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Quote ,4 V What is missing is the ritual and symbolism by which we normally humanise death. Death in this case is not the dramatic event of the cessation of respiration, but a doctor's diagnosis and his or her signing of a form. The release of the beating heart body to the procurement team is accompanied by neither ceremony nor ritual and the members of the team remain faceless, hidden in the anonymity and secrecy of the operating room. There is no contact between the surgical teams which procure organs and the relatives of the donor.
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Organ harvestin Ex-Melbourne consultant says it offends human sensitivities
"The process of donors are confronted by obtaining organs for an engineering process transplant from beat- in which sentiments and ing heart cadavers had sensitivities are necessarbecome dehuma- ily overridden in the nised," Mr Nicholas urgency and complexity Tonti-Filippini said of multiple organ harvand when giving the key- esting note address at the transplantation. Annual Bioethics ConMr Tonti-Filippini held ference at St Vincent's the position of consultant Hospital in Melbourne. ethicist Mr Tonti-Filippini said that recipient patients for donated organs and the bereaved relatives of
at St Vincent's for eight years before taking a research position with the Australian Catholic Bishops this year.
'Do it with respect' VATICAN CITY (CNS): Making human organs available for transplant is a matter of Christian generosity, Pope John Paul II told a group of medical experts. The pope said that the Church is committed to promoting "awareness of the need for organ donors". Ethical principles must always be followed in such operations, he added. "We see an increasing
number of people waiting, very often in vain, for the gift of an organ which would grant them fresh hope and life itself," the pope said. "Furthermore, since the possible availability of organs involves costs which the majority of people cannot afford, this waiting becomes all the more distressing," he said.
forthcoming without a renewed sense of human solidarity" based on Christ's example, which can "inspire men and women to make great sacrifices in the service of others". The pope was speaking to participants of an international conference on kidney transplants. Noting the frequent shortage of donor kidneys, the pope said Christians should recognise in this "a challenge
He expressed grave concern that the logistics of organ retrieval meant that death of the donors had become a bureaucratic event dominated by the technology. Relatives of donors are denied the normal events which accompany death and the adjustments of the grieving process. Death is dehumanised when relatives must say their farewells to a beating heart donor prior
to their generosity and fraternal love." The Church, he said, holds that all such procedures be done with the "utmost respect" for principles of moral law and Christian ethics. The Church allows human organ transplants as long as it is done with the consent of the people involved and does not result in the disfigurement or mutilation of the donor.
to the body being taken no ceremonies, rituals or to the operating room for symbols have been developed to help people organ harvesting. place the donation of "What is missing is the ritual and symbolism by tissue and the death of which we normally the donor is a spiritual humanise death. Death context. "There are strong feelin this case is not the dramatic event of the ings and emotions which cessation of respiration, need to be recongjsed but a doctor's diagnosis and directed." and his or her signing of Addressing the broader a form. context of acute care "The release of the hospitals in which organ beating heart body to the transplantation occurs, procurement team is Mr Tonti-Filippin said: accompanied by neither "Patients and their ceremony nor ritual and relatives are virtually the members of the team powerless, rendered remain faceless, hidden totally dependent by the in the anonymity and conceptualisation of secrecy of the operating illness as a bioroom. mechanical problem to "There is no contact be repaired by experts. between the surgical They are led to believe in teams which procure the mythology of technoorgans and the relatives logical miracles." of the donor." "Organ transplantation Mr Tonti-Filippini criti- is the most reductionist dsed the major churches of medical technologies. for having ignored the The idea of replacement development of organ parts for diseased organs transplantation from seems so simple. It is an beating heart donors. engineer's solution, — "The Churches have neat, efficient and effecneither accepted nor tive in overcoming a rejected the practice, and malfunction."
AGui v ssEf f i s m. , Rights of a child ( The pope added that "no solution will be
Statement by Catholic Bishops of Australia on the United Nations Convention on The Rights of the Child.
The Australian Catholic Bishops give their wholehearted support to recent international initiatives to overcome abuse of the rights of children, including cruelty to and even torture of children, child poverty and the forced separation of families, especially refugee families. The bishops welcome the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and sincerely hope that, despite any limitations it may have, it will prove to be an effective instrument for protecting the Fights and interests of all children throughout the world. Because of the importance of the Convention for the children of the whole world, the bishops strongly recommend that Australia should ratify the Convention, though they must at the same time
express some reservations concerning the possible implementation and use of the Convention within Australia itself. The bishops are aware that the preamble to the Convention provides for the rights of children before as well as after birth and are particularly concerned that human beings from their beginning and throughout their lives be given the protection of the law. In the event of ratification, the Australian Government will have a moral obligation to ensure that the law prohibits harmful interference with human beings at all stages of life. The bishops are also anxious that ratification should leave no doubt that parents have the primary right and responsibility for the nurturing of their children. The Convention must not be used to undermine the legitimate authority of parents, and the role of parents
Our sailors meet the pope
VATICAN CITY: Thirty officers and sailors from an Australian Navy vessel were received in audience by Pope John Paul in the Throne Room last Friday morning. On the 75th anniversary of the sacrifice of their military comrades on the Turkish coast early in the
should not be set aside unless the parents are manifestly abusing their authority or otherwise neglecting their obligations. The bishops endorse the concern of the Holy See's Observer to the United Nations in relation to the rights of parents to ensure the religious education of their children in accordance with the parent's own convictions. Within Australia itself there are many issues concerning children that require urgent attention, eg poor health and education levels among many Aboriginal children; high rates of child detention; physical and sexual abuse of children; child homelessness; drug abuse. Unless ratification of the Convention is to be nothing more than an empty gesture, concerted action will be called for from the Federal Government, each and every State and Territorial Government, the Churches and the entire Australian community. 9
World War, they had come to recall those events on the spot they where happened. They requested an audience with Pope John Paul to mark the occasion. The Holy Father asked them to unite themselves with him in working and pray-
ing for peace in the world. "This is the greatest tribute we can offer," he said, "to those who fell 75 years ago, determined to protect their own country and their dear ones. 'Today Icall on each one of you to make a personal contribution to world peace, making it your role to
promote respect and esteem for all, especially for the poor and the outcast, and pledging yourselves to co-operation and dialogue in order to avoid conflict. "In this way you will give witness to the best Australian tradition." — Vatican Radio
Accept the challenge of homelessness
SYDNEY: The Catholic Bishops Committee on Social Welfare has called on peak Church organisations to follow through the problems of youth homelessness raised in the recent Report of the National Inquiry conducted by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Burdekin Report). "The issues raised in the Report are too urgent and too important to be forgotten", said Committee Chairman Bishop Barry Hickey.
"The Church has agencies throughout Australia that are well placed to tackle the problems of homeless youth. In fact, many are already doing so but what we need is co-ordination of effort", he added. For that reason, the Social Welfare Committee is asking the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission and the National Catholic Association of Family Agencies to work on a joint project to bring Church efforts together," the Bishop said.
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BISHOP HICKEY SAYS AT LAUNCHING OF BOOK: IT SHOULD BE USED AS GUIDE FOR HANDICAPPED SYDNEY: "This publication is a Church statement about the dignity of people with disabilities and their development as human persons," Bishop Barry Hickey said at the launching of 'Disability and Human Relationships' in Sydney today. "It deals with the sensitive issues of sexuality, friendship and marriage as they touch people with disabilities," he said. "For too long people with disabilities have been seen on the edge of human affairs, as not being able to form lasting friendships or being in need of them. "This book outlines clearly the importance of human relationships for the normal and proper
development of all human persons and the quality of life open to them," the Bishop added. Disability and Human Relationships draws on Catholic principles of personal and sexual morality and applies them to the reality of the lives of people with disabilities. It points out that all people, whether with disabilities or not, seek love and affection as a primary need. and Psychological social expressions of love are more lasting and fulfulling than purely physical relationships. The right to marriage is clearly established. "The criteria for marriage should be no different for people with
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"There are many people with disabilities who can marry and become parents while there are some who cannot," the Bishop said. The publication does not go into detail about genetic disorders but advocates counselling before decisions are made to marry and have children. It urges Churchsponsored hospitals, Christian medical personnel and counselling agencies to provide genetic and personal counselling that is based on traditional Christian ethics. Such services are not always available elsewhere. "Disability and Human
Relationships should be a useful guide for people with disabilities, as well as for parents, friends and career advisers," Bishop Hickey said. "The Church is being challenged to ensure that people with disabilities are fully accepted and befriended because they share the same basic yearnings for faith, hope and love as all other human beings. They need to experience in our Church communities the reality of God's love," he said. Bishop Hickey hoped the book would be well received. Its production had involved extensive consultation with people with disabilities and allied organisations throughout Australia.
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Refugee mother shows love for her 'abortion' baby BANGKOK: Nineteen-year-old mother Yay-Sun proudly cuddles her baby girl in a Khmer maternity hospital in a refugees camp on the Thailand/Cambodian border. Five-day old Sal, born at 33 weeks and weighing less than two kilos, is the baby she tried to abort at 12 weeks. Massaging her uterus and taking a tube of pills she failed in the abortion but Sal was born later with club feet and two ringers joined together. The physical deformities can be corrected the doctors have told the young mother. The mental strains on mother and child are being treated by her own people in the hospital, which, uniquely, is run by Khmer-speaking midwives.
countryfolk during 1975-79 until they were overthrown by a Vietnamese invasion. The midwives try to make the hospital feel like home. "Last week we had a slide show of Cambodia," said Chan. "Here the women can have their babies delivered by traditional Khmer methods. Life can be brutal and lonely for women in the refugee camps. The young mother Yay-Sun is the third wife of a Khmer soldier who spends most of his time away from the camp fighting the Vietnamesebacked regime in Cambodia.
Senior midwife is Chan Theary,
She probably tried to abort the baby because of pressure from her husband. She has called the baby Sal, after the small amount of rice left after a meal. The child is a "leftover" from a soldier's visit home.
dia. She spent her childhood under the iron rule of the Khmer Rouge who killed a million of their
Would she advise anyone now to have an abortion after her experience? "No," she said firmly. — Universe
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Drug blitz: Nuns No thanks to with rock music small talk SYDNEY: The Australian rock music industry and the Sisters of Charity make a formidable duo when it comes to assisting those in need. And with the backing of singer John Farnham, the National Against C ampaign Drug Abuse, and a resultant hit record, a Sydney based project to combat drug abuse is today $80,000 better off.
The $80,000 is the profit from record sales and royalties earned from the single "Communication", a duet recorded by Farnham and 21-yearofil newcomer Dani'Elle. Sister Maria Cunningham, from the St Vincent's Hospital Sis-
ters of Charity, says it is appropriate that her order should be involved with the "Get Real Project", a campaign targetted at drug abuse among youth. "Our order dates back 150 years to Ireland, working to overcome many of the difficulties faced by convicts," Sister Cunningham said. "Who would have thought that today we would be working on a project like this?" was project The launched in April 1986 when the Sisters of Charity and the Federal Minister for Community Services and Health, Neal Blewett, accepted a $50,000 cheque from Dire Straits to establish
Get Real in conjunction with the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse, Sister Cunningham said there had been a 500 per cent increase in youth counselling in Sydney's Darlinghurst since the project was launched. Dr Blewett said governments alone could not achieve the prevention of drug abuse in Australia. All production costs of "Communication" were waived by the music industry professionals to assist the "Get Real Project". The single has sold about 25,000 copies since its release in July last year. It was also included in a compilation album
called Let's Do /t, which has topped 400,000 in sales.
Songwriter and "Get coProject" Real ordinator Terry McArthur said "Communication was a snapshot story based on the lives of the young people who have worked on the project. "When John Farnham heard the song, he said 'Drugs aren't the problem — it's what people say to each other,' "Terry said. "I think that opens up the issue of why people take drugs. 'Communication' for me is about awareness and choice in the face of the sex and drugs and AIDS equation that confronts us all."
CANBERRA: The bill to ban the production, to ban X-rated videos in distribution and sale of the ACT House of X-rated videos in the Assembly was defeated ACT. by small-town politics The ACT Attorneyrather than community General, Bernard Colconsensus, according laery, was the linchpin in to a Canberra Catholic the bill's failure, having the "casting" vote after priest.
Father Tom Wright, one of Canberra's most outspoken members of the clergy in the pornography debate, said personality clashes between Assembly members had led to the bill's failure. "The safety and wellbeing of women and children has been put at risk for local political reasons," he said. The bill, introduced by MLA Dennis Stevenson, lost by nine votes to eight
Joy over accord
SYDNEY: An Australian Bishops Committee has noted "with great joy" that the Catholic and Lutheran churches agree on the essential role of the ordained ministry in the Church, its essential distinction from the priesthood of all the baptised, and its divine institution.
The committee did not find substantial differences in the two churches' understandings of the function and tasks of ordained ministry. The findings appear in a report Pastor and Priest by the Bishops Commit-
tee on Ecumenical and church-divisive and to Inter-Faith Relations. point the way towards This document is the the process of union the fruit of four years of work between two together on the ordained churches as the place for ministry. They have full recognition of each already completed work other's ministries. on the issues of baptism On the aspect • of and eucharist. authenticity of ordained In Pastor and Priest, ministry, the committee they see that the full and noted there was agreemutual recognition of ment that apostolicity is a ministry would not be criterion for authentic resolved simply by doc- ordained ministry. trinal convergence but only in the very process A point of difference, of reconciliation between however, is that for the two churches. Catholics authenticity They say their task is to ordinarily assumes ordidemonstrate that doctri- nation by a bishop nal issues need not be standing in apostolic
succession. Pastor and Priest is offered to the two churches by the dialogue members in the hope that it will lead to further study and discussion. In a further report to the Australian Bishops, Bishop Bathersby, representative to the World Catholic - Methodist dialogue said the following issues faced that dialogue: • the nature of Roman Catholic Sacramental Tradition and the representative nature of ministry,
Family initiatives ignored MELBOURNE: The Federal Government has not responded to call a for a Ministry for the Family. Fr Kevin Mogg, Episcopal Vicar for Social Welfare, is still waiting for some response to a suggestion made by him that family affairs be given a higher profile by the Federal government. He places this high on the list of priorities for the recently returned Labor Government. Fr Mogg told The Advocate: "We repeat our call for a Ministry of Department of the Family to be set up to care for, quite directly, the most vital institution of this, or any country — the family. "It is amazing," he adds, "that the annual cost of marriage breakdown is near one billion dollars, yet there is no single department whose task it is, to see to the best interest of families, to monitor the impact of legislation on family, to promote family values." While conceding that some progress has been
By MANNY CANDAPPA in The Advocate made in the areas ot welfare under the previous Labor Government, Fr Mogg sees several major priorities that the government needs to tackle. The first he says is housing. With 38,000 families on the waiting list for public housing in Victoria alone, the government simply has to address the question of low-cost housing. More and more families were in danger of slipping into poverty unless some action is taken, he said. Fr Mogg also refers to alcoholism, juvenile problems and unemployment and the need to develop further community support services in many outer suburban areas around major cities. Fr Mogg notes that the Minister for Social Security, Mr Brian Howe, is genuine in his attempts to meet these
problems and that he ought to be supported in his efforts to respond. Fr Mogg also repeats the suggestion made previously by him and other Catholic organisations that mothers who choose to remain at home to tend their children be supported through tax rebates and other forms of assistance. Mrs Pat Sutherland, director of Family Life House, an arm of the Catholic Family Bureau told The Advocate: "Family issues need to be given a higher priority in government policy." Mrs Sutherland refers to "the scandal of homelessness and child poverty, rising levels of drug addiction and child suicide" and notes that these issues are "nearly always headline fodder, especially prior to election time". "The solution can come only through a new focus on families," she said. Mrs Sutherland said
she believed it was urgent that more preventive and educative programs be developed for families instead of focusing only on crisis intervention. Recent research by the Institute of Family Studies had shown that the $7 million spent last year on marriage counselling actually saved the government $47 million on items such as Supporting Parent Benefit and Family Court costs.
• how to achieve a balance between scripture and sacramental life, between edification and evangelisation; • whether the threefold ministry of bishop, priest and deacon will be adopted for the sake of • the relationship of Episcopal Succession and Apostolic Tradition; • the role of the Bishop of Rome in any future coming together of the churches; • the place of Mary, the Mother of Christ, in the life of the Church.
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"Marriage counselling is finally getting a measure of government support. The Labor Government's commitment to double the budget for marriage counselling is to be applauded," Mrs Sutherland said. But, the "need far outstrips even this allocation. The Catholic Family Welfare Bureau, as well as its longstanding work in counselling and adoptions, also provides preventive and educative programs. We receive virtually no government funding for these programs". "The Labour Government's commitment to fund centres that promote family growth and vitality is hailed as a significant step."
the other 16 Assembly members had publicly stated their position before the vote, with eight for and eight against. It is not known whether Mr Collaery will introduce his own X-rated video legislation. But according to one legal source, Mr Collaery, as Attorney-General, may have the power to restrict or give more freedom to the X-rated video industry through regulations
rather than introducing a bill. Mr Stevenson has since confirmed that he will reintroduce his bill in six month's time. Mr Collaery was supported by the labor Party's five members and three independents, Michael Moore, Carmel Maher and Craig Duby, while the Liberal Party, Assembly Speaker David Prowse, and two Resident Rally members Norm Jensen and Hector Kinloch, supported Mr Stevenson. The ACT and the Northern Territory are the only two territories or states in Australia where X-rated videos are legal.
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Guest Editorial THE CATHOLIC WEEKLY SYDNEY
No codes, academia or hidden scrolls Going to Mass for some of us is a habit, something we do as unconsciously as doing up our shoelace or combing our hair. This being so, perhaps it is good now and then to look at the liturgy, the way it is presented and our response to it. We may ask the question: is the Gospel always presented and received in such a way that it captures the power of the story? What can the Church do to encourage people to open their ears to the story? it is a powerful story. Take, for example, St Luke's story of Our Lord's dreadful last walk. Pilate has released Barabbas the robber and Jesus is walking to his doom. Jesus has been treated so terribly that there is some doubt that he will make it to the crucifixion site. They seize Simon from Cyrene and force him to carry the Cross behind Jesus. The crowd is fascinated by the spectacle and Jesus cries out to them that days are coming when people will feel so desperate that they will wish the mountains would fall down and cover them. Jesus is crucified between two criminals. A s he is dying, Jesus cries out a prayer forgiving his executioners. He is mocked by the crowd and a satirical sign is placed above his head. One of the criminals abuses Jesus. But the other man defends him, recognising the divine mission of Our Lord. He is not speaking in codes. His world is not the groves of academia or the hoard of hidden scrolls. His agony indicates to him that he is dying a disgraceful death and he calls out, -Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!" Jesus is dying too, but he promises his neighbour in death: -In truth, I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise. It is a powerful tale: how the rich, the powerful, the learned could not see what a tortured thief near death on a cross could — that Jesus was fulfilling his divine mission. The Good Thief senses that amidst all of this blood and degradation a victory is being achieved by Jesus. -Remember me, when you come into your kingdom- he cries out to Jesus. He has rebuked the other criminal for reviling an innocent man. Now as he feels death nearing he cries out an appeal to Jesus. There is no depth of scholarship, no hidden meaning, no secret code. It comes from heart to heart. And it is rewarded. The Good Thief is justified in his desire to be with the -king- whose royalty was mocked by the Romans and the jeering crowd. The kingdom is indeed at hand. Jesus does arise from the dead. His tomb is empty. Jesus has risen again, not through magic or a trick, but from divine power. Women at the tomb are the first to realise that an amazing event has occurred. They tell the apostles, but this story of theirs seems pure nonsense and they do not believe the women. But the -nonsense- turns out to be true. Jesus appears to the apostles, gives them last instructions and ascends into heaven. The apostles, full of joy, go back to Jerusalem and are continually in the Temple praising God. It is a great story, the Gospel of St Luke. It is written in clear language by a master of classical Greek. There are no attempts at ambiguities. St Luke, the story-teller, is anxious to stress his Master's love of sinners, to show his acts of forgiveness and to contrast his tenderness for the lowly and the poor with his severity towards the proud and to those who abuse their wealth. Luke has produced a warm and human work. Through the power of stories he tells us of the need to believe in God's mercy, but also the need for true repentance and abdication of self. We do not belong to the Church of the hidden agenda. The Gospels were entrusted to the Church to proclaim loudly and clearly, so that we can say with utmost confidence: Christ has
died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. Such is the power of the true story of Jesus the Christ. 4 The Record, May 10, 1990
Death threats for priest whose 'soul was set free' "We knew most of the of the journey he and his parish took to an open people in these churces existence as Catholics. were Ukrainian Catholhe said, so becoming ics," The priest was born Orthodox Russian a had after Josef Stalin already outlawed the priest "was the only way Catholic to minister to our Ukrainian all people." imprisoning Church, "You have to realize that of its bishops and many in the catacombs you Father Yaroslav Chukh- of its priests. were able to have pernij was the assistant Religious holidays were relationships, but sonal Transfiguration pastor at celebrated quietly at the masses it had help to until last autumn, when home, Father Chukhnij the Rusthrough be to the parish declared itself said. He grew up undersian Orthodox Church," to b Ukrainian Catholic standing it was dangerRussian ous to talk about the faith he said. the and Father Chukhnij was Orthodox pastor left. with anyone outside the as a veterinarian trained knew also he but family, "When your religious in that worked and soul is repressed, it waits that he was a Catholic. profession for six years for the moment it can be "There was a movement while trying to get into Ukrainian the Russian Orthodox free," he said. "For us, among that moment came Catholic men that we seminary. A Russian October 29." needed to learn theology Orthodox bishop and be trained," he said. teleSoon after, the ordained him to the phone calls started, the Ukrainian diaconate in 1982, and While caller threatens the pri- Catholic priests were only then was he admitest's life and that of his secretly trained and ted to the seminary in wife and four children. ordained, a formal edu- Moscow. Ukrainian Catholic pri- cation was possible only Even in the Orthodox ests are allowed to marry, in Russian Orthodox seminary, he said, people seminaries. except in the West. knew he was a Ukrainian Stalin and his succes- Catholic. Talking to journalists in the church sacristy while sors repressed the Students from the westhundreds of people lined Orthodox Church as ern Ukraine — where well, but some of their more than 95 per cent of up for confession, Father Chukhnij did not discuss parishes were allowed to the population was the phone calls. He spoke function. Ukrainian Catholic
LVOV, U.S.S.R. (CNS): The 36-year-old pastor of Lvov's Transfiguration Church has been getting death threats three times a week since last October when, he said, his soul was set free.
Synod switch
VATICAN CITY (CNS): A special synod announced by Pope John Paul II is designed to give the longsilenced East European bishops a voice in developing regional church policies, said a top official of the Synod of Bishops. It is "totally wrong" to see the synod as only a forum for discussing Western church aid to Eastern Europe, said Archbishop Schotte. Necessary for success of the synod "is a change of
attitude of Western bishops," he added. Western church leaders need to have "an attitude of listening and not one of seeking to immediately and forcefully go into the East with aid and with our own ideas," said Archbishop Schofte. a Belgian. Eastern Europe must avoid "importing ideas and models which are uniquely Western, he said.
Aid programs must be based on "a joint evaluation and examination," he added. This will be the first pan-European special assembly. A special assembly of Dutch bishops was held in 1980 to discuss church life specifically in the Netherlands. The pope also has convoked a special assembly for Africa at a date yet to be determinied.
Eyeing refor HONG KONG (CNS): Bishops of China's stateCatholic recognized Church are eyeing liturgical reform of their Tridentine-style church, which could include practices established by the Second Vatican Council more than 20 years ago, said an American nun who recently visited China. Concern about liturgical reform has also been noted elsewhere in China. A Catholic Church
worker in south China recently said that copies of a new Chineselanguage translation of the Tridentine liturgy have been circulated to bishops for consultation. The church worker, said the new translation attempts to convey the genuine meaning of the Tridentine Mass in proper Chinese. That contrasts with an older which translation attempted to inject the sound of Latin into Chinese, resulting in an
artificial-sounding liturgy. Some bishops dislike the new Chineselanguage version, the same source added, because it stretches the Mass to more than an hour — longer than the current Latin-language service. The worker also said some prelates are studying the Chinese version of Mass liturgy which the Hong Kong Diocese has adopted.
before the church was suppressed — were called "schismatics" and "throwaways" by other students and professors, Father Chukhnij said. "They probably would not have taken us, but there are almost no vocations from Russia," the largest of the Soviet Union's 15 republics, he said. About 60 per cent of Russian Orthodox vocations come from the Ukraine, said Orthodox Bishop loanaf, secretary of the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, part of the Orthodox Russian Church. "Iknew in my heart and through the confessional that many people were Catholic," but attended Orthodox services at Transfiguration. Father Chukhnij said. "People would ask me, 'When can we have 'perestroika' (restructuring) for our church?" During the Oct. 29 liturgy at Transfiguration, Father Chukhnij told the people he knew
many of them were Ukrainian Catholics. He asked them if they wanted to begin living their faith publicly. "They said yes," he said. "The priest in charge was not happy about it," he said. "But the church exists for the congregation, and this is what the congregation wanted. So the pastor left." "It's probably difficult for people who live with religious freedom to realize how deep our love for our faith is," Father Chukhnij said. "It was very difficult for us not to live publicly what we were living at home." The Holy Week scene of hundreds of people in the church all day long, with or without services in progress, has been the norm since October, Father Chukhnij said. "I'm here from 6 in the morning to 11 at night, and there are always people in the church," he said. 'The feeling now is that we are soaring, spiritually."
Embryos bill under fire LONDON (CNS): The bishops of England and Wales have criticised Parliament for passing a bill allowing experimentation on human embryos up to 14 days old. "Parliament's decision may legalise this practice, but it remains morally wrong and deeply repugnant to many people," the bishops said in a statement released April 24. The House of Commons voted 363-193 for the measure, called the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. The House of Lords approved it in February, 234-80. The bishops said they doubted seriously whether the 14-day limit on experiments would stand very long as a barrier to the destruction of embryos in their early stages. The new law would permit human life to be used as an object, they said, and would encourage a tendency to look at early human life only in terms of quality control. "The desire to have a healthy baby is natural and powerful. they said, "but does not overrule
the right of early human life to be protected." They said further debate is needed on "the moral values which make life truly human." In a last-minute appeal, the five Catholic archbishops of England and Wales writing to The Times, said an embryo is from life human conception. "This fact alone should govern its status, dignity and rights under the law," they said. The benefits of the new law do not make it any more acceptable "if these benefits can only be obtained by destroying human lives," the church leaders said. British Secretary of State for Health Kenneth Clarke said during the debate that he did not regard an early embryo "as a human personality with whichIcan identify as a person to whom the criminal law must give protection." He said he was influenced in his "layman's judgment" by the tiny size of the organism and the large number of embryos that die naturally in the early stages.
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Jesuits set to move into Eastern bloc ROME (CNS): The Jesuits plan to take advantage of the growing freedom in Eastern Europe by helping to rebuild the region's church and society, said Father Peter-Hans K olvenbach, Jesuit superior general.
This means "being increasingly present in the circles in which the decisions are made that condition the orientation of social life and the promotion of cultural values," he said. Father Kolvenbach, a Dutchman who worked in Lebanon for 24 years,
said the Jesuits are healthy after a stormy period following the Second Vatican Council which saw a general crisis in priestly and religious life. The allmale society has over 26,000 members, mostly priests. Relations with Pope John Paul II are marked by "great fidelity" and the society has "open and loyal ties" to the Vatican, he said. The major problems with church authorities have involved individual Jesuits and local bishops rather than Vatican ten-
sions with the society as a whole, he added. On other issues, Father Kolvenbach said: • While vocations are dropping in Europe, they are on the upswing in Latin America, causing a shift in Jesuit priorities toward social action and inculturation. • The Jesuits are not a monolithic organisation. Internal "tensions and polarisations" exist on many issues, but the majority of Jesuits have overcome these in their apostolic work. • Jesuits plan to continue lay training pro-
grammes on political, social and economic issues, but Jesuits are prohibited from exercising a direct role in a government, political labour party Or movement.
• The society will continue running schools for all social classes, but in many countries it needs state aid if it is to provide education for the poor. • Jesuit publications can print critical articles about the church but they cannot "systematically criticise in a negative way the church
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Our 'cultural tint' is changing, he says
For Father Kolvenbach, there can be no synthesis of Marxism and Christian
social thinking. "Because their strategit methods and tactics are radically opposed, the Church and Marxism can only reciprocally fight each other, confront each other and challenge each other," he said. The upswing in vocations from Latin America and Asia, especially India, is changing the "cultural tint" and the priorities of the society, he said. "Under the influence of Latin America, Jesuits have become more sensitive to the preferential love for the poor," he said. In Asia, the main issue is "inculturation of the faith," he said.
In both cases, these priorities have caused problems, he said. "The great difficulty in Latin America is how to make concrete the preferential love for the poor in countries where those responsible of major injustices and oppression are people proclaiming themselves Catholic," he said. This has resulted in Jesuits being accused of subversion or being killed because of their social work, he said. Regarding liberation theology, he said it is "complex and ambiguous," having many branches. Father Kolvenbach praised its "originality in forming theology under the very dramatic horizon of the Latin American
poor." But he warned that some forms of liberation theology try to reduce theology to a political programme, and should be avoided in Jesuit activities. "In Asia, the most difficult task is helping a young Christian community to be a witness to the Gospel in a world which is numerically, culturally and religiously foreign to the church," he said. In India, Father Kolvenbach said he had to remove one Jesuit f rom his theology position teaching because "he had pushed his ecumenical opening so far that Christiainity was becoming diluted." Father Kolvenbach said that overall he has had to discipline about
Tip for busy bishops VATICAN CITY (CNS): Bishops should spend less time administering if it interferes with preaching, teaching and developing inner spirituality, Pope John Paul told members of Philippine the hierarchy. Priests and qualified laity could take up some of the diocesan executive chores, he said. "In the midst of God's holy people, the bishop in an eminent way is called to centre his own life on Christ," the pope said.
The pope said he realized bishops face time-consuming pastoral demands, but said these should not interfere with a bishop's own spiritual life or his teaching role. As a guideline, he cited the apostles; own judgement, related in the Gospel: "It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables." "A bishop has a personal responsibility to teach the faith of the church. He himself therefore needs time to read, study and prayerfully assimilate the con-
tents of the church's tradition and magisterium:" the pope said. Bishops should consider that when setting priorities, he said. "Administrative and social engagements, however unavoidable, must be harmonized with more basic tasks. Bishops also need to practice a subsidiarity which leaves ample room for the cooperation of priests and qualified lay persons in activities not strictly related to their pastoral office," the pope said.
ten Jesuits because of their theological views or political activities. A Jesuit who is e xpelled from the society for engaging in political partisan activity or holds a government post can be readmitted after he ends his activity, said Father Kolvenbach. Nicaraguan Jesuit Father Ferando Cardenal was expelled from the order after he refused to give up his post as the country's minister of education. There is always a danger that religious will get into trouble with local bishops because capabilities and priorities or religious orders "do not always coincide with the pastoral plans of
this or that local church," he said. "But every effort must be made to avoid becoming parallel groups and polemical toward the hierarchy," he said. Father Kolvenbach denied rumours that the current pope has considered dissolving the Jesuits. "I admit the pope may wish to change a general or other high officials — and that would be within his power," he said. "But it is really outside the realm of reality to think that he has the intention, or has had it in the past, to abolish a society that is working to the best of its ability in the service of the universal and local church."
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Birth rate a Row by row or new worry sin by sin VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II, expressing concern over Italy's low birth rate, said young couples should stop being selfish and start having children again. Christian couples must "not be defeated by an unjustified fear of children" and should "overcome the many baseless and selfish tendencies to put off childbearing", the pope said April 28. Opening one's marriage generously to children is
a "concrete gesture of love for life and a clear testimony of trust in divine providence", the pope said. He was addressing a group of Italian pastoral workers involved in family issues.
through economic incentives and institutional support. The recognition of the value of the family and marriage must be -translated socially and politically in concrete choices", he said.
The pope said openness to children was "especially important in a moment of sharp demographic decline such as that which is occurring in Italy".
Italy has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, and the number of births per year in Italy has declined by half in this century. last year in Italy the number of births per thousand inhabitants was 9.7, compared with 23 in 1940 and 33 in 1900.
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STOCKTON, Calif. (CNS): Bishop Donald W. Montrose of Stockton has ordered an end to emptying pews "row by row" for Communion because he said the practice encourages people to receive the sacrament who shouldn't. He said he was guilty of "a real sin of omission" by not correcting "an obvious abuse" and insisting that only people free of moral sin receive the Eucharist. Bishop Montrose said that a "symptom of the problem is that in many Sunday Masses almost
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'puts people on the spot' when they do not receive Holy Communion". Also forbidden, he said, would be a parish requirement that parents receive Communion with their f irst communicant children. Bishop Montrose explained two other ways besides the row-by-row method he said could be used to help people receive Communion "in an orderly fashion". First, "eucharistic ministers can be judiciously placed in the church", he said. Second, "people can
approach Holy Communion, in turn, from different areas of the church". "When the spiritual benefits of eliminating the row-by-row approach to Communion are measured against the serious detrimental consequences of this practice, there can be no question about what we have to do," he wrote. Bishop Montrose said the "urgency of this problem" could be determined by looking at the "significant number of Catholics" falling into various categories.
Clash of views over this 'Ninja' movie •
WASHINGTON (CNS): The movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles teaches children about suffering, said a child psychiatrist at a Baltimore Catholic hospital, but a Catholic conferOpticians ence critic says the film is not for children. and Optometrists The movie, which shattered box-office CONTACT LENS CONSULTANTS records when it made $25.4 million in its Perth Piccadilly Arcade 321 8151 first weekend alone, Cottesloe 19 Napoleon St 384 5605 has "a little too much Fremantle 30 Market St 335 2602 violence," said Dr • Gregory Fernandopulle. But despite that, it helps children and "talks to their psyches". Children can learn from the movie's good guys, the ninja turtles,
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violence, but Fernan- Office for film and dopulle, though per- broadcasting, said the sonally offended by it, violence, while does not see it as "strictly of comic-book harmful. variety," still "makes The movie, which is the film off-limits for filled with ninja chops young children." and kicks, generally She also said that would not be apt to "Splinter's imprisonlead children to act out ment will surely upset the assaults they see youngsters since he's he added. chained to a wall to die and kicked unmerci"Emotionally sick fully at one point." kids will try the same The U.S. Catholic thing," he said. "But these youngsters will Conference, citing pick up the same "violence involving violence somewhere bashing and smashing else in society human and turtle bodies and some mild anyhow." rouge language," clasJudith Trojan, in a sified the movie for review for the U.S. adults and Catholic Conference adolescents.
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PHNOM PENH: The tiny Catholic Church in Cambodia celebrated Easter publicly for the first time in 15 years.
Cambodian officials allowed public celebration of Easter Mass in Phnom Penh, attended by numerous government authorities and about 1500 faithful. The mass was given ample coverage on state radio and television, said Bishop Ramousse who has pastoral charge of Cambodians. "For Catholics, this was an historic event, because for 15 years the church could not publicly celebrate liturgical rites," he said.
In recent months, the government has allowed Catholics to meet in small groups and has proposed an ecumenical worship centre for Christians. The government's recent opening toward Christian churches, the bishops said, will make Catholics around the world "more willing to help this population, which is extremely poor and in absolute need of help". Western sources estimate that fewer than 2000 Catholics remain inside Cambodia, and no priests are believed to be in the country. There were some 15,000 Catholics there until 1970, when most of them fled the country during Khmer attacks.
pe's tribute to Cardinal Newman VATICAN CITY (CNS): Cardinal John Henry Newman's vision of a church that "fears no knowledge" describes the proper rule of Christianity in the changing European culture, Pope John Paul II said. The pope, addressing a
group of scholars during the centenary of Cardinal Newman's death, praised the English theologian and writer for his view that religion must accompany all learning. His advocacy of unity between theology and
science, and between faith and reason, holds a lesson for the modern world, the pope said. "In the present changing circumstances of European culture, does Newman not indicate the esential Christian contribution to building a new
era based on a deeper truth and higher values?" the pope said. Cardinal Newman, a convert to Catholicism, showed an unwavering love for the church — and here, too, offers an example to modern Catholics, the pope said.
"His was a truly spiritual vision, capable of perceiving all the weaknesses present in the human fabric of the church, but equally sure in its perception of the mystery hidden behind our material gaze," he said.
Britain 'no longer' truly Christian LONDON: Britain could no longer claim to be a truly Christian society, Cardinal Hume said in response to votes in the House of Commons on abortion and embryo experimentation. The debates had been "a searching test of the moral values of our nation", and he and the other Catholic bishops of England and Wales has been "appalled" at the results. In a statement issued after the bishops' post Easter meeting, the Cardinal said: "What has emerged with stark clarity is the lack of a moral foundation for the formation of public policy in this most crucial area, that of human life and death." He continued: "In fact as a society we have abandoned fundamental aspects of Christian
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morality. Specifically we have dispensed with the traditional Christian vision of the sanctity of human life." He said that the lowering of the upper timelimit for abortion was not signficiant. Of more significance were the amendments passed, which would allow abortion up to birth where the foetus was handicapped or where there was a danger of grave, permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman. The Cardinal said: "The effect of the amendments made by Parliament, far from further restricting abortion in this country, will in fact have the opposite effect, of permitting many more abortions to take place, and at a much later stage.
"One must ask if this was the intention of all the MPs who voted for the amendments of the Abortion Act this week." The Carindal added a personal reflection on the value which should be placed on the lives of sick and handicapped people in society. He praised the "tremendous" work done in this area by Jean Vanier, founder of the L'Arche movement, Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, founder of Cheshire Homes, and Mother Teresa of Calcutta. He also stated his admiration for thousands of able-bodied young people who travel to Lourdes each year to help sick and handicapped pilgrims. • See page 4.
high-tech okays Pope gorje Medju First Viet cathedral project ordinations bishop takes case in 15 years to Rome ROME: The Bishop of Since that time, apart Mostar-Duvno, who has from a cautious report by consistently opposed the the Croatian-speaking visionaries of Medjusection of the bishops' gorje, the Yugoslav vilconference there has lage which lies in his been no further official diocese, has now travelled communique. to Rome to pursue his Bishop Zanic has now campaign. taken a 15-page dossier He believes that the of alleged proofs of appearances of the Virdeception to Rome. gin Mary to four girls and The bishop draws comtwo boys of the village been parisons between Medwhich have jugorje, which has reported since 1981 are become famous world"false apparitions". Bishop Pavao Zanic has wide, and the Jones cult been a persistent critic of in Guyana and the the occurrences, of pil- claimed apparitions of grimages to the town and the "Madonna of the what he calls the "collec- roses" in San Damiano, a tive hallucination" and small village near Piafinancial enthusiasm cenza, in 1986. that the alleged visions In an interview with the have excited. Italian news agency In January 1987 it was ANSA, Bishop Zanic said announced that the Mar- that although he had ian apparitions would be originally defended the investigated by a com- apparitions against mission of the Yugoslav imputations by the bishops' conference. Yugoslav authorities, he Franjo had felt obliged to speak Cardinal Kuharic, Archbishop of out once he found that Zagreb and chairman of those very authorities the Yugoslav bishops' had begun to reap the conference, requested profits from the "ecothat official pilgrimages nomic miracle" caused should not be made to by the flow of pilgrims Medjugorje. from the West.
HO CHI MINH CITY: For the first time since the end of the Vietnam war in 1975 Catholic priests have been ordained in the Nha Trang diocese of Vietnam. Two are diocesan and the third, a Franiscan. All completed their studies in 1975 or 1976. The ordinations were carried out by Bishop Nguyen Van Hoa of Nha Trang, with many priests concelebrating the ordination masses. Since the end of the Vietnam war the Communist government has strictly controlled ordinations. In the case of the Nha Trang ordinations, it is not known how many names were submitted for approval, but in a recent similar case in Ho Chi Minh City in which three priests, one Dominican and two diocesan, were ordained, ten names had been submitted by Archbishop Nguyen Van Binh of Ho Chi Minh City to the authorities for approval.
Charity soup kitchen BUDAPEST: The first charitable soup kitchen for 40 years has been opened in Budapest. The canteen, which can accommodate 80 people, is financed by charitable donations from the public, although the council of Budapest's eighth district gave the site free. It is operated by four sisters sent by Mother Teresa, together with Hungarian volunteer helpers.
nium", he said. The pope spoke to people involved in the project from the French diocese of Evry-CorbeilEssones, south of Paris, where the architect Mario Bofta has designed the building, a squat cylinder w ith a sloping roof crowned with a circle of trees. A cathedral must be an "expressive sign" of the presence of the Church in
the community, said the pope. It should be "a symbolic readable e xpression today" of France's spiritual traditions, he added. Work on the cathedral is scheduled to start in NovEmber. In keeping with modern trends, the $10 million project will allow donations to be made by credit card and will have religious services broadcast by satellite.
JERUSALEM: Mayor both Eastern and WestTeddy Kollek of Jerusalem ern Christians. said that the movement of The Israeli government Jewish settlers into his later acknowledged that city's Christian Quarter it secretly provided $1.8 was a "great stupidity" million to help the and a "grave mistake". settlers buy the lease through a Panamanian It violated, he said, the company. pledges given after the After court challengers, reuniting of Jerusalem the Israeli Supreme during the 1967 war that Court ruled that the the interests of all reli- settlers had to vacate, gious groups would be though it allowed the respected. Panamanian company to keep 20 of them there members "I blame the of the Cabinet who not pending a court ruling on only allowed this but the legality of the lease. Kollek said 20 were too encouraged it," he said. many, and that the Greek After buying a house Orthodox patriarchate held by an Armenian on was trying to get the property owned by the number reduced. Greek Orthodox patriarHe also criticised the chate — the St John's patriarchate, which, he Hospice complex near said, had neglected the the Church of the Holy property for 30 years and Sepulcher — 150 Jewish leased it to a "crook". settlers moved in on He said he had been almost April 11 during what was alone among Israelis in Holy Week this year for condemning the settlers'
entry "from the first moment", though now had been joined by a Cabinet minister. He said he agreed with Jews who contended "everybody can live everywhere", but that as a matter of common sense the existence of communities populated by specific groups should be respected. "We have a serious problem of Christians leaving." he said, adding that this had gone on sincece the beginning of the century. Kollek said Christians in Jerusalem did not unite to help e.ach other, and the Christians of the world had not done enough to assist their fellow believers in Jerusalem get education and stay in business. While sharply condemning the settler incident, Kollek defended Israel's record overall in respecting religious rights, and compared it favourably with the pre-1967 situation when the Old City was under Jordanian control.
VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II has given his stamp of approval to a controversial, high-tech cathedral project in one of France's modern, new cities inhabited by young, highly skilled technicians. "Ft is natural to have a work of contemporary art," as a "monument making sense to generations wanting to open the way to the third millen-
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When liturgy reaIIy hits home It happened a few years ago in a small country parish. They were in the pew in front of my husband and me: a tall man, his neck creviced like a creek parched by the summer sun, and his wife, with her jacket hitched up in the back to hug the hump of her spine.
and deliNtE tely with trembling hat ds. The priest spoke a few words to then, They genii lected as much as the tired legs allowed, aid then turned. Tli!ir faces shone. This seerri ley ordinary couple, who symbolically had )ffered the gifts of each of us, had surrendered hemselves totally.
You could guess that their life had been hard but they possessed a majesty that cannot be bought. They stepped inside the They leaned to each liturgical celebration's other with tender famil- mystery and their smiles iarity and as the Offer- invited us to on them. tory approached, he put We returned their his arm around her and smiles and friends and said, "Now." strangers, as if discoverThey carried the gifts to ing a secret together, the altar self-consciously were united.
There was something so rare about the experience I wondered what I could do to capture again that sense of celebration, and participation community. SoIbegan to ask people: "What is there about the Mass that helps you worship better?" A widower replied: "The friendliness of the congregation, especially at the Sign of Peace.Ifeel like I'm part of God's people and not so alone." Rita was enthusiastic about the music. "All those voices raised in praise together are aweinspiring and I find myself singing snatches of the hymns all week long."
Many answered it was the homily, "especially if it personally hits home for me". If the priest talks in abstractions, his words fall through the cracks of my attention, a building contractor said. But when he takes the lessons of Jesus and pierces the realities of today, "my stubborn conscience is challenged". "In my work there is the temptation to cut corners," he said. "Nothing major, but in the long run I increase my profit. One Sunday the priest didn't mince words about the labourers in the vineyard doing a full day's work and
One summer he volunteered for work in South Wolford Hughes America. "It changed me. I can never think of about small-time crooks myself alone again. I am cheating and making my brother's keeper," he deals. I remember his said. words every time I'm Personally,Ihave found tempted by some phony that if I reflect on the scheme." Scripture readings for A tertiary student the Mass ahead of time I repeats the Prayers of the have a better chance of Faithful to his friends. grasping their truths. "They connect our faith When I then hear them with the problems of the proclaimed from the world and civic responsi- altar, they are not bility," he said. smigrant thoughts "I'm 20 years old," he ing by. said. "Most of my life I Almost everyoneI queswas marking time. Life was easy but self-serving. tioned agreed that the Then some of the stuff more you bring to the we were studying in liturgy and the more you political science got to participate, the more you receive. me." By Jane
Being 'part of the plan' When actor Yul Brynner was in the midst of his record run for performances in "The King and I," he was asked how he could play the same role night after night. "The audience makes it possible," he replied. "They are part of the play." Vatican CouncilII made a similar point in its Constitution on the Liturgy: "The full and active participation by all the people is the aim to be considered before all else" (No.14). According to the council, the liturgy is the action of Christ with his members, the mystical body. (In the liturgy the head does not act without the body and the 8
unifies their individual contacts. Listening: Most worshipers spend most of the time at worship listening. This may not seem like much of an activity. But when each person is attentive to what is read or said, the words have greater impact because
A special listening moment is the homily. Remember, no audience is captive. An attentive congregation summons from the homilist a response that will bring them closer to the Lord. Responding: Most responses in the liturgy
Gathering: The first act of participation is in actually coming together for liturgy. If parishioners enter shaking hands, smiling, noticing strangers and introducing themselves. they are creating a friendly atmosphere. These simple exchanges begin forming people into a community. This is not irreverent, it is preparation. Once gathered in this way, the congregation is ready to function as the body of the Lord. Then an opening song
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they draw together the are scripted. "The Lord energy of the hearers. be with you." "And with The words then touch your spirit." "Let us pray everyone at once rather to the Lord." "Lord hear than competing with a MIT prayer." constant, restless underexchanges Such tow of whispers and between priest and people can become routine. shifting.
But these words are not bits of liturgical etiquette, they are declarations of liturgical truth. Is the Lord with us? Are we thankful to hear God's Word? Does our Amen affirm all that has just been proclaimed? In its responses, the congregation answers yes to each question. A person does not need a musician's skill or a lector's resonance to till these responses with affirmation. Physical Moving: movement is restricted in most liturgies, but there are three pivotal points for the congregation. The first is the greeting of peace. This is an opportunity to solidify the bonds established already through gathering, listening and responding. The greeting itself could paraphrase the theme of
the liturgy, the Scriptures of the homily. "May the faith of the woman in today's Gospel deepen your own." "May this Pentecost renew the Spirit within you." The second point involving movement is receiving Communion. This simple action expresses many meanings. It touches each person intimately but only if he or she comes forth publicly; it enables people to receive Christ's body at the same time Christ receives them into his body. The third movement is the dismissal. How people depart from the liturgy and one another indicates whether the liturgy is simply over with so that they can get back to their lives or is completed so that they can bring it into their lives.
His comments reminded me of an insight heard at a day of prayer "At Mass we are not watching a pPssion play. We are the drama. We become the Word of God when we live the truths proclaimed in the scriptural readings."
When people went to readings, reflection, By Father the various shrines of response, instruction, John Castelot Israel or to the temple prayer. There was in Old Testament nothing to watch and times, they did not go The latter shared his plenty to do. to watch someone do portion with family was Everyone something. They went and friends. Everyone engaged in what was. to do something was engaged in paying basically, common homage to God, enterthemselves. "communion" prayer. Since most In practically all the ing into were synagogues liturgical sacrifices the with him. small, anyone who Israelites offered, the There was nothing didn't participate priest performed a mechanical, nothing stood out like a sore ritual act. But it was magic, about all these thumb. the people who were rites. If one was not It was that rich the real offerers, and intimately engaged it tradition that the first their involvement was was a mockery of the Christians continued re- Since they were Jews active and significant. divine-human lationship. Israelites the When it was "in their bones". offered a holocaust, Highly significant, Attendance at liturgy the animal was burnt then, are Jesus' words without active involvecompletely, thus dedi- in the Sermon on the ment would have cating it totally and Mount: "Therefore, if made no sense to irrevocably to God, you bring your gift to them. the altar, and there In a vignette of the source of all life. The person offering recall that your first communities, the animal laid his brother has anything Luke left us this hand on the victim's against you, leave your precious description head to indicate that gift there at the altar, of an intimately the sacrifice was being go first and be recon- involved people: made in his name and ciled with your "They devoted thembrother, and then for his benefit. selves to the teaching your He actually slew the come and offer 5:23of the apostles and to (Matthew gift" animal; the priest then the communal life, to performed the ritual 24). the breaking of bread Jesus was echoing the and to the prayers . . . act of pouring its blood around the altar to warnings of all the Every day they signify that life itself prophets before him. devoted themselves to belonged to God in a They were unrelent- meeting together in ing in their denuncia- the temple area and to unique way. tion of those who were breaking bread in comwere There merely to "go their homes" (Acts content munion sacrifices of the motions". 2:42,46). through various sorts, but they be involved, must One all had one common personally, actively, The picture certainly feature: the victim was conveys the impresshared, with portions sincerely. synagogue sion of an actively The going to God, the of engaged people. consisted liturgy offerer. priest, the
Right: The greeting of peace during the liturgy offers participants an opportunity to solidify their bends as a c ommunity, says Father Robert Kinast.
members of the body are expected to contribute, not to be present as "strangers or silent spectators" (No. 47). The active role of lectors, music leaders and eucharistic ministers is clear enough. But what contribution do the people in the pews make?
Later at the cemetery, a man quietly mused: "That Mass really got to me. Frank lived what he believed. Most of us go through the motions — waffling between what God calls us to and our own selfishness. We live a kind of spiritual schizophrenia. In the long run, Frank's way is the only one that makes sense."
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Left: Christians do not attend a passion play when they go to the liturgy, writes Jane Wolford Hughes. They are the drama. They are meant to take an active part in the liturgy.
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what But in addition, at remembering certain liturgies you are Frank had meant to them privileged to see in a Backward, forward, in special way what the laughter and tears, fullness of celebration, Frank's son, Father Bob, participation and com- had mated a flawless munity is all about. link between his father's Let me tell you of one life and the passion and death of Christ. such occasion. We lost our sense of It was noon. The funeral liturgy had begun at time as we entered God's loam, but as the crowd time. moved to the parking lot We came together no one complained how because death had called long it had taken. someone we cherished. Rather, people spoke of We were impelled the unhurried beauty of that purpose to beyond the ritual, celebrating the see clearly that which we long Christian life of a often gloss over that the man named Frank liturgy calls each of us to whose active days began our own death to self so with the Eucharist. that a new person will go People savoured the forth in peace to love and emotional richness of serve the Lord.
DISCUSSION POINTS FOOD RR THOUGHT
Picture a mother and he r college-bound dame!. at the kitchen table 01" evening, long after dhow r is finished. The mother lista; intently as her &ugh!' for the first time ree opens up about 10: hopes for the future her vision of the worn "out there".
As their conversation unfolds, the mother feels a little worried about all the unknowns of the
future, but ultimately
confident in a young woman who, at this moment, is giving evidence of so much promise. For the mother, this
evening is eventful. Her attention is rapt, for their topic of conversation concerns her so profoundly her daughter's future happiness.
Sunday liturgy, for example, a "conversational" event unfolds that addresses people's profoundest concerns and invites their response.
Something similar to this conversation occurs when the sacraments are celebrated in church communities. In the
The liturgy soothes, perplexes and challenges. It redirects thinking or gives support and encouragement.
The liturgy doesn't just "leave you alone", undisturbed. It is meant to evoke your rapt attention and your commitment to the promise it holds — a promise that ultimately shapes you happiness and the happiness of those around you.
7 What makes you active — not passive — during the Sunday I Selected responses from readers: "A great plus was hearing a homilist who can identify with as a Catholic laywoman to receive a simple message from the that will help ml meet the challenges of the everyday world," — An gs a "Communication with God during mass with other parishi week feeling of warmth, contentment and peace, a time to reflect on and make a renewed commitment for the next week," — Roy Sc h. "I spend one hour each Sunday visiting Jesus in his house be a foolish guest if I didn't engage fully in the conversation he offenttille gifts he extends and the divine meal he serves," — Drew DeCoursey. "I am motivated by warmth and frienship in the presider, ministers and congregation. This makes me aware that I am a member of a caring eucharistic community ready to live out what we have shared," — Kathy Levendusky. "I take part in the responses, singing and offer others the Sign of Peace." — Ken Schreiber.
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Spanish priest: Help us help Africa Fr Andrew and his helper Albert Salvans pictured in Perth. Two years of hands-on missionary experience in Africa by a Spanish has seminarian resulted today in a lay missionary organisation working extensively in Barcelona but also in remote northoast Kenya. After his ordination Father Francisco Andreo did not forget those two years in the Cameroon and today he is the force behind an approved association of lay people In the "Claraeulalias" community, capturing the Franciscan spirit of St
Clare and the patronal care of the martyr St Eulalia of Barcelona. Working early in his esthood with youth, Fr Andreo found them drawing together into a community. Eight years later the time had come for them to move into the wider world. For men who would want to become probably missionary priests and full-time lay missionaries the process was felt to be longer than for women who today are the major part of the community's field force.
A visit to Kenya in 1982 resulted in local church approval for the fledgling association and when Kiltegan missionary Bishop John Mahon had to get a diocese going in the remote north-west of Kenya he said he wanted the principal missionary social work in his area to be done by people tied to a spiritual community. As a result, 15 missionaries commute between Nairobi and Lodwar diocese on lake Turkana where they run five dispensaries and mobile clinics and help train
youth in an area of some 10,000sq km and a population of 40,000, mainly nomads in a semi desert. With Catholics in the diocese only six per cent — some 16,000 out of 300,000 — evangelisation means in the first instance offering social help to the people through health and secondary schooling and letting the spirit of the gospel be seen in that way. Nutritional education and fostering womanhood amongst Turkana
women is an extension of their horizon. For their health care the Spanish community is providing funds from Spain and in their secondary school work all but 30 per cent of funds coming from the diocese, the remainder coming from Spain. Father Andreo and his assistant Albert Salvans were in Perth last week as part of an Australian tour to solicit interest and funds for their African venture. They can be contacted through PO Box 49547, Nairobi,
Kenya. When the idea of makIn fact, the community ing their missionary has decided that unless work reach out into the they can be involved and traditional fields it was create interest in First Father Andreo's expeWorld areas then their rience that set their work for the Third World sights on Africa, looking will be restricted. first at Africa and then Already groups have coming to rest in Nairobi been started in Italy and where they studied Swahili and offered their Germany. But the biggest thrust services to Cardinal still takes place in their Otunga. home base of Barcelona where a community of Today the group can 50 spread out through number four Africans the working class sub- among their number urbs in work for the poor, with a number of other the aged and others in A fricans training in need. various trades.
The express way to Recently when I was in the intensive care section of the Yachimata Hospital with pneumonia, asthma, diabetes, and massive heart failure I had a wonderful experience of God's presence that c onvinced me that death is a beautiful gift from God. I felt so taken up and united with a wonderful presence then that nothing else seemed to matter. Later on, when the crisis was over, I had sleepless nights, coughing, wheezing, and dry retching from 10pm till
From Australiv r Coiumban missiot,
ary in Japan, Fathe, Kevin Flinn, who spent two years on a posting in Western Australia.
chest I hardly dared to mysteries of the rosary as move. a program of action I felt deserted and whenever we are sick or By the third day I got to frightfully alone. suffering. thinking about what I could not think of We should keep anything and praying Jesus was trying to tell me through my sickness. reminding ourselves like was out of the question. One message seemed to Jesus in the Garden I I was tired, aching and be "relax, let go, let Me must not run away, like very exhausted. A day in take over". Jesus at the scourging (I hospital can be a very That was easy to grasp must absorb all these long time. since I could do so little hurts) like Jesus when The first two days I by myself, not even crowned with thorns (I concentrated on staying relieve nature unaided. must be silent and think); alive. And the doctor kept like Jesus carrying His With the oxygen tubes advising me: "Slow cross (I must carry on in my nose, the overhead down . . . take things until the end); like Jesus drip oozing nourish- easy . . . don't do so on the cross (I must ment, antibiotics and much . . . relax." forgive everyone and medicine into my right osed to tell people that offer myself fully to the arm, and the suction tabs since Jesus promised to Father). of the heart-monitorinj, be with us all the time we But when I came to machine adhering to my should use the sorrowful suffer I cound not prac10 The Record, May 10, 1990 4am.
tice my own advice. I kept looking for the presence of Jesus in what was happening. A group of seven or eight Japanese mothers in a sharing group had come to agree that if Jesus lives in us, and He says He does, the only visible signs of His presence are our attitudes towards others — our words, actions, looks and non-verbal communications; and our intimacy with Him when we are alone. In our intimacy with Him, like the ebb and flow of the sea, some-
times we are on a spiritual high and feel very close to Him, at other times we are on a spiritual low and seem to be a long way from Him, but we always know that a normal or high tide is sure to follow. During the days in the hospital I experienced His presence. The doctors and nurses expressed His loving care for me, the green-tea girl and the cleaners His sympathy and the priests and visitors His friendship and solicitude. I was never alone. He was there always. When I was well enough to release His presence from within me I had proof of His presence immediately, from the girl who served the green-tea. The dayIcould manage a warm smile she exclaimed: "Oh look at your eyes! You are so much better Ican tell by your eyes." That made her happy. During the night I just agonised alone. At first I thought that I was called to experience Jesus' sense of loneliness and desolation when deserted by His friends in the garden, or when
forsaken by His Father on the cross: My God. My God. Why have you forsaken me? But I'm no saviour. I'm a coward when faced by Feeling suffering. deserted and alone in suffering only made me more miserable. A person once asked me what to do when the pain of gall stones was so intense that praying was impossible. From my book-learnt experience I advised: "Offer it up in advance with the sufferings of Jesus," and "suffer it for the love of Jesus". But now I know from personal experience that when a maddening pain strikes, one cannot go through the mental gymnastics of "I will offer this. . ." or "I will suffer this for. . .". The overwhelming reality is the pain. It blots out everything else. One's whole being declares "I am suffering". Without faith it is impossible to find Jesus in that pain. On the third night I was arranging my bed to be in a sitting position preparing for the hours I dreaded, when a startling "if" started me off again.
"If" Jesus, not me, was filld with aches and pains, coughing, wheezing, and dry retching for hours on end how would He feel? I hardly dared to spell out the answer. It seemed almost irreverent. But being like me in all things but sin He would feel as I did. Jesus wheezing and dry retching! How else could He suffer in and through me? All of His sufferings became His path of glory and he shares that path with us. Now all of our sufferings can become our path to glory. The truth of "Jesus suffering through me" seemed staggering at first. God's gift of faith enlightened that truth for me. There is no me being here and Jesus being there and something passing from me to Him to me. There is no me being here and Jesus being beside me and Jesus and T cooperating in suffering together. When pain is the big reality here is Jesus and here am I — Jesus suffering in me and me suffering in Him.
Catholic 'first' in arts festival Western Australia will see its first Catholic Performing Arts Festival this year with an expected great contribution of talent from Catholic students. Co-ordinator Mr Francis Douglas covering the central region is embracing feeder primaries into Mercedes, Chisholm and Trinity. He moves from school to school setting up their music and drama program within his recent new appointment as well as running professional development days and seminars for teachers. Any teacher from a Catholic school is welcome, he said. The festival is not to be considered as an Eisteddfod because they are not adjudicating, but rather a participation of talent; a performance. Mr I)ouglas outlined it will be on the lines of a giant assembly with every participant receiving a certificate in recognition of his/her contribution. On the final night September 14, at Winthrop Hall. University of WA at 7.30pm, to which
By Colleen McGuiness-Howard everyone is welcome Mr Douglas added, some will be selected to perform and extra awards given. "No money prizes! Just sheer fun and a chance to demonstrate one's ability, with a high standard of talent anticipated." Archbishop Foley will be opening the festival and donating a perpetual trophy for liturgical music, with the premier donating one for drama, and Monsignor Keating giving one for speech. All the musical trophies will come from the major superiors of the women's Religious Orders, "in gratitude for the sisters who taught over the last century". The music teachers taught for long hours and produced some of the finest musicians and teachers of music as well as producing excellence in the fields of speech and drama, said Mr Douglas, and tuition money was used to run the convents. As to how it all started, the Archives tell us the
first bazaar was held at Victoria Square in April 1848 by Mother Ursula Frayne and her six Mercy sisters. It used a great draw card, Bishop Salvado who was a talented pianist of some note who'd played in the Courts of Europe. Bishop Salvado walked from New Norcia, which was his usual practice, and opened the bazaar with a grand overture. A fter holding his audience spellbound for half an hour, the first table of goods for sale was made available. After that another half hour of wonderful playing, and then the second table was uncovered for sale. A third time and same thing, with raffles to boost the takings all of which saw a profit of 57 pounds for the sisters. But the significance of the event was that from that time onwards the sisters really started their music tuition in earnest along with speech and drama. As an aside, while
Bishop Salvado's musical talent stirred the hearts and souls of his listeners, so did his appearance as he played in his tattered (wouldn't yours be if you Francis walked from New Norcia?!) habit along with his Douglas . . . he moves from worn out shoes. One dear school to old Irish lady in poor setting school straights herself, thought up music and his need greater than drama hers and gave him her programs. old shoes to wear! Within the 99 sections, there will be a chance for any child with talent to perform as long as the child attends a Catholic school or college; even section WA for though the child may be composers. learning the discipline Scenes from musicals elsewhere, he or she can will be performed with still represent their Trinity doing West Side school. Story, Mercedes My Fair There will also be scope Lady and Chisholm, within the sections, for Annie, with other presenting example music where schools the range will run from scenes from different classical strings to rock musicals. Each will bring groups. their own costumes and portable scenery. be will A big emphasis Mr Douglas believes put on Australian litugical groups to promote there is so much talent Australian composers, lying dormant, neglected and in particular WA and not sufficiently composers as within encouraged, that it's time liturgical dance, where we looked at our own there will be a specific local product instead of
importing others. "Especially imported tapes in liturgy which are totally unnecessary instead of using our great WA talent which should be utilised." Zenith Music managers Lionel and Jon Cranfield, are sponsoring the Performing Arts Festival and giving a huge discount on music required by the schools for the festival. They are also providing the sound system for the Australian Up Beat program so primary school teachers need only bring their class, costumes,
tapes — and perform! Schedules will be distributed this week to all schools advising them of the special opportunity to take part and display talent as well as thoenjoy roughly themselves. Needless to say, schools outside the metro area are also welcome, he emphasised. The festival will run from September 1-14 and for more information, please contact Mr Douglas on 271 7181, preferably Fridays.
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retching spells to begin. "I'm right behind you Jesus in whatever you want to do" was my attitude. As each night I persuaded him to do what he liked with me the less he seemed to want to suffer in me. Could it be that He had wanted my total submission more than He wanted my suffering? AsIgradually improved the two words total submission stayed with me. The whole story of the Cross is one of total submission. Jesus in his human body obedient to the Father, totally submitted himself to the powers of evil and to death. But he conquered them all. Now He shares His glorious victory with us by living in our human bodies encouraging us to totally submit to the Father's plan. His message for me is very clear "Fear not. I have conquered. You can too. Total submission to my Father's plan guarantees victory over sin, suffering, and death. By total submission you too shall overcome." May I never forget it.
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The green hills around New Norcia Catholic College rang to the sound of music last week . . . . . . And elderly citizens like Mr Fred Carter, 95, lapped it up. The college laid on a sumptuous celebration to mark Senior Citizens' Week on the Tuesday afternoon in Weld Square.
More than 60 elderly people from Wongan Hills, Moora and other places in the Victoria Shire Plains turned out for the open-air concert in brilliant sunshine. A group of aging Benedictine monks were among them. An elderly couple from Perth made the long trip to New Norcia for the occasion.
As each citizen entered t he new-look Weld Square they were formally welcomed by Year 12 and Year 11 students
who presented each one with a bouquet of flowers. A concert followed soon afterward with Irish dancing and singing. A teacher, Mr Gerry Deasy, gave a rendition of several old favourites in his soft, lilting Irish tenor voice. Students Alvan Santos (Year 12) and David Susilo (Year 11) played violin and organ respectively during the afternoon. Year 8 student Nathan Whitely sang in the style which has made him
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The large attendance was also treated to an equestrian display and horsemanship in an area which forms part of Weld Square. The chief organiser was Mrs Jan Campbell. Ninety-year-old Mrs Rowley, of Moora, summed the day up when she said: "It was just beautiful." And she, like Mr Carter, of Wongan Hills, will be back at New Norcia next year — God willing.
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Anzac to remember from Monsignor KEATING, Highgate Sir, With the appointment of a distinguished former army chaplain Fr James Petry to the parish of Cottesloe/Swanbourne and the 75th anniversary of the first landing of the Anzacs receiving so much publicity, I thought your readers would be interested in the following extract from James A. Whelan, London editor, -The Cork Examiner', published on May 1, 1959. "AUSTRALIAN CHAPLAIN The death has taken place at Perth, Western Australia, at the age of 75 of Father John Fahey, a Tipperaryman, who was awarded the DSO for services as a chaplain with the AIF at Gallipoli and France in World War I Father Fahey was PP of St Mary Star of the Sea, Cottesloe, Perth. He made a lasting impression in Gallipoli by his services to the 11th Australian Battalion. Father Fahey and Father McMenamin, a chaplain with the New
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Thank you St Jude's Novena May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever, Sacred Heart of Jesus, hear our prayer. St Jude, worker of miracles, pray for us. St Jude, helper of the hopeless, pray for us. Say this prayer nine times a day. By the eight day your prayers will be answered. Say it for nine days. It has never been known to fail. Publication must be promised. Thank you St Jude for many favours granted A H
Rosary of the Holy Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ or chaplet of mercy may be said on the Rosary beads. On the large beads: Eternal father, I offer thee the wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ, to heal the wound; of our souls. On the small beads: My Jesus. pardon and mercy, through the merits of My Holy Wounds. Promises of Our Lord to St Mary Martha: "I will grant all that is asked of me by the invocation of my Holy Wounds. You must spread the devotion." Sacred penitentiary, January 15, 1924. These two invocations were taught by our Lord to Sr M. Martha Chambon, deceased. in the visitation of Chambery, France, March 21, 1907. The sister received from our Lord a double "Mission" constantly to invoke the Holy Wounds herself, and to revive this devotion in the wor.,1. M. Ramm
Ask Saint Clare for three favours, one business, two impossible. Say nine Hail Marys with faith. Pray with a candle lit, and let it burn to the end on the ninth day. Publicise both these prayers. Thank you most Holy Spirit and St Clare. Ann Grateful thanks to St Jude, Sacred Heart of Jesus for favours granted. May your names be praised forever. J.V.B.
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Martyr. great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patron in time of need, to you I have cause from the depth of my heart I and humbly beg of you to whom GM has given such power to come to my assistance. Many thanks for granted favours. Thank you St Therese of Child Jesus. S.V.
Zealand Forces, went in the transports from Lemnos Island for the first landing at Anzac on April 25, 1915, and were the first of the chaplains in the firing line looking after their men. Father Fahey filled his spare time carrying up provisions and helping the wounded back. On an occasion when all the officers had been killed or disabled he led on the remnants of the company, although he himself had only a stick. He had four bullets in his pack at Gallipok one through a jam tin out of which he was eating, which spoiled the jam and made him very wild, one through his water-bottle, one through a tobacco-tin in his pocket: one took the epaulette off his tunic, and once he had nineteen shrapnel bullets through a water-proof sheet in which he was lying a few minutes before." Father John Fahey was also a remarkable parish priest of Cottesloe. Father Michael Ryan, the immediate past parish priest of Cottesloe Swanbourne, is his nephew.
THANKS Holy Spirit you who solve all Thank you for your loving problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You care. Pray nine Hail Marys gave me the divine gift to in honour of Our Lady forgive and forget all evil and St Clare daily for nine against me and that in all days with candle burning. instances of my life you are On the ninth day let it with me. I want in this short burn out. Also thanks to St prayer to thank you for all Jude. Love, Noel things as I confirm once again that I never want to be Special thanks to the Infant separated from you ever in Jesus of Prague for favours spite of all material illusions. granted. The nine hour I wish to be with you in novena is most gratifying to eternal glory. Thank you for the Divine Child of Prague — N.R. mercy towards me and mine. published as This prayer must be said for three days after which the Most Sacred Heart of favour will be granted. The Jesus may your name be prayer must be published praised and glorified immediately. Thanking Our througho ut the world Lady of Perpetual Succour, Si Jude. St Antony and St Claire. now and forever. Many thanks. WD B Enid Jones
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Forty Antioch leaders, meeting for a formation day at St John and Paul Parish, Willefton on Sunday 22 April, were joined by over 150 Antiochers from all over Perth for Mass and prayer later that evening. Led by antioch coordinator Sister Emilie Cattalini, the leaders
spent all afternoon swapping notes and ideas on how to keep their groups growing both in numbers and in faith. Antioch continues to be one of the great success stories among Australia's Catholic youth, as evidenced by the numbers of enthusiastic Antiochers attending the Mass that evening.
Kathy Collins, Kate Harringer and Libby Burgess, all of the new Bedford Antioch community, during a break at the Leaders' Day.
Parent couples and families also came along for a taste of Antioch's unique blend of music, prayer, sharing and lively fun.
Over 100 stayed on for a talk given by Geoff Lawrence and Juliette Lush, and then for a magnificent prayer time in the lady Chapel. With two new Antioch communities to start soon in Perth and 'Crossroads" underway, 1990 is shaping up as a big year on the Catholic youth scene!
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Part of the big 22 April.
)N1= Over 100 Antiochers stayed on for a talk and prayertime after the Leaders' Day Mass.
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Bernadette Lawrence of South Perth passed on a few helpful hints to Nancy and Rod Turner, parent couple for the new Bedford community.
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CROSSROADS TO TOMORROW "Crossroads to Tomorrow", the 1991 Catholic Youth Conference, has created enormous interest among WA young people since its official launch last weekend. coConference ordinator Kristi McEvoy (328 9878) has already started receiving enquiries about the event, to take place at Aquinas College in Manning on 11-16 January next year. Most queries have come through the information
brochures, sent to all WA Julia is also coschools and parishes ordinating the conferalong with the distinctive ence program, an excit"Crossroads" poster. ing week of talks and Well over 250 informa- elective topics answering tion packs were mailed the issues raised in a just ten days ago, one of national survey of youth the largest mail-outs carried out late last year. handled by the Youth Office in recent years. Meanwhile moves are To manage this huge underway to launch a talcs Kristi was joined by major fundraising drive, Julia McGinty (nee Pick- necessary to keep regisering), a former CPY tration costs as low as worker and driving force possible. Get behind behind the first Catholic these efforts to make Youth Conference held "Crossroads" the best youth conference yet! in Perth in 1985.
ECCLESIAL ASSISTANT
he Young Christian Students Movement in Perth is r currently accepting applications for the position of Ecclesial Assistant to movement in 1990. The position involves working in a team, being able to communicate well with secondary students and other adults in the movement, with his/her focus being the spiritual growth of those within the movement. Past experience of the Review of Life method and the Cardijn movements is desirable. The position is part-time (approx 20 hrs/week).
Interested perons should phone Annette, Lisa or Warren at the YCS Office on 227 7061. Applications close June 4.
with Vicki Meyer
This annual weekend program is open to all Catholic youth aged 16 years and over.
TOTALLY WEIRD TOUR
Cost: Just $30 Information & bookings: Phone 328 8136
Tuesday, June 5th, 8pm Perth Concert Hall Tickets $19.90 single
or call at the Youth Office 30 Claverton St, North Perth 111
YOUTH OFFICE DIRECTORY
Available from Scripture Union Bookshop Perth, Music Park Victoria Park, all BOCS outlets.
CHAPLAIN: FR PARKINSON 328 9878
ANTIOCH 328 9878 YCW 328 9667
CRYO 328 9878
YCS 227 7061
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Religious Worlds, by Max Cbarlestvortb and Robert lngpen, pub by Puffin, $9.99. Since humans first existed they have answered big and deep questions through their own particular religious beliefs. Religious Worlds tells us abciit many of the hundreds
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The Ghost in Abigail Terrace by Robin Klein. Published by Omnibus Books. $16.99 Mr Claude has been haunting Abigail Terrace for fifty years and he is most annoyed when his peaceful home is invaded by a noisy family: Mitzi, an interior decorator; Aunt Bethel, obsessed with keeping the house clean; and Mitzi's daughter Joanna who upsets Mr Claude when she races through him on the
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A Blossom Promise by Betsy Byars. Published by Piper. $6.99. Maggie's mum had promised. This would be her last rodeo. From now on the family would he together. But Maggie knew it would take more than even a Blossom Promise for that to come true. It would take something BIG. Something big usually happened to the Blosst-xns especially to Pap. Perhaps he should have known bettet than to try lassoing rafts in flooded creek.
Mr Claude decides that to get rid of the family all he has to do is haunt their house and scare them away. Unfortunately, this isn't that easy because, to his horror, Mr Claude finds that he can't materialise into a normal white ghost, instead he gets mixed up in other peoples thoughts and turns into anything from a chequered table-cloth to a Peruvian wall -hanging.
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Pub by Papermac. $599. Little of Kipling's work has achieved the enduring appeal of these stories inspired by his knowledge of the wild world of the Indian jungles.
Here is the boy Mowgli, brought up by wolves and taught the life and lore of the tungle by a memorable cast of animal tutors — Akela the lone wolf, Bagheera the black panther. Balcx) the brown bear, and Rikki-TikkiTavi the snake -battling mongoose.
Book buffs
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Great Our land Aussie VP'Mb Of i Explore 011iVi Australia
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Australian Wildflowers by Patricia Weare. Published by Collins Australia. bb. $45. Australian Wildflowers contains exquisite watercolour paintings of some of our most well-loved native flowers: wattles, gums, wild daisies, delicate forget -meriots and many others. Patricia Weare's illustrations reveal a beauty that is sometimes missed when the plants are overshadowed in the wild by bigger. coarser vegetation. They are more
than just beautiful illustrations however, they are also botanically correct, drawn life size and true in colour and form. Patricia Weare travelled over 50,000 kilometres to collect the specimens she paints so lovingly Many times she went back to a plant to capture it in flower or to show a detail of its seed pods. Patricia Weare's painstaking research and great love of Australian wildflowers are clearly expressed in this magnificent book.
Small Tales of a Town, by Susan Webster. Published by Collins, $12.95. To the journalist who arrives fresh from Melbourne, the small town on the edge of the outback looks quiet enough — just a straggle of sun-baked buildings set in the middle of thousands of kilometres of red, shifting sand. But behind the sleepy facade lurks tragedy farce, fierce feuds and enough extraordinary characters to keep The Weekly Advertiser packed with copy
There is rumour of the boy kept chained up like an animal by his parents, the cricket match where everyone gets food poisoning, courtesy of the doctor's wife's chicken sandwiches, the 'bloody Conuno' newcomer who wants to turn the Kookaburra Cafe into a health-food store and rename it Engels, not to mention the episode of the giant carrot. Written with charm. poignancy and humour, Small Tales of a town is the first novel from Susan Webster.
Nature abode
Tbe Natural House Book by David Pearson. Published by Collins. $24.95. In recent years Australians have become more health conscious than ever before, as demonstrated by the increased popularity of health clubs, organic products and vegetarian restaurants. People are examining their lifestyles with an awareness of the consequences of activities like cigarette smoking, stress, eating habits, exercise and sleep. This has been an important step. But how many of us realise
the relationship between our health and our homes? It's not just the nature of the materials that our house is made from, or the astonishing range of chemicals we store within it. The design of our houses is emerging as a factor which also contributes significantly to our well being. The Natural House Book by British architect and planner David Pearson explores these concepts and proposes helpful and realistic solutions, This is a story which is of vital concern to all Australians.
Explore Australia: The Touring Guide for the 90s! Published by Viking bb. $45. . Explore Australia has long been recognised as the No. 1 touring guide in Australia 1990 sees not only the first full-colour edition of the guide, but also: • Many new colour feature maps (eg The Red Centre, p. 292; Victoria's Wine Regions, p. 160., The Sunshine Coast, p. 347) which have been fully integrated with the text (made possible by the new all-colour printing process used); • Canberra and the ACT has its own completely new' section for the first time ( colour coded green) with new information on Parliament House, etc;
• Thoroughly updated touring maps at the end of each section, brightly colour-coded for easy reference; • All the test, including the detailed planning, breakdown and safety chapters at the beginning of the book, has been completely revised by a team of experts. All these new and enhanced features reflect our commitment to Explore Australia as Australia's No.1 touring guide, taking it boldly and confidently into the 90s — and beyond. The nature of the text and la,out in Explore Australia provides wonderful opportunities for exciting features and competitions to interest all age groups.
Tasty ideas Aborigines of the Albany Region 1821-1898. The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians Volume VI, compiled by NevWe Green. Published by University of WA Press, bb $30. This volume in the series. The Dictionary of Western Australians, contains the names of Southern Aborigines who were recorded in private journals, letters and official reports for the period 1821-1898. In a few cases, such as Tommy King, the record extends beyond 1900. Most of the Aboriginal names recorded by Europeans were of people deemed to be 'useful' or 'troublesome so not every Aboriginal person who lived within this seventy year period is included in this volume. The person who kept to the family and had little interaction with Europeans was unlikely to be recorded in European documents and consequently cannot appear in this volume. There are two notable imbalances in the dictionary
There are more men than women and more adults than children. In the early years of contact the women were protected from Europeans and this was commented on by Flinders (1801), D'Urville (1826) and Lockyer ( 1826). Secondly although women participated in acts of resistance it was invariably the men who were arrested and whose names were documented. Women, however, frequently appear as witnesses. Children were rarely recorded in the documents beyond 1832 unless they were accepted for welfare, ill-treated or associated with a school or institution. A decision was made to present this volume in two sections. The King George Sound names for the period 1820-1840 occupy the first section while the second part of the volume includes people from Kendenup, Mt Barker, Kojonup, ICatarining. Jerramungup, Esperance and Eucla, and reflects the expansion of European pastoral activity into the region beyond Albany
The Penguin Book of Herbs and Spices by Rosemary Hemphill. Published by Penguin. $7.95. Throughout history herbs and spices have been valued for their culinary medicinal and sometimes magical uses. . . The Penguin Book of Herbs and Spices is a guide to nearly fifty rare and common herbs, spices and aromatic seeds. Drawing upon her knowledge, extensive Rosemary Hemphill looks at the history and traditions of
herbs and spices and gives practical advice on herbgarden design, growing herbs indoors and how to dry and harvest them. She then devotes a section to each plant in which she recalls its background and explores its uses in cookery, and for each herb and spice she provides several unusual but simple recipes. Finally, she shows how to use these sweet-smelling herbs to make delicious herbal teas and offers some delightful ideas for fragrant gifts.
My Kind of Country by Bill Wannan. Pub by Viking (Y.Neil. $16.99. Now for the first time in paperback is the charming sequel to The Australian. My Kind of Country Once again Bill has collected yarns, ballads, legends and traditions presenting an anthology filled with the voices of Australia's past. From the first settlement to the end of the First World War, gold-diggers, poets, bushrangers, homesick soldiers and many others express their sentiments about their homeland and its people. This attractive paperback has new illustrations, specially commissioned from artist Rick Amor, and is bound to warm the hearts of all Australians.
Change Menopause: Family Doctor Guides. Series editor Dr Tony Smith. Published by Equation /3.1L4. r.95. A major new series published in association with the British Medical Association. Each hook covers a specific topic and is written by a leading medical practitioner in the field. Contrary to popular belief, the menopause is not a time of unpleasant physical changes and symptoms that mark the beginning of the end! It undoubtedly heralds the end of women's reproductive life, but it can also mean social and sexual liberation. • Are hot flushes and night sweats inevitable? • Can osteoporosis be prevented? • Should contraception be continued? • Is hormone replacement therapy a good thing? This invaluable guide discusses those important points which are vital to help you make up your mind how to "treat" your menopause.
F AMILY DOCTOR GUIDES $14416, ,,
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by TOM BRANCH Mixed Pennants St Marks with Dianella The 1990 Association finally winning 6 sets 82 Mixed Pennants com- games to St Marks 4 sets 78 menced on Saturday, May 5 games. As the scores suggest, in perfect conditions for only 4 games separated the tennis. All matches were two teams and the result played at Trinity playing could have gone either way. fields, Manning Road, ManSt Norberts were unable to ning. The new concept of a field a team and had to central venue won the forfeit to St Benedicts. A approval and support of all the players. It was deemed a new look Corpus Christi positive move on behalf of defected Queens Park 10 the association and should sets 90 games to Nil sets 40 encourage future active games. Pignatelli had too participation and involve- many guns for new team Yidarra and easily won, 10 ment by all concerned. sets 90 games to Nil sets 19 A Grade games. St Judes vs St Norbets A In a replay of last year's Table DianeIla 2 final St Judes emerged St Judes 2 victorious when they won 7 St Norbvrts 0 sets 78 games to 3 sets 56 Queens Park 0 games. Whilst St Judes St Benedicts 0 earned the two premiership points and an early psychoSt Benedicts 2 logical advantage over their Pignatelli 2 arch rivals, St Norberts were Corpus Christi 2 not playing at full strength DianeIla 2 and will certainly be more St Marks 0 competitive when they next Queens Park 0 meet. Yidarra 0 St Norberts B Grade Unfortunately, one sided Next Week matches were the order of Selection: A Grade: St the day in the B grade with Judes; St Norberts; B Grade: the only exception being the Pignatelli; Queens Park; clash between DianeIla and Corpus Christi: St Marks.
Discovering a Personal Spirituality SIX Tuesdays Commencing May 22 at the Upper Room. A time exploring how lam in my relationship with God, and who I expect God to be for me as I approach Him in prayer.
Enquiries: 367 7847. Cost $30. Led by Fr Marius Dawson, 0. Carm & Sr Bridget KayNer, RSl.
LOURDES-FATIMA Only speak to the people who know
PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL SERVICES 324 1234 Lic 9TA00487
Grief Mana8emen1 Educational 6ervice6 Gerry Smith
Workshops, Seminars, Bereavement Counselling Tel: (09) 445 3049 Fax: (09) 244 1589 387 Huntriss Rd, Woodlands, 6018
CHRISTIAN MEDITATION DAY OF MEDITATION
Saturday, May 19
9.30am-4pm
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Hall Lesmurdie Rd, Lesrnurdie
Special Guest Speaker: Sr Paula Quinn PBVM Bring your own lunch. Coffee and tea provided. ALL ARE WELCOME Enquiries:
Vesta 458 5633 Mark 453 6120
Organised by Christian Meditation Network (WA)
Getting married soon . . ? We'd love to talk to you! No cost to give us a call at
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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AIDS MASS
Mass for people with HIV related conditions, their families and friends; those who care for them, the many agencies who offer support and those involved in research will be celebrated on the following Fridays: May 25 - 5.30pm St Francis Xavier's Church Windsor Street, East Perth. June 29 - 12.10pm Sacred Heart Church, Highgate. July 27 5.30pm Redemptorist Church, North Perth. August 31 - 12.10pm St Joseph's Church, Subiaco. September 28 - 5.30pm St Columba's Church, South Perth. October 26 - 12.10pm Chapel, St Anne's Hospital, Mt Lawley. November 30 - 5.30pm Sacred Heart Church, Highgate. December 14 - 12.10pm Catholic Education Centre Leederville. January 25 - 5.30pm St Catherine Laboure's Church, Subiaco. February 22 - 12.10pm St Francis Xavier's Church, East Perth. March 29 - 5.30pm Redemptorist Church, North Perth. April 29 --- 12.10pm Chapel St Anne's Hospital, Mt Lawley. Further information AIDS Pastoral Care Ministry, Fr Lou Molloy SM 277 2827.
RIVERTON NOVENA
For the feast of Queen of Apostles, Riverton parish will hold a preparatory Novena. Conducted by Father James Valladares of Adelaide, from May 19-27, titled "Growing in Faith Family Week. Daily 6.30am Mass with theme of the day; 9am Mass with sermon; 7.30pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, sermon, Benediction. Friday 9am Sacrament of the Sick and Blessing of the Sick. Father James Valladares comes originally from India.
ACR REPRESENTATIVE Mr Ian Paton of Applecross has been nominated by the bishops of WA to represent the state on the 15 member committee of Australian Catholic Relief. He replaces Mr Peter Gravestock who has completed the maximum nine year membership on the committee. Mr Paton, a computer consultant, has been a member of Perth's archdiocesan ACR committee for over five years. He lived in Central Africa for three years in the early 1970s. He is married with four teenage children.
CATHOIJC NURSES At the Catholic Nurses Guild meeting on Tuesday, May 15 at 7.30pm at 11 Ellesmere Road Mt Lawley, the guest speaker will be Father G. Foster OSCam on The Camillian Charism. Margaret Hubery president - telephone 272 5471.
CLOVER DALE JUBILEE Father William Buckley, parish priest of Cloverdale, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on Monday, June 4 with mass at 5pm in Notre Dame church, followed by a buffet dinner/ social. For attendance please contact the following prior to May 28: Des Dwyer 325 5950 (w), 277 4757(h), Jane Murphy 277 5595, Mick Brown 277 2781, Alan Brittain 277 2369.
SCRIPTURE SEMINAR
Fr William Thompson SJ, associate professor in New Testament Studies, Loyola University of Chicago, will conduct a workshop on Prayer and Action in Luke and Acts - the relationship between faith and justice on Saturday/Sunday May 26-27 10am-4pm. Cost: $8 per day. BYO lunch; tea and coffee provided, in seminar room G7 Catholic Education Centre. Bookings: Sr Frances Maguire 381 5444 or 478 1038.
MARIAN MOVEMENT
The monthly meeting of the Marian Movement will be held at the Little Sisters of Carmel 2 Frazer Street Swanbourne on Tuesday May 15 at 10.30 am.
An Environmental Sabbath Sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, will take place at Santa Maria College Attadale, on Pentecost Sunday, June 3, with a liturgical celebration and shared picnic, 11.30am-3.30pm.
ENNEAGRAM REUNION On Sunday, June 10, at the Upper Room, 16 York St, South Perth, from 10am till Eucharist at 4pm for those wishing to stay. BYO lunch. $5 towards costs. Booking is essential ph 367 7847.
SPIRITUAL COURSE Discovering A Personal Spirituality, a six week course commencing Tuesday, May 22, either 9.30-noon or 7-9.30pm. At the Upper Room, 16 York St, South Perth, led by Marius Dawson and Bridget Kayser.
P&F MEETING The Parents & Friends' Federation of Western Australia will hold its annual conference June 2,3 on the theme "Our Children, Our Schools, Our Values" at the Catholic Education Centre, Leederville. Registration details from the federation office (09) 387 5377. Open to the public.
Archdiocesan Calendar MAY ArchbiBless Ballajura School 13 shop Foley. Visitation and confirmation. Apple16 cross -- Bishop Healy. Bless Manual Arts Extension, John 18 Paul College - Archbishop Foley. 19-20 Visitation and confirmation, Goomalting Bishop Healy. In St Mary's Cathedral Mass and 20 Unveiling of Plague Ursula Frayne College, - Archbishop Foley. Confirmation, Cloverdale - Monsignor Keating. Catholic Secondary Principals 25 Assoc Mass - Archbishop Foley. Representing Archbishop Foley at the Artcenta/Newman College Art Exhibition - Bishop Healy. Blessing multi purpose hall Orana 26 primary School Archbishop Foley. 27 Visitation and confirmation. May lands - Archbishop Foley. Visitation, Rivervale - Bishop Healy. Confirmation, Doubleview Monsignor Keating. 28 Farewell Rev Ken Patterson, Anglican Education Centre, Archbishop Foley. 29 Scripture and Reflection Day by Fr Ken O'Reardan. 29-30 Confirmation, Newman Junior School -- Monsignor Keating JUNE 3 Pentecost Mass, St Mary's Cathedral, Archbishop Foley. Visitation and confirmation, Merredin --- Bishop Healy. Golden Jubilee of Priesthood of Fr Tom O'Kane, Mayiands. 4 40th anniversary of priesthood, Fr W. Buckley, Archbishop Foley and Bishop Healy. 5 Open Maiella Pre Primary Centre, Archbishop Foley. Open WA Research Institute for Child Health, Monsignor Keating. 6 In St Mary's Cathedral, Mass for 'trinity College -- Archbishop Foley. Confirmation, Northam -- Bishop Healy. 8 Visitation and confirmation, York - Bishop Healy. 8-9 National conference Apostleship of the Sea. 9 Bless organ, St Patrick's Fremantle -- Archbishop Foley. 10 Confirmation. Manning -- Monsignor Keating 10-15 Attend seminar in Sydney Archbishop Foley. 13 Confirmation, Trinity College Bishop Healy. 14 Council of Priests Meeting.
Includes sessions promoting creative wholeness and spirituality. Cost $65 per person. To register send full amount or minimum $20 deposit per person, together with name, address and phone number to: Mandoria Centre of Inner Peace c /o 102 Lyrebird Way THORNLIE WA 6108 Enquiries Vesta (09) 458 5633 Registrations Close 8 June Cath (09) 383 2002
AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC RELIEF has a vacancy for an
Adult Education Information Officer Australian Catholic Relief is the development and overseas aid agency of the Catholic Church in Australia. It is seeking a person to take responsibility for its adult education and information programs as part of its nationwide education and information program on development and justice issues and ACR's activities. Applicants should be able to demonstrate: • experience in research for, and production of, written materials on development and justice issues: • experience in developing and implementing education/information programs for adults: • a good understanding and acceptance of the Catholic Church's teaching on social issues. The successful applicant will be part of a small team based in North Sydney. A salary equivalent to Class 6 of the ASO award in the Commonwealth Public Service is being offered. Further information can be obtained from: The National Director, Australian Catholic Relief, 19 Mackenzie Street, North Sydney 2060. Phone: 02-9565799. With whom applications close on May 30th.
CATHOLIC CARE for Intellectually Handicappd Persons
HOUSEKEEPER
for a new Respite Care Service catering for up to six children with disabilities, south of the river. This is a permanent part time position of seven shifts per fortnight (including two Saturdays and two Sundays in each month). The appointee will be required to provide cooking, laundry and household duties. Applicants must be able to accept and support the Christian values of the organisation and to ensure that the Catholic ethos is reflected in the running of the house. Please submit written applications to: The Executive Officer, Catholic Care, PO Box 152, WEMBLEY, 6014 387 7566
40th anniversary ordination to priesthood
Father William Buckley PP Cloverdale
to be celebrated with Mass at 5pm followed by a buffet dinner and social. For more information and RSVP purposes please contact: Jane Murphy 277 5595, Des Dwyer home 277 4757, work 325 5950, Midc Brown 277 2781, Alan Brittain 277 2369.
PENTECOST RETREAT At New Norcia Fr Kevin Long OSB May 25 (6pm) to May 27 (1pm) Liturgy and Scripture study, Spiritual Direction, Participation in Monastic Prayer. All inclusive costs: $70 CLOSING DATE: May 18 if not filled before. Contacts: Tony or Cath 383 2002
MANDORLA CENTRE OF INNER PEACE