The Record Newspaper 06 September 1990

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Pray for peace, says pope CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS): Pope John Paul II has asked for a negotiated solution to the "truly worrying" crisis in the Persian Gulf and criticised Iraq for "grave violations of international law".

WorW stability "is gravely threatened", and the crisis has "negative repercussions in the social and economic order", especially on the

"poorest nations", the pope said during his midday Angelus talk at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, 24km south of Rome.

The 300-word speech was his most explicit talk about the gathering war clouds in the Gulf region since Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on August 2.

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for Western hostages being held in Iraq and for solutions to other Mideastern problems, such as those of the the and Palestinians Lebanese.

"Mary, Queen of Peace, interceded for us and above all for those who suffer because they are unjustly held far from their homeland," the pope said of the

thousands of citizens of Western nations refused permission to leave Iraq.

The pope launched an appeal to world leaders for "a constructive dia'ogue in search of a just solution for the current difficulty."

Prayers are needed so that "the star of peace may shine brightly on the troubled

populations of the Persian Gulf and all the people of the Middle East, above all those tested populations of Lebanon and Palestine," he said.

In the Gulf region, "we are witnesses of grave violations of international law and of the UN Charter, as well as the ethical principles which must rule the living together of people," said the pope.

Welcome with a warning The Australian Catholic Bishops welcomed the signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by the Australian Government but said that much work must be done within Australia itself to ensure that the signing is not an empty gesture.

Speaking on behalf of the Bishops. Cardinal Clancy said: "The Convention sets out basic rights of children throughout the world and must be welcomed by all people who care for

the welfare of every single child, but within Australia itself many children still live in poverty.

"Laws which separate children from their parents must be c ont inual ly reassessed.

development of children.

"Unless the signing of the Convention is accompanied by serious work in these fields, it could become an empty gesture on the international stage."

"Our refugee policy is too restrictive and lacks sufficient compassion for children.

"Our laws fail to protect the rights of children even one minute before birth and social and economic policy does not adequately protect the primary role of the family in the

Referring to the primary role of the Cardinal family.

Clancy said that the Convention recognises that the child should grow up in a family environment and that the family should be protected and assisted to carry out its responsibilities, but contrasted

this with some of the laws and policies in Australia.

"Any Government policy which in any way undermines the status of marriage directly harms the security of children.

"Economic policies on interest rates and taxation place a disproportionate burden on families, who have also had to bear the brunt of several years of wage restraint.

These policies are having serious effects on family life and on the consequent care of children," Cardinal Clancy said.

"Public education strategies which encourage children to have an exploitative view of the human body and which presume promiscuity in every single young person undermine the good work and example of the parents and teachers.

"The current AIDS advertisements, for example, do not respect the values expressed in the UN Convention in relation to the family and the primary responsibility of parents to give their children direction and guidance."

Cardinal Clancy referred to the statement in the UN Convention about the needs of the child for special protection, including legal protection, before as well as after birth, and listed practices in Australia in which such legal protection is virtually nonexistent: abortion on demand for social reasons, foetal testing followed by abortion, human embryo experimentation, surrogate mother arrangements, the development of p harmaceutical agents for the purpose

of procuring abortions, and fatal neglect of newborn infants with major disabilities.

"The Convention is to be welcomed for the good that it can do for all the children of the world, but Australia itself has much work to do if it is to live up to the Convention.

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taken to ensure that, in securing the rights of children, the rights of parents are not trampled on," Cardinal Clancy said.

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Victoria on all sides, the archdiocesan management were obviously unimpressed with the figures and a statement by Archbishop Frank Little called it "unrealistic to continue publication" and that "The Advocate was becoming a burden on the archdiocese".

Trouble hit The Advocate in 1986 and a restructuring then saw the forced sale of its long standing a Becket street office and printery building.

The capital provided by that sale was the basis of a further re-organisation of the paper in 1989, but according to the archbishop's statement, a study of the financial accounts for the past two years spelt the end of any further support from the archdiocese.

What an autopsy

It is no comfort for the 116-year old Record newspaper to be standing beside the interred remains of its slightly older relative of 122 years.

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Victoria's 122-year-old publishing landmark The Advocate is putting out its last issue this week.

A sudden death announcement hit the staff at 10.30am last Thursday after the management board's monthly meeting.

Amongst the 12 staff immediately to be without jobs is the director of 18 months Mr Peter Philp who is president of the Australian Religious Press Association who attends the association's annual convention this week minus a job.

He had been aggressively marketing The Advocate over the past year, stirring up parish interest and individual subscriptions.

His efforts saw the paper pick up three per cent in circulation, from 13,500 to 16,000.

But with financial collapse shaking

The Record now inherits the title of the longest surviving religious masthead, although other Australian Catholic publications pre-dated our start in 1874 at the Subiaco Orphanage Press.

The burial of The Advocate has produced the customary headshaking that accompanies death. At least for humans death is inevitable after all but frank realists will want to ask was this death really necessary at all.

The wisdom of Melbourne's archdiocesan financiers has to be bowed to but the swift mortal blow, with not even the chance of an oxygen mask for some resuscitation, will wake up the daydreamers in the Church who pretend

that reality does not have The Record, by comparto be faced where reli- ison, appeared just after gious administration is t hose bishops had concerned. unpacked their bags after There's no need for an the short and aborted inquest. The circumstan- council event of 1870. ces of death are obvious.

The papers of the day Ink, paper, and produc- reported some council tion costs and staff wages fallout, often about infalbear no charmed life in libility, but gave no hint today's runaway econ- of the earthquakes that omy, just because would shake the Church Catholic blessed hopes after Vatican II a century are at stake. later.

The Advocate deserves The Church had yet to an autopsy. . . but, then, face an external foe: where would it he hostile 20th century printed? secularism amongst the Autopsies can be had new intelligentsia, a news. They reveal what savage persecution went wrong in the health under communism, but care of the patient. That above all the devastation is had news to those who that modern urban life should have been giving has inflicted on comfortable Catholic patterns of care.

Did the patient have a the past.

The Catholic papers history? In one sense, The Advocate had a world wide were to be glorious history. It was busy for decades reportborn just before the ing this suffering condiworld's bishops — tion of the Church. scarcely a thousand — Publications flourished, were packing their bags but in the late 20th for the first general century, just when the council to be held by the Church thought it had Church for 300 years, taught everyone to read, Vatican I. the people would sud-

Some 75% of Catholics would vote with their feet and stay away from Sunday Mass where those Catholic papers were sold.

Most of the Mass-goers would learn to scurry past those papers. Perfunctory pulpit support in a hot and cold lovehate relationship with the printed distant cousin made it questionable in congregations' eyes whether Catholic papers were worth bothering about.

That is, until the papers died. They did die. A dozen newspapers and religious magazines have vanished in two decades.

Thus did The Advocate die. Not a very pretty picture for Victoria's one million plus Catholics, once proud of their paper, or on the even 25 per cent who go to Mass — 230,000 in Melbourne

The circle is complete — the Catholic community in the Archdiocese of Melbourne has returned to where it was 122 years ago — without a newspaper.

On February 1, 1868, the Catholic people of Melbourne were given a voice, a journal to provide a full and accurate coverage of news, a channel to report and analyse issues confronting the church.

In its first front page leader in 1868. The Advocate left no doubt in the minds of its readers that it was committed to more than propaganda and pious religiosity.

"It will also be a general newspaper in the wider sense, omitting nothing of interest or importance

to the Australian public," said that Advocate leader.

During its 122 years. your Catholic newspaper has created a proud history. It established itself as one of the great Catholic publications of the world during the Mannix era, always prepared to address contentious issues.

The Advocate will be long remembered for its public stance on conscription during the World War 1, capital punishment, state aid to private schools, abortion and justice for the poor.

Respect for The Advocate extends beyond the Catholic community as demonstrated by the large volume of calls from Anglicans and

denly stop reading, at least Catholic papers and books.

Circumstances peaked just before Vatican II and not after.

each Sunday, said a report.

The Advocate's problem now is not of "rigor mortis" hut "reader mortis". The Advocate also died of starvation, of lack of advertising revenue, because only advertising spells the difference between profit and lass in today's newspaper publishing business.

And to have advertising you have to have readers.

It's a message that pretentiously pure Catholics don't like to hear.

However, the dailies and Sunday papers littered around the house are a proof of that economic fact. "Don't let the hard sell of the market place sully our spiritual reading" they plead. Where in heaven's name do these people live?

Catholic school and health systems vanished from the Catholic press advertising pages long ago. Hundreds of thousands of dollars of Catholic advertising now boost Australia's news-

The very last words RIP

The Advocate 1-2-1868 to 5 -9-1990

Protestants deeply regretting the passing of this paper.

For many Catholics, The Advocate has been an essential part of their family life for decades.

Through its pages, they have found inspiration, challenge and solidarity.

Following the re-launch of The Advocate in November last year, a significant number of the Catholic younger generation have been introduced to this paper, appreciative of its wideranging articles, contemporary issues that impact on their lives and the space that The Advocate created for Christian debate and reflection.

That interest extended to students in our Catholic schools who

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122 years Melbourne vicar general Monsignor Deakin laid the blame for the paper's ilton H demise at the feet of Catholics: "The Church could not continue to justify paying the paper's losses. With 230,000 Catholics going to church every Sunday in Melbourne, the paper should have been selling more."

He said that if the paper had not been now it would not have been able to losed c for termination and commitments meet for staff. payments service ong l Archbishop Little said he had appointed a task force under former Herald chairman Mr John D'Arcy to report on the best Catholic developing of method communications.

The Advocate's demise leaves Australia with only three religious weekly newspap-

ers, all of them Catholic, in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. Adelaide's Southern Cross weekly went the way of the Advocate four years ago and Hobart's Standard had gone to an earlier repose.

Victoria now has only one Catholic paper, Catholic Life, issued monthly out of Sale diocese. Melbourne just 25 years ago had two Catholic weeklies, The Advocate and The Tribune which folded in 1970.

The Ballarat monthly Light folded four years ago.

In Western Australia, in addition to The Record — now in its 116th year — the Geraldton diocesan Sower continues publication. The Bunbury diocesan South Star had a short existence more than two decades ago.

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paper giants. The idea that staff would look in a Catholic paper for a position is viewed as some sort of joke. The dead Advocate would find it hard to laugh.

Even the announcement of the death of The Advocate shows the sorry confusion of Catholic communication today.

The "direct family" involved in the Advocate's "death" were the current 16,000 subscribers. The rest of the Catholic family hadn't kept in touch for years.

Yet The Advocate was not given the courtesy or consolation of announcing its own death first to its own friends.

Instead, it was by benefit of The Age and Sun in Victoria and The Australian nationally that this news hit the public. Radio and TV completed the despatch but the staffs at the Advocate were still hard at work sewing their own shroud.

Just four years ago, Adelaide Catholics too first heard of their paper's closure via the secular media.

The Warwick Fairfax and Rupert Murdoch publishing machines must smile wryly at the prospect of being now t he only channels through which large sectors of Australian Catholics hear anything about their Church.

Ordinary Catholics can judge now how beholden they are to a media treatment preferring the blow-torch to the pulpit for its image of the Church.

Only what the Church is not will be seen and heard on Hinch.

In Perth's West Australian and on Perth's ABC disgruntled ex-Catholics now have an open line to criticise the Church without interruption.

On national ABC Catholic matters get the nod only if high-flyer men or women religious

are putting the Church in order according to their own agenda of things.

Catholics, of course, found out a long time ago that reading a Catholic paper is not essential for salvation. Thus has it ever been so, say those with long memories.

Some may even be glad at the death of a Catholic paper. The Advocate tombstone will speak for those who fought to keep it alive. It was a futile exercise.

The productions. remainder of the papers have come to be produced by laity. Will Australian Catholics spare a thought for the new wave of journalists and staff who risked their career in taking up a lay role in the Church?

A sad day...

Mr John Coleman, Editor of The Catholic Leader and president of the Australasian Catholic Press Association, said: "In these times of the Information Revolution and with shrinking newspaper ownership, a vigorous and courageous Catholic Press is needed more than ever.

Personal view

Nicholas Kerr, secretary of the the Church in Victoria. It has been Australian Religious Press Associ- a vehicle for news and ation (ARPA) and life member of information. the Australasian Catholic Press "More significantly in my view Association (ACPA), made the it has been a forum for discussion following personal observations: and debate. The religious press is "I'm devastated by the news. the only vehicle Iknow of for this The Advocate has made enor- sort of dialogue. mous strides since Peter Philp "I am shocked at the suddenbecame managing director. ness of the decision. I firmly "It has tackled some very believe this sort of move should difficult issues with sensitivity not be made without widespread and professionalism. This won the discussion. It should not be paper many friends — and some presented to the members of the enemies.

Church in Victoria — to say The Advocate's closure will nothing of the staff of the create a tragic hole in the life of Advocate — as a fait accompli."

BLOOM...where you are planted!

An Adelaide editor, a papal knight, now heads Uniting Church communications. In Sydney and Melbourne, two prominent editors now vanish into limbo.

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Death is never pretty.

No newspaper dies without a fairly sudden and ruthless sometimes spasm. Catholic newspaper and magazine And that virus will deaths are no different. plague a Church boasting the arrival of the age The Church ought to of the laity. remember the men and Two decades ago pri- women who risked a lot ests, brothers and nuns over a century to make were scattered at the top an Australian Catholic of Australia's more than Press vision survive. The thirty healthy Catholic late 20th century Australian Church had betpublications. ter think long and hard They have gone, and so on the obituary it will have many of their write for their efforts.

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The Advocate died not necessarily of its own illness. It died of a virus that became an epidemic amongst its readers.

that awakens, a preach- link and challenge ing that enlightens, as within the Victorian when a light is turned on Catholic community. awakens and annoys a With our passing that sleeper — that is the must remain, weldink l preaching of Christ, calling: Wake up! Be ing us together in comconverted! That is the mon mission. authentic church's Take courage again preaching. Naturally, from the words of Oscar such preaching will meet Romero: "If they close conflict, must spoil what down our newspaper, if is mis-called prestige, they do not let us speak, must disturb, must be if they kill all the priests persecuted". and the bishop too and The Advocate has taken you are left. . . each one seriously its commission of you must be God's to communicate an microphone, each one of awakening and enlight- you must be a messenger, ening message, very a prophet. The Church humbly and sometimes will always exist as long as there is one baptised imperfectly. person".

The decision has now As God's microphone, been made to close the Advocate. Over its 122 we must be the proclaiyears your newspaper mers of the Transfigured has provided a unique Christ, the Jesus who

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The call of God today to His Church is exciting, costly and often disturbing. Like Jesus, the disciples of the 90's are called to take up their cross and follow Him. To demonstrate that call, The Advocate has been committed to showing ordinary Christian people at work serving, loving, rejoicing and suffering.

That call of God to His Church was powerfully captured by the late Oscar Romero when he said that we must all be involved in, "A preaching

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Vatican being 'realistic'

... IN THE LATEST INSTRUCTION ON THE ROLE OF THEOLOGIANS WASHINGTON (CNS): The Vatican's recent instruction on the role of theologians in the church is a "realistic" and "positive" treatment, Archbishop Quinn of San Francisco says in an essay in his diocesan monthly.

Archbishop Quinn said the Vatican document responds to many of the concerns he had when he urged the Holy See, in 1974 and again in 1980 at international bishops' synods in Rome, to develop guidelines for dealing with questions of t heological dissent.

The document, titled "Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian", was issued June 26 by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

While only about one-

fifth of it concerns theological dissent from church teachings, Archbishop Quinn focused his comments on that part "because it has been a major topic of consideration in America for some years now".

He suggested that US Catholics may have misinterpreted the tone and meaning of the Vatican instruction because of "distorted" news reports and a misunderstanding of the narrow meaning of "dissent" as it is used in the document.

He said the document "says many beautiful things about the dignity and vocation of the theologian" and, despite some news reports about it, "is not harsh or confrontational in tone".

"This instruction affirms the classical and

long-held teachings of which even come to cate their difficulties to theologians on dissent," expression in organised church authorities prihe said. vately and to "avoid groups".

He added that the US Noting those portions of turning to the 'mass Bishops' brief statement the document, Archbi- media' . . . seeking to exert the pressure of on theological dissent in shop Quinn said: public opinion".

"Human Life in Our "The instruction, then, Day", a 1968 pastoral appears to use the word "If I have correctly letter, "is substantially 'dissent' for these kinds understood the docuthe doctrine of this of public and organised ment, then," Archbishop instruction, though not manifestations of with- Quinn said, "it calls as fully developed". held assent." theologians who under He added: "Americans, the described conditions The instruction defines dissent as "public opposi- on the other hand, seem feel they cannot give tion to the magisterium to include in the idea of assent to a nonof the church" and says dissent the more private, irreformable teaching to this "must be distin- personal withholding of avoid using the media as guished from the situa- assent and do not under- an instrument of creating tion of personal difficul- stand the word only or pressure and building up ties", a question treated at necessarily as implying sides. length in earlier portions public and organised "My understanding of of the document. mpaigns." the document is not that It places its concern He said that when the the congregation believes about dissent in the instruction was issued, that these things will not context of "the harm some US media "seized become public or pubdone to the community on and distorted" its call licly reported," he added. of the church by atti- for theologians who have "Its primary concern is tudes of general opposi- difficulty with a church that theologians not use tion to church teaching teaching to communi- or take the initiative to

Shroud: We're open to tests VATICAN CITY, (CNS): A Vatican spokesman said the Church was open to additional scientific t esting of the Shroud of Turin, venerated for centuries as Christ's burial cloth but dated by experts in 1988 to the Middle Ages.

The spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, said August 18 that the Vatican "would consider every serious and competent proposal" as long as it did not mean damaging the 14-foot-long strip of linen.

N avarro -Valls acknowledged that the 1988 carbon-14 dating found the cloth to be of medieval origin, but said this was a "singular" result that contrasted

with a series of preceding examinations. The shroud has been the subject of intense scientific study since the 1970s.

Carbon-14 testing has limits, he said, and its results should be seen in a "multidisciplinary" perspective that includes previous testing. None of the earlier tests, he noted, ruled out its possible dating to the time of Christ.

The spokesman made the remarks in announcing that Pope John Paul 11 was entrusting official custody of the shroud to Archbishop Giovanni Saldarini of Turin. He replaces Cardinal Anastasio Ballestrero, the retired archbishop of Turin who allowed the carbon-14 testing.

Navarro-Valls praised Cardinal Ballestrero for his role as shroud custodian, saying he deserved "great gratitude for his impartiality of action and judgement". The cardinal, he said, had left a tradition of "open, rigorous and objective research".

Navarro-Valls said there was a practical reason for further testing of the shroud.

Because "the way in which the image was formed remains a complete mystery", he said. Church experts do not know how to best preserve the cloth. The shroud is kept in an airtight container in Turin's cathedral.

When the carbon-14 tests results were announced, Cardinal

Rallestrero said the Church maintained its respect for the "icon of Christ, which remains an object of veneration for the faithful". He made clear that no question of faith was involved in the authenticity of the shroud.

Nevertheless, the examination by three separate laboratories disappointed some Catholics because it appeared to rule out the possibility that the cloth had actually been used to wrap Christ's body after his crucifixion.

Since then, a number of scientists have voiced objections to the way in which the carbon-14 dating was performed or to the validity of the small samples removed for the examination.

use the media as a Archbishop Quinn sugpressure tactic to manip- gested that the US ulate the magisterium Bishops' 1989 guidelines and foment divisions." for collaboration The archbishop said the between bishops and document shows "a theologians and resolugenuine openness to tion of doctrinal disputes hear and to receive the "can serve as a model" for reasoned and respectful the development of such structures throughout views of theologians". the church.

He said, however, that the church needs to The bishops developed develop "a climate of their guidelines in coldialogue and respectful laboration with profescommunication" and "to sional theologians and devise effective struc- canon lawyers in the tures of dialogue which United States and in can respond to the consultation with the concerns of both the Vatican's doctrinal Holy See and serious congregation. theological scholarship."

Archbishop Quinn said One of the criticisms of the Vatican instruction the Vatican document "is firm and makes limits from several theologians clear" but also "opens the was that structures for door to positive and effective communication constructive possibiliof theological concerns ties" of closer collaborathrough official church tion between theologians channels are lacking. and church authorities.

'Czechs bugged the office of Casaroli' PRAGUE: Czechoslovakia's former communist government bugged the office of Vatican secretary of state Cardinal Agostino Casaroli for an unidentified third country, says a newspaper story.

According to one report, a tiny remotecontrolled microphone the size of a sugarcube was placed in a religious statue on Cardinal Casaroli's desk. The story was based on an interview given to a Czechoslovakian newspaper

by Richard Sacher, interior minister during the six-month transition period following the fall of communist rule last December. Sacher was quoted as saying the bugging was done for "the information service of another state".

Sacher, a non-communist, is quoted as saying the spying took place under the previous communist government of Gustav Husak.

Sacher said he was not part of that government.

"In the office of a high-ranking state official of the Vatican, a perfect spy mechanism was installed which could listen and record at a distance," he said.

"In a nearby apartment a person, either Italian or of another nationality, was in charge of compiling reports on what was transmitted by this mechanism," he said.

Dili diocese marks golden year

DILI, EAST TIMOR: Dili diocese in East Timor will begin a oneyear celebration September 4 to commemorate its 50th anniversary, said Bishop Belo, apostolic administrator of the diocese.

The celebration will be dedicated to reflection on the role of the laity. It is targeted on increasing awareness of the role and position of the laity in the Church.

"Our target is for Dili diocese to become a missionary Church. We will increase priestly and religious vocations not only for East Timor, but also for other places in Indonesia and other countries in need," the bishop said.

"We will promote the lay apostolate by increasing the awareness of lay people and their function as witnesses of Christ, as

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salt and light of the world:' he continued.

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The formation of lay Bishop Belo said the is promising, the people diocese has promoted laity's role in the past. bishop said.

The first laity congress in There are 115 students 1987 called on all lay in their final year of people to be aware that study at the Pastoral the Church is not only nstitute of Dili.

I bishops, priests and religious sisters, but also The diocese also has the and mainly lay people.

Religion Catholic Teacher Training School "They must be responsi- in Baucau, in the eastern ble for Church life and part of East Timor.

Priestly and religious vocations are also noticeable, he said.

This year there are 75 seminarians, in the minor seminary in Lesidere, Dili.

"Such a development has not happened before," the bishop said adding that vocations to religious life are also increasing.

"Many East Timorese

girls have entered congregations of religious sisters working in East Timor."

In 1975 and several years after: "We experienced a difficult situation due to the civil war.

But since 1980 we have been able to develop the Church again," he said.

The number of Catholics has increased in recent years, Bishop Belo

said. After the integration of East Timor with Indonesia in 1976, many East Timorese animists became Catholic.

The number of conversions is higher than in preceding years, the bishop said, because of the government's suggestion that people join one of the recognised religions: Catholic. Protestant, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.

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VATICAN CITY: Vatican tour officials are dancing on the edge of a public relations dilemma as Pope John Paul the c onsecrates basilica of Our Lady of Peace during an overnight stay in Ivory Coast next Monday.

In the eyes of some beholders, the basilica rises up from savannah like a tribute to the glory of God. representing a new pilgrimage centre for Africa and a source of pride for all its people.

To others, the $150 million church, built by the country's ageing president in imitation of St Peter's in Rome, is an eloquent example of extravagance and inverted priorities on the world's poorest continent.

During six previous trips to Africa, the pope has been a voice of conscience to developed nations, pleading the cause of the continent's hungry and poor.

But that message may seem out of place in the lavishly decorated church in Yamoussoukro, the city where President Felix HouphouetBoigny was born.

Some at the Vatican fear the publicity may be similar to photos published during the

basilica's four-year construction: barefoot peasants in the streets, a shining dome against the sky.

Except this time the pope will be standing at the basilica's doorway.

"The best thing would have been for the pope not to go. But there's a question of honesty involved here, too. You can't prevent a man from investing his life savings in building a church," said Vatican press spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls.

Whatever the misgivings that led the pope to wait more than a year before agreeing to the consecration, they are now officially gone.

"The Holy See does not feel embarrassed to accept this church as a gift," the papal spokesman said.

His arguments are by now familiar ones at the Vatican and were repeated by two Africans who work in Vatican other departments: own his • By account, HouphouetBoigny paid for the church out of his own pocket. Unlike most African leaders, he was wealthy before he came to power in 1960. If he had bought three or four fighter planes instead, no one would have com-

plained — but "a church is considered excessive".

• The president did not ask or consult with the Vatican or local bishops on his project. but presented them with a "fait accompli". The Vatican did the best thing possible: found a way to incorporate a hospital and other social services in the church complex and agreed to arrange for an international foundation to pay for upkeep costs (estimated at hundred several dollars thousand annually).

• Had the Holy See designed this church, it probably would have been "aesthetically different". But critics of the basilica's grandeur, the argument goes, should recall that there are four costlier religious buildings under construction in the world that have not drawn criticism — all of them mosques.

Billed as bigger than St Peter's — it actually holds fewer people — the church has drawn no criticism from Ivory Coast bishops and little disapproval in Africa.

Instead, it is the West that seems most offended by the project.

Those who say the building is out of

place in a country where only 10 per cent of the population (including the president) is Catholic should known that a Muslim businessman recently gave the local bishop about $1000 toward the building.

As one African at the Vatican put it: "African pride is at stake here. The Catholic head of an African state builds a great cathedral with his own money and makes a gift of it.

What are we supposed to do: Take a book of matches and burn it down?"

Houphouet-Boigny. who is in his late aos, reacted warmly and opened his pocketbook when the Vatican suggested adding social assistance centres to the church complex.

The pope will bless the foundation stone of the hospital during his visit. An Africawide Catholic radio station and a technical school are being discussed as potential future projects.

Critics of the enterprise can be found in Rome, too. They recite construction details like a litany of extravagance: the 207 acres of French stained glass in 4000 different tints (including one figure that resembles Houphouet-Boigny as a young man), the 273

columns, the tonnes of Italian marble, the blocks concrete "antiqued" in acid baths, the square design2.d to hold 300,000 people and the 75-acre ornamental French gardens that will surround the complex.

The pope's blessing, the critics note, will come during a serious economic crisis that has caused the country to suspend payments on its $10 billion foreign debt. It also comes in the wake of a popular political challenge to Houphouet-Boigny's 30-year-long, oneparty rule.

An Italian missionary order spoke for many of the critics when it asked in its monthly magazine, Nigrizia: "How many schools, how many dispensaries, how many streets could this money have built?"

One Vatican official shrugged and recalled the biblical account of how Jesus defended Martha when she anointed his feet with a costly perfumed oil — over the objections of Judas Iscariot, who asked why the ointment wasn't sold to help the poor.

"And let's be honest," the official said.

"With the cost of this basilica you can't begin to solve Africa's social problems."

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Dream comes true as Perth man is ordained A dream came true in Adelaide recently when Perth's Minh-Thuy Nguyen was ordained a deacon with his longtime friend and class mate Minh-Tam Nguyen.

"We assemble today as a community of Christ's faithful," Adelaide Archbishop Faulkner said in his welcome address.

"From this community t wo of our number have been chosen for special service in the Church as deacons.

"Minh-Tam, for the Archdiocese of Adelaide, and Minh-Thuy who has been accepted by Archbishop Foley to serve in the Archdiocese of Perth."

By Justin Bianchini After the ordination Minh-Thuy, 31, said he was ready to serve God's people.

"In the long years, even in many struggles — but I think through the struggle — God wants me to understand people in the future, in their struggle situations," Minh-Thuy said.

Part of his struggle was leaving behind his country, family and friends in 1981.

He escaped in a boat from Vietnam and spent five days at sea. Twice the engine broke down.

When the boat was adrift one night Minh-

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Thuy said he was prepared for death.

"I felt strong faith in God because humans can't control our own life," he said.

He was "rescued" by a West German ship and arrived at Pulaubidong Island, a Malaysian refugee camp. where he met Minh-Tam. "I arrived on April 13 and Minh-Tam came the next day. We found out we were seminarians in Vietnam," he said.

Minh-Thuy spent seven years at Saint Philip Minh's, a minor seminary in South West Vietnam, and two years

at Xuan-Bich major seminary. He was studying for the Vinh-Long diocese.

The two became catechists in the camp before Minh-Thuy moved to Sungeibesi camp and eventually to Perth.

Minh-Tam settled in Adelaide and they entered Saint Francis Xavier Seminary together in 1984.

Minh-Thuy had prepared for Adelaide at Saint Charles in Guildford.

Minh-Thuy said being ordained with MinhTam meant being conscious of God calling them from another awntry, of their friendship and support in struggle

Minh-Thuy Nguyen . . ordained a deacon. and their readiness to serve two dioceses in the Australian Church.

He has already completed pastoral placements in two Perth parishes, the first at Highgate in 1987, and the second at Spearwood in

What they said in July...

Statement by Catholic Bishops prohibits harmful interference with human beings at all stages of life of Australia in early July: V The Australian Catholic Bishops The Bishops are also anxious give their wholehearted support that ratification should leave no to recent international initiatives doubt that parents have the to overcome abuse of the rights of primary right and responsibility for children, including cruelty to and the nurturing of their children. even torture of children, child poverty and the forced separation The Convention must not be used of families, especially refugee to undermine the legitimate families. authority of parents, and the role The Bishops welcome the United of parents should not be set aside Nations Convention on the Rights unless the parents are manifestly of the Child and sincerely hope abusing their authority or otherthat, despite any limitations it may wise neglecting their obligations. have, it will prove to be an effective The Bishops endorse the coninstrument for protecting the cern of the Holy See's Observer to rights and interests of all children the United Nations in relation to the throughout the world. rights of parents to ensure the Because of the importance of the religious education of their Convention for the children of the children in accordance with the whole world, the Bishops strongly parents' own convictions. recommend that Australia should Within Australia itself there are ratify the Convention, though they must at the same time express many issues concerning children some reservations concerning the that require urgent attention, e.g. possible implementation and use of poor health and education levels the Convention within Australia among many Aboriginal children; high rates of child detention; itself. and sexual abuse of physical The Bishops are aware that the homelessness; drug child children; Convention Preamble to the abuse. provides for the rights of children Unless ratification of the before as well as after birth, and are particularly concerned that Convention is to be nothing more human beings from their beginning than an empty gesture, concerted and throughout their lives be given action will be called for from the the protection of the law. In the Federal Government, each and event of ratification, the Australian every State and Territorial GovernGovernment will have a moral ment, the churches and the obligation to ensure that the law entire Australian community.

1989.

His parents VanNgchem Nguyen, and Thi-Tuoi, who arived in Perth in September last year along with MinhThuy's two sisters and brother, were in Adelaide for the ordination.

Fathers Justin Bianchini and Francis Ly Van Ca were also there.

Despite looking forward to his return to Perth and parish life in the next few weeks, Minh-Thuy said he'll miss living in the seminary community.

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Soviets want to study religion VATICAN CITY (CNS): Soviet social scientists are currently more interested in studying religion's influence on life than developing antireligious propaganda, said Vera Mazalova, a member of Moscow's R esearch Institute on Religion and Atheism.

The aim is to "look again at the role of religion" in social and personal life, she said.

Regarding religion, "we can no longer say that it doesn't exist, that we don't want it," she said.

"It must be studied as any contemporary daily phenomenon of life, because it is a part of life and society," she said.

As a sign of the new attitude, she cited the recent change in name of her state-run institute.

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"Its principal task was to develop atheistic propaganda, to confirm the materialistic vision of the world and to combat religion," she said.

Ms Mazalova said she has had no problems in her contacts with Vatican agencies and pontifical universities.

"The climate has changed because we are no longer the opposition, but are striving for collaboration and cooperation," she said.

She attributed the changed attitudes to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's December visit to Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.

"It changed the relationships between religion and atheism," she said.

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Step by step on the road to Rome...

This was the story that prompted Fr Lisle to say his bit.

'Former priest' ordained

In Laudon a ismer priest in the Church of England, PWlip Gaff, was recently ordained by Cardimal lime in the chapel at Archbishop's ister, to serve in the Catholic House, Wes Church. Below is the text of the Cardinal's address.

II( I do recognise just how much is involved for a man who, having exercised a ministry in the Church of England, now seeks priesthood in the Catholic Church. You will look back now on the years of your ministry in the Anglican Communion, and you may wonder about them.

Wasted years?

Of course not. I recall the very clear teaching of the Second Vatican Council: 'Even though we believe that those (other) Churchesorcommunities are defective, theyare certainly not without significance and

A clergyman from the which the Church A nglican Church or any derives its structure and other ministry entering life are capable of an the Catholic Church existency beyond the cannot necessarily pre- confines of the visible sume he will be Catholic Church. ordained to the Father John Lisle Catholic priesthood. agrees. Before becoming On the other hand a Catholic priest in 1969 Catholic bishops ought to he had put in a very have a policy on how active 25 years as an these sort of matters Anglican priest, in England, in the Bahamas, in should be handled. a big mission in South This is the opinion of one Perth Catholic priest Africa and in a southern who has been down that WA parish. road and has had first Notwithstanding that hand experience of some long experience he said of the difficulties that he was non-plussed may lie in the path of shortly after commencothers. ing his Catholic services Father John Lisle, when he made a suggesparish priest of Mosman tion to a priest only to be Park, this week spoke greeted with the reply after reading in The that he had been Record (August 23) the ordained only a month homily of London's Car- and wouldn't know dinal Hume when he anything . . .

Lisle ordained a former priest But Father from the Church of believes that the first task England. is to "arrive in the Cardinal Hume said Catholic Church" and ascertain to that although the then one has a defiwhether Catholic Church has certain teachings and nite vocation to the procedures on the ordi- Catholic priesthood.

"Many different things nation of other ministers, the Catholic Church can spark off a converfirmly teaches that sion." he said. "For some important elements from of us. as with John Henry

priesthood, although not quite as rapidly as Cardinal Manning did.

Experience in the monastery taught me that from time to time a roan would want to be a monk before ever thinking of becoming a Catholic.

The call from God was present, and there was a certain continuity from the first awareness of the call to its realisation.

Similarly,I have found that there is continuity between that first call by God to you to exercise a priestly ministry in the Church of England and his call now to be a priest in the Catholic Church.

It is the continuity and persistence of the "call" that have struck me. It is not so in every case.

The Catholic bishop does have to discern anew. in so far as he can, that God is truly calling the

Cardinal Newman, it is such as he who was seminary course in an ongoing thing all the overcoming the hurdle of prepared to go out and King's College London. time, he pointed out. discovering that the work to support the He also likes to surprise Fr Lisle said that Catholic Church is the family while he stayed Catholics by telling them Catholic priests who go Church in toto, and not home and studied for his that he always said the in the other direction the 'three branch theory Catholic journey.

Rosary daily, even as an tend to become openly of Rome,' Constantinople Anglican.

Mary Lisle died five critical of the Catholic and Rome being the Fr Lisle believes that Church they left. He has years ago. undivided visible some Catholics know too never wanted to be Fr Lisle said that in his Church! little about Anglicans. critical of his former case the preparation was "No Anglican priest shorter than he had "On the other hand, I Anglican surroundings would join the Catholic anticipated because the don't suppose there's any nore have people ever Church for any other then Bishop Goody of real need!" asked him to be so.

Fr Lisle studies closely He says it would be a reason than that he Bunbury had a very clear believes it is the Truth. mind about what he was what is happening else- lack of charity not to The traffic in the other going to do. And the where as former Angli- keep up friendly reladirection may have many present archbishop can priests enter the tions with many of his excellent personal ma- "came to my rescue Catholic Church. He former colleagues and he thinks the UK scene is finds that they can sons, but rarely in pur- often," he added. mediocre because they discuss many matters suit of the Truth."

Them ought to be a But once he is in the bishops' policy about have not arrived at a clear openly.

Catholic Church, the how to go about the idea what to do.

In the United States the It requires him to be convert clergyman's discernment of a vocagracious in their comproblems are not over. tion and what steps program is more smooth pany: on the other hand "If he's celibate, the should follow, he because they have put a they will know what is Catholic bishop in course is much easier. suggested. his position on some of charge, he said.

But if he is a married "It should not be a the questions that divide Looking back on it all Fr the faiths. man with children, he is haphazard process, nor faced in a very realistic should the candidate be Lisle says: "I would do way with the question of kept dangling while the same thing all over Fr Lisle sums up his life: what to do for a living, if decisions are made," Fr again if I had to, but "At the age of 50 I came having said that, the to Peter." he does not go on to the Lisle said. furrow has now always With a chuclde he refers priesthood."

Amongst applicants Father Lisle asked: there will be a differing been an easy one to to the celebration he held to mark his "40th anni"And even if he does aim degree of readiness, or Plough." for the priesthood, what knowledge of CatholiAcceptance is some- versary of priesthood". does he do in the cism he pointed out. thing the new arrival has "A little laterIam going meantime?" to earn and complete to be celebrating my He said that not all In Fr Lisle's case he had acceptance is possibly 50th . . . and I'm not would have had a wife originally attended a full not going to follow. It is going to call it my 25th!'

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By Jane Wolford Hughes

Jesus invites each of us to join him in a journey. It often starts early; but the deep commitment to walk the full way asks more than a child can give. In some cases, it is more than an adult can give — lithe adult does not seek maturity of faith. commitment This demands the ability to make mature decisions.

Even then, one's original "Yes, Lord" is rarely enough. In most lives it will be repeated many times — not because it was not sincere, but because life's rhythm brings us into new situations with varying seductions.

Faith continues to develop. And with each fresh "Yes, Lord" believers grow.

When a couple can move through a crisis together, leaning on one another and on God, they are blessed.

This is the story of such a couple.

Tom and Arlene recognised the need for faith; this brought them together in a strong marriage. They had it all: each other, a family, success.

But problems came, disappointments, some loss of security. Looking back, Arlene sees they evolved in stages of anxiety and tears, holding each other up, always depending on the Lord.

Tom feeLs their real

sense of commitment carat after they were 35.

Now in their 50s they saY'Aie know a pervadmlite ise of peace. God is alwills with us."

Tte, read Scripture togiti&er and in parish grescs. Slowly their lifestyle has shifted.

Mcte time is spent beim! Jesus to others throigh volunteer work but principally those who cross their paths, whail call the sacrament of he here-and-now.

Thef t twice a week to incpase their awareness

"that all is on loan to us, even life itself".

From appearance they could be any other couple, until you come to know them. Then they seem larger than the reality you see.

Judy is a vigorous former university professor. "Perhaps because I've just turned 69 I am making God more and more my top priority," she says "It's not that I think I'm ready to toddle off and better be on good terms with God. It's just

more evident now that by being closer to God I feel more loved and loving.

"Age has an advantage," she thinks. "People trust you more; so when you reach out to bring the Lord to them they don't resist. Fulfilling my commitment to serve his is easier as I grow older."

that God loves them. I must say that the privilege of entering into another's life has widened mine."

Judy set up a parish library — a sign of her own tremendous desire to grow in knowledge of her faith. And she is a considerable force on the side of justice for the elderly, serving on several commissions on ageing.

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perpetual dying and rising to new life that a real commitment calk us to". As she matured, she became more and more conscious of keeping justice and love foremost in her relationships.

People hunger to talk about God, says Judy.

"They need a grandmotherly ear to pick up the fears and hurts and guilts and be reminded

Cathy is 37. She thinks it takes maturity "to really cope with the

But I_Ro, a 27-year-old nurse in an intensive care unit, says age doesn't seem to be the factor in mature commitment. Teenagers are capable of it if they really think about what it means and how it will affect their lifestyle.

mature human amduct. And for a Christian to live without seriously implementing the teaching and selfless example of Jesus' love is folly.

Later in the same letter, Paul will address another dangerous weakness:

smug complacency.

Some Corinthians acted as though they had it made since they had Christ's forgiveness in baptism, were one with the risen Lord and nourished by the eucharistic food. What more did they need? Why did

they still need to grow?

Paul clearly implies that Christians find the guidelines to balanced, mature living in the Scriptures.

They must reflect seriously on them and apply them honestly to their own lives.

Viewing maturity from another angle

By Father John Castelot

Many of St Paul's converts in Corinth considered themselves very grownup, mature, sophisticated.

Delores Leckey invited readers to write to her regarding their everyday faith experiences. She received hundreds of responses from all over the US.

Reactions Dear Friends, Several weeks ago I invited people to write to me about concrete experiences of God in everyday life and about what faith means to them.

Although circumstances vary, certain themes emerge from the stories of their relationship with God. Nature continually reveals the Creator's glory and mystery in your letters.

A child observes: "Yesterday I saw a robin let a worm go; that's like God." A young park ranger feels closest to God when she's backpacking alone in the wilderness.

A reader writes: "Where I live in the city observe 10 trees in their different seasons . . . they remind me of Christ." One woman glimpses God in "the marvellous complexity of the human body which never needs to be redesigned".

The family is an almost universal theme in the letters, a place of contentment, but also of challenge and even deep sorrow. Families give rise to faith and hope.

They were wise in the ways of the world and could smartly spout all the latest philosophical jargon, which was the "in" thing in their society.

The apostle's assessment of them was quite different. He complained he could

not talk to them as spiritual persons because they were only "infants in Christ. I fed you with milk and did not give you solid food because you were not ready for it. You are not ready for it even now" (1 Corinthians 3:1-2).

1-33 Corinthians' cooluct gave them the lie. They talked

like adults but acted like children: selfish, egocentric;. hiturity is not just a

• er of smart ne&s; it doe not come auto• Ageing is ins hide but matur-

THE HUNDREDS OF LETTERS RECEIVED SPEAKS VOLUMES OF THE CREATOR'S GLORY AND MYSTERY

By Dolores Leckey

Some are parents of special Downes Syndrome children; their gentleness is a blessing. Others have buried children, and that form of crucifixion has rooted them still more firmly in the mystery of God. A teen spoke about a younger sister "Megan's just a toddler, always so happy; she gives me hope."

Husbands and wives cherish their small, everyday sharings, so much like rituals in the flow of a day.

Widows and widowers are grateful for what has been; they move through their grief to a new kind of waiting.

God's presence was felt by one woman who tapped into unexpected courage in deciding to leave an abusive spouse. Adult children write about forgiving alcoholic parents.

No matter what the family's shape, readers

Reflecting on faith.

day after day.

Many identify work as a means of deepening the experience of God. One young man finds his work environment stressful, but says he's actually learned to enjoy it through prayer.

Another reader views his labour with a contemplative eye. "Sometimes while cleaning furnaces in dark and lonely cellars, God presents himself to me in the intricate designs of the spider webs, the fire from the furnace or the friendly cat."

Almost all of you mentioned friendship as a sign of God. A reader writes: "I have a friend at work, a very down-to-earth sort of guy. . . he understands so many things I'm going through.

Ibelieve he's close to God." Young people, especially, understand God's presence in friendship. "When my friend smiles at me, God is smiling."

The special friendship that characterises Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon is a healing, sustaining force for others.

ing takes effort. It involves taking all of reality into account, facing it squarely and acting accordingly.

A view of the world which does not take God into account is only a partial view, limited and woefully inadequate for truly

What is adult faith? How much appeal can Christianity be expected to have for truly mature adults?

Based on response to Dolores Leckey's recent request that readers write to her about where they find God in their lives, adults find faith very interesting and challenging.

This week Mrs Leckey writes about the reader response, indicating that people today are experiencing God's presence in family life, at work, in nature, in the parish and in ministry.

Veteran religious educator Jane Wolford Hughes says that she stood at the doorways of many people to research the ways adults today are growing into mature and faith-filled Catholics. Commitment to Jesus demands an adult faith, the ability to make mature decisions, she says.

Of course, faith is for adults, says educator Neil Parent. So many basic tenets of Christian belief can only be assimilated when one has reached a certain maturity.

That doesn't mean faith has no place in children's lives. But, says Parent, faith needs to be pondered, practised and loved.

A kg and somowlat lowly wHi oo n ire waxy a chance to powder I S their faith.

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Some adult religious educators are fond of saying that in the Gospels Jesus blessed children and taught adults, whereas we in the Church bless adults and teach children.

That saving is meant to drive home an opinion strongly held by some

educators

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Church and its people frequently have their priorities backward.

They focus their energies and resources on children when adults should

be receiving more of their attention.

While one may question the literal accuracy of such a view of both Jesus' and the Church's respective ministries, the basic sentiments behind it remains true enough.

Christianity is first and foremost intended for the mature believer.

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Obviously, I am not suggesting that Christianity has little relevance for children. On the contrary, it has much to say to them, as our youthful saints undoubtedly would attest.

Still, when we examine some of Christianity's major tests of belief, such as the incarnation, atonement, redemption, grace, we immediately recognise that they are diffi-

marriage, love, sex, commitment, work and purpose in life can be meaningfully undercult enough for adults to stood and appreciated grapple with. from a Christian There are dimensions of perspective. faith that only can be Some years ago, I assimilated when one attended a lecture given has attained a certain by an atheist who once level of maturity and was a Roman Catholic experience of life.

During her presentation, For example, people the speaker described need to have reached a how she had come to certain level of maturity reject the existence of before concerns such as God.

by NEIL PARENT

Essentially, she felt that that shouldn't be she had no choice but to believed in." deny a God whom she This woman's notion ()f had been raised to see mainly as a harsh judge, God was essentially a quick punisher. In her infantile, underdeveview, this God and the loped and, in my opinion, churches in his service just plain wrong. Since were essentially cold, she could not reconcile removed from human that view of God with what were obviously her life and authoritarian. own more positive expeWhen she finished riences and feelings speaking, my major reac- about life, she felt comtion was: "She is abso- pelled to deny God's lutely right; a God like existence.

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Lonely world of a AIDS ads under fire

SYDNEY: The Executive Committee of the Christian Medical Fellowship of Australia which represents over twelve hundred practising medical practitioners considers that the medical and ethical overtones of the current AIDS advertisements are misleading, objectionable and medically inaccurate.

"The presuppositions behind the advertisements represent attitudes which are offensive to many young people," says their statement. "They portray a promiscuous lifestyle as normal for young Australians, where _ in fact a large proportion, perhaps a majority might well not subscribe to that pattern of behaviour.

"The suggestion implicit in all these advertisements that all are at risk is not accurate.

"There is of course an occupational risk factor for certain medical personnel. Congenital and neonatal infections are possible. But beyond this, we have here probably the first worldwide epidemic in which, now that blood transfusions and tissue transplant are safe, all persons can be

At one stage some about the good times found out at the school they've had. that her mother had Ben's father is also a AIDS and she had to bikie who's been in jail leave to seek anonymity and more trouble at a special school. She recently but she never suffers from learning knew him beyond a difficulties, a short attenfairly casual relationship tion span and speech over a period of time, so problems. there's no gap there.

For her an 'out' is But there is for someone imagining, fantasising with stability to help. what they'd do if they Provide emotional supwon Lotto, or life was port and be a father to different. her children. "Someone "It's better to imagine else for them to depend sometimes I think. But I on and love".

'Laura' who's 26 and don't imagine what life Laura is going it alone. her four year old son would have been like," And one gets the feeling 'Ben' find life a lot said Laura. that perhaps her ball different than most "rye learned from expe- started rolling in the mums and their rience and even though wrong direction through youngsters. some of them have been her unhappy childhood.

Because they are living bad, I'm a lot wiser and Home life was never put more value on my life happy with Dad, she with AIDS. than ever before. And my says, and then when he There are all sorts of hildren." c finally kicked her out ramifications when Having her children she when she was 14, she you're infected with the virus and in some cases, looks at life realistically, didn't tell her mother the one of the worst aspects concentrating on the real reason. just preis being found out that 'now' and not five or ten tended she'd run away.

Her formal education years hence. you actually have it because of the 'leper "I get a bit lost when I stopped there. And the treatment', being iso- look too far ahead. And education for life's unfortunates began. lated. And that's lonely. confused."

There is this innate So Laura looks forward In a world of drugs, desire in most people to to the things she can do alcohol exu , and street be accepted in society — with her children which life. preferably by most are "before Christmas, or Her friends suggested people. before their next prostitution, the game Largely because of the birthday". they were in, but she fear of the unknown, the She concentrates on the never went for it and uncertainty with AIDS happliims she can gener- even they were reluctant some people believe it's ate for them because the to see her 'dragged down just better to back right present is real and the to their level' said Laura. off from those with the future hazy. And dwells She was the baby of the HIV/AIDS virus just in on the positive things, the street kids, eating and good things that have sleeping wherever she could for shelter.

Laura has another six happened. year old child jade, who When jade asks after The police picked her is not AIDS affected, and her father, a bikie who's up at one stage but her life for her hasn't been wherebouts are father refused to take her easy either. unknown. Laura talks back so she went to girls'

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certain of avoiding infection by adopting an appropriate lifestyle.

"Further, it is medically certain that so-called safe sex, dependent on condoms is a deception, so the dangers of reliance on condoms, as recommended in the advertisements, constitutes a serious defect in the educational campaign.

"Further, the suggestion that the shared needle itself is a major danger is quite misleading, as the chief means of transmission among drug users is still the promiscuous bisexual practices of the majority of intravenous drug users.

"Receptive anal intercourse is, and always has been the predominating pathway of infection for the HIV. That most important fact is not conveyed in the advertisements. Why not?

"In the interests of public education and scientific accuracy we consider it high time that the Government educational program on AIDS stress this overwhelmingly important fact and cease the present misleading emphasis on peripheral and misleading information."

homes and then foster homes.

"But some of the faster parents would sit in front of the TV smoking joints, drinking martinis and eating chocolates," so weren't the ideal parent models.

On her 16th birthday Laura was sent to Longmore for girls under 1 .

During her time there she was fostered out a few times and did some work in factories.

Then she went over East a few times. "Went anywhere. Hitchhiking.

PretendedI was a boy by wearing a beanie."

And admits to getting into strife once or twice through hitchhiking.

Then being discovered as a girl "by this big fat Italian who tried to jump on me, but the cafe owner found him and pulled him off. He sent me on with a trusted truckie friend of his who took me to Adelaide".

There she slept on the beach mostly for a couple of months but became sick, being found asleep on the roadside, and was hospitalised.

That's when her true identity was discovered and she was sent back to Perth by aircraft to be met by welfare authorities at the airport.

On board she found herself sitting next to someone who was "smoking dope. But Itold him to give me half or I'd dob him in. So we both smoked and then went through half a dozen cans of Foster he paid for.

By the time they disembarked, Laura was 'stoned'.

She was sent to Holyoake for alcohol and drug addiction but failed the first course and repeated.

She was 16 at the time.

When she was 171 2 / she met jade's father "who took me under his wing.

I lived with him off and on and then lost contact with him."

She ended up in Graylands for three months at one stage because she was "tripping badly because I was on acid".

Jade was cared for in a home and sometimes by friends when Laura was hospitalised.

The welfare department also took her at one stage and then the segments of Laura's life started to come together.

She tried to quit alcohol and drugs for jade's sake and went to Claremont technical college taking Jade to day care.

But she found she didn't fit in.

Went to a drug detoxification outlet, bought a panel van and decided to heed for Queensland.

But she didn't make it because she had no licence. And then went back on to drugs. Then she met Ben's father in a tattoo shop "when I was stoned. He conned me from that day onwards".

Laura never shared needles with her drug habit but about a year before Ben was born she shared needles twice

with 'just another junkie.' She was desperate for heroin and he seemed the answer. "It was really good stuff and almost blew my head off".

That's where her AIDS encounter began. And since her discovery of infection when she was breast feeding one year old Ben through a test given by the drug detox centre — and the terrible discovery for her that her baby also had the virus — life has never been the same for this little family unit.

The doctor who told her was a very good friend of Laura's. "I thought this is it! My life was planned and now I couldn't do anything with my life.

"My son won't grow up.

He won't live. He'll never have an 16th birthday."

Laura has told very few people about the AIDS virus, although some have discovered and neighbours have put their houses up for sale.

So that meant shifting because of discovery.

Laura from their home and jade from her school.

She's finished with alcohol and drugs since Ben was born and is on methadone and AZT tablets every 12 hours. (methadone to kick the drug habit and AZT to help with AIDS) which is an unpleasant cocktail, causing vomiting two to three times daily and offputting for food intake.

She has one meal only at evening dinner.

The social stigma of

AIDS has enforced isolation, partly because she is afraid to entrust anyone with the fact, having found that people have turned against them upon discovery, and choosing her few friends carefully. (Six of her close friends have died of AIDS.)

Ben being four is of preschool age but Laura hasn't decided whether to send him and tell. Or maintain the secrecy.

Her family is of limited support with her mother accepting and her father rejecting her totally.

Motherhood has the greatest appeal for Laura now. She strives to give them what she can on the pension, to make plans, and dream with them.

They plan for a holiday — to get away from hospitals and the necessary routine that imposes on her and Ben. Although in relatively good health considering her AIDS virus, she is very thin and has difficulty coordinating mentally if it's in the morning.

But by the afternoon her thoughts run freer and she speaks of her dreams and vision for a new horizon for her children and self.

Where they can go canoeing, camping, holidaying down south. A chance to get away from it all and find out where they are.

But in particular, a chance to enjoy a better taste of life; its sweetness

mother and son

without the suburban know that some AIDS You are automatically drag and hospital merry- infected people "want to isolated as being differgo-round which is vital to inject other prisoners ent from everybody else. with syringes of AIDS monitor their health.

And Laura's thoughts blood if they won't have towards the future Ben is a beautiful head sex with them. looking boy, seemingly in where "we won't have to "It's crazy. But not all go to hospitals and good health. Almost robust looking with clear people infected with maybe we can shift down AIDS are like that." And south and just enjoy our trusting she's right. lives".

His mother loves him Mum another just She's To the reality. "I want to and his sister very much — just as all mothers with a terrible health make every moment last should. But theirs is a burden and much more longer. With healthy people, healthy mothers, special closeness because than that. of the future's uncerShe quietly says how they know their family tainty. And only being she'd like to marry and will always be there, but able to predict the 'now'. settle down with some- it won't be with Ben. And Even when hospita- one who'd be good to her perhaps I won't be there lised, Laura has fought to children and a support for them".

Her life started all over have Ben with her for herself.

To have someone else again when she got sick, because their lives are inextricably bound not help out and not rely on said Laura. "1 peek only through parent- herself for everything. "A around the corner at the hood, but also because of strong support person. past and try to underthe tragic virus they I've learned to be my own stand how and why. But have. support; but I'm a bit sometimes I can't. I feel pretty bad about giving weary of that role now.

But Laura is positive this to Ben. "A father figure for the and only wants to be the "But there is a purpose children. It would best mother she can. She treasures the life she has broaden their lifestyle for living and perhaps for with her children even and add a bit of some- dying. And maybe we though the health qual- thing which I feel is were never meant to live ity is poor and she needs missing for them. To long." the Silver Chain to help. have extra love and Laura said she cuddles someone else to care up with her children a lot And the Catholic AIDS about them." and is glad to have them. ministry team whereby Laura says she now "My life would have been Father Lou Malloy SM has come to mean so knows the preciousness okay without Jade but of life. And she wants to my life means so much much to them. help others aided by her more sinceIhad her and They can trust him. experience. Her children. Ben." And rely on him. And he Street kids.

And then despite an and his team don't make "And being on the street judgements but do every- isn't all that bad, because over-burdened body, and thing to be of help when at least you know you are one who's seen much too much of the seedy side of needed. still alive. life for her years, this "He's bridged the gap "When the doctor says young mother has between us and those you have the AIDS virus decided to keep fighting. who don't have AIDS. you feel as though you To squeeze as much time He's united us with have this death sentence as possible from the flask them." Isolation is a hanging over your head of life with a defiant "I'm lonely experience. and don't know where to not going to give in. This She also feels badly to turn." is not going to get me!"

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to the Editor

from Fr Brian AHEARN, Bluff Point Sir, With reference to the news of the ordination of Fr Brian Morgan (The

Record August 23) may I apologise for a small lack of clarity in the information I supplied.

Whereas the story said "he will work in Manila",

Fr Morgan will be based there at the Central House for his Community, Missionaries of Our Lady of Perpetual Adoration, at certain times.

Your quality products will not be known unless you

A DVERTISE in THE RECORD This space would cost $36 ARCHDIOCESE OF PERTH

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Perth invites applications for the position ot

The family of the late Mr Valentine BYRNE. RIP, wish to thank all who attended the mass on Monday, 3.9.90. We would love to extend Prayer to the Holy Spirit: Holy individual thanks to the spirit you who solve aN Sisters of Mercy who THANKS problems. light all roads so attended from the Cathethat I can attain my goal. You rine McAuley Centre May the Sacred Heart of gave me the divine gift to Wembley, St Anne's Mt Jesus be adored, glorified, forgive and forget all evil Lawley, and Victoria loved and preserved against me and that in all Square Convent for their throughout the world now instances of my life vou are )1 and forever. Sacred Heart of with me. I want in this short beautiful singing, and i Jesus, pray for us. St Jude. prayer to thank you for all their prayers and concern ° worker of miracles, pray for things as I confirm once again always. Their kindness to us. St Jude. help of the that I never want to be us still always be rememhopeless. pray for us. Say separated from you ever, in bered. Our sincere thanks prayer 9 times a day for 9 days spite of all material illusions. to the Queen of Martyrs, and promise publication. I wish to be with you in Maylands choir which eternal glory. Thank you for Thank you St Jude. P.M. your mercy towards me and combined so delightfully Prayer to the Holy Spirit: Holy mine. Grateful thanks for with the Mercy sisters — spirit you who solve all favours received from the truly magnificent. problems. light all roads so Holy Spirit. This prayer must that I can attain my goal. You be said for three days after gave me the divine gift to which your favour will be forgive and forget all evil grantedi and must be pubIN MEMORIAM against me and that in all lished. M. K.C. instances of my life you are with me. I want in this short BYRNE, Kevin P. Anniverprayer to thank you for all 0 Holy St Jude, apostle and things as I confirm once again martyr. great in virtue and sary September 5. Affecthat I never want to be rich in miracles, near kins- tionate rememberances separated from you ever, in man of Jesus Christ. faithful of Kevin, a true Christian spite of all material illusions. intercessor of all who invoke gentleman. Our love and I wish to be with you in you as special patron in time prayers always. From his eternal glory. Thank you for of need, to you I have wife, sons, daughters and your mercy towards me and recourse from the depths of grandchidren. mine. Grateful thanks for my heart and humbly beg favours received from the you to whom God has given Holy Spirit. This prayer must such great power to come to be said for three days after my assistance. Help me now which _your favour will be in my present and urgent THANKS granted and must be pub- need and grant my earnest petition. In return I promise lished. B.M C to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. Holy Spirit you who solve all Spirit you who solve all Say three Our Fathers, Hail problems. light all roads so problems, light all roads so Marys and Glorias. St Jude that I can attain my goal. You that I can attain my goal. You pray for all who honour and gave me the divine gift to gave me the divine gift to invoke your aid. My grateful forgive and forget all evil forgive and forget all evil thanks to St Jude for prayers against me and that in all against me. I want in this answered. A.C. instances in my life you are short prayer to thank you for with me. I want in this short all things as I confirm once prayer to thank you for all again that I never want to be things as I confirm once again separated from you ever in Thank you St Clare. Novena that I never want to be spite of all material illusions. to St Clare for 9 consecutive separated from you ever in I wish to be with you in days. Say 3 Hail Marys, 3 Our spite of all material illusions. eternal glory. Thank you for Fathers, 2 Glory be to the I wish to be with you in your mercy towards me and Father. light a candle on the eternal glory. Thank you for mine. Thank you Sacred 1st day and the 8th day. On your mercy towards me and Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of the 9th day your prayer will mine. This prayer must be Perpetual Succour, St Joseph be answered. Promise publisaid for three days after cation. V.H. and St Anthony. which the favour will be granted. The prayer must be published immediately.

Material submitted to The Record should preferably be typewritten or clearly and legibly handwritten, at least triple spaced with wide margins, in upper and lower case, and in style for the section for which it is intended.

Jr= Sorry for small lack of clarity

My sincere and grateful thanks to St Clare for a very special favour received.

Thank you St Clare. May your name be honoured, praised, and glorified forever. S.M. Grateful thanks to the Sacred Heart, Our Blessed Mother and St Clare for favours granted. WDB

Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning Director Since July 1986. the Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning Office has carried out a Project of three stages: • One: Building up a Picture of thc Archdiocese • Two: Articulating a Mission Statement through the "Year of Mission..

• Three: Implementation of the Mission Vision The first two stages arc complete: the third stage is progressing

The Successful Applicant will be responsible for: • directing the ongoing pastoral planning activities arising from the Mission Statement • completing the tasks from Stage Three of the Pastoral Planning Project • directing and managing the planning of future- Archdiocesan Assemblies • fostering initiatives arising from the Archdiocesan Assemblies • managing the Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning Office located in Perth • serving as executive officer of a reconstituted Archdiocesan Pastoral Council

Requirements:

A pplicants should have • commitment to the mission of the Catholic Church • appropriate theological training or equivalent • experience with parish activities • experience in organisational development/church planning • tertiary qualifications in a relevant field, or equivalent • management and planning skills appropriate to pastoral planning activites • experience in management of staff, budgets. and projects • availability for some evening work and country travel The position is available from February 1991. It will be offered for two years, with the option for a further three years.

Salary and conditions will he negotiated with the successful applicant, if a lay person. commensurate with the importance of this position. If the successful applicant is a priest or religious, remuneration and conditions will be in accord with established guidelines.

Enquiries about the position should be directed to the present Director. Mrs Anne Fox. (09) 221 1548. Further information on conditions and method of application available from: The Secretary Pastoral Planning Office. Archdiocese of Perth 2nd Floor. 459 Hay Street, Perth, WA 6000 Phone 109) 221 1548 Fax (09) 221 3694 A pplications Close on 28th September 1990

The plan is for him to work at helping to set up Chapels of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in churches, presbyteries or halls around Australia, and to recruit vocations to his order and to the contemplative branch (sisters) named Eucharistic Disciples of St Pius X. May I heartily and humbly recommend to my brother priests and parish pastoral councils this wonderful Eucharistic evangelisation for their parishes. Maybe a group of parishes, if their numbers are small, can help each other.

This is what happens here in Bluff Point, Geraldton, where we have about 200 committed people to fill the 168 hours of the week. 35% of these come from the two neighbouring parishes. The lay people with a series of 24 hourly co-ordinators and four divisional leaders and a telephone system make sure that there is at least one person before the Lord at every hour of the day and night.

We have been operating non stop now for two years two months. I am full of admiration and appreciation to the people young and old, busy and retired who give honour and glory to God and love to our Holy Mother in this way. I count it as the most satisfying project God has enabled me to achieve in my 23 years as a priest.

Should any parish in Perth or Bunbury or Broome Diocese like to avail themselves of the services of Fr Brian, he would gladly welcome your call and speak to you about this Apostolate, so encouraged by our Popes. Please contact him at St Gerard's, Mirrabooka. Telephone 349 2315.

TOMORROW TODAY with Father

Joe Parkinson

'Crossroads' heating up.

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1991 the With Catholic Youth Conference just four months away and registration forms arriving already, the conference office in North Perth has been alive with activity most nights of the week recently.

Various committees have been meeting regularly to plan what is shaping up to be the biggest and most exciting Catholic youth event ever held in this state.

onvome Conference Coordinator Kristi McEvoy has had the phones running hot in the lead up to January 1991! p. f

Conference coordinator Kristi McEvoy has had the phone running hot in her room at the conference office, located in Catholic Youth Office, 30 Claverton Street, North Perth.

Registration forms have been sent to all parishes

and schools, and Kristi recently finished sending forms to hundreds of young people who responded to the first information brochure earlier this year.

The first formal registrations arrived just days after forms were sent out, so early indications are that the target of 600 delegates will be reached easily.

Meanwhile the planning continues, with more recent advances being the establishment of a liturgy team to plan the two major Masses of the conference, and a second team working on the keynote addresses for each day.

Many volunteers, young and old, are helping to put the conference together, among •

ort

them Julia McGinty, a previous CPY fulltime worker and driving force behind the first youth conference held in Perth in 1985.

With baby daughter Brigid, Julia has been a familiar and welcome sight around the offices recently, voluntarily putting in long hours to ensure the success of the 1991 event.

Offers of help and donations are still urgently needed, however, among them the need for buses and bus drivers for the five days of the conference, January 11-16 next year.

Help with catering is also high on the priority of needs, with up to 40 volunteers needed daily to help feed the hungry crowds!

And with many local as well as interstate delegates expected, offers of help in billetting are urgently needed.

Any and all offers will be gratefully accepted, so call Kristi now on 328 9878 if you can help in any way.

David Wareing and Julia McGinty discuss some many tasks to be completed before the conference.

Catholic Engaged Encounter

10th Anniversary Celebration October 14 St Charles Centre Meadow Street, Guildford Open air Mass 11am followed by BYO Picnic Lunch (BBQ's provided) Fun and games for the kids and great company

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Owe of the success stories of recent years, the Charis program for young adults, kicks off again in September 14-16 at Eagle's Nest, Gidgegannup.

Catholic Rural Youth Outreach

• • • Student • • • Accomodation Catholic first year university students from rural areas are invited to register interest in a shared accommodation project adjacent to Curtin University.

Enquiries and registration of interest may be directed to:

C.R.Y.O. PO Box 194

North Perth 6006 or by phoning: 328 9878 (office hours) 349 8554 (after hours)

The Jocist Movement for Peace

BRINGING JUSTICE ALIVE A seminar/camp for youth 'Justice beginning with me' OCTOBER 5-7 Don Moore Centre, Parkerville Cost: $30 For details, call 3284071.

Presented by jocist Youth movements in collaboration with the Catholic Social justice Commission and the Mission and Justice Team.

Celebrate the start of holidays with the YOUNG CHRISTIAN STUDENTS MOVEMENT

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

DEFINITELY NO ALCOHOL ALLOWED. TICKETS: From the YCS office.

Call Lisa, Annette or Margaret on 227 7061.

Where I was, Where I am Where I am going TERTIARY YOUNG CHRISTIAN STUDENTS RETREAT September 21-23 at Eagle's Nest, Gidgegannup Cost: $10 plus a meal to feed 4-5 people A contemplative weekend focusing on self For details: Phone 328 4071

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 Kristi on 328 9878 Soft drinks and snacks on sale NO ALCOHOL

ALL WELCOME!

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Story and books

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

St Bonaventure

Goodness

The world knows him as Bonaventure, but when he was born around 1217, his parents named him John. His father was probably a doctor in an Italian town near Viterbo.

As a Franciscan he became known by the name Bonaventure. He studied theology at the University of Paris. He Once, as a boy, John became a professor there. became so ill that neither S tudents loved his his father or any of the courses on the Bible and other doctors could cure theology. People all over him. Desperately, his Europe studied his family turned in prayer to writings.

St Francis of Assisi, who Some professors were had died a few years jealous of him. They also earlier. did not like the FrancisThe sick boy began to cans. Even some of his get better. He and his brother friars strongly family believed the pray- disagreed with Bonaveners of Francis led to his ture's teachings. recovery.

But most of his FrancisFrom then on John's can brothers so loved and whole life centred around respected him that in Francis of Assisi and the 1257 they elected him community of friars their superior general.

Francis had begun. John Bonaventure travelled studied with the Francis- around Europe getting to cans in a nearby town as know his brother friars a teenager and in Paris as better. He tried to under-

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And then to make matters worse.

Two Weeks with the Queen is a Luke had collapsed in the living room and had been rushed to rare combination of side-splitting hospital and now mum and dad humour and heart-rending poigweren't paying any attention to nancy. It presents 'difficult' concepts to explain to children — Cohn at all. It lust wasn't fair Then mum tells Cohn that he has death, homosexuality and AIDS — to go over to England to stay with in an enlightened, uncondescendrelatives for a while When Cohn ing and accessible way

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But most of all, the book is terrific fun.

Meanwhile, the letters between authors, which are interspersed throughout the book at the beginning of chapters, add additional interest and provide a lighthearted diversion.

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"Marry an elephant? Oh no!" whispered Princess Gorilla_ She had a handsome gonna in mind. But her father, the king, was determined to find for her the stronger and bravest animal of all . . .

Fishy doings

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stand their problems so that many called him the he could help them meet second founder of the their needs. order.

Pope Gregory X made Bonaventure visited the places where Francis had Bonaventure the lived. He talked with cardinal-bishop of older friars who had Albano in Italy. The pope known Francis. Then he asked him to help plan an wrote a biography of St important meeting called Francis. the Second Council of Lyons in 1274. At the Meeting so many wise council, Bonaventure and holy friars, and helped reunite the Eastlearning more about St ern Churches with Rome Francis, had a big impact after a long separation. on Bonaventure. He Before the council became more prayerful ended, Bonaventure died and spiritual. He wrote influential books on how unexpectedly on July 15.

There were many tears at to be a better follower of the funeral of this great Jesus and St Francis. He and good man. Most became a more powerful people who ever knew preacher. him loved and admired Bonaventure helped him greatly. many friars resolve their In the year 1482, the differences, especially on pope canonised him as a how poor they should be saint. A century later, as Franciscans. He had another pope gave such an impact on his Bonaventure the title of brother Franciscans and doctor — or teacher — of the Franciscan way of life the Church.

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Worse Than Willy! by James Stevenson, pub by Picture Piper, $6.99, Keeping Henry by Nina Barden, published by Puffin. $5.99.

The hay stirred. There was a small nibbling sound. A furry head poked out.

Henry is only about three inches long when Charlie catapults him out of his nest — a poor little red squirrel. all ragged and skinny. But Henry soon takes everything in his stride, treating each member of his human family as his own personal tree and stealing their socks and underwear for his nest.

Henry's human family have also had to adapt to a new way of life, evacuated during World War 11 to the Jones's farm in Wales. They have been 'tipped out' of their old life in London, just as Henry has been 'tipped out' of his nest This it a true story. It is the story of the author, her mother and her brothers, and the farmer's family whom they live with while their father is away at sea

When Mary Ann and Louie complain to Grandpa about their new baby brother Willy, Grandpa tells them about his baby brother,

Wainey And when Grandpa recalls the night Wainey saved his life, after the flood, the invasion by bloodthirsty pirates and the visit of the octopus, the two children start to see their brother in a new light!

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A Proper Little Lady by Nette Hilton and Cathy Wilcox. Published by Collins bb $16.95.

Annabella Jones looked in the mirror, and decided that

today she would be a proper link lady And from then one follows the adventures of this little lady all through quite an exciting day of events and discovery.

For music lovers

Placido's first Perth concert encounter

South American music ole!

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

world over. His recorded output is legendary and extends from classic operas to best-selling with John albums Denver (Perhaps Love) which sold in excess of one million copies worldwide) and Julio Iglesias.

Most recently he performed with Pavarotti and Carreras at the World Cup concert.

Placido Domingo's performances of opera on film have been univerAn amazing human sally acclaimed by critics element brings this and public alike, notably world famous tenor to La Traviata, Othello and Perth in fulfilment of a Franco Rose's awardpromise to our local tenor winning 1984 film of Giuseppe Bertinaz_zo, the Bizet's Carmen, in which man who saved Domin- Domingo starred oppogo's wife from drowning site the soprano Julia in Tel Aviv in 1962.

Migenes. The fire and of that film excitement Domingo promised his artnership will be p friend Bertinazzo that the recreated in concert first time he sang in when Domingo and Australia it would be in Migenes sing arias from Perth. A simple matter of Verdi, Puccini and Bizet honour, a debt he wants with Broadway favourto repay, will now enable ites from South Pacific, all music lovers a chance Side Story and My West to experience a unique Fair Lady magical evening Tickets are available at performs the Perth Entertainment Domingo constantly in the major Centre or at any Red opera houses of the Ticket outlet. Credit card world. In arena concerts bookings: 484 1222. Toll his voice has thrilled f ree: (008) 199 991 . thousands and brought Generous party conceshim many new fans the sions: 481 1918.

On Saturday September 8, Perth audiences will have a once-ina-lifetime opportunity to hear one of this century's truly great voices. The tenor, Placido Domingo in concert with Julia Migenes and our own West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugene Kohn, will perform for one night only at the Perth Entertainment Centre.

THERE'S A COW MY GABEN A guide to producing home-gym:7:1°w/

Following their sensa- the Perth Concert Hall. association musical tional European perfor- Inti-Illimani's unique between John Williams, mances and huge public blend of Chilean-Andean Paco Pena and Intidemand in Australia, John musk with the musk of Illimani has been capWilliams, Paco Pena and classical guitarist John tured in the recording South American group Williams and Paco Pena's 'Fragments of a Dream' return for flamenco guitar will be and in the new release — their second Australian heard when they perform Live in Koln leyenda' tour in September together in an Australia- (Legend) both on record, appearing in Perth on wide tour. compact disc and tape Sunday, September 23 at The unique and inspired through CBS Records.

in My There's a Garden by Diana Lancaster. published by Angus and Robertson. $16.95.

Not since "The Good Life" ( the British sit-corn of the mid-seventies) has anyone taken quite such a warm and witty view of the trials and selfof tribulations "Susie was my gesture of rebellion. We had heavy mortgages. Neither of us had the kind of job that would bring in the money to repay them so I decided to teach the whole bullying money world a lesson and refuse to pay for milk.

"First I thought of a goat.

We lived on a small house plot and I fancied the image of my self (wearing ample petticoats and an apron, presumably in blue

gingham) leading the willing animal daily to its new pastures. The image blurred suitably on the bundles I would have to carry: a stool.

1bucket, 1 hat, an umbrella. hot water, towel. . . It faded altogether when somebody else's goat got at our fruit trees."

There's a Cow in My Garden by Diana Lancaster is a no-nonsense guide to producing home-grown food. But it is MOM than that.

It is also, at times, the hilarious story of one couple's experiences with selfsufficiency and how they came to terms with oldfashioned practices in a high tech world. For example. how do you make butter without an antiquated churn — with an electric mixer of course!

Our land of great beauty

Reader's Digest Wild Australia. A recreational guide to all our national parks. (Reader's Digest dist through (,ollins). bb .$45.

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Parks and possible activities are described in practical terms, with public facilities prominently indicated.

General locations are mapped and access details are noted along with phone numbers. addresses. special requirements, best times for visiting — and even weather forecast districts,

More than 150 national parks and some other reserves of outstanding scenic merit come to life in photographs. You see their beauty and disersity. and often their fragility But berxid the visual pkawie of the picturrs there is expert interpretation — rat' cover the reasons for what riu see, and the subtle relationships that make up the natural environment.

A preliminary section, The Nature o( Australia, draws on advanced scientific knowledge to explain why our Landscapes look as they do.

In lively yet authoritative style it traces the evolution of Australian landforrns and plants, and identifies the factors that give various parts of the continent their characteristic appearance.

The part we all play Another section. Parks and People, takes up the human issues. It examines the policies of national parks and the jobs of the people who run them. Are there enough parks? What can the public expect of them? What Is required of us? And how can we help?

Meals Without Meat by Marion Raymand (Bay Books through Collins $6.95).

People now realise that quantities of meat are not a pre-requisite for good health, a timely realisation since the present cost of meat would make good he:ilth an expensive pursuit! This. however, is

not a strictly vegetarian book: some of the recipes do require white meats -- but only as an addition and never as the chief ingredient.

Meals Without Meat is for people who wish to enjoy exciting and economical meals that do not require meat in order to be interecting

Wild Australia is the first ever comparative guide — a planning aid for all intending travellers, whether their aim is a day outing or a touring holiday A unique rating system has been devised, in consultation with the parks services of all states and territories. At a glance, readers see how the parks of each region compare in four main fields of interest; • Scenic enjoyment • Variety of activities • Family holiday suitability hwalking • Long-range

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St Patrick's is a coeducational primary school with an enrolment 01 170 students from Years 1-7. The school is an integral part of the parish community.

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 September 19, 1990.

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ROSARY VIGIL HOLY HOUR Vigil will be held in St Rosary A A holy hour for the World Apostolate of Fatima will be held Denis Parish, Roberts St, Joondanna on Sunday, September 9 at 3pm on Friday, September 21 from 7pmin the chapel of the Sisters of 10pm for peace in the Middle East.

Mercy, Victoria Square. Open to All welcome. public. Fr K Groch CSSR will officiate.

MERCY INTEREST

The next gathering, at the convent of Mercy Victoria Square, will consist of a guided inspection of the ProCathedral (the first Cathedral in W.A.) which could not be fitted in at the last meeting. Tuesday, September 11 7.30 to 9.30pm. Parking available in the school yard — entrance Victoria Avenue opposite the Church Office.

CATHOUC NURSES The Catholic Nurses Guild will meet in the Conference Room of St Anne's Mercy Hospital, Tuesday, September 18, at 7.30pm. Mrs Vivienne Ferrier will be speaking on the Silver Chain Hospice Care Service.

LATIN MASS

The Latin Mass which is celebrated each Sunday at Corpus Christi Church, Evershed Street, Myaree (just off Canning Highway) will be at 8.30am on Sundays September 16 and 23 (instead of the usual 11am).

QUEENS PARK PRAYER

A nine week novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help begins in St Joseph's Railway Pde, Queens Park on Wednesday, September 12, at 7.15pm. Join with the parish community to make petition and give thanks. Enquiries to Fr Tom on 458 2729.

NEWMAN SOCIETY

Do you know enough . . .

Something to SAY? Something to SELL?

Scripture Group, Thursday, September 13 at 11am. Acts of the Apostles, Chapters 1 & 2. Note change to a morning meeting.

Vatican II Group, Tuesday, September 18, at 11am, "Decree on the Missionary Activity of the Church", Chapter 1. Note, this meeting to be on the third Tuesday for this month only. Each of these meetings to be presided over by Fr Dynon, at 13 Dean St, Claremont. Contact no.

446 7340. Open to public.

There will be no monthly meeting in September, but Bishop Hickey will give an address in October on "Newman's Conversion and Conversions Today".

Archdiocesan Calendar

SEPT 8 Australian Board of Missions Spring School, Archbishop Foley.

Confirmation Mt Yokine, Monsignor Keating.

8 & 9 Confirmation Midland, Archbishop Foley.

9 Confirmation Bateman, Monsignor McCrann.

11 Youth Legal Service Function, Archbishop Foley.

12 & Confirmation Lesrnurdie, Archbi13 shop Foley.

14 Performing Arts Festival, Archbishop Foley.

15 & Visitation and Confirmation 16 Southern Cross, Archbishop Foley.

16 Mass Our Lady of Sorrows Feast Dianella, Bishop Healy.

Confirmation Beknont/Redcliffe, Monsignor Keating.

19 Confirmation Como/Kensington, Archbishop Foley.

19 & Confirmation Whitfords/ Mune20 loo, Monsignor Nestor.

22 & Confirmation, Morley, Monsignor 23 Keating.

23 Blessing and Opening Seton College, Archbishop Foley.

Visitation and Confirmation, Rocicingham, Bishop Healy.

Confirmation, Bedford/Inglewood, Monsignor McCrann.

Confirmation, Spearwood, Monsignor. Nestor.

25 Confirmation, South Perth, Moo signer Keating.

26 At Doubleview Church Confirmation for John XXIII, Archbishop Foley.

Visitation and Confirmation, Wanneroo, Bishop Healy.

Confirmation, Osborne Park, Monsignor Keating.

27 Confirmation, Beaconsfield, Monsignor McCrann.

28 14th Annual Synod Uniting Church, Archbishop Foley.

28 & Confirmation, Muncianng, Bishop 30 Healy.

30 Opening Administrative and Library Building, Mercedes College, Archbishop Foley.

St Vincent de Paul Festival Mass, Beaconsfield, Fr C Ross OS M. OCT 3 South-eastern zone of Priests Meeting, Archbishop Foley.

6&7 Visitation and Confirmation, Bruce Rock, Archbishop Foley.

11 Council of Priests Meeting.

14 & Visitation and Confirmation, 15 Kellerberrin, Archbishop Foley.

16 & Central Commission Meeting, 17 Archbishop Foley.

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