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My hope, my aim / What I want to see is a Catholic people living the gospel in their • lives, living a life of love, of love for others. I want to see this at all levels in the Church. My fear about the Church around the world is that we become like a big corporation with lots of professional officers — probably necessary — but with the danger of missing the essence of the gospel. That essence is to be aware of the Good News in one's life and to convey that good news to others by the way we live. I am looking for this at the parish level where people would understand what Jesus is asking of them and reveal that in their lives and families and towards their friends in the simplicity of their lives.
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Archbishop-elect Barry Hickey when he became bishop of Geraldton.
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But it's business as usual for the 117year -old paper that is WA's longest running weekly.
A former duplex house has been refitted as commercial premises and will cater for the paper's needs into the coming decade with space to expand should further expansion warrant.
The new telephone number is 227 7080 but the postal address and accounts telephone (328 1388) will remain at the PO Box
Al 26 John St, The Record has for the past decade been housed at its parent Vanguard Press operation but expan-
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The man and his background Born in Leonora in April 1936. His father Greg Hickey was a mining registrar at Leonora, Wiluna and Cue, a renowned player of football and cricket. His mother Freda Kruse came from a Kalgoorlie family and entered the Catholic Church at the time of her marriage, after instruction by the Sisters of St Joseph at Boulder. Educated by the Presentation Sisters at Wiluna and the Christian Brothers at Kalgoorlie. Studied for the priesthood at St Charles' Seminary Guildford and Propaganda Fide College Rome where he was ordained priest on December 20, 1958. Assistant Highgate.
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years full time to gain Bachelor of Arts and Master of Social Work. For 10 years the director of Centrecare during its consolidation and expansion. In 1982, became parish priest of Highgate, was named monsignor and awarded the Order of Australia. He was subsequently a member of a number of government, community and Church committees, the Institute of Family Studies, the Social Security Appeals Tribunal, president of the WA Council of Social Service, chairman of the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission. He was an archdiocesan consultor and vice chairman of the Council of Priests. In April 1984, the 26th year of his priesthood, he was named seventh bishop of Geraldton.
Archbishop-elect Hickey has taken a keen interest in marriage and family life. He saw his book on marriage preparation go thruugh many editions.
Quote 111 Ihave the reputation of being theologically conservative and socially progessive. That's probably true but theological conservatism is not the label I want. As the Church thinks about its mission some things are essential, some changes are absolutely essential; other changes are a compromise with the world.
We have to be selective about modern movements in the Church. Some are good; some are not good. Some of the good things are in liturgy, in the role of the laity realising their share of priesthood through baptism and confirmation and their right to be part of the worship and not just represented by a priest up there.
Other good movements are our understanding of the international scene, of racism, war and poverty about which we need a consciousness, which the Church never really had because we did not think internationally until during this century. The popes in their letters are responding to y these issues.
Top areas of concern Seven years as a bishop in Geraldton made Archbishop-elect Hickey realise that the Church has a very significant role in the world. In a wide ranging interview with The Record just before the announcement of his appointment, Bishop Hickey covered a wide range of issues and ideas on which he has often spoken publicly: • DIALOGUE Lay people are coming into their own. They are in the world and in dialogue with the world. Because they are church members it is important that they bring their faith into their situations. The bishop has to engender their enthusiasm and increase their awareness that the Church is not the bishop and clergy. It is all the baptised people. They have a role to play in the world. It is urgent because our
Australian world is becoming more secular. Decisions are made about moral issues and ethical concerns on majority decisions or committee reports. Somehow the gospel has to be brought to those debates. Being bruised in the process is part of the cost. Plenty of the world situations are not right. • POVERTY We have to take a stand on the scandal of people dying of malnutrition in a world of plenty, and not just overseas. Australia has pockets where people have fallen through the safety net. • RACIAL HARMONY One gets knocked speaking on this whether of Aborigines or the plight of refugees who need a home. On both issues there are strong feelings. Although we don't have all the answers, the problems are there and must be highlighted.
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Statistically Aboriginal energy and enthusiasm. should be given to family people are still high in Otherwise we are deal- unity, to protect family infant mortality, impri- ing only with individuals well-being, while also helping individuaLs who sonment rates, in medi- here and there. cal and social problems Priests need much affir- are not in families. reflecting their position mation from the bishop Unless you have and in society. to know that their voca- protect strong families tion is important to the you will have individuals • REFUGEES There are about 60 Church. with lots of problems. million refugees in the Some of them wonder God has given us the world. We have been at times whether their best means of raising reasonably generous in relevance has disapchildren, in the family, the past but we must peared with the changes continue to be generous such as an educated laity. and we should insist that and not be frightened to I hope I gave that our structures, laws, education, welfare and take them because of affirmation to them. taxation give special coneconomic consideration for family. not The does Church siderations. clericalised have to be as YOUTH Their plight is worse as in the past. The Youth have enormous than ours will ever be. Church has to affirm the pressure on them at • PRIESTS central role of the priest Years in Geraldton in bringing people present to question the taught me to see how together, in energising faith of their parents and central is the role of them, helping in their the relevance of that priests in the Church, not formation, letting them faith. I would like to invite as a dictator as past days spread their gospel in the young people to take but as an enabler, a world. leading roles in the leader, one who brings Church. We don't do it. the best out of people, • FAMILY LIFE who gives people their In a big current debate They're not often on opportunity to lead, to whether social structures parish councils, boards, initiate, to use their own should favour individu- committees, and not als or the family, Austra- involved in the Sunday talents. If the priest encourages lia should safeguard liturgy except at a youth Mass. people there will be an families. Special consideration In other aspects of enormous growth in
society young people come in pretty soon, take over and give everything a freshness. I would like to see young people invited to bring their youth and enthusiasm into the life of the Church. It would be a mistake if they felt that the Church belonged to the grownups and and they were just passengers. With that attitude they feel there is nothing there for them. It is necessary for young people to be involved in a range of activities and for older people to stand aside and let them do it. • THE ALIENATED We need to discover what is the Good News for people who are alienated. Jesus obviously had Good News for such people. They flocked to him. When we say what the Church teaches they don't always flock to us.
We must understand the lives they are living. see what the Good News is offering in the peace, the meaning, the joy, the attraction of Christ's message to them. Today's Church must speak to these alienated people in a way that draws and does not repel them. • TEACHING There is no gain in changing the Church's teaching on sexual morality. If we do that we compromise with the world we have become completely irrelevant. There are ways of presenting the Church's teaching on sexual morality that comes over as good news and not bad news. We have not found out how to do that. • ABORTION Merely to say it is wrong may not be the best way. My phrase is: If you look after the mother she will look after the baby. The response is not one of condemnation. It is
Administrator's welcome. •
Bishop Robert Healy, administrator of the Perth Archdiocese welcomed the appointment of Bishop Hickey as the new archbishop.
"I congratulate Bishop Hickey and welcome him back to Perth," he said. "We have worked together as members of the Western Australian Bishops Conference for the past seven years, and I look forward to continuing our working relationship in this new dimension. "Perth has been without
an archbishop for almost six months and I am grateful that our period of uncertainty is now over. "I believe that the archdiocese has been given firm new leadership in Bishop Hickey, whose own roots are here, where he trained for the priesthood before going to Rome, and where he put in place many of the initiatives that now come under the Catholic Community Care Commission. "Bishop Hickey is secretary of the Australian
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Catholic Bishops Conference Committee on migrant affairs and has shown national leadership in this regard. His period in Geraldton has been marked by a mixture of innovative ideas and conservative policies.Iuse conservative in the best sense, of saving the best. "We must pray that we will continue to enjoy his robust leadership as our archbishop for many years to come, and that the Good Lord will bless his endeavours in this corner of the vineyard."
Bunbury's tribute A congratulatory message from Bishop Quinn. "I welcome the appointment of Bishop Barry Hickey as the new archbishop of Perth and the metropolitan of WA. "Already we have worked together in the conference of WA bishops and it has been a blessing to share the personal talents he brings to the episcopal office. "Like myself he is a graduate from Charles' Seminary Guildford and The historic occasion in Geraldton when A rchbishop Foley ordained as his successor bishop the man who would also succeed him in the archbishopric of Perth.
as he sees it one of love. So many mothers considering abortion need to find loving people around them. Then they will look after the baby themselves. • MATERIALISM Christians have been affected by material values and we tend to compromise on our lifestyle against the radical call of the gospel to live simply. In an affluent society we have to look to getting back to some simpler lifestyle and not just go with the crowd.
The growing affluence of the Church is unfortunate and dangerous. We have better buildings, schools, churches, cars and presbyteries. Although we have to live at a level comparable to the rest there is a danger we can make the living of Christianity a little too comfortable. I too have to be personally careful becauseIwill be living a privileged life, surrounded by privilege. I must fight to preserve a simple lifestyle, to travel light through the world on the way to the kingdom.
Quote 1 11 I am amazed. It is not something one designs or plans. I'm amazed that it has happened to me. It is incomprehensible but I can only presume that it is the call of God and respond to it as best I can. It will be difficult to follow in the footsteps of many like Archbishop Foley with his vision and initiative but that is what God wants and I presume God will give me the grace, strength and understanding to do so. I need to understand better what has been happening over the past few years under the late archbishop and encourage those excellent things but I need time to adjust first.
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ces studies in the University of WA — studies which enabled him to make a valuable contribution to the social welfare activities of the Church locally and nationally. "I assure him of my support and prayers as he undertakes this new responsibility as chief pastor of Perth. May the Holy Spirit guide and support the good will, talents and dedication that he brings to this office."
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Rehce ord Being wise in God's wisdom Wisely, the Church is best at its wisdom after the event. The appointment of yet another archbishop of Perth is an occasion to be wise about the past and look forward to wisdom about the future. Archbishop-elect Hickey comes back to Perth in circumstances that would never have been wished — the untimely and tragic death of William Foley who flew to Geraldton seven years ago to lay down the firm episcopal foundation of his successor Barry James Hickey. In a hindsight grasp of God's wisdom the Church of Perth has had to not only grieve Archbishop Foley's death but measure the distance he brought the diocese in what was to be an almost frenetic drive to catch hold of new initiatives. Archbishop Foely was not shy about buying into the issues of the day when he felt the voice of the Church should be heard, on poverty, on prisoners, on Aborigines, refugees and the alienated homosexuals. It is not a task for which bishops necessarily earn unbounded thanks from their flock. By a curious parallel Bishop Hickey would become a complementary but independent voice on an equal number of issues that involved the Church taking a stand. The see of Geraldton in Australia's far West was seen to be influencing the nation on many an occasion. Those same skills will be a memorial and tribute to Archbishop Foley when his successor now takes the reins. Yet Archbishop Hickey cannot afford, and nor can any bishop, to mark time in the shadow of his predecessor. As time progresses he will have to hear the restless yearnings of his people just as his successors have done. Even the mercurial Brady who was Perth's first bishop in 1846 left a legacy that would be a signpost for the future: care for the Aborigines and the Benedictines to do it, and education for the poor and the first Sisters of Mercy to do the job. Even in the shaky days of Western Australia's early decades the Church continued to expand its education effort under Griver and above all could not hold back Fr Matthew Gibney from launching the historic Subiaco Orphanage that endures to this day as the McAuley Centre. If that Bishop Gibney had to finish under the cloud of financial difficulty, he had planted the Catholic Church firmly across the face of WA and from Broome to Albany we still enjoy the fruit of his planning wisdom. Archbishop Clune had the unenviable task of getting the ship back on course but the Redemptorists had given of their best — an orator who could assure his timid listeners that in the end God looks after his people. The unbelievably young Redmond Prendiville, 33 in 1933 when he became co-adjutor archbishop, proved to have an uncanny wisdom about where the Church would have to put its energies. He not only anticipated the post-Depression boom with ranks of Irish priests and religious to man the expanding church, but he made WA shoulder the task of finding its own native priests and religious. Perth is now tasting the wisdom of that foundation. An unbelievable education drive and the first steps in lay Catholic action would be two more of his monuments that are still in the forefront of today's Church. Launcelot Goody ended the Irish lineage of Perth's archbishops but as a unique pointer to a new church — a migrant, a convert, yet reared literally in the shadow of his cathedral. He shaped priests of today, and gave the diocese of Bunbury a sense of its own worth and esteem. Above all he told the Church of Perth that the Second Vatican Council he had attended was for real and that those who did not want to face the reality of change were behind the times and out of touch. That Church was picked up by William Foley. He incessantly called the laity to discover who they were in that Church and to use their initiatives and energies to 'Dian pastorally for a sound new future. Barry James Hickey cannot see into the future. He has no crystal ball. In his turn he will tune the diocese to meet the winds of 2000 AD and beyond when his wisdom will be assessed by criteria of which we have not yet dreamed. Ad multos annos.
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Reality in Ukraine far worse... LVOV: Cardinal Myroslay Lubachivsky, after three months visiting the Ukraine, says the reality is far worse than he expected. Starting catechism classes, seminaries and diocesan chanceries, improving ecumenical relations, teaching people about Christian marriage, morality and ethics are among the most urgent tasks. "I am not a miracle man," the 77-year-old Eastern-rite cardinal said. "I am an old man and I've never worked a miracle." Cardinal Lubachivsky, archbishop of Lvov since 1984 but living in Rome in exile has submitted his
resignation at the age of 75 but so far the pope has not moved on a successor. Cardinal Lubachivsky said he was overwhelmed by the welcome he received in the Ukraine and by the thousands, and even hundreds of thousands, of people who showed up for his outdoor Masses in all types of weather. "I didn't know if they would like me, but they do," he said. Negotiations to set up a Church printing press in the Ukraine are underway, and the cardinal has translated three texts — on dogmatic theology, oral theology and a New
Testament commentary
— for seminarians which will be published soon. "The people are hungry for knowledge," the cardinal said. "But we don't have places to study, we don't have books, we're just getting started." The cardinal said that t wo Ukrainian nuns from Brazil who are part of his household staff set up a weekly catechism class for children in a village outside Lvov. Almost 1000 people — children and adults — showed up. Cardinal Lubachivsky said his pastoral visits western throughout Ukraine "were tiring, but satisfying. That gives you the strength to keep going".
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'Free political prisoners' CAPETOWN, South Africa (CNS): South A frica's Catholic bishops have called on the government to release the country's r emaining political prisoners. "We are saddened by what appears to be a bureaucratic snarl-up that is preventing the release of prisoners," the
Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference said in a June 11 statement. An estimated 19, but perhaps more, political detainees remain incarcerated. "It is now 13 months after the Groote Schuur Minute. 10 months after the Pretoria Minute, and six months after the expiry of the release
deadline," the statement said. The Gmote Schuur and Pretoria Minutes mark agreements between the South African government and the formerly banned African National Congress after meetings in Cape Town and Pretoria last year. Both meetings aimed at resolving obstacles to the negotiation of a new constitu-
tion, dealt with the unconditional release of political prisoners and with other issues. The bishops "fully support the idea of an independent body being called on to assist the government with the urgent release of all political prisoners, so that the entire negotiation process is not
further delayed to the detriment of all," the bishops' statement said. Elizabeth Bennett, conference press officer, said that "a vague idea" to form an independent body to help the government release the prisoners was suggested at a June 11 meeting of the Human Rights Commission in Johannesburg.
Jewish extremists flayed JERUSALEM: Shock and dismay at "an organised demonstration by Jewish extremists" at St Saviour's in Jerusalem, the main friary of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, was expressed by
the new minister general of the order, Fr Hermann Schaluck, and the secretary of the general chapter, Fr Carl Schafer. They deplored in particular "the desecration of the papal flag" in the
course of that incident. Acts of violence, they alleged, had been directed not only at the Franciscan friars, but also toward the Holy See. They expressed the hope
that such incidents would not aggravate "an already delicate and difficult situation and that they will not endanger the historical invioIaoility of the holy places, religious houses and churches."
The incident, which occurred on May 23, was
a further development in the chain of events set off by an incursion into the compound of St Saviour's monastery by troops of an Israeli border patrol.
'God source of Church agency to lay off 100-plus workers every grace' ROME: Pope John Paul recently visited the Roman church of St Alphonsus whose Redemptorist Fathers have been custodians of a Byzantine icon of the Virgin of Perpetual Help for the past 125 years. The Holy Father urged parishioners not to be discouraged by the weight of life's burdens and pains because "there is a Mother who keeps vigil next to every human being". Mary is the Mother of Christ and, at his passion, was entrusted to all mankind as their Mother, added the Pope. "Only God is the source of every grace," John Paul II, "but the intercession of oncluded c Mary is most highly pleasing to God." She is the "mother of hope and goodness; the mother of mercy and grace" and she "helps the Church which looks to her with faith."
NEW YORK (CNS): Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York is being forced to lay off more than 100 employees and consolidate programs to balance its budget after years of dipping into reserves.
The cutback in services came as efforts to eliminate deficits in the budgets of both New York State and New York City are bringing sharp reductions in government services. Earlier, the archdiocese announced that it was cutting its school subsi-
dies by 50 per cent in the coming year, closing five elementary and two high schools
Catholic Charities is dismissing 111 of its 410 workers, and eleminating an additional 13 jobs by attrition.
program that sent social workers into homes a
Zwilling said the program was operated under a contract with New York City. But he said the city paid the workers on a per diem basis, whereas Catholic Charities treated them as regular employees and bore the most of benefits.
Joseph Zwilling.archdiocesan spokesman, said it was the first time the archdiocese had been forced to let employees The resulting loss to go since the New York Catholic Charities of City financial crisis of the between $400,000 and 1970s. $500.000 a year could no Of those losing their longer be sustained, he jobs this year, 73 were in said.
Helping the Chinese follow the liturgy ... WITH THE HELP OF TWO VIDEOS TAIPEI, Taiwan (CNS): The Jesuit-run Kuangchi Program Service has produced two videos to help Chinese Catholic congregations worldwide boost lay participation in the liturgy, including in mainland China. The videos show how Chinese Catholics can participate in the liturgy according to changes following the Second vatican Council. Father Thomas Law Kwok-fai, initiator of the project, told UCA News, that one goal is to integrate Chinese culture into the liturgy within the context of the post-Vatican H Roman Missal. In China, both the pm-Vatican underground
Church and the state-approved Church, which rejects Vatican authority, use the old Latin Tridentine Mass. The post-Vatican IT vernacular liturgy is employed only at the regional Sheshan Seminary in Shanghai — which is under state-approved Church control. Additionally, some Chinese dioceses celebrate the Tridentine form in Chinese. The second video, "The Most Important Encounter", explains the structure and meaning of the liturgy. Father Kan said he does not expect problems distributing the videos in mainland China because they are non-political.
Living will: An about-turn S ACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNS): The California Catholic Conference has withdrawn its opposition to a bill that would extend the state's living will legislation to include those in a persistent vegetative state. Father Wood Sj, executive director said the conference, which represents the state's Catholic bishops on legislative matters, succeeded in suggesting several amendments to legislation which eased
Catholic concerns about the bill. amendments The lessen the danger of abuse or fraud, provide potential living will declarants with clear information that lifesustaining treatment artificially includes administered food and water, and invalidate the living will declaration for a woman who is pregnant, he said. The legislation permits adults to execute a
document instructing caregivers to withdraw lifewithhold or sustaining treatment if the person is in a terminal or "permanent unconscious" condition. The current law, approved in the mid1970s, applies only to those in terminal conditions. Father Wood said the conference remains convinced that living will legislation is "not good public policy" in general.
He also expressed concern about "the virtual impossibility of truly informed consent when a person in perfectly good health makes a decision about the kind of treatment he or she would want to receive in the event of some unknown future illness or accident that leaves one still alive but unconscious and incompetent". But he said the conference has sought to work on the bill out of a belief that such efforts work
against moves to legalise euthanasia through voter referendum, as has been attempted in Oregon and Washington.
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Patron of AIDS sufferers
ROME (CNS): St Aloysius Gonzaga is a good patron for AIDS sufferers, said the Jesuit superior general, Father PeterHans Kolvenbach said. Father Kolvenbach said
the 16th-century saint's evangelical radicality" makes him an uncomfortable but valuable model for today's Christians. He made the comments in a letter to the Jesuit society marking the 400th anni-
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St Aloysius Gonzaga was not content to follow Christ with words or good intentions, but insisted on immersing himself in actual poverty and good works, Father Kolvenbach said. "At the end he would devote his life to the poor, helping out the worst among the plague-
stricken, those abandoned in the streets of Rome," Father Kolvenbach said. "No wonder, then, that the AIDS victims of several countries have quite spontaneously recognised in him their intercessor, and the picture of Aloysius Gonzaga carrying on his shoulders the victims of this modern plague is spreading." he said.
The saint died at the age of 23 after contracting the plague during the
Rome epidemic. The son of one of Italy's most powerful Renaissance families, he had
defied his father in giving up his wealth and joining the Jesuits. At first he
begged money and gave it to the poor, then worked in hospitaLs and in the streets. Father Kolvenbach des-
cribed him as "a rebel
against his own milieu" who adopted the life of the poor "in the footsteps of Christ". The saint's life story still makes people uncomfortable and "his witness of holiness is easily branded as not meant for imitation". Father Kolvenbach noted. Canonised in 1726, the saint is considered the patron of youth.
Bishop backs lifting of sanctions CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS): It is time for sanctions economic against South Africa to be lifted, said one of the most outspoken opponents of apartheid among the country's Catholic bishops. The lifting of most US sanctions by President Bush shows that "the time has come for them to fall away". said Arch-
bishop Denis Hurley of Durban who supported economic pressure against the racist state. "The rest of the world
seems to approve of what's happening" in the political and social evolution of white minorityruled South Africa "and are intent on encouraging the government", Archbishop Hurley said. The South African bishops had supported sanctions. In a May 1986
pastoral letter, they said they backed the use of "economic pressure" tp end apartheid. Archbishop Hurley was president of the South-
ern African Catholic Bishops' Conference in
1986 when Congress, overriding a veto by thenpresident Ronald Reagan, established the economic penalties and set the conditions for their repeal under the Comprehensive AntiApartheid Act. Sanctions "certainly made a difference" to South Africa, Archbishop Hurley said. "They made the government look at the situation realistically and realise that things couldn't goon as they were." he said.
government comes about, the new government "will be glad to have a better economy" that the lifting of sanctions will bring with it, Archbishop Hurley said. The political change in South Africa "is irreversible", he added. The underway process toward majority rule "can't be turned back". The sooner the country has majority rule "the
better", he said.
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Stopping a religious collapse
Cardinal Ratzinger on Church's biggest challenge.
ROME (CNS): Criticising the world's intellectual and moral imperfections is part of Church efforts to prevent religious disintegration, said Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Church's theological monitor. The Church must avoid "falling into a superficial optimism and not fight against the evils which threaten our times", he said. "In this sense, being critical, and sometimes even severe, would be an expression of solidarity and responsibility," said the head of the Vatican
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. "We are witnesses, in fact, to a certain moral and religious disintegration," he said. Criticism is offered with "a positive scope of helping and promoting", he said. Cardinal Ratzinger said the two main Church tasks of his 10 years at the doctrinal congregation have been a dialogue with liberation theologians which has been "at times a little conflict ual", and facing new bioethical issues. The liberation theology
dialogue was useful "for finding the right road for the Church's political and social commitment, excluding both an unacceptable politicising and a retreat into an abstract spirituality," he said. The Vatican tries to resolve bioethical issues by finding "a correct relationship between plurality and unity in the Church," he said. This also means a sharing of responsibility between local hierarchies and the Vatican, he added. Catholicism's biggest challenge in today's secular world is fighting
the idea that religion is a "pious practice, thinking that man only has need of religious ceremonies", said Cardinal Ratzinger. This idea is part of a "relativism" which tries to eliminate religion as an important influence in contemporary life, he said. "The great worry is over the indifference of the modern world," he added. The Church's task is to help society choose values which are not arbitrary and partisan, but based on "essential values which are funda-
mental for all of us", said the cardinal. The enthusiasm generated by Pope John Paul II in his travels is a good starting point, but the local bishops must follow up with pastoral plans to carry out the "fatiguing task of gathering the fruits of this exultation", he said. Cardinal Ratzinger's second five-year term at the doctrinal congregation ends November 25 and it will be up to the pope to decide whether the 64-year-old German continues in his post. "I'm in the hands of the pope," he said.
More rebels surrender to priest BOGOTA, Colombia (CNS): Fifteen members of a Colombian guerrilla movement have surrendered to Father Rafael Garcia Herreros, who made headlines last month for engineering the surrender of drug lord Pedro Gaviria Escobar to Colombian authorities. Father Garcia told reporters that
the rebels are "in a secret location".
"I'm not sure what to do with them," said the priest, who hinted that another group of guerrillas may surrender in the next few months. The 84-year-old Colombian Eudist priest, known nationally for his television evangelising and
Walking to a good God-given tiredness
AOSTA, North Italy: The holidaying pope is in the best of form, walking the mountains at a good pace leading to a "good, God-given tiredness", and working as much in the morning as he does in the evening, says his press secretary. During these days of rest in the mountains the pope's day begins at six, half an hour later than in Rome. After Mass and breakfast, Navarro-Valls said John Paul II works for a few hours in his room enjoying the wonderful panorama of Mont Blanc. Later his mountain guide Alberto Sense arrives and accompanies
the pope and his group on their alpine walks. John Paul II takes long, rhythmic steps, typical of someone born in a mountain region. The pope normally walks in silence, at times with his rosary in hand. There tends to be a short stop at midday to say the Angelus with his companions. Lunch is then taken, which usually consists of a ham or cheese sandwich, water, fruit and a little coffee. After chatting for a time the pope then says his breviary, after which the walking continues until six in the evening when they return home. From then until 11 at
night he spends several hours working with his secretary Mons Dziwisz and the University of Lublin's Professor of Ethics, Tadeusz Styczen, who succeeded the pope in that post. John Paul H during this time is re-reading and correcting his encyclical on morality. As well as this he has prepared his speeches for August 14's night vigil and the following day's Mass for the World Youth Day at Czestochowa. Another of the pope's activities, prompted by his forthcoming visit to Hungary, is learning to speak Hungarian, one of the most difficult languages in the world.
Summit of holiness SUSA, North Italy: To reach the summit of holiness means crossing the spurs of charity, knowing how to face risks and tiredness, said the pope at the beatification of Edoardo Rosaz. The pope, who arrived by helicopter from the village of Les Combes where he is spending his vacation, stressed that "we are all called to holiness" and that the saints and beatified such
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wearing yourself out and not giving up when faced with difficulties." "Today," the Holy Father said, "a new is evangelisation urgently needed which is not reserved to some specialists but is rather for the whole People of God." This "implantatio evangelica", the pope concluded, demands "a deep and extensive catechesis of adults and a genuine witness in every sector of society."
work with the poor, said he has been consulting with Colombia's justice minister, Jaime Giraldo, to see how best to proceed with future surrenders by, rebels. Father Garcia reiterated his invitation to initiate a dialogue with Father Manuel Perez, a Spanish Jesuit suspended from his priestly office who leads another of
Case against Catholics dropped K ATMANDU, Nepal ( CNS): Nepal has dropped its five-yearold court case against a Catholic priest, two nuns and seven Nepalese Christians charged with violating the country's now defunct antiproselytisation law. In 1986, a week after Easter, the nine were arrested on charges of attempted conversion of Hindus in eastern Nepal. After being jailed for a week, they were released on $5475 bail. Since then, Church leaders in Nepal have been interviewed several times and tribal Christians in eastern Nepal have reportedly undergone much harassment. On May 22, 10 days after the election of a new government, the case against the priest, nuns and lay people was dropped. Until the recent drafting of a new constitution, the Hindu Kingdom of Nepal forbade preaching or proselytising by any otter religion.
Colombia's guerrilla groups, the National Liberation Army. In a recent letter to Father Garcia, the rebel chieftain said he welcomed the invitation and would attempt contact soon to discuss the possibilities of a peaceful settlement to Colombia's political violence.
Step further towards beatification VATICAN CITY: A famous theologian, an Irish archbishop martyr and a 20th century founder are a step f urther towards beatification. In decrees promulagted before the pope recently Duns Scotus the Scottish Franciscan who is ranked often alongside Thomas Aquinas was named. His cult and virtue were said to be "ab immemorabili tempore" (a long
time back). Also the pope approved the decree of martyrodom of Dermot O'Hurley, archbishop of Cashel and 16 others who were martyred between 1579 and 1654. A decree was also approved for Opus Dei founder josemaria Escriva de Balaguer. Another referred to was Eduardo Rosaz who was due to be beatuified by the pope during his
mountain holiday at Susa in northern Italy. The most recent death amongst the sainthood candidates is Gianna Beretta, who was both mother to a family and a paediatric doctor. While carrying her fourth child she took ill. Her illness required radical surgical curettage but she preferred to give birth to her daughter even though she knew that by doing so she would pay with her own life.
Death penalty overturned DENVER (CNS): The Colorado Supreme Court overturned the state's death penalty law July 9, saying it violates state constitutional classes on cruel and unusual Famishment and du.process.
The court said the law was unconstitutional because it automatically imposes the death
penalty when aggravating and mitigating circumstances are equal. Prior to 1988 the law required a jury to be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that mitigating factors did not outweigh aggravating factors. The decision came in a Denver murder case in which three men were
charged with killing a man who was scheduled to testify against one of them in a robbery trial. The latest Supreme Court ruling could affect only one of the three men on death row in the state. The other two were sentenced under an earlier statute. Colorado's last execution was in 1967.
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Mother enters convent ...AND PROVES HOW WRONG HER TWO SONS WERE CINCINNATI, (CNS): When Margarita M Brewer told her sons she was entering the Sisters of Charity, they discounted it as a crazy notion brought on by a passing "middleage crisis". They were wrong. Mrs Brewer had first wanted to become a nun when she was a teenager in Panama but got happily sidetracked by her architectural education, her marriage and the birth of her two sons. "I believe there's a right time for everything," she said. So, once her sons graduated from college, she sold her house,
quit her job and packed up her possessions. "Iknew it was the right thing to do," she said, "so I just did it". Her sons Dan and William participated in the Offertory procession at the service, marking her first vows with the Sisters of Charity. Sister Brewer raised her children after divorcing their father in 1975. Her marriage was later annulled. After completing pastoral ministry studies, Sister Brewer hopes to be involved in ministry to Hispanics and to single
Praise for police... RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil (CNS):— Cardinal Sales of Rio congratulated federal police for their c apture of 12 death squads involved, in the systematic murder of "meniors da rua", or street children. "Street children are not a problem to be solved by murder," Cardinal Sales said. "On the contrary, thcy are the victims and the symptom of a sick society which does not
distribute wealth with justice nor protects the humble." More than 20 people were caught in Rio and Sao Paulo. According to government figures, about three children a day are killed on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Bahia. A Peruvian bishop claims that 1400 street children were killed in Brazil between January and April.
The reason for the murders is often that described by one anonymous killer who last year left a note over the body of his small victim. "I killed you because you were not studying and you had no future. The government should not allow the city streets to be invaded by children." The murder of homeless children living on the streets in Brazil's major cities has become
one of the nation's hottest issues. The government estimates that upwards of seven million children and adolescents are street children, with perhaps two million in Sao Paulo alone. Those numbers may increase given the national recession. Out of 39 million Brazilians under age 18, nearly 30 million live in poverty. Half of them live in extreme poverty.
parents. "I will be in a position to minister to women who are going through the same things I went through" as as a career woman, single parent and working mother, she said. But for now Sister Brewer is adjusting to life in an interdependent, all-women's community. "I've never been around so many women before," she said. She grew up with three brothers and no sisters, and, she added, "was very independent whenIraised my boys, so working from independence to interdependence is a very difficult position for me".
Oldest black bishop dies NEW ORLEANS, (CNS): Auxiliary Bishop Harold R. Perry of New Orleans, who in 1966 became the first US black bishop in this century, died after a long illness. He was 74 years old. When he marked his 25th anniversary as a bishop in January this year, the number of black bishops in the country had grown to 13.
He was named a bishop shortly after the final three-month session of the Second Vatican Council opened, and he attended the last session of the council as a bishop-designate. A priest of the Society of the Divine Word, he was head of the society's
School shut after killings NAIROBI: The boarding school where 19 female students were killed after attacks by male students was run jointly by the government and the Catholic Church. The school which has 300 male and 271 female boarders, aged 14-18 has been closed indefinitely. The males are said to have attacked the girls because they (the girls) had refused to join student demonstrations after the school was barred from a sporting competition following refusal to pay a fine of some $400.
Bishops condemn bombing PRETORIA, South Africa (CNS): South Africa's bishops have condemned the bombing of a school earmarked for the children of African National Congress members returning from exile. The school was empty at the time of the incident. "We appeal to the perpetrators of this senseless bombing to realise that the future of South Africa can only be secure when we accept one another regardless of racial classification," the African southern bishops' conference said. "We can thank God that there were no children the in school," the bishops said.
Most of the girls who died were reportedly suffocated in a panicked struggle to escape when the boys, apparently angered because the girls refused to join planned protests. pushed them into a corner of the dormitory. At least 70 girls were injured. Many survivors said they had been raped. Officials said that before they invaded the dormitory, the boys short-circuited the electric line, blacking out the school and nearby shops.
Inhuman treatment of Slovenian soldiers LJUBLJANA, Slovenia: Slovenian soldiers in the Yugoslav army in S erbian-controlled areas are subject to "inhuman treatment", said Slovenian Archbishop Sustar.
The archbishop's complaint was contained in a letter . to Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Pavle. One of the reasons cited
for independence was Serbian domination of national affairs. Slovenia is heavily Catholic while Serbia is mainly Orthodox.
"The most vulnerable are Slovenian soldiers in regions where Serbians reside and in barracks where there is only one Slovenian soldier or only a few Slovenian soldiers," he said.
The archbishop said officers were not directly responsible for the persecution, but criticised military leaders for rejecting complaints as being "without foundation or invented".
Arcbishop Sustar asked Patriarch Pavle to join him in asking officers "to respect the human life and dignity of Slovenian soldiers and of all other
soldiers". The time has come to reaffirm the CatholicOrthodox commitment for peace and against intolerance and violence, he said. The archbishop said that a joint peace appeal to Slovenians and Serbians issued at the beginning of July by both Christian leaders has had little effect.
Slays owe bishop Z AGREB: Yugoslavia, founded as a state in 191/1 possibly owes some of its existence to a 19th century bishop. One of the most vigorous early promoters of a united Land of the South Slays — Yugoslavia means "South Slavia" —
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obtaining Croatian autonomy from Austria in 1848 and from Hungary in 1868. Named bishop of Dakovo, Croatia, in 1849 at the age of 34, over the next 55 years he built numerous schools and cultural institutions and
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By Father David K. O'Rourke, OP
A few days ago, a young man right out of the clothing ads came to see me. Determined, athletic, he was the picture of what successin-the-making is believed to be. But the story he told was of anything but success. A good job, good looks and good pay led to life in the fast lane. The fast lane led to drug use, debts and deceit. And with a tight economy, these in turn had led to bankruptcy and a broken-hearted young wife, who had been kept mostly in the dark. It is a story, unfortunately, that is becoming all too common. This is an article about the meaning of virtue. So a reader might wonder what the connection could be between this young man and this almost ancient-sounding word. What does virtue have to do with cocaine and pockets full of $20 bills? There is a connection, a direct connection. This young man, whom I'll call John, finally
realised that something had to change. He knew that the first change had to be in himself. "I want to chinge," he told me. "But why is it so hard?Ithink[ ve changed, and thenIfind out that it's all still there." The gambling, U. desire to use drugs, the tendency to run allay and not face things — everything that he hid been doing for over five years was all still, thE re. That's where the [waning of virtue comes in. Put simply but quite accurately, a virtue is nothing more than a good habit.
That's where virtue comes in. People today really understand virtues — physical virtues. But we call them by a different name. We call it staying in shape or keeping fit. From young men and women lifting weights in a gym to the lunchtime business-person joggers, to seniors in sweatsuits starting off each morning with a fast walk, instructions are all the
over. When his problems got to their worst, John was tempted to solve them as he usually did, by getting in his car and driving away.
I have three candidates for essential moral virtues for the 90s. They tie in with John's story, and I want to describe them.
But this time he was tempted to drive off from his work, his wife and his pressures and never come back. Fidelity means hanging in there and each time, issue by issue, working things out.
My first candidate I call sobriety. What I mean by this is the need to face important life issues and personal matters cold sober, not relying on drugs and pills. Like many Americans, John used drugs for artificial energy during his 50 and 60-hour workweeks, then used another kind of drug to unwind and relax on his weekends.
My friend John his spent five years building up a whole collectio of bad habits. Now habits, good or bad, are established by repeated actions. For five years head worked hard on setting up bad habits. Now he had to reerse five years of bad work. As his dad, a famer, told him: "You've been stacking your wont on the wrong side of the fence. Now you've lot to restack it all on the other side, and it my take just as long as it did the first time arount."
What we've lost sight of is another kind of good habit. Moral habits. These, too, are called virtues — moral virtues.
same: You've got to keep at it; you can't slough off. Most people talk in terms of good exercise and eating habits, and they fully understand that these take work and repeated actions. And that's what a virtue is.
The virtue of sobriety means bringing a rational control over his life and schedule, neither burning the candle at both ends during work nor going wild afterward. My second candidate is fidelity. Put simply, it means hanging in there, keeping promises, solving problems by dealing with them, not walking away from them. Like all habits, it means doing this over and
And this leads to the third candidate, which is compassion. This is connected to fidelity. It is the principal reeason for being faithful to people and commitments. It hurts when people walk out on us. If we knew how much, we probably wouldn't do it. Compassion means putting yourself in another person's place, seeing how bad it really could be and then not doing it. As John told me: "Just thinking of the hurt look on her face when she realised I was gone kept me from doing it." These I see as three good habits for the 90s. Technically we call them virtues. They take daily working at, like all good habits. And they keep us morally and strong.
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The community's soul By Father John J. Castelot The words "virtue" and "virtuous" are not typical biblical terms, but they are biblical realities. Today's virtuous person would have been described as righteous or just by the biblical authors. Obviously, they did not mean "justice" and "just" in our strictly legal sense. God was called just because God loved creatively and was supremely generous.
Similarly, just people were not those who simply kept the rules, but those who, like God, gave of themselves wholeheartedly, selflessly. Later ethical philosophers and moral theologians defined a virtue as a habit, a customary way of thinking and acting in accord with what was right. Habits are constant They express what a person is. If we characterise someone as truthful, it means we can depend on that person to tell the truth, to be trustworthy.
Sometimes people 1- his wrongdoing and appoint us. atoned for it. A truthful person. is a What people have to do moment of weakness' r is to strive toward habitunder pressure of se ual goodness, virtue. sort, tells a lie. RA If a person strives to tell momentary lapses don't the truth repeatedly, he make him a habitual hr. can hope to become King David was a god truthful, virtuous, and man, and in the c.ourselif this virtue will be a time came to be regard' d strong point, something as the ideal king, de on which he can rely in model of the hopedi r times of stress. messianic king. He us In one of the many also one whose wroir,- biblical passages extoldoing was serious. ling the just (virtuous) His virtue, his goodne s, person we read: "Well for enabled him to rise abo it the man who is gracious his failings. Had he nit and lends, who conducts been virtuous he woo d his affairs with justice . . . not have acknowledgid the just man shall be an
rememeverlasting brance. An evil report he shall not fear, his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord . . . Lavishly he gives to the poor, his generosity shall endure forever" (Psalm 112:5-7, 9). Virtuous people make human society possible. Virtue is the soul of a community. The author of the New Testament book of Colossians enumerates the virtues that should characterise a Christian community in this way. "Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt corn-
passion, kindness, gentleness and patience, with one bearing another, if one has a against grievance another, as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do. And above all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection" (Colossians 3:12-14). These are the virtues that make people whole, authentically human, happy. They make life in society relaxed, secure, eminently pleasant. But like all virtues, they do not just happen. They are habits, developed and repeated, disciplined acts.
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Blessed Sacrament Father Eugene LaVerdiere observes that "the reality of virtue is still with us. We have just another word for it. Instead of talking about virtues, we talk about strengths".
What would you call an essential virtue for Christians in the '90s'? Selected responses from readers: "Flexibility and understanding. In a time when there is so much change, if one accepts change as a given and an opportunity, then one can be able to bring understanding to a situation and have impact." — Ben Heimsath. "Persistence in seeking truth and putting it into action . . . We've allowed the central truths of our
faith to be watered ó n. For example, we're part of the most power* war -making machine in the world — the US military. Yet as a church we are making faint witness against this." — Bill Sulzman. "Be it the '90s tx any other decade, without question love is the greatest virtue. Where there is a true love of neighbour and self, all the other virtues will follow." — Rita Zareczny. "Humbleness, beig able to be corrected. There
New name for virtue ... By Father Eugene LaVerdiere, SSS
At some point during the last 25 years, the word "virtue" dropped out of our religious vocabulary. Virtues were good habits, interior resources to rely on. Virtues usually took a long time to acquire. A virtue's opposite was a vice. Vices always were easier to develop than virtues. And the word "vice" is
still very much part of our everyday vocabulary, thanks to vice squads on popular TV shows. But "vice" now is a general term for low life and sordid behaviour.
Virtues were natural qualities that could be s upernatural ly enhanced. We talked of natural virtues and supernatural virtues. Supernatural virtues were God's gift to us. There was no way we could acquire them by ourselves. But they did presuppose the natural virtues that were their
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counterpart.
When we describe virtues in straightforward language, we may wonder why the word went out of style. But all is not lost. The reality of virtue is still with us. We just have another word for it. Instead of talking about virtues, we talk about strengths. Virtue was a rather abstract notion. But strength is concrete. That is why when we want to talk about a particular strength, we immediately think of someone
A woman comes to mind. To respect her privacy, I shall call her Joan.
erty and married in poverty. Her husband was an alcoholic who could be quite violent. He had a job, but he drank as much as he earned. Joan and her husband had several children, and somehow she managed to find what she needed to feed them and keep them warm. Sometimes the soup was pretty thin.
Anyone who knows Joan could tell you she had an extremely difficult life. Yet you never would know it from her attitude.
Joan stayed with her husband until their daughters grew up and he began to threaten them. Then she sued for divorce.
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learned her husband had died of causes related to his alcoholic illness, she saw to it that he had a decent funeral. Joan's children are now grown up. Three are happily married. A fourth, suffering from cerebral palsy, is lovingly cared for. Joan is a happy mother and grandmother. As I think about her, I marvel especially at her joyful attitude. Iknow that people who are really strong — or virtuous — are happy. But what strengths enabled Joan to cope and
even to prosper against such odds? Joan has many strengths, but two underlie all the others. Her principal strength is love. It is a habit with her, a great inner resource which spontaneously comes forward when needed. That is the way it is with strengths. We do not have to be thinking about them all the time. Joan made her way through difficult times by loving her children, her relatives and her neighbours. She is devoid of self-pity.
are a lot of misleading influences in the world. We need to be learning God's view on these things." — JoRae Teasley. "Consideration for other people's needs. It starts in the family, but it has to go beyond that. If we would just be considerate, racial barriers would come down and so many other problems would be solved." — Catherine Abram. • "The most basic virtue we need is faith and that still holds true in the '90s." — Tom Padberg.
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sometimes possible. however, to be faithful in an apathetic way? The twin virtue here is passion — heartfelt involvement with the I think virtues should institutions, the God and come in pairs, one com- the people in your life. Perseverance ranks plementing the other. high on my list of '90s Justice might be virtues. labelled a "virtue" for the The difficulties encoun'90s. The world is better tered in a complex world off when people habituto resolve. You time take ally call to mind the in there! hang to have worth of others different But you need more than from themselves. the will to keep on Still, by itself, justice pushing. With persevercould be fair, reasonable ance you need the hope — and somewhat cold. born of believing that Also needed is the habit good can rise up where of compassion, caring. bad prevailed, that failJustice and compassion ures frequently prepare make a good pair. the ground where future I call faithfullness a success grows, that death virtue for the '90s. Isn't it is tied to resurrection.
"Most people talk in terms of good exercise and eating habits, and they fully understand that these take work and repeated action," states Dominican Father David K. O'Rourke, adding "and that's what a virtue is."
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Thanks to Clontarf
"The Christian Brothers of Clontarf helped make me what I am today." These words of gratitude came from the straight-talking and sincere 47-year-old Robert Isaacs. The climb of this articulate Aboriginal is exemplary. That he is well respected and known in many circles in WA there is no doubt. His achievements and association with the various bodies here speak volumes. (See other story). Now, back to the Christian Brothers of Clontarf. Said Robert: "What I have achieved is the result of the education given to me. It has got me where I am today in my career. "It has got me in a position where I am able to influence the younger generation of people — not only in Aboriginal
By Roy Lazaroo affairs but the wider community, especially when it comes to the Church's belief and the community's expectations. Leadership has an important role here." He said that although "we were cast in the wilderness" in those days, the important thing was that "we had that educational background to take us further . . ." And further he did. He even won a scholarship which took him to the United States to study at university in Utah. There he was able to look at the welfare programs, employment and health. The know-how he acquired became useful to the WA community. "Yes," he said, "education was one of the greatest achievements the Christian Brothers
were able to give to Aboriginals as well as migrants of yesteryear. "That's what Clontarf is all about." He was an orphaned kid at Clontarf and recognised the Christian Brothers there as his guardians. "I respected them. We respected them. And whatever was coming from the Brothers in those days had to be respected. That respect was there and will always be there," he said.
For him "the good old days of education and sport at Clontarf" was second to none. He was able to play football and later qualified as an umpire. He officiated in the WA amateur football league for nine years. He said there were ups and downs at Clontarf but the Brothers were always willing to "listen to our gripes". They were his guiding
The happy Isaacs. Robert with wife Teresa and daughters Renae (left) and Kim. light be it in sex education or some other problem. "I got the proper guidance from them the 12 years I was there. To me the Christian Brothers were my parents. I could get answers to questions and most of all I was able to choose the sport I wanted to be involved in.
Brothers had all the answers." He was brought up in the early rock and roll days of names like Elvis Presley and used to love beat music. Happily he and the rest of the boys at Clontarf were able to express themselves in that kind of music. With make-belief gui"I was also able to be tars, normally a stick or a some sort of a decision bat they would imitate maker. We perhaps were Presley. not the perfect people in "It was good to see there this respect because the was no cut off in that
area," he noted. Come September 7 and Robert Isaacs will be at the reunion dinner to mark Clontarf's 90th anniversary. He is looking forward to seeing all the old boys — especially those who are 80 years old. "I understand that there are still a few of them around," he said. His final words: "Clontarf has shaped me to be part of the political process, to be part of the
community process, the development process and to be part of something I should give back to Clontarf." He was happy to see that Clontarf was now an Aboriginal College. He said that education was the basic format of youth — both male and female. Those old boys interested in attending the dinner can ring Robert Isaacs on 350 6162 or Maurice Whitfield on 450 3668.
... he was able to climb ladder of success When Robert Isaacs Aboriginal families, was walked out of Clontarf's instigated by Robert gates three decades Isaacs. ago he did so with an important message He established the Abodrummed into his head. riginal rent warranty
scheme in 1982 to assist The message? "This is t hose families with not the end. You are on financial difficulties in your own Robert Isaacs." order to budget for their So Robert Isaacs took it rent and thus avoiding upon himself to meet the evictions. challenges ahead. He was to rise to In recent times he has respectable heights but it assisted in the developtook time, patience and ment and provision of housing pensioner determination. schemes for our elderly "You can't be a high people. flyer overnight," was his Mr Isaacs always message for the younger encouraged Aboriginal generation. Robert Isaacs was people to contact him if appointed from 1980 to they had housing prob1990 by the WA Govern- lems, land issues and all ment to represent his other aspects of concern people on the Aboriginal confronting them. Housing Board and AboMr Isaacs was preriginal Lands Trust. viously employed as He was full-time chair- Aboriginal health man of the Aboriginal worker with the DepartHousing Board until ment for Community 1990. and Child Health It can be said that the Services. Board owes its inception He was seconded to the and success to him. Alcohol and Drug Unlike most adminis- Authority and was trators, Isaacs com- instrumental in setting menced at the bottom of up the Aboriginal Alcothe rung. hol Unit within that He progressed over the department for Aborigiyears to a high position in nal people to seek treatthe State Public Service ment and counselling for and Aboriginal alcohol and drug related organisations. problems. He is well known for his Mr Isaacs was awarded work with the local a scholarship by Rotary shires. Club of Western AustraThe special (and uni- lia in 1976 to visit the que) on-going State United States on an grants for the Aboriginal exchange program based Home Purchase Scheme, around the American to enable home owner- Indian culture and Abostaip 1çj , 107t,
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His particular interests were housing, health, employment, local government, legislation and heritage cultural. He was commissioned and appointed as Justice of the Peace in 1982 and has carried out his commission with the uppermost respect by visiting his people in prisons, helping them with advice on law, assisting them with applications for release bail and representing them in courts. Mr Isaacs was recognised by the City of Perth for his voluntary work and timeless efforts for his people and received the Gold Civic Medallion in 1984 for his contribution to the well being of his people's quality of life and development. From 1975-1980 he was chairman of the Aboriginal Affairs Consultative Committee, under the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Affairs Charter.
Robert
. slow but sure rise to the top.
Double first ... These are the very important milestones of Robert Isaacs active community life. He was elected as the first regional councillor for the Aboriginal sod Tones Straight
Islander Commission in Weston% Australia and advised the Commonwealth Government on Aboriginal Affairs in 1990: This year he was elected to City of
Gosnells as Councillor to represent Gosnells ward in local government. Mr Isaacs is the first Aboriginal elected to a local council outside the n orth-west and goldfields.
His position with this body as elected by the people was to represent them on very important matters, land matters, Aboriginal Heritage Act, employment, housing, education, child poverty, fringe dwellers, age pensioner needs and accommodation etc. He was vice-president Aboriginal Advancement Council from 1986 to 1990. Now he is the president. From 1979-19434. Mr Isaacs was appointed by
government to represent his people to State Government Family Advisory Policy Committee. His role to that committee was to look at the present act, at times called Native Welfare Act, and to help formulate new legislation to assist the committee on guidelines and policy to the Children's Court on crime. Between 1977 and 1980. he was the Western Australian delegate to the National Aboriginal Employment Development Committee, to advise the Commonwealth Government on employment strategies. union involvement, policy, community awareness, apprenticeship schemes, technology and employment and further education. He was also chairman of the Aboriginal Housing Board and chairman of the Aboriginal Lands Trust. He was a foundation member of Kulila Association set up for alcohol rehabilitation in WA. His involvement with this body was between 1978 and 1985. was Isaacs Mr appointed to the WA Catholic Social. Welfare Commission by the late Archbishop William Foley in 1989. It is now known as Catholic ComCare munity Commission.
Newspaper on the move Progressively the old coach-house was transfoirmed. A refurbished office opened on to Hay Street. In the 1960's The Record needed a bigger and faster press. The new extension was built on to the Cathedral presbytery front garden.
The Record newspaper, just starting its 117th year has been a n ewspaper on the move. WA's oldest weekly newspaper has moved with the times. The paper was the creation of Father Gibney, later to be Perth's third bishop.
The Record needed even more space for its expanding operation. This time the extension went westwards. Today it is part of the Cathedral Parish Centre and home for the Matrimonial Tribunal.
He was devoted to the orphanage he started at Subiaco' in present day Wembley and he wanted a paper to speak up for the underprivileged children. The Record started at the Orphanage Press on the second floor of a former St Joseph's Orphanage building that made way for today's McAuley Centre. The Record has not managed to record definitely what happened next. It is known to have been printed for a time at Bryan's Print in the Ahem's Arcade laneway off Murray St.
In 1978 The Record moved with its printing associate Vanguard Press to the former Service Print premises in 26 John Street. This historic photograph from The West Australian's historical archives shows The Record's home around 1920 in the 450 Hay St former coach-house of the archbishop's residence. Part of the building is still incorporated in the Cathedral Parish Centre. At another time it is said to have been printed at the printery that stood on Murray Street now occu-
pied by a convention centre next to the former Salvation Army citadel. In the 1920's Archbi-
shop Clune reestablished the paper as the "Official organ of the archdiocese".
It was housed in the former coach-house of the archbishop's residence.
It was to stay at the familiar 450 Hay Street premises for nearly 60 years.
Vanguard Press has expanded and needs more space. So does The Record. The Record starts another chapter in its moving experience.
Passing on some Brothers in big celebration handy tips
He taught many how to keep their feet on the ground
Brother Max Middleton, watched by his brother, Phil, holds a jubilee plaque and cuts the cake at a recent function to mark his twenty five years as a Marist Brother. Marist Brother Max year appointment to the Middleton celebrating 25 Santa Teresa Aboriginal years in his teaching mission in central Ausorder has a few other tralia where he not only lessons to teach his taught mechanics but left youngsters about their machinery and perseverance. vehicles in good He has just completed condition. an electrical apprenticeOriginally from Denship so that he can mark he studied under handle electric installa- the Marist Brothers at the tions at his Solomon former St Ildephonsus Christian (a I sland mission appoint- College at New Norcia, Kevin Frank, ment and teach the locals returning then to the brothers Hugh, from his also how to qualify in the family farm. of helP it occasion. b a got trade. cake He next volunteered to his jubilee to honour the cutting That is not the only West C,ampbell come work as a lay missionary had Con achievement in 25 years who Brother alongside the St John of and Peter of religious life. Brother) God Sisters and PallotAfter a six-year appointChristian Brother Con doon colleges in their was then looking after 80 piggery and poultry as champion of the under- ment at Kairuru in tines at Balgo Hills. Campbell of Bindoon has day. youngsters, with an att- well as truck driviog and dog, for those finding the Papua New Guinea he It was then that he ached farm of 100 acres. coaching the Keaney pace difficult, for the decided to return to his decided to be a Marist spent SO years in his He came from a family College Pony Club. order, 47 of them teachworking boys who might home base of Perth so Brother training in MelHe then moved to learnt its farming on that to ing West Australians be finding school hard. that he could take a bourne and Sydney. He is no mean fisherClontarf for the keep their feet on the the Darling Downs in nearby Queensland before they next 15 years when an man when he takes the He has been a legendary mechanics and heavy More than eight of his ground. moved to Wynnum in even larger farm was boys on excursions to worker for the field duty tradesman (nurse school friends and relaHe has been one of the in order to teach and tions gathered at the Brisbane. serving up to 150 boys at Lancelin, Moore River or days." farming stalwarts tendtrain Shark Bay. apprentice Churchlands Marist its peak. ing to the dairy and Not long after his His farming friends and mechanics. community house to poultry that supplied the training at Strathfield he A year at Tardun was Long time associate former students joined With that course congratulate comhim on the hundreds of boys who was on his first appoint- followed by his present Brother Pat O'Doherty the Christian Brothers pleted he promptly anniversary took and launch seven and a half Castlement of through 23 years at Bindoon says of passed Brother Camp- for a jubilee celebration up a three-and-a-half him on the next 25 years. dare. Clontarf and Bin- years at Castledare that where he supervises the bell: "He has been the last week. The Record, July 25, 1991 ).v.e'. •
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MULLIGAN Daniel. On July 17, 1991 at the Home of Peace Inglewood, much loved husband of Mary and loving father and father-in-law of Patrick and Ako, Brigid and John, Anne and Alan, Francis, Danny and Lisa. Fond brother of Bridget, Pat, Owen, Ellie, Agnes (dec), Theresa (dec), Joseph (dec), Peter and Mary. His suffering has ended and he is at peace with his Lord. The MULLIGAN FAtvillY would like to express our gratitude to all our friends and relatives for their love and support over the past year during Dan's long ilness. A special thank you to our parish priest Father Vince Conroy for his help and care for our family when Dan died and for celebrating the Mass of thanksgiving. Thanks to Father Morahan for his constant support and his very beautiful vigil prayers in Sr Joseph's Bassendean and to Fr Peter O'Reilly who spoke so touchingly of Dan and concelebrated the mass. Thanks to Fathers Buckley, Morahan, Cooney and Kenea/ey who also concelebrated the funeralMass, their attendance was a testimony to their care for Dan and our family and won't be soon forgotten. To the acolytes who constantly brought Dan Holy Communion and assisted during the service, thank you. Then we must thank the Trinity prefects for their presence as a Guard of Honour, giving up precious holiday time to give us support, and Mrs Sheena Barber for the beautiful musk. Mention must also be made of special people who have shown great devotion to Dan: Rose Vernon, Sr Bernadine, Kath Mooney, Mary Armstrong, Ray and Mary Tam, have given freely of their time to spend many hours assisting him, how can we thank you? To the doctors, therapists and nurses at the Home of Peace who cared for him, thank you. To all our many friends, our love and prayers. Mary.
from J.F. and G.J. HARDING, Diane/la Sir, The headline (The 18) July Record, "Bishops told to step up fight against abortion and euthanasia" — a plea from no less than the Holy Father himself, must have come as a severe jolt to many Catholics still concerned with the sanctity of life, that it is apparently necessary for the pope to
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in II- any aspects of farming but in many another endeavour. His real authority came from his spirituality and close relationship with God He was a man of prayer with a great devoton to the Rosary even if it had a soporific effect after a long day in the orchard and he had to be nudged to give a response He was not a holy-Joe nor sanctimonious. He had a great love and involvement in sport He travelled to Singapore in the state swimming team with
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from G.E. HOWARD, North Perth Sir, Congratulations to Pauline Caldwell ("My Thursday's gone", The Record, July 18). While we are on this subject, may we get back our "Meat -Less" Fridays, as well! What a boon to good health in this recession!
OBITUARY Charles Earnest Fontanini (Charley Fonty) was a brilliant man of the soil but so unassuming that his essential authority in this field could be missed. He was once called -the D on Bradman of apple farming" Those close to him knew him as a man of singular brilliance and benevolence Despite his humility he was the best kind of leader, one who knew, and knew that he knew
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Kwinana Antioch's renewal weekend on July 12-14 was a lively affair!
Ten members of the new Midland Antioch community attended Balcatta's big weekend, July 12-14.
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The recent school holidays saw an Antioch explosion, culminating in the annual "Flame" weekend which drew over 270 young people to La Salle College in Viveash.
On this page are pictures of Balcatta's big weekend on July 12-14 (over 50 participants) and Kwinana's renewal weekend.
Pictures of the "Flame" weekend will appear in next week's issue of "The Record". The event was a huge success, by far the biggest of the seven "Flame" weekends held so far in Perth. _ Numbers were boosted by founding members of four new communities who are planning their first parish weekends.
Presenting Antioch crosses at the end of Balcatta's weekend.
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appears in a bilingual version with Chinese and English vocabulary printed on the same page. The words are listed not in alphabetical order but by groups relating to a particular subject or field of activity illustrated on
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Let's Go 1991. The Budget guide to London. (Pan $24.99) Did you know: • You can visit the world's finenst collection of European paintings, and see over 9000 faces from the past, for free?
Let's Go is the definitive budget travel guide, whether you're in search of city nightlife on your first trip or off-the-beaten-track adventure on your tenth, whether you're hoisting a backpack or renting a car. For example: In and around London we list 24 hostels where you can stay for under $18 a night. In London proper, we tell you about 15 museums and galleries that you can visit absolutely free. In Oxford, well show you 6 restaurants where 1full meal comes to less than $8.
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and places, the text of the diary has been reduced by editing. The editors are Alan Nichols and Rena Pritchard.
the same or opposite page. The words are linked by numbers to the illustrations, thereby enabling the user to check the meaning of any Chinese or English word pictorial against its representation. Some 28.000 objects are defined in this was The subjects covered include h.pical situations in domestic and everyday life, recreation and sport, flora and fauna, industry, the arts, and technology and care has been taken to record differences between British and American English. In addition, there is radical index of Chinese and an alphabetical index of English words which enable the reader to find the relevant illustration. This will be an invaluable supplement to any Chinese English or English-Chinese dictionary and will be useful not only to students, but also to a wide range of businessmen and translators
There are over 190 imaginative recipes for snacks and starters, soups, dips, pates and sauces. Traditional recipes include delicious beef. lamb, poultry and seafood fare as well as gourmet dishes, rice and pasta specialties, scrumptious desserts and cakes that take only a few minutes to cook Microwave Cuisine introduces you to a number of specialist tricks like how to flambe in a rfliCTOW2W, open oysters, blanch vegetables, toast coconut, ripen aVOC1dos and even dry flowers, The author, Joan McDermott, is a member of the International Microwave Power Institute, the Microwave Information Council of Australia and the Home Economics Association of Australia She has conducted wide research into microwave technology and is microwave consultant to the food industry. Over the last few wars she has established some 600 Microwave ausine Cooking Schools throughout Australia. New Zealand and the Unified States.
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Queens Quest entrants 1991 Five girls have entered this year's west. The pre-judging will take place this Sunday (July 28) and the final judging and crowning next Saturday, August 3, at the Wembley Lodge. This year's winner will have the honour of being hostess for this year's carnival being held here in Perth over the Christmas-New Year period.
her primary schooling at St Michael's, Bassendean and then continued her education at St Thomas Aquinas, Bedford (now Chisholm College). Natasha is presently doing her TEE at Tuart College. She has already completed a basic accounting course.
Natasha, who is 19, enjoys reading, sewing and knitting and plays netball for her sporting outlet. Natasha hopes to work The entrants are: with children when her Natasha Vance studies are completed. representing the DiaKandi Ryan, who is 18, nella Club. Natasha did is representing the St
1991 Archdiocesan Directory includes information about parishes, organisations, movements, chaplains and religious institutes within the Catholic A rchdiocese of Perth. $7.50 (incl postage) Order Form Name. Address
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Joseph's Pignatelli Club, did her primary schoolAttadale. ing at St Denis. Kandi attended the She went on to Iona Pignatelli school for her Presentation College to primary schooling. She complete her education. then went on to Santa She then attended the Maria College for her Edith Cowan College of secondary education. Kandi has since com- A dvanced Education pleted a real estate and now is a pre primary teacher at Our lady of course. Grace School in North She is now employed as Beach. a trainee property Bettina, who is 20, plays manager. tennis and does aerobics, Kandi is a promising she likes to travel and athlete and eventually plays the piano. hopes to represent Gabrielle Arthur did Australia. most of her early schoolBettina Hughan is ing in Adelaide. She did representing St Denis' years 9 to 12 at Belmont Club, Joondanna. Bettina High School. Gabrielle is
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She works as a trainee sales representative at the Sunday Times. Gabrielle enjoys water sports, in particular surfcatting and water aerobics. She has a wide range of interests including cycling, music, movies, fashion and animals. Her ambitions are to raise a family and have a successful career. Fiona Dunleavy, aged 20, is representing the
Queens Park Club, the club she plays for in the "B" grade pennants.
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QUAIRADING SALUTE
In a celebration of the Presentation Sisters' 100th anniversary to thank them for their contribution to Quairading parish. Mass will be celebrated by Father John Reynolds on Saturday. August 24 at 6pm followed by a buffet supper held in the Quairading town hall. It will be a reunion for all sisters, students and music pupils who attended the school and for those Motor Mission sisters who continued teaching at the government school. RSVP by August 10 to: Mrs Alyson
Groves, PO Box 121, Quairading 6383. (096) 45 5204 for enquiries. $5 adutts, $2 children.
CANCER PRAYER The Mass of St Peregrine is
celebrated and the blessing with the St Peregrine relic is given on the first Saturday of each month at the Servite Priory Chapel at 2 Morgans St, Tuart Hill at 8am. Please feel free to attend. The next Mass is on Saturday, August 3.
The annual eucharist of thanksgiving for the life of Mary MacKillop, cofoundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart will be held at St Joseph's Convent, 16 York Street. South Perth on Thursday. August 6 et 7.30pm. 1991 marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of the congregation. Open to the public.
COMMISSION ON EDUCATION
An inaugural annual service of thanksgiving will be held at Trinity Uniting Church Perth on August 4, at 3pm. The guest speaker will be Dr IF'eter Tannock, the Director of Catholic Education in WA. The heads of the member churches of the CCE or their representatives) will be resent as well as representatives mm the Ministry of Education. Representing government school ts in the service will be a usical presentation from Willetton ior High School. The service is an act of thanksgiving and dedication for all people nvolved and concerned with the &oft( of the Church in government Ichools. The public are warmly nvited to share in this service and the fternoon tea to follow. Further Kiquiries can be made to the Rev 3rian Thornber, Executive Officer of he CCE on 377 4455.
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Fiona, who lives in Lesmurdie, did her schooling locally first at Mary's Mount and then St Brigid's. She now goes to Curtin University where she is studying to be a radiographer. Fiona also enjoys aerobics, naentbad llwaatncdhins gwim theEagles play. She hopes to complete her course at university then travel and settle down and have a happy marriage and family. TENNIS RESULTS "A" Grade
Dianella 6/75 defeated Castledare 4/61.
St Benedict's 7 / 79 defeated Thornlie 3/65 Queens Park — bye TABLE
Queens Park Dianella C.astledare St Benedict's Thornlie
11 11 10 6 0
"B" Grade Willetton 5/75 defeated Yklarra 5/70. Dianella 7/82 defeated
Pignatelli 3/60.
Queens Park received a forfeit from St Mark's. Attadale — bye Bryan Kukura
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NEW CHURCH BODY
Bishop Bede Heather, Roman Catholic co-Chairman of the joint working group set up by the Australian Council of Churches, the Lutheran Church and the Roman Catholic Church to look at the possibility of a new national ecumenical body will introduce this subject on Saturday, August 31 at the new Salvation Army Fortress, 333 William Street, Northbridge. The function opens at 9am and concludes at 3.30. Bishop Heather will speak at 9.45am on the new ecunemical body and at 2pm on Catholic involvement in the ecumenical movement. Registration: Conference of Churches 10 Pier St.
A rchdiocesan Calendar July 26
Kalgoorlie debutante ball, Mons McCrann. 28 Mass, 450th anniversary of birth St Ignatius, Bishop Healy. 29 Mass for St Alphonsus Day, Bishop Healy. 31 Confirmation, Mosman Park Bishop Healy. August 2 Confirmation. Mercedes College, Bishop Healy 4 Confirmation, Armadale, Bishop Healy. Confirmation, Mt Lawiey, Mons Keating. Churches Commission on Education service, Fr G. Holohan. 6&7 Bishops' central commission meeting, Bishop Healy. Confirmation, North Beach, Mons 9 J. Nestor. 10& Confirmation, Leederville, Bishop 11 Healy.
The "Twilight Retreat" is designed particularly for but not exclusively for, the working man and woman.
Monday, August 12 pm concluding Thursday, 15 am
We invite you to come Monday 5.30pm onwards, have some time for quiet personal prayer. Evening meal at 6pm retreat — reflective time until 9pm. Stay overnight, have Mass and breakfast before going to work. Repeat this programme until Thursday am. Cost $71. Conducted by: Frs K. Henry & P. Kearney C.Ss.R. Contact: Jan Broderick. Redemptorist Retreat House 328 6600.
LIVING WITH LOSS LIVE-IN WEEKEND WORKSHOP Presented by
Grief Management Educational Services A.C.N 009 337 268
Redemptorist Retreat House Camelia Street, North Perth
AUGUST 16-18, 1991 Cost $110 (including meals & accommodation)
Friday evenkg August /6: Registration and Getting To Know You Session Saturriay, August 17:
The Experience of Grief ... Presenter: Gerry Smith Ways of Coping With Loss . . . Facilitated by: Members of the Redemptorist Lay Community
Picking Up The Pieces. . Presenter: Julie Taylor
EXPERIENCE OF PRAYER
HEALING SERVICE . . . Fr Graeme Manolas (Anglican Church) Revd Geoff Blyth (Uniting Church) Fr Frank Smith (Catholic Church) Members of the Reclemptorist Lay Community Music by: HARVEST
Wednesday, July 31 Wednesday, August 7
Sunday, August /8: Please Hear What I am NOT Saying .. . Presenter: Gerry Smith Relaxation Meditation Centering . . . Facilitator: Frank Smith
A series of one-evening sessions. An experience of prayer In Ks different forms. A guide to growth In personal prayer
5 30pm arrival. Bring a sandwich Tea & coffee provided. Cost $5 Conducted by Fr P. Kearney C Ss P
Contact. Jan Broderick. Redernotorw Retreat House 328 6600
Registration forms may be obtained from: Mr Gerry Smith Ph 445 3049 BOOKINGS CLOSE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14