The Record Newspaper 30 May 1991

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The night of death • A first hand report from the Josephite Sisters in Lima.

A Columban eye witness account is on Page 6.

According to witnesses three truck loads of insurgents arrived in Huasahuasi on Tuesday, May 21 at 6.30pm (7.30am Perth time, Wednesday, May 22).

They did not knock on all the doors of the homes in the town, nor did they ring the church bell which they usually do with great authority in much the same way as the military would.

This time they looked for people by name.

They called Sister Irene from her house and they called her by name.

They had gathered some people together in the town plaza and then proceded to conduct a kangaroo court style hearing for Sister Irene and some others.

The court hearing lasted for about two hours.

According to witnesses the insurgents (a great number of whom were young, almost children) accused her of being a North American, a "Yankee".

The people replied that she was not a Yankee but an Australian.

"It does not matter," they said, "we know she is an Australian."

The insurgents then spoke of the food stuffs from Caritas Peru that Sister Irene had distributed, they made her and four others kneel: the professor of the Community Agriculture College RUBEN PALACIOS BLANCAS 54; the former deputy Mayor ALFREDO MORALES

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TORRES 56;a member of the town vigilante committee PEDRO PANDO LLANOS and the delegate for the committee which purchased the television dish for Huasahuasi AUGUSTIN VENTO MORALES 50.

While they were kneeling they were each killed with one shot in the back of the head.

Sister Irene was the first one to be shot.

The priest in the town, Fr Leo Donnelly of the Mission Columban Society, did not know that Sister Irene was being tried.

He was in the parish house with two young people and a group of catechists from Tahuan-

Sister Irene first to be shot tinsuyo who were giving a workshop in Huasahuasi.

When they heard the Shining Path were about to arrive in town they gathered in the house and turned the lights off.

When the shootings were over and the insurgents had left town the people came looking for the priest. They were singing.

The bodies were lying together in the plaza.

Some of the neighbours had covered them over.

The priest gave them the last rites.

Then Fr Donnelly and two of the widows of the victims and the catechists who had come from Lima went to Tarma in the morning to report the killings to the authorities. (Names of these people are not given for security reasons.)

On the evening of the killings, Fr Leo Donnelly stood watch over the bodies in the town plaza from the evening until the following morning.

Sr Irene was buried in Huasahuasi by her specific request.

At her requiem mass on Friday, May 24 at 10am (11pm WA time), Fr Leo Donnelly concelebrated with 17 priests who had travelled far to be present.

Josephite congregational leader Sr Mary Cresp who had been with Sr Irene only a month before, flew back to Peru in time for the funeral.

The large church was jammed packed for the mass. The plaza of the town was also full of people who were unable to get inside.

After the mass the coffin was carried out of the church and around the plaza.

People then took it in turns at carrying the coffin the one and a half kilometres to the cemetery.

Sister Irene was buried in a concrete niche which was donated by a local man who had prepared the burial place for his family.

• Sister Irene McCormack's last memento to her mother, posted less than a month ago through fellow West Australian Sr Kathleen Dawe who had just visited her in Peru.

"Will be home for Christmas," Sr Irene said to her mother.

The photograph was taken on Ash

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Pray to forgive those who thought violence was a blow for freedom, Archbishop Little of Melbourne told a packed congregation at St Columba's South Perth.

It was an emotional Archbishop Little of Melbourne who had to deliver the homily at a Mass in St Columba's church for his slain cousin. He is wearing a Peruvian stole that Sr Irene had sent back to WA.

Gospel of pearl The gospel text of the pearl of great price used at last Saturday's South Perth memorial Mass was significant in the life of Sister Irene McCormack.

Welcoming the congregation the WA provincial leader Sr Maria Casey said that Sr Irene had recenly used the text at a Lima retreat and in a praywith-clay exercise had fashioned a shell surrounding the pearl.

The first reading too special had significance.

It was the text chosen by Sr Irene at a ceremony in the same church four years earlier when she was commissioned to her Peru appointment.

It was a text Sr Irene had used often during a questioning period in her life, Sr Maria Casey said.

The other reading from Romans, she continued, highlighted how deeds influenced the lives of

others. The worldwide reaction to Sr Irene's death, from Australia to Peru, was proof of the text.

Sister Maria urged the congrgation to pray for the other victims and their families — four men whose names at that point were not even known.

"Irene, bearing a Greek name that means peace, has been the victim of violence," said the archbishop of his cousin who had been buried in Huasahuasi just hours before the South Perth memorial Mass.

"She went to plant the Church; she has now been permanently planted amongst the people for whom she gave her life.

"The blooms at her tomb will be living. She was full of life. She was alive; vitality radiated from her."

Of Sr Irene's training in Sydney for her Peruvian posting and of her work with Latin Americans in Sydney, Archbishop Little said: "They were her life.

They were made to feel important.

"She grasped life with both hands. She involved herself with an apparent spontaneous energy in anything that was happening.

"She was usually a step ahead of us all as she realised that new windows could be opened to let in more light on the subject.

"There was no sense of death or disaster about

her. There was only life and prosperity."

Archbishop Little said that although Sr Irene radiated a certain beauty of soul she will also be remembered for the fierce, dramatic, senseless coup de grace of her death.

"As she gives an account of her life to God she will be able to say that by her violent death she grasped a chalice similar to that accepted

by Jesus Christ."

To Melbourne reporters wanting a comment Archbishop Little said he had used the French word "Engage" — to convey "the freshness, the given-ness, the full commitment, the innocent readiness of response".

Of Sister Irene's recent retreat on the gospel text of a pearl of great price, the archbishop said the flowers on her grave would be precious.

"She had found the treasure hidden in the field. She had reached the rock solid conviction that the Huasis were her pearl of great price.

Happily she surrendered all for that precious pearl "We may not be able to gather personally those irenic flowers but we can have no doubt that in the true fashion of St Therese of Lisieux, Irene will shower petals on us until we all meet with her in heaven."

At the conclusion of the South Perth memorial Mass Sisters of St Joseph stood up in their places in the midst of the packed congregation and made their final commendation of Sr Irene McCormack.

Response to changing into Lake Grace and Ongerup parishes. ians and a New Zealander were sent i Edith Prince of WA She said her order had received ncluding Sister who is still in Peru. pressing invitations to work in Pakistan, Sister Elizabeth says the overseas Nepal and Papua New Guinea. Peru had to battle the argument that mission was the first place the investigating there was still ample work for the order "It was a resonance between the group visited. but that was not Australia, in people and ourselves, with their needs, The Peru decision was also helped by necessarily the spirit of the order. and a feeling that we could fit into the the fact that volunteer sisters for "Mother Mary McKillop did not wait situation comfortably," said Sister overseas service had already started until all Australian needs were Elizabeth Murphy this week. studies with the Sydney courses answered before striking out for New West Australian Sister Elizabeth was sponsored by the Columbans who have Zealand," she said. for 12 years the Australian Josephite a strong presence in South America.

Changes in Australia after World leader during the time that the Peru In 1977 the general assembly of the World War II and the influx of migrants mission was established. congregation approved the idea of an into localities where Josephites were Today she is based at Esperance in overseas mission and some 50 sisters teaching had opened up an appreciafaith formation programs that extend volunteered. Eventually three Austral- tion of other cultures and the sense of

There was an immediate resonance with the situation in Peru when the Josephite Australian congregation looked at the possibility of an overseas mission some 15 years ago.

Sister Elizabeth Murphy . . . 12 years the AustralIan Josephite leader.

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John McCormack's family reminiscenses brought a smile to Sister Irene's grieving relatives (from left) Alan McCormack of Sydney and his wife Carol, Mrs Mary McCormack, Bernadette McCormack.

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BROTHER SPEAKS AT MEMORIAL MASS "We bear no grudge," said the McCormack family spokesman at the conclusion of a memorial Mass in St Columba's church.

"We believe her assassins to be people vulnerable to indoctrination from a long history in a country racked with inequality," said John McCormack, brother of Sister Irene McCormack.

"We ask you one and all to think of this inequality and consider where Australia stands at this point in our history.

"Are today's 35 car thieves tomorrow's 64 assassins?" he asked before calling on all to observe one minute's

silence to consider what can be done to reverse this trend.

"If the hundreds of people here today revolve to change one small thing we will walk out to a better world.

"This was the vision for which she lived. Trying to implement it was how she died."

Of his sister's early education with the Josephite Sisters in Trayning he said her studies towards Year 10 proved that she had above average intelligence and was capable of accommodating a heavy workload.

Of her decision to become a nun, John

McCormack said: "As an egotisical 15year-old I could not see what the fuss was about — 'you be a farmer, you be a lawyer, you be a nun'. We'd had a lot to do with the nuns and liked them all except the odd grumpy one.

"So there was no problem with the family.

Mum and Dad on the other hand had her already in heaven. They forever loved us equally but I'm sure there was some added pride in her choice of a career, only now do we admit that we shared that pride."

Of her teaching career he said: "She was more than a

teacher, she was an educator, and judging by the number of her students who have years later and at some of the most unlikely places taken the trouble to tell me she was the best teacher they had, she was very, very good.

"She was not a visiting teacher in these towns.

She was part of the town.

She did not know it but this was education and preparation for her role in Peru."

He added: "The decline in rural population and subsequent closure of country convents, though inevitable, left her with vocational doubts.

"Mother Mary McKil-

lop founded the order to bring religious education to the outback — in fact missionary work in Australia.

"Others had similar concerns and from this doubt and discussion was born the representation in Peru, where she went enthusiastically. "'There are many letters in evidence of the satisfaction she received from working with these people, more disadvantaged than we can imagine.

"111 health brought her home for one unscheduled visit, and this tour of duty was due to end in November. It was not to

face of Australia Christ working amongst other groups.

But The decision also was in line with the founding spirit of the Josephites, Sister Elizabeth said.

The purpose in colonial days had been to help people get a sense of human dignity and God's love and education was one of the most obvious ways of fulfilling that mission.

The early sisters had become immediately involved in social welfare for homeless women.

As Australians moved further into the bush their isolation and primitive life prompted the sisters to go out and provide education and support for those families.

In Lima the order had set up two States and this annoyed the Shining houses, helping especially in catechet- Path who are determined to stop the ical programs that involved training supplies and cause a breakdown in the leaders to teach families and involve system. parents in children's religious In addition Sr Irene had established education. a small biblioteca and helped the The move to Huasahuasi was in order children with their after school studies. to be involved in a different way and in When the priests were away the two response to the Columbans seeking sisters conducted the local liturgies. assistance in the area.

Back in Australia the Josephite sisters "It was a call to a place where people had forged strong links with Peruvian are deprived and isolated educationally migrants in Sydney. and spiritually," Sr Elizabeth said.

"It was more than just a decision we Sr Irene and Sr Dorothy had got made back in 1977," Sr Elizabeth said. women involved in the distribution of "It was our response to the changing Catholic Relief food from the United face of Australia."

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Record However briefly, the death of Sister Irene McCormack was etched into Australian consciousness, if not onto a world that seems too busy with too many similar tragedies.

It was etched even more deeply into the West Australian soul in a weekend of wide coverage, commended by the Josephite South Perth provincial leader, Sr Maria Casey.

But above all it is now an epic that must be carved deeply into the Church folklore of Western Australia because such sadnesses are the real life story of the Cross that has to be preached.

The story calls for more than superfical shock or indignation. Today's news hungry world is sometimes tempted to a style of jingoism presuming that Australians should be charmed against violent deaths, or airline tragedies, in far off places.

The days have gone when colonial gunboats steamed defiantly into poor countries to redress insult to expatriate nationals.

The Catholic Church on the other hand burns a torch for its dead because they are with the God who has loved and loves us.

The torch has to burn notwithstanding the savage cross currents that would want to see the flame doused once and for all.

The Catholic legend and folklore of millions of heroes and heroines stretches from the Apostles' deaths in the Middle East, to the thousands whose very Christian faith was despised on the streets of Rome.

Shortly thereafter there were brutal deaths even to defend Catholic orthodoxy against Catholic heretics who reasoned that God was being done a favour.

What Europe's marauding barbarians didn't do to Christian men and women over centuries of anarchy the new disciples of Mohammet would inflict on Europe's Catholics for centuries. Even today we are bewildered that it is in the name of Allah, our common One, True God that such deaths occur — Catholic reprisals included.

A becket's slain body at Canterbury was an omen of a new death and new cross that afflicts the Church right into our own day.

But this would occur not until Catholic and Protestant bloodletting exhausted itself in the name of 'Reforming' the Church to God's honour, and only now when those wounds are being healed and church unity patched.

It is a different vulnerability therefore that faces the Church in these times. While the Western Christian world is only now coming to grips with stories of the tens of thousands of Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thais, Filipinos, and Koreans who were slaughtered for their faith how are we to make sense of the some 7000 mostly priests and religious who were killed by their so called fellow Catholics and in our still living memory of the Spanish Civil War. A new hatred of the gospel that the Church had not hitherto encountered was at wort The new ideology paraded under the atheism of a dozen variations on Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao and their pathetic clones now humiliated across Europe but still reigning arrogantly in the devastation of Ethiopia or the impenetrable suffering mountain landscapes of South America.

This substitute gospel claims that the poor belong not to Christ but to the political minders, the thought controllers and those who can exploit poverty for their own rise to power. Like all irrational hatred it spawns its right wing counterparts in the death squads of Salvador, Brazil, Chile and Argentina whose grisly results are now only being uncovered.

If a distracted world has not the time, let Catholics at least grieve for the more than 200 bishops, priests, religious and laity who have been murdered in the past ten years — an average of more than a death a month.

Lest the horror of Archbishop Oscar Romero gunned down at the consecration in a convent chapel becomes the only focus, let the Church open its heart to the wider pain.

Along with the six Jesuits slain in San Salvador, there were the two women whose only crime was to have cared for the priests.

Alongside Sister Irene lie four men, blessed please God by her death as she hoped to bless their lives in life. The trail of the cross reaches into their wider families still cowering at the thought of further Sendero reprisals.

Sister Irene's Christian heroism is not in her violent death, in which she had no choice, but in her decision that she and tens of thousands of like minded men and women would make their lives a practical gospel to lift up the poorest of God's people, no matter what the price.

Jesus warned that hatred for Him would have to be borne by His followers.

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She knew her life was at risk...

In Peru Sr Irene in party mood with fellow West Australian Sr Edith Prince.

Sister Irene arrived to work in Peru in 1987.

Her first assignment was in a low income area in El Pacifico and Santa de Pierola in the suburb of San Martin de Porres in Lima.

Then she and her community decided that she would go to work in Huasahuasi in June 1989.

She knew that by opting to work there she was putting her life at risk.

She consciously accepted that risk as a part of her commitment to work to bring about the Kingdom of God among poor and ordinary people.

It was almost two years since she first went to Huasahuasi when she died.

Sister Irene worked with children and with the youth. She paid

special attention to the This is a difficult job as library. the villages are quite Studies of the young scattered. were one of her big They organised cominterests. munal work for the She gave them games, benefit of all the populapuzzles, educational tion and once a week games and other sources they had a "Common of amusement as she Pot" for all to take part in. knew they had no access They were organising to recreational facilities. workshops to teach peoWhen the priest was ple to knit cloth which away she took charge of they sent to Lima to be the liturgy. She loved the cut and sewn in El Pacifico. liturgy dearly.

Through this they deveThe Sisters of St Joseph in Huasahuasi worked loped a cottage industry hard. They had made which generated an special efforts since the income for those who economic reorganisation were most affected by the of August 1990. (Fuji- economic crisis. They nornics, named after the helped the people to recently elected organise themselves.

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Irene as joyful and They distributed the simple, but a determined food from Caritas Peru and good organiser. She and organised a centre liked to dance and be that served more than 30 with the people at their celebrations. villages.

...and death was possible "We knew that a death like this was possible," say Sr Irene's six mourning companions in Lima.

"As a congregation we thought the work was worthwhile in spite of the risk. So we decided to send two of our group of seven to Huasahuasi.

"We felt a mixture of pride and sadness at the death of Irene.

"It is only three weeks since we had been able to reflect together about our work as religious sisters and the future of this work.

"We hoped the Con-

gregation would be able to become more Peruvian.

"We had asked ourselves how God would like us to grow.

"We wanted to be open to the future and open to the laity of the Church. We did not want to always be a congregation of foreigners imposing ourselves upon the people of Peru.

"In April this year we had completed ten years in Peru. That occasion co-incided with the birthday of one of our sisters, and Irene danced and was happy at the celebration."

Strategic location The zone in which Huasahuasi is located begins practically at the top of the mountain and goes down towards Chanchamayo.

It is not a poor area but good potato country.

The interest of the Shining Path in Huasahuasi is strategic because of the potato production and the importance of the road going down to Chanchamayo.

Huasahuasi, a town of about 5000 located in a narrow river valley, has been attacked by Sendero Luminoso in the past.

In May 1989, the rebels cut all public services, including telephone lines, to the village.

That October, they executed two men in the town square.

There have been several incidents since then.

Earlier last week, suspected Maoist guerrillas

killed five peasant farmers in a similar incident in Oyon, another remote Andean village 192km east of Lima.

The Shining Path, which is fighting to establish a Maoist peasant-worker state in Peru on Friday celebrated the eleventh anniversary of the launching of their armed insurgency in the southern of department Ayacucho.

That day, suspected Shining Path guerrillas killed a Canadian who was acting director of World Vision International, and wounded his Colombian colleague as the two arrived at the group's Lima office.

More than 23,000 people are believed to have been killed in political violence since the Shining Path took up arms in 1980.

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Standing sentinel at the altar of Sr Irene's memorial Mass are the cross, candle, flower and congregational constitutions carried by her sisters in the opening procession.

A young Irene with Tes Clauson at the airport on the night she went to Melbourne to join the convent. Lett: Sister Irene graduating from UWA. Right: Irene as a schoolgirl at Trayning.

Belle o the ball..

As Pope John Paul II sits down to read the 10-volume life story of Mary McKillop, Australia's first candidate for sainthood, he will be reminded, that in May of 1991, McKillop's followers buried and mourned their possible first martyr Sister Irene McCormack.

The latest chapter in the Australian Josephite story comes from the blood-stained plaza of a remote Peruvian village in the Andes mountains.

It may be an omen that the original Saint Irene from the fourth century was also a martyr, who was shot in the throat with an arrow, and refused to be compromised for her faith.

Irene McCormack's violent death came after many years of devotion to God and people. If one day she is cited by the Church it will be for a life-time of dedicated service to the ordinary duties of a Catholic and a Josephite sister.

For sainthood two miracles would have to be proven to have occurred through her intercession.

Sainthood will not depend on the last few hours of her mortal life.

Unfortunately people too place our saints and martyrs on pedestals way beyond our reach. Too many think that the saints are unreal people removed from the mess of everyday living.

On a May evening in 1991 the sheep and wheat farming district of Trayning in WA has been linked forever with the seed potato producers of Huasahuasi in Peru.

As Australia recovered

-Bishop's tribute Sister Irene McCormack's place in West Australian education was singled out by Bishop Healy when he spoke at Rockingham last Sunday.

"We mourn her passing and pray for her and her family. It is appropriate also to recall that she whose courage and dedication we all admire was a student of our Catholic school system, primary and secondary, a teacher in that same system and also a principal.

"Many of you may have known her but again many of you may have not. With all of us she had many links — being a West Australian, sharing our faith and being a religious sister of one of the many religious orders who contributed so much to the foundation of our Catholic schools."

Mrs Iris Lee with Sr Cecilia Connolly.

By Fr John Jegorow from the depression and Europe burst into war, Irene McCormack came into the world at Kununoppin Hospital on August 21,1938. She was the third child of Mary O'Meara and Thomas McCormack.

She spent her early years on her parents' wheat and sheep farm five kilometres (three miles) west of Trayning.

She had an older brother and sister and the family increased with the arrival of three more boys.

Irene was baptised, confirmed and received the Eucharist from Fr Benedict for the first time at St Joseph's Trayning, under the spiritual care of the Benedictines and the third Abbot Dom Anselm Catalan of New Norcia.

A childhood friend and neighbour of Sister Irene, Mrs Iris Lee (nee Blechwyden) recalls that Irene was a very clever, bright young girl.

While the new Trayning Catholic school was nearing completion Iris recalls that she and Irene ventured into the forbidden construction site braving the risk of discovery just to be the 'first' to enter the new rooms.

On another occasion, Iris recalls, that on a rainy day when the shearers could not work, the teenagers began discussing the young attractive men's qualities.

One 14-year-old young lady stated her preference for blonde young men, another for the tall

and dark. After much debate Irene had the final say with: "I just love them "And they loved her too — she was always belle of the ball," according to Mrs Lee. "Blast" was a favourite expression and when reprimanded by the teacher, she retorted: "Sister, I'm sure, even the angels say 'blast' sometimes."

As a 15-year-old she won her first golf trophy partnering her father at Yelbeni.

A well-known educator, Sister Bertrand McKinley, recognised her intellectual ability and encouraged her to sit for her Junior (year 10) while still in first year high school (year eight).

It was at St Joseph's School Trayning that she made her first contact with the Josephites.

Irene attended Santa Maria College for two years and returned to Trayning for one year because her mother said she was too young to enter the convent.

During this time she mastered her debating skills with Junior Farmers, kicked up her heels at the weekly country dance, and played tennis and golf.

Playing golf and following Aussie rules football became lifetime interests. She was a well known South Fremantle supporter.

In 1955 she was the only young woman from Western Australia knocking on the door of the South Perth Jose-

phite convent seeking admission.

Her desire to answer God's call now led her to Melbourne where she entered the convent after the Australia Day long weekend in 1956.

According to Mrs Lee while many may have been surprised at her decision, those who knew her well, appreciated her deep love of God and people.

Irene was professed on January 6, 1959, after two years' novitiate at Baulkham Hills, Sydney. She made her final profession in January 1965.

Her first appointment was to St Columba's primary school, South Perth 1960-63. Then followed five years in the Eastern Goldfields, teaching both in Kalgoorlie and Boulder.

Like many religious of her day she taught during the day, organised after school activities, visited homes and furthered her tertiary studies at night.

She completed her Bachelor of Arts in 1969 from the University of WA and returned for a year to South Perth.

She studied theology at the Mater Dei Institute in Sydney in 1971.

The seaside town of Busselton was her next port of call and by 1974 she began a four year term in the small diocesan territory she called home, New Norcia.

The Benedictines had relinquished their lead-

ership of parishes. including Trayning three years earlier.

Among her roles was the difficult task of preparing St Gertrude's College for lay leadership. She was saddened to see the sisters leave.

Irene moved from the north to the south and spent seven years at Kearnan College in Manjirnup.

Among the tall timbers of the karri forests her heart began reaching for the peoples of the Third World.

Going to Africa became her first yearning.

She prepared for missionary work with a year's study with the Columbans in Sydney.

On the Australia Day long weekend in 1987, St Church Columba's South Perth was again an important venue from which her companions in religion sent her forth to the newly founded Josephite mission in Peru.

The people asked to bury her body according to her own instructions in Huasahuasi.

In the early days of Christendom people favoured burial sites close to the tombs of martyrs.

Perhaps the people of the Andes have similar longings and like the early Christians believe that possessing relics of saints is a help along the way to heaven.

Red and white banners and flowers at her funeral recalled at one level her love of South Fremantle football team, at a deeper symbolic level the colours spoke of innocence and martyrdom.

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Notre Dame plan full steam ahead The refurbishment of Notre Dame's educational building in Fremantle has commenced and plans are under way for a January 1992 commencement Members of the university's College of Education Advisory Board toured the premises last week.

The College of Education will be the first of the university's colleges to open. Students will begin courses in January 1992.

Three programs will be offered initially through the college.

There will be a Diploma in Education for students intending to be secondary teachers and two Masters degrees, a Master of Religious Education and a Master of Educational Leadership.

The Dean of the College of Education, Professor Tony Ryan, said that it was appropriate that education would be the founding college of the university.

"The idea of the university began when the need was recognised for a tertiary-level facility for preparing the future teachers

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The public are invited to the historic ceremony for the University Notre Dame of Australia.

On Tuesday, July 2 the inauguration ceremony of the university and the Vice Chancellor will be held at the Perth Concert Hall at 7.45pm.

The secretary and registrar of the University, Mr Des O'Sullivan said the inauguration promises to be a colourful and moving ceremony.

"It will be the culmi-

Information seminars for people interested in becoming involved in the University of Notre Dame Australia (NDA) as volunteers will be held on Sunday, June 9 (2.303.30pm) and Wednesday, June 12 (7.30-8.30pm).

The seminars will be held in the university office in Cliff Street, Fremantle.

The Deputy Director of Devel-

nation of many years of research, planning and hard work which have gone into making the University of Notre Dame Australia a realMr ity," said O'Sullivan.

"The Catholic community of WA will be able to take great pride in the ceremony because the university would not have been possible without their support," he said.

A special proclamation ceremony will be held at St Patrick's Church in Fremantle at

Ryan.

llam on the morning of July 2. The ceremony, which will proclaim the university as a Catholic University, will be celebrated by Bishop Healy.

The Catholic community was invited to both functions.

Tickets are required for the inauguration ceremony at the Perth Concert Hall and can be obtained from the NDA Office, 34-36 Cliff Street, Fremantle or by phoning Kay Mackie on 430 5822.

opment, Father Peter Slattery, said the university had received many offers of help from people who wished to volunteer their services.

"The seminar sessions will give us an opportunity to meet the volunteers and to show them some of the ways they can be involved with the university," he said.

"The College of Education is dedicated to equipping Catholic school teachers and leaders with the professional skills and spiritual formation needed to meet the challenges ahead effectively and with confidence."

Members of the Advisory Board are: Dr Tony Baker (Principal, John XXIII College, Mt Claremont), Ms Mary Beazley (Deputy Principal, Seton Catholic College, Hilton), Miss Paddy Buckley (Principal, Loreto Primary School, Nedlands), Sr Eleanor Carter (Director, Catholic Institute of WA), Br Gerald Faulkner (Provincial, Christian Brothers), Mr Tony Giglia (Principal, Queen of Apostles School, Riverton), Fr Gerard Holohan (Director of Religious Education in WA), Mr Clem Mulcahy (Senior Coordinator, CEO School Management and Staffing), Mr Michael Perrott (Chairman, Major Construction & Engineering Pty Ltd), Sr Mary Ronayne (Senior Coordinator, CEO Religious Development Section and Dr Tony Ryan.

"We need volunteers for a number of projects including the NDA shop which we are setting up in Mouat Street, Fremantle," said Father Slattery.

"We hope that people will visit the shop and look at the building plans and find out about courses available. There will also be NDA T-shirts and sweat shirts for sale."

Father Slattery said that the shop will be open on weekday afternoons and on Sunday afternoons.

Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer should contact Father Slattery at the university office on 430 5822.

Shining Path's dark side A Columban Far East report from Lima Australian Columban priest Father Leo Donnelly huddled in a darkened presbytery, hearing the commotion below but unaware that Sr Irene McCormack was amongst the group being tried by the terrorists.

Able to see only a corner of the square he nevertheless heard the shots and saw the reflection of flames of the burning municipal building before a man who had hidden in the church sacristy told him of Sr Irene's tragedy.

Father Donnelly went down into the square, now deserted by people through fear, and anointed the bodies. For fear of terrorist reprisals there was fear even of removing the bodies. All he could do alone was light some candles.

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telephone or radio contact and at rust light next morning Father Donnelly had to make the hour and a half 14km journey to Tarma and wait the long delay while the hand crank operator phone service tried to get him a connection with Lima.

He told the story of the hour during which the five were sat on benches in the square and harangued and questioned, how a few bystanders pleaded that they were good people.

Although in other 'popular' trials, victims were spared because of bystander comments it was not the case in Huasahuasi.

The terrorists said they had come not to dialogue but to carry out a sentence.

Ordered to lie on the terrazzo tiled surface of the plaza Sr Irene was to die only six metres from the door of the church.

The last man in line made a dash for his life

but was gunned down after a few steps.

The executioners are said to have been no more than 15 or 16, under drugs, and Sr Irene's executioner a girl.

After their killings the group of between 60 and 100 gathered and sang their revolutionary songs.

They set fire to the building municipal which was completely gutted. Other cement buildings did not burn so easily but the small agrarian bank was looted of its office equipment and furniture which the terrorists took away.

Columbans trace the massacre to the fact that Sendero are fanatically opposed to any work of progress or development, and to outside relief assistance and the sisters were linked to Caritas supplies from the US. In the men's case it was because they had been appointed to civic positions by the army.

For years Huasahuasi has been without mayor or police.

One man had been appointed president of the neighbourhood associations; another had been made president of the `ronderos', a kind of civil defence, but they were left totally unarmed and could not defend themselves.

In Lima, two Columban priests and two Josephite sisters had a 280km rough road ahead of them including a delay of half an hour because of road repairs, ascending to a pass at 4843m in the Andes before descending to the 2750m level of Huasahuasi.

By dark they reached the centre of Tarma and were made welcome by the sisters and the vicar general in charge because Tarma currently has no bishop.

A visit to the coffinmaker, whom Fr Donnelly had already con-

tacted, found a relative of one of the deceased men also on the same errand.

One Columban priest tried desperately to make the dangerous night trip to make sure Fr Donnelly was not alone another night but the promised driver did not turn up.

Next day Fr Donnelly took the group around the square unfolding his grief and describing how women took Sr Irene's body to prepare it for burial. People came up to the visitors to offer the traditional embrace of condolence.

Four coffins lay side by side in the church for the Mass next day and the funeral procession of the fifth, a non-Catholic, joined the column of people moving to the cemetery on a hill above the town.

Australian Josephite superior Sister Mary Cresp through an interpreter spoke to the crowd and movingly entrusted the body of Sr Irene to the people of Huasahuasi

and asked them to take good care of her.

At the interment, a large crowd surrounded Sister Irene's niche. The Columbans who could not get close moved to the other burial groups and prayed with the mourners.

In an earlier visit to the cemetery a visiting Columban noted: "As we stood admiring the beautiful peaceful scene we realised at the same time what awful terror, sorrow and hurt were buried underneath".

Their report concludes: 'These wonderful Australian women! All through this terrible affair, we have been humbled and encouraged by the magnificent faith, dignity and strength of Mary and her Josephite sisters in their heavy trial.

'The whole day was a catharsis for the people, and that at least some healing of their wounds had begun."

Generous ikussies

RECESSION FAILS TO STOP THEM FROM GIVING CANBERRA: Australians are proving to be generous despite their own personal hardships.

This has been the experience in the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn.

The Diocesan Director of Australian Catholic Relief, Mr Michael Sullivan, said "despite the difficult economic times in Australia, our Canberra office is receipting hundreds of dollars each day for victims of

The source of world conflict...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II, appealing on behalf of millions trapped in poverty, said the imbalance between rich and poor countries is the biggest source of conflict in the world.

He told the new ambassador of the Philippines a new commitment to the common good is needed at all levels of society — especially among political leaders, businessmen and educators.

He warned that the "great material distance" between developed and developing countries is ever increasing.

"The gap between rich

and poor nations is now certainly the most threatening source of conflict among peoples," he said.

"Millions of our brothers and sisters are trapped in material or cultural deprivation," he said.

One priority is reducing the pressures caused by foreign debt on some of the poorest nations, he said.

Urgent steps are required to help the millions whose very existence is threatened by famine, hopelessness and violence, the pope said.

A new attitude is needed to change the system in which a small

sector of the human race uses a "disproportionate" part of the earth's resources, with little benefit to the rest.

This is not to criticise the progress made by developed nations through hard work and enterprise, he added. But it must be recognised that particular interests often are not placed in the framework of the common good.

"A proper concept of the common good is what is often lacking," he said.

The pope called for a new "social pact" to insure that all power and wealth is used for the good of society.

The year in review

With less than half of 1991 behind us, the world is faced with the tragic human price of natural and man-made disasters of unprecedented levels.

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Start of love mission VATICAN CITY (CNS): T he mission of announcing God's love for every man and woman "is still so far from being completed that it can even be considered as just beginning," said Pope John Paul II. As baptised Christians, every member of the Church is called to participate in the Church's missionary activity by means of prayer, example, sacrifice and support, the pope said in his message for World Mission Sunday.

The mission is far from over, and "all of us are

called and obliged to evangelise." members Church should have the same attitude toward mission activity as the early Christians had, the pope said.

They went into the world with "the look of those who understood that the love of God must be translated into service for the good of their brothers and sisters".

"Faith cannot be hidden treasure or the exclusive experience of isolated Christians," he said.

"Nothing is further from the mission than a Christian closed in on himself," he said. Real

faith grows and is shared, he added.

"Christians who live their faith and observe the commandment of love broaden the boundaries of their activity to the point of embracing everyone through that spiritual cooperation which is accomplished by prayer, by scarifice and by witness," the pope said.

People today, even if they seem "indifferent to the search for the Absolute," are really looking for God and "are attracted and struck" by Christians who point to the reality of God by living holy lives.

Debate on democracy VATICAN CITY: A Vatican delegation off to Moscow for a debate on democracy got a quick lesson by way of a Soviet air traffic controllers' strike.

"They asked us to go and talk to them about democracy, but it has

already arrived," said Cardinal Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non-Believers, when told of the 24 hour flight cancellations.

The council was sponsoring the meeting with the Soviet Committee for

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Administration and promotion expenses for 1990 amounted to $725,900, which is 6.8% of the amount raised.

"Australians who have donated to Australian Catholic Relief can feel pleased with this record achievement and the low overheads," he said.

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Problem-solving parish way It's more of an ad than a science, says priest who is a family therapist

By Richard Cain Every parish sooner or later faces conflict and the need to solve problems together.

A few years ago St Sebastian, a little rural parish, faced such a need after its former pastor announced he was leaving to get married.

The experience and events surrounding it left the parish angry and deeply divided.

Father Dave Ashbeck, a family therapist now serves as pastor at the parish.

When he first came to the parish, he wrestled with how best to pick up the pieces.

Drawing on his experience with group problemsoving, he organised a meeting to help the parish work through its pain.

"We held the meeting to process feelings," he said.

"Itold them that feelings are OK It's what we do with them that can become a problem.

The meeting proved to be a turning point for the parish. Talking about the experience became a cleansing process.

While few parishes experience this kind of problem, problems of many varieties arise regularly in parishes.

The first step in group problem-solving is getting the problem out in the open.

This may happen automatically, as it did at St Sebastian.

But sometimes one or both sides may be unwilling or unable to recognise that there is a problem.

Father Ashbeck gave as an example a parish pastoral team where people had radically different philosophies.

"I tried to facilitate discussion about the way they related and communicated with each other," he said.

"But they seemed to have a lot of fear. I could not break through that. It was denied."

After there was a change in the membership of the team, former members contacted him to say that they now recognised the fear and distrust that kept them from working effectively together.

The second step is getting an objective look at the problem.

One effective way to do this is to bring in a facilitator or mediator, someone who can introduce different communication techniques that will "help jar loose the logjam," Father Ashbeck said.

The job of the facilitator is not to solve the problem.

Rather, it is to provide the group with insight into how it is functioning as a system of people playing various roles.

The role each person plays in a group often has its origin not in the group but in the person's family.

"Whatever role we play in our families — victim, hero, rescuer, we tend to continue playing," Father Ashbeck said.

"Sometimes that becomes dysfunctional."

By pointing out how the various roles played affect the dynamics of the group, the facilitator can help the gawp overcome self-defeating patterns of communication and clarify what the real issues are.

Another important step in group problem-solving is generating possible solutions.

Brainstorming is one technique that takes advantage of the wide range of knowledge and experience available in a group.

The key to usit1 this technique successfully is for the group to let al ideas just come out, according to Michael Gerson, a nanagment consultant. No one is to evaluate the ides when they first come out.

Gerson suggest i that a group appoint a recorder witha blackboardor pad of paper who writes each idea as it comes.

Group probler.solving is most effective when everyone affectedi.as a chance to participate.

"We all want to; heard," said Gerson. "People don't have to have thei idea accepted. They will buy in as long as they feel hey are part of the process".

Those who are nterested but aren't involved often become critics. "Eieryone likes to be a critic," Gerson said. "Everyone Was to look at a proposed solution that isn't theirs and sat, 'No, no, no'.

"You have to lying the critics onto your team by involving them irthe decision-making process."

The leaders of le group must fight their tendency to include only those who are sympathetic or agreeable.

"The ones who ire loud or obstreperous, those are the ones you watf-to include from the beginning," Gerson said. "It'stot the reasonable people you need to worry about; it the unreasonable ones."

The completiot of each step of a problem-solving process is an iportunity to invite still wider involvement. "Yol summarise what has happened in each stage and fen asks for input and reaction," Gerson explained Group prohler-solving is more an art than a science. There an no guarantees. But groups like St Sebastian's have hund the result is well worth the effort. It helped u overcome "what could have been a terrible problen ' Father Ashbeck concluded.

Decisions, decisions... s1 "The Church is not a democracy!" the pastor thundered. "I'm in charge of this parish.

No group of volunteers is going to tell me what to do!!"

With that he left the parish council meeting in a huff.

"I don't know who he thinks he is," said the council president.

"This is our parish. We were here long before he came. In this country the will of the majority rules."

I suspect that that fictional scenario comes close to reality in many parish situations.

Vatican Following Council 11, lay members of the Church became more involved in almost every aspect of parish life.

That involvement includes serving on parish councils and committees that help develop policies and programs.

Sometimes pastors and

When Christians have a falling-out The church is not an abstraction. It is people — the people of God, to be sure, but still people. And people have misunderstandings, personality clashes, quarrels.

St Paul was especially fond of his church at Philippi.

It was a model of 8

Christian living, made up of "children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like lights in the world, as you hold forth the word of life" (Philippians 2:1516).

them, "Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but everyone for those of others" Philippians 23-4).

Still he had to urge

later Paul wrote: "I urge

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Euodia and Syntyche to come to a mutual understanding in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you also, my true yokemate, to help them, for they have struggled at my side in promoting the Gospel" (4:2).

workers with Paul, active in the ministry.

These two women were dedicated Christians, co-

This suggests that church members should

Yet they had a fallingout, and Paul begged them to make up.

Moreover, he asked an unnamed friend to help them.

not stand idly by, unconcerned about tensions among their fellow. parishioners, but should help them to patch up their differences and achieve reconciliation and peace.

Such spats are not just private affairs; they affect the well-being of the whole group.

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members feel threalit by parishioners Want to have their

say.

In other situations, coicil members think the word should be law.

Neil her posture is help 'ul. lb re are several things t o ft member in dealing wits, the roles of pastor, stafland parish boards.

Fat, the Church is nelher democracy nor diditorship.

Pit of the problem is thiwe don't have a good mokl in other areas of life hat would make it Nolo understand how a ch‘h should function.

Aiistor or staff should notiule by decree without:Lking into consideratic the parishioners' ()pions and needs. But neiter is it workable to vier the parish council, or 3iother board, like paritment or the city coito d ffr lel.t n Tfi Church operates on principles.

By Father Lawrence E. Mick

The second point is that while the pastor is not expected to do everything and there is much room for delegating responsibility and sharing effort, when push comes to shove, in both civil law and canon law, the buck stops on the pastor's desk.

Exercising his authority prudently and with due consideration to sound advice is essential, but he must have the authority and respect necessary to carry out his office.

Third, people have a right to voice their opinions and influence decisions. Good parish staffs listen carefully.

If the council is doing its job and truly represents the views in the parish, it provides invaluable help to the pastor and staff in reaching wise decisions that have the support of all.

DISCUSSION POINTS The fourth point is that the method of corning to decisions in a parish should not be a power struggle.

The standard approach of civil politics is not helpful here.

The goal should not be victory by one group, but consensus among all parties.

Consensus requires compromise, usually on all sides.

Rarely in a consensus does anyone get everything he or she wanted, but all can live with the decision.

Fifth, parish decisions should be based on the Gospel.

Too often people take positions based on other considerations: selfinterest, power plays or social status.

When all try sincerely to discern how the Gospel can best be put into practice, the possibility of reaching good

decisions is greatly enhanced. Prayer and a willingness to be led by the Holy Spirit are essential.

Finally, it may be helpful to remember that the process of decision making is multifaceted.

A council evaluates parish needs and offers recommendations.

The pastor and staff then decide whether and how to carry out those recommendations and implement the programs or policies needed.

Then the council evaluates the programs and needs again, and the cycle repeats.

The evaluating and recommending aspects of the multifaced process — are essential to good decisions.

Disagreements and conflicts are inevitable. But if all take Gospel values seriously, major blowups can be avoided and the mission of Christ will be fostered effectively.

"I . . . urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and with gentleness, patience, bearing with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace" (Ephesians 4:1-3).

By Father John J. Castelot Matthew gave some practical directions on settling differences in his Gospel.

In case one person offends another, the offended party should go privately to the offender and try to effect a reconciliation.

Should he fail, he

shod enlist the help of °nor two others, an ioption that this is tru a community cool 'rn•

And should this last resort prove ineffective, only then should the be troublemaker excluded form the group.

they tend to fester and become poisonous, a toxic element threatening the health of the body.

If he one at fault 0130 lately refuses to coo to terms, then the mot r should be broiht to the attention of tie whole community.

Such exclusion may see unduly harsh, but it points up the importance of maintaining peace and concord. If situations like these are left unattended,

The author of Ephesians gave a very positive picture of the attitudes that should govern relationships in the Christian community

Food for thought Setting goals and designing a plan to change a parish's youthministry program, to locate song leaders and improve the music at three weekend Masses or to genuinely aid homeless people through parish resources is a challenging process.

What is one block that groups (parish councils, committees of all kinds) must surpass in the process of developing an approach to a new challenge or need?

Selected responses from readers: "Getting everyone involved. In our diocese, distances make reaching out to everyone so difficult." — Lester Lautenschlager "We're so ingrained. No one likes to change." — Jeanne Bandy.

"Some people are so used to having solutions imposed from above that they have a hard time accepting decisions made by their peers." — Frank Hart.

"Being open to all the ideas that may be expressed."

— Ann Baker.

"Finances. We're trying to support two schools in our parish. That's our ongoing battle. Sometimes we have to tighten our belts in other areas because of our support for the schools." Deb Kennedy.

"Egos! From the parish priest reluctant to relinquish control, the old-time parishioner who wants nothing to change; the intellectual who wants everything to change, down to the indifferent and indecisive. All must suspend their own agendas long enough to see the situation through the eyes of Christ." -- Ms Cecil R. Jones.

First discomfort at the very thought of conflict during parish committee meetings may keep some people from investing themselves fully in a committee's efforts.

Some people just can't accept the parish as a setting for assertiveness training! Committee leaders need to reflect on how best to handle contrasting viewpoints.

Problem-solving in parishes is made more difficult when people approach it as a contest to win.

Parish problem-solving is facilitated when people do their homework and know what options exist for reaching the committee's goals.

An appreciation of teamwork also helps.

Finally, parish problemsolving isn't all it can be outside the context of spirituality.

If prayer is omitted, the whole endeavour begins to resemble too many similar processes that consume committee members' energy in the workaday world, and they may withdraw.

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The human sculpture featured at the opening which focused on the song Prayer for Peace.

New centre kicks off The work at St Jude's Hall, 28 Holdhurst Way, Morley has been going on since 1987 ( although initially under another name), but with the financial stimulus of a grant from the Perth archdiocese and the Lotteries Commission, refurbishments to complement their special work were undertaken and are now completed.

Thus Pentecost Sunday, May 19, saw the official blessing and opening of

the Personal Advocacy Service (PAS) by Bishop Healy.

PAS is that part of the archdiocesan catechist service which assists catechists to include people with intellectual and other disabilities in local parish life.

The official blessing and opening was the highlight of a festival weekend, said co-ordinator Sister Eileen Casey RSM, which featured various workshops and activities, some of which became

part of the opening celebration.

For example there was a human sculpture based on the song Prayer for Peace where each quality spoken of in the song was embodied in one participant who was made up and robed to represent peace, love, life and Christ, and finally the clay sculpture was unveiled.

Throughout the weekend there were relaxation/massage and beauty sessions, and partici-

pants of the Saturday workshop involving movement accompanying songs, lead the celtic alleluia processional and recessional song on the Sunday.

Another workshop integrated into the opening was movement interpretation of scripture whereby participants interpreted dramatically the readings of the day which focused on each person's creation and the coming of the spirit of Pentecost.

About two hundred spiritual development of workshop participants their family members streamed throughout the prior to the inception of building Saturday and PAS, said Sister Eileen, Sunday, said Sister "and there is a great deal Eileen, with all coming of rejoicing in this together on the Sunday development which has for the opening and grown out of all the blessing. initiatives which have "But the best part of all," been taken in the archdisaid Sister Eileen, "was ocese of Perth over the everyone's obvious past two decades, "which enjoyment by their has lead to greater radiant smiles which inclusion of all people surrounded us through- within our church life, out the weekend." including people who Many people had been happen to have a concerned about the disability".

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Young folk interpreting with movement, scriptural passages within the readings of the day.

Blessing of the new Bayswater church

New churches and parish building programs are always exciting because they depict new life.

They tell a story about young couples, babies, children needing bigger schools and in the case of St Columba's church Bayswater, a marrying of a senior congregation, intermingling with and rejuvenated by the increasing numbers of young couples moving into the parish.

Both enriching each other. Both needing each other.

This burgeoning of the population created a demand, which according to the late Archbishop Foley, had to be met.

So he advised the newly appointed parish priest Father Bryan Rosling in 1988, to meet the expectations of the people who were without a parish centre and other necessary facilities to enhance their parish based worshipping and social activities.

Bayswater became 'hallowed ground' in January 1905 when Father White was appointed to the Maylands parish which included then Bayswater.

This Father White was a dynamic Pallottine who got things moving and after saying Masses each Sunday in Maylands and Bayswater, saw the completion of the Bayswater church in December that year.

Father Lynch took the reins as parish priest of the Maylands parish from 1910 to 1929, followed successively by Fathers O'Hurley and Dunne. Under the latter's residency, St Columba's school opened in the care of the Sisters of Mercy in 1936.

Bayswater separated as a parish in 1939 under Father Sullivan, and included Bedford.

He was succeeded by Father John Russell who was parish priest for 39 years.

Fr Rosling putting a few final touches to the project.

On the corner of granite, the altar is in Roberts and Almond- Indian granite and the bury Streets, the new sanctuary floor in Italian church will be officially marble to compliment.

And then in 1957, blessed by Bishop Healy Two striking circular Bayswater saw the open- during a Mass at 4pm on stained glass feature ing of its second new June 9, followed by a windows by Colin Montchurch. The population reception to 'christen!' ford, will be on either grew, settled down, and the new centre. side of the new church, started to age, but has one which is three It's a functional design metres wide of the now taken on a whole with plenty of useful enthroned Mother of new lease of life. space, is aesthetically of Associated with this very attractive and in God with symbols and happening, is Father Father Bryan's view — baptism, eucharist and the Bryan Rosling who was "it's one of the most confirmation, metre wide, a one, other priest parish appointed beautiful churches in which depicts the in 1988.

Perth!" eucharist.

Walking in through the Since then Mass attendLocal workers and ance has increased and main door (and there are craftsman have been babies are now heard several within the employed whenever poscrying in the Church, church and attendant sible, one of whom is which according to rooms for parishioner Michael McGuirk who is Father Bryan "is a great ease of access), one can crafting sanctuary furnisee the successful wed- ture out of Tasmanian sound!" ding of the original old oak.

The Church, like the design and the new.

The character chairs whole world, welcomes The old section and with the back-carved new life and so with the main entry is relatively Trinity symbol or shampulling down of the old narrow like a flower rock (depending on your church and rebuilding its stem, in its conventional individual interpretasize by 98 per cent, a design, which then opens tion!), are smaller in crying room is included. out into a large area like height so as not to of a flower with obstruct parishioners' It has a large sound- the head its centre and views from the pews. at altar the proof glass window lookin a semi-circle on opens And as for the lectern, ing onto the sanctuary so side. designed by Father mothers (or dads!) and either offspring can still The backdrop wall Bryan, that in itself is participate. features shiny African truly original.

Two years after he took over in 1947, Bedford separated.

They lead on to two toilet facilities (including nappy changing table and large wash basin) and into the kitchen area associated with the 150sq metres "sorely needed parish centre", enthused Father Bryan.

This will hold 300 people seated or about a hundred at tables for a dinner.

The centre is a real boon to the adjacent school, which also has a rebuilding program next year, because the children have no undercover facility for gatherings.

Father Bryan envisages multiple uses for the area and is delighted that parishioners "now have the full parish facilities they deserve!"

Another advantage for parishioners is to have their parish priest on site, so to speak.

Father Bryan's new presbytery which will also be blessed, is on the same land which will be a plus for parishioners as the old one was two blocks away.

This too is a striking and functional building with a carved cross in the door.

The celebration Mass choir will be made up of children, adults and some former students, such as Brother Robert Stewart OFM. A notable singer of operatic note will be Chris Waddell who has ties with the school.

Meanwhile, although The main body of it has an inlaid cross with a new buildings are a great herringbone background asset to the parish comand the lectern top is munity, the life-blood of rotational so when the this parish continues to lectionary is being read, flow strongly in the form parishioners are faced of caring initiatives. with carved wooden Columbacare is one leaves and a raised Holy such new venture which Spirit dove. is made up of a group of people who go out and on, not is Mass When help parishioners with the lectern top is rotated "virtually anything!" said lectionary around so the Father Bryan. is left open for people to Whether it be fixing a read when in the church. drain pipe for someone The old high (main) in need, taking people to altar tabernacle is incor- Mass who need transporated with a beautiful port, filling up a freezer carved statue of the with casseroles for a Sacred Heart in a hospitalised mother's reredos. family, or just being with And the statue of Our someone who needs a Lady will be part of a strong arm and tender second reredos, also shoulder — it's all there. lined in Tasmanian oak, Enlivening the youth which features at waist scene is also on the height, two levels at her agenda so these vital feet for flowers and young folk can use the candles. new buildings, whether They will be located in in the form of youth devotional areas on masses, youth groups or either side of the sanctu- anything else which ary. Behind the back wall gives them the chance to are two roomy sacristies, expand their faith and one for altar servers and talents and in so doing, the other for the priest, keeping the carotid plus a parish meeting artery of Bayswater room. throbbing with life.

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Jolt for Hickey plan A proposal by the Bishop of Geraldton to settle refugee families in the north of WA has been turned down by the Commonwealth Minister of Migration, Mr Gerry Hand.

In November last year Bishop Hickey presented a scheme to settle 100 families from Hong Kong camps where 56,000 are held in conditions which he described as "dreadful and stultifying".

At the time the minister described the idea as an "encouraging proposal".

The program would have been operated by the co-operation of the Geraldton diocese and t he West Australian Refugee Service that was set up last September.

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Assistance was to have been sought from Australian Catholic Relief to help purchase land.

The aim of the scheme was two-fold: to give a chance to Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong who would not otherwise qualify under the family reunion category for entry into Australia, and to bring more people to the sparsely populated Mid-West, where they would be able to settle on land they could eventually purchase, and develop market gardens, cottage industries and new projects to boost the rural economy.

• The scheme did not fit the Government's family reunion policy; • It sought refugees from Hong Kong, where only a small number were to be "screened in" for settlement; • It sought to impose conditions on refugees to encourage them to stay in rural areas; and • It was of doubtful economic viability.

On May 29, Mr Hand wrote to Bishop Hickey rejecting the scheme on a number of points:

Bishop Hickey said: "I am very disappointed that the scheme has been rejected. I felt and still feel that the people in Hong Kong have very little hope of ever escaping from the terrible prison-like conditions they are enduring in Hong Kong.

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"To say that most must go home is unrealistic in my view. Unless there is a dramatic change in the political situation in Vietnam, most will refuse to go back. The rest of the world must do more than it is doing to resolve this problem."

Bishop Hickey said that he and his committee were disappointed for the Mid-West which needed more people for its economic and social development. "The rural towns are losing people," he said.

"An influx of very energetic and hardworking people would not take jobs away. They would, in fact, create them. How are we ever to get a university in the area without a large

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population?" he said.

He accepted the genuine concerns of those who feared competition for jobs, but believed they were unfounded.

He was saddened at the many comments he had received which appeared to be based on racial prejudice.

"The point must be made again and again," he said, "that we are all brothers and sisters. This fundamental tenet of Christianity will help us see how much we belong to people everywhere in the world, and that their troubles demand some response from us."

He said he would continue to encourage rural settlement of refugees from any country.

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TOMORROW TODAY with Father Joe Parkinson

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Team work at its best solves the problem of getting firewood into the house.

With winter setting in, Team members set off into the bush to collect firewood cut by centre manager Brian Milne.

• A recent Team weekend at Eagle's Nest showed how young people really care for their youth formation centre in Gidgegannup.

Youth troubles under Govt spotlight In a gratifying move showing that it is not distracted by political hype created in the wake of the current Royal Commission, the WA Legislative Assembly has reconvened its Select Committee on Youth Affairs to conduct an enquiry into 'at risk youth'.

The Commitee, which received final submissions from the public this week, is attempting to

diagnose the types of risk to which young people are exposed, the reasons for these risks, and possible solutions to the problem.

Few can doubt that young people today face a multitude of challenges in their path to adulthood, including many challenges and difficulties attributable to the sin of being born into the world of the 1970s and 80s rather than the 1940s and 50s.

The self-centred values of our 1990s society contribute substantially to the overall situation of young people, but what we observe today is far more than a simple case of -the sins of the fathers being visited on their children".

The reason each generation blames the last for its problems is that there is only one other alternative.

If the current generation is to address realistically the problem of 'at risk youth', then we must be prepared to shoulder at least some of the blame for not exposing young people to the truth.

The proposition that life should be free from difficulties and problems is simply absurd, yet many continue to live as though it were a fundamental truth of human existence.

If people of any age accept this fallacy, they stand 'at risk' of living deeply unsatisfying lives as they search endlessly for what is ultimately a phantom and a deceit.

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Difficulties are invitations to grow.

To flee from difficulty is to reject the challenge of personal growth, an issue to be explored further on this page in coming weeks.

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New Norcia Catholic College

Riding skills displayed at new stables' opening

Horses have become a part of New Norcia and the association continues with the opening of a new stable block at New Norcia Catholic College on May 19, 1991 The new stables, the construction of which was part of a community effort, complement the existing stables and barn erected under the generous sponsorship of Wesfarmers in 1988, and provide excellent facili-

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Horses have always played an integral part in the settlement of New Norcia. Originally, the horse was the only mode of transport as well as becoming an "agricultural machine" for the mission. Most of the horses used for the bullocking type work of which Bishop Salvado made great use, were brumbies, rounded up from the open surrounds of Victoria Plains. The Aboriginals of the mission used their skills as horse handlers to break in and train these wild animals.

During the late 1860s, Bishop Salvado decided to enter into the horsebreeding operation aimed at sending horses to Calcutta to be used for remounts for the British army. His first stallion was a horse called "Donovan" and he was mated with the local brumby type mares to produce a more agile type of horse with increased stamina.

On June 17, 1871, the mission's horses were described by the Perth Herald, "as perhaps the best in the colony". That comment was more excited by the news of the arrival at the mission stud of a beautiful grey Arab

ties for the 17 college owned horses and ponies and those owned by students and agisted at the college.

The New Norcia Pony Club has recently become affiliated to the Pony Club Association of Western Australia and as well as a recreational activity, allows students to take courses in Horsemastership as an optional part of the curriculum in years 8, 9

and 10 and to study for the TAFE Certificate of Equine Management in years 11 and 12.

Formally opening the new stables at the pony club, Dr Peter Tannock, Director of Catholic Education, said that the idea of the pony club was a superb one and had lead to a great development in education at the college.

New Norcia Head Girl, Marie Louise Easton, spoke of the college pony

stallion named "Yrak" as trail riding and jumpmeasuring 14% hands. He ing. During 1980, the was sent by steamer from children were transCalcutta to Albany and ported by bus to ParkerBrothers Ferrer and Bene- ville for riding lessons. dict escorted him back to In 1981, the Benedictine New Norcia. community gave the colThe mission's first sub- lege four Arab mares stantial cargo to be sent to which saw the beginnings India was a load of 46 of the New Norcia Pony horses taken by the Club. Gradually, the "Ellora" to Calcutta on college built up horse January 7, 1877. One numbers with students more consignment of 34 starting to bring their horses was sent on the own mounts to the "Cingalese" on school, while facilities December 24, 1878. improved until New NorBishop Salvado's diaries cia Catholic College is show that after the now affiliated with the "Cingalese" cargo he PCAWA and has about 80 then exported chiefly to students who benefit Mauritius and Singapore from the facilities. These until at least the early include students who ride 1890s. Many horses were for pleasure, students also sold either privately doing Horsemastership in or through the markets at their curriculum and Guildford and Midland. students doing the TAFE Apart from trade and Certificate of Equine work, the New Norcia Management. horses were also used for The facilities are also exchange horses for tra- used for "Riding for the vellers. Governor Weld is Disabled" for the local known to have used one communities and this is of the New Norcia horses done on a voluntary basis and Sir John Forrest, who by the students and was a very good friend of provided free from the Bishop Salvado, College. exchanged his expedition STOP PRESS!! New horses here.

Norcia is having a Back to Horseriding within the New Norcia Open Day on college first started in the college campus, on 1979, with interested May 9 for ex-students and children travelling out to interested parties. More a local farm where they information nearer the had formal lessons as well date!

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club fulfilling a "long burning desire- to ride and said that through the pony club she had gained so much pleasure, support and friendship.

Following the official opening, the pony club members treated visitors to a display involving a musical ride, show jumping and mounted games, providing the audience great with entertainment.

1. Pictured at the official blessing and opening were (left) Michael King, Board Chairman, head girl Marie Louise Easton, principal Sr Therese Marie, and farm manager Hawes Robert at microphone.

2. Kathy Brown in pensive mood.

3. Daniel Egan (left) and Shane Scott cuddling a favourite steed!

4. Joanna Tyrell showing her paces.

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Kevin believes students The Search For Meaning The subjects she has who've enjoyed the La La Salle Ex-Students' Association president Book interviewed Two by Caroline reflect the Salle ethos have some Kevin Saligari.

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The recognition that this 'mystery' is at the heart of the Church's life opens a vision of the Church which is inclusive rather than exclusive, and truly present to the strivings of humanity

Mystery of Life. A Theology of Church, Melbourne by Charles Hill (Collins Dove, $14.95).

Reviewed by John MornMil SM. In a justly acclaimed article, "The character of Australian religion", published in Meanjin in 1977, the philosopher Richard Campbell pointed out that religion in Australia has suffered from the fact that it has been seen as a kind of 'intrusion' into people's ordinary life and e xperience. Religion, he observed, should be something which situates itself in the ultimate depths of the life of a people. Charles Hill's new work makes a contribution to the theology of the Church which can help towards a remedying of this situation.

The writer's background in Classics — an excellent preparation for his work as a Scripture scholar — is reflected in the humanistic

tone which pervades his work The theological perspective he adopts also reflects his familiarity with the writings of the Church Fathers.

The contribution which this work makes to the theology of the Church is original and refreshing. As Hill points out, the Second Vatican Council's recovery of an appreciation of the Church's essential 'mystery' needs further exploration.

On the one hand, some writers tend to stay too much with an Agatha Christie notion of 'mystery'; on the other hand, others interpret the idea in a tendentious way which so stresses the transcendental reference to the Church's life that the openness to secular reality to which the Church has been called by the recent Council is endangered.

Both of these extremes can be avoided, Hill argues, if the biblical notion of 'mystery',

In arguing his case, perhaps, Hill makes too much of an antithesis between the emphasis he is suggesting and those which derive from other biblical perspectives.

Each of the theologies which we find in the interpretations of the divine mystery given in the Scriptures is limited in its scope. In the total mesage of the biblical literature their various emphases are complementary. We need, it may be argued, an ascending ecclesiology to complement Paul's splendid vision: the journey of true Gospel 'discipleship', as it is presented by the evangelists, leads us to meet the same divine 'mystery' by a way which is of great importance in a world which needs to be evangelised anew A valuable analysis is given of developments in ecclesiology since the Council. As the author notes in his Introduction, this is not a book for beginners. Nor is it a comprehensive exposition of ecclesiology. It will, however, prove a valuable text for those who wish to enlarge their theological understanding of the Church.

gram The Search for Meaning. Her interviewees are not the rich and famous. Their achievement is to transcend the exhausted prevailing orthodoxy of today's narrow economic rationalism, by proclaiming a fuller way of life.

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Chicken's greatest virtue has always been its versatility. The All Occasion Chicken Cookbook includes recipes selected from around the world for every occasion from intimate dinner parties or buffets for large gatherings, to family meals, snacks, slimmers' specials and picnics or barbecues.

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Hagar. a novel by Lois T Henderson (Harper & Row, Publishers $14.99) Henderson's Lois T enchanting tale of love, conflict, and faith is a moving biblical narrative based on the Genesis account of Abraham.

When twelve -year -old Hagar is given as a slave to Sarah, she knows nothing of the promise made to Sarah's husband Abraham by the Lord — or how that promise will radically change her life.

As time passes, even though she is a slave. Hagar becomes a beloved part of Abraham's household. Hearing Abraham begin each day by praying to Yahweh, she learns more and more of the greatness of this God. Hagar discovers that she, too, anxiously awaits the longpromised son through

whom Abraham will be made the "father of many nations". It is Hagar who comforts the barren Sarah, now past the age of childbearing, and who finally agrees to bear Abraham's child.

Hagar abounds in rich characterisations. We meet the scheming Meryat, Hagar's cousin, who convinces Sarah to give Hagar to Abraham; Zahavith, Lot's greedy wife, who leads him to the doomed cities of Sodom and Gomorrah; and Simeon, whose love for Hagar gives her the strengh to survive even when banished to the desert with her son Ishmael. This powerful novel answers for us the question asked by the angels who visited Abraham: "Is anything too hard for the Lord?"

The Sleep Management Plan by Dale Hanson Bout-he (Harper Collins).

Who hasn't wished for extra hours in a busy day — extra time for reading, writing, exercising. meditating — time for oneself or for family and friends? We all need the quality time that makes life worthwhile. Now Dale Hanson Bourke presents an amazingly simple method that creates valuable

time for all the personal activities that on-the-go men and women desire.

This revolutionary plan: • Explodes the old myths concerning sleep.

• Increases your energy.

• Improves your sleep.

• Brings balance to your life.

• Adds hours to your week, • Provides for an active, more fulfilling life.

• And much more.

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THE PARISH SCENE

by TOM BRANCH

Dianella saved "A" Grade defending titleholders, Dianella, hung onto a draw after bad light had stopped Queens Park causing something of an upset.

When play was abandoned in the last set, Queens Park led 6-4 (sets to nine games) and held a one set advantage; games were all square at 65 each.

Results in the other matches went rather as expected; Castledare were comfortable winners over Thornlie.

"B" Grade champions, Willetton, had to struggle to down a determined Pignatelli team. Yadarra continued their good form and overwhelmed Queens Park, and St Marks were outclassed

by Attadale.

Results: "A" Grade: Castledare 7/78 defeated Thomlie 3/62, Queens Park 5/65 drew with Dianella 4/65 (bad light stopped play), St Benedicts — bye.

"B" Grade: Attadale 7/ 76 defeated St Marks 2/ 49 (last match unfinished due to bad light)

Willetton 6/74 defeated Pignatelli 4/74, Yadarra 9/84 defeated Queens Park 1/57, Dianella — bye.

Tables: "A" Grade: Queens Park 6, Castledare 5, Dianella 4, St Benedicts 1, Thornlie 0.

"B" Grade: Willetton 5, Yadarra 5, Attadale 5, Dianella 5, Queens Park 2, Pignatelli 1, St Marks 1.

This Sunday There will not be any social tennis played at the Trinity courts this Sunday, June 2, because the courts are being used over the long weekend for the Junior Masters.

Queens Quest Clubs are reminded that entries for the Miss WACLTA Quest are closing soon. At this stage it appears that four girls have been nominated.

Quiz Night Tickets available through clubs for the quiz night being held on Tuesday, June 11.

Enquiries — John and Donna Ward (telephone 417 2228).

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Love is all around you.

You probably think it couldn't be better.

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Learn to share your thoughts and feelings during a marriage encounter weekend in quiet and privacy.

Discover the essence of marriage through communication and openness.

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And live happily ever after.

Weekends are held monthly, phone 271 0907 for more information and dates.

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ST JOSEPH'S SCHOOL

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BOULDER

is opening a pre-primary centre for the first time in 1992 and require the services of a

PRE-PRIMARY \/ TEACHER Applicants should be practising Catholics and fully committed to the ethos of Catholic education.

The successful applicant will be an integral part of the exciting new concept of full-time pre-primary education in Kalgoorlie/Boulder, and should be aware of current practices and theories pertaining to five year olds.

Full curriculum vitae, including the names and phone numbers of three referees (one of whom should be a parish priest), are to be forwarded to: The Principal PO Box 2093 Boulder 6432 Applications close June 24, 1991

NEWMAN SOCIETY On Wednesday, June 12, at 7.45pm, in the Senior Common Room, St Thomas More College, Judge Daniel O'Dea will lecture on "Rerum Novarum and Industrial Law and Practice". Judge O'Dea a former president of the WA Industrial Commission. This will be the fourth lecture in the social justice series, commemorating the centenary of the encyclical.

Vatican II study group Tuesday, June 11, at 11am. Decree on missionary activitity of the Church, Chapter 2, Art 2. This meeting will be presided over by Father Dynon at 13 Dean St, Claremont. Both events open to all. Contact number 446 7340.

QUEENS PARK Corpus Christi Exposition will be held in St Joseph's Church, Treasure Rd, Queens Park from after 9.30am.

Mass until 1.30pm.

Prayer of the Church: 12.10pm Prayer During the Day; 5.30pm Solemn Vespers; 7.15pm Benediction and Compline. Further information: St Joseph's Priory, 458 2729.

PREGNANCY SUPPORT Pregnancy Help will hold a mutual support group for disadvantaged pregnant women (all ages) starting on Wednesday, June 5, 1-3pm at Centrecare Marriage and Family Service, 456 Hay Street, Perth, offering a caring, friendly and supportive atmosphere where women can share the experience of their pregnancy.

Further information about the group, or Pregnancy Help's services in general, from Sally Paine on 325 6644.

SISTERS' CENTENARY For the 100th anniversary of the Presentation Sisters in WA a Mass will be celebrated in Northampton by Bishop Hickey at 11.30am on July 5, followed by a buffet at the Nagle Centre. Photographs, certificates etc relating to school days in Northampton, should be brought along to be displayed on the day or they can be handed into Father Cross the week before. Contact Jan (099) 36 2014 or Paula (099) 36 2060. Mark all memorabilia for safe return.

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MANDORLA CENTRE OF INNER PEACE

FLOWER CARPET For its patronal feast of Corpus Christi Mosman Park parish will have its second annual carpet of flowers over which the Blessed Sacrament will be carried in procession, in the tradition of Europe and Arundel cathedral in the UK. The carpet will be completed by noon Saturday and will be in place for 24 hours. The WO* is under the direction of Sue Butler, Chris French, Margaret Singh and Ann Pickard.

DONGARA REUNION Dongara Ladies College reunion August 3 at Priory Lodge, formerly Dominican Ladies College. 11.30am luncheon. RSVP July 22. Contact W. Horn (099) 27 1040, 103 Point Leander Drive, Dongara 6525; S. Kelly (099) 27 5022 or P. Stokes (099) 27 1358.

MAJELLAN AGM Takes place Sunday, June 16 at Parish Centre, St Joseph's Church, Subiaco. Commences at 9.30am with morning tea, followed by Reports. Mass at noon. Committee members will provide soup.

Members are asked to bring along a plate of sandwiches or slices. Bring also Reports which should be brief. If a group is unable to attend, please foward a report to Morag McPherson, 115 Halvorson Rd, Morley 6062 to be read out.

Archdiocesan Calendar JUNE

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Service for Kidney Week, Afighly

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LUKE 18 Mundaring's Luke 18's are asking prayers from their extended Catholic family for the success of their fourth weekend scheduled for Chidlow on July 5.

They believe the more prayers — the better the weekend!

HEALING WEEKEND Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Rockingham is presenting a healing weekend in the parish centre. Friday till Sunday, June 7-9. The healing experience is based on prayer and reflection and is open to any adult Catholic. For more information, telephone Ela Heaton 528 3258.

EUCHARISTIC REPARATION The next holy hour for the World Apostolate of Fatima will be held on Sunday, June 9 at 3pm, in the Kelmscott parish church, Streich Ave. Fr Wenting will officiate.

Church, Fr T. Simons.

Foundation Day service, Bishop Healy.

St Vincent de Paul Mass, Highgate, Bishop Healy.

Heads of Churches meeting, Bishop Healy.

Confirmation, Northam, Mons Keating.

Golden Jubilee Fr O'Leary, Bishop Healy.

Bless Bayswater Church, Bishop Healy.

Confirmation, Highgate, Mons Nestor.

Confirmation, Trinity College, Mons Keating.

Confirmation, Gosnells, Bishop Healy.

Confirmation, Ocean Reef, Mons Keating.

Open Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Mirrabooka, Mons Keating.

St Anthony's Day Mass, Fr John Ryan.

PRESENTATION SISTERS CENTENARY WEEK Friends, ex students please join us IN CELEBRATING 100 YEARS of the Presentation Sisters in Western Australia at a

Mass of Thanksg. at 2pm, Saturday, July 6 in the

Geraldton

Basketball Stadium Eighth Street, Wonthella, followed by afternoon tea in the adjoining stadium.

For further information contact

Sister Nora Moynihan Ph (099) 21 1086 Sister Philornena Burrell Ph (09) 384 5092

We're countrywide too . . !

NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING

is as close as your phone

The Norbertine Tradition and Experience

(008) 11 4010 (free call) (Metro callers please use 221 3866) Natural Family Planning Centre 27 Victoria Square Member of the Australian Council of Natural Family Planning Inc

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Vocation Co-ordinator :

Fr Tom McNulty 0 Pracm

St Norbcrt's Priory QUEMS PARK WA 6101

Shared Life Shared Prayer Shared Ministry

Fullness of Life — Creation Spirituality Weekend June 14 to June 16

Come celebrate life through body prayer, creation songs and dances. Whilst drawing on Scripture and affirming God's self revelation in Jesus Christ, the Workshop addresses the urgent need for ritual which interprets our human experiences.

All inclusive cost: $65 per person.

Closing date for applications: June 7 1./ Enquiries: Pat Toohey "If you C8f7 walk, you can dance!

362 6993 if you can talk, you can sing!".

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Duties: This responsible position calls for a sound knowledge of word processing, preferably in Apple Mac, with a minimum speed of 75 wpm. The position entails a variety of general office procedures, including the,' taking of minutes, dictaphone work and filing.

Please apply in writing by June 7, 1991, to: The Executive Officer Catholic Community Care Commission of WA GPO Box P1217 Perth WA 6000

ESTER de WAAL Lay Benedictine writer will give

TWO TALKS on Benedictine spirituality

• June 5, 7pm. Holy Trinity Abbey, New Norcia ' -St Benedict and Christian Disciplethip\' (Free) (Contact: (096) 54 8018)

• June 6, 7.30pm Catholic Education Centre, Ruislip Street, Leederville ($3 Admission) -St Benedict: Guide and Prophet for the Modern Workl"

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St Thomas More College The University of Western Australia The College will have a few casualplaces vacant at the beginning of Semester 2 Tertiary-level students are invited to apply to the College for accommodation for the remainder of the academic year.

Ako, for those coming from country are. , excellent short-term accommodation at a reasonable price may be available from time to time upon application Enquiries should be made to: The Rector St Thomas More College, Mounts Bay Rd, Crawley 6009 Tel: (09) 386 8712 Fax: (09) 389 1104