PERTH, WA: April 26, 1990
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Archbishop officially opens new premises of Centrecare
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Big bucks well spent The $1.1 million Hay Street property purchase and the further $800,000 refurbishment was money worth spending on the ministry of caring, Archbishop Foley said before he officially opened Centrecare's new premises. "The welfare of people, of married and family life cannot be measured in financial terms,- he said. He praised the fact that not only was the service being presented on Hay Street but that it was supporting extension services at North Beach, and Girrawheen Kalgoorlie. He said that over the past seven years the welfare agencies had come of age. Earlier central management t y Centrecare had now been replaced by boards for each agency, taking problems out of the hands of those deliv-
ering the services, he said. He praised the efforts of Mr Tony McAlinden in this connection. The chairman of the Centrecare board of management, Mr Kevin Wringe, traced the development of services from the initial step of Fr Joe Russell in 1961 to establish the Catholic Marriage Guidance Council at locations in Hill St, and 77 St George's Terrace and Victoria Square the continuation of the work under acting director Father Jim O'Brien (1969-72), Father Barry Hickey for 13 years, Beatrice MacFarlane till 1986, and under Mr Chris Hall as co-ordinator to the 1986-88 appointment of Mr Pietropiccolo in 1989. He noted that today under co-ordinators Margaret Van Keppel, Jan Macklin and Maureen Helen, the Centrecare agency involved 20 full and
14 part time staff and 29 volunteers. He paid tribute to the work of the late Barbara Kinna 197277, and Pregnancy Help co-ordinator till 1989,
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Schoenmaker. The annual budget of $1,125,000, Mr Wringe said was supported by Perth archdiocese, the WA the Government, Attorney General's Department and the Catholic Charities Appeal. He outlined the services offered by Centrecare in counselling, pregnancy help advice, post adoption counselling, adolescent mediation services, financial management support, support for homeless families, assistance to expectant mothers, home visiting, client advocacy and the formation of social skills along with programmes of preventative care.
• When it came to Holy water for last Saturday's blessing of Centrecare, Pregnancy Help Co-ordinator Maureen Helen thought the occasion was worthy of her wedding present a crystal bowl which she is seen offering to Archbishop Foley.
Love thy neighbour A call for people to be caring
In addition to Neighbourhood Watch against crime, we needed more neighbourhood care both in the church and in the community, Archbishop Foley said last Saturday. "We cannot allow the ministry of caring to be solely in the hands of our significant agencies and their professionally trained volunteer helpers," he said at the blessing of Centrecare's new Hay Street premises. The new building was a call for the Church to be a caring Church and for this to be expressed in the life of each Church individual.
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Over the centuries, the Church has made its mark with church buildings but also in its care for the weak, the poor, the orphaned and the homeless. The Church has a mission of truth and a mission of love, he said. "One moment the Church is teaching; the next moment it is loving." Earlier generations of the Church had left signs of their caring for the needy, and in Western Australia there had been many well known orphanages from which many people had been able to live life to the fullest. TiAftVrltV,-
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"That mission for caring is a continuation of Christ's mission for those really in need. The Church owns that call to mission. "What the Church is called to do locally is symbolised in the agencies. It is a call to be a caring people." The motivation for responding to this call, he said, was respect for the dignity of people, recognising the unique gift of each person and helping each individual to achieve selfdetermination." This motivation, he said, had been expressed in the mission statement drawn up by the Centrecare staff.
Plus and minuses of families CALL FOR CENTRECARE AGENCIES TO BE LINK WITH PARISHES
A government report that reveals families as the breeding ground of violence has shocked everyone who has read it, says a top adminisfamily in trator services. "Even though we know that much goes on in families is devastating to both children and women, the statistics were astounding," said Father David Cappo of Adelaide who is chairman of the National Catholic Association of Family Agencies. He said the report showed the 0-1 year old as being the most vulnerable in danger of being killed, almost double the risk of young adults being caught up in family violence. "This is going on inside the family unit and it is up to us in the Church both to acknowledge the family as key unit of growth, nurture and love, but also not to mythologise the family, to stereotype all families as good. "In loads of families problems are occurring and agencies like Centrecare Perth are about caring, supporting and intervening to help people deal with crises in order to avert the violence that is going on. Father Cappo who was in Perth for the Centrecare opening said his association now numbered similar agencies in 21 dioceses around Australia. Father Cappo said it was important for CenAfter blessing the new Centrecare Archbishop Foley presented the director Mr Tony trecare agencies to be Pietropiccolo with a framed copy of the prayer to be hung in the reception area. linked into parishes and
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mom Father Cappo pictured in front of the Centrecare Perth building in front of which a street party took place after the opening ceremony.
to have a communication link and understanding of what was going on there.
this experience in psychological and counselling fields and it is only a matter of time before this appears in an Australian context. "The type of supervision, the training and management that counsellors have is crucial in minimising risks and making sure that risk management and proper standards are in place.
On the other hand people working in parishes had to work closely with Centrecare agencies so that the issues can be identified more quickly and response made to needs. This needed to be done in the years ahead, he noted. "While I appreciate that A welfare system parishes and parish demanded well trained counselling is always and well supervised important at the grass operators and a good roots, it must be part of structure to maintain an overall management and supervisory system standards. "We need structures such as Centrecare like Centrecare, that then Perth." can have a number of While the church probranches in the parish vided enormous situation." amounts of funds and Father Cappo warned property for welfare of the risk in individuals work, as did state and taking on counselling, federal governments, now that there was more Father Cappo said, it is possibility of litigation not feasible for the Church to go it alone. over counselling issues. It is a matter of working "If counselling does not affect the client in the in harmony with governappropriate way they ments, he said, and a may have to recourse to national association of law. The USA is having Catholic agencies pro-
vides the network for dealing with government departments and securing the funds that agencies like Centrecare Perth need. A Catholic agency and its structure, he said, had to spring directly out of the social teaching of the Church. "We have a rich tradition of 100 years of Catholic social teaching where the Church has been strong about the love of people and the way we serve people. "Each of our agencies needs to be well grounded in that tradition and to operate as a professional service on that basis. "The major thrust in social work is increasing the skills of counsellors in dealing with people. "This training needs to be balanced with good in-service training on what the Church is about nationally and locally, to ensure that the gospel message is always at the forefront of all our welfare programs.
Rights of a child... be requested not to ratify the UN Convention on The Rights of the Child until there be an The Bunbury confer- extended period of pubence resolved "that the lic debate in the AustralAustralian Government ian Community." A second resolution submitted by Kukerin branch, resolved "that as AS CARMELITES, a matter of urgency, the WE WALK TOGETHER AS BROTHERS Australian Government FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS mplements legislation to i OF JESUS CHRIST, allow income-splitting THROUGH PRAYER, BROTHERHOOD for one-income families." AND VARIED MINISTRIES On the theme God In WHICH WAY ARE YOU WALKING? Every Moment Of My Day, the conference was For more information on the Carmelite way of life attended by over 80 please contact: members from through0.Carm. Clark, Fr Bruce out the Diocese. Hosted Carmelite Community Bunbury branch and by Whitefriars Park held at Bunbury Catholic Park Road College, it was attended Donvale, Vic, 3111 Bishop Peter Quinn by Phone: (03) 874 4877
The UN Convention on Child Rights and income splitting for families got special attention at the Bunbury Diocesan Catholic League Women's
annual conference. Keynote speaker, Dr Peter Anderson spoke on the UN Convention on The Rights of the Child and highlighted five articles that could be
detrimental to the family unit, underming the rights of Parents.
and chaired by diocesan president Mrs Anne Martin of Mt Barker. Executive members from State Council and Perth archdiocese were also present. Guest speaker, Sr Romanus of St John of God Hospital, spoke on the theme, with some practical inspiring, insights into prayer as an incorporated aspect of daily living. Fr Tony Chiera, speaking on spiritual development, later expanded on the theme, to explain how, in order to experience God in every moment, we need to be "awake", to be aware of how God speaks to us. present to the moment.
Of PALMS and number of helping hands Quote 'An ideal person needs to be self-contained, with a good sense of humour, secure in
their knowledge of themselves, yet able to respect the difference in others. Also to understand that when things could, should and ought to be changed, a greater good can happen by just stepping back for a time. . . 9
Australia's top lay missionary organisation could probably place three or four times the 86 currently on overseas postings but limits are set by the number who volunteer and the finance to support them. Western Australia with 11 applications since last July and three of them already placed overseas is showing a proportionately higher interest than other parts of Australia, according to Dominican Sister Sandra Stone, coordinator of Paulian Association Lay Ministry Secretariat (PALMS). The reason for this interest is probably the word of mouth of people coming back, she says. Sr Sandra is in Perth to set up a July 8-18 orientation course that will look at the theology of mission, communication, culture shock, racism, spirituality, community living and language learning. These topics are the down to earth issues that face people going on an overseas mission posting and not everyone is automatically suited to that vocation, she says. They may be better suited even in their own parish. "Ministry doesn't have to be exercised overseas. Some are called to a ministry where they are.
To go away is a special Sr Sandra sees her call within that wider position as the time for call to ministry," she said. priests, brothers and And there is an exten- sisters, who formerly sive process lasting up to monopolised mission work to show the lay six months to determine whether a person or people that they want to family is suited to an work beside them in this overseas missionary vocation. posting. If she finds it hard to get Several questionnaires, visas for all destinations, statements from referees, Sr Sandra is unphased. the "It's probably the Lord's doublechecking results and final inter- way of saying: Step views will look to see if back!" the person is comfortable PALMS concentrates on and happy in their the Pacific Basin so that of support for the missionknowledge themselves. aries on their two year With a background in posting is close at hand. counselling Sr Sandra A reverse charge phone says she can detect fairly facility is available for soon whether a person is sudden emergencies. suitable, but the comIt is still a hurdle for plete process is followed some to make the cultuthrough "because we are ral leap, she says. dealing with people's "An ideal person needs lives, and the personali- to be self-contained, with ties have to be matched a good sense of humour, with the placements." secure in their knowlFor its part, PALMS in edge of themselves, yet an annual letter contact able to respect the differand field visit to every ence in others. diocese in the Pacific "Also to understand Basin will have checked that when things could, out the local conditions should and ought to be especially the accommo- changed, a greater good dation and the security. can happen by just Sr Sandra knows what stepping back for a time. she is about. She spent "People who go away two and a half years in must be able to receive; it the Solomon Islands is not totally a process of with her order. going out to give. If you On the other hand as haven't got the space to the first religious to co- receive, then you can't ordinate a work estab- give. lished by layman Roy Lay missionaries going Boylan in 1956 specifi- abroad under PALMS cally run by lay people are essentially offering for lay people. their skills, whether in
teaching, accounting, administration or in the trades. There is no question as PALMS lay missionary co-ordinator Sr Sandra Stone ready to sell the world to to whether this mission- volunteers wanting to share their skills. ary work should be taking place, says Sr "We are not upfront Sandra. evangelisers. All takes "The struggling devel- place in the workplace. oping churches have a The quality of our lives, Remodel that old bathroom right to expect our the sharing of skills, support and there are makes people ask quesA dd some called to exercise tions. They asked quesP RESTIGE and VALUE that through their ability tions of me whenI was in the Solomons. to work besides people of to your home other cultures. The "A missionary needs to important thing is to give go out with an open these peoples space to mind and an open heart. look at themselves and Never go with the idea of see where they are going. giving up one's culture "Bishops and other and merging. There will 158 Edward St Perth 6000 administrators may have be no respect if you do. 328 6955 328 6558 to ask whether they We need to have a deep respect for our own for overappeal should seas help, but they are culture so that we can intensely pastoral lead- offer who we are. That's ers driven by concern for how it happens in our their people," Sr Sandra lives; that's when interacsaid. tion takes place. A pile of letters from "In the case of missionmany places is proof of aries, the exchanges are Optometrists the number of requests richer precisely because CONTACT LENS CONSULTANTS that can't be met. of the difference of PALMS pays the flight cultures." Perth Piccadilly Arcade 321 8151 out, the diocese gives Contact with PALMS Cottesloe 19 Napoleon St basic accommodation can be made through the 384 5605 and a small stipend and Perth Missions office Fremantle 30 Market St 335 2602 pays the return flight 325 5264 home at the end of two years. All missionaries are urged to take this leave and also to keep themselves in touch with home by reading, and Your family's welfa-e is always an important consideration when listening to the radio. planning for the future. "The basic commitment lithe unexpected should happen could your family cope with the of a missionary is to the emotional and financial responsibility of arranging your funeral? Christ who lives in them Bowra & O'Dea offer a unique FIXED PRICE FUNERAL PLAN. This and the Christ who can plan can be arranged to suit your individual personal needs. respond to others. If you wish to obtain further information please mail the couponbeiow and receive a free copy of our comprehensive booklet "Funeral Planning — Because You Care". Or contact one of the offices listed below.
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Guest editorial The Universe, London
RESURRECTION I N EUROPE EASTER, that yearly celebration of the victory of good over evil and of life over death, today helps us make sense of what is happening before our eyes in Central and Eastern Europe, in South A frica and Latin America. Dramatically a tidal wave of new life and hope is sweeping away familiar landmarks and apparent certainties. Whole peoples are emerging from decades of darkness. Like Lazarus, the once-dead are being called from the tomb and restored to life. In tangible ways, human faith and endurance are seen as outlasting mortal enemies. For those who believe, the power of God is being made manifest in and through the experience of suffering and death. The remarkable sequence of events which began with the rebirth of Poland and now centres on Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany and the Baltic States could, in theory, still go disastrously wrong. Revolutions in history have frequently collapsed into anarchy and have led to the imposition of heavy-handed authority. There is, after the heady days of freedom, an impulse to grab for oneself the goodies on display. Then the temptation to revenge the past and settle old scores. Ideals that sustained in dark days can be lost amid the bright light. Yet Easter faith provides a necessary antidote spiritually and morally. Western Europe is not in good enough shape to comprehend what is happening in Central and Eastern Europe. We have only fitful faith. We lack stong, shared values. We have lost vision and energy. Economic opportunities entice but our response to the new Europe is to check what it will cost and how we can get by with minimum effort and change. The challenge is to our complacency and think our to unwillingness constructively. There is, for instance, in British public life today a meanness of spirit that a content to squabble over the poll tax while passing up the chance to renew the face of the earth. Easter is above all a challenge to the narrow and the selfish. Both politically and religiously we need to understand that the world does not exist for us but we for the world. No one is self-sufficient and utterly independent. We rely on each other for mutual support, nourishment and growth. Seffpreoccupation at every level leads to blindness and misuse of others. Easter calls us to new life, wider horizons, greater generosity. I n the aftermath of their Passover escape from captivity, the Israelites grieved for the fleshpots of Egypt. Some of the present responses to the Exodus of Eastern Europe seem to be an echo of that fateful nostalgia. 4 The Record, April 26. 1990
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Ownership row 'can lead to war' KIEV (CNS): Tensions between Orthodox and Eastern-rite Catholics in the western Ukraine could turn into a "spiritual Chernobyl", said a leading Ukrainian Orthodox bishop. "The western Ukraine can turn into a Ukrainian (Northern) Ireland" with a religious war breaking out over the ownership of church buildings and properties, said Bishop Ioanaf, secretary of the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The synod is based in Kiev, about 160km from the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Bishop Ioanaf read a synod declaration protesting the decision of the Lvov city council to return St George's Cathedral to Ukrainian Catholics. Catholics built the cathedral in the 1700s and worshipped there until their church was outlawed in 1946 by the regime of Josef Stalin. The declaration, which called the Lvov decision "a gross violation of the rights of Orthodox believers", was signed by all the bishops in the newly formed Ukrainian Orthodox synod, which is part of the Russian Orthodox Church. The controversy over the ownership of church property has been building for months. Bishop Ioanaf said the fact that the city council's action came only nine days before Easter was a "deliberate provocation". "Time has passed," he said, "and in the place of Catholics you see
Orthodox faithful who are deprived of praying in their churches." Government officials, who in the Soviet Union assign use of church buildings, closed the cathedral earlier this year. All day long every day in Lvov. Orthodox believers gather in the cathedral courtyard for liturgy and prayers, while Ukrainian Catholics stand on the church steps with a crucifix propped against the doors to celebrate their services. The bishop said the Orthodox fully support the work of a Catholic-Orthodox commission formed by the Vatican and the Moscow Patriarchate to settle practical matters relating to the normalisation of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. The main task of the commission, which met in the Ukraine in March. was to assign the use of disputed church buildings. The meetings'broke off when Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop Volodymyr Sterniuk walked out in protest. The commission had agreed that in places where only one church building was open, a community vote would decide the future of church use. Bishop Ioanaf said that in some situations this has led to a call for parishioners to vote by "standing on the right or the left, like at the last judgment. The people are confused. This is the result of this kind of vote".
Joyous day LVOV, Ukraine: Local Ukrainian government have authorities decided to return to Catholics the most important cathedral of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. The decision involves the Cathedral of St George in Lvov, the main see of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. The cathedral and other Catholic churches have been in Russian Orthodox hands since Ukrainian the Church Catholic became illegal in 1946.
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The Lvov City Council voted April 6 to return the church to Catholics. The Orthodox were told to turn over the cathedral and the complex of buildings attached to it on April 12. In exchange, the Orthodox will get the Latin-rite Catholic Church of St Nicholas in Lvov. "This is a joyous day for the Ukrainian Catholic Church," said Cardinal Lubachivsky, 75, who has been the archbishop
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of Lvov with headquarters in Rome. He has been unable to reside in Lvov as long as the church has been illegal. The cardinal also established return of the cathed, ml as a condition for his return. "Iam happy that my return to Lvov is much closer, and I hope that in the very near future, His Holiness Pope John Paul II will give me his blessing to return to my see," he added. The cardinal did not say when he planned to return.
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WASHINGTON: Excommunicated black priest Father George Stallings (above), intends to seek episcopal ordination from the Old Catholic Church. Father Stallings, founder of a breakaway African American Catholic Congregation, intends to re-name a Baptist church the Cathedral of Our Lady of Africa for the ceremony. If the Old Catholic and Orthodox churches episcopally ordain Fr Stallings the ceremony will likely be valid but unlawful in the eyes of the Catholic Church. The Old Catholic Church is a loose confederation of national churches brought together in 1889 by the Union of Utrecht. It is composed of small church groups that broke with Rome. Clergy offices and titles parallel those used in the Catholic and Anglican churches. But Old Catholic Bishop Pruter said he would not take part in the ordination ceremony. "We do not regard Father Stallings as any more orthodox" than does Roman Catholicism, he said.
New guidelines on mixed marriages LONDON: In England and Wales the Catholic partner entering a mixed marriage can now make a verbal promise instead of a written one to pass on the faith to children. This is one change outlined in a revised directory on mixed marriages which deals with problems affecting Catholic today's marriages. Canon lawyer Mons Peter Smith says a choice between verbal and written promises was introduced for pastoral reasons. "Some priests found difficulty in asking the Catholic partner to sign the promise during marriage preparation before the wedding. This
enables the Catholic partners to make the promise verbally before the priest who himself signs the document." Since 1970 only the Catholic partner has been required to sign the promise. The Bishops' Conference of England and Wales has published the new directory, in line with the new code of Canon Law. Fr Tony Churchill, responsible for producing the draft text of the document, says the new edition adopts a differing style from the previous directory which was written as a commentary on Pope Paul Vrs 1970 document Matrimonia Mixta.
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Organ donation a 'act of charity' An organ donation is brain dead and he or his tion that the person is an "act of charity and legal guardian" has given really dead." love for a neighbour". permission for the remo- He said there were no
Father Edmund Dunne. . . said there was no religious taboo.
This is the view of val of his organ. Father Edmund Dunne, Another prominent chaplain of the Catholic Catholic spokesman Dr Medical Guild here. Robert Balhetchet, who Father Dunne was teaches moral education designated by his archbi- at the Institute of Educashop (Gregory Yong) to tion, pointed out some give the Catholic pers- areas of concern with pective on heart and liver heart liver and transplant. transplants. He said there was no "From the moral point religious taboo with of view, we are conorgan donation. cerned about how death This applies "as long as is defined. And there the person is certified as must be proper precau-
ethical problems with transplants of heart, liver or lungs but more with the question of how they were obtained. Then there is the issue of the sacredness of the body. "The body should be treated with respect as it was once a living person." Doctors see the Human Organ Transplant Act of 1987, which was fully implemented in January
as it allows for the removal of kidneys from victims of fatal accidents. Unless there is previous objection in a written letter to the Ministry of Health, a person's consent to the removal of his kidneys is presumed. At present, the Act only covers the kidneys but some doctors point out that it can be extended to other organs. — Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition
WASHINGTON (CNS): Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York "Today we are asked to believe that the issue is 'choice'. has urged Americans who support human rights for all to We must ask: the choice to do what? The cry for 'choice' attend an April 28 Rally for Life in Washington. in this context is meaningless, for no one of us has a right "I will be among them," said the cardinal in an April 12 to a 'choice' that destroys the life of an innocent human being. The issue at stake is too important to be shrouded statement. in language that lacks substance." Organisers expect massive crowds at the event sponsored by the National Right to Life Committee. It will be held near He urged pro-lifers to stand up and be counted at the rally the Washington Monument. and show their elected representatives that "millions of In his statement Cardinal O'Connor said that in the 17 Americans are horrified by a law that allows and even years since the Supreme Court's Roe vs Wade decision encourages the destruction of more than one and a half legalising abortion, many people have lost sight of the fact million unborn children every day". that abortion "destroys the life of an innocent human being" because of talk about "choice". The abortion law "seduces teenage girls to abort their "For too long euphemisms have taken the place of honest babies without their parents' knowledge" and protects a discussion and, debate," he said. million dollar abortion industry.
Parishes not Why Vatican coping with young said 'no' The archdiocese's Vicar Episcopal for Youth described the response as "bitterly disappointing". Fr David Brown said only 30 per cent of young people went to church and in some parishes the figure was as low as 10 per cent. He blamed parishes who were afraid to approach young people and criticised those who felt they were meeting young Catholics' needs "by organising a parish football team. "We really have to ask ourselves if we are serious when we say young people have a
place in parish life," he said. "We make all the right noises but simply don't come up with the goods." Delegates at last year's diocesan assembly had called for a new youth program because they felt young people were not being reached. However, Fr Brown claimed half of Glasgow's 17 deaneries did not even reply to his initial letter outlining plans for a diocesan youth movement. "I think many parishes feel their young people are too hot to handle. They ask awkward questions. "The Church has been guilty of running things for how it believes young people are and not how they really are."
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HONG KONG (UCAN): Imprudence and hasty timing by a small group of bishops in forming a new episcopal conference in China may be reasons why the Vatican has disap proved the initiative, said in Church China
researchers here.
The episcopal conference, established by some mainland Chinese bishops who consider themselves loyal to the pope but are not recognized by the Chinese government, was reportedly formed without Vatican approval last November, northwest China. China broke ties with the Vatican in 1957, when the governmentsanctioned Chinese Patriotic Association (CCPA) was formed. But some Catholics who claim loyalty to the pope reject the CCPA and
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practice their faith pri- malization of Chinavately within an under- Vatican relations. ground Church not Franciscan Father Paul approved by the Chinese Pang, who heads the government. Overseas Chinese AposAnother Hong Kong tolate of the Sacred specialist on the Church Congregation for the in China believes the Evangelization of PeoVatican disfavoured the ples (SCEP), said the move to set up the new SCEP has asked the conference because it Zhangerce meeting does not want to chal- organizers not to form a lenge China and a conference. government-sanctioned "There was apprehenbishops' body inaugusion that this would put rated in 1980. the underground This China-watcher Church in great diffiholds that if the "clandes- culty. The bishop in tine" bishops acted charge (of the meeting) according to Canon Law, was told to be very which allows bishops to careful and not to go form their own conferahead" with formation of ence, they should first an episcopal conference, have secured the approhe said. val of the pope. Two or three bishops The same specialist also theorized that the Vati- loyal to Rome but who can position may take opposed the meeting into account the impact were excluded from the such papal approval new organization, he might have on the nor- added.
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Holy Week around A t a Goldfields Palm Sunday combined parishes bush celebration Father Tony Pires (left) sports the latest in outdoor homily gear and later tries his hand at persuading the children (right) to listen to St Paul's words about running a good race.
For Palm Sunday 1990 Kalgoorlie, Boulder and Coolgardie parishes revived a 10-year-old custom and held a palm liturgy in the bush, and used the occasion for some parish socialising afterwards. The call to the bush came from keen John Paul II College bushman Brother Barry Ward while Father Patrick Urn's word processor and printing press put
the message out to 460 households. The result was some 200 people in a car convoy along with the
sided over a palm blessing and procession with Mass at the foot of the outcrop accompanied by music from the guitars of
KALGOORLIE College bus went into the desert, some barely escaping being hunted as lost sheep. In the picturesque setting of Victoria Rocks Dean Tony Pires pre-
Fr Lim and Sr Kathleen Hitchcock and violinist Warren Adie. Abundant local flora, insects scurrying at their leisure, a striking blue sky and a gentle breeze to
keep the warlike March deluged with drinks and flies at bay, produced the teetch menacing sweets. appropriate atmosphere All in order to gather for a Passion mystery strength fora 3pm parish reflection. olympiad of gunny sack racing, cric.ket to the entertainment of the torpid and bushwalking for the rest, including The gathering after- rescues by Father wards became a replica Thomas. of a celebrating Jerusa- The warm sun setting lem crowd as barbecues over the rocks hinted that and foods of every hue the parishes are likely to were laid out and the be back for more young and old children celebrations.
At All Saints Greenwood parish for the third year, the Way of the Cross was presented in a one hour outdoor setting culminating with a crucifixion scene on the steps of the church.
GREENWOOD A cast of some 40 took part in the presentation, having been coached by Father Ahern, the liturgy committee, and Mrs Helen Medina who is responsible for a lot of the costuming. As the Way of the Cross proceeded personal prayers and reflections were read by Alice Moala and Ken McMullin ahead of the formal prayers read by the priest.
A t a two-hour Easter Vigil ceremony at Greenwood Edith Welch joined the rest of her family in the Catholic Church TO years after her baptism as an Anglican. Others received into the church were Hugh Korver and Sue Olfahony, pictured with Father Pat Ahern and baptismal candidate Karen Laurie (right). The other candidate for baptism and confirmation was Robert Keller, and Ron Ballucci and Ian Hyde made up the five received and confirmed.
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the parishes in WA At Good Shepherd school Lockridge, Holy Thursday morning was taken up with 16 live tableaux tracing the path of Jesus from the passover Last Supper through the Stations of the Cross to the meeting of Mary Magdalen and the disciples with the Risen Lord.
Under the direction of teachers Sr Petra and Bernadette Nicoletto, groups from each class dressed appropriately, with every class
LOCKRIDGE preparing art work as a background to the scenes and a gospel narrative being read by two Year Seven students, Amanda Penheiro and Danny Mettimano. Andrew Hedges played the part of Jesus. Music for the hymns came from Mrs Anne Thompson.
Conflict wil work itself out... LVOV, USSR (CNS): Viacheslav Chornovil, writer, expolitical prisoner, furnace former tender and campaigner for Ukrainian independence, says the CatholicOrthodox conflict in the Soviet republic will work itself out — free of Russian influence. Chornovil spoke about that conflict and relations between Moscow and western Ukraine he as puzzled over which of the three phones on his desk was ringing. On April 12, he had gone from the furnace mom to the front office as president of the Lvov regional council on a proindependence ticket. Chornovil, a Ukrainian Orthodox with a Ukrainian Catholic wife, called the regional council a " revolutionary government". Like Ukrainian art, language, literature
and culture, he said, religion has become part of the political struggle. "We don't have the luxury" of trying to keep politics and religion apart, Chornovil said in his first interview with Western journalists since becoming council president. "Everything is politicised here." The western part of the Ukraine, the Soviet Union's second most populous republic after the Russian republic, had been p redominately Ukrainian Catholic for 350 years. But in 1945, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin ordered the Catholic bishops imprisoned and in 1946 manipulated a Ukrainian Catholic synod into merging the church with the Russian Orthodox. For the past year, the Catholic Church has been emerging from more than four
decades of underground existence. In that process, tension has developed as Ukrainian Catholics began reclaiming church buildings which had been given to the Orthodox following the forced merger. Chornovil and other pro-independence activists see the RusOrthodox sian Church as a major ingredient in the Union's Soviet attempts to "Russify" the Ukraine. He said he believes that the CatholicOrthodox tensions will "soon be worked out" with the majority of the population choosing between the Ukrainian Catholic the Church or Ukrainian AutoceChurch, phalous which is not connected to the Russian Orthodox. Belonging to "anything but the Russian Orthodox Church" will satisfy the needs
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of believers and reduce tensions, Chornovil said. One of the Ukrainian leader's first offifunctions cial involved religion. television Lvov broadcast pictures of Chornovil and his wife receiving the traditional blessing of Easter food baskets — first in the Ukrainian church Catholic where his wife worships, then in his own Orthodox parish. Catholics in Lvov — more than 70 per cent of the city's 750,000 residents — had planned on celebrating Easter in St George's Cathedral for the first time since it was confiscated for Russian Orthodox use 44 years ago. But the Orthodox refused to comply with the Lvov city council's demands that they vacate the cathedral and the archbishop's residence by April 12. Although too late for
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TADZHIK 1ST/11N Easter, Chornovil said the regional council, which includes Lvov surrounding and areas, will confirm the city's action and force the Orthodox to leave. religious While rivalry is one issue demanding his immediate attention, Chornovil said his longrange goal is independence for the Ukraine — the same goal that landed him in prison three times for a total of 15 years. Independence is "the dream of my life", he said. He said he was imprisoned for writing essays and articles on "Russification, the absence of human rights" and the worsening Soviet economy which Chornovil said drains the Ukrainian republic of more than 90 per cent of the goods it produces. Moscow, by lowering supplies allocated to the region, has used food as a weapon
since the western Ukraine "Rukh" coalition of democratic organisations swept local and regional elections in March, he said. He said the top item on his agenda is -to make sure they don't starve us out. We have to feed the people". "In the 1930s, Stalin said that 'with the bony hand of starvation we will crush the Ukrainian resistance", Chornovil said. "They are trying to do a similar thing today." During the interview Chornovil stopped and looked around the office. "For your amusement I will recount my first minutes in office," he said. "I walked in and there was a picture of Lenin" on the wall over the desk, he recalled. "I took it down and threw it in there," he said, pointing to a closet behind the conference table. Chornovil said his plans go further than
dumping Lenin's picture. The independence movement also plans trying "to take industry from Moscow into our own hands", he said. "We will organise strikes and boycotts" and "bar the railroads" used to remove resources from the Ukraine, he said. "We have a revolutionary government." Noting the heavy pressure Moscow brought to bear on breakaway Lithuania. Chornovil said that "the only thing we have in our favour is the enthusiasm of the people who trust us". He then prepared to leave his office for a council session aimed at gaining control of one of Lvov's two Communist Party run newspapers. "If we don't find agreement in half an hour we are going to call a strike of the printers, then neither paper will be published," he said with a smile.
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Rediscovering the sacraments James was a trim catechumen, that is,lie had never been baptized before entering our parish Rite of Christian Initiation lor Adults program. In fact, he hardly kik w much about Christ His "pf ecatechumenate," )r period of evangelizztx n, had begun through tie help of others woo gradually introduA him to the church. For a couple of yeirs, James attended a pan.sh Bible study group, chatwith ted church members who tried to be available for him in his search and began celebrating liturgy with the parish. Only then did he formally join our RCIA program.
I was not involved directly in the earlier events leading to James' conversion. But I was with him during those days and months of the RCIA program. And when the Easter Vigil arrived, I was the one who had the privilege of baptizing and confirming James as well as celebrating his first reception of the Eucharist with him.
To me, his experience is the best reminder that sacraments are encounters with the divine in which human beings are remade. And just as James knew the tremendous power of God's love at that Vigil Mass, all present in the community had a chance to be renewed by that same grace-filled presence working through James.
Obviously the sacraments of initiation — baptism, Eucharist and confirmation — that James celebrated are not only occasions when the Whenever I am asked to power of God's the write or speak on the the human topic of sacraments, I interaction in experienced. is family think about James and that incredibly powerful OftenI have noticed the wonderment of same initiation experience of God in the experience of for him.
It was an event of great excitement for both him and me. It was truly a graced moment.
The Eucharist and the sion around church. The calm spirit of those hours outdoors stayed other sacraments are life Never has a child with me as I entered the events. Thus, sacraments wriggled out of my arms! should not be relegated Many have laughed or sacraments were ent- church. only to the spiritual. "Played to the audience." As usual for my family, wined with the liveliest They speak of the whole we hit were part of my life first very early in What I have enjoyed is home many years ago arriving. (If we weren't of the human life. looking at the faces of the when I was in high 20 minutes early, we As such, sacraments are congregation. already were late.) school. communal, not private. Older people have That night I cherished Since human life is not cried; younger ones have The event was the lived alone, the celebra- elbowed each other with evening liturgy for Holy the time before Mass. tion of the sacraments Thursday. As I recall, AsI watched the priests does not take place private words and smiles. evening Masses were not and others getting ready Above all, the whole part of our regular for the special liturgy, I without having an church has been i mpact on the whole routine in those days. somehow knew, even in community. reminded that the lives of That particular year, for my unsophisticated boy's its members have been some reason, I had a mind, that what we were Whenever I baptize affected by the baptism couple of hours free doing in church was infants during Mass, I that has just taken place. linked intrinsically with take a few moments to As we come more and before going to Mass. what I had just expe- "present" the new more to understand that So, as I frequently did,I rienced outside. the member to our lives, individually spent the time outside. congregation. Receiving the body of and communally, are I walked through the Christ that night was a I hold the child in the being remade by the woods and marveled at confirmation of the all- crook of my arm so celebration of Sacrasigns of life. I soaked in pervasive way that God everyone will be able to ments, we come to know the air and just felt good already was involved in see its face, and then I that these moments of being alive. my life. conduct a little proces- grace are moments of life.
By Father Herb Weber God's mercy during the sacrament of reconciliation or its sister sacrament of healing, the sacrament of the sick. And certainly there are similar encounters with the divine by couples who choose God to be part of their married love or by men standing before the bishop as he lays hands on them in holy orders. All the sacraments are graced moments. As such they are not commodities to acquire so much as happenings to live. The word "sacrament" is more like a verb than a noun, an action rather than a static entity. The realization that
What we do in church is closely connected with what happens in the rest of people's lives, writes Father Herb Weber. And receiving Communion can be a confirmation of the many ways God is involved in our lives.
Christ the basic sacrament
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The emperor Constantine the Great set Milan ablaze in the glow of countless candles and oil lamps to celebrate Easter in 331 A.D.
The parents of high school confirmation candidates came to rapt attention as one mother described the scene when she asked her teen-ager to set the dining-room table. "Why doesn't my daughter realize that she should help?" the mother asked, voicing a question symbolic of the parental stress caused by messy rooms, curfews, chores and discipline. Comments from other parents showed they too had been challenged in relating to their teenagers. The parents of 50 high school youngsters were at a workshop on "Positive Parenting" given by Dr John Kalafat and Gayle Joannides. "Positive parenting" offers several educational programs, including a three-part series for parents of teen-agers, offered through parish confirmation programs. Holy Family Parish, offers the confirmation series "to help parents be better parents," said the religious education director. "Confirmation is celebrated in the midst of the faith community, including the family where the teen-agers need the support and guidance of their parents." Confirmation is a sacrament of initiation into
the teen-ager information r feelings being discussed. Good communicatioi, the full life of the church. however, also implies nit But for teen-agers, it is parents decide from le also often viewed as a beginning what issues e e "absolutely, positively nitsacrament of transition negotiable" with their tellbecause they receive it agers, Kalafat indicated. when their commitHowever, parents shoed ments and relationships be careful not to make tltt are changing. list too long, otherwise thee "Their attention and will be constant conflicts interests are moving Kalafat and Mrs Joanne's away from the family utilized the scene of moil toward adulthood. They over setting the table to are becoming more inde- suggestions on how 0 pendent, preparing for smoothe the rough spots n college or careers," Kala- parents' relationships slh teens. fat said. "Stick to the sped c "The graces of confirmation can help a teen- situation and let the tees ager make a new and know how their action or attitude makes you fee," stronger commitment Mrs joannides. about how to serve the She demonstrated ho' a community as well as parent might respond: help him see how God is "The table has to be enif at work in his life and in his relationships," said we are going to have supP together. When you don'tet Sister Hauptly. the table, it says to me Olt " Adolescence creates you don't care enough abut the energy to fuel the the rest of us to want '0 booster rocket to launch share our meal. That miss them out of the nest," me feel sad and unapPciated for all the work flit Kalafat said. I do to make this a farnir Teen-agers are experi- said Mrs joannides. menting with new free"Parenting teenagers isle doms and testing paren- guiding them from le tal limits. safety of a harbour" intod e He encouraged parents to ocean's rough waters, 91 create or capitalize on joannides said. "occasions of communicaIt isn't surprising, dotions" when a teen may be that the time of confinil. seen to be only making a lion preparation is f7 'comment, but may really be quently seen as a time ° seeking advice or looking for build up the process If a willingness to talk. communication hetwein Good communication parents and teens — means being a good listener trating in clear terms tint who doesn't interrupt but sacraments relate to sIl paraphrases or feeds back to lives. By Tim Manning
At Easter 1990, how does the kingdom grow? The kingdom grows slowly from the tiny mustard seed, full of promise but almost invisible, that is planted in baptism.
Selected Responses From Readers:
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By Father John Castelot
elaborate water ceremony, "Jesus stood up and exclaimed, "Let anyone who thirsts come to me (believe) and drink.' Whoever believes in me, as Scripture says, 'Rivers of living water will flow him within from (Christ)." And the evangelist explains, "He said this in reference to the Spirit that those who came to believe in him were to receive" (John 7:37-39).
and the man born blind was washed in Christ. (Paul often spoke of our being baptized into Christ.) "So he went and washed and came back able to see." But even giving sight was a sign of something deeper the giving of insight, of faith. And the account ends with the man's profession, "I do believe, Lord" (9:38). In Peter's Pentecost speech.4iw rgd his listeners: "Repen baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will ivueive the gift of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2:38) Baptism signified — and effected — all these things: incorporating into Christ, forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Spirit. In fact, in the symbolism of the fourth Gospel, water signified baptism and the gift of the Spirit. At the end of the weeklong Feast of Tabernacles, which featured an
And in the sacrament of reconciliation, which extends that basic baptismal power to forgive sin, people still encounter the compassionate Christ, who reassures them, as he did so often in his ministry: "Child, your sins are forgiven" (Mark 2:5).
tized and confirmed at confirmed. . . Didn't the same ser- Jesus preach about 'bapvice. . . Today Catholic tism with water and the children are baptised at spirit' together?" — birth and confirmed in Bridget Balthrop Morton. early adolescence, or not "I don't understand
why so much is involved in arranging a marriage in the church. It is very frustrating trying to get everthing done in time- Angela Bird.
In Scripture it was the responsibility of the community to decide whom to accept as members and whom to reject. Those accepted were baptized and their sins were thereby forgiven, and those rejected were not baptized. In the creed we still profess our faith in "one baptism, for the forgiveness of sins."
DISCUSSION POINTS Is there anything about the sacraments that puzzles you?
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John's Gospel has been called the "sacramental" Gospel. It is not that it has a great deal to say about individual sacraments. More fundamentally, it concentrates on the basic sacrament: Christ, the enfleshed Word (John 1:14). A sacrament is an external, visible sign of the invisible, intangible Word. We cannot see the word as such but the humanity, the flesh of Jesus, is within our grasp. The evangelist saw everything Jesus did as a "sign" of a deeper reality. When Jesus cured the man born blind, the actual cure (the sign) is preceded by a statement of its meaning, its significance: "It is so that the works of God might be made visible through him . . . While Iam in the world, I am the light of the world" (9:3,5). Jesus instructs the man to "go wash in the pool of Siloam," which, the evangelist adds parenthetically, "means sent" In his view, Jesus was the one "sent" by God
"The special presence of Christ in the Eucharist puzzles me. What does it really mean that Jesus comes in a special way to me through the action of
this communal meal?" — Rick Cain. "What has happened to the importance of the sacrament of penance? It
seems that it is not a concern of Catholics any more." — Marie Sullivan. "In the early days catechumens were bap-
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Above: Out on Nannygoat Hill, three fringe dwellers accept sandwiches and coffee from Debbie and some helpers. Left: Debbie Eggleston with her four children Matthew (left), Louise, Kate and Liam out doing their bit for a cause they believe in.
Plan to give Aborigines 'independence and respect' Out on Nannygoat Hill where the cold Kalgoorlie wind blows at night stirring the short spinifex but not moving the littered broken glass, there is a desolateness. An aloneness. At dawn when objects come into sharper detail with the advancing light, it is indeed a pitiful sight to see the bedraggled besotted human beings who lie around, many in a stupor despite the night's repose. owning the dirty virtual Their living quarters rags they stand up in. are non-existant unless They could own more you count the upturned — firstly by what they rusty cars which are denuded of everything are given which they carelessly, except the skeletal abandon whether it be warm frames. blankets for the cold or in In any case there aren't many cases houses enough to provide cover which they proceed to for the 80 odd Aboriginal wreck and burn. fringe-dwellers who Or simply let fall apart choose to live there. in a state of disrepair They could go to live at which they often cause, Ningamia, the village but never seem to roc. which has been built for And why do they negthem, but there's no liquor allowed there and lect their children frein some instances they quently, spending all prefer to be on their own their social security money in a day on original tribal site. alcohol with food having Or perhaps it's the total no priority. Or never freedom which the bare givng a thought for the terrain gives, without morrow. asking any questions, or Perhaps some of the making any demands. answer lies in the fact To see them at first is a that they can't control shock. And then pity that their liquor intake and it some of their race has has largely overtaken allowed itself to degenerthem. That being the case ate to this level. they become different A lot of money has been people far removed from spent on them so it's the noble hunters with a certainly not financial rigorously kept code of neglect. honour insisted upon by Then what is it? That the tribal elders. allows the women, men Liquor has changed and children to live in a them and caused this filthy state and only terrible degeneration . 10 The Record, April 26, 1990
with all its attendant selfneglect, disinterest, lack of strive and drive and stultifying torpor. Opinions split on the Aborigines — some believe in them and others have lost faith. Some make excuses for them — others don't. Some would forgive them regardless — and others have had enough. Whatever — there is one thing patently wrong in the government handouts. They should give primarily food coupons to the Aboriginal people rather than a pile of money which they usually spend immediately on liquor. This would then ensure they ate before they Some of the cars which are 'home' for some fringe dwellers who prefer these surroundings than the village drank. And especially Ningamia which has been built for them. their children who are Originally it belonged to outlet. Meanwhile Sister other people who care and her four children not neglected by AustralAgathe at Gnurra Karnpi deeply about their plight, have been going out ian medical services, but the Sisters of Mercy, but by parental neglect sacri- as of the last six years it's Nursing Home for Abo- and one certainly worth giving food and hot run by white and Aborig- riginal Aged gives him mentioning is Debbie drinks to the fringe ficing health for booze. dwellers on Nannygoat Eggleston of Kalgoorlie. remainder A small of inal teachers with some work as well. Why does he want to be Debbie's father worked Hill and surrounds, for their social security around 70 students, payments should be in some of whom came employed? "Because with the old Native the past four months. So committed to this cash. Then if they spent from as far north as unemployment makes Welfare department and that she's been Groote task Eylandt. you lazy!" Victor said. she had a lot to do with that on liquor at least in around $50 a putting Now there's They a man go from the Aborigines with year one when their bodies would have week from her own through to the TEE and the right idea! growing up. been nourished. arnings, despite the fact Commendably, he's Born in Kalgoorlie she e But then not all of them then those aspiring to children are still her agriculture go on to a also an optimist for his lived in Meekatharra and are like that. There is one and she and her young children's future in Kal- Derby and her uncle Mr father of seven children school in Esperance. husband have the usual Although Victor doesn't goorlie. "They'll have an Dan O'Dea is the current whose got a mind of his mortgage and financial educati on," he says. "And commissioner for the own when it comes to have a suitable job at the couples most strains Black Deaths in Custody family raising and where moment it's not difficult a Christian one at that!" family when have raisto find one because he's he's heading for. Victor's also somewhat Inquiry. Married with ing, Debbie hasn't black — employers are of a survivor because four children and a full That's Victor Worrell, a counted the cost. full blood Aboriginal not racist towards him he when his second house time job, Debbie was There is sometimes whose children attend an said, it's just that he's burnt down accidentally, disturbed by the pitiful danger out there too artistic by bent and so he and his family lived in state of the Aborigines Aboriginal Christian when the odd fringe frequently school in Coolgardie he's looking for some- the bush for six weeks. she is so crazed with dweller which is set up to ensure thing which meets his They've another house encountered. that drink he's almost out now and Victor's job children get a Christian requirements. So backed up by a of his mind and represeducation. "Education is In any event, he works hunting. couple of Religious of ents a real physical On the white side, like-mind and sympathy danger to anyone includgood — it keeps the kids on Aboriginal artifacts which he sells to a retail there are at least some in the background, she ing Debbie. out of trouble" he said.
Duo on the vocation trail Sister Victoire SIG and Father Stephen Foster OSCam are out on the vocation trail — not only to the Religious life and priesthood, but to also encourage the young to make a firm commitment to their undertakings in the single or married state, and above all to be true to their Catholicism.
They promote the importance of commitment they said, because without it the fabric of society disintegrates. It's the ability to stick with it when the going gets tough that matters — and not walk away because its too hard. Their 'plan of attack' is to approach the young through the school mediums as well as groups such as Luke 18, Antioch, Charis and within the universities. They believe it is important for Religious to be dynamically promoting their way of life because a religious vocation is relevant for the Church and the world, and by their lives and faith promotion they hope to show that. Father Stephen Foster OS Cam with Sister Victoire SJG giving a talk to students at one of the growing number In a society of materialof colleges who invite them in. ism, secularism and
different to what we 1,ave known in the past. There will be external differences such as lifestyles, ministries, way of indulgence, Sister Vic- dress, but the basics will toire and Father Foster remain the same such as and maintain the three Reli- their vows gious vows are counter commitments. culture to that world. The ministries will to meet the needs change Sister is full time vocaChurch, for today's of tions director for the St for those caring example John of God sisters and with dying and iving l coordinator for the proAIDS. motion of Religious life, while Father Foster is Meanwhile some will vocations director for the remain in the traditional Camillians as well as areas of health care and being chaplain at Sir education. Their talks have apparCharles Gairdner ently been enthusiastihospital. by the So far they've given cally received asked a who've students talks to students at lot of questions, such as Chisholm, , Sorrento every priest want Newman, with others in — Does Pope? What be to the offing. happens if you fall in They also talk to the love? Do you miss being Majellans because they married and having your believe good family life is own children? Don't you fertile vocational ground. think it's unjust that During their student good people suffer? — to talks they emphasise that name a few. each has a role to play The interest doesn't within the Church, espe- stop there though, cially the Church of the because RE classes have future which like every reported the flow-on facet of life needs the from the talks. vision, energy and freshAnyone requiring this ness of the young. vocations team to give a Religious life has a talk, could contact Sister definite future, said Victoire on 387 4859 or Sister Victoire, but it's Father on Foster going to be radically 389 3025 or 389 3333. By Colleen McGuiness-Howard
Jill and Neil Young outside their upturned car home on Nannygoat Hill. But she takes her chances two or three times a week and sometimes goes with Eric Davidson from the Little Sister's Gnurra Karnpi nursing home for added protection. Other times she goes alone with her children. Why does she do it? Only because she cares, because there's cost timewise and financially for her and also an element of danger. But then Debbie looks at it from the positive view, maintaining they love someone to talk to and she sleeps better at night knowing she's fed them that day. There is an Aboriginal administered breakfast program for the fringe dwellers. Some looking at the Aborigines' lack of initiative in feeding t hemselves wouldn't bother because they are
Oven their own financial resources. But with distorted priorities food doesn't have a rating with them — so moved by their resultant condition, Debbie acts. Recently the St Vincent de Paul made an allocation of $100 a week to help with the food program. But Debbie wants others to get involved — help her expand and continue this work. She's somewhat of a crusader and clearly dedicated to helping them as do her children about whom she says: "If there is nothing else I do in my life,Iwant them to grow up non-racist because these people have a lot to offer. I really want to help because it has to start from somewhere." It's unpleasant in win-
ter out on the bare plain which stands between two giant mining developments with the piercing cold and the boggy ground for her vehicle. Some of the fringe dwellers live in caves or uninhabited houses and with these conditions there is a high mortality rate among the susceptible old and the very young. Debbie also questions Australians, fellow known world-wide for their generosity to helping others abroad, in not targetting their own poverty problem. "We give money to Project Compassion and other organisations, sending money abroad, but yet we have dire poverty in our own backyard! Yet no one r ecognises this and responds to the need. "We put bans on South
Africa but are then turning our backs on our own indigines." The government does give money to the Aborigines she said "but I would query its effectiveness because the evidence is there for anyone to see — it's not getting to them! "And what about the poverty of white AustralJoyleen Finlay with lames Donaldson, their four year old daughter A louise and friend ians? Yet we ignore that Cedric Stephens. The fringe dwellers' beautiful children are frequently pitifully money send and neglected by parents whose priorities for food and decent shelter are eat high on overseas." their list. What comes across to her she said, is the or others supposedly of land just along from What is obvious and Gnurra Karnpi. desolateness of the Abo- helping them? commendable is that one Eight en-suites are woman and her sympariginal people, their selfAnd to those who neglect, rejection and criticise them, Debbic planned -to give them thisers have put words and into action in extending a poverty of spirit. quotes an old Indian independence hand for a cause they Social security money proverb: 'Walk a mile in respect." Regardless of whether believe in. should be given in the my moccasins before you one agrees with Debbie's form of food coupons judge me.' And in an often selfish, methods, her personal largely and not cash, She's also fully behind and family's sacrifice or mercenary, and hardDebbie said, and an investigation should be an Aboriginal villa pro- not (because she has the hearted society of today, made as to where Abo- ject the Catholic church full backing of her Debbie Eggleston tends riginal targetted money is working on, to be husband, children and to stand out like a beacon. . . is going — is it to them located on a large block parents) is irrelevant.
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Anglican Homes (Inc.), Western Australia's largest centrally administered aged care organisation, with 1500 residents and 440 staff in 15 self-care villages, 8 hostels, and 3 nursing homes, is establishing a training scheme in the specialty of dementia care. The key purpose is to give training assistance and support to the wide range of carers of Alzheimer's Disease sufferers. Initial training will be given to the staff of the Lefroy Special Care hostel. Courses leading to certification of Specialty in Dementia Care will be available to other staff in nursing homes, hostels and community serices. A joint venture with ADARDA (WA) will offer educational assistance to supporting relatives and carers at home. An eminent person with wide experience in this field has been appointed as Co-ordinator of the training scheme for the first year Applications are invited from suitably qualified individuals for appointment to the post of Assistant Co-ordinator. Suitable applicants are likely to have: an advanced degree; produced professional publications; experienced successful networking in varied organisations at the highest levels; experience in innovative teaching approaches; a basic knowledge of the physiological and psychological changes associated with dementia: knowledge of human behaviour and family dynamics; and, working experience with people with dementia. It is intended that the appointee will succeed the present Coordinator at the end of her contract. An attractive salary will be offered according to professional qualifications and experience. Further information can be obtained from the secretary (to the Chief Executive, Anglican Homes (Inc.), 416 Stirling Highway, Cottesloe, WA 6011. Tel: (09) 383 1088, Fax (09) 383 2939. Previous applicants should not re-apply. Applications close on May 4, 1990.
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from Gerard LEAHY, Mount Lawley Sir, Mrs Patricia Halligan (The Record, April 19) would appear to have a problem with the group Catholics Concerned for the Environment. The group was set up as a direct result of the Archdiocesan Assembly at the close of the Year of Mission in 1989 when about 70 delegates, lay and religious, registered their interest in forming such a group. Members share above all a concern to understand environmental issues specifically in the light of Catholic faith and morals. Short and long term goals include increasing personal knowledge and awareness through monthly meetings
IN MEMORIAM
Loreto religious Mother John Moore who gave the best part of 60 years to education in WA died at
t he age of 99 at herorder's nursing home
in Marryatville South Australia. She entered the Loreto Sisters at Ballarat in 1912 and by 1916 was posted Loreto when it stood on Adelaide Terrace, Perth. After a posting back to Ballarat, she returned again to WA this time to Loreto -Osborne- at Claremont where she taught many subjects to
McAULIFFE Doctor David: In grateful memory of a wonderful doctor and friend. Died May 2, 1989. Safe in the arms of the Divine Physician. DE GOIS Eric Clifton: 30 April 1968. In loving memory of my husband, our father and our grandfather. Twenty two sad years have passed by and we often speak your name. We have beautiful memories and your picture in the frame. It doesn't take a special day, to bring you to mind. For a day without thoughts of you, is difficult to find. This day is remembered and quietly kept. No words are needed, we will never forget. We did not hear you close your eyes. We did not hear you sigh. All we heard was that you had gone, without a last goodbye. Always remembered from your loving wife Mitzi, children and grandchildren. Rest In Peace.
At the April meeting CCE discussed a taped lecture by Paul Ehrlich titled "Can we keep the world habitable?" While it is true that Ehrlich holds views on population control opposed to Church teaching, CCE positively rejects these views. However he discusses many other issues of relevance to
Mrs Halligan may in fact feel more comfortable among Catholics Concerned for the Environment than she might at present believe. She would certainly find people who believed, like herself, that true and lasting solutions can come only from a generous, just and reverent attitude to all that God has created. There are signs of hope across the world, I believe,
and the recent major statement by Pope John Paul on the environment provides reason for f urther encouragement. Mrs Halligan has difficulty reconciling belief in an infinite, all merciful and loving Creator with the notion that the world's resources are finite. I too believe in an infinite all merciful and loving Creator, but I also believe that He has not other hands than ours to realise His plans for creation. It strikes me as somewhat presumptuous to expect God to work a miracle or pull yet another "technological fix" out of the hat to solve environmental problems which are the direct result of the ignorance, greed and injustice of men and women.
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all citizens of this planet — the effects of rain-forest destruction, soil degradation, air and water pollution, the rapid and irretrievable loss of flora and fauna species and the rate of resource consumption. Any well-informed environmental group would need to know what the Paul Ehrlichs of the world are saying.
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Charis: the gift of grace
The beautiful bush setting of Eagle's Nest, G idgegannup, was home for twenty-five young adults recently as they took part in the first Charis Weekend for 1990. Numbers were somewhat depleted because of the flu which is going about, but those who attended enjoyed an excellent opportunity to reflect on their Christian lives in a warm, trusting environment.
Based on the old Choice palms at 'The Perch'. program, Charis is the Major talks for the brainchild of Sister Emi- program were given by a lie Cattalini and former team of young adults, youth chaplain Father including a magnificent John Jegorow. presentation on marriage Personal faith and by Bruce and Rosemary development, Christian Downes. living, and belonging to our Catholic family are The next Charis weekthe keys to Charis. end is due on July 27-29. During the weekend the Enquiries and registraliturgy of Palm Sunday tions of interest are was celebrated by cur- welcome any time at the rent chaplain Father Youth Office in ClaverJoseph Parkinson, begin- ton Street, North Perth, ning with the blessing of on 328 9878.
Basking in the sun after the year's first Charis weekend at Eagle's Nest on April 6-8.
Perth's newest Antioch community, Whitfords, warm up for the close to their first weekend on April 6-8.
Leaders of the new Sniffer* Antiedi community Cathie Smith and Paul Searle at their closing ceremony.
Parish Youth Groups SEXUALITY WEEKEND
May 18-20 Eagle's Nest, Gidgegannup This annual weekend program is open to all Catholic youth aged 16 years and over.
Cost: Just $30 Information & bookings: Phone 328 8136 or call at the Youth Office 30 Claverton St, North Perth A Course on
TEENAGE RELATIONSHIPS For teenagers aged 15-18
What makes a good relationship? Come along and find out! Four Tuesday Nights May 8, 15, 22, 29 4.30-630pm Catherine McAuley Family Centre Station Street, Wembley Cost: Just S5 'the la! CONTACTS: Brendan or Jan 381 9222
AU& Sonya DeLima and John Thornberry, both of Willetton, look over CPrs new plans at the Subiaco Parish Centre, April 2.
CPY takes new step
Some exciting new initiatives for parish youth groups have followed on the heels of three major meetings of Catholic Parish Youth over the last two months.
To promote greater communication and coordination of groups' activities, existing youth groups will be invited to nominate one representative each to a central Coordinating Team. This team will plan and run various inter-group activities, social and otherwise, including the popular CPY river cruises. In order to provide greater and more varied service of all youth groups, current fulltime workers Cathie Allen, Cate Hale and Mladen Milicich will become `Archdiocesan youth workers', able to assist and resource any type of parish youth group anythe in where archdiocese. They will be supported by a small team who will share their work of parish and group visitation, running formation programs, and general r esourcing of young people. The new moves are designed to give all groups. including Anti-
och, better access to resources, greater partiction in regional and diocesan programs, and a better understanding of the various kinds of youth groups already existing in Perth. It will also allow parishes to 'design-yourown' youth group, with youth workers available to advise and assist local leaders.
, Vesna Odak, Jane Parlinovich and Mark Ratajczak hard at work after CPrs planning meeting on April 2.
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Indian's friend
One day a teenager named Francisco Solano took a quiet walk beside the river near his home in Spain. Along the way he saw two angry men fighting each other with s words. They were duelling. Francisco ran toward them, shouting at them to stop fighting. He jumped between them as they attacked each other. They were so astonished that they lowered their swords and made up. Francisco grew up to be a peacemaker like St Francis of Assisi, his namesake. His parents were proud and happy when Francisco became a Franciscan around 1570. He was a bright young man, with a beautiful singing voice and skill at playing the violin. After six years of study, Fran-
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Red Sky in the Morning by Elizabeth Laird. Pub by Pan. $5.99. A moving and beautiful story about growing up . . . Anna can't wait for her mother to give birth to the new baby — it's her big chance to show she's grown up and can take care of her dad and her younger sister. But the joy of the birth is touched with sadness when
Ben is born severely handicapped. It's not easy when strangers stare. It's hard to explain at school. Yet Anna finds a deep love for Ben — a love that can show others that handicapped people are human too. Her little brother is beautiful, funny — and just the right person to teach her what life is really all about .
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IWishIHada Pirate Suit by Pamela Allen. Pub by Vikirtg KestreL bb. $16.99. "I wish I had a pirate suit. Peter has a pirate suit." Peter's younger brother dreams that if he had Peter's pirate suit he could he pirate captain and the boss of seven seas.
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High time for adventure Edge of Destruction by Franklin W. Dixon. Pub by Armada. $5.95. Voice of doom. In the middle of a gala banquet, Fenton Hardy is kidnapped. Then a mysterious caller outlines his terrifying demand: unless he receives 20 million dollars, Fenton Hardy — along with thousands of innocent victims — will be infected with a fatal virus. New York will become a ghost town. Immediately, Police Chief Sam Peterson takes charge of the case. The first thing he does is order Frank and Joe not to get involved. But they won't let go easily, and the trail they pick up leads them into a deadly world beneath the city streets. A world where darkness rules and murder lurks behind every shadow. . .
The Crowning Terror by Franklin W. Dixon. Pub by Armada. $5.95. A dangerous game of double cross. When Frank and Joe are invited to join their Uncle Hugh for lunch, the main course turns out to be a bizarre kidnap plot. After a violent scuffle, Uncle Hugh is whisked away, and the boys suddenly find themselves in deep trouble with a government espionage team. Special Agent Starkey is determined to prove that Hugh is a traitor and accuses the boys of helping him to escape. To complicate things. a beautiful mystery woman called Charity is also on their uncle's trail. Frank and Joe are stranded far from home. on the run from two desperate gangs — with orders to shoot to kill . .
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Sister byJoan Flanagan. Illustrated by Bill Wood Published by Puffin. $6.99. Tom's small sister Annie blames all her mischief on her imaginary friend; a tiny. red-haired, volatile, disruptive mite called Sister who bullies and torments the entire family Then gradually Tom — usually a practical. unimaginative child — is overcome by a dreadful suspicion. He begins to think Sister might be real. He devises an ingenious plan to force the tiny terrorist to reveal herself.
U IL Pumpkin Pumpkin by fennne Titberington. Published by Picture Piper. $6.99. Lowly, gentle illustrations and a delightful story make Pumpkin Pumpkin the perfect introduction for 2-4 year olds to the magic of how things grow.
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The Complete Painters Handbook by Gregg Sandressier. Pub by Radak Press. Dist through Collins, $24.95. The best and most comprehensive guide for painting all of the interior and exterior surfaces of your home. step-by-step, Through detailed instructions and scores of how-to photos and illustrations. The Complete Painters Handbook tells you everything you need to know to prepare and paint: walls, steps, downspouts, windows, garage doors, ceilings. r ailings, shutters, baseboards, floors, gutters. doors, interior and exterior trim, masonry concrete. brick.
Painting is much more than just waving a brush. This book will help you: • Select the best colour and the right paint for each job. • Repair and prepare surfaces for painting. • Choose the best brushes, rollers, and spray guns. • Operate special tools such as sanders. • Raise scaffolding and ladders. • Apply paint professionally so there are no streaks or unsightly drip marks. • Prevent problems such as peeling, cracking, and chalking. • Estimate material and labour requirements. • Most importantly, do the jot) safely
The Best of Woman Family Cooking by Joy Davies. Pub by Grafton. $19.95. The Best of Woman Family Cooking presents over three hundred favourite dishes from the magazine's ever popular cookery pages. Magnificently illustrated in full colour, and with an emphasis on healthy eating, it offers a wide range of delicious, easy-to-follow
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The Grotto by Carol Lansbury. Pub by Pan. $10.99. There is a special curse on the child of a great low . . . For Gwen Harcourt di Marine°, nothing in life will ever match her parents' deep and boundless love for each other. From a lonely childhood in Sicily, to a new continent where her fiery determination brings her wealth and notoriety Gwen searches new horizons for the feelings she craws.
Japanese for Busy People. Published by Kodansba. Distributed through Collins. $32.95. This new unique approach to effective daily communication in Japanese put out by the Association for JapaneseLanguage Teaching offers a short concise course for the student or businessman, who strive for a working knowledge of the language for everyday life. The approach is dynamic hut gradual with dialogues and exercises in Romanised letters. There are 30 exercises which can be covered in 50 hours of classroom work and with the aid of accompanying tapes, can be an invaluable aid for borne study.
Japanese for Busy People. Four 30 minute cassette tapes. Published by Kodansba. Distributed through Collins. $85. Put out by the Association Japanese-Language for Teaching and recorded in stereo, these four tapes cover: Pronunciation: Useful daily expressions: Opening dialogues: Vocabulary: Key sentences: Short dialogues: Reading reviews.
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At a buffet lunch attended by over 300 Palmyra parishioners spokesman Ted Neesham noted that during his 14 years as pastor Fr James Dowling had overseen a complete rebuilding of the church, presbytery and school. Laurie Nugent (picturedsecond from right with organisers of the function) made a wallet presentation for Fr Dowling's extended leave in Ireland.
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JOHN XXIII, SERVITE, AQUINAS and SACRED HEART • Experienced Local Government Councillor. • Non-aligned to any vested interests. Authorised by Frances Giampapa 87 Camboon Road, Noranda, W.A. 6062
MANAGER/CHEF
Due to the re-opening of St Camillus House, the Society will be appointing a Manager/Chef.
Suitable candidates are invited to apply in writing for the position to:Brother Bill Cebula C/- Ozanam House, 17-19 Bronte Street, East Perth 6004. Applications to include details of qualifications, previous experience and the names of three referees. Hours of employment are 10am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. Further details regarding conditions and responsibilities of the position will be discussed during the interview.
KNIGHTS OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS —The Legal Position of the Unborn"
OPEN INVITATION An address by Gerard Wright QC, from the UK Association of Lawyers for Defence of the Unborn (ALDU). (Mr Wright was Heading Counsel in the well publicised Victoria Gillick case which went to the House of Lords.) • Catholic Education Centre — Mons Nestor Hall. • Wednesday May 9 at 7.30pm. • Sponsored by the Order of the Knights of the Southern Cross in the interests of Australia and its next generation.
CENTRECARE PERTH
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Centrecare Marriage and Family Service require the services of a librarian on a temporary basis. Duties include: setting up of an indexing and borrowing system, cataloguing of books and recommendation of an easy and efficient library computer package. Salary and conditions are negotiable.
Please apply in writing by Friday May 4 to: Karin Grima Administrative Assistant Centrecare Marriage and Family Service 456 Hay Street Perth WA 6000
Disillusioned with those contraceptives . . ? There's a better way!
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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The Sisters of Mercy invite applications for the position of
BLUFF PT PARTY For the Golden Jubilee of St Lawrence's Primary School. Friday, May 18 1pm: School Assembly in Fitzgerald Hall. Saturday, May 19 2pm: Official Blessing and opening of the new pre-primary and classrooms. 8 pm: Jubilee and Reunion Dinner. Sunday, May 20 10am: Jubilee and Reunion Mass followed by BBQ lunch.
McAULEY WORDS The sayings of Catherine McAuley in 10 matching card /envelopes are available in two packets of five from the Convent of Mercy, Victoria Square. Ph. 325 4698. Proceeds go
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BULLSBROOK PILGRIMAGE Rosary, homily and Benediction will be held on Sunday April 29 at the Bullsbrook Church "Virgin Mary Mother of the Church" at 2pm. For further information and bus reservations please ring 4442285 for Perth, Highgate and Midland bus and 3394015 for Fremantle bus. The church is open every day and is available for pilgrimages (by appointment). Sacri Assoc PO Box 311 Tuart Hill WA 6060. Telephone 571 1699.
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NEWMAN SOCIETY On Tuesday, May 1, at 7.30pm in the Senior Common Room, St Thomas More College, Crawley, Rev Dr Ivan Head, director of the Anglican Institute of Theology, Nedlands, will speak on "Newman From Another Christian Point of View". This will be the second function to celebrate the centenary of Cardinal Newman's death. Open to anyone interested and 1990 graduates of all tertiary institutions are especially welcome. Contact no: 446 1628. MAJELLAN RETREAT A Majellan Retreat will be held in the pleasant surroundings of Fairbridge Village, Pinjarra, approximately 1 hours drive from Perth, on the weekend May 25-27. This retreat location will be a little different from former venues and will involve sharing twin rooms, short walks to the chapel and dining room. The spiritual director will be Sr Helen Giles, St. Joseph of the Apparition. Cost $40. A deposit of $20 is required to confirm a booking. Mail (only) to Mrs. B. Townsend, 23 Daglish St. Wembley, 6014. A small bus will be available for travel to Pinjarra. To take advantage of this service seats must be booked when making a retreat booking, as this bus holds only 21 people and will depart at 6pm Friday from Monastery, North Perth and return on Sunday approximately 5pm.
April 30 Curtin Graduation, Division of Health Science Monsignor McCrann. Mass for Seniors Week, St Mary's Cathedral -- Dean John Orzanski.
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Feast of San Leone, Kalamunda — Monsignor McCrann. Launch Secondary Schools 8 Seminar Handbook and Policy Document Monsignor M Keating. Civic Reception, High Commis9 sioner of Malta, Monsignor Keating. Mass for Religious Redemptorist 11 Church — Fr Chris Ross. 13 Blessing Ballajura School — Archbishop Foley. 16 Visitation and confirmation Applecross — Bishop Healy. 18 Bless Manual Arts Extension John Paul College — Archbishop Foley. 19-20 Visitation and confirmation, Goomailing — Bishop Healy. 20 In St Mary's Cathedral Mass and unveiling of plaque Ursula Frayne College, Archbishop Foley. Confirmation, Cloverdale -- Monsignor Keating. Blessing multi purpose hall Diana 26 Primary School — Archbishop Foley. 27 Visitation and confirmation, Maylands — Archbishop Foley. Visitation, Rivervale - Bishop Healy. Confirmation, Doubleview — Monsignor Keating. Scripture and Reflection Day by Fr 29
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St Brigid's is a girls boarding and day school with an expected enrolment for 1991 of 600 students including 150 boarders It is situated 20km from Perth The College, established in 1929, is owned and administered by the Sisters of Mercy. The Principal will be responsible to the Congregational Superior through the College Board and the Catholic Education Commission of WA The successful applicant will be invited to take up full time duties from the beginning of January 1991 Applicants should be practising Catholics, committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education and have requisite administrative skills and academic and professional qualifications Salary and conditions are similar to those offered by the WA Ministry of Education Further information and official application forms can be obtained from Board Chairman St Brigid's College 200 Lesmurdie Road Lesmurdie WA 6076 Telephone: (09) 291 8222 Official applications should be addressed to the Board Chairman and lodged by May 18. 1990
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PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL SERVICES 324 1234 LIC 9TA00487 CATHOLIC CARE For Intellectually Handicapped Persons 1ppAcabses ire Wed Is( twi sew position:
MANAGER RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
This position is responsible to the Executive Officer for the management of all Catholic Care residential services (which offer long term and/or respite care to children and adults who have an intellectual disability). Experience in residential care is desirable.
MANAGER, COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES
This position is responsible to the Executive Officer for the management of Catholic Care's community support services (which include counselling, in-home respite care, and a small, expanding recreation service). Experience in working with a community development approach, and an understanding of parish organisation would be useful in this position. Both positions involve participation in policy, planning and service delivery issues within the organisation. in the field of intellectual disability, and in the broad welfare system of the Church. Qualifications: A degree in one of the Social Sciences, or
equivalent. Experience in staff supervision/management is essential. Experience working with families and/or with people
PRIEST HONOUR
Fr Rodney Williams who was liaison priest to the Catholic Charismatic Renewal from February 1977 until January 1990, will be honoured at a supper at St Benedict's Hall, 115 Ardross St, Applecross on Thursday, May 3 at 7.30pm.
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with disabilities will be well regarded. The successful applicants must be willing to actively support the Chnstian values of the organisation. They will be responsible to facilitate an on-going process of discernment, to ensure that the Catholic ethos is reflected in services. Applications should be submitted in writing by Friday May 4. 1990 to:
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The Executive Officer Catholic Care. PO Box 152, Wembley, 6014. Phone: 387 7566