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Real-life Christmas crib... Real-life Christmas crib figures, Jessica Heenan as Mary and Joseph Kane as Joseph, and trained by Sr Edith Murphy also had real life angels from Holy Rosary school at Doubleview church's preChristmas pageant. And the back-up cast included Caesar and Roman guards to say nothing of shepherds and three kings

heralded by red trailing ribbon dancers trained by Samantha Wynn. The live tableau highlighted the new crib bought for Our Lady of the Rosary church. The ceremony commenced with a lighted candle being brought into the darkness and the flame passed to candle holders prepared by Jim Downie.

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A craft group led by Jim and Eileen Carr produced 980 gifts made by parishioners and which were handed out in a gifting ceremony at the end of the service. Over 150 people are estimated to have taken part in preparations that became social occasions on Wednesday nights for weeks before the event.

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The state of the world He continued: "The weeks leading to in Eastern Europe and in the war clouds this Christmas have been massing in the Middle spent under threat of war East weighed heavily in the Gulf, with the on the thoughts of political and social probpeace uttered by some lems of Eastern Europe of Australia's bishops. and countries like our "In the months preceding Christmas 1989, unexpectedly and in rapid succession, communist governments all over Eastern Europe crumbled. We spent Christmas with renewed hope that, as long as there is goodwill, people of all sorts can live in peace with justice for everybody," said Archbishop Rush of Brisbane.

own unable to offer any great example to follow. "Nevertheless our hope remains undiminished because of the coming of Christ into our world at Christmas. "The birth of Christ in poverty is a rebuke to extravagance and greed and hums our thoughts to the poor and to the injustices which make widespread poverty pos-

done publicly to uphold He said: the cause of justice "The story of Christmas cannot compensate for never grows old, and any failure on our part to there is always freshness be just in our day-to-day in the message that it dealings with one brings; peace on earth another. The rights of and goodwill towards all. individuals are some- The Christmas blessing "As we prepare to times trampled under- falls like rain on the celebrate next year the foot as we make all the parched earth. centenary of Rerum right noises, appealing "This year, however, as Novarum we remember loudly for a more just watch anxiously the we assertion society. Pope Leo of events in the equence s letter of his at the end "I hope that Christmas Middle East, the Christthat, in searching for a for all of us will be a mas of peace and goodsolution to social probtime of serene will takes on a special joyful lems, the main thing reflection and active needful is to return to concern for the victims of urgency. "We rejoice that the real Christianity; apart poverty, violence and hostages have been from which all the plans injustice. released and seek therein and devices of the wisest In Sydney Cardinal the seeds of hope for a will prove of little avail. Clancy rejoiced in the peaceful solution to the "Whatever is said and release of hostages. crisis that still prevails.

sible. Christmas stirs our conscience and invites us to do whatever we can to help build a just society where God is acknowledged and every human being is respected.

"The whole dispute "I invite all to pray as seems to be in the hands best they can this Christof a few powerful men, mas that God in His and the rest of us feel so mercy will help suppress helpless. Christmas how- the evils and injustice, ever reminds ordinary hatred, greed and selfishpeople like ourselves that ness, and let peace win there is a power far the hearts of all involved greater than human in the present conflict. intent and ingenuity — it "But peace, like charity, is the power of God. begins at home. Let us "Christ's mission on have goodwill towards earth was a mission of all in our own communpeace and salvation. He ities, let us banish greed introducted the power to and selfishness from our God into human history own lives and give the in a way that had not spirit of Christmas a been known before. permanent place in our "God's power is ours for own hearts." the asking, ours for the • Archbishop Carroll's Everybody praying. message on P. 2. prays sometimes.

50 years a Brother

Brother Tony Daily did the honours at a special dinner last Friday night to celebrate his 50 years as a Christian Brother Earlier in the day in the Aquinas chapel the occasion was honoured by many friends at Mass celebrated by Archbishop Foley and Bishop Healy and also Bishops Quinn and McKeon of Bunbury where Brother Daily has been Catholic Education Regional Officer for the past five years. Originally from Adelaide, Brother Daily has spent 25 of his 50 years as a Brother in WA with appointments at Geraldton, Clontarf, Castledare and Aquinas as well as a period as director of vocations.

What will Christmas mean to Nanda? Nanda and her family had been doing well. Many years of backbreaking toil had seen their small farm slowly become productive. They had food on their table and produce to trade. The prospect of a good education for her children was no longer a dream. Then came the fighting. Like so much conflict in the world today, it came suddenly, with no warning, no reason, no sense. And like so many caught in the path of conflict, Nanda and her family were forced to turn their backs on everything they held precious and flee for their very lives. Christmas will find Nanda where she and her family are today: in a refugee camp. Where time stands still and one day is no different from the last. Where she and her family can only wait and pray that when the waiting ends they will have the will and the strength to return and start again. Will you share your Christmas with the world's refugees? NIN NM

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Pray, reach out, share

in the desert. In our own country so many are in distress because of the recession. Gloom and even despair affect rural and urban communities.

The gaping pot-holes of He said: unemployment, bankz The approach of ruptcy, homelessness Christmas always and hunger have to be gives added meaning to filled in to make the these haunting words. In rough roads smooth. today's circumstances The voice of reconciliathey gain an urgent tion cries in the desert. poignancy. Fears of war and socioThe voice of peace cries pressures in the desert. The eyes of economic aggravate and compound an anxious world focus pain and hurt expeon the desert wastes of Iraq, Kuwait and sur- rienced in homes and families. rounding areas. Marital dissension, famHundreds of thousands, ily breakdown and even millions, of military domestic violence are personnel face each raw wounds that cry out other with fingers on for the oil of compassion weaponry that could and reconciliation. trigger a horrific destruction of human life and With Christmas, the wreak untold chaos on voice of God cries in the the world. desert. It is first a baby's cry for Jesus comes to So many mountains of power and greed have to identify with all the be levelled and so many weakness, anxiety, discrooked ways of political tress and suffering of the and national ambition whole of humanity. have to be straightened. It is also the cry of the Once again the Middle One who saves, the East awaits the peace of Prince of Peace, EmmaChrist. nuel, God-with-us. The The voice of hope cries voice of Jesus Christ is

the voice of peace, hope and reconciliation. We have an active part to play in preparing a way for the Lord. Many have special parts in the search for world peace, national recovery and domestic well-being. All of us can do at least three things. All can pray, and pray with conviction and confidence. Jesus Christ reveals the God who is present in every human situation and who loves each one of us unconditionally. All can reach out in love to others. What healing there would be if every person turned even to one other to forgive, to comfort or to do an act of kindness. All can share the gifts they have — food and material goods with the needy, companionship with the lonely, a word of cheer to the sad and an attitude of acceptance to all. May Christmas inspire each one of us to do our part in bringing peace, hope and reconciliation to our homes, country and world.

Salute to 60 years' grace wisdom A rchbishop Goody had shown tolerance and an ability to see the world in which he was born change into the world of today, Bishop Quinn said last week. "He had the grace and wisdom to adapt and to help others adapt with him," the bishop of Bunbury said in proposing the toast to Archbishop Goody on 60 years of priesthood. Bishop Quinn traced the journey of Launcelot Goody to the priesthood, as a young man of 16 leaving for Rome, of later studies in Croatian in Yugoslavia, of his appointment to St Mary's Cathedral with special care of Croatians at Spearwood, Herne Hill and Wanneroo and later with Slays and Italians at Boulder. Noting that Archbishop Goody's priestly life had followed closely on his academic career Bishop Quinn said the jubilarian had become a "priest of the universal Church that stood as a sign of God's love for His people."

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Archbishop Goody . . diamond jubilee. "He was a man of wide learning, of a genuine understanding of the Church, who wanted to share his enriched formation he had received on his journey to the priesthood." Of his foundation in 1942 of the St Charles' Seminary that included himself as a pioneer student, Bishop Quinn said Dr Goody was "known for his learning, his faithfulness to the Church and his desire to share with us the beauty of truth, the beauty of clear thinking, and the beauty of good manners." He said that for those who had encountered Archbishop Goody either as students or as their bishop "he had led us in strong solid faith." "As a preacher of the Lord he served faithfully and with innovativeness."

Light on tree ... A spokesman for the Sydney archdiocese has thrown some extra light onto the traditional Christmas tree, noting that for Christians it can have a link to the Old Testament Jess Tree. A questioner to the Catholic Weekly raised the question: In our parish planning committee for the liturgy there was the suggestion that there should be a Christmas tree in the Church but there was disagreement about this because someone thought that it really was only of a pagan significance and did not have anything really to do with Christianity. I was sure that there were often Christmas in Catholic trees churches. Is there some ruling on this? Father Brian Lucas, spokesman for Sydney archdiocese replied in The Catholic Weekly. I am not aware of any official ruling about Christmas trees in Catholic churches. Each year there is a Christmas tree placed in Sydney's St Mary's Cathedral. The text that accompanies the tree is as follows and this may answer those who object to its religious significance: The Origin and Symbolism of the Christmas Tree: The Jewish festival of Hannukah was instituted by Judas Maccabaeus on the 25th day of the Jewish month of

is, that Chislev, In John's Gospel we are told, "it was the time December 25. of the The story of feast and its when the feast being was edication d institution is told in the Jerusalem. in celebrated Bible in 1 Maccabees It was winter and Jesus 1:54 Daniel 9:27-11:13 2 was in the temple walkMaccabees 10:5. After the death of ing up and down in the Alexander the Great in Portico of Solomon" (Jn 323 BC, the Seleucid 10:23). Kings became masters of The celebration of HanAsia Minor. nukah lasted for eight One of these Kings, days and was a most Epiphanes IV began a joyous feast. campaign of hate against Apart from the ceremothe Jews. He desecrated nies in the temple green the temple in Jerusalem branches and trees and and he erected over the palms were carried altar of holocausts an around as a sign of joy alter where the pagan and joyful hymns were sacrifices were offered. sung. This act, referred to in The feast was also the Bible as the "Abom- characterised by the use ination of Desolation" is of lamps. Lamps were lit mentioned both in the in front of each house 1st Book of Maccabees and that number and the Book of Daniel. It increased by one each took the form of a day until eight were lit on sacrifice in honour of the the last day of the feast. pagan god Zeus OlymOn this account the pious and was carried Jewish historian Joseout on December 25 168 phus also calls HanBC. nukah • "the feast of Three years later Judas lights". December 25 is Maccabaeus, after his now our Christmas Day. first victories, purified We too celebrate it with the sanctuary, built a great joy. new altar and restored The Christmas Tree and the Jewish sacrifices on its lights remind us of the the same day, December procession of branches 25 165 BC, exactly three and palms and the years after the profana- lighting of lamps on the tion of the temple by eighth days of the feast. Antiochus Epiphanes. St John, in the prologue It was then decided that of the Gospel, gives the feast of the rededica- prominence ot the birth tion or purification of the of Our Lord as, that life temple should be was the light of men, a observed on December light that shines in the 25 each year. dark, a light that darThe feast is mentioned kness could not overonly once in the New power, the true light that Testament. enlightens all men; he

was coming into the good confession so that world. the sap of the tree Originally called the (sanctifying grace) may through the "Jesse Tree" its purpose flow was to bring to mind the branches (ourselves) and descent of Jesus from the that we would rededicate royal dynasty of David. ourselves to the Lord in Jesse being King David's the worthy reception of Holy Communion.' father. This is Our Lord's I should point out that family tree. Writing to this text is a pious the Romans, St Paul meditation on the symreminds them," this news bolism of the tree is about the son of God although historically the who, according the the determination of human nature he took, December 25 as the date was a descendant of for the celebration of David." Christmas was not assoThe prophet Isaiah had ciated with the Jewish written," a shoot springs feast of Hannukah but from the stock of Jesse, a with Roman pagan festiscion thrusts from its vals associated with the roots." The Cathedral of sun and the winter Wells (consecrated 1239 solstice. AD) and Chartres (conseNevertheless the analcrated 1260 AD) are ogy with the festival of famous for their "Jesse lights in Jewish practice windows". and the association of the On the tree you will Christmas tree with the notice the ancestors of Jess Tree has some Christ on the right hand popular appeal. branches and on the left In determining whether hand branches are the a particular symbol has names of the Old Testament prophets who some place in the setting of the liturgy it is best to spoke of the coming of consider the popular Davidic his Messiah, the expectation of those who descent, his sufferings will be confronted with and triumph. the symbol. "I am the vine you are Will they consider it the branches," said Our Lord. By our baptism we inappropriate or will have been engrafted into they be drawn by it to a better understanding of the tree. The Christmas tree the sacred mysteries? should remind us also Ipersonally believe that that we belong to Christ the link between the the living stones of the Christmas Tree, even in temple that is his mysti- its secular usage, and the cal body the Church. Jess Tree validates the Our best preparation placing of such a tree in would be to purify Catholic Churches ourselves by making a around Christmas.

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Record "Christmas In The Market Place" ran the catchy title of Henri Gheon's rather quaint nativity play that was popular 50 or so years ago. For those days it took the rather cheeky view that a bunch of gypsies might make a better fist of an impromptu Christmas tableau than the starched performers who kept within the drawing room limits as to what Bethlehem may have been like. "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" say the shoppers and customers as they go about producing Bethlehem's new market pandemonium and must be enjoying every minute of it — or they would have stopped years ago . . Never mind if Jesus' birth was not December 25 as the latest pundits are at pains to point out. We'll celebrate it when we like say the populace, and it is fixed to the New Year whether the scholar purists like it or not. It is the New Year into whose opening holiday lethargy the southern hemisphere slumps; it is the new year out of whose darkness and cold the northern hemisphere looks forward to claw its way. Yes, Jesus was born into a market place, into a jostling mob making a truce with the Roman census taker and tax-gatherers. The scene was cold comfort to Mary and Joseph and it is cold comfort to comfortable Christians and their neopagan neighbours who think Christmas is only about cherubic warbling choristers in whose mouths butter would never melt. A market place birth is cold comfort to Christians who wonder what happened to the good old days of Christmas, as though the affairs of man and God are locked into a time warp that has nothing to do with the world as it is today. The 'good old days' —if ever they were such — were often when poverty was a universal way of life and a sweet or an extra meat on a festive table was a tre3t to which hungry bellies looked forward for months. Who would want to turn back to those 'good old day's' even though we choke on our consumer guilt — vowing to stop but never quite able to do so? The 'good old days' — if ever they were such — when Christ dominated Christmas, had been won through the tears and suffering through which Christians battled even to survive. Let us listen in to the 'good old days' of Eastern Europe as it comes out of the catacombs where God and His Son were mocked out of existence. Jesus has been born into a harsh market place in Eastern Europe. Jesus is born not only into a make-believe world of Christmas cards, tinsel and entertainment — and who are we to blame ourselves if we treat ourselves to an escape, whatever the excuse. Jesus is born into an ever new Bethlehem whose problems are always around the corner. He is born into a Bethlehem where blood is being spilled on its very streets in the bloody struggle between Israeli and Palestinian. Jesus is born into a world where new Herods shielded securely behind the antiseptic and anaesthetised facades of so called maternity hospitals, blithley massacre the world's young because what is out of sight is out of mind — and who can see a vulnerable foetus? Jesus is born into the poverty of the world market place where the world's poor cannot understand trade barriers and tarriffs making it easier for some countries to subsidise and market their own products and thereby cripple the economies of the bottom rung farmers everywhere else. Australians whine because the market place is unfair to them. It is even more cruel to the customers who need our grains and meat. And Jesus was born into a market place. As garbage tru -ics cart away the debris of yet another Christmas splurge, it is time for Christians to begin celebrating the real birth of Christ. The days after Christmas are for putting flesh on the Infant's young bones, to ponder the mysteries unfolding about the Holy Family and its trials, and certainly of an Epiphany from which Christ must burst into a world where Wise Men search for His truth. That searcher for truth is our nearest neighbour, with whom we rub shoulders — in the market place.

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Catholic uni is Germany's pick

WASHINGTON (CNS): A newly united Germany will have just one Catholic institute of higher education: the Catholic University of Eichstatt.

Rainer Ilgner, director of the German bishops' education office, said there is no demand for Catholic universities in Germany, even though there are now more than 26 million Catholics in the unified country. The German government provides free public college education to all who pass rigorous entrance exams. Ilgner added, however, that there is a Catholic influence in the German university system. Many schools have Catholic' professors, and many have departments of religion where Catholic theology is taught, he said.

Eichstatt was a teachers' college of philosophy and theology before becoming a university. In 1970, the German government began to require teachers to have full university degrees, and it told Eichstatt to close or become a university.

That year the dioceses of Bavaria agreed to take on the responsibilities of operating a university,

said Peter Schulz, the university's spokesman. The university of 2500 students receives 85 per cent or $50 million of its funding from the German government. The rest of its funding, $7 million, comes from the seven dioceses of Bavaria, the southern region of Germany, said Schulz. The German government pays Eichstatt salaries. Bavaria's cultural minister has the final

word on hiring faculty members — except in the department of theology, which requires only Eichstatt Bishop Karl Braun's approval, Schulz said. He said since private colleges are virtually non-existent in Germany, university officials have been very conscious of maintaining a Catholic identity. The department of theology has been granted a pontifical mission — meaning it can grant pontifical degrees in theology. The university requires faculty to be Catholic, and the curriculum in the faculty of theology is mandated by the Vatican like at other colleges with pontifical departments. But students studying for other degrees are not required to take theology classes, he said.

"We've had a lot of

discussion about the essence of a Catholic university," Schulz said. "We are called a Catholic university, but it is difficult for us to say what it means, because in many ways we are similar to other universities here." The University of Eichstatt is also unique because it serves as an accrediting agency for all theology Catholic teachers in Germany, Schulz said. "All teachers of Catholic theology for universities in Germany are required to pass an exam at Eichstatt before being allowed to teach," he said. The university's operation differs markedly from North American Catholic colleges and universities. The 230 US Catholic

colleges and universities raise funds through tuitions, dioceses and private donations. The US government has no say in the hiring process. Students and professors at the US institutes are eligible for US government scholarships and grants, but direct government aid to Catholic colleges is rare. In Canada, some of the provinces provide funds for Catholic colleges, while others pay nothing to private higher education. The colleges that do receive government funding, however, generally have a great deal of say in the hiring process. There is only one Catholic university that grants pontifical degrees in the United States, The Catholic University of America, Washington. It grants degrees in canon law, theology and philosophy.

Shroud's home is shut indefinitely

TURIN, Italy (CNS): The chapel housing the Shroud of Turin will remain closed indefinitely because Italy lacks the funds to restore it. The Guarini chapel, which is state property, was declared off-limits to the public last May after a piece of marble fell from the ceiling. The estimated cost of restoration is close to $2 million, well more than can be budgeted by Italian arts and cultural ministries, officials in Turin said. The chapel, part of the former palace of the Savoy family, is adjacent to the Turin cathedral and is reached through the Church. Since May, visitors have had only a limited glimpse of the chapel from a landing nearby. The shroud, a strip of linen revered by some Christians as the burial cloth of Jesus, is kept in a locked silver casket and is displayed only on special occasions. It was willed to the Church in 1983. In 1988, experts using carbon-14 testing on pieces of the cloth, concluded it was a counterfeit, produced in the Middle Ages. However, the Vatican said it would be open to further testing. Monsignor Giovanni Luciano, a Turin priest responsible for the shroud, said the damage to the chapel is serious

because it involves cracks in the stone used in the structure. He said there was no danger of damage to the shroud, however, because of its position inside the chapel.

Biblical texts caution

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II cautioned against an overly literal interpretation of the Bible, and said fundamentalists sometimes fail to understand the human in its elements authorship. "To claim, as fundamentalists do, that the Word of God can be grasped without taking into account the human aspects of its expression leads to all kinds of errors and illusions," the pope

said speaking on the 25th said, citing the council anniversary of the text. Dogmatic Constitution "It follows that, in order on Divine Revelation to be faithful to the very ("Dei Verbum"), published during the Second nature of the Bible, interpretation should Vatican Council. The pope said "Dei avoid being unilateral," Verbum" did a good job he said. of illuminating both the While the pope critidivine and human cised an overly literal nature of biblical texts. approach, he also said "The books of the Bible the Bible's essential 'have God as their message is lost in interauthor,' but the men who pretations that are composed them are also strictly based on observa'true authors,"' the pope ble facts.

The pope said "Dei Verbum" had inspired valuable collaboration on translations between churches. Interchurch translations have produced "excellent results" that provide "valuable instruments for evangelisation," he said.

The document also rightly underlined that Jews were a people chosen by God to receive his revelation, the pope said.

"Dei Verbum" is still timely and valuable for all people, the pope said, and so is the Bible.

"The prophetic message of peace, reconcilation friendship is and directed at all people. This is why the Holy Scriptures inspire universal veneration, and it is why there should never be any obstacle to the diffusion of Scriptures throughout the entire world," he said.

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Chinese action saddens pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul ll said that despite recent seminary and church reopenings in China, the church in the giant Asian country still has "a long way to go" before it can freely operate. The pope said he was particularly saddened at the arrests of Chinese bishops, priests and lay Catholics. The pope made the unusually public and blunt remarks in a talk to the bishops of Taiwan at the Vatican Dec 15. He urged the Taiwanese church to keep working for a real reconciliation with the mainland church. The Vatican has tended to work quietly on the issue of relations with China. At present, there are no formal links between the two and the Chinese government generally regards any statement by foreign leaders about its policies and practices as interference in its internal affairs. Chinese Catholics, especially those who do hidden pastoral work, are "shining examples" of faith and loyalty, the pope said. He said he wanted to "praise the Lord" for all that has been accomplished and cited the reopening of formation houses and places of worship over the last several years. "At the same time there are reports that sadden my heart as shepherd of the universal church," he added.

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Recent arrests of Catholic leaders, he said, suggest that the Chinese church cannot yet "give full and open expression to its faith and to its ecclesial communion with the successor of Peter and the Catholic Church spread throughout the world." The pope appealed for a reconciliation within the Chinese church, bat on "the foundation of the truth of the unrenounceable principles of the Catholic faith" and sustained by understanding, goodwill and forgiveness. Chinese Catholicism is divided between a government-approved organization with a hierarcy that rejects Vatican authority over local church affairs and a pro-Vatican clandestine church that in 1989 formed its own bishops' conference. According to some estimates there are about 3 million Catholics among China's approximately 1.1 billion people. Early in 1990, some 30 leaders of the clandestine church, including nine bishops, were arrested. Many of them remain in prison. The clandestine conference has asked for papal approval, but the Vatican has been reluctant to grant that endorsement — apparently partly from fear such an act could have further repercussions on the church in China.

Mexican decision explained MEXICO CITY (CNS) — The close contact that deacons have with the laity, not a shortage of priests, is behind the Mexican hierarchy's recent decision to establish a permanent diaconate, said Mexican bishops. Archbishop Rivera said the Mexican bishops decision "was not taken in order to get us out of any crisis of vocations". "In general, all dioceses are reporting increases in the number of priestly vocations," the archbi-

shop, former two-term typically Christian ethipresident of the bishops' cal and moral values". conference, said. Bishop Llaguno said While those increases there has been a change have not kept pace with in thinking on the MexMexico's increasing pop- ican hierarchy's part in ulation, Archbishop Riv- keeping with the Second era said the shorfall is Vatican Council's defini"not the primary reason" tion of the Church as the "people of God". for the new diaconate. "There would always be In the past the bishop a place for the existence said the Mexican church and the ministry of "exaggerated a bit the permanent deacons," he need for a priest to be said, because they are in present in order for a closer contact with lay Christian (community) society than most priests life to exist". and thus "have an imporThe hierarchy, he said, tant role in spreading has now come to realize

Christmas TOKYO ((SCAN): Even before the advent season began, traders in Tokyo's Ginza, the country's pre-eminent commerical district, started trumpeting the coming of Christmas, and they did it full blast. Trees, carols and

"how important the laity is . . . It is the great majority within the church and we priests and bishops are really here to serve them". Bishop Llaguno said "the church has relatively few priests in numerical terms. . . yet it has a very strong and rich Christian life as a result of the role played by the laity". There about 10,000 priests attending to some 80 million Mexican Catholics. That's a ratio of one priest per 8000

Japanese style

huge posters with cute angels on department store facades were the earliest heralds of Christmas in Japan. Hotels and restaurants advertised a "romantic and holy night" of Christmas carols. Bakeries

accepted orders for Christmas cakes since the middle of November. Some may cry over the "desacralisation of Christmas", or rejoice with the spark of the Christian message that trickles down to drunkards and party-

goers in the cold night of their ignorance. The Japanese Church stands on that crossroad. Because Christmas celebrations have become popular and the multitudes over-

Catholics. Diocesan seminaries, he said, have improved dramatically on the formerly high dropout rates among seminarians to the point where today 45 percent of all candidates for the priesthood reach ordination. In some dioceses where there is a relative shortage of priests he said, "having a sufficient number of permanent deacons will undoubtedly mean attending much better to the needs of the faithful".

flow all the country's churches on Christmas Eve, the challenge to pastors is tantalising. While neither baptisms nor catechumens have increased noticeably in recent years, the number of churchgoers on Christmas day is impressive.

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Vatican and Czechoslovak Church officials say the problem of married priests is a small part of the larger issue of determining who was validly ordained and how to integrate these clandestine priests into normal Church structures and parish life. Some do not want their status normalised, preferring to continue working informally through their secular profession, said Church officials. These priests say people have greater confidence in them because they share their daily hardships and situations,

according to the Church officials. There are also rumours that at least one clandestine bishop ordained women deacons. Vatican and Czechoslovak officials said they are aware of the rumours but cannot verify them. The overall issue is in the hands of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which is reviewing information forwarded from Czechoslovakia. Congregation officials told Catholic News Service they are not authorised to discuss the situation. Czechoslovak and other Vatican officials, however, outlined the complex problems that are emerging. The problems stem from 40 years of oftenharsh communist repression, which forced the development of an underground church

with secret seminaries and ordinations as a safeguard against the total destruction of Catholic life. This underground church parallelled the highly restricted public one. Problems include: • Determining whether someone claiming to be a bishop was validly ordained by another bishop. • Determining whether someone claiming to be a priest was validly ordained by a bishop. • Determining whether a validly ordained bishop had the special permission to conduct clandestine ordinations. • The status of married men who were theoretically ordained for the Eastern rite, which allows a married clergy, but who de facto remained in the Latin rite, which forbids mar-

ried priests. No statistics or reliable estimates are available yet regarding the number of bishops and priests clandestinely ordained, as claimants are still coming forth.

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DETERMINING VALIDITY OF SECRETLY ORDAINED PRIESTS

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Church freedom in Czechoslovakia has produced a sticky problem for the Vatican: normalising the status of the numerous secretly ordained bishops and priests, some of whom are married.

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tion times. People did this in good faith," he said. "One of the arguments for ordaining married men was that the secret police suspected celibates as clandestine priests," he said.

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"This was never done as an ideal for the future Church," he said. "These were persecu-

Clandestinely ordained Czechoslovak priests fall into two categories:

• Those ordained out- needed. side Czechoslovakia in In contrast, the German neighbouring Poland and Polish bishops who and East Germany by ordained men were able ordained to keep a secret file and publicly bishops. pass the names to the • Those ordained in Vatican, said Father Czechoslovakia by clan- Halik, who was ordained ordained in 1978 in East Germany, destinely bishops. Pope John Paul II, when The major problems he was Cardinal Karol involve priests ordained Wojtyla of Krakow, in Czechoslovakia. Poland, used to secretly Under Church proce- ordain men from Czedures, they have to prove choslovakia, said Father that they were validly Halik. ordained. This often Validly ordained marmeans proving that the person performing the ried priests in the Latin ceremony also was rite pose an additional validly ordained a problem. bishop. Under Church rules, The problem is further the Vatican would have complicated as some to make an exception if it people say they were were to allow the marordained by clandestine ried priests to minister in bishops who are now the Latin church. The dead and were out of other option would be to contact with public recognise their marchurch officials for long riages, allowing them to periods of time. In these live as Cahtolics in good cases, reliable witnesses standing but not as to such ordinations are functioning priests.

tive therapy," he added. The pope asked government officials and health care workers to better understand "the extent and complexity of the problem of the mentally ill" and to support laws that provide therapy and help eliminate the social causes of mental illnesses. Religious orders engaging in health work were asked "to give priority in care" to the mentally ill. "Various cultures have frequently reacted nega-

tively to mental illness, leading to the isolation of the mentally ill," the pope said. This leads to a society that "sometimes burdens the mentally ill with the weight of derision and disdain," he said. In treating the mentally ill, doctors should not underestimate the value of human love, he added. The pope praised "the singular contribution love can make, both preventively and therapeutically, to overcome a

good many mental disturbances, which are often caused by a disorderly organization of personal life and mistaken or deficient relations established with others," he said. A proper understanding of the human mind and the brain must be done in conjunction with 'The whole truth about man, in his closely knit unity as a physical and spiritual being," the pope said. "The attempt to explain

Some officials say that as many as 20 bishops and several hundred priests may have been clandestinely ordained. Most estimates are a lot lower, putting the figure closer to 100 with the number of married priests a tiny fraction of this. The number of married priests is small and "not a dramatic problem for our Church", said Father Tomas Halik, a clandestinely ordained priest who is now secretary of the Czech section of the Czechoslovakian bishops' conference.

Father Halik added that some married men had been ordained with permission because they were supposed to be assigned to the Slovak rite but remained in the Latin church. The Slovak rite is an Eastern Catholic Church with about 390,000 members. Father Halik said he doubted that men unmarried at ordination later married. Other officials, however, said that there are cases of men marrying after ordination.

Mental cases: Two main causes

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Decaying social conditions and the current crisis in values are contributing to the growth of mental disorders, Pope John Paul II said at a Vatican. sponsored meeting of brain specialists. The pope also asked for an integral approach to mental diseases that takes account of the mind's spiritual dimension and for greater respect for the human dignity of the mentally ill

so that they do not become isolated.

"Medical science recognizes a very close rela-

tionship, for example, between the manifestation and worsening of some mental pathologies and disorders and the current crisis in values," the pope said. "This is confirmed —to cite one instance — by the interdependence of AIDS, drug addiction and the disorderly use of sexuality," he added.

These require "intense preventive action," he said. Many mental diseases also "are frequently induced by longstanding and not yet rectified condtions of poverty, malnutrition, hygenic-sanitary deficiencies, environmental decay," he said. Unfortunately, where awareness of these intolerable situations has become more intense, there is a lack of facilities and personnel for suitable prevention and effec-

Praise for Marcinkus

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — US Archbishop Paul Marcinkus was praised for his personal generosity and his untiring service to the Church during a farewell Mass at the Vatican. Archbishop Marcinkus, 68, who was retiring after some 40 years at the Vatican, later joked that he had been spoiled by Roman weather and would head for someplace sunny after spending Christmas in Chicago, his home archdiocese. The archbishop is said to be considering doing parish work in Arizona.

Chief celebrant at the Mass was Cardinal Baggio, who worked with then-Msgr Marcinkus in the 1950's at the Vatican's delegation in Canada. Cardinal Baggio recalled that the young prelate kept asking to be returned to Bolivia, his diplomatic former posting. "In Canada, we were well-off, and this created a certain misgiving for him. He thought we weren't toiling hard enough, and he was nostalgic for a country that lacked everything," Cardinal Baggio said.

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The cardinal said this can some $240 million. was typical of Archbi- Italy attempted to proseshop Marcinkus' priestly cute the archbishop, but a court ruled it had no character. "He never said no to any authority to do so. task, no matter how Archbishop Marcinkus burdensome," he said. said recently that Cardinal Baggio said although he was innothe archbishop will prob- cent in the banking ably miss the Vatican, scandal, the episode "even though there was would stay with him like some bitterness — not a "scarlet letter". due to him, but to ,the Archbishop Marcinkus that has said that, wherever maliciousness always exists". he ends up, he wants to Archbishop Marcinkus do parish work after his was head of the Vatican retirement as a Vatican bank, which became official. His Vatican colinvolved in an Italian legues gave him a set of banking scandal that vestments as a goingeventually cost the Vati- away gift.

man's thought and free will in mechanistic and materialistic terms inevitably leads to the negation of the person and his dignity," he said. Development of "artificial intelligence" and "electronic brains" do not alter the fact that "at the root of information science and cybernetics stands the superior datum of human intelligence," which cannot be reduced "to physical and chemical phenomenon alone," said the pope.

Stop the violence, Irish guerrillas are told ARMAGH, Northern Ire- for calling off your Preaching at his installand (CNS): The new campaign now." lation at St Patrick's primate of Ireland and Cathedral, Armagh, he Northern Ireland asked Archbishop Daly said said some people in the guerrillas of the outlawed churches must work to Catholic and Protestant Irish Republican Army to overcome the twin evils communities blindstop their violence. of violence and sectarian- folded their consciences, "You have no sane ism in the British pro- preventing themselves reason or justification — vince of Northern Ire- from seeing the moral moral, rational or politi- land. Almost 3000 enormity of their deeds. cal — for continuing people have been killed They also kept themwith your campaign of in sectarian and political selves from seeing the violence," Archbishop violence in Northern inviting finger of Christ Cahal Daly of Armagh Ireland in the 21 years "calling them back to the said at his installation since the IRA has love and compassion and December 16. "You have stepped up its guerrilla mercy which wait for every reason — moral, campaign to oust Britain them in his sacred heart," rational and political — from the province. he said.

Wayne adopts new 'home and family By Ian ESMOND For seminarian Wayne Davis, his admission to candidacy for ordination as a deacon and priest recently was more than a declaration of his intention to prepare for priesthood, it was also the adoption of a new home and family. Wayne (33) is originally from NSW and after four years in the seminary in Adelaide, his candidacy at St Columba's Church in Bayswater meant he now feels he is truly part of the Perth Church. "My candidacy means a commitment to the Perth archdiocese, to the archbishop and most importantly to the people of Perth," Wayne said. "Coming from NSW where all my family still are, it's important that I make this commitment to the people." "While not completely cutting off my family in NSW,I am now saying that the people of Perth are my new family and the people I want to belong to."

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"I can finally say that Perth and WA are my new home." Wayne has also adopted Bayswater as his home parish since last year when he was on three months pastoral placement there. Iasked the parish ifIcould say Bayswater was home because they took me into their hearts and homes and I felt really comfortable with them," he said. "They agreed and so I'm leaving one family but going to a new family." Wayne said the rite of candidacy was important because it also meant a public commitment to the fact that he felt ready to continue on to diaconate and priesthood. "Through my prayer and my spiritual life I believe I have come to that maturity of purpose that I'm now ready to say yes to the archbishop and the people of Perth that I want to be a priest for this archdiocese and for them," Wayne said. Wayne believed his candidacy was also very much a celebration for the parish of Bayswater because it was they who were presenting him to the Archbishop for approval to prepare for

priesthood. It was approval Archbihsop Foley eagerly gave. "In our midst tonight is one who has recognised the call of the Lord and whomIinvite to come forward in the midst of us here and to declare publicly his intention to proceed to the ordained ministry of the Church," Archbishop Foley said in his homily. "You are well aware that this man chose you, the community here in Bayswater, to be his home parish because with you he grew to a conviction that the Lord did want him to serve his people in the sacramental ministry." "That his aunt and uncle and nephew are here with him representing his family, that you are with him representing the community of this Archdiocese that he calls home, that his brother priests and bishop are with him tonight is truly fitting for him and for ourselves." Wayne has a further two years of training before his ordination as a priest, a time in which he believes the spiritual bonds between himself, the Archbishop and the people will grow stronger and deeper.

Trinity's music-makers... By Colleen McGuiness-Howard

Michael Barry (left), Andrew Muller and Carl Celedin are a prize-winning trio from Trinity who obviously 'struck the right chord' with the examiners and are moving on to other musical challenges.

A recently held competition for solo instrumentalists and vocalists in Catholic secondary schools has been held in the Zenith music auditorium, sponsored primarily by Catholic secondary colleges. It's titled the James Nestor Award for excellence in musical performance and three Trinity winning placegetters were Michael Barry (recorder) rust place, Andrew Muller (violin) second place, and Carl Celedin (piano) third place. It is the third time the competition has taken place and the second occasion where Trinity has been a placegetter. Other competing colleges were Prendiville, Mercedes, St Brigid's and St Norberts. Carl has previously won the piano section in the Performing Arts Festival last year and all three boys were part of the Trinity Concert Band which won the ensemble section in the Festival. Michael won third place in 1988 in the James Nestor Award, and Andrew has just been granted a place in the Western Australian Youth Orchestra. The boys were delighted with the win but said it was largely due to the efforts of Mr Robert Braham, their Director of Music. The Record, December 27, 1990 7

What's so great about the Bible?

Almost every educator in the Church today has noticed a relatively new but remarkable phenomenon: More and more Catholics want to participate in adult Scripture classes and Bible study groups. But what is the big appeal? Why do people give up the 101 other

things they could be doing for this?

The answer varies with the individual. What hasn't varied in much more than a decade is the growth of interest in the Bible. Some people attend classes while preparing for roles in pastoral ministries. These people

realise they must increase their knowledge of revelation. Others, serious about their responsibilities as the primary teachers of their children, want to equip themselves for that role. They want to be reliable guides for their children. Some simply want to

avail themselves of the beauty and is helpful in By Father John J. Castelot riches of modern Scrippractical ways, but that tural research. Still othits books also are ers see increased knowcomplex. were growing up. Those ledge of God's self- ing back for more. questions and needs revelation in Scripture as Learning of the Bible's What happens is that often are not met by the a powerful way of growcomplexity can be a their eyes are opened to simple answers they liberating ing in awareness of God experience, — and thus of growing in wonders they never learned as children. however, in a society that could see as children. a solid spirituality. seems to expect people to As adults become more have a relatively sophistiAdults have questions All these motives keep and needs that they familiar with the Bible, cated grasp of the advanpeople coming, and corn- didn't have when they they find it contains ces in so many other

Happenings in parish adult education "Here I was in my 40s, over the hill," Dorothy was saying. "Dissatisfaction made me restless. There were days I was in a stupor, wondering about my past. "How many mistakes I had made! How much had I damaged my children? Had I lost a romantic interest in my husband? Had I grown calloused, uncaring? How could God love me when I had been so casual about God?" Dorothy was describing to friends how, in the midst of her soulsearching, she came to participate in a program at her parish called Midlife Directions. "It wasn't focused on crises, as so many other micilife programs were. "Instead," she continued, "it promised to help participants examine their pasts, to deal with unfinished business and to make an act of faith that in spite of mistakes, it had been good since it had shaped us into who we are today. "It also promised that we would take a gracious look at the persons we currently are in order to accept ourselves for ourselves, rather than just for the roles we play or the tasks we do. "That would become our act of hope in God's unconditional love." Dorothy said all this piqued her interest. She shored up her courage by

By Loretta Girzaitis convincing a friend to accompany her. Once there, they spent time "becoming acquainted with who we thought we were and who God knew we were." What did they actually do during that time? "We' had a workbook," Dorothy said. "We used this as a journal as well as a guide. "The facilitator provided basic information personality on development. "I learned that I am quite a complex being, that the essence of my personhood was what God was calling me to rediscover." Dorothy said she also "learned what it meant to be made in God's image and likeness. "We sang and shared and role played. We listened and questioned. We read and reflected. The days between sessions provided time to write in our journals and to explore the Bible for our favourite quotations, frequently which became the basis for our prayer and discussion at a subsequent session. "Our time together was open and trusting, and we were sorry to see it end." What did this program do for Dorothy? She said it gave her insights about herself and her relation-

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ship with God that became a guide to her future. "It filled up the emptiness that had haunted me for so many months," she said. "It brought me peace and a yearning for additional knowledge. "So it didn't surprise me when I signed up for another seven-week program that explored our human personalities and our individual gifts. I hadn't the slightest idea what it was all about, but the description that it would provide participants with insights about how they reflect God on this earth drew me to it. "This program deepened understandings I had learned in the Midlife Directions sessions. It helped me acknowledge what motivations direct my life. It was more academic than the first one, but we had time to share, to question and to have private interviews with the facilitator. "Istill have many years to live andI want to live them fully," Dorothy concluded. That, she said, is why she now has sought out spiritual direction. The TV ads proclaim a message that `Tm worth it," Dorothy mused. She added, "I know my present journey is the result of my belief that care and concern and the time taken for my spiritual life are indeed worth it".

think there should be fiek little or no reason to that find is people Wit thq is no need to feel study the culture it thatfaith is somehow emerged from or the chilfsh in an otherwise exact needs of the ancient people to whom grovi-up world. it was first addressed by The are always some its human authors. who drop out of Bible d4 s, and again for But most of those who variis reasons. embark on this venture %le the Bible is stick with it enthusiastiinsp ed by God, a few cally. In my experience,

the most common reaction is: "We want more!" When the actual classes are over, people ask for a list of readable and solid books to study on their own or to use in ongoing groups. These people believe they profit from the Bible intellectually, psychologically and spiritually — that they grow.

Seeing indistinctly throug a mirror •

I returned from biblical studies in Rome and Jerusalem in 1969. I began teaching at a university. Soon I also began meeting with adult education groups in parishes of the area.

initiated by an adult participant after an evening presentation on the Gospels. "You mean Jesus is fully human?!"

"Does that mean that when Jesus was a child, he studied and learned from experience like we do?" "That's right. Luke says, 'advanced in he wisdom'."

"Yes, fully human, just Ever since then, a big like us in all things "Iam so relieved. That's part of my work has been except sin. We have it what I have been thinkhelping Catholic adults explicitly from the fourth ing for a long time, but I appreciate the New Tes- chapter of the letter to was never really sure. tament and examine its the Hebrews: We do not Thank you.Iwas afraidI bearing on their lives. have a high priest who is had lost my faith." unable to sympathise This effort has taken me with our weakness, but People have different to nearly every state in one who has similarly needs, depending on my country and to every been tested in every way, cultural background and continent. yet without sin.' At the history. But many comHere is an absolutely same time, Jesus is fully mon reactions can be found all over the world. typical conversation divine."

Those needs at quite simple.

put aside childish things (1 Corinthians 13:11).

Adults need know that asking qa stions about their faiths es not mean they are hi ig it.

As children, it was enough to know that Jesus was the son of God, that he was born of the Virgin Mary and died to save us.

It is simply thi many answers receii..1 in childhood are pt adequate for aduk who need to face adti Christian challenges.

As adults, we are confronted with the mystery of Jesus' humanity and divinity how this divinity did not make him less human than we are, how he was born, grew up and died like we do, and how none of this made him less divine.

St Paul understod this and wrote it when Christianity wasp more than 25 years ok When I was a child, ised to talk as a child, 64 as a The fact that Jesus is child, reason as child; when I becamei man I fully human and fully

DISCUSSION POINTS What adult education event that you participated in really hit home? And why? "I took part in an adult education series of classes based on 'The Road Less Traveled' by psychiatrist Dr Scott Peck. It was an exploration of myself. I love to be involved in this kind of growth. . It also taught me about others. . . to understand them instead of judging." — lini Shanti. "A Cursillo weekend. It contained all the elements necessary to make an impact on my life. It appealed to the intellect with the information given, such as talks on 'grace' and 'the sacraments'. It appealed to the emotions with witness talks given by laypersons . . . Also "My most memoraole event was a Itnten present was the chance to experience the Church retreat program for the parish. The stl and in the community present." — Joan Kuglen. priests of the parish worked as a team. Or the "A workshop on worship for youth . . . made me presenters gave their talks, we shared i• nail realise the importance of taking time during the group discussion, sharing and praying thither. adult worship experience to include in a special We concluded the day with a paraliturgy • .We way the children who are present" — Rose really worked and celebrated together." Gunderson. McKnight.

By Father Eugene LaVerdiere, SSS divine is not purely academic. For all of us, human life has its ups and downs. It can be extremely reassuring that the son of God knows our struggles personal from experience. Adults want help and encouragement as they ask questions and reflect on the meaning of their Christian life and faith. They also need some information.

For example, it is helpful to know the background of the Gospels and the epistles, and the great ecumenical councils that deliberated the question of Jesus' full humanity and divinity. It is also important that adults see the continuity and the relationship between their childhood understanding and their new adult grasp of faith. connection The between the two can be a source of enormous strength. Without it, we experience a certain rootless-

ness and insecurity. Adults want to be reassured, stimulated and assisted in thinking about faith. But there is something else. As children we looked for simple answers; those are the answers we received. On becoming adults, we discovered how complicated life can be and that the simple answers are not enough. The knowledge of Christ that we have in faith includes personal and experiential knowledge.

That is different from knowing facts and information. It is like knowing someone we genuinely love. Words never are adequate to say who that person really is. Try as we might, we cannot find the words to convey who our mother or father truly are. We might say that they are caring, gentle people of great simplicity and maturity. Those words are fine, but they fall short of what we know and feel about our parents.

It is like that with knowledge of faith. Our ideas and words try to keep pace with our developing relationship to Christ. But they are never up to the reality. Still we try and it is good we do so, even in realising that our effort is the quest of a lifetime. This too was clearly seen by St Paul: "At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then! shall know fully, as I am fully known" (1 Corinthians 13:12).

A peace aking pope Leo was born almost he was well-known all out to the poor and to 16 centuries ago, about over Rome because he treat people justly. He 400 AD. cared for the city's poor taught his people about It was a time when wars threatened world peace and invaders threatened to take over the city of Rome. There also were differences dividing people in the Church. All we know about Leo's early years is that his parents provided him an excellent education. By the time he was 20,

and was a peacemaker.

Jesus and about Jesus' way to live.

The people and priests of Rome so admired Pope Leo also taught young Leo that they that the pope was the elected him their bishop successor of Peter, who in the year 440. As was the leader of Jesus' bishop of Rome Leo also apostles. was pope. He was called When an influential Pope Leo I. monk named Eutyches Leo preached to the began teaching that Jesus people of Rome every did not really become Sunday. He told the human, Pope Leo called Catholic people to reach together the world's

bishops for a council of the whole church. About 600 bishops gathered in the city of Chalcedon in 451. Leo sent delegates to represent him. He gave them an important letter to read to the bishops. Pope Leo's letter taught that Jesus is fully human and fully divine. Jesus Christ is both God and man. In Leo's letter, the bishops recognised the

true Catholic understanding of Jesus. They condemned Eutyches' teaching.

To appreciate Paul's metaphor, we need to realise that in his time mirrors were made of bronze and gave a poor reflection. It is a great step to realise that Jesus is fully human as well as fully divine. Still, it is like seeing a reflection in an ancient bronze mirror. To realise that is an even greater step. Someday, after many such steps, we shall be rewarded with the full knowledge of which Paul wrote to the Christians at Corinth.

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face. He persuaded Attila to spare Rome. Attila ordered his army to turn back from the city.

Time years later Rome The next year Pope Leo faced a much different trembled before another challenge. A mighty fierce army of invaders invading army, led by called Vandals. Their Attila the Hun, marched leader was named against Rome. Attila Genseric. threatened to destroy the Again the pope met city and kill the with the enemy. But this inhabitants. time Pope Leo was able only to persuade GenBut Pope Leo met the seric not to burn down fearsome enemy face to the city.

The Vandal army hurt many Romans and took many captive to Africa. Pope Leo then ministered to the suffering people of Rome and sent priests to serve the exiled captives in Africa. Pope LeoIstrengthened the papacy and healed many divisions in the Church and in society. He was one of the Church's great teachers. Pope Leo I is remembered as Pope St Leo the Great.

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Hickey's refugee plan hailed response to the proposal by the Geraldton Diocese.

The scheme to rescue an additional hundred Vietnamese "intact families" from the appalling conditions of the closed detention camps of Hong Kong has been welcomed by the Minister for Immigration, the Honorable Mr Gerry Hand as an encouraging proposal.

The interim committee was initially formed to assist Bishop Hickey in assessing the requirements of the proposal, to investigate possible sites for its location and to plan for the future implementation of the settlement.

There should be more such schemes, which would be an example to the rest of the world.

The committee is made up of highly experienced and dedicated members of the community, under the chairmanship of Pmfessor ED Watt, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Western Australia and has already inspected a number of potential properties, which are for sale and set about identifying the needs, overcoming the problems and forming the strategies necessary for the success of the proposal.

Bishop Hickey has asked the Minister to permit him to bring an additional hundred "intact families" from Hong Kong camps and assist with their settlement on a rural property in the Geraldton Diocese. By "intact families" Bishop Hickey explained that he meant "maternal and paternal grandparents, if any; bona fide husband and wife and children of the husband and wife. This means taking the aged and possibly the lame from the dreadful, stultifying camps" he said.

In response to Mr Hands request for information which would guarantee the permanent viability of the scheme and ensure that it would not become a poverty stricken Asian ghetto, Professor Watt said:

The families would be allocated land and basic accomodation, which they could eventually purchase free hold. They would be given expert advice and assistance to grow produce for their own consumption and eventually for sale to the local and export markets. Bishop Hickey had the choice of several properties, which the Diocese could purchase.

He has formally sought assistance from Australian Catholic Relief for funds to help

purchase the property. "It would be a very appropriate purpose for the money raised

in 'project compassion' during Lent and one that Australian and especially West-

ern Australian Catholics would respond to generously," Bishop Hickey said.

The West Australian Refugee Service (WARS) was formed in September 1990 in

"We are confident of the long term success of the project because we have sought advice from experts in agriculture and marketing. The refugees will be assisted to immediately grow sufficient for their own needs and soon become professional producers for the local and export markets."

Put Sonshine in your life

Mike Brockhoff who can be heard on 98.5 fin as you drive home each evening.

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Perth's only Christian radio station, churches. rye been told they hope some of Sonshine (98.5) fm, is winning fans from her wisdom has rubbed off on me!" he said. Sonshine fm has an off-air counselling Lancelin to Waroona with its easy listening service taking more than 40 calls a week, format and great music. "I don't know a professional musician giving the lonely and the needy an that doesn't listen," was the comment of one opportunity to talk about their problems "Muso" who walked into the Morley studios and if necessary to get information on agencies that can help them. to have a look this week. Sonshine fm aims to provide a climate Owned by Good News Broadcasters, a where the gospel is perceived as a rational non-profit incorporated association, Son- and desirable alternative to the emptiness shine fm is part funded by all the major and valuelessness of life without God. denominations in Perth including the Sonshine fm's liaison man for the Catholic Church. churches is Allen Browne and he is inviting The Church's media adviser Kevin Smith you to use the free "diary" service to has just joined Sonshine's advisory board as publicise special church events. our representative. He follows Miss Pat We are asked to pray for the station's Ryan who has been involved with the effectiveness, to encourage our friends to station since it was first formed. listen to 98.5 fm, to become subscribers at "Pat's contribution to the media $64.00 a year, and to volunteer for training apostolate in Perth is well known and as an off-air counsellor. Get a little "sonshine" in your life! recognised by her peers in the other

45 years of North Beach memories Long time parishioner g North Beach, Mrs !Mire Picknell, doesn't admit to her age but From what I can see has lot of vim and vigour For the age I suspect >he is! She is one of the contributors of their recently published parish collection of memories and has a store of them built up over the 45 years she's spent in that parish. When she and her husband settled in Watermans initially, there was a lot of sand around areas such as Trigg and very few Catholic families.

Already five years there was the late Mrs Eileen Rayner who was busily organising fund raising to buy a block and then build the Church, aided by her husband Len. Mrs Picknell joined her endeavours and with other stalwarts, "we got behind her organising ability and enthusiasm which was the driving force behind all the Church work she carried out in those early years. "The North Beach pariare very shioners indebted to her." The energetic team were then joined by the late Mrs Dulcie Wood whose non-Catholic husband along with other similar men, supported their Catholic wives in money raising endeavours.

In the fifties and sixties "a larger Catholic population came to the area including Mr & Mrs Gray, Eileen and Mick Congdon, Sheelah and Bill Roberts and many others". Harking back, Mass in the twenties meant going

to Leederville. In the thirties it was Gwelup. And with the forties came visiting priests to service the relatively small Catholic group, celebrating Mass in the Mercy's holiday house which was an old wooden structure with holes in a rusting iron roof. This was perceived as a blessing as it allowed the sea breeze to reduce soaring temperatures among perspiring Mass goers. In 1951 Our lady of Grace parish came into being with its first PP Father Prendiville living in a room at the back of an old building in North Beach Road. Fund raising was not without its fumy side. One day Mrs Picknell went with Mrs Rayner armed with a copy of The Record to solicit money from Catholic firms. They tracked down one advertiser by his photograph and were given a warm smile when they approached him. But once he discovered they

were after money for the Church, it faded rapidly and his sales technique changed to a poverty spiel; he finally sent them off with a (reluctant) small donation. The next approach was to a hotel in Wellington Street run by a Catholic. Same story — warmly greeted with a big smile until they dropped the news that it was a donation they wanted. This man had an alternative suggestion for them; in a raised voice he told them to "get up to the bloke on the hill (Archbishop Prendiville) and ask him for the money". When he calmed down they explained they were struggling to get their block to build at North Beach and were appealing to the generosity of various business people. He gave them ten pounds and told them not to come back! Another occasion saw the running of a hot dog stall, injudiciously on a Friday night! As this was a non-meat

night for Catholics, from the 7am Sunday Nazareth school with Father Prendiville stood Mass and Christmas 546 children, which was in front of the stall and midnight Mass which he in the early days run by everyone was too scared did voluntarily for a the Dominican Sisters. to buy a hot dog. So the number of years. Some organisers asked him to years later when the All in all — a great please move on as it was population grew, the bus reward for those who company put on a Sun- worked in the heat of the spoiling their business! Mrs Picknell's non- day morning church bus day and their successors who can now rest in the Catholic husband used to in their schedule. Some 40 years later, shade. But with other borrow a bus from his employers, the North North Beach has its own challenges yet to face in Beach Bus Company, parish centre next to the a new society which and drive those who Church, counsel care brings with it its own needed transport from house, a separate priest's problems and need for Marmion, Waterman presbytery and the Sis- the energy of the and other places, to and ters of the Holy Family of dedicated.

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KSC putscBisth. e Record straight from Mr Peter TAYLOR national chairman Southern Cross Homes Sir, Whilst an Adelaidesourced story (The Record, December 13) quotes correctly from my press statement of November 20, the opening paragraph of the story attributed to me a statement which was not in the press statement and which, in fact contra-

dicts the general thrust of the press statement . I want it to be clearly understood that I did not say that "The fear that uncontrolled mercy killing could be practised in Catholic nursing of Southern Cross Homes in Adelaide". I have been made to appear as if I disagreed with the stand being taken by the Australian

This is not the case. In fact my press statement was issued only after consultation with the Australian Episcopal Conference and with their approval Your attributing such a statement to me without my knowledge and approval, and in sharp contradiction to the sen _ timents of my press

Statement of which you made extensive use in the same article, has embarrassed both me and Southern Cross Homes and has contributed to difficulties for those to whom it has been given to negotiate Federal the with Government. It is precisely because there is a possibility that the practice of euthana-

sia could be legalised in this country that I made the statement that I made to "include any practice currently illegal but which may at some future date be permitted under State or Federal Law". (Press Statement, November 20, 1990). Further, I hold that the religious and moral ethos of Catholic homes for the aged should be respected

Thought-provoking stories in Record

from Maxwell HAMMER Sir, The Record is to be commended for providing some thought provoking material in recent weeks. Your front page article on Medjugorje (December 9) provokes me into thinking that the Church hierarchy are f iddling while Rome burns. They have spent nine years (1981-90) debating the authenticity of the

Marian apparitions and getting nowhere. Meanwhile, Catholics world-wide are expected to await their pronouncements with bated breath. Fortunately, many have already decided for themselves that Our Lady's message of prayer is authentic and acted on it. Think of all the extra prayer that could have been offered over those nine years! There seems to be no

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patient has moved 20 kilometres to the other side of town.

This view is not inconsistent with my support in general for the right of residents to the doctor of their choice.

In any case there is a difference between the right to the doctor of one's choice and the right to have a procedure (euthanasia) done by a doctor when that procedure violates the consciences of those who operate the homes concerned.

But that right is not an absolute. For example, the doctor has the right to refuse to take on a patient, especially if the

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science? Why not allow people to receive the message to pray and then get on with it? Is it not because Our Lady's messages are a threat to the status quo? She says "Pray" and that is not the Church's priority; its priority is controlling people's lives and tying them up with endless rules and regulations which must first be debated ad nauseam.

THANKS Thanks to Our Lady and St Clare. Pray nine Hail Marys for nine days lighting candle and letting it burn out on the ninth day. Request three favours, one business, two impossible, then publish. MA Grateful thanks to Sacred Heart of Jesus, St Jude, Our Lady, St Claire for prayers answered. P.R. & C.R. Ask St Clare for one business and two impossible favours. Say nine Hail Marys for nine days with candle burning. On ninth day let candle burn out. Publish this notice in paper. M.C.R.

by the doctors who wish to use those facilities for the care of their patients..

Thanks to Our Lady and St Clare. Pro nine Hail Marys for nine days lighting candle and letting it burn out on the ninth day. Request three favours, one business, two impossible then publish. Mary Novena to the Sacred Heart. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, may your name be praised and glorified throughout the

world now and forever. Amen. (Say nine times a day

for nine consecutive days and promise publication.) Thanks to the Sacred Heart for prayers answered. Liz. ____

Sir, One really has to wonder why the Australian secular media and perhaps particularly the ABC (who else?), persists (and insists) in the misinformation that the Catholic Church is restricting the "rights" of nursing home patients to the services of the doctor of their choice . . . ? The Church is most definitely not preventing any doctor from attending to nursing home inmates per se. It is simply insisting that such doctors agree, formally and legally, that they will not carry out practices in

the Church's nursing homes that are contrary to the Church's moral teachings and principles. If the "doctor of inmate's choice" refuses to agree to such a proviso, then, he/she will be forbidden to practice in the home. If he/she refuses to sign one wonders what he/ she may do! There is a big difference between this and saying that inmates cannot see the doctor of their choice. The secular media needs to understand that moral principles cannot be accommodated or compromised.

A light in the darkness A t the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary John Angus lights candles symbolising Christ's light.

TOMORROW TODAY with Father Joe Parkinson

New 'roads pay plan CATHOLIC YOUTH CONFERENCE 1991 1011101WINI 1 F AVFA iligrAVA.VAIII CROSSROADS TO TOMORROW

At the Antioch parents' meeting were (back row, 1-r) Wayne Spencer, Ron Pirola, Mavis Pirola, Bernard Lawrence, Bernadette Lawrence, Dunstan Hartley, Laurie Hassett, and (front) Anne Spencer, Margaret Hartley and Pat Hassett

Founding parents visit Perth

Antioch's founding parents in Australia, Ron and couples attending. Mavis Pirola of Sydney, were in Perth recently for Ron and Mavis returned to Sydney last week, an 'Antioch wedding' and took time to meet having extended an invitation to all groups to Antioch parents from most local groups. join them in Sydney in September 1991 for

Many issues were discussed during what proved to be a most fruitful evening for aL parent

Antioch's tenth anniversary Mass to be celebrated at the Sydney Opera House!

Rewards of youth meets

Time is racing away and the 1991 Youth Conference is nearly here.

I am so keen about going, I was the second person to register, and I am certain my experience with the 1988 Youth Conference has a lot to do with it! From the word goIhad a positive feeling about the 1988 Conference. There were hundreds of other people my own age eagerly gathering to meet friends and share faith. Let's face it, how often would you get that many young people together to talk about God? With this in mind,I just knew it was going to be awesome. There was a great atmosphere of openness and sharing even with a group of that size.

We lived in community the New Year in the of north groups of around 30, country which brought the whole Auckland. event down to a really I was quite disappersonal level. pointed about the fact I learned a lot from the that I was missing out, talks and inputs we had, but I had already made but mostly from the my plans for coming over people I met. to Perth to continue They made me aware living with my parents that youth on the Church and younger sister. are neither dead nor I had lived briefly in boring, but exciting peo- Perth from June 1985 to ple who were experienc- February 1986, so when ing things just as I was. I arrived back I conAnd they loved being tinued to be part of Catholic. Shenton Park parish. Michele McGuckim There was a small youth group going there, which The effects of the 1988 I started to attend, and I Catholic Youth Confer- believe it was Clare ence for me started on Corvaia (Pavlinovich) December 24 1987. who came around to I was living in Auck- promote the conference land, New Zealand, andI here in Perth. was in a parish youth Iwas the only one in the group, most of whom group who wanted to go. were preparing for a I jumped at it. This youth conference over conference, I felt, would

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NANGA BUSH CAMP (near Dwellingup) FEBRUARY 8-10, 1991 Come and share in a Franciscan experience with other young searchers 18 years old and over. Get closer to God and St Francis of Assisi. I nterested?

Contact Fr Andrew 349 2837 Pat Meek 349 1474 or Fr Finian 274 1159

registrations in as soon as possible, certainly no later than Monday January 7.

to the Conference office or on 328 9878 328 9622.

Leave

your

phone and name answernumber on the new the Required for ing machine if no one is system is a signed declai ration that the delegate n attendance, and you soon (or parent or guardian) will be contacted as possible. as will undertake to make Meanwhile, preparathe prescribed repayments on the last day of tions for the big event are each month, beginning proceding smoothly — conference books have on Feburary 28. been printed, catering Also required will be details are finalised, and some proof of identifica- all that remains now is tion, such as a birth for delegates to register at certificate or drivers Aquinas College licence. between 5pm and Enquiries regarding the 6.30pm on Friday Janunew system can be made ary 11.

1991

Youth Conference

particular Mark Ratajczak. With Mark I started up Also,Idid not know any a Subiaco/Shenton Park young people in Perth youth group. apart from the few I From there I became knew from my previous involved with the visit, andIhad not really Catholic Parish Youth kept in touch with them. "Neway Team" and I was really looking helped out on many camps, trying to meet forward to the Confer- new people and to help counted even ence — I them know some of the down the days? joys I have had in being Finally the day came, so involved in the church as off I went with my bag, a young person. my four-foot teddy bear I was on the volunteer named 'Honey', and my Neway Team for about two years, but as I spiked haircut? wanted to help young I remember there were people on a fulltime heaps of things to do, basis, I applied for the heaps of issues and heaps CPY fulltime position at of people from all over the end of 1989, and the world there. It had an started work on Febuenormous effect on my rary 2, 1990. life! I am still here, working The week of the confer- and meeting new young ence unfolded really people, still being chalwell. Some people I met lenged, and still getting there I am still really closer to God. Mladen Millcich close friends with, in

YOUNG FRANCISCAN WEEKEND1

YOU are invited to a weekend at

Conference accountant Greg LeGuier said this week that delegates could now register and attend the January event for just $50 deposit, with the balance of the $150 registration fee to be paid in monthly installments of $20 up to June 1991. But he also noted the urgency of getting all

make up for the one I missed out on in New Zealand.

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Young people needing financial assistance to get to the 1991 Catholic Youth Conference "Crossroads to Tomorrow" received a boost this week with the announcement of a 'term payment plan'.

2 WEEKS TO GO! "Crossroads to Tomorrow" 1991 YOUTH CONFERENCE

CALL KRISTI 328 9878 The Catholic Youth Office is

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YOU ARE INVITED!!

1991 Catholic Youth Conference invites you

to join in two major public youth events:

Public Youth Rally

Youth Mass

Tuesday January 15 Silver Jubilee Pavilion Claremont Showgrounds 7.30pm

Wednesday January 16 Silver Jubilee Pavilion Claremont Showgrounds 7.00pm

All youth, families, friends & parishioners welcome!! The Record, December 27, 1990 13

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard ammomiromminw

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MOULD OF GARLIC RICE

served in individual moulds.

You can prepare this in advance, reheat it before serving and change the flavourings to suit your menu. Chopped fresh herbs, chives, roasted pine nuts, chopped cooked onion, saffron and crushed spices are some other alternatives. It can also be

1 two-cup savarin mould melted butter to grease 1 cup uncooked rice 30g (1 oz) butter 1 dove garlic salt and freshly ground pepper

Butter the savarin tin thoroughly. Cook the rice in

salted boiling water for 12 minutes. Drain, and leave the strainer full of rice over the hot saucepan.

into the original saucepan and stir in the garlic flavoured butter. Season. Pack this mixture into the savarin tin. Reheat Heat the butter in covered with foil another pan with at 180°C (350°F) the peeled clove of for 12-15 minutes. garlic until it Invert onto a plate foams. Tip the to serve. Serves 8. warm rice back

Chocolate Malteds INGREDIENTS

Patio Salad INGREDIENTS

4 x 300g (10oz) cans* kidney beans, drained 8 hard-boiled eggs, chopped 1 cup finely chopped onion 2 cups chopped celery V3 cup relish, pickles or chutney 2 cups grated Cheddar cheese 2 cups sour cream * Nearest equivalent can size SERVES 4-6 Combine all ingredients in a bowl and serve.

4 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 tablespoons heavy cream teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup instant chocolate malted milk i/3 cup granulated sugar Cocoa powder for dusting 8 ounces semisweet, couverture, or dark compound chocolate

Australian Meat Pie INGREDIENTS

YIELDS 18

1 onion chopped 750g (1 lb) minced steak cups beef stock cup tomato sauce pinch nutmeg 2 tablespoons flour blended with a little water 375g (12oz) packet shortcrust pastry, thawed 1 sheet ready rolled puff pastry, thawed Seasoning to taste.

rast, easy, slightly chewy little 'candies. 1. Melt the butter and cream together, and when the liquid cools slightly , stir in the vanilla. Add the malted milk and sugar and stir well. 2. With your fingers, knead the mixture briefly, then press and form the chocolate into 1-inch-round balls. Let dry for 30 minutes, then roll in cocoa. Leave out to dry overnight.

SERVES 4-6

Stuffed Zucchini INGREDIENTS

6 medium zucchini 30g (loz) butter or margarine 250g (8oz) minced steak 1 onion roughly chopped 2 tomatoes, roughly chopped 1 stick celery, sliced Seasoning to taste SERVES 6 Slice the zucchini in half lengthways and scoop out the seeds and flesh. Melt the butter in a saucepan and saute the meat until lightly browned. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 5 minutes. Spoon the mixture into the zucchini and place onto a greased baking sheet. Bake at 200°C (400°F) for 45 minutes, or until tender. 14 The Record, December 27, 1990

Saute the onion, and meat in a frying pan until browned, draining off any excess fat. Add the beef stock, tomato sauce and seasoning, cover, bring to the boil, then simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in the blended flour, allow the mixture to thicken, then cool. Lightly grease a 23cm (9") deep pie dish and line with the shortcrust pastry. Spoon in the cold filling, moisten the edges with water and top with the puff pastry, pressing down gently to seal. Trim and score the edges, brush the top with lightly beaten egg and make a slight cut in the centre of the pastry. Bake at 230°C (445°F) for 10 minutes then reduce heat to 180°C (350°F) and bake a further 30 minutes.

Vegetable Casserole INGREDIENTS

3 capsicums cut into strips 3 eggplants, sliced 6 zucchini, sliced 3 tomatoes, skinned, chopper 2/3 cup olive oil 2 cloves crushed garlic 3 onions, thinly sliced 1 cup chicken stock Seasoning to taste. SERVES 4-6 Toss vegetables in oil and transfer to a casserole. Cover and bake at 180°C (350°F) for 1 hour. Serve as entree or as a vegetable accompaniment.

3. Melt the chocolate over hot water, then dip in the candies to coat them. Drizzle a "string" of chocolate off the end of a spoon to make a small pattern on the chocolate. Let harden in refrigerator.

Fruit and Vegetable Baskets T

hese can be made with lemons, oranges, pineapple, grapefruit or kiwifruit, or vegetables such as tomatoes or capsicums. The baskets can be used as containers for sweet or savoury mixtures.

The most popular basket — usually filled with fruit salad — is made with a melon. Remove a thin slice from the base of small melon to allow it to stand upright. Cut halfway down each side, leaving a 2.5cm wide 'handle' in the centre, then at right angles to the handle cut out the two wedge-shaped pieces on either side. Discard the seeds. Scoop out all the flesh and use it for your filling. Large mushrooms can also be used as edible containers.

Happy new year folks!

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

Royal Plum Pudding

Chocolate Parfait INGREDIENTS

cup milk unsweetened ounces 5 4oz almonds chocolate 1Mb seeded raisins / cups granulated 2 11 8oz mixed peel sugar 8oz sultanas 4 cups heavy cream 8oz currants 2 teaspoons vanilla 8oz plain flour extract pinch salt semisweet Grated 1 level teaspoon mixed spice or chocolate 1 level teaspoon ground nutmeg pecans chopped 10oz butter (optional) 8oz soft breadcrumbs 8oz sugar SERVES 15 6 eggs delicious cold 6 tablespoons whisky, brandy, rum or sherry that dessert pint milk should be eaten just Grease a big pudding basin and cut a double short of frozen. Its thickness of greased paper to fit the top. Flour texture is very suave. a pudding cloth and have ready some string to 1. Place the milk in tie it down. Blanch and chop the almonds and a pan and heat over a cut the fruit into uniform size pieces. double boiler until hot. Sift the flour, salt and spices and rub in the Add the chocolate and butter. Add the fruit, nuts, breadcrumbs and stir until the chocolate sugar. Beat the eggs and add the brandy or melts. Add the sugar, other liquor and milk. Pour into the dry then continue stirring ingredients, making into a soft mixture. Place in the double boiler in the prepared pudding basin, cover with until the mixture is greased paper and tie with pudding cloth over smooth. the top. Place in saucepan of boiling water 2. Place a tray's basin. of the sides the up halfway reaching worth of ice cubes in a Cover tightly with a lid and boil steadily for large bowl. Set the pan four hours. As the water boils away replace containing the chocowith more boiling water. On the day the late mixture over the pudding is to be served boil for a further one ice and stir until the hour. bottom of the pan in no longer hot. 3. Start beating the mixture with an electric hand mixer. Slowly add the cream until the chocolate mixture i• very smooth. Continue adding the rest of the cream more rapidly, INGREDIENTS and beat until the 12/3 cups heavy cream whole is the consis7 tablespoons unsalted butter tency of lightly 1 pound semisweet chocolate, cut or whipped cream. It is pieces into broken most important to stop 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier (or to whipping before the taste) cream thickens too Cocoa powder for dusting much, as overbearing will keep the parfait YIELDS AROUND 50 from having the lovely, ere is a rich chocolate truffle light yet rich texture recipe. It is also one of the that you want. components of the following recipe for 4. Put the chocolate giant Geodes. cream into a glass or a into butter and cream 1. Put stainless-steel mixing saucepan. Let butter melt over medium bowl. Cover with plasheat then, stirring all the while, turn up tic wrap and put into the heat and let the cream just come to the freezer. Four hours a boil. after the parfait has started freezing, take it 2. Off the heat, add the chocolate to and beat it briefly out the saucepan and stir until it is with a hand mixer so completely melted. Continue stiring that any hardening until the mixture thickens and cools at the edges portions Marnier, Grand the in Stir somewhat. Replace are dispersed. the in place and then cover mixture in until ready to freezer for thicken refrigerator. Let the mixture serve. at least 2 hours but stir it 3 or 4 times 5. I like best to eat as it cools and hardens. this on the day it is 3. To form the truffles, scoop up made and after it has portions of the chocolate with a spoon. been frozen from 6 to Dust a surface thickly with cocoa, then 8 hours. Heap it into also with cocoa-dusted palms, roll the parfait glasses, and top chocolate portions between your hands with grated chocolate to make balls. Roll the balls in cocoa, or chopped pecans if refrigerate them again immediately. you like.

INGREDIENTS

Direction decisions in a changed world Iremember once a young natural way of life for ing instead of increasing. And if they let you woman saying to me: them so why would they But what then? down —it's their loss People let me down. And change? Not yours. Because you will have I sensed in her the anyway. Why let And hardened deliberately enough, disappointment at that And foolishly to be like The the world change us? yourself that seeing at shock the experience. The crash Maybe if we stick at this are, rest' out there. from the pedastal she'd person as they really long enough — we can person decent the as not No longer will you be a even change the world! put them on and the is unpleasant sensation of you'd like to believe, child of God. Trusting. (Or does that sound and looking at the broken always as sharp Fresh and open to peo- naive!) it slowly And keen. ple. Believing the best pieces in all its harsh dawns as you constantly and disregarding the But in the ultimate, reality and ugliness. when the going gets see the schemers and tough and the tough Now today, even at my manipulators and moral obvious. age,Iknow exactly what degenerates (all posing as You will become like won't get going! we she meant. Once you nice people of course) the ones who walk in should remember why move out of sheltered that you yourself have to numbers disillusioning we are here in the first waters, you move into change. They won't. the others, betraying place. the shark infested seas trust and no longer It's to get to heaven. And You have to become their with all its other perils. His with an active if working for our heavof one cynical and always actively enly place is hard, then onscience c the and It's a nice day expect the worse, until sea looks tranquil and proven otherwise. Never weeding out the faults as who says it should be serene. You envisage to assume they're nice they come into your life. easy? pleasant marine bodies and harmless — but So there's a choice. Stay And in the final analybeneath its surface who rather out to get you. the way you are and sis, if life gets us down each swim their own Because unless you fol- expect that you will be with the world's grotty way and with plenty of low that format, you'll hurt along the way — or and mean ways, then water, you imagine no always get hurt and harden your heart and maybe we should lift our reason why they'd like to shocked and live through join the cynical who've eyes from the dirty be vicious, nasty or attack that experience all over trod this thorny path earthen floor and look you. upwards to the infinite again. before. But they do! That sea of This is the unfortunate But to join 'them out purity of celestial heights life has many predators reality of what life does to there whom you dislike where we visualise our and some seem always you. But in that awful for their undesirable heavenly home. change for your reverse ways' means you've lost An eternal home not on the attack. it means that You. Yourself. You've subject to the whims of response, At my stage in life, I the fresh- changed because you nature and man, but a lost have you never cease to wonder at youth. of believe you've been place of perpetual my naivety in invariably ness happiness. expecting the best from You've become dulled forced to. And that's sad. A heavenly home well one believe I Personally eagerness the lose and people. Always assuming they're nice and then and joy of that good has to recognise the evils and truly worth striving reluctant to admit other- hopeful expectation that of this world and try not for and with a heavenly father and mother wise. That's really how I there aren't that many to get involved. willing to reach always was raised in that lovely liars as there seem to be. Continue to believe the picking us up — down all really are people That best — no matter how Catholic oyster shell. when we stumble and their of good the for out hurt. get you many times But then I look around constantly urging us to and now marvel, in fellow man. That they all Remain yourself because ever trying, despite keep the and God love do God reveres the childlike shock, at the number of until we reach odds, the liars, cheats, sneaks — Commandments he lays and not the cynic. beckoning glorious that down. Because you will have at and among your own . . .beyond archway the given everyone as least not is Catholic members too, That man Paradise. is which who don't seem to have totally selfish and ruth- chance to 'do the right any semblance of a less as it may seem. That thing' without having by Colleen McGuinessHoward conscience left. It's a the numbers are decreas- pre-judged them.

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Departing April 13 1991 (School Holidays) 17 Days —Flying Thai International (via Rome) $3375 per person twin share basis Dubrovnik/Medjugorje/Lanciano/Assisi/ Rome/Bangkok

Extensions & Stopovers can be arranged Contact Moira Kelly — ICT Melbourne 03 3700700 Stephonie Crees — Perth 09 385 1308 Lic 30748 aortal& AA

Archdiocese of Perth Personal Advocacy Service

PROGRAM ASSISTANT

The Program Assistant will work as a member of a team which enables people with disabilities to experience personal, on-going relationships in the community, and provides individual and small group support to these people in parishes. Experience in working with people with disabilities is essential and experience in community-based work an asset. Written applications with resume and names of three referees to: Personal Advocacy Service, PO Box 1261, Morley, WA 6062 by Tuesday, January 29, 1991. For further information please phone 275 5388 (office hours) from January 15.

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BROTHER ANDREW of CALCUTTA A series of 4 audio cassettes of

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Above: Doubleview's Christmas pageant opened with a ceremony of light bursting into the darkness of the church. Right: Holy Rosary schoolchildren prepare to perform a liturgical dance in honour of the Lord.

KUL1N TIMES Saturday 7pm Kuhn (1), Dudinin (2), Hyden (3), Karigarin (4); Sunday 8am Kondinin (1), Hyden (2), Karigarin (3), Kuhn (4); Sunday 10am Hyden (1), Kuhn (2), Kondinin (3), Dudinin (4). SPIRIT CONFERENCE Living life to the full in the 1990s through the power of the Holy Spirit is the theme of the upcoming Sr Nancy Kellar Conference. The conference, presented by the Bethel Covenant Community, will focus on the practical use of the gifts and power of the Holy Spirit to live a full Christian life. Sr Nancy Kellar, international evangelist and a Sister of Charity for the past 30 years, comes to Perth to urge all to stir the charisms of the Holy Spirit once more into life. A Master's Degree in Pastoral Ministry and many year's service in a leadership capacity with the Catholic Charismatic Renewal have contributed to Sr Nancy's knowledge and preachrig about the power of the Holy Spirit in the 20th century. Currently Sr Nancy is lirector of St Elizabeth Seton House of Prayer and Renewal Centre in Scarsdale, New York, 3nd is also a member of the North American Renewal Services Steering Committee and the International Women in Leadership Advisory Committee. For the past few years Sr Nancy has been travelling the United States visiting prayer groups around the country, pastoring and teaching. The conference will be held on January 4 and 5, 1991, at Newman Siena College, Williamstown

Road, Doubleview. For information further please contact the conference organiser on 388 1333.

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SANCTUARY BOOKLET 1991 The Sanctuary Booklet directory of retreats, spiritual programs, retreat venues for hire, and names of spiritual directors, available during 1991 may be ordered from Sr Cecelia OP 446 6059, Sr Frances Maguire 478 1038, Paula Quinn 384 2979, cost $1 (plus postage).

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BULLSBROOK

Rosary, Homily and Benediction will be held on Sunday, December 30, at the Bullsbrook Church, 'Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church' at 2pm. For bus reservations for Perth, Highgate, Dianella and Marangaroo ring 344 4054. (Note change of phone no.) For Fremantle bus, ring 339 4015. The church is open every day and is available for pilgrimages by (ring appointment 571 1699). Midnight Mass will be celebrated on New Year's Eve.

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