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CATHOLIC APPEAL TARGET ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL, HE SAYS The Catholic Community Care Appeal is aiming at $400,000 this year compared with the $180,000 raised in last year's Advent appeal. "It is absolutely critical that the 1991 appeal is successful," the Community Care Commission's executive director, Mr Kevin Wringe, told parish representatives recently. Mr Wringe told the parish promoters of the appeal that 10 archdiocesan agencies alone cost $6 million to operate last
_year with the Church providing nearly $1 million and state and federal government programs providing the other $5 million. Costs are increasing and government funding is becoming increasingly competitive to obtain, he said. The archdiocese too is finding it increasingly difficult to keep pace with costs. As an example of pressure on Catholic services, Mr Wringe pointed out that there is a nine-week waiting list for counselling at Perth Centrecme, one of the few agencies
where fees are not charged for counselling. This year's title Catholic Community Care Appeal had been changed from t he former Catholic Appeal Charities because it reflected better than the word 'charity' the community's care, support, empowerment and enhancement of people's well-being. The Commission of which Mr Wringe has been executive director for the past six months in the West Australian bishops' peak umbrella body for Catholic social welfare services and co-
ordinates and supports 10 archdiocesan community care agencies. There are approximately 20 Catholic community care organisations providing services in the archdiocese, Mr Wringe said. The $400,000 target for 1991, he said, was looking for $5 per head from an estimated $75,000 people at Mass on December 7-8. Less than 3% of the appeal budget had gone into printing and other publicity. The remainder would go to the agencies. As an example of
Catholic care initiatives, Sounding a warning Mr Wringe cited a new about increasing needs 12-bed hostel built by the Mr Wringe said: Housing Aboriginal "Currently, Western Board on Church land at Australia is in a serious Kalgoorlie and managed crisis — 100,000 are by the Church. unemployed; over 53% The centre was answer- of the Aboriginal working critical needs, he said, force are unemployed; and additional needed 35% of our youth will be monies would depend on unemployed next the 1991 appeal. month. "We are experiencing He cited also the recently opened AIDS the deepest recession in centre at Rivervale and 50 years. In my 20 years the Goldfields Centre- in social welfare, never care which was provid- has the situation been as ing counselling both for critical as at present. "The rural communiboth the Catholic and state high schools in the ties are hurting beyond description. area.
"The general community, at all levels of society, has many people who are suffering because of the current recession, and because of the many and varied pressures of the times in which we live. "Pressures of modern society; include the grief and pain experienced through abortions; the AIDS crisis; the increase in suicides; drug abuse; increase in pressures on marriages; the rise in occurrences of domestic violence; child abuse; the increase in child sexual abuse; and untold pressures through financial difficulties."
Brother on road to priesthood Sixteen years as a Vincentian brother has given Bill Irwin valuable experience for his move into priesthood. Brother Irwin, who has been working in the Kwinana parish since August, was ordained a deacon last Friday by Bishop Healy at St Vincent's Church in Kwinana. "My time as a brother has given me a broad view of ministry because I was involved in a very active, but very different way with people," he said. Born in 1955 in Gulargambone in NSW, Bill went to high school at St Stanislaus' College in Bathurst, run by the Vincentian fathers and brothers. He joined the Vincentians when he finished school, and after five years in the Vincentian seminary in Eastwood, Sydney, he completed a social welfare degree. He later spent two years in parish work in Melbourne and returned to St Stanislaus' for three years,
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teaching and working in the boarding school. But two years ago Bill decided to become a priest. He did a further 18 months study before his appointment to the Kwinana parish. It was the work of the brothers at St Stanislaus' that first prompted Bill to join the Vincentians. "They work closer to people (than a priest does) in one sense," said Bill. "In that work,I came to see the value of ministry in the sacramental life of priesthood. "I see my role in the ordained ministry as helping others to understand their own ministry in the Church, to encourage them to see whatever they're doing as a ministry, not just a job, and to help them use their gifts in whatever ministries are open to them for building up the kingdom." Bill will be ordained a priest early next year in NSW, but will continue his posting in the Kwinana parish. — Ian Esmond
Anniversary joy in Albany Last week the Albany Hospice celebrated its first anniversary with three events — the opening of the Michael Storm Cottage bereavement centre, an inter-denominational remembrance service in St John's Church and the presentation of the WA premier of the play "This Dying Business". The cottage was opened by Mrs Megan Storm, the widow of a prominent Albany sportsman and businessman Michael Storm who died of cancer at the age of 34 in 1989. Fr Hugh Galloway, director of the Hospice, said Michael Storm's and his family's example had been the catalyst for establishing the Hospice. The cottage, formerly accommodation for railway workers, was donated by Westrail and moved to the hospice site at no charge by Ray Pomery and Co. It was extended and renovated by volunteers.
The cottage is used for training carers and bereavement counsellors, as an emotional support centre and a drop-in meeting place for the bereaved. Other speakers at the ceremony were Kevin Prince, Chairman of the Hospice Board and Joan Terry, Bereavement Support Coordinator. "This Dying Business" played to a full house and was preceded by a piano recital by Patrick Elms and annual reports by Chairman Kevin Prince and Financial Director Harold Armitt. During the evening Fr Galloway announced that Mrs Ruth Reid, wife of the former Governor of WA, Professor Gordon Reid, had accepted the position of inaugural Patron of Albany Hospice. Mrs Reid praised the work of the many volunteers and donors which had resulted in great progress being made since she had officially Fr Hugh speaking at the opening of the Michael Storm Cottage. Seated are Mrs Megan Storm (left) and Mrs Joan opened the Hospice a year Terry, Bereavement Support Co-ordinator. ago.
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Tearful goodbye at New Norcia By Dom Francis Byrne, OSB For me it was like the last trumpet call as the curtain fell on a long, distinguished history of education at New Norcia . . . It was the last time all of the student body would celebrate Mass together in the equally historic Abbey Church. Represented last Sunday was literally a microcosm of the Church in Western Australia — nuns, brothers, former students and staff, Catholic Education personnel and Benedictine monks.
The student choir lifted the rafters with a rendition of "Glory, Glory, Alleluia!" as the students, after receiving their scrolls, marched out in twos, followed by the staff. The prior-administrator of the Benedictine Monastery, Fr Placid Spearritt outlined the proud tradition of education begun at New Norcia more than eighty years ago. He spoke about the vision of the founders Dom Salvado and Dom Serra to bring the Gospel to the Aborigines and later under Abbot Fulgentius Torres the colleges, St Gertrude's and St Ildephonsus', were built. The director of the Catholic Education
Commission in Western Australia, Dr Peter Tannock, told the packed congregation that the decision to close New Norcia Catholic College had been a "hard decision" and he was aware of the trauma which such a move could involve. He hoped that a "new door" would open and that the future would represent a new page in another chapter of New Norcia's fine history. There were tears in many eyes as the college's theme song was sung: New Norcia Noble Name May all aspire to achieve your aim From mountain height to rolling sea You symbol of the Trinity.
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as a link with the past, the archbishop said that last week's ceremony celebrated the pioneers and in an atmosphere the with soaked Church's early history in WA. Priests, laity and the cathedral choir filled the small building for a Mass sung to the Gregorian requiem melody and with the eucharistic prayer in Latin.
Archbishop Hickey said it was an occasion to "see ourselves as a people with a past as well as a present and a future". "Not to be stuck in the past but to see the beauty, devotion, love and artistry that went into Church liturgy and music, to accept it and look to the future." In the Church's period of transition, he said, it was necessary to find music that speaks to the heart and the Latin Gregorian motets offered a passibility of doing that. Archbishop Hickey said that a November Mass also counteracted a heresay that "it doesn't matter what we do, we will be
saved. I can't find that in scripture or the Church's tradition".
seriously. We are a sinful people but we are a holy people".
Tracing the deceased He said children are rightly no longer bur- bishops and others who dened with guilt as had led the Church and sinners — which they others for whom the are not — and are told Mass was offered Archthey are specially loved bishop Hickey said: by God, particularly when they may have not "I hope this procathedral will remain as been loved by others. a symbol of those tradi"But we others are tions that keep us going." sinners and that is why The Church had lost the vestments of this much culturally and Mass are purple. We have artistically, he said. to pray and work hard at our salvation. We can't "Some of it we can still save ourselves. Our Lord salvage but I am full of hope the religious spirit saves us." is with us and will flower The sequence of the in buildings, painting, requiem Mass that was carving and music sung at the ceremony because the Holy Spirit "reminded us to take life touches hearts."
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Record Crises that hit the human community from time to time are not total bad news. They can inspire Church men and women to make greater efforts to help others. Archbishop Hickey made this point at the recent opening of the Rivervale AIDS centre launched by members of several religious orders, backed by their resources and integrated into the Christian works program of Perth archdiocese. AIDS is not only producing inspiring responses from many even of the unchurched but is becoming part of the helping vocabulary of the Church — a situation that could not have been anticipated just a decade ago. And so other crises — many if not all of them resulting from human behaviour and neglect — are appearing on the caring agendas of Catholic dioceses and parishes. The gospel initiative of the Church has never been lacking but the frontiers of the action change with the times: • HIV now rides on the fringe of a widening drug devasation; • At a time when miracle technology can help many handicapped, they must fight for recognition and even for pre-natal survival; • Well away from the air-conditioned comfort of palatial chambers where well paid bureaucrats tear up marriages like confetti, there is now a sorry trail of crippled spouses and children needing healing counselling to say nothing of the feminisation of poverty amongst abandoned wives. Calling on Church goers in the pews to rise to the challenges is not easy. It sometimes seems to have been easier when 'charity' meant a bit of fun fund-raising for institutions or an appealing whip-around for goods to send to a faraway problem. The $400,000 target for this year's Community Commission appeal — more than double what was raised last year — will be a jolt to the thinking that underlies such a task, to say nothing of being rid of the difficult word 'charity' from previous appeals. The situation is not unique to Perth or WA. World wide dioceses are having to make their appeals for care-support funds into a semiprofessional exercise to match the equally professional environment in which this care, no less Christian, has to be dispensed. Just as the recession bites harder and deeper so are those some dioceses seeing the euphoria fade as expenses rise and cost cutting and curtailing of services takes place. Perth fortunately is experiencing so far only the merest taste of the curtailment happening in cities where social problems expand and do not decrease. The challenge too is for parishes to take a more sophisticated look at resources and fundraising generally. This has to be done against the stark reality that more and more funds must come from fewer and fewer Massgoers and far too many of them in the greypower ranks with diminished income. Sadly, the widow's mite of the gospel is all to evident. A small core of the very generous support a multiplicity of appeals; the larger bulk give little and the 75°/o who never attend Mass would be none the wiser of what or how the Church provides for today's needy. The challenge too is to understand recurrent needs as against the traditional Australian Catholic notion that fundraising was essentially to meet the cost of a church or school and that once over the parish would rest on its oars. There need be no pharasaical pretended horror, however, about the cost of new churches of which many outer parishes are in urgent need. It will be precisely because large and attractive churches have been built that people — the givers of tomorrow — will multiply many times over the original church donation. If it all sounds a bit complicated and hard to manage, the Church's welfare workers must work doubly hard not just at ringing the alarm bells for a suffering humanity but first of all convincing ordinary Catholics of good will that there is a part for everyone to play and why and how the funds are needed for the bigger tasks. Jesus promised to be with the Church. That promise includes the complex society of the coming 21st century.
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US bishops vote to retain holy days WASHINGTON (CNS):— The US bishops have voted to retain all six holy days of obligation currently observed. A separate vote on eliminating the obligation of Mass for three holy days when they fall on Saturday or on Monday will be decided by mail. Extensive and at times impassioned debate preceded the balloting, with bishops from large Eastern dioceses leading the fight for retaining all holy days and bishops of the Midwest and West as the chief proponents of change. Under conference rules, at least 180 votes, or twothirds of the conference's 269 active Latin-rite bishops was required for passage of any of the proposals. Eastern-rite bishops could not vote since any change would affect only Latin-rite Catholics.
• Transfer observance of Ascension from the Thursday to the following Sunday: 151 yes, 97 no. • Eliminate the Mass obligation for Jan 1: 135 yes, 113 no. • Eliminate the obligation on Aug 15: 116 yes, 132 no. • Eliminate the obligation on Nov 1: 106 yes, 149 no. A move that the bishops vote to transfer observance of the feasts of Assumption and All Saints to the Sunday following each feast. Failed to get the two-thirds approval needed, although each was supported by a majority of bishops. The vote on transferring Assumption was 140 yes, 95 no. On moving All Saints the vote was 118 yes, 115 no.
Changing is risky WASHINGTON: Views for and against lifting the holy day obligation fell into well defined camps. Archbishop Quinn of San Francisco led off the debate for those who favoured reducing the number of US holy days. He acknowledged that holy days of obligation have become symbols of Catholic identity for many people and said that "changing a symbol" is always risky. But he argued that the problems connected with retaining the obligation outweighed the
problems that would accompany a change and the bottom-line question facing the bishops in matters of ecclesiastical law is pastoral "prudence" and "the good of the faithful". He cited confusion about different practices from diocese to diocese, the burden the obligation imposes on priests in areas where there is a priest shortage and the fact that most US catholics do not attend Mass on the holy days in question. Although they do not go to Mass, many of those Catholics still feel "a burden of conscience"
about not going, even when they have legitimate reasons for not attending, he said. "My conclusion", he said, is that as a matter of pastoral prudence "it is better not to burden the consciences of our people, it is better not to overburden our priests", and the number of holy days of obliation should be reduced. Cardinal Hickey of Washington emphasised t he sacrifice many Catholics make to observe the holy days and said, "I pray we will not lose the wonderful witness" that the obliga-
Generals key to civil war
ZAGREB: Croatia's Cardinal Kuharic said the territorial ambitions of Yugoslavia's hard-line communist generals keeps the war in his breakaway republic going. Take the military chieftains out of the picture and Croatians could live peacefully with their Serbian neighbours, he said. The Serbian generals are "the leftovers of the old communist army" trying to re-assert Marxist rule in Croatia and at the same time create a "Greater Serbia," Cardinal Kuharic of Zagreb said through interpreters. As atheist ideologues they are "in a special way against the church," he said. Approximately 75 per cent of Croatians are Catholic. Even if the Serbian Orthodox bishops spoke strongly and continually for an end to the war, it would "have no effect on the generals because they don't belong to any church," he said. "It is popular to say this is a war of Catholics versus Orthodox", he said but "that is not true". It is being fought because the generals "want to take over Croatian territory", he said. There is a large Serbian minority in Croatia, many' of whom took up arms against the Croatian breakaway government.
tory holy days provide. He reminded the Bishops of a decline in Catholic consciousness of penance and selfdenial after the mandatory abstinence from meat on Fridays was lifted. "We need spiritual alarm clocks" such as the abstinence laws and holy day laws as a "clear reminder" to people of those dimensions of their faith life, he said. Bishop McRaith of Owensboro, Ky, reminded the bishops of the other holy day obligation — to abstain
from work — and said some diocesan offices and even the bishops' national conference offices are open on some holy days of obligation. "I don't think we can have it both ways," he said, suggesting that if the bishops retain the Mass obligation they should at least release church employees from work on those days. His suggestion led to a motion to close the bishops' national offices on all holy days of obligation. The motion was overwhelmingly defeated on a voice vote.
Shift arms funds to food aid, says pope VATICAN CITY, (CNS): The end of the Cold War should prompt governments to shift funds from their military budgets into food aid for the world's hungry, Pope John Paul II said. He told the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, continuing poverty in many places means that "the right against hunger must be vastly extended". The pope also offered a strong caution on tying development aid to birth control programs. "Rather than forbidding the poor to be born", aid programs should "ensure that the poor share even now in the material goods which they need in order to support their families", the Pope said. Environmental protection must be an essential part of food development, he said. Any realistic policy at increasing the world's food supply must be based on "respect for the fields, forests and seas, and their preservation from over -exploitation", he said.
Case of sour grapes VATICAN CITY, (CNS): A Vatican congress on drug and alcohol abuse has caused some sour grapes in Italy's wine industry. The controversy surfaced during a Vatican press conference which kicked off a three-day meeting of experts on the theme: "Hope Against Hope, Drugs and Alcohol Against Life." Cardinal Angelini told reporters the meeting would take aim, in part, at unjust fortunes reaped by the "market of drugs and alcoholic beverages". That wording bothered Quint° Scarapellini, a reporter from the Italian trade newspaper The Wine Courier. He blasted the event as unfair to the millions of people who take a glass or two of "vino" with their meals. "All the more so because when people talk about alcohol, they think of wine — and
Italy has an important place in wine production," he said. Cardinal Angelini, whose pontifical council hosted the congress, tried to calm fears that wine was being targeted as a social evil. He noted that a Vatican statement on the meeting should have said "alcoholism, not alcohol". "We're not talking here about a modest consumer of alcoholic beverages," the cardinal protested. "We have nothing against wine. Don't worry, you'll see it receives fair treatment," he said. To prove his point, when the press conference was over, Cardinal Angelini invited the journalist to join him at a reception — for an hors d'oeuvre and a glass of Italian spumante.
Polish hero now a saint VATICAN CITY (CNS):— At a Mass attended by the presidents of Poland and Lithuania, Pope John Paul II canonised a Carmelite priest who was one of the leaders of the failed 1863 Pol ish -Lithuanian uprising against Czarist Russia. Jozef Kalinowski was born in 1835 in Vilnius, the current capital of Lithuania. At the time Lithuania and Poland were united and under
the rule of the Russian Empire. After serving 10 years in a Siberian labour camp for his role in the insurrection, he entered the Carmelites, taking the name Raphael. During a Nov 17 Mass in St Peter's Basilica, Pope John Paul proclaimed Raphael him St Kalinowski. The new saint entered religious life when he was 42 years old. Before that he was a lieutenant and engineer in the Russian army, taught in the military academy at
St Petersburg and later was promoted to the rank of captain. In 1864 he was arrested and condemned to death for his part in an uprising. A month later the sentence was commuted to 10 years' hard labour in Siberia. In 1892 Father Kalinowski and another Carmelite priest founded a monastery at Wadowice, the pope's hometown. He died there in 1907, less than 13 years before Pope John Paul II was born.
The pope said he had been hearing of Father Kalinowski's holiness "since my youth". At the canonisation Mass the pope said "the Polish insurrection of 1863 against the power of the czar, who oppressed fellow citizens, was considered by many to be a desperate struggle without the possibility of victory." "Nevertheless, some did not back down in the face of a heroic decision. Among these was Jozef Kalinowski, a military
engineer, who expressed himself in this way. "The homeland needs sweat. not blood." But seeing that others were preparing to fight, the pope said, the new saint felt obligated to offer his life to the cause. Before embarking on his journey as a Carmelite where he would "draw near to the experience of the 'dark night' of faith, hope and love of God, Christ guided him through the 'dark night' of love for his earthly homeland," the pope said.
Convicted colonel didn't act alone
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WASHINGTON (CNS):— US Rep Joe Moakley and the US Jesuit Conference agree: The Salvadoran army colonel convicted in the slayings of six Jesuit priests did not act alone. Moakley, in a six-page memorandum said it was "very possible" that Gen Rene Emilio Ponce, current Salvadoran defense minister and several others in the Salvadoran military high command "ordered the murders" in 1989 of six Jesuit priests. He said that he had information that Ponce and several other high-level Salvadoran military officers attended a small meeting at the Salvadoran military academy the day before the murders and that it was there that the decision to slay the Jesuits was made. Jesuit Father Peter Klink, called Moakley's memo "a courageous move" and said it was "pretty unimaginable that Benavides took the action on his own". The Salvadoran government, however, called Moakley's claim "absolutely irresponsible, without any foundation and based on pure and biased speculation". After an international furor, in September a Salvadoran jury convicted Army Col Benavides and Lt Mendoza in the case of the Jesuit slayings. Father Klink said he had heard about the meeting of military officers the day before the slaying "but we have no inside information on the fact that the meeting took place." He said, however, that from my understanding of the chain of command in military operations and of how the Salvadoran military works, one person would not carry out something like this solely on his own.
MOSCOW:— Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei ll of Moscow said his church must work to help Soviet people overcome bitterness left by years of repression. "Too serious is the disease caused by the virus of totalitarianism, which has contaminated human souls with hatred, spite and intolerance," the Russian Orthodox primate said. "My motherland will never enjoy a "life of prosperity and peace if our people do not overcome this disease", he said through an interpreter. "And the church, as the spiritual healer, will help them to recover from it." The patriarch said people are too used to thinking in terms of "we-they" and "friends-enemies" and "ours-not ours". For decades people have been enslaved in a lifestyle of "fear, passivity and moral stagnation", with the attitude that other peoples' problems are nothing to be worried about, he said. He also said they are "very tired of standing in line for food, of being uncertain about tomorrow and the future in general and of hearing the news about fratricidal bloodshed in this or that republic". "Such situations are inviting false messiahs and false prophets to come," he said. "They confuse people by pointing to concrete men or groups to blame allegedly for all of our troubles, and by insisting that they should be expelled or denied their rights, or even executed and then our country would be an earthly paradise. "It is our immediate duty to encourage people to spiritual revival and to help every soul thirsting for Christ's consolation find it." he said
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Baghdad beggared LESS THAN 50pc OF FOOD NEEDS ARE BEING MET
BAGHDAD: Less than 50 per cent of Iraqis' food needs are being met, said Douglas Broderick, head of Catholic Relief Services in Iraq. "The middle class and rich are spending their savings. The poor are living on whatever they can lay their hands on." Catholic Relief Services is the US bishops' overseas relief and development agency. CRS began working in Iraq in April, after the Persian Gulf War. Aid workers — private and official — say that all available data points to hardship for the most vulnerable Iraqis this winter because of shortages and a world trade embargo. "There are two million young, sick and vulnerable in this country," Broderick said. "My impression is that Iraq is on a long-term slide." Broderick and other relief workers say the government is somehow managing to provide Iraqis with about a third of their food requirements at subsidised prices, but are puzzled how.
Iraq has never been more than 30 per cent self-sufficient in food. Government schemes to slash reliance on imports were abruptly suspended by the Gulf crisis, but the embargo has given fresh impetus to the plans. The government repeatedly has said it has no money. It says its four billion in hard currency is frozen in foreign bank accounts by governments seeking war reparations or awaiting Iraq's total compliance with Gulf war truce terms. But officials are coy about how the government manages to put limited quantities of flour, sugar, tea, oil and other essentials into government shops, where they are sold at a fraction of prices prevailing on a runaway free market. CRS spokesman Alex Rondos said the availability of some food on the market in Iraq does not mean people are not suffering. "It means that those people who can afford the food do not suffer as much," Rondos said. "But
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1k, VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul told an array of pro-life groups that they should co-operate and respect their different a pproaches in the against battle abortion. The pope addressed some 150 antiabortion activists, who were invited to the Vatican for three days of strategy sessions. "Your greatest strength is in the quality of your witness for human dignity, for the family and for life, in collaboration and in respect of legitimate differences," the pope told the activists. The basic pro-life task is to "help people reflect on the fact that every life has inestimable worth" because it is a gift of God, he said. The pope spoke about abortion in the same dramatic terms that he 6
has used increasingly over the last year. He condemned the practice as one of the many "growing threats and attacks on life, which are causing exterminations at a rate never seen before in the history of humanity". He said an "anti-life m entality" was responsible for initiatives leading "first, to the moral disorder of contraception and, subsequently, to the abominable crime of abortion". He warned of "strong and potent forces" operating today that "promote the culture of death, openly and in secret": human selfishness, consumerism, a "superficial feminism that is afraid of the greatness of maternity", and economic interests. Against all this, prolife groups must help
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create a "climate of welcome for life" based on some essential truths, the pope said. "From the moment of c onception, every human being is a person. It is a manipulation of the truth to c onsider the conceived-but -unborn, in his undefended greatness, as an aggressor," he said. The pope said responsibility for creating pro-life policies is shared by individuals, by those who govern and by legislators. Where a child is unwanted by the parents, he said, other social structures should be ready to intervene to help the child. Societies should adopt "a clear policy favouring life and the dignity of woman, God's collaborator in the gift of life", he said.
the people who receive our assistance do not have the type of income it takes to survive." He also said the impact of sanctions on Iraqi life could not be measured simply by lack of food or medicine. "Agricultural output is at risk because spare parts, fertilisers and pesticides cannot be purchased," he said. "Communications are breaking down; the telephone systems don't work. Gasoline is being poorly refined, aggravating pollution. Electricity generating plants are working without spare parts, and there is no evidence that they will improve performance." Rondos urged change to the sanctions to "allow the provision of essential human needs". He reiterated the standard suggested to the committee in August by Bishop James A. Griffin, CRS board chairman, that essential human needs included those "necessary for the proper functioning of Iraq's food distribution, water supply, sanitation and health care systems".
Catholics not giving what they can WASHINGTON, (CNS): Cardinal Szoka. was Most US Catholics do not archbishop of Detroit give what they can or until he was called to the should to the church, the Vatican in June 1990 to Vatican's chief financial head the Prefecture For co-ordinator told journal- the Economic Affairs of ists during a meeting of the Holy See. the US bishops. He said the practice of The official, US-born using Peter's Pence to Cardinal Edmund C help cover Vatican deficSzoka, also said the Holy its, adopted as a matter of See's operating deficit necessity in recent years, climbed to $86.3 million ought to stop. "These last year and continued proceeds should be availto grow. able at any time to the He notes that the US Holy Father for his works Catholic rate of giving as of universal charity, a percentage of income according to the special has dropped signifi- needs of the times," he cantly in recent decades said. and is far below the level of giving among US To meet the Vatican's current and projected Protestants.
deficits, he said, "it is in keeping with the communion and unity of the whole church that the particular churches provide these financial resources in accord with their potential".
poor churches around the world.
The Vatican convened the presidents of the world's bishops' conference in Rome last April to discuss financial support of the Holy See, he Criteria and principles told the bishops. for such contributions "The presidents all need to be "studied, defined and agreed reacted very positively and accepted the fact that upon", he said. the dioceses should help He said the Holy See has the Holy Father," he said. asked the individual "The only question was bishops' conferences how to go about it. We around the world to simply asked the presidevelop such criteria for dents to discuss the themselves, in part situation with the because it does not want bishops of their conferto impose a single system ences and decide how to on the diverse rich and proceed."
Warrant out for suspects
MALAYBALAY, Philippines (CNS): Arrest warrants for suspects in the murder of 30-year-old Father Nerilito Satur and the injuring of church worker Jacqueline Lunzaga have been issued by Judge Aurelio Paterno in Bukidnon for the arrest of Sgt Catalino Gabisan of the 26th Infantry Battal-
ion; Datu Banto Domia, reported leader of a local cult; Allan Cesar Abesta; Crispolo Onor; and two unidentified suspects. According to Bishop Gaudencio Rosales of Malaybalay, when Gabisan and Domia surrendered to police they admitted the plot to kill the priest was fuelled by
his confiscation of illegally cut timber in July. Father Satur and several priests were deputised by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources as forest guards early last year. Malaybalay Catholics, especially basic Christian have communities,
Imelda: Bishop is so happy MANILA, Philippines (CNS): Imelda Marcos, welcomed home by thousands of her fellow Filipinos, is being readied for trial on tax fraud charges — and a bishop says he's glad.
"I am glad she's coming to face prosecution, and we hope justice will be done to her and the Filipino people," said Auxiliary Bishop Teodoro Bacani of Manila. Bishop Bacani is chair-
man of the Public Affairs Committee of the Philippines bishops' conference. But another Manila auxiliary, Bishop Teodoro Buhain, an official of the church's Radio
fought illegal logging, which they blame for the ecological destruction in their area. After confiscating the timber in July, Father Satur reportedly preached against the cult's illegal logging and became the group's target. He reportedly received death threats.
Veritas, said he was "not available to comment on Mrs Marcos. I'm busy". In 1986, Radio Veritas called people to street rallies resulting in the ouster of the Marcoses.
Bishop Quinn (centre) with ram left: John Sanders, Fr Bernie Dwyer, parish priest, Tony Fontanini and Phil Allan at the opening.
Manjimup parish gets new centre The prayer room highlights the original frontispiece and cross.
A local building initiative has resulted in the new Manjimup parish centre coming in at some $150,000 below the originally projected price of $650,000. The new brick and tile
building that faces Kearnan College is planned to cater for a wide range of parish services and meetings. A large hall is supported by an enclosed atrium with a fireplace for social gatherings and surround
ed by meeting rooms, offices, prayer room, resource and ivueption rooms and a large kitchen and pantry area. The centre has an eye not just on local parish needs but has a geographic advantage to cater for
diocesan meetings and a range of services from Centrecare Bunbury and Perth. The local school children are already finding it a boon for their activities too. A poignant feature of the
building is the prayer room dedicated to the memory of the late Sister Irene McCormick who was murdered in Peru earlier this year and who served in Kearnan College before making her decision to go to Peru.
Mrs Mary McCormick and her daughter Bernadette were guests of honour at the opening ceremony performed by Bishop Quinn. The garden linked to the prayer room also has special significance, being dedicated to Mary MacKillop, foundress of the Josephite Sisters who have worked in the parish for 68 years. History is preserved in the prayer room with the cross from the original Catholic chapel in Manjimup along with the frontispiece of the original church altar blessed by Archbishop Clune in 1925.
The imposing new Catholic Centre that caps off the growth of Manjimup Church.
The project had been on the drawing boards for a long time and Father Bernie Dwyer who saw the project through to its completion says that with the decreasing number of clergy being available, it is essential for the laity to have adequate premises out of which to work in areas of adult faith education, neighbourhood and other apostolic activities.
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DISCUSSION POINTS What, for you, is a sign of God's existence? Selected Responses from readers: "To see a disabled child smiling and laughing through pain and sorrow. There has to be a God. The so-called mother nature could itot provide this feat." — F.H. Sullivan. "The birth of a child . . . What a marvellous miracle!" — Joan Felling. "The friends I have. They take God's place in helping me through life's situations. Jesus is here, but he needs our hands to do his work." -- Ellen Callahan. "Everything. I don't know what isn't a sign of God's existence." — Chris Robinson. "For me it is the cotton-ball plant because this is a sign to me of God's perfect order and from the beginning furnished a way to clothe us from a mere plant that grows from the ground. How beautiful." — Beverly Darden.
"Just the people I meet everyday. The interactions I have with people are always inspiring and new." — Peggy Cushman. "Camping in the national forest experiencing his loving presence in the beauties of creation, unhampered by the bustle and noise of everyday life." — Ida Topakian. dimmE
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Why ever search for signs of God in your life?
Knowing that human beings were not God made room in the biblical worldview for God's existence. It might do the same today. There is another condition for knowing God Only a fool says there is no God! exists. Again biblical people come to our aid. That was the general view in biblical times. They were not afraid to ask questions about the Just about everybody took it for granted that God purpose of human life. exists. It was plain to them that human beings did That may seem strange today when so many not exist for their own sake. They lived for look for signs and proof of God's existence. But something beyond human life. Today some may conclude that God does not it did not even occur to the people in the biblical exist without ever asking about the ultimate story to look for proof. Why? purpose of their lives. Could it be that some are First, biblical people knew they were not all- too busy? Or have some concluded that human sufficient — something modern people have a life makes no sense? hard time with. If we do not feel all-sufficient Biblical peoples may not have required proof now, we expect that, given a little time, we will of God's existence, but they did look for signs of become so. God's presence in the world. Biblical peoples knew they were not God. As always, the tendency was to look for signs They knew too that when they forgot that and of God's presence in extraordinary phenomena tried to be God, they made an awful mess of the such as natural catastrophes and unexplainable world: events. The people looked for God's presence in windstorms, devastating fires and earthquakes. In the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were What they learned is that God is present in tempted with the possibility of being Gods. ordinary things close at hand. God need not be When they went for it, they found out they were sought in lightning and thunder. God is present nobody. in every gentle breeze. At the tower of Babel, when people tried to When people need extraordinary signs of usurp God's place, there was a breakdown in God's presence, nothing ever seems to be communication. They ended up not being able extraordinary enough. So their quest is endless. to talk to one another. Perhaps such a quest is really a flight from the By Father Eugene LaVerdiere, SSS
ordinary, from all those thing, that make up dayto-day life. Life can be quite empty 'when ordinary things — friends, work and respWbilities — are not valued and when God is tlx ught to be absent from them. When biblical people lookEd for signs of God, they were really concerned v *11, God's presence — where God met them an where they might meet God and be present to-j'od. This is plain from the stay of the revelation of the divine name in the bcok of Exodus. Moses, you may recall, wa tending the sheep of his father-in-law Jethro, apriest of Midian. One day, Moses saw a most unusual phenomenon, a bush aflane but not being devoured by the flame. Upon investigating, he fotnd himself invited into the presence of God. Thereupon, he went to met the God of his ancestors at Mount Honk which is the Mountain of God. We know the dialogue letween God and Moses at the Mountain of Gal. Moses was sent to the Israelites, but before acepting his mission he asked for God's name. Mses wanted to tell the Israelites who it was that sent him. God said to tell them "I an" sent him. "I am" was God's name. The divine response and tie revelation of the
divine name may seem enigmatic. Our tendency is to see in the name "I am" a mere affirmation of God's existence. But the name means more than that. Remember that for biblical peoples God's existence was not the issue. God's presence was their concern. The name "I am" means "I am with you". It says, "I am the one who stands by your side, who accompanies you on your life's journey". The name "I am" reflected God's commitment to be with the people. The name was also an invitation. It invited the people to join with God in the ongoing work of creation and in providing for people's needs. It invited the people to respond to God's commitment with a commitment of their own. The question for biblical peoples — whether God was really with them in the ordinary moments of life — concealed another question: Were the people really with God in the ordinary moments of their lives? When they could answer that question in the affirmative, they knew that God was with them as well. Times have not changed so much since biblical times. People today who work at being with God find no need to ask whether God is with them. They know God is present, and do not require "proof" of it.
"This is a sign that I am giving for all ages to come of the covenant between me and you and every living creature with you. I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a covenant between me and the earth."
Signs from the other side of silence By H Richard McCord Jr At least once a year our family drives south so we can visit my parents. Our journey is all interstate driving — fairly easy and very boring. We keep ourselves awake and alert in various ways. One way is to look for
signs that point to upcoming rest areas, service stations, fast-food restaurants, motels and the like. Life often is compared to a journey. Not surprisingly, we seem drawn to watch for signs as we travel it. Every journey calls for some sense of direction. Signs provide this. We might look for signs that
help us interpret an
event's meaning that pros and cons. We talked console us when u are to friends. We gathered distressed, affirm i deci- comparative information sion or prompt isight about the new neighinto a course of act ri to bourhood's schools, pursue. shopping, safety, property values. Earlier this year our We ended up with a family was at thetrossof data and mountain roads to a deasion. Should we sell ounouse absolutely no direction. and move to one in a Finally, we realised we different neigliour- should place this matter in God's hands. We asked hood? for a sign. We made a list i the Better yet, we tried to be
more attentive to what God might be telling us through ordinary events and daily encounters. We sought the kind of perception of which George Eliot wrote in the 19th century: "If we had a keen vision of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat. And we should die of the roar which lies on the other side of silence."
We pushed through timidly to the other side and marvellously, the signs were there. We began to see and hear a clear message in the remarks of friends and family, in the offer to my wife of another parttime job and added income and in the general pattern of events surrounding the realestate transaction. The underbrush was
now cleared and it was obvious what road we should take. To search for signs is to make a statement not only about our limitations but also about our possibilities: • We yearn for a sign when we're confused or troubled. To turn to God for a sign is to admit that we're not, and never can be, fully in control of our lives.
• Yet, in the act of seeking a sign we're making contact with the spiritual realm — what lies beyond the surface of reality. We're showing that we can penetrate the other side of silence.
Hugh Franklin, the actor, prefaced his proposal of marriage to novelist Madeleine L'Engle with lines from a favourite poet: "MusicIheard with you was more than music, "And breadIbroke with If we did not seek and receive signs, our lives you was more than would be aimless wand- bread." ering. And we never For 40 years their would be able to perceive marriage was a journey the deeper meaning of nourished by signs. Habanything. itually they looked
Of signs and first impressions By Father John J Castelot
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Strange as it may seem, the word "miracle" does not occur in the Bible. There are equivalent terms that are not quite so technical but perhaps more descriptive. "Signs" — used frequently in both Old and New Testaments — is especially meaningful. For the people of antiquity, everything pointed to God's presence and activity in the universe. But certain phenomena, certain events, revealed God's presence, power or
concern for people in a special way. There was, above all, the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and their journey to the Promised Land. This event was too spectacular to explain apart from divine intervention. A large, unpaid labour force does not just pack up and leave and escape harm's reach. Nor does such a group survive and grow strong in the inhospitable region of the Sinai without divine help. This was a sign of God's lordship over history, but of something else, too. It
was the first expellee of God that the peep!, as a people, had. Irst impressions are 'sting impressions. This first impresion coloured their ohole subsequent histor , a stormy one, but One marked by an indest lictible hope. For it is a
sign that God was.00ve
all, a saving God Nho intervened out of loot When it was all Ater and the people had gained control of Canaan, the Proosed Land, Joshua, Y, . es' successor, gatheremenl together. After redling' for them all the 011ie
interventions on their behalf from the call of Abraham to the present, Joshua asked them to choose whether to serve the one God or the gods of the Canaanites. They answered, "Far be it from us to forsake the Lord for the service of other gods. For it was the Lord, our God, who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, out of a state of
slavery. He performed these great miracles (in
the Hebrew text, signs) before our very eyes" (Joshua 24:16-17). Signs of God are everywhere for people with
eyes to see. The first part of John's Gospel is known as the Book of Signs. Everything Jesus does, everything he says, is seen as a sign of his identity and significance. Then, at the Gospel's conclusion, the evangelist sums it all up: "Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of (his) disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written that you may (come to) believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God and that through his belief you may have life" (John 20:30-31).
beyond the surface of reality for deeper meaning. Hugh's death from cancer was a final, harsh sign for Madeleine. But like all signs from God, even his death helped her tap into a deeper reality: that her marriage was part of the whole unfolding of a plan of God — "part of the rhythm," as she put it in her recent bock on their marriage titled "Two-Part Invention."
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When people do not have to be found in certain solutions to predicaments incidents that are they face, it isn't uncom- occurring. mon to feel a little lonely, There are risks when it isolated with their probcomes to identifying lems. Frequently they signs of God's action in then begin to search for your life. There is the risk signs that God is present of becoming selfto comfort them or point righteous, acting as them in the right though you are right direction. about what direction And sometimes, after a events should take, even negative situation begins for others, because God to change slightly for the told you so! better, people begin to suspect that hints of There is the risk, also, of God's activity are indeed thinking God should
serve as a panacea, absolving you from the need to invest human energy in confronting difficult situations. Still, when you struggle with a situation beyond your full control, it is wonderful to think God could help you. People of faith believe that, yes, God does aid them and as they reflect upon this they often begin to tell about some signs that God already may have done so.
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Invitation to take a walk in the vineyard By Colleen McGuiness-Howard
Perth's Director of Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning, Sister Sonia Wagner SGS, has written a book recently published by Collins Dove Into the Vineyard ($7.95). Sister Sonia was invited to write it by Collins Dove, because of her background experience in this field, and the idea behind the book is to show people what some do in a variety of ministries, but also stimulate them to get involved in
their own, depending on the particular needs of their own churches. "Bearing in mind each locality is unique — and so are our individual gifts," she says. Titled Into The Vineyard — Understanding Ministry in Today's Church, the book explores the background and experience of ministry in today's Church and gives glimpses of people within the changing structures of ministry.
Sister Sonia writes about issues facing Church leaders, while examining what leadership means in ministry in the light of Vatican II and current Church context. And hopes her book will enable others to develop their own structures and strategies while reflecting on the spiritual background of ministry. "1 try to raise up some of the urgent questions
being asked by many people in the Church about future directions. "And to stress that ministry is service — so it's not merely building structures for structures sake. "But rather looking on any situation of pastoral need and analysing how we can give more effective service for the gospel." Sister Sonia's involvement in this field is broad. A Queenslander
by birth, she entered the Good Samaritan order 25 years ago and has taught on secondary and tertiary levels, been involved in youth ministry and adult education as well as having written articles on ministry and women in the Church and education. While in Chicago, where she obtained a Master of Pastoral Studies and a Doctorate in Ministry, Sister Sonia taught in the Lay Minis-
try and Diaconate Training Program for that archdiocese. And prior to her Perth appointment, she was involved in educational consultancy work with tertiary institutes in Brisbane and Melbourne. Meanwhile with her recent book, Sister Sonia invites all to "take a walk in the vineyard" to see what each can do to help reap the harvest for Christ and His Church.
It's goodbye after 35 years After 35 years of caring presence and giving service to the aged, the school community and the people of Hilton, the Poor Sisters of Nazareth are withdrawing to consolidate in their other houses in Geraldton, Sydney and Ballarat.
But they're not departing unnoticed, because there'll be an outdoor Mass of Thanksgiving this Sunday, a picnic tea and bush dancr which starts at 5.30 pm at Mount Carmel, 82 Col- ethos and care will continue. lick Street, Hilton. "The same staff will The Carmelite priests, Knights of the Southern remain and the spirit of Cross (who took over the sisters will be perpetNazareth House in uated through the March this year), staff, Knights of the Southern school and general com- Cross." munity are determined In fact, the local primto appropriately express ary Our Lady of Mt thanks to the sisters for Carmel, have had a Poor the great job they've done Sister of Nazareth as over the years. principal since 1953, They'll be sadly missed three years before the but the sisters them- opening of Nazareth selves are confident House. they've left Nazareth Up until recently there House, now re-named were nine sisters in the the Archbishop William community, but some Foley Village, in good have already left and custodianship. they'll finally pull out And according to Sister completely this month. Carmela PSN, Sister In Geraldton there will Superior, "It's going to be be eight sisters working in good hands because in the nursing home, the standard of Catholic Nazareth House and 10 The Record, November 28, 1991
Bluff Point's St Lawrence primary school where some of the sisters are teaching. Back in its early days in 1956, Nazareth House started off as a small hostel — St Basil's, and grew to its present proportions of a 40 bed nursing home, 30 in Larmenier Hostel and 70 in St Basil's. The garden surrounds of the facility are beautiful and spacious, with ample room for further development if required. Inside, the complex is a chapel where daily Mass attracts full attendance from people in the general community as well. Sisters Carmela and Sister Xavier (left), departing principal of Hilton's Our Lady of Mt Carmel primary with Xavier, Our lady of Mt community Sister Superior Sister Carmel getting ready to leave Hilton where the sisters have given Carmel principal for the 35 years to Nazareth House and 38 to the Hilton school community. past nine years, say they're very proud of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth for the needy, elderly, imitation of the Holy quished Nazareth house. high standard of care is modelled on the Holy infirm, disabled and poor Family of Nazareth. Finally, the sisters which the sisters have Family, explained Sister as well as providing themselves also acknowlThe congregation has given to the people of Carmela, "so the sisters homes and care for expanded over the years edge the benefits they've try to live life emulating children in need. Western Australia. to various foundations received in their long Because their care has their lives". The sisters also teach in throughout England, Hilton association with The Congregation of the extended beyond the parish schools, conduct Scotland, Ireland, New special thanks to the residents and school poor Sisters of Nazareth day nurseries and teach Zealand, Africa, Amer- Carmelite Fathers and pupils to embrace their was founded in London c the Hilton people — atechetics. ica, Western Samoa. families as well as the in 1851 by Victoire "whose support has been Hilton community Larmenier, (Mother St And of course Australia superb! And while we're They follow the Rule of where people have Basil), who was a native St Augustine and their where the sisters are sorry to leave, we're sought their prayers and of Brittany in France. own constitution as well running establishments grateful for the help of so support. Their apostolate is to as combining active with as large or larger than many and ask God to The philosophy of the provide homes and care contemplative life in their recently relin- bless them all". t :' ;5Nitt;
Lay preaching voted down WASHINGTON (CNS): Norms for lay preaching in Church were defeated by a 141-107 vote on the third day of bishops' annual meeting. Archbishop Maida of Detroit said the provisions were so vague that if not eliminated "every bishop will implement norms to take care of local needs. This would go from A to Z, and a bishop could do this in
good conscience". time to be so legalistic," Retired Bishop E. said Bishop McManus. McManus of Fort Wayne He called the norms called the norms "heavy-handed, patron"untimely, unnecessary ising and condescending. and unenforceable". There's a putdown (of that's not He said it was "not the laity) time" to spell out differ- intended . . . We sound ences between clergy like lawyers, and we're an assembly of pastors". and laity. "I cannot imagine the The retired prelate said Lord saying: 'Go out and Church law did not preach in the synagogue, require the bishops to but only when the rabbi issue preaching norms. is away.' This is not the Deciding who should
comes from an ordained person.
preach when "should be left to the good judgement" of each diocesan bishop, he said. Auxiliary Bishop Vaughan of New York, called the norms "vague and unspecified".
Approving the norms, Bishop Vaughan said, would result in "fuzzing up" the roles of ordained ministers and Catholic laypersons.
He said he was bothered that the norms seemed to indicate the only element that distinguished lay preaching at Mass from a homily was that a homily
A preface to the defeated norms had called preaching "the principal means by which the Church carries out its responsibility
for the ministry of the word of God". It noted that since Vatican II there has been a "broadening" as far as who is permitted to preach. The preface said there was no restriction on lay outside preaching church and oratories. In fact, it said, lay people may be permitted to preach in churches and oratories in "certain
cases of necessity or of usefulness".
The norms would have allowed for lay preaching at parish missions, retreats and days of recollection and spiritual exercises led by lay persons with expertise in Scripture, theology or spiritual life. It also allowed for lay preaching during popular devotions.
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Celebrating the Honorary Consul-General of Ireland in WA's 25 years of service to Ireland and Australia uere Mr Joe O'Sullivan of the WB Yeats Society (left), Mr Michael Nola, Mr Paul Tanham, chairperson, and Mr Peter Sharkey, President of the Industrial Commission. Twenty five years of rank of lieutenant in the Royal Australian Naval By Colleen honorary service to the Reserve Cadets and spent people of Ireland out- McGuiness-Howard two and a half years as a side their homeland, didn't go unheralded His family there is also training officer, as when Honorary Consul- well known because his skipper of their training vessel. General Michael Nolan mother has devoted all Although an honorary was feted at a dinner her life to the Red Cross being a Consulposition, with whom in Kilkenny recently at the graa full time job General is ambulance she was an cious Celtic Club in to Mr Nolan according driver for many years. West Perth. Although no longer driv- who processes 12-20 Representatives of the ing the ambulance, she passports weekly and five constituent bodies continues to drive her car answers questions which under the umbrella of even at the age of 83. range from the serious the Irish Australian Mr Nolan's father was "May I take my gun to Heritage Trust met with Ireland?", to the munother well-wishers, to the president of the Law dane "May I take my thank Mr Nolan for the Society of Ireland. galah and cat?". Having studied 13 years in particular he There are 16,000 Irish has given to Western mechanical engineering born in Western Austrabachelor of and gaining a Australia. lia so he gets involved in Mr Nolan degree, science The Irish Australian counselling along the Heritage Trust, which is went to Malaysia, Singa- way and gives out Thailand for 15 pore and the brain child of Mr Joe general information on O'Sullivan of the WB years where he was Ireland for the interested. first Irish the Yeats Society and appointed And drawing from his believed to be unique in Consul (honorary) to the Thailand Court of Royal bank has memory Australia, embraces The earned him the distincIrish Club, The Celtic in 1966. Subsequently given the tion of raconteur with Club, The Irish Australof Consul- many colourful and position Association, ian Business The Irish Graduates General in 1969, Mr interesting stories to Association, and the WB Nolan came to Australia recount — such as the in 1972 with a command eviction of the Irish nuns Yeats Society. from Burma when conAlthough his title is of Thai, Malay and ditions were made unteGaelic. ConsulHonorary nable for them. General of Ireland in In 1978 he established All in all, Mr Nolan has WA, in fact he is the only the first Irish Consulate in Australia in Perth and found the past 25 years of Consul in Australia. then in 1982 was pro- honorary service "interWell known Perth identity and Wembley pari- moted to Honorary esting and stimulating" shioner, Mr Nolan was Consul-General in West- in providing this valuable service to Ireland and born in Kilkenny, Ireland ern Australia. and subsequently Jesuit A man of the sea also, Australia and is happy to educated. Mr Nolan has the naval continue indefinitely.
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'Don't conde people around you' Those who try to live as good followers of Christ should not condemn people around them, Archbishop Hickey said last Sunday.
compassion, to stand firmly on our beliefs certainly but to show forth in our lives, the love and compassion that Christ showed.
Speaking at the Christ the King procession at Virgin Mary Mother of the Church church Bullsbrook he said: "It is up to us to listen, to speak with
"That is what will attract, that is what will convert peoples hearts, that is what will ask people, will cause people to ask us to let them in, to follow Our Lord with us, and that is the
process that will eventually win peace in the world. "That is the process that will turn people away from destructive lives of sin, into the only life than ensures inner peace and that is the faithful followers of Christ who sometimes have to carry His cross, but in their hearts, also feel the peace that only Christ can bring."
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THANKS 0 Holy Spirit you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances of my life you are with me. I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things in spite of all materials. I wish to be with you in eternal glory. Thankyou for your mercy towards me and mine. Thank you Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady St Anthony, St Jude, St Joseph. SM
have overlooked the whole message in the article for the sake of being academic and critical
Sir, your guest editorial (The Record, November 21) mentions Australia's
The reality of Roosevelt's life was that of corporate socialism or monopoly control through political influence. The reality of Australian
politics lies in Mr Bob Hawke's speech to the Fabian Societies 1984 centenary dinner in Melbourne. He pledged his government's support to the socialist movement. The principals of socialism and communism are based on the philosophy
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0 Holy St Jude, apostle and martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke you, special patron in time of need to you I have great resource from the depths of my heart, and humbly beg you to whom God has given such great power, to come to my assistance. Help me now in my present and urgent need and grant my earnest petition. In return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. Say three Our Fathers, three Hail Marys and three Glorias. Publication must be promised. St Jude, pray for us all who honour in invoking your aid. Amen. This novena must be said for nine days consecutively and has not been known to fail. S.M.
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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 hear our prayer. Saint Jude, worker of miracles, pray for us. Saint Jude, helper of the hopeless, pray for us. Say nine times for nine days then publish. Never fails. SM
Thanks to Our Lady and St Clare. Pray nine Hail Marys for nine days. lighting candle and letting it burn out. Request three favours publicise this devotion. IMW.
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A prayer to the Blessed Virgin (never known to fail). 0 most beautiful flower of Mount Carrnel, fruitful in splendour of heaven. Blessed Mother of the Son of God, immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. 0 Star of the Sea help me and show me herein you are my Mother 0 Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of heaven and earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succour me in this necessity (make request). There are none that can withstand your power. 0 show me, my Mother, 0 show me herein you are my Mother. 0 Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (three times). Sweet Mother I place this cause in your hands (three times). Publication must be made and promised in thanks for the favour granted S M
My grateful thanks to our Heavenly Father, Sacred Heart, Holy Spirit, Our Lady under her many titles, St Joseph, St Jude, St Gerard, St Rita. St Anne, St Jane, St Michael and St Clare for prayers answered. A.O. Novena to St Clare. Ask for three favours, one business and two impossible. Say nine Hail Mary's if you have faith or not. St Clare pray for us. Pray with lit candle and let burn to the end of the ninth day. Publish this notice. A.O.
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Jesus be adored, glorified , loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus hear our prayer. Saint Jude, worker of miracles, pray for us. Saint Jude helper of the hopeless, pray for us. Say nine times for nine days then publish. Never fails. T & H McGuane
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TOMORROW TODAY with Father Joe Parkinson
Morley ee Luke 18 was confirmed as one of the brightest lights on Perth's youth scene when thirty-five parents and young leaders gathered for a regular up-date meeting at the Infant Jesus Primary School in Morley on November 8.
Spearwood parish has its first experience this weekend, while Greenmount is working towards a launch early in the new year. Among questions discussed during the gathering were the lifespan' of Luke 18 members and leaders, the role of parent couples, flexibility areas such as the prayertime and music used during the fortnightly meetings. One exciting suggestion from the leaders was a
Represented were most parishes with existing Luke 18 communities, plus several who are planning to launch the group in coming months.
Luke 18 musicians' weekend, to be held early in 1992 and run by current young musicians. Co-ordinator Loretta Jennings and PMRC couple Peter and Veronica Dymond said this would be of enormous help to all Luke 18 groups, and called on all communities to support the young leader's initiative. Details of the musicians' weekend should be announced shortly. Some of Luke I8's young leaders gathered at Marley on November 8 discuss the musicians' weekend planned for early 1992.
Call to register . . ............ Neu, Greenmount Luke 18 parent couple Debbie and Andy Grimm (1.) pick up 50111t hints from Veronica and Peter Dymond.
Salesians of Don Bosco present a
Summer Camp JANUARY 6-10, 1992
last week, organisers at the convention office said it was most important that all delegates try to register before December 20, to allow time for community and elective groups to be arranged.
As registrations topped the hundred mark early
The Convention, expected to draw up to
YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAMP DECEMBER 7-8 at
For ages 13-15 years, at
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Venus Street, Bateman
Just 7km from Dwellingup
"Dream is Beginning"
COST: ONLY $60
An informative and open exchange on matters of concern to youth, eg employment, environment, society. A weekend of personal development, leadership styles, confidence building for young people 15-19 years.
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.
For full details and bookings: Fr A. Moester, SDB Ph 361 1057 or by mail: PO Box 167 Victoria Park WA 6100
CATHOLIC YOUTH CONVENTION 1992
Cost: $35 Contact: Joy Gasper 350 4458 (w) 344 2609 (h) Sponsored by the Australian Anglo Indian Association (Inc.)
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 KRIST1 on (09) 328 9622 office hours
A Catholic centre for youth formation set in 40 acres of natural bush just 50 minutes from the city. Capacity: 55-60 persons.
Young people aged 18-30 years are invited to meet the Franciscans and get to know St Francis of Assisi. INTERESTED? Then contact: Youth Office 328 9622 Father Finian 274 1159 Pat Meek 349 1474 Father Andrew 349 2837
Plans to publicise the event in schools have been hampered by the TEE and an early end for most Year 11 classes, but parish publicity is set to
continue through the remainder of this year. A sweep of several country centres close to Perth is planned for the weekend of December 21-22 and office staff look set to work on details of the convention right through the Christmas-New Year break.
DARE THE DREAM
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all areas of the state, will be held at Aquinas College in Manning on January 17-21.
Catholic Youth Ministry, Perth
YOUNG FRANCISCANS WEEKEND February 28 — March 2
500 Catholic youth from
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EAGLE'S NEST 116 O'Brien Road, Gidgegannup
1992 DATES AVAILABLE Bookings are still available on these weekends for 1992: June 19-21; July 3-5; August 7-9, 21-23; September 4-6, 18-20; October 16-18, 23-25, 30-Nov 1; November 6-8, 13-15, 20-22, 2729; December 4-6, 11-13, 18-20.
Weekday bookings still available in most months of the year.
For details and booking information call 328 9622
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YCS FULLTIME WORKER Applications are invited for the position of fulltime worker for the Young Christian Students Movement in the Archdiocese of Perth. The applicants: * Must have experience of the YCS movement. * Must be committed to the mission of the Church shown by an involvement in Christian action in their daily life. * Must have a knowledge of Jocist principles and experience and/or understanding of the Review of Life method. * Own transport desirable. Applicants should apply for either a twelve month or two year term. For criteria and job description, contact:
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Kaleidoscope The Mystical Rose's Ursula Frayne's win Hour of Grace During the period of graces would be granted. concentrating on your 8. Make me to hear joy November 24, 1946 to "The most hard-hearted union with God. and gladness: that the December 8, 1947, Our sinners will be touched by Begin by praying three bones which Thou hast Lady appeared to Sister the grace of God." times the 51st psalm with broken may rejoice. Pierina in a little church in The Blessed Virgin outstretched arms. 9. Turn away Thy Face Montichiari Italy, 11 times. promised that whatever a The rest of the hour may from my sins and blot out She said she wanted to person asked her for be spent in silent com- all mine iniquities. be known as the Mystical during this Hour of Grace munication with God, 10. Create in me a clean Rose and that an hour of (even in impossible cases), meditating upon the heart, 0 God: and renew grace should be kept at would be granted to Passion of Jesus, saying the a right spirit within me. noon on December 8 in them. If it was in accor- Rosary, praising God in 11. Cast me not away from all Catholic churches dance with the will of the your own way or by using Thy Presence: and take throughout the world. Eternal Father. favourite prayers, singing not Thy Holy Spirit from Our Lady told Sister A gathering of 10,000 hymns, or meditating me. Pierina that her Son is so people assembled at the upon other psalms. 12. Restore unto me the greatly offended by the appointed hour on PSALM 51: joy of Thy salvation: and sins of the people, espe- December 8 and when The Miserere: Prayer of uphold me with Thy free cially the sins of impurity, Our Lady appeared Repentance. A psalm of Spirit. that He is planning to radiant to Sister Pierina, David when Nathan the 13. Then will I teach send the deluge upon the she told her: "I am the prophet came to him transgressors Thy ways: people for their Immaculate Conception, after his sin with and sinners shall be destruction. the Mother of all graces, Bathsheba. converted unto Thee. But then Our Lady said and the Mother of my 1. Have mercy upon me, 14. Deliver me from she has asked Him to Beloved Son, Jesus. 0 God, according to Thy blood guilt, 0 God, thou show mercy and not send "I want to be known as loving kindness: accord- God of my salvation: and the destruction, "So that is the Mystical Rose. ing unto the multitude of my tongue shall sing why I have appeared, to "My wish is that every Thy tender mercies blot aloud of Thy justice. 15. 0 Lord open Thou my ask for penance and year on December 8 at out my transgressions. atonement for the sins of noon, an Hour of Grace 2. Wash me thoroughly lips: and my mouth shall impuritY'. will be installed. from mine iniquity, and proclaim Thy praise. Our Lady subsequently "Many spiritual graces cleanse me from my sin. 16. For Thou desirest not clarified penance by and physical blessings will 3. For I acknowledge my sacrifice else would I give saying that: "Penance is be received by those who transgressions: and my sin it: Thou delightest not in nothing more than pray, undisturbed, during is ever before me. burnt offering. 4. Against Thee. Thee 17. My sacrifice. 0 God is accepting all our crosses this hour." daily willingly. Many healings and con- only have I sinned, and a contrite spirit: a heart "No matter how small, versions took place on this done this evil in Thy sight: contrite and humbled. 0 accept them with love". occasion among the that Thou mightest be God. Thou wilt not justified when Thou despise. She then told Sister assembled people. Pierina to come again on In clarification of Our speakest, and be clear 18. Be bountiful. 0 Lord, December 8 at noon Lady's request for the when Thou judgest. to Sion in Thy kindness by 5. Behold I was shapen in rebuilding the walls of stating "This will be my Hour of Grace: To be on December 8, iniquity: and in sin did my Jerusalem. Hour of Grace". 19. Then shalt Thou be When asked how should the feast of the Immacu- mother conceive me. one prepare for this Hour late Conception. Noon 6. Behold. Thou desirest pleased with sacrifices of of Grace, our Blessed until 1pm in one full hour truth in the inward parts: righteousness with burnt Mother replied: "With of prayer. and in the hidden part offerings and holocausts: prayers and penance. Pray All distractions must be Thou shalt make me to then shall they offer the 51st psalm with put away during this time know wisdom. bullocks upon Thine altar. outstretched arms three of prayer whether the 7. Purge me with hyssop, Acknowledgement: This times. person be at home or in and I shall be clean. Wash information from the "During the Hour of the church. No answering me and I shall be whiter Felician Sisters' Ave Maria Grace, many spiritual of doors or 'phones; just than snow. magazine.
Ursula Frayne winners of the Dorothea MacKellar National Poetry Competition — Stacey Oldman, year 11 and Marijana Vlahov, year 9. Congratulations! Students at Ursula Frayne Catholic College in Victoria Park are used to winning creative writing competitions at the local and state level but last week their enthusiasm for poetry led to them winning a national competition. The Dorothea MacKellar Memorial Trust in Gunnedah, New South Wales runs the annual Dorothea MacKellar National Poetry Contest for school students. This year the trust awarded the college the inaugural award for the best schools entry. Schools are limited to submitting three entries per hundred students in the contest. Ursula Frayne Catholic College
submitted 34 entries, six in the primary and 28 in the secondary and produced two finalists, three commended, two highly commended and an equal second place. For its efforts, the college was awarded a bronze plaque for the best schools entry in the national competition which attracted 4500 entries from 768 schools all over Australia and its territories. The school was also presented with a cheque for $150 from the State Bank of New South Wales Stacey Oldman, a Year 11 student, was presented with a two volume
boxed set of Australian short stories and poetry for coming second nationally with her poem, 'Friendship', Greg Bissett, Year 8, and Marijana Vlahov, Year 9, whose poems were highly commended were each presented with a volume of Dorothea MacKellar's collected works. Adele Drvery, year 2, also won a highly commended award for her poem 'Birthday'. Delighted college principal Mrs Anne Parker commended the contest organisers and sponsors for promoting creative writing and an awareness of the creative writing heritage of Australians.
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The magic of weddings Stories for Sharing with themes and discussion starters for teachers and speakers by Charles Arcodia (EJ. Dw)'er, $14.95). The sleepiest audience or class always perks up at the words, "I heard a good story . ." This marvellous collection of tales from past and present, East and West, myth and history is a valuable storytelling resource book. It will be dipped into time /boi/cv e and again — not only by tYver4vri,qt group leaders, teachers, hip / Pa skolet3. preachers, facilitators and ,y )t-tik speakers but by everyone eiS looking for the inspiration, enjoyment and stimulus to reflection that good stories offer. An experienced and popular educator, Charles Arcodia provides a comprehensive list of themes to which prayer groups. the stories can be related, as "Stories enable us to energise the listeners to he well as discussion/reflection imagine other possibilities story tellers of life." — from starters for use in various for being a human person in the Foreword by Dr Kevin levels of religious education, our world. May these stories, 'Preston. Catholic Education dialogue homilies, study and like the word of God, Office, Brisbane.
Stories stir ,„.
Elisa Algaba made a beautiful bride when she married Michael McIntyre during a nuptial Mass at St Gerard Majella's church Mirrabooka recently. Sweethearts from YCW days, Elisa and Michael then enjoyed a delightful reception with their guests at the Matilda Bay Restaurant, Crawley. 14
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Special happenings
by Colleen McGuiness-Howard
Armadale's Schoenstatt shrine
a place of peace
The beautiful little Schoenstatt shrine was blessed under blue skies on November 17 watched by around 1500 people — delighted to see a Catholic symbol 'planted' where it can nurture others who come to find rest within its walls. Hours of opening are conducive for this, being open every day from 9am7pm. People are most welcome to come and pray before the Blessed Sacrament any time, say the Schoenstatt Sisters and larger pilgrimages are asked to contact the sisters on 457 2966. Archbishop Hickey concelebrated Mass with 12 other priests including Armadale parish priest Father Jim Corcoran and three Schoenstatt Fathers from Sydney. Archbishop Hickey in his address spoke of the shrine as offering a source of spiritual life for many in the years to come. He said it would be a quiet place, a haven to withdraw from the hustle and bustle of daily life in order to find an atmosphere of peace. That it will be a place to be transformed from within. And that it would allow people to become apostolic — to go out to others in need with the Good News. By Colleen McGuiness-Howard
Above left: Sisters Renee (left) and Inez presenting the Thanksgiving and Covenant books at the shrine blessing. Left: Archbishop Hickey and clergy. Above: "To pick or not to pick?!" is obviously the dilemma facing these gorgeous, cute children who are inspecting the tempting flowers at the newly completed and blessed shrine.
Irish celebration
Lofte and Joe Crozier (left) with Irish Club companions Maura Ducey, John Murphy, Chris Scarry (current president) and Pat Ducey at the celebration dinner feting Consul-General Michael Nolan's 25 years of service.
Representatives of the Irish Graduates Association were Dr Jeremy Greene with wife Dr Breda Greene and Mr Jim Hennessy.
Irish harpist Mary-Anne Lumley. The Record, November 28, 1991
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ROTTNEST MASS Sunday Mass at Holy Trinity Church Rottnest Island has been adjusted by one hour to 10am for the duration of the summer season.
GROUP FIFTY PRAYER GROUP Redemptorist Monastery, North Perth Mass and Healing Service normally held on first Thursday in each month, will be held on second Thursday in December. Last meeting for 1991 will be on Thursday, December 12, recommencing Thursday, January 9, 1992. For all celebrations, weddings, funerals, etc
"AVE MARIA" Schubert, Gounod and other songs
Phone 390 8593 An opera singer is available to perform for you.
THE SECOND ANNUAL
Flame Congress
"A FIRE UPON THE EARTH"
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(Luke: 12:49)
od desires His people to burn with the fire of His love. He desires that this love reaches all the earth. Come and hear this prophetic message to the Church in Perth.
Saturday December 7th 7.15 p.m. St. Mary's Cathedral Parish Centre 450 Hay Street, Perth, W.A.
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CHRISTMAS BAZAAR The Fremantle Stella Mans Centre Christmas Bazaar will be held on Saturday, December 7. Doors open at 11am and close at 4pm. There will be a variety of stalls including a chocolate wheel and Christmas gift items. ORDINATION For the ordination of Tony Vallis on Saturday December 7 at 10am, at St Mary's Cathedral, Victoria Square, Perth and on Sunday, December 8, at 10am, a Mass of thanksgiving, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Nollamara a gift in the name of the Burmese community is to be presented to the newly ordained priest. Please send a donation to GA Jacob, 213 Drake Street, Morley, 6062. Enquiries 272 1379. MARIST FAREWELL A Mass to farewell the Marist Fathers from the parish of BelmontRedcliffe will be held at 10am on Sunday December 22 followed by an informal lunch and bbq on the McCabe Oval, St Maria Goretti School, cnr Stanton and Morrison Street, Redcliffe. Enquiries phone Ken Sullivan on 277 5131. SPIRITUALITY TALKS A conference for everyone interested in the spiritual journey, to celebrate St John of the Cross, the great teacher of the ways of prayer, at the Catholic Education Centre on December 11, 12, 13, commencing each day at 9am. John Welch will give public lectures each evening at 8pm. Information: Fr Greg Burke, OCD, 276 8500. DARDANUP DEPARTURE Sister Rita Mary, Josephite, who has been parish administrator of Dardanup for the past three years will finish her term when Father J McGrath takes over. During her time as administrator the parish has received sacramental services from Father Michael Browne OFM chaplain to the retreat house. BUR MA MISSION The Australian Burma Mission Relief Society will hold a jumble sale, at the Morley Market — Morley, n ext to the Bishop Street Newsagent, on Wednesday, December 4 from 8am onwards. Donations of bric-a-brac and other household items needed. Helpers too. Enquiries 272 1379 or 342 1053.
WORLD AIDS DAY On December 1, 5.30pm, Share The Challenge: An ecumenical service to remember, to give thanks, to hope at St Mary's Chapel, 42 Colin Street, West Perth. BRUCE ROCK St Mary's Bruce Rock Presentation Centenary Celebration Mass Sunday Dec 110.15 am followed by a shared luncheon. Enquiries — C. Aurisch 090-611269 M. Foss 090-651034. ST PEREGRINE The Mass of St Peregrine is celebrated and the blessing with the St Peregrine relic is given on the first Saturday of each month at the Servite Priory chapel at 2 Morgans Street, Tuart Hill at 8am. Open to all. The next Mass is on Saturday, December 7.
A rchdiocesan Calendar December 1 Emmanuel Centre 10tti anniversary, Archbishop Hickey. Hilton Mass to farewell Nazareth Sisters, Archbishop Hickey. World AIDS Day service, Fr L Molloy. 2-6 Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Hickey and Bishop Healy. WACRI meeting, Archbishop 6 Hickey. Miraculous Medal Novena, A rchbishop Hickey. Keaney College graduation, Fr Brian O'Loughlin. 7 Ordination to Priesthood of Tony Vallis, Archbishop Hickey. St Mary's Cathedral Mass for people of Timor. Srs of Mercy Institutions Mass, Archbishop Hickey. 8 St Nicola Mass, Archbishop Hickey. Eucharistic Walk with Mary, Archbishop Hickey. Balcatta Mass for Immaculate Conception, Archbishop Hickey Hamilton Hill Jubilee, Bishop Healy. 9 Holy Rosary Doubleview Mass in honour Sr Perpetua, Archbishop Hickey. Close Miraculous Medal novena, Bishop Healy.
TIC WALK 1 EUCHARIS WITH MARY DECEMBER 8
Religious/Schools/Associations/Ethnic/ Prayer Groups and Laity please assemble on Langley Park at 2pm for 2.30pm procession with Hymns/Rosary to St Mary's Cathedral for outdoor Eucharistic Blessing and indoor Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Archbishop's Homily Benediction.
A SPIRITUALITY OF SUBSTANCE ery
Celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the death of St John of the Cross the great poet and spiritual guide with John Welch, Veronica Brady, Marius Dawson, John Follent, Brigid Kayser, Brian Pitman, Placid Spearttt, Sonia Wagner and the songs and music of Paul Gunr.
Seminar December 11-13 from 9am. Public lectures each day at 8pm by John Welch at Catholic Education Centre, 50 Ruislip Street, leederville
For information and bookings contact Fr Greg Burke, O.C.D. 276 8500
ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESAN
CATECHIST SERVICE PERSONAL ADVOCACY SERVICE
PROGRAM ASSISTANT The Personal Advocacy Service assists local parishes in providing catechetical programs which include people with intellectual/ multiple disabilities through one-to-one relationships in a small group setting. Requirements for this full-time position are: • primary teacher qualifications, including Catholic Institute courses; • Creative abilities and organisational skills; and • Strong faith dimension. Written applications with resume and names of three referees by December 6, 1991 to: Co-ordinator Personal Advocacy Service PO Box 1261 Morley WA 6062 Enquiries: 275 5388
Stress Management A program designed to help participants to recognise and deal with the stressors in life. Program set within the invitation of Jesus "Come to me all you who are heavily burdened and I will refresh you" (Matthew 11; w. 28-30). Please bring you own linen and towels. Arrival/registration Friday 6.30-7pm.
Redemptorist Retreat House Camelia Street, North Perth
Friday, December 13, 8pm, concluding Sunday, December 15, 4pm. Cost: $67. Please contact: Jan Broderick 328 6600.
SVDP HOSTELS Part time employment on a nightly basis to 11pm. Applicants must have empathy with St Vincent de Paul operated hostels, be able to maintain house rules and to nominate a suitable referee, eg a parish priest or member of St Vincent de Paul Society. Written applications only to: 19 Bronte Street, East Perth 6004.
K NIGHTS OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS
Religious Essay Competition 1991 WINNERS AND AWARDS OF MERIT Category A -- Years 8 & 9 Mathew King, Year 9, Newman Siena College, Doubleview. Topic: Spirit -- My Spirit.
1st prize $125 --
Awards of Merit — 2 prizes of $20 each 1. Sian Natalie Devine - Year 8, St Brigid's College, Lesmurdie. Topic: God's Creation. 2. Pippa Williams --Year 9, Newman Siena College, Doubleview. Topic: God's Creation.
Category B — Years 10 & 11 1st prize $150 — Scot Vanden Driesen, Year 11, Trinity College, Perth. Topic: Spirit — My Spirit
Awards of Merit — 2 prizes of $25 each 1. Chinh Nguyen — Year 10, Mercedes College, Perth. Topic: Belonging — Your Church a Christian Community 2. Sarah White — Year 11, Stella Mans College, Geralctton. Topic: Relevance of religion in today's society
Category C — Year 12 Awards of Merit — 3 prizes of $30 each 1 • Caroline Dunleavy, St Brigid's College, Lesmurdie. Topic: Spirit -- My Spirit. 2 . Jacki White, St Brigid's College, Lesmurdie Topic: Spirit — My Spirit. 3. Susan Carnarri, St Brigid's College, Lesmurdie Topic: Spirit — My Spirit.