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Back from 'war twice over WOMAN TELLS THE 'FULL STORY'

How does it feel to be unwanted and unloved by the Church? And how long does it take to overcome that hurt?

A "devastated" woman who now loves her Church tells how hard it has been to come back.

To put it in her own words she had lived in a world of "hopelessness" at an early age.

But she has come up "from the gutter".

She went through hell at home and it drove her into another hell on the streets — and five pregnancies.

She was a victim of child abuse and a victim of adult abuse.

She wonders now what adult education should be doing for cases like hers.

Read her story on Page 3.

ment and war as we are on euthanasia and embryonic experimentation.

"We must recognise that grinding poverty diminishes and destroys life, and we must campaign strongly for an end to poverty in our midst. Poverty is very much a pro-life issue.

"I was shacked to the core to learn that many single mothers in my region felt let down by the Church.

"They had done the right thing by having

the baby, they said, but now that they were pregnant again, where was the Church to help them? This time they WRZTd have an abortion, I was told.

"I }iad felt that our Church agencies and other pro-life bodies were doing all they could to help. But not so. ' It is obvious that we must be far more involved in the lives of people at risk, to be ready to herp when the need—a-rises. It—Ts obviously not enough

wait to approached."

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On the legislation Bishop Hickey said that there was a case for reducing or removing penalties on women who had had abortions because they were often fright ened and under great stress, but no reason to be lenient on those performed w ho abortions.

"The law cannot be neutral on this matter.

Defenceless human lives deserve protec-

Bishop: I was shocked The Record in its August 2 issue published this page one story (excerpts which we produce today) on some of the points raised by Bishop Hickey (above) of Geraldton at a Right to Life dinner. The story was headlined: Full story not being told. A woman who listened to the bishop decided to ask him in an open letter to The Record: Where was the Church when she went through her "wars-. Fortunately she found the Church and her story has a happy ending.

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Rome honour for Jim

Mr Miolin shows off his appointment letter.

Mr Jim Miolin has been appointed as one of 30 members of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, for a period of five years.

A letter of appointment from Cardinal Pironio says "you have been appointed on a totally personal basis and not as a representative of your local Church or of any movement or association to which you may belong".

Cardinal Pironio described the Council as being "in charge of promoting the partic-

ipation of the laity in the Church's life and mission".

"As you are well aware the Holy Father is entrusting you with an important responsibility."

Mr Miolin has been told that he will be asked to attend a oneweek plenary assembly every year or 18 months the first being in November. In

between he will contribute by the study of documents, informing the council about important events regarding the Church

and at times representing the council at meetings.

Mr Miolin. a son of migrant parents from Yugoslavia was educated at the Catholic schools at Guildford and Bassendean and later at CBHS Highgate.

He became a member of the first lay Redemptorist team helping to organise parish missions and later joined the Catholic Social Apastolate, now known as the Christian Life Groups.

In 1973 he was asked to become the fulltime organiser for the groups, then six, and which had reached a total of 73 at the end of last year. He has been extensively involved in training councillors for parish councils.

His wife Jenny has worked with him in the CSA and is currently a counsellor at the Catholic schools at Wanneroo and Girrawheen. They have five children and seven grandchildren.

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Sister Florence

Mary Gavin, director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Brisbane.

A second Australian archdiocese has a lay director of the Pontifical Missions Societies.

Mary Gavin is director of the Brisbane missions office. Earlier this year Patsy Godwin was appointed (hector of the Perth missions office.

Mary Gavin has spent 23 years working under six priest directors in Brisbane but in her new position, she says she is "learning more every day."

"It's early days," she said, "but I've met with

six of our nine deans, visited 25 of the 120 parishes and begun on the schools. I will get to them all, but not before Mission Sunday. Yet Mission isn't something for just one day, one month, one year. It's a constant growing in faith and awareness. It is basic church.

"1 have been given excellent cooperation because our priests are Mission-minded. Perhaps also because I am a lay person they have been extra -supportive.

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They have listened to my ideas, shared with me their knowledge and ideas on mission."

Miss Gavin said she was strongly encouraging "feedback" at parish level from Australian Catholic overseas missionaries — "another part of the twoway street and a way that helps as to know and recognise people everywhere as truly our brothers and sisters."

While some missionaries had ongoing support others, she said, had noone "caring. praying for t hem, sharing with them."

"That's why the fundraising part of our work is important — we are accountable and we are in a position to see that funds go where the needs are greatest.

Ifs not all going to happen today or tomorrow: but I believe we are growing in faith and vitality as a Mission Church, and it's very wonderful to be a part of that growth.

By Barbara Mead in The Catholic Leader.

Ask Sister of Mercy missionary to Pakistan Sr Florence how she copes with using the Urdu language and she says "by using my hands a lot".

Struggling with the language she says she has learnt the lesson of being vulnerable.

"The idea was not to go there and be a great person. Because the Christians are so poor and vulnerable. I experience that myself, a poverty of spirit they experience all the time. I'm with them; they call me their sister."

Sister Florence is one of 10 Sisters of Mercy from Australia working in the education and health areas in Gujarat and Peshawar.

A one-time teacher in Kalgoorlie. Bayswater, Harvey, Mercedes and Santa Maria where she was principal for seven years she is giving the experience she has helping Pakistani women teachers upgrade and develop their skills.

She chose a school as her missionary work because she hoped the language barrier would not be so hard with the youngsters.

Ironically it is a boys' school, but the te.achers are women ,ind that is the work she loves. "I went

there to work with women, to stand with them. After school I work with the boys' sisters and mothers."

She is amazed that even her fellow white missionary colleagues — priests — say she

die for women she says but her contentment is "sitting with them, laughing with them, looking at their difficulties and saying: 'Can I help them to be leaders in their because families

:1 Sister Florence . . . women her concern. should be doing more for males.

"But women can't go anywhere," says Siseer Florence.

Only one per cent can get jobs and only in teaching or nursing. Men can move around.

Literacy is the hur-

t hat's as far as they will get'."

And after six years the Sisters of Merry are realising that women are the focus of their attention. It takes a 10-hour bus ride once a month for the two communities to meet half way and talk about their work.

At their last meeting two women lawyers explained the ramifications of new laws affecting women.

"Our frustration is that we can't do anything about their problems," Sister Florence said. 'Their hands are tied in a society where there is layer upon layer and each oppresses the other."

Yet the Christians are a joy to work with.

"Their Christianity is more life giving, The women are more free. They are the poorest, the sweepers. but they are joyful. I think there's hope there."

And what appeals most to the Pakistani Christian? "Having a cross, wearing a cross," Sr Florence said.

They line up to receive the gifts of crosses sent by Sr A.s.sisitim of Perth.

"It's the symbol of their being a Christian. They love their Church.

"Most of all they love the Way of the Crass," she noted.

In the Fridays of Lent the churches are crowded and Good Friday is a day for dressing up and rejotogether, icing "because they've been oppressed and they've suffered. The cross is the joyful pert of their life".

Scrap proposed pastoral on

WASHINGTON (CNS): improvement over the The Leadership Confer- first, the committee said, ence of Women Reli- however, that "a pastoral gious has urged the US letter on women should bishops to drop their not be issued by the proposed pastoral let- American bishops at this ter on women, saying time". the bishops are not ready to do the "kind of An adequate examinacritical analysis" of tion of "patriarchy" in Church policies that is the proposed pastoral needed. would require the Calling the second draft bishops to "raise serious of the pastoral an questions about the

manner in which the Church is institutionalised and would be selfcondemnatory", it said.

LCWR is a national organisation of some 800 women who head Catholic religious communities.

In May Archbishop Rembert G. Weakiand of Milwaukee, citing what he saw as credibility

problems raised in part by the draft's treatment of the issue of women's ordination, also suggested that the bishops refrain from publishing the pastoral letter.

The 99-page draft encourages women to participate in all Ilturgical ministries that do not require ordination. An amended draft is to be voted on at the bishoos'

general meeting November.

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That the proposed pastoral letter declares sexism is a sin is one of its "redeeming features", said the LCWR statement.

But "patriarchy as an embodiment of sexism" is not "subjected to the critique it requires", it said.

Make women's rights in Asia BOMBAY: The Church in Asia must buck social traditions and make women's rights a priority, said Cardinal Ignatius Simon Pimenta of Bombay, India.

Changing times require a change in the traditional vulnerability of women in the region, he said. But Cardinal Pimenta added that modernisation also carries its

own dangers Asians women.

for

the object of urgent concern," he said.

"Above all, the Church is called to contribute to a change of attitudes and ways of life which make slaves of Asian women," the cardinal said.

Rather than giving Asian women more freedom, the cardinal said, industrialisation has made them a "docile, cheap labour force".

female foetuses to "avoid the economic burden they could bring to the family", Industrialisation and tourism "have brought the commercialisation of women and the spread of prostitntion", he said.

In some countries, consumerism and greed even have led to "the physical elimination of women", and, in particular, to aborting

The repression of human rights — of women, of the poor, of religious minorities and others, not only

"But today with the growing industrialisation and modereisation of Asia, their position has become

violates humanitarian principles, but runs counter to the cultural and religious roots of Asian society. Cardinal Pimenta said, As Catholics in the region try to promote respect for human rights, he said, it must be done in "the Asian way".

"From the Asian point of view, human rights are not a humanitarian question, but part of

My two trips to war and back Women priests poser Wales C ARDIFF, (CNS): The issue of women's ordination has divided Anglican churches to the point that one archbishop questioned has whether it can still be called the Anglican Communion.

During a meeting ot the eighth Anglican Consultative Council in Cardiff, Archbishop Donald Robinson of Sydney, Aussaid he tralia, questioned calling the churches a communion -for the simple reason that we do not have mutual interof changeability ministry".

Because of the differences in autonomous churches' stances, the consultative council commended to its member churches for study a report suggesting guidelines on how Anglican churches could overcome the tensions and difficulties created by t he presence of female bishops.

A phrase commending the report for "guidance in their r elationships with one another" was deleted from the resolution, which also urged churches "to strive to maintain as high a degree of communion as possible".

pastoral letter "an impor- in the phrase 'equal in draft, where "after a tant and necessary for- dignity, which seems to fairly sensitive listing of mulation for a teaching veil a distinction and the problems of excluChurch in its insistence raise questions about sion experienced by on the fundamental qualifications of equality. women, the equality of all persons".

For example, does equal- draft . . . repeats the This position on equal- ity in dignity imply unsatisfactory phrase ity, however, the state- equality in rights and from 'Inter Insigniores'. ment said, is "under- r esponsibilities?" the — The Church in fidelity to the example of the mined and contradicted statement asked.

Lord does not consider in the subsequent develIt said contradiction is herself authorised to opment of the pastoral". no more evident that in admit women to priestly "The problem emerges Chapter 3 of the second ordination'".

a priority, he says the religious pursuit,"

he said.

"Human rights correspond to the Asian concept of 'dharma' or justice," he wrote.

"The dignity and rights of human persons and the wellbeing of the poor are guaranteed when dharma is maintained, since in the order of dharma everything must have its correct place."

The wars in Australia are taking place in homes. My war was to try and stay alive and to keep my other brothers and sisters alive too.

I lived in my own war zone.

Yes, Bishop Hickey, I am a victim and to this.

7 day I am hurting because of violence.

I am one of those women who have felt let down Australia. I want to know from you, Bishop by the Church. Yes, I was a down-and-out and was Hickey, where was the Church whenIwas living told by Catholic professional staff: "I'm sorry in my war zone? there is no hope or future for you."

Where is the Catholic Church now for my Well, I have news. I have made a future for Mum? She cannot leave Dad, because Catholics myself. Yes,Ihave felt devastated by the Catholic simply don't get divorced, we're told.

Church but I am learning to love my Church The next episode of my life was just as much now. The Church by which I felt devastated is a war zone. At 14 I ran away from home and now my saviour. school. I hated them both. I walked the streets In saying this I will tell a story that I believe of some of Australia's big cities. At 15 I was needs to be told. It is a story of hope and not pregnant but I lost that child because I was hopelessness, for all Catholics and not only for wiped out of my brain by drinking with my women to whom Bishop Hickey refers. mates.

My hopelessness started as a child. My father, I was even wiped out by the agencies who a professional man is still alive, probably still were trying to help. I overdosed on valium, beating up his wife. That does not worry me sleepers, plus alcohol. I remember twice when anymore. I have had to say, "She made her bed I was lucky to survive. Intensive care recovery and she can lie in it". lasted for six months at one point.

To this day my Mum is a prisoner in her own My next baby, at 19,I was determined to carry. home, not allowed her own friends, or to do her I left my baby boy in Sydney. I loved him and own thing. Dad refuses to give her any money I hope and pray his Mum and Dad love him like for support. She works to support him. She I did because he is lucky to be alive considering cannot tell anyone of her devastation. the pain and degradation I had been through.

He has taken away from her her freedom to The glimmer of hope was through the Mercy have contact with her children. Mv Dad is an nuns in NSW. They lived their Catholic faith. It alcoholic, a violent man and probably was part of them. Their love for us girls was real. psychologically disturbed as well.

They lived through our pain. I have since read I am the eldest of a large family, a so-called the story of Catherine McAuley.

Catholic family. Dad would send us children off I believe her to be a saint, living through her to Mass on Sunday morning, but only so that he nuns today. I have a job today because one of would be free to start his drinking. them pushed me to qualify.

While we were away he probably would have I was pregnant again, a third time and this beaten his wife as well. There was dried blood baby *II gave away too. I carried these babies to clean up when we returned. because I found that the nuns could really love Then he would start on me, beating, cursing, people. I lost two more babies. swearing.Then I would be watched in my But I will leave my devastation and nakedness before I was sexually abused. I was degradation and sorrow to tell you about the love 10 at the time. I know it was to happen to my and hopeIhave found. For me Jesus is alive and younger sisters. I know the beatings were well and living in His people. received by my brothers.

Some priests have been good to me. One has These horrific memories have been put away known me since I was a down-and-out at 19. He to sleep for so many years because they are too has brought a black sheep back to the fold. He devastating to remember. did not preach religion or God, or how good or The wars in Australia are taking place in badI was. homes. My war was to try and stay alive and to He saw me as a person, worthy of love. He was keep my other brothers and sisters alive too. I the first man to show me love without wanting lived in my own war zone. sex in return. I have to thank the Lord for the Yes, Bishop Hickey, I am a victim and to this love of many priests. day I am hurting because of violence.

When I tentatively asked to come back to the I went to 13 different schooLs throughout Church I was following the world's standards,

women, bishops told "Obviously, our Church represented in our bishops, is not ready for this kind of critical analysis. Because that is so. they will not be able to write a pastoral that is not intrinsically contradictory," the statement said.

It called the "Theological anthropology" developed in Chapter 1 of the second draft of the

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Lack of respect for human rights "is a grave violation of the order of dharma and, therefore, makes necessary a reordering of society", he said.

The cardinal's article outlined other challenges to the Church in Asia, including "the divisions and conflicts between various ethnic, linguistic and religious groups".

He said, "in some countries, for example in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India, the ethnic problem is so acute that it seriously threatens to destroy the fabric of the nation".

Connected to the ethnic tensions is a growing tension between religious groups, he said. As religious differences are emphasised in the struggles, fundamen-

talism grows and leads to "religious fanaticism and to intolerance".

In addition to promoting dialogue, the Church can be an example to others by "bearing witness to the mystery of communion" which it represents by the diversity of its members, Cardinal Pimenta said.

but the Church did not believe in those standards, in abortion, pre-marital sex, promiscuity.Ihave since found out that to accept those Church standards means to be forgiven.

I believe I am serving the Church by saying all this. This priest said: "I can only give you the medicine to be healed. It is up to you take the medicine."

Other priests have been a pain, but that's life.

One said me not long again, "why didn't you sort your life out before this?". I have a message for him. I was too busy trying to stay alive, just surviving in the gutter.

On the other hand these nuns and priests didn't ask for anything in return except getting kicked time and time again by girls like me who more than likely were told like me that they would be no-hopers.

I have found a husband, a Catholic community, a parish. These people have brought about a change in me. I have a long way to go but they have accepted me for what I am and have shown by actions that God is love because God lives in them.

I wonder if one day I will have the courage to stand up and tell them: This is the truth about where I came from and I thank you all for accepting me.

Bishop Hickey, this is my message to the women in your region: Everyone has a choice.

Sooner or later it is never too late to make a decision, to accept their gutter or to choose to change. Faith or none, there are opportunities offered them by all sorts of agencies, but they have to make the choice. You can only dangle the carrot. I made a choice to change. I was not going to live in the gutter any longer.

To Archbishop Foley and the New People New Life program I have a message. You need people like me — who've been there, done that — working for you.

If "adult" Catholics want to look hard enough they will find "education" about what their faith means to them but it won't be on a silver plate.

You have to dig deep for pure gold.I have found gold and am still finding it.

Where is the "education" for people like me who did not have a strict upbringing in the faith and who had to pick it up as we went along?

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London Saudi Arabia is clearly the key to the present Middle East crisis. For Saddam Hussein it represents the glittering prize. If he is successful he will wield near irresistible power. He could hold the developed world to ransom. As the supreme oil power he would have the rest of the world by the throat.

The prospect of such a man with such power terrifies the civilised world. There are already signs that the invasion of Kuwait and its aftermath is causing international hysteria. Or maybe the world is only now realising the gravity of the situation. The threat to Saudi Arabia has perhaps sealed Saddam Hussein 's fate.

Those not directly involved have watched dispassionately the eight-year war with Iran, caring little about the agony of both sides. When Iraq used chemical weapons against Iran and the Kurds few took notice.

A power crazed dictator has to bring the world to the brink before anyone woke up.

The West has itself to blame for allowing all this to happen. The past week has, however, seen the United Nations come of age.

Member states have condemned the invasion of Kuwait with near unanimity and imposed mandatory economic sanctions and an arms embargo. It is the only hope of avoiding catastrophic military intervention.

For what may prove to be the first time the UN has been able to act decisively in the cause of world peace. The only good thing to emerge from the present crisis is the prospect of a genuine, supranational institution willing and able to keep the peace It is essential that nation states could channel their response economic as well as military through the UN. There is no longer any place for vigilante action or lynch law, despite the national advantage to be gained from conflicts like these Oil companies for instance, have pushed to profit mightily from the possibility of disrupted oil supplies. Elections have been won before on patriotic issues. Seemly selfdenial and support for the rule of law are called for Britain is no longer the Middle East powerbroker. Nor indeed could UN forces even with UK backing, win a large-scale desert war. If economic sanctions fail, air and naval power may be the only way to topple Saddam Hussein from power. That must be now the world's political priority. This is a power-struggle in every sense of the word.

It could determine the economic stability andprogress of the world. We cannot afford to lose.

July 22, 1990 The process of choosing the next Archbishop of Canterbury is now entering its decisive phase. Earlier talk about surprising outsiders such as Archbishop Eames of Ireland has now given way to more realistic assessments. Catholics cannot remain indifferent to the Anglican choice since the succession is likely to affect us considerably because of our commitment to the pursuit of church unity in these islands.

Of the two much-publicised front-runners, Bishop Sheppard of Liverpool has more than proved his ecumenical credentials and his pastoral zeal. Some thought him best suited to succeed Bishop Leonard in London but the Canterbury tide seems to be running his way.

Archbishop Habgood has less appeal outside his own communion. He is essentially an Anglican's Anglican. We should pray that the final choice will at least reflect the Church's views and not those of the political powers-that-be.

July 29, 1990. .

The bold choice of the next Archbishop of Canterbury confounds the pundits and introduces to the wider church scene a fresh and engaging spiritual leader.

Speculation will be rife about how such an unnoticed candidate won final approval.

Perhaps the favourites attracted an equal measure of support and criticism. But he is no colourless compromise.

Bishop George Carey has enjoyed excellent relations ecumenically in the West Country.

We welcome his appointment. He will succeed a Primate of considerable distinction and courage. He can rely on the goodwill and prayerful support of the Catholic community.

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slow on liturgy switch in China Go

EXPERT: REFORM COULD CAUSE CONFUSION HONG KONG (CNS): Bringing Chinese mainland liturgy up to date could take another decade, but that's probably a good thing, said a Hong Kong liturgical expert.

Too rapid a reform of the Latin-based liturgy could cause severe confusion, particularly among China's elderly Catholics who have known nothing but the old Latin Tridentine form of the Mass, said Father Thomas law Kwok-fai.

Father Law urged Catholics outside China to avoid pushing their mainland counterparts to follow post-Second Vatican Council models, UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Hong Kong, reported.

He estimated that liturgical renewal ot the church in China will take at least 10 years. By then clerics and laity should have sufficient formation in and understanding of the postconciliar liturgy, he said.

Father law said the Latin Mass should be retained in China during the transitional period.

Father Law said, however, that different, imported versions of Chinese-language missals and liturgical books have confused Chinese Catholics.

The variations include the Hong Kong-Macao missal, the Taiwan missal, an indigenous Latin version and various adaptations.

Father Law is director of the Hong Kong diocesan Liturgy Commission. He also is a lecturer at the governmentapproved Sheshan Seminary near Shanghai, China, which is an official testing point for the use of post-Vatican II liturgy, said Father Law. He called for more liturgical exchange programs between the church in China and outside churches.

Sooner or later, he said, the church in China must print its own Chinese-language missals for mass circulation among clerics and laity, he said.

The Hong Kong Liturgy Commission is collecting missals, liturgical books and information for its archives and that may be useful in China, Father law said.

Full of dirty Church is now legal murders ...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (CNS): Bishop Cahal Daly of Down and Connor said the conflict in Northern Ireland was predominantly "a series of dirty murders of non-combatant civilians".

The bishop spoke Aug 2, at a funeral Mass for John Judge, a 34-year-old Catholic who was shot by the Ulster Freedom Fighters in West Belfast July 31.

The Ulster Freedom Fighters are considered extreme Loyalists who favour British rule in Northern Ireland, or Ulster.

Bishop Daly told the congregation at St Paul's Church in Belfast that the Freedom Fighters' claim that judge was a member of the outlawed Irish Republican Army was a "despicable lie".

Judge was survived by a wife and three children, who have denied that he had any association with the Irish Republican Army.

LVOV, Ukraine: The largest f unctioning Ukrainian Catholic parish in the Soviet Union has been legally registered by government officials, according to the press office of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Rome.

Registration of the Church of the Transfiguration in Lvov, Ukraine, was approved by the Ukrainian and Soviet councils for religious affairs.

Although the Ukrainian Catholic Church is still illegal in the Soviet Union, thousands of perishes are functioning and a handful have been registered since the Ukrainian government announced the possibility last December.

Under current Soviet law, the government owns all churches and registers groups of believers to worship in specific buildings.

In a situation similar to hundreds of Ukrainian Catholic parishes and priests.

Transfiguration Church and its pastor, Father Yaroslav Chulchnij, functioned as Russian Orthodox until last veer.

Father Chukhnij assistant pastor at the time — and the majority of parishioners declared themselves to be Ukrainian Catholics in October. The parish's Orthodox pastor.

Father Andri Horak, has since been named the Orthodox bishop of Lvov.

Bulgarian pledge...

MILAN, Italy (CNS): Bulgaria's first noncommunist president in more than 40 years said he will make public any evidence that surfaces linking his country to the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul U.

A t the same time, President Zhelyu Zhelev expressed doubts that the Bulgarian secret service was involved.

Mehmet Ali Agca. convicted of the papal assassination attempt, has amused the Bulgarian secret service of involvement in the plot.

but a 1985 Italian court decision said there was insufficient evidence to convict the Bulgarians named by Agca.

Speculation about a Bulgarian connection stems from the practice of the Soviet Union to use the Bulgarians to carry out some of their illegal operations.

Zhelev said: "I believe that the truth never does damage to the image of a country. On the contrary, it can help it regain credibility." he said.

When asked his personal beliefs about Bul-

garian involvement. he said: "It is very difficult for me to answer. At certain times I thought 'yes'. At others. `no'."

However, Jordan Ormankov. the rian judge who investigated the "Bulgarian connection" allegations, said his country and the Soviet Union were not involved in the attempted murder of the pope.

"I dedicated six years of my life to that affair and Iknow every detail." said Ormankov.

"I known that Bulgarians were not involved in the attempted assassina-

tion of the pope," he added.

"I may lie to my wife. but I would never waste my honour as a judge with a lie," Ormankov said.

Ormankov. now spokesman for the Interior Ministry. is a member of the Socialist Party. the new name of the Communist Party.

Ormankov said Agra frequently visited Bulgaria..

"But this does not mean anything. We are a country of transit." he added.

Ormankov called Agca "a mental patient, a megalomaniac and a

psychopath thirsty for publicity."

"If someone else was behind him, that person

is not in Sofia or Moscow." he said.

Ormankov said the Italian secret service might have been invoked in the papal

assassination attempt. but he offered no proof

and gave no reasons, saying the evidence was in the hands of Italian authorities.

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Convent rape: Four held NEW DELHI, India (CNS): Police officials they have said arrested the four men allegedly involved in a burglary and rape at a Catholic convent in northern India.

The incident raised an unprecedented protest among Christians, Hindus and members of other faiths in the country, which has witnessed a recent increase in rape cases.

In the Indian capital, New Delhi more than 15,000 people gathered to protest attacks on women and church institutions. All Protestant and Catholic institutions closed that day.

A 19-member delegation of protesters, representing Christian and women's groups and led by Archbishop A lphonsus Mathias of Bangalore, president

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of the Indian bishops' conference, submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Viswanath Pratap Singh.

T he memorandum expressed dismay over "the calculated attack. including rape of helpless women," and demanded justice, equality and recognition of Christians as Indians.

It deplored what it described as the "inac-

tion and apathy of the police and local administration." The memorandum said such a "callous attitude" implied that "the guilty enjoy the patronage of the men in power."

closed. Protest meetings and prayer services held in the state's 21 Catholic dioceses were attended by Hindus, Muslims and Christians of other denominations.

In the southern Indian state of Kerala, headquarters for the nuns' order, more than 3000 schools and 60 colleges managed by the c hurch remained

Cardinal Pimenta of Bombay and Bishop Paul Chittilapilly of K alyan led 90,000 people in a protest rally in the western Indian city of Bombay.

To close his 10-day visit. the pope will travel to West Africa to consecrate a controversial and costly cathedral in Ivory Coast and talk with African bishops in a synod planning cession.

It will be the pope's seventh pastoral visit to the African continent and his 49th outside Italy.

The trip will take the pontiff from Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to the grasslands of neighbouring Rwanda and Burundi, the first time he has travelled to the three East African nations.

The ordination of priests in each of the three countries underscores the current vocation surge in Africa. In recent

ears, the continent has led the Catholic world in ordaining new priests.

The pope's overnight stop in Ivory Coast to bless a $150 million cathedral in Yamoussoukro fulfills a longstanding request by the country's president, Felix Houphouet-Boigny, who is said to have paid for the church's construction with family funds.

The Vatican agreed to accept the church as a gift only after social services were installed in an adjoining complex.

Some have criticised the cathedral as an extravagance for a country which, like many in Africa, is in economic trouble. The cathedral is designed to hold 8000 people. and its 7.5-acre plaza can hold much more.

During the trip. the 70year-old pope is scheduled to visit 10 cities. deliver 40 talks and participate in 47 events, including 10 liturgical ceremonies.

"The military know we are doing this, and (they) are allowing us to do it," said Brother Patrick White, an Englishman who teaches Shakespeare, Tennyson and other

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Founded in 1973 to serve Palestinians, Bethlehem University had 1500 students, about a third Christian and the rest Muslim when Israeli authorities closed it following a violent demonstration and the death of a student.

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Meanwhile, the Palestinian "intifada", or uprising, had begun, and all

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. . . SAYS THE HEAD OF SAO PAULO ARCHDIOCESE SAO PAOLO, Brazil: The Vatican made a mistake by dividing the Archdiocese of Sao Paulo, Brazil, into five separate sees, and the poor are paying for it, said the head of the archdiocese, Cardinal Arns.

He said that by splitting up the church jurisdiction the Vatican also made a split of classes — separating the rich from the poor in pastoral terms.

The cardinal added that the division removed from his control most of the basic Christian communities in the greater Sao Paulo area.

Cardinal Arns said that in the 1970s he had been working on a plan with the approval of Pope Paul VI that would have split the archdiocese while leaving intact coordinated pastoral planning that integrated the needs of the rich and poor in the greater metropolitan area.

But work on this plan came to a halt after the election of Pope John Paul II. he said.

"The majority of the base communities no longer are a part of my diocese, even though they number 300," said Cardinal Arns.

'Ihope that the work done by the others is not thrown to the winds."

Basic Christian communities are small groups that combine prayer. Bible reading and social action.

The Vatican division left Cardinal Arns as head of a geographically reduced Sao Paulo Archdiocese and divided the rest of the territory into four dioceses, with their own resident bishop.

At the time, Cardinal Arns said he preferred 10 "divided but not separated" dioceses that would share human, financial and physical resources.

At the time the archdiocese had 9.6 million Catholics."

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JERUSALEM: Bethlehem U niversity, a Vaticansponsored institution closed by Israel in October 1987, has gradually resumed classes at scattered off-campus sites and awarded over 200 degrees to students completing their work, said a De La Salle Brother professor at the school.

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He said that he meets territories. with small groups of only Brother White drew a eight or nine, and classes somber picture in describbecome something like ing the actions of the tutorials.

Israeli military against Palestinians. said, he result, As a there is a higher level of He said he has seen student involvement than soldiers shoot and kill a when he lectured to 30- young teenager who was member classes. running away and no Although Israeli authori- danger to them and has ties tolerate this form of talked with a Palestinian dispersed class work, he paralysed from the waist said, in some cases they down because soldiers have refused to recognise stomped on his spine.

In his book, he charged the recently awarded degrees when the gradu- the Israeli military with

torturing both men and women, destroying more than 1500 Palestinian homes since occupying the area in 1967 and inflicting suffering through prolonged curfews, arbitrary arrests, imprisonment without trial and deportations.

"It is clear who the oppressors are, and who are the oppressed," he said in the interview.

Brother White said he found many Israelis also protesting their government's treatment of Palestinians.

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WASHINGTON (CNS): The findings of a recent study conducted by the US bishops that suggest why use of the sacrament of penance is in decline by the laity have provoked discussion among clergy in two dioceses, the dioceses of Syracuse, NY, and Wichita, Kan. A study by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, conducted in 1988 and released in February, noted that bishops felt the main reason for the decline in the laity's reception of sacramental penance was "a less pervasive sense of sin".

Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Costello of Syracuse agreed.

"We've lost some of our sense of sin," Bishop Costello said. "I'm not advocating the practice of my boyhood. where every Saturday afternoon I trundled off to confession. But maybe we ought to take the initiative — maybe we need to structure a third time (besides Advent and Lent) if this is what people are responding to."

However, Father Joseph 3cardella. director of the Syracuse Diocese's worship office, said he sees the "quality of confessions is better." with penitents "getting away from the laundry list confession. People have a better understanding of sin, and of reconciliation as a healing of life's hurts."

Father Scardella said he sees "an increased awareness of social sin, a greater awareness of one's responsibility to be faithful to the community and its pratices, greater awareness that alienation from the (church) community is a bad thing."

Father Robert Hyde added "1 don't think people have lost their sense of sin. But a lot of them will say that they don't really do anything that's that sinful."

Catholics, Father Hyde said, don't generally consider their ads to be so bad as to warrant reconciliation in any other form than the Eucharist. "Theogolically, they're correct on that." he said.

Father Hyde's point was borne out in the NCCB study, which shows lay Catholics' top reason for infrequent confession to be finding reconciliation "by other means" than the penance rite itself.

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way that speaks both to the community and the individual."

Father Stephen Baxter, pastor of two parishes compared the emphasis on confession before and after the Second Vatican Council.

Father Charles K. Harvey, attributes part of the decline in the use of the sacrament to marriages of Catholics to nonCatholics.

"Where one (spouse) is not so strong. the faith is very weak," he said. "As a consequence, it's monkey see, monkey do, so the spouse doesn't go and neither do the children."

Before, "you had to go to confession before communion whether you needed to or not," Father Nor does Father Harvey Baxter said. "The whole know of any solutions to understanding of for- reverse the trend. giveness and God being a "IwishIknew." he said. forgiving God, rather than a judge waiting to "I've quoted the pope send thunderbolts down trying to get them to go on you, is affecting (to confession). It's beyond me." everybody."

VATICAN CITY, (CNS): The life-giving work of the Holy Spirit is continued in the church's celebration of the Eucharist, Pope John Paul II said.

By participating in the Eucharist, believers share in "the life, freedom and holiness" of Christ. which are gifts of the Holy Spirit, the pope said during his weekly general audience.

"There is a continuity between the resurrection of Christ, the new life of the Christian freed from sin and made a participant in the paschal mystery, and the future re-establishment of the unity of the body and soul in the resurrection of the dead," the pope said.

The factor unifying those events, he said, is that "the author of the whole development of new life in Christ is the Holy Spirit."

The Eucharist, "in which the redeeming gift of Christ is continued and constantly renewed at the same time contains the life-giving power of the Holy Spirit," he said.

I am deaf and I want to become a priest From the Catholic News in Singapore My name is Rowland Yeo. I am from Singapore and was born deaf from unknown causes in 1957. I am the only deaf person in my family of seven.

After my birth, my mother was greatly concerned about the "sickness" of her infant.

She sought the advice of her brother, the oldest member of her family.

He, as well as all my relatives, are Buddhists. When he saw his "sick" deaf godson, he offered me to the protection of the goddess of the kitchen.

Later, my parents brought me to a hospital and there my deafness was diagnosed.

As a child growing up in a hearing family, I communicated primarily with my mother using "homemade" gestures.

Later, from friends, we heard of a school for deaf children in Singapore, and at the age of seven I was enrolled there.

Education at the school was through the oral method, which means students are taught to communicate and understand by reading lips and learning speech.

Istudied at the school unitlI was 13.1 hated the experience.

When we children were alone with each other we communicated with gestures instead of using the principles of speech and speech-reading that we had been taught.

My mother died on Feb 20, 1971, close to the time I passed the final exams.I graduated from Singapore Association for the Deaf and entered Mount Vernon Secondary School in Singapore. Mount Vernon is a hearing high school with a large enrolment.

Only seven of us were deaf.

We were mainstreamed, that is, placed among the hearing students in classes.

We seven felt very frustrated, constantly straining to lip-read the teachers whose faces we could not always see as they turned to the chalkboard or walked around the room.

Because of the obvious difficulties in communication, I transferred to the Vocational School for the Handicapped in 1973.

At that time, it also used the oral method.

But fortunately, in 1975, Lim Chin Heng. a native of Singapore and recent graduate of Gallaudet University, returned from the United States to teach sign language at the school.

The author presently attends Gallaudet University. He tells the story of his life

and faith journey and his desire to become a priest to minister to the deaf people back home.

Once I learned sign language, a new world opened to me.

With this system as a tool, I could learn quickly and comprehend every idea presented to me.

For the first time in my life I felt at ease with study. I graduated three years later as a certified furniture maker and worked as semi-skilled carpenter until 1983.

Then another door opened for me. I was asked to make a TV commercial in mime.

The Singapore Community Chest, which sponsored the commercial, then hired me as an assistant clerk. I continued this job until 1986, when I left to study at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. Religion is very important in my life. But up until 1972 my exposure to religion included one trip to a Buddhist Temple. which r: eally frightened me, and one visit to a Catholic Churth to which an aunt belonged.

Although this latter service was not in sign.

I felt quite comfortable there.

Then my friend. Chee Weng Chang. introduced me to Father Gasper, CSsR an Australian Redemptorist priest, working at St Alphonsus Church in Singapore.

Immediately after our first meetingIbegan instruction in the Catholic Faith.

All conversations between us had to be written because Father knew no sign. During this time I developed a special affinity to the rosary.

While I prayed, I asked: "Who am I?". The answer came hack: "You are a Child of God."

On November 12, 1978, I was baptised, the only deaf person among 40 people.

My friend Weng had begun to teach sign language to women belonging to the Legion of Mary. When one gained enough skill, she interpreted Mass for us.

This was wonderful. Now I could understand the Scriptures, the sermon, and Mass itself. Before, I simply knelt at Mass concentrating on Jesus on the cross.

In 1979 I met Sister Angela Garavaglia, a native of Italy working in Singapore at the Canossian School for the Deaf. She asked me to teach religion to deaf adults.

This was difficult because, like me, the adult deaf had been educated in the oral method. They were not accustomed to using sign language.

At first,I taught sign language and religion to them simultaneously. I was very anxious to share with them my deep relationship with God. I wanted to expose deaf people to the Catholic religion and to help them better understand who God is.

This experience encouraged my desire to become a Roman Catholic priest which would permit me to celebrate Mass in sign language with my people.

Father Coughlin, the first deaf priest ordained in the United States, visited Singapore in 1980. I was delighted to celebrate Mass in my own language signed by the priest.

This experience strengthened my desire to open the Church to deaf people.

To pursue my vocation, I must first complete undergraduate college education.

The Singapore Community Chest generously financed my fare to the United States.Ipassed the entrance exams at Gallaudet University and there on studied there.

The Catholic chaplain at Gallaudet University is Father Gerard Trancone. He offers Mass every day on campus and also offers other pastoral services for the students.

At the liturgy he encourages participation so that we can share our faith with each other.

Everything is communicated through sign language and therefore meaning is clear.

Ibelieve that the more we involve ourselves in the practice of our Faith, the more meaning we will derive from it.

My graduation from Gallaudet University is set for 1990. After that, I plan to pursue seminary studies. Once ordained, I want to return home to Singapore and serve the deaf people there.

'Remove pillars by 1993' DURBAN: It is essential that the contitutional and legislative pillars be dismantled by 1993 the year before South Africa's next general election, Australian and other bishops visiting here have been told.

Archbishop Denis Hurley of Durban said that wonderful opportunities had been opened up but the pillars of apartheid still remained.

While sanctions were a dilemma for everyone, Archbishop Hurley stressed that the moral pressure of the world had been most helpful in influencing change.

The Southern African bishops conference agreed not to alter its existing statement of support for sanctions until further advances are made in the negotiation process.

The matter is likely to be reviewed at the Conference's meeting, in January 1991, when consideration will also be given to pastoral strategies which the Justice and Peace Commission is developing for the Church's participation in the process of negotiation.

Listening to these remarks were two Australian bishops representing the Australian Bishops Conference along with representatives of the Austrian, French and English Bishops conferences who made a two-week visit.

The Australian group visited Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, the rural area near East London, King William's Town, Durban and Pietermaritzburg.

They had discussions with Catholic clergy, religious and laity and with representatives of church, community and anti-apartheid organisations.

They visited Soweto and several other black townshicks, as well as some of the "homelands" where millions of black Africans have been re-located as part of the apartheid policy.

They saw something of the severe deprivation suffered by many of these people. They also visited some of the arras m Natal where many lives have been lost during recent outbreaks of violence.

One of their memorable meetings was with an elderly black couple in a remote, wind-swept village in the Ciskei homeland.

They were the victims of aggression by the local authorities, who had destroyed their home because of their resistance to forced integration into the homeland.

They were now living in a tin shed, where they welcomec the Australian visitors.

Australian delegate Archbishop Faulkner said that the delegation had been greatly impressed by the commitment of the Church in South Africa to justice and peace by the efforts made by organisations like the Institute of Contextual Theology in Johannesburg to integrate theology with the struggle against apartheid and by the efforts being made to develop an appropriate pastoral plan to conform with the difficult negotiation process.

Another member of the Australian team Dr Costigan said that a clear message given to the visitors was that negotiations are not identical with reconciliation.

In other words, history would not be forgotten and those who had suffered injustice expected wrongs done to them to be acknowledged.

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How to keep a marriage in shape

The primary issues The primary issue in marriage today is not how to preserve individual identity and foster each partner's personal growth. The real challenge is learning to develop a truly shared life, becoming committed to growth as a married couple, said Dr David Thomas in a recent interview.

"The fact people need to grow individually is all over the culture," said Thomas, a director of the graduate program in family ministry.

Convincing people they need to work on adopting a married lifestyle "which may demand that you change or alter your life, your personal plans, your priorities for the sake of the other, for the sake of the relationship" is much more difficult.

Part of the shift in emphasis can be attributed to the phenomenon of two-career marriages. When husband and wife each have a career, in essence they lead "separate lives with different colleagues, different pressures, different interests that flow from work," Thomas said.

What's a couple to do? Thomas, who has been married for nearly 20 years, suggested several ways couples can overcome obstacles and work on a truly shared life: 1. Decision making. Good marriages require both spouses to assume responsibilities for the way their life together takes shape. Couples must make conscious decisions about how they will nurture their relationship as well as how they will share home and family responsibilities.

ing of minor shortcomings, the ready forgiveness of offenses.

These traits can become casualties of living together as husband and wife, replaced by biting criticism, fault-finding and insensitivity.

Couples can give a boost to their marriage by affirming each other more. This means they seek out ways to enhance each other's self-esteem by compliments and speaking positively about one another.

I learned this lesson firsthand from my wife who over the years has consistently refrained from pointing out my failings, preferring instead to compliment my efforts, however feeble they may have been.

Stress the positive; deemphasise the negative.

This is the golden rule of child-rearing. It is also a formula for happy marriages.

Seeking intimacy: Authentic intimacy is perhaps the one thing that we most desire from a marriage; it is also the most difficult to achieve.

When we marry, we are seeking not only physical intimacy, but psychological and spiritual intimacy as well.

Physical intimacy is the easiest to achieve. It is

In ancient Israel marriages generally were arranged by the parents of the couple. To us this may seem cold and insensitive. But boys and girls then married surprisingly early, usually in their early teens. Parental guidance helped them avoid potentially disastrous choices.

Even then the wishes and feelings of the young people were not simply ignored. Marriages based on love were as common as those based on cool calculation.

Is there a chance for happiness in marriage today, at a time when a person marrying at 25 ' could well expect to live to celebrate a 50th wedding anniversary, but when divorce rates are so high?

Neil Parent says experience has taught him that paying attention to three aspects of marriage increases the chances for happiness.

much easier to reveal our physical nakedness than to allow our mate to see us as we are, warts and all.

Intimacy is the foundations for the kind of love that will sustain a marriage.

Intimacy requires risktaking, allowing ourselves to be vulnerable so that the other may see us as we are.

It is worked on over a lifetime, like building a solid house one brick at a time.

In marriage we want to know and be known, to become two in one flesh.

But for this to happen, we must seek mutual intimacy based on sensitivity. care and loving trust.

Attending to the relationship: The marital

Learning of the girl's Convenant into Jerusainfatuation, Saul saw a lem, he danced with chance to lure David into reckless abandon in the a lethal trap. procession and Michal reproached him for Saul promised the young man that she "exposing himself to the view of the slave girls of would be his wife; all David had to do was his followers" (2 Samuel dispose of 100 Philistines. It was a miscalculation, for David proved equal to the challenge and became Saul's sonin-law.

Some years later David became king and we find that this marriage of his youth turned sour. In bringing the Ark of the

6:20).

David turned on her sharply and their relationship came to a crashing halt.

A beautiful example of a devoted married couple, very much in love, is that of Elkanah and Hannah. Actually Elkanah had two wives.

The other, named Peninnah, bore children. But Hannah, even though she was the

It is important for couples to affirm one another, to seek intimacy and to make the marital relationship a priority.

Cindy Liebhart interviews Dr David Thomas, director of the graduate program in family ministry at Regis College in Denver, Colorado.

The primary issue today is not how to preserve individual identity in marriage, Thomas says.

better loved, was desolate for she was sterile.

Every year the family made a pilgrimage to the shrine at Shiloh where the Ark of the Covenant was kept in those early days. Elkanah would give generous portions of things needed for the journey and for the sacrifices to Peninnah and all her children.

To Hannah he would give only one portion although he loved her more.

This brought about taunting by her rival year after year.

But the prayers of Hannah paid off and she eventually bore a son.

Rather it is learning how to develop a truly shared life.

The frist five years of marriage can prove crucial for the long-term success of the relationship, Katharine Bird writes. She interviews a young couple about the unexpected stress they encountered when their first baby was born.

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relationship itself must be given priority. Thif means attending to each other's needs in the relationship and finding ways to give each other needed time.

In our fast -paced society, it is common for a couple to begin marriage with both partners working, pursuing important and interesting careers.

This can bring welcome stimulation and variety to the relationship. But it also can siphon off time and energy needed to build intimacy and secure emotional and spiritual bonding.

When children come along, the needs of the relationship can be even further strained.

It is surprising how easy it is for couples to find themselves running here and there, meeting the demands of raising children, postponing the time needed for their relationship.

After a while the couple may no longer be receiving loving nourishment from one another. Then a relationship can be in real trouble.

Time is priceless. Building intimacy, mutual affirmation and the love which supports a marriage takes time.

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The young man could make his preferences known, or make his own decision without consulting his parents. Esau made a very unpopular choice. But at the age of 40 he hardly would have brooked parental interference. (Genesis 26:3435).

It was rarer for the girl to take the initiative. But Michal fell in love with David (I Samuel 18:20) and lived to regret it.

Michal was the daughter of King Saul who was not overly fond of David.

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Other social forces hinder the development of a shared marital lifestyle as well, Thomas said. Soaring divorce statistics and the increasing mobility of the population, for e xample, often lead people to view relationships as transitory. Even as they enter marriage, many couples accept the possibility it may not work out.

2. Good communication skills. Couples need to express sincere interest to one another. This involves creating opportunities to talk together, really listening to what is going on in the other's life, and being willing to share honestly personal feelings, experiences and desires.

3. Shared interests. This may take some creativity. But couples should try to find enjoyable, interesting activities or hobbies they can pursue together regularly.

4. Sexual sensitivity. Because sex is "a very human way of deepening their bond," couples need to develop sensitivity to one another in this area.

5. Fine-tuning. Periodically couples should take a look at their life together to discover areas that are working smoothly as well as areas which may need some adjustment.

Growth as a couple does not deny the importance of personal growth.

"Part of my love for my wife will be my support of the developing of her life, her unique gifts, her special talents," Thomas said.

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by NEIL PARENT

The wedding ceremony was exquisite. The bride and groom had looked to every detail, from the arrangement of the flowers to the selection of music.

They had worked closely with the officiating priest in preparing the liturgy. Everything came off just as they had planned; it was a beautiful and fitting testimony of their love.

Unfortunately, their marriage didn't survive its first decade. It became another statistic in the rising divorce rate that has now reached near epidemic proportions.

For those marrying today. Catholic or otherwise, there is up to a 50 per cent statistical probability their marriage Will end in divorce.

A successful marriage takes lots of dedication and hard work. Passionate feelinp on one's wedding day are not enough.

But couples can do much to assist their marriage in today's stressful times by concentrating on three important areas in building and maintaining a relationship of love: affiriming one another, seeking intimacy and to the attending relationship.

Affirming one another: What a contrast there often is between the ways in which couples spoke to and of each other in their courtship days and after they have been married a few years.

For too many couples. gone are the kind works with which they affirmed one another-, gone is the mutual esteem they treasured. the positive approach they took, the overlook-

Without determined effort, these couples can end up sharing living quarters and pooling economic resources but leading much the same lifestyle they did before marriage.

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marrying People today face the real possibility of spending 50 years with each other — but first they have to make it past the first five years.

Two studies have shown that between 35 per cent to 40 per cent of divorces "are of couples who have separated before the fifth wedding anniversary". says Dr Jack Dominian in his book "Make or Break".

"This indicates the early years of marriage are crucial for its stability," Dominian, a says Catholic psychiatrist practising in London.

Even when a marriage doesn't collapse until 20 years later "for half of these couples serious problems marital occurred in the first five years of marriage".

What makes marriage's first five years so perilous vet so vital?

It is then that couples establish a pattern for

One young couple interviewed explained they were considerablev taken aback by the stress they experienced when Often they are strugtheir first baby was born gling to establish careers. after four years of Together they buy or rent marriage. a first home, build relationships with other Before the baby. the couples and learn how to (-Duple had developed a get along with in-laws. happy routine of pursuFor many couples. a ing careers and sharing first baby comes during home chores.

They spent many hours this time.

their lives together. They learn what it is like to live day by day with another unique individual.

nurturing their relationships. talking with each other and having regular evenings out on the town with friends.

After the baby, their carefully structured life was knocked out of kilter. Each was overwhelmed initially with the new responsibility.

Both had difficulty adjusting to the demands the new baby made on their time, their enemy,

FOOD FOR THOUGHT The shared lifestyle of marriage cannot be c haracterised by a legalistic, contractual approach to daily living. Dr David Thomas related the story of a couple who entered marriage determined that everything should be shared 50-50. Both spouses had careers with nearly identical wages.

So they divided the household chores and parenting responsibilities equally. They each

contributed half for all household expenses.

"The marriage never made it," said Thomas, director of the graduate program in family ministry at Regis College in Denver. "Once you get beyond dollars and cents, you can't calculate time and energy that way."

What happens in this kind of arrangement is that one person usually begins to feel cheated. as if he or she

is giving more, is putting more effort into the relationship than the other.

A calculating, controlling approach can destroy the marriage, Thomas suggested.

"In marriage you cannot count the cost. You give without worrying about what you're going to get out of it.

It is the genuine giving of self which in the Church's language is the kernel of marriage."

their financial and emotional resources.

For the wung mother. "it was a strain to have the full-time care of the baby all day, a responsibility! didn't have before. was so tired and couldn't get away for a second".

For the young husband. it was a shock to realise that his wife needed his help in caring for the baby when he came home and to recognise someone else had a claim on his wife's attention.

Communication became a problem because "there was no time to talk about anything", the wife said.

Finally a spate of arguments over who should do what when, and over their tightened financial situation, alerted the couple to a certain deterioration in their relationship.

Then, talking with other new parents. they discovered others had the same experience but "were keeping it real quiet". They learned too "the first three months were the worst".

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Marist students knni Evans (left), Tania Nicolo, JaneIle Yujnovich and Cara Nichols preparing with their team of 24 to dance their beautiful Light theme during the post-Communion reflection at the Newman combined campuses Mass.

Newman for Newman...

Last Friday proved an historic occasion when The four Newman campuses gathered for a first ever Mass together, celebrating the centenary of Cardinal Newman's death.

The superdrome venue was needed to accommodate the 1400 students and others who came to witness a Mass celebrated by Father Pat Bishop Sj whereby each campus had made a contribution to the integration as one united school The four campuses comprise Newman College junior school — Brigidine campus with years pre-primary-4; Marist campus years 5-7: Newman Siena years 8-

10 and Newman Senior years 11-12.

Lead Kindly Light was the theme taken from Cardinal Newman's poem he wrote on the Mediterranean during a depressed period of his life, telling about the challenges he was facing.

The Newman music teachers had rescored the song which became the focal point for the start of the Mass with the combined campuses singing.

Two year ones lit the paschal candle symbolising their entry into the school system and this was then followed by a procession with various flaxs.

The banners around the Mass scene were produced by the campuses, each with significance.

The primary school banner was of the four seasons, depicting the changes in school life throughout the year.

The one by the senior school showed aspects of school life through symbolism — the door in the painting representing new opportunities which open up; the candles being for those who help us on our journey.

The delightful opening out like a flower scene in the Siena girls' mime of 'Shining light onto the world' which took place during gospel reading at the 1400 student strong Mass at the Superdrome. The mime was based on Matthew 14-16 and choreographedthe by Angela Perry.

The stars are our dreams we have for tomorrow and the featured tree represents the tree of knowledge which is rooted in the ground, suggesting the early years such as at the Brigidine and Marist schools. Then growth

and becoming the full person through Siena and Newman senior.

Father Pat Bishop read the gospel to a very impressive mime by the Siena girls 'shining light out to the world'.

His homily focused on the

The picture of St Di t symbolising the spiritual life of Siena was carried aloft at the Mass by prefects Matthew Temby and Leili Chadwick.

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The Newman senior painting also depicting Light and the door which opens to knowledge. Students Fiona Miller (left) and Kristen Jamieson showinA it off in preparation for despatch to the Mass venue.

life of Cardinal Newman Dealing with the huge and the challenges he faced Communion crowd — drawing a parallel on required 30 Eucharistic ours and the inspiration to ministers and during the be drawn from him.

Communion reflection the Marist girls did a liturgical The Eucharistic prayer was dance on the Light theme for the benefit of the with three candles held by younger children so they pairs of girls within a dance mild understand what was circle, sung to Herr I Am happening.

Lord, which was also very

impressive.

As a souvenir each student was given a bookmark with details on Cardinal Newman and badges celebrating the centenary.

The schools then returned to their own campuses where they continued celebrations for the afternoon.

MB1

Newman senior students Gemma Can atid lain Luscome take a close-np admiring look at the primary stables' banner which was displayed at the Mass.

TWO BRISBANE PARISH SCHOOLS ACT

BY SUZANNE KLOTZ in The Catholic Leader Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a craze sweeping schools, has come to a dead halt in two Brisbane western suburbs parish schools.

St Joseph's school, Corinda, and Holy Family school, lndooroopilly, have declared themselves Turtle-free zones.

Brigidine Sister, Sr Ann Harrison, Principal of Holy Family school, said that with the younger children in particular "everything was Ninja Turtles".

"They imitated them, used a special language . . . one had a Turtle party. I'm concerned that it's more than a craze and has become a cult. So everything — language, car stickers, headbands, plastic knives . . . anything to do with turtles has been banned.

If they bring them to school the first thing

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they do is play the Turtle game. The Turtles win no matter what, so that always involves violence."

The school's Year 7 students have studied and analysed the cartoon and held a debate about it.

Year 7 teacher Mary Holford said they came up with racial violence, and unrealistic representation of women and the use of guns which did not show death being the result or the real danger of guns.

Sacred Heart Sister, Sr Jessie Batchelor, Principal of St Joseph's, Corinda, said a Turtle ban has been imposed because a nunchaku metal pipe the length of a ruler was brought to the school. "Prior to that everything they wrote or did was connected with Ninja Turtles."

Sr Batchelor said parents' reactions to the ban had been very supportive.

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'No' to expulsio call

DUBLIN: As leading churchmen joined the voices condemning the murder of Ian Cow, a spokesman for the Irish Bishops' Conference rejected a call by an English Catholic MP for IRA members and supbe to porters e xcommunicated.

Irish Bishop Joseph Duffy said that the demand by Nicholas Bennett "was not practi-

cal". Mr Bennett also wants the terrorists to be refused a Catholic burial.

"We have explored excommunication as a deterrent and the conclusion is it would not serve any purpose," said the bishop. "As for burials — the Church is an agent of charity and can refuse no one . . . We are open to exploitation but there is no other way."

The Irish bishops last

invoked excommunication against the IRA in the 1920s and 50s. Mr Bennett said it was again time for the Church to "make public what is already its teaching".

The point is not whether the Church could actually enforce its decree or those to whom it is addressed actually care.

"The point is the Church has to state

Two years behind A: There were 401,930 VATICAN CITY: The mountain of statistics in 1988. This was 4446 about the Catholic less than in 1983.

Church that the Vatican Q: Is the vocation trend has to gather each year different for diocesan is so huge that it is and religious priests? always two years A: Yes. Most of the behind.

In July 1990, it published the 447-page statistical yearbook for 1988.

From its headquarters in the same building as the papal apartment, the seven-member staff collects data submitted from Church jurisdictions throughout the world and annually publishes the most thorough and authoritative statistical reference book on worldwide Catholic life.

The 1988 figures show a constantly growing Catholic population, often outstripping the ability of local churches to provide priests and

parishes to meet the

rising needs. But they also show a steady rise in the number of seminarians in their final years of studies called — major seminarians — and in permanent deacons and aspirants to religious life,

leading to hope for longterm improvement.

There are 906 million

Catholics in the world.

The yearbook does not give reasons for the trends. It just cites the figures.

Q: What does the book say about the number of priests?

ordained men. 254,796 are diocesan priests and their numbers are slowly rising. There were 957 more in 1988 than in 1983. But the number of religious priests continues declining. There were 147,134 in 1988, a drop of three per cent over the past five years.

Q: Is the vocations picture generally bleak

for all religious?

A: Yes. The numbers of brothers and religious women are also declining. Brothers numbered 63,733 in 1988. a decline of 3348 since 1983. The only regions where the numbers are holding steady are in Latin America and Asia.

Women religious numbered 893,418, a drop of

both religious and diocesan ministry are on the rise. The total in 1988

was 92,173. This is 15,129 more than in 1983. During this period

the number of religiousseminarians order jumped from 25,025 to 30,522.

Meanwhile, diocesan seminarians jumped from 52,019 to 61,651.

The overall rise in seminarians has overtaken Catholic population growth. There were 9.33

seminarians

per

100,000 Catholics in

1983. The ratio for 1988 was 10.35 per 100,000

Q: Practically, what does this mean?

A: While the good news is that the number of religious and diocesan seminarians ordained annually is on the rise. the bad news is that the increase is not keeping peace with the combination of growing populations and the number of 41,803 since 1983. But priests dying or leaving there are pockets of the active ministry. improvement for women Breaking out the figures religious in Africa and for the diocesan priest their corps, however, shows where Asia numbers are growing. that in that area ordinaIndia has proven the tions are more than most fruitful. There were compensating for death 61,817 women religious and departures. in India in 1988, almost There were 5750 dioce9000 more than in 1983. san ordinations in 1988, about almost 1500 more than What Q: in 1983. The leading rians? semina country for diocesan A: The numbers for ordinations was Poland major seminarians for. with 802.

A(T cruel addition to the appalling slaughter per-

difference between a

public excommunication. They have been told time and again terrorism is totally wrong. If they persist in their actions, they effectively excommunicate themselves.

They take themselves out of the Church."

Archbishop Connell, of Dublin. who acting president of the Irish Catholic bishops' conference, called the killing of Mr "People do not need a Cow "a frightening and

MIXED PENNANTS St Jude's won their last home and away game to ensure they became minor premiers in the A grade competition and the B grade top four remained the same as results went as expected in that grade.

A grade St Jude's earned the title of minor premiers when they defeated St Benedict's in another close match, the final scores being St Jude's 5 sets 81 games to St Benedict's 5 sets 70 games. Sets were all even at every change and the closeness of this match between top and bottom side highlights how even the A grade competition has been.

St Norbert's proved a little too strong for a gallant Queens Park when they finally won 6 sets 76 games to 4 sets 63 games. This was an important win for St Norbert's as they now hold a clear game lead over Dia n ella .

B grade Corpus Christi completed their home and away parne with a win which enabled them to finish the season on top in the B grade competition. They had a tough game against Yidarra before winning 6 sets 69 games to 3 sets 62 games.

Pignatelli proved too strong for St Benedict's when they won in fine style; 9 sets 88 games to 1 set 43 games. This was a solid win for Pignatelli as they were playing another top four team. Pignatelli are finding their best form at the business end of the season, whilst St Benedict's may be struggling to match it with the top three teams.

Dianella completed their home and away game with a comfortable win over S Norbert's. 10 sets 90 games to 0 sets 21 games. In a similar scoreline, St Mark's

Select ions A grade St Norbert's Queens Park B grade Corpus Christi

by TOM BRANCH Pignatelli Tournament The 1990 WACLTA annual scheduled to easily accounted for Queens this season with Dianella tournament is on Saturday, commence 0 to They games 4.

90 sets to 10 Park: winning 6 sets at 1pm. Play sets 40 games. St Mark's can need a repeat performance September 15 themselves to reach the final. St will continue on Sunday. consider at loam and unlucky, as they missed out Norbert's have gone from September 16 weekend. following the on the finals by half a game. strength to strength in September 22 and recent weeks and must be Saturday.

September 23 at favoured. It should prove to Sunday, A grade Matches will time. same the 18 be a very tough and close St Jude's be played at the Trinity ter. encoun 14 St Norbert's Playing Fields, Manning 12 In the other match. Queens Dianella Road, Manning. Entries 7 are Benedict's Park Queens Park and St close on Thursday, August 5 playing for pride with both St Benedict's 30 and entry forms are to be teams losing a number of forwarded together with B grade to margins 22 games by close Corpus Christi entrance fee to the tourna21 the top teams.

Pignatelli ment organiser. Mr Michael 20 Dianella Messer, 119 Yale Road.

15 B grade St Benedict's Thornlie, phone 459 8183.

The B grade pennants have 14 St Mark's Entry forms are available 10 reached the semi-final stage from club secretaries or the Yidarra 7 with the losers of this week's tournament organiser.

St Norbert's 3 games bowing out of the Queens Park China Town cabaret competition.

Next week The Pignatelli social comCorpus Christi meet St A grade mittee is again presenting semi-final one in Queens Park v St Benedict's Benedict's the popular China Town whilst Pignatelli and DiaDianella v St Norbert's cabaret on Saturday, August nella clash in the other.

St Jude's — bye 25 commencing at 7.30pm.

In both their encounters Ditss is optional, that is, finals semi B grade — Corpus Christi have had fancy dress or come as you Corpus Christi v fairly good wins over St are. The best of Asian food St Benedict's In their first will be served from 8.15pm Benedict's.

Dianella v lli Pignate round match they won 8 and there will be dancing till A grade sets to 1 whilst in the second midnight. Tickets are $35 The all important clash is it was 7 sets to 3. St meeting the game between Dianella Benedict's form has not per double and can be obtained from Robin Salter and St Norbert's. St Norbeen good of late and (tel 330 5631), Ian Bethune bert's are a game and Corpus Christi should start (tel 330 2992) or Libby/Neil percentage clear of Dianella. favourites in this match.

Rutzou (tel 331 3328).

St Norbert's percentage is The clash between Pigna- AGM percen136 and Dianella's tage is 125. Dianella would telli and Dianella should be The association's annual need to win 6 sets to qualify of a high order. The form of general meeting is schefor the finals against St both teams has been excel- duled for Sunday, August Jude's. Should Dianella win lent over the past four 26. More information will be with a scoreline of 5 sets all weeks. Their first match this provided next week. Howthen both teams will be even season ended in a draw, ever, members should keep on points, but St Norbert's whilst Dianella won the Sunday, August 26 free and would retain second posi- return game by a small attend the meeting as the tion and a berth in the final margin. The loser of this incoming committee will be by virtue of a superior match can consider them- elected for a period of two percentage. These two selves unlucky that they will years to prepare and present the 1991 Perth Carnival. teams have only met once miss out on the finals.

publicly that their actions are not compatible with Catholic teaching or receiving the Sacraments," he said.

"It is important the Church is seen to be taking every possible step to repudiate terrorism. It must take a stand against people whose actions are The anti-Christian.

Church is there to help sinners. But there is a

person who sins and repents and one who of his own free will deliberately follows a path of evil."

Bishop Duffy said: "The Church from the top down has been unequivocal in its condemnation of violence as a means to make political protest. It is important we reiterate that statement after every senseless murder.

petrated in recent days".

Cardinal Hume said: "I was deeply shocked and outraged to hear of the murder of Ian Cow. I utterly condemn this barbarous act. Those involved in such terrorism are deliberately engaging in actions totally incompatible with Christian belief and morality."

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Leaning to Latin from Mrs LORRIMAR Palmyra

BU4LDING TRADES Kingdom Electrics tic No 003467. Prompt 24 hr

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Sir, I too attend the Latin Mass at Myaree and I have the advantage of experiencing both forms, I attend the Novo Ordo Mass in my parish church at 7.30am, followed by the 1962 Latin Mass at 11 am. There is no doubt that there is a difference in favour of the Latin Mass, and not Just because of the use of Latin.

It quickly becomes apparent

from Mrs HALLIGAN Mandurah Sir, Tony Evans asks where are those who have stoutly defended the 1962 Latin rite?

I suggest that the

from Reginald MA HER, Coo/be//up Sir, In view of the fact that well over 100 persons signed the petition to Archbishop Foley, for the 1 962 Latin Mass,

from Pat O'HARA, Morley Sir, Attending the celebration of the Mass in latin at Myaree was for me a most

Jim & Geri HARDING Dianella Sir, More power to Bishop Hickey, (The Record, August 2) for his forthright statement on the abortion debate

Ask St Clare for three favours,,

reasons for the small attendance at Myaree may not be because they have abandoned support for the return of the former rite but more to do with practicalities such a s distance, means,

energy etc.

Hopeful ly, the Holy Father's decree Ecclesia Dei, the rich wealth of the 1962 rite in Latin will take its place in the universal Church and be rediscovered by the old

When all is said and done no-one would destroy the Mona Lisa.

The Eucharist is something infinitely more precious, in all its form.

attendances have disappointing

prayer book Missals containing the necessary prayers are extremely difficult to come by and the cost when a vailable is prohibitive, ranging from 5.40 upwards To overcome this, there are

available at the Myaree church on Sundays, from me, booklets containing the Ordinary of the 1962 Mass in both Latin and English They sell at their cost price of a mere 52

location, or perhaps a second location north of the river

the exposure given With a little more publicity, maybe many lapsed Catholics would be encouraged to relate to and even return to attending mass

been

A possible cause for this can lie in the fact that it is difficult to follow this Mass without the appropriate

enjoyable experience

and

moving

My problem of distance, no doubt shared by many, could be solved by a more central

The question of numbers attending, is I feel, relative to

and young alike

In an area of life itsetf which has become clouded and obscure in the minds of many good people because, in our minds, for lack of clarity and direction from those who should know much, much better, Bishop

Hickey's position is totally lacking in ambi guity and is a breath of pure air for all those who still believe in the sanctity and inviability of life at every stage.

May the good Lord bless

and strengthen all those with the courage of their convictions to stand up and be counted on the moral issues in a day and age when a wimpish approach to most basic issue's appears to be the popular position

JUNE BRONHILL

and promise publication.)

Thanks to the Sacred Heart

for prayers answered. Liz. ____

Your

candle bum to end, then put this notice in paper. Gerbera

The Mass is the pivot of our whole faith- Let it be celebrated as if we really do believe that

Novena to the Sacred Heart.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, may your name be praised and glorified throughout the now and forever.

Amen. (Say nine times a day for nine consecutive days

Ask St Clare for three favours, say nine Hail Marys for nine days whether you have faith or not. Pray with candle k

Ask St Care for three favours. one business, two impossible. Say nine Hail Marys for nine days with candle burning. On ninth day let

the way they celebrate the Mass, seeking to communicate their faith to their congregations by word and gesture. The priests who do so will find that very soon they will have increased numbers attending their Masses and who knows that they might even foster some vocations to the priesthood

one business, two impossible. Say nine nine Hail Marys for nine days with candle burning. On ninth day let candle burn to end then put this notice in paper. S.N.

memory of our Tim, remembered always by his family. "Rest in peace"

Sacred Heart of Jesus and 9 Anthony for favours granted.

Anne

The whole celebration of the Mass is so quiet and dignified, that one has time to quieten one's spirit, come into the presence of God and allow Him to speak to and within our souls. At the end of the Mass one feels as if one has really been in touch with our God.

I believe that the 1962 Latin Mass (which has never been banned, contrary to what many of us were led to believe) should be more widely available for its richness of prayer, reverence and the dignity of the various gestures which emphasise the sense of worship and reverence, at the same time, all priests should be encouraged to search their own spirits to discover the real depth of their faith and then review

Hurray to Hickey

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus may r name be praised and throughout the now and forever.

Grateful thanks. W.D.R. •

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YCS action ke Students are called to resolve the dichotomy between Christian faith and the values of the world by living Christian values in the world, according to national YCS worker Susanne legena.

Reflecting on the national Formation Session held recently in Perth, Susanne said that the call to students is to be Gospel centred.

"YCS holds strongly to the truth of faith, which believes that each of us is created in God's image and that we all have dignity and value. Therefore we ought to be treated with respect, love and cAre," she said.

"God has invited us to they do not measure +ip collaborate with him in to certain expectations." the creation of a king- "And then there is the dom, and he sent Christ wider level: the treatto show us what the ment of aboriginal peokingdom is like, what we ple in Australia, the are trying to create, to treatement of migrants, show us the way to life." racism and all of those "The truth of students' things too." experience is that people The YCS has a clear are treated generally method of reviewing with care and respect, these life experiences to seek an authentic Christhat they are valued."

"But there are also tian response. situations every day "We look at such a when people are not situation, reflect on it in treated that way: some- the light of the Gospel, one is left out in a class, and prayerfully discern students victimise each the Christian action we other," Susanne said, can take to change the "and there is unemploy- situation," Susanne said. ment and the pressure to Personal experience is a perform that leaves peo- key to this process, ple feeling a failure if according to Susanne, but most students do not reflect on their day at school and do not see their everyday life experiences as being of value.

"Many do not conned ordinary, daily experiences with their faith. YCS helps people discover where God is already in action in their lives," she said.

"YCS is all about how we can live as Christians every day in our lives."

"Cardinal Cardijn, the inspiration of the YCS. grew up in a time when

The YCS National Formation Session drew students from all over Australia for a week of sharing and learning together. people were removed from the Church, when the values of heaven and the kingdom seemed in no way relevant in the lives of ordinary people."

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ANFAII FAIIIPZIFAN CROSSROADS TO TOMORROW

YOUTH MASS The Formation Session was a family affair for national YCS worker Susanne Legena (seated) and sister Lisa, who works for the movement in Perth.

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SEPTEMBER 1-2 Eagle's Nest, Gidgegannup Cost: $15 (12 Places only!)

Details: Ring Sr Emilie Cattalini on 328 9878

is expected to attract a large crowd.

All Antioch, CPY and other youth groups, whether collecting for the Appeal or not, are strongly urged to come

along and share this special evening with each other.

Youth Appeal returns can be made to staff in attendance at Willetton either before or after the Mass.

1991 YOUTH CONFERENCE

CALL KRISTI 328 9878

Catholk Parish Youth

TEN-PIN BOWLING Strike out! Come and join us for a fun day of bowling!

Meet new people and strike up a friendship or two.

See you there!

SUNDAY, AUGUST 26 FAIRLANES (City) from 1pm

YOUTH CRUISE on the Rottnest Islander II Friday, September 28 Sailing from Barrack Street Jetty at 7.45pm, returning at midnight Cost: just % Drinks and snacks on sale.

DEF1NFTELY NO ALCOHOL ALLOWID. TICKETS: From the YCS office.

Call Lisa. Annette or Margaret on 227 7061.

Catholic Youth Conference 1991 Fundraiser

NOT SO BIG GIG A Battle of the Bands Six Bands — $300 Prize

Saturday September 22 8pm-12pm Subiaco Police and Citizens Club Cnr Rokeby Road and Thomas Street

Tickets $5 at the door

or to have them held, call Kfisti on 328 9878 Soft drinks and snacks on sale

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Santa Clara in action

1. Ain't this school house a beauty? say Andrew Klomp (left). Melanie King, Sophie Hamilton and Steven Scarfe of year 2.

2. Father Dino (leading the mission) back to school with year one's — Allanna Boundary-Parkhill (left), Christian Povey, Daniella Ellis and Jamie Hendry.

3. Year 4's showing their class the comemorative plaque which can now be affixed with the completion of stage 2 building stage, (left) Rebecca Gielingh, Danny Hodgson. Craig Dartnell and Erin Bryant.

4. Teaching PP Father Tom McDonald computer skills are (rear left) Elvis Rodriguez, Gareth Mitchell and Tamica Mola of year 6.

S. Year 7 students (left rear) Adria Griffin and Dylan O'Donnell and (left front) Jerome Bryant and Carole Elliott, showing off the year 7 poster of St Dominic who was part of their big Mass celebration.

6. Into togetherness and swapping expertise are these year 3's and S's, (left rear) Ross Ashe and Ben Lawlor with Tonian Abbott (left) and Brooke Cole.

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Kids are great

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

Their scene Great excitement at Santa Clara Bentley where they've had a busy week with a mission, celebrated St Dominic's day (the f east Dominicans have a long history at the school), St Clare'safter whom the school was named, and their second building stage is finished with the news that they've been given permission to build the third stage, embracing an administration centre, canteen, library and ESL c lassroom.

This is great news for the 210 children at the school which goes from preprimary to year 7, "because they've managed in dire

need for so long,said principal Sister Anne L_arney "and worked so hard to get it. It's been a team effort with our PP Father Tom McDonald, the parents and staff" Sister Anne said it's an open school with parental participation in activities and Father McDonald believes theirs is a family parish with everyone treating the parish as their home.

All in all, everyone be seems to involved with a packed gathering at the school Mass to celebrate St Dominic's feast day and from the sound of it, a host of things happening to spread the joy.

Principal Sister Ann Larney OP with pre primary artists (left) Kim Passmore, Holly Miles, Daire Reynolds and Casey Polsig.

CC's Oklahoma! Irish ambassador visits

Above: The sassy cast of Oklahoma taking time off from their high-spirited performing for a fast photo.

Below: The newly opened James Nestor centre.

The opening of Corpus Christi's new James Nestor centre featuring a well equipped auditorium with a seating capacity of over 200 people plus a foyer capable of providing extra seating space, has been fortunate timing for the cast of Oklahoma to show their talent.

Incorporated in the beautiful building is a music classroom, drama workroom, two group practice rooms, a staff work area plus areas for instruments, props, chair and costume storage, as well as a small kitchen and toilets.

The auditorium will be used for teaching, parent e venings, meetings, assemblies, paraliturgies and a weekend Mass centre for the Bateman parish.

Getting back to Oklahoma which the students were having great fun rehearsing; its first performance is on August 26 followed by 29 and 31, and September 1 and 2 Tickets from Corpus Christi (332 4844) at S8 adults and $4 students and pensioners.

Costumes are great and the singing is terrific aided by a student orchestra including tutors.

There were many fun founding member of the club president Mr Paul 300 books — a gift from the Irish government as loving Irish and those who Irish dub and was their Tanham. promised by An Taoilove the Irish at their first manager back in 1950.

Along with this dedica- seach Mr Haughey during Subiaco dub last Friday went energy to his his bicentennial visit in tion night to see Australia's He was also a former Park parish 1988 — was Martin Shenton new Irish ambassador, Mr president. honorary life a stalwart of Kavanagh's wife Besse, he was where Martin Burke. hand over member, trustee and a being on Church, the and children a large number of books hard worker who did his as committees, various which library grandchildren. new their to best for the dub and also well as being a hard Mr Burke said how was named after the late for Irish migrants, some of working family man. delighted he was to be in Mr Martin Kavanagh. them orphans, who hand "often out needed a There to see the library WA — "it's such a fantastic Martin Kavanagh was a of his own pocket", said named which now boasts part of Australia!"

Musical director Rod Christian whose refreshing song Australia The Vision, lyrics

by David McKay, won an -outstanding- award at the recent Ninth Choral Festival at Winthrop Hall, is doubling up as choreographer for Oklahoma, aided by Estelle Dragun who is the show's director and producer.

Their choir has been asked to sing at the WA Football League grand finals and it's a great compliment to Rod Christian and WA in that his patriotic song Australia The Vision, is going to Canberra to be considered as a national Anzac Day song.

Congratulations Rod!

Top: Mr Michael Nolan, Irish Consul General (left) with Mr Martin Burke, Irish Ambassador to Australia and Mr Paul Tanham, Irish Club president at the library naming and book handing over ceremony.

Above: The Irish Club's media officer Mr Joe Crozier (left) with wife Lotte and current hard-working club manager Mr Tom Quinn.

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CATHOLIC EDUCATION COMMISSION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

CONTEMPLATIVE RETREAT

ituttes anleitrens ter the iesstten if

PRINCIPAL

Star of the Sea School

Sept 9 (pm)-16 (am) To be held at

BENEDICTINE OBLATES St Gregory's Chapter of the Benedictine Oblates Assn will meet at the Presentation Convent "Iona" on Sunday, August 19, at 2.30pm. Open to the public.

Annual retreat New Norcia September 7-9. Enquiries to Kevin Thompson 344 3736 A/ H.

REDEMPTORIST RETREAT HOUSE NORTH PERTH Directed by

Br Casimir CSsR

of Trinity House of Prayer, Singapore This Retreat is an introduction to Contemplative Meditation, it provides an experience of eastern techniques for posture, breath and mind control — the purpose is to lead to the prayer of the heart.

Cost Live out $120, live in $230 Bookings: Jan Broderick 328 6600

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

I naugural

DINNER DANCE to be held on

Friday, September 7 from 7.30pm till midnight at Matilda Bay Restaurant (upstairs) 3 Hackett Drive, Crawley Cost $35

Students $15

Dress formal

PLEASE RING FOR TICKETS:

Dr Catherine Buccilli 387 6800 (H) Dr Helen Slattery 381 8975 (H) Cathy Ellyard 386 3812 (H)

LOURDES-FATIMA Only speak to the people who know

PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL SERVICES 324 1234 LIC 9TA0048 7

LYNN SCHOLARSHIP For Catholic Schools

Years 11/12

Applications are invited for the 1991 Lynn Scholarships for students in secondary schools. These scholarships are offered annually to students who are completing Year 10 and who wish to proceed to Years 11 and 12 in a Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Perth.

Donation The Lynn Scholarship was established in 1924 through a donation of Mr RA. Lynn, Managing Director of Amalgamated Collieries.

The Scholarship provides up to $500 per year for the final two years of secondary school. It is intended to assist students who might be deprived of an upper secondary education in a Catholic school because of the economic or social circumstances of the family.

Application Parents or guardians of eligible students are invited to lodge an application. Information sheets and application forms are available from the principals of Catholic secondary schools, or can be obtained from: The Secretary Lynn Scholarship Committee Catholic Education Office 50 Ruislip Street Leederville WA 6007 Telephone: (09) 388 4388 Closing Date: The closing date for applications is October 31, 1990.

Thinking of a first baby?

Husbands & wives plan it together with help from

NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING 221 3866

MARIAN MOVEMENT The monthly meeting of the Marian Movement will be held at the Little Sisters of Carmel, 2 Frazer Street Swanbourne on Tuesday, August 21, at 10.30am.

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FRIENDS NEEDED

A number of people in their twenties, associated with Emmanuel Centre, for various reasons cannot be supported by their families and are looking for single people or families who will take the time to accept them.

Those who enjoy driving, outings, dancing or other types of recreations either weeknights or weekends, should remember there are a number of people who would like the opportunity to join then please call Barbara on 328 8113 or 328 9571.

MENTAL ILLNESS ENQUIRY

To formulating a submission to the Human Rights and Equal Opportun ity Commission, a public meeting will be held at Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor Street, Perth (adjacent to the Westrail Terminal) on dates Wednesday, August 22 at 7.30pm, Friday, August 24 at 10am. Open to any person wishing to contribute to the formulation of the submission is welcome to attend. Copies of the terms of reference of the enquiry are available at Emmanuel Centre 328 8113.

EX-NORTHAM REUNION

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 277 6065; Doreen Bullet) (096) 22 2931; Kath Pasco 458 1389.

FREMANTLE PARISH

To give people a faith community experience, the Fremantle parishioners are holding a presentation of "We The Parish" on four consecutive Monday evenings at 7.30pm commencing August 27. Open to the public.

Archdiocesan Calendar AUGUST 19 Confirmation, Leederville, Archbishop Foley.

Mass and Procession — Our Lady of the Hills, Mundaring — Monsignor Keating.

20 National conference Christian Life Groups, Perth - Archbishop Foley.

21 South Central Zone of Priests -Archbishop Foley.

St Thomas More College Council - - Archbishop Foley.

25 Wanneroo Catholic Ball — Monsignor Keating.

25& Visitation and confirmation, 26 Balcatta Archbishop Foley.

26-31 First clergy retreat — Archbishop Foley.

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

SEPTEMBER 2 Confirmation, Claremont Archbishop Foley.

Mass at Culunga Catholic Aboriginal School Archbishop Foley.

Confirmation, Lynwood Mon. Signor Keating.

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Install Altar Servers. St Joachim's Archbishop Foley.

5 Heads of Churches meeting -Archbishop Foley.

8 Board of Missions Spring School — Archbishop Foley Confirmation, Mt Yokine Monsignor Keating.

8&9 Confirmation, Midland Archbishop Foley.

9 Confirmation, Bateman — Monsignor McCrann.

12& Confirmation, Lesmurdie - - Arch13 bishop Foley.

14 Performing Arts Festival Archbishop Foley

October 3-14 52345 October 29-Nov 7 52349 Includes bed/breakfast & evening meal, spiritual director & guide.

Stopover Singapore & extensions to any European city at an additional cost of $50 return.

HARVEST PILGRIMAGES Phone 409 '1080 A/H 401 6368

YOU ARE INVITED TO

BULLSBROOK PILGRIMAGE

Rosary, homily and Benediction will be held on Sunday, August 26 at the Bullsbrook Church 'Virgin Mary Mother of the Church" at 2pm.

For further information and bus r eservations please ring 444 2285 for Perth, Highgate, Dianella and Midland buses and 339 4015 for F remantle bus. The Church is open every day and is available for pilgrimages (by appointment).

SACRI Association PO Box 311 Tuart Hill WA 6060. Telephone 571 1699.

August 27: Sunday Morning brings alive some of the fond memories about parish life in years gone by.

September 3: Sounds of Silence brings us to face some of the loneliness in parishioners and lets us see some of the ways we may make people feel part of a perish family.

September 10: A Family Affair points out how our parish family is an extension of our immediate family at home.

September 17: A Spark of Life is a call to be actively involved in building up the church II one's local parish.

Each session includes a brief presentation, a short written exercise, small group interaction and suggested activities for the intervening week.

Further details: St Patrick's Parish 335 2268 or Jim Jenkinson A/H 330 5047, work 326 4644.

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Catholics Look at Wealth

PUBLIC MEETING Cathedral Parish Centre 450 HAY STREET, PERTH

Wednesday, August 22 at 7,30pm Dr Micheal Cosagen — Encutive Secretary to the Bishops* Committee for Justice. Dave,ment end Peace vrift discuss Si. forthoonurg Els:shops' Draft Statement on the Distribution of +Mean in Australia eiby'Ns S

Catholic Social Justice Commission

A 15 WEEK, IN-DEPTH CHARISMATIC TEACHING SEMINAR FOR "ALL" PEOPLE OVER 18YRS PROGRAM Week 1: God s Prom", - Msi liiiIlecitive Poiwer.

- The l'nconditional IfAt

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Foregwenez Healing & ReconnIIration rk 4 c;ifts of God s Suitt ,tts)

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Week 14:

Pranks' Soul tinning for Practi,i People Deripliria in S. =dem mail Ns ri baptism - Forum

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Cost: 53.00 per session Sic per Retreat (Elff.

* WILL BE HELD AT: *

The Norbertine Tradition and Experience

country clients WeiCOMc. rttOttC or write.

Natural Family Planning Centre 27 Victoria Square

Second clergy retreat nor Keating.

ROCKINGHAM

Star of the Sea School is a coeducational primary school with a current enrolment of 550 students from Years 1-7. It is anticipated that the school will become a full three-stream school by 1993. A Special Education unit is an important part of the schools' program.

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

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

Further information and official application forms can be obtained from: Eric Chidlow Catholic Education Office of WA PO Box 198, Leederville WA 6007 Telephone: (09) 388 4388 Official application forms should be addressed to The Director, Catholic Education Office (address above) and lodged by Wednesday, August 29, 1990.

Vocation Co-ordinator Fr Tom McNulty 0 Pracm Si Norbcrt's Priory QUFENS PARK WA 6107

Shared Life Shared Prayer Shared Ministry

St. Man's Cathedral C.C.R. Prayer Meeting. i-ertre 4A.4) Ma'. Street. Perth

Si. Patrick's Church C.C.R. Prayer Group

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