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Weeping for her childre because they are no more

Flowers presented at Sunday's service for the victims of abortion were

later placed outside abortion clinics at Rivervale and Midland.

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Catholic help goes o Australian Catholic Relief has allocated $200,000 for relief and development activities in Romaand nia Czechoslovakia.

"There is much need in Eastern Europe at the moment. " Australian Catholic Relief, through the international Caritas network, is already involved in relief programs which provide for refugees, displaced people, and people affected by civil war," said Denis

deputy Tamplin, director of Australian Catholic Relief.

"Emergency funds, plus this amount allocated, will purchase relief supplies, plus develop the structures for speedy and efficient delivery of assistance.

"The fighting in Croatia highlights conflicts in Eastern Europe and these have to include the brought tensions about by economic collapse and political restructuring.

"Civil war in any part of the world is alwayg a costly affair — lives are lost or changed radically by injuries, production is disrupted, plans and hopes are interrupted or lost.

"The Eastern Europe fighting is happening at a time of already great dislocation, as people find out what new freedoms they have, what are their economic hopes, how they relate to government — even what their governments are to be!"

Australian Catholic Relief has also distributed $200,000 of African Appeal funds — $100,000 to Mozambique, $50,000 to the Sudan and $50,000 to Ethiopia.

Thus far $345,000 has been disbursed to emergency situations in Africa during 1991.

Of the previous allocations, $50,000 has been for the Sudan, $50,000 to Eritrea, plus $45,000 to support refugee programs in Kenya and Uganda.

ACR spokesperson Maureen Postma said the cessation of the Ethiopian conflict has brought special pressures as disbanded soldiers and ex-civil servants from the occupied territories are no longer employed, have to be provided for and assisted in their return to home areas.

"We are thankful for the news of rain in this area, as there will be harvests in all areas — although some not as good as others.

Trees also are receiv-

ing a welcome boost, and dams and wells are refilling.

"These are encouragements to farmers who, many times in the past, have planted, dug, worked and waited in desperate hope. The governments of both Ethiopia and Eritrea know that the maintenance of peace, and strong growth in the agricultural sector are necessary for the survival of their people."

Australian Catholic Relief has also sent

$50,000 to relief supply programs in the south of Sudan.

There have been good rains in the area, and a good harvest around Juba, so that the people there are assured of food supply until the end of the year.

N evertheless, market prices are still very high and it is reported that most waged residents in the town are still unable to purchase an adequate supply.

Quote V Now that science has shown with great clarity that we are dealing with tiny human beings in the womb, doctors know exactly what they are doing. The chilling part is that I society condones it.

Something's gone wrong A rchbishop Hickey says he is hopeful that some common ground may be found between competing arguments on the rights of babies a nd the rights of women.

Evidence is emerging, he said, of the long term harm psychological abortions are having on women. The evidence is coming from quarters he had not expected, he said.

"Therefore easy abortion should be rethought. Let the evidence come forward, let documentation be printed, let stories be told, but they are not being told in the media."

Archbishop Hickey was speaking at a Supreme Court Gardens ceremony to honour the vic-

tims of abortion, convened by Women Hurt

by Abortion and The Coalition for the Defence of Human Life.

Archbishop Hickey warned the elderly amongst his listeners to watch out.

He said: "Respect for the elderly is being undermined by the same set of values that allows abortion."

Pro-life attitudes, he said, should cover not only abortion but war, capital punishment, poverty, refugees, racial oppression, children, family life and old age.

"It is illogical to assert the rights of people with disabilities and at the same time seek to discover disabilities in unborn children with a view to destroying them.

"Now that science has

shown with great clarity that we are dealing with tiny human beings in the womb, doctors know exactly what they are doing. The chilling part is that society condones it."

Pointing out that the Catholic Church was not affiliated with the rally's participating groups Archbishop Hickey said he was speaking because "something has gone wrong and there is a dulling of conscience about abortion".

The tragedy is, he said, that abortion is allowed on the grounds that it is doing good.

The argument, he said, is not between good and evil people. "They are all good people, some tragically mistaken."

Abortion stories, he said, are about mothers being abused, unloved,

desperate and not being able to see any way out of their predicament, because they did not receive compassionate support to bring their children into the world.

"People speak about choice. What sort of choice is there when there is nothing but bleak despair or panic or you find a counsellor that tells you about a quick and easy solution.

"There is nothing quick and easy about abortion, as many of you here today know full well. The abortion clinics do not know those stories because the women do not go back there. They seek people who can listen, accept their guilt and assure them of forgiveness. I have done that many times."

Top: Archbishop Hickey making a point at the Supreme Court Gardens.

Above right: A family prays for abortion victims.

Right: St Brigid's parishioners supported the rally.

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Bishops: Have code of conduct on sexy material Bishop Robinson. . . a representative at the conference.

SYDNEY: The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference addressed the Senate's Select Committee on Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Telecommunications Technologies (particularly sexually explicit recorded material available on the 0055 service) when it met on November 4.

Bishop Geoffrey Robinson represented the Conference accompanied by Mr Nick TontiFilippini, the Conference's research officer, and Mr Brian O'Donovan.

Father Michael McKenna, of the conference's secretariat, told The Catholic Weekly that Bishop Robinson recommended that the kind of protection given to children from pornographic material available through pre-existing

forms ot communication be extended to the 0055 and other telecommunication services.

In a written submission to the Senate Select Committee, the bishops called for a Code of conduct to be established by parliament and observed by organisations which offer entertainment services via t elecommunications technologies.

"The Code should prohibit use of the telecom-

By Brendan O'Reilly in The Catholic Weekly munications services for the transmission of material that is likely to cause offence to a reasonable, adult person," the bishops' submission urged.

"Specifically, the Code should exclude the use of the telecommunications services for the transmis-

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sion of material which. . . would be refused classification or classified R or X." The Bishops said selfregulation would not offer sufficient protection.

"Neither a carrier nor a service provider is a competent or suitable judge as to what is in the public interest in this field," the submission said.

"Decisions as to the guidelines that should

regulate the contents of these services must be made by the Parliament as the ultimate protector of the public interest."

As well as the wellpublicised 0055 services, the submission discussed the restricted access 0051 service and the distribution of pornography through Pay TV. The 0051 service which requires a personal identification number (PIN, as in automatic teller machines) for access, is

"not satisfactory" to the bishops.

"Firstly," the submission explained, -the material is transmitted directly into the home.

Secondly, it is not demonstrated that the system would limit access to the individual to whom the PIN was allocated."

Meanwhile, the submission recommended that like the 0055 service, Pay TV not transmit "material that would attract an X or R classification".

Preparing for mission Four Perth people are a step closer to realising their dream of devoting some years of their lives to lay missionary work.

They spent a day at St Columban's, Rivervale, reflecting on various aspects of the life and work of a lay missionary abroad. Unfortunately, three other volunteers could not

be present.

The day followed an introductory session held earlier at the Leederville parish centre.

Talks were given by John Hunter, coordinator of PALMS. the Australian lay missionary society from Sydney, assisted

by Julie Williams and Martin Forsey.

Julie, a nurse, has been a missionary in Chile and Martin has served in Papua New Guinea.

In January, these four will complete a full orientation course in Sydney prior to taking up assignments in Papua New Guinea or in one of the Pacific islands.

"I've never really planned my life. Only my funeral."

Carmelita Williams, Sheryl White and John King, members of the newly named community at Ballajura admire the second class relic given by Sr Mary Cresp of Sydney.

Ballajura parishioners have received a precious gift from the head house of the Sisters of St Joseph in Sydney — a spiritual book with Mary MacKillop's own handwriting and signature.

The book "The following of Christ", printed in 1851, has the following message on the inside cover leaf: To "Willis Stienz with best wishes Mother Mary of the Cross".

Catholics from Ballajura parish chose the pioneer and possible first Australian saint, Mary MacKillop as their patron.

Archbishop Hickey offi-

cially named the parish, school and all the groups, the Mary MacKillop Catholic community last Sunday.

During the naming ceremony four symbols were presented to the archbishop which marked Mary MacKillop's life: • A MacKillop Rose (a recent new variety dedicated to the Australian pioneer) as a reminder of her deep love of God. • A papal flag represented her unflinching loyalty to the Church and the community's desire to do likewise.

• A plain wooden cross stood for the suffering

gladly borne by Mary.

• A bible and newspaper represented Mary's ability to bring the Good News into the ordinary lives of pioneering Australians.

Mary MacKillop's path to the Church's altars will get a kick start on November 15, when the pope starts reading the 10 volumes of her life story.

"Mary MacKillop (1842-1909) is an apt saint for the pioneers of Ballajura," said Ballajura pastor Father John Jegorow.

"A controversial pioneer from Penola, South Australia, she was a

woman of remarkable spiritual stamina and integrity.

"She founded the first Australian religious order which met the needs of the people and resisted opposition from every quarter including the Church.

"She was excommunicated, charged with drunkenness by superiors, involved in a libel suit and even 'sacked' as superior of her order.

"Yet she was loved by Protestants, Jews and Catholics, especially the miners, fettlers and farmers of outback Australia. An Australian for all Australians."

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Guest editorial

BISHOP BELO East Timor It is within the realm of the Church communion that the Timorese, even with various ideological opinions and different views of history and of the world, were born in the waters of the same Baptism, are fed with the same Eucharistic bread and receive the same vocation of witnessing to Jesus Christ, dead and risen.

It is public knowledge that a parliamentary delegation will visit. And that the aim of the visit will be to obtain first-hand information on the situation of the territory.

We ponder the repercussions that this visit is bound to have on the feelings of the Timorese and in the subsequent social and political situation of the territory.

Since they live in the world as members of the society in which they are invested, Christians have the right and duty of taking options, even in politics. To have political convictions and to opt for different forms of government is a fundamental human right.

The Church's Magisterium has insisted on the faithful's active and responsible participation in social and political life, according to the Christian spirit.

The right to participate in public life is a right that benefits the dignity of the person. Hence, to take a stand on the destiny of Timor, on the visit of the Portuguese deputies, is an obligation of the Timorese as citizens and members of civil society.

A fter 16 years since their departure, the Portuguese return to visit Timor. The Church lifts once more her voice to ask that fundamental human rights be respected and that solutions to the problems of East Timor safeguard the legitimate interests of all parts involved.

As an occupying power, Indonesia has tried in the past few years to help the Timorese people out of "poverty, backwardness and ignorance". There is, nevertheless, a lot to improve "in the field of ethnic, religious and cultural identity" (Pope John Paul ll's address to the new Indonesian ambassador to the Holy See).

On this eve of the visit of the Portuguese Deputies to Timor, a climate of freedom should be guaranteed to the people of Timor, wherein they may express themselves freely, since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights sanctions the right to free expression, assembly and association.

If authority would base itself exclusively on threats or on fears of punishments, or on the promise or solicitation of compensation, it would not lead to the realisation of the common good. Public authorities must therefore promote the common good to the advantage of all.

As de jure administrative power, it is Portugal's responsibility to maintain links of friendship, co-operation, solidarity and help to the people of East Timor.

We appeal to the Portuguese government, to whom historically, morally and juridically still belongs such a task . . . asking them to earnestly try to put an end, in a rapid and effective way, to that painful situation which seems to prolong itself indefinitely.

In the social and political life, Christians must inspire themselves through the Gospel, in the teachings of the Church and on the norms of civilised living.

The best model that the faithful must always and everywhere imitate is Jesus Christ.

Jesus respects the person of the other; Jesus reconciles men with God and men among themselves. It is only by imitating the attitudes of Jesus that we may obtain justice, peace and progress for Timor.

To resolve the difficult problem of Timor, let us promote the sincere dialogue, the mutual esteem and respect, because "what unites the faithful among themselves is much stronger than what divides them: Let there be unity in what is necessary, liberty in what is doubtful and love in everything".

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Ban on prayer

"When a judge sits on the bench, says 'Let us RICHMOND, Virginia (CNS): A Catholic judge from North Carolina may not open his daily pause for a moment of prayer', and proceeds to proceedings with a prayer, a federal appeals court recite a prayer in court, clearly the court is in Richmond ruled on October 24. conveying a message of endorsement of religion," the appeals court said.

Judge Constangy converted to Catholicsm in The court rejected Constangy's claims that his 1989. That March he was appointed to North prayer was a personal prayer, and that it was Carolina's District Circuit Court, and in May similar to prayers made before the start of began the prayer. legislative sessions.

"In contrast to legislative prayer, a judge's He was sued that November by the Civil Liberties Union and five individual lawyers who prayer in the courtroom is not to fellow said the praying represented a government consenting judges but to the litigants and their attorneys," the court said. endorsement of prayer.

He'll be the bishop of Catholic Armenians

NEW YORK (CNS): The recent appointment of a Catholic Armenian-rite ordinary in Armenia was notable for the warm acceptance by the local Orthodox church.

Father Nerses Der Nersessian, superior general of the Armenian Mekhitarist order will be made a bishop soon and will have responsibility for Catholic Armenians in Soviet Georgia as well as Armenia.

Cardinal Silvestrini who travelled to make the It helps explain why "This election as God's uncement, not only dedicated a hospital in anno God established a chosen chosen people was ratin, given by Pope John Paul II to Ghukassia on fied in the covenant people, he added.

Mount Sinai, when the replace one lost in the 1988 earthquake. but also This "was first revealed Israelites agreed to walk dedicated a factory built by Caritas-Italy in when he promised Abra- in the Lord's ways and to Yerevan, the capital, and presided at other events ham that he would observe his statutes and attended by officials of the government and the become the father of a decrees," he said.

Armenian Apostolic Church. great nation," said the "That election was a The events, which included singing by pope. kind of symbol and students from the Armenian college in Rome, "The Lord consecrated prophetic sign of a future were broadcast in their entirety over state Israel as a holy people, a reality: God's covenant television. people set apart," he with his new people in Cardinal Silvestrini and the delegation were the church," he said. added. transported in government limousines flying the papal flag.

No Catholic priest had served in Armenia since the early 1920s, when the last one was The main prize was monopoly of a few who killed, but a woman had been leading prayers awarded to Costa Rica often spoil it and, some- in the Catholic church at Panig before a second "for works and concrete times, destroy it, thereby priest arrived. initiatives to safeguard creating a loss for all A large and viable community of Catholics of and improve the natural humanity." which even the Holy See was not aware has been environment". discovered. Several villages are entirely Catholic, The pope asked the "The ecological probholding onto their Catholic identity still lem is connected to group to "defend a they have been without a priest for ugh altho ethics and morality," the culture attentive to the pope told the group. "The values of our ecosystem" seventy years.

The hospital given by the pope. which is goods of the earth, which and to "promote, with in the divine plan should the respect of creatures, named Redemptoris Mater, cost $3.5 million. be a common patrimony, grateful love for God, Caritas-Italy raised most of the money and often risk becoming a father of all humanity".

Catholic Near East donated about $750.000.

It was God's plan VATICAN CITY (CNS): The Old Testament emphasises the communal nature of salvation, Pope John Paul II said.

"It was God's plan to save men and women not merely as individuals, but rather to establish them as a people who would acknowledge him in truth and serve him in holiness," the pope said.

Protect environment VATICAN CITY (CNS): The environment must be respected and protected so that through nature people can "contemplate the mystery of the greatness and love of God", Pope John Paul ll told jury and winners of the international environmental prize named after St Francis of Assisi's poem, "The Canticle of the Creatures".

Grants for five cathedrals LONDON (CNS): Five Catholic cathedrals will get state funds for offsetting the rising cost of repairs.

A survey of England's 61 cathedrals — 42 Anglican and 19 Catholic — indicated that over the next 10 years a total of $310.8 million will be needed for repairs, conserving cathedral con-

tents, archaeological recording and other essential projects.

The Catholic cathedrals of Leeds, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham and Portsmouth are scheduled for state aid.

The Leeds cathedral is earmarked for the largest amount among the five — about $60,400.

Many of England's medieval cathedrals have been more or less successfully using fundraising appeals for essential repairs for decades.

Most raise money from souvenirs, catering and entrance fees, but it is not enough.

Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, chairman of English Heritage, the govern-

ment body responsible for historic buildings and monuments, said it was obvious that for most cathedrals the cost of major structural repairs could not be met solely from appeals and sales alone.

"Government assistance will also be needed for the foreseeable future," he said.

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Scientific way to blood 'miracle' LONDON (CNS): A religious "miracle" hailed by the Italian city of Naples every year for more than 600 years can be recreated with skills probably known to medieval alchemists, according to Italian scientists writing in the magazine Nature.

Believers in the miracle say a sealed sample of the clotted blood of St Januarius has inexplicably turned to liquid three times each year since 1389.

The event draws crowds of thousands to Naples Cathedral in Italy and a television audience of millions.

Organic chemist Luigi Garlaschelli of the University of Pavia and his colleagues said they had created a jamlike gel that simulates the properties of the alleged saintly blood.

The phenomenon is an example of thixotropy, they said, the ability of certain gels to turn to liquid when shaken or stirred.

The compound the scientists made consists of nothing more than a mixture of calcium carbonate and hydrated iron chloride, lightly sprinkled with salt water. All the ingredients would have been available in the 14th century, when the ceremony of the liquefaction began.

The iron chloride is found around active volcanos — such as nearby Mt Vesuvius.

With gentle shaking, the dark brown mixture is easily turned into a liquid. Left to stand, it becomes a gel again. The process can be repeated over and over again. The researchers say medieval alchemists could have made it.

"The chemical nature of the Naples relic can be established only by opening the phial, but a complete analysis is forbidden by the Catholic Church," they said. "Our replication of the phenomenon seems to render this sacrifice necessary."

In 1989, however, a team of Italian medical researchers using spectographic equipment (to measure shifts in tht, colour spectrum for identifying substances) concluded that the substance in the vial contained oxyhaemoglobin — a compound found in arterial blood.

The Church has never declared the alleged liquefaction of blood a miracle. And in 1969, Pope Paul VI deleted St Januarius from the calendar of universally recognised saints, although permitting local devotion. Saints are removed from the calendar when there is a lack of clear historical evidence they existed.

Bishop Januarius was said to have been martyred in 305 AD, more than 1000 years before the first record of the liquefaction of his blood.

House for AIDS patients CHARLOTTE, North Carolina: The House of Mercy, which opened last May, is one of at least 30 Catholic facilities sponsored by 25 US dioceses to provide residential care for AIDS patients.

The Diocese of Charlotte gave $100,000 and provided a $100,000 low-interest loan for the home. The Sisters of Mercy provided $100,000 and raised additional funds locally.

Sister Wright recommended her order and the diocese to build a permanent home.

"I think we're doing what Christ himself would do in that situation. Taking them in, providing for their basic needs, making them comfortable and assisting them with the dying process," Bishop F. Donoghue said. "Ultimately, unless some cure is found in the near future, they're going to die and they know that."

The $280,000 house has six bedrooms, three and a half baths and an adjacent apartment for the resident director. Hallways are extra wide for wheelchairs; rooms have bedside emergency buttons.

Resident referrals come from AIDS groups, hospitals, social service programs and taken in regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Those who can't pay are not denied admission. The staff does require patients not be addicted to drugs.

"We respond to the person who happens to have this disease, not this disease who happens to be a person," said Sister Wright.

Sister Wright said the residents are quite spiritual, a trait not commonly found among AIDS patients because many churches have shunned them.

"A lot of them have been rejected by churches," she said. "It's like once we experience that rejection from organised church, we find our God elsewhere. For the most part that's what they've done. . . learned that God is other places than the structured churches that said 'no' to them."

Orthodox action NEW YORK (CNS): Five Orthodox Eastern churches have suspended their membership in the US Council of Churches pending a review of the relationship.

Churches affected are the Greek Orthodox, Orthodox Church in

America, Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese, Orthodox Serbian Church, and a Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

The Orthodox body gave no reason for suspending membership, but the action followed a similar decision by the synod of the Greek

Archdiocese, the largest of the Orthodox bodies in the United States.

At the same time, the Greek synod suspended its participation in the US Orthodox-Anglican (Episcopal) dialogue, and the standing Orthodox conference followed suit.

Archbishop Iakovos said he wanted the Church council to concentrate more on Christian unity and involve itself less in political matters, such as a council statement opposing the nomination of the nowconfirmed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

He also voiced concern about several matters involving both the national council and the World Council of Churches and some member Protestant denominations, such as ordination of lesbians and other actions indicating acceptance of homosexuality.

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impose euthanasia — seems to be a fact.in the Netherlands," he said.

He added that it was generally agreed that the Dutch Royal Medical Association guidelines for good clinical practice were not being followed in all cases.

Luke Gormally of the (Catholic) Linacre Centre for the Study of the Ethics of Health Care, spoke of the "grim social experiment" the Dutch courts had allowed. He said that legalising voluntary euthanasia was not compassion but barbarism.

He said that euthanasia rejected a basic

element of justice — the belief that all human beings are equal in dignity simply by being human.

"The significance of the Dutch experience for law, medicine and social policy in other countries is considerable," said John Keown of the University of Leicester law department.

The importance is "not least in respect of the support it lends to the slippery slope theory" that voluntary euthanasia would lead to involuntary deaths.

Vatican-backed meeting on how to fight porn WASHINGTON: A meeting to plan how to fight illegal obscenity and child pornography on an international scale has been slated for early 1992 in Rome.

The meeting will be held in Rome "with Pope John Paul's endorsement and support", Cardinal Bernardin said.

It will explore expansion of efforts of the Religious Alliance Against Pornography, a coalition of US religious leaders, said Cardinal Bernardin.

Alliance members include top-level representatives of the Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, Greek Orthodox and Jewish denominations and have united to fight obscenity and pornography.

"The evil of pornography is not limited to the United

States," Cardinal Bernardin said. "It is a worldwide problem."

The alliance sought Vatican support "both because of the Vatican's international presence and because of the stand it has taken regarding pornography", Cardinal Bernardin said.

Last February, at a forum on pornography in Los Angeles, Cardinal Mahony called on the United Nations to "identify and impose sanctions" on countries which traffic illegally in pornography. "Pornography is no more acceptable in the new world order than are slavery, apartheid, cocaine smuggling or germ warfare," he said.

Pope beatifies shoemaker who turned a reformer

Evangelist dashes hopes of Dutch foundation

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II beatified a 19th century shoemaker turned social reformer, German Father Adolph Kolping, and said he should be a model for today's postcommunist world.

Father Kolping, a contemporary of socialist philosopher Karl Marx, was one of the first churchmen to elaborate a defence of workers' rights.

He founded an organisation which campaigned for labour rights and the Christian renewal of society.

The pope said the priest had demonstrated how love of neighbour is a principle that outlasts political ideologies.

"In many European countries, communist totalitarian regimes have collapsed.

"What will take their place? What is the alter-

native to Marxist social theory, whose consequences have ruined the world?" the pope asked.

"The alternative (Father) Kolping offers is based on the Gospel," he said.

It argues that you cannot have social and economic reform without religion, he said.

Born in 1813, Kolping was a shoemaker and a journalist before becoming a priest.

He began speaking up for working people after witnessing poor labour conditions in Germany.

He eventually founded the Catholic JourneyAssociation, men's which spread throughout Europe. organisation The stressed Christian renewal of society along with labour improved conditions.

Father Kolping died in 1865, and his movement still exists in some 40 countries.

The pope said Father Kolping had been a forerunner to Church social doctrine, as expressed in the first modern social encyclical, "Rerum Novarum", in 1891.

To 25,000 German pilgrims Pope John Paul

later said:

"Instead of planning and describing a hypothetical new world, we must try to heal the present one," he said.

"We must design a new society", making room for and defending all those who are discriminated against.

Following Father Kolping's example, every Christian must take whatever "little daily steps" they can to create a better world.

"I know that we cannot change the whole world, so we must be satisfied with that part we can reach."

WASHINGTON (CNS): A Dutch foundation sought to broadcast the Catholic TV program "Lumen 2000" in Moscow but lost out when TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart bought the air time instead.

The foundation, Witnessing to God's Love, saw its hopes dashed — at least temporarily — when the Soviets gave the hoped-for air time to Swaggart, who reportedly paid $300.000 for six months of weekly programming.

Money gave Swaggart an edge over "Lumen 2000" and other TV ministries trying to negotiate free time. Quartemont said.

"Lumen 2000" is a magazine-type program about Catholic activities worldwide.

Bobbie Cavnar, "Lumen

2000" director in the

United States, said that he planned to negotiate a price with the Soviets.

"Ithink we have to pay," said Cavnar, who has responsibility for getting the program on the air

worldwide. "I don't think they'll be giving away air time. I think they'll run their TV stations just like stations are run in this country."

"Lumen 2000", which is produced by Logo Media, in Hilversum. Holland, and financed by the Dutch foundation, also air in several African and Latin American nations and in the United States on Mother Angelica's Eternal Word Television Network.

The Soviets "are desperate for money", said Quartemont, who said selling time was an effort to pressure other Christian groups to pay.

Quartemont voiced concern that recent publicity about Swaggart being caught with a prostitute could hurt church TV ministry if hard-line communists still in influence in the Russian republic use the scandal against the church.

"If they discredit him, it discredits all of us," said Quartemont.

Bui ding bridges ...

TWO LAKE GRACE EVENTS HELP LINKS WITH OTHER FAITHS Two annual events are building bridges between Catholics and other faiths in the Lake Grace parish.

youth workers and play group leaders in a separate venue close to the action.

The numbers treble at lunch time as the children rejoin their parents.

More than a hundred people attended the third annual "Celebration of It is hard to choose a day Faith" in Lake Grace and that is suitable to everyincreased numbers made one because of sporting the fourth annual retreat or other district funcmove into a shearing tions, but there would have been well over one shed. hundred present this The two events are the year. fruit of interaction of clergy, religious and laity People enjoyed themselves to the full in of different faiths.

The Lake Grace celebra- reflection, feasting and tion is co-ordinated by a lusty singing and still small group which meets knowing their children monthly for prayer and were in safe hands.

There are many famisharing. lies with young children The day is deliberately in the area. and unashamedly ChrisIt is a time like no other tian, with keynote speakers, musicians and the for a community to come local hospitality by the together as friends, as ladies of the Anglican, children of God, as Catholic and Uniting pilgrims.

Churches of a high order.

With the rural crisis It is held in the modern ever present in our lives, and well equipped Lake with sad and glad tales of how people cope, it is Grace Town Hall.

The adults use the main timely to have such a day hall and the primary and as "Celebration of Faith".

The lively organ music pre-primary children are in the hands of trained by Keith Stewart of

A moment to remember forever

By Dom Francis Byrne OSB It was an historic moment that will be f orever etched in my memory . .

Sitting in the heart of the congregation I watched the last students' Graduation Mass at New Norcia at the weekend. the A ppropriately, Abbey Church was packed with a variety of nationalities to watch twenty-three Year 12 students go out in style.

As they received their diplomas from Sister Therese-Marie Fleming, principal of New Norcia College, the dying sunset splashed its colour of pink across the skyline.

There was a deep sense of joy about the occasion Prior the as Administrator of the Benedictine monastery, Father Placid Spearritt, the main celebrant, congratulated the students.

Ringing in my ears was the applause each student was given as he or she stepped forward.

They had come to New Norcia for their education from places such as Mt Magnet to unpro-

nouncable names in Malaysia and Indonesia.

The scene represented a microcosm of crosscultural existence in modern-day Australia.

Sister Therese-Marie Fleming encouraged the students to grow in confidence in their own abilities and to share their talents with the society around them.

She hoped that the strong imprint of the Catholic faith would remain with them always.

Monks associated with the college were present other with along members of the teaching staff, Good Samaritan Sisters, CEO personnel, parents and friends.

Then followed a dinner in the main dining hall of St Gertrude's Residence, the scene of so many celebrations in the past.

The final Speech Day took place on Sunday.

Two lines from an ancient Celtic poem goes as follows: God, Bless the pathway on which Igo . . .

Narrogin, wonderfully supported by his wife Margaret and Father George Harvey as lead singers, made a hearty opening to the day.

The fulsome and rich harmony of voices was a delight. What a contrast between this wonderful sound of many voices and the thinly spread few at Sunday Mass or services as each church goes its separate way each Sunday in each little community centre of this vast parish.

If for no other reason, church unity can't come quickly enough, perhaps one has to be patient and wait to hear all the choirs of heaven sing "Holy"!

Mr Keith Morgan, a broadcaster and manager of Sonshine FM radio was the guest speaker. He worked as a missionary for many years with the Aboriginal communities in Derby.

He used readings from Habakkuk, Isaiah, Samuel, Revelations, Romans and the Psalms to support his theme of

By Joan Abbott

Bangladesh for two years study.

"Trust God", "Waiting on God", "Wait His Time".

In the afternoon after a first class smorgasbord, he gave us a history of "the birth of this Christian broadcasting station" with all its attendant problems and gestation.

He ended his talk with the words: "We live our lives by faith, not by sight."

Along with Sister Patricia, OLM, was another New Zealander, Sister Celine, OLM, who is on holidays and sharing Sister Patricia's mission work in Lake Grace parish.

Sister Celine has recently completed six months study at Baulkham Hills, Sydney and a thirty day retreat.

In the new year she will be posted to Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada as a pastoral worker.

Sister Dorothy, OLM, was another visitor. She is in Australia from

The other annual event, the Eastern zone Catholic Women's League retreat is a farm event enjoying peace and space in quiet surroundings.

Originally for CWL members from localities such as Kojonup, Katanning, Narrogin, Wagin, Dumbleyung, Lake Grace and Mount Barker the fourth retreat this year was extended to the wider parish and to other faiths.

Both our Catholic and Anglican priests were in attendance as well as Sister Patricia.

Three years ago Father Mike Brown, OFM, from Dardanup was our first retreat leader and he came the following year too, much to the delight of the ladies.

Last year Sister Elizabeth, RSJ, was the facilitator and the "silence" was not as necessary in the style that allowed sharing reflections and a lunch break.

But with twenty seven

women crammed into the lounge last year, we decided this year to move to the shearing shed, duly cleaned and adorned for the right atmosphere.

Forty were expected including the "Ain Karim" team, Father Matt McPhee, 0.Carm, Rita Murphy and Sister Veronica to provide the input.

On the previous evening thirty folk came to a barbecue to meet the team and have an opportunity to talk with them, as most husbands could not be on retreat.

An untimely shower put out the well stacked fire of mallee roots around which the men camped with their "tinnies", so we simply put the gas barbecue on the verandah and had the first course there, proceeding to warmer areas inside later.

The retreat itself was a day of silence and all enjoyed it immensely.

Sister Veronica and I decided to name the shed "The Stable" for the day.

I had not known that

the first reflection was to focus on the "Nativity", so Our Lord was quite comfortable in there with his friends.

This shed was the original first hall in Kukerin. Made of jarrah, it was dismantled and built on the farm in the forties. The steps, the originals to the stage, and are still in place . . . for people to "strut their stuff" as shearers, for farm field days, workshops and now a retreat.

It was significant that Catholic and Anglican pastors Father Ian Johnson and Father George Harvey and Sister Patricia came for all the sessions, being free to have a special time in prayer, with the communal support that their presence engendered.

The generosity of the retreat team was much appreciated with gifts of red and white wine and a cheque for their work.

Anne Martin, our immediate past diocesan president graciously brought the wine from Mount Barker vineyards.

Nothing but the best!

Father George does the honours At the jubilarians roll call at the St Charles Seminary feast day dinner last Monday honours were done by golden jubilarian Father George O'Leary.

The privilege was to have been given to diamond jubilarian Father Paul Arza of New Norcia who died last Saturday.

The occasion honoured also the 40th anniversary on November 1 of Archbishop Goody's consecration as a bishop.

Other golden jubilarians cited included Fathers John Chokolich, currently convalescing and Dominican Father F.X. Brown currently in the eastern states.

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Environmental predicament

By John Haught Many knowledgeable people gradually have become aware of the extent of the e nvironmental crisis, but organised religion until recently has been largely unresponsive to it.

Russell Train, who chairs the World Fund, finds this remarkable: ildlife W "Here we have issues that go to the heart of the human condition, to the quality of human life, even to humanity's ultimate survival.

"Here we have problems that can be said to threaten the very integrity of creation. And yet the churches and other institutions of organised religion have largely ignored the whole subject."

Can Christianity now make the environment a major ethical concern?

John Passmore, an environmental philosopher, doubts it.

He voices the opinion that Christianity is so oriented toward life in the next world that caring for this planet simply cannot become a priority item for Christians.

Professor John F. Haught states that "the present environmental predicament challenges us to internalise what we have perhaps only notionally affirmed, namely, that creation is good — blessed and cared for by the Creator".

Passmore has a point. For some Christians even the world's destruction would not come as very bad news since such an event ushers in the next world.

Fortunately there is no firm basis in Christian tradition for such a negative attitude toward the earth and the physical universe.

The present environmental predicament challenges us to internalise what we have perhaps only notionally affirmed, namely, that creation is good — blessed and cared for by the Creator.

In Genesis, where we are made stewards of creation, God declares that nature is good in itself, independently of any use to which humans try to put it.

The Christian sacramental tradition even sees the likeness of God in natural realities like clean water, fresh air, fertility and life.

So an obvious reason to care for the environment is to preserve the natural realities at the basis of our sacramental relation to mystery. (Imagine what religion would be like if we lived on the

moon, says historian and theologian Thomas Berry.)

The current environmental crisis is a great opportunity for Christians to find powerful new meanings in traditional teachings.

What do some of these teachings look like if we regard them with an ecological sensitivity?

We gain a new appreciation of St Paul's vision that redemption has a cosmic meaning.

The notion of "sin", which always means a state of "relationlessness", now seems more clearly than ever to entail our alienation from nature and not just from one another.

Reconciliation (at-one-ment), or redemption, requires also our reintegration with a renewed universe.

Likewise "revelation" means not only a series of divine self-disclosures in history, but also the process whereby the natural world in its 15 billion years of evolution unfolds the divine mystery.

Accordingly, Christian hope embraces

Theology Use your three Rs! of ecology

By H. Richard McCord Jr

The tiny island was 4800km from the nearest continent.

By Father John Castelot The early Israelites lived surrounded by people who actually worshipped nature and its forces.

Abraham came from a culture in which the moon was the principal deity.

With their subsequent belief in only one God, biblical people regarded their neighbours' worship as an abomination.

Still, they looked upon nature with an awe bordering on the religious.

There are two "theologies" of creation at the beginning of Genesis.

In one there is a recurring refrain: "God saw how good it was." (1:3, 19, 12, 18, 21, 24.) At the end of the creative process, "God looked at everything he had made, and he found it very good." (1:31.)

When he made human beings he "blessed them, saying: 'Be fertile and multiply . . . Have dominion over. . . all the living things that move on the earth'." (1:28.)

This was by no means a licence to ravage nature. It was the gift of a share in God's wise, loving control over all those things he declared "very good".

While the authors had no concept of what we call "nature" and would have reacted to the word "ecology" with a blank stare, they actually gave us the basis of a theology of ecology.

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When an explorer came upon it recently, he felt sure he was the first ever to set foot upon its shore.

But he found, much to his dismay, that civilisation had preceded him.

The beach was littered with garbage discarded by ships and carried by ocean currents.

Another sad tale of paradise lost!

Add it to the litany of bigger incidents — oil and chemical spills, disappearing rain forests, worsening air pollution — and we have overwhelming, convincing evidence that we're in the midst of an ecological crisis!

Our national and international security is being threatened in a way that armies and military hardware never have done.

Alarms have begun to sound. It has become more evident how many deaths are linked directly to the amount of lead in our water and the level of carbon emissions in the air we breathe.

The greenhouse effect is having multiple consequences for the climate and agriculture, and even is placing restrictions on how long we

stay out in the sun.

Nature itself is sending us a message.

So, too, are concerned groups and individuals — organisations like Greenpeace that have battled for a safer environment.

In his 1990 World Day of Peace message, Pope John Paul II spoke of the ecological crisis as a moral crisis and a threat to world peace.

Early in 1991, the Catholic bishops of Florida called preservation of the environment "a fundamental and critical issue of our time" and urged everyone to learn a new version of the three Rs: recycle, reuse, reduce.

Despite all the evidence, exhortation and warnings that now surround us, we have to admit we've done a better job at mastering other Rs — notably, reluctance and resistance.

When I look into my own heart I find several factors that block a more effective response to our suffering Earth. Why am I reluctant to recycle, reuse or reduce?

First, there's simply laziness and lack of attention. It's easier to toss paper, plastic and all sorts of things into the trash than to save, sort and set aside for recycling.

It is easier and often cheaper to buy disposable products than those

• Nature was to be used for people's benefit, but responsibly, with gratitude and awe.

In the other creation account in Genesis, we read that "God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it." (Genesis 2:15.) Humanity's first charge is to care for nature.

which can be cleaned for reuse.

The heedless patterns of a lifetime make it possible to ignore the consequences that flow from the use of certain pesticides, fertilisers, Styrofoam or aerosol sprays.

Then, too, I often find myself overwhelmed by the complexity of the situation.

There seem to be just too many labels to read, too many questions to answer and decisions to make.

How do you find the time to examine the claims of "environmentally safe" products when

your child is distracting you in the supermarket aisle?

Is it worth trying to preserve a certain species of bird if the result is the loss of jobs for those in forest industries? Complexity leads to confusion about such issues, and confusion becomes an excuse for doing nothing.

"Why bother?" I plead.

"It's all too much to think about."

Fear is perhaps my deepest wellspring of resistance.

I suspect that my lifestyle, with its built-in patterns of waste and pollution, may be part of

Unencumbered by technology, which separates us from nature and in a sense "dehumanises" us, biblical people were in harmony with nature.

For example, in a climate with limited rainfall they had a keen appreciation of their

the bigger problem. Butt fear losing what Ihave — the comfort and conven. ience — if I really take a hard look at what it i5 costing the planet to maintain my standard of living.

"It's not that I don't want a clean environ ment or a better life for poor countries," Iprotest "I just don't want to lose what I've come to depend on and feel entitled to."

Laziness, negligence. rationalisation and fear are all habits of my heart that reveal how much! need conversion. The symbol of a new heart is often used in the Bible P

not just the individual's destiny or that of the human species. In the spirit of St Paul, we look forward to the ultimate unity of all creation in God. Fired by this hope, we could adopt an ecological asceticism, the discipline of taking into account the full consequences of our actions for the future of life on this planet.

Sensitive to ecology, we could shape religious education to give closer attention to the cosmos and our connections with it.

We could teach children to value the cosmos as our constant companion on the religious journey rather than something eventually to be discarded in the quest for God. Christian ethics could also assume an environmental focus.

The ethic of life, for example, could be extended to include all dimensions of the biosphere, and not just human life.

After all, can human life flourish in isolation from the wider web of the earth's life-systems?

DISCUSSION POINTS What do you see as a major reason for making ecology a moral priority?

Selected responses from readers: "We've got to have some place to live. It's a matter of self-preservation." — C.G. "In the past few years, our weather has changed drastically. Personally, I think that it is due to the loss in the ozone layer. So we need to take care of our environment. It's got to be done to preserve our lifestyle." — Michael McDonald.

describe conversion.

"Create in me a new heart," prays the psalmist.

If the ecological crisis does not reach people's hearts and evoke a spiritual response, it will never be resolved.

Conversion begins with little steps: recycle, reuse, reduce. Gradually, as our reluctance and resistance are worn away, we reach a point of spiritual awareness.

All creation is interdependent. We care for the Earth. It cares for us. God cares for all.

"We are obliged by God's graciousness in giving the Earth to us to husband and take care of it."

— Albert Grant.

And peace is possible.

dependence on nates gift of water for life itself. To contamina" it would have been suicidal. Water becan" a universal symbol for life.

Psalm 8 is a beautini meditation on nature.

"WhenIbehold your eavens, the work of your fingers, the moon an( the stars which you set

in place — what is man that you should be mindful of him, or the son of man that you should care for him?"

What astounds the psalmist is the fact that God has given humanity a share in his dominion over the universe. But it is a share in God's responsible, sensitive rule.

Evidently people abused this privilege. Paul, in a powerful passage, pictures creation groaning under the abuse to which it has been subjected. (Romans 8:19-22.)

And creation is still groaning, yearning for the time when people will come to their senses and exercise responsible, caring dominion.

"The future of our children, making the world safe for our children." — Miriam Barth.

"It's a question of how we see ownership of a gift. Did God give the Earth to us to take care of or to pillage? Ownership has conditions and responsibilities. If we have any respect for God, we should use our resources wisely." — Lisa Cain.

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A 40-year longing kil

HOTTING WITHOUT Yeti (Ai NOTHING WITHOUT US

comes to fruition Set against a green backdrop of wooded hills in Armadale, is the most beautiful little shrine you could ever wish to see.

It is reminiscent of a

Schoenstatt, Germany, near Coblence on the River Rhine.

This is the home of the mother shrine dating back at least to 1143, which was built, as are the other 110 shrines throughout the world, to provide a spiritual oasis, an energy source for all those who need to get in touch with God and His mother, who need their 'batteries recharged', their direction made clear, and to receive the reassurance, love and compassion which our blessed mother gives to those who merely have to ask.

However to have somewhere special and unique, and in place for that specific purpose, is a great help too, and in particular where followers of the Schoenstatt movement are interconnected with other members in a chain around the world.

Schoenstatt is a Marian and apostolic movement of renewal within the Catholic Church involving people from all walks of life, nations and cultures — a sign of the universality of God's people.

German picture card scene — and so it should!

Because that's where it all began . . .

And although it's a transplant if you like, in its picturesque setting it looks as though it was meant to be there.

A gift from a land on the other side of the world, which has now formed a link in this bold new country of challenges, it will bring to its inhabitants another symbol of Christ and His mother, through the work of the Schoenstatt movement.

And as for the shrine, The Schoenstatt move- this was officially recogment originated in nised by the Church in

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1947, as a place of pilgrimage.

Members of the movement unite globally in the vision of trying to bring about the renewal of the world in Christ, with the help of His blessed mother.

The movement itself was founded by Father Joseph Kentenich in Schoenstatt in 1914 and is basically dedicated to the formation of truly Christian personalities inspired by Christian ideals. And united by bonds of love and a common purpose, it is intended to deepen faith.

Schoenstatt is a way of life, offering inspiration personally and individually and through the 26 different groups within the movement.

The Schoenstatt Sisters represent one of those groups. Others are made up of lay people, priests and religious.

The different group members work according to their commitment within the movement on different levels to support each other and the local Church.

There are six Sisters living at Riverton who are engaged in pastoral work as well as religious education in Catholic and state schools, and

Above: Local and Eastern States Schoenstatt Sisters looking forward to the opening of their new Talus Drive Armadale shrine.

Above left: The carved wood altar and reredos of the shrine. early childhood education.

Typically, Schoenstatt sisters work in different areas of the Church but their main work is within the movement as animators and inspirators. It's 40 years since the sisters came to Australia from Germany.

Initially they worked at Tardun with the Aboriginal people in the Geraldton diocese after their arrival in 1951, then they moved on to Wandering mission down south in 1953, followed by their present location in Tudor Avenue, Riverton in 1956, where they started the Queen of Apostles primary school and kindergarten.

The Schoenstatt Sisters have since spread out to New South Wales (where the first Australian shrine was built), Queensland, and the Philippines.

But back on the WA scene, a great development has taken place which brings to fruition "40 years of longing" said Sister Inez.

The sisters wanted a place to build the Schoenstatt chapel, and were directed by the late Archbishop Foley to look for somewhere south, rather than north, to

provide necessary religious representation there.

Armadale was the chosen location and four hectares were purchased on which now have been built a kindergarten, a sisters' residence and that absolutely delightful little shrine.

It was built by donations, fund raising by the people of WA and some Catholic schools, and the co-operation of the sisters, and according to Sister Inez brings to fulfilment the great vision which the original pioneering band of four Schoenstatt Sisters brought to our WA shores along with the plans of the original shrine.

One of those pioneering sisters, Sister Anita who came out here 40 years ago, will be at Armadale at the official concelebrated Mass and blessing of the shrine on November 17 where the ceremonies start in the open air at 9 Talus Drive, off South Western Highway, Armadale at 1.45pm. And everyone is welcome! said Sister Inez.

The ceremonies will be followed by an afternoon tea on the site. Other Schoenstatt Sisters will be coming from the

eastern seaboard to celebrate as well as attendance by friends of the sisters, and members from the various branches of Schoenstatt movements.

The shrine will hold about 50 people and be available for use by other groups of Christian denominations, "because Mary was the mother of all," said Sister Inez, as well as promote a future retreat centre for spiritual formation use.

A stunning and absolutely beautiful work installed inside the shrine, is the replica altar and carved railings/ gates, built exactly on the lines of the original in Schoenstatt and carved in Brazil recently for installation.

Simply stunning. the altar features wooden tabernacle doors with wheat and grapes carved in relief, pointing to Jesus Christ and the nourishment He gives through the Eucharist.

The inner doors are there to remind us of the Annunciation when the Virgin Immaculate became the living tabernacle of the Lord. And the crucifix above the tabernacle expresses the unity between Jesus and Mary in the work of

Redemption; calling us to follow her example and willingly share in the sufferings of Christ.

The Schoenstatt picture of grace with Mary and her son, portrays their close union, with Mary offering us her divine Son as the blessing for the world.

Anyone visiting this truly lovely shrine and altar, couldn't be disappointed in its visual beauty — not to mention the spiritual fortification, uplifting and rejuvenation of the spirit which is given to all who genuinely and positively seek Jesus and His mother.

Anyone wishing to obtain further information on the various Schoenstatt groupings of the movement within WA, can do so by contacting the sisters at 55 Tudor Avenue, Riverton, telephone 457 2966.

Or for the Schoenstatt family movement — Gary and Carole Sudran, 5 Mattingley Heights, Murdoch, telephone 332 1457.

Information on the Mother's movement can be obtained from Dorothy Daniel, 14 Formby Way, Bullcreek, telephone 310 4577.

Special joy for these four at Greenwood Michael and Maree Baster with Susan Lau and John Rayner after Mass on All Saints Day.

The feast of All Saints will mean a lot more to four All Saints Greenwood parishioners 1991 the a fter celebration.

At the parish evening Mass on that day they were received into full communion with the Catholic Church.

They were husband and wife Michael and Maree Baster, who were formerly Anglicans; John Rayner who had not previously been baptised; and Susan Lau who was formerly a Buddhist.

Their journey of faith had taken them through the RCIA over the past 12 months under the gui-

dance of their catechists Chris and Jenny Jansen and the Greenwood RCIA team.

"It was a night I will not forget for the rest of my life," said Susan Lau. "After the baptismal rites I felt a strange feeling of joy and peace."

Her

move

to

the

Catholic Church, she said, was influenced by her sister, also a convert to Catholicism, and brother-in-law giving an example of faith in Jesus and Mary and by their attendance at Mass.

She found herself attracted to a community praying together at Sunday Masses and the

solemnity of its worship and rituals.

For Michael and Maree Baster it was a case of wanting to be closer to God, learning how to grow in grace and learning about Mary and the saints.

The devotion of Catholics, friendship between people and the teaching

of the gospel were other factors that influenced their decision.

All Saints Parish continued its celebration last Saturday with a parish dance at the Vasto Club, Balcatta.

Almost 500 people danced to the music of the band "Faces".

The dance was organised by the parish social committee, under the guidance of Jan Ranford and Marie Johnston.

Special guest artists were singers Fred Rea and Alan Ferguson. Floor shows were provided by Irish dancers Fiona Rea and Narelle Stephens and John Cleary.

THE INAUGURAL PROFESSORIAL LECTURE by

PROFESSOR BRIAN LAWRENCE 'Universities as Partners: Taking the Danger out of Liaison Colin and Kath Mitchell with June Tardrew at the parish dance.

Universities and industry have had long but somewhat variable experiences in cooperation. However, both sectors can build productively on experiences as they seek to strengthen links. It is opportune that Australian universities rethink their relationships with the private sector, given the creation of the unified national system, current government initiatives and the need for economic redevelopment.

Professor Lawrence will examine some fatal attractions, dangerous liaisons and prosperous partnerships.

Date: Time: Venue:

Thursday, November 14 4.30pm Room: Case Study 1 Faculty of Business Building Pearson Street, Churchlands

The public are encouraged to attend this lecture and should contact Valerie Kenchington on 383 8274

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EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY PERTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA Jim and Kerry Sorgiovanni with May Manwaring (Kerry's mother) at the dance.

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OBITUARY

Benedictine dies Benedictine Father Paul Aria was vested to lead the New Norcia community Mass when he collapsed and died on All Souls Day. He was 84 years of age and had been a professed Benedictine for almost 68 years and was within four weeks of 60 years of priesthood.

After primary schooling in Estella, Navarra, Spain he became an aspirant Benedictine for New Norcia, later doing his novitiate at Genoa where he was first professed, studied

philosophy and left for New Norcia in 1925.

After final profession at New Norcia in 1928 he finished his theology in St Patrick's College Manly before his ordination in St Mary's Cathedral Sydney on November 30, 1931.

He spent the following year helping in Highgate parish and improving his English.

Two years later Abbot Catalan sent him to Rome for canon law studies and his three years of study finished abruptly when on a Montserrat vacation he had to flee the communists in September 1936 and take

refuge on a British cruiser in Barcelona.

Minus his doctorate Father Paul was deemed to know enough law to return to New Norm and serve on the abbot's council on several terms.

He was master of novices from 1939 to 1951, prior for a short period in 1952, and for the following two years a consultor in Rome to the abbot general of the Subiaco Congregation.

He became parish priest of New Norcia in 1954 and was novice master again from 1957 to 1963, then becoming librarian at the time of the

developments of Vatican II. The homily he had prepared for All Souls Day was to be his epitaph read out at the Mass before which he had died.

Fellow Benedictine Father David Barry said of Father Paul: "He was highly esteemed by his fellow-monks as well as by many outside the community as a man, a monk and a priest.

Always gracious and ready to assist where possible, he loved the sacred scriptures and the Church's liturgy, and the monastic life which aims to enable its adherents to grow in the love and practice of both."

May he rest in peace.

Anna Marcelle (Nancy) Walsh who died at the A rchbishop Goody Hostel on October 30 had spent 86 of hbr 88 years at Mackie St Victoria Park.

and Emma Walsh (Plunkett) she studied at Victoria Square, frequently walking by way of the causeway and Queens Gardens she got to know so well.

justice and equity, with a useful understanding of politics, a commitment to the commandments and a devotee of the radio oratory of Fulton Sheen.

In the parish where she had been baptised, confirmed and received communion she had her funeral Mass on All Souls Day. The third daughter of Thomas

The daily rosary was a mainstay of her life and friends knew her as a spiritual person full of happiness and grace and alive to the beauty of nature.

She was an advocate of truth,

Lord, what do you want me to do?

The Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia invites applications for the position of

PRINCIPAL

Sacred Heart School

MUNDARING

Established in 1953 by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition, this is a co-educational school with an enrolment of 214 students from Pre-primary to Year 7.

Applicants should be practising Catholics. committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education, have the requisite administrative skills and experience, and the appropriate academic (four year trained) and professional qualifications to undertake the role of Principal successfully.

Applicants may be either lay or religious.

Salary and conditions are determined by contract. Salary is commensurate with that offered by the Ministry of Education.

The appointment will take effect as of January 1, 1992.

Further information and official application forms can be obtained from: Rosemary

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

CAPUCHINS AUSTRALIA CAPUCHINS AUSTRALIA CAPUCHINS AUSTRALIA

She worked as a comptometrist with the PMG and in the parish served as a catechist at the Victoria Park school. She was a good friend of the Columbans May she rest in peace.

Penman Catholic Education Office of WA PO Box 198. Leederville WA 6007 Telephone: (09) 388 4266

For further information, please write to.

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

Official application forms to be addressed to The Director, Catholic Education Office of WA (address above) and lodged

by November 18. 1991.

Lord, are you really calling ME ... to prayer and action in the service of Your Church to undertake challenging tasks to spread Your Love to families and people in need to uphold the dignity and value of every person

to Radically Follow You as a

Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth?

I would like more information, please NAME: ADDRESS: TELEPHONE. VOCATION COORDINATOR SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF NAZARETH 5 KITCHENER STREET ; NORTH BEACH W A 6020 TELEPHONE: 02-671 6903

TOMORROW TODAY with Father Joe Parkinson

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Some o the national youth co-ordinators, during a break in a long round of meetings.

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The future of Catholic youth ministry in this country depends very much on establishing a suitable tertiary training program, according to youth coordinators from eleven Australian dioceses.

The co-ordinators, in

411■41 Adelaide on October 8Catholic Social Justice Commission and Morley Young Christian Group present

CHRISTIAN CHOICES

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Checking some current resources are diocesan youth co-ordinators (l-r) Father Joe Ruys of Melbourne, Michael Keeble of Sydney and Sr Marie McAlister of Canberra.

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meeting of the National Diocesan Youth Coordinators Network, called for the establishment of an undergraduate degree course to be available nationally

through an external studies program.

A nation-wide survey revealed that no Australian college or university currently offers a course suited to the needs of youth ministers in the Catholic Church, although some offer degrees in education or t heology with youth work components.

At the heart of the co-

ordinators' call are clear indications that youth and young adults generally lack a sense of

1 Summer Camp Salesians of Don Bosco present a

For ages 13-15 years, at

NANGA BUSH CAMP

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.

Just 7km from Dwellingup COST: ONLY $60 A great summer camp for Catholic young people, run by trained leaders from the Salesian family. Open to youth from all parishes, the camp will include a wide range of outdoor and indoor activities, sports and games. Fully supervised. Transport provided.

• Venue: Church Hall 28 Holdhurst Way, Morley Time: 7.30pm : Dates: Oct 6 Nov 17 Enquiries Peter Stewart 325 1212 (w) Tim Leahy 271 5330 (h)

ment only when they are encouraged by communities which support that growth.

Youth ministers need professional training to help parishes provide this support. and the coordinators called for a higher profile for youth ministry in the Church

JANUARY 6-10, 1992

FOR PEOPLE 20-30 YEARS OLD

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belonging in their own faith or parishes communities.

Contributing to this disturbing trend is growing awareness that youth and young adults (covering ages 13-30) undergo a time of intense personal searching, leading to significant faith develop-

Gosnells Parish Youth Group held a great weekend camp at Woodman Point on October

For full details and bookings: Fr A. Moester, SDB Ph 361 1057 or by mail: PO Box 167 Victoria Park WA 6100

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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 future in the biggest Catholic youth event in recent times.

For information and registration form: Call KRISTI on (09) 328 9622 office hours The Record, November 7, 1991

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by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

Melbourne Cup frolics

Secular Franciscans celebrate together

The Secular Franciscans joined forces primarily from Midland, Victoria Park and Balcatta, to celebrate Melbourne Cup day with a lunch at

Rossetti's restaurant, Balcatta.

It was a great chance for them to get together and update, as well as engage in a little wining

and dining in a general a tmosphere camaraderie.

Brother Paul of the Balcatta Franciscan

Capuchins did his bit by wine serving and table waiting, proving that for a friar there are plenty of ways to serve one's fellow man!

1. Testing whether the grapes 'really are real!' is Joe Dunne of the Midland Secular Franciscans, while the owner of the hat Ethel Higgins awaits the verdict, watched by Nadia Braack (left), Verle Rosich, Lillian Henbrow, Beryl Thompson, Shirley Garrett and Tina Cafarelli.

2. Pat Meek (Balcatta Sec Fran) left, helps to sell 'the winning tickets!' with Janette James, Margaret Waddell and Phil Dunne - all of Balcatta parish.

3. Brother Paul of the Balcatta Franciscan Capuchin friars helps out with the wine and table waiting at the Secular Franciscans' Melbourne Cup celebration held at Rossetti's restaurant, Balcatta, while Pam Smith of Greenwood parish and baby Chenelle Webb and mother Emma of Balcatta debate the Cup contenders.

4. Rossetti's restaurateur Ricki Diabiase (Balcatta Sec Fran), back left, with Clare Diloreto (Balcatta Sec Fran) with Angelina Piasini and Maree Graham (front row) of Balcatta.

5. Doug Williams, left back (Vic Park Sec Fran) with Margaret Staniewicz (Vic Park Sec Fran), having fun with Rosaleen O'Neill and Aileen Poli of the Midland Sec Frans at the Cup luncheon.

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3 days in

Kalgoorlie

Archbishop Hickey's packed three-day visit to Kalgoorlie also included a oneday dash to Merredin to celebrate Mass with the priests of that deanery and talk over their problems.

Archbishop Hickey listens appreciatively as Eric strums out a number.

It's all smiles as Archbishop Hickey drops in at the Round House in Kalgoorlie and cheers up a resident there.

to Merredin

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At the new Goldfields Centrecare that is shortly to be opened he was welcomed by Peter Toohey (left) and Brother Barry Ward (right).

Centre is Fr Benedict Quadros of Kalgoorlie.

At John Paul College, principal Brother Terry Cant (left) was able to introduce Archbishop Hickey to Kisty Sterry at whose parents' wedding he had officiated.

7=7 , .l10 Father Patrick Lim of Kambalda drove Archbishop Hickey to Merredin where he photographed him in session with the deanery priests Fathers Ossie Lewis (Kellerberrin), Eugene McGrath (Merredin), Thomas (Kuhn), Greg Donovan (Bencubbin), Gerald Mulvale (Bruce Rock) and Oliver Ryan (Southern Cross). '

Archbishop Hickey addressing pupils at St Mary's School in Kalgoorlie.

The archbishop at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Boulder.

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GROUP FIFTY PRAYER GROUP

'A SPECIAL INVITATION'

Mass and healing service normally held on first Thursday in each month, will be held on second Thursday of November and December.

Date: Sunday 17th November 1991.

Time: 1.45pm Venue: Schoenstatt Shrine 9 Talus Drive (off) South West Highway Armadale WA A fternoon tea to follow

THE PARIS SCENE

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 BYO barbecue lunch.

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Catholic Missions Office

Full-Time Office Assistant Typing, computer and good organisational skills essential.

Applicant must have an ability to maintain accurate records, cope with responsibility, excellent communication skills and a friendly professional manner.

Applicant must be a practising Catholic.

Referees must include parish priest.

Apply in writing to The Director, Pontifical Mission Societies, 23 Victoria Square, Perth WA 6000.

Applications close: November 15.

PASTORAL ASSISTANT (2) (Part-Time)

(Archdiocese of Perth) Applications are invited for two positions of pastoral assistant (part-time) with deaf and hearing impaired people of Western Australia. Total salary for the two positions is near a stipend.

Desirable qualities include: • Initiative, organisation and networking skills.

• A commitment to Catholic values.

• Ability to impart Catholic formation to others.

• Ability to work as a team member.

• Good inter-personal skills.

• Dedication to empowering deaf and hearing impaired people.

• Knowledge (willingness to learn) languages of deaf people.

• Current driver's license.

• Flexibility in working hours.

Applications in writing to: Fr Paul Pitzen, OSM Catholic Apostolate with Deaf and Hearing lmparied People 25 Windsor Street, Perth WA 6000

NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING 221 3866 Country clients welcome. Phone or write.

Phone (008) 11 4010 (local charge) Natural Family Planning Centre 29 Victoria Square Member of the Australian Council of Natural Family Planning Inc.

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ROSARY PROCESSION

In honour of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception at St Joseph's Bassendean on Sunday, December 1 at 3.30pm, Benediction will follow the Rosary procession and there will be a cuppa and cool drinks in the hall. Enquiries on 279 1549 or 279 2806.

NEWMAN SOCIETY

On Wednesday, November 13 at 7pm in the Senior Common Room at St Thomas More College, Crawley the AGM will be held.

At 7.30pm Professor David Link, NDA vice chancellor will lecture on NDA and 'Ex Corde Ecclesiael" a statement on Catholic universities by Pope John Paul II. Vatican II study group, Tuesday, November 12 at 11am at 27 Ballot Way, Balcatta. Decree on Ecumenism, Chapter 1. This meeting and professor Link's lecture open to all.

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Feast of CHRIST THE KING Sunday, November 24 at 2pm in the church of

"Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church" Chittering Road

Bullsbrook Archbishop Hickey will celebrate Holy Mass. . followed by

Eucharistic Procession and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

EVERYONE IS MOST WELCOME. For further enquiries please telephone 444 2285 or 447 3292.

Bus reservations: Marangaroo, Dianella, Perth, Highgate and Midland — Telephone 444 7565.

Fremantle — Telephone 339 4015.

Collegium Musicum Choir UWA Chamber Orchestra and soloists Conducted by Peter Moore invite you to

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Chapel of St Michael the Archangel

Catholic Education Centre Ruislip Street, Leederville

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invites you to celebrate the

Mass for Vietnamese, Archbishop Hickey.

Mass with Assisi Choir in St Mary's Cathedral, Archbishop Hickey.

BURMA FETE The Australia Burma Mission Relief Society will hold a food fete and jumble sale on Sunday, November 17 at the Sacred Heart Church Parish Hall, Highgate from 9.30am onwards. A statue of Our Lady of Heafth — Vailankanni will be raffled at the hall at $2 per ticket.

Enquiries 272 1379 or 342 1053.

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NOVEMBER Bless Girrawheen Centre, Archbishop Hickey.

9 10 Confirmation Cottesloe, Archbishop Hickey.

St Rocco Procession, Archbishop Hickey.

Confirmation Carlisle, Monsignor Keating.

Confirmation Mirrabooka, Monsignor McCrann.

11 Day of reflection Northam, Archbishop Hickey.

Convent of Mercy, Vic Square Mass, Archbishop Hickey.

12 Catholic Community Care Appeal, Archbishop Hickey.

12& Confirmation Kenwick, Bishop 13 Healy.

13 Confirmation Bassendean, Monsignor Keating.

13& Confirmation Hilton, Monsignor 15 Nestor.

14 Aranmore Catholic Primary School opening, Archbishop Hickey.

15 Open "Bulya Maya", Archbishop Hickey.

Catholic Secondary Principals Association Mass, Archbishop Hickey.

16 Open Centrecare Kalgoorlie, Bishop Healy.

Conference of Churches, Father D. Sproxton.

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6.30pm concert performance 9pm Mozart Memorial Service Celebrant: Father Tarditti

Tickets $10 & $8 (conc) Suggested retiring collection $10 & $8 (conc)

It is necessary to prebook for both 6.30pm & 9pm

All bookings: Debbie Gwynne, 66 Riley Road, Dalkeith (Ph 386 1001)