The Record Newspaper 09 August 1990

Father Kevin Caldwell, national director of the Australian Catholic Welfare Social Commission.

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'CURRENT POLICY HAS FAILED TO HARMONISE SOCIAL SECURITY AND TAXATION'

Call to remove poverty traps Sustained high interest rates and high taxation can be counterproductive if homelessness, unemployment, business failures and family breakdowns increase as a result, says the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission.

The Commission is concerned that such social casts may be generated by Budget policies.

In a pre budget statement this week the commission said a Commonwealth budget surplus is apparently being achieved too rapidly and 1411111111•1111111111111111111111111101V.

at too great a cost to the community, especially for those less able to afford it.

"Since 1983. the Federai Budget has moved from roughly a Si billion prospective deficit to a surplus of $8 billion.

"This turnaround of $17 billion has been achieved on top of increased Federal and Government State spending, most of which has come from increased taxation revenues, notwithstanding reductions in marginal tax rates.

Father Kevin Caldwell. the National Director. issmor_ ,

said: "Sustained high interest rates are becoming an increasing concern for many Australian families facing difficulpaying home ties mortgages.

"These families have also absorbed the impact of several years of wage restraint.

"The burdens created by high interest rates are not distributed among those who can best afford to bear them and some families have last their home and their livelihood because of this situation.

"The government's most recent announce-

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ment of an easing of high interest rates is encouraging: Lower income earners and those supporting family dependants bear the brunt of increased taxation and Government charges.

The rise in taxation has meant that Australian families have increasingly figured disproportionately in the tax base notwithstanding the recent welcome increases to and the indexation of the dependent spouse rebate, family alowances and supplements.

A just tax system must There is a widespread recognise fully the costs misconception that of caring for dependants increasing foreign and those with disabili- indebtedness of the prities. Social security vate sector constitutes a benefits and taxation legitimate reason for scales should comple- denying tax relief to ment each other.

However, a more equitIn this way, tax would only be levied on income able tax system for in excess of basic needs taxpayers with dependand social security pay- ants could result in ments would be directed increased incentives to towards those unable to productivity by reducing average and marginal tax meet these needs.

The Commission notes rates for all family that while the Australian taxpayers.

"Current policy." said Government's overseas debt is being reduced, the Father Caldwell. "has bulk of Australia's total failed to harmonise overseas debt is privately social security and taxation arrangements and owed.

has created many situations where family breadwinners are diadvantaged if they work harder. Not only do they pay additional tax, but they lose social security benefits by doing extra work."

A fair tax system for families could reduce disincentives and poverty traps. A reduction in effective marginal tax rates faced by workers with families would encourage national productivity, and help reduce the burden of servicing the foreign debt. Tax justice can also be good economic sense.

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Surrogacy: Call for unifor law

Surrogacy fails to meet the obligations of maternal love and offends the dignity of the child.

These points were clearly emphasised by the Australian Catholic bishops in a recent statement calling for legislation on surro:cy.

They called for uniform legislation throughout Australia to discourage surrogacy and to retain the current State legislation which protects the status of children involved in surrogacy arrangements.

Speaking as president of the Bishops Conference, Cardinal Clancy said: "There are grave risks for harm in surrogacy arrangements and the practice should be discouraged.

The welfare and interests of the child and the protection of individual women from exploitation are of paramount importance.

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the obligations of maternal love, of marital fidelity, and of responsible motherhood.

"It offends the dignity of the child and is contrary to the child's right to have been conceived, carried in the womb, brought into the world, and brought up by his or her own parents.

"It is an experiment with family relationships and as such is of direct concern to the whole community."

Although he recognised that the law cannot effectively prevent all surrogacy arrangements, Cardinal Clancy said that the report of the National Bioethics Consultative Committee had failed to consider the option of prohibiting medical assistance to surrogacy arrangements.

He said the majority of submissions and a significant number of the members of the Committee did not support the recommendations which would facilitate and encourage surrogacy.

The Bishops recommended that a national uniform approach should at least include: a) Retaining the Status of Children legislation which ensures that a child remains the child of the woman who gave birth to the child, unless a court adoption order in the best interests of the child is made. b) Legislation which ensures that: • surrogacy contracts are unenforceable: • the giving or receiving of any payment, fee or reward for a surrogacy arrangement or assisting a surrogacy arrangrnent is an offence: • a medical practitioner who assists a surrogacy arrangement is guilty of gross misconduct: • advertising or soliciting for the purpose of a surrogacy arrangement is an offence.

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Remembering Newman TRIBUTE TO THE INVISIBLE FATHER OF SECOND VATICAN COUNCII John C ardinal Henry Newman was a remarkable Englishman who influenced the Church down to our own very day, Jesuit Father Patrick Bishop told a recent gathering of the Newman Society.

Citing the description of Newman as "the invisible father of the Second Vatican Council," Fr Bishop said Newman's life was a journey from darkness towards the light, and he was conscious that he had not reached the end of that journey until finding truth on the other side of death.

Fr Bishop cited Pope Paul VI saying in 1964, that Newman "traced an itinerary the most toilsome but also the greatest, the most meaningful, the most conclusive, that human thought ever travelled during the last century, indeed one might say during the modern era, to arrive at the fullness of wisdom and of peace."

Fr Bishop said Pope John Paul II clearly had this in mind

earlier this year when he declared that, "Newman's intellectual and spiritual pilgrimage was made in earnest response to an inner light of which he seemed always aware."

John Henry Newman persisted in this process despite the fact that it was to lose him a number of dear Anglican friends, to earn him a continuing

suspicion among English Catholics, as well

as disappointment and failure in several of his endeavours, Fr Bishop said. doubt, Without Newman stands at the headwaters of the stream that would eventually issue in the Vatican Second Council in this respect that he had a clear vision and was faithful to it that our movement towards God is pmcessual.

"He didn't see that becoming a Catholic was merely finding the port after a rough sea' (Apologia) — there was still a way to go.

"The repercussion of that vision had their

This week, the Catholic world recalls the centenary, or August 11, of the death of Cardinal John Henry Newman. The 89-year-old had spent the last 45 years of his life in the Catholic Church but his fame had been established long before that event. Perth celebrates the centenary with a lecture on August 18 by Rev Professor Ian Ker, chaplain to Oxford University. practical results in his own life and theoretical results in his ever developing theology of the Church. "Newman had a conviction that within the whole body of Christian men and women there is the experience of truth, he said.

"Newman would see ordinary people as 'channels of tradition' who would give their 'consent' to some particular beliefs and withold it for others: he would seek for a sort of 'instinctive response'.

Fr Bishop who addressed a gathering of the Newman society.

"I wnuld suggest that this procedure might well have a special relevance for U.S today as the Roman Catholic Church begins to give consideration to the concept of 'reception' as well as to lay ministries in the Church's life."

Fr Bishop said there were aspects of Vati-

"He was not against the idea — indeed, he was in full agreement with it — but he held that it was not opportune to make the declaration at that time.

"It was his own meticulous patristic study that rooted in Newman a tremendous love for the

can II that would have appealed to Newman who, he noted, was not in favour of the 1870 Vatican I declaration of papal infallibility.

Know him better... within the Anglican church impelled him to speak out about it and to besiege the authorities to John Henry Newman chose as the inscrip- get back to the basic tion for the memorial simplicity of its spiritual stone on his grave: essence.

"From shadows and This led him in turn to recognise the truth of the images into truth."

These words truly cap- Catholic Church to ture the essence and which he converted after spirit of his life as he having been ordained an strove to break through Anglican minister. all things. circumstances, Still his search conand people that stood as tinued as he wrote and ohstacles to his finding spoke, urging church to be authentic and faithful. the ultimate truth.

Newman knew he was Not only did he seek this truth — this faith — intellectually gifted and for his own satisfaction. he used this gift in a lifebut he set himself up to long effort to help others expose others to this get beyond shadows and same enlightenment. He images in the same way guided them to question he searched. doubtful practices and But even while recogmisleading ideas. It was nising his intellectual prowess, he did not put not a smooth path. himself above anyone There were constant nor treat anyone with misunderstandings, He condescension. resentments, jealousies, believed he needed to use duplicities, on the part of his intellect in upholding others, even from those the teachings of the in high places within the Church and its role in Church. maintaining its fidelity to But, while feeling the its original doctrines and pain these things caused beliefs. to one so sensitive, he Amidst all his academic continued to write and thinking and writing he speak in that determined remained a very human effort to find truth and to person and it is this see it adhered to by all factor that renders a new who professed to be of biography of his life so the true Church. appealing. (John Henry His dissatisfaction with Newman. by Brian Marthe torpor he witnessed tin, St Paul Publications,

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Brian Martin. Head of English at Magdalen College School. Oxford. has written his book within the context of Newman's own writings — his poem. his novel.

Loss and Gain, and more particularly. his letters and diaries.

In these we read of the struggles he had with his own weaknesses. the misguided decisions he sometimes made — his impatience with the Church's laxity, etc.

Yet Newman does not regard himself as a saint.

In fact, he wrote that if was 'a mortification to be thought next door to one'.

He believed his enlightened ideas came as a result of his education and his gift of intellect — and that he was not necessarily what he admired. He said he had no tendency to be a saint, adding "Saints are not literary men . . . It is enough for me to blacken the saints' shoes."

Newman loved his family and had many close friends during his lifetime. For all he maintained a faithful love. In particular he loved Ambrose St John in

whose graie he was buried at his own request.

The author, of course, writes also of Newman's tremendous work and influence on the Church of the 19th century —at Oxford — as an Anglican clergyman — as a convert to the Catholic faith — as founder of the Irish University — and as leader and inspirer of the Oratorians — but it is in his ability to contain this within the biographical detail of Newman's life that makes his book so and readable informative.

In this, the centenary year of the death of John Henry Newman, Brian Martin's book will serve as a worthwhile introduction to Newman and as an encouragement to read further about him.

Its 160 pages are generously interspersed with

memorable photos that enhance the hook's beauty.

Newman's well-known hymn. Lead Kindly Light (The Pillar of the Cloud), written after a period of his life when he believed he was going to die, is an indication of his desire to strive ever more 3rdently towards truth and the author of that truth.

Church and a desire for a full clarity in his appreciation of the Church as 'mystery'.

"He'd be very much at home with Vatican ll's 'lumen Gentium': his concerns were akin to those of the Council — to explore and develop the concept of the church."

Fr Bishop said that the Vatican II Declaration on Religious Freedom "harks back in some measure to Newman."

In his day, Newmand had seen the real disadvantages of "established an Church" and of "established Church privileges" in any society.

He held that reason rather than force, law was the best basis for the promotion of parrelgious ticular values. He would also hesitate about any " establ ished theology".

Pointing out Vatican

ll's thrust that God's self-revelation is not limited to Christion revelation: but it is the work of Christianity to recover and purify the essential points at which God does reveal himself in other religious traditions. Fr Bishop said: "And that was exactly the position taken by Newman."

On the other hand Fr Bishop said "It is important to note that, overall, while his concerns were akin to those of Vatican Newman's manner of dealing with them was rational/intelltx:tual rather than in the 'pastoral mode' adopted by the Second Vatican Council."

Noting Newman's own rejection of Kingsley's accusation that he had been an undercover Catholic before his 1845 umversion, Fr Bishop said of Newman's Catholicism:

"It was rooted absolutely in the honest 'Catholic' reading of tradition and history.

"By that I mean that

John Henry Newman was a student of history who read the early Church Fathers with an eye to truth above all else.

"The Apogia gives us a sustained example of the thoroughness that he brought to his faith: there was never anything slapdash or superficial in his work; he would not move or make any statement without looking to its antecedents, ramifications, and consequences.

"This might be interpreted as timid caution: we'd allow the caution; timidity, No. "In fact, his argument is the more cogent because he is so thorough.

"John Henry Newman embodies the very best in English and Catholic t radition. lie comes.- across to us as a man of great faith and trust in God. a man whose faith is patently growing/ deepening; Procemual.

"His breadth of vision is assisted by his thoroughness and precision of thought."

Surrogacy 'not on' one — should be allowed under regulated conditions.

The report which was disclosed in the Melbourne Age last month recommends against the introduction of commercial surrogacy, but does not support prohibiting it by legislation.

Fr McNamara said would surrogacy "interfere with the reality of marriage and the place of within children marriage".

"The Church is opposed to anything that comes between a ()Duple in marriage," Fr McNamara said.

He said the birth of a child through surm-

A DELAIDE: The C atholic Church would take a strong stand against surrogate births and would argue against any possibility of legislation enabling any form of surrogagcy to take place, said Fr Laurie McNamara.

He is the archdiocese's spokesman on medical and moral issues.

He was commenting on the recommendations of a leaked report of the National Bioethics ConsultaCommittee, tive which said altruistic surrogacy — or that involving the practice as a non-commercial

gacy would "chip away" at the fabric of a marriage.

It was important to understand that surrogacy, which could be seen as a way of combating infertility, did not come to terms with the intricacies of the infertility issue.

"Surrogacy is seen as a means of help, but it does not address the problem of infertility," Fr McNamara said.

"It is a short cut which still will leave many people dealing with the pain and suffering of infertility," he said.

Fr McNamara said what most concerned him about the issue

was the perception of children which could be fostered by the "quick-fix" solution to infertility.

"What worries me is zhat children become a commodity to achieve," he said.

The process was designed to satisfy a couple's desire to have children, with the final result being achieved in "a mechanical way than a natural birth", Fr McNamara said.

Surrogate pregnancies are already outlawed in South Aus: tralia through the Family Practices Act pf 1987, but the bioethics committee's report has been dis-

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A report says North of Sri Lanka is fully cut off from the rest of the country. No communication is possible. Serious shortage of food. No transport, medical supplies, telephones, electricity, fuel etc. People are anxious and living in fear.

The number of disis placed persons 400,000, but the number is increasing daily.

25,000 families are being assisted by the Catholic and other agencies.

The report notes food, kitchen utensils and medicines were sent to many areas.

would be preferable to a situation of the practice being controlled because it was almost impossible to stop.

tributed to all State health and social security ministers with a view to introducing legislation to cover the controversial subject.

The Federal Health Minister, Mr Howe, has announced that the Ministers will defer the matter until March next year on the grounds that the issue is an intricate one which needs much more time to consider before any recommendation is adopted.

But Fr McNamara

said such a move would be a simple way of solving the legal problems presented by the issue without addressing the moral dilemma.

The report recommends one possible option to deal with the issue is to allow regulated control of surrogacy because it

"I would suggest that that advice argues that the law does not relate to moral issues. . . it shows an impoverished view of the role of legislation in society and avoids raising the ethical and moral questions," he said.

Sin swipe at condoms

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Cardinal Sin, in his address in Canberra this week to the Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, stressed that any campaign to halt the spread of AIDS should address the behaviour that causes the spread of AIDS,

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not qualify as a mature and responsible human decision.

The Cardinal said: "If sexual responsibility before marriage and within marriage is truthfully taught and effectively practised. AIDS will ultimately cease to be a danger to anyone."

Workers in the field identify the behavioural causes of t he spreading of AIDS as the sharing of needles by drug addicts, and promiscuity homosexuality.

Responding to the brief to talk on "Religious and ethical issues regarding AIDS prevention and control" he categorised promoting the use of

He said that any strategy in the prevention and control of AIDS which only addresses the consequences and not the behaviour itself must be judged as deficient and misdirected from the very start.

In this context he was critical of "the so-called safe-sex program and the u.se of condoms . . . to accept the safe-sex proposal would be tanta-

condoms as a practical short cut toward solving

a problem but said it does

mount to fostering indifference to the moral demand as long as negative social consequences can be avoided".

Cardinal Sin . . . of view, the difficulty urges Christiaa with this approach is that it seeks to escape the compassioi of for sufferers consequences of AIDS. immoral behaviour without intending to change the questionable behaviour itself.

"From the ethical point

"If freely chosen actions deeply injurious to the integrity of the human of life. . . Morality is not person are at the root of an imposition from the the problem, nothing outside but an exigency short of a direct confron- which flows from the tation with the sources of reality of the human behaviour will suffice. person . . . We close our ears to the voice of 'The agent must be morality only at our converted and motivated Peril." to change his or her way

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MANILA: Philippine immigration and deportation officials have dismissed as "non-deportable issues" an elaborate case filed against Columban Father Shay Cullen, an Irish missionary.

Politicians and businessmen in Olongapo City, Philippines, allegedly backed by the city's mayor, accused Father Cullen of desecrating a corpse, sponsoring lewd shows, maltreating drug addicts, and illegally occupying government land to operate his drug rehabilitation centre.

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They protested Father Cullen's portrayal of Olongapo as "sin city" in local and international media and asked for his expulsion from the country.

Father Cullen this week has been attracting attention at a three-day AIDS conference in Canberra where he has openly disagreed with Cardinal Sin's rejection of condom promotion as a solution to AIDS. Father Cullen claimed that the seriousness of the AIDS epidemic being spread by the sexual activity of US servicemen in the Philippines, warranted advocating the use of condoms as the lesser of two evils.

Father Cullen claims that education about AIDS does not reach the poor people who are exploited and do not know the risks they are taking.

He has warned Australia and other countries about hosting visits by US naval detachments because of the risk of their infecting locals with AIDS. The priest has claimed sexual abuse by tourists and US sailors from nearby Subic Naval Base is rampant in Olongapo.

"This dismissal is a total exoneration of me and my co-workers, who have taken a stand in the defence of the human rights of exploited people, especially women and children.

"The false charges were made to silence our opposition to social evils, which are a direct result of the US military bases and the nightclub industry. The politicians and club owners are covering up the exploitation of child abuse and the spread of AIDS," he said.

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PAKISTANI CHRISTIANS THREATENED The Shariat Bill, recently passed by the Senate, has created some apprehensions in the minds of many people.

The Bill has not been welcomed, but has been objected to, even by many Muslims, especially by the Women's Forum and majority of the member of the Lahore High Court Bar. The Bill makes only broad statements regarding Islamisation of all aspects of life — economy, mass media, education etc.

How the Muslims of the country will react to the bill is not our concern. We, as a minority, and Christians, and loyal citizens of the country cannot remain unaffected by this all-embracing supreme law of the country.

In the present democratic set-up we are already 'second class' citizens, by the questionable enactment of 'separate electorates'. Many more questions crop up in our minds if Shariah is made the supreme law of the country: What will be our civic and political status?

A ccording to classical Islamic theory (doesn't Shariah include that?) minorities have been treated as Zimmis, that is, subjugated people given protection.

The Christians and other minorities in Pakistan, born and brought up here, are not subjugated people.

To quote Quaid-i-Azany -We are starting in the days when there is no discrimination, no distinction between one caste or creed or another. We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all equal citizens of one state. - It is strange that even today ministers and other well-meaning Muslim leaders call the minorities 'protected' people as they speak of some wild animals as 'protected species'.

The Bill contains only one sentence regarding minorities: -Nothing in this Act shall affect the personal laws of the nonMuslims."

Who is to decide what the personal laws' of the non-Muslims are? Are the Islamic scholars who preside over the Shariat courts competent to interpret the ramifications of 'personal laws' of Christians which include not only mere religious laws (Canon Law), but many things that are contained in their faith and scriptural teachings, for example human rights, human dignity etc?

We may ask.. do the Islamic punishments like cutting off arms, stoning to death, public flogging apply to the minorities as well?

These are not unrelated to 'personal laws'.

If Shariah becomes the law of the land, Christians rightly fear that it is going to effect adversely their way of life, culture, beliefs, institutions and many fundamental rights.

For peace in the country which is already in short supply and amity among different communities, it is necessary not to endorse the unwise and hasty Act of the Senate by the National Assembly and the people at large.

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Listen and respect s, say blacks LONDON: English Black Catholics have urged the bishops to fight racism in the Church by giving them a greater role in Church affairs and discriminating in their favour.

A charter drawn up by the firstever national Congress of Black Catholics states that racism exists in the Church today and the Bishop's Conference should urgently formulate and implement policies, based on the experience of black Catholics, t o tackle it.

"We call upon white Catholics to join with us and not to reject our experiences whether positive or negative as irrelevant or trivial, but to listen and respect what we are saying to them."

The Congress, was inaugurated by

Cardinal Hume and attended by 190 diocesan delegates.

The charter calls for bishops, priests, seminarians, religious, school governors and teachers to be given continuing racism awareness and anti-racist training.

Black vocations and lay leadership should be promoted and black priests from overseas appointed to parishes until there is an indigenous black clergy, it says.

Referring to "the alienation black people often feel in parishes," the Charter says the Church should not take white society and European structures as the Christian norm: "The Universal Church must reflect its universality."

It says a new theology which reflects the experiences of Asian,

African and Caribbean Catholics in Britian is needed.

Catholic schools are urged to be in the forefront in promoting race equality. The Bishops, through the Diocesan Schools Commissions and governing bodies must: • Co-op black members onto governing bodies; • set targets for recruitment, training and promotion of black teachers; • introduce race awareness training for all staff; • ensure that the history of black people is included in the curriculum, and that a multicultural Catholic ethos is created; • consult members of the black community over education policies.

Tension over New plan to rape of nuns beat NEW DELHI, India (CMS): The rape of two Catholic nuns in their convent in the town of Gajraula has brought tensions between the bishops of India and some state governments to the surface.

The bishops. in a statement, said they were troubled by what they saw as inaction by police and a callous attitude on the part of the examining doctor who declared no rape was committed.

The hierarchy said the attitude on the part of authorities in the case reflected a general unconcern in some north Indian states toward increasing numbers of attacks on Catholics.

After a reprimand from the federal government, an official of Uttar Pradesh state, in which the attack occurred, said action would be taken against the doctor and police officers found to be negligent in the case.

Indian Prime Minister V.P. Singh expressed concern over the incident and ordered state officials to guarantee the safety of those at the school and convent.

Because the convent is in an isolated area, the sisters waited until daybreak to report the assault to police.

The rapists were still at large as of late July.

Blessing of restored rooms by Jesuits ROME (CNS): On the anniversary of their founder's death, Jesuits blessed the newly restored rooms where St Ignatius of Loyola lived, worked and died.

Father Peter-Hans Kolthe Jesuit superior general, presided over the July 31 ceremony in Rome.

The restoration was completed in anticipation of the 450th anniversary of the establishment of the Jesuits on Sept 27 and the 1991 commemo-

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ration of the 500th anniversary of Ignatius' birth.

After Ignatius' death. and especially after his canonisation in 1622. the

rooms became a place of pilgrimage and were repeatedly painted and elaborately decorated.

The recent restoration was an attempt to return the rooms to what they would have looked like when Ignatius lived there.

The wood slats and exposed beams of the ceiling are almost entirely original, and the floor was repaved using bricks from the original attic The corridor outside the austere rooms also has been restored.

In the late 17th century, the baroque artist and Jesuit brother. Andrea

Pozzo. covered the corridor with frescoes depicting the life of Ignatius.

One of the small panels shows Ignatius playing billiards with a French nobleman.

One of the societ\ early superiors told a

story of Ignatius and the nobleman placing a wager on the game. whoever last would put himself at the disposal ( itthe other for a full month.

Ignatius won and compelled the nobleman to

complete the 'spiritual exercises', a 30-day retreat designed by Ignatius which still forms the basis of Jesuit spirituality.

the growing shortage of priests

DES MOINES, Iowa (CNS): Bishop William H. Bullock of Des Moines has announced a plan to establish lay "directors of parish life" to coordinate parishes that will be left without resident pastors as the priest shortage grows.

The plan was based in part on projections that the number of active full-time diocesan priests. 82 at the start of 1990, is likely to drop by 20 in the next 15 years.

It was also based on an evaluation of the growing role of deacons, religious and laypeople in parish life.

"1 am concerned that each parish in our diocese have a priest available for the celebration of the Eucharist on Sundays and holy days, for spiritual leadership and for sacramental functions," Bishop Bullock said.

"If this is to continue, we need well-trained laity and deacons to assume some of our priests' present parish responsibilities and services," he said.

The plan in Des Moines calls for professionally and spiritually qualify people with experience in parish ministry to form a pool of applicants from which parishes may interview candidates, select a director and establish a contract. Final appointment rests with the bishop.

The director is to —assume the pastoral care of the parish in all areas usually entrusted to a pastor, except those restricted by the law of the church or diocesan policy," the plan says.

Avoid collision course with Islam warning VATICAN CITY (CNS): African bishops are being urged to step up their proselytising but "avoid a dangerous collision course" with Islam — a major religious force and rival for converts on their continent.

The call was made in a preparatory document for a special Synod of Bishops for Africa.

It said Africa, where slightly more than 13 per cent of the approximately 623 million population is Catholic, is a fertile field for evangelisation.

The Catholic population has grown by 50 per cent in the past 10 years, said the document.

It encouraged evangelisation programs based on Africa's cultural context and interreligious dialogue.

Also urged was cooperation with other religions to solve social problems such as apartheid and tribal rivalry.

"There are teeming millions of unevangelised people in Africa" who have "never heard the good news of Jesus," providing the church with a "challenging and urgent mission," the document said.

"In Africa, Lslam is an important and often a difficult partner in dialogue," the document said.

"As both Christians and Muslims seek to make converts, great prudence will be required to avoid a dangerous collision course," it added.

There is currently "a renewed drive" by Muslims "to convert as many Africans as possible to Islam, and to work toward the refashioning of the African society according to Islamic principles," it said.

"Tension is building up and problems are gradually brewing, giving cause for concern for the future," it added.

In some countries "there is a dominant Islam which allows practically no room for other religions except in respect of foreigners," it said.

"In other countries, there is a dangerous confrontation between Muslims and non-Muslins," it said.

The document said that dialogue is "unavoidable" and easier with individual Muslims than with Islam as an organised religion.

"Islam as a religion has its own fixed and often rigid positions many times irreconcilable with Catholic doctrine and practice," it said.

"Muslims, as individuals who profess the Islamic faith, often form a better bridge for dialogue, especially when they are members of the same family and tribe or citizens of the same nation as Christians," it added.

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Irish call to end rural poverty DUBLIN (CNS): The Justice Commission of the Conference of Major Religious Superiors has asked the Irish government to put an end to rural poverty.

The commission said the economic plight of the

countryside and rural regional inequality are the result of the policies of government and the E uropean Economic Community.

Economic and Social Research Institute, an iedepeideet institute in Dublin, showed that 45 per cent of farm families are poor.

A spokesman for the commission, Father Sean Healy, said a study by the

This conclusion is based on a poverty line equaling $73 per week for a single

person or $123 per week for a married couple.

He pointed out that the most disadvantaged areas are in the west and northwest, where the population is declining, many people are age 65 or more, farms are small and housing inferior.

Pope slams Latin error VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul ll has criticised what he said are efforts by some Latin American religious to set up pastoral programs against the wishes of local bishops and to overly politicise their activities.

Latin America's 160,00G religious aimed at helping them prepare lot 1992 celebrations of the

There is "an erroneous interpretation" based on a "Marxist code" which equates "the option for

pared by the Conference of Latin American Religious has been opposed by many of the region's

the poor with the vow of poverty", he said.

The pope complained of "deviations and overly radical and unilateral attitudes" by religious which have harmed their unity with the hierarchy.

He also jumped into a major Latin American controversy by defending the Catholic evangelisation campaign that accompanied Spanish and Portuguese colonisa-

tion of the Americas.

It was generally positive with "more lights than shadows", he said.

The pope's positions were contained in a 46page apostolic letter to

A controversial catechetical program for the 500th anniversary pre-

"some misunderstandings and strong conflirts", the pope said.

The independence of religious orders "cannot be a pretext for apostolic activity marginal to the hierarchy or which ignores their pastoral orientations", he added.

bishops.

The bishops said the program was too critical of colonial evangelisation and too ideological in its treatment of social issues.

The Vatican had intervened to block use of the program. Traces of hard feelings over the confrontation remain among religious.

The pope praised the evangelisation drive of religious, but warned them against establishing "parallel" teaching to those of the bishops.

Although "relations between bishops and religious are, in general, satisfactory", there are

unambiguously and unhesitatingly, a perfect communion" with the bishops, the pope said.

He announced that the relationship between bishops and religious will be a main topic of the 1992 general meeting of the Latin American bishops. The pope is scheduled to attend the meeting, to be held in the Dominican Republic.

Regarding social action, the pope said "some theologies of liberation" not approved by the Church because of their Marxist elements are the misinterpreting Church's teachings on the poor.

This "has led to a politicising of conse-

500th anniversary of the arrival of Catholicism in

Latin America.

Religious pastoral programs "must express.

crated life, which does "In evaluating the activnot exclude partisan and ities of those missionarviolent options, with the ies, we cannot apply manipulation of reli- today's pastoral criteria gious persons and insti- and attitudes, as these tutions for ends foreign were unimaginable five to the Church's mission", centuries ago," he added. he said.

Many missionaries "Faith does not give way "raised their prophetic to ideological mirages; Christian hope is not to be confused with utopias," he said.

Socio-economic situations are "a cause for profound worry" but

must be dealt with by emphasising church social techings which "unmask ideological utopian fallacies and political servility", he said.

The pope expressed his "overall positive evaluation" of colonial evangelisation given the "difficult circumstances" faced by missionaries.

They had "to invent new methods of evangelisation aimed at nations and people of different cultures", he said, noting that the first missionaries were members of religious orders.

voices against the abuses of the colonists who sought their own interests at the expense of the right of others", he said Despite the uneven manner in which Christianity took root, there was "more light than shadows if we think of the long-lasting fruits of

faith", he said.

These include Latin America's "profound sense of community, its desire for social justice, its fidelity to the faith of the Church, its deep Marian piety and its love of the successor of Peter". he said.

The pope said the 500th anniversary is an appropriate time for a "rigorous historical study" and "impartial judgment" of colonial evangelisation.

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When silence proved to be a sign of courage VATICAN CITY (CNS): During World War II, Pope Pius XII's restraint from pointedly condemning the Nazis' treatment of Jews showed "not weakness, but courage", according to a Jesuit historian.

Pope Pius issued general condemnations of war atrocities without specifically naming the Nazis or singling out their efforts to exterminate the Jews, wrote Father Robert A. Graham in the Jesuit magazine La Civilta Cattolica.

Direct references would have had a propaganda value for the Allies, but also could have endangered the Vatican's behind-the-scenes efforts to help Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Father Graham said.

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that might quiet consciences, hut would have no real effect," he wrote in the A ugust 4-18 issue.

"It was not weakness but courage, not passivity but concern that dominated the papal motivation at this point," Father Graham said.

The California Jesuit has done extensive research and writing on Pope Pius MI's public remarks and private diplomacy during the war.

The late pope has often been criticised for failing to speak publicly and forcefully on the Nazi's drive to massacre the Jews of Europe.

Father Graham's August article detailed pressures from the Allies and the Polish exile government in 1942 aimed at convincing the pope "to make a formal and explicit condemnation of Nazi atrocities".

It had been Vatican policy since 1914 "to condemn atrocities in general

terms", but not to make specific condemnations which could be used politically, Father Graham said.

In his 1942 Christmas Eve address, the pope spoke of the plight of those who, "sometimes only by reason of their

nationality or race, are destined to death".

The Allies were not satisfied with the pope's address, and they told him so.

Father Graham wrote.

He quoted from a memo that US diplomat Harold H. Tittmann Jr sent to Washington, which said the pope believedhe had spoken "clearly enough to satisfy all those who had been insisting in the past that he utter some word of condemnation of the Nazi atrocities".

Less than a year later, Father Graham wrote, the Allies, the International Red Crass and other relief agencies had adopted a position similar to the pope's.

For example, he wrote, "When the foreign ministers of the three major Allied powers met in Moscow in October 1943 they did issue a statement on atrocities, but did not mention a word about the situation of the Jews.

"The Dutch government had objected to singling out the Jews for special notice, they had already experienced the spiteful reprisals of the Nazis in their own country," he said.

Father Graham wrote that Vatican efforts on behalf of the Jews during the war "were often not crowned with success" and that mistakes and misunderstandings were common.

"But of the concern on the part of Pius MIfor stricken humanity during World War II even the failures remain a

Tittmann said Pope Pius "seemed surprised when !told him" some people thought the condemnation was not striking witness," he said. strong enough.

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WASHINGTON (CPIS): A pro-life spokesman for the US bishops has criticised the makeup of a television panel that discussed modern genetic techniques es The Perfect Baby program. spokesman, The Richard Doerflinger said that "no disagreement was expressed" when a panel member advocated an "absolute right" to abort a foetus after genetic tests show it carries a disease.

The program dealt with modern genetic testing. said: Doerflinger "Surely one expert could have been found for a five-member panel who had ethical problems with selective abortion."

Doerflinger said that at one point during the

program "a young man with cystic fibrosis said he had never met anyone with the disease who would prefer not to have been born.

"And musician Arlo Guthrie, who may carry the gene for Hunting' ton's disease, made a brief and eloquent statement that life is worthwhile regardless of its condition." Doerflinger said.

"But Miss Walters quic.kly returned to her panel of experts, one of. whom reaffirmed that parents must have an 'absolute right' to abort children like these," she said.

Doerflinger said he was disappointed that some-

one on the panel "didn't raise an objection".

Doerflinger also criticised Ms Walters' closing statement in which she said. -there are ethical questions we haven't even begun to face. As more and more choices are possible. who is to decide what kind of child should be brought into the world: the parents, the doctors, the clergy, the government?"

Doerflinger said that statement reflected the views of the pro-abortion movement regarding -who decides" No clergyman or representative of the disabled was on the panel, he said, which was "like having a discussion on black history without one black present".

Pope calls for guidelines

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS): Pope John Paul II has asked the upcoming Synod of Bishops to provide guidelines for choosing priests as seminary directors and teachers.

The church recognises "the importance ot the quality of educators for priestly formation," the pope said.

"Those who receive the mission to prepare youths for life and priestly ministry are called to a great responsibility," he added.

Seminary directors and teacher's help students "overcome the difficulties on the road to priestly ordination," he said.

"The next synod will not fail in taking this demand into amount, recommending to the bishops an adequate concern for the selection of those priests who should direct and teach in seminaries," he said.

The Ngapuny man LESSON IN FAITH, SHARING AND SACRED POWER

a powerful presence of God amongst the people on retreat and he had to go away to reflect on it.

"I must go back to my country. I will have a Ngapuny day too." :le next day we heard that the Ngatreasure from our early morning media- puny man and his two tion with the holy friends returned man. immediately to their The following day, valley and like the the Ngapuny man t welve people on came to the Centre. He retreat, spent the day was conscious of peo- in silence, painting ple being on retreat, and talking to Ngabeing silent and com- puny, touching into municating with the the power felt at the sacred and powerful retreat place, the same so he was very quiet power we had felt in and very still. the valley.

He presented me I felt something prewith a beautiful paint- cious was happening. ing of the birth of separated by the valJesus, done in earth leys but joined in the colours and symbo- Spirit, those who lised by ancient land- owned the land and forms. I was humbled those who came late to and privileged. the land, shared and A powerful gift had prayed to and were been given, a sacred- biassed by, the One, ness shared and souls the Ngapuny, they all were touched. followed.

Those of us not oil And I prayed, retreat stood near "Blessed are the talking quietly with ancient people of this the whispering Nga- land for revealing to puny man, touched by us, in beautiful and his holiness and awed Australian ways, the by his sacred God who loves us all. paintings.

And blessed are the who "I must go. There is newcomers too much Ngapuny learned from the wishere," he said. But that dom of the ancient he meant, that he felt ones.

across the canvas. touching the ancient Crossing over it were Dreaming rock. t wo flowing earth I went to my cooking coloured rock-shapes. for the sixteen guests Two sisters of the and my companion We left the house just reamtime were cry- went to the people he D as the rising sun sat on was directing on the horizon and ing over the dark retreat but both of us The rock. streaked the waking Dreamtime beauty of the painting felt we had received a sky with gold. very

By Sister Clare Ahern R.S.J.

Our early morning stilled us and the trips were blessed softness of the wheezus into with the glories of the ing voice drew sacredness. of sense a countryside.

"This black rock" he On this particular "is like whispered, morning we were and crucified Jesus travelling to a little quiet outstation to visit those two other rocks the spiritual man, the are the women, standNgapuny (God) man ing there, holding him, crying for him. The of the community. t wo women, his He was sitting at his mother and the other fire when we arrived, Mary". wheezing his way into We both looked at another day, strugthis Aboriginal illusgling with a head and tration of the Pieta and chest cold. listened to this holy Graciously he man sharing the story arranged his two with us. chairs for us and I sat The three of us were on the wirey end of the wrapped bed. Peace engulfed nourished inby prayer, someus, the hills were united thing deep that within reach, the birds were music-making us. The stillness of the for, us and friendly valley was full of dogs rubbed against sacred power as we listened to the faith us. expressed so simply When the greetings and proudly by this were over the Nga- Ngapuny man. puny man placed in With reluctance we front of us his recently tore ourselves away finished painting and from this God man shared the story. and headed back The centre focus of through the valley, the painting was a stopping a while at the black rock-shape lying Baptism pool and

Anyone's child It was the time just

after the sun set and the red hills had lost their lustrous light for another day.

The camp scene was busy. The open fire had billy-cans of tea stewing on it and johnny cakes rested in the pan. The children were milling around, having their last play before nightfall and the adults were rolling out their swags ready for theevening rest, beneath the starlit sky.

The only foreign elenent was the bright hylux. shining a little too ostentasiously in the homely scene.

My thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a lively little nine year old with a frank request.

"Sister, will you get me a tracksuit?"

Startled by the unexpected request. I replied with. "What colour?"

"Blue," was the thoughtful reply.

"And what trousers?"

0ouble blue," came the immediate response.

"And a coat too!"

"I'll get them after the funeral for you." and heft it at that.

This little nine year old was anyone's child unknown to his fath.if, neglected by his mother laughed at by his peers and cared for by a frail grandmother who already had too many to care for.

He was full of naughtiness and his pranks and restlessness almost madk him impossible. His friends were the older boys, who used his innocence and ignorance for their advantage.

His future looked bleak — trouble and jail for "anyone's child".

During his seven walking years we had developed a relationship, a "Give me shake-hands" relationship. Whenever and wherever I saw him, I stopped and we shook hands. '.OW I suppose the rec,ilt of seven years of

By Sister Clare Ahern R.S.J. handshaking was the request for a tracksuit.

So with the help of my sister -friends, the double-blue tracksuit was purchased, sent 200km by road and arrived before the funeral.

The funeral was sad, the fourth in the community. this year.Istood with the mourning family and "anyone's child", part of the family, came to smile at me and give me shake hartric "I've got your doubleblue tracksuit," I whispered. "And when the sun is down I'll bring it over to you."

His little cousin ran up.

"Are you getting one for me too?"

"Oh, no," Ireplied. "You have to wait for your birthday next week, for a present."

And "anyone's child', with wide open eyes said, "Is it my birthday?"

"Yes, it's your birthday," I felt obliged to say but was deeply saddened at the realisation that neither of us knew his birthday. No one knew or probably cared when "anyone's child" would be ten.

In the afternoon. I returned to the camp with the double-blue tracksuit and navy blue jumper, which was locally called a coat.

"Anyone's child" looked in the environmentdestroying plastic bag.

His eyes were dancing.

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I left him with the gift and drove on to another camp.

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Recounting early school days

In the beginning was Sister Mary Margaret.

Looking kindly at us firstgraders on the opening day of school, she seemed to be from another world.

The wimple of her black habit caressed her face like two hands cupped in prayer.

A large rosary hung from the wide leather belt around her waist, its crucifix gently swinging when she moved.

Over the months, she spoke to us of God, Jesus, grace, sacraments, church, heaven, hell and a thousand other topics

that introduced us to the mysterious world of the divine.

She ushered in for me 16 years of formal Catholic education, primary school through to university.

During those years my faith was shaped and nourished by a rich collage of intellectual, emotional and sensory experiences, gilt-edged holy cards, scapulars, the pungent smell of incences, cassocked professors.

My children are growing up in a vastly different world from the one in which I did. Their

DISCUSSION POINTS Parents want their children to learn about faith. But they often wonder how parents can foster such learning.

Many parents proceed with considerable trepidation when it comes to making a real contribution to their child's religious education.

There are no quarterly skills tests to gauge the religious development of children, David Gibson observes.

This is one of the difficulties in discussing faith with children.

Fortunately, he adds, parents don't have to go it entirely alone.

In addition to steps they can take on their own, participating in a community's life of faith is a key way to foster growth in faith.

Neil Parent tells how he and his wife try to gentl) bring up religious themes at appropriate moments in their family life.

A family funeral gave them a chance to discuss death and what happens after death, he said.

Parents don't need to know all the answers in order to talk about their faith with their children, a young mother tells Dominican Father David O'Rourke. Being involved in religious education parents come to terms with what they themselves believe, she adds.

faith is being formed differently too. As a result, my wife andI find ourselves heavily involved in their faith formation.

Pastors and catechists often plead for parents to take an active role in instructing their children in the faith. With good reason. A study has found a significant correlation between adults who regularly attend church and their having received home instruction in faith as children.

Too often, however, in trying to communicate faith to our children, we

My wife and I know almost exactly wfiere our oldest child stands in maths.

A quarterly maths skills test administered to seventh-graders in our school system rates her achievement.

That test, coupled with classroom work and teacher conferences, spells things out pretty clearly and simplifies our role as parents. If there were a problem we would be told what, if anything, we needed to do to help her.

Not so with religious education. We have no quarterly skills test to gauge the development

could just see them laughing at him.

Jeremiah protested to God he was definitely not the man for the job. But God insisted, assuring King Manasseh and his him that he would help. son Amon had ruled for At first, Jeremiah's task almost 50 years. Thowas not too difficult. For roughly godless, they had new king. Josiah, was the shamleft the country a bles. God asked Jeremiah a devout man, deterto go to Jerusalem and mined to reform things.

Unfortunately Josiah straighten matters out.

The prospect appalled was killed in a senseless battle early in his career. him.

His successors were Jeremiah lived about uniformly evil and viohostile to three miles from the lently capital and was well Jerusalem. aware of the situation.

Jeremiah had to put up Here he was, a callow with abuse, mockery and youth, being asked to torture for an incredible move in and announce 50 years. In the end he that he was God's witnessed the sack of appointed messenger, Jerusalem and the beginwith a message calling ning of the Babylonian for radical reform. He exile.

By Father John Castelot

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ual "revelations" from our children. When such occasions surface, often expressed in their in the wrong place; we thoughts, feelings and failed to enter first into questions, we try to build our children's world. on them by inviting This realisation promp- further explanation.

First we seek to underted us to approach sharing our faith at home stand our children's along the following lines: views on the matter, • Listening and then, if appropriate, we responding: Children are respond with our own deeply spiritual, though reflections. This enables not always in a churchre- us to approach the lated sense. Their ques- discussion primarily tions show they are from their perspective thinking about spiritual rather than ours.

• Inquiring and Listenissues ing: Often my wife and I As parents, we try to be make gentle inquiries on the lookout for spirit- into religious issues

when our children seem to be receptive or when circumstances prompt discussion.

This approach works better than introducing a religious topic at the dinner table when a child has been pressing for an answer to staying overnight with a friend.

Among the times our children seem more receptive are when they are in bed waiting for a good-night kiss or as we sit together before a crackling fire.

A recent funeral is a good example. Driving away we could tell from the quiet in the car that

it %vas in appropriate time to t .1k so we asked: "What (1c1 you think of the funet al?"

of our daughter's religious awareness.

We have clues to whether she is growing as a person of faith. But progress in this area is hard to measure with precision. So the parent's role here is particular). challenging.

That's only part of the parent's plight when it comes to participating in a child's religious education.

The parent also quickly discovers that the boundaries of religious education as a field are hard to locate.

Under its umbrella will be found education in church doctrine, moral ity, Scripture. Church

history, Mimgy and worship, prayer.

This education is meant not only to communicate the fads of religion, but to influence attitudes and foster a special way of living.

Considering all that. it is not surprising that parents sometimes feel at a lass when it comes to contributing to their children's religious education. They may ask: Where does a parent begin? What is the parent's goal?

why parents consider their values worthwile.

Thus the importance of those ordinaray conversations in which a parent has the opportunity to say: "I believe . . ."

Some teaching opportunities arise rather naturally at home — in reaction to moral situations viewed on TV programs, for example.

This provides a concrete setting for a parent-child discussion of values, and means that television is not allowed to go unquestioned as an educator.

education at home occurs a tly in reaction to various situations that arise, dbldren may learn much Smut what parents woe, but little about sit* parents truly favour.

When it comes to religion; education, many parents take comfort in de fad that they don't hate to go it alone.

There are parish education pit grams, schools and boom, the Sunday litu rgy aid social-action pregraw, youth retreats and Is Iten sacrificial supper; — all of which influage children's developlig Christian life.

Actual ,- participation in the cot ununity's life of

By Neil Parent

Our di ughter replied: "Why as his face so white?"

That led to a discussion of 1,vhaf happens at death and afterward.

• Ritual-Symbol Making: We try to make our home faith experiences concrete by creating Various rituals and symbols. These carry a s ignificant Christian message and often help set th stage for disc- t issic n.

Our children have grown fond of the many things we do as a family to ritualise our faith, from use of Project Compassion to the creation of Advent calendars and the use of special All of us with children seek to share with them a faith that has been seasoned by our own experience of life. We can do this best when we lovingly offer it to them in a way that speaks first to their hearts.

Isn't this the way Jesus taught?

No gauge in teaching religion

A serious enterprise Adults only! That might seem to have been the rule in the working out of God's plan of salvation in the Bible.

In a sense this was true Such a serious enterprise required people of maturity, people who could read responsibly to God's call and implement it in a difficult world.

However, a careful reading of Scripture reveals another side to this grown-up picture. In the working out of God's plan, young people often played important roles.

Take the case of Jeremiah. He was only in his late teens or early 20s when God called him to a frighteningly delicate mission. It was a time of severe crisis for Judah.

parents approach it like icing a cake: hoping that what we say and do will stick to the outside.

But faith is formed from the inside. We have to know our children and their world, to experience life through their eyes, ears and hands.

Only then can we hope to effectively share our faith with them.

In discussing faith with our children, my wife and I discovered after a while that we were operating out of some U nconsc ious assumptions.

Those assumptions often caused us to begin

Of course, parents contribute to their children's religious education. even if only willy nilly. For actions speak louder than words.

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Actions tell a child whether faith really matters to the parent; whether participation in the Sunday Mass is a source of happiness; whether faith is considered interesting or boring; whether the Christian way — loving God and neighbour — means anything in practice.

But children also learn something from what parents say. If too little is said it is passible that children won't hear anything about what their parents believe and

There is a risk to consider, however, if this becomes a parent's sole approach. If a relgious

faith is a key way to faster growth in faith. So at our house, opportunities for the whole family to participate in special parish events are sought out especially.

It is much easier to foster a child's religious education it parents take steps to foster their own growth in faith.

And when parents do 9o, children may learn an important lesson from that very fact: namely, that religious education has no beginning and ending point; that religious education is a lifelong enterprise, as necessary for adults as for children.

Sharing faith with the kids I would like to tell you how a friend and her husband are trying to share their faith with their three youngsters.

The children include a three-year-old not yet in any educational program, his four-year-old brother who is in a local pre-school program and a six -year -old in kindergarten.

All are involved in their

parents' efforts to teach faith at home.

"Where de you begin?"

I asked Alice. "With yourself," she responded without hesitation. "You have to nurture your own faith and this means taking seriously the religious questions in your own life."

She recalled her sixyear-old's questions when her own mother

did avoid religious discusdied.

Where grandma go? What does sions with their children. it mean to die? What does "But we don't have to it mean to be with God? have all the answers," she "These were hard ques- said. "An honest attempt tions," Alice told me, to describe whatever it is "and I had to try to we believe means so answer them for myself much for the kids." before I could answer "Children are often them for Kate." underestimated," she She added that many added. "People think that parents have little self- they are not capable of confidence in religious spiritual interests." matters and so they often But she said some of her

It was a familiar family scale: a young child scribbling in a wall with a era).* while her mother's attention was occupied elsewhere.

had dose, blamed her little brother.

That night, however, the young girl went to her mother aid confessed that she really did colour on the wall.

Then the mother r esponded warmly: "Fm glad you told me and I forgive you. Bet Ihope pall never try

to get year brother in trouble again."

That experience of forgiveness became a "moment that stood oat" many years later for the girt, said Sister Catherine Dooley.

She explained that the girl told that story in sacramental cafechetics class.

children's questions are don't have to know Talk of teaching genuinely spiritual. like theology in order to teach reminded me that most Kate's wondering "Why religion, but we do have children today no longer does it hurt so muc.h to take our own faith and have a parent full time in when you do something their questions the home. you know you're not seriously." supposed to do?"

How can working per She added her own "What we parents have belief that God is present ents preside religious to do is recognise the somehow in even the education in the home, I teachable moments, smallest of children, a asked. which are usually the belief strongly rooted in "Each day, even for a times when they have Catholic tradition, helps little while we try to real questions or strong her respect the struggles listen to the kids," Alice feelings." Alice said. "We they are having. said.

Experiencing a moment of forgiveness Then the mother asked "Did you do that?" The child, frightened by what she

ft recounted an um. sion when the student said she had learned something shoot the meaning of forgiveness.

Sister Dooley, a Dominica*, taught on the primary edocatios level for 14 years. She recommends that pareats teach shoat faith

by beginning with the usual activities of home life,

of forgiveness can become the basis for discussing the sacraments, she said.

la the traditios of St Thomas Aquinas, she tells pareots to "move from the knows to the unknown" in teaching their children. For example, family meals and home experiences

Eucharist is a nourishing meal that unites people, Sister Dooley suggested.

For a child who already knows Moat it is like to participate in a family meal where everyone shares, a parent "can make a connection" to the ways in which the

"Children need a context for religion," she added, explaining that she advises pareats to be coiosisteet ia what they de in religions educatios.

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Compassion, justice for AIDS sufferers As a gospel response to AIDS, the Perth archdiocese has set up an AIDS pastoral care ministry team which is backed by the Archdiocesan Advisory Committee AIDS. on (AACA).

Three members in the AIDS pastoral care ministry team are Father Lou Malloy SM, Sister Victoire Connolly SJG and Rosemary Brennan.

The team as yet does not have a fixed address to operate from, so they work out of their cars currently but the AACA with the St John of God sisters are endeavouring to establish a centre.

The ministry began in early 1989 with the idea that it was to be open to all people.

Currently there are 20 people being cared for, 12 of whom are Catholics.

The Catholic team is well known to other agencies, government and non-government and many of the referrals of people living with AIDS are sent from the immunology clinic at RPH and the WA AIDS Council.

The ministry team has a very good working relationship with other groups and are well known in their work.

They work with individuals, families and carers.

Basically the ministry involves accompaniment and being with the people who have the virus.

It also assists helpers and carers to become accepting of the person Originally she worked who has the yin's and And suffering and fneable using the word there are counselling and with Silver Chain (SC) death can disclose the compassion when talkadvocacy when for a number of years as possibilities of new life. ing about the basis of an infection control sister So our challenge today their commitment to requested. and then when AIDS that as care for people with HIV But there is something emerged here in Perth, "I he said, is Jesus. we do infection, but you find of followers very important about started looking after same with our expe- that these same people defining the relationship AIDS patients in their the whether joyful often start blushing or riences, boundaries developing homes". in order to t witching nervously sorrowful or between the carer and hidden when the call to justice the discover After four years with client, and it is the client meaning, comes into play and the deeper who really sets the SC, caring for AIDS whole problem of dispatients in their homes, direction of the relation"Such an experience is crimination and rejecshe wanted to do volunship, said Father Lou. AIDS. And in effect we tion becomes quite real, "So it's not a question of tary pastoral work in this should walk in Jesus' he said. area, realising many us going in and taking steps and do it the way he over. That's not the sort she'd worked with would have wanted us "Compassion is one of ministry it is, or should needed some spiritual to." of the work and aspect understand ing and help be." justice the other, because and one needed to be of Father Lou stated AIDS It's a delicate and similar faith inclination is a viral infection and we have a group of sensitive area and we people who are discrimto empathise and assist. not a moral one, nor inated against need to be aware of that, by So she joined the meant to be a test of society." he said. "Rather it's a personal matter of accepting them Catholic ministry team to someone's Many are rejected, he where they are at and be able to add this hang-ups and moral beliefs. said, and suffer from helping them on the road spiritual dimension. isolation and loneliness. to where they want to Father Lou said thc "And although we don't go." churches have a serious ignore the moral issues Since the ministry was The team works along responsibility never to when it gets down to any formed they have been the lines of the Church's use HIV infection so as to kind of human behav- involved with 20 cases, basic ethic — to be non- make any kind of moral iour, if we get too caught 14 of which had the virus judgemental — which is mileage out of it and that in moral issues, we and six who have been up a well-defined principle Jesus gave meaning to fail to minister, and set families. Seven have for us as a team, said the common and uncomsince died. up blocks and barriers."

Rosemary- who has had mon life events, showing several years' experience people that human love Christians by and large They get people from in the AIDS field. reveals divine love. seem to feel quite com- the time they are initially 10

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Rosemary Brennan with Father Lou Malloy SM discussing their important work in the AIDS field aided by other team member Sister Victoire Connolly SJG and backed by the A rchdiocesan Advisory Committee on AIDS.

diagnosed and care for them right through to the terminal stages.

rather than having ministered to them.

"But they should be part and parcel of the Christian life. In fact if compassion is not accompanied by a really keen sense of justice, then it isn't compassion at all!"

And to die knowing they are upheld in faith, hope and love. How the churches emerge from this crisis they said, is going to be a great test of mr faithfulness to the gospel of the Cross and Resurrection.

The team says the world The majority are aged faces a medical and in the 20s to 40s age moral crisis but it isn't :imply a crisis of sexual groups. morality, while adding "And there are many that restrained sexual more with AIDS that we behaviour is increasingly don't know about — important, but the heart which makes one ask of the moral crisis is why?" whether compassion, Calling people to come sensitivity and restraint to terms with prejudice towards one another can in their lives can often be overcome fear and a very challenging situa- encourage lifestyles tion, said Father Lou, which limit disease whereas compassion is spread and allow those something which infected by it to retain their dignity. appeals.

Father Lou and Rosemary said the tea ndiscovers Jesus in the people they minister to and time and again they come away feeling they have been ministered to

There is going to be an annual Catholic AIDS Mass at the cathedral on August 31 at 7.30pm at which Archbishop Foley will be presiding

Young and old at this meeting The 260 participants at this year's Mariapolis at Fairbridge came from several continents and from different Christian denominations and from every age group.

The local Catholic bishop, Bishop Quinn. said Mass for the Catholic participants. as did also Archbishop Foley, and Archbishop Carnley and other visitors celebrated the eucharist for Anglicans.

The southwest town of Denmark sent a contingent of 13 and others present ranged from as far away as New Zealand, Japan, England. and from Melbourne and Sydney.

life in society down to activities for 3-4 year olds and a creche for the babies.

girl One young explained, using the rain to illustrate her impression of the Mariapolis: "Just like raindrops coming together to form a puddle, so all of you coming together make a part of me."

In the various Fairbridge houses the incessant wet weather was The youngest partici- relieved by log fires pant was under one and uniting people during the day and a coffee shop Another young adult, the eldest over 80. for youngsters rounded on his first ever (=tact On the theme of the off the evening bush with Rxx:ilare said:Iam Holy Spirit the fourday dances, concert and convinced that God is love and I think this gathering provided spir- games nights.

Mariapolis is proof." ituality education for The reactions of some of adults given through theme talks and shared the participants tell their Another said: "Everyone treats you as experiences of Christian own stories:

Nun sense put to test

though you are part of one big family."

Another who had difficulties initially said: "You have to give to get".

An adult said: "I learnt many things from the attitudes of the 3-8 year olds. I saw them making boats together once and they were short of pop sticks and materiaLs for these boats_ "At one point one of these young ones dismantled his boat and gave his sticks to the

others so they could complete theirs.

He continued: "This act of love really impressed me." asked her When impression of the Mariapolls a young mother with four said: "The experiences were all very meaningful to me and I could relate very much to them all.

"They were all very down to earth, which is what impresses me about the Mariapolis. It is all very much a genuine Christianity."

A young man stated: "I am very impressed by the fact that a group of people can live as a C hristian community just like the first Christians would have.

"The thing that really stands out is that the Fooalare try (and usually succeed) to live as Christians rather than talking about what Christians should do."

An older woman said: "I think for me it was that I saw (divine) love in human form."

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Nuns past and present and especially the Josephite foundress Mother Mary MeKillop were the topic of conversation amongst the pre-primary parents and youngsters at B allajaira Catholic school.

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What's On

by TOM BRANCH Mixed Pennants In the A grade St Jude's cemented a place in the finals leaving St Norbert's and Dianella to battle for the other berth, whilst in B grade, wins to the top four teams put paid to the finals' aspirations of both St Mark's and Yidarra.

A Grade For the second week in a row St Jude's was involved in a cliffhanger. They finally defeated Queens Park 6 sets 66 games to 4 sets 78 games.

St Jude's won the final set in a tiebreaker (16 points to 14 points) to take the set and match. If Queens Park had won the tiebreaker then the sets would have been five all and Queens Park would have won on games. This result ensured a place in the finals for St Jude's.

Not to be outdone, the other A grade match was equally as close with Dianella just getting home against St Benedict's; 5 sets 78 games to 5 sets 65 games.

Dianella needed to win this game to keep their finals' chances alive.

The two A grade results emphasises the closeness of the competition. The beaten teams in this round will finish 4th and 5th. Had they both had some luck during the season they could have been vying for a place in the finals.

B Grade In stark contrast the B grade games were fairly onesided with only one relatively close match.

St Benedict's ensured themselves a place in this year's B grade final with a good win against Yidarra with the final scores. St Benedict's 6 sets 72 ?Ames to Yidarra 4 sets 66 games.

With only one game remaining. St Benedict's is now OM and a half games dear of fifth placed St Mark's.

In the other B grade games the top three teams all had relatively easy wins in their matches with the final scores being Corpus Christi to sets so games to St Norbert's 0 sets

been 'loaned' to the c ongregation because of the strong links he maintained with Western A ustralia, Archbishop Foley said on Wednesday.

The ex students and teachers of the Northam convent schools are holding a dinner at Beau Mirage, Perth on Sunday September 9. To complete a photo album (photos exist back to 1910) group photos are needed to be copied. For further information please contact Eileen Tucker 227 6065; Doreen Butien 096 22 2931; Kath Pasco 458 1389.

Anxiety and concern about teenagers in the family, teenager's feelings about going to Mass on Sunday are some issues about teenage faith that will be shared with others who have similar concerns at: • Six Tuesday evenings at Seton Catholic College, Samson 7.15 - 9.30pm; commencing August 21st or • Six Tuesday evenings at Catherine McAuley Family Centre 7.15 - 9.30pm; commencing October 16th.

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cannot improve their fourth position on the table.

However, the top three positions can be raffled with only one game separating the three teams.

Both Pignatelli and St Benedict's will have a solid preparation for the finals when they clash in the last home and away game.

Should Pignatelli win and both Dianella and Corpus Christi lose then Pignatelli would finish the home and a way games as minor premiers. This would mean that they would again clash with St Benedict's in one of the finals as 1 plays 4 and 2 plays 3. The winner of these matches meet in the grand final.

Corpus :hrist i have a tough clash against Yidarra.

A win to Corpus Christi will see them complete the season on top and this should provide them with sufficient incentive to take the two points.

Dianella should win their last game against St Norbert's. and they would be happy for both Corpus Christi and Pignatelli to lose to give them the opportunity to finish the season on top.

St Mark's should finish the season on a high note with a win over Queens Park.

Should St Benedict's lace to Pignatelli and St Mark's win they would finish the season only half a game out of the four.

Selections: A Grade: St Norbert's St Jude's.

B Grade: Corpus Christ: Dianella; Pignatelli; St Mark's.

Queen Quest Sasha Pendal was crowned Miss WACLTA in front of a large crowd at a glittering function at the annual Queen Quest Dinner/Dance which was held at Wembley Lodge last Saturday evening, Association chaplain. Father Richard Doyle was in attendance to crown the 1990 winner. Sasha was one of five entrants, all of whom were a credit to their club and all would have been worthy winners. Included in Sasha's prizes is a trip to the 1990 AC:LTA Carnival which is being held in Adelaide at Christmas.

ists at Galong NSW and was professed in the order in February 1926, subsequently being ordained to the priesthood in March 1931.

Provincial superior Fr Corbett said Fr Wallace made up for his pulpit absence by taking up the apostolate of the pen and telephone to counsel troubled souls and hearing confessions

at North Perth until a few months before his death.

Fr Corbett said Fr Wallace's resonant preaching voice had been heard in most of the cathedrals of Australia and he had become known in all states and especially in New Zealand where he not only preached missions and retreats but also broadcast from St Gerarifs church in Monastery Wellington He had a legendary devotion to Our Lady and as one of his confreres R edemptorist knocked on his door at Nazareth House just before he died, his reply was 'Ave Maria" May he rest in peace

ical organising of the monastery's archives, and prepared •sanslations from the Spanish of sections of the diaries of both Bishop Salvado (19461900) and his successor Bishop Torres (1901-1914) and the Kalumburu War Diary. some of which have been published Fr Eugene's pastoral involvement included care of boys and brothers at Bindoon, of boys at the College in New Norcia, of Spanish migrants in Northam.

WA and later in Whyalla. SA and seven years of missionary work at Kalumburu from 1974 to 1981 He retired to Villa

Maria in lesmurdie in 1986; there he continued with some pastoral work amongst the residents and also managed a small amount of scholarly work, A Benedictine confrere said of him: Tow health tended to reinforce a somewhat pessimistic outlook on life, history and humankind, but both these disabilities were continually overcome by a surpnsing physical and mental energy powered by deep faith and prayer, and were relieved by an impish sense of humour and a genuine love for others May he rest in peace

Sasha who represented the Queens Park Tennis Club, attended St Columbus Catholic Primary School and completed her secondary education at Mercedes College. She is currently studying full time at the riiversity of Western Australia and has been invited to participate in the 1991 English honours program.

Sasha is heavily involved in sports which include netball. volleyball, squash. tennis, cycling and swimming. 'Ier other interests include literature. music (contemporary and classic), sewing, craft public speaking, debating, drama, politics, anthropology and when time permits. the army reserve. Her immediate aim is to achieve first class honours in 1991. On completion of her degree she hopes to join a public relations agency and her longer term plans is to apply for a position in the Diplomatic Australian COrpS.

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TEENAGERS AND GOD??

36 games; Dianella 8 sets 80 games to Queens Park 1 set 59 games; Pignatelli 9 sets 85 games to St Mark's 1 set 35 games.

Table A Grade 16 St Jude's 12 Dianella 12 St Norbert's 7 Queens Park 5 St Benedict's B Grade 20 Corpus Christi 19 Pignatelli 18 Dianella 15 St Benedict's 12 St Mark's 10 Yidarra 7 St Norbert's 3 Queens Park Ned week A Grade St Norbert's v Queens Park St Benedict's v St Jude's B Grade Yidarra v Corpus Christi Dianella v St Norbert's Pignatelli v St Benedict's Queens Park v St Mark's A Grade Whilst St Norbert's are equal on points with Dianella, the latter has a superior percentage and St Norbert's will be keen to get the two points and jump to clear second position with a win over Queens Park.

Likewise, Queens Park will want to avenge their narrow loss to St Jude's with a win over St Norbert's.

St Jude's are assured of a place in the finals. A win over St Benedict's will see them complete the home and away games as minor premiers. Like Queens Park.

St Benedict's will be smarting from last week's loss and will be keen to make amends. St Jude's will not know who their opponents are until the final home and away game between Dianella and St Norbert's on August 18. St Jude's has a Last round be.

B Grade With the top four positions decided, the only interest in the final round of home and away matches is to determine the final placinp of the top four. Whatever happens. St Benedict's

Although Father Frank Wallace had joined the R edemptorists he had only

Benedictine Father Eugene Perez who died last Friday aged 80 was a first professed monk aged 17 when he arrived in New Norcia on Easter Monday 1927.

Originally from Palacios de Benaber in the province of Burgos in Spain he made his novitiate and profession in Genoa. Italy He studied for the priesthood at New Norcia and was ordained by Archbishop Prendiville there in December 1934.

Because he showed interest

Father Wallace, who died aged 86 on the First Fnday of August at the Nazareth House Hilton, had been the first priest to be ordained from the Highgate parish where he grew up and lived only a mile along Vincent Street from the Redemptorist church.

A fter his primary education at Sacred Heart school, he completed his secondary schooling with the Redemptorin art Abhnt Catalan sent him

to study in Melbourne in 1940.

Returning to WA in 1943 he put his expenence to good effect in the Way of the Cross and the huge statue of Christ the King that stand at Keaney College Bindoon today.

His stay in Melbourne also resulted in the purchase of a number of works of religious art for the New Norcia collection.

He vevote on both art and liturgy and later turned to history, especially of New Norcia and Kalumburu.

He began the more method-

His renowned mission work covered three periods in WA 1940-42, 1946-49 and 195758 when exhaustion after the Scarborough mission forced him to give up acme preaching He came out of retirement for his last ever public preaching at Hamilton Hill in 1982.

TOMORROW TODAY with Father Joe Parkinson

Students' vital mission Secondary school students are an important part of the local Church with their own special mission, accoi-ding to Lisa Legena, fulltime worker for the Young Christian Students movement in Perth.

Commenting on the recent national Formation Session held at Maida Vale on July 8-13, Lisa said that discovering that mission involved living real Christian values within the local church community.

"During the Formation

Session, students became that she considered the more aware of what it Formation Session to be means to be Christian, the most important what it means to be part meeting of the YCS in the of the Church," she said. last ten years.

"For YCS in Perth, I think that discovering the mission of the student does not mean just going to school. It also means becoming part of the Church and living Christian values in that community."

On the national level, Lisa's sister Suzanne, a YCS national worker based in Adelaide, said

"Iam very heartened by the enthusiasm of students to live their mission, and I have never been more convinced of the relevance of the YCS in the Church," she said.

"For example, it was a full week of the students holidays, and we worked from 9 in the morning until at least 9 each night.

That students would

choose to commit a week of their holidays to working like that amazes me," she said.

Lisa said she had noted a great transformation in some of the students during the session.

"The changes in some of the students was quite dramatic. People were able to make the connection between what we were talking about during the camp and the camp itself," she said.

"People were able to say, at the end of the camp, 'We have talked about the marginalised in our society, and yet we have marginalised some

of the people here this week", said Lisa.

"It was really as though the penny suddenly dropped."

One of the highlights of the week was a day out among the poor and marginalised in Perth, which was a frightening experience for some, according to Lisa.

"But at the end of the day a lot of the students came back with the sense that God is working through those people.

Even though they had no money and were very poor, they were very happy and very generous," she said.

Antioch rocks on down south

Streas CAW hew Aquinas College, Rick Bennetts from Newman, and aatioeal worker Sesame Logena tweet Archbishop Foley during the National Formative Session in Perth, hay 8-13.

Bunbury Antioch was launched with a bang on the weekend of July 20-22 when a team from Perth helped run their first weekend at East Rockingham, and nearly 200 young people attended the closing ceremony.

AntiExperienced ochers were amazed at the huge crowd which

Perth YCS &Mime worker Lisa Legena played a key role in the recent national session.

SALVATION AND JUSTICE Our only hope

turned out for the closing, capping an enormously successful weekend held at the Salvation Army's Lake C,00loongup Camp.

Heavy rain all weekend did not dampen the spirit of Bunbury's young people, who threw themselves into the talks, meditations, sonp and with great prayer enthusiasm.

The event was a great credit to the team, drawn from several Perth Antioch communities, but above all to the Bunbury participants who went to great lengths to make the weekend.

With such support from parents and priests. hopes are high that Bunbury Antioch will grow rapidly and spread to other towns in the south.

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WA Catholic schools have done themselves proud in their great performance at the recently held Ninth Annual Choral Festival in Winthrop Hall, UWA. Our Australian talent was very evident and top marks go to our young voices within our primary schools who along with our Catholic competed secondarys, imong 180 choirs Catholic primarys who won 'honourable mentions' in the Beginning and Intermediate sections, were Dianella's Our Lady's Assumption, St Columba's of Bayswater, St Pius X Manning, Liwarra of Greenwood, Yidarra of Bateman Rosary Holy a nd Doubleview St Piux X, St Columba's and Our Lady's Assumption choirs also received 'out standing. awards Other Catholic primarys which took part were John XXIII, Lockndge, Loreto Nedlands, St Munchin's Gosnells and St Brigid's Lesmurdie.

Holy Rosary Doubleview was the only school in the festival which presented four choirs of 70 students each who, as were commented upon, 'sang for the joy of singing rather than being selected,' which was a feature of this year's festival The adjudicator said that he was 'becoming very fond of my friends from Holy Rosary' Frayne College students both primary and secondary were included in their school choir and once again in the secondary section, our Catholic schools performed extremely well Corpus Christie Bateman won an 'outstanding' award for their original song Australia, My Vision, composed by their music teacher Rodney Christian, and Mercedes' sheer hard work paid off with an 'outstanding' award with their year 10's rendition of La Pastorella by Rossini These two Catholic choirs were among eight out of 190 who took part in the festival,

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who were invited back to sing on the final night in Winthrop Hall .

Mercedes years 11 and 12 choir also won an 'excellent' award for their Laudate Dominum and An Old Irish Air.

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The adjudicators commented favourably on the pleasing featuring of Australian composition and original works in the repertoires.

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Mr Francis Douglas, coordinator of our own forthcoming Performing Arts Festival to be held during the f irst two weeks in September. said that Catholic students were now honing their talent skills in anticipation of their performance in the forthcoming festival, which culminates in the final concert on September 14 in WiAthrop Hal Althoug!^. entries closed on August 10, iai entries to Tuesday August 14 will also be welcome and included.

For further information please contact Mr Douglas at St Columba s Bayswater on 271 7181

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3. Mercedes, Victoria Square with Regina Nast choir mistress (right) and Sarah Jennings accompanist (left).

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Literature land Tokyo No liana by Robert Allen. Published by Imprint. $9.95.

Tokyo No Nana is a voyage of discovery into the late light life of contemporary apan as seen through the eyes of Andrew Paton, a piing Australian stationed in Tokyo.

Nakajima, an old geisha, ecomes Andrew's teacher.

A woman of impeccable reputation, she is a secret hedonist who believes there is no better way to introduce her pupil to the customs and cultural traditions of Japan • han through the sensual -lights offered by the ' 'boating world" of the mizu hobai — the world of the night people.

Toyito No Hama is the story : 4- their excursions into okyo's little bars and a estaurants, where few tourists or businessmen venture. Here Andrew meets the "flowers of Tokvo" — the beautiful hostesses, the clever flirts and the exhausted entertainers.

Poet's world

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W .B. Yeats Selected Poetry edited with revised and up-dated introduction and nates by A. Nor-ma n Jelfa res. Published by Pan. $9.99.

William Butler Yeats ( I8‘651939 ) Is one of the greatest English language poets, a status confirmed by the award of the 1923 Nobel Prize for literature. At vanous 0mes revi utkxury patriot, upholder of an idealised aristocratic tradition, and Senator of the Irish Free State. Yeats was also a student of the occult and other arcana. An often obsessive lover. his poetry draws upon a rich vein of mystic melancholy and Irish mytholow.,.. and Wick, eclec-

tic reading in literatunhistory and philosophy Standing at the crossroads between the exuberant romanticism of Blake and Shelley, and the dark realism of such modern masters as Ted Hugtx-s, Philip larkin and Seamus Heany, Yeats's poetry chronicles the ceaseless, dedicated quest of a genius for the mc-aningsof personal and public life, of historical change and of the hereafter W ith a thoughtful and illuminating essay by Professor A. Norman Jeffares, setting Yeats's work within a poetic. cultural and historic perspective, this selection is an indispensable introduction to a writer whose true and abiding significance is only now beginning to be fully understood.

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Ned died as a true Kelly Microwave Cuisine by Joan McDermott. Published by Bay Books.

Distributed through, Angus & Robertson.

• Sensational recipes for both microwave and microwave convection owns.

• Suitable for all microwave owns.

• Every recipe fully tested.

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• Tips, hints and tricks of the trade.

• Simple instructions for quick easy meals.

• Handy reference charts throughout Herr is the complete guide

to creative, microwave cooking. Easy-to-read instructions and colour illustrations help you every step of the way For quick and can meals, cooked at the press of a button, nothing beats the delicious, innovative recipes of Microwave Cuisine.

There are over 190 imaginative recipes for snacks and starters, soups, dips. pates and sauces. Traditional recipes include delicious beef, lamb. poultry and seafood fare as well as gourmet dishes, rice and pasta specialities, scrumptious desserts and cakes that take only a few minutes to cook.

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

The Sixpenny Soldier by Roland Griffiths-Marsh.

Published by Imprint. $16.95.

Born in Penang. Malaya in 1923. Roland GriffithsMarsh had what most would describe as an idyllic childhood. Following the postings of his sea captain father.

Griffiths-Marsh spent his earty wars travelling the Orient.

Like many children born at the that time. Roland's childhood was shattered by the onset of the Second World War. Roland Griffithers-- Marsh enlisted in the Australian Army at the age °font, :sixteen and a half

Tbe Innocent by John Kingsmill. Published by I mprint. $14.95.

John Kintesrnill grew up during the Depression. Set against the background of the Kinpmill family's permanent struggle to rise just above the level of survival to the point of acceptable dignity, this account of his early life is full of light and tenderness The Innocent is a witty. reflective and totally captivating account of John Kingsmill's colourful eartv life and a riveting recreation of the Sydney of the 1920s and 1930s — a Sydney that was soon to be transformed by events faraway in Europe It is 1magical book, and one that will make even a cynic cheer.

Ned Kelly by John Moloney. Pub by Penguin. $14.99.

On the eve of his hanging.

Ned Kelly's mother, a prisoner in the same gaol, said to him, "Mind you die like a Kelly son." He had certainly lived like one. Born into a clan destined to poverty. degradation and refection in spite of their hopes for a better lot in Australia than in Ireland, Ned in the end was driven by the force of his people's powerlessness to acts that some admired, some condemned.

The Arthritic 's Cookbook, by Coiirs Dong and Jane Banks. (Grafton $9.95) Here is real hope for arthritis sufferers — in the form of a diet as appetising as it has proved effective.

When Dr Collin Dong was stricken v.ith arthritis at the age of 35 he refused to accept the medical orthodoxy which holds that no specific diet can cure this disease After years of e xperimentation he arrived at a diet formula which brought about a miraculous transformation: the stiffness and Rain disappeared and he became agile again. Ever since he has remained

Easter Faith and Witness

by Nigel M. Watson.

Reviewed by Brendan Byrne AL Jesuit Theological College. Parierille Vie (Desbooks. $12.95.)

The widespread public reaction earlier this year to a TV program questioning the reality of Jesus' resurrection showed how deeply great numbers of Australians care about the issues. In this context, one can only wekome the appearance of this book by the Uniting Church Professor of New Testament at the (ecumenical) United Faculty of Theology. Parksille.

The first half of the book surveys the biblical evidence, sifts the issues carefully and discusses the proper way to proceed. The author hi/July argues that any conclusions as regards the nature of the event that may have given rise to resurrection faith can never be more than an inference from the Fact of that faith.

from free completely arthritic pain, and thousands of others have had equally dramatic results from this treatment.

The delicious and varied recipes devised by Jane Banks under DT Dong's supervision concentrate on natural, non-toxic ingredienes free from additives and preset-valises.

Dr Dong is 2 staff member at a San Francisco hospital Jane Banks is a iimyk-7 arthritic who was returned to an active life by Dr Dong's diet. She is co-author. with Dr Carl Pfeiffer, of Total Nut ntion.

vat are invited to take the risk of hearing the critiques mounted by modem scholars ()idle evidence to which the earls- disciples would have pointed Watson then gives his OWT1 critique of the Critics. concluding that. though ultimately faith in the resurrection must be a matter of faith, the inference that Jesus rose from the dead is one that may not unreasonably he drawn from the evidence at hand The second half of the book helpfully discusses the distinctive Easter witness provided by each of the four evangelists.

Clarity, conciseness, breadth of reading and scrupulous coneeiii to be fair mark every page of the work. Catholics will doubtless he aware, as they read, of the Reformed emphasis upon faith. But all Christian readers should find here a most accessible, up to date and reliable discussion of the ivaies and evidence surrounding belief in the resurrection

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The Catholic Doctors' Association invites all Catholic doctors, students and their partners to the

LIVING WITH LOSS

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LIVE-IN WEEKEND WORKSHOP Presented by

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The Experience of Grief . . .

Speaker: Gerry Smith Ways of Coping With Loss . . .

Presented by: Members of The Redemptorist Lay Community Picking Up The Pieces . . .

Speaker: Julie Ta!,kir

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R EFLECTION A day of reflection has been organised by com-

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Wednesday, August 22 at 7.30pm Dr Michael Costigan — Executive Secretary to the Bishops' Committee for Justice. Development and Peace will discuss the forthcoming Bishops' Draft Statement on the Distribution of Wealth in Australia.

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21 South Central Zone of Priests, Archbishop Foley.

St Thomas More College Council meeting, Archbishop Foley.

25 Wanneroo Catholic Ball, Monsignor Keating.

25&26 Visitation and confirmation, Balcatta, Archbishop Foley.

26-31 First Clergy retreat. Archbishop Foley.

31 Catholic AIDS Mass, in St Mary's Cathedral, Archbishop Foley.

SEPTEMBER 2 Confirmation, Claremont, Archbishop Foley.

Confirmation, Lynwood, Monsignor Keating.

DINNER DANCE to be held on

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Students $15

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Confirmation, Fremantle, Monsignor Keating.

Northam Zone of Priests meeting, Archbishop Foley.

Confirmation, Bassendean, Archbishop Foley.

Professor Fr Ian Ker lecture, Archbishop Foley.

Confirmation, Leederville, Archbishop Foley.

Festival Our Lady of the Hills Mundaring, Monsignor Keating.

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The St Thomas More College Ex -Collegians' Association Winter Social in the form of a buffet dinner will be held at the college on Saturday August 25 at 7.30pm. $15 per heed in Junior Common Room, St Thomas More College. Tel: 322 1577 by Friday August

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On Channel 7 at 10.30pm on Sunday. August 12 a one hour television documentsry which explores the attitudes. changing values

and emotions uncieifying

current attitudes to marriage. Produced by Cathoic C ommunications Melbourne.

Why is marriage still so important to people today?

The program examines the development of marriage in our society and how the relationship marriage means different things to different people.

'The Two of Us" is a documentary which is about friendship. conflict. partnership and change, money, intimacy, humour and children. Being young and growing old.

NEWMAN SOCIETY The Cardinal Newman centenary celebrations .nclude Saturday. the August 18. at 7 30pm Callaway Music Auditorium UWA, Catholic chaplain Rev Professor Kay. at Orford University. `ma kliclunt on -The Greatness of Newman- (Cost S 101 Sunday August 19. at 10.30ern Mess in St Thomas More College Chapel CrevAey at which Professor Key w preech Lunch MI follow in the A1111111 Common Room (Cost S101. Please bone as soon as possible Phone 446 1628 or 386 8192 Vatican II and the Scripture Study Groups will not meet in August. Pt is hoped to resume in September

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