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THROW AWAY BAGGAGE OF VIOLENT HISTORIES, SAYS ARCHBISHOF Archbishop Foley has stated his support for revisions of the Criminal Code to outlaw racist activity in Western Australia.

Debate was recently adjourned on the second reading of the State Government's revised Act to amend the Criminal Code to create offences relating to racist harassment and incitement to racial hatred.

"Without wishing to comment on the form of the law envisaged, I wholly endorse the efforts being made to

protect those members of our community threatened by racist propaganda," said the Archbishop.

"There is a great need to change racist attitudes where they exist in our community and I hope we succeed in that.

"Threatening and abusive material aimed at causing fear and division amongst us must of its nature affect the integrity of us all.

"We are all lessened by attempts to demean our fellow human beings," he said.

"Racial hatred leads to violence and discrimina-

tion. It has no place in a society that owes to the precepts of Christianity much of its ability to live in harmony. We are all children of God. "Our own Australian culture has been enlivened and enriched by the coming to our shores of peoples from diverse parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania.

"We have learnt from the sufferings of our indigenous aboriginal people who have endured much from the ignorance and sometimes malice of earlier times.

"We have a wonderful foster that unity in opportunity now, in diversity that has been Australia, to bring the hallmark of all great together many different civilisations. threads and weave a new, "The means will be in strong and peaceful community. place to control, and "The challenge is to hopefully change, those throw away the baggage anti-social and violent of the violent histories of forces that threaten the war and oppression that peaceful development of brought many to these our community. shores.

"That the Government "We must not let the has accepted amendfew who carry their old ments aimed at removing hatreds with them, infect any threats to basic our relatively young democratic freedom society. must only strengthen the "The protection offered resolve of our society to by the amendments to enable decent men and women to live in the Criminal Code will help us to continue to harmony."

MilleIlan changes A t last Sunday's Majellan groups annual general meeting Bernadette NICOLETTO (left) performed her first task as new central committee chairwoman by making a presentation to Toni RAMPANT, retiring chairwoman after three years, and farewelling other retiring committee members Maureen PALFREY and Marcelle WARD. New faces, and old, pages 10 & 11.

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Pictured sharing experiences on "visiting and befriending" Ian Crowe, pastoral worker Graylands hospital, Fr Rodney Williams, chaplain mental health, Clare Zilko, Brian Slyth.

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Catholic group helps the mentally ill "One person in every four will suffer with mental illness sufficient to seek professional help," said Father Rodney Williams Chaplain for Mental Health, at a seminar held at Emmanuel Centre recently.

"For many people with psychiatric issues the isolation, loneliness and stigma of mental illness can be overpowering."

Father Rodney emphasised "we need a team of people who are out there, actively involved in the ministry.

"There is a big gap between hospital and home," he said, "patients even when on "aftercare" from the hospital, often feel an isolation and loneliness that can be devastating, and some people find themselves back in hospital very soon."

Father Williams was addressing 25 people

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from the newly formed Concerns "Catholic Committee on Psychiatric Issues" whose subcommittee "Visiting and Befriending" organised the gathering.

Some at the meeting, who themselves had suffered from mental illness, shared their experiences of hospitalisation and the struggle to rebuild their lives out in the community. For some this can mean tinding new accommodation, employment and a whole new social structure because of the lack of understanding in the community towards people who have suffered mental illness.

"Befriending a person suffering with mental illness is in many ways no different to making friends with anyone," said Father Williams, "the loneliness is no less real or painful."

Present at the meeting were a number of priests

as well as people who were involved in organisations working in the caring network in the archdiocese, such as the Legion of Mary, Catholic Women's League and Catholic Migrant Centre.

Issues such as confidentiality, a right to privacy, religiosity, respect, dependency, sexuality and recognising one's own limitations were discussed and guidelines were established.

Father Williams and Ian Crowe, who is a pastoral worker at Graylands hospital, and who together have had 50 years exerience in the field of mental health, were supported by the enthusiasm shown by the participants at the seminar. From the group some participants will be involved in visiting and befriending either on an individual, parish, organisation or hospital basis.

Bishops do not accept minister's AIDS-ad rebuttal SYDNEY: Cardinal Clancy has rejected the Commonwealth Minister for Health's comment on the Australian bishops' opposition to an AIDS advertisement and has re-asserted specifically the criticisms levelled by the the at bishops campaign.

Mr Brian Howe reportedly said through a spokesperson that he had sympathy with the bishops' point of view but that the department had to be realistic and that it was not his department's responsibility to be setting moral standards.

Cardinal Clancy has written to The Australian newspaper protesting at the minister's implication that the bishops are not being realistic.

"On the contrary," writes the cardinal, "the bishops' opposition is based on the following realities:

"(1) The campaign material has a viewing audience much wider than the promiscuous and the drug-addicted; "(2) The campaign quite offensively assumes that casual and multi-partner sex among young people is the norm; "(3) The campaign rebuffs and betrays innumerable good parents and good young people seeking to maintain dignity and discipline in relationships between the sexes; "(4) The campaign further encourages and entrenches socially des-

tructive and personally dangerous behaviour, "(5) The campaign is dishonest and inaccurate in proclaiming that condoms provide "safe sex"; campaign "(6) The seeks to treat the "symptom" (AIDS) while encouraging the complaint (promiscuous behaviour); campaign "(7) The takes no account of the long-term effects of further entrenching promiscuous behaviour. "(8) The campaign is negative, destructive of cherished values and redolent of moral bankruptcy. " Admittedly, designing an anti-AIDS campaign for television is a difficult exercise, but the total range of realities must be taken into account."

Sea mission rides the swell The Australian Apostleship of the Sea organisation hopes a project to promote liturgy on board ships will be taken up internationally.

A liturgy-on-board kit will try and give the seafarers a sense of being part of Masses celebrated on shore.

The basic liturgy of the word ceremony will be assisted by a special leaders' training manual.

Although there will be no homily, ideas will be given for reflection, and tapes of music will be included to help the service.

The initiative is needed, says the Apostleship president Father Michael Richardson, because of "the awesome isolation of seafarers is getting worse with the quick port turnaround of shipping".

The Australian liturgy kits will be aimed especially at the Filipino crews who are now found on the majority of overseas ships.

Fr Richardson pointed out that there are some 40 or 50 maritime training colleges in the Philippines and that the Filipinos have taken over the seafaring world and have virtually replaced the Catholic seafarers who once came from countries like Italy, Spain and Portugal.

If the Australian venture is successful, it will be put to an international Apostleship conference in 1992.

Fr Richardson made his comments after a two day national conference in Perth, the first to be held for four years and

which attracted representatives from ten of the up to 50 Australian ports in which the Catholic Apostleship is represented.

The conference decided that the port branches need help by way of a handbook that will tell either priest or lay port workers how to go about a job into which they are put often without any previous experience.

"Because of distance, we lack continuity," Fr Richardson said. "There is no correspondence as one person goes into the job and another goes out.

Often they have to go to the next parish to find out how things are done, and the next port could be 500km away."

A further task, he said, is to get the Apostleship of the Sea to appreciate its Catholic history.

"We are losing our identity, which is not as strong as it was when the Apostleship was at its peak 20 years ago. There are fewer priests; Lam the only full time priest in the work."

As a result, he said, there are amalgamations with other denominations in the same field.

"We're tending to become lost, losing our Catholic identity in some cases. We don't know the history of that identity or the initiatives taken in the past, and in some cases we are learning what we know from other denominations."

Following last weekend's conference at the Redemptorist Retreat House, the Apostleship will make stronger efforts to produce a national ships' notice,

notifying contacts in the next port, and publicising items such as a New Zealand prayer book, a video service in Adelaide, and mass and prayer leaflets for foreign crews.

Asked the size of the task confronting his organisation Fr Richardson said it was impossible to calculate numbers and statistics did not really matter. Some 20,000 passed through his Melbourne centre each year and probably the same number through Fremantle.

Other ports however, might have only seasonal visits from ships.

"All we know is that there are about one million seafarers in the world and any of them could be passing through our ports. There are six million fishermen in the world and these are being cared for especially in places like Darwin, where the next Australian conference will be held."

After 16 years in the Australian apostolate Fr Richardson says his biggest hurdle is the recruiting of willing volunteers.

"Because we are not a maritime nation, it is

hard to involve people who do not understand a seafarer's life, or its loneliness. People think there are more important things to be done."

Fr Richardson thinks also that there are fewer people coming through from groups as formerly from YCW and other apostolic organisations.

The other problem is the change in shipping patterns, he said. Once a cargo ship stayed up to three weeks. Now they

stay one night. Car carriers and chemical carriers often stay only a few hours.

"There are fewer men in port than 20 years ago.

Our relationship with them is not so good because we don't get to know them so well."

On the other hand the Apostleship of the Sea is providing services in keeping with the more sophisticated lives of seafarers he said.

When shops and other facilities were closed the centres were open to change currency, provide international telephone services, and retail stamps, writing pads and toiletries.

Crews on ships were now smaller. Ships formerly with 30 were now down to 12 or 15 men and with shift work there was little socialising on board. In port they wanted to meet people and just see different faces. They had a healthy loneliness for female companionship but dances, such as provided in Melbourne, had died out in most other ports, he said.

Opening the conference Archbishop Foley spoke of the isolation of the apostolate from other works in the Church. He told the group they had been called to a Church of service even though there was not much explicit evangelisation.

Attending the conference was Bishop Healy, the Australian bishops' representative, and Monsignor Sean O'Shea, formerly of Fremantle Stella Mans and now seconded to the Vatican Council for Travellers.

Your aid gets through "Australians donating money to support relief and development work in northern Ethiopia can be confident that their assistance is helping to avert a major famine in the area," says Mr Michael Whiteley, National Director of Australian Catholic Relief.

"Every agency through which we work in the area reports that increased food supplies are arrriving and being transported to the distribution centres.

"Because of the civil war situation in the north of Ethiopia, some agencies are more able to deliver food to some areas than others. In Eritrea, Australian Catholic Relief has channelled its assistance through the Eritrean Relief Association (ERA).

"ERA reports that 36% of required food aid for the remainder of 1990 is now required, all food so far received has been distributed throughout the countryside, and most people have a month's supply of food in their homes.

"This delivery system will be maintained as the food arrives in Port Sudan, thus ensuring a steady supply

even though trucks will be delayed, sometimes for many days at a time, by flooded stream beds during the rainy season, which we hope will begin in June/July.

If the international community maintains the supply of food aid to Port Sudan over the next six months, ERA's cross border operation will deliver the food aid effectively to people in need within Eritrea.

"The Relief Society of Tigray (REST) also runs a cross-border operation from Sudan into Tigray. Australian Catholic Relief works with other Catholic Church agencies to provide assistance to REST. In a report just received it was stated that: 4. . the famine has so far been contained through supplies brought across the border and the international purchase program. The cross-border operation is now performing extremely well. . . (and) there has been an extremely good intermediary harvest in Northern Wollo and South Tigray, and thus further food is available for internal purchase.'

"The report noted that while the situation, particularly in Adigrat, a city in Tigray, will remain in the

balance until the next harvest, famine will continue to be avoided providing the flow of food aid is maintained.

Mr Whiteley then went on to say that "while ERA and REST are able to deliver food effectively in the rebel-held areas, there are over one million people living in Ethiopian Governmentheld areas.

"In these areas, Australian Catholic Relief supports the work of the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat, which is a member of the Joint Relief Partnership (JRP). JRP is an ecumenical consortium of three Ethiopian Churches, and the other two church bodies are the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus.

"The food delivery program of the JRP was interrupted in February this year when forces of the Eritrean Peoples' Liberation Front captured the port town of Ma.ssawa from the Ethiopian Government forces. After a month of negotiations between the JRP, the Ethiopian Government and the Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front, a truce was worked out that

enabled the JRP to transport food by truck convoy from the port of Assaf). through Dessie and to the north of Tigray.

"After the first convoy of 11 trucks delivered 121MT (metric tonnes) of food to Kobbo on March 20, the JRP has, up to the beginning of June, delivered 1263 truckloads — 16,030MT of food.

This figure is less than the JRP had hoped for, but it is expected that the tonnages will increase rapidly now that most of the logistical problems have been dealt with.

"In all 95 convoys have delivered grain, oil and milk powder to various locations through Tigray and North Wollo.

"While much needs to be done in the months ahead, we should take time to be thankful for what has been so far achieved — and this is continuing. work Response to Australian Catholic Relief's Horn of Africa Appeal has been good, and $305,730 raised so far will enable food to be purchased, and programs for self-sufficiency to be continued. Thank you' to the people of Australia for helping to thus far avert a northern famine in Ethiopia!"

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"Smut eg Fr Michael Richardson president of the Apostleship of the Sea is now the only full time priest port chaplain in Australia, working in Melbourne. He is pictured writing up the two day national conference held last weekend in Perth.

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Guest editorial

The Catholic Weekly Sydney The thoughts that arise from the experience of Pentecost Sunday are varied in today's Catholics.

We know from the Church's tradition and sacred writing the story of the sound from Heaven as of a mighty wind blowing, the "tongues of fire" descending upon the pioneers of Christianity and their sudden ability to speak foreign tongues.

In today's cynical world such miracles are dismissed. Some fundamentalists heartily dislike miracles and are quick to find "scientific" reasons for the events described in the infant Church.

They ignore the fact that miracles can be very logical. Christ demonstrates that death is not an invincible foe by raising Lazarus.

In the case of the Pentecostalgift of tongues, what is the divine logic?

Who knows the mind of God? But it could be argued that the Creator willednot only to bring down the power of the Holy Spirit, but also to break down the language barriers between the People of God. Is there not a message for us in this? How many people belong to families where communication is poor? Yes, they go to Mass together. Yes, they say their prayers.

But do they say their prayers communally at home? Does the blare of the TV blot out family communication?

Many people talk a lot, but say very little that gets through to other people. God wants us to communicate one to the other in a way that is both relevant and loving. If there is one common complaint among young people it is that they are not listened to, and that their parents aftemate between abuse and ignoring them.

Parents, too, have complaints that the walkman, the TV, the pop music, the magazine stand in the way of parental guidance.

People need to belong to a family, rather than living at the same address.

Many parents would like to have their children on their knees in respectful prayer or wilent with their head in a book.

If God could send down tongues of fiery love and break down language barriers in times of old, he can stop the blare, the wrangling, the sullen silences, the sniping or the isolationism that regrettably are features of some of our homes. But we have to co-operate.

We all &sire peace in our homes. Peace be with you. That's what we saidat Mass last Sunday. Now we want to take it home.

Jesus said: PeaceIleave with you; my peace Igive unto you: not as the world giveth, do Igive unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid.

That was communication at its divine best.

Jesus the Great Communicator? Think about it for a moment, then try it at home.

Peace be with you. And also with you.

Not a bad beginning at the breakfast table, or at the evening meal. Eucharistic intimacy begins at home.

We want to "get it right" at the Lord's Table.

It is a good suggestion that we try first around the family table to empower one another with the art of friendly conversation.

French families who work together on the preparation of the vegetables regard that as an important experience and offers the opportunity for dialogue. Dialogue is -speaking between", a bond, a link between people. One thing Pentecost teaches us is bonding.

Why not place a box on the family table and encourage family members to put in notes, funny sayings, drawings and items of interest? And at the end of the week, at the meal after Mass, discuss them. TV ratings will plunge, but the commercial channels surely are immune to suffering as the sets go off It is no good remaining silent as everybody gapes at a simulated American family on the box. Family life is not a spectator sport.

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'Elenlocrazy' pun irks Koreans ARCHBISHOP IS ASKED TO APOLOGISE

SEOUL (UCAN): An eight-month-old pun by Archbishop Ivan Dias, Vatican pronuncio to Korea, continues to irritate Koreans.

The situation turned ugly last month at a Confirmation Mass in Inchon, where Archbishop Dias presided. Toward the end of the Mass, a student stood and shouted: "We Korean people are not kindergarten kids. Your excellency should apologise."

After the Mass, young people wearing white masks printed with black crosses and holding picket signs stood in silent protest outside the church.

A young man sprayed paint on the pronuncio's car which was pelted with eggs as it was driven out the back gate of the church.

The controversy started last September when an interview with the archbishop quoting him as saying South Korean democracy is still at a kindergarten level. His pun "democrazy" — a wish that Koreans struggling for a more open government should not be caught up in a craze for demonstration — was taken by many as an insult.

The pronuncio was also critical of the Korean Catholic Priests' Association for Justice (CPAJ) for its involvement in politics.

"His remarks have made Korean people angry. . . He

does not teel that he insulted the Korean people, and he still clings to what he said," one Korean Church worker explained. "His constant justification of the remarks makes more Korean people angry," she added.

Catholics United for the Realisation of Justice, a national lay group, protested, demanding the pronuncio's official apology.

Early in this year 222 Korean professors issued a stronger protest, demanding apologies from Archbishop Dias and Vatican authorities.

The pronuncio defended his pun as "a learned form of speech" appreciated by most Koreans, adding, "It was unfortunate that some few persons have not caught the nuances."

The archbishop said his remarks about Korea's developing democracy were spoken in a friendly spirit and noted his background as a native of the world's largest democracy, India, and as a 30-year resident observer of various democracies.

He expressed his love for Korean people and culture, and surprise at the manner in which some took his remarks.

The pronuncio also claimed CPAJ priests were "misusing the pulpit and the altar for political purposes".

'Yes' to joint-venture centre through which various religious groups can engage in exchanges for Magadanians, a place to encounter Alaskans and in turn effect exchange programs."

Archbishop Hurley said he is troubled by "news of the tensions and confrontation in western Russia and Eastern Europe".

But he added: "The one major hope for progress

in the Soviet Far East, where Magadan is the largest and only major city, is that its history is not marked by ethnic, national and religious controversies. The area has no recent history of religion.

"The city itself was founded in 1939, long after religious groups had been suppressed throughout Russia." he continued.

A NCHORAGE, Alaska (CNS): Archbishop Francis T. Hurley of Anchorage says that Soviet authorities have "approved the concept of a joint-venture ecumenical centre for culture and religion in Magadan" in the Soviet Far East.

The archbishop has been to Magadan, a port city of about 160,000 people on the Sea of Okhotsk north of japan,

twice within the past year to explore possibilities of religious and cultural exchanges with the Soviet people.

He said he envisions "a centre that will focus on values . . . a centre for culture and religion, where basic human and spiritual values are expressed."

"It will be ecumenical," he added. "That is, for Alaskans an avenue

Role of refs...

Black nun leads parish

VATICAN CITY (CNS): In a world of sports heroes and endorsements worth big bucks, it is often the referees who safeguard "the very spirit" of sport, Pope John Paul II said.

Referees have "a fundamental role" in ensuring sportsmanship, fair play, respect and friendship on the playing fields, the pope told 70 officials of the World Cup soccer championships.

"Your best skill of accurate, fast and independent judgement will greatly help to ensure that the rules of the game are upheld and that sportsmanlike behaviour is maintained," he said June 4, four days before the monthlong tournament was to begin in Italy.

Enforcing "discipline, restraint, good will and mutual respect" among players. referees "will make a fine contribution to the educational value of the championship," the pope said.

RICHMOND, Va (CNS): Mercy Sister Cora Billings, director of the Diocese's Richmond Office for Black Catholics, has assumed an added title of parish pastoral coordinator and is believed to be the first black woman in the United States to hold such a position.

In the largely black parish Sister Billings' parish open-ended

assignment is the first to come from a Richmond diocesan policy to make non-ordained parish leaders a central feature in serving a growing Catholic population with fewer priests.

Rural areas in the diocese, she said, had traditionally been "where the community gathered with a layperson as a leader" to stave off a priest shortage. Hers

ST PAUL, Minn. (CNS): A message from Mother Teresa of Calcutta was passed informally along to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during the lafter's brief visit to Minnesota.

Businessman Dwayne Andreas said that Mother Teresa, whom he described as "a mutual friend", provided the message for Gorbachev Andreas introduced Gorbachev at a meeting with

"Those who migrated from the west to form the city brought no religious tradition with them."

The "blight" of Magadan's history, he said, is that its rich mining region was built up by forced labour.

"Hundreds of thousands of people were shipped in en masse, treated brutally and many left to die in the sub-freezing hills," he said.

is the first application of "I see it as a way of the policy in an urban encouraging others for area of the diocese. leadership for the Church, for women to be . . . for black leaders Sister Billings said she Africanrecognised "every day" women. that the eyes of Catholics Americans." Sister Bilnationwide may be on lings said. her, yet she sees imporIf someone like her is tance in being black, not there "for people to being a woman, and look at and see as being a religious in her themselves, they're not parish position. "All of even encouraged to go the above," she said with out and try something", a laugh. she said.

Mother Teresa's message business officials in Minneapolis.

Andrcas recalled that Mother Teresa said to "please thank him (Gorbachev) for the freedom to worship". Andreas

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Pakistani women protest...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNS): Pakistani women's groups have protested passage by the Pakistani Senate of a measure which they say would establish Islamic law to the detriment of women, as well as Christians and other minorities.

The Punjab Women Lawyers' Association said the measure, if approved by the whole Parliament would convert Pakistan to a theocratic state and leave women and minorities at the mercy of Muslim fundamentalists. The association charged that fundamentalists have tried for years to restrict Pakistani women.

Under the proposed legislation, Islamic law would become the supreme law of the land and would be applied to all major institutions of Pakistani life from the judiciary to the education system.

The so-called Shariah law is based on Islamic moral and social teachings, principally drawn from the Koran, Islam's holy book.

Religious minorities have no representatives in the upper house, but they have 10 reserved seats, including four for Christians, in the National Assembly.

Killed by mistake BELFAST, Northern Ireland (CNS): Protestant gunmen shot down a Roman Catholic man and wounded two of his sons by mistake in an attack at the family home in Northern Ireland.

The outlawed Ulster Volunteer Force said Patrick Boyle, 60, who was shot at point-blank range at his home near Portadown, southwest of Belfast, was not its

intended victim. The group did not say why the mistake was made.

The masked killers, who escaped in a hijacked van, also shot Michael Boyle, 24, in the stomach and his brother Paul, 22, in the legs.

Member of Parliament Seamus Mallon called the shooting "a savage and sectarian attack on a totally innocent family".

...and in crash B ANGALORE, India: Father D.S. A malorpavadass, i nternationally known former director of the National Biblical, Catechetical and Liturgical Centre, at Bangalore in south-

ern India, was killed in a motor accident.

In recent years Father Amalorpavadass directed a small 'monastic' community at Anjali Ashram in Mysore, in southern India.

Filipino setbacks..•

MANILA: The Philippine economy and Bishop Claver says compensation environmental abuse are of greater touches the heart of the bases problem. importance than the issue of American "If it is seen as aid the Philippines bases, according to Jesuit Bishop cannot demand more than a best effort Francisco Claver, director of the agreement. secretariat for social action.

"But rent is a matter of justice, "You can have the bases here and still something due you. If we can't agree on have sovereignty depending on the this how can we each other and treaty. With environmental problems proceed to the nexttrust phase of the talks?" you either have life or you don't," the He says he doesn't see regional threat said. bishop as a big consideration.

Pro-bases won't it Americans leave "When the automatically bring a just society. That's advocates fear armed confrontation whyIfeel problems of environment and among Asian countries.

"It's not as before when one would social inequity are more pressing."

just go across a border and take over somebody's land. There is such a thing now as public opinion," he added.

He said even the worst possible scenario, "negative economic and political repercussions of an immediate pullout of American bases", is questionable because of peace movements in the US which exert pressure on the government.

The bishop said the Church will continue with its education campaign to prepare people for whatever the outcome.

Taking advantage of poor PAGSANJAN, Philippines (UCAN): The parish priest in this town admits paedophiles have become a problem brought on by tourism, but says killing the tourist industry is not the solution.

Eighty per cent of Pagsanjan's economy reportedly depends on tourism.

In April the Department of Tourism stopped prom-

oting the town as a tourist attraction because of problems including paedophilia, theft and overpricing.

Hotels, shops, boat tours, and other touristrelated businesses have complained of a drop in income during the peak season for tourists.

Pagsanjan, 50 kilometres southeast of Manila, is not promoting "sex

adventurism", says Father Renato Cosico.

The waterfalls and boat rides through the rapids are its main attractions, he maintains.

The problem is that "sexually deranged" tourists take advantage of the people's poverty, he adds.

Father Cosico says the whole family is often involved in child sex

trade. "To keep children and parents silent the paedophile gives them a house and lot, a jeep, jobs, education, and other material benefits," he said.

"Some (paedophiles) cloak their lascivious abnormalities by marrying local women who have young handsome brothers, or widows with sons."

Father Cosico has grown

especially suspicious and careful of marriages involving foreigners.

"Whenever a foreigner asks to marry, there is always an air of suspicion in my mind and I always investigate," he said.

The priest suspects a foreign-funded international syndicate is connected with paedophile activities in the town.

Top of blood donor list

India CALCUTTA, (UCAN): A Jesuit-run college here has for the seventh time won an award for the highest number of voluntary blood donations.

The Saint Xavier's College collected 575 bottles of blood at a three-day national blood donation camp last year to win the "Nishi Kanta Roy Seva

Trust Challenge Trophy" for 1989.

The award was introduced by the 10-year-old Association of Voluntary Blood Donors in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.

The college holds blood donation camps four times a year, Father S. Lazer, the college's National Service Scheme

(NSS) co-ordinator, said.

The NSS, sponsored by the federal ministry of education, opened its unit in the college in 1969.

Blood donation camps were also started the same year. "At every camp about 200-250 bottles are collected but in 1984, 600 bottles were collected making it a

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Besides conducting such camps, the college gives donor cards to poor, High schools were also deserving patients and, built in two other areas in emergencies, even in 1976-77. In Laudaha, rushes students to hospi- Midnapore district, tals for blood donation. southwest of here, two acres of forest land were In 1973, the college's made ready for cultivaNSS team undertook a tion during 1979-1981.

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New checkoff system to give church a surplus ROME (CNS): The Italian church appears to have survived a risky transition to "selffinancing" through a tax checkoff system and will probably have millions of dollars to spare.

Initial surveys show that Italians have overwhelmingly chosen the Catholic Church as beneficiary of an 0.8 per cent share of income tax revenues. The main alternative was giving it to the Italian government for charity work — a fact that might have much to do with the church's success.

"I signed for the church because the other choice was to sign for the state, andI trust the politicians less than the priests," explained one Turin taxpayer, who described himself as someone who goes to church "for funerals and marriages".

For the Italian bishops' conference, which engi-

neered the switch-over from direct state payment to priests and parishes, the results are a sweet vindication. There was considerable resentment and apprehension at the plan among Italy's 29,000 priests, who feared the loss of the state's monthly paycheck.

Beginning this year, the annual state contribution of about $325 million was cut off and the tax checkoff system kicked in.

The bishops launched a parish-by-parish promotional campaign, buttressed by slick TV and newspaper advertising that urged people to help the church "feed the hungry and clothe the naked" as well as pay its priests.

The campaign appears to have worked. One respected national poll, taken during tax filing time in May, showed that 48 per cent of taxpayers

planned to earmark the church as recipient of the revenue slice.

Only 12 per cent were opting for state charity programs. The rest were still unsure or said they would refuse to check either box — but in that case, the church wins, too: unmarked revenues will be divided among church and state according to the proportion of taxpayers who do make a choice.

Thanks to this insurance clause, the church expects to end up with between 70 and 80 per cent of the revenue share — providing it with as much as $160 million "surplus" each year.

There's a Catch-22, however. Because the Italian tax system is so slow, the state says it will not have this year's tax results figured out until 1993. For the next five years, therefore, the government is giving the bishops' conference the

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equivalent of the old payment, and only later will church and state square their. account.

The result is that the church will not be able to touch the extra millions until 1995.

Already the bishops' conference is appealing to Italy's Finance Ministry to speed up the accounting process.

Meanwhile, Catholic leaders are keenly aware that the church is running a new risk — in a single tax season, it could gain the image of an institution fattened on revenues.

That is certainly not the church's goal, said Pierluigi Buongiovanni, who heads the bishops' promotional office for self-financing.

He spoke in an interview June 5 at the conference's austere, modern headquarters in Rome.

Buongiovanni said that

despite the expected surplus, the conference is deliberately underfunding its clergy salary foundation by $65 million this year in order to put pressure on local churches to pick up a greater share of the bill.

"The ideal is that every parish will eventually be able to pay for their own priest. This is a new idea for Italian Catholics," he said.

Most of that $65 million carved out of priests' salaries is going to charity projects in Italy and, for the first time, in the Third World, Buongiovanni said.

That trend should continue if the tax revenue plan produces the expected surplus, he said.

"We can't just stand in our little niche and expect money to rain down on us. If the Italian. church profits from the new system, it wants to

VATICAN CITY, (CNS): Catholic and Orthodox bishops and theologians are discussing a proposed document on authority in the Church and receiving a report on Eastern-rite Catholic churches during a meeting in West Germany.

The International Catholic-Orthodox Commission, which includes 14 Orthodox churches, met in Freising, West Germany.

Since its first meeting in 1980, the commission has completed three documents.

They highlight agreements and differences between the churches on the Eucharist, on baptism and confirmation and on the sacrament of orders in the structure of the Church.

As Catholics and Orthodox work to restore

give it back. We do want to clothe the naked — it's not just a slogan," he said.

With the tax season over, the conference is emphasising a direct contribution campaign, using post office money order forms instead of collection plate envelopes, since less than 25 per cent of Italian Catholics attend weekly Mass.

The idea is to rely as little as passible upon the lucrative tax arrangement, which is subject to renegotiation with Italy in the future.

Buongiovanni acknowledges that there are still strong misgivings at the local level over the bishops' cost cutting approach.

There was outrage, for example, when bishops recently cut the number of Italian dioceses from 330 to 227 — a number still considered too high, he said.

Many priests and parishes resisted the conference's takeover in '1987 of some 85.000 churchowned, income-yielding properties, ranging from apartments to a small restaurant.

The idea was to raise earnings through central management, but for many priests it represented the loss of steady, small incomes.

"There were some big fights. This will take another 10 years to resolve," Buongiovanni said. But in the meantime, he said, revenues from the properties have more than doubled new the under management.

In addition to clergy salaries, the bishops' conference contributes to local pastoral activities. This year, the conference chipped in about $60 million to various local projects, Buongiovanni said.

the unity last in the 11th century, the role the pope would have is a major question.

The document on authority will provide a preliminary discussion of papal primacy in addition to the roles of patriarchs and synods — the decision-making authorities of the Orthodox churches.

In discussing practical ways of operating as a united church, the commission members have agreed that a structure other than that used by Eastern-rite Catholic churches should be found.

Some of the Orthodox churches, from whom various Eastern- rites split to come into communion with Rome, believe the presence of those rites are an obstacle to future unity.

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MANILA, Philippines (CNS): Bishop Julio X. Labayen of the prelature of Infanta has asked the government to investigate allegations that national police officers shot up a church residence in his prelature.

There were no casualties reported in the incident, which occurred on the compound of Dinalungan Parish, about 125 miles (200km) north of Manila.

Church and citizens' groups backed Bishop Labayen's call for an investigation.

The day before the shooting residents said posters were displayed suggesting that church organisations are fronts and puppets of the National Democratic Front, the rebel groups' united front.

Police officials have said a unit was searching for alleged killers believed hiding in the church compound.

None were found, the officials said.

Seminarian_ Enrique Alivio, who was in the building at the time of the

attack, said he and four altar boys, also in the residence, were awakened near midnight by a burst of gunfire.

He said he saw "through a window's small opening, a small group of military personnel".

In his report to the bishop, Alivio wrote: "The church's steel gate swung loudly and I heard hurried steps crossing the compound. . . The church door was opened forcefully And then, rapid fire from high calibre rifles strafed the convent."

The shooting lasted for about 10 minutes, Alivio said.

Witnesses said the morning after the attack, a group of police officers

returned to the compound to retrieve shell casings scattered on the ground.

Local residents said that the provincial military has accused the Infanta Prelature of being sympathetic to the communist-led New People's Army, which reportedly has a strong influence in the region.

Church-backed organisations have been organising Dinalungan parishioners into basic Christian communities, farm co-operatives and were running Sunday school classes for children.

They said since a military camp was established in the area in 1988 the anti-church propaganda has intensified.

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ROME: (CNS) Italy's Catholic Church has been making sure it is no mere spectator at the World Cup finals and Pope John Paul has been marked down as a star player.

As is typical in Italy, where 98 percent of the population professes Catholicism, nothing major can happen without a religious dimension. While the government has spent more than $800 million in renovating stadiums and repaving streets, Italy's bishops have been busy planning how to score spiritual goals with participants and onlookers. programs Besides informing tourists of religious services, activities have included special conferences on the meaning of sports.

At these conferences, the message conveyed to a growing secular world is often countercultural.

The stress has been on morals over money and virtue over victory.

Although the Vatican fields no team in the competition, the Pope was the early star with a pre-tournament fast break, as television cameras carried the event live

Fans were warned that throughout Europe. the watching the World Cup Pope blessed Rome's newly renovated 80,000- must not divert public capacity Olympic Sta- attention from "the great dium, where the cham- challenges of our time: pionship game will be the struggle against hunger, the attainment played.

But he also bombarded of peace."

But the talk was also a the sports world with a series of piercing shots papal urging to visiting soccer enthusiasts to on goal. learn from Rome's hisLooking at a playing tory as "the ever-living field where World Cup organisers already have centre of Christianity."

"Try to listen to the sold the sod to souvenier hunters for more than noble human and reli$150 for a few square gious message addressed inches, the Pope criti- to you by the many memorials and ruins that cised "the obsessive are so filled with history," preoccupation with he said. gain" and "the commer"Do not be distracted cialisation of almost guests, unable to hear the every aspect of sport." thousand voices speakFoul play also includes ing of moral greatness violence and "the use of and above all of Christian doping and other forms heroism," he said. of fraud," he said.

As the near-capacity The pope remembered crowd cheered, the Pope 24 workers who died in began and ended his visit labor accidents in the to the Olympic Stadium rush to finish stadiums by riding in an openand support installations topped limousine on the by deadline. oval track surrounding Sports superstars were the soccer field. told that "it is not only The limousine's route the champion in the traced the path of the stadium but also the "victory lap," the tradiwhole person who tional jog around the, should become a model playing field by the for millions of young winning team as soon as people, who need lead- the championship game ers, not idols." is over.

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Reason to care what the eighbours will think Someone is watching — on almost any Sunday in almost any parish.

It may be someone passing by the church building who notices people gathered outside, the way we gathered outside recently on Palm Sunday and a week later for the lighting of the new fire at the Easter Vigil.

We almost had a wreck on Holy Saturday because a driver on the highway in front of our church was curious about what we were doing.

Most of the time, though, our secret observers are inside the church with us during worship.

Maybe they are Catholics who just moved into the area, Catholics on a

vacation or a business we gather for the Mass is trip, or non-Catholics on the assembly itself. a visit or searching for a We call the assembly church to join. the body of Christ.

What do they Together we are united experience? as one body, with Christ I've had such people himself as the head. comment afterward on This is a rich image the choir or the impact of which expresses a deep the preaching. mystery. But what does it But most often the mean in practice? comments concern the A given congregation friendliness of the con- can function either gregation or how clearly or poorly as a involved the congrega- symbol of Christ: tion is in the prayers and • When people come to singing. worship and receive a People get strong warm welcome in a spirit impressions about a of hospitality, then they parish from their expe- experience the hospitality of God and the rience of worship.

We are accustomed to warmth of Christ's love. thinking of the bread and • When the community wine as symbols, of the gathers around a family priest as "another Christ" who must bury a loved and the proclamation of one, that family expethe Scripture readings as riences the gentle love of God's word to us. But the God through the caring most basic symbol when of the community.

By Father Lawrence Mick • When catechumens preparing to become members of the Catholic Church come before the community and ask for prayers and support, they begin to learn what it means to be part of this family. When they receive letters and words of support, the realize the journey of life and faith is not meant to be walked alone.

• When these same are catechumens received into the church at the Easter Vigil and find themselves surrounded by a community that enthusiastically thanks God for them, then they experience God's welcome and a sense of being one body in Christ.

• When a couple brings a child to be baptized in the midst of the assembly during Mass and they see that the congregation shares their joy and offers them support, then they sense the love of God for them and their child.

This kind of care and concern cannot be confined to the time of Sunday worship.

It must be shown also in the many other ways a community helps and supports its individual members.

Those who are ill need to feel the support of the parish in visits at home or in the hospital.

The bereaved need concrete help in planning the funeral, arranging meals for the family and friends, as well as visits at the funeral home

and in the weeks afterward.

Those preparing to become members of the church need to know that the community welcomes them in all the different events of parish life.

But the time of worship is a special time. When we gather for liturgy we manifest most clearly who we are.

And it is at worship that most people receive their first and most powerful impressions of the church.

Our attitudes as a parish, our openness or lack of it, our unity or our divisions, our love or our self-centeredness and our basic values are all revealed in our worship.

So we do well to ask ourselves regularly what kind of image we are

projecting, what kind of symbol we are.

It is evident to "outsiders" that we form one body?

Is the love of God evident among us when we gather?

Do we communicate and attitude of forgiveness that would lead others to feel welcome even though they are painfully aware of their sinfulness?

A Methodist minister I heard once said he was haunted by a question: If my brother and sister were in trouble, would they run to the church or away from the church?

We need to be aware that we are being watched.

In this sense, we really should be concerned about what the neighbours will think.

The kind of people they are...

I do not know her lame. Her hair is salt and pepper, her face is wrinkled and her eyes are filled with gentle light. She is a beautiful woman.

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In church she sits close to the front. Whenever I see her I wonder if her grandparents might have been slaves.

Last Sunday, I saw her sitting next to a young woman who speaks excellent English, but with a pronounced Italian accent. The young woman was alone.

"I am from Italy," she told me, articulating each of the three syllables, "Ita-ly". "My husband is not Catholic, so I am alone." She did not know anyone there.

Overhearing our conversation, the black woman came and sat next to her. I said to myself, "This is what the church is about".

Toward the back I spotted Cy. There was something about his face.

Yes, he had suffered a stroke. "Very minor," he said.

After Mass two parishioners came up to us.

"Cy, we're going your way. We'll walk you home."

This is certainly what the church is about.

Saying goodbye Cy added, "I am taking that 8

By Father Eugene Laverdiere, SSS couple to the corner for a cup of coffee."

That, too, is what the church is about.

Those are the images I have in mind as I hear the question, "What do the people in the congregation mean to you?"

Some put the question more theologically: 'The church is a sign. From your point of view as a priest, what does the church gathered for Mass signify?"

Good questions, but they seem to expect an abstract answer when all my answers are concrete.

The people who come for Mass have flesh, blood and bones. They have backgrounds and personal histories. They have pains and hopes.

WhenIlook out at those who have gathered for Mass, that is what I see.

And Iknow that I do not see the half of it. know little about the woman with the saltand-pepper hair. But for me, she is a great sign of hope.

In her I see the peoples of Africa, those living in great cities like Nairobi and Kinshasa as well as those in villages where hyenas prowl at night.

For me, that woman is

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every black, all gathered in her presence here at Mass. know even less about the young woman from Ita-ly. But in her I see the immigrants, old and new, who have left their homes and homelands.

In the Italian woman's voice, I hear the hopes and struggles of every immigrant.

I hear the voice of a recent Chinese immigrant: "It is very lonely in the city. You work to eat and sleep. You sleep and eat to be able to work.

There is little time left for people."

The black woman's concern for the young women from Italy is a sign of love. It speaks of human caring and friendship across continental and social boundaires.

And then there is Cy. He has gotten older. He needs a bit of help, but is not helpless.

Of course, he'll let the parish walk him home, but that's because he is inviting them for a cup of coffee.

Cy is all those people in need of help whose main concern is to be of help.

The couple? They are a sign of humanity, of discreet caring and presence to others in the midst of the city where there is far too much inhumanity.

It matters what the stranger sees and thinks, writes Father Lawrence Mick. He explains that it is at worship that of the church.

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VOLUME 7, No. 2

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

FIRST ABORIGINAL PRINCIPAL APPOINTED The first Aboriginal principal has been appointed to a Catholic school in Western Australia. Miss Donella Brown will take up the position at Clontarf Aboriginal College in Bentley this year.

In making the announcement on 11 June the Director of Catholic Education in WA, Dr Peter Tannock, said that it was an important historical milestone for the Australian Catholic community, for Aboriginal people and for the State.

"Donnella Brown was appointed because she is the best qualified person for the position," said Dr Tannock.

He said the appointment was partly a result of the tremendous professional development work undertaken by Catholic education in the State to assist Aboriginal people to train as teachers, teaching assistants and to prepare them for administrative positions.

An Achievement for Aboriginal People Donella studied at Curtin University where she received an Associateship in Home Economics

and a Diploma of Education. She was subsequently awarded a Bachelor of Education after studies at WACAE. Donella started her career as a teacher in 1976.

Her first appointment was as Senior Mistress of Home Economics at Hedland Senior High School.

She also worked at Holy Rosary School, Derby and Derby District High School. She took up an appointment at Clontarf in 1986 and has served as Deputy Principal since 1988.

Donella is a member of the Western Australian Aboriginal Education Consultative Group and in 1985 coordinated a team which researched the educational needs of Aboriginal people in the State. She also is a member of the Catholic Aboriginal Education Advisory Committee in Perth.

Donella sees her appointment as a recognition for all Aboriginal people.

"I know my appointment is seen as an achievement for Aboriginal people and for Aboriginal women in particular," said Donella.

"To attain an appointment as a principal has been a personal goal and challenge because I

believe that Aboriginal people should aspire to and prepare themselves to take on decisionmaking positions."

Donella said that without the support she received from her family and friends she would have found it more difficult.

"I thank them for their support and know that they personally share this achievement with me,' said Donella.

She also paid tribute to the commitment of the Christian Brothers and the Clontarf College Board, staff and students who have supported her during the past four and a half years.

Clontarf Aboriginal College was established by the Christian Brothers in 1986 and enrols Aboriginal students from 15 to 18 years of age.

The curriculum at Clontarf includes TAFE units which aim to meet the needs of the students and to prepare them for the workforce.

Dr Tannock also announced the appointment of the new Deputy Principal of the College, Mr Peter Hann.

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School Communities Celebrate Growth Fourteen schools have recently celebrated the blessing and opening of new facilities. The Catholic Education Office also joined in the celebrations with the opening of new premises for the Geraldton Regional CEO. The in New School Opened building Geraldton will be the at Ballajura Catholic Education Several hundred Centre for the Diocese guests gathered at and will house the Ballajura Catholic Catholic Education Primary School on 13 Office and a Resource May for the blessing Centre. and opening of stage In blessing the new one of the school which building on 29 May, the was established this Bishop of Geraldton, year. Official guests the Most Rev. Barry were led into the school Hickey, described the by the Fifth Military event as a very joyful District Pipe Band where they were occasion. greeted by the Chair"The building is a sign man of the School of the life, energy and Board, Mr Wally commitment of the Gargano. people who work in Mr Gargano said the Catholic education in first meeting of the the Diocese," said Interim School Board Bishop Hickey. "It was held in October reflects the growing 1 988. importance of regional "We have come a long Catholic education offi- way since then," said ces and the spirit of Mr Gargano. continuing coopera"This first stage cost tion between the Dio- $770,000 of which cese and Catholic edu- $80,000 was contribcation." uted by the parish. He He said that the thanked the CommonResource Centre will wealth Government for serve the spiritual and their grant of $370,000 professional develop- and the State Government needs of teachers ment for providing a and catechists and will Low Interest Loan. The be the focus of work in rest of the funds totalthe adult education ling $322,000 were area. provided by the Catholic Education The setting up of offices in Geraldton, Commission's CoresBunbury and Kimber- ponsibility Building ley regions in 1985 was Fund. part of a major restruc- Focus of turing of the Catholic Community Life Education Office in WA During his address as a result of new and Foley Archbishop emerging challenges. praised the parents The Centre was offi- who started the school. cially opened by the He said this building Director of Catholic had become a focus of Education in WA, Dr the life of the communPeter Tannock. ity.

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Archbishop Foley and Pre-primary student. Robert Chitara investigate the new teaset at St Gerard's Primary School. Balga after the opening and blessing of the school's Pre-primary Centre.

"It's not only a school, it's a place of worship, it's a centre where a community of believers share and grow in their faith," said the Archbishop.

Dr Peter Tannock paid tribute to the Sisters of St Joseph during his address. Sr Margaret O'Sullivan RSJ is principal of the school and Sr Elizabeth Murphy

RSJ officially opened the buildings. He said the Sisters of St Joseph were a remarkable Australian religious congregation who have made a matchless contribution to the development and spread of Catholic schooling in Australia. He also commended the tremendous involvement of Parish Priest, Fr John

Jegorow in the development of the school.

Ursula Frayne Honoured In a moving ceremony at St Mary's Cathedral on Sunday 20 May Ursula Frayne Catholic College, was officially opened.

Located in Victoria Park the College was formed as a result of the amalgamation of

three schools, St Joachim's Catholic Primary School, St Joachim's Girls' High School and Xavier College. It is a coeducational school and enrols 1180 students from pre-primary to year 12.

The main celebrant of the Mass was Archbishop William Foley.

During his homily he

reflected on the life and work of Mother Ursula Frayne who founded the first school in Australia run by a religious order and after whom the College is named.

Mother Ursula Frayne was the first Sister of Mercy to arrive in Australia in 1846. Only Continued Page 3

PRIEST PROFILE Priests from Perth and surrounding areas were grilled by an enthusiastic group of Year 7 students during a school project. The boys interviewed the priests for the project called "Biography of a Parish Priest".

Questions put to the improve their language Victoria Park, said he was delighted with the priests included why and social skills.

The boys had to ring project as it gave him they entered the priesthood, what was their and make an appoint- an opportunity to get favourite food, where ment with their Parish to know some of his were they born and Priest and then inter- younger parishioners. what was their favourite view them using a tape The final part of the recorder. After the comic.

Hamish Valentine, the interview they prepared project was a morning Year 7 teacher, said the a poster or booklet to tea for the priests project was part of the present the biogra- involved. The boys cooked cakes, made build up to Confirma- phies.

Father Brian Harris, sandwiches and served tion and also aimed to assist students to Parish Priest of East refreshments.

Kelmscott Expands A building project, underway at Good Shepherd School, Kelmscott, is the first stage of an expansion program aimed at offering more places for Catholic primary children in the south eastern region. Under construction is a Pre-primary Centre which will accommodate two classes of children in 1991. A second class of Year 1 students also will begin in 1991.

The Principal of Good Shepherd School, Mr Kim Baker, said that the area is developing rapidly and the school will continue to grow to take two streams from Pre-primary to Year 7.

He said the decision to expand resulted from the needs expressed by parents.

The school is set in 15 acres of natural bushland. Kim said the architects, Oldham Boas Ednie-Brown, had taken great care to ensure that the building had minimal effect on the environment. "They are building the car park around the trees," Principal of Good Shepherd School, Mr Kim Baker, explains where the new Pre-primary Centre will be located. said Kim.

Performing Arts Festival

Trinity college student, Peter Donnelly, presents Father Brian Harris with his biography at the morning tea prepared by the Year 7 students.

Students from all Catholic schools in Western Australia have been invited to participate in a Performing Arts Festival to be held in September. from Arts Advisory CommitParticipants There will be nine Sponsor The Festival is being each section, including tee. It is part of the sections, ranging from piano solo, instrument sponsored by Zenith the recipients of the Commission's longsolo, and liturgical Music which has also perpetual trophies, will term objective of seemusic performance to donated a perpetual be selected to perform ing the arts continue at forefront of t he mime and movement. trophy for Performance in the final concert.

Catholic education in Sections provide for of Excellence.

Western Australia.

The Festival will be Pilot Program both solo performers The Festival is being held at various venues and groups.

The coordinator of the The Archbishop of in the central Perth area organised by a commit- Performing Arts Pilot Perth, the Most Reve- from Saturday 1 Sep- tee established by eight Program, Mr Francis rend William Foley, the tember to Friday 14 schools in the Central Douglas, will answer Premier of Western September and will Region which are par- queries about the FesAustralia, Dr Carmen conclude with a final ticipating in a year-long tival. He is based at St Lawrence, Monsignor concert at Winthrop Performing Arts pilot Columba's School .

Michael Keating and Hall at the University of program. The program Bayswater and is availAustralia. was set up in response able on Fridays. several Religious Orders Western have donated perpetual Trophies will be pres- to a recommendation Entries close on Fritrophies to be awarded ented at the end of the from the Catholic Education Commission's day 10 August. concert. in each section.

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Schools Celebrate Growth

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Guests enjoying the speeches at the opening of the Geraldton Diocese's Catholic Education Centre include ( from left) Sr Mary Monaghan, Principal of St Lawrence School, Bluff Point, Mr Ashley Arnold, Principal, St Mary's School, Northampton and Mr Bob Mercer, School Board Chairman, St Francis Xavier Primary School, Geraldton.

The opening of the that the opening of the four weeks after her A New Beginning buildings was the final a of part was centre a as years thirty After arrival she opened the significant devel- stage of the school's doors of the Sisters' government school , very in pre-primary relocation to the new opment PrimCatholic Tardun in school first Catholic that has site in Discovery Drive. ation educ rewas Perth. In 1849 she ary School Archbishop William on in going been established the first opened on 29 May. Foley said the decision for education Catholic established Originally secondary school in school as a Catholic school in the past five years. He to relocate the Western Australia. and parish centre from there 1985 in that said the in located is it 1948 The Archbishop said five Tonbridge Way to Disabout that the College aims to Pallotine Mission at were in the covery Drive was made schools Catholic a enrols and Tardun educational create an in 1985. He said the pre-primary with State community, centred in majority of Aboriginal rethe of cost classes.

Christ, in order to students. which establishment, are 76 there "Today and primary Both provide opportunities totalled $1.4 million for students to develop secondary students schools offering Prewas the greatest chaleducation," primary and Tardun at their potential in all board facing the comlenge areas, spiritual, intellec- the secondary students said Dr Tannock. $1.3 million of munity. to day each travel tual, emotional. physi50 Years On And met by the was cost the school in Morawa. cal and social.

Still Growing and the Comparish stuprimary 36 The "You are part of the When the Pre-primary monwealth Governlong and outstanding dents are taught by the Centre was opened at ment contributed tradition in Catholic principal, Andrew Jago St Lawrence School, $ 100,000. education that is linkea and two Dominican Bluff Point (a suburb of Dr Peter Tannock, to a wonderful woman Sisters.

Geraldton) on 19 May it thanked the Common_.„ . ceremThe opening whose name your Colmarked the fiftieth wealth Government for The raising of a more than 4 metre tall cross in the grounds of Tardun Catholic lege proudly carries," ony began with a Mass anniversary of the signifi- Primary School involved all the students. While principal, Andrew Jago directed celebrated by Bishop opening of the first their small but said the Archbishop. and proceedings Bishop Barry Hickey and Dr Peter Tannock ensured it was well contribution cant Hickey and attended by school buildings.

Dynamic and GovernState also the bolted into the ground. students, parents, prinSt Lawrence School, ceremony for a new project, which included Forward Looking cipals from nearby established by the multi-purpose area on a parking area, totalled To commemorate the schools and lay mis$130.000.

Saturday 26 May. opening of the College, sionaries who live and Presentation Sisters, Dr Peter Tannock work at the Pallotine first opened its doors to Foley Premier Opens A rchbishop students in 1940. In unveiled a plaque. He Mission. blessed and opened Administration 1965 the Sisters of said the challenge for the building at a cerem- Block During the concert the new school was to which followed the Nazareth took over the ony attended by stuThe Premier of Westschool which today build upon the tradi- ceremonies dents, parents. parish ern Australia. Dr CarFather students.

380 enrols the by down tions laid priest Fr Richard Doyle men Lawrence offiHevern related the The Pre-primary CenSisters of Mercy and history of Tardun and and members of the cially opened the new additional and tre the Christian Brothers.

School Board. invited parent Olive administration block at were classrooms "I view the establishBoddington to recall The multi-purpose Stella Mans College, ment of Ursula Frayne her days at the school opened by the Deputy area was originally the Geraldton.

Catholic College as a which she attended Director of Catholic Parish Greenwood The building was very exciting chapter in when it first opened in Education in WA, Mrs bought was It ch.

Chur blessed by the Bishop Therese Temby and the history of education 1948. by the school, dis- of Geraldton, Bishop blessed by Bishop in Western Australia. mantled and re-erected Barry Hickey, who said Expansion Pre-primary Barry Hickey.

This is a very significant on the Orana campus that in every part of the Celebrations were College — it is large, it Sacred Heart Thornlie where it will be used for Diocese and in many the for at Balga held is it is dynamic and — Now On One Site range of activities countries to the north a new the of forward looking," he opening At the March blessing Kalgoorlie Parish Priest, Fr Tony Pires and including music and at Centre Pre-primary of Western Australia, said. and opening of new work in the drama, physical educa- the name Stella Mans The ceremony was St Gerard's School buildings at Sacred Archbishop Foley watch students at tion, and art and craft. was a familiar houseconcluded by the Prin- during Catholic Educa- Heart School, Thornlie Manual Arts Centre at John Paul College.

April. in Week tion John hold word.

Mr Principal, cipal of the College, Arts the Manual of Interest Low a for ment The Centre was the principal, Sr Victor Mrs Anne Parker.

"Over many decades Loan but said that Centre is vital in an area Downey said the buildby Dr Peter Wright, paid tribute to governments should like the Goldfields. opened ing also would be this school has been a "We have talented of commitment the students, a dedicated Tannock and blessed members of both the contribute more.

"We need to work with available as a south-of formative influence in staff and a supportive by Archbishop William parish and school "They give one tenth local industry to pre- the-river venue for the education of countcommunity and I feel Foley. Guests were communities. less girls and women. of capital funding and pare young people for teacher inservices. confident that our Col- welcomed by the The role of the Catholic one half of recurrent the workforce. It is School Communities living a is "This school the of lege will make a signif- Chairman childgive to school is to form the important Dr said unding," f Meet Costs icant contribution to School Board, Mr Mal witness to the faith and Tannock. fully integrated Chrisren the skills they need whole the of courage On 5 June two tian person, to nourish Catholic education in Sharpe. in jobs to find order in to is insufficient "This Sr said During his address, Dr community," schools opened new the Faith, to educate the future," said Mrs meet the needs of the Kalgoorlie area."

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He said that the Cen- facilities. the mind, to fashion the Catholic Schools. We At Our Lady of Good character and to impart are falling behind tre has already made an because governments impact on the curricu- Counsel School, Karri- Christian values for are not fulfilling their lum and on the stu- nyup a building project living." which cost more than dents' progress. obligations."

He said that the skills $200,000 was blessed Boarding Facilities A new boarding Manual Arts Centre for learned in the Centre by the Parish Priest. Fr would be invaluable for Geoff Beyer. The house complex at St John Paul College A Manual Arts Centre the remainder of the school community will Brigid's College. Lesmeet the cost of the murdie was blessed by at John Paul College, students' lives. of buildings with the Archbishop Foley and cost The total Kalgoorlie was officially opened by the building the Manual assistance of a State opened by the Minister was Government Low Inter- for the Environment.

Centre Deputy Premier of WA, A rts Ian Taylor and blessed $209,559. The Com- est Loan. Students will Conservation and Land and

by Archbishop William monwealth Govern- benefit from the reno- Management ment provided a grant vation of the pre- Waterways, Mr Bob Foley on 19 May. in March.

The Centre, which of $159,109 and the primary classroom and Pearce, a multi-purpose new contributed College boarding new The beginthe opened at complex comprises ning of the school year $50,450 for which they covered area.

State a Majella Primary four houses with indiprovides students with received the opportunity to Government Low Inter- School, Balga also vidual bedrooms for benefited from a State students as well as develop specialised est Loan.

Government Low Inter- guest lounges, kitchen skills in areas including Orana Opening est Loan which will and dining room, an and metalwork Orana Catholic Primwoodwork. ary School, Willetton assist them to meet the infirmary and prayer The Principal of the celebrated its 10th costs of the pre- room. It was completed Br Terry Cant anniversary and a primary which opened in time for the opening College, The Administration area was one of the buildings opened at Sacred Heart said that the provision blessing and opening this year. The building of the 1990 school year School. Thornlie.

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CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK

Catholic Education Week was established as part of the Catholic Education Commission's ongoing program to promote Catholic schools and to strengthen relationships between schools and their communities. The Week aimed to focus the attention of the whole community on the ethos, richness, diversity and achievements of Catholic education. and Baptism ceremony Community service Schools chose to church. Senior stuat C.ulunga Catholic celebrate Catholic Community service dents from Liwara Aboriginal School, was an important part Catholic Education Week in Primary West Swan, on Sunday of the week's obser- School many different ways. introduced 1 April, marked the vance Some concentrated for many Catholic Education beginning of the schools. their efforts on just one Week at all Sunday school's celebration of activity; others Year 7 students from Masses while five stuCatholic Education Mel Maria Catholic dents performed a arranged a week-long Week. program.

Primary School, Atta- liturgical movement at Ten children were dale visited and served the 7.30am and 9am In the South West of baptised and together morning tea to resi- Masses. The Whitford the State, St Anne's with other participants dents of the St Paul's and Padbury Catholic School, Harvey and in the Mass took part in Nursing Home in Atta- Primary Schools joined Leschenault Catholic the smoking ritual — or dale while Year 5 stu- together for Mass folPrimary School, Auspassing through smoke dents conducted a lowed by morning tea tralind hosted visits by — which is the Aborig- rubbish clean up along and a bush dance, students from neighinal way of driving out the Point Walter fore- providing an opportunbouring Cathol ic evil. schools for special shore Visits to Naza- ity for students from the Masses and sports reth House, Hilton and different schools to get Excellence days. To mark the the Carlisle Nursing to know each other.

Awards beginning of Catholic One of Western AusAt Marian School, Home were made by Education Week on tralia's oldest private Morawa, students and other schools.

Sunday 1 April, stuStudents at Yidarra schools, Mercedes Colteachers planned a dents at Kearnan ColPrimary lege in Victoria Square, week of celebration Catholic lege, Manjimup who including school visits School raised funds for Perth, opened its doors live in Pemberton and by senior citizens; a the purchase of a to the public with a Bridgetown, joined book fair and open day; special thermometer program that included their former primary and a thanksgiving for the paediatric ward guided tours of the hisschools to participate Mass. The students of Fremantle Hospital. toric school buildings. in parish Masses. A Balloons carrying Groups from Liwara also showed their Catholic Education appreciation to local Catholic Primary messages of peace Week Mass, followed groups and businesses School, Greenwood were released by senior by morning tea for which have helped the visited homes for the students from St Pius X parents, an open day school by presenting elderly and the Prin- School, Manning at the and sausage sizzle them with Excellence cess Margaret Hospital conclusion of a lunch was held for the Awards. for Children during the Catholic Education College community St Mary's School, week. Toys donated by Week assembly for later in the week.

Northampton arranged the Liwara students parents and friends.

Leschenault Catholic a special theme for were presented during Commissioning Primary School, Aus- each day of Catholic the visit to Princess Ceremony tralind students visited Education Week. On Margaret Hospital.

The final official event the elderly residents of The student Choir for Catholic Education Community day stuSt Vincent's Hospital in dents visited the local from Loreto Primary Week was a commisBunbury while stu- hospital and frail Nedlands, sioning ceremony for aged School, dents from St Mary's homes as well as local sang for patients at the members of the School, Donnybrook historical areas.

Other Hollywood Repatria- Catholic Education visited the local hospidays were dedicated to tion Hospital and led Commission.

The tal, Minnimup Cottages Science, Literature and the singing of the Archbishop of Perth, for the elderly and Tuia National Anthem at the the Most Reverend History.

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At the Tardun Catholic Wildcats Basketball William Foley officiated Aboriginal Primary School, stu- game on Friday 6 April. at the simple ceremony ceremony dents and their families Mass in the Chapel of St A traditional Aborigi- celebrated at a barMany schools began Michael the Archangel nal cleansing ritual becue breakfast follow- the week with a special at the Catholic Educaincorporated in a Mass ing Sunday's Mass.

Mass in the local parish tion Centre, Leederville.

Presenting shoppers with flowers was one of the many activities held by Liwara Catholic Primary School, Greenwood. Liwara has held Catholic School Week for many years - it served as an inspiration for organisers of Catholic Education Week.

3rucrenrs from flow Name 3cnom Carlisle visaed Carlisle Nursing home.

in the Pilbara

Clockwise from top left: Each class at Christ the King School, Beaconsfield made a square which was included in a Friendship Quilt which was hung in the school's main office.

Year 5 students at Me/ Maria Catholic Primary School, Attadale cleaned up the Point Walter foreshore.

Whitford and Padbury Catholic Primary schools combined for a Mass to celebrate the Week.

During the Week many schools took Caring for the Environment as a theme for a day. Warren Rout/edge and Justin Rob of St Mary's School, Northampton cleared up rubbish on the outskirts of town.

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A highlight for the Pilbara region was the cooperative spirit exhibited

by St Cecilia's School, Port Hedland and St Paul's Primary School, Karratha.

These schools chose tion Week memorable Week by interviewing to display a selection of for the St Cecilia's five students, Lauren work from all grades community. On Mon- Sadler (aged 8), Sarah and subject areas at day evening the role of Rylance (9), Glen Moleach other's school. the Catholic Education toni (10), Natasha BraThe displays helped to Office was promoted at him and Hilary Bray emphasise the sharing the monthly meeting of (12) on Friday morning. and caring nature of the Parents & Friends The students outlined Catholic communities Association. Visitors the history of St Ceciliand demonstrated a were welcomed with as's and spoke on commitment to foster- the video titled The subjects covered in the ing the ideals of History of the Catholic school curriculum, Catholic education. School in Australia. The including Religion. The Although distance kept focus of the evening program emphasised the two schools apart was on the develop- the similarities between physically they were ment Catholic the Catholic and of able to join together in schooling and its com- government school a spiritual sense to mitment to Celebrating systems. Station mancelebrate their com- Faith, Knowledge and ager Topsy Cartier later mon aim.

Excellence in education. told the school that the public response to the Important events Radio interviews segment had been one Other equally imporLocal radio station of the most positive the tant events helped 6NW acknowledged station had expermake Catholic Educa- C atholic Education ienced.

Forrest Place Festival

A kaleidoscope of colours — reds, greens, blues, yellows, maroons — dominated Forrest Place in the centre of Perth on Thursday 5 April as more than 70 Catholic schools paraded their flags and banners in celebration of the inaugural Catholic Education Week.

More than 300 children from schools as far away as Southern Cross, Narrogin, Collie and Brunswick Junction participated in the Parade of School Flags which was led into Forrest Place by the Trinity College Pipe Band and students from Infant Jesus Morley, who carried a banner depicting the Catholic Education Week theme, Celebrating Faith, Knowledge and Excellence.

Students from Culunga Catholic Aboriginal School, including some wearing traditional dress attracted considerable attention.

The Parade was the culmination of the day-long exhibition in Forrest Place which was a showcase for Catholic schools and Catholic education.

Popular Computer Display The most ambitious display on the day was that undertaken by St Vincent's School, Medina. Principal, Mr Ron Saulsman brought a fully operational computer classroom into the city and created one of the most popular displays of the exhibition. Students from Years 6 and 7 spent the day demonstrating to the public the many ways computers are used in education. The screens which determined the boundaries of the classroom carried displays of the many innovative programs being undertaken at St Vincent's.

Historic New Norcia Catholic College also attracted a lot of interest with its display on the school's unique aspects including its agricultural courses. Religious Education was the theme of a display by Corpus Christi College, Bateman and Sacred Heart College, Sorrento featured "Life at Sacred Heart."

One of Perth's newest Catholic schools, Ursula Frayne Catholic College, Victoria Park presented a general display, while Mathematics featured in the display by St Augustine's Primary School, Rivervale.

Newman College Senior School showed the history of the school and displays by the Catholic Education Office featured the history of Catholic Education in WA, teaching in Catholic schools, Aboriginal education and Catholic schools in the 90's.

Entertainment During the day a continuous program of entertainment, including dancers, school choirs, concert bands and dramatic groups, was presented to the public. The entertainment concluded with a presentation by the Senior Ja77 Band from Christian Brothers' College, Fremantle.

Following the Parade of Flags the Minister for Education, Dr Geoff Gallop spoke on the contribution made by Catholic education to the development of Western Australia.

As well as their school flag, Infant Jesus School Morley students carried a banner based on the Catholic Education Week poster in the Parade of School Flags at Forrest Place.

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The Trinity College Concert Band has a firmly established tradition in the musical life of the College. Conductor. Mr Rob Braham, led the group during their hour long performance.

Under the direction of Mrs Jenny O'Connor the Mercedes College Orchestra presented works including Rondeau from Suite No 2 in B minor by Bach and The Pink Panther by Henry Mancini.

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The Santa Maria College Clowns presented dramatic and liturgical dances to the delight of the large crowd in Forrest Place.

More than 170 students at Christian Brothers College, Fremantle study instrumental music. Both the Junior School Concert Band and the Senior School Jazz Band (pictured above) performed.

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CURRICULUM CHALLENGES

KEARNAN OFFERS INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION Sr Mary Dwyer, principal of Kearnan College since 1987, enjoys her dual roles as head of Kearnan and teacher of English and Religion to secondary students. "Kearnan College aims very much to look after the total child — the social, physical and academic — each child in the school is an individual to be helped to grow in the way he or she was meant to grow," said Sr Mary.

"The school motto is to the problems these cation program which Seek Truth — and we children face but it is has been tailored to suit encourage the children something they have to their needs.

The program was to seek the truth in all cope with."

Sr by "We also work very devised areas their of closely with parents," Antoinette Dilworth, development." said Sr Mary. "Because the Religious Educawe see the parents both tion Coordinator for the Benefits in school and socially, College and particuSr Mary believes that that larty the secondary there are benefits for we are very aware we are part of the whole section. children and staff alike When Sr Antoinette in a small school such community. Part of our aim is to have the took up her position as Kearnan College. three years her first task "The small class sizes children realize they was to survey all the are part larger of a we have, particularly in secondary students to cornparish, that their the secondary section, determine the imporare good for the stu- munity life is not restant issues in their lives. dents. We can get to tricted just to school.

"I wanted to find out know them better and Primary Section their feelings so I could where necessary can Enrols 200 draw up a list of topics provide greater individPeter Aram, deputy that would help them ual attention or arrange principal in charge of cope," she said. our timetable to meet Kearnan College's After establishing the student needs," she primary section, is one students' needs, Sr said. of the longest-serving Antoinette prepared There are also advan- members of staff, havprograms for all classes tages in having both ing been at the school from Year 8 to 12, using primary and secondary since 1975. the Perth Archdiocesan classes on the same More than 200 child- Religious Education campus according to ren are enrolled in the Guidelines. Each class Sr Mary. section which includes has three, 50-minute There is interaction a Pre-primary unit and RE periods each week. both between staff of single stream classes Readiness of Children the two sections and through to Year 7.

The Religious Educathe students. At KearOne of Peter's connan it is not unusual to cerns is that country tion Guidelines are also see a primary class children do not have the basis of the primary having a lesson in a the same opportunities RE program at Kearnan secondary Science for cultural experiences College.

"We aim to prepare the laboratory while secon- that are available to city dary students read children. To overcome children for the Relistories they have writ- this, Kearnan takes full gious Education they undertake in ten to children in Year 1. advantage of funding w i ll Because the school provided through the secondary," said Primdraws its students from Priority Country Areas ary RE Coordinator, Lucas. a wide area, many Program to arrange Carmel children have to travel activities for its stu- "Because each teacher long distances by bus dents. These range takes his or her own to get to and from from subsidised visits class for Religion, we school. "This is particu- by dance groups and work from the readilarly true of the secon- theatre companies to ness of the children to dary section where specialist subject learn. In one year the students come from camps such as writing children might underPemberton, Bridge- and computing camps. take preparatory work town, Balingup and Some of the funding is for what they will be other distant areas," also used to transport studying in the followsaid Sr Mary. "This children to various ing year. Because the does provide some excursions including Guideline levels are problems for the senior visits to Perth. designed to be taught students who must still over two years they lend themselves well to maintain the required RE Based on Needs homework/study load.

Secondary students this program," said Teachers are sensitive follow a Religious Edu- Carmel.

Pioneering Spin Lives On

A regular part of the program in the primary section is when senior students assist the juniors with their reading. Above, Year 1 student Kristin Muir reads to Kassie Jones from Year 7.

Kearnan College, Manjimup has come a long way since it opened In the early 1920's in just two rooms.

When the Sisters of St Joseph opened their school for primary children in the new Manjimup parish in 1923, they could not have foreseen the development which occurred in the next 70 years.

As the prosperous timber and fruit growing region developed, so too did the school. In 1940 St Joseph's (as it was then known) took its first secondary students, girls only, when it added years 8, 9 and 10.

The school at that time took boarders — students from remote farms who were accommodated in dormitories on the verandahs of the original school building.

More classrooms were added progressively as student numbers grew and in the early 70's the school became fully coeducational. Shortly after that the decision was made to extend education to Years 11 and 12.

The addition of a Pre-primary class made the school one of the few country colleges to provide a full education from Pre-primary to Year 12.

The school no longer has boarders — the dormitory verandahs have long since been removed — but the pioneering spirit and desire to meet the educational needs of country children remains.

The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart continue to have a considerable involvement in the school. Principal, Sr Mary Dwyer is in her fourth year at Kearnan College while Sr Antoinette Dilworth is the secondary Religious Education Coordinator and teaches English and Social Studies and Sr Sharon O'Donoghue teaches Year 3.

The College is now known as Kearnan College in honour of Dr Francis Keaman who in 1922 became the first priest of the new Parish of Manjimup.

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Providing subject choices for Keaman College's 160 secondary students becomes a very personal responsibility, according to Secondary Deputy, Patrick Corrigan.

For students in years 8 teaching provided in graphy, drama, theatre physical resources to 10, the curriculum is the secondary area. art,typing, business within the school. generally unit-based These new students education, clothing "We are very much and subject choices are take the full range of and fabrics, technical driven by the students' straightforward. Year 8 subjects available drawing, computing wishes, but because we is regarded as a transi- before choosing and music. The College know them so well, we tion year with students options in Years 9 and offers woodwork know if individual stunew to the school 10. classes out of schools dents will be able to coming from PemberIn addition to the core hours using the facili- cope at particular levels ton, Bridgetown and subjects of English, ties at Manjimup Senior or not, and it is providother country areas, Mathematics, Science, High School. ing suitable choices for and those moving up Social Studies, ReliAt Years 11 and 12, them al l which from Year 7 needing to gious Education and subject choices are becomes a great permake the adjustment to Physical Education, restricted by the availa- sonal responsibility." the different style of Kearnan offers photo- bility of teachers and said Patrick.

Faith Witness Swimming is one of the popular sports at Kearnan.

Teachers Allesandra Mordini and Phillip Rossiter give a few coaching tips to Dale Clover.

Confidence Building Arts Program

Manjimup Parents help school

A group of the enthusiastic music students (from left) Paul Keogh, James Heixien, Kirsty Fontanini and Jane Mc Waters.

Keaman College has a strong emphasis on the performing arts with singing taught in primary school and musical awareness, guitar, drama and theatre arts taught in the secondary school.

Secondary teacher, Hugh Ryder, is in charge of the performing arts program. He believes the performing arts program develops the students' confidence by teaching them to overcome their fear of speaking in front of others and helping them to achieve personal control. While Kearnan College does not present major productions it combines with the local Repertory group to put on plays and drama evenings and the drama classes often use Repertory Club facilities for smaller productions.

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In the Science Laboratory are (rear) 'talc) Palermo. teacher Michael Hornby, Eddie Cybula and Tim O'Connell.

Mr Robert Cammann, chairperson of the Keaman College School Board, sees his work for the school as a practical way of serving God and thanking Him for his gift of children.

Robert has two child"It has been very cation and so are ren at Kearnan College pleasing in the time to prepared to do wha— Nadine in Year 9 and see how the school has tever they can to Nathan in Year 5. Two grown, particularly in ensure it happens.

Kearnan parents are older children have left the secondary section.

This growth is going to keen to help and many school.

"I enjoy working for continue, particularly are involved in classt he school," said as more students are room assistance, canRobert. "Originally I coming from Pember- teen, sporting activities planned to stay on the ton and Bridgetown. and generally supportboard for only four Former Board ing staff as well as years and then give member Eddie Lid- traditional fund-raising someone else a go, delow and P and F by the P and F. however, I stayed on to representative Ber"Because of the finanprovide continuity and nadette Lush agree that cial constraints of a have now been a as parents they want small school, anything Board member for six their children to have parents can do helps years. the best possible edu- the school," said Eddie.

Keaman College Principal, Sr Mary Dwyer consults on building renovations with School Board Chairman. Robert Cammann.

Parish Priest of Manjimup, Fr Bernie Dwyer believes the most important thing in Catholic education is the faith witness of the teachers as models for their students.

In a small community like Manjimup, where staff and students are closely involved with the parish as well as the school, such witness by the staff is very evident.

Fr Dwyer enjoys his association with Kearnan College. He enjoys the company of the primary children and one of his aims is to develop a stronger relationship with the senior students. His plans include a monthly parish youth Mass involving secondary students from Kearnan.

Father Dwyer is a regular visitor to the preprimary classrooms where he is pictured (right) with student Bridget Conza.

Long distance traveller KEARNAN

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Julie Muir, 17, a Year 12 student at Keaman College, is a long distance traveller.

Each day, Julie and her four brothers and sisters make the 150 kilometre round trip to Kearnan College from their home at Lake Muir, east of Manjimup. They are driven 35 kilometres by their parents before catching a school bus for the rest of the journey. To get to school the children leave home at 7am and return at 5pm.

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25th Anniversary at Karrinyup School Former parish priest Fr Michael Byrne, past principals, teachers and former students were among the many guests who attended 25th Anniversary celebrations at Our Lady of Good Counsel School, Karrinyup on Thursday 15 March.

The celebration was held 25 years to the day that the school had first opened with 59 students taught by Sr Boniface and Sr Bridget of the Holy Family of Nazareth, North Beach.

The day began with a celebratory Mass in the parish church, followed by morning tea for guests and students.

Classrooms were open for inspection with special Silver anniversary displays including historical photographs in the school library.

Following a reenactment of the founding of the school, Fr Byrne and former principal, Miss Anne Nolan planted a commemorative tree in the Students re-enacted the first day of school at Our school grounds.

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GALLIPOLI PILGRIMAGE Year 12 student Bronwyn Peace, teacher Mrs Margot Morcombe and chaplain Fr Luke Fay of Santa Maria College, Atladale were among the party of Australians who accompanied the returned servicemen to Gallipoli on Anzac Day. Their tour included Egypt and a visit to the site of the Anzacs' training ground at Cairo and the pyramids of Giza.

At the Gallipoli Peninsula the visitors saw many of the battlegrounds such as Shrapnel Valley, Lone Pine and Chanuk Bair, which have become an integral part of the Anzac story.

Anzac Day itself was marked by the Dawn Service and a ceremony in which a pine tree was planted at Lone Pine. At this ceremony, Bronwyn was one of the many Australians who formed an honour guard for the old diggers.

Bronwyn describes the tour as a "once in a lifetime experience. I returned to Australia with a much greater sense of national pride," she said.

Maths

not for spectators

"Mathematics is not a spectator sport," says Catholic Education Office Primary Mathematics consultant, Ellita Pisano. "To learn any idea, students need to take an active role in the learning process rather than be passive absorbers of other people's ideas."

Ellita joined the CEO staff earlier this year and Centre of learning one of her main tasks is to introduce teachers . .

"This syllabus puts the student at the centre of and parents . . . to the new Mathematics syllabus learning. It aims to utilise and develop the for primary students and explain how the new mathematics potential of each student. All syllabus makes students participants, rather than children are capable of experiencing success and spectators, in learning. enjoyment from mathematics," says Ellita. "The "Two factors that have contributed to the new syllabus allows them to do just that." development of the new syllabus are technologAccording to Ellita, what was once thought the ical advancements in our society and new best way to learn mathematics — having the child knowledge gained from research on how children sit quietly practising procedures that the teacher learn mathematics," says Ellita. had demonstrated — often turned children "off" "Research studies clearly indicate that young maths. "This method relied on the student's recall children have the potential to solve problems by of rules, formulas and procedures, often with little their own means and they do solve problems in or no understanding," says Ellita. unique and creative ways.

Adults of future Positive Attitudes The children we teach today will be the adults "With the new syllabus they will experience a of the 21st century. It is important that we prepare mathematical concept by using materials such as them to participate in the society of the future. To counters, coins and scales and the emphasis will ensure this is done, some changes to the content be on students learning at their own pace and with and methods of teaching may be necessary. understanding. They will be encouraged to try out Children will be given a solid understanding of the and express their ideas, justify their solutions and concepts such as number, place value, the write or draw about their results. Because learning addition, subtraction, multiplication and division is a social activity, they need others to help them operations, measurement and spatial concepts. evaluate their ideas and results. This approach will They will be taught general problem solving skills lead to meaningful learning of concepts and skills or processes such as estimating, calculating, by the students," says Ellita. "I believe the resulting classifying, predicting, communicating, evaluat- success and enjoyment they experience will lead ing, noting patterns and relationships and them to develop positive attitudes towards generalising. mathematics."

St Paul's musical talents

Students at St Paul's Primary School, Mt Lawley have had a number of opportunities lately to show off their diverse musical talents.

In first term students Catholic College Hall. small park adjoining the the official opening of from Years 4 to 7 The play was produced school and the WA Marriage and Famcombined to present by school principal, audience of parents, ily Week at the South According to Luke, a Roberta Chapman. parishioners and neigh- Perth Civic Centre. The musical play based on To commemorate Holy bours were encouraged Premier, Dr Carmen the Gospel of St Luke. Thursday the students to become a part of the Lawrence was among Parents and members re-enacted the Passion dramatised Easter story. guests who heard the of the school commun- of Christ in movement Recently the school's Year 5 students play the ity attended the perfor- and song. The perfor- Angklung Orchestra traditional Indonesian mance in the Chisholm mance was held in a entertained guests at bamboo instruments.

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Year 7 student Anthony Gill as Jesus Christ, pictured with his disciples during St Paul's, Mount Lawley's presentation of According to Luke

School and Parish Working Together Cooperation and careful planning by the school and parish community of St Francis Xavier, Armadale has paid off with the creation of efficient and effective teaching and play areas at the school.

The school, established 51 years ago to serve Administration block a predominantly rural population, was faced with The area previously occupied by the school's a number of problems including a very small library — the first school building — has been library and administration area, crowded c onverted to a larger administration block and a computer room and a pre-primary which was resource room equipped with computers while the located in an old house away from the main former resource room has become the school's school. At the same time the parish occupied the music centre and uniform shop. original church building in the school grounds.

To alleviate the shortage of playing space, the church has purchased and made available to the school an adjoining residential block.

Harmonious solution School principal, Mr Vivian Theseira, is While there is a long term possibility that the entire school may be relocated to accommodate delighted with the new-look school which he the growing demands for places, an immediate describes as very efficient. "It couldn't have been solution was needed to alleviate the space achieved without the cooperation of the school shortage. School and parish leaders got together community, the Board and P&F, parish priest Fr to discuss the problems and have worked together Tom Corcoran and parish members," he said.

What has been done here is an example of what over the past year to achieve an harmonious can be achieved when people work together." solution.

The entire cost of the project, $128,000, has The school, with community support, has built met by the local community through direct been a new pre-primary centre close to its junior primary classrooms, creating a compact Early contributions and a State Government LowChildhood Education Unit. When the new pre- Interest Loan.

With the possible relocation in mind, the preprimary centre opened at the beginning of the primary room was designed as a demountable year, the parish took over the previous pre-primary centre and converted it into an adult centre and building which can be shifted to a new site. meeting rooms. This move freed the church Play equipment The refurbishment program will be completed building which was converted into a spacious and comfortable school library complete with shortly with the installation of $5000 worth of teachers' preparation area and audio visual playground equipment which is being donated by section. the school's P&F Association.

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DANCERS BRING CULTURE TO LIFE A group of Aboriginal dancers from Mornington Island, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, visited many Catholic city and country schools earlier this year.

Students responded enthusiastically as, to the sounds of the didgeridoo, the performers danced out stories about Aboriginal serpents, hunting, mythology and initiation. The performances included a demonstration of fire making by a dancer not much older than the students in the audience.

Success Social Studies coordinator at Corpus Christi College, Bateman, Mr Rod Lillywhite described the visit by the dancers as an overwhelming success.

"The dancers did much to explain their culture to the audience and student response was instant and spontaneous," he said.

"Visits such as this go a long way towards bridging misunderstandings between people."

Above: The dancers' visit to Corpus Christi, where they performed for the school's Year 9 Social Studies class, became a joyful event as students accepted the visitors' invitation to join in the dance. Photo by Mrs Sue Tucker, Corpus Christi.

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The teachers involved The May camp was an schools are following extension of a program similar teaching pro- have formed a close begun last year by Art grams and by meeting professional relationteachers Michael Page together are able to take ship which they hope to of Servite College and advantage of shared extend to other schools Jean Aitken of Aran- expertise and facilities. next year.

Swagathon raises more than $4,000 More than 200 colourfully dressed students of St Lawrence School, Balcatta recently took a leisurely walk around Lake Monger — and raised more than $4,000 for the ACTIV Foundation Inc and the school.

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Following the walk the students and staff gathered for a picnic.

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KALGOORLIE VISITS KAGOSHIMA

Excited students from Kalgoorlie Catholic Primary School left for Japan in early April for an 18 day cultural visit.

Led by teacher, Rob Rowe, the group of 15 students visited Kagoshima and Myasaki.

The visit was the second that the school has taken arranged by Interlink Travel. The invitation to visit Japan was issued initially in 1988 when a former teacher from Kalgoorlie took up a teaching position in Kagoshima.

The Kalgoorlie students were joined by two children from St Munchin's School, Gosnells and one child f rom St Joseph's School, Boulder.

The Principal of Kalgoorlie Catholic Primary, Sister Kathleen Hitchcock, said the experience of the children travelling to another country and learning about another culture, while living with Japanese families was an invaluable ex- Sister Kathleen Hitchcock does a final check of luggage at Perth Internationdi perience for them. The Airport. Sr Kathleen is pictured with (from left) Kylie Hughes, St Munchin's informal, social interac- School, Gosnells, Martin Crew, St Joseph's School, Boulder and Chantelle tion is very important as Tonkin, Kalgoorlie Catholic Primary School. well," she said

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Seder meal The students, staff and parents of St Patrick's Primary School, Katanning, celebrated Holy Thursday with a Seder Meal.

The Seder Meal is part of the Jewish Passover, the commemoration of the exodus of the Jewish people from slavery to freedom, led

by Moses.

For the meal the students were divided into groups, each with two or three parents and staff who acted as leaders.

The Seder meal follows a strict Jewish f ormat where the leader of the family reads the story of the Exodus as they sit around the Seder table.

As they tell the story they point out the r espective symbolic

foods on the table and e xplain their significance.

Through their participation in the Seder Meal and its preparation, the children learned the story of Exodus and the origin of the Passover and increased their understanding of the Eucharist by relating it to the Passover meal and the Last Supper.

The celebration gave the children an enriched understanding of the meaning of Easter and a deeper understanding of the love their God has for them.

Innovative Centre for Children with Special Needs Children with special needs in Perth's northern suburbs have a new facility, the Catherine McAuley Centre. Established at St Simon Peter Catholic Primary School, Ocean Reef in 1990 the special education centre currently has four students and has room for more.

It caters for children with mild to moderate disabilities and was designed to meet the needs of physically disabled children.

Builds confidence The children spend the morning in the Centre with teacher, Mrs Tina Noone and during the afternoon are integrated into their normal classes.

Year 2 student, Timmy Griffiths said he thinks the Centre is great. "They help me to do my work and the computer is really good."

Timmy's mother, Pauline Griffiths, said he has made excellent progress this year particularly with reading and printing. "He has more confidence overall because he is succeeding at school," said Pauline.

Mrs Leslie Jones helps her daughter Candice and other students with their work. "I come and spend as much time as I can here," she said.

"It is the best of both worlds for Candice here at St Simon Peter because she receives the special attention she needs but is also fully involved with the rest of the school."

Committed to its success The Principal of the school, Sr Breda O'Reilly, said the Centre was named after the found ress of the Sisters of Mercy, Catherine McAuley. She said that Sisters of Mercy have a long association not only with the State as a whole but particularly with schools in the northern suburbs. "Currently Sisters of Mercy are principals of Catholic schools at Whitfords, Padbury, Woodvale and myself here at Ocean Reef," said Sr Breda.

Sr Breda said she was delighted with. the way the School Board, the staff and the total parent community readily accepted the idea of the Centre and committed themselves to its success.

Four people from the community attending a special training session at the Catholic Education Office. These Special Education Volunteers now work with the teacher and support the classroom teachers in the afternoons when the children are in the mainstream classes.

Funding The Centre was funded by a Commonwealth Government Grant of $84,100 and was built at the same time as the school's Library and Administration blocks. Sr Breda said that without financial and moral support given to the school by the Cathnlic community the Centre would never have been established.

Pictured in the Catherine McAuley Centre are (from left) Grant King. Timmy Griffiths, Mrs Pauline Griffiths, Helen Morrison, Mrs Leonie Jones, Candice Jones and Special Education Teacher, Mrs Tina Noone.

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Each school will pres- Primary School, Ned- towards the cost of ent one 16-minute item lands, Miss Paddy staging the Festival, which highlights the Buckley. said planning sponsorship has been particular strengths for the Festival was sought for the rest of and talents of that begun late last year. the funds required. school. The items will The aim of the Festival be based on a fantasy is to give students the Support and theme with a central experience of perform- cooperation character providing a ing in professional "Parent groups have "link" between each surroundings before a been very supportive, performance. Most wider audience and particularly with funds schools are preparing reward them for the for costumes," said performances which effort they have put in Miss Buckley. "There's include musicians, to develop the also been a lot of choirs, dancers, actors performances. cooperation between While each of the nine schools. The organisand mimes. Productions include ex- participating schools, ers of each school's cerpts from the Wizard St Thomas Primary item have met regularly of Oz and Alice in School, Claremont; for several months and Wonderland; others are Loreto Primary School, have assisted each based on themes such Nedlands; lona Primary other with such things a s the Aboriginal School, Mosman Park; as loans of equipment.

Dreamt/me and Under- John XXIII College, It's been a very cooperwater World. Each per- Mount Claremont; ative experience." formance will be fully Holy Spirit School, There will be two costumed and will be City Beach; Holy shows at the Concert presented with the Rosary School, Dou- Hall — a daytime benefit of professional bleview: St John's session for school lighting and sound.

School, Scarborough; children, at concesNewman College Jun- sional prices and an Experience ior School, Church- evening session for Chairman of the lands: and St Dominic's parents and the general organising committee School, Innaloo, has public, for which tickets and principal of Loreto contributed $500 will be $8 each.

Welcoming the stranger Rafal Chomik is Polish, and as well as his native tongue speaks English, Italian and some Spanish. Maria Narvaez, Gustavo Menendez and Ricardo Granados speak Spanish and are becoming proficient in English. Jorge Garcia has been in Australia for less than two months but already he can make himself understood in English, although his natural language is the Spanish of his home country, El Salvador. In a special classroom at St Kieran Primary School, Tuart Hill, these children are outgoing and confident. It is hard to believe that they have been learning English for less than a year.

Maria, Ricardo, GusSt Kieran is one of two Arrivals teacher, Anne school and other stutavo and Jorge are from Perth Catholic primary Burke, pictured at right, dents are benefiting El Salvador — they schools which , followThe newcomers greatly," said Mr help each other with ing the Gospel directive spend about 12 weeks Borserio. translations if welcome a to the at St Kieran then where "Because we have lots stranger's questions stranger (Matthew possible transfer to a of different cultures — are too difficult. Rafal, 10:40-42), have opened Catholic school close some 32 different from Poland, speaks their doors to children to their homes. If the nationalities at last English He newly well. arrived in closest Cathol ic count — the school learned Italian during a Australia. schools do not have an becomes a blending two year stay in that Together with Christ ESL teacher on staff the place for traditions. country before his the King School, Bea- student remains at St "The stability we can family moved to Aus- consfield, St Kieran is a Kieran with support offer our new arrivals is tralia and now is pick- reception centre for from ESL teacher Anne so important to the ing up Spanish from his non-English speaking Tindall. parents," said Mr BorEl Salvadoran class- migrant and refugee Principal of St Kieran, serio, "they are delighmates. children who opt for a Mr John Borserio, says ted to get their children Catholic education in it takes only a few into a Catholic school Reception centres weeks for the students because their faith The students are WA. At St Kieran Primary to gain a functional means so much to among 25 children f rom non-English School there are usu- understanding of the them." speaking backgrounds ally about 25 children language, but they do Assistance for new who are currently whose native language not become proficient arrivals is funded by the receiving extra help in is not English. The for about 12 months. Commonweal th learning English at the children are entered in The children adapt verY Government through new arrivals' reception mainstream classes but quickly to the school the New Arrivals element of the English as centre at St Kieran are withdrawn each culture.

"While we are helping a Second Language Primary School, Tuart day for intensive Ianguage training with New these children, the program. The cost of Hill.

school fees, uniforms and travel to schools with reception centres is met by the program.

Coordinators The New Arrivals program for primary schools in the northeastern part of the metropolitan area is coordinated by Sr Joan

Paul, who is based at St Kieran. The southern section and all secondary new arrivals are looked after by Mietka Gruszka of the Catholic Education Office.

I ntensive Language Centres for secondary students are located at John XXIII College,

Mount Claremont and A ranmore Catholic College, Leederville.

Their work involves liaising with parents on their arrival in Perth. explaining the Catholic education system and assisting them to enrol children in Catholic schools.

Applications called for 1990 EAST MEETS WEST Enright Fellowships The Catholic Education Commission is inviting applications for the 1990 P.J. Enright Travelling Fellowships.

Teachers of Religion mation should be tion with the at Santa Maria College in Western Australian provided: application. is studying Creative Catholic Schools may Arts and Faith at the • name and address Bequest apply for a grant of up of applicant; The Fellowship has Pacific School of Relito $3000 to assist with a Berkeley.

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Applications for the petence in an area program of travel and Last year Fellowships 1990 Awards close on related to Religious study to which the were awarded to three 31 August 1990. They Education. grant monies would be teachers from Catholic should be directed to: Applications applied; and The Director schools. Sr Anita WilThere is no prescribed • the names of two mott of Corpus Christi Catholic Education form for applications, referees who might be College, Bateman left Office but the following infor- consulted in connec- last month for a fivePO Box 198 month visit to England Leederville WA 6007 Further information where she is undertakVETTER WRITING BOARDS ing a program relating about the Enright to pastoral care. Sr Awards can be Manufacturers of.

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Pamela Hohmann and Nahoko Uehashi inspect a Japanese martial arts costume worn by Year 7 student Renee Knock.

In the tiny northern wheatbelt town of Mingenew the population grew by one when Japanese exchange teacher Ms Nahoko Uehashi arrived for a three month stay at St Joseph's School.

All of the 22 children at the school can now speak at least a few words of Japanese while the senior students have become quite proficient.

Principal, Mrs Pamela Hohmann, who initiated the project said it has been a great success.

"The children know a lot more about our major trading partner and appreciate another culture very different to their own," said Pamela.

"Three year 7 girls will continue their Japanese studies at Stella Mans College. Geraldton next year."

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Schools in the News • For the second year in succession Aranmore Catholic College. Leederville has been successful in the 6WF-Comalco aluminium cans sculpture competition. Last year the College's art students won the competition with their Tree of Life sculpture. This year their entry gained second prize with a sculpture of fish and marine flora in keeping with the environmental theme of the competition. Applied Arts teacher, Mrs Beris Thomas said the students had put hours and hours of work into the sculpture, including preparation of hundreds of individual scales for the five fish. The students, who are all studying Applied Art, are Fabiola Fanto, Damien Miller, Shane O'Loughlin and Yvette Riddell, all of Year 12, and Naomi Button of Year 11. Year 12 students Natasha and Sheree Richards prepared a written theme to accompany their entry. For their efforts the students have earned a $200 donation to the College Parents' and Friends' Association from Comalco.

• Damien Richards, a Year 7 student at Ursula Frayne Catholic College, Victoria Park, was runner up in his division of the Australian Tae Kwon Do Championships held in April and went on to represent Australia in competition in Thailand during the first term holiday.

• Also representing Australia during April was Bradley Cunningham, a Year 9 student at Bunbury Catholic College. Bradley travelled to New Zealand as a member of the Junior Pacific Speed Skating team. However, skating is not Bradley's only sport. He was recently the runner-up in the Juvenile (2) division of the boys' cycling state championship.

• Melissa Vella, Tracey Vella, Marie Argiropoulos and Vanessa Cross, students at Stella Mans College, Geraldton were very successful in the 12th annual Japan Karate Championships held recently in Adelaide. Melissa received Gold medals for Kata and Team Kata and a Bronze Medal for Sparring; Tracey was awarded a Gold Medal for Team Kata and Bronze Medals for Sparring and Kata, and Marie also gained Gold for Team Kata. Vanessa received Silver Medals in Team Kata, Kata and Sparring.

• Another Stella Mans student, Rachel Duncan was one of three girls selected to represent WA in an international Junior Golf Tournament organised by the Jack Newton Junior Golf Foundation in New South Wales at Easter.

• The new High Wycombe Catholic Primary School is to be built on a site bounded by Wittenoom and Kalamunda Roads and the rail line to the west. The Kalamunda Shire Council recently gave approval to the High Wycombe Catholic Primary School Board to develop a primary school on the site. The Board's public relations officer, Mrs Marie Barton says the new school will be built as part of a possible future development including a church and parish centre.

The first stage will provide facilities for two classes, a library and administration area. Initial enrolment will be approximately 60 students in Pre-primary and Year 1. The school will be ready for operation at the beginning of the 1991 school year.

• Students from Corpus Christi College. Bateman have donated $2000 to help flood victims in Eastern States. The money was part of the $13,500 raised by students and staff in their recent Fun Run. All the money has been donated to various charities including Telethon. The highest fund raiser was Year 9 student, Andre Bond who raised $509 through sponsorships.

• The Loreto Primary School, Nedlands, Choir was chosen to sing the National Anthem before the first Wildcats game at the Entertainment Centre in April.

• Several Year 12 students from St Norbert College, Queens Park, undertook an eight-day study tour of Singapore and Malaysia during April. The tour included a visit to St Joseph's Institute in Singapore. Earlier this year, students from St Joseph's visited St Norbert.

Items (or your school newsletters) for the Schools in the News column should be sent to Norma Rainey, Media Services, Catholic Education Office.

The deadline for the next issue of Intercom is Thursday 16 August.

Hot Socks train for Blackrock Stakes The Hot Socks, a team of senior primary students from St Cecilia's School, Port Hedland, have begun training for the 1990 Blackrock Stakes, to be held on Saturday 30 June.

The Blackrock Stakes Parents' and Friends' short sprint, while the is an annual Pilbara A ssociation, have other competitors charity event which benefited from the travel in a support bus involves teams pushing money raised. getting on and off a a specially designed The distance between special step on the wheelbarrow loaded the two towns is slightly moving vehicle when it with a 10 kg lump of more than 110 kilome- is their turn to push. iron ore from Golds- tres. The race is run at Principal of St Ceciworthy, one of the ore night to avoid extreme lia's, Sr Angela Dowling producing mining daytime temperatures. said the whole exercise towns, to Port Hedland, The students' training is a cooperative effort the shipping port. The regime includes run- i nvolving students, race has been run ning and practising teachers and parents annually for the past 19 getting on and off the and one which proyears and many Pilbara bus correctly. Only one vides a novel learning organisations, includ- team member at a time experience for all ing the St Cecilia's pushes the barrow for a involved.

HOCKEY PLAYERS IN BIG LEAGUE Four members of the Associated Catholic Colleges' combined hockey team, which last year toured Malaysia and Brunei, have won places in teams competing in the Western Australian Hockey Association's Classic League.

All four students made During the recent past champion players) their Classic League summer competition who have yet to defeat debut in the first round the ACC team, playing the ACC team; the of fixtures. Jason Gau- in the Under 19s, was Combined High doin, former Aran more undefeated.

Schools of WA team; student plays with The team's overseas and a touring team Harlequin Dianella, tour and successful from St John's InstituRyan Sudano, formerly participation in the tion, Kuala Lumpur. of Newman and Drue Under 19s competition Pardoe, a former stu- has increased its pres- Overseas Tour dent of Sacred Heart tige in local hockey From the 1990 selecCollege, Sorrento, both circles. tion trials organisers play for North Coast plan to choose a trainR aiders and Gavin Team Selection ing squad of Year 10 Maher, a CBC FremanSelection of this year's and 11 students to form tle old boy has joined team will be made after a team to tour Brunei Melville City. student trials to be held and Malaysia in April Several other soon. The new team 1991. The team has members of the com- faces a challenging been invited by the bined team have made round including Panaga Club to partictheir marks in the 1B matches against the ipate in a tournament in and 2 A teams.

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Champions

Western Australian Catholic schools were well represented at the Little Athletics Australian Teams' Championships held in Launceston, Tasmania during the first term holidays.

Seven of the 22-strong contingent representing Western Australia at the Championships were from Catholic schools. Team members were chosen on the strength of their performances at the State Championships held at Perry Lakes stadium in March.

More than 200 athletes, representing eight State Little Athletics Associations, competed in the Championships which were held on Sunday 22 April.

During the team's five-day visit to Tasmania they were honoured at a Civic Reception at the Launceston City Park.

Catholic school student members of the team are pictured above.They are: (back row from left) Mark Finucane, Aquinas College, Manning; Brigid Payze, Our Lady of Fatima School, Palymyra; Julie De Luca, St Jerome's School, Munster; (front row from left) Bethany Me/is, Mercy College, Koondoola; Jacinta Green, John XXIII College, Mount Claremont; Lara Spanbrook.

Newman College, Churchlands; and Hannah Bissett, St Columba's School, South Perth.

Intercom is a publication of the Catholic Education Office of Western Australia. Its publication is made possible, in part, by a grant from the A rchdiocese of Perth. It is printed by Vanguard Press.

The people who come to Mass have flesh, bones and blood, says Blessed Sacrament Father Eugene LaVerdiere, and as such, are symbols of Christ.

Intriguing communities in the gentile world It was the lifestyle of the first Christians as a community that drew others to them (Acts 2:42).

Precisely as a community, the early believers were a visible and impressive sign of God's grace. Others wanted to be part of a community so obviously loving and joyful.

As Christians moved out into the gentile world, the importance of this became even more clear.

Pagan society was notoriously fragmented by divisions based on class and social distinctions, by rivalries, hostility, violence.

People who found such a situation intolerable

By Father John Castelot looked longingly for something better and they found it in communities characterised by love, peace, mutual helpfulness, joy.

The Christian community stood out in the gentile world as a welcoming sign beckoning to a better existence.

There were all sorts of "associations" in Roman society. But these associations were made up of like-minded people of the same economic or social class, with common interests.

What amazed people was that the Christian

community was made up of such disparate individuals and groups. There were Jews and gentiles, slaves and citizens, men and women.

It was not just that these individuals and groups were so different; ordinarily they would have been mutually hostile.

There was no love lost between Jews and gentiles. Slaves hated their masters and masters lived in constant fear of their slaves. Men and women lived in an uneasy tension.

But here were all these people together in Christian communities in a unity that defied explanation. Their communities were signs of a power

SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT...

"it people receive their first and most powerful impressions

Before the Eucharist begins next Sunday, glance at the people.

What kind of people are they?

Naturally, the kind of people they are isn't determined in this case by how impressive their social status is or how high ranking their jobs are. Instead, it is a question of "where they are coming from": What is this group all about?

The sacraments are not celebrated apart from people. Sacramental

celebrations occur in the context of God's relationship with people — priests, deacons, religious, laity.

These people are involved in a relationship with God and each other.

But they do not assemble in order to isolate themselves from society. Mysteriously, the Eucharist deepens their commitment to needs beyond themselves.

When glancing around your parish church next Sunday, spend a few

moments also thinking about the symbols inside it. What would you list?

The water in the baptismal font is a symbol; there is the Easter candle, the curcifix, the altar, the bread and wine.

But there is another symbol inside this building that you might not have listed: the people.

Think about the kind of people they are. That will tell you what kind of symbol they are meant to be.

that overcame the natural forces of fragmentation and division.

As St Paul put it: "All of you who were baptised into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28).

Paul exhorted the Philippians to live as signs in their darkened society: "Do everything without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse among generation,

whom you shine lights in the wonl (Philippians 2:14-15).

This same ideal was s. forth in the Sermon ( the Mount: "You are ti light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannw be hidden . . . Just your light must shin, before others, that the% may see your good deet . and glorify your hea% enly Father" (Matthe, 5:14, 16).

The early Christian,were keenly conscious 0 their communities as signs of the reign of God — of the power of God' love in human lives.

As a community, the Christians were not only a sign but a guidir welcoming beacon, "sacrament of salvatioil

DISCUSSION POINTS What does the community do during the Sunday Eucharist that is Godlike?

Selected Responses from Readers: "Making the sign of peace, shaking someone's hand during the Eucharist breaks down barriers and affirms to each person that . . God's Spirit is here." — Marie Watson.

"Whenever a community of people gathers to worship, especially in the context of Christ's death and resurrection, they are Godlike: They are making themselves present to one another . . . to love and be loved." — Father Kenneth F. Jenkins.

"The gathered community, present when earthly bread is Christ among us, by trusting, believing and receiving Christ, is one with him and therefore Godlike." — Ethel J. Williams.

"If parishioners would become doers of the Word rather than just hearers, they would be guided by the Holy Spirit, and therefore Godlike." — Ethel C. Davis.

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St Pat's

Last Saturday was an exciting event not only for St Patrick's church Fremantle, but also for WA. The magnificent new organ which was blessed

by Archbishop Foley became a landmark in the history of music making.

Looking up at the organ from below, one can only stare in amazement at the majesty and then the sound which comes from the pipes and reeds of this mighty instrument.

It's old — and yet it's new.

Resurrected from the past it is now clothed in glory to sing God's praises through one of the most beautiful mediums he has given us — music.

Music from the organ can give solace to the heart and bring forth notes which are barely audible through to the strongest and darkest notes which make the church floor tremble with their resonance and strength.

Organist with this mastery of technique at his fingertips is Mr Geoffrey Revell (Bellsham-Revell) who is not only a musician but organ c r a f t sma n • extraordinaire!

Mr Revell was discovered 'by accident' if you like. As a teacher of computer science at CBC Fremantle he was heard playing the organ for a Above: The CBC Founder's Day Mass imposing case work in 1986.

Quick to appreciate his towers of the talents, parish priest reconstructed Father Hannah made Fremantle church him parish Master of organ borrow from Music and then subsequently discovered he the gothic themes was an organ builder of elsewhere in the expertise. considerable church.

At this point in its history the St Patrick's Left: St Patrick's organ had decided to give in to old age and church great west crumble. window now floods This she did with a bit the church with the of flair to bring home her majestic sight of its point, by dropping one of organ surround. her pipes from a lofty height, narrowly missing a lady.

Pictures Something had to be by done. And there were Daniel other considerations.

Bruyn The liturgy had taken on a new lease of life and there were more parishioners coming.

Time was ripe to He has built and rebuilt rebuild the organ! organs at New Norcia, The history of the organ Wesley College Chapel, goes back a long way and the Christian Science must surely be part of Church and many in Fremantle's history.

Victoria.

The original swell organ "He builds for the glory was built in 1898 by J.C. of God," says Father Bishop & Son of London Hannah "and desires but was not installed nothing but the best for until 1902 after St Him. This is Geoffrey's Patrick's was built. contribution to that Most of the pipe work glory. from the original organ is "The whole project has now in the new swell been one offering." organ which has an Mr Revell and his English characteristic "dedicated staff of two" tone. along with church archiThe oboe stop is original tect Mr Michael Broderand particularly beauti- ick designed the organ ful as remarked by the with Mr Revell keeping it renowned church musi- in the 14th century cian, Father Albert gothic style of the Lynch. church.

And at the venerable During the actual conage of almost one struction of the organ, hundred years "it's not Mark Donovan and his doing too badly!" said Mr father Len, who work for Revell.

Bellsham Pipe Organs, The first organ, the assisted along with CBC Bishop organ, was students Michael Stone, bought by the first PP of Anthony Cattalini and Fremantle, Father Tom Stephen Toole, in getting Ryan OMI in 1898 who the enormous pedal was the builder of the towers onto the gallery. nave.

All the organ case work He had the organ built was executed in WA and at a cost of 230 pounds some by Cottage Classics ($460); an enormous of Kalamunda. sum in those days.

Mr Revell detailed a lot Father Nanni OMI had of unique characteristics it rebuilt in 1968 by Dodd which in some cases & Son, South Australia, make it perhaps the only who electrified it. one of its kind in the Then came that day in world.

1987 when 'the grand old Certainly it is huge — in lady' dropped her bundle fad bigger than the Perth — fortunately about the Concert Hall's time Mr Revell came on instrument.

Very few organs have the scene.

Father Hannah con- both a krummhorn and traded with Bellsham corno di bassetto. This Pipe Organs (Australia) feature makes it the only Pty Ltd of Kalamunda to one in WA. It is probably the only rebuild the organ.

Mr Revell is managing organ in Australia which Spanish director of that company has both in an honorary capacity trumpets (trompete real) and receives no mone- and the tuba mirabilis.

"To have both is absotary return for his services to the organ under- lutely unique, even in the taking; it's all voluntary world," said Mr Revell, and according to Father who said he doesn't Hannah, Mr Revell has know of another existing been found working on it example anywhere.

The organ he states, as early as 3 am. "Such is his dedication — his now has the necessary magnificent obsession. tone colours to play French traditional He's a perfectionist!"

Mr Revell is a member music, "which is very of the International much in the Catholic Organ tradition," plus the fact it of Society Builders, The Incorpo- is also an English and rated Society of British German organ.

Organ Builders and The original wind chest immediate past presi- from the old organ now dent of the Organ Society serves as a chest for the of WA. new Positiv organ sus-

Last Sunday's annual general meeting of Majellans brought some new faces to the central committee: From left Rosemary Gojanovich, Muriel Mills, Dale Conway, Ruby Santos and Deidre Appelbee.

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has a heavenly sound

pedal towers incorporating the pipes of the pedals which make very low sounds.

These build the bass of the music and go from very quiet to extremely powerful being able to make the church floor shake. The positiv is classically voiced, particularly for the music of Bach of the baroque period.

There is the haunting quality of the quintade; many of the stops being pended off the end of the given German names gallery: which is a com- because that is the sound they are expected to plete organ in itself. produce.

It also has a terz-none The organ has a cymwhich is a characteristic feature of Bellsham Pipe belstern which is a set of Organs (which was small tuned bells which founded in Victoria but play continuously in sequence. moved to WA in 1975.)

The general design of This stop is intended for the console very closely use at major Church follows the design of Hill festivals such as ChristNorman and Beard with mas or Easter. whom Mr Revell had The solo organ (playatrained. ble from the top keyAn interesting histori- board) has both a tuba cal feature of the Positiv mirabilis and trompete organ, said Mr Revell, is real. that the original wind It also contains some chest bears an inscrip- classically voiced stops so tion 'Kendal Kensington it can be used as a A justifiably happy Oblate parish priest of Fremantle, Fr John Hannah pictured admiring what organist and 1851'. classical brustwerk. organ builder Geoffrey Revell has been able to achieve with the 90 year old instrument.

Kendal was a little The positiv organ is known organ builder in played from the lowest The magnificent organ The largest pipe is the pinnacles in 14th cen- the past almost one cost many thousands of the Lake District of keyboard and the swell contra trombone and the tury gothic style. dollars, was paid for by with its links with hundred years.

England yet this one keyboard is the second loudest, The organ tracery conAs for Father Hannah an anonymous donor, for bygone times and heraldtuba the turned up in Kensington, one down from the top. sists of hand carved fleur — he's delighted with the which Father Hannah ing hope that the future mirabilis.

London.

The great organ is de lys. The pipeshades magnificent organ and in and needless to say the generations will conThe softest is the saliIt would seem that the played from the third are of early gothic design. particular had a word of multitude of organ tinue to worship God in firm of J.C. Bishop in keyboard and contains cional on the swell organ The timber for the case gratitude for 'discovering admirers must be surely this classic and beautiful London must have the foundation pipes of which was made from work is the Philippine Geoffrey.' grateful. fashion, stands as a obtained the chest when the organ which give the the original dulciana cedar calantis, used But the cost would have monument to generosity, was my lucky "That rebuilding that organ necessary drive to fill the pipes of the old organ because of its light day!" been four times greater expertise and dedication and used it in the new building with spine tin- and creates barely a weight, good carving "if it wasn't for Geoffrey's — which too is part of organ which has The organ for St Patrick's in gling sounds, said Mr whisper.

God's masterly creation. characteristics, grain and been estimated to have honorary services."

The tone ranges on the colouring.

1898, said Mr Revell.

Revell.

"We have re-used that That is the foundation organ from the very The many features of chest, built in 1851, in division of the instru- mellow stop flute, an the carved case are this organ, which makes ment and is voiced to original stop, to the dry elsewhere in reflected it a very historic compo- accommodate all the brittle tones of the fagott the church's carvings, (bassoon). nent of this unit. organ of schools such as the trifoils and "It is a new organ composition.

Another feature is its quadrafoils and the incorporating some of The smallest pipe in the large number of mixture gothic arches. the old pipe work and the organ is 8mm long and stops which complete the The proportions of the historic chest."

3mm in diameter belong- choruses in every case were derived from Nearly all the pipe work ing to the sifflute stop. division. the building itself, in is new.

The sound from this pipe Fr P. MACANALLY O.M.I. A mixture stop consists particular the Great West The number of stops is is almost beyond the of multiple ranks of pipes window, said Mr Revell. very important. the Fre- range of audition. A most R MacAnally is a happy Oblate Missionary working in which provide an exten"By this means the mantle instrument hav- unusual feature of this sion in the naturally organ enhances the v illages in Central Java. Here he helps thousands of poor ing 89, and four manuals organ is that it has four harmonic series, to pro- beautiful architecture of people to have the basic necessities of life. (it is the only four different cornet stops duce great brilliance.

St Patrick's." manual organ in WA) which were favourites He is tireless in establishing: The design of the and a very special feature with the early French At last Saturday's Mass, positive organ case is Archbishop Foley dedi(a) Fish and Poultry Farms. on the pedals is the 32ft composers. contra trombone. This is (b) Pumps and Wells to provide clean water.

Mr Revell said it is the repeated on a larger scale cated the organ to the the only organ with a only organ of which he is for the two sided case in glory of God and in (c) Initiating Nutrition Programmes.

32ft reed of that type in aware, which has four the gallery. thanksgiving for the (d) Providing Training Centres for Young People.

WA. The rising towers of proclamation of God's completely different As to its style — the cornet sounds on the pipes culminate in a word in WA by the tableture surmounted by Oblate Fathers during front consists of two organ.

OBLATE MISSION CENTRAL JAVA NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT

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He needs your support.

Can you help him?

Cheques and Money Orders payable to:

"OBLATE MISSION INDONESIA." This Fund is tax deductible. All donations will be acknowledged and a Receipt issued on request. Donations to be sent to: Fr. D. McCarthy O.M.I. P.O. Box 384 Camberwell Vic. 3124 Mv gift to help the Oblate projects in Java: $ Name (Mr/Mrs/Miss) Address Postcode Bankcard/Mastercard/ Visa Card Signature Continuing members of the Majellan central committee are Morag McPherson, Biddy Townsend, Kerry Neesham, pictured above, and Dee Guildea.

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Every gift large or small - much appreciated. and will be sent in its entirety to Java.

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Gift of reasoning and Holy Spirit from Robert HICKS, Marangaroo Sir, The Holy Father's timely declaration to all Christians not to be too hasty in dancing on the grave of communism and pandering to liberal capitalism cannot go without comment Once again he has been able to break down the barriers that cause conflict, that very .nature of the human being that requires immediate satisfaction in having decided matters that very often do not encourage hasty indulgence in decision making. Once again he shows us that the spirit has no barriers of which cannot be conquered.

How often are we faced with the dilemma of having to make decisions when indeed we do not fully understand the questions.

Communism or capitalism?

Liberal or Labor? Life or death? Good or bad? Black or white? Interesting considering that all men are equal in

the eyes of God and given we have the ability to reason. This compunction to categorise is nothing short of egotistical snobbery.

Liberal capitalism espouses change for the sake of change no matter the human cost. The traditional liberal as described by Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill believe in economic growth within the boundaries of the law.

Today's liberal capitalist sees the law as a hurdle to be overcome and is prone to obstruct or bypass it.

1. We must not feel but think, that is, use our reason. Decisions based on emotion are more often wrong than right. How often have we been humiliated in discovering that a previous decision made, based on emotion, was proven to be wrong by simple reasoning 2. Know both sides of the question and decide not on the basis of prejudice but on reason. For prejudiced reasoning is not reasoning at all.

3 . An intimate understanding of the opponent's point of view gives us the opportunity to not only argue from our own point of view but that of our opponent_ St Thomas Aquinas had a great capacity to reason. He said that we must argue from our opponent's point of view and not our own. It is no good telling an atheist he is an atheist. We must argue with a man on his grounds or not at all.

Communism simply defies the existence of God, the centralisation of decision making, denial of free-will and subordinates human existence.

So which is preferable? The Holy Father makes clear that neither is preferable in terms of the consequences.

In order to restore sanity to this confused unreasonable world decision making should be based on three imperatives

As Sir William Drummond said: "He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; he who dares is not a slave."

So, in this world of sheepish communal behaviour lacking reason the Holy Father invites us all to think and reason particularly in respect to such divisive subjects as religion, politics and other so called controversial subjects.

Hastily drawn conclusions designed primarily by such elements as the media, uninformed, misguided politicians, popular community afterthoughts, second-hand and often exaggerated opinions ought to be combated with human reason inspired by the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Roman Catholic Church, through the infallibility of Peter's successor, John Paul II, challenges us all to utilise the gift of reasoning on the basis that it be powered by the Holy

Spirit.

House offer was not adequate, says CCIH from If KINNER, Chief Executive, Town Clerk City of Canning Sir, Successful appeal against Council's refusal to allow 8 Yeeda Street (Lot 137), Riverton, to be used

by Catholic Care for Intellectually Handicapped Persons'.

Notification from the Hon Minister for Planning that the Appeal by Catholic Care for Intellectually Handicapped Persons' had been successful with regard to siting of a Respite Home on the above site in Canning was considered by council at its meeting on May 28.

It was resolved at this meeting to inform both the Minister for Planning and the Editor of The Record that the article entitled "House That!" (The Record, May 17) was incorrect because it failed to include the fact the Council was looking to find suitable accommodation for C.C.I.H. within the Municipality to be offered at a 'peppercorn' rent, and a sub-committee Council's Community Services Committee was to be set up to deal with the matter.

Editorial note: A Catholic Care spokesperson advises: "In March a City of Canning councillor made a tentative offer of a 'peppercorn' lease on a house.

A Council Committee had earlier recommendec demolition of the two bedroom house which is onpublic open space and has been vandalised extensively.

The Commonwealth government is granting the majority of the capital funding for the project to Catholic Care, andhas advised Catholic Care that it cannot make capital funds available for repairs and alterations to a leasedproperty.

The government stated that it would not make running costs available either for a service set up on the particular property, because of the many aspects of it that make it unsuitable for caring for children with The Councillor's offer therefore was not feasible, and Catholic Care has written to him thanking him for his efforts, and explaining why it is not possible to accept the offer.

The Minister for Planning was aware of Council's offer, and of the inappropriateness of the property that had been offered, when she upheld Catholic Care's Appeal Catholic Care would willingly consider a leasehold offer from the Council of an appropriate house that does not need expensive additions or alterations and that is suitable for caring for children with disabilities.

Time is important though: it is now seven months since the offer was placed on the Yeeda Street house, and it is important to move into our new house as quickly as possible. -

Prayer to St Jude. Most holy

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apostle. St Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the name of the traitor who delivered your beloved Master into the hands of His enemies has caused you to be forgotten by many, but the Church honours and invokes you universally, as the patron of firi s cases, of things almost despaired of.

Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone. Make use I implore you of that particular privilege given to you, to bring visible and speedy help where help is almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities. tribulations and sufferings, particularly (here make your request) and that I may praise God with you and all the elect forever. I promise, oh blessed St Jude, to be ever mindful of this favour, to always honour you as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to you. Amen.

Thanks to St Jude for prayers answered, and thanks to Our Lady of the Revelation, Bultsbrook for a very special favour granted. Liz

OBITUARY Father Joe RUSSELL who died last week aged 63 was a 1942 pioneer student of St Charles' Seminary and one of the first ordinations to come out of that local seminary venture.

Educated at Sacred Heart primary school and CBHS in his home parish of Highgate and later at St Louis School Claremont he joined 19 others at St Charles' under the direction of the then Or L.J. Goody.

Of eight priests ordained from that foundation group Father Russell joins in death his late companions Fathers Tom O'Neil, Jim O'Brien (with whom he was ordained) and Frank Dillon.

At the end of his Manly studies he was ordained in St Father Russell enjoying promoting his jazz gospel Mary's Cathedral in December concert at St Mary's Cathedral last February.

1949, becoming an assistant

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successively at Nedlands, East Fremantle (1951), Kalgoorlie ( 1953), Kensington (1956) and Subiaco (1958).

His next appointment as full time Army chaplain was reduced to part time in 1960 when Archbishop Prendiville asked him to establish what was to become a unique Perth venture The Catholic Marriage Guidance Council, later to be the core of the Catholic family services initiative now known as Centrecare.

Within two years he had prepared a first group of counsellors for Commonwealth government accreditation and funding, largely due to his dogged attention to detail and homegrown attraction to drama which found him writing and recording case histories for counselling study.

His imaginative writing talents were to come to the fore in the late 1970's when he

devised -Around the Parishes This Week", a series appearing weekly in The Record and wittily updating the spectacular events of Catholic Church history from apostolic and patristic times down to recent crises, and concluding always with an apt retort from the heavenly correspondent St Peter. The series was later published by the author.

With the absorption of marriage counselling into family services, Fr Russell moved out to the parish of Beverley in 1968, thence to East Cannington in 1970 and in 1973 volunteered to be part of an experimental three priest team ministry at Mirrabooka parish.

Health forced him into lighter duties until a stroke disabled him but not enough to prevent him helping pastorally at the Shenton Park hospital and

most recently at the Archbishop Goody Hostel.

A genie trying to burst forth since childhood was his selfconfessed addiction to jazz, prompting him to be a selftaught pianist, drummer and finally a trombone tyro until his health intervened.

But he still followed the ragtime trail, culminating in his arranging the unique gospel song jazz concert in St Mary's Cathedral earlier this year.

"If you are religious you will have a religious experience" he told the congregation, he had personally worked hard to attend,"If you are not, then enjoy the chance.Not even a crippling disability had dimmed his belief that talents of whatever genre, including his own, were gifts from God and deserved to be used in service of that same God. May he rest in peace.

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Thirty happy young people after the CPY Sexuality Weekend at Eagle's Nest in May.

Weekend success

Discovering more about being male and female, and finding out more about our Church's understanding of human sexuality, were the key themes of the recent CPY Sexuality Program held at Eagle's Nest, Gidgegannup, on May 18-20.

The team of young leaders, reinforced by Balcatta Antioch parents Peter and Jeanette James. presented a packed program of talks, sharing

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groups and plain fun and games to the attentive and eager group.

CATHOLIC PARISH YOUTH

While it was not the first sexuality program run by CPY, it was the first to make use of the writings of leading moralist, Australian Redemptorist Father Brian Johnstone.

The weekend was also a first for the new Eagle's Nest caretaker/managers, Brian and Judy Milne, previously of Carnarvon.

YOUTH WORKER New faces at Eagle's Nest: caretakers Brian and Judy Milne took up their post on May 13.

Catholic charisma If you have been feeling that your faith is not what it used to be, or your social life either, then you should be filling out a registration form for the next Charis Weekend, to be held at Eagle's Nest, Gidgegannup, on 27-29 July.

For those who have not

heard, Charis is a dynamic and fast growing Catholic youth group aimed at helping the 2030 year age group deepen their understanding of and commitment to real faith.

It provides an excellent opportunity for Catholic young people to get together and have a

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than an isolated member of the Church.

Contact either the Youth Office in North Perth on 328 9878, or Young adults can come Heather and John Wass t ogether and celebrate on 332 1069, for further their faith with others information and registrawho share the same tion details. Discover the beliefs, learning what it grace and charisma of means to be a part of the Charis soon! — Nana "Catholic family" rather Howard.

really good time, while still embracing Catholic faith as the central focus and theme.

Applications are called for the position of fulltime youth worker with Catholic Parish Youth.

The position is for a term of two years with an option of a third, working with parish youth groups in Perth's Southern suburbs.

The successful applicant will assist the leaders' team in parish groups, facilitate leadership training and spiritual formation, supply resources and co-ordinate communication between g roups.

Applications close Monday June 18 and should include: i) A curriculum vitae and any relevant information regarding past or present involvement with youth groups; ii) Two references or names of two referees.

Applications should be marked "CONFIDENTIAL' and be addressed to: CPY Team PO Box 194, NORTH PERTH 6006 Further information contact CPY on 328 8136.

CHAPLAIN: FR PARKINSON 328 9878

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by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

Students and books _1

Celebration of the Trinity

Trinity's annual Mass honouring the Trinity saw 947 students in St Mary's Cathedral last week.

There was much student involvement in the liturgy and Annette Goerke and the cathedral choir made up of Trinity College boys led the singing, aided by the brass instruments from the Trinity College band directed by Robert Braham.

Principal Brother Warrick Bryant thanked Archbishop Foley (who is a Trinity old boy) for his willingness to celebrate the Mass for the students, staff and parents.

Servers Craig McDonnell (rear left), book bearer David McLean, Paul Vanderweide and Damien Beale (front), do the college proud on the day.

Tiny Tim Timothy Turtle

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Tiny Timothy Turtle by Anna Leditscbke. Illustrated by Carol McLeanCarr. Publisbed by bb. $17.95.

Anna was only 14 when she wrote this book and, still a student in Adelaide, will be 16 when it is released.

Carol is an experienced and successful illustrator. Her earlier boolc, Crunch the Crocodile will give an indication of the beautiful glowing colours and textures of her work.

Tim is so small that he is always left behind . . . But being small has its advantages under the sea. . .

Full colour, 32 page. picture book for 5-7 year reader. Of particular value to late developers ". . . The large format enhances the cool watery double spread seascrapes and colourful close-um . will be enjoyed by children of around 4-8. . ."

Raymond of Pentafort Raymond of Pentafori lived centuries ago, but his influence reaches down to our own time.

He was born about 1175 in a town near Barcelona, Spain. We know almost nothing of his childhood.

Raymond was very bright. Soon after graduating from the cathedral school in Barcelona he began teaching there.

Then he went to Bologna to study law. After receiving a doctorate, he taught law at the university.

Raymond was also a generous, caring young man. He accepted no pay for his teaching and constantly shared what he had with the poor. In 1221 he joined a religious order,the Dominicans.

Raymond quickly became a gifted confessor. Many men and women asked his help to live better lives. So his Dominican superiors asked him to write a book to help other priests become better confessors.

Raymond did so. It was the first book of its kind.

For centuries afterwards thousands of priests found it helpful.

Raymond also became a great preacher. He travelled all over Spain preaching. There were many Moors living in Spain, followers of the Mixed Pennants Despite the risk of inclement weather round 5 of the 1990 WACLTA Mixed Pennant competition was successfully completed for all but one match. For a change, matches were generally all very close and keenly contested.

A Grade Queens Park recorded their first win of the season when they accounted for second placed team. St Benedict's; 6 sets 78 games to 4 sets 56 games. This was a fine win for Queens Park who have been battling all season to field a consistent team. As a result of this loss St Benedict's now have second position with Dianella. Queens Park's win lifts them off the bottom of the table.

Dianella accounted for last year's finalists, St Norbert's when they won 6 sets 82 games to 4 sets 67 games.

Dianella now join St Benedict's in second position whilst St Norbert's are languishing at the bottom of the table. This was an impressive win for Dianella who have shown inconsistent form throughout the season.

B Grade All matches in B Grade were extremely close. The top of the table clash between Corpus Christi and Pignatelli ended in a draw with neither side being able to claim victory. Score: Corpus Christi 5 sets 67 games to Pignatelli 4 sets 65 games. The final set was in progress but it was unable to be completed due to poor light. Obviously very little separates the top two teams.

Dianella fell over the line against Yidarra winning 6

Muslim faith. There were also many Jews.

Raymond became so famous that in 1230 Pope Gregory IX called him to Rome. The pope took Raymond as his personal Raymond confessor. urged the pope to do more for the poor.

The pope gave Raymond a challenging task.

He told Raymond to organise in one book all the laws past popes had made. It took Raymond three years of work to complete the collection.

Pope Gregory IX published it in 1234, and it remained a basic book of Church law until 1917 — almost 700 years.

The pope wanted to make Raymond an archbishop, but Raymond refused. He preferred to go back to Spain and spend his time praying, preaching, hearing confessions and helping the needy.

For about two years he was able to do that in and around Barcelona. His words and example inspired Christians and led many non-Christians to become followers of Jesus Christ.

His brother Dominicans loved and respected him so much that in 1238 they elected Raymond their master general. He reluctantly accepted. For two

years Raymond visited the Dominican houses, encouraging and guiding his religious brothers.

He so carefully revised the Dominican constitutions that his revision remained in effect for seven centuries until 1924.

Raymond resigned as master general in 1240.

Then he dedicated his energies to the Moors in

Selections A Grade St Jude's Dianella B Grade Corpus Christi St Benedict's Dianella Pignatelli

by TOM BRANCH

sets 70 games to 4 sets 69 games. With only one game separating the two teams the match could have gone either way. As a result of this win Dianella sneaked into the top four at the expense of Yidarra.

In the clash of the bottom teams St Norbert's managed to win another close match against Queens Park 5 sets 68 games to 4 sets 60 games.

Whilst the last set was not completed St Norbert's had won sufficient games to claim victory.

In the final game of the round St Benedict's defeated St Mark's 6 sets 73 games to 4 sets 59 games. The win cemented St Benedict's position in the top four and made St Mark's task of playing in the finals that much more difficult.

Table A Grade St Jude's 7 St Benedict's 4 Dianella 4 Queens Park 3 St Norbert's 2 B Grade Corpus Christi 8 Pignatelli 7 St Benedict's Dianella 6 Yidarra 5 St Mark's 3 St Norbert's 3 Queens Park 1 Next Week A Grade: St Jude's v St Norbert's, Queens Park v Dianella, St Benedict's - bye.

Spain. He encouraged some of his Dominican brothers to learn Arabic and Hebrew. At his urging, one of them, Thomas Aquinas, wrote a famous book explaining the Christian faith to pagan believers.

Raymond, about 100 years old, died in 1275.

He was one of the most influential men of his century.

Queen Quest Clubs are reminded that nominations for this year's Queen Quest close on June 29, 1990. The Queen Quest Dinner Dance is to be held on August 4, 1990 at the A Grade Wembley Lodge. Enquiries Last week's A grade in respect to the Queen winners clash in a most entrants should be directed important game to decide to Judy Russo on 387 3766. second spot. Both teams have been inconsistent this Carnival — Adelaide 1990 The SACLTA has provided season and obviously the team which shows the more some further information consistency next week will for this year's ACLTA Carnival. A season ticket is win. to cost $160. For further In an unusual situation, information prospective last year's finalists clash in a carnivalites should contact game in which the to team Damien Messer, home meets the bottom team on 458 1898 or work 325 3655. current placings on the Alexander table. Perhaps this indicates Park the closeness of the compeAlexander Park Tennis tition in the A grade.

Club have again invited the association to a day of tennis B Grade today, Sunday, June 17,1990 The top four teams play the commencing at 1pm. The bottom four teams in round afternoon's tennis will be 6 of the B grade competition. followed by a casserole tea The most important clash is and all association members the match between third are requested to provide a and fifth placed teams, St dish. The executive is again Benedict's and Yidarra looking for a good turnout. respectively.

— Tom Branch

B Grade: St Norbert's v Corpus Christi, Yidarra v St Benedict's, Dianella v Queens Park, Pignatelli v St Mark's.

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to appeal to the general reader. Of the six Catholic authors considered, four are men (John Henry Newman, Columba Marmion, Thomas Merton and Teilhard De Chardin) and two are women (Dorothy Day and Caryll Houselander). The others include an Anglican (CS. Lewis), a Lutheran (Dietrich Bonhoeffer) and a Jewish writer (Abraham Joshua Heschel). In their legacies of prayer, each makes a unique and invaluable contribution to our individual journeys of faith.

Tribal secret Into The Crocodile Nest

by Benedict Allen. Pub by Paladin, $15.95.

Benedict Allen set off for New Guinea with a two-fold aim: to contact the remote people of the island and learn the secrets of their harmonious communion with nature.

He sought a tribe who would allow him to take part in the traditional initiation

rites into manhood and at Kandengai he became one of the few white men ever accepted into a Sepik tribe and to learn the ancient secret of the 'crocodile nest'.

In this spirit house, initiates were kept in seclusion for weeks, their skins carved with crocodile markings, until, pushed to the limits of endurance, they came to embody the 'crocodile spirit'.

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The Celts by Frank Delaney. Published by Grafton. $16.95.

The Celts have been described as "one of the great barbarian peoples of the world", much given to ferocious, excitable and warlike behaviour. But despite their numerical smallness they made a major and lasting contribution to Western civilisation.

Beginning in the plains of Hungary and progressing through Austria, Switzerland, southern Germany and

France into Scotland, Wales and Ireland, Frank Delaney traces the origin, growth, flowering and eventual decline of a people whose very name conjures romance and adventure.

The Celts brushes aside the cliches in a refreshing and entertaining way revealing much about the people who sacked Rome, penetrated the sacred heart of Greece by pillaging Delphi — and attracted the name "the fathers of Europe".

Jesus: Mystery and Surprise: An introduction to the study of the Gospels,

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Gideon C. Goosen and Margaret Tomlinson, both lecturers in religious education at the Catholic College of Education, Sydney, have written a highly readable book that can be used as a text for tertiary and senior high school students and as an aid for adult study and discussion groups.

Complete and not complex, this new introduction to the study of the gospels describes the geographical and historical background of New Testament times, the society in which Jesus lived, the growth and development of New Testament studies and takes a close look at each Gospel.

'A Portrait of Jesus' is a special section that has been added dealing with images, views of Jesus from world history, His parables and miracles, the question of his

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Features of Jesus: Mystery and Surprise include: • Exercises to bring this study to life! Some written, some for discussion, some to challenge the brain. Others

Exquisite ar Fra Angelico by Dom. nico Marcucci. Publish(' by sr Paul Publication., $4.50.

Through the use of brilliar colours and flawless tech nique, Fra Angelico manage to convey in these exquisit, paintings, that extraordinar, sense of the sacred which so conducive to reflecti% t prayer. The timeless mediu tions which accompany the illustrations are intended i; lead the reader into contemplation of the myste t ies of the Rosary that are portrayed and. from there. into a deeper union with the Lord. The prayer intentions were originally formulated by that great Marian apostle.

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Writing to Inspire, by WiIlaim Gemtz, Lee Roddy & other leading inspirational writers. Pub by Highland, $21.95.

You have insights to share.

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Albany's new church of St Joseph at Spencer Park will be blessed by Bishop Quinn at 4pm on Saturday, June 23. Supper in the college hall afterwards. Former parishioners welcome. Advise 146 Aberdeen Street, Albany 6330.

BENEDICTINE OBLATES St Gregory's Chapter of the Benedictine Oblates Association will meet at the Presentation Convent "lona" on Sunday, June 17 at 2.30pm. Enquiries to Tony Smurthwaite (A/H 337 8212).

PSYCHIATRIC SUPPORT The Catholic Concerns Committee on Psychiatric Issues invites people who have suffered from a psychiatric condition, their families and friends, to a Mass and sharing on Sunday, July 1 at 3.30pm at St Francis Xavier Church, Windsor Street, Perth. Father Rodney Williams, Chaplain to Mental Health in Western Australia, will be celebrant.

Further information from Jo Kelly, 453 6171; Barbara Harris, 328 8113 or the Pastoral Centre, Graylands Hospital, 383 6666.

BULLSBROOK PILGRIMAGE

Rosary, homily and Benediction will be held on Sunday, June 24 at the Bullsbrook Church "Virgin Mary Mother of the Church" at 2pm.

For further information and bus reservations please ring 444 2285 for Perth, Highgate and Midland bus and 339 4015 for Fremantle bus.

The Association is prepared to arrange special buses to leave from other areas (for their various celebrations) depending on sufficient numbers. The church is open every day and is availavie for pilgrimages (by appointment). Sacri Assoc, PO Box 311, Tuart Hill WA 6060.

Telephone 571 1699.

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Archdiocesan Calendar JUNE 17 Final Profession, Sr Elsie Tagliaferri — Archbishop Foley.

Confirmation Ocean Reef — Bishop Healy.

Confirmation Riverton -- Monsignor Keating.

St Anthony's Association Mass — Monsignor McCrann.

17-20 Confirmation Greenwood Archbishop Foley.

18-22 Clergy conference — 1st Week.

19 Bless Parish Mission, 13alcatta -Archbishop Foley.

In St Mary's Cathedral, Corpus Christi College Mass Bishop Healy.

22-24 Visitation and confirmation, Brentwood Willetton Archbishop Foley.

23 Bishop Healy departs for overseas.

24 Blessing chapel, Howard Solomon Hostel — Archbishop Foley.

Confirmation Innaloo Monsignor Keating.

25-29 Clergy conference 2nd Week.

27 Confirmation Lockridge Monsignor Nestor.

30 Confirmation Kalgoorlie — Monsignor McCrann.

JULY 1 Confirmation Gosnells — Archbishop Foley.

4 Confirmation Palmyra — Monsignor Keating.

5 Confirmation Willagee — Archbishop Foley.

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Yidarra is a coeducational two-stream school with 520 students from pre-primary to year 7. This school is an integral part of the parish community.

OUR LADY'S ASSUMPTION SCHOOL

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Our Lady's Assumption is a coeducational two-stream primary school enrolling 460 students from years 1 to 7. The school was established in 1967 and is an integral part of the parish community.

The successful applicants will commence duties from the beginning of January 1991.

Applicants must be practising Catholics, committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education and have requisite administrative skills and academic and professional qualifications.

Salary and conditions are similar to those offered by the WA Ministry of Education.

Further information and application forms can be obtained from: Eric Chidlow Catholic Education Office of WA PO Box 198, Leederville, WA 6007 Telephone (09) 388 4388 Official application forms should be addressed to The Director, Catholic Education Office (address above) and lodged by Wednesday, June 27, 1990.

LUURNPA Catholic School

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PRIMARY TEACHER

An experienced primary teacher with special interest in language development is required to act as resource teacher and support for teachers in remote Kimberley schools. The successful applicant would be required to commence at the beginning of Term 3, or earlier if possible.

A pplicants must be committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education.

Housing, airfare and allowance for personal goods are available.

Applications, including the names and telephone numbers of three referees, should be posted or faxed to: The Principal Luumpa Catholic School PMB 2 Halls Creek WA 6770 Phone (091) 68 8902 Fax (091) 68 8961