairs to

Super .Natural Immune Power by Stella u'eUer. Published kv Tborsons.

0-95The I98Cs in Australia has seen an alarming growth in the incidence of diseases such as AIDS and cancer that, together with the proliferation of a whole range of allergies, highlights the vital role our immune systems play in keeping us healthy Super Natural Immune Power presents the latest findings on the relationship between a sound inunune system and nutrition stress, emotions and exercise plus exciting information on the little known role of the skin as a component of the immune system.

Super Natural Immune Power shows clearly and simply hc6 this system can be fortified against attack from potentially destructive organisms that will not interfere with any medical treatment.

metalwork. veneering and woodfinishing — and a whole section on reupholstering. from simple to wry complicated pieces.

Chapters abound with illustrations, clear and competent, ranging from the tools for each job to the intricacies of the inside of a ward lock or the rutking of a clove hitch.

In all, a most fascinating and instructive hook

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Why not include a pilgrimage in your itinerary?

PILGRIMAGES Starting and ending in London every week from April until October.

LOURDES ROME FATIMA For details write to:

ST PETER'S PILGRIMS

C/o Mrs Ann Beard, 36 Ricketts Way, Rockingham, WA 6168. Tel (09) 521 4.003

Finished with your childbearing years . . ? Learn how your body adjusts, from

NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING 221 3866 Country clients welcome. Phone or write.

Natural Family Planning Centre 27 Victoria Square Member of the Australian Council of Natural Family Planning Inc.

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co.A. 40°Medjugorje (4 nights) Dubrovnik (3 nights) Departs London May 27. .\14 Contact Colin White 324 1234

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BROTHER ANDREW

BULLSBROOK PILGRIMAGE

Mother Teresa's co-founder of the Missionaries of Charity Brother Andrew, is coming to "Gracewood" (south of Busseiton) to give "Living the Gospel" retreats on dates as follows: Feb 16-18, 19-22, 23-25, 26-Mar 2. One day only, in Perth, for details see advert.

Limited vacancies, more details and reservations contact Mrs Betty Pe,aker, Box 24 Cowaramup, 6284.

Phone (097) 55 6212 or (097) 55 5444.

Rosary and Benediction will be held on Sunday January 28 at the Bullsbrook Church "Virgin Mary Mother of the Church" at 2pm. For further information and bus reservations please ring 444 2285 for Perth, Highgate and Midland bus and 339 4015 for Fremantle bus. The church is open every day and is available for pilgrimages (by appointment). Sacri Association PO Box 311 Tuart Hill 6060, telephone 571 1699.

MILLER REUNION Sisters, Brothers, priests, former teachers and all friends of the extended Miller family i.e. Duggan, Sheehy, Regan, McManus, Coleman, Neesham families are invited to a picnic reunion at Point Walter Sunday January 28. Phone 339 7466.

R ETREATS -Sanctuary- retreat booklet for 1990 is available from Sister Cecilia Murphy OP. Phone 446 6059.

FAITH TALKS Mr James Likoudis — President of Catholics United for the Faith will speak on February 11 at Northam R SL Hall on Feminism in the Church.

Carmichael Mary Contact (096) 41 1253 of Endeavour Forum and on February 12 at 7.30pm at St Thomas More College (Junior Common Room), on Transmission of Catholic Values in Education.

Contact Malcolm Craig 448 1746.

VIC PARK MASS

To cater for the needs of workers in the Victoria Park and surrounding areas, St Joachim's Church will celebrate a lunchtime mass at 12.15pm every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, commencing February 4.

For a deeper intimacy with God don't miss BROTHER ANDREW co-founder with MOTHER TERESA of Missionaries of Charity Brothers giving "'Living the Gospel- retreats at

LENTEN TEACHING KITS Australian Catholic Relief Lenten teaching materials this year have both Primary and secondary kits with activity sheets to hand directly to the students, on social justice issues in the developing world and within Australia.

ORDER FORM

• A calendar suggesting -52 Ways to Work for Justice'

• A poster and a wallchart

Send to: The Education Officer, Australian Catholic Relief, 19 MacKenzie Street North Sydney NSW 2060

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"Homelessness" Activity Sheet: Primary

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"G racewood" (south of Bussetton)

Mother Teresa says: "He is a really very holy person. Both of us have the same mind, but he is much more gifted than I -- very gifted.

Retreat dates are Feb 16-18, 1922, 23-25, 26-Mar 2. Perth 1 day only — March 3, 10am-4pm

ACR LENTEN KIT 1990 ,

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"Group 50" is a Prayer Group of the "Catholic Charismatic Renewal" which meets every Thursday from 7.30pm at the Redemptorist Monastery in Vincent Street, North Perth.

The format includes Prayer/Praise/ Teaching and concludes with the Eucharist f ollowed by Healing Prayer.

February Thursday 1 — Mass and Healing Service.

Thursday 8— Guest Speaker Father Dean Braun.

Father Braun is a visiting American Catholic priest and international evangelist.

His message: 'We have unity when we love one another.

ABC: PAPA WOJTYLA

The second of a three part series analysing the first ten years of the reign of Pope John Paul appears on COMPASS at noon on Channel Two this Sunday, January 28.

Worship Sunday on Channel Two at 11 am comes from St Therese church, Essiandon.

For the Australia Day weekend, Sacred Music on Radio National at 6pm on Sunday, January 28, will be an all Australian program presented

by Kay McLennan.

Earlier For the God who Sings on ABCFM at 7.05am includes Saint Saens Mass.

AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC RELIEF

• Three student activity sheets, each on a particular country region • A student activity sheet on homelessness • A prayer sheet.

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MARIAN PILGRIMAGE MEDJUGORJE

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MEDJUGORJE HARVEST PILGRIMAGE EASTER: Depart Perth April 9 Return Perth April 19 Fully escorted by our spiritual director Father Creede C.Ss.R. and also a group leader.

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ANNIVERSARY: Depart Perth June 19 Return Perth June 30 $2690 COST ALL INCLUSIVE All HARVEST PILGRIMAGES include the following in the price: • Bed, breakfast and evening meal in Medjugorje (all escorted departures) • Free flight from Yugoslavia to major European cities including London 'Rome etc • Singapore stopover includes breakfast and transfers.

• We can give you instant confirmation on all our escorted pilgrimages as we hold a large number of both flight seats and rooms in Medjugorje. (Obligation free enquiries welcome.)

OTHER ESCORTED DEPARTURES

May 20 — Our lady Help of Christians.

August 12 — The Assumption of Our Lady July 6 — School Holidays.

September 30 — Our Lady of the Rosary.

July 31 — Medjugorie Youth Festival.

October 29 — All Souls and Saints.

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