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POPE REMINDS FELLOW POLES OF THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT RADOM Poland: Abortion cries out against the fifth commandment's injunction not to kill, Pope John Paul told his fellow Poles during a nine-day visit. He said that abortion also violated the fourth commandement's obligation on parents to accept their children, who are not intruders or aggressors, even if unplanned. Pope John Paul said he was using the Ten Corn-

mandments as the track of his fourth journey to his homeland. He condemned the liberal abortion laws of Poland and linked aborted foetuses and the Jews murdered in the Holocaust as victims of 20th century cruelty. "What human institution, what parliament has the right to legalise the killing of an innocent and defenceless human being?" Under a liberal abortion

law enacted by the communists in 1956, some 600,000 abortions are performed every year in Poland, a country which is 95 per cent Catholic. A bill which would have banned abortion was tabled indefinitely by the Polish parliament along with a proposal to subject it to a national referendum. Poland has had firsthand experience with widespread violations of

the commandement "Thou shalt not kill", the pope said in a continuing series of talks about the Ten Commandements. "Among these outrages, particularly appalling were the systematic killings of entire nations — of Jews in particular," he said. "Among the nations of Europe, the Polish people had an exceptionally large share of suffering in this bloodoffering," he said. The Nazis built most of

their extermination camps in Poland. Most of the 3.3 million Jews living in Poland were killed within the country's borders. "'The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn," the pope said. They are "the defenceless whose faces even their own mothers had not seen before accepting, or being pres-

sured into accepting, that their lives be taken away from them before the birth", he said. Pope John Paul told his fellow Poles he had seen the film, "The Silent which Scream", "recorded a desperate defence by an unborn child in the womb of his mother". "It is hard to visualise a more appalling drama," he said. The American film, using ultrasound images,

shows an abortion by dilation and evacuation, which dismembers the foetus. It was released in 1985 by Dr Bernard Nathanson, a former abortion activist who become a pro-life advocate. The pope asked those gathered at the Mass to do all they could to help women "accept with joy their child who — speaking in human terms — has arrived, shall we say, at the wrong moment".

Blessing by bishop Pictured is the widened transept and new sanctuary of St Columba's church Bayswater blessed by Bishop Healy last Sunday. See Page 3 for another picture and what the bishop said, and more on Pages 14 and 15.

Honour your father and mother, one million told KIELCE Poland: At a windy evening Mass attended by an estimated one million people, the pope moved on to the commandment to "honour your father and mother". The commandment "secures the basic good of

the community", because families are its foundation, he said. Setting aside his prepared text and raising his voice the pope said: "This is my homeland, you are my brothers and sisters." Those who "treat mor-

ality so frivolously" share responsibility for the breakup of the family and "plunge" the country into immorality. Poles know from their experience under communism that the "original evil which is dormant

in the soul of each and every person, and which at its base is coupled with the rejection of the fatherhood of God, manifests itself frequently in an upset moral order in matrimony and the family". Endless quarrels, sepa-

ration, divorce and the "excessive consumption of alcohol" have all hit Polish families, he said. "Behind the statistics, analyses and descriptions there stands a human being, complete with the tragedy of his heart, his life and his

vocation." Parents have to be deserving of the honour which the commandement asks of children, he said. Children must be accepted with love and not seen as "a mere material encumbrance and a hazard to their

stabilisation" or as a 'costly and redundant appendage". "You cannot strengthen the enfeebled family ties, you cannot heal the wounds inflicted by human weakness and sin unless you return to Christ," he said.

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Spiritual sunrise at age of 77 FIRST HOLY COMMUNION, CONFIRMATION FOR PHYLLIS ON SAME DAY By Roy Lazaroo

It has taken 77 years to get there but Phyllis Canet has reached the sunrise of her life in her Catholic faith. She was born of Catholic parents in Kalgoorlie and duly baptised soon after birth. That was 77 years ago. On May 26 this year she made her First Holy Communion and Confirmation all in a day as if to catch up on lost time. She received both sacraments at St Anne's Church Belmont, where parish priest, Fr John Girdayskas, conducted the ceremonies. Phyllis, who has been a resident of Belmont Community Nursing Home in Rivervale for a year, was driven to church for the occasion. What took her so long to go through these rituals?

Phyllis Canet shows nurse Aileen Budge (right) her First Holy Communion memento. She explained: "I was to be confirmed whenI was 12. Everything was arranged. I became ill the day before and missed out." That was at St Brigid's School in West Perth where she received her early education. She also attended school in Victoria Square. Her parents left Kalgoorlie when she was three. Phyllis continued going to church regularly and did the Catholic things, so to speak. She blossomed into a young lady and got married to an Anglican who was anti-Catholic. "He was brought up that way," she said. So Phyllis drifted away from

Golden George Father George O'Leary, 50 years a priest, had always exhibited great qualities of friendship and good humour, Bishop Healy said at last Sunday's jubilee celebration. "They are essential for any balanced human being and absolutely essential for a priest," he said at the Mass which was followed by a lunch attended by 700 people at North Doubleview parish. Bishop Healy said Fr O'Leary inspired good feeling with his hearty

laugh, and was equally at home walking or cycling in leafy suburban streets or driving a Fargo truck in Norseman, Esperance and Kondinin. "He has a great fund of stories, most of which are true," commented the bishop on the fact that Australian authorities say there was no such ship as the Port Fairy on which Fr O'Leary claims to have arrived in Melbourne with five other priests for Perth archdiocese in 1942 after a voyage of 42 days. "I wonder how he did

church to keep the peace. Three years ago her husband passed away and his demise opened once again the door to follow the Catholic way. But she had first to sort out the affairs of their estate and other formalities. Having done that she hopped back on the road to Catholicism. "It has always been at the back of my mind and I am glad now that I have done so," she said. She had to undergo some form of preparation before receiving both sacraments. "I could remember a great deal about the religion," she said.

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get here?" the bishop asked. Fr O'Leary served later in Queens Park, South Perth, Palmyra, Norseman, Boulder, Morley, Kondinin and St Dominic's North Doubleview for the

past 27 years. Bishop Healy said the greatest compliment the parish could have paid Fr O'Leary was to have chosen the gospel of The Good Shepherd as the theme for the jubilee Mass.

Successful caring program

The North Beach outreach committee. From left: Jan Evans, Sister Annuntia, Barbara Miller and Rosemary Keenan. Not photographed, June Tordew, Freda Hoar. 2

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Parishioners have gathered around Fr Ken Keating, parish priest, Sr Annuntia, the parish assistant in the North Beach parish, to provide a very successful outreach care program. REACHOUT as it is called has attracted well over 200 parishioners who have volunteered their time and skills for a host of services. In the six months REACHOUT has served many people requiring help. The highlight of the service has been the casserole bank which has had calls for nearly 400 meals for individuals and families.

"But I was touched by what happened that day," she added. She considered it to be the sunrise of her renewed spiritual life. Having gone through the sacraments has helped her feel more relaxed and afforded her greater peace of mind. She receives Holy Communion weekly at the nursing home. Phyllis said she was well looked after at the nursing home in the face of "having some ups and downs" healthwise. At 77 she feels that she still has quite a few things to do and looks forward to doing them.

What keeping the Lord's day holy means KIELCE, Poland: Continuing a series of talks about the Ten Commandments, the pope said the commandment to keep the Lord's day holy "does not pertain to one specific day of the week. It pertains to our general lifestyle".

Fr O'Leary. . . has a fund of stories.

"The Mass, however, has changed," she noted with a chuckle.

Faith, the search for holiness and for human development are private matters insofar as the search for God must be by undertaken individuals. But God wants holiness to extend not only to individuals, but to "whole families and other human communities, even whole nations and societies", he said. States should protect

the freedom of conscience and religion of all their citizens, no matter what their beliefs are, he said in his homeland, which is 95 per cent Catholic. The Polish government is drafting its first postcommunist constitution amid heated debate over what it should say about Church-state relations. The sacred should be assured a place in state and social life, the pope said, but it should be done "in a way that will not hurt anyone or alienate anyone in his own homeland". At the same time, Catholics want their views taken into account,

and the constitution should reflect "the numerical force of believers", he said. The pope told religious that the return of religious instruction to the schools demands that they deepen not only their teaching abilities, but also their "apostolic zeal". The pope encouraged the religious to increase and strengthen their social and charitable services. He also urged them to meet new problems, such as drug addiction, AIDS and care for "pregnant women, who findit hard to accept with joy their newly conceived child".

Pope slams adultery and debauchery in Poland LOMZA Poland (CNS): Pope John Paul II, repeating calls for a renewed moral life in his homeland, decried "adultery and debauchery" in Polish society. "Have the basic tenets of morality not been 'torn out' of our soil by the Evil One?" he asked. "What has happened to the commandement 'Thou

shalt not commit adultery' in our Polish life?" The dignity of the human body must be preserved, he said. "Human sexuality is the proof of the extraordinary trust that God has placed in man." The pope praised the "healthy moral tradition" of farm families, and asked them to preserve

that tradition. He told them that God is the Good Shepherd of human love and that God designed love to be "beautiful, lasting, faithful and indissoluble". "May our whole society shrug off that illusion of freedom, of free love, which attempts to cloak the truth of adultery and debauchery," he said.

The Bayswater construction of a new presbytery and centre on the one church site will bring new vitality and new unity of parish activity, Bishop Healy said at last Sunday's dedication. Achieving unity of the parish buildings is only a small step in the building up of the parish corn-

munity, he said. A church was more of a convenience than a necessity when the gospel is established, the bishop continued. True worship, as Jesus said, would focus not on the temple in Jerusalem or one place. "The Church must not distract us but rather attract our attention to

St Columba's Bayswater new parish centre which along with transept extensions and a new presbytery was blessed last Sunday. the person of Christ. The plined by God and His stood some young people and and some older people secondary focus is on the values too will conclude that commandments. priest and people as they Mass is boring, not celebrate the divine On the Ecclesiastes entertaining. liturgy. theme of a time for Citing St Peter's injuc- everything, the bishop "There is a lime for lion to be living stones said the time of Mass is a entertainment, a time for Bishop Healy continued: reflective, prayerful time, study, a time for eating, "We are spiritual when for being with God in the but there is also a time for we reject material values company of family and God. Parents need to be aware of this and need to and we are sacrifices if friends. impart this message to we are worthy of offering to God by lives disci"Unless this is under- their children.

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'Caring people' "When Australians are confronted with a need, we tend to demonstrate quickly that we are a people who care for others," said Maureen Postma, Communications Officer Australian with Catholic Relief. Responding to questions about the impact of "donor fatigue" on donations, Ms Postma noted the recent statistics reveal that there are 15 million refugees in the world, and at least 20 million people who have not left their country but are displaced from their homes because of civil wars, persecution or famine. She said: "Given these overwhelming numbers, people could be excused for thinking 'oh no, it is too much!' and then doing nothing about it.

But Australians seem to be saying 'life is so bad for these people, what can I do to help?' "Just think, this year television, radio and newspapers have inundated us with disaster stories from around the world — the Kurdish refugees from Iraq, earthquakes in Panama and Pakistan, cyclones and flooding in Bangladsh, civil war atrocities in Somalia and Mozambique, and famine in the Horn of Africa. "Australian Catholic Relief makes immediate emergency grants when these disasters strike, to agencies working in these countries. "But then thousands around Australia have responded by sending in donations to help these people in need. "Over $150,000 has

been received for Kurdish refugees, and over $200,000 has been received for victims of the in cyclone Bangladesh. "All of this money will be sent to assist these people as they work toreestablish their lives." The news of the continuing drought in the Horn of Africa, she said, meant that there has been a steady stream of support for famine and civil war victims in this area. From 1989 to the present, over $1 million has been received from Australians for people in the Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea. At the same time, over $4.5 million has been received from the Australian Government for food aid and emergency assistance for the people of Eritrea and Tigray.

This government support has come to Australian Catholic Relief as a member of the Food Aid Consortium, the other members of which are the Australian Council of Churches, Community Aid Abroad and Freedom from Hunger. "Now that the fighting in Eritrea has stopped, and the negotiations for peace in Ethiopia have begun, there is a very real hope that refugees and displaced persons can begin moves to former homes, and be reunited with families who stayed behind. But the famine situation remains. "Much has been done — but much remains to be done as millions today go hungry, are without shelter and medications, through no fault of their own," she added.

Catholic body enters tax debate The Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission today joined in the tax debate with the release of its discussion paper "Consumption Tax: Is It Necessary?". The National Director of the Commission, Father Clem Kilby said: "This paper was prepared at the request of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. It does not necessarily represent the views of the Conference or the Commission but is being ' released asr a considered ' and wotitItvhile 'contribution to the on-going

taxation debate. "Copies of the paper have been sent to about 80 National organisations and leading comactively mentators involved in tax reform. The Commission will undertake a wide consultation program to explain issues raised in the paper. It will also be distributed widely through the Catholic Church network." Father Kilby said the Commission- will continue to monitor issues of taxation reform. ' Father 'Kilby said: "in this way the Commission

hopes to promote a more informed debate on taxation issues particularly in relation to the effect which a switch to a consumption tax would have on the poor and those with families to support." The discussion paper which is published as a 72-page book was prepared by former Commonwealth Government taxation official, Dr Terry Dwyer. In a wide-ranging survey, the paper challenges the arguments for a shift to a consumption tax

such as a tax on goods and services. The paper states: Shifting from income tax to a Goods and Services Tax would increase tax burdens for low income earners and families both urban and rural. Low income earners and families have no choice but to spend more of their incomes on basic necessities of life. "A major problem caused by a shift to consumption taxation is the loss it would create in the value of people's savings. This would

particularly hit the aged and others who have to live off their accumulated savings. No plans have been proposed for compensating such people," Father Kilby said. The paper also raises some of the unintended consequences and anomalies that might occur such as the adverse effects of charities and other non-profit organisations which would be forced either to raise more revenue or close down essential services. • See executive summary of the document on Page 12.

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Record An attempt this week by the Australian Catholic Social Welfare commission a senior agency of the Catholic bishops of this country — to inject some serious thinking into the debate about Australia's tax economy is apparently to be relegated to the slanging match that now passes for conversation or consultation in Australia today. Its reduction by newspapers and radio bulletins to two sentence verdicts on whether it favours Hawke's or Hewson's political agenda shows the abysmal manipulation and paralysis to which public opinion is now being pulped in this country. "Hewson hits back at Catholics" screamed our local daily newspaper. Only two out of thirteen paragraphs in the story related to Hewsons's criticisms. So much for the money making print machine being hawked around Australia's grasping millionaries and lackeys. No matter that it is not "Catholics" but a think tank agency of the church that has gone at least to the trouble of putting our a 60 page research document attempting to come to grips with taxation issues. Australia's economic mess is equally the mess of not being able to agree on its size, still less on its cause, and least of all on how to clean it up. Instead, the Australian public are treated as morons in front of a circus of monkeys at the slightest suggestion that issues ought to be talked out, debated, compromised and reformed until a consensus is found — the consensus this government boasted it would find in 1983. Australia's ills are comparative, of course, but that does not suit the jackal commentary that must be rammed into the public perception because it creates good television, higher ratings or better newspaper sales. The 'banana republic' jibe was not a slick joke. It was sick. The hilarity and mirth it generated was an insult to the people of Australia because it was about smugness, about arrogance. While it now suits the Australian government mission to South Africa to discover that country's poor, there is the cold fact that in dozens of other countries life is a never ending hell — and not a J curve recession — of unrelieved poverty, hunger and squalor. They pay that price because they are beholden to First World countries like Australia having monopolies on supplies and markets. They are also the slaves of local self-seeking and selfserving politicians who turn exploitation of poverty and the poor into an art form, fast becoming an Australian trait. With the Australian intelligence now chained to an endless soap opera of Hawke-hates-Keatinghates-Hewson-hates whomever is any debate about monetary issues to be no more than fuel to feed the mockery of our papier mache figures knifing, stabbing and devouring each other in a play for nothing else but power? The Catholic Church does not exactly do itself proud in trying to break this obsession with people and preach the truth that God has given mankind brains, intelligence to grapple with problems. Individual Catholics too find it more convenient to turn their political allegiances into the tin rattling gods of the party pre-selection machines. Where is there debate and discussion on the Wealth Enquiry into which hundreds of resourceful Catholics put their best thinking at least in order to open a debate? It is ever mentioned in a Catholic church? Is it on sale in the parishes? The almost self-defeating length of Pope John Paul's encyclicals doesn't help the cause, but is anything practical being done to ensure the wildest circulation of the latest document, let alone Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum it commemorates. And now the Australian Church puts more of its resources into the consumption tax debate precisely because these are the issues which we must grapple as fellow Christians, no matter what our politics, and stewards of what God has given us. The Record had to wait three days to acquire the extensive, if somewhat difficult summary of the document that we reproduce on page 12. Only the modest readership of this paper will even get that much to read; even fewer or will digest its contents. There's not enough blood on the floor they'll say.

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Viet challenge o freedom of religion HANOI (CNS): Vietnamese bishops challenged their government to live up to provisions of a freedom-ofreligion decree, saying their people want full respect of human rights. The prelates urged the government to stop blocking the Church's efforts to reopen churches and ordain new priests. The bishops' statement came in response to a Vietnamese decree on religious activity. The bishops insisted in their response that practice of religion was a basic human right. They also made a pitch for democracy. Vietnam is a communist state.

The statement noted that Vietnam's constitution recognises freedom of religion, but added: "In reality, however, the application of this principle is obstructed in many ways. There are things for which one should be able to obtain authorisation, such as restoration of churches and ordination of priests, but in practice permission is given very rarely". The bishops said they hoped the draft decree on religion would usher in a new phase of improved relations between church and state. They recalled a visit last year by a Vatican delegation as a particularly positive development.

Hindu activity no threat... India M ADRAS, (CNS): The head of the Indian bishops' conference said a resurgence fundamentalist of Hindu political activity is no threat to the standing of the country's minority Catholic Church. election Recent guidelines issued by Indian bishops are not meant as a warning a gainst the Hindu right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, Archbishop Mathias of Bangalore added. Some Catholics view the Hindu party as a serious threat to the country's policy of maintaining a secular state. They maintain that its appeal to Hindu pride is directed against them, and that the party wants to turn the country into a

Hindu kingdom. guidelines, T he signed by Archbishop Mathias, have been interpreted as warning Catholics against the fundamentalist political organisation. "We are not pointing at the BJP in particuArchbishop lar," Mathias said. "As far as we are concerned, the BJP is not against us." The guidelines counsel Catholics to vote for parties and candidates that foster communal harmony, uphold the principle and policy of secularism, and support freedom of religion. Archbishop Mathias said the guidelines' criticism of "people with past records of corruption, manipula-

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aggrandisement", had also disturbed some members of the Congress Party, which lost in the 1989 elections partly due to charges of corruption. "If any political party is expressly against human values and principles, then we may give an indication that these should not be voted in," he added. Archbishop Mathias said he has no problem in calling himself a "Hindu by culture and a Christian by faith". The Church's role will be "to bring sanity to the situation, to preach and practice tolerance. To be bridge builders, not with political power but with religious ministry," he said.

Catechism draft in October? VATICAN CITY (CNS): Catholic officials preparing a universal catechism expect to have a final draft ready for Pope John Paul H's approval in October, with publication in 1992. The catechism will list the "essential and fundamental contents of Catholic faith and morals, so as to constitute a compendium as a point of reference for the development of future diocesan and national catechisms", the announcement said. The project was suggested by the 1985 extraordinary Synod of Bishops and approved by the pope. A commission has reviewed a preliminary draft based on over 25,000 suggestions from bishops around the world.

Fresh call for laity role in Catholic hospitals NEW YORK (CNS): Lay Catholics should take responsibility for the hospital ministries that religious orders can no longer sustain, Archbishop John L. May of St Louis said. The declining membership of women's orders, who sponsor more than 90 per cent of the health care facilities, provides an occasion for implementing the lay role taught by the Second Vatican Council, he said. "For the sake of the Church and her mission in health care," the archbishop said, "the laity should be prepared to assume responsibility for the sponsorship of our institutions."

"In addition to their Other current challenges, he said, include medical and business maintaining a moral acumen, Catholic lay perspective on technol- leadership will need to ogy and building a more be accountable to our equitable system for theological and moral tradition," he said. "We delivery of health care. Archbishop May said will need to guarantee bringing lay Catholics the development of leadinto positions of respon- ership skills necessary to sibility was not a "con- make Christian values cession by authority", but operative in the life of a a move to bring the laity corporate culture." collectively into the kind Discussing advances in of participation in the medical technology, mission of the Church Archbishop May said they were meant to have that from a Catholic on the basis of their perspective discoveries baptism. had an "ambivalent But he said the laity character". would need education "We must not equate and 'value formation" to technological advanceassure that they operated ment with human in accordance with advancement and think that whatever we can do, Christian principles.

we ought to do," he said. "Positively, the criterion that guides science and our use of the technical knowledge it yields is the dignity of the human person."

Catholic social teaching which builds upon a preferential option for the poor, the question of access to health care is a question of social justice."

While technological advances are benefiting relatively few people, Archbishop May said, a growing number lack even basic health care. "Quite simply, justice has become a medical ethical problem," he said.

Archbishop May said Catholics, emphasising quality of care in the past, had developed superb medical institutions.

"The health needs of the elderly, the newly born, the poor and the growing number of uninsured persons must be a part of the future agenda of our nation," he said. "From the perspective of

"The issue facing us today. however, is to provide an equality of care," he said. "And this challenge requires not only our direct witness to the poor and vulnerable, but our untiring efforts to build a moral consensus to guide public policy government and funding."

Catholicism wobbly but hopeful MOSCOW: Catholicism in the Soviet

capital of Moscow is struggling to stand up on wobbly legs. There is the caution of 72-year-old Father Fransik Rachiunas, pastor of Moscow's only functioning Catholic church, who has doubled the number of Sunday masses to six, but cannot find a place to teach religion. Father Rachiunas is also a symbol of the harshness of previous communist eras. He spent 194965 in Soviet labour camps, convicted of being a Vatican spy. Seventy years of communist rule in Russia where Catholicism never was strong, has disinteCatholic grated

institutions. What little church life existed was centred around three Sunday masses at St Louis Church, a 15-minute walk from the Kremlin. Now Catholicism can legally expand beyond the green iron fence around the church grounds, but practical problems stand in the way. Finding building space in the immediate area for meetings, school rooms and clergly living quarters is virtually impossible because almost all of the surrounding buildings are used by the KGB, the Soviet secret police. Chances of getting back the two other Moscow used as buildings

churches decades ago are slim. One is in shambles and the other has been converted to other uses.

The job of rebuilding the Catholic Church in Moscow and a huge chunk of Russia belongs to Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, 45. In April, he became the first resident bishop in Moscow in 55 years. His plans include building a seminary and a large cathedral. But these are economic impossibilities without major help from abroad. As a sign of Catholicism's shallow roof in Russian society, Archbishop Kondrusiewicz is an ethnic Pole from Father Byelorussia. Rachiunas, the St Louis

pastor, is Lithuanian and estimates that only 10,000 of his 50,000 parishioners are Russian. The rest are mostly ethnic Poles and Lithuanians.

There are only two Russian priests in Moscow and a Sunday mass in Russian was begun only two years ago. Prior to that masses were in Polish and Latin. Another problem for the revival of Catholicism in Moscow is the tense situation with the Orthodox Russian Church, the dominant religion. "The Orthodox look with hatred at us," said Father Rachiunas. "They their losing fear influence."

Another problem is overcoming Catholicism's decades of isolation from Russian society. Fleeting steps in this direction are beign taken by the parish, which has begun distributing food and other relief supplies received from abroad. "There are 2 million poverty-stricken people in Moscow," said Father Rachiunas. Chaos developed when thousands of people began showing up to receive packages handed out on the Church grounds. "Now we only give to the poor of the congregation," Father Rachiunas said.

Ukrainian blockade

Instead they offered him use of St Andrew's, a KIEV, USSR (CNS): Members of the Ukrainian vacant church which has at times been used by the Orthodox Church prevented Cardinal Myroslav Autocephalous. Lubachivsky of Lvov from celebrating liturgy in Kiev's But when the cardinal and Ukrainian Catholic Church of St Andrew. faithful arrived at St Andrew's, the stairs to the church The cardinal, had asked government officials for were blocked by a group of Ukrainian Orthodox, who permission to hold services in historic St Sophia's are connected to the Russian Orthodox Church. Cathedral. The cardinal's vice chancellor was told that Kiev is Orthodox city" and they should leave town. "an The government denied the request, fearing it The police asked the cardinal to hold his services would increase tensions between Ukrainian Orthodox, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox and at another vacant church, St Nykola Pretyska, which he did. Ukrainian Catholics in the republic's capital.

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VATICAN CITY: Pope John Paul last week c elebrated the 700 year old feast of Corpus Christi with an outdoor Mass at St John Lateran followed by a procession to St Mary Major where he imparted the Eucharistic Blessing to the faithful gathered there. The feast of Corpus Christi was instituted in 1264 by Pope Urban IV and is celebrated in most Sunday countries instead of Thursday following the Most Holy Trinity.

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The procession between the two Roman basilicas began in the late 1400s and its current itinerary began in 1575 when the road which now directly links the two churches was built upon orders of Pope Gregory XHI.

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This route was followed for more than 300 years until the procession fell into disuse and was started again in 1979 by Pope John Paul B.

More shelters for Bangladesh BALTIMORE (CNS): Catholic Relief Services will help build an additional 50 cyclone shelters in Bangladesh after 12 shelters built in 1987-88 succeeded in saving lives during the country's recent cyclone.

Each shelter, which holds 2000 people and costs $75,000, will double as a school, dispensary or community centre. • , Tbe cyclonc shelters, will .be built through. Caritas/Bangladesh,

the church aid agency in that country, which was the only nongovernmental organisation to build shelters in 1987-88, folthe lowing devastating floods in Bangladesh.

The US agency also announced plans to provide boats, nets, tools, machines and other items to enable poor fishermen to earning resume income for their families.

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II ordained 61 priests on Trinity Sunday and told them to follow Christ's example by serving "all your brothers and sisters in the unity of the people of God". The new priests represent 27 nations and include 22 diocesan 20 priests, members of Opus Dei and 19 religious. The pope has made a regular practice of ordaining priests — at the Vatican and during his foreign travels — since taking office in 1978. The May 26 ordinations raised the total number of priests he has ordained to 1667.

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Spotlight on the US bishops' pastoral on women

Meeting won't betray tradition VATICAN CITY (CNS): The Vaticansponsored consultation on the US bishops' pastoral on women can help the bishops make the Church's teaching more understandable without "betraying" the Christian message, said the Vatican secretary of state.

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The second draft of the proposed pastoral letter focused on the dignity and equality of women and urged that all Church positions not requiring ordination be open to them. It stressed the sinfulness of sexism and all forms of discrimination against women both in the Church and in society. Archbishop Sodano told the participants. "We set our minds on studying the most effective way to announce Catholic doctrine on the role of women in the Church and in the society of our time." While what the pastoral finally says is up to the US bishops, "we can offer them important elements of judgement, so they can present the Catholic doctrine on the mission of women in a way more understandable to modern mentality without, however, betraying anything of the integrity and originality of the Christian message". He told the participants, who came from 13 countries, that "we all know that the Church of Christ is

neither European, nor African, nor Asian, nor American. It is the 'Catholic' church by definition". While the Gospel is identical throughout the world, Archbishop Sodan said, "the bishops must strive to find the best way to make it understood by men and women of their own time and their own place". He said "it is legitimate to underline" one aspect or another of the Church's teaching in a particular time or under certain circumstances, but one can "never forget the whole, as in a symphony". Susan Muto, staff writer for the pastoral said: "The difficulty and the beauty of the document" is that it tries "to hold in tension the reality of what women are thinking, experiencing and feeling" and the Church's teaching in areas which some find difficult, she said. Another observation was that the letter must affirm the equality of women and men without denying women's "unique identity". Ms Muto said there was a "general concern" among Vatican officials and some bishops that the pastoral could be overly influenced by what they "naively labelled as radical feminism".

They want to be taken more seriously VATICAN CITY (CNS): Issues raised in the proposed US bishops pastoral on women may not be of concern to the Church in other countries right now, "but that time will most likely come", Archbishop Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, told a Vatican conference. Archbishop Pilarczyk traced the bishops' pastoral roots to Pope John XXIII's 1963 encyclical "Pacem in Terris", which recognised women's growing demand for recognition of their dignity and equality. He said the bishops held widespread consultations with women because they "did not feel that they should presume to know what women thought or felt". The bishops tried to listen to the concerns in "a pastoral way", explore how Church teaching

related to those concerns and "propose ways of addressing them within the framework of the teaching and discipline of the Church". "To many, the issues that are raised in the pastoral letter are not theological issues; they are justice issues," he said. The consultations showed "women wanted to be taken more seriously in their relationship with the Church". The bishops felt the concerns women raised in the consultations had to be addressed "to show that the Church recognised the issues and took them seriously", he said. "When a significant number of God's people voice similar concerns about serious issues, it is the Church's responsibility to address them pastorally," the archbishop said.

Many US women, especially younger women, have experienced "participation and partnership" in many areas of their lives, Archbishop Pilarczyk said. "It is becoming increasingly difficult for them to reconcile their personal experience and their expectations with the apparent discrimination which they perceive is practiced in the Church," he said. Archbishop Pilarczyk said the Church has not always paid sufficient attention to women and its actions have not always "kept pace" with its teaching. "We run the risk of alienating women of deep faith and commitment, women whose devotion to the Church has been tested and proven, if we find that we have nothing to say to them."

The three major areas of concern

VATICAN CITY: At a two • The need to develop day meet a statement more fully the Marian issued by the participants dimension of the church. listed "three major areas The participants of concern" with the draft bishops, five ncluded 18 i of the US Bishops pasthe US, five them from of toral on women. Vatican officials and two • The precise nature of US women observers. the document and the A statement issued by related question of the participants at the all methodology," meaning its level of authority and end of the meeting the way information praised the US bishops from the consultations for their "pastoral soliciwas presented in the tude" in undertaking the project and for "having draft. to the concerns listened • The need for a more women before many of profound anthropology, especially in the light of drafting the document". Pope John Paul II's The US committeee has apostolic letter `Mulieris begun work on a third Dignitatem" on the dig- draft of the letter, they nity and vocation of said. The second draft, release& in, April. 1990, women, . . .

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focused on the dignity real" danger of some impression "that church and equality of women people thinking the teaching is up for grabs and stressed the sinful- issues aren't as important in response to whoever ness of sexism. It asked as those in earlier pastor- shouts the loudest". that all church roles not als on peace and the "I do not believe that is requiring ordination be economy or that the what is in the second open to women and that suggestions for action in draft," the arcbhbishop the Vatican quickly com- the women's document said. plete a study on the aren't binding, ArchbiBishop Imesch said he possibility of ordaining shop Pilarczyk said. hoped the concern women deacons. But "another conclu- would not lead to the Archbishop Pilarczyk sion one might draw is deletion of statements said the three concerns that the theological clar- "expressing reality". corresponded to the ity of these issues is such One example in the main points listed at the that we are not ready at second draft is the this point to speak out' beginning of the meeting passage: "while some by Cardinal Joseph Rat- with full force, he said. affirm (women) strongly zinger, prefect of the He said the concern teaching on the church's Vatican Congregation for with how the input of the regulation of births, the Doctrine of the Fatih. thousands of US women there are many others the was presented in the who are profoundly Downgrading was a disturbed by the same. authority of the douc- document ment carries the "very "danger" that it gives the Women spoke of per-

sonal suffering, of constant fear of unwanted pregnancy . . . " Bishop Imesch said the bishops must find a way to reflect those sentiments but "not say just because someone is caused pain by something that therefore church teaching should have changed". On the question of anthropology — what it means to be human, male or female — some participants thought the bishops; approach was not sufficiently in. accord" with the papal. apostolic letter, Archbishop Pilarczyk said. "This does riot say that

the second draft is therefore wrong," he said. "There are a number of ways in which you can approach the speculation" on the nature of human beings. The concerns about how Mary is presented as a model for the church and for its male and female members focused on the second draft's emphasis on the dicscipleship of Mary. "I think that what they were trying to say was let's not stress the authoritative leadership role" as much as the role of Mary as servant, as mothL=r' of Christ and mother of the church, Bishop Imesch said.

Albany Hospice open day soon

Mark Hewson and Sister Juliana viewing the Hesed stained-glass window.

During the Albany Hospice open day on June 23, visitors will not only see and hear something of the centre's work and objectives but they will also see an outstanding work of art in a stained-glass window recently designed, made and installed by a local artist. Since the Hospice opened in November, 1990, there have been continual requests from people wishing to see over the property so it will be open from 1pm to 4pm to the public with volunteers in attendance to answer any questions. Entitled "Hesed", the window depicting a peaceful seascape with wading water birds, was the creation of Mark Hewson, of Torbay. "Hesed" is a Hebrew word meaning "loving kindness" in kinship love as well as convenant love. It is a normal part of good human relations, but has its proper place within

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members of a group, even if the association is as temporary as the relation of host and guest. According to The Jerome Biblical Commentary, more than any other attribute, this "Hesed" love is the attribute that gives God personal identity; it is the key to the understanding of his character. Hospice Administrator Fr Hugh Galloway said: "More important than being crafted in stained glass, is the reality of hesed impressed upon the minds and hearts, of hosts and guests alike." Mark Hewson began working in stained glass in 1985 incorporating some of his windows in his home which he designed and built himself. Since then he has designed and made windows depicting birds, landscapes and colonial and traditional patterns. The $800 anonymous donation covered the cost of materials and part of Mr Hewson's time on the project.

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A Caring FUNERAL Service Despite threats to his life , Fr Marianito Dondoyano will return to the Philippines later this year. "I have to go back to support pastoral initiatives of the Church for the welfare of the people; Jesus set an example by not remaining in Galilee but by going to Jerusalem." Born in the Marian year, 1954, he is commonly known as Fr Mar. "It's easier thay way," he laughed. He arrived in Australia on January 23, 1990, at the invitation of Bishop Peter Quinn in response to a request from Fr Mar's bishop and after a short stay in Albany served 11 months in Pinjarra before returning to Albany. "After my parish of 'h Leyte was d by rebels and their

sympathisers about four years ago, an Army battalion of nearly 1000 was stationed there. "The rebels had been demanding food and money and when poor people asked me what they should do,I advised them to wait and see what happened — but to be careful. "I did not and do not condemn the rebels becauseIunderstand the reasons for their revolt. They felt totally desperate amid hunger, injustice and violence. "Imanaged, however, to maintain good relations with the military and politicians." With arrests and continued killings, which may have been perpetrated either by military, rebels or sympathisers of both, tensions were high. Fr Mar was caught in the centre of the conflict.

He could see corruption dignity and self-respect. in politics and economic Properly motivated, we injustices resulting in may be able to form selfcontinued poverty and sustaining and selfhardship for the poor but extending communities. he could not condone the "It is essential that this actions of the rebels. happens because the "I am in conflict with poor people are increasthe reality — the existing ingly in despair," Fr Mar corrupt structure of said. democracy in name only. He gave some startling However, the answer is of the size of the statistics not to change the structhe in ture but to change the problem Philippines: values of the person." Fr Mar believes that the • Population of 67 milgovernment, army, reb- lion in a land mass one els and the Church tenth of the area of WA. should continue to foster • They are spread over dialogue and coopera- 7100 islands. tion in helping all poor • There are 54 million people by providing skills and training — not Catholics, five million just by supplying Protestants and eight million Muslims. handouts. The Muslims were "There are signs that renewed efforts to get all struggling for ethnic parties together will be independence and idensuccessful. In the long tity rather than for run, the Philippino peo- freedom. ple can gain back their He said for peace to

come, it was necessary to have a government which honoured cultural diversity and exercised both tolerance and justice. Peace required not just the absence of war, but safe political space and personal security for all citizens. Civilian control over the army must exist in fact as well as in name. Fr Mar studied philosophy and theology respectively at universities in Cebu and Manila, graduating in 1980. However, he fell in love and planned to mar, but by 1983 his sense ot vocation was so strong that he changed his mind and was ordained that year. He is looking forward to seeing his parents and his eight brothers and sisters when he returns in September.

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What lay leaders say they "Good will isn't enough. You also have to know what you're doing. The people expect it — and so does the Lord." The speaker, a veteran of more than 20 years as a parish volunteer, was explaining why he wanted to begin a master's degree in pastoral studies. He recently had retired from his government job and his pastor asked him to become parishactivities co-ordinator, a salaried liaison with parish committees and organisations. After careful consideration Clyde accepted the offer, but only on condi-

tion that he receive proper training for his new role. A degree in pastoral studies would provide that. Clyde's conviction resembles that of innumerable other lay leaders. Thousands of them shared their views during consultations prior to the 1987 world Synod of Bishops, a month-long assembly in Rome on the life of the laity. It was my unique privilege to read and listen to their comments. Here is what they said about lay leadership: 1. Recognise and develop your gifts.

Lay leaders recognise they have something to offer and they want to reinforce their natural abilities with training. For example, Marie visited her mother every day after in a hospice. When her mother was sleeping, Marie would visit the other residents. They responded to her genuinely and openly. Marie continued to visit the hospice after her mother died. Soon Marie was taking courses on death and dying. With the co-operation of the hospice and her pastor, she formed Hospice Helpers. They are men and

women from her parish who visit the terminally ill after taking a training course developed by Marie, the hospice and her pastor. Sometimes a person has more gifts than a parish staff is aware of. Dick, put it this way: "Just because I'm an accountant by profession doesn't mean I have to serve on the finance committee. I'm also a musician and would love to form a parish youth band." When a new pastor came to Dick's parish, he asked the people to tell him what talents they could offer. Dick mentioned his

By Father Robert Kinast musical interest and today the parish has a lively youth band. Dick's experience points to a second factor. 2. Gain support from parish staff. Many lay people know what their gifts are and want to use them for the Church, but they look for encouragement and support from parish staff. Support can take many forms. In the 1987 consultation I heard comments like these: • "We'd like an occasional thankyou to let us know we're not being taken for granted."

DISCUSSION POINTS What is a good principle for volunteers fulfilling parish leadership roles (eg discussion leaders, parish council members) to keep in mind? Selected responses from readers: "It is important to support new volunteers in their excitement but also to help them find balance so that they don't come crashing down after several months." — Chris Maziar "Constantly test new ideas because the world is constantly changing. What worked a year ago may not work today." — Chet Galuska "It is important for volunteers to keep their priority on their families and not let their

church ministry get in the way of other more important commitments." — Sarah Hinojosa "I work a lot with liturgy. It is important to realise that there are many styles and approaches that speak to people and to be asking others to find out what their needs and wants are." — Becky Bacon "Make sure the reason for accepting a position is ministry, not some self-serving reason." — John Allen "The importance of not just becoming part of a leadership elite but of involving the rest of the community." — Trina Morrison

Keys to effective lay leadership By Richard Cain

For Denis Wilson, being an effective parish leader means recognising that the Lord often speaks through the mouth of a seventh-grader. Wilson gave as an example a discussion by his seventh and eight grade religious education class at St Micheal Church, on the parable of the Prodigal son. Most people, Wilson explained, readily sympathise with the older son's feeling that his father was unfair in throwing a big party to celebrate the return of the spendthrift, undeserving younger son. But one of Wison's students disagreed. "The older son is jealous," the boy said. "He knows his father will die some day. All that work he is doing for is father is not so much for his father but to increase his own lot in the end". "I was surprised," Wison recalled. "This was the first time I considered that". For Wilson, such moments are what make serving the parish as a religious education teacher rewarding. "I don't know whether the Lord is using me to teach them or them to teach me". Wilson has had similar experiences on the parish council, the finance council and as a lector at Mass. And he believes his parish work even helps him in business and at home. "Before, when I thought I was right, it was hard for me to accept any other view," he said. "Now I still say what I believe. butIlisten better and am more open to other views". Those in Parish lay leadership positions say that prayer, a willingness to learn and a commitment to grow in their faith are basic to increasing their effectiveness. Often a spiritual growth experience gets people involved in a leadership role in the first place. For Sharon and Jack Yencha, members of St Matthew 8 The Record, June 13, 1991

Church, making a Cursillo retreat was the catalyst. They have since served their parish on several committess and Yench is now assistant lay director for Cursillo. Among the keys to effective lay leadership in parishes is a commitment to shared decision making. "If people are not allowed to be a part of something, they they don't stay interested," said Sister Rose McAvoy, pastoral minister of St Vincent de Paul Church. Being involved in shared decision making leads to commitment and more energy, she added. And trust inspires trust. When lay leaders are trusted, it helps them in turn to draw on the abilities of others instead of trying to do it all themselves. Another key to effective lay leadership is a clear understanding of one's job description. "There's freedom in knowing exactly what I'm supposed to do," Sister McAvoy said. Volunteer leaders then can take ownership of their areas and be more creative and confident, she said. Wilson cautioned that people get into trouble because they have their own agendas. "You want to remember why you're doing it — to help the parish and not to rule it. You want the parish to be better because you're involved." Finally, effective lay leaders are sensitive to the fuller needs of those they serve, said Michalene Munas, who helps run the food outreach program at St Vincent de Paul Church. Ms Munas recalled a time she was helping a woman take food to the car. The woman suddenly took her hand and asked for prayers. "There's so much more that we can do," Munas said. "It really taught me to tend to the whole person".

• "Spell out expectations clearly so that I don't wind up running the nursery when I thought I was only going to take an hour every other Sunday." • "Treat me like an adult whose livelihood depends on achieving goals, handling conflicts, building relationships, recognising and solving problems." Many lay leaders who are leaders in the business world expect another kind of support: accountability. They are used to being part of a team where all

carry out what they agree to do. Cindy is a newspaper editor and president of her parish council. "I run our council meetings like I run our editorial meetings. Everyone has an assignment, If someone doesn't do his, we expect that person to tell us why and then we decide together how to handle it," she said. "Sometimes the assign. ment wasn't clear; sometimes unexpected thin come up; sometimes person just blows Whatever the proble we work on it togeth and no one is treat unfairly."

SOME FOO Everyone knows what a bad meeting is like. It lasts too long. Aimlessness prevails. One or two people dominate — perhaps delivering long, impromptu discourses -as if the meeting were solely for their amusement. It seems unclear why the meeting was called in the first place. Where will you find lay leaders in today's parishes? Frequently — too frequently, they may say! —

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It is difficult for well educated Australians to comprehend a life-style without the benefits of education and job training. It is so easy to take for granted all the good things education provides. And it is difficult to imagine what life would be like if you could not read and write, had little or no employment, lacked social service handouts and experienced months of hunger. Such an existence would be utterly demoralising. children in Australia are given a good start in life ,use their parents are able to feed them nourishing d, care for their health and pay for their education. e vast majority of children in our Australian Jesuit

Mission in India are severely disadvantaged from lack of education for all their lives. These children are denied education because the communities they l ive in are too poor to build schools, provide books and w riting materials, and pay teachers. It is not fair that these children grow up unable to read and write, unable to speak properly, unable to hold down worthwhile jobs, and unable to support the f amilies they will have in later life. The number one priority in our mission is to educate as many people as our limited resources will allow. We teach people how to look after themselves, how to work as a community and to help each other. Thousands of families are now better off because many priests and nuns, nurses and teachers, have lived and worked with the people and supported them during the learning process.

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By Father John J. Castelot

some sort of organisation to function smoothly. In any group there were always some with evident leadership qualities and roles. But everyone had a task to perform. While we are not too fully informed about their functions, Paul gives some tantalising hints.

tian couple, Priscilla and Aquila (she always gets of top billing). ray They had come from ral the region of the Black tan Sea, had lived in Rome During the past decade the number of children attendwhence they came to ing our schools has increased from 14,000 to over -ed Corinth, where they 35,000. The wonderful generosity of our supporters nic became co-workers with has helped us to build, equip and run an ever increasing he Paul. "To each individual the number of schools, particularly in depressed areas. :en Now they were in manifestation of the But keeping our schools operating is a never ending Ephesus. (Today they Spirit is given for some problem for the priests and nuns who manage them. he would surely have a benefit (for the common trit motor home). Over 30,000 boys and girls have to be subsidised. good). Australian Jesuits in India educate village children at When Priscilla and "To one is given through an Aquila heard Apollos the Spirit the expression 30 cents a week. The problem is parents can't afford to Most village children start work at 8 years of age carrying water, working in the fields, minding cattle or caring for he speak they were duly of wisdom, to another the f eed and clothe their children properly, let alone pay younger children while their parents are away searching for school fees impressed, "took him expression of knowledge work or looking for edibles in the jungle. vas aside and explained the according to the same way (of God) more Spirit (this would have been someone good at He knew a great deal accurately". about Jesus and "had He became as apostolic teaching); to another, faith (a confidence enabeen instructed in the as they were. bling one to bolster the way of the Lord", but "he Priscilla, Aquila, Apol- commitment of others); knew only the baptism of — these people were to another gifts of healing los John". typical of what we might by the one Spirit; to As a member of a community loyal to the call "lay leaders" in the another mighty deeds; to memory of John the early church, even if the another variety of Baptiser, the knowledge designation is a bit tongues, to another interApollos had of Jesus was misleading in light of the pretation of tongues." (1 rather indirect. Nonethe- simpler structure of the Corinthians 12:7-10) less, Apollos "began to "house churches" in In other words, in the speak boldly in the those earliest days of early communities all Christianity. synagogue". pooled their gifts for the or who feels that "being an effective parish leader means recognising that the Lord However, like all socie- smooth and efficient In the congregation one Pth-grader". day there happened to be ties, regardless how working — and spread a well-informed Chris- small, they required — of the local churches. The Record, June 13, 1991

tion that he receive proper training for his new role. A degree in pastoral studies would provide that. conviction Clyde's resembles that of innumerable other lay leaders. Thousands of them shared their views during consultations prior to the 1987 world Synod of Bishops, a month-long assembly in Rome on the life of the laity.

• "Spell out expectations clearly so that I don't wind up running the nursery when I thought I was only going to take an hour every other Sunday." • "Treat me like an adult whose livelihood

carry out what they agree to do. Cindy is a newspaper editor and president of her parish council.

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It was my unique privilege to read and listen to their comments. Here is what they said about lay leadership: 1. Recognise and develop your gifts.

What is a good principle for volunteers fulfilling parish leadership roles (eg discussion leaders, parish council members) to keep in mind? Selected responses from readers:

"It is important to support new volunteers in their excitement but also to help them find balance so that they don't come crashing down after several months." — Chris Maziar "Constantly test new ideas because the world is constantly changing. What worked a year ago may not work today." — Chet Galuska "It is important for volunteers to keep their priority on their families and not let their

Keys to lay lead

Many village schools lack basic facilities Education for thousands of village people, both adul' ; and children, begins in classes held in the sun, or undt r trees, or on verandahs, or in humble classrooms. Mar I v illage schools consist only of one or two classroort made of mud or with bamboo covered with mud. Most schools lack desks, books, writing material , adequate lighting, toilets and a safe and adequate wat, • supply. We need to build many more village schools areas crying out for our help. From these humble ar I primitive schools families begin to learn how to improl. their lives.

For village people education means...

By Richard Cain

For Denis Wilson, being an effective parish leader n recognising that the Lord often speaks through the moo a seventh-grader. Wilson gave as an example a discussion by his se' and eight grade religious education class at St Mi Church, on the parable of the Prodigal son. Most people, Wilson explained, readily sympathise the older son's feeling that his father was unfair in thro a big party to celebrate the return of the spendt undeserving younger son. But one of Wison's students disagreed. "The older jealous," the boy said. "He knows his father will die day. All that work he is doing for is father is not so for his father but to increase his own lot in the end". "I was surprised," Wison recalled. "This was the first I considered that". For Wilson, such moments are what make serving the parish as a religious education teacher rewarding. "I don't know whether the Lord is using me to teach them or them to teach me". Wilson has had similar experiences on the parish council, the finance council and as a lector at Mass. And he believes his parish work even helps him in business and at home. "Before, when I thought I was right, it was hard for me to accept any other view," he said. "Now I still say what I believe, butIlisten better and am more open to other views". Those in Parish lay leadership positions say that prayer, a willingness to learn and a commitment to grow in their faith are basic to increasing their effectiveness. Often a spiritual growth experience gets people involved in a leadership role in the first place. For Sharon and jack Yencha, members of St Matthew

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1. Less hunger and malnutrition. 2. Less sickness and serious illness. 3. Less misery and suffering. 4. Less deaths in the family. 5. Better food production. 6. Increased water supply. 7. Knowledge of hygiene and health care. 8. Better care of children. 9. Job training and better incomes. 10 Dignity and independence.

to ao;- isTer ivicAvoy saia. Volunteer leaders then can take ownership of their areas and be more creative and confident, she said. Wilson cautioned that people get into trouble because they have their own agendas. "You want to remember why you're doing it — to help the parish and not to rule it. You want the parish to be better because you're involved." Finally, effective lay leaders are sensitive to the fuller needs of those they serve, said Michalene Munas, who helps run the food outreach program at St Vincent de Paul Church. Ms Munas recalled a time she was helping a woman take food to the car. The woman suddenly took her hand and asked for prayers. "'There's so much more that we can do." Munas said. "It really taught me to tend to the whole person".

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eed 3. Grow spiritually.

More often it means talking over the spiritual meaning of what's done.

Lay leaders are active in their parishes not because of lack of things to do or a desire to "be in charge", but because they expect their spiritual lives to benefit.

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Most children hungry at school ..nd this affects their ability to learn V illage families do not average two meals a day. For most of the year they struggle to cope with daily tasks on one meagre meal a day. It is no wonder children are hungry and malnourished. Many are affected by worm infestation, anaemia, iron deficiencies, etc. To cope with school work children must be adequately A. When funds permit, our schools provide a midday -tal for all students. A right: Meal time for students.

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He knew a great deal about Jesus and "had been instructed in the way of the Lord", but "he knew only the baptism of John". As a member of a community loyal to the memory of John the Baptiser, the knowledge Apollos had of Jesus was rather indirect. Nonetheless, Apollos "began to speak boldly in the synagogue". In the congregation one day there happened to be a well-informed Chris-

By Father John J. Castelot

tian couple, Priscilla and Aquila (she always gets top billing). They had come from the region of the Black Sea, had lived in Rome whence they came to Corinth, where they became co-workers with Paul. Now they were in Ephesus. (Today they would surely have a motor home). When Priscilla and Aquila heard Apollos speak they were duly impressed, "took him aside and explained the way (of God) more accurately". He became as apostolic as they were. Priscilla, Aquila, Apollos — these people were typical of what we might call "lay leaders" in the early church, even if the designation is a bit misleading in light of the simpler structure of the "house churches" in those earliest days of Christianity.

'To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit (for the common good). "To one is given through the Spirit the expression of wisdom, to another the expression of knowledge according to the same Spirit (this would have been someone good at teaching); to another, faith (a confidence enabling one to bolster the commitment of others); to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit; to another mighty deeds; to another variety of tongues, to another interpretation of tongues." (1 Corinthians 12:7-10) In other words, in the early communities all pooled their gifts for the However, like all socie- smooth and efficient ties, regardless how working — and spread small, they required — of the local churches. The Record, June 13, 1991

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Economic woes in Australia have affected donations for the health care and educational work of our missionaries in India. Working in one of India's poorest areas our mission has experienced f inancial difficulties for almost 40 y ears. Trying to maintain and e xpand their humanitarian work, in harsh conditions and without sufficient funds, is a constant problem. W ithout on-going support from A ustralia, some of our educational projects would have to be curtailed o r shut down. As present

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Keys to lay lead By Richard Cain

For Denis Wilson, being an effective parish leader n recognising that the Lord often speaks through the mou a seventh-grader. Wilson gave as an example a discussion by his se" and eight grade religious education class at St Church, on the parable of the Prodigal son. Most people, Wilson explained, readily sympathise the older son's feeling that his father was unfair in thro a big party to celebrate the return of the spendi undeserving younger son. But one of Wison's students disagreed. "The older jealous," the boy said. "He knows his father will die day. All that work he is doing for is father is not so for his father but to increase his own lot in the end". "I was surprised," Wison recalled. "This was the first I considered that". For Wilson, such moments are what make serving the parish as a religious education teacher rewarding. "I don't know whether the Lord is using me to teach them or them to teach me". Wilson has had similar experiences on the parish council, the finance council and as a lector at Mass. And he believes his parish work even helps him in business and at home. "Before, when I thought I was right, it was hard for me to accept any other view," he said. "Now I still say what I believe. butIlisten better and am more open to other views". Those in Parish lay leadership positions say that prayer, a willingness to learn and a commitment to grow in their faith are basic to increasing their effectiveness. Often a spiritual growth experience gets people involved in a leadership role in the first place. For Sharon and Jack Yencha, members of St Matthew 8 The Record, June 13, 1991

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Volunteer leaders then can take ownership of their areas and be more creative and confident, she said. Wilson cautioned that people get into trouble because they have their own agendas. "You want to remember why you're doing it — to help the parish and not to rule it. You want the parish to be better because you're involved." Finally, effective lay leaders are sensitive to the fuller needs of those they serve, said Michalene Munas, who helps run the food outreach program at St Vincent de Paul Church. Ms Munas recalled a time she was helping a woman take food to the car. The woman suddenly took her hand and asked for prayers. "There's so much more that we can do," Munas said. "It really taught me to tend to the whole person".

Richard Cain notes one lay religious edI often speaks through the mouth of a set1

need 3. Grow spiritually. Lay leaders are active in their parishes not because of lack of things to do or a desire to "be in charge", but because they expect their spiritual lives to benefit. For people like Tim, this usually comes through associations with other parishioners. "I can do good deeds through lots of organisations. What I look for in my church involvement is a chance to deepen my faith, my spirituality by orking with other believers," he stated. This doesn't necessarily ean praying together.

More often it means talking over the spiritual meaning of what's done.

to the laity after the 1987 world synod when he said: "To act in fidelity to "Our parish covers God's will requires a Friday night at the community shelter for capability for acting and the homeless," Tim the developing of that capability. We can rest explained. assured that this is "When we leave Satur- possible through the free day morning, we all have and responsible collabobreakfast together and ration of each of us with talk about what hap- the grace of the Lord pened, where and how which is never lacking." we felt the Lord was liturgical ministry, while present. It's great prepar- others join the National ation for Sunday Mass — Association for Lay and for the rest of the Ministry. week." All realise that leaderMany lay leaders take ship in the Church advantage of professional requires more than good associations in the field will, a conviction of their service, like endorsed by Pope John religious education or Paul II in his exhortation

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.you'll find them leading It meeting. Since meetings easily go bad", the leader's task 3 demanding. So, with the above :epiction of a bad meet..11; in mind, here are a niv hints for lay leaders f meetings: a meeting time mit. Don't presume eople welcome the pport unity to keep )ing until midnight! • Be loath to waste nyone's time. .emember, all have

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other important things they could be doing. • Help all present to feel as involved as possible. • Be open to new, unanticipated ideas. • Allow no one to dominate to the exclusion or boredom of the others.

• Do homework. Bring direction to the meeting without, however, making it a setting in which to push your own private agenda. • Maintain perspective by bearing in mind that the committee's ultimate purpose is to further God's work.

Father Robert L. Kinast observes that "lay leaders are active in their parishes not because of lack of things to do or a desire to 'be in charge', but because they expect their spiritual lives to benefit".

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There was a gentleman named Apollos. But if his name was that of a Greek god, Apollos was nevertheless a devout Jew. He was a native of Alexandria, second only to Athens as the cultural hub of the Greco-Roman empire. This vibrant city offered all sorts of academic opportunities, and he seems to have taken advantage of them. Schooled in rhetoric, he was "an eloquent speaker" (Acts 18:24). In addition, "he was an the on authority Scriptures". But in one area he was incompletely formed. He knew a great deal about Jesus and "had been instructed in the way of the Lord", but "he knew only the baptism of John". As a member of a community loyal to the memory of John the Baptiser, the knowledge Apollos had of Jesus was rather indirect. Nonetheless, Apollos "began to speak boldly in the synagogue". In the congregation one day there happened to be a well-informed Chris-

By Father John J. Castelot

tian couple, Priscilla and Aquila (she always gets top billing). They had come from the region of the Black Sea, had lived in Rome whence they came to Corinth, where they became co-workers with "To each individual the Paul. Now they were in manifestation of the Ephesus. (Today they Spirit is given for some would surely have a benefit (for the common good). motor home). When Priscilla and "To one is given through Aquila heard Apollos the Spirit the expression speak they were duly of wisdom, to another the impressed, "took him expression of knowledge aside and explained the according to the same way (of God) more Spirit (this would have accurately". been someone good at He became as apostolic teaching); to another, faith (a confidence enaas they were. bling one to bolster the Priscilla, Aquila, Apol- commitment of others); los — these people were to another gifts of healing typical of what we might by the one Spirit; to call "lay leaders" in the another mighty deeds; to early church, even if the another variety of designation is a bit tongues, to another intermisleading in light of the pretation of tongues." (1 simpler structure of the Corinthians 12:7-10) "house churches" in those earliest days of In other words, in the early communities all Christianity. pooled their gifts for the However, like all socie- smooth and efficient ties, regardless how working — and spread small, they required — of the local churches. The Record, June 13, 1991

Benedictine rule by an Anglican married woman with four sons!"

Mrs Esther de Waal has just spent two months in Australia as a guest of the Good Samaritan Sisters and it's proved to be "a very experemarkable rience," she states.

But it did, and she discovered a way of Christian discipleship that spoke to her immediately and practically about her way to God in today's world.

Esther is an Anglican lay woman who was invited over by the Good Sisters Samaritan because they share a love of the Benedictine rule and admiration for this saint. Esther, who is a wife and mother of four grown children, travels upon invitation, to give talks and retreats on the Benedictine rule. Her interest in this rule began about ten years ago when her husband, an Anglican priest (now retired), was based at Canterbury England, where Esther worked in the cathedral. The house in which she lived however, "was a vast medieval house which had been the prior's lodge within a medieval Benedictine community.

"And so I found myself not only living in a house which had originally been part of this monastic complex, but I was always surrounded by the ruins wherever I went and I could not escape." Being an historian, Esther's interest was stimulated enough to learn more about what the Benedictine life had been like. She read the rule, a sixth century manuscript text, "written originally for men in rural Italy, and which you wouldn't expect to speak to a

Then in 1983 she wrote The Way of St Benedict (Collins Dove) which was later published in the USA; this met with popular response and as a result, Esther was asked to speak and give retreats on how the Benedictine Way applies to everyone in today's world "and not least, to lay people". Another initiative of Esther's is a 'Benedictine which Experience' means that a group of 20 to 25 people come together for a week "to live the rhythm of Benedictine life in body, mind and spirit. "So we pray, study and work manual do together." Esther has conducted this Benedictine Experience in America, South Africa, and recently in Sydney and Melbourne,

"and I'm very much hoping they will continue after Ileave Australia, because this experience is so very simple and rewarding". "When individuals enter into this rhythm of life which so many of us neglect today," said Esther, a community is formed which frequently breaks down denomination divisions and brings together religious and lay, Catholics, Anglicans and United Church. Esther lives in Wales, near its border with England, and living in Wales, she believes, has developed her interest in Celtic spirituality, which culminated in a book recently published in England The World Made Whole: The rediscovery of the Celtic tradition. She also does a lot of talking on this topic and says there is a lot of creation spirituality in the Celtic tradition. Esther said she has enjoyed "enormous hospitality from the Good Samaritan Sisters and

I've stayed with them in their large convents in Sydney or Melbourne and seeing how they live in twos and threes in the suburbs or wherever". During her stay Esther gave a talk to the New Norcia community at the invitation of the Sisters and was asked to speak at the Catholic Education Centre by the Benedictine Oblates. In response to a question as to why should the Benedictine rule make sense to lay people, Esther replied that it comes as a surprise to many people, to discover that the Benedictine vows are not those of poverty, chastity and obedience, which would rule out ordinary people. "But their three vows of spirituality, 'conversatio' and obedience, make wonderful guidelines for anyone because ultispirituality mately, means staying still in the depths of oneself and not trying to escape from the places in which one finds themself. Conversatio means being ready to journey

on, to move forward into what is new, a life of continuing conversion because of Christ's call to follow Him wherever that may lead. And obedience means simply listening to God, hearing and responding. "These three vows together," explained Esther, "touch very profound depths in all of us and apply to all our lives". They make sense, she said, in any marriage or family so that people listen to one another, and that you hang on, stay with a relationship, while leaving yourself open to the new and being ready to change. She believes the Benedictine rule is a holistic spirituality because it recognises that we are people made up of body, mind and spirit and we damage the delicate balance within ourselves, if we neglect any of these aspects. "But above all, we learn that the daily and the ordinary can become our way to God." St Benedictine tells us, said Esther, that work in

the kitchen, pantry or garden, is to be taken as seriously as the life of prayer in the chapel, "and that for me is extremely liberating". Benedictine The Oblates have groups throughout the world, and the Perth based one meets at the Presentation's Iona convent. Members state it

ecumenical and if anyone is interested, they can contact Adrienne Byrne on 388 3026 or the Benedictine Abbey New Norcia on (096) 548 018.

Adrienne says it is so easy for ordinary lay people to follow the rule, because it provides a means of closer association fora large number of women and men throughout the world, both Anglican and Catholic, who find that the religious life and connection with a religious community, gives them a sense of purpose. a belonging and a direction. In particular, she emphasises, it makes a statement about the priority of prayer in today's world.

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Sister Germanus . . . her enthusiasm for her "children and grandchildren" has not abated.

When Sister Germanus Kent SJG received an Australia Day recognition in the Order of Australia Medal for her work with the people of Broome, and in particular the Aboriginals, she became part of a growing number of St John of God sisters who have been formally recognised for the great work the sisters have done in the Kimberley. In 1955 Mothers Gerand trude Green

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British Empire, followed by Mother Mary Ignatius with a Member of the British Empire in 1977 and with Sister Francis Dunn being awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1986. Medals are familiar to the Kent family also because Sister Germanus' mother, Mrs Ivy Kent, received the member of the British Empire medal in 1968 and her brother Stan, an ANZAC, was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1988. While some malcontents as well as media would suggest that everything, seemingly, the white man has done for the Aboriginals is wrong — a story that doesn't always bear close factual examination — it is appropriate just to look at the tremendous work the 'white man' has tangibly and admirably done for the Aboriginal people. For instance the enormous dedicated, humane and intelligent approach

to arresting the spread of leprosy undertaken by the St John of God sisters at Derby, has caused the redundancy of the "Lep" — the leprosarium. It was no longer necessary because leprosy has been brought under very successful control with the drug regime and with close follow-up monitoring the sisters and the WA health authorities have cared sufficiently to put into place. This abating of leprosy is not a world-wide phenomenon, because in some countries leprosy is increasing. Thus thanks to the concerted efforts of the sisters and the government, a biblical scourge has been brought under control which was dreadfully affecting the Aboriginal people. But their caring doesn't stop there either, as the receipt of the St John of God sisters' medals bear testimony, because their commitment is ongoing. As an example, Sister Germanus holds one of

her life's highlights to be the fact she raised eight Aboriginal babies, six of whom she received in one year from leprosyaffected mothers who wanted her to care for them until their Lep treatment was over. So she reared them in Beagle Bay until they were two and a half years old, when they were fostered into local homes until their mothers returned to coiled them. However that didn't end there, because Sister Germanus has continued her loving care and interest in these children, even to the extent she pays to have her 'grandchildren' taught dancing and swimming and picks them up and takes them to their lessons. In fact, sister was so keen to extend their education in their teens she organised, by dint of cake stalls and general fund raising, a 'plane trip to Perth with the eight children and a friend each, during which time she got all the support

she could muster down to the Broome Aged here for the fortnight, to Welfare Association (a feed, house, and trans- position she still retains), port these Aboriginal and as a result from their youngsters who had lobbying and public never seen a city before. backing, they've estabThat was back in 1977/ lished a ten bed hostel 78 over the Christmas and a day centre. break, giving them someThe day centre is for thing to remember for relatives caring for the the rest of their lives. aged, so they can drop Today at the age of 76 yo them off for the day, her enthusiasm for her knowing they'll be well 'children and grand- cared for, and can pick children' has not abated them up in the evening. and she speaks proudly This is mainly for of their achievements. But her love of the Aboriginals, said sister, Aboriginal people is who then explained that genuine and ongoing, in Broome, there is harmony because she's been con- perfect cerned for some years between whites and the about the lack of a system Aboriginals who all mix for extended nursing together as one race. care, similar to the Silver Not that Sister GermaChain, and a nursing nus intends to hang up home. her spurs at this stage of Prior to this she felt achievement however, compassionately for the because she's now lobbyailing who had to be sent ing with her team until away from their relatives they succeed in having to Derby or the city, established a 14 bed because they had no nursing home unit attfacilities in Broome. Because of her activity, ached to the local hospishe gained support from tal to accommodate long term patients. a group of business men, Such units are attached was elected as secretary

Trio with plenty to sue about In an age when the Church comes in for constant criticism and the term 'commitment' appears lost in a world of secularity, the Christian witness is ever more paramount.

Bishop Robert Healy, who comes from the same town in Ireland as Sr Cuthbert Bergin (Kilkenny) was the main celebrant and hornilist. Thirteen priests of the Archdiocese concelebrated and later joined the community in their festivities.

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honour for her work with Aboriginals to other hospitals in places such as Northam, Port Hediand, Albany and Collie, stated sister "so we can't see why we can't get it". Her other current fight, is for footpaths for safer pedestrian usage and judging by her comments, I gathered that there were other issues she was also looking at. It made one realise here was one 'champion for the just cause' who wasn't going to quietly fade away with her knitting and rocking chair! Sister's contribution will be woven into the fabric of the St John of God sisters when their history first began there at Beagle Bay in 1906. It was a difficult trip for Mother Antonio and her seven sisters who then, and for many years afterwards, wore the conventional heavy habit which in the extreme temperatures of the Kimberley must have been hard to bear. To further lengthen 1,6 1

their arduous trip they were becalmed for three days on their wind sail lugger, and with the heat had to sleep on deck. They had gone there to mother the children who under the Native Welfare Act (which came into being in 1904) decreed that all coloured children born to Aboriginal mothers should be removed and brought up with the Europeans, because they believed they had a better chance of education and life. This was discontinued after the second World War. Previous to the sisters' arrival, the Pallottines had raised the boys, but there was no one to look after the girls. Sister Germanus has now notched up 28 years of giving, largely to the Aboriginal people, in the Kimberley since her arrival in 1963. Coming from a single state of ballet and a refined upbringing in Perth, she'd then spent ••••

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their various nursing posts, but that didn't cushion the shock of adapting to harsh climatic conditions in a formal habit and with the lack of facilities that one encountered outback in the earlier years. She spent three weeks initially helping her sisters with patients at the Derby I,ep and then moved on to Beagle Bay. In the 1960s, Beagle Bay, in its isolation, only saw an annual visit from a doctor with no easy communications from conditions Broome; didn't improve until the installation of two-way radio facilities and an all weather airstrip in the 1970s.

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could be flown into Derby with the Flying Doctor and with it the ability to communicate 24 hours daily by radio. Trouble was, once there it was very difficult to return because there was no direct road between Beagle Bay and Derby at the tip of Kings' Sound. Beagle Bay to Broome is 128km and then north to Derby is another 239km. The Beagle Bay mission (the oldest in Australia) was government owned but Pallottine run with the assistance of the St John of God sisters. Australians are well known for their resiliance and resourcefulness and being in remote areas certainly brought these skills into play coping with day to day emergencies. Such as treating an 80% burned four year old with no medico and hospital to run to and thus keeping him wrapped in wet sheets until he was transported by mission truck to Broome. •

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And trying to light up an airstrip at night — with no lights — for an aircraft's emergency response landing to pick up an unconscious lay missionary. Sister in this case relegated the task to Theresa, an Aboriginal teenager, while she attended to the patient. At a certain appointed time the airstrip had to be lit for the expected landing and then a quick take off with the temporary lighting set-up. So Theresa acted accordingly and organised all the local 'old bomb' cars to be lined up as well as lining the strip with kerosene drenched rags in tins and then at the critical time lit up the airstrip for the aircraft with car lights and kerosene torches to make a speedy landing and take off with the patient. Fortunately he recovered and ingenuity had once again proved a lifesaver. Sister Germanus moved on to Roebourne • •• ••

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in 1977 where she managed a baby crisis centre in Yaandina.

And then in 1981 she went to Broome in so called 'retirement' where she proved it was the last thing she had on her mind! To date 18 St John of God sisters in Broome alone, have worked in a variety of responses to social need, such as establishing St Mary's school in 1908, until 1976 when they handed it over to the Loreto sisters, nursing at the Japanese and the government hospitals when there were shortages of nursing sisters, as well as working in a variety of community initiatives, some of which have been run from their own convent.

In effect always reaching out to the needs of the people. But the Aboriginal people in particular owe much thanks to the great care, self sacrifice, love, compassion and '1.

dedication which not only the St John of God sisters have shown but also many other wonderful people in many orders, male and female who have given so much while asking nothing in return. Their works also belie the frequent statement that the white man hasn't cared and has brought the Aboriginal people nothing but ill. Because many caring whites have gone before, still remain (such as the nine St John of God sisters who leave their convent daily to help others) in Broome, and others will follow in their footsteps and always be there, if able, and while they are able. And the lives of the priests and religious who've worked under hard conditions, with little if any luxuries in their lives, bear graphic witness to, lie true meaning pt dhristianity which m4y be maple up of a lot of words --4-1-itit in particular deeds!

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Tax relief a pressing need for families

When people speak of a consumption tax, they usually mean a general indirect tax on consumption, such as a goods and services tax (GST), alternatively called a value added tax (VAT). Introduction of a GST is advocated by many as part of a change in the tax mix to reduce income taxation. Others propose GST purely as a method of reforming indirect taxation and would like GST to merely replace sales tax. The more ambitious the role advocated for a GST, the higher the tax rate required. Income is made up of consumption plus savings. A shift from income tax to GST which was not fully offset by cuts in other taxes would be a further tax on people's incomes, since consumption is a part of income. A shift from income tax to a GST amounts to heavier taxation of wages and lighter taxation of property income because savings are not taxed by a GST. Becau.se a GST is a flat rate tax with no personal exemptions, it has the effect of taxing the income tax threshold, dependant tax allowances and social security pensions and benefits. Shifting from income tax to a GST would increase tax burdens for low income earners and families (both urban and rural). Low income earners and families have no choice but to spend more of their incomes on basic necessities of life. Australia already has heavy indirect taxes on many items of consumption. Its overall reliance on indirect taxes on consumption is as heavy as the OECD average, although the structure of indirect taxation is more concentrated on fewer areas. Historically, indirect taxes on consumption (including the necessities of life) have been opposed by both economists and the public. Arguments for a shift to GST Arguments for a shift to GST take many forms. The major arguments appear to be: 1. A GST is needed to reduce high income tax rates and restore incentive. 2. A shift to GST would promote savings and investment. 3. Existing selective indirect taxes are inequitable and should be replaced by GST. 4. A GST would be more efficient than existing indirect taxes. 5. The existing sales tax is costly to coiled. 6. A shift to GST would coiled tax from income tax evaders. 7. A GST would help export competitiveness. 8. A GST would ameliorate Australia's foreign debt problem. 9. A GST would collect tax from tourists. 10. A shift to GST would not lead to higher overall taxation. 11. A shift to GST would not trigger an inflation

spiral.

12. A GST was not considered at the 1985 Tax Summit. 13. A GST need not hurt

the poor or families. 14. Social Security recipients could be compensated for a shift to GST. 15. Many other countries have forms of GST. 16. A GST could finance both abolition of existing distorting indirect taxes and cuts to income tax. Objections to introduction of a GST All of the above arguments for a GST deserve critical stirutiny. Some are simply wrong, others contain half truths, while others again have been exaggerated as to their importance. A GST would not improve work incentives. All taxes which reduce the rewards for working adversely affect work incentives. What matters for work incentives is what workers can buy with what is left after tax. It is doubtful that a GST would encourage savings and investment in plant and equipment. Yet people investing in Australia's future workforce (its children) could be disadvantaged. The inflationary impact of a GST could discourage savings. In Australia, savings could be encouraged directly by income tax reforms. There is no evidence that the adoption of VAT in Europe promoted investment or savings. It can be questioned whether a GST would, in practice, be more efficient than existing indirect taxes. No country taxes all consumption. Some exemptions would be inevitable, such as for housing, food, clothing. health, education, charities, churches or other non-profit private or public bodies or financial institutions such as banks and life insurance companies. If health, education, welfare and other non-profit institutions are not fully exempted, there could be major adverse effects in these areas from a GST. Unfair competition could result if a GST is imposed on private sector enterprises competing against subsidised government enterprises (eg in the transport industry or the media). It is likely that a GST would be costly to collect. The compliance costs of a GST could be higher than for the existing sales tax because, unlike the sales tax. a GST would affect businesses at every stage in the process of production and distribution. The number of registered taxpaying businesses would increase from 75.000 to 750.000.

Industries previously exempt from sales tax such as retailers and service businesses, would be subject to a GST. Compliance costs would be relatively greater for small businesses, putting them at a competitive disadvantage to big business. A GST would not necessar-

ily stop tax avoidance or evasion. Overseas experience shows that VAT has been avoided or evaded. In particular, a GST could be avaded in the services sector. Most of the GST revenue will come, not from income tax avoiders or evaders, but from people who have already paid their income tax. While some money will be raised by taxing the spending of those who avoid or evade income tax, a GST brings its own avoidance and evasion problems. Australia's foreign debt does not constitute a compelling reason for introducing a GST. The adoption of VAT in Europe and the UK did not produce any real material benefits to their balance of payments. Most of Australia's foreign debt is private sector debt, largely representing increased borrowing for overseas acquisitions by business. A GST could raise some tax revenue from tourists but the vast bulk of GST revenue would come from Australians. If tourists were taxed through a GST there would be further damage to the tourism industry which could cost Australia foreign currency. There are more efficient methods of taxing foreigners, eg through withholding taxes on dividends and interest paid to foreigners or through heavier land taxes on foreign owned land. A GST is an awkward method of taxing tourism. A GST could lead to higher taxation. Some advocates of a GST see it as a means to expand the public sector and to increase total tax revenues. The adoption of VAT overseas has generally led to increased tax burdens. There is a danger that a shift from income tax to a GST could trigger a price/ wage spiral. Workers could not be sure of proper compensation for higher taxation of family expenditures and might seek higher wages. Firms with market power could mark up prices by more than the tax or refuse to reduce prices where the tax is less. Because the poor and families need to spend more of their incomes. GST would hit the poor and families hardest unless there is some form of compensation. It is generally conceded that a GST is regressive because it imposes relatively heavier tax burdens on the poor. A GST is also horizontally inequitable because it imposes larger burdens on families with dependants. If total tax revenues are to be unchanged and taxpayers fall into three groups low, middle and high income - then the gains of one group must be at the expense of the others. If the highest marginal tax rates are cut, the high income group must gain at the expense of the middle and low income groups.

If, in turn, the low income group is compensated by social security increases, the burden falls finally on the middle income group, especially those with families to support.

Problems for farm families would be compounded by the fact that assets tests now exclude many such low income families from family allowance, family allowance supplement and AUSTUDY, yet they have to bear additional educational costs (such as boarding schools) which would be increased by a 15 per cent GST. There seem to be inadequacies in proposals to compensate people for the adverse effects of a shift from income tax to GST. There could be inadequate compensation to offset the adverse effects of a shift from income tax to GST on low income earners and families. Larger families and some self-employed low income earners, such as farmers, would be particularly likely to lose out. Compensation involves an expansion of means tested welfare spending. Poverty and work disincentive traps could affect more of the population. Even if a GST were merely introduced to replace sales tax and there was no effect on the consumer price index there would be shifts in the tax burden. Many items of family expenditure (eg food, clothing) would become more heavily taxed while other items would be less heavily taxed (eg jewellery). Although many countries have adopted VAT, this has been due to EEC requirements and the need to remove worse taxes. The USA has rejected VAT and the fastest growing economies do not have VAT. In some countries which have adopted VAT, such as France, its adverse impact on family budgets is alleviated by income splitting and more generous family allowances than exist in Australia. It is not apparent that a GST would raise sufficient revenue to: 17. replace existing indirect taxes: 18. compensate social security recipients: 19. provide income tax cuts: and 20. compensate retirees and others for losses in the purchasing power of their accumulated savings. Conclusions A shift in the tax mix from income tax to GST could create problems rather than solving them. Tax relief, in particular. is a pressing need for families. Savings could be encouraged more directly through income tax reforms. There appear to be no serious proposals to compensate retirees and others for losses in the value of their accumulated savings caused by price rises associated with a shift from income tax to GST.

Multi-faith festival„. A multi-faith festival will kick-off Refugee Week

this year. It will be held at 2.30pm on Sunday, June 16, at Perth Modern School.

Participating in this festival are Jews, Christians, Hindus. Muslims, Buddhists. and Bahals. Readings from their scriptures will he heard.

Items planned for the week include a civic reception. a public seminar, a luncheon and dinner, concerts and a grand finale picnic at

Kings Park. The picnic will be he14 on June 23 _ between nam and 3pm. Admission is free.

TOMORROW TODAY with Father Joe Parkinson

Students' world role

YCS: CO-OPERATION, NOT COMPETITION, IS THE KEY

A program aimed at helping secondary students recognise and accept their role in shaping society is having great effect in many metropolitan and Catholic country schools, say youth workers for the Young Christian Students Movement. The three day program should also add to the nineteen YCS groups

currently meeting in Perth, according to movement full-timer Annette Watkins. With fellow full-timer Lis Legena and ecclesial assistant Margaret Maassen, Annett has been busy in local schools and parishes extending the work begun many years ago in the movement inspired by Cardinal Joseph Cardijn.

Cardinal Cardijn had great faith in young people, encouraging them to examine their lives in the light of the Gospel and to take action in the world, bringing it to reflect the kind of society God intended for us. The YCS is run by, with and for young people aged 13-17 years, and the local team hope that the new program will bring

Students need to listen to each other, and support each others' efforts to change the shape of society.

"Chasing the dollar leads inevitably to power plays, with one group of people exploiting others for their own gain."

In the second stage of the program, however, Gospel reflection and collage are used to make the point that there are many other people in the world who choose to share and co-operate rather than compete and dominate. "We look at this new world of co-operation, respect and creativeness which Christ calls the Kingdom of His Father," said Annette. "The fact is, every person matters in this world, everyone has something to offer and much to gain," she said. Seeing the connection between faith and experience is the heart of the program, as students grew to recognise the great contradication between what they believe to be true and what they experience in the world. The last stage of the program shows that each person shares responsi-

Co-operation can take many forms, and bring many rewards. bility for the world we being a better nation and live in, and that the world together. actions of just a few "The main aim of the people can have great progam is to show a consequences for many, lifestyle which is full of a kind of ripple effect. co-operation, love, and "The YCS tries to help respect for the dignity of students recognise these every person." truths and take some The Young Christian responsibility for the Movement is Students listening world through to each other, question- located at the Catholic ing, and sharing interest Youth Office in North and support," said Perth. Annette. Margaret, Lisa and "The basic groups Annette are always wilwhich make up the ling to answer queries on movement are simply a the movement and to pointer to a better way of help find groups for life," she said, "a better interested people. They way of being family, can be contacted during students and friends, of office hours on 227 7061.

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PARENTS AND FAMILIES WELCOME FOR THE CLOSING EUCHARIST! The Record, June 13, 1991 13

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

Some 35 priests and 800 people celebrated St Columba's new church extensions last Sunday followed by a superb reception to mark a truly memorable occasion. 1. Father Bryan Rosling PP, Bishop Healy and Colin Montford whose stained glass windows feature in the church, with daughter Jessica. 2. David and Pauline Sweet ser with Father Brian O'Laughlin. 3. Irish Piper Bill Nichol, with wife Phil, parish historian (behind a hot food haze), P & Fs Peter Beaton and Allan Waters.

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4. Katie, Matthew, Dean and baby Thomas Shaw. 5. Attar boy Bryn Naylor with Cecily Boscarin. 6. Michele, baby Andrea and Ellery Hatch. 7. Balladura's PP Father Jegorow with parish council chairman John Pope and wife Joan.

1. Des Hardiman of Trinity with Father Russell Nardiman of Waroona, Bunbury diocese, both nephews of the late Father John Russell, Bayswater's PP for 42 years. 2. Long-time parishioners Mary Wojcik (left), there for 41 years, Charlie Morley, 18 years, and Veronica Harvey, 58 years — a founding member of St Columba's P & F. 3. Margaret Purta, Secretary of the parish council with little Ryan White and Cathy Millar, P & F. 4. Nicky Sullivan with baby Matilda at Mass. 5. (Left) Charlie Davey, uncle of Father Bryan, with acolyte Michael Clancy, Brendan Cronin and Vicki Moon P & F. 6. "Oh what a party!" say these young folk who had a ball! (Left) Felicity Fawcett, Matthew Jones, Sophie Casija and Estelle Johnston. 7. St Anne's hospital administrator Sister Jacinta RSM holding Father Lyall's granddaughter Rebecca Di Lucia (born at St Anne's), watched by Sister Theophone RSM of St Anne's and Sister Damian RSM from Catherine McAuley centre.

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MOVING INTO OR OUT OF

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By Brian Kukura. Dianella Top

In the last game of the first round, "A" Grade titleholders, Dianella, put on a strong showing to down top place contenders, Castledare, 6-4 to move to equal top place with front runners, Queens Park. In spite of their loss, Castledare are still only one point behind in third place. In the other clash, St Benedict's were far too strong for the as yet pointless Thornlie team. Queens Park had the bye. There was a very interesting round in the "B" Grade when the top four teams, all equal on five points, clashed. Last year's finalists, Willetton and Dianella, had a tight struggle for most of the day. Willetton stayed in touch by winning two early tie breakers, however, Dianella reversed last year's finals results winning three of the last four sets to win six sets to four. The other big match Willetton 5; Pignatelli 3; Queens Park 2; St Mark's 1.

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was between Yidarra and Attadale and it had a similar score line, Yidarra winning by a six sets to four margin. Pignatelli had a comfortable win over Queens Park six sets to three. Unfortunately, Queens Park player, Steve Perica, was forced to retire during the last set with what appeared to be pulled calf muscle. St Mark's had the bye. Scores

"A" Grade: Dianella 6/ 76 defeated Castledare 4/ 65; St Benedict's 8/88 defeated Thornlie 2/48; Queens Park bye. "B" Grade: Yidarra 6/75 defeated Attadale 4/59; Pignatelli 7/80 defeated Queens Park 3/53; Dianella 6/83 defeated Willetton 4/67; St Mark's bye. Table "A" Grade: Queens Park 6; Dianella 6; Castledare 5; St Benedict's 5; Thornlie 0. "B" Grade: Dianella 7; Yidarra 7; Attadale 5;

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ITALIAN RECONCILIATION A Reconciliation Dinner for Australians of Italian descent from Western Australia who were interned during the Second World War is being sponsored by the Western Australian Government on Thursday, August 8 at Parliament House Perth. Since lists of internees are not available at the Australian Archives, the names and addresses of living internees are required. Contact Sonia Turkington (Calligaro) 1/10 Leonora St, Como 6152 tel (09) 450 6505 or Italian Club Perth tel (09) 328 4104.

KOJONUP PRAYER A day of reflection will be held in St Bernard's Church, Kojonup, on Monday, July 15, commencing at 9.30am and concluding at 3pm after Mass. Enquiries phone (098) 24 1213 or (098) 25 8230.

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.

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