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Amongst the 23 named last week is Archbishop Edward Cassidy who came to Rome some three years ago and had a brief stint with the Secretariat of State before being moved to affairs of Church unity.

CardinalWhen designate CaKsidy left the Vatican Secretariat of In his new post he State to become the the Vatican became Vatican's chief ecumenin Russian mediator ist, he had to take his -Ukrainian Orthodox diplomacy skills with Catholic tensions and led him.

The 66-year-old Aus- a Vatican delegation that tralian has been presi- restarted talks with interdent of the Pontifical national Jewish leaders Council for Promoting after a three-year pause.

Leaders of the InternaChristian Unity since December 1989. Before tional Jewish Committee that he was deputy on Interreligious Consulsecretary of state and tations applauded his head of the Section for call last September for General Affairs, the top Christians to make an "act of repentance" for administrative position.

He came to the Chris- giving a place to antitian unity post with 33 Semitism in their years' experience at thoughts and practice. embassies The September meeting Vatican he attended with Jewish throughout the world.

Cassidy cardinal OW leaders in CzechoslovaIda paved the way for their December meeting with Pope John Paul H. Jewish leaders had interrupted the official dialogue, protesting the presence of a Carmelite convent at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz and the pope's meetings with Palestine Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat and Austrian President Kurt Waldheim, who had been accused of participating in Nazi war crimes.

Archbishop Cassidy

made several trips to Moscow and the Ukraine during his first year at the unity council, trying to ease tensions stemming from the legalisation of the Ukrainian Catholic Church after 44 years of underground existence.

The work of a special commission formed to settle the disputes has broken off twice — once when the Ukrainian Catholics walked out and again when the Russian Orthodox demanded the return of two Churches that had resumed functioning as Catholic

rite Catholic Churches. in 1955, he served in parishes. of the Eastern rites India, Ireland, El SalvaMost CasCardinal-designate sidy was back in the have roots in a corres- dor and Argentina. He Orthodox was named an archbiin ponding Union Soviet shop by Pope Paul VI in Church. get to trying er Decemb The cardinal-designate 1970 and was appointed the talks on track again. to A similar dispute came to the Vatican papal pro-nuncio later years Three Taiwan. in State of Secretariat occurred in Romania, where the Eastern-rite May 1988 after serving as he was named proCatholic Church was papal nuncio to the nuncio to Bangladesh in outlawed in 1948 and all Netherlands for almost and apostolic delegate Burma. he that, Before its properties given to the four years. was papal pro-nuncio to He was born in 1924 in Romanian Orthodox. apostolic was and Lesotho and Sydney led The tensions have international delegate in southern ordained for the Diocese the Catholic -Orthodox dia- Africa, representing the of Wagga Wagga in 1949. logue team, of which Vatican in South Africa, He earned a doctorate in Cardinal-designate Cas- Botswana, Swaziland canon law and studied at Ecclesiastical the sidy is co-president, to and Namibia.

After entering the Vati- Academy, which trains suspend other business and discuss the Eastern- can's diplomatic service Vatican diplomats.

Stabilising regional make-up VATICAN CITY (CNS): After three decades of papal internationalising of the College of Cardinals, the naming of a new group did little to disturb the regional makeup.

The European — and predominantly Italian — control of the powerful and prestigious Church body already has been broken, and Pope John Paul II's new appointees stabilise the situation.

The planned induction of 23 new cardinals on June 28 will hardly affect the geographic balance created three years ago when the last group of cardinals was appointed.

Europeans will still make up slightly more than 50 per cent of the 163 members. But in the important category of the 120 cardinals under the age of 80 and thus eligible to elect a pope, the Europeans will have less than 50 per cent, the same as three years ago.

The 1988 induction marked the first time that Europeans did not command a majority of the electors. In 1946, Italians alone formed a majority of the papal voters.

The newly named cardinals also keep the percentage of electors from other parts of the world at virtually the 1988 levels. This still leaves some imbalances when compared to percentages of Catholic population. Latin America has more than 40 per cent of the world's Catholics, yet only 17.5 per cent of the papal electors.

Who's who...

VATICAN CITY: An 89-year-old Chinese bishop was in prison when Pope John Paul secretly ('in petto') named him a cardinal at this pope's first consistory in 1979.

Bishop Ignatius Ping-Mei, Vatican appointed bishop of Shanghai since 1950 was arrested in 1955 and freed in 1985. He lives in exile in the US. Other nominees are: Archbishop Sodano, 63, prosecretary of state in the wake of Cardinal Casaroli.

Archbisop Laghi, 69, of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education.

A rchbishop Noe, 69, St Peter's Basilica.

Archbishop Sanchez, 71, Congregation for Evangelisation.

Archbishop Cassidy, 67, Council for Christian Unity.

Archbishop Angelini, 75, Council for Health Care Workers.

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Archbishop Coffy, 71, of Marseille.

Archbishop Todea, 79, of Romania.

Archbishop Bamungwabi, 61, of Zaire.

Archbishop Rodriguez, 55 of Santo Domingo.

Archbishop Mahony, 55, of Los Angeles.

Archbishop Bevilacqua, 68, of Philadelphia.

A rchbishop Ocampo of Guadalajara.

Archbishop Saldarini, 67, of Turin.

Archbishop Daly, 73, or Armagh.

Archbishop Ruini, 60, pro-vicar general of Rome.

Archbishop Korec of Czechoslovakia.

A rchbishop Sterzinsky, 55, of Berlin.

Archbishop Del Mestri, 80, of Italy.

The only future cardinal who is not a bishop is the 89-year-old Jesuit Father Paul Dezza who was a one time confessor to Paul VI and John Paul I.

Europe, with one-third of the world's Catholics, has 47 per cent of the electors.

The elector figures for the other regions are: United States and Canada, 12.5 per cent; Africa, 12.5 per cent; Asia, 11.7 per cent; Oceana, 3 per cent.

The internationalisation began with Pope John XXIII and grew under Pope Paul VI and the current pope. Pope John Paul has named five separate groups of cardinals and almost 75 per cent of the papal electors are his appointees.

Pope John Paul also has been doing some redistribution within Europe, naming cardinals from Eastern Europe even before communist rule started crumbling. Of the 101 cardinals named by the pope in his almost 13 years in office, nine were resident bishops in the Soviet bloc — including two in the Soviet Union. He also has named four other East Europeans who live outside their countries of origin.

The pope emphasised the trend in his latest nominations by appointing two people who spent years in East European jails: Romanianrite Archbishop Alexandru Todea of Fagaras and Alba Julia, Romania, and Bishop Jan Korec of Nitra, Czechoslovakia.

They "paid with a high price of suffering for their faith in God and Church in difficult moments and conditions", said the pope after reading the list of cardinals-designate.

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Towards unity minus race labels of past The Catholic bishops of South Africa are loath to use the race labels of the past and are looking to a united church of the future, says the new archbishop of Cape Town.

"We don't see ourselves as white, coloured, Zulus or Xhosa but as one people says Archbishop Lawrence Henry who was appointed only last August and is the second non-white to hold the position.

"We are a community of believers and we have to be a community of lovers" said the archbishop of the pastoral plan being put into practice by the bishops and which emphasises evangelisation.

He was in Perth briefly last week to meet his Roman classmate Mon-

signor Keating and his of South African Indian journey to Rome is the extraction, converted summons of Pope John from Hinduism, who Paul II to receive the tragically died after less pallium of the archbi- than four years in office. shop's office at the tomb Thus his auxiliary of St Peter on June 29, the bishop, Lawrence Henry, feast of SS Peter and was to make history by Paul. becoming the first of the Nowhere is the feeling Cape Coloureds to head of unity stronger says the the Cape church. archbishop, than in the As the long historical 32-member South Afri- home of the Cape can Bishops Conference Coloureds, Archbishop where today more than Henry's diocese is some half are black, three are 60% coloured, 30% coloured, and the white and 10% black. remainder white, many Because of the aparof them older and former missionaries from theid residential laws, most parishes are likely abroad.

Capetown's century-old to be of one group or history as a Catholic another but there are diocese saw the retired now a number of mixed Cardinal Owen McCann parishes and the trend is as the first native born likely to increase Archbishop Henry said. archbishop.

His successor was to be Thus there is no typical Archbishop Stephen racial make-up of a Naidoo, a Redemptorist South African diocese

and the priests emerging from the seminary are now culturally conscious of the different groups amongst whom they will be working.

At the height of apartheid, seminarians were compelled to train in exclusively white or black seminaries but over the past decade or so the bishops decided to ignore the requirement just as they ignored the laws that would have limited where they could place missionaries in the different areas.

But even for Archbishop Henry there was the added cross that historically there was no seminary for the coloureds and the few priests had trained privately while in his case he was one of an historical group of five that was

sent to study at the Propaganda College in Rome and of whom three became priests.

If the Church has any success in South Africa today, the archbishop said it can be put down to the fact that the people are a church-going people and the liturgies are so alive.

For the rest, the Catholic Church has always been present to the people's needs, helping them when they were without food setting up soup kitchens.

But he says he will need more help for the future.

With 110 priests in his diocese, half of them in religious orders, the seventeen seminarians he has in training over the seven-year course are not going to fulfill his requirements.

Archbishop Henry . . . second nonwhite to hold the position

Son of non-Catholic parents In July 1934 a domestic worker from St Helena Island gave birth to a baby boy in the Salvation Army Hospital in Cape Town, a stone's throw away from the Catholic St Mary's Cathedral.

Fifty-six years later Pope John Paul II appointed that child of non-Catholic parents as Archbishop of Cape Town to succeed the late Archbishop Stephen Naidoo who had died after only three years in office.

Lawrence Henry was orphaned at the age of three when his parents died eight months apart.

He was raised by his Catholic stepgrandmother who sent him to schools run by the Catholic Church in the

Cape Flats suburb at Athlone.

But his schooling almost came to an abrupt end after Standard Six because his grandparents could not afford the shilling a week to continue sending him to St Columba's High School.

But the school principal wanted to find an opportunity to let Lawrence matriculate.

The brothers at the school were not living on the premises and suggested that he could earn his education by working as caretaker after classes.

So his high school years were spent cleaning toilets, painting window frames and generally keeping up the school's appearance.

If he had realised then

that at the end of high school he would want to become a priest he would probably have taken Latin at school — a prerequisite to go to the seminary.

But he had no Latin so after matric, he worked in a balloon factory in the day and studied Latin in the evenings.

Lawrence Henry was a vibrant 17-year -old when he saw something that changed his life: a disabled boy, lying flat on his back, reading a book carefully positioned on his chest with the aid of a mirror suspended from the ceiling.

The sight stood out starkly against Henry's own life and his abilities.

The thought that the games and dancing he

indulged as a teenager could never be more than a dream for the motionless youth drove deep into conscience.

It was then that he felt the call to become a priest: "to serve God and God's people."

When it came to entering a seminary, he faced another hurdle. The national seminary was in the white area of Pretoria and the Church had to provide a seminary for blacks in Hammanskraal.

But for the coloureds at the time there was nothing.

Lawrence Henry and four others were sent to the missionary Propagand Fide College in Rome where theyw ould be amongst 500 students

from 45 different countries.

When Lawrence Henry found the Latin hard at times, a Korean who knew some English would help him with the translation.

He says going to Rome from South Africa had been "a shock".

"You become so conditioned by your environment, and it was a tremendous experience just to be in an open society in Rome where everybody was the same," he says.

His 20 years as a parish priest were to have their share of apartheid suffering.

On February 11, 1966 he stood in Church with his people and cried at the announcement that District Six, a racially

mixed area, was to be destroyed by government decree because it was now to be a white group area.

A final irony was to be enacted on August 16, 1987, when he was auxiliary ordained bishop in front of a vast crowd that packed Goodwood Stadium.

He knew the place well from the days of his youth.

"We had gone to watch hell driving," he recalls, "and we thought that we could sit there on the grandstand. And then they told us, 'you cannot sit there'. I vowed never to go back.

"But then for my ordinationIbrought my own stand — I set it right in the middle of things," he laughs.

Catholic Community Care gets new head Catholic Community Care in Western Australia has taken an important step towards the implementation of its new charter with the appointment of Kevin Wringe (45) as chief executive officer.

Announcing the appointment, Bishop Healy, chairman of the Western Australian Bishops Committee, said that Kevin Wringe had had extensive experience with the Department for Community Services and the Department of Employment and Youth Affairs in Western Australia over the past twenty two years.

He was most recently Social Work Supervisor of the Department's Belmont Division.

"We welcome his experience and his commitment to the principles of Catholic Care. We wish him well in this vital area of ministry," the bishop said.

In his government service

Kevin was supervisor, Financial Assistance Branch with a budget of $4.6 million November 1988 to November 1989, and was supervisor Crisis Care Unit from March 1985 until October 1988.

His country service included three years based in Kalgoorlie as regional supervisor and four in Bunbury. Prior to taking on management roles he was a social worker for six years.

A 1988 Churchill Fellowship enabled him to study modern management methods and effective service delivery in 25 crisis services in the USA, UK and Eire.

He holds a Bachelor of Social Work, Bachelor of Arts and a Graduate Diploma in Public Sector Management from Curtin University, and a Bachelor of Theology from Urban University in Rome.

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Kevin was also Chairperson of the Centrecare Marriage and Family Service Board of Management for the past four years, giving him hands on experience of the Catholic Cart system.

He is a former Chairperson of the Bunbury Parish Council and been active in Kalgoorlie and Applecross Church affairs.

"I fully support the Catholic Community Care Commission's stated mission, expressed in the 1989 review of Catholic social welfare services," said Kevin.

He quotes: "That mission is to continue the ministry of Christ by recognising needs and by providing assistance and relevant opportunities for individuals, families and communities.

"This is to be achieved by working towards a more just and loving society, by empowering people, by

Kevin Wringe, the new chief executive officer of Catholic Community Care in WA.

respecting human dignity and by helping to achieve self-determination."

Kevin said that the importance of the Review, the installation of the new Commissioners by Archbishop Foley in October last year, and the appointment of Sr Beverley Stott RSM as Chairperson of the Commission could not be overemphasised as a new beginning for our Catholic Care services.

Members of the Commission with Sister Beverley are Bishop Hickey, Michael Blakiston, Michael Carren, Maisie Cinanni, Robert Isaacs, Ean James, Maureen Jewell and Sister Joan Smith.

"The challenge to me as Executive Officer is to implement the Charter quite clearly laid down by the Archbishop to the Commission. There are six quite clear objectives.

• to give the Agencies of the Commission the support they need and so guarantee their professional, accountable independence.

• to give our worker in welfare the opportunity to be involved in policy making in the Commission.

• to provide a sensitive and accountable structure to enable the Agencies to deliver efficiently the professional welfare services needed by the Community.

• to provide educational and spiritual formation for our own people.

• to have the assistance of a broadly based Forum to enlarge the Church's awareness of issues and to facilitate the formulation of informed policies.

• to extend assistance to parishes and support them in worthwhile care initiatives."

Kevin said he would like to work closely with other Church bodies such as the Social Justice Commission and the Pastoral Planning Office to ensure that "our efforts are co-ordinated".

He looked forward to cooperating with the parishes in their involvement with the people's needs and with government and other bodies in the wider community for the benefit of the whole community.

"Ibelieve that the economy in the 1990's will put severe strains on families, particularly as unemployment continues to rise. All of us will need to respond to the call to help disadvantaged and distressed individuals and groups."

A family man himself, Kevin and his wife Patrice have three children. Ann (13), Caroline (11) and Paul (1).

Blessing of new site for college Bishop Quinn of Bunbury recently blessed the new site of Mandurah Catholic College at the corner of Mandurah Bypass and Coodanup Drive.

Watching the ceremony the foundation principal Mr Richard Finucane who said that the first stage of the building program to be completed between June and December this year would cost $2 million.

Taking part in the blessing ceremony were Father Neville Faulkner of Mandurah (left), Sister Agnes Griffin, (partly obscured), principal of Assumption Catholic Primary School and the Year Seven students who will enter the Mandurah College next year.

Research ethics role under fire

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BISHOPS SAY IT IS UNDEMOCRATIC The Australian Catholic Bishops have rejected the National Health and Medical Research Council's role as the Commonwealth Government's watch-dog on medical research ethics.

In a strongly worded letter to the Prime Minister, Cardinal Clancy, President of the Bishops Conference, said: "The setting of ethical standards for the conduct of medical research must not be by a few chosen from within, or by those whose aim is principally to promote research. A mechanism needs to be established by which those who set ethical standards can be held to account by the general community through the elected representatives."

The Bishops were responding to the disbanding of the National Bioethics Consultative C3mmittee and its amalgamation under the aegis of the NH & MRC, with the Medical Research Ethics Committee.

Biomedical regulation has been removed from the democratic forum of public opinion by that decision.

Cardinal Clancy also criticised the NH & MRC for adopting an admitted utilitarian approach to drafting ethical guidelines, and "setting the wolves to guard the sheep".

Major proponents of unethical procedures have been authors of ethical guidelines issued by the NH & MRC. "The NH & MRC's ethics have been discredited in the clear divergence that exists between the limits imposed by State Parliaments on medical research, especially on reproductive technology, and the much more liberal guidelines issued by the Medical Research Ethics Committee (of the NH & MRC)," he said.

The Bishops have appealed to the Prime Minister to put in place the regulatory model recommended by the Family Law Council and the Senate Select Committee on the Human Embryo Experimentation Bill.

"The Australian Government has a responsibility for ensuring adequate mechanisms for the ethical management of medical and health research, particularly when that research is supported by public funding.

"Mechanisms must be established by which the community can be assured that the research is undertaken in accordance with codes of ethical conduct that correspond to the convictions of thoughtful Australians," Cardinal Clancy said.

SVDP celebrates 80th birthday at Highgate The St Vincent de Paul Society celebrated its 80th West Australian birthday this week at Highgate where the first official conference was revived on June 4

1911.

It was the first of twelve

conferences established that year. Today there are 84 conferences throughout WA with a membership of 800 in all four WA dioceses.

The Society's State President, Gerry Lambe, said Perth Cathedral

Archives made reference to welfare and charitable work similar to the objectives of the St Vincent de Paul Society which had been undertaken in the Archdiocese as early as 1864 and that the efforts of members at that time were concentrated mainly on support for a local orphanage.

The main objective of the SVDP is the exercise of charity by personal service in the form of assistance to the needy.

"This is why members, in the past, and still are.

able to work together with the Church's teachings and the expand the work of Our Lord through visiting the needy in their homes in response to their requests for help," he said.

Noting the outstanding contributions of all past members, Mr Lambe said the work of two — the late Bill Schocker and the late Herb Hurley — were prime examples of the dedication of people who had given a lifetime of service to the Society.

"Both men," he said, "led by example and spent much of their time issuing bed and meal vouchers for two shillings to people who desperately needed their help."

The Society's first night shelter — St Camillus House — opened in Perth in 1957 — was a special project of the late Bill Schocker who made a brick-making machine at his place of employment and together with his group of helpers made cement bricks each

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Guest Editorial ASIA FOCUS King Kong Asia is fast becoming the world's "leisure playground".

Each year, hundreds of thousands of Westerners and an increasing number of tourists from prosperous Asian societies such as Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are being lured by advertised promises of "sun, golden beaches, exotic delights and smiling faces".

The tourism industry is booming in Asia, and many of our developing economies count on the foreign exchange that the business generates.

By the year 2000, tourism is expected to bring one million arrivals a year to Goa, exceeding the population of this western Indian state.

Government officials and the business fraternity of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore are planning to create a "Carribean of the East" by using billions of dollars to entice tourists to their "tourism triangle" — Indonesia's Riau Islands, Singapore and the neighbouring Malaysian state of Johor. Both India and Indonesia are promoting 1991 as a year of tourism.

The development of massive tourism in Asia dictates that most people who visit Bali or Phuket or Goa be accommodated in multistory luxury hotels and shuttled around in airconditioned coaches, stopping for snapshots in "places of interest" listed on their tour itineraries.

Some take part in activities involving the blatant exploitation of people, their poverty, and their religious and cultural traditions, where tourist dollars can buy anything from sex to front-row seats at a "matinee performance" of an ancient tribal ritual.

Chances are slim that typical tourists can see how people in the host country really live and, in the words of Thailand's Catholic bishops, "how they cope with problems and enjoy the good things of this earth".

The bishops lamented in a pastoral letter on tourism issued last year that much of modern tourism prevents traveller and host from meeting God in each other.

Tourism at its best builds up development, fosters a more just distribution of wealth and promotes mutual understanding among people and nations.

But at its worst, it distorts native festivals and traditions, accelerates destruction of the natural environment, aggravates displacement of urban and rural communities, and intensifies drug abuse and prostitution.

Tourism based on exploitation dehumanises both tourists and their hosts.

Perhaps no other modern phenomenon can more aptly reveal the gap between the First World and the Third, the economic divide between North and South.

Concerned people in both host and touristsending countries, however, are speaking out.

Their small yet firm voices are urging alternatives to the massive luxury tourism that they say brings more harm than good to Third World countries.

Some denounce tourism as a new form of colonialisation, while others go as far as to call modern tourism a structure of sin. * The Ecumenical Coalition on Third World Tourism (ECTWT) works to ensure that tourism issues appear on Church and government agendas.

Its membership includes the Christian Conference of Asia as well as the Office for Human Development of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conference.

ECTWT has joined other groups such as the World Tourism Organisation in demanding that ground rules for acceptable tourism be spelled out.

The Church, in professing a preferential option for the poor, has a mandate to help formulate and implement such ground rules.

But as Redemptorist Father Desmond de Sousa of ECTWT has noted, this requires a shift from the Church's present role as an interested onlooker to active participant.

Channels for such participation are already open, as evidenced by the recent proliferation of Asian seminars and forums on tourism.

Individual Christian travellers and hosts also are challenged to change the growing massive luxury tourism we see in favour of activities that allow people to meet as brothers and sisters, and share the Spirit alive in each of them.

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Bulgaria, KGB wanted the pope dead ROME (CNS): Mehmet All Agca, the Turk who 10 years ago shot Pope 'John Paul II, said in a newspaper interview published May 16 that the Soviet KGB and the Bulgarian government were behind the assassination attempt.

The Bulgarian government says it will open its past secret service files to look for clues.

"I knew that the KGB wanted to to kill the pope," the jailed gunman said in a written answers to questions by Milan's Corriere Della Sera newspaper.

"The Bulgarians wanted the death of Pope John Paul II because they were prisoners of (late Soviet leader Leonid) Brezhnev's doctrine of limited sovereignty," he said.

Under Brezhnev, who died in 1982, Moscow claimed power to intervene in Eastern Europe if it felt communist rule was threatened.

Agca has pointed an accusing finger at the Bulgarians and Soviets before in the attempt on the pope's life. He has also been inconsistent, and sometimes unco-operative in dealings with investigators and prosecutors.

His testimony at the trial of a group of Bulgarians alleged to have been involved in an assassination conspiracy was considered unreliable and, at times, incoherent.

In the interview, Agca, serving a life sentence in a prison in central Italy for shooting the pope on May 13, 1981, repeated claims made at the so-called "Bulgarian connection" trial in 1986.

Italian prosecutors tried to prove that three

Sin burns porn magazines MANILA, Philippines (CNS): Armed with a torch, Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila set fire to piles of erotic magazines and sex films in a renewed campaign church against pornography.

President Corazon Aquino's chief of staff, Oscar Orbos, and Manila Mayor Mel Lopez joined the Manila archbishop in the antipornography rally outside the gates of the presidential palace.

The rally of about 50 people, including boy

scouts and members of a church-backed civic group, carried placecards reading "no to porno".

The films and magazines were siezed by police from movie operators and street peddlers.

Church officials in the largely Catholic country periodically denounce the proliferation of sex films and magazines, but the smut trade has persisted despite police crackdowns.

Bulgarians and three Turks had conspired with Agca to kill the pope.

They were let off on grounds of insufficient evidence — an Italian judicial formula meaning the court was not totally convinced of their innocence but could not prove their guilt.

In the interview, Agca siad former Bulgarian President Todor Zhivkov, a communist, should stand trial for the shooting.

Agca called Zhivkov "the chief terrorist" and said he "should be tried for the asassination attempt" before he ended up in the Soviet Union like former East German leader Erich Honecker.

Honecker was spirited away to Moscow on March 13. The Soviet government said it was for surgery.

Speculation about the Bulgarian connection in the papal assassination attempt has been revived recently.

Zhivkov's communist government denied any connection to the assassination attempt.

But his successor, Zhelyu Zhelev, said his government would open its police files to a new investigation because he believed his communist predecessors were "capable" of complicity.

A private commission headed by Allen Weinstein of the Center for Democracy in Washington is starting a fresh investigation into the attempt.

In the interview, Agca said it was up to the pope to disclose what was discussed when the Turk and the pontiff met in Agca's prison cell in 1983.

But Agca added, "Glasnost will never reach the Vatican".

Capitalism breeds problems, says pope VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II, underlining some reservations about capitalism made in his recent social encyclical, warned that the modern industrialised economy is leaving large gaps between rich and poor, as well as ecological destruction.

A group of international economic and political experts at the Vatican were told productive capital too often remains in the hands of a few.

The pope noted the

disparity in living conditions between industrialised and Third World nations, but said imbalances also exist within countries, where the luxurious lifestyles of some are "scandalous".

One of the most urgent problems today, the pope said, is the contrast between worsening poverty in some parts of the world and the technical and economic possibilies in others.

In the face of this, the church feels it must

insist on "more radical and more efficient initiatives" in favour of the poorer nations, he said.

In doing so, the church is not being "utopian" — it realises that improving the situation may take time, he said.

The pope said unfairness is evident on local levels, too. He said "the unjust distribution of resources, the exploitation of labour and the luxurious lifestyle of some are scandalous violations" of the princi-

ple that all share in the goods of the earth.

The church recognises that productive capital increases development, he said.

"Nevertheless, this increase is not always accomplished for the benefit of a great number of people; instead, the capital remains concentrated in the hands of a few people. The social doctrine of the church has always defended the participation of many

people in productive capital," he said.

The pope also cited the danger, raised by Pope Leo XIII a century ago, that those possessing capital would wield undue influence over the state, establishing in effect a social and economic monopoly. In this regard, the church continues to stress that "public powers are destined for the common good, and not only for the good of a particular group," the pope said.

5000 Bibles for sale in Cuba HAVANA, (CNS): Five thousand Bibles were to go on public sale in Cuban bookshops in a further sign of increasing tolerance by Cuba's communist authorities of religious teaching and worship.

Printed in Spanish, the tracts were a donation from the United Bible

societies, Prensa Latina said.

Bibles and religious literature had not been openly sold in Cuba's state bookshops for three decades a result of the hostility that charaderised church-state relations following the 1959 Revolution.

Protestant and evangelical churches in Cuba grouped in the Ecumenical Council — which does not include the Catholic Church. the island's biggest — have recently enjoyed increasing access to Cuba' staterun media as part of improving relations with

communist the government.

In the last six months, state radio broadcast Christmas and Easter services organised by Protestant churches.

But relations between the government and the

Cuban Catholic hierarchy remain cool.

Catholic leaders have criticised statements by President Fidel Castro about the importance of religious believers also being "revolutionaries" — supporters of Cuba's one-party communist system.

Medal departs from Portuguese custom VATICAN CITY: The medal struck for the papal visit to Portugal earlier this month departs from the custom of naming 'Portugal' and instead speaks of 'Fatima'.

It is engraved with an image of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima, the word "Fatima," and the date May 13 framed by the years 1981 — when the attempted assassination took place — and 1991 — the 10th anniversary visit to Fatima.

May 13 is also an obvious link to Fatima. It is the date of the first Marian apparition in 1917.

Normally, the papal commemorative medal names the country or countries visited and the starting and ending dates of the trip.

The pope often has expressed his belief that Mary saved his life in 1981 and that her overall concern for the church protected it from liquida-

tion by the communists and helped bring about the fall of east European communism. He reemphasied this during the Portugal trip.

But the mystical link between these elements was made by Bishop Alberto Cosme do Amaral of Leiria-Fatima in greeting the pope at the Fatima shrine.

Many people believed that the assassination attempt was "something more than a criminal act," said the bishop.

"We all spoke of a sign and a mystery; of a painful and necessarily frutiful mystery, as if it was a bloody renewal of the redemptive passion of Jesus," he said.

It was "almost an apocalyptic sign," he said.

"The Lord Jesus wanted to reproduce, in a dramatic way, in the person of his vicar, the symbol of the cross, under the protective eye of Mary on that May 13, 1981," he added.

The bishop then noted by Carmelite Sister Lucia Fatima message. But he how the pope recovered dos Santos, the only has left the door open to and visited Fatima in survivor of the three accepting all these links.

1982, on the first anniver- shepherd children who Without making a direct connection, he often sary of the attempted saw Mary. assassination.

An integral part of the mentions Mary in the The 1982 visit was "a message is that people same breath with the mystery and a sip of pray for the conversion of near-successful assassihope," he said, noting that Russia. Many Fatima nation attempt and the the pope consecrated the followers interpret this as collapse of communism. world to Mary at Fatima meaning prayer and to defeat In 1984, the pope gave a in 1982, "especially those action fragment of the bullet nations that Our Lady communism. that ripped through his most hoped would be Sister Lucia also has told abdomen to Bishop Do entrusted to her". of subsequent private Amaral to be placed at The consecration was revelations to her in the Fatima shrine. renewed in 1984 in St which Mary asked that Where is it?

Peter's Square "where Russia be consecrated to the heart of Christianity her Immaculate Heart. A It is embedded among beats," added the bishop. key condition is that the the jewels in the crown of "It is legitimate for us to consecration be done on the shrine statue of Our think that the entrusting the same day by the pope Lady of Fatima. But it is that was then deposited and the world's bishops, so tiny that Archbishop Angelo Sociano, head of in the heart of Our each in their dioceses. has the Vatican Secretariat of Lucia Sister Mother was fulfilled in a surprising way in the accepted the 1984 conse- State, and Joaquin quick opening and pro- cration in St Peter's Navarro-Valls, Vatican gressive liberation of the Square as fulfilling spokesman, could not see it until it was pointed out heroic countries of East Mary's conditions.

What does the pope to them.

Europe, after a martyrdom which seemed think labout this Marian "It is on the underside of mysticism? unending," he said. the top part of the crown.

He has avoided giving You have to bend down The bishop was alluding to many aspects of the an anti-communist polit- and look straight up to Fatima message as retold ical interpretation to the see it," said Navarro-Valls.

Soviet trip will be short, symbolic VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II's first trip to the Soviet Union might be a shod, "symbolic" one to Moscow and a few other sites, skipping some places where there are many Catholics, say sources.

The trip is expected in

1992 or 1993 and could exclude the western Ukraine, where there are million six about Ukrainian-rite Catholics, because of problems with the Orthodox.

It could be similar to the overnight papal visit to Czechoslovakia in April

and the pope accepted in 1990.

During the whirlwind principle.

Czechoslovakian trip the In the past, the pope has pope visited only three said he wants his trip to sites in less than 48 the Soviet Union to be a hours. truly pastoral visit During a 1989 Vatican including stops in the meeting, Soviet Presi- Ukraine and Lithuania dent Mikhail Gorbachev where there are large invited the pope to visit numbers of Catholics.

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As members of the Brothers of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, the religious were working in Spanish hospitals when they were

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The pope approved a decree saying the group are to be considered martyrs, "killed in hatred of the faith".

Most of the group were brothers, and most were Spanish; six were Colombians.

The religious worked exclusively in the hospitals run by the order in Spain and were not involved in poiltics, according to officials of the order in Rome. When the conflict began. many were given an opportunity to flee the country but decided to remain with the sick. Most were killed within two weeks of the outbreak of fighting.

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Hawaii 6 get axe HONOLULU (CNS): Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario of Honolulu has sent decrees of excommunication to six Oahu Catholics for "their persistence in schismatic activities contrary to the laws of the Church".

The six were excommunicated for establishing or supporting Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, a church which claims to be Catholic while denying the authority of Bishop Ferrario, and using the services of schismatic clergy to celebrate the Eucharist and administer other sacraments.

They were asked to cease publishing the Lay Catholic Press, a newspaper which supports the chapel and prints --!re criticism of the bishop.

Bishop Ferrario also demanded the end of a weekly radio show, "Catholicism in Crisis", which supports the chapel, regularly condemns the bishop and denies his authority, and disseminates heretical teaching.

Masses at the chapel frequently are celebrated by priests belonging to the Priestly Society of St Pius X, followers of the excommunicated traditionalist Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, who died earlier this year.

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... AS GERMANY DEBATES THE ISSUE BERLIN: As a newly united Germany prepared to debate abortion policy, Bishop George Sterzinsky of Berlin strongly condemned abortion.

The bishop said human life should be protected by the state from the moment of conception, and should be given a priority over the well-being of parents and social factors.

Presently Germany allows abortion, but under two widely differing sets of norms that date from pre-unifcation. In the territory of former East Germany, there is abortion-on-demand during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

In the former West German zone, abortion is punishable by three years in

prison unless a woman receives counselling and a doctor's certification that the abortion is necessary for her physcial or mental health.

According to the treaty governing Germany's reunification, the new joint Parliament is to establish a single law on abortion by the end of 1992.

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editor-priest RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNS): Controversial -irazilian liberation theologian Father Leonardo 'soft has been removed as editor of a theological .nagazine and pressured to stop publicising his views on controversial theological themes for a vear.

In 1985, Father Boff was ordered to spend a year without writing or speaking publically on k :ont roversia1 theological matters as a result of Vatican disapproval of his book on church power titled "Church: Charism and Power".

The theologian has also decided to take a year's sabbatical from his post at the Institute of 'rheology in Petropolis, Brazil, beginning in July, after that move was suggested by the Vatican, according to colleagues.

Father Boff took the leave rather than deepen his conflict with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, they said.

The immediate causes of his dismissal from Vozes are two editions of the publication which dealt with married priests and church social

action, said Father Boff's brother, Waldemar.

The brothers worked together at Vozes.

Father Boff said prior to leaving Petropolis he planned to stay in Rio de Janeiro writing a series of books on ecology, spirituality, theology and human sciences.

He said he also planned to travel in Europe and speak on Christianity in Latin America.

Father Boff, a Franciscan, was dropped from Vozes on the orders of Franciscan superior general Father John Vaughn.

The order was transmitted to the Brazilian priest by Father Felix Neefjes, a Franciscan official.

Father Neefjes has been described by the editorial director of Vozes Publications, Father Neilor Jose Tonin, as the de facto censor of the magazine.

Cardinal Sales of Rio was quoted in a Brazilian newspaper as saying "the Vatican's attitude was absolutely correct and timely".

But Archbishop Aloisio Lorscheider of Fortaleza, Brazil, has defended Father Boff as "intelligent, with good theological products".

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo (CNS): The heads of two Catholic dioceses, joined by other Colorado religious leaders, denounced the possible reinstatement of the death penalty in their state as a "violation of the mandate to capital f orgive offenders".

"We pray for the courage among us all to act heroically in compassion for those who had no compassion for their victims," said a statement written by Bishop Hanifen and Bishop Tafoya and some two dozen other Catholic and religious Protestant leaders.

"The miracle of God's forgiving grace in our lives can bestow on us the courage to forgive others," the statement added.

Although Colorado has

not executed an inmate since 1964, Bishop Hanifen said he was concerned about the pending executions of three inmates all convicted murderers on death row.

Archbishop Stafford of Denver, the state's only other active Catholic bishop, did not sign the statement, but Father Jim Sunderland, a Denver priests who heads the Coalition Colrado Against the Death Penalty, said that Archbishop Stafford is strongly opposed to capital punishment and has spoken against it on several occasions.

"Even if the death penalty were a true deterrent to capital crimes, which is not established, and even if our judicial system were infallible, which it isn't,

we would still be called upon by the spirit of the gospel to oppose capital punishment," the statement said.

"As it now stands in our state, we citizens have concluded that we should allow, in our names, premeditated killing through inflication of the death penalty," it added. "We ask: Let this decision be reviewed in terms of the commandment to forgive and the danger of irreversibly inflicting death unjustly in the name of the state".

At the press conference, Bishp Tafoya said that documents like the US bishops' 1980 document against capital punishment attempt to make Christians more aware of their moral and spiritual responsibility toward the sanctity of life.

A distorted echanis , he says

SAO PAULO, Brazil CNS): Father Leoiardo Boff has called he hierarchical proess that resulted in his expulsion as editor of a theological magazine !A early May and a year away from his teaching post "a distorted mechanism".

"What bothers me is they don't discuss the big issues of poverty, the situation in the Third World, ecology," the Franciscan liberation theologian told Catholic

News Service in an interview given before penalties were announced in mid-May. "This makes me sad.

Instead they waste time and discuss my writing."

He said sanctions come from the Vatican, but are routed through the Franciscan hierarchy, he said, making it look like an internal problem of the order.

"The has to be denounced as a distorted mechanism that provokes conflict between

myself and my superior," Father Boff said.

magazine he edited in the city of Petropolis.

At the time of the interview, the Franciscan's current work was still under scrutiny.

Penalties were still pending. But he had a previous experience with Vatican punishment when, in 1985, a controversial book he wrote led to his silencing for a year.

He was also "counselled," said colleagues, to temporarily leave his seat at the Institute of Theology in Petropolis and refrain from teaching and writing on controversial theological themes.

Under the newest set of sanctions, he was required to leave the editorship of Vozes, the

The punishment was endorsed by Cardinal Sales of Rio and Bishop Veloso of Petropolis.

"Ratzinger said I could always write in theolog-

ical magazines without censorship," Father Boff said, referring to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. But now "Rome is increasing the pressure".

The process began last summer when Father Boff received a critical letter from his Franciscan superior regarding three articles run in Vozes on issues such as married clergy and the role of theologians.

The articles, published in theological magazines during the past year, were sent to the Brazilian bishops' commission on doctrine and then to the Vatican.

Father Boff made it clear that he believes the hand behind his problems is that of Cardinal Ratzinger, and he accused central church authorities of using indirect attack to silence him.

"I consider this especially perverse, because

Rome is not taking a direct position," he said.

"They want my superior to take a position. Then Rome can say they aren't invoking (punishment), and its an internal among problem Franciscans".

Father Boff said he feels that his views on liberation theology and the people of the Third World threaten "people from a sector of the church who represent the powerful".

'Salvation must inspire Church's social work' VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II, speaking to some 900 women religious from 63 countries, said their role as "spiritual witnesses" should never be reduced to simple social work.

The pope praised the

humanitarian activity of the religious orders, but said it should always be inspired by the Church's message of salvation and should contribute to evangelisation.

The pope said women religious make a vital

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contribution to evangelisation. Especially in younger churches, they are the source of abundant spiritual energy, he said.

He expressed an "earnest invitation" to the women superiors: that

"in your search for justice and genuine liberation you will not lose sight of the truth which inspires the Church's pastoral, social and charitable activity, namely, the truth that our destiny is transcendent, our

identity is only revealed through faith".

Consequently, he said, it should be made clear that "all works of the apostolate are in one way or another aimed at helping man on the path of salvation".

The pope said that as the world approaches the third Christian millennium, it "stands in need of a religious and spiritual witness that is clear and does not compromise with the forces of evil and the pride of life".

He said members of religious orders have a special link to Christ and the Church. Religious superiors, by keeping this in mind, help their members avoid "a sterile reduction of the religious life", he said.

Inspired by Holy Spirit VATICAN CITY, (CNS): In addressing social issues, Pope Leo XIII was inspired by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the Gospel in the language of his day, Pope John Paul ll said.

He made his mark...

Just as the Holy Spirit at Pentecost enabled the disciples to address the crowd in a way each would understand, the Holy Spirit helped Pope Leo communicate the truth of the Gospel to his contemporaries with the encyclical "Rerum Novarum" (on capital and labour), he said.

Pope John Paul celebrated the 100th anniversary of "Rerum Novarum" May 19 during a Pentecost Mass in St Peter's Square. An estimated 100,000 people, including workers and

... AS TRANSITIONAL POPE VATICAN CITY (CNS): On February 20, 1878, ageing Italian Cardinal Gioacchino Pecci was elected pope by 61 of his peers on the third ballot.

It was widely expected

that the new pope, just a few days short of his 6th birthday, would be a transitional pontiff. His papacy was seen as buying some time for a temporally weak church in a politically troubled era.

But the white-haired pontiff did not pass quietly and quickly into the shadows of history.

Cardinal Pecci took the name Leo XIII and carried the church chronologically and intellectually into the 20th century.

His papacy lasted 25 years. His legacy was an ability to read the signs of the times, combining Catholic thought with practical insights on current problems to produce the foundations of modern church social teachings.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of his social encyclical, "Rerum Novarum," on the condition of the working class.

To celebrate, Pope John Paul II has declared 1991 a special year to deepen the study and spread of church social doctrine.

He also promised to publish his own social encyclical updating Pope Leo's thought.

"Rerum Novarum"

marked a new approach to social thinking at a time when the church needed a new approach to make an impact on society.

The papacy was politically anemic. It had been stripped of its temporal power in 1870 when Italian unification troops captured Rome, making the pope a prisoner of the Vatican.

Pope Leo became the first pontiff in centuries not to inherit a kingdom along with his papal robes.

It meant the end of the papacy as a major power broker in European politics.

The era was also a time when secular, often anti-

clerical governments were springing up throughout Europe, challenging the cozy churchstate relationships traditionally enjoyed by Catholicism.

The Industrial revolution was in full stride, trampling the established economic, political and labour systems.

Fighting for the allegiance of the new and fast-growing urban working class were Marxist and socialist movements opposed to the church.

Pope Leo moved into this tangled web of circumstances after a church career that combined diplomatic missions and decades of pastoral experience. He had been the archbishop of Perugia, Italy, for the 32 years prior to his election as pope.

Before, as papal nuncio to Belgium from 1843 to 1846, he saw firsthand the emerging industrial Europe and the political changes sweeping the continent.

He had to battle alongside the bishops to prevent state encroachment of church educational rights. His success earned government ire and pressure for his reassignment.

Pope Leo's pontificate was an effort find pastoral answers — firmly rooted in Catholic teachings — to these new situations.

The pope opposed, in theory, the divorce from Catholicism by secular states. Yet, he encouraged Catholics to accept and participate in the new, more democratic forms of government then emerging, since Catholics still had an obligation to work for the common good.

Pope Leo also believed that the divisions in Christianity were a major factor in the lessening of church authority in public life.

But his ecumenical efforts to foster unity with the Orthodox did not bear fruit.

His study of problems dividing Catholics and Anglicans resulted in a decision that Anglican

labour representatives from

15 countries, participated.

ordinations could not be accepted as valid by the Catholic Church because the Anglican hierarchy could not be traced back to the apostles.

The 1896 decision is still a major obstacle in A nglican -Catholic relations.

What firmly took root and floruished was his social teaching. To establish a doctrinal foundation for examining modern problems, Pope Leo turned to St Thomas A quinas, the 13thcentury philosopher and theologian.

St Thomas was one of the first Catholic thinkers to systematically study questions of social ethics, often relating them to the principles of justice and law.

Pope Leo supplemented this with the advice of Catholic social scientists and analysts.

The result is a social teaching that takes to task Marxism and laissez-faire capitalism, the prevailing political ideology that held the state must not interfere in the regulation of economic matters and labour -management relations.

"Rerum Novarum" supported the right of workers to unite, a highly controversial issue at odds with the laissezfaire philosophy.

It further criticised the laissez-faire approach by saying the state had the obligation to intervene through laws in economic and labour matters to preserve justice and the common good.

But it opposed the Marxist concept of class struggle as the motor of historical progress. It said the common good was the result of a working together by all sectors of society, each sector with the right to collectively defend its interests.

Throughout, "Rerum Novarum" defended the right of the church to be involved in social issues and affairs. Pope Leo's successors have kept the trend alive.

Filled with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the apostles "spoke and speak with the always new language of human experience of the problems and human needs appropriate to individuals, communities, nations and the entire human family", the pope said.

"Is it not true, perhaps, that Leo XIII spoke with this new and adequate language in his difficult era when 100 years ago he published the encyclical 'Rerum Novarum'?" the pope said.

"His language marked the beginning of a new teaching of the Church", which has been built on by succeeding popes, individual bishops and groups of bishops, he said.

This specific teaching, which is called social doctrine, expresses and fulfills an aspect of the mission which the Apostles received from Jesus Christ," he said.

The Holy Spirit, the spirit of truth, was sent to convince the world of the reality of sin, the pope said.

At the same time, the Spirit was given to the Apostles and their successors so they could forgive sins in Jesus' name.

Leo XIII spoke with "the voice of the Spirit of truth to convince the world of that time about sin: the great social sin and the consequent threat to the entire social order because of the conflict rising in the field of human labour and capital".

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A great-grandpa named Itcrum Novaru Today, Catholics are as likely to be found in the offices of corporate management as on the front lines of factory production.

So the centenary of a social encyclical defending the rights of workers issued 100 years ago by Pope Leo XIII may, at first glance, stir more curiosity than excitement.

Known by its opening Latin words — "Rerum Novarum" — the encyclical is a landmark. It held up as a matter of conscience the rights of workers to participate in the conduct of their work lives.

In English, the encyclical is called "On the Condition of Workers".

The Catholic social justice network is embracing 1991 as an opportunity to celebrate 100 years of Catholic social teaching.

"Rerum Novarum" placed just wages, decent working conditions and human dignity on the job squarely in the realm of justice.

But hovean ordinary church-goers celebrate what some might consider a quaint antique?

One puzzled lay woman was heard to ask if "Rerum Novarum" was a new Italian car!

What we celebrate this year is the growth over several generations of a body of teaching about human rights and dig-

nity, and about the laity's role in securing those rights.

In these latter years of the 20th century Christians expect patterns of equality among the races.

We believe it is normative for workers to have healthy and safe working space, just wages and benefits.

We say men and women have the right to bargain for their welfare without jeopardising their jobs.

Still, there are gaps between expectation and reality.

The body of Christ, in the people, still is abused.

That was the message of a Good Friday service this year in the nation's

capital that drew attention to the Church's vocation to care for the oppressed and the poor.

Catholics from various parishes and justice communities walked a contemporary Way of the Cross from the Capital to the Lincoln Memorial, reminding one another that we can choose or refuse to carry Christ's cross in our own time and our own place.

It was just one of thousands of events throughout the world planned this year to observe the "Rerum Novarum" centenary.

How can families be agents of social concern?

One diocesan family-life office wants to raise

By Dolores Leckey awareness of that question this year.

One parish is sponsoring an open forum to examine the relationship of church social teaching and the rights of women.

And many individuals are doing their turn this year at soup kitchens or shelters for the homeless.

The greatness of any document can be measured to some degree by the life it continues to engender, by the way it perdures throughout time and across cultures.

I would compare "Rerum Novarum" to the great-grandparent who looks upon several gener-

atiorand sees how they havebudt upon their elde contributions.

Anaig the youngest meners of "Rerum Noviim's" family you will id the US bishops' welllown pastoral letters peace, on a just econny, on racism.

Alllarked an examiflat:it of conscience and a liv, debate about the Chan response to mum social issues.

But there has been monhan reflection and morthan debate about thesi topics. Catholics haven inspired to act.

Civrights, peace concern problems related to ti environment, the equity of women: Thesnd other contem-

porary concerns draw Catholics, in an experimental way, into an awareness of Catholic social teaching.

Educators like to talk about teachable moments. That's what we have in this anniversary celebration of "Rerum Novarum". It is a teachable moment for schoolchildren.

Whether in the religious education process or in the Catholic schoolroom, children can learn how they fit into the great stream of justice and compassion fof others.

Special efforts could be made to reach out to immigrant children.

It is a teachable moment for workers who might spend some time pondering how well they're doing their jobs, and how their Christian faith affects what they do.

It is a teachable moment for those with wealth who might seize the occasion to ponder the obligation that stems from their riches.

It is a teachable moment for pastors charged with the spiritual formation of the laity.

According to Pope John Paul H's apostolic exhortation on the laity titled "Christifideles Laici", formation should include an undersianding of the richness of church social teaching.

It is a teachable moment, too, for parents who might use dinner time to draw attention to human need in the community, or invite their children to join in some action on behalf of justice.

As you look around your home, your neighbourhood, your city, what seems to need "fixing?" What personal or communal action might you take, no matter how small, to carry on what Pope Leo XIII stimulated a century ago: inspiration to make all things new by renewing in our own life circles what is possible, and trying what may even seem impossible.

DISCUSSI POINTS What is one action parishes and their people can undertake to promote social justice on the local level?

Selected responses from readers: Welcome people into the parish who may feel different. Make them feel a part of the community." — Lynda Kieffer.

"Acceptance of the handicapped as full and equal members of the parish community and schools to participate 'with', not just to do things 'to' or 'for', but with. Ignorance, fear and prejudice because of differences can be changed to understanding, compassion and even admiration." — Monica Santangelo.

"Find something you can respond to, be it

hunger or ham treatment for animals. Find out about thasue and communicate what you know with (Ars at your parish." — Celeste Rossmiller.

"Join NETIIIK or Bread for the World. Write your legislates!) behalf of whatever peace and justice issa these organisations would recommender — Sister Theresa Coulter.

First have irayer life. If they have a prayer life, they will ging to notice upjust situations in life arow them and they will become challenged to spond." — Kaeen Zerhusen.

"On my wi to work I see a group with a banner, reguly holding a silent vigil for peace and and justida El Salvador. Thomas Ladek.

From shockto anger and then action I published a book on parish social mininstry several years ago. It was a simple book, trying to tell people the work of social outreach belongs to everyone.

After the first few chapters were accepted, the editor called me to talk over several stylistic details.

Then, apologising in advance, he asked that as I proceeded with the book Irefrain from using

the word "justice". It was

correct systems ortstiuse

readers.

The work of jtice doesn't come ea to most people.

a red-flag word, he said, tutions that that frightened away oppression.

I suspect that the word "justice" still raises some eyebrows.

Although it is acceptable for the Church to be involved in charity — direct outreach to individuals in need — church members are often suspect when they work in areas of justice — when they try to

Parishes that ded to foster justice ha' to consider carefullyilat nt will be the start for their work.

For the Gospel c to gh be justiceto everibe encredal,tiht ist° personal convelon rather than ideolog

Shortly after the Persian Gulf War began, our parish's Global Concerns Committee met to discuss what was happening in light of the justwar theory and other spiritual guidelines.

Most of the university students on the committee already were tired of the endless debates about what was right, patriotic or just.

Yet they felt called to do something in response to

By Father Herb Weber their country's choice of violence as a means of problem-solving.

After prayer and discussion, the group decided, that what was needed was an opportunity to deal face-to-face with what it means to become a peaceful person.

Soon the group organised a retreat it titled Peace"Everyday makers".

The retreat was to nurture a process of personal conversion that the students felt was more important than taking sides in a debate.

What the students touched upon serves as a reminder that justice doesn't make sense unless there is a personal bridge between its place in the core of the Gospel

and the rest of the one's personal life.

Walking in someone else's shoes can have a remarkable effect on a person's desire to amend unjust systems. Various immersion programs open people's eyes to what they normally would not notice.

Many campus parishes like ours have trips to the outback or the inner city to introduce young adults to the living conditions of others.

The prophet's thankless task The Ten Commandments, the basic law of the people of God, centered on one virtue: justice. Like all legal codes, it had to do with r espect for human rights.

It did not appeal to mercy or charity, but to justice. People have certain rights, and those rights must be respected.

Parents have a right to respect from children; all men and women have a right to life and bodily

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integrity; spouses have an exclusive right to each other, personal property must not be violated; one's good name must not be smeared.

These rights extend even to aliens and show special regard for the powerless: "You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt".

While mercy and arity were stongly realmended and almslIng was one of the ree central acts of relion (along with prayerad fasting), the peoplOad an overriding sen of basic justice.

Disregard for cies connected with OW justice drew down ki's displeasure and led entually to the corroloo "You shall not wrong and downfall of 0th any widow or orphan" Israel in the nortbuld (Exodus 22:20-23).

Judah in the south.

else. Poor and disorga- injustice cried to heaven

By Father John J. nised, it struggled. for vegeance.

Castelot Amos, the first of the Finally, in the eighth prophets whose sermons century, under the leadAfter the split between have been preserved, North and South in 926 ership of Jeroboam II, lashed out bravely.

I srael, the North, reached B.C., the northern kingAfter excoriating the dom had a difficult time. the peak of material traditional enemies of Judah had everything: a prosperity.

But it was lopsided: The the people and winning strong political and relrich minority lived in the plaudits of his gious capital in Jerusalem, a well-oiled admin- obscene luxury and the audience, he turns on the istration, a strong poor majority wallowed North itself. in abject poverty.

He scornfully describes tradition. their wanton luxury, Not unexpectedly, the The North, though it had most of the land and rich got richer and the their disdain for the have-nots' the majority of the poor got poorer. population, had little The scandalous social "'They sell the just man for

These programs tend to be most successful when the participants have to talk about and pray over what they are experiencing.

Usually they start to make connections between another's plight and their own attitudes and behaviour.

Thus the poverty "out there" is seen as being everyone's responsibility.

Our parish also has an annual Mexico trip to

look at questions of Third-World living. We visit squatter settlements and chat with families on subsistence income.

Shock eventually Oyes way to anger, which often is transformed into some desire to make changes.

How those changes might happen, however, is always up in the air.

After last year's trip to Mexico, one participant came back and put her

energy into working on the homeless problem in our area.

One parent called before one of our immersion trips to ask my assurance that our program would not "radicalise" her daughter. I could only promise that as the students tasted injustices, they would be drawn to respond.

The daughter did not attend. It seems that justice continues to be a red-flag word.

Food for thought silver and the poor man for a pair of sandals. They trample the heads of the weak into the dust" (Amos 2:6-7).

"Lying on beds of ivory, stretched comfortably on their couches, they eat lambs taken from their flocks. . . and anoint themselves with the best of oils" (Amos 6:4,6).

It was the thankless task of the prophets to try to redress the imbalance, to awaken some sense of justice.

This becomes a dominant theme of prophetic preaching, from Amos to Jesus.

EVERY person is gifted.

Every person has unique, special capabilities that can grow and develop.

Something I have noticed is that many early teenagers have a keen sense of this: of the basic goodness and worth of other people (their friends).

Some teenagers appear to me to have difficulty keeping the truth about the giftedness and worth of others in balance and will go more than the extra mile to excuse their

friend's questionable behaviour.

Nonetheless, a special aptitude for recognising human worth suggests that the teenage years are an opportune time to discover what Church social teaching is all about.

For, basic to church social teaching is a conviction about human worth and dignity.

Social injustice poses obstacles to a person's full development, to the growth of the individu-

al's special, God-Given gifts.

Young people discover what Church social teaching means through personal involvement in works of justice; by seeing others make sacrifices to promote justice; by hearing the voice of anyone who suffers from injustice.

It is interesting to note that teenagers seem primed at the very start to grasp the basis for church social teaching and its importance.

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Stained glass beauty for college Australian, internationally recognised artist/ craftsman in stained glass, Ken Wildy, has recently installed one of his beautiful works, Holy Mary, in Koondoola's Mercy College.

It's installed as a stair well window and is based on the true traditions of icons.

Simply magnificent, she is robed in ruby cloth, seated on a classic stone throne "and depicting tender strength for the Child she holds in her arms," said Mr Wildy.

"She has a total sense of understanding which is captured while Jesus touches His mother's chin." Her eyes, Mr Wildy explains, not only depict love for her child, but also His future passion, and hers, which is supported by her rich ruby robe edged with gold, with a mantle of purple foiled with green.

The Christ Child is expressive of His love for Mary with his tender expression and denoting His direct link to the Royal House of David, He has a rich golden overgarb over His blue tunic, while holding a scroll, in classical context, indicating knowledge.

All refined details have been hand painted onto hand made glasses from England and France.

The college crest is incorporated at the base left in graphic form, while the Greek letters for Mother of God are on either side of her halo, the geometric modern background, he said, related to today and also to the genius of classical balanced Greek architecture.

Mr Wildy believes there is an ongoing expression of committed faith in this work which is indicative of Christian art being commissioned from members of the faith.

Stained glass has never been more achievable cost-wise, states Mr Wildy, quoting Mercy College's "being a mere $4,000 all inclusive of studio and on-site installation, whereas in the international arena it would cost $15,000".

Thornlie/Kenwick parish, he states, have saved themselves $10,000 merely be dealing direct with his studio on the windows he's been commissioned to craft for their new Church.

Mr Wildy is currently in Hong Kong holding a series of small seminars with clergy and architects, and will also encompass Macau (off Hong Kong), advising them on the desirability of having stained glass windows.

"There is nobody there with the expertise, craftsmanship, or understanding of the theology

involved to advise and instruct architects and clergy, on how to use and where to use them, and their significance."

Mr Wildy said a number of WA artists/ craftsmen in stained glass can not only hold their own, but in fact surpass and obtain work against fierce international competition because their standard is so high.

"And because of our isolation and geographical location, traditional methods and techniques have been retained in their pure form, which gives our artists a very good base to build upon."

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attempt to overcome this, at least in Balgo." Brothers Owen and Max were also impressed with Halls Creek priest Father Creener, "who knows one language quite well and has encouraged Aboriginal people to involve their Aboriginality into the liturgy".

Two recent guests of La Salle College Midland have been De La Salle Brothers Owen Mason FSC and Max Sculley FSC from Hurstville's (Sydney) vocation ministry.

They were invited by our Catholic Education Office to run an inservice for teachers in the Kimberley, on the La Salle tradition of pastoral care.

Recent visitors to WA were De La Salle Brothers Max Sculley FSC (left) and Owen Mason FSC photographed outside La Salle College which was founded by their order.

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Getting the brothers to work with La Salle's teachers and students had been an aim of former principal Mr Clem Mulcahy (now Senior Co-ordinator CEO School Management and Staffing) for some time.

Going initially to the Kimberley, where they have another De La Salle Brother, Leo, at Balgo Hills, the Brothers spent two weeks where they saw the countryside as being "spectacular".

"But the kind of people they have working in the Aboriginal ministries, are a special breed.

"It was inspirational to watch them at work," they said.

The harmor iy which exists, and communication between the Aboriginal communities and the Catholic school personnel is impressive, said Brother Owen, because of the open dialogue they have between each other, with the Aboriginal people being able to express the way they wish things to go.

For the Aboriginal people, one of their biggest

challenges is inculturat-

ing Christianity into Aboriginal spirituality, they said. "There is a real attempt to do it but people find it hard because very few understand the languages.

"However there is an

Arriving in Perth was a first for the Brothers who were full of praise for our beautiful city, "with its layout, gardens. parks, cleanliness, neatness — and the great spirit of hospitality and kindness of Western Australians".

At La Salle, the Brothers said they were "absolutely delighted with the spirit of the staff with their great warmth and obvious sign of mutual encouragement, and also their sensitivity to the needs of other staff members".

At that point they had started working on student classes and were impressed with their receptivity. After their fortnight at La Salle, Brothers Owen and Max were moving on to John XXIII College before heading home.

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"From Bangladesh we receive reports of the way in which the people and the agencies are coping with the aftermath of the devastating cyclone," said Maureen Postma, Communications Officer Australian of Catholic Relief.

She said all reports indicate that there will be long and hard months ahead for the people of Bangladesh.

Also, there is a strong recognition that the impoverished — the very poor — are once again the ones who have suffered the most, as they are the ones who had moved to the islands in search of space — land and opportunity — to eke out a living for themselves and their families.

While it was the intention that Caritas Bangladesh would wind up the 'relief' aspect of their work by the end of May, the

Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and in all instances of my life you are with me. I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things as I confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you ever, in spite of all material illusions. I wish to be with you in eternal glory.

Thank you for your mercy towards me and and mine. This prayer must be said for three days after which the favour will be granted. The prayer must be published immediately. My grateful thanks. R.M. Thanks to St Clare. Say nine Hail Marys for nine days with candle burning. Three favours, one business, two impossible, burn candle to end and publish final day.

Thanks Jesus Mary and St Theresa for prayers answered. I.M.W. Novena to St Clare. Say nine Hail Marys for nine days with candle burning. Ask for three favours, one business, two impossible. Burn candle to end and publish on ninth day. A very special thank you to Infant Jesus of Prague, Holy Spirit Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St Joseph, St Clare, St Jude, St Rita and Blessed Jeanne Jugan for petitions granted. M.M.

Holy Spirit you who solve all

problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and in all instances of my life you are with me. I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things as I confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you ever in spite of all material illusions.

I wish to be with you in eternal glory. Thank you for your mercy towards me and mine. This prayer must be said for three days after which the favour will be granted. The prayer must be published immediately. My grateful thanks. M.M.

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The poor always suffer more report notes that there is a desperate need for modified rationing, as many have lost all sources of livelihood, and there is very little opportunity for significant employment during the forthcoming monsoon season.

She said: "Caritas Bangladesh will, however, proceed with their rehabilitation programs. These are c ash/food-for-work programs that enable public works to be done, people to be compensated for their work and thus begin the slow process of 'normalising' their lives.

"The most urgent work to be done is the repair and reconstruction of saline barriers along the waterfront canals.

Crop recovery will become difficult if t hese barriers to saline inundation, a possibility at each lunar cycle high tide, are not repaired.

"Another immediate concern is the distribution of seeds that will produce crops even under these adverse conditions — saline tolerant rice paddy seeds, and seeds for a fastgrowing 15-day leafy spinach crop.

"A major emphasis on reconstruction will not begin for several months, at which stage embankment repairs and housing will have priority. In the meantime, temporary shelters have been provided for people to live in — along with basic foodstuffs, household utensils and clothing.

"Caritas Bangladesh has emphasised the need for increased security mesures for the future — the reinforcement and strengthening of coastal embankments, the replanting and protection of mangrove swamps around the coastline, and the

construction of many more cyclone shelters.

Caritas Bangladesh has built 12 of these shelters — the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies had built 50 — and each sheltered 2000 people during the cyclone.

"These multipurpose buildings function as schools and community buildings throughout the year.

Each is provided with toilets, water wells and other facilities."

"Australian Catholic Relief had sent $50,000 as a grant at the time of the emergency.

Nearly $200,000 has been received for the victims of the Bangladesh cyclone and floods. All of this money will be used for the relief and rehabilitation programs of Caritas Bangladesh — an agency that works with and for all the people of Bangladesh."

Convention-bound Father Dino Torresan, coordinator of Multicultural Affairs and Pastoral Care in the Perth archdiocese has left for a threeweek convention in Italy.

The convention will see Scalabrinian fathers from all over the world comparing notes on their with experiences migrants in the various countries they are serving.

The convention will look into ways and means of tackling the

problems of migrants and how to reach out to them more effectively.

Father Dino will be away for a total of three months and hopes to attend Rome a sponsored convention in October also focused on migrants.

He was invited to the convention in Italy bcause of his "special position in the Perth archdiocese".

Fifty-five Scalabrinian Fr Dino. . . off to attend priests will be at the convention in Italy. convention.

to the Editor

Turn to God... from

WVC Thomas, Medina

incidence of violence and crime.

Sir, at a recent public meeting in South Perth organised by Citizens Against Crime, AttorneyGeneral, Joe Berinson, suggested that part of the blame for the increase in crime might be due to a lack of respect stemming from a decline in religious faith which provides moral influence and discipline.

In accepting the great difficulty in dealing with the situation, he openly admits there is no easy solution to the problem and that it requires a commitment from both the government and the community in order to combat the mounting

Our Catholic faith teaches us, true lasting peace and prosperity comes from God alone and in order to achieve this, nations, governments, societies and individuals must turn back to God who has largely been rejected even by so-called Christians.

The ten commandments of God are blatantly violated in favour of some evil, man made laws which only succeed in spreading corruption and destroying the moral fibre resulting in the death of even whole civilisations of which

history has only too well already recorded

Mr Berinson as Attorney-General should start with abolishing the existing law of 'abortion on demand' and outlawing the evil practice of abortion in any shape or form, ban the sale and hire of X-rated videos, the display and sale of pornographic literature in newsagencies and prohibit the screening of explicit/sex orientated and brutal and violent films on TV and in cinemas. The practice of engineering genetic through IVF programmes and the so-called 'mercy killing' properly known as euthanasia, should be

ever vigilantly guarded against.

We should pray to Our Lady Help Of Christians as our national Patroness who will surely save us by preserving Australia as a Christian country.

"You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary." (One of 15 promises given by Mary to St Dominic and BI.Alan) Three times in the course of two and a half centuries, when Mary's motherly aid was invoked by the title of "Help of Christians", she virtually, in the face of insurmountable and overwhelming odds, saved Christendom from eclipse and from a spiritual dark age!!

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TOMORROW TODAY with Father Joe Parkinson

Willetton Luke 18 community, boosted by 26 new Lukers on their weekend in Bateman, May 17-19.

Matthew Bergin, Chantelle De Rosa, Claire Farrell and Melanie Samuels on the Willefton bike 18 Weekend.

All in the (parish) family

Preparing to share their talk are Penny Ngui, Kim Firth and Melanie Samuels, while (right) Daniella Jones looks on.

Twenty-six young people found new friends right in their own parish community during Willetton's latest Luke 18 weekend, held at Corpus Christi College Bateman on May 17-19.

Taking the theme "Friends are friends forever", a total of fiftyfour made the weekend one of the biggest yet held in Perth.

Under the guidance of parent couple Clive and Mary Samuels, leaders

Daniella Jones, Steve Ting and a team of t wenty, Lukers discovered the riches of belonging to their families, especially their faith family the Church.

Daniella said that the highlight of the weekend

was Saturday night's ceremony focussing on hurting and making up, an essential part of all family life.

Over 150 attended the weekend's closing Mass at the college on Sunday afternoon.

A journey called marriage . . .

Catholic Parish Youth Groups present their

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TYCS 328 4071

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Bring nibbles.

Drinks on sale.

Held under adult supervision.

Tickets and details: Rob 401 6676 Colleen 401 6821

All WA Antioch Communities

1991 'FLAME' WEEKEND at

La Salle College, Viveash

July 20-21 The Weekend commences at 1pm on Saturday, July 20, and closes with the Sunday Eucharist at 4pm, July 21. Check your Antioch Community for details.

PARENTS AND FAMILIES WELCOME FOR THE CLOSING EUCHARIST! -The Record, June 6-„ 1991

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Fete and literature Mundaring farewells PP

Sorrento

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The date given in last week's Record page 14 for the forthcoming New Norcia Open Day should read Sunday, September 8 instead of incorrectly "May 9".

Year 11 students from Sacred Heart College Sorrento organised a cash appeal for the people of Sandwip Island ( Bangladesh) which was devastated by a cyclone recently.

A cheque for $1000 was forwarded through Catholic Australian Relief. The money was raised in 2 days and the appeal was generously supported by Staff and Students.

The Big Book of Numbers. The Natural World by Elizabeth Holt (Pan $6.99).

Facts and figures from the world around rm.

How high up is the Ozone layer?

How many people are born every day?

How far is it to the centre of the Earth?

How many light years is it to Alpha Centauri?

How long do human cells last?

Would you need to hide under the bed in a force 10 gale?

The ariswers are here — plus lots more digit data, figure facts and number knowhow.

• All entries are arranged thematically — Space. Geology, Wind and 'Weather, Human Biology. Population, Science, Animal World.

The Big Book of Numbers. The Man Made World by Elizabeth Holt (Pan $6.99).

Facts and figures you can count on!

Why is three such a lucky number?

Where would you buy things with ngultrums?

How many millions are there in one nonillion) What number do you fear if you have triskaidekaphobia?

Why do golfers like eagles so much?

How many calories does your favourite trifle contain?

The answers are here — plus lots more digit data, figure facts and number knowhow.

• All entries arranged thematically — The History of Numbers, Money Time, Measuring, Figurcmania, Lucky and Unlucky Numbers, Sport, Languages

CORRECTION!

300:4010100.

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1.1101.01001111 4

Mundaring parish priest Father Vincent Conroy after his last celebrated Sunday Mass, farewelling one of the youngest parishioners, four month old Emily Safe, with Mundaring's oldest parishioner William Meehan and his wife Gwendoline. Father Conroy was treated to a farewell morning tea and presentation, prior to his appointment to Bedford parish.

The old pub

Starbright. Meditations for Young Children by Maureen Garth (Collins Dove $12.99).

Author Maureen Garth has hit upon a successful technique that enables parents to have even the most active of children peacefully asleep in a short time.

Garth's unique story telling techniques outlined with examples in STARBR1GHT creates a world that is conducive to slowing down frenetic activities for a quiet time.

Through a series of Garth's meditation techniques parents and teachers can not only create a regular sleeping pattern for a child but they can provide an atmosphere that will encourage visualisaton skills. These skills will enhance the child's school work and spill over into other important

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areas of their lives.

Garth's meditations improve children's concentration, develops their artistic abilities arid allows their daydreaming to become not only joyful but constructive Most importantly the sharing of these meditations creates a bonding between parent and child or teacher and class.

After conducting meditations at her daughter's school, it was found that not only did the work of the more students adept improve, but so did the work of those fidgety children who lacked concentration.

Starbright provides examples of stories that are useful for meditation and relaxation and more importantly they assist children in visualisation, expression and the development of concentration.

The Record, June 6, 1991

Mali roots' Pub at Misery Ponds by Mary Steele.

Illustrated by Jim Cane (Puffin).

"Now listen 'ere son. My last wish is for you to rake up some customers for this 'ere Pub, because I reckon it's now about ready for business." Grandpa Gilbert wheezed his last wish to Pa Misery Ponds is a wretched place, somewhere in the flat, empty outback in the middle of Australia. The Mallymot family have lived in the pub there ever since GreatGrandpa Ebenezer built it 100 years ago.

When Ma and Pa decide to rake up customers, things don't look too promising.

Enter Hiram B Rumbleburger and his li'l wife Bluebird, from the good old US of A, who show Ma and Pa the way to become part of Australia's booming tourist industry

New life message An Easter Story

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Petook An Easter Story

by Carvil Houselander, illustrated by Tomie de Paola (Burns & Oates., Collins Dove $14.99).

Caryl! Houselander has subtly conveyed the Easter message of new life in this beautiful story.

Petook is happy because he is the proud father of twelve baby chicks.

But a stranger is seen near his new family He rushes to their aid, only to find a young boy kneeling beside them with a look of wonder on his face.

Years later, Petook is to see the boy again on a hilltop above his home.

Fleadh and literature When the Irish celebrate their festival, they invite everyone to share in their gifts of poetry, plays, song, music, dance, warmth — and rare capacity to enjoy life!

CEAD MILE FAILTE A hundred thousand welcomes to Fleadh '91! The Irish Club in Perth is once again celebrating Ireland's cultural heritage, both old and new, with Fleadh '91, a feast of music, song, dance, drama and of course, feasting!

All crammed into four weeks!

We hope there will be something to please everyone, not just within the Irish community but that Perth people as a whole will take this opportunity to experience a taste of Irish culture.

Welcome to Ireland and enjoy!

For all bookings exeept The Rose of Tralee Ball contact The Irish Club, 61 Townshend Rd, Subiaco.

Enquiries: 381 5213.

The Fleadh opened on Friday, June 7 with a gala opening concert featuring Comhaltas Ceoilteoiri Eireann.

Wednesday, June 12. CANCELLED. Thursday, June 13, Friday, June 14, Saturday, June 15, 8pm. $10. Fleadh Play: "Deirdre of the Sorrows" by J.M. Synge.

This is the last play written by Synge who was working on the script at the time of his death. The play tells the story of the tragic love of Deirdre for Naisi, the eldest of the sons of Usna.

Deirdre has been hidden away in the forest by Conchubor the King of Emain Macha, who intends to marry the girl when she matures to womanhood.

Deirdre meets Naisi and they fall in love and despite the fact that tragedy has been foretold for Deirdre, they marry and escape to Alban, from where Conchubor entices them back to treachery and death.

Written in the classical mode of the great tragedies. 'Deirdre of the Sorrows' is a powerful play resplendent in the wonderfully rich language of Synge.

Saturday, June 15, 8pm. $50. The 1991 Rose of Tralee Ball held at the Langley Plaza Hotel.

This annual event becomes more popular every year so book early as this year should be no exception. There are 11 entrants this year, two of them from Bunbury, all hoping to be the Western Australian representative at the pageant held in Tralee, Ireland in August. The lucky winner receives a return air ticket to Ireland, where she will be completely accommodated during the event, $500 spending money and a new ball gown of her choosing. Whilst in Tralee every contestant is also provided with a chaperone to escort her and attend to her every need.

Compere at the Langley Plaza will be Gerry Gannon, the local ABC radio personality.

For bookings contact Geraldine Collins on (09) 307 4062 (H).

Sunday, June 16, 11am. $12 (inc brunch).

Bloomsday Brunch.

On June 16, 1904 James Joyce first dated the love of his life Nora Barnacle. Such was the significance of the event that he froze the day for ever in his unchallenged literary masterpiece Ulysses. The novel minutes the events of that day in Dublin through the central figures of Stephan Dedalus (based on Joyce), Molly Bloom (Nora) and her husband Leopold Bloom, a Dublin Jew in whose name the day is honoured.

Joyce contrived the manuscript on the framework of Homer's Odyssey and the breadth and new e xperience of language have made Ulysses a work of art.

Last year saw the launching of the Bloomsday tradition in Perth's Irish Club. This year, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the death of Joyce, the Irish Theatre Players and the Perth W.B. Yeats society combine to present a selection of Ulysses readings and entertainments by guest celebrities over a traditional Irish brunch.

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

R o er of Taize

Monday, June 17. Free. Exhibition of works of James Joyce at the Alexander Library.

The Irish Australian Heritage Trust is staging an exhibition of the works of James Joyce on this, the 50th anniversary of his death. The exhibition includes books, writings, memorabilia etc, and runs from June 17 until July 18.

Wednesday, June 19, 8pm. $8 (members $6).

The WA Folk Federation is proud to present as part of Fleadh 1991 Celtic Connections.

A concert of traditional and modern music with a Celtic theme, featuring some of WA's top folk performers.

Artists confirmed to appear: Sean Roche and Phil Beck — ballads and traditional songs of Ireland and beyond.

Jean Wilson and Sue Sadler — beautiful unaccompanied harmony work on traditional Scottish and Irish songs.

Andy Copeman — talented multiinstrumentalist and singer of traditional and original material — formerly with "Devils on Horseback".

Terry Reddy and Bob Eden — a pair of fine singers and entertainers, ranging from shanties to ballads.

Derek McAlpine — talented poet, originally from Belfast, reading from his own work.

Steve and Rosalind Barnes with Bob Thomson.

One of our finest female vocalists, Ros sings a wide range of material, concentrating for this occasion on contemporary Irish songs made popular by Dolores Keane and Mary Black. Backed by husband Steve on guitar, mandolin and mandocello and Bob Thomson on bass. The trio will also be joined by Andy Copeman for some traditional jigs and reels.

Thursday, June 20, Friday, June 21, Saturday, June 22, 8pm. $10. Fleadh Play: "Deirdre of the Sorrows".

Wednesday, June 26, 8pm. $5. 32-County Concert.

Ireland alive at the Irish Club! A selection of artists will be performing songs and music from all around the old country, just the thing to pluck those nostalgic heart strings.

Friday, June 28, 8pm. $5. Sham-rock Night, Rock & Roll.

Starring "Frankie and the Allstars" who will be performing a lively selection of dance music from the 50s, 60s and present day. There will be an Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison floor show, spot prizes and competitions for best dressed and best dancing, eg doing the 'Hucklebuck', 'Jive', 'Twist' etc.

So dust down those petticoats and drainpipe trousers, tie up the ponytail, slick back the hair and join in a great night of Rock 'n Roll!

His Love is a Fire.

Brother Roger of Taize.

Central writings with extracts from journals.

(St Paul Publications $12.95).

Mem's the Word by Mew Fox (Penguin $14.99).

Mem Fox is the creator of the internationally bestselling children's picture book Possum Magic. In this, her marvellously entertaining autobiography, she tells the story of her incredibly varied career as writer, mother, mature-age student, teacher and story teller.

She covers everything from almost being trampled by an elephant in Africa, to her survival of cancer, and her vital and consuming interests — teaching and story telling.

Mem's entertains us with her witty advice and enthusiasm for life, she gives us a first hand view of the effort, frustration and stunning success behind Possum Magic.

Mem' the Word is an absolutely essential read for lovers of autobiography.

It is an invaluable and entertaining resource for

His Love is a Fire brings together for the first time in one small volume the essential themes of the thinking of Taize'sfounder.

The book is made up of central texts and extracts from journals which have

been written over a Van of many years, including works now out of print. It concludes witb a brief history of Taize.

Often using language full of poetry, Brother Roger's writing is nourished by the common prayer and daily life with his brothers. It is marked by contact with thousands of young adults who, summer and winter, go onpilgrimage to Taize. It draws inspiration too from the periods Brother Roger spends among the verypoor in Asia, Africa and South America, andhis visits to the Christians of Eastern Europe.

For Taize's founder, inner life and human solidarity hate one single source: the love of Christ, a fire which burns even in the nights of humanity, a fire which never dies out.

In 1988, Brother Roger was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education.

teachers, writers, students and anyone interested in writing, trawl and publishing, and for anyone who has had a picture book pub-

Hearin growth

Saturday, June 29, 9am. Free. Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann presents the 2nd Traditional Irish Music Junior Competitions (under 18 yrs).

This competition is open to anyone under 18 years who plays Irish traditional music. For further information contact Sean Doherty on 455 1303 after 5pm.

Competitions will be held for the following instruments: Fiddle, flute, tin whistle, banjo, mandolin, button accordion, piano accordion.

Age groups will be as follows: 1. Beginners; 2.

Under 10 yrs; 3. Under 12 yrs; 4. Under 15 yrs; 5. Under 18 yrs.

Duets, trios and band groups will be accommodated. There will also be a slow air section for fiddle, flute and whistle.

Saturday, July 6, 8pm. $20. Fleadh '91 Finale — Christmas in July Dinner Dance.

What better way to close the Fleadh than with a fun theme. Starting with a bountiful smorgasbord with all the good food of the festive season to warm your heart, then dance the night (and calories) away to the sounds of Christmas. Santa will make a guest appearance to reward good girls and boys so hold on to your tickets to be a lucky prize winner.

lished and nearly died in the attempt! Mem's the word is an illuminating, often amusing and moving life story

Prayers for a Listening Heart, by Paul Castley, (Collins Dove $14.95).

This book is a must for any person who has occasion to listen and thus to contribute to the healing and growth of people in our world.

Taking examples from his own experiences, and the experience of people close to him, Paul Castley writes movingly and with compassion about people who have stories to tell, and the people who listen to them. He offers simple and comforting prayers for all those who at some time in their life may have felt overwhelmed, inadequate or even a little afraid of the feelings that listening to another may have evoked in their hearts.

A healing and soothing book. Prayers for a Listening Heart offers, above all, profound insight into events that reveal 'the mystery of low and beauty that is at the core of life'.

Paul Costley is a missionary of The Sacred Heart and a member of the team at the Heart of Life Centre in Canterbury, Victoria.

The Record, June 6, 1991

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Lord, what do you demi want me to do?

THE

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The McCormack Family and

the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart Wish to thank all the relatives, friends and well wishers for messages of sympathy and solidarity, phone calls and floral tributes following the recent tragic death of Sr Irene McCormack in Peru.

We thank Archbishop FLittle, Bishop R Healy, other members of the clergy and all who attended the Memorial Masses in various centres.

We thank those who have sent donations for the continuance of the work that Sr Irene was doing for the people of Peru.

We, also, thank the media personnel (T. V., radio and print) for the sensitivity and balance of coverage that was so appreciatedby thousands of .Australians.

Francis of Assisi asked this question 750 years ago. Every serious-minded young man should do the same. The CAPUCHINS, followers of Francis, can help you answer it.

CAPUCHINS AUSTRALIA CAPUCHINS AUSTRALIA CAPUCHINS AUSTRALIA

For further information, please write to:

Fr Andrew St Lawrence Friary, 392 Albert Street, BALCATTA, W.A. 6021 Ph 349 2837

BLARNEY CASTLE Mid year Christmas Dinner I C Show

begins June 14 Fri $23, Sat $25 Bookings 328 7996 Concessions for group bookings

Blarney Castle Irish Theatre Restaurant Cnr Stirling & Newcastle Streets

Perth Marriage Preparation Committee 1 11111115

PROJECT OFFICER Part-time over 6-8 months 1: to put together a

Skills Training Program for premarriage educators and early marriage educators 2: to co-ordinate a

Training Program for such educators

EXPERIENCE Designing training programs.

Some knowledge of relationship theories.

Need not be a marriage educator The successful applicant will be supervised by and directed by the Marriage Preparation Committee.

For further information and clarification phone Father Peter Bianchini 417 4763 A project funded by the Office of The Family

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

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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 toward a report to Morag McPherson, 115 Halvorson Rd, Morley 6062 to be read out.

JESUIT CHANGE West Australian Jesuit Fr Timothy Quinlan is the new rector of St Thomas More College.

He was educated at St Louis School. He entered the Jesuits in 1954.

From 1971 to 1976, Fr Quinlan was in charge of initial formation for the Australian Province. Since then he has specialised in the field of counselling and adult education.

Most recently (1986-91) he has been stationed in Rome as world coordinator of the Christian Life Communities.

Fr Patrick Bishop, SJ, rector since 1985, will move to a new appointment after a time of study leave.

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".

He is 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 Activity of the Church, Chap 2, Article 2. This meeting will be presided over by Father Dynon, at 13 Dean St, Claremont. Both events open to all interested. Contact number 446 7340.

ADORATION CHAPEL On Sunday June 16 at 3pm a Blessed Sacrament chapel for 'Perpetual Adoration' will be blessed and opened at St Gerard's Church, Mirrabooka (corner of Ravenswood Drive and Majella Road). The ceremony will include solemn Benediction and transfer of the Blessed Sacrament and will be followed by afternoon tea. The public are invited.

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.

Archdiocesan Calendar JUNE Golden Jubilee Fr O'Leary, Bishop 9

Healy.

Bless Bayswater Church, Bishop Healy.

Confirmation, Highgate, Mons Nestor.

12 Confirmation, Trinity College, Mons Keating.

16 Confirmation, Gosnells, Bishop Healy.

Confirmation, Ocean Reef, Mons Keating.

Open Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Mirrabooka, Mons Keating.

St Anthony's Day Mass, Fr John Ryan.

18 Commission catechists, Subtaco, Bishop Healy.

Mass for parents, Trinity College, Fr Richard R utkauskas.

18, 19 West Australian bishops meet.

19 Civic reception Ambassador of Ireland, Mons Nestor.

20 Open Sacred Heart School Highgate, Bishop Healy.

Confirmation, Greenwood, Moos Keating.

21/23 Confirmation, Willetton, Mons McCrann.

22 Confirmation, Kalgoorlie, Bishop Healy.

26 Inauguration Edith Cowan University, Bishop Healy.

30 Confirmation Riverton, Bishop Healy.

Confirmation Scarborough, Mons Keating.

St Mary's Cathedral Mas St John Ambulance, Fr John Orz_anski.

PERSONAL COURSE Gateways to the interior course, learning and experiencing basic practical skills to develop personal and spiritual growth, journalling, focusing exercises and meditation will be given on Tuesdays 7.309.30pm; June 25 to July 16 at 40 Franklin St., Leederville by Fullness of Life Centre (Inc.) — Celia Joyce and Stephen Truscott. Bookings on 227 6883.

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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