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ARCHBISHOP HICKEY CALLS FOR PRAYERS AT CATHEDRAL MASS The world's political and military leaders should understand how much the world wants peace and wants an end to war, Archbishop Hickey said last Sunday.

He prayed that political leaders "who have the fate of millions of people in their hands, be inspired by the God of justice and love and not by the god of war".

The archbishop was speaking to a crowd that overflowed St Mary's Cathedral for a Mass for peace in Croatia.

He said it was not an occasion to comment on the past or present origins of the conflict.

"I cannot possibly understand the complexities of this issue and this is not a political occasion. It is a time to pray for peace."

Archbishop Hickey said he had seen tears

in people's eyes as they told him of what had happened to their families in Croatia.

He said Pope John Paul had called on political and military leaders to find other ways to resolve the conflict.

The pope had also told the Croatian bishops to tell the people to pray for justice to be done not through conflict but through other ways.

The history of the human race, Archbishop Hickey said, had seen every generation experience an outbreak of war.

In our own times millions upon millions had been killed because of hostility, of a lack of love and understanding.

Wars are waged, he said, because of injustice that is suffered too long, because of the lust for power and control, to capture assets or gain trade advantages.

"Jesus came to bring us together as children of God and yet this has not happened and it may take many centuries before we reach that understanding.

"The local Croatian people deserved compassion because of what had happened to their families. The Church is united with them in their sufferings and prayer."

In any conflict or war it is always the innocent who suffered and the St Mary's Cathedral Mass, he said, was for those who had lost their lives.

It was also a prayer for a lasting peace, not just a truce, but a peace built on a just solution to the conflict.

It was a prayer to the Holy Spirit for the wisdom for the leaders to come up with a resolution of age-long problems.

It's up to Catholics and Orthodox VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II has told both Catholic and Orthodox churches they have a duty to co-operate and help stop the civil war raging in the country.

"History will judge us for what we will have done or left undone in this moment to stop a fratricidal war and build the basis for a better future for the peoples of Yugoslavian lands," the pope said in a letter to Serbian Orthodox Patri-

arch Pavle.

He appealed to the patriarch to promote ecumenical dialogue among Orthodox faithful, so that the political conflict does not become a religious one.

To Croatian Cardinal Franjo Kuharic of Zagreb and all Yugoslavian bishops, the pope said Catholic leaders must be "untiring builders of forgiveness and reconciliation" with the Orthodox.

"Intensify, therefore, your collaboration with Orthodox pastors in helping the victims of the conflict and refugees.

Your charity should know no bounds and should destroy among believers every trace of resentment and mistrust," he said.

The pope has stressed that he wants religion to be a unifying factor — not a divisive one — in the rebuilding of Eastern Europe.

To Patriarch Pavle, the pope emphasised that his prayers and appeals for peace in Yugoslavia were not partisan.

"I have always kept in mind that both the Croatian and the Serbian peoples are involved in the drama of war," he said.

The pope expressed his "deep and intimate sharing in the pain of so many Serbian families of

the Orthodox faith", and said that suffering of any human being "wounds my heart".

Most Serbians are Orthodox, while most Croatians are Catholic — a po'int called a "coincidence" by the pope in his letter to the Serbian patriarch. "We know well, however, that the reason for the war is not religious but political," the pope added.

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Keeping faith aglow in hiding

The Legion of Mary had often been a prime target of former communist regimes, but having been driven underground had kept the faith alive.

This point was made by Albany Legionary Frances Menegola at the recent 50th anniversary celebration of the Legion's formal establishment in WA. Now that communism has failed, she said, the Legion was necessary more than ever. People who had been held in straight jackets were now prone to violence and revenge.

The Legion, because it was based on action and was a lay movement offered hope to a world in which material things were more important than the spiritual.

The Legion's task, she said, is to bring Christ back into a world that not only has forgot but does not want to know Him. Pointing out that it would be foolish to deny the existence of Satan she said: "Mary's hour of triumph could be closer than we think. Satan may be having a last wild fling."

Based on the Roman armies of old, she said, the Legion had a more powerful leader in Mary and the Rosary is a more powerful weapon — "the prayers of our auxiliaries are our supply lines".

Noting that prayer is not enough but that

action is needed she cited All five teams gather for the SVDP as people who an occasional Mass at the were dealing with prob- prison. lems arising out of The Legion was visiting poverty, unemployment new homes in the new and homelessness. estates and a number of "But there is an even children to be baptised greater poverty due to a and contact with the lack of faith, a hopeless lapsed was coming about ignorance of God's love as a result. and decline in values."

Noting that the Legion Turning to the local Legion initiatives Fran- is responsible for all ces Menegola said there Marian devotion in the was an individual differ- parish Frances said the ence in the way groups Legion was "keeping the functioned in the city Rosary safe"in the town and in the country and where the Rosary had between country groups. been the mainstay of the Because of their sys- pioneer Mooney family. tems the Legion and the One pilgrim statue had SVDP had become strong been in circulation in the forces in the Church parish for 30 years and today. for the past 12 years the "The Legion has to daily presence of the present the human face statue in homes during of the Church, firstly to May and October had fellow Catholics and particularly attracted the then to those who 'long to belong'."

At Albany three years ago the Legion had pioneered the Sunday Jesus in the gospel had morning cup of tea and through it people on the pitched the standard for fringes of the parish are the rich young man in the gospel and had done the coming back.

The Albany Legion same for Legion founder makes a point of visiting Frank Duff, Bishop Healy the home of state school said at the conference Catholics at least once Mass. every year and they get "There is no doubt that an absolutely fantastic before he founded the reception, she said.

Legion of Mary, Frank The Legion is one of five Duff was a man of strong teams that visit the local faith and commitment, prison each Sunday and a successful and afternoon, offering read- effective member of the ings, prayer, general civil service. discussion.

"He was also a good sportsman with a great addiction to cycling

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attention of young families.

Now a second statue had been introduced for

Filipinos and the efforts of one Filipina resulted in the 'hardliners' coming back into Church life

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especially, something he was to use a lot in his work for the Legion of Mary.

"Jesus did not meet him on the road like the young man in the Gospel.

One day Jesus sent someone to invite him to join the St Vincent de Paul society. I think that invitation and his experience as a member of the society visiting the poor in Dublin was the challenge of Jesus to him.

"He answered that challenge when he found the Legion of Mary in

September 1921 and because of his devotion to Mary he gave her name to it."

Since the Legion's beginning in WA in 1941, Bishop Healy said thousands of men and women have been challenged in their faith when someone invited them to join the Legion of Mary.

He added: "The Master puts the spotlight on the Legion not for the benefit of members but for the benefit of non members — ordinary lay people

like Frank Duff and all those who have followed in his footsteps for the past 70 years.

"He is saying to committed faithful followers of Christ — the 'Christi fideles' of the Encyclical letter 'that He wants to pitch the standard a little higher for them'.

"By their baptism they became living Christians.

But they should also be moving Christians, walking the streets and the roads, bringing the love and the fellowship of Christ to many who are

The Legion of Mary was helping keep open the freeway to God, North Beach Legionary Judith Woodward told the conference.

The Legion she said was fitting in well with the other parish organisations that recently had been grouped together

by Father Keating with a vicar in charge of each group.

The Legion was not only in contact with the housebound but was the only group able to do the house to house visitation necessary in the new areas.

The Legion had started catechetical classes for children but now was involved in contacting prospective students and encouraging families to start practising their faith.

With the permission of Catholic spouses, nonwere Catholics approached to see if they were interested in the Church since often they felt left out.

Up to 30 homes a week

are being visited but it is becoming more difficult to find people at home, she said, and weekend visitation was being looked at.

ing the Rosary as a tool joining senior Legionaries in special works. against evil.

Eileen O'Connor of The Legion's task, he said, was to bring the Melbourne Senatus priest to the people. The spoke of the Chinese Legion was a cellular praesidium that is helpstructure but it dealt ing up to 30 people a year with people as individu- enter the Church. als, and was a personaShe also spoke of the lised structure for year she spent in Iceland instructing people. where Legionaries have He said that Legionaries set up Mass centres for were guided not by the priest to visit every themselves but by God three months and conand that the Legion is a versions are on the "continuously evolving increase and one Legion miracle". centre where five people It was an important were received into the element in the successful Church on Christmas functioning of a parish Day as a result. There are and was a "final chance now seven priests in for lost souls" through Iceland who have strong contact with people. links with Ireland where The task of the rosary they train. was to unite people in the Audrey Meehan of Mystical Body of Christ, Sydney Senatus spoke of he said. the work being achieved Other addresses were by Korean, Vietnamese given by Dolores Carroll and Filipino legionaries. of Melbourne Senatus She reported on eight who spoke of the house new praesidia being visitation and prayer recently established in pilgrimages organised New Guinea. there. She noted that In Newcastle much Geelong has five junior success has come from praesidia and that boys contacting the crews on from CBC Ballarat were Russsian ships.

seeking it like the rich young man.

"Pope John Paul has made the 90s the decade of evangelisation.

"He is saying he wants all Catholics to become evangelists. It is an opportunity for us to give a new thrust to our missionary endeavour.

"The Legion of Mary has been a great missionary instrument especially in mission lands. It can equally be a great missionary instrument in our own local church."

Keeping open the f reeway to God The fact that the Legion was not involved in raising or giving out money meant that it could concentrate on other works such as helping with holy hours, weekly Stations of the Cross with Rosary and a communion service, daily Station in Lent, Rosary before funerals and seeing to the movement of the pilgrim statue of Our Lady.

The Legion had organised bus pilgrimages to Toodyay, Collie and Gelorup. A monthly afternoon tea was also held for lonely people.

The seed started by Father McBride had borne fruit, she said.

Junior Legionary Mark Witcombe of Willagee said that the two fundamentals of the Legion are understanding a unique relationship with the priest and understand-

Serious concerns over effects of arms display Australian The Catholic Social Justice Council has serious concerns about possible long-term effects of the Australian International Defence and Equipment Exhibition to be held in Canberra from November 26-28.

A statement says: "We fear that unnecessary sales of arms in South-East Asia and Pacific areas will be a most undesirable result of this exhibition and any others that may follow.

"Unfettered arms trade is a war-risk factor.

Already we have war-

like situations in the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and East Timor.

"Trade in arms should not be based merely on market analysis. Any arms trade should be permitted only when in the national interest and by government-controlled negotiation.

"Any expansion of Australian-made arms trade at this time within our region would be seen to be a contradiction of the American-Soviet Union massive arms reduction.

"The Australian Government's control of arms sales should be

accompanied by vigilant undergone significant monitoring." developments since the The council says the First World War. The Australian Government Second Vatican Council's should not support arms Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modtrade exhibitions.

It welcomes the ern World, says changes recently announced in the very nature of more stringent guide- warfare in the course of lines for Australia's this century "compel us to undertake an evaluadefence exports. of war with an tion In Europe there have been huge arms reduc- entirely new attitude".

"It is good for Catholics tions and the Catholic Council wants the Aus- to be aware of these tralian Government to developments," says the commit itself to similar Australian body. measures in the Asia and "The traditional 'just Pacific regions. war' theory, a moral The council says that doctrine taught in the the Church's teaching on Catholic Church for war and peace has centuries, continues to be

invoked by many respected commentators on war. Its criteria are just cause, competent authority to wage war, right intention, last resort, probability of success and proportionality.

"The theory has been misused in the past to justify the unjustifiable; and is frequently invoked by both sides in a war, that its terms, which have been subject to a certain degree of evolution since they were articulated by St Augustine and St Thomas Aquinas, have been re-defined and con-

Abortion: Welcome news

The Coalition for the Defence of Human Life has welcomed the news that Federal MPs will be forced to vote on the issue of Medicare funding of abortion.

Richard Egan, Secretary of the Coalition and State Coordinator

of Right to Life Australia, said: "Parliamentarians cannot continue to hide their heads in the sand and ignore the 85,000 unborn children killed by abortion each year in Australia.

"In 1989 the Federal Government paid over

$7.8 million to abortionists in Medicare funding for nearly 70,000 abortions.

"The Parliamentary Pro-Life Group is right on target in forcing a vote on abortion funding by putting forward an amendment to the Health Insurance Bill.

Mr Webster's Abortion Funding Abolition Bill may otherwise have never come to a vote due to the Hawke Government's determination to postpone it indefinitely," said Mr Egan.

"Western Australian prolifers have been

Prostitution move causes concern

BRISBANE: The Catholic Social Welfare Commission is concerned that some will view a proposed decriminalisation of prostitution as condoning it.

The Catholic body says that for many people "what is legal is moral".

It wants a united effort to prevent young people seeking a "solution" in prostitution.

The Catholic Commission commends the Criminal Justice Commission for attempting to reduce the opportunities for corruption identified in the Fitzgerald enquiry.

A statement says: "Even if society may see the need to permit prostitution, decriminalisation can never be an adequate answer.

"Prostitution is a harmful and immoral activity which degrades the value of loving relationships which are the free gift of mutual love. The act of love loses its dignity when it is bargained and bought.

"Prostitution is primarily a social and moral issue which the law is not able to handle adequately. Positive steps must be taken to prevent the exploitation of those who are disadvantaged and vulnerable,

actively lobbying our Federal MPs and will now be making it clear to them that a 'no' vote to a prolife amendment to the Health Insurance Bill will be seen as an endorsement of the killing of unborn children," warned Mr Egan.

stricted in our own day, by (among others) Pope Pius XII; one recent school of thought maintains that the teaching is no longer operable in practice and should be abandoned.

"Arms control is achieved not only by a simple disarmament but by a common security to reduce or eliminate mutual misunderstandings and suspicions, by making security needs and military intentions transparent, by defusing situations at an early stage.

"We have to be careful that lobby groups do not

impede the justifiable course towards arms control.

"The word 'scandal' has been used by the popes to describe the arms race and the totally disproportionate expenditure on arms when there is so much poverty and suffering in the world.

"Existing armaments, especially nuclear weapons, have the capacity to inflict untold damage on the world. Even the comparatively limited wars fought in recent times have done immense harm to the environment."

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especially young people, the unemployed and the homeless. Decriminalisation alone will do nothing to prevent people becoming involved in prostitution and may even lead to an increase in numbers involved.

"Because for many people what is legal is moral, we are concerned that some people will view decriminalisation as condoning prostitution, making it just another "respectable" occupation. This simply disguises the reality of exploitation, violence and other accompanying features such as drugs, crime and poverty.

"The protection of our homes and the environment in which our children are raised demands that local communities have the right to reject such activities in their area.

"Whether there be a change to the laws relating to prostitution or not, programmes must be extended involving social support, education, employment initiatives and other social policies which can engage the Government, community and Churches in a common effort to prevent our young people seeking a 'solution' in prostitution."

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Guest Editorial

ASIA FOCUS Hong Kong

Hunger in a world of abundance Nothing succeeds so well in bringing people together as sharing good food.

Nothing succeeds so well in dividing them as want.

There is no disease more insidious and dehumanising than hunger.

"We are drifting into a world that is increasingly crowded, hungry and badly in need of understanding," a food and agricultural organiser recently told a group of young people in Bangkok.

In Bangladesh, the director of a Hindu orphanage said, "I feel sometimes the 150 orphans living at Jagatpur Hindu Orphanage are hungry for love, not food".

Instances of human deprivation cannot be ignored, but in a world of seemingly relative abundance, the prospects of people doing without food and dying of starvation no longer seem to be inevitable.

A drought in Indonesia is driving female transmigrants in Irian Jaya province to earn a living for themselves and their families through prostitution.

Hundreds of thousands of people in northeastern Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Thailand and other southest Asian nations face yearly floods and monsoons that maroon and eventually kill them through sickness and deprivation.

Refugees fleeing war-torn and destitute countries such as Myanmar and Vietnam also come face to face with spectre of hunger.

There are occasions every day when earthquakes and volcanic activity, such as that experienced recently in the Philippines; floods, famines, droughts, and other natural — often aided by man — catastrophes prevent hundreds of thousands of people from obtaining food.

But it is not because food is not available; it is because the terrible infrastructures, political systems and their inability to cope with the logistics of distribution, prevent countries from being able to feed and care for the hungry.

And it is in that lack of caring that hunger is created not only in the belly, but in the heart and soul.

Recently, world food production increased more than world population. "If people continue to go hungry in many parts of the world, the cause is evently not insufficient production, but an unequal distribution of goods," a Catholic refugee magazine commented.

Whatever the reasons are for the hunger that seems to haunt the nations of Asia and the rest of the world, they reflect a callous disregard on the part of all people for those who are left to suffer the indifference of governments and conditions that threaten their lives and welfare.

It is not that the indifference lies in a human absence of charity or being deaf to their plight. Silent acquiescence to dictatorial regimes and governments that view human life as a commodity of exchange, a resource to be exploited, is a form of collaboration with sin. And as the poet James Russell Lowell said, "They enslave their children's children who make compromise with sin."

Compromise with systems that ignore human values and dignity runs counter to the teaching of Christianity.

This should be food for thought for Asian Christianity observing World Food Day during this week.

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Brazilian brew is not for pope SAO LUIS, Brazil: There are two Brazils — rich and poor — said Pope John Paul in a call for land reform.

One Brazil is highly developed and wealthy and the other consisting of "immense zones of poverty, suffering, illiteracy and discrimination", he said.

Injustice, among other things, is tied to the problem of the distribution of land and its rational use".

Research estimates that the number of Brazilians with no land or not enough land to survive on is 12 million.

Seventy per cent of Brazilian farmland is held by large landowners, and much of that land is not cultivated.

"The goods of this world were created by God for the benefit of all," he said. Private ownership "must be at the service of this original aim and not an obstacle to it".

The pope said statistics show a "slight improvement" in the distribution of Brazilian farmland, but the country has much to do before the situation could be considered equitable.

Successful land reform could lead to better working conditions, stem the flood of migration to the cities and create the stability needed for improved health and education systems.

It would also "halt violence which has already killed so many people, including priests," he said.

The Brazilian bishops' Pastoral Land Commission reported 56 murders associated with land ownership struggles in 1989 and 75 killings in 1990.

"It's not up to Christ, nor to his Church to resolve the problem of land," the pope said. "It is up to human institutions, to the competent authorities."

The Church's mission, the pope said, is to announce the kingdom of God which is marked by holiness and "revealed through justice".

"Don't let yourselves be knocked down by any earthly injustice," he told the people. "In the end, there will be justice."

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SAO PAOLO, Brazil: Brazil's problems permit no further delay and require immediate government action the pope told the nation's president.

A fter a 20-minute private meeting with President Collor, the pope said he was sure presidential policies would be "examined in light of the criteria of justice and Christian morality, rather than

private interests".

Brazilians are watching how Collor, the first directly elected president in 27 years, conducts his office, the pope said.

The people expect "a brighter and happier future for their children", he said.

When Collor took office a year-and-ahalf ago, he took

drastic steps to try to control the economy.

He froze wages, prices and more than $100 billion in funds. However, prices are currently rising by nearly 20 per cent a month and millions of Brazilians are impoverished.

Brazil's foreign debt of $120 billion is the largest in the Third World.

There are frequent

clashes between large landowners and landless families, and the Amazon region is a scene of conflict between settlers and native tribes.

Collor credited the pope with "helping establish the basis" for improved relations between the countries of Eastern and Western Europe.

With that out of the way, he said, "Your Holiness can, without prejudicing your pastoral mission, use the weight of your undisputed authority in all i nternational forums to better the conditions of the rest of the world, helping overcome the injustices that still linger in relations between peoples."

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CUIABA, Brazil: Destruction of ecosystems is one of the "great moral problems" Pope John Paul said at the "gateway to the Amazon".

Destruction of the environment is one of the "great moral problems involving the society of our times", the pope said in his homily.

The root cause of the evil, he said, is a "desire to have and enjoy, rather than to be and to grow".

Such desires lead to the

"excessive and disordered" use of natural resources, which were created by God to support the life and happiness of all peoples for all generations.

"For Brazil, environmental protection is above all the duty to protect life," he said.

The pope called on government and community organisations "to adopt politically and socially sensible measures" to deal with the

large internal migrations the great plantations. affecting Mato Grosso often unproductive, do and other Brazilian not allow them to obtain land to work", he said. states.

The people move out of The 18 biggest landa desire for a better life owners in Brazil together for themselves and their own an area larger than families, he said. They Ireland, the Netherlands "dream of a piece of land and Switzerland put where they can establish together, according to a themselves", but "only September report from rarely do they find it". the Catholic Institute for Sometimes it is because International Relations the person does not have in London. Most of the the resources or skills to land is not cultivated but begin a new life, but at is held as an investment other times it is "because and a hedge against

inflation.

Without the possibility of finding a piece of land to farm, the migrants "enter a vicious cycle whose solution is difficult", the pope said.

The pope said "children are the greatest victims of an uncontrolled and growing migration".

Their parents' poverty often leads "to misery, the proliferation of delinquency, abandonment and vices".

Bishop counters observations GOIANIA, Brazil (CNS): A Brazilian bishop who has received death threats for his involvement in a land reform movement said Pope John Paul II was wrong to think Brazil's land distribution has improved.

Bishop Pedro Casaldaliga of the Prelature of Sao Felix do Araguaia said the pope was "not well informed".

The bishop said he still sometimes receives death threats, "but for me it's only threats. Others have died. That's a

difference".

Between 1964 and 1990 more than 1600 people were killed in land conflicts. Seventy-five people died in 1990.

In 1973 Brazilian authorities detained Bishop Casaldaliga, a Spaniard, for three days because of his support for peasants in a dispute with cattlemen and lumbermen.

In 1975 the government threatened him with expulsion after a television network reported he was inciting farm-

workers to violence.

In 1989 Bishop Casaldaliga's name was on a Brazilian death-squad "hit list", released by the bishops' Brazilian conference.

Bishop Casaldaliga said he was pleased that the pope dedicated an entire homily to an appeal for land reform, but the bishop did not agree with the pope when he said people should not "invade" the private property of others.

"Several bishops have

said people have a right to occupy certain land in rural or urban areas," he said.

"It's not invasion, but occupation," the bishop said. "It's not legal, but it's legitimate.

"The government won't institute land reform (programs), so the people have to do it themselves," he said.

Bishop Casaldaliga said Pope John Paul's many trips, especially those to the Third World, enable him "to see with his own

eyes" the challenges local churches face. It gives the pope a better understanding than "the Vatican bureaucrats" have.

There is a "First World church" and a "Third World church", he says.

"The Vatican is part of the First World," he said.

The bishop said after a visit to Rome in 1988 that Vatican officials had given him a statement asking him to restrict some of his public comments and activities. But he said he refused to sign.

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'Just war' theory may be outdated VATICAN CITY: The "just war" theory may be outdated says the influential magazine Civilta Cattolica.

An editorial in the fortnightly magazine that often reflects Vatican thinking notes that Pope John Paul II never directly commented on the "just war" theory, but his Gulf war speeches emphasised that the destructive power of modern warfare was disproportionate to the injustices needing rectification. This is a main criteria for the "just war" theory.

The pope also continually complained about the destructive effect of the war on civilian populations, another cornerstone criteria of the "just war" theory.

The "just war" criteria also says that a war must be fought for a just cause, such as self-defence or to regain territory unjustly seized.

Although the pope never formally brushed aside the "just war" theory, his thinking was clear: People should spend less time trying to justify war and more time Figuring out peaceful ways of resolving disputes.

About the only morally permissible reason for fighting allowed by the pope and the La Civilta Cattolica editorial is strict self-defence against an act of aggression.

The pope's concerns did not arise with the Gulf war. They were previously expressed during the 1982 Falklands War

when the deaths were measured in the hundreds instead of the hundreds of thousands.

The pope travelled to both Britain and Argentina during the fighting to plead for peace.

In Argentina he condemned "the absurd and always unjust phenomenon of war".

"Today, the scale and the horror of modern warfare — whether nuclear or not — makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences between nations," he said in Great Britain.

As one Vatican official put it, the pope does not examine fighting by the "just war" theory, but starts from his own abhorrence of war.

The pope's 13-year pontificate has been a

constant pleading for world leaders to develop peaceful ways of conflict resolution by strengthening international organisations such as the United Nations.

In countries where Catholicism is a major influence, such as in Central America, the pope also encourages local church officials to take the initiative in reconciling warring parties. This has led to official mediation by bishops in the civil wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

But these situations are limited. In the long run the pope sees the need for nations themselves to take on a collective responsibility for resolving tensions before they turn into hostilities.

His 1991 social encycli-

Bosnia miracle?

SARAJEVO, Bosnia: It is a miracle that civil war has not yet broken out in Bosnia-Herzegovina, a bishop says.

"The Croatians in Bosnia, unlike those in Croatia, do not possess weapons. It's a miracle that war hasn't broken out here, and if it does, we won't be able to defend ourselves: it will be a massacre for us," said Archbishop Puljic.

Bosnia-Herzegovina is where the popular Marian shrine of Medjugorje is located. The republic

borders Croatia. The federal army has reportedly been using BosniaHerzegovina as a staging area for attacks on Croatian targets.

blamed Serbia for the inflammatory situation.

The tensions, he said. stem from Serbia's attempts to expand its borders by force.

"The United Nations, moreover, has not succeeded in establishing, as alternatives to war, effective means for the resolution of international conflicts. This seems to be the most urgent problem which the international community has yet to resolve."

The Vatican follows this up at world meetings by stressing the need for an international authority which can implement policies among nations.

The pope stated his bottom line in his 1990 Christmas message as war clouds thickened over the Persian Gulf: "May leaders be convinced that war is an adventure with no return!"

leaders came but the Orthodox pastor refused.

"It's paradoxical; we Catholics get along better with the Muslims than the Orthodox. Maybe the reason is that the Orthodox are not evangelised enough. Often they are not even baptised and know nothing of the Christian faith," he said.

The Catholic minority between Relations in Bosnia-Herzegovina Catholics and Orthodox has come under increas- in Bosnia-Herzegovina ing provocation, Archbi- have worsened dramatishop Puljic said. He cited cally, Archbishop Putjic incidents of pastors being said. Most Orthodox are beaten, churches part of the Serbian Muslims are the largest attacked and a nun minority there. religious group in roughed up and told to The archbishop said he Bosnia-Herzegovina, fol"stay off the street in a had promoted an inter- lowed by the Orthodox religious habit". religious prayer service and Catholic communThe archbishop said he recently; two Muslim ities.

have estimated that the Catholic portion of the population dropped from 95 per cent in 1940 to 76.2 per cent in 1990.

The Church must redouble its religious education efforts for all ages, Pope John Paul said.

The sects have vast financial resources, he said, and "their preach-

ing lures the people with false mirages, deceives them with distorted simplifications and sows confusion, above all among the most simple and those who most lack religious education".

He told the bishops that their pastoral workers must fill the void in Church life which the

sects have been exploiting.

And they must "reawaken in people the joy and holy pride of being part of the one church of Christ which exists in our holy Catholic Church", the pope said.

The pope took his appeal directly to the faithful.

"The Christian vocation

Not the way, says pope NATAL, Brazil: Pope John it into a false phrophecy, Paul ruled out married which often reduces it to solutions for Brazil's a mere political shortage of priests. message".

Addressing a national Political activism is the gathering of priests, the role of the laity, not pope said a priest's priests, he said, and "no mission is to preach "the ideology" can replace mystery of the risen "the doctrine of the Christ without changing faith".

He told priests to show a "preferential, but not exclusive, love" for the poor, for "all those who suffer as victims of injustice" or human rights violations.

But he also told them to make time for prayer and relaxation so tha,_ their

"good intentions" don't bring "an interior void damaging to your ministry".

In a country where priests and some bishops have called for the ordination of married men, the pope said, "the Churr]. doe", not recoe-

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The situation must be met with a "return to the moral and cultural values of the Christian tradition", he said.

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"This will not be the way to resolve the grave lack of priests in Brazil." be said.

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In defence of Ch rch work VATICAN CITY (CNS): The Vatican has defended rebuilding Catholic life in the Soviet Union against Russian Orthodox accusations that it is trying to proselytise Orthodox Christians.

The Vatican statement came after a Russian Orthodox refusal to send a delegate to the papally convened special Synod of Bishops for Europe.

The Orthodox refusal and Vatican response reflect the continuing deterioration in ecumenical relations between the two churches since the Soviet Union relaxed religious restrictions.

The Orthodox announ-

cement said the decision was sparked by continued disputes with Ukrainian Catholics over church buildings in the western Ukraine and the Vatican decision to set up "parallel missionary structures" in Russia by establishing Latin-rite jurisdictions.

"Our participation in the debate at Rome would be dressed in an ambiguous nature.

World Christian public opinion would be deceived about the true character of the current relations between our two churches," said the Orthodox announcement.

It said Pope John Paul II had not heeded calls by

Russian Orthodox officials to solve the problems in the western Ukraine.

The Vatican has invited major Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant leaders in Europe to send "fraternal delegates" to the November 28December 14 synod, scheduled to discuss the Church's role in European unification. The "fraternal delegates" will be allowed to present their views to the synod, but voting will be restricted to the Catholic participants.

The Orthodox refusal is a major setback in Vatican efforts to present a united Christian approach to dealing with

European problems in the post-communist era.

The pope personally sent the invitation to the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow.

The Vatican statement said the Ukrainian problem is complex and results from the fact that the church buildings in dispute were taken from the Ukrainian Catholic Church after it was suppressed by the government in 1946.

At the time "there was a minimal Orthodox presence" in the area, said the Vatican.

The Ukrainian Catholic Church, "with the suppression, had received an injustice", it added.

The Vatican accused the

Orthodox of not wanting to solve the problem, which developed when the Ukrainian church began emerging from the catacombs.

"The will to repair this injustice, if it would have been manifested quickly with a significant gesture, could have contributed to creating a different climate between the two churches," it said.

Catholic and Orthodox officials made a major effort to resolve the problem in 1990 "without producing the desired results", the Vatican said.

"But it is unjust to pin the responsibility for the lack of success only on the Ukrainian Church," it said.

Shroud is relocated TURIN, Italy (CNS): The Shroud of Turin is being temporarily relocated so that the chapel which houses it can be restored.

Normally, the shroud is kept in the Gaurini Chapel, which is part of a former Savoy family palace adjacent to the cathedral. Last year, the

chapel was closed indefinitely to visitors after a piece of marble fell from the ceiling.

Restoration work on the chapel, which is state property, is expected to be paid for by the Piedmont region and Turin banks, officials said. The project could cost as much as two

million and take several months to complete, they said.

The Guarini Chapel was built specially to house the shroud after the relic was transferred to Turin in the 16th century. The cloth belonged to the Savoy family, whose descend-

Science needs ethical orientation

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Science needs ethical orientations if it is to benefit society, said Pope John Paul II in supporting the establishment of governmental bio-ethics committees.

Genetic engineering can be extremely danger-

ous unless guided by a broader view of the aims and purposes of humanity, he said.

Genetic engineering "cannot be reduced to technical aspects which are morally neutral", he added.

Science also needs

11 missionaries killed worldwide VATICAN CITY (CNS): Eleven Catholic missionaries were killed worldwide in the first nine months of 1991, according to the newsletter of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

The number ties with that recorded in the first nine months of 1990, when by year's end 18 had been killed.

The latest murder reported from the Church's more than 900 missionary dioceses was the killing in Cameroon 6

of retired Archbishop Yves Plumey of Garoua.

The French missionary archbishop was 78 years old.

The 10 others killed included seven priests, one religious brother and two women religious.

Two died in Mozambique, and four died in Peru. The others died in Somalia, Colombia, Brazil and Puerto Rico.

Two each came from Italy, Poland and Colombia. The others were from Portugal, Australia, Brazil and Spain.

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guidelines for development of the earth's resources, he said.

Ecological catastrophes he pointed out the "danger of irrational use of nature", the pope said.

"Development of the earth's resources has consequences on the

ants became kings of Italy. It was willed to the pope in 1983, but the pontiff entrusted its care to the Archdiocese of Turin.

In 1988, experts using carbon-14 testing on pieces of the shroud concluded that the cloth dated from the Middle Ages.

Regarding the establishment of Latin-rite jurisdictions, the Vatican said these "respond to the religious necessities of the Catholic communities, in the localities where they exist today".

"The reorganisation of ecclesial structures and the naming of apostolic administrators for some territories in the Soviet Union are not motivated in the least by proselytism," it added.

The Vatican said there were seven Latin-rite jurisdictions in 1923 when government repression of Catholics began.

The Russian Orthodox do the same thing by naming church officials "to offer spiritual assist-

ance even to the small communities of faithful found outside Russia, especially in Western Europe and the Americas", said the Vatican.

Such procedures "are not in contradiction with the principles of ecumenism", it said.

On a positive note, the Vatican said it was pleased a portion of the Orthodox announcement which also "confirms the commitment of the Russian Orthodox Church to wish to continue a fraternal ecumenical dialogue and affirms that the present decision should not be interpreted as a breaking of relations between the two churches".

Singer-priest dies at 83 GLASGOW: Father Sydney MacEwan, Scottish priest and internationally known singer, died in a Glasgow hospital at age 83.

Father MacEwan's 38-year singing career included concerts all over the world. He sold more than three million records, specialising in Celtic, Irish and Scottish songs.

He also was a classical singer and once brought Rome traffic to a standstill.

Father MacEwan was inside the Scots College — the Scottish seminary then located in central Rome — when a new piano was being tuned, and he began singing opera selections.

The window was open, and crowds began to gather outside and call for more.

Judy Garland, Bing Crosby and the Kennedys were among well-known Americans who attended his US concerts.

cultures of people," he added.

The pope cited "the Indians of the Amazon, threatened with extinction by deforestation of what comprises their fragile ecological and cultural balance".

A "reasonable and honest planning" of develop-

ment of the earth's resources is needed, he added.

"The experimental method only allows us to learn about partial aspects of reality," while philosophy, art and religion provide more universal knowledge, said the pope.

Pope to beatify Opus Dei founder ROME (CNS): Pope John Paul II will beatify Opus Dei founder Mons Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer at the Vatican on May 17 next year.

In July, the congregation and the pope decreed that a miraculous cure was attributable to the intercession of Mons Escriva, clearing the way for his beatification. Another miracle, determined to have taken place after beatification, is necessary for canonisation.

The cure involved a 70-year-old Spanish nun who reportedly recovered overnight from a tumor

in 1976. She died 12 years later.

Mons Escriva, born in Barbastro, Spain, in 1902, founded Opus Dei in 1928. Opus Dei, Latin for "God's work", has grown to include some 75,000 lay members and 1300 priests. Its members practice a disciplined spiritual life and are encouraged to integrate their faith and their professional work.

Mons Escriva died in 1975, and his sainthood cause was introduced in 1981.

Father MacEwan's autobiography, "The High Cs", was published in 1972. In it he told of his compassion for the poor and needy in the industrial city of Glasgow. He also told of how he felt people should be consoled in their own language so, when Latin was still the languages of Masses, he sang in the vernacular.

Born in Glasgow, Sydney MacEwan was described by friends as quiet and modest with a sense of humour. He considered joining the Jesuits, and later he abandoned his successful singing career to study for the diocesan priesthood.

Killed in crash

CAPE COAST, Ghana (CNS): One of Africa's veteran church leaders, Archbishop John K. Amissah of Cape Coast, was killed in an auto accident on his way home from a confirmation service.

Archbishop Amissah was the first Ghanaian bishop and the second African archbishop. He headed the oldest existing Catholic jurisdiction in the coastal West African country. The Cape Coast see began as an apostolic prelature in 1879.

He was the third longest-serving native bishop in Africa and ordained the eight other Ghanaian bishops.

Archbishop Amissah was involved in the Second Vatican Council and during part of the council was a roommate of Archbishop Karol Wojtyla of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II.

A big 'thank you, for Wee cure

By Roy Lazaroo

A nerve-graft about three years ago left Allan Simpson in a pathetic state.

No pun, it really got him on his nerves.

His lower left leg (where a snip of nerve was removed) ached to the point of causing him to be near suicidal.

"I had to get rid of my guns. . . just in case," he confided.

He tried everything possible in his desperation to beat the pain.

"I virtually became a drug addict. I felt like I had been run over by a truck. I was hallucinating. I had no energy to do anything," he said.

His three-year suffering

ended seven weeks ago — thanks to two people, the man who cured him and the Wagin doctor who suggested that Allan try healing via Chi, an ancient Chinese art.

Dr Y.C. Low of Wagin Hospital told Allan to get in touch with Anthony Wee of Chi Dynamics fame in Perth.

And why not thought Allan. After all the specialists told him that they had done everything possible — and even sent him to the pain control clinic to no avail.

Medication, injections and potent pain-killer drugs did not help.

For Allan there seemed only one road left — a 250km drive from Wagin to Bullcreek (Anthony's residence) — for Chi

Anthony Wee explains how he went about curing Allan Simpson (seated) to those present at his Wagin workshop. treatment.

Allan did just that. He contacted Anthony and made an appointment.

Allan said he was in a terrible state of pain and touching his sore leg was out of the question. His face was pallid and he was noticeably in pain.

"Please heal me, but don't touch me," was his unspoken message.

That was no problem for Sifu (master) Anthony who knew the art of Chi — generating energy to heal.

So for an hour — no touching, mind you — Anthony treated Allan.

Allan went back to Wagin and for the first time in three years he enjoyed three pain-free days.

He sensed some hope in

this new treatment and when intermittent pain rang he returned Anthony for another session.

The second treatment was similar to the first and Allan returned to Wagin a very much happier man this time.

"Imanaged to sleep like a log. I have been mowing the lawn and playing lawn bowls.

There is still pain but it is now bearable," he said.

Allan could not do this three years ago.

He saw Anthony for the third time but it was only a review session.

The master said that Allan was well on his way to recovery.

Before seeing Anthony the man from Wagin had

already spent some $18,000 on medical bills.

"It's unreal," remarked Allan who was now sporting a healthy pink complexion — a far cry from what he looked like six or seven weeks ago.

"I am happy! went to see Anthony. The trips! made to Perth were certainly worth it. I can't thank him enough," he said.

During his visits to the Chi Dynamics master, Allan was also taught how to breathe correctly, so important in selfhealing.

His wife Yvonne who had watched her husband's three-year journey into misery had just one word to describe Allan's turnaround in health: "Great!"

It's not magic Chi master Anthony Wee has helped many, many Perth people get well through his curing methods but fights shy of publicity.

He treats his art seriously — just as he treats his golf.

He was even reluctant to publicise his latest success but a little armtwisting by the writer helped change his mind.

His method of healing which he learnt from the masters in China when he was much younger is very, very old.

"It is not magic. It is not a miracle. It is not faithhealing. It is just a simple matter of applying a know-how," he said.

Asked how he cured Allan Simpson he said: "SinceIcould not touch him I had to stimulate

... and a Wee stir in Wagin The quiet town of Wagin in WA received a wee stir recently when a master of Chi Dynamics came to t own.

Chi master Anthony Wee held a workshop on the ancient art of Chinese healing for about 30 people at Wagin Hospital which saw some coming from as far as Albany.

Lake Grace and Kojonup.

The workshop was organised by Wagin

Hospital's Dr Y.C. Low who had sent a Wagin man to Anthony for what seems to be a successful cure.

Dr Low, another doctor from Kojonup, the matron of Wagin Hospital and a few nurses were present at the workshop.

Learning to relax, he told those present, was the first step to selfhealing.

He said that all this

could be done through "We can read 10 books correct breathing. or a thousand books but The normal person it is no use when breathes up to his chest compared to one good level. session of chi."

In Chi Dynamics, he It was also important for said, breathing is done each person to find out from the abdomen. what exactly was wrong From his kind of brea- with himself — what was thing the person was able causing them stress and to generate chi energy to be tense. "Only a baby which was so important is able to relax comin self-healing. He pletely," he noted. "For stressed that practise was us, we are always aware important in chi. of our stress and prob-

lems. This is the burden we carry," he noted.

The whole object, he said, is to move away from the very physical state of consciousness to a dreaming state.

"We should be in perfect health if we can achieve this," he added.

2 / hours his So for 21 "students" learnt how to breathe the new way and

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the acupuncture points by electromagnetic flow from my hands.

"Then I induced his endorphin flow by activating those points.

"That helped ease the pain and remove any blockages along the meridian. I am happy to see Allan in good shape again."

Just for the uninitiated, Anthony said that the founding of Chi, according to written records is about 4000 years old. Tai Chi is about 800 years and Shoalin Kung Fu is 1600.

Chi, in other words, he said, was the "mother" of all martial arts.

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concentrate.

As a sidelight Anthony also proved to those present the power of good breathing.

In one case he stood rooted to the ground as five to six men attempted to push him off balance.

They failed.

The session was so successful that another has been planned in Wagin in a month's time.

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Retired Jack Carey was diagnosed as having cancer of the larynx in February this year. Today he has no cancer.

An avid follower of the Chi methods of cure, he went to see Anthony Wee who worked out a program for him to follow. He also underwent radio therapy.

"WhenI went back to the hospital in July the specialists ordered another biopsy which showed no cancer cells present.

"Besides radiotherapy, reckon Chi has helped me in a big way," he said.

In 1987 Anthony did

Dr Low tramples over the body of Albany Chi instructor Robynne Seigert at the Wagin workshop — a proof of Chi power.

Anthony explaining the dynamics of Chi to his newly recruited students.

a demonstration in Perth Esplanade which saw him neutralise the weight of a 9.3 tonne double-decker bus which ran over his body. It has never been sucessfully attempted elsewhere in the world.

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How exercise, prayer go hand in hand

By Richard Cain

Three times a week at the crack of dawn Ann Solari-Twadell drags a tired body out of bed.

But before she begins morning prayer, she dons her running clothes and slips out of the still sleeping house.

The sun already glints on the dew as she heads across the street to a park that is the setting of a 2km long path around a lake.

She slips a meditative tape into her Walkman and begins stretching out. Then she hits the path, putting one foot in front of the other, faster . . . faster.

"I'm not a runner," she says, explaining that she needs the Walkman to shift her mental focus onto something more relaxing than her aching leg muscles. Sometimes she listens to religious music. "It gives me a perspective to meditate on when I'm running," she adds.

Like many others, Ms Solari-Twadell, director of a Parish Nurse Resource Centre has discovered that physical exercise and prayer go hand in hand.

"I'm energised by it," she says of her exercise.

The meditative reading she does afterward during morning prayer gives her a spiritual perspective on the day.

The exercise she has done first gives her energy to carry that perspective out.

For her, exercise is excellent preparation for prayer. "Even though my body is working hard," Ms Solari-Twadell says, "my mind is slowing down and relaxing."

The exercise helps her to clear away stress and open up a mental space in which to meet God. The vital link between body and spirit has been recognised since antiquity.

One has only to open the Scriptures to see how body and spirit are intertwined in Christian

tradition.

The healing ministry of Jesus was as much a healing of attitude as it was healing of sickness, according to Father Lawrence Seidl, senior asociate for pastoral services.

In Scripture, physial illness often is used a; a metaphor for spirittal illness.

"The blindness, the leprosy, the women hnt double were illustrat ve of one's theological sly iisightedness, one's exausion from the comminity or one's limitations or lack of openness to the surrounding world, Father Seidl says.

well become an aspect of their therapy.

Exercise "releases certain chemicals in the brain" which "help the spirit," Father Seidl says.

"Perhaps the late Norman Cousins stated it more succinctly when he said, 'Physicians are beginning to recognise that the human body is made up of spiritually sensitive tissues'."

Slower in coming is a theological understanding of this interrelationship, according to Father Seidl. Part of this is a failure to recognise that the spirit itself is dynamic, not a static entity.

God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength'," says Sister of Charity Margaret Anne Nolan, co-ordinator of ministry with disabled persons.

"In order to do that, you have to have all those elements integrated."

Her preferred form of exercise is tai chi, a set of gentle, fluid, dancelilce motions.

The emphasis on correct breathing in tai chi promotes relaxation and meditation, Sister Nolan says.

"Early research is showing the connectim between one's spirituality and the functionini of the immune system, the endocrine system, the metabolic system a ad more," he explains.

It is the whole person who is involved in the relationship with God, which is a reason why the body can assume such spiritual importance.

She has incorporated her new understanding in retreats she gives for people with disabilities.

At some point during the retreat she now tries to include some kind of exercise to help participants relax and better appreciate their bodies and themselves.

"People with disabilities need to integrate their whole person regardless of their impediments," she says.

For example, wh3n people suffer fn m depression exercise ray

"Jesus said the greatest commandment is: 'You must love the Lord your

"They need to exercise just as much as other people — perhaps even

There is a growing understanding of this link in modern health care, he notes.

The spirit is "a life force within us, a building, growing thing," Father Seidl comments.

Keeping fit in ancient Israel

By Father

John Castelot Physical well-being was prized by the ancient Israelites.

People did all they could to maintain health, avoiding anything that could harm it.

These people had nothing like what we today call preventive medicine.

In fact, the science of medicine was practically non-existent.

It is interesting to note, however, that the Israel-

Some food for thought Stress is a real culprit, conspiring against us when it comes to feeling good.

Regular physical exercise, many are convinced, is a key to keeping the stress upon our spirits acceptable within bounds.

Body and spirit: Common wisdom has it that the better our spirits are disposed, the better our prospects for bodily health; again, by pursuing the level of bodily health accessible to us, our spiritual dispositions improve.

It is not difficult to develop an unbalanced view of just what constitutes a good balance of body and spirit, as various fads and movements indicate. the Nonetheless.

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attempt to grasp how body and spirit interact to promote well-being has become a major task of our times, even in society's most responsible corners.

Consider how Alcoholics Anonymous and AlAnon promote physical and spiritual health virtually as twins.

"Feeling good" is not the be-all and end-all of Christian spirituality, clearly. Yet, taking care of ourselves as creations of God appears to be a worthy goal.

Many believe that combined efforts to "condition" body and spirit foster health, which in turn fosters personal growth and improved relationships, even an improved capacity to give of ourselves.

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ites had learned from experience that certain foods were hazardous to health.

A complex code of dietary laws warned people not to eat those foods.

For example, in an age without refrigeration, and in a warm climate to boot, pork was especially risky. It was, consequently, one of the especially "unclean" foods.

Mostly, however, people just took commonsense care of their bodies.

Naturally, sickness was bound to strike at times, and when it did people took it hard. For they regarded illness as a curse.

Considering the people's view of sickness as a punishment for some wrongdoing, it isn't surprising that many of the most moving psalms are anguished prayers for forgiveness and recovery (see Psalm 38, for instance).

Even so, the Israelites did not look upon the body as a hostile enemy agent.

biblical Act rally, Hebn,w had no word for "Ixxl!", as the Greek langt age does.

If the Israelites respe:ted their bodies, it was because they respe:ted themselves as integ al human beings.

Thu enjoyed good healt L The' considered long life ale of God's special blesungs, and the author of ate of the psalms exult in the prolonged stregth of the righteous: "They shall bear fruit even in old age; vigorous and sturdy shall they be."

(Psalm 92:15)

Ecclesiastes, for all his seeming cynicism, gives this prescription for contented living: "Go, eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a merry heart, because it is now that God favours your work. At all times let your garments be white, and spare not the perfume for your head.

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love." (9:7-9) This is not a recommendation for gluttony, drunkenness or unrestrained sexual activity. It is simply an acknowledgement of the good-

more."

Those with disabilities often can't exercise themselves. Someone may need to help them move their extremities.

This assisted exercise has an added spiritual benefit, according to Sister Nolan.

In addition to the exercise, the person assisting gives the other the affirming experience of human touch.

"The sense of touch is important for people with disabilities," Sister Nolan says. For many peope don't even look at those with disabilities, let alone touch them'."

Perhaps the strongest realisation people have of the relationship between exercise and the spirit is in seeing what happens when they stop exercising. Often they find that their prayer goes flat.

"I noticed that I didn't feel whole," says Sister Nolan. "I was falling back into the mental model rather than praying with my whole being."

ness of the body and its legitimate pleasures.

But there were no health spas in ancient Israel, as there are today.

For the Israelites, success, even survival, called for hard physical labour.

Does that mean they regarded their bodies merely as "machines" valuable to their work?

No. They gave the body reasonable care, believing that their livelihood depended on it. They neither pampered nor abused it. Theirs was a healthy respect for the human body.

Many people today, including those with physical disabilities, are

discovering that physical exercise and prayer go hand in hand, says Richard Cain. He observes that "perhaps the strongest realisation people have of the relationship between exercise and the spirit is seeing what happens when they stop exercising. Often their prayer goes flat."

Can body and soul exercise together?

By Father Herb Weber Several student service-oriented departments at our university for a few years have touted what they call a Wellness Wheel.

Using a pie-shaped diagram it depicts different areas of personal growth, encouraging students to achieve full health socially, emotionally, intellectually, physically, occupationally and spiritually.

And ours is a state-run university with no religious affiliation! Residence hall advisers are required to run a program on each aspect of wellness.

At the Catholic parish ministering to the university we became excited about the Wellness Wheel's possibilities.

It confirmed our belief that the various aspects of personal growth are interrelated.

Spiritual health and physical well-being are connected.

To understand how health of body and spirit affect each other, a couple of considerations are

necessary: the first concerns what a person is; the second involves trying to grasp the meaning of spirituality.

When I was growing up, there seemed to be an implicit suggestion that the inner spirit or soul was all that really mattered.

The body should be cared for, but what was important was assuring the soul's heavenly reward.

For many of us, it was a simple jump of logic to assume that the person we were was really just the soul.

The fact that bodily vanities were seen as just that — vanities — confirmed the suspicion.

Numerous stories of the saints also depicted men and women who showed disdain for the body's needs.

Admittedly, most tertiary students today did not grow up with that type of attitude.

In fact, there are many who err in the opposite direction, emphasising physical health to the detriment of spiritual and social development.

WhenIfirst met Joe, a muscular uni student, he was working out almost compulsively.

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Fortunately, he was starting to admit that there were other areas of his life that needed attention too.

Often the body is a kind of barometer of what is happening inside.

The body can suffer when there is insufficient attention to social and emotional health.

For example, consider eating disorders or various addictions and abuses.

The body suffers as the whole person suffers; the inner spirit cries out in pain.

When the spiritual life is in a sad state, as with a person after an abortion, the whole being usually lets that pain be known, often through sleeplessness, irritability and radical changes in eating habits.

I saw the interconnection of body and spirit especially well demonstrated in a student named Brad.

Although Brad was not a Catholic, he used to stop at our centre regularly, praying in the chapel.

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Occasionally, he would come to my office and we would have an informal but serious discussion.

Now, Brad's visits were taking place during his "health runs".

Whether he was running two miles or more, his workout included prayer and discussion along the way.

Implicitly he seemed to know that all parts of his life needed exercise at once.

Based on the idea that the various aspects of human development interact, spirituality needs to be concerned with more than "matters of the spirit". In truth, it must take into consideration all areas of health.

This is not to say that there shouldn't be specialists who try to aid the healing and the development of the spirit. That is nececsary.

But what needs to be kept in mind is that, like the six wedges of the Wellness Wheel, all parts of a person's life interact as a person grows toward greater wholeness.

Does exercise for the body aid the human spirit within you? Why? Selected responses from readers: "Absolutely! Aerobic exercise releases the 'pleasure hormone', endorphin, which God gave us to better deal with stress, depression, to feel great. . . When you deal effectively with stress, depression, you have a great attitude, a gentle spirit." — Dawn Johnson "I'm 82 and have had two hip operations. I exercise every day. If I didn't, I wouldn't be here." — Clara Wirth "I jog four days a week. . . When I can't do my regular exercise routine, my whole sense of peace is affected, and I can't settle myself interiorly." — Mons Nicholas P. Amato "I used to be a jogger and now I'm a biker, but either way it's a time when I can get beyond my worries and the cares of the day . . . The rhythm gets me into a meditative state." — Frank Burch "Yes, because it clears my mind of stress and gives a healthy, calming effect." — Pat Naude "Through continuous aerobics for over five years, I have disciplined my body to excel a little more each time. I feel that if I am able to discipline my body this way, I can apply the same to my spirit . . . and it will be better conditioned when faced with temptation." — Olga Pasquarelli "It is said in Sirach 30:15, 'A sound healthy body and a cheerful attitude are more valuable than gold and jewels.' Exercise helps develop that sound body, and when people feel better physically they often have a better attitude." — Brad Novak The Record, October 24, 1991

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Generosit in focus $150,000 from Prindivilles Students are the lifeblood of a university and it is vital that Notre Dame Australia (NDA) students be accepted on their qualifications, not on their ability to pay fees, according to Mr Bernie Prindiville.

Mr Prindiville, a prominent business and sports personality, made the statement when he was presenting the B.F. Prindiville Family Perpetual Scholarship to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia, Professor David Link.

The scholarship, which was established with a donation of $150,000 from the Prindiville family, will be awarded to a student in the College of Education in perpetuity.

"I hope our donation encourages others to assist students in this way," said Mr Prindiville.

In acknowledging the Prindiville family's contribution Professor Link said that the scholarship will not only assist students in the College of Education in 1992 but will go on helping new generations of students and teachers through years to come.

"There will always be a student at NDA benefiting from your generosity," Professor Link said to Mr and Mrs Prindiville.

Mr and Mrs Bernie Prindiville signed the University of Notre Dame's Founder's Register watched by Professor David Link. Mr Prindiville, who is a Governor of the university, said he looks forward to the day when the register is filled with thousands of names of people who have made the dream of the first Catholic university in Australia a reality.

Long-time Cottesloe parishioner, Mrs Pat Clarke and Swanbourne parishioner, Mr Tony Gardner presented the cheque for $50,000 to Professor Tony Ryan.

Mrs Clarke said she had been interested in NDA since it was first announced and hoped that one day her grandchildren would attend the university.

Mr Tony Gardner said the university was needed because it would help to fill the need for religious education and training for young people during their important formative years between 17 and 25 years of age.

Unit scholarships, cash worth $50,000 from Cottesloe-Swanbourne parish The parish of Cottesloe/Swanbourne presented two Unit Scholarships to the University of Notre Dame Australia in a special ceremony on Sunday October 6.

The Unit Scholarships of $20,000 each will give financial assistance to students enrolling in the College of Education.

In accepting the cheque the Dean of the College of Education, Professor Tony Ryan, said that the donation would be invested in the Scholarship fund and the interest from the Fund would be used to assist students in perpetuity.

In 1992 the two Cottesloe/ Swanbourne Parish Unit Scholarships would be awarded to students undertaking their Masters Degrees in Religious Education and in Educational Leadership.

"The university's aim is to build up the Scholarship Fund to the point where the majority of students will be required to pay only marginally more than the fee payable at the publicly funded universities," said Professor Ryan.

"NDA will not be elitist," he said.

Professor Ryan said the university was grateful that parishes, schools, individuals and groups were enabling students to attend the NDA by making donations to the Scholarship Fund.

The parish also presented a cheque for $10,000 to the College of Education's Establishment Fund for the purchase of MicroVideo Teaching laboratory. The Laboratory will assist students to critique their classroom teaching performance and will be used to record lectures.

Catholic homes on the go Catholic retirement homes projects are on the go both in Perth metro area and deep into the South West.

At Rossmoyne the Thomas Perrott Village last stage is well under way and at Augusta units right next to the magnificent Lumen Christi Church are ready for

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purchasers.

At Rossmoyne the 16 additional units being built along with an activities area will bring the total to 55 units.

Alongside is the Joseph Cooke Hostel whose dining room and other activities are available to unit residents. A doctor, hairdresser and podiatrist visit the hostel on a

regular basis.

At Augusta, 12 homes

overlook the Blackwood Estuary, Flinders Bay and bushland as far as the eye can see.

Beach, riverbank and boat fishing is available and air-conditioned buses link Perth and Augusta daily.

Rossmoyne's two bedroom units come with a

garden area, a garden shed and an optional undercover car bay.

The Augusta units have two bedrooms, lounge and dining room, walk in linen closet and a carport.

The Rossmoyne units which are part of Southern Cross Homes are resident funded, based on a lifetime lease and

are priced at $79,500.

The purchase of the Augusta

units

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$75,000 with a $30 week maintenance charge — all water and land rates and mowing paid for by the board of management.

If the Augusta units are vacated the initial $75,000 is returned less a

charge of 3% for a maximum of seven years. amounting to $15,750.

Half of any increase in sale value will be paid to the occupant.

Information on the Rossmoyne units is available from Mrs McDonald 321 5641. Information on Augusta is from Hugh McHugh (097) 58 1990.

PUSHED INTO IT BY HOLY SPIRIT There are only 12 notes in the octave scale but it amazes musician and composer June Fitzgerald how many tunes can still be made of them.

She herself has proved the point in her latest publication of six religious songs that are the result, she says, of people and situations affecting her life.

A processional hymn for communion came in response to her Maiming organist role's difficulty in providing something for the congregation to sing and get to communion herself.

It has now become a popular melody at St Pius X. Another song came from the theme A Better Tomorrow on a World Day of Prayer. "It all begins with me," says June Fitzgerald's piece.

Peace I Bequeath To You was a memorial reflection on her mother's death at Roethorpe while a Resurrection song was inspired by the scene at the requiem Mass for friend Jim Spencer of Manning.

An Easter song and an Emmanuel Christmas carol round out the series.

June Fitzgerald admits it is a long and demanding haul between having an idea, writing the music and words, and finally getting it into print.

It can be costly too.

Six new hymns go on the rack While setting out not to make a profit it is easy to suddenly make a loss on many unsold copies. The current volume sells for around $8 at Gatto's and the SVDP Bookshop in Bronte Street.

It is not her first venture into religious music. Ten years ago her first song GO In Peace finished up being arranged and sung in Katmandu where her sister and husband were missionaries.

A few years later she produced her two Masses for the Holy Family and her favourite

could do better than an saint St Anthony.

The former for the Year item they saw their sons of The Child is a simple rehearsing one day at Mass in C that can be Aquinas College. sung by ordinary pariThe result was the 14shioners who, she says song musical Ship of "are not up to Elgar, Dreams, the words by Britten or even Father Mary Durack, the music Albert Lynch". St by June and the arrangeAnthony's Mass is ment by her good friend pitched at the more Geoff Carroll who has popular and younger arranged the present edition. style of musicianship.

There is another side to It was a gala Broome her composing. Through opening performance working as a North West using children from both air hostess she got to the State and Catholic know Mary Durack schools and about the Miller and later Mary theme of a treasure out Durack suggested they on Buccaneer Reef.

Broome children took the performance also to Queensland. June Fitzgerald's only regret is that time has probably passed by the chance to make it into a film.

She chuckles when telling that her first venture into public performance was when she and a friend wrote freelance items for the early Mavis Bramston show before the station's own writers took over. A royalty of $80 in those days was a fortune to both of them, she says.

Her own piano playing

started at the age of six from her father's love of and notwithstanding poetry, especially the many teachers and lines he penned to his moves to many countries wife. she persevered. She June Fitzgerald says she regrets that her own writes and publishes children have not perse- music because "someone vered but is even more has pushed me into it — concerned that few peo- the Holy Spirit" — and ple are coming forward there is a -certain as church organists. urgency" to get them into Although many children order because "we're are learning music, the getting no younger". traditional keyboard perAsked what is ahead formers that once came replies: "Isn't that she from the convent schools enough besides bringing are not in abundance. up four children and Her taste for words, she playing the organ at says, may have come church all these years!"

What Engaged Encounter is all about and Father Basil Noseda Catholic Engaged

By Colleen OSB outlined the uniEncounter is a program to McGuiness-Howard queness of the EE prohelp young engaged cougram and their aspiraples better prepare for tions for its future. their marriages by con- society. fronting them with real Obviously Steve, in thanking the positive issues which need to be results emerge from Honourable Keith Wilfaced in marriage. these weekends, because son's attendance as As well it gives theni the in some instances cou- representing Premier Lawrence, tools, skills, and aware- ples have decided to Carmen ness to face that chal- postpone or cancel their acknowledged support lenge in a realistic and wedding, having looked given by the Office of the at the reality of where Family through the Marworkable manner. riage Education Grant During the weekend, a they were at. pointed out that WA and For others it has reingroup of EE couples and a priest call engaged forced their relationship is the only known place couples to a sacramental and given them an in the world which has a into post - government office specifway of life through the insight wedding-day reality with ically concerned with vocation of marriage. 'the skills necessary to family issues.

Pope John Paul 11 also While citing the bad has stressed to the build a satisfying and statistics that one in three Pontificial Council on stable marriage.

Last Monday night EE marriages in Australia the Family that couples need to be helped to launched their New end in divorce, Steve said understand the sacra- Directions dinner at St there are programs mental nature of mar- Charles Seminary where which recognise some common factors in the riage and that programs EE weekends are held. need doctrinal content It was a lively affair other two which do relating to the Church's whereby a body of work. teaching on unity and invited people, among And EE recognises that indissolubility of them many priests, felt there are some things marriage. the vibrancy of the EE couples do, skills they The EE weekends are team and what they are can learn and attitudes based on open dialogue hoping to achieve for our they can cultivate" which help make lasting, pasbetween the couple with pre-marrieds. the emphasis on building There's nothing dull sionate marriages". a relationship. about these folk and one The good thing about Couples are urged to can only admire their EE, said Steve, is that honorary couples actually practise think beyond the wed- unselfish, ding day and explore efforts to help create concrete relationship their strengths, wea- more good marriages, skills; this has a greater knesses, goals, aspira- such as their own, which impact than merely prestions and attitudes about are knitted through with enting facts and theories. money, sex, children, the Catholic ethos.

An aspect of concern is family, and their role in State co-ordinators that young couples often the Church and in Cathy and Steve Grasso realise areas of difference

Steve and Cathy Grasso having a chat with Archbishop Hickey. in their relationship, but are not Catholic couples. without a prompting As for advising on prior to marriage, they natural methods of birth rarely think through the control, Steve and Cathy impact of these areas on said that some people their future life together. 'out there' just don't EE helps them face that realise that it not only and work through it. works, but it's the life of their relationblood Steve and Cathy out that ship and helps them pointed although some may con- maintain a sex life which sider the openly catholic is fresh and intimate. ethos of EE would appeal Steve and Cathy suggest only to catholics, this is in it would be a great idea fact not borne out by facts for groups such as the because just under half Majellans and the participating couples Catholic Women's (47%) have only one League, along with conCatholic partner, and 4% cerned couples and par-

"And good marriages ishes, to encourage young couples in mar- just don't happen — riage preparation, and because communication, perhaps even extending that essential foundation, support by paying their is hard work". But from way through such prep- the sound of all the good marriages which are aration as a gift. aglow with love, vitality Looking to the future, and solidarity — well the EE team is intending worth the effort. to offer assistance to organisations and indiContact tor anyone viduals to encourage interested in an EE couples to prepare for weekend, is by ringing (09) 447 3706, 451 1952 marriage. or 409 7074.

"After all," said Cathy and Steve, "A wedding is Bunbury (097) 55 4556 only a day, but marriage and Busselton is a lifetime!

(097) 55 4556.

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Request three favours. Publicise this devotion. F.P. _ Thanks to St Jude for prayer answered so quickly. Also grateful thanks to Mary, Jesus, St Lucy, St Philomena and Infant of Prague. I.E.

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May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for us. St Jude worker of miracles pray for us. St Jude helper of the hopeless pray for us. This novena said nine times a day for nine days. On the eighth day your request will be granted. Publication must be promised.

OBITUARY

Last of seven pioneers dies Carmelite Sister Veronica of the Holy Face who died at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital last week aged 78 was the last of the seven pioneers who founded the Nedlands Carmel in 1935.

Then only 22 she was a novice of only ten days in the group which came from Dulwich Hill and she loved to tell how quickly she learnt the art of making cement bricks for the property's enclosure wall.

She also learnt how to carry endless buckets of water each evening to the trees they planted.

In 1962 she was appointed novice mistress and was prioress in 1969-72, 1978-91 and 1984-87 She was gifted in sewing and embroidery and often burned midnight oil to complete a

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There were several weary players who were advancing through their events with little rest between matches.

Some of the players through to the quarter semi and finals are: Men's Championship Singles — defending champion,

Paul Horsten, is through to the semi along with past title holder, Damien Messer, and up and coming contender, Tim Fanowrios: they will clash in one semi.

Geraldine Alderman will defend her title in the final of the Ladies' Singles against either Judy Russo or Alison Thomas after the sisters slug it out in their semi.

Damien Messer and Tim Fanowrios are through to the semi in the Men's Doubles and are looking very dangerous. The other side of the draw is still in the first round stages due to exemptions.

The Ladies' Doubles Finals looks like being a beauty when Geraldine Alderman -ind Kathy Williams clash

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with Alison Thomas and Germaine Woodhouse.

The Handicaps are through to finals in two events. In the Ladies' Doubles Leonie and Christine Messer meet Fiona Dunleavy and Delys Achari, and in the Mixed Doubles, Fiona teams with Vish Achari to play Christine Messer and Bryan Kukura.

The Men's Singles are through to the semis where Geordy Cameron plays John Ward, and in the other side of the draw John Hughan is also through.

The father and son combination of Peter and Simon Messer are the only pair as yet through in the semis in the Men's Doubles.

All finals will hopefully be concluded this weekend.

She loved St Therese of the Child Jesus and the writings of Dom Columba Marmion. She prayed for and had a love for the priesthood She had hoped her illness would not disturb the community on their recent October 15 St Teresa celebration but hospitalisation took over and her sisters were at ther bedside in relays until her death on October 17.

Bishop Quinn, a close friend, celebrated the funeral Mass along with Bishop Healy and attended the graveside. Her niece Barbara attended from Sydney.

May she rest in peace.

to the Editor

Leader merits study, mental digestion from WP MEEHAIV, Mundanng Sir, Your valuable leader (October 10) merits careful study and mental digestion by every concerned person who is subjected to the evil to which the leader refers.

In passing I would direct some immediate attention to the paragraph on advertising now controlling the amount of information that is given on a daily newspaper's page.

The thrust throughout is worthy and significant, touching as it does upon the callous and avaricious nature of the media industry as a whole, with implied emphasis upon its almost total lack of concern for the moral aspect and for prudence in any form or degree

Sir, "Brides of Christ" was an interesting documentary of a past, regrettably past, part of Australian education; but liberally, in the ABC manner, salted with sex; much of it unlikely.

None could believe that a pious Catholic girl of the times portrayed would bed with her fiancee and, then catching sight of a crucifix, hie herself off to a convent as a rather second-time round bride.

But then, sexual activities are regrettably so much a normal and frequent part of TV drama. It will therefore be interesting to see what is made of an oncoming feature of the Oz blasphemy trial of the 1960s.

It will probably ignore some consequences of that trial and the related Lady Chatterley trial of the same era.

CHRISTIAN MUSIC A Christian music writing competition is being staged as part of the Ryde Bicentenary celebrations in 1992.

There are tour categories in the competition — a hymn featuring new Whether or not the mature generamelody and lyrics; lyrics tion may remain unaffected by what to a well-known hymn is going on, the real and very urgent tune; a Christian Song danger is to the young, long and and a children's hymn. viciously exploited and quite unable to Amateurs and profeswithstand the insidious meaning and sionals may enter. content of what is being thrust upon Entries close October 25 them every hour of the day and night. and the winners of each will category be Nor for that matter do all the mature announced in December.

Prizes include $150 cash members of our society escape, the minds of many conditioned by now to Ilus a $50 gift voucher at 27enes1s Music in each accept the unacceptable along the category. time worn line of least resistance!

The Ryde Bicentenary Interchurch Task Force This editorial should be carefully read will hold copyright on and thought over and that any and entries until December

every action possible be exercised in the manifestation of what it clearly urges.

Interesting documentary of Aussie past from Paul DONNELLY, Claremont

RAIN DAMPENER The first day of the WACLTA Championships last Saturday was a wash out. The first round matches were in progress when the bad weather moved in and play was abandoned for the rest of the day at 2.30pm.

However, Sunday saw the backlog of matches played and when play finished on Sunday, the organisers had all but caught up to schedule.

vestment on time. However, if everyone else thought the result perfect, she was never satisfied.

These were watershed events which marked a division between a decent past in literature and entertainment and prurient and pornographic present.

Now commonplace are the sex explicit modern novel, massive government releases of porno magazines, Canberra explicit sex videos, 'IT rated sex scened films with sequences such as those used in the "Brides".

Inevitably women have lost in common respect in being denigrated as mere sex objects; and thus much endangered.

Since the 1960s rape reports in WA and other Australian states have increased a hundredfold and now stand at very high international levels of 30 to 50 per 100,000 of population Attempt:, •,o dissemble

these alarming rates as being solely due to increase in facilities for reporting and treatment and protection of victims in courts of law ignore that most of the reports relate to extreme violence.

K idnapping, wounding with knives and even murder are on a scale which could not have gone unknown or unreported in the past: murder would have inevitably come out.

Only massive community reaction can stem the canker released on society by the Oz and Chatterley trials of the 1960s. This strangely is the view of Richard Neville, the then editor of Oz, in a recent published recantation in writing on a film -The Cook, the Thief and his Wife" of a singularly revolting nature.

This, I fear, is repentance come too late, nor is .t likely to be mentioned by the ABC.

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It is envisaged that the

winning hymns will be performed at various events throughout the bicentenary celebrations including the Commemoration Service and Procession at kissing Point on August 23. 1992.

For further information on the Christian music writing competition contact the Ryde Bicentenary Resource Centre.

Mondays to Fridays on (008) 02 1992 between 9.30am and 2pm.

ENGLISH IN CHINA A small Catholic organisation is looking for volunteers to teach English in colleges and universities in China.

Candidates should be aged 24-65, in good health, a basic degree. and some teaching experience (short courses in teaching English as a foreign language is desirable). No Chinese language needed. Salaries in China to cover expenses.

Enquiries: Br Laurie Needham, AlTECE, 17 Corner St Burwood NSW 2134 (02) 746 6534 or Fr Doug Conlan, Aquinas Manning College 450 5222.

TOMORROW TODAY

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with Father Joe Parkinson

Forty-four made the Willetton Antioch weekend on October 4-6 at Corpus Christi College, Bateman.

Midland Antioch relaunched on October 4-6 with a weekend at La Salle College in Viveash.

Forty-seven attended, including 3 from Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Midland 7 and Willetton Antioch Weekends

Catholic Parish Youth

Three Resource Books for parish youth groups, Antioch, etc

1. Reflection

2. Discussion

3. Games

Designed to offer you on-hand resources for your youth group. No matter what sort of group you have, these will be an invaluable resource. At just $8 book, don't go past these!

For more information, contact CPY 30 Claverton Street, North Perth (PO Box 194, North Perth, 6006.)

Phone 328 8136 Fax 328 7976 Catholic Social Justice Commission and Morley Young Christian Group present

•• CHRISTIAN •• CHOICES •••

Willetton leaders Simon Schmidberger and Vanessa Fernandez.

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FOR PEOPLE 20-30 YEARS OLD •• • A seven-week series of ecumenical seminars offering guidance on practical Christian responses to a range of current issues: money, politics, law, conflict, power, enemies, aid.

Venue: Church Hall 28 Holdhurst Way, Morley Time: 7.30pm Dates: Oct 6 — Nov 17 • The Sign of Peace at the end of the closing Mass, Willetton Antioch weekend.

Simon Schmidberger presents antioch crosses to new recruits at the end of the Willetton weekend.

Enquiries Peter Stewart 325 1212 (w) • Tim Leahy 271 5330 (h)

The Evangelisation and Development Department of

Catholic Youth Ministry, Perth

DARE THE DREAM CATHOLIC YOUTH CONVENTION 1992

AQUINAS COLLEGE, MANNING JANUARY 17-21, 1992 Meet and share with other young people, learn, be inspired and explore our futui e in the biggest Catholic youth event in recent times.

For information and registration form: Call KRISTI on (09) 328 9622 office hours The Record, October 24, 1991

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by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

Mainly folks having fun

CEE facing the future

Return to the Lord: A Lenten Journey of Daily Reflections by Mark G. Boyer. (Alba House through St Paul Publications, $15.95).

A guide for Christian pilgrims as they make their annual forty-day journey through Lent, this book can be used by individuals for private reflection and prayer and by homilists in the preparation of their daily sermons during this holy season.

LENTEN JOURNEY

Brief Scripture passages from the liturgy of the day are followed by a reflection, thoughts for meditation, a short prayer and questions to assist in the keeping of a daily journal.

The selections treat various themes of the Lenten catechesis that are suited to the spiritual significance of the season and the spiritual growth of the reader.

The Honourable Keith Wilson, Minister for Health with Father Basil Noseda OSB of the Catholic Engaged Encounter State Coordinating team, enjoying a delightful evening put on by CEE to launch their Year of Publicity focusing on new directions.

MARGARET SINCLAIR The Cheerful Giver: Margaret Sinclair by Felicity O'Brien. (St Paul Publica(ions, $5.95).

Margaret Ann Sinclair was born on March 29th, 1900, in Edinburgh.

For 23 years she lived as a lay person. leading an ordinary family life and touching other people's lives with her constant serenity and cheerfulness.

She joined the Poor flares in 1923, and died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-five.

Margaret's holiness was already manifest among her contemporaries.

Today she stands out as a prime example and source of , inspiration for all Christians.

Dispensing cheer with great gusto were CEE stalwarts Jan de Burgh and Morris Pavlinovich of the steering committee.

WHAT'S ON REGIONAL DAYS On Saturday, October 26 a regional day will be held for the South Eastern Region at St Norbert's, Queens Park, 10am-4pm.

On Sunday, October 27 a similar day will be held for the South Central Region. This will be at Orana School Hall, Willetton, 11am-4.30pm.

For each day all parish pastoral council members and all the priests of the respective regions have been invited. The focus is on the role and function of parish pastoral councils.

BURMESE FAREWELL Following the 7pm Mass on Friday, November 1 at St Francis Church, Redcliffe Street, East Cannington, there will be a farewell for Father Edward San Thein who leaves for Burma on November 5.

Bring a plate and drinks. Enquiries 272 1379 or 351 8509.

Father Brian Harris (East Victoria Park), Brother Damian (All Saints Chapel), Father Denis Collins (Seton Catholic College) and Father Frank Shortis (Hilton) spinning each other a few yarns aided by some good wine!

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GROWTH COURSE Growing Together, a relationship enrichment program for committed couples, on communication, body language, conflict resolution, family systems, and, intimacy and sexuality,

From page 16 1 presented by The Fullness of Life Centre (Inc) — Barbara Gardiner and funded by the Office of the Family on Thursdays 7.30-9.30pm, November 7 to December 5 at St Mary's Leeclerville Parish Centre, 40 Franklin St, Leederville. Bookings on 227 6883. (Limited to 5-6 couples).

SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT A group to support parents of children with special needs to access education placements and support will meet on Tuesday, October 29 at 8pm at the L.J. Goody Bioethics Centre, 39 Jugan Street, Glendalough. Open to public. Enquiries: Mary Ballantine 450 2335, Moya Durack 387 1172, or Barbara Harris 328 8113.

BURMESE MEMORIAL The annual Memorial Mall for the deceased members of the Burmese community will be celebrated on Sunday, November 3 at Columban House, 48 Riversdale Road, Rivervale with Mass at 11am followed by sharing of meal. Bring a plate and your own drinks. Enquiries 361 1093 or 272 1379.

Problems in country life the topic

By Dom Francis Byrne OSB Many of the inherent problems associated with pastoral life in the country areas were discussed at one of the most important meetings in New Norcia at the weekend.

facilitators for the discussions, but also outlined what was happening in other country regions.

Mission personnel from the various parishes added a wider perspective to the down-to-earth The effects of the recession on the rural discussions on the shape of the Church in population, unemployment, the promotion of country regions in the next decade.

"This gathering was an historic one for many lay leadership and the need for greater communication among the clergy and laity were reasons," said Father Anthony Lovis, of the New points of highlight during the one-day seminar. Norcia Parish.

"Just accepting each others' positions and Representatives from the northern region of experiences were truly signs of hope for the the parishes associated with the Avon Deanery future."

— Gingin/Chittering, Moora, Wongan HillsThe group intends to try to promote greater Daiwallinu and New Norcia took part. communication at all levels of parish life, set up Lay members from each of the four parishes travelling libraries and publish a regional and the Archdiocesan Parish Development directory containing information on resources Team — Mrs Robin Beech, Mrs Marian Moran and personnel. and Father Ben McKenna — laid the Among the clergy present was Father Basil groundwork for pastoral planning for the future. Noseda OSB (Moora) and Father Don Sproxton The archdiocesan team not only provided (Wongan Hills).

Lesrnurdie reaches out through Lourdescare

Last weekend a Parish care program — "Lourdescare", was launched in the Lesmuride Parish.

This is the last of eight launches this year at a rate of one a month.

Over 140 hills parishioners volunteered their services and Father Ryan, parish priest was absolutely delighted with the response.

riate that the care program was launched on Mission Sunday, a day when people should be aware of the needs of the wider world.

selves in Lourdescare, parishioners will have the opportunity to reach out to each other through the local mission of the Church," he said.

Mog Piasecki coordinators of the Lesmurdie Family Support programme said that "the Diocesan Care programme and its team members had

He said it was approp-

"By involving them-

Carmel Smith and

enhanced Lesmurdie's

original parish program by increasing the number of volunteers and the variety of a ssistance being offered.

"It led to a tremendous response from an extremely generous

parish family."

After the information was collated on the Monday following the launch, the committee celebrated the success of Lourdescare with a soup and champagne lunch.

School raises flags at last MacKillop Catholic Primary School in South Lake finally got the chance to raise its Australian and WA flags recently, six months after they were donated by the state government Premier Carmen Lawrence and MLA for Cockburn, Bill Thomas, presented the flags to the school in March this year, but the school was without flagpoles.

After funding provided by the Office of the Family enabled two flagpoles to be erected, Mr Thomas returned to the school last month for the official flag-raising ceremony.

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OCTOBER 25 Santa Maria Exhibition, Archbishop Hickey.

Presentation Day at Goomalling, 26 Bishop Healy.

Confirmation Beaconsfield, Father Chris ross.

27 Mass at St Brigid's West Perth & visit Italian Club, Archbishop Hickey.

St Mary's Cathedral Mass for Senior Citizens Week, Archbishop Hickey.

Confirmation Nedlands, Bishop Healy.

Confirmation Kingsley-Woodvale, Mons Keating.

Confirmation Kwinana, Mons McCrann.

28 Visit Kalgoorlie and Merredin, &29 Archbishop Hickey.

30 Heads of Churches meeting, Bishop Healy.

NOVEMBER 1 Chisholm College presentation night, Archbishop Hickey.

2 Bedford Parish Mass, Archbishop Hickey.

3 Ballajura Parish Mass, Archbishop Hickey.

Human Life Rally, Archbishop Hickey, Confirmation City Beach, Bishop Heaiy.

Confirmation Girrawheen, Mons McCrann.

Confirmation Kalamunda, Fr G. Carroll.

4 St Charles' Day Mass and dinner, Archbishop Hickey.

A ranmore graduation Mass, Bishop Healy.

5 La Salle College graduation Mass, Archbishop Hickey.

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