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Quote If the Church is a pilgrim people of God then its chief pastor must IP walk with the people, not dominate, not command, not be authoritarian, but be one of the people sharing their joys and sharing their sorrows, sharing their times of privation and sharing their times of plenty. He must know them, be supported by them, nourish them, guide and protect them. And I pray that God will give me the grace to be such a chief shepherd of the people.
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Talk with the world ... NOT TO THE WORLD, SAYS ARCHBISHOP HICKEY AT HIS INSTALLATION Archbishop Hickey wants to have a dialogue with the world and not just a one-sided conversation, he said last Tuesday night. It is not simply a matter "of saying this is what the gospel says you must do", he said in the homily of the Mass during which he was installed. "We are not a Church to be in a
ghetto, secure in our own little community but with little to do with the world outside. "The complexity of issues facing the world have to be understood as well as moral issues that have arisen only in the last few years. "It is difficult to see how the light of the gospel will bring clarity to
many of those issues. So the Church must be in dialogue with the world, seek the truth and stand by it no matter what. "The truth is to be discovered in conversation because the Holy Spirit is with us all. "It is to be discovered in the light of the gospels, the gospel principles
and the words of Jesus, in fidelity to the age long principles and teachings of the Church that came from Jesus. "In that spirit we enter into dialogue. We hope to contribute as well as receive. The Good News must be preached in season and out of season."
Iwill do my best ... "I will do my best to carry on the initiatives begun by the late and dearly loved Archbishop Foley. He had a vision of the future; God called him home before it was fully implemented. "Part of that vision was to bring people into the life of the Church and into the processes of decision making. "The Church has to be involved in understanding how the Good News can best be preached. "I pledge to continue that work of involvement at all levels that was wonderfully initiated and accelerated by Archbishop Foley.
"I cannot do any of this without your particular gifts that enrich the Church so support or without the support of priests. I wonderfully. grew very close to the priests in the "AndI will work with the lay people and Geraldton diocese because there were not the wonderful insights they have of how to very many of them; I could know them live the gospel, because they have to face individually and speak to them at length. daily life in the spirit of Christ. "I found tremendous respect for those "Iask for your prayers. Mary is the model priests; how they were able to go to remotest of the Church, the particular model of love parts of the state and work with very little and fidelity that we can all draw from. She support and companionship yet cope with will, I am sure, through her prayer and the isolation because of their strong intercession, ask God to give me the wisdom fidelity to Christ and the calling they had and courage and the love that I need. received. "I pledge myself to work with you and "I will work with the religious and their work for you andI ask for your prayers."
Bus trip that became a Church pilgrimage
The hours he spent this past month on long distance buses to say goodbye to his diocese reminded Archbishop Hickey that the Church is a pilgrim people. "The pilgrim people of God really means people on the move, through each generation of history, through each society of nations through this age on our way to eternal life but very much belonging to this world and yet with a goal that is beyond this world." But the reality is different, he said. "It seems that the Church takes on the characteristics of large organisations of the every age in which it lives
and so in the age of monarchy the Church takes on some of the aspects of monarchy. "Today we are in danger of taking on the characteristics of a large multinational corporation with the general manager as the head, and the regional managers being the local bishops. "That is not the will of Christ for the Church; yet it is very seductive because organisations can boost their efficiency and success by the use of their manning power, by policies, by finances and property. "The Church is not meant to be like
that at all, yet inevitably some part of it will be like that. "It is appropriate for groups that belong to this world to have a specific part to perform. "For the Church it should be looser, simpler than that, less complicated. "It should be a group of followers of Christ who try to live out the gospel in their lives. "The pilgrim people of God attracts me because it reminds of the time when God's Chosen People spent forty years in the desert on their way to the promised land. "There they had to learn a very hard lesson and the lesson was the love of God and the trust they needed
to have in the God who watched over them. "They had to believe out there in
the desert without water that water would be supplied. "They had to believe where there was no food that the manna they received one morning would come again the next morning, the God would be true to the great covenant that was established out there in the desert on Mount Sinai when Moses received the covenant from Almighty God. "They had to learn with bitterness that they had to trust God, that God was with them and journeyed with them".
Speak out like John the Baptist John the Baptist is the model for the Church proclaiming the truth in today's world, Archbishop Hickey said. John the Baptist's courage cost him his life. "There are many intolerable things happening in the world today and the Church cannot be silent about them. Nor can I. "It is intolerable that there is hunger and starvation in a world which has plenty of food but its distribution is not good enough, that 2 The Record, August 29, 1991
poverty and starvation are perpetuated by civil war, by ethnic hostility, by despotic leaders, by trade practices that exploit some nations in favour of others. "We can overome poverty and hunger in the world, and we must. It is not God's Kingdom when people are starving. "There is torture in the world, there is the question of human rights, there is cruelty to children, there are many, many things which do
not belong in God's Kingdom. "And when abuses like that appear the Church, like John the Baptist, must speak out, as leaders must speak out. "John the Baptist describes himself as a voice crying in the wilderness and at times one's voice will be very much in the wilderness and one will be attacked rather than supported, but nevertheless the courage to speak must be there."
Putting darkness to flight MOTTO ON THE COAT OF ARMS OF OUR NEW ARCHBISHOP TAKEN FROM THE HYMN LAUDA SION
Archbishop Hickey went to the great eucharistic hymn of St Thomas Aquinas to choose his motto for his coat of arms. Out of the great sequence for the Mass of Corpus Christi designed and written by St Thomas come the words "Umbram Fugat Veritas" which translates as "Truth puts darkness to flight". "Umbram" is strictly as rendered "shadow". Truth is seen to dispel the shadows. Things are seen more clearly.
The motto of Archbishop Hickey hangs permanently on his coat of arms on the Cathedra — formal chair — of his Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Perth. The motto of a bishop is usually in Latin and generally is a phrase which focuses on his own sense of mission. The phrase can be taken from the scriptures or from the more ancient or more recent great writers of the Church. Archbishop Foley chose the scriptural
It reflects the congruence of faith and intellect in Saint Thomas, his recognition that truths cannot contradict, and his confidence in the intellectual soundness of the truths of faith and in the unfettered use of reason to help us understand what we can of the infinite complexities of God.
words "Ut gregi prosim" — That Imay be of service to the flock. Archbishop Hickey has delved into the long sequence hymn of the Mass written by St Thomas Aquinas in 1264. The phrase occurs in hyrrui in the context of the Christian tradition of the Paschal Meal fulfilling in the New Law the role of the Passover Meal in the Jewish tradition. Saint Thomas sees this as a renewal of faith, and an extension of God's plan to replace darkness with light.
Archbishop Hickey's application of the phrase combines both aspects, the respect for continuity in tradition and in the use of new ideas to meet the needs of today's
world. "the light eliminates the night truth dispels the shadows the pasch of our fathers is at an end the new law replaces the old" Archbishop For Hickey, as a pastor or shepherd for the people of the Archdiocese of Perth, he looks forward to the continuing renewal in the Church, that open minded search for the truth which dispels the shadows of doubt, and he looks for the illumination that comes from God.
What it means.... Bishops coats of arms are traditionally surmounted by the ceremonial hats and cords that were worn by prelates. In the case of an archbishop the tassles finish at four, with a cardinal at five and for a bishop at three. Archbishop Hickey's arms incorporate the Perth diocesan symbols and his own. The archdiocesan symbols are the swan — Cygnus Insignis — of WA and the Southern Cross heavenly sign. The two are surmounted by the fleur-de-lys, the lily that traditionally symbolises Our Blessed Lady. The acorns and oak leaf are taken from an ancient Hickey shield in Ireland. "The Hickeys came to Australia in 1834 but they are lost in the Irish mists of time, but the acorn symbolises life," he said. The cross of Jerusalem is the link with the biblical history, with the links between the old and new testaments, with Christ's living and preaching on the streets of Jerusalemn, Archbishop Hickey explained, noting that he had paid two visits to the Holy City. "The loaves and fishes are the sign of the eucharist that must be the centre of our lives." he said.
My great privilege...
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August, 1991, it is my
great privilege to introduce to you our new Archbishop, Barry James Hickey. When his appointment was announced, he himself described it as the call of God.
That call carries with it the grace of God and the
blessing of Mary to whom this cathedral and this Archdiocese is dedicated under the title of the Immaculate Conception. The grace to be Archbi-
shop is an awesome gift. It is comforting to know that hand in hand with the gift of vocation goes the grace that we each receive to work enthusiastically with our new Archbishop and to contribute in a special way to
the work of the community of God. People and priests of the Church of Perth, introduce to you ArchbiJames shop Barry Hickey, eighth Bishop and fifth Archbishop of Perth. 9 — Bishop Healy
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Record In a thousand stories a day being written about the Soviet Union collapse, no-one is right because no-one knows the truth. Daily it is extracted tooth by tooth through endless playbacks and analyses of what has been simmering for the past three, thirty or even three hundred years in that saddened nation. The simplest explanation may be that the plotters told their one and only fatal lie when they said Gorbachev was suddenly ill. It wasn't even a brilliant lie. It was the lie of a rascal child sheepishly interrogated by adults who claim they always want the truth. It is the sort of lie that takes both parties to accept the rules of lying. It was the lie that had been spewed out of communist dummies for the best part of the century as state enemies were whisked off to oblivion and execution; as the pathetic Stalin lay paralysed and helpless while his vulture followers hovered over his near corpse. It was the lie put out to the gullible West when a Croatian Archbishop Stepinac was supposed to have 'confessed' — this time claiming that the drugged man was actually fit and well! It was the lie pinned on a haggard Cardinal Mindzenty and who knows how many other Catholic martyrs dragged through the 'truth courts of the post war Iron Curtain or the Soviet psychiatric wards that became eventually a disgrace to the profession. And from a lie about an obviously well man being suddenly sick come other lies because all professional truthfulness must now be prostituted to cover up more lies. In the 1930s the Soviet population was told to believe that there were seven million Ukrainians fit and happy while Stalin's (and Kruschev's) thugs were starving them to death by blocking grain distribution. It was the lie that in the past few decades was pretending that Soviet citizens had never had it so good as they looked at bedraggled and empty shops, and knowing that an hour or two away in western Europe the shops were groaning with consumer goods and food. It is the lie that sees thousands of political dummies in vast conference halls raising their hands like automatons under ihe pretence of voting for the country's good. They too know what will happen to their petty party perks if ever they voted for the truth as they see it. The Soviet Union became the great corporate lie. The great capitalist corporations are also astute in telling lies about their shady shares, their shoddy and unsafe goods, their stanglehold cartels. Since the Soviets could not conceal such monstrous lies from the people who bought sub-standard goods or tolerated dishonest work practices, the lie had to come from the top. The Soviet citizenry was handed the ultimate insult by having the communist newspaper version of life rammed into their consciousness under the title of Pravda — Truth. The lie had its accomplices around the globe. For generations the free world has had to listen to pathetic comments of Pravda and Tass because that is all we were allowed to hear. The Soviet lie strangled even its opponents. There is a time when the Soviets can stand the lie no longer — even about Gorby's health. The symbolic statues of the forced lie are crashing down. Pravda and Tass have been told to stop the lying and the charade. Thousands of journalists who supported the racket will be put out to the real world. They will cop what was due to the tens of thousands of their forbears who mouthed the Soviet lie — for money and privilege. The Western fellow travellers ought also to roll in their shameless graves as they too covered up and apologised for the horrific brutalisation of the Soviets. They were paid by their unions and government perks for their treachery. Archbishop Ramsay of Canterbury said of a visit to Russia that he had the impression of never hearing the truth. The Orthodox Church found that it too had to pretend not to know the truth going on outside the approved churches. Archbishop Hickey pledges a truth that will drive out darkness. It is of course the truth of Jesus. The other truth — the human truth -is neither so glorious nor pleasant. The Church has to be on the side of truth but its history proves that this is not always easy, nor pleasant. The Soviets are a warning. 4
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AIDS pilgrimage to Lourdes
ROME: A pilgrim band of 1500 young people, many of whom are HIV positive and 160 of whom have AIDS, set out from Rome recently for Lourdes. All belong to the Community Encounter organisation founded by the 70-year old priest Fr Pierino Gelmini, who led the party. Formed in Amelia, Umbria, in 1981, Community Encounter provides a meeting-point, in 120 sites throughout Italy, for about 4000 AIDS victims, HIVpositives and drug addicts. Its work is in therapy to fortify inner strength and the life of faith.
Before setting out for Lourdes Don Gelmini said: "It is the first time we are bringing the young to Lourdes. We don't expect a miracle. We only wish to show them that other suffering exists in the world, in the face of which AIDS loses much of its monstrosity". Don Gelmini has revealed that he has been injected with an experimental anti AIDS vaccine. He made his decision after a call for volunteers by Archbishop (now Cardinal) Roger Mahoney of Los Angeles, addressed to priests, monks and nuns above 65 years of age. It is reported that 350 people around the world have volunteered to test the vaccine.
The risk of freedom ESZTERGOM, Hungary (CNS): Pope John Paul ll warned Hungarians that stepping into political freedom after decades of communism will not automatically solve their economic and social problems.
B uilding a new nation is "a sacred sorrow," he said on his visit to Hungary. New enemies in the form of individual self-interest and eth-
of the 10.7 million population professes Catholicism. "Freedom is never exempt from risk," the pope said at his airport arrival speech in Budapest. Building a society "in which future generations can develop in prosperity" requires "no small cost," he added. "Other enemies, however, are now appearing on the horizon," he said.
nic divisions are at work, he said. Draw the strength to face the hardships of the future by following the example of those who suffered for the church, he urged. The August trip was the third by the pope to an Eastern European country unshackled from communist rule. It was the first papal trip to Hungary, where more than 66 per cent
"They are the conflicts within your society, the selfcentred interests of individuals and groups." "Unity, justice and peace is not simply the result of political or economic negotiations in which useful compromises can be reached," Pope John Paul said. They must be built on "eternal moral values," he said.
not An affront to hProgram elping poor human rights VATICAN CITY, (CNS): The one-party socialist government of the Seychelles "constitutes an affront" to the rights and dignity of its people, the islands' Catholic bishop said. Much of Bishop Paul's statement is quoted from the pope's recent encyc"Centesimus lical Annus". The pope's remarks on the failures of Marxism treat `The same form of the totalitarian state installed in Seychelles from 1977 to today", the bishop said.
Bishop Paul wrote that the Seychelles government has improved the country's standard of living with free health care for all, pensions, improved working conditions, free education and free meals for school children. But such advantages do not guarantee democracy or freedom, he said. "Families had to go into exile for political reasons. Citizens have disappeared. There have been assassinations, arbitrary imprisonments, rebel-
coups and lions" attempts, he said. "Men wish to participate in political life, but they are prevented or are afraid of being victims of sanctions." "Isn't it proof that the totalitarian regime fostered by the one-party (system) is not conformed to the legitimate aspirations of the population?" he asked. "Material progress is not enough," he said. "Our country feels the lack of something more essential."
UMA, Peru (CNS): One year after Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori launched his economic program, the archbishop of Lima said the plan is insufficient to help the poorest Peruvians.
"The good thing is that people have shown great capacity to recover, organise themselves and find ways of survival," Archbishop Vargas Alzamora said. But he added that it is necessary to generate employment for average Peruvians since what affects
them most is the lack of job opportunities.
"People approach parishes and Caritas offices, not to ask for good but to get a job, to have a chance to make a living with dignity," he said. "If the government doesn't speed up the program of investment to generate jobs, the whole stability of the country will be jeopardised," he said. "We all know that the criminal violence of subversive groups finds a favourable terrain in social discontent and despair."
A first in four decades BEIJING: A Catholic priest was ordained in Meizhou diocese in the Guangdong province of China last month, the first for 43 years. He is Father Joseph Liao Hongqing, a graduate from the major seminary of Wuchang in Hebei province.
The ordination was pronounced by the Bishop of Meizhou, Anthony Zhong Quanzhang, of the officially approved Catholic Patriotic Association. Five priests were last ordained in Meizhou in 1948; four survive and attended last month's ceremony.
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Dailies did not act in good faith ...OVER REPORTS OF MURDERED NUNS NEW DELHI, India (CNS): The Press Council of India has censured four Bombay dailies for "professional conduct" in pub"obnoxious lishing reports" about two Catholic nuns who were murdered in Bombay last November. They were found murdered at a home for street children they managed in Jogeshwari, a Bombay suburb. Three English-language dailies and a Marathi-
language daily reported two days after the nuns' November 16, 1990, murder that they were "used to frequent sexual intercourse" and that one of them was "suspected to be infected with venereal disease". The censure said the newspaper reports were "harmful" to the victims' reputation and had affected "the goodwill" enjoyed by Snehasadan, a Jesuit-run chain of homes for street children in Bombay.
It added that the newspapers "did not act in good faith". Observing that the newspapers based their reports on the postmortem examination, the censure said that the postmortem report "nowhere" mentions "that the murdered women were used to frequent sexual intercourse and that one of them was suspected to have been infected with venereal disease".
The committee also noted the report was not available even to police before November 19, and could not have been available to reporters on November 17. "They (the dailies) committed a breach of the well-recognised norm of journalistic ethics which requires newspapers to distinguish comment from fact, and not to elevate or dress up their own conjecture or hypothesis as a statement of fact," the censure said.
Moreover, the reports had a "strong tendency to influence. . . a fair investigation" at a time when a police investigation to trace the culprits was on, the censure said. Bombay police have made little headway in the case. "Sensation or morbid curiosity cannot be a just ground for invasion of privacy at the cost of causing hurt and trauma to the victims," the warned committee journalists.
Black Catholics' fear in white riot town VENTERSDORP, South Africa (CNS) — Many local black Catholics feel threatened by white extremists, said a priest in the small western Transvaal town of Ventersdorp, where three people were killed and 50 injured in a clash between police and white rioters. Father Wilfrid bye said many of the 2000
members of St Teresa Parish in Potchefstroom, a black township outside Ventersdorp, "feel threatened by and are afraid of" members of the farright Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AfriResistance kaner Movement), or AWB. Some blacks have been injured and had their homes demolished by
white supporters of the AWB. During the August 9 c lash between South African police and rightists in Ventersdorp, about 80 miles west of Johannesburg, three AWB members were killed and 58 were injured, including 15 black passersby and seven police officers. The South African
Government, rebels in peace talks ROME: Peace talks between the Mozambican Government and the rebel movement Renamo are being held in Rome under the aegis of the San Egidio Community. This lay movement finally brought the Mozambican Government and Renamo face to face in July 1990, after many years of preparation. Since then there have been other meetings, with the latest round having begun on
August 1 after a break of some months. According to the official intermediary, Archbishop Goncalves of Beira, major decisions such as fixing a cease fire and agreeing a multi-party system to replace oneparty rule have already been taken. Now a cease fire has to be arranged and national elections organised. "Both sides are looking ahead to the problems of
power, elections and competition, and their positions become motivated by self-interest," he said. "On these issues a lot has to be done," he went on. "The willingness to agree moves slower." Mozambique has been ruled by the Marxist Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo) since the country gained independence from the Portuguese in 1975.
Bush education plan WASHINGTON (CNS): Americans support the Bush administrations' idea of letting children attend public schools of their choice, but they oppose using public private for money education. This year's Gallup/Phi Delta Kappa Poll of the
Attitudes Public's Toward the Public Schools found that 62 per cent of those polled favoured allowing parents to choose which public schools their children should attend. but 68 per cent of the respondents said they opposed "allowing students and parents to
choose a private school to public attend at expense". The 1991 poll was the most comprehensive survey of American attitudes on educational issues since the annual series began in 1969. Phi Delta Kappa is an educational fraternity.
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Consistent prejudice at a rally against religious bigotry that "we must unmake" prejudice. D emonstrators marched through the plaza carrying signs saying: "Equal rights for Catholics", "AntiCatholicism is unAmerican" and "Say No to Religious Bigotry".
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The Church has to become the common table through which Jesus touched the lives of so many, Archbishop Hickey said. "It is amazing how often he ate with people, with sinners, with the high and mighty, with the lowly. "There was no distinction made whatsoever and around his table he sought to bring people to a sense of their equality and their dignity. "Families know that when the evening meal comes and children are gathered around their parents, it is a time of unity, a sign of love, a sign of sharing. That image of Jesus sharing his life with those around
Top right: Archbishop has a warm handshake for Cardinal Clancy, president of the Australian Bishops Conference and before whom the new archbishop made his profession of faith. Above: Some of the more than 200 priests from all parts of WA who packed the sanctuary of St Mary's Cathedral. Below right: Archbishop Hickey's brother Brian reads from Isaiah. Below left: Archbishop Hickey's sister Judith Clear reads from Romans. Right: Ron Clear and Judith Hickey sang the r esponsorial psalm.
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Greatest figure and model Jesus the Saviour is the greatest figure and model of the Church because He directs it, protects it and seeks that the Church become a light in the darkness. "But Jesus did not condemn simply although he had to do that at times. His good news was not a voice of condemnation; His goodnews touched the hearts of people. "In Jerusalem, throughout Galilee the words of Jesus brought people out into the streets, people who were on the fringe of society; people on the bottom rung heard in Jesus a voice of compassion, a voice of love. "They received hope from Him, their lives changed, He had brought them Good News. He had convinced them they
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him at meals brought high and low to a position of equality so that in God's eyes all people are equal. "The barriers raised by racism are gone in the idea of the Common Table. It is a place where the intelligent and the not so intelligent, the gifted and the not so gifted all come together on the basis of equality. "And the Church must be like that; not the elitist or the good, not for just sinners but for all. "That is expressed in the common table which our Lord used in order to give us the Eucharist so that the altar of sacrifice is also the table around which we come as equal brothers and sisters in the Lord."
were people of worth. They were loved by His Father, they were loved by God. lives their "And changed and they began to change the lives of others around. "That is the Good News the Church must bring to the world. Good News that changes peoples' hearts, Good News that calls its peoples to forgive and to ask forgiveness. "And as I am one who has often had to ask forgiveness and often had to forgive, we all must do that, we probably cannot do that without the touch of Jesus. "We must be a Church that knows the sufferings of others, and that seeks to alleviate those sufferings. The voice of Jesus must also be the voice of His Church."
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Priest arrested . . . CEBU CITY, Philippines (CNS): The Philippines Supreme Court has ordered the re-arrest of five people, including a Catholic priest, suspected as top communist rebel officials. The order came 16 months after Father Leonardo Sison and his were companions released on bail by a Cebu regional judge, reported UCA News, an Asian church news
agency based in Hong Father Sison, 43, was Kong. listed as a priest of the Father Sison and four Calbayog Diocese until others were originally 1986. The military arrested by the military alleges he is chairman of in a raid on an alleged Christians for National rebel safehouse in Cebu in the Visayas, Liberation in 1989. underground organian The suspects were sation of religious tied to allegedly conducting a National Democratic the high-level party meeting an umbrella Front, when they were arrested. of leftist rganisation o The judge ordered the the including groups April in five the of release 1990 after granting bail Communist Party of the Philippines. of $1083 each.
Catch up with changes BUDAPEST, Hungary: The pope urged Hungarian clerics to catch up with the changes in the universal church now that their forced isolation under communism is over. "Ft is always damaging for a particular church to distance itself from the paths which the universal church judges in harmony with the signs of the times," he said. "No single land now remains completely isolated from the others," he told seminarians.
"You have to make yourselves familiar with the present guidelines of the church. This will not be done without difficulty," said the pope. "At first, some of these guidelines and initiatives may seem to you foreign," he said. "It is not officials, administrators and businessmen that the church needs, especially today," he said. The need is for priests "who can show love in an attitude of altruistic
service which excludes nobody," he added. The end of communist rule provides "a historic challenge", he added. "The people, disappointed by the ideologies which held sway until yesterday are asking themselves what the real meaning of life is," said the pope. "You cannot content yourselves with remaining shut up in your pirishes or religious houses, waiting for others to come to you," he slid.
TIAM Check illegal abortions COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNS): There are 1500 illegal abortions in Colombo daily, says Dr Marcus Fernando, director of Sri Lanka's Health Education Bureau. Married and unmarried couples and school-age children are involved in the abortions, Fernando said. In a July homily, Bishop Edmund Fernando of
Badulla denounced abortion in Sri Lanka.
Godwin Mendis, executive director of Sri Lanka's Family Services Although radio, televi- Institute, said many sosion and newspaper called "nursing homes" have reports give accurate countrywide "torture statistics on the loss of become life in the ethnic war chambers" for unborn between government for- children. "Abortion is rampant ces and Tamil rebels in the north and east, they everywhere and the lack do not give the correct of proper legal action" number of unborn Sri has led to a situation Lankan babies killed by where "abortion is their mothers, the bishop approved unofficially," Mendis said. asserted.
Put a smile onthe face of Africa Australian Catholic Relief has helped by After years of relentless war, the five agriculturalists to work providing somehave last at Mozambique of people teaching new and more prothem, with about. smile thing to to provide for themselves. ways ductive has attack rebel of threat The the goal of self-sufficiency With productive and homes meant leaving their they'll be well-prepared reach, within villages. lives for the safety of resettlement once more to returns peace when And with it, the indignity of dependence on others for shelter, food, water and basic Mozambique. Together with Ethiopia and healthcare. Sudan. Mozambique is demonstrating Faced with the bleak prospect of how a small investment in new skills living on handouts, they are striving to and implements can provide the fend for themselves. priceless payoff of healthy '1;f04 Thanks to Caritas Mozambique productive and happy lives. and its Zimbabwe counterpart. CADEC. Will you help put a smile on the face of Africa?
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Bishop in crash NOQUI, Angola (CNS): A bishop was among eight people killed in a helicopter crash. Bishop Afonso Nteka of Mbanza Congo, a 51Franciscan year -old Capuchin, was on a trip to organise the re-entry of thousands of Angolan refugees from Zaire.
Bishop Nteka was known for his work on behalf of the victims of Angola's civil war, especially refugees from terrorised rural areas. Tens of thousands of Angolans left his diocese for neighbouring Zaire, while thousands more swelled the town of Mbanza Congo.
A polio victim as a boy, the prelate resisted his appointment as bishop in 1984.
He agreed only after the Vatican delegate to Angola made a lengthy overland trip to tell him that the pope wanted him to head the diocese, and would personally ordain him.
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Crisis talks underway A NTANANARIVO, Madagascar (CNS): Church leaders were mediators in high-level negotiations aimed at resolving Madagascar's 11-week-old political crisis. Earlier this month Cardinal Razafimahatratra called for the president's resignation.
"I appeal to President Ratsiraka's wisdom and political courage in asking him to leave power so that calm and social peace can return," the cardinal said. In recent years the Madagascar church has increasingly called for renewal of social institu-
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Another mystery By Neil Parent
Sin is not easy to talk about. Not only does it tend to be regarded as highly personal or private, and therefore difficult to discuss on anything but a theoretical level. It is also, ultimately, a mystery. At one time I did not think this way about sin. But now that Iam older,I find sin to be rightfully, complex. The irony is that I now have an awareness as never before of sin's presence in my life. Daily I feel sin's effects upon me and upon those whom it contaminates through me. I frequently stand in saddened awe at its pervasive hold over me and my feeble struggles against it. Sin is ultimately a mystery because we cannot fully fathom its meaning. It is part of the longer problem of evil in the world — of suffering and of death — which leaves us virtually mystified and speechless about its purpose in God's order of things. Even our personal wrongdoing is not without its elements of mystery.
WHAT IS IT? What first comes to mind when you think of sin? A preacher's words against it? Some of your own actions? Your last confession? I want to ask you to
think for a moment of sin in the singular — not sins, but sin. The very early Christians often spoke of sin this way. Why? Following an ancient Christian tradition, when we recite the Gloria of the Mass we say of Christ, "You take away the sin of the world." There is a difference between the sin of the world and our own personal sins. Our sins, in the plural, are our own personal actions. And had actions can be judged. But the sin of the world is not an action. It is a wound in our human nature. And wounds are meant to be healed. So in this article I want to spend some time looking at sin not in terms of actions to be judged, but in terms of that wound that needs to be healed. In our Catholic tradition the sin of the world also goes by another name. Theologians call it original sin, because it is the origin, the source of our individual wrongdoing. It is the wound that gives rise to our own sins. It is important to understand this wound. But what does the wound look like? Let me give an example. I was travelling in Latin America, delivering funds to a mission. It was
By Father David K. O'Rourke O.P. raining and miserable. As my group approached the village that was the goal of the journey, we came upon an especially desperate-looking collection of dripping and soggy shacks made of cardboard, sticks and old plastic bags. Within the shacks, shivering families huddled together in the cold and mud. I looked at them, but the face of real, human poverty was more than I could abide. I turned away. In my turning away we can see the sin of the world as it is written in one man's being. I was not abandoning them. To the contrary, I was bringing them the means to have better housing and health care. My actions were good. But I could not look their poverty in the face. Their condition, because of my own fears, made me see them not as other people just like myself except for their economic situation, but as frightening or fearful. And that is the sin of the world, or original sin, as it is in us. Bishops have pointed out that another example of original sin can be found in an economic system that would allow people to live in such misery. The bishops speak of helping to heal this wound by healing the lives of suffering people. The Church teaches that God became human in the person of Jesus of
Nazareth to free us from sin. Great theologians, like St Thomas Aquinas, point out that first and foremost this means freedom from original sin or the sin of the world. Original sin is not a wrong action as much as a wound in need of healing. Being freed from original sin means having this wound healed. For this reason we can speak of the Christian life as a life of healing. We baptise small children at the very beginning of their lives not because they have done anything wrong but because, like us, they share in the wound that is part of being human. The lifelong process of healing begins with this baptism. We recognise, by our presence as baptismal witnesses, that as children grow up they will need our help to cope with the fears and weakness that are part of being human. For as we all know, once we grow up we can allow that wound within to lead us to wrong actions — our sins in the plural. Then we need to have our sins forgiven. For this we turn to the sacrament of penance. But the sacrament of penance does not stop at forgiving our individual sins. It goes deeper. It also touches the root of sin in us, original sin. Like all the sacraments, penance applies a moment of healing to that wound. For all of the Christian life is a process of healing the wound of original sin, the sin of the world.
In a nutshell People maintain a good deal of reserve on the topic of their personal sin. It is not the sort of thing they usually talk about in casual conversations. Yet they want to understand it. The mystery of sin can preoccupy people. For, along life's course, people encounter sin's effects somewhere. Perhaps it is part of becoming really mature to realise how the effects of sin can disturb a person's life, how they yield a sense of one's own insufficiency. Yet, as Neil Parent writes this week, God's Spirit can even bring life out of the ashes of sin's effects. This week, Dominican Father David O'Romrke discusses original sin. Original sin is a wound in human beings. And wounds are meant to be healed, Father O'Rourke explains. He is associate director of the family 8 The Record, August 29, 1991
life office with the Diocese of Oakland, California. Father James Black gets right down to earth wtih a discussion of the reasons people give for not going to the sacrament of penance. Probably you will identify with at least a couple of the items on his list. Father Black is a freelance writer, a scripture scholar and a teacher at Bishop Ryan High School in Nashville, Tenn. Neil Parent tells a compelling story about a young man, a prostitute's son, who had to overcome much pain and learn to be forgiving. The young man now intends to become a priest. Parent is representative for adult education in the US Catholic Conference Department of Education. And Father John Castelot tells why Ezekiel is sometimes called the father of Judaism.
Sometimes when we cause evil, we can identify it as sin. But at other times our own actions perplex us. We can't really decide if what we did was from sinful malice or from the ineptitude of our highly imperfect nature. We may be able to see clearly the evil that we caused, but we may not be able to sort out fully the extent to which sin may have been involved for us, at least in a direct way. The ways of sin in our lives are, indeed, real and mysterious. We are all infected by it and in turn infect others with it. That is the message of the Scriptures. But there is no need to despair. As St Paul tells us, "where sin abounds, grace does abound more". Not only can God overcome the power of sin in our lives, God can even bring good out of bad, using our sins as ingredients. Some of Christianity's greatest saints were reformed sinners. From the dark ashes of sin can spring the beautiful flowers of grace. Not long ago,Imet a young man whose mother had been a prostitute. Over the
years, he has struggled valiantly to make meaning out of his life, especially in terms of trying to put his birth into some kind of perspective. His father is unknown. He still finds it difficult to cope with the knowledge that his mother, while carrying him in her womb during the early days of pregnancy, worked the streets. Yet in spite of this sorrow, he bears a compassionate love for his mother. It is a love that did not come easy to him. He struggled long and hard for that love on an emotional journey that took him from disgust to understanding to acceptance and forgiveness. He now is a seminarian and intends to become a priest. I think that he will be a good one, for he not only personally understands human suffering and failing but also the meaning of forgiveness and reconciliation. It is part of the mystery already mentioned that this young man displays a remarkable maturity and wisdom, stemming in no small part from the difficult path he was forced to walk. "Where sin abounds, grace does, indeed, abound more."
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Confessors aid many people in the delicate business of becoming responsible Christians. Often the confessor is asked to guide someone in the laborious process of growing up — spirituintellectually, ally, emotionally. In such a situation, the
Time to think about one of life's mysteries, sin. The church teaches us that God became man to free us fro sin.
Think a little harder Many people seem to make moral decisions according to the criterion, "Everybody's doing it". If everybody is doing it, is it OK? Or have we simply lost our sense of sin?
There are several possible explanations for the way today's people perceive sin. Interestingly enough, most of those explanations tend to assume sin's reality.
"We're hearing things from both sides," explained Jim Steinbrecher, a high school student. "We've been brought up according to one set of standards. But our surroundings offer an entirely different set of values."
Steinbrecher suggested that television was one factor in the perception of sin today. "We frequently see situations
presented in which moral decisions are treated lightly and this is sometimes reflected in the way people live," he said. "People don't seem to see any actions as wrong in themselves."
isn't really serious or doesn't really meter," she said.
When pressed, Post people would admii sin is a reality in their ives. If so, maybe it's no so much that people -se changing their per,VStefanie Cunningham, tion of sin but rather! Alit another high school they are simply ignaing student, claims that its presence in their 'es people often rationalise The sacrament of their actions. "They fool themselves into believing penance is the no' nal that what they've done means by which si is
forgiven. And it's also a means of discovering the very reality of sin — and goodness — in our life. Penance provides a forum for reflection and self-examination. Some Catholics fear the sacrament of penance. And they may even minimise their sins or rationalise them away. After all, if sin can be ignored, there's no need to receive the sacrament of penance.
By Father James A. Black When was the last time you went to confession? People offer any number of reasons for not going. Here are some of the more common objections I've heard with a brief reply for each. 1. "I don't go to confession because it's too embarrassing."
spiritual guide will "listen carefully and make suggestions" and sometimes recommend readings, certain explained a monk in the Washington DC area who is frequently asked to serve in the role of a spiritual director. Other times, what people seek is help in achieving "a degree of personal accountability and responsibility" to God and to others, the monk explained. This
assuming includes responsibility for personal actions and that acknowledging t hose actions affect others. In the spiritual director's meetings with an individual, the sacrament of penance is not necessarily part of the picture on each and every occasion. But on the occasions when it is, the sacrament is a "way of placing before God through the priest the
things we perceive as harmful to others", the monk said. The sacrament becomes an occasion when people grapple with real difficulties in their lives.
But embarrassment isn't the worst thing in the world. And maybe we ought to be embarrassed by some things we do. If we make a greater conscious effort to grow in Christ, the reality of sin will become less a part of our lives and we won't be so embarrassed.
come your sinfulness. What's wrong with that?
go, but it does matter that we go.
3. "I feel uneasy going into that dark box."
5. "But I don't always feel forgiven."
Then go face to face or make an appointment to .iee your parish priest.
Fortunately, the reality of forgiveness isn't dependent upon what we feel. We don't always feel loved either. But that doesn't lessen the reality of the love of God for us.
2. "The priest might know who Iam." So? You're a human being struggling to over-
4. "I feel uneasy going to face-to-face reconciliation." Use the anonymity of the confessional. It doesn't matter how we
The sacrament of penance can help in freeing people from illusions they have grown comfortable with; it can serve as a time for taking stock of strengths and weaknesses, the monk explained.
6. "My sin is too great to be forgiven."
Ezekiel's influence defies human measurement Ezekiel's fellow exiles were in the habit of quoting a proverb which expressed their cynicism and pessimism:
more or less innocent victims caught in a trap from which there was no escape.
"Fathers have eaten green grapes, thus their children's teeth are on edge." (Chapter 18:2)
While there was an element of truth in this, Ezekiel hammered home the truth that ultimately each individual is responsible for his own actions and for the consequences of those actions. While their sorry situation was the result
They saw their sad plight as a divine punishment for the sins of their forefathers and they considered themselves
of their fathers' and their own sins, it was not an irrevocable sentence of unending doom. Each person could do something to bring about better days. The Israelites could contribute to the rebirth of a new, chastened people of God by accepting the penance and profiting from it to become a better people, more truly faithful to God.
This note of hope is the dominant one running through most of the rest of the book and Ezekiel develops the theme in a variety of ways. One of the most striking is the vision of the dry bones. The situation of the exiles may seem as hopeless as that of bleached and broken skeletons littering a desert. But in his vision the prophet sees these
By Father John Castelot borY&, fitted together, celntroi we dedwi wtih th fleshlifaen.c1 *King is impossible to God His people will revile. It was Ezekiel's agnri a.d unceptrvilhi i s res egeurrec. to tionand to contribute to its italisation.
The period of the Babylonian exile was one of real transition for the people. Their old traditions remained intact, of course, but underwent a vigorous development and took on a new colouring.
It was a new Israel eventually which emerged from captivity. Before the exile the descendants of Abraham
were known as Hebrews and Israelites after the exile they are Jews.
This is merely a change of name, it is true. But it reflects much more profound changes. Before the exile, and especially before the fall of Sainaria in 722 BC and the dispersal of the 10 tribes which made up the northern kingdom, the Israelites were a people
made up of several tribes. Now all that remains, for all practical purposes, is the southern tribe of Judah. Hence the religion, their way of life, is now called Judaism and the people are called Jews.
Since Ezekiel was the most influential individual involved in this transition, he has often been called the father of
Judaism. He has a right to this distinction on several counts. just the fact that he contributed so mightily to keeping the people together as a distinct national and religious unit when so many forces were at work to pull them apart — that alone would justify giving him this title. But his influence was
For some people, the kind of human contact that is part of their meetings with a spiritual director is important. Talking with a spiritual adviser means that at least one other person knows all about you.
But a general fear of rejection is often a problem for the people he meets as spiritual director the monk said. Frightened at the very prospect of opening
Who are you to put limits on what God can do? Isn't that your pride that's really getting in the way? We frequently set up obstacles to our own forgiveness. 7. "It's been such a long time since my last confession." If you keep putting it off it'll only get longer. 8. "I'm afraid that the
themselves to God, they need reassurance.
Some people turn to spiritual advisers as sounding boards for the important decisions that are hard to make, according to the monk. And often, talking with a confessor or a spiritual adviser allows people to see what their priorities are and to make decisions in line with those priorities.
priest might get angry with me." His role is to extend the love and mercy of Christ to you. 9. "I don't think I need to go." Think a little harder. 10. "Ok, you win. I ran out of reasons." No, actually, you're the one who wins. May you find the Lord's peace.
individual human being, on Israel as a religious community and a church, rather than a nation — exerted a profound influence on Jewish subsequent thinking and writing. In fact, the exact extent of Ezekiel's influence His teachings — on the defies human measuretranscendent oneness ment. It was varied, and holiness of God, on powerful and farthe personal, moral reaching. His many disciresponsibility of each ples saw to that.
by no means limited to the direct impact he had on his own generation. Ezekiel took the materials of Israel's old traditions and reworked them, giving them a new new direction, a meaning.
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What Clontarf is all about... Two major events to salute the Christian Brothers' work in WA takes place next month. Both will mark the 90th anniversary of the Christian Brothers in Clontarf. The first is a reunion dinner on September 7 which organisers — all former boarders — hope will be well attended. The target is to get 300 old boys. The next event — an open family day — takes place on September 8, the anniversary of the first boys moving in. This is being organised by those who were either at Clontarf, Castledare, Bindoon or Tardun. Here the organisers expect thousands to make their way to Clontarf to partake in the carnival-like merrymaking. Why two different committees were set up to
organise these events is simple — those who were taught and looked after by the Christian Brothers felt it is about time they showed their gratitude. They felt there was no better time than the 90th anniversary when most of the Christian Brothers, though at the sunset of their lives, are still alive. Being a big occasion, a brief background might help the reader to understand what Clontarf is all about, and why most old boys view it with such affection. Clontarf was officially opened when the Catholic Bishop of Perth, Dr Matthew Gibney blessed the foundation stone laid on January 3, 1901 and the first boys moved in on September 8 to the yet unfinished building. On the advice of Bishop Gibney the land had
been bought by the Christian Brothers for the establishment of an orphanage for boys. Earlier, in 1897, the Christian Brothers had been invited by Bishop Gibney to take over the boys section of St Joseph's Orphanage in Subiaco, previously conducted by the Sisters of Mercy and which he had founded as the Catholic Orphanage in 1872. The Catherine MacAuley Centre now occupies that site and continues to provide a range of family support services and continues to be conducted by the Sisters of Mercy. The Clontarf site was inspected by Brothers P.A. Treacy and J.L. Tyan before the purchase. The original 400-acre block was purchased for E2000. The plans for the new orphanage were drawn
by architects Cavanagh and Cavanagh. The task was them before immense. The sandstone for the building was from Cottesloe and had to be transported up the river on barges, the skeletons of which could be seen for many years from the sands of Point Walter. Other materials were carried by horse-drawn wagons through bush and often breaking down as the cart wheels gave way under the weight and sank into the sand. Brother Bodkin one of the four brothers to found the Australian province of the Christian Brothers in 1868 joined the orphanage staff 30 years later. He spent more than 33 years at the Subiaco and Clontarf institutions. He had earlier worked in Queensland and Dunedin in New Zealand
but found the work at Clontarf most congenial to that spirit of religion, charity and devotedness. Gifted with the talent for the layout of scholastic buildings, he assisted the Provincial, Brother P.A. Treacy in planning most of the early colleges and orphanages in Australia. Clontarf's main building is a fine example of his talents. He also planned the entrance drive, the orchard and the garden. Clontarf soon became self-supporting in areas of agriculture and dairy produce under Brother Bodkin's initiative. He also introduced Clontarf's own electric lighting and water pumping plants. The early fame of Clontarf spread. It became the picnic ground for the top brass. On many occasions the
Governor's barge, packed with women in fashionable attire, came up the river from Canning Bridge to picnic at Clontarf. The title "Boys Town" was given to Clontarf on the suggestion of Archbishop Prendiville when he opened the chapel in 1941. The chapel and many other buildings on the property during the 1930s had been built by the brothers and the boys. The boys at that time were a combination of locals and overseas migrants — mainly from Britain — who came under a scheme developed and promoted by the British and Australian governments before and after World War II. By 1964 Clontarf was providing education for 120 local "day boys" as
well as the boarders who continued to be housed there. From the early 1970s Clontarf began to specialise in dealing with young people who had difficulties with their behaviour in schools, home and in the community. The residential and school program continued until 1983 when it was closed. After two years planning and consultation Clontarf Aboriginal College opened in 1986 under the principalship of Brother Kevin Ryan, now in Broome. Two Christian brothers are on the staff. Six other brothers live on the property. The college provides a range of education and training courses for people between 15 and 18 years.
Top gospel singer for Perth date A local Christian group is to sponsor the first Australian/New Zealand tour of international gospel artist John Michael Talbot. Bethel Covenant Community, an ecumenical organisation of over 300 people, has underwritten and organised the September tour although other organisations have tried unsuccessfully for years to bring this former folic/rock musician to Australia to perform. Regarded as one of the world's most popular and successful male gospel artists, his message of christian love and unitNIP is expressed through challenging lyrics and a simple community -oriented
lifestyle inspired by Francis of Assissi. John Michael says people are attracted to his music because they are hungry for the reality of Jesus Christ and the radical lifestyle, the joy and childlikeness of Francis of Assisci. His tour will begin with a performance at the Perth Concert Hall on September 5 followed by a conference on "Living the Simple Christian Life" at Newman Siena Hall, on September 6 and 7. Described by Sparrow Records, one of the top recording companies in the gospel industry, as the foremost voice in Catholic music, his lyrics have touched Christians
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of all denominations through his popular albums and sellout concerts. John Michael is inspired by the simple but dynamic Life of St Francis of Assissi and will follow Francis' example by proclaiming the virtues of love, peace and community fellowship on his first Australian/New Zealand tour. His personal experiences enable him to write and sing with conviction on the issue of Christian unity. Raised as a Methodist he spent his early youth singing with family and friends as the Quint Chords but was inspired by the Beatle's Revolution and with his older
brother Terry formed a psychedelic rock band. They later returned to their initial folk/rock love and formed the nationally known Mason Proffit band, writing lyrics with a strong social and ecological conscience.
Christian artists in America but it wasn't enough for John Michael. "Despite my new ministry,I was frustrated and disillusioned at the blatant lack of unity that I saw in the churches," he said.
Due to artistic differences they disbanded in 1972, the year that John Michael found peace in his previously frenetic life. Late one night in a motel room he experienced the overwhelming presence and forgiveness of the Lord which led to his new musical style.
"In my depression, I obtained a copy of 'The Journey and The Dream', which is the life of St Francis by Murray Bodo. AsIread further into the life of the little saint, I began to cry for the first time in years, releasing my hurt and realising that in the life of this simple man was the answer to what I had been searching for."
Along with his brother Terry they became two of the most renowned
He converted to Roman Catholicism, a dramatic change of heart consider-
ing he had previously not acknowledged the Catholic Church as christian. He now lives a contemplative life, with his wife Viola — who will accompany him on tour, as head of a lay community known as The Little Portion, in Arkansas. In addition to the many albums he has recorded, including Light Eternal, The Painter, The Regathering, Songs for Worship, John Michael Talbot and No Longer Strangers, which is a contemporary worship album featuring the London National Philharmonic Orchestra, he has written numerous books on the Franciscan lifestyle. Many organisations from recording compan-
ies to Christian groups and churches have tried unsuccessfully to bring John Michael to Australia. In 1989 the elders of Bethel Covenant Community, an ecumenical organisation from Perth, met John Michael through remarkable circumstances while they were in America. He asked if they would like him to visit Australia. After three months of prayer and discussion Bethel agreed to underwrite and organise the entire Australian/New Zealand tour. Although John Michael Talbot's music is uplifting, his most important goal is that of building unity in the Christian church.
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Mass last Sunday. In this way as adults we will be better models for our young people as they prepare for and discern the way of life God is calling them to," he said. "An offshoot surely would be vocations to the religious life and priesthood for the service of • Christ's faithful.
Monsignor Keating and 20 priests celebrated Mass to launch the week that is the launching pad for further initiatives in vocations promotion. For the 600, representing parishes, schools, organisations and religious orders, the special Mass was a celebration of everyones vocation — be
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activities and programs in schools to promote the appreciation and living of each person's vocation. Prayer cards were distributed to be given out the following Sunday at all parish Masses. The prayer is inclusive of everyones Vocation and also has the continuing plea to God to "continue
to enrich your people with generous priests and religious". Music for the Mass was supplied by volunteer choristers from La Salle College under the direction of Sr Lyn Sparling supported by a section of the CBC Fremantle brass band.
Some 16 Highgate parishioners presented a liturgical movement mimed to theme music from the film mission. They showed how out of the confusion of life a person can come to a strong sense of direction with the help of other people.
They're off to great start By Colleen McGuiness-Howard
This year's Performing Arts Festival for Catholic schools and colleges got off to a great start with performances of liturgical drama, movements and choirs at the CEO chapel and drama and mime at Newman Junior. The opening Mass for the 1991 Festival was celebrated last Wednesday in the CEO chapel with representatives from over 50 schools, who will be participating in 13 sections, invited to the Mass. Last year's festival was a huge success and showed the people of Perth all the talent and great ability Western Australian children attending Catholic schools possess. The spirit of the Festival is to allow participation and celebration of student talents. For an audience charge of a dollar, people can witness a great variety of music, dance, voice, speech, drama and instrumentalists, solo or with others. The venues are at a variety of schools, as well as UWA's Winthrop Hall and the Zenith Music Studio, who have once again, according to the Festival Committee, provided outstanding sponsorship to the Festival. The aims of the Festival are to encourage the development of excellence in performance in all students; to provide an opportunity for students to participate in performance at their highest level; to give positive and helpful guidance in the form of written adjudications to all participants and present an opportunity for students to share, in offering their many gifts to the community. The 1991 Festival itinerary is: Primary choirs: Mon, Sept 2, 9-3pm, Winthrop Hall. Junior primary choirs: Tues, Sept 3, 9.1511.30am, Newman Junior (Floreat). Secondary choirs: Tues, Sept 3, 4-6pm, Trinity
College. Secondary bands: Tues, Sept 3, 7-10pm, Trinity College. Speech choirs: Tues, Sept 3, 9-3pm, Ursula Frayne College. Musicals — primary: Wed, Sept 4, 9.30-12pm, Newman Junior (Floreat).
Shane De Gooijer, Bunbury Catholic College, at last year's festival.
Musicals, secondary: Wed, Sept 4, 7.3010.30pm, Sacred Heart (Sorrento). Instrumental ensemble: Thurs, Sept 5, 9-3pm, Trinity College. Creative movement: Fri, Sept 6, 9.30-3pm, John XXIIIrd College. Vocal solo: Fri, Sept 6, 9.30-1pm, Newman Junior (Floreat). Instrumental solo: Mon, Sept 9, 9-3.30pm, Trinity College. Piano solo: Tues, Sept 10, 8.30-4pm, Zenith
Music Studio. One performance from each section will be recognised by an invitation to perform at the Festival Concert at Winthrop Hall at 7.30pm on Friday, September 13. Each school concerned will receive an Award of Excellence with Perpetual Awards having been donated in recognition of the fine tradition of tuition in the performing arts which was established by the Religious Orders. Perpetual Awards were donated for liturgical music — the Archbishop Foley Shield; liturgical drama — the Sisters of St Joseph of the
Apparition; liturgical movement — Catholic Education Commission; choral singing, primary — the Brigidine Sisters; choral singing, secondary — the Loreto Sisters; orchestral, band and instrumental ensemble — Sisters of St Joseph; music drama/musical — Dominican Sisters; piano solo — Sisters of Mercy, West Perth congregation; instrumental solo — Sisters of Mercy, Perth congregation; solo vocal singing — Sisters of Our Lady of the Mission; speech — Monsignor Michael Keating; movement and dance — Presentation Sisters; drama — Dr Carmen Lawrence, Premier of WA and festival performance of excellence — Zenith Music (Festival sponsors). Tickets for the Festival can be obtained by contacting Dorothy Marsh of St Columba primary on 271 7181. Adults $5, children and pensioners $2 and family tickets $12. School communities are particularly encouraged to attend as well and for any further Festival information, please contact Phil Billington, Festival chairperson on 271 7181 or Clive Nicholls on the Festival committee, on 401 4224. The Record, August 29, 1991
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from Ralph DITTON, Manning Sir, I personally do not regard the separated and practicing divorced Catholics as a blot on the Catholic church (The Record, August 22) but I do concede that there are Catholics who do and this is an indictment on the Church as a whole. We must accept the divorced and separated practicing Catholics and treat them as members
of the parish community. My argument is with t he bishops of the Catholic Church who, it would appear, have rolled over on opposing the anti-Family Law Act 1984 and have been seen to do nothing since to bring about the total demise of this legislation. Mr Robert Hicks (The Record, August 22) relates the sad story of how the Act is allowing marriages to be destroyed with ease and the
hidden agenda of Mr Lionel Murphy's reason to introduce his antifamily act. I thank Jenny for forgiving my ignorance, but who is Father Anthony Padavano? I do not take umbrage with his remarks; however he did not go on to say that the woman should divorce her husband, only leave which is allowed under Canon Law.
Let's open this topic up to a wide debate so that the bishops can receive the information they need to exert their influence on government to bring about change and protect marriage, which all said and done is a sacrament. I was taught by the nuns that man cannot undo a sacrament and if this is the case then the Family Law Act is null and void.
Tip on books to read from Denise SUTTON MATTOCKS, Paulian Association of WA Sir, Mr Ditton should read "When Dreams Die - — a statement by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference concerning the pastoral care of separated and divorced Catholics and which includes a message for us from Pope John Paul.
Also a book written recently by Father John Hosie titled "Catholics Divorce and Remarriage — Binding up the Wounds- is a very positive book about this issue. Father Hosie has also introduced to Australia a program called "Rainbows for al l God's Children". Although the Paulian
Association is an organisation for people whose marriages have ended, many of the greatest advocates and most articulate supports of the institution of marriage may be found among our Solo Parent members. We have learned to appreciate and evaluate what we no longer have. In a society where marriage is trivialised that
Many thanks from Mrs STUDHAM, Mt Lawley Sir, Many thanks to Colleen McGuinessHoward for exposing the truth about abortions. Abortion, in terms of child abuse, is the ultimate horror; the most human defenceless being, the unborn child, is killed. Euphemisms are used to hide this fact, but to deprive of life is to kill. We as a community are e xtremely concerned about the explosion of child abuse after birth.
Why cannot we see that this violence is the continuum of the violence taking place in the womb? Man alone has the Godgiven gift of the ability to procreate life by an act of will. When men and women listen to God and e xercise this choice within the sanctity of marriage, abortion will be irrelevant. In so doing they will also discover there are many ways to show love for each other apart from through sexual intercourse.
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may be one of the greatest gifts we can offer back to the church. We came together in 1981 with help from the Redemptorist priests to s upport each other through the traumas of widowhood, separation and finally divorce, to protect our children and provide for them a caring family extended situation.
We need more people like Jenny... from CATHRYN Sir, Thank God for true Christian women like Jenny. Good for her. Jesus loved the broken hearted and disliked the self righteous. Maybe if they got in touch with Jesus in his gospels, this world of self righteous people would change to true Christian hearts. The gospel of John is a good start. I was one of those victims of a broke marriage, so I know the pain. But I thank God that His love and true Christian people helped me to be a winner and a survivor. We need more christians like Jenny.
Prudent way from J McSEVICH, East Fremantle Sir, With regard to the talks to be given by Reverend David Woodroffe, on the work of Father Matthew Fox of the Institute for Culture and Creation Spirituality in California, it would probably be prudent for the ordinary Catholic public to approach them with circumspection, unless, of course, his thoughts have changed since he was silenced by the Dominican Order via the Vatican in 1988. He did cause some excitement in the past by his digressing from some of the tenets of the faith.
TOMORROW TODAY with Father Joe Parkinson
In-house 'at home' The Young Christian Workers' aim of shaping our society took on a new meaning for several of the movement's key leaders recently when they visited ex-YCW member and current Marangaroo MU Ted Cunningham at Parliament House in Perth.
The group, which included fulltime worker Inez Rosario and ecclesial assistant Margaret
Maassen, were given a guided tour of the lower house after sharing lunch with Mr Cunningham in a parliamentary dining room.
rience in both the movement and state legislature, Mr Cunningham shared his views on ways of building and improving the YCW.
Over lunch they discussed a wide range of topics, including the new University of Notre Dame Australia, government funding of youth initiatives, and the current state of the YCW movement in the West.
"Taking initiative to Build a New World" is also the theme of an International Workers' Festival timed to coincide with the Eighth YCW World Council to be held in Adelaide from November 25.
Drawing on his expe-
National
President
Margaret McCafferty said recently that the Workers' Festival would be a great chance for young people throughout Australia to meet up to 200 other young workers from around the world. Among themes under review in preparation for the festival are relationships, rewarding work, workers with disabilities, employment in rural areas, and spirituality in everyday life.
Fulltime workers Inez Rosario and Margaret Maassen flank Marangaroo MLA Ted Cunningham during YCW's recent visit to Parliament House.
UCS changes guard Education, solidarity fall by the wayside, and and action were three that the UCS would keys to a more positive continue to be a positive contribution to the influence in campus life. world discussed during On the social side, the the University Catholic UCS hosts regular club Society's annual mid- meetings on Tuesday held nights and a eucharist camp year recently at Eagle's Nest each Thursday lunchin Gidgegannup. time in the Chaplaincy The society, said to be one of the most active groups on the UWA campus, held a series of meditations, talks and reflections on the theme of "giving" during the three-day camp.
Christian Sexuality Weekend St Denis School, Joondanna
September 7-8 Cost: $30 (negotiable) Open to ages 18 years and over For details please call: Angela 444 0352 Bruce 328 7209 Bridget 444 0903 Berny 343 3883
Stepping up The Claremont Superdrome, scene of some of Perth's most specsporting tacular achievements, is set to host yet another spectacular Catholic Youth Rally, "The Next Step", at 7.30pm on Saturday, September 14.
Following the success of two previous rallies this year, organisers are promising to go "even one step further" to bring people together to celebrate being young and
Catholic.
The team presenting the event have been hard at work for several months, and final preparations are now underway for lighting, staging and sound to cope with an expected crowd of over two thousand. Key speaker for the night will be Bruce Downes, well known among young people in Perth after his strenuous efforts during January's
"Crossroads to Tomorrow" youth conference. A brief presentation to Catholic colleges has met with enormous enthusiasm for the event, and most metropolitan schools are arranging buses to transport students to the rally.
Admission to the rally is free, and refreshments will be on sale from outlets within the Superdrome complex during the evening.
WHAT'S ON C ANCER 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 Street, Tuart Hill at Sam. The next Mass is on Saturday, September 7.
ORGAN CONCERT
Job for Organ, the recent composition of Czech composer Petr Eben is a dramatic work, rich in contrasts and in eight movements, each expressing a theme based on a quotation from the book of Job, at 1pm on Thursday, September 5, in Winthrop Hall at the University of WA. It will be presented by St Mary's Cathedral organist, Annette Goerke. The lunchtime recital lasts for 45 minutes, admission is free and open to the public.
NEWMAN SOCIETY
On Monday, September 2, at 7.30pm in the Senior Common Room at St Thomas More College, Crawley, Archbishop Hurley of Durban, South Africa will lecture on "Centesirnies Annus". (The centenary of the papal encyclical "Rerum Novarum".) Also Mr John McKay will lecture on "Money — Ethics and Morality". This meeting will be the sixth in the social
DIANELLA IN FINALS For the second successive year Dianella teams will contest in both the A and B Grade finals. This year in the A Grade their opponents will be Queen's Park. Dianella will have to be playing at their best as they only won last week's
encounter against Castledare by a solitary game, and remembering that they only beat Queen's Park the previous week by 6 games, the smallest fall away in form could see them fail to retain their title.
justice series for 1991. Sunday, September 15 will be celebrated as Newman Sunday with Mass at 10.30am in St Thomas More Chapel and at which Archbishop Hickey will preach. This will be followed by lunch and Father Quinlan will give a short address. Cost of lunch $10. Open to all interested. Contact number 446 7340.
RESULTS Dianella 5/72 defeated Castledare 5/71; St Benedict's 9/88 defeated Thornlie 1/53; Queen's Park, bye. TABLE Dianella 19; Queen's Park 17; Castledare 14; St Bene-
ROSARY
New committee members elected at the Annual General Meeting in July included President Erica Doust, VicePresident Jeremy Trott, Secretaries
Emma
Roughan and Nikki Stanley and Treasurer Gia Matassa.
Catholic Youth Ministry presents
A number of committees were also established to ensure that the resolutions passed during the camp would not
UWA's Catholic Society held their annual mid-year camp at Eagle's Nest in July.
The Redemptorist Lay Community present
building. Other functions this year have included their very successful "0-
Camps", a fancy dress ball, bushdance and social hockey match against the TCSM.
THE
NEXT STEP YOUTH RALLY Saturday, September 14, 1991 7.30pm at Perth's Superdrome in Mount Claremont dict's 9; Thorniie 1. The B Grade semi finals had some surprising one sided results. Dianella outclassed Yidarra and lead 7 sets to 1 when play was abandoned, and Attaliale continued their fairy tale rim when they eliminated Willetton who headed the table for most of the season. When play stopped they had an unbeatable 6 to 2 sets lead. This sets up a fmal between Dianella, beaten finalist last year, and Attadale who won the last encounter comfortably
A 48 hour perpetual rosary bouquet from the people of WA to the BV Mary for her birthday, September 8 commences Thursday, September 5 at 6pm and concludes Saturday. September 7 at 6pm. The Rosary can be said at home, in a church or wherever convenient — in
between these two teams, giving them a huge psychological advantage. Both finals will be played at Aquinas College, play starting at 1pm. The association hopes that there will be a good roll up again this year to support the teams taking part in these matches. SOCIAL TENNIS Now that the pennants have concluded, hopefully good numbers will again attend Sunday tennis at the Trinity Courts. This Sunday's captains are Michael and Chris Messer.
private or with a group. Parishes or individuals wishing to take part for the first time please contact (096) 22 3109 or (096) 22 2766 with desired time slots. The scroll or bouquet will be offered up at the 9.30am Mass, St Joseph's, Northam on Sunday, September 8.
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by Colleen McGuiness-Howard
1. This young gymnast is not tying herself up in knots! but merely demonstrating her adeptness with this routine. 2. Year 11 Maia Babb (left) showing her experiment with the Van de Graaf electrostatic generator to Mercedes principal Sister Assissium, Sister Maura and Cecylia Sylwestrzak. 3. More rope trickery! with part of the junior gymnastics team working a complicated routine for some of the many parents and friends who came to be part of open day. 4. (Left) 'Medico'? Angela Cardaci year 11 checking the vital areas of pulse rate and blood pressure with an amused year 9 student lenni Whyse. 5. Carole Pondevie year 11 (left) studying the physical science of observing the effects of impact in a collision, with Trenna Dabovich year 11. 6. Christine Wood year 12 showing the dramatic effects of various fabrics dyed with the same colour, but giving completely different colours after the process. '
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LEGION 50TH
The Legion of Mary's 50th anniversary in WA will be celebrated by the Eastern Districts Curia on Sunday, September 8 at 4pm with Rosary and Benediction in the Mayiands church — Queen of Martyrs — then in the parish hall for a "get together".
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A rare opportunity
Visit of Archbishop Hurley from South Africa. St Thomas More College. Short talk on "Centesimus Ann us". St Joachim's Vic Park. "Reflections on 100 years of Catholic Social Teaching." LJ Goody Bio-ethics Centre. "The Conflict of moral values in Contemporary Moral Theology." St Joachim's, Vic Park. "South African Update." St Jerome's Parish, Spearwood. Mass & morning tea with South African community. Rerum Novarum Conference. Led by Fr Donal Dorr, St Patrick's Missionary Society. "Key Issues: The emergence over the past 100 years of the Social Justice Agenda of the Catholic Church and WCC." Conference continues following Mass. Keynote presentations by Fr Donal Dorr. "New challanges: The Social Justice Issues facing the churches today." "A Spirituality of Social Justice Today." Santa Maria College, Attadale. Cost $10. Structural Analysis Workshop. Led by Rev Stuart Reid of the Centre for Structural Analysis — Melbourne.
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Three dynamic speakers on Saturday, September 14, at the Victoria Square Conference Centre (Mercedes College). Abundant off-street parking available in convent grounds — enter from Victoria Avenue.
10am Fr Bob Carden, OFM, "Who is my God?". 11.45am Fr John Harte, SJ, "God and my journey to wholeness". 2.30pm Sr Frances Maguire, RSJ, "Spending time with my God". 4pm coffee and social. Lunch provided at 1.30pm. For catering please phone Jan Beeson 409 6068 or Barbara Harris 328 8113 by September 12. Presented by the Emmanuel Centre — a self-help centre for people with disabilities, as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations.
1992 TEACHER TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS
The Archdiocesan Software Package for Parishes
Secondary Up to 15 scholarships will be awarded to those studying full-time to be secondary teachers and preference will be given to applicants interested in teaching in the areas of Science, Mathematics, Business Studies, Manual Arts and Aboriginal Education.
PC Plan: A computer package which offers comprehensive records management for Parishioner Census, Planned Giving, Baptism and Confirmation. The package is easy to handle and includes many benefits such as on-going training and support to parishes.
TWENTY full-time scholarships will be awarded by the Catholic Education Commission of WA to encourage students undertaking their final year of teacher training to begin a career in Catholic schools in country areas. The scholarships are valued at approximately $8000 each.
Primary Five scholarships will be awarded to those studying full-time to be primary teachers. These scholarships will be available for students studying at tertiary institutions. Recipients will be required to teach in a Catholic school in WA, as designated by the Catholic Education Office, for two years. Official application forms and further information can be obtained from: Mrs Rosemary Penman Catholic Education rice of WA PO Box 198, Leederville WA 6007 Phone: 388 4266
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Cardinal Clancy questions
Splendour at the cathedral
Fr Foster fixes the coat of arms.
. . . and Archbishop Hickey declares his faith.
Prayers by Sister Nervesa OSM and Bro Chris Power OSB.
Archbishop Hickey in the cathedral pulpit.
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. . . and celebrating with Cardinal Clancy and Archbishop Goody.