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Easterembrace Jesus himself was tested and had to reject cessful. EW MEMBERS entering the Church N had to be prepared to encounter hostil- the temptation to abandon his mission and "Jesus asks us to respect life and treat ity and resistance from the world around accept the world's vision. sacred. The world tells

human sexuality as "Jesus asks us to live in communion as us to do as we please, that sexuality is an brothers and sisters. The world tells us to be individual right to be used for one's perand self-sufficient," the arch- sonal satisfaction. individuals A difference in Western society between "Jesus asks us to submit our mind and will the way of the world and the way of Jesus bishop said. was becoming increasingly clear he told 86 "Jesus asks us to be like little children if to God if we want peace. The world says we people who will be entering the Church at we want to enter the kingdom of heaven. don't need God and that we are masters of The world tells us to he aggressive and suc- our own destiny." Easter. The church nevertheless asks us to be positive about the world around us, the archbishop said, because it is God's creation and all people are his sons and daughters them, Archbishop Hickey said at a cathedral ceremony last Sunday.

At the same time the Church has learned to be a bit wary of the world because she has suffered rejection and persecution in many countries from the until beginning today. Archbishop told prospective the Catholics that their faith would affect others for good.

In St. Mmy's Cathedral last Sunday, the scrolls of their names rest on the altar while Archbishop Hickey personally greets 86 prospective Catholics and their 99 sponsors.

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Bishops: Sex guide distasteful, dangerous L'ederal Health Minister Lawrence's continuing defence of the Cleo safe sex guide has drawn criticism from the Catholic Bishops AIDS Resource and Reference Centre in Canberra. "The Guide really advocates a range of distasteful and dangerous sexual practices," says a Centre statement which also criticises the role the Commonwealth Department of Health played in the production, reportedly with a $250,000 subsidy.. "Anal sex, in particular, is among the highest of high risk behaviours for the transmission of HIV/AIDS, yet the Guide offers its youthful readers the advice that

great numbers of women enjoy anal sex either, 'purely for pleasure' or 'to lessen the risk of pregnancy'. supported by enthusiastic accounts from various young women," says the statement. "The message is clear:you've just got to try it!' "This approach in the Guide does not square with the Health Minister's defence of it. "Were it aimed simply at conveying 'safer-sex' information to those who are already engaging in these practices, it would hardly be necessary to describe the experience, how to achieve it, with such relish.

The Guide, however, positively promotes the joys of anal sex, among other things, and then adds the education: '...but be sure to wear a condom'. "Granted the very high risk of unprotected anal intercourse, and granted the fallibility of condoms and of human beings, the Guide is encouraging very risky practices, regardless of any other objections one may have to it. "Dr Lawrence's endorsement of the Guide, and the reported commitment of $250,000 of public money to its production, places the Health Minister in a false position in regard to her responsibilities for the fight against HIV/AIDS.

"It is disappointing that Dr Lawrence, who could be a role model to the young women readers of Cleo has appeared to endorse the entirely adolescent attitude to sex that Cleo purveys. Sex is presented simply as an experience, a buzz, a thrill. "There is no trace here of sex as part of real love, of relationship.as a matter touching one's own self-worth and integrity and that of someone else. Here there is simply sex as climax and-how-toget-it. "It is incredible that a distinguished national figure should lend her authority, and that of her office. to this impoverished,. depersonalised view of sex and life."

Fr Dino Torresan, Sc the Archdiocesan Vicar for Migration discusses Compassion is more than just giving people food to eat. It is important to understand their problems, too.

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The yard "I'm not someone E arrival of Lent 1995 has how and when they could clearly triggered many a feeling in my distinguish night-time from daywho can afford to heart. light. The listeners tried different indulge in luxuries, "Let us build a better world" says answers: yet compared with a Project Compassion's theme. 'When one sees the difference But can compassion really build lot of people in other between a fig tree and a palm tree; a better world? After all the truth when one recognizes a dog from a countries, Isuppose you behind that question is very personal: Are we as individuals and as sheep; when one determines a could almost say I'm a community compassionate peo- young man from an old one.' quite well off. But the wise man's answer was ple? alway s NO. In Adelaid e, a few weeks ago, I " often think about migrants were made the scape'When can one then tell the difhow we take the simple goats in Australia's population ference?', they asked. debate, in which an irrational link ability to read and write He answered: 'When walking was for granted. In other coun- and drawn between immigration along the street and looking at peoenvironmental degradation. ple's faces, one sees in them all the tries, there's no chance of Yet it has been proved by CSIRO faces of brothers and sisters. That's that the most ruthless devastation true daylight!". an education for the little of Australian forests occurred in Our trouble is that we want to ones andIcan't help thinkthe 19th century when population forge our identities by carving outincrease s were compar atively liming that even in difficult for ourselve s niches where we can ited. times we're still doing alright. maintai n a safe distance from othThe word "compassion" generers. ally evokes positive feelings. We "It's not easy to help, but In fact, we want to lead our lives like to think of ourselves as comI've found a way. Every timeI passionate people who are basi- with the minimum of the challenge buy a magazine or sit down to cally good, gentle and understand- that real compassion brings. ing. We convince ourselves that all I watch a bit of telly, Itry to put We more or less assume that systems have their shortcomings, just a little aside to help Project compassion is a natural response and some people are the victims to human suffering. We almost be they the unemployed, the Compassion and its education identify being compassionate with migrants, the refugees, the sick or work in poor countries. being human. But is it really? the elderly. How come then that our world is I " know it's not a lot, but if we As long as that same system does still torn by conflicts, wars, hatred, not hurt us we try to achieve a all do a little we can really do a oppression, racism? Why in our maximum of satisfaction with a midst are there so many people lot to help build a better world. who suffer from hunger, cold, and minimum of pain. But is there, in lack of shelter? Or again, why do this perspective, room for Jesus, "It's as easy as believing that differences in race, colour, sex or words: "Be compassionate as the we can make a difference" religion prevent us from approach- Father is compassionate." (Luke ing each other and forming com- 6.36). I doubt it. Because the Father's munity? NM NMI MI 1=11 Do we really grasp the moral compassion is inclusive of all depth and the implications of the human beings; it is not selective of Australian Catholic Relief Lenten Program, or do we reduce those more convenient to us, and GPO Box 9830, in your state compassion to a question of giving leaving out the rest with a healthy capital city dose of skepticism. money. Be in no doubt that In the village one day people merely giving i L I'd like to know more about ACR's work money is an easy escape from all were preparing food for a great cel0 Ienclose my Project Compassion donatio the the moral challenges of the ebration. n$ Gospel. IPlease debit my 0 Bcrnkccrrd 0 Visa 0 Mastercard I Everyone was invited. But every Compassion, on the other hand, male was asked I means to "suffer with". Compas- wine and pour to bring a bottle of it into the big barrel sion asks us to go where it hurts, to at the centre of the piazza. enter places of pain, to share in I With the amount of $ Card expiry date One of them thought: "If, instead / brokenness, fear, confusion and Signed anguish. Compassion means full of wine, pour a bottle of water into immersion in the condition of that barrel, no one will ever notice it...!" 'Mr/Mrs/Miss being human. BLOCK letters please When the celebrations began, My grandfather one day saw us children making fun of a group of they went to fetch the wine from Address gypsies and he told us the follow- the barrel. Postcode ing story. Only water came out. They all Doncrtrons over $2 are tax deductible 127R "A wise man asked his pupils had the same idea. MEI IMO MN =I IIIIII IMO MIN IIMB 1=1 IMO MI II= WM

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For millions around the world it's perpetual fasting ACH LENT, Catholics in Australia are encouraged to fast - but, for EMore many people around the world, fasting is not a matter of choice. than one billion people go hungry each day. Each day, malnu-

trition causes the deaths of 40,000 children, through starvation or lack of resistance to disease. More than 200 million children under five are stunted by lack of food. The murdered Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980 said: "Lenten fasting is not the same where people eat as in the Third World where peoples undernourished as they are, living in a perpetual Lent, always fasting. "For those who eat well, Lent is a call to austerity, a call to give away in order to share with those in need." Through Project Compassion Australian Catholic Relief encourages Australians to see the parallel between the Christian spiritual discipline of fasting and the material hunger and needs of many of the developing world's people. Australia's 1440 Catholic parishes raise money during the Lent to support the Catholic Church's development and emergency relief programs In Asia, Africa, the Pacific, the Middle East, Latin America and Australian Aboriginal communities. Project Compassion raised $3.7 million last year, making it Australia's second largest annual appeal for overseas development and relief. The money, supplemented by funds raised throughout the year, was spent on hundreds of different projects in more than 55 countries. In Rwanda, Australian Catholic Relief helped to pay for the emergency food supplies distributed by Caritas Rwanda at the height of the nation's civil war. Further funds have supplied food to refugee camps, basic health services and help to resettle Rwandans in their villages. In Fiji, Project Compassion funds helped the Catholic Commission for Justice and Development give unemployed teenagers training for fulltime work. Caritas India was helped to give basic health education and literacy training to women in India's poor rural villages and urban slums. In Cambodia where malnutrition is widespread, Australian Catholic Relief continued to build up a network of Khmer agricultural extension workers, to take new techniques to the nation's farmers. In Eritrea, Project Compassion funds helped the Eritrean Catholic Secretariat to drill boreholes and install pumps in dozens of villages, giving the villagers a clean water supply for the first time. Australia's version of Project Compassion had its beginnings in 1963 when an Adelaide parish ran a Lenten appeal in Lent, in response to the natural disasters and starvation being faced in many parts of the developing world. In the following two years, the Lenten collection was taken up by each Australian diocese and Australian Catholic Relief was formed to administer the collection's funds. In 1965 It was named Project Compassion. Project Compassion not only encourages Australians to share a little of their wealth with the poor, but to think about the causes of poverty, to reflect on the message of the Scriptures and the Church's social teaching and to consider small practical steps individual Australians can take to live the Gospel more honestly. The Australian Catholic Bishops set aside some funds from Project Compassion to support the social justice activities of the Church through the Bishops' Committee for Justice, Development and Peace and the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council.

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A Mozambican woman preparing food for her family in a refugee camp in Zambia. Australian Catholic Relief also spends about five per cent of its overall budget on development education activities in schools, parishes and universities, promoting understanding of the reality and implications of poverty and injustice. During Lent, ACR invites representatives of its partner agencies around the world to visit Australia to create awareness of how the Church is responding to needs in their countries. This year, visitors from Pakistan, Zimbabwe and the Pacific will visit 12 of Australia's 28 dioceses.

what a donation to Project Compassion could buy for a community in the developing world: $2: A hoe for vegetable gardening, 20 chickens for breeding, or seeds to plant one hectare of crops. tree 100 $5: a or seedlings month's education for a child in a small rural school $10: a week's supfood plementary ration for a displaced family $50: a simple bamboo and wood house for a refugee family $75: a teacher's monthly wage $100: a knitting or sewing machine $150: a vaccination program for 100 children $800: the cost of establishing a village health clinic $1500: a well or (with borehole pump) to supply clean water to a village

How Australia fared last year in area of social issues E SYDNEY City Mission, one of Australia's largest welfare agencies, has done an assessment an how Australia fared in the area of social issues over the last year and the result does not appear to be a pretty picture. Some of the statistics dealing with social issues that surfaced during 1994 show a nation with severe social problems, which need to be tackled vigorously in 1995 • The statistics are taken from reports in Australian newspapers and are the latest available at the time of being published. Some of the issues highlighted include: • Births to unmarried women aged between 30 and 45 increased five fold between 1976 and

the world. • The rate of male suicides (aged 15-19) in NSW country towns went up from 7.2 per 100,000

in 1964 to 41.9 per 100,000 in 1991.

- 61,000 Australians are homeless. - In 1990-91 a total of 50,000 cases of child

abuse and neglect were reported across Australia and 45 per cent were confirmed. - 6,500 people die from alcohol and 18.000 die from smoking annually. - There were 39,296 Australians arrested for drug offences in 1991. - In the next two years it is suggested that in South Australia, 6,000 gamblers will need coun1992. selling. • There were 170 000 single parent families in - The average gambling addict splurges $250• the mid 1970, rising up to 500,000 today. - There are now almost one million Australian $260 a week on poker machines in South Australia. young people living in single-parent families. poverty, in live - At least 250,000 Australians suffer from a now parents sole of - 30 per cent major mental illness and one in five adults have measured against the Henderson poverty line. - There are now 48,000 single father families in or will develop a mental disorder. Australia. - Canberra has the greatest number of home• Between 1968 and 1992 a total of 81 per cent less people in Australia per capita. of homocide victims aged under 10 in New South - Unemployed youth are .50 per cent more Wales were killed by a relative. likely to suffer psychological disturbance than - Almost half of homicides In NSW occured young people with jobs. within families. 85 per cent were men who killed - Middle aged men who lost their jobs or took their female partners. 15 pet 'cent were women early retirement, were twice as likely to die in the who killed their male partners. finished work as those who - 125 boys and 31 girls aged 15 to 19 years com- five years after they employed. remained age years the 14 In to 1 19921 in mitted suicide The full 44-page report. $10, is available from 4 group, five boys and two girls killed themselves. - Australia has the fourth highest suicide rate in Campbell Street, Sydney 2000.

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Hired assailants stabbed her 50 times

I NDORE, INDIA (CNS) - A Clarist nun involved in development projects for women and tribal people in central India was stabbed to death on a bus by killers hired by opponents of her work, said local church sources. Sister Rani Maria, 40, a missionary from Kerala state in southern India, was stabbed over 50 times by several assailants as she was travelling by bus to take a train home for a visit. According to Bishop George M. Anathil of Indore, Sister Maria was a "socially active nun" who worked on literacy and small-business projects aimed at allowing women and tribal people to achieve self-reliance.

Indore church sources told UCA News that local moneylenders and their supporters resented her developmental works, and "this seemed to have led to this preplanned murder." The assassins were among the 40 passengers who boarded the bus from Udainagar. They suddenly attacked Sister Maria with knives and daggers as the bus neared a forested area. As passengers watched, the assailants then made the bus stop, threw the nun's body out of the vehicle and fled. One of the killers was captured, but the main culprits escaped.

Jewish convert a model for women JATICAN CITY (CNS) - Blessed Edith Stein. V a Jewish convert to Catholicism killed in a Nazi death camp, is a model for women peacemakers of today, Pope John Paul said in an angelus talk Before she became a martyr for the faith, Blessed Stein combined activities as philosopher, social activist and contemplative in an exemplary effort to connect the demands of reason and faith, he said. He recalled that Blessed Stein, who became a Carmelite nun, was killed in the gas chambers of the Auschwitz death camp. like "many other victims of Nazi ferocity." She had faced the prospect of her deportation and death with an awareness of dying for her people, he said. "Her sacrifice was a cry of peace, and a service to peace," said the pope, who beatified her in 1987 during a trip to West Germany. Less-known is Blessed Stein's work on behalf of women's promotion before her arrest by Nazi soldiers, he said. In the years preceding her withdrawal to the convent, she researched, wrote and held conferences on women's topics. She was concerned that women's rights be

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fully recognized, the pope said. This included the woman's vocation as wife and mother, as well as role in every area of cultural and social life. She herself was considered an intellectual, particularly for her efforts to apply contemporary philosophy to the search for deeper spiritual meaning in life, he said. At the time, the beatification of Edith Stein prompted criticism by some Jews, who questioned whether she was martyred for her Christian faith or her Jewish heritage. The pope framed his remarks with a carefully worded statement about her Jewish roots. Blessed Stein's conversion at the age of 30 was reached after a painful personal search and "did not signify the refusal of her cultural and religious roots," he said. Instead, Christ was helping her to "read the history of her people in a deeper way," he said. The pope ended his talk with a call for closer relations between all believers, especially Christians and Jews, who share a "unique fraternity rooted in the providential design of God who accompanies their history."

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OCA RATON, FLA. (CNS) - The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel has apologized for accepting an advertisement that religious leaders denounced as anti-Catholic, and which was placed by a former Catholic. A four-page advertisement with the headline "Earth's Final Warning: A New World Order is Coming!" attacked the papacy. the Roman Catholic Church and politicians such as President Clinton as being aligned with Satan. It included an address and phone number, but named no sponsor. The advertisement was met with outrage from the Diocese of Palm Beach, the Boca Raton Association of Religious Leaders and the New York-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, as well as from local clergy, many of whom spoke from the pulpit about it. Sun-Sentinel publisher Scott Smith apologized and said the newspaper's advertising policies had been modified "to clarify that we will not accept ads that include attacks of a religious nature," the newspaper reported. The ad was placed by the Rev. Rafael Perez of the Eternal Gospel Church. Perez told The Florida Catholic that money for the ad was provided by members of the local Seventh-day Adventist church. The content was similar to that of ads printed in newspapers elsewhere in the country and in bulk mailings, said Mr. Perez, who called himself a former Catholic. The Florida Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church said Perez and his congregation are not affiliated with that church. Much of the material in the ad came from "The Great Controversy." a book available in any Seventhday Adventist bookstore, according to Mr. Perez. He said it was not intended to be antiCatholic or an attack on Pope John Paul II. "We will come up with another message to try to explain that we are not doing this for hatred," he said. The Greater Boca Raton Association of Religious Leaders issued a statement signed by Catholic, Jewish and Protestant clergy declaring their opposition to prejudicial and intolerant advertising.

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Bishops: We broke law

....by helping illegal immigrants to get jobs in the Italian workforce R OME (CNS) — Seven Italian bishops lave said they broke the law by helping illegal immigrants get jobs. They recently supported two priests under investigation for allegedly having helped illegal immigrants find work. The priests work for Caritas, the church's welfare agency. Several other priests and church officials also have signed statements of support for the clergymen under investigation. Some of the signers also said they helped illegal immigrants get jobs. Government officials have promised to invite critics to talks about solving the situ-

ation of the numerous illegal aliens in Italy. There are no reliable figures on the illegal immigrants. Estimates range as high as 800,000. Three bishops, in a joint statement, said they "on various occasions helped our immigrant brothers, even those not legalized, to recover their proper dignity through work." They asked the government to avoid "irresponsible" actions and develop laws to help regularize the situation of illegal immigrants. Bishop Raffaele Nogaro of Caserta, one of the signers, said that "our initiative does

Freed killer of priest must go back to jail

ARSAW, POLAND (CNS) The freed W killer of a popular priest must return to jail. Grzegorz Piotrowski, convicted killer of Father

Jerzy Popieluszko, had been released for good behaviour last October after serving nine years of a 25-year sentence. Good behaviour could not constitute valid grounds for Piotrowski's early release because of the "planned, premeditated and particularly cruel nature" of the priest's murder, said the Supreme Court, in a decision to re-imprison him. The bound and gagged body of the priest, a strong opponent of the then-communist government, was dredged from a reservoir in 1984. Father Popieluszko was a staunch supporter of Solidarity, Poland's anti-communist labour movement, and his murder played a key role in fomenting popular opposition to the communist government. At the time of the murder, Piotrowski was an Interior Ministry agent responsible for monitoring church activities. The Lublin order freeing Piotrowski was protested by church and Solidarity officials who cited his refusal to name the people higher up in the Interior Ministry who allegedly ordered the murder. Piotrowski's 25-year sentence had been twice reduced, and the supreme court ruled that he must still complete five years of his prison term. His three accomplices already have been released after having had their sentences reduced.

Say you're sorry im, EAST TIMOR (CNS) — Dili apostolic JJ administrator Bishop Belo wants military authorities in East Timor to apologize for killing six

civilians. Indonesia's government-appointed human rights commission said that the six were victims of an unlawful shooting by Indonesian troops. Last week, shortly after a meeting with Sitti Hardiyanti Rukmana, Indonesian President Suharto's daughter who chairs the Indonesia-Portugal Friendship Association, Bishop Belo said that military authorities should apologize for their errors. If they do, people will forgive them and the case will be settled, he said. Bishop Belo said that he told Ms. Rulunana that the Catholic Church is ready to cooperate with all sides to maintain peace in East Timor, a former Portuguese colony. "Just tell the truth, whether ills black or white," he said. "The church welcomes the good will from all sides to create an atmosphere favorable for civilized humanity." Indonesian authorities admitted security forces violated standard military procedures when they killed the six individuals. But the army said that the people killed were separatist guerrillas. Others in East Timor, including church spokesmen, say the victims were civilians.

not want to be a revolt against the state. When we help those people we do so to compensate for its (the state's) deficiencies." They cited frequent calls by Polish-born Pope John Paul II for Italians to welcome foreigners and show solidarity with their problems. A stronger, separate statement was issued by Bishop Domenico Cortese of Mileto, Nicotera and Tropea. "Not the priests but the Italian state should be under investigation," said Bishop Cortese. "It is the first to be untrustworthy."

Many of Italy's illegal immigrants are blacks and Arabs from poor countries in Africa and the Middle East. Many find jobs as manual laborers, seasonal farm workers and street vendors. Their presence has sparked racial tensions in some parts of Italy, especially where unemployment rates are high. Many church officials and organizations favour relaxing immigration controls on people from these countries and making it easier for those in Italy to legalize their situation. There are almost 500 bishops in Italy.

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN YOUR CATHOLIC HERITAGE? IF SO THEN READ ON. THE PRIESTLY FRATERNITY OF ST PETER VISITS AUSTRALIA THE POPE'S OWN TRIDENTINE RITE ORDER! The Superior-General (the Very Reverend Josef Bisig, FSSP) and the Regional Superior of North America (Fr Arnaud Devillers FSSP) will be visiting WA from Tuesday 14th March to Friday 17th March, 1995. The Priestly Fraternity of St Peter is a religious congregation of Apostolic Life and of Pontifical Right erected by the Holy See. The Fraternity's Constitutions were approved by the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II on 18 October 1988. Under it's Constitutions the Fraternity have full and exclusive use of the liturgical books in force in 1962. Fraternity Fathers Bisig and Devillers are visiting Australia to meet with Bishops, Priests and the lay faithful to talk about their apostolate.

So come capture your Catholic Heritage by attending a traditional Latin Mass, celebrated by the Fraternity Fathers. A liturgy that dates back essentially unchanged to the time of Pope St Gregory the Great in the 6th Century.

Where: ST MARY'S CATHEDRAL, VICTORIA SQ, PERTH When: THURSDAY 16TH MARCH, 1995 AT 6.30PM If you are interested in meeting the Fraternity Fathers, join them after Mass for discussions and questions in the Conference Room at the Convent of Mercy (Mercedes College) beneath Assumption Chapel (Entrance through the Victoria Avenue Gate). The fathers will be celebrating daily Mass.

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'There must be no let up on nuclear ban'

fATICAN CITY (CNS) - The world must not let up on efforts to ban all V nuclear weapons, the pope has told Japanese bishops. Recalling the atomic destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 50 years ago, the pope told the Japanese bishops the minority church community in Japan should join in a reflection on the atomic bombings and work to promote peace among all peoples. "Even today the scars of those terrible moments are still perceptible in the lives of many Japanese," he said. Meanwhile, the nuclear threat has not subsided, he added. "The international community must never forget what happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as a warning and an incentive to develop truly effective and peaceful means of settling tensions and disputes," he said. "Fifty years after the Second World War, the leaders of nations cannot become complacent but rather should renew their commitment to disarmament and to the banishment of all nuclear weapons." he said. The world urgently needs "workable system of negotiation, even of arbitration" to settle disagreements. On the challenge of evangelizing in a predominantly non-Christian society, particularly among young people, the pope cautioned that in Japan, Christian life is often a "one-generation experience" which converts to the faith find very difficult to pass on to their children. He encouraged the church to reach out to young people through revitalized catechesis programs and new and creative ways of church involvement. The pope said pastors in economically developed societies like Japan face an enormous overall challenge of interesting people in the deeper questions about life and its meaning. He said societies that are highly advanced technologically are often "interiorly impoverished by the tendency to forget God or keep him at a distance." The church should respond to the "spiritual emptiness" felt by many people, especially those who are "beginning to reconsider their single-minded devotion to economic success at all costs," he said. The rekindling of religious values can be a fruitful area of dialogue with the majority religions in japan, Shintoism and Buddhism, the pope told the bishops. This dialogue is important because "we all have a common origin as God's chosen creatures and a common destiny in his eternal love," he said. The church's work in social areas is an important part of interreligious dialogue, especially in education, social works and communications, he said. The pope highlighted a recent pastoral and social issue in Japan, the arrival of large numbers of immigrant workers, many of whom are Catholics. The church should treat this as a pastoral opportunity, he said. "Paradoxically, while these immigrants face great difficulties and are sometimes subjected to unjust treatment, their situation is making many people more aware of the demands of justice and the implications of respect for universal human rights," he said.

Mediation system is needed UBLIN, IRELAND (CNS) every bit as destructive as D - A mediation system is uncritical loving." urgently needed in Ireland to help avoid or resolve controversies among bishops, priests and Catholic organizations, said Bishop Brendan Comiskey of Ferns. The bishop suggested a mediation system after several weeks of heated debate about a change In editorship of Intercom, a pastoral and liturgical magazine controlled by the bishops. The former editor, Father Kevin Hegarty, said that he was de facto removed as editor when his bishop gave him another full-time job as an assistant pastor, making it impossible for him to do both. The bishops have denied that they wanted to remove Father Hegarty, who was editor from 1991 to 1994.

The controversy has unleashed a torrent of letters to the editor in Irish newspapers. Under Father Hegarty's leadership, the magazine had a reputation for being lively and polemical and opening its pages to dissident views on church topics. Bishop Comiskey told Catholic News Service that the controversy has opened the door for church critics to complain about issues not related to the Father Hegarty case. "If certain people never have a good word to say about the church, I find it hard to accept this simple criticism," he said. "It is closer to carping. Unloving criticism of the church is

The bishop said that the Gospel advice of seeking reconciliation with one's brother or sister had been replaced by the practice of writing letters to the editors of newspapers. Father Hegarty has said that he decided to resign because he could not do justice to both his job as editor and his assignment as assistant pastor in the Diocese of Killala. He added that his decision to step down as editor was influenced by accusations that he had damaged the morale of priests and religious through the magazine. Auxiliary Bishop Eamonn Walsh of Dublin, chairman of the board which oversees Intercom, said that the bishops wanted Father Hegarty to remain for another three-year term and that it was their understanding that he could handle the editorship and the assistant pastor assignment. But, he added, when controversial articles are published in Intercom, it should also publish a summary of church teachings on the topics involved or a separate balancing article. "There was no objection to controversy, provided that it be presented in a balanced manner and that the church's position be outlined," Bishop Walsh said. Many letter-writing priests and nuns said they liked the magazine under Father Hegarty and that it enhanced their morale.

Several parishes will come under further study to determine whether they can maintain themselves finan-

cially for two years. If not, they face possible merger. The diocese has developed a manual for parishes to use in handling personnel changes and the disposition of the property of closed or merged parishes. The Harrisburg diocese, like other dioceses has experienced significant demographic shifts In recent decades. The population in northern areas of the diocese has declined, while the population in the southern areas has grown. Bishop Dattilo said he hopes to have one priest ministering to every 2,000 Catholics in the diocese. The next phase in the restructuring will be reassigning clergy to match personnel with the changed parish structures.

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ber of Harrisburg parishes and missions from 125 to 99. The changes follow three years of study and consultation that included parish and area meetings throughout the diocese and data from more than 100,000 surveys. The Harrisburg Diocese serves abou t 230,000 Catholics. The changes include the suppression of four parishes and mergers affecting 39 others, with the result of creating 12 new parishes and one new mission. Nearly half the parishes in the diocese are affected in one way or another. merger.

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told reporters. "We should give eloquent testimony of our unity and that a respectful plurality and diversity can exist (among the bishops), but never division - and differences of opinion are not the same as division." The apparent difference of opinion within the hierarchy over Bishop Ruiz's role has been played out in the press, which has gleaned comments from an array of bishops. Some of the members of the hierarchy openly criticized their colleague and suggested the Vatican had asked him to resign. Bishop Ruiz denied that he had been directly asked to step down as head of the diocese, but said the Vatican had asked him to "clarify" some pastoral and theological positions he has taken as a prelate. An article in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, seemed to reflect Vatican support for the bishop's advocacy of the rights of poor Indians in his diocese and criticism of the powerful elite of Chiapas. But the office of the papal nuncio to Mexico, Archbishop Girolamo Prigione, said the article "does not reflect the thinking of the Holy See." It said Archbishop Prigione had issued the statement "under orders from superiors." The Mexican bishops will discuss Bishop Ruiz's situation more fully in a plenary assembly in late April.

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0STON (CNS) - It is a "still fragile" dia...Logue between those who support abortion and those who oppose it, Boston Cardinal Law says. The search for alternatives to abortion "deserves the encouragement of all who are committed to civil discourse." Cardinal Law said he has met twice this year with Massachusetts Gov. Weld, who supports legal abortion, and would meet with him again in two months to continue their "common search for realistic and compassionate alternatives to abortion." He began the talks to ease tensions in Boston following the Dec. 30 murders of two women and the wounding of five other people at two Boston-area abortion clinics. "Few Americans would consider abortion a moral good, and many who seek abortion do so because it is perceived to be the only way out of a difficult situation," Cardinal Law said. "I hope that the circle of this dialogue will broaden," he added. "There are encouraging signs that it will. "The pro-life side of the public debate has been largely ignored or misrepresented in the media until quite recently," he added. "The change Iperceive by no means signals

evenhandedness by the media. It does indicate, however, an effort to show the face of the pro-life movement in a more accurate way." The many people "who attempt to influence public policy in ways which are the strength of a democracy" are the pro-life movement, Cardinal Law said. The movement also is "those who carry placards and by their presence in protests and prayer vigils stand in a long line of activists, including the peace movement, the civil rights movement, the suffragettes and the abolitionists." The cardinal said his call after the shootings for a moratorium on even peaceful protests outside abortion clinics met with some criticism in the pro-life movement by those who said he was "unwittingly playing into the hands of those who would seek to discredit these legal protests and prayer vigils." "My confidence in the fairmindedness of the ordinary citizen has proven to be wellplaced, however," he said. "While there are those ideologically driven in their support of abortion who seek to portray the pro-life movement in the most negative ways possible, these remain a minority."

Version on communion for remarried 'ambiguous' TATICAN CITY (CNS) A French bishop's version

V of a meeting with Cardinal Ratzinger over communion for the remarried is "ambiguous" says a source who wishes not to be named.

Cardinal Ratzinger, considers "unacceptable" any permission for communion to be taken by divorced Catholics in new marriages considered invalid by the church, said the source close to the cardinal. An interview with Bishop Derouet of Arras, France, in the Paris Catholic newspaper, La Croix, is more the "unilateral position" of the bishop than a reflection of the cardinal's views, said the source. Bishop Derouet said that Cardinal Ratzinger was open to discussing the issue of divorced and remarried Catholics, but promised no change in the church's position. Three German bishops had proposed that Communion for invalidly remarried Catholics be dealt with on a case-by-case

basis and decided on the basis of a well-formed conscience. The cardinal rejected the idea, but favoured broadening the conditions for declaring marriages null, the bishop added. The source close to Cardinal Ratzinger said he did not know whether the cardinal told the bishop that he favoured broader reasons for granting nullity decrees. Bishop Derouet did not mention in the interview that he sympathized with the three German bishops, said the source. but "the cardinal affirmed that the proposal of the three bishops is unacceptable." Cardinal Ratzinger met Bishop Derouet at the Vatican several months after the bishop wrote a newspaper article questioning the way the Vatican was presenting its teachings on the issue. The bishop said a more pastoral and less legalistic approach was needed.

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Food for thought Do the beatitudes make sense? It might seem that the beatitudes stand the world as we know it on its head! Look for the opportunity to be fulfilled - satisfied - where you least expect it, the beatitudes suggest: Practice mercy, hunger for justice, become poor in spirit, make peace. This is not a "me-first" prescription for happiness. Even if the beatitudes make complete sense to you, you might not feel they make it easier to "fit in" with society. But it's important to make sense of the beatitudes. They'll provide needed insight on your vocation as a Christian, the Catechism of the Catholic Church indicates. It also says the beatitudes "shed light on the actions and attitudes characteristic of the Christian life." And, these "paradoxical promises" - the beatitudes - "sustain hope" when things get tough (No. 1717). Furthermore, the beatitudes "are at the heart of Jesus' preaching," says the catechism (No. 1716). And, "the way of Christ is summed up in the beatitudes" (No. 1697). There's nothing peripheral about the beatitudes, in other words. The catechism puts them front and centre. I conclude: If you're asked what the message of Jesus is about, begin your response by pointing to the beatitudes. David Gibson

UPPOSE something troublesome happens to us or to someone else: an accident S perhaps, a crippling illness or a financial

mishap. Sooner or later, what comes to mind is, "This must be a punishment from God." We wonder if God is punishing us for our sins, for something we have done or somehow failed to do. We may then become a little angry: "What could I have done to deserve this?" But we may simply accept the accident, illness or mishap as our lot: "Nothing can help me now!" In reality, we do nothing about it. In the case of other people, we may become judgmental: "They must have done something wrong!" On the other hand, maybe we turn our view of things around, seeing the illness or mishap as a blessing. Perhaps we fall into dire financial straits or we come upon a poor, homeless person and we think of Jesus' beatitude in Matthew's Gospel: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Or more pointedly, the same beatitude in Luke's Gospel: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours." But again we accept the situation and do nothing about it, as though poverty and misery in themselves were blessings. That misses the point of Jesus' beatitudes. In the ancient and not-so-ancient world, even in our post-modern world, we find a tendency to view poverty, hunger, suffering and illness as curses from God. Jesus' beatitudes tell people that the poor, the starving and those stricken by illness are not cursed by God. Indeed they are blessed, just like everyone else. Consequently, the beatitudes are an invitation to help the poor, feed the hungry, alleviate suffering and cure the sick in every way we can. Recall that Jesus himself did these things. When John the Baptist's disciples asked Jesus if he was the Messiah, he simply pointed to what he was doing: "The blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the good news proclaimed to them" (Luke

Talking Point week's discussion point: TInHIS your own life, how can you follow the beati-

7:22).

Following Christ means taking up his mission and ministry. The beatitudes sum up Jesus' teaching by encouraging us to do this. But, in light of the beatitudes, what does proclaiming good news to the poor mean? It doesn't mean telling them how happy they ought to be to be poor, but helping them out of their poverty and misery. For Jesus, good news - the Gospel - was something you cbuld see and experience, not just something you heard. Of course, people are not blessed just because they are poor, no more than they are cursed. Matthew's Gospel made sure we

would understand that through the very way it worded Jesus' beatitude: not "blessed are the poor," but "blessed are the poor in spirit." Being poor in spirit means recognizing that no matter how little or how much we have, of ourselves we are really nothing. All of us are poor. God is the source of every blessing. That gives us a great point of depar-

ture for Lent. We should do something, but not just anything. Suppose we began by recognizing our poverty before God. Receiving ashes, a good symbol of our poverty, was a good starting point on Ash Wednesday. The next step is easy. We know the beatitudes. What are we going to do about it?

By Father Eugene LaVerdiere, SSS

tudes by being a peacemaker? Selected responses from readers: "To be a peacemaker, I find you must be a listener.... WhenI listen to the outpoured anger, frustration or sadness of a family member without throwing in my 2 cents too quickly, it empowers both of us to ... deal with a situation more peacefully." - Barbara Audet. "I have six children. It starts right here. It's a daily challenge to help them work out their conflicts, to express any bad feelings and help them work out solutions.... We relate this to conflicts around the world like Bosnia.... We talk about nonviolent ways to resolve conflicts." - Robert Fontana. "My interracial marriage is a witness to the fact that God doesn't focus on race. Sometimes this is challenging to people of both races.... Those who know us are challenged to realize that we are Christians before we are black or white." - Lisa Perkins. "By sharing my gift of inner peace and conveying to others my trust and confidence in God. I do this through presence, stability and calmness in situations where others would be rattled or irritated." - Dan Lonnquist. "There are times when friends and neighbours do little things that I could take offence at. I try to look beyond that and turn the other week" - Rick Targosky.

Revolutionary steps to happiness By Father John J. Castelot BEATITUDES, the opening statement of Matthew's Sermon on the Mount, are the "charter" of the kingdom of heaven. They list the attitudes and actions required for membership in that kingdom. But this sort of language can be terribly misleading. It might suggest to some that the kingdom is a static, structured organization. And Matthew's choice of the words "kingdom of heaven" might suggest to some that the kingdom is reserved to the indefinite future and of no immediate concern. Scholars today are convinced, however, that "kingdom" of heaven is more accu-

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rately translated as "reign" of God. This Honest reflection, however, makes it person occurs in relationships. If people reign is the active power of God's saving painfully obvious that wealth, beauty, pop- enjoy a solid relationship with God, they love affecting people's lives here and now. ularity, celebrity and power are not guar- are secure and at peace. If they nurture Jesus proclaimed at the outset of his antees of happiness. Just a glance at any unselfish relationships with other people, ministry that the reign of God was "at morning paper is enough to make this dis- they are trouble-free, deeply happy. hand" (Matthew 4:17), and the first beati- tressingly clear. Jesus did not canonize poverty and mistude says of the poor in spirit that this Jesus did not set out to confirm mistaken ery. He spent his whole ministry combatreign "is" theirs, not "will be" theirs. and illusory ideas. He set out to correct ing these ills, and he urged his followers to Furthermore, the word "blessed," which them and to save people from their tragic continue that ministry. sounds so otherworldly, is more accu- consequences. He was truly and posiThe last four beatitudes extol people rately translated as "happy." But how can tively revolutionary, calling people to the who are merciful and who are peacemakthe poor, the lowly, those who mourn, the adoption of a whole new value system. ers, people actively engaged in correcting persecuted be happy? That makes no The "poor in spirit" of the beatitudes are twisted relationships and perverted jussense to people if they have a superficial precisely those who humbly and honestly tice. notion of what happiness is. acknowledge that misguided human The reign of God operating in human Jesus' teaching is sheer nonsense to peo- efforts, their own or those of others, can lives is a network of right relationships ple whose concept of happiness is dictated never bring them true happiness. relationships with God and other people. by Hollywood, television, and the stock Happiness consists not in "having" but It is these relationships that guarantee the markets. in "being" - and the action of "being" a ingredients of authentic happiness.

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he beatitudes are " paradoxical promises," the new Catechism of the Catholic Church says (No. 1717). Lists of beatitudes that Jesus placed at the heart of his are preaching reported in the Gospels of Matthew ( 5:3-12) and Luke (6:20-22). These beatitudes are blueprints for true happiness. But they are not what we might expect. If those of us living on the eve of the 21st century were to draw up a list of beatitudes, we probably would not include poverty, meekness, hunger for justice (or hunger for anything), purity of heart, mourning or persecution. We might mention some things Jesus left out: Blessed are they who have good relationships. Blessed are the healthy. Blessed are the employed. Blessed are those with a roof over their head, clothes on their back, food on their table. We might come up with an even more exciting list if we drew upon some TV programming for our beatitudes: Blessed are the rich and famous. Blessed are the bold and the beautiful. Blessed are they who have the most of anything. Blessed are they whose team is in first place. We might conclude from this exercise that Jesus got it all wrong. To some his beatitudes might sound like "saditudes." The "happy face" a circle with two eyes and a smile - is now a universally recognized symbol. At times it encourages us to "have a nice day." Often it simply grins at us, inviting us to share its glee. The symbol is appealing to some and annoying to others. Its attractiveness comes from its ability

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silence, and radiate serene contentment. Families can celebrate funerals with joy shining through tears. Martyrs can sing on their way to death. And this is more than stoic resignation. For Christians it is the beatitude promised by Jesus. certainly God wants us to enjoy the good things of life. But any happiness we find is true happiness only if it reflects the happiness to which God invites us. Joys on earth are not ends in themselves. They are glimpses of what eternal happiness is. "True happiness is not found in riches or well-being, in human fame or power, or in any human achievement - however beneficial it may be such as science, technology and art, or indeed in any creature, but in God alone, the source of every good and of all love," the catechism emphasizes (No.

1723). In this life the Lord will continue to offer us the most mysterious joys in the most unusual contexts contexts in which we are asked to sacrifice, for example. And we will be confronted in our search for real happiness "with decisive moral choices" (No. 1723). We'll have to difficult make choices between what seems to offer happiness and what really offers happiness. Life in Christ makes many demands on his followers. But the purpose of the way of Christ is to show us how to be happy, the catechism insists. We can easily forget that, especially when we confront seemingly impossible situations or the flawed parts of ourselves. We may have to return to the catechesis of the beatitudes often if we want to keep wearing a genuinely happy face.

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Named for the faith Some of the RCIA parish representatives who in St Mary's Cathedral last Sunday the Rite of Election ceremony presented Archbishop Hickey with scrolls containing the names of 86 people who this Easter are to be baptised or received into full Church communion.

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A joyful church entry, Welcome to the Church, says Archbishop Hickey as he personally met in the St Mary's Cathedral sanctuary last Sunday, the 86 people who enter full Catholic life at Easter.

In the Rite of Election ceremony, some 99 sponsors accompanied 47 people who will be baptised at Easter and the 39 others already baptised who will enter fully into the Church.

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OBITUARY BENEDICTINE Father Michael Cave who died this week just short of his 74th birthday had been at New Norcia since the age of 16 in 1937. Originally from Glen Huntly in Victoria and the brother of four sisters, he did his leaving at St Kevin's CBC in 1936, moving to St Ildephonsus College, New Norcia, the follow-

ing year to matriculate, studying Latin under Fr Aloysius Tubau, and developing a love for Latin poetry and later a f ondness for C S Lewis. A novice in 1938, he learnt the Latin psatter by heart, similarly learning the English office in 1968, and taking his turn at refectory reading in Spanish. During seven years study for the priest-

hood he developed a life long interest in classical music. Following his ordination in 1945, he taught in the Boys Orphanage, worked in the wine cellar, looked after postulants, bound books and helped in parishes, parish becoming priest of Calingiri and Wongan from 1951 to 1960 while living at Wyening mission and

seeing churches go up at Yerecoin, Bolgart and Wongan. After a year at Kalumburu he completed an honours in classics at UWA, later becoming monastery prior, vicar general of the abbey nullius, and monastery procurator. His last posting was as chaplain to the Dominican Sisters at Doubleview. His last ten years were affected by weight and

arthritis, causing periods of hospitalisation, the last from October last year. A confrere said of him: "Michael had a great capacity and need for friendship. In the midst of the complexities of a busy monastic, pastoral and business life, he retained a basically simple faith and devotional life." May he rest in peace.

TOMORROW TODAY

Meet the new bosses of Eagle's Nest

BACKGROUND in farming will prove invaluable for harles and Ingrid Roche, new caretaker managers at the Catholic Youth Formation Centre Eagle's Nest. Set deep in natural bush off the Toodyay Road, Eagle's Nest relies on a dam for most water, and the long hot summer has left the centre short of its most precious resource. Charles and Ingrid, who took up their post in February, have already assessed the situation and are prepared to truck in water if this becomes necessary. The hot summer has also increased the risk of bushfire, a problem familiar to every farmer. The couple moved to Eagle's Nest from Victoria Park, and have already made themselves at home in the peaceful bush setting. They will handle all enquiries and bookings for the centre, and can be contacted at Eagle's Nest on 574 7030.

Left: New caretakers at the Catholic Youth Formation Centre Eagle's Nest in Gidgegannup, Charles and Ingrid Roche. Above: Eagle's Nest offers peace and tranquillity in a natural bush setting.

Orientation camp with Catholic touch

Students from the University of Western Australia who enjoyed the recent Orientation Camp organized by the University Catholic Society and the Chaplaincy. Back row: Simone, Pereira, Melissa Bromly, Nigel De Luis, Adrian Heng, Glenva Austin, Bennie Ng, Warren Pavey, Matthew Ryan, Joel Bonomelli, Graham McClorey, Patricia Rebeiro. 3rd row: Rochelle Freer, Erina Lee, Georgia Loney, Bruno

Da Prato, Glenn Gahler, Bart Tyszka, David Bramston, Tobias Tresise, Deborah Er, Benjamin CaHeja, Justin O'Brien, Sally-Anne Brambley, Nicholas Arnold. 2nd row: Carolyne Forte, Gemma Archer, Nicole Woods, Elizabeth Fells, Marie Dasborough, Emily Lillis, Melanja Sullivan, Eileen Arandiga, Ruth Seeber, Andrei Martinskis, Gia Matassa, Colette Armstrong, Chris Scheffhout, Conrad McKelvie, Michaela Hughes, Monique Congdon,

Louise Bruce. Chairs: Niall Jefferson, Jason Wernicke, Peter Ricciardo, John Shin, Chris Rose, Mark Mordini, Jessica Hall, Kylie Batina, Matthew Palmer, Liz Lillis, Tony Fitzpatrick, Brendan Blackford, Damien Nowicki. On ground: Mikey Bartow, Mara Barone, Mike Barry, Daniel Kilderry, Michelle Reeves, Michael Cuneen, Glen Hortin. ,The Ftqcorci,,Mar.ch.9, 1995. 13

Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace, from M edjugorje, given to Marija Pavlovic Lunetti on February 25, 1995. "Dear Children, TodayIinvite you to become missionaries of my messages, which Iam giving here this through place that is dear to me. God has allowed me to stay this long with you and therefore, little children, I invite you to live with love the messagesIgive and to transmit them to the whole world, so that a river of love flows to people who are full of hatred and without peace. Iinvite you, little children, to become peace where there is no peace and light where there is darkness, so that each heart accepts the light and the way of salvation. Thank you for responding to my call." .

Letter from Sr Emmanuel, Medjugorje, February 15, 1995. Dear Children of Medjugorje, Praised by Jesus!

chosen him to reveal "Invite people to her secrets, she monthly Confession, replied "Because he mainly on the first is very good hearted. Saturday... Monthly He is the one here Confession will be a who looks after the cure for the Church poor more than any- in the West": one else."

beginning to move people here and all over Italy. A statue brought from Medjugorje has started weeping tears of blood near Rome

Like all the visionaries, Mirjana has an acute awareness of the task of priests, because Our Lady cares for them in a special way. "It is difficult today for priests to remain faithful", she said to her. "You must support them through your prayer and not judge them. You must love them and offer them your help." In other respects, Mirjana is more aware than anyone of satan's fury against the Church, and of his activity to destroy it. It is Mirjana who, one day in Medjugorje, found herself face to face with satan while she was awaiting the Gospa to appear. He appeared as a handsome young man, but his eyes were red. And how does she face to all these happenings today? It is very interesting to notice since it perfectly fits in the spirit of Medjugorje. Mirjana does not want to make any statement about satan's role in our time, but instead she keeps busy defeating him in the reality of her daily life. It is not by chance if the top priority of her intercession is for unbelievers, since to pray for them means also "to remove evil from our own life, to protect the future of our children", she says.

"Tabor and Hermon cry out with joy at your name", says the psalm. Let me add "Podbrdo and Krizevac, Mary, cry out with your messages!" Yes, the hills are covered in snowdrops, eager for the sun, but in such proNever to miss out fusion this year that any opportunity to they obviously want o ffer the smallest to manifest the last sacrifice, to pray the message: "Open the Rosary with the door of your heart to heart, to do whatJesus, as the flower ever we do, only out opens itself to the of love, in peace and sun." Each day, I go humility; this is how to contemplate each of us can help them, and they Our Lady to cast out speak to me of my satan from his living need, my stronghold. Condesire for Jesus. cerning the deep Finally Fr Petar has , wounds the Church left us for Switzer- is suffering from, land. WhenI asked Mary gave us the Mirjana why she had remedy in '82. 14 The Record, March 9, 1995 met r. J.17

(on February 2, in Civitavecchia). The blood analysis has to be completed and one should remain open. Many wonder in amazement "Why should Our Lady from Medjugorje land up in Rome to weep tears of blood there?" They have a point, but it is not worth asking the visionaries, for they will answer "Pray, Father Slavko has and in prayer Our returned very happy Lady will talk to your from South America. heart". He expects to go to Dear Gospa, the Africa; if possible world is in flames. with Vicka. become Never A happening is

Against the waves of attacks from the media which are o verwhelming against the Holy Father, and against the rock of the Faith he represents, one should remember her advice, since once more the Gospa is putting in our hands the true weapons for real victories.

tion to her prayer let me share group; Letter from Sr today. Emmanuel, Med- it with you durjugorje March 1, "Dear children, ing this LentIwould 1995. like you to feel in a Dear Children of special way the suffering of Jesus. Only this way, will you be able to rise with him. I would like that among your decisions for Lent, the main one is to help the people who suffer". ) (March 13, weary of interceding.

Asuncion, Paraguay, hesitated to let a priest from Medjugorje speak officially. He therefore asked Franciscan the Provincial and the Bishop of Mostar for letters of recommendation for Fr Slavko (a test of good Catholicism!). But being in Rome in November '94, he asked the question dirctly to the Holy Father who replied with these clear words: "Authorise everything that concerns Medjugorje". Mgr Felipe Benite therefore estimated that he did not need any other recommendation than that of the Holy Father himself, and he gave his green light. The news that the Pope had said "Authorise..." spread like wildfire all over South America. which permitted the 8 countries visited by Fr Slavko to open wide the doors of their churches and cathedrals to the message of Medjugorje.

Father Jozo has from returned France where he sowed beautiful seeds for the Gospa. Initially frustrated by the order "Do not speak about Medjugorje", he nevertheless spoke at length about "The Queen of Peace who is appearing in my country" and introduced the crowds to a very deep prayer. Fie came to my in community Rouen where many poor and sick had been invited. One of the brothers, Stephen, was to undergo open heart surgery. He suffered from a heart murIt may he noticed mur. After Fr Jozo's that the Holy Father, prayer, he regained midst of the in the his strength and a of multiplication heart ultrasound and pritaken the next day messages no longer showed vate revelations any trace of the t oday, is always problem, to the doc- extremely prudent tor's stupefaction. and often keeps The operation was silent until the Congregation for the cancelled. Doctrine of the Faith Happily, the grace (under the guidance o f Medjugorje is of Cardinal spreading and the Ratzinger) gives a old errors (such as clear orientation on Medjugorje is not such or such a pheauthorised) are nomenon said to be beginning to dissi- supernatural. But for Medjugorje. Praised pate. The booklet more than 12 years by Jesus! "Medjugorje the all the bishops who It is unusual for Church"is spreading personally quesOur Lady to change quickly, offering tioned the Holy her habits in Medju- objective facts; a real Father about Medjugorje, but she has discovery for many! gorje, received a done so. The prayer (Available at - very positive group no longer United for the Tri- response from him, meets on Monday, umph, PO Box which is remarkable. but on Tuesday (and 1110 Notre Dame, This gives all those 46556 Friday). Why? "It's Indiana who believe in MedUSA, suggested like that!" reply the jugorje, a treat secuCroats. Our lady is donation $3, or $4 rity of conscience not Croatian, but for overseas mail). and a very deep neither does she jusFr Slavko is happy peace. tify her actions (she to tell pilgrims about develops our confi- an Dear Gospa, yes, it event that dence more than occurred while is our joy "to our curiosity!) preparing for hi4 trip become the missionDuring my first to South America, aries of the messages Lent here, Jelena which is more than that you give here in gave an inner locu- encouraging. The this place which is of dear to you". Archbishop

ST PATRICK'S DAY 'Tis the greatest splash of sunshine right through all my retrospection On the days when fairies brought me golden dreams without alloy, When I gazed across the gum trees round about the old selection To the big things far beyond them, with the yearning of a boy. Drab the little world we lived in; like the sheep, in slow procession Down the track along the mountain went the hours upon their way, Bringing hopes and idle longings that could only find expression In the riot of our bounding hearts upon St Patrick's Day. There were sports in Casey's paddock, and the neighbours would assemble On the flat below the homestead, where the timber fringed the creek; With Australian skies above them, and Australian trees a-tremble And the colours of the autumn set in hat and hair and cheek. Mighty things were done at Casey's; mighty bouts anticipated Made the Sunday church-door topic for a month ahead at least; On the cheerless Sundays after, with misguided hope deflated, We explained away our failures as we waited for the priest. So when morning Mass was over, it was trot and break and canter Helter-skelter down to Casey's, banging, pounding all the way,

And the greetings flung in Irish, and the flood of Celtic banter, And the hectic flush of racial pride upon St Patrick's Day. Everywhere was emerald flashing from the buggies, traps, and jinkers, There was green in every garment, and a splash in every hat, In the bows upon the cart whips, in the ribbons on the winkers, In the wealth of woven carpet `neath the gums on Casey's Flat. There the new dress faced the critics, and the little beaded bonnet And the feather flowing freely like a sapling in a gale; And 'himself' inside his long black coat that bore a bulge upon it Where for twelve forgotten months its weight had hung upon the nail; And the 'splather' of a necktie only once a year paraded, And the scarf that came from Ireland, "ere a one of you were born," And the treasured bunch of shamrock - old and withered now, and faded, Blessed by every tear that stained it since the cruel parting morn. Mighty things were done at Casey's. Men of solid reputation, Ringing bells and giving orders, kept the programme moving by; And they made you sickly conscious of your humble situation When they glared upon your meanness with a cold official eye. Every smaneen' with a broken voice and backers there beside him,

And his socks outside his breeches, was a hero in his way; Every nag around the country with a raw bush lad astride him Was a racehorse with an Irish name upon St Patrick's Day. Oh, the cheering that betokened those I knew so well competing, With their long legs throwing slip-knots, and the look of men in pain Put me back into the reach-medowns, and let me hear the greeting, Set me loose in Casey's paddock, where I'd be a boy again! Yes, 'twas good to be a pilgrim in a world that held such wonders, Though eternal bad behaviour put me `neath parental ban, Though the staring, and the wandering, and a score of general blunders Got me gaoled behind the taffrail of the Old Mass Shandrydam " Yerra, Johnnie, stop that gawkin'." Is it - with pulses pumping, And the little heart high-stepping to the music of the drum Is it "stop it," with a something in the young blood madly thumping With a foreword of the purpose of the pregnant years to come? Mighty things were done at Casey's. Mighty impulse was behind them, 'Twas the sacred spark enkindled that was burning to the bone; Never yet were men more loyal to the holy ties that bind them, And the love they gave their

country made me conscious of my own. Never yet were men more loyal. Be they met in thousands teeming, Be they gathered down at Casey's with their kindred and their kind; They are marching on for Ireland, with the beauteous vision gleaming Of the altar-fires of Freedom in the land they left behind. Not a torch was ever lighted at a tomb where Freedom slumbered, But it smouldered - grimly smouldered - till the stone was rolled away; When it flashed across the halflight, rallying rocket glares unnumbered, Like the spangled blades of morning that bespeak the march of day. Not a voice was ever lifted, but an echo never dying Flung the slogan once repeated when the hand was on the gun; Though the prophet tongue was ashes, came the conquering banners flying With a dazzling watchword flashing, blazing signals in the sun. Yes, the world has ever seen it in its journey down the ages, Seen it writ in living, scarlet in the blood that has been shed; And a hand re-writes the headline deep across the lurid pages, When the stricken, fearless living meet the deathless, martyred dead. Thrills a leaping thought within me, when I see a land around me That has never seen the fore-

man's steel, nor heard the foreman's shot, At whose shrine I lit the tapers, when her witching sweetness bound me With an iron vow of service of a pulsing pride begot; To that big free land I've given all the love that courses through me; That her hands have rocked my cradle stirs my heart in every beat, An Australian, ay, Australian oh, the word is music to me, And the craven who'd deny her wouldI spurn beneath my feet. Thrills the thought that, did the traitor stretch a tainted hand to foil her, DidI see her flag of silver stars a tattered thing and torn, Did I see her trampled, breathless, `neath the shod heel of the spoiler, And her bleeding wounds a byword, and her name a thing of scorn, There would flash the living bayonets in the strong hands of my brothers, And the blood that coursed for nationhood, through all the years of pain, In the veins of patriot fathers and of Little Irish Mothers Would be hot as hissing lava streams to thrill the world again. Taken from Around the Botve Log, a selection of verse by John O'Brien, pseudonym for Father Patrick Hartigan, PP of Nerrandera, NSW For more information and availability of his books, please contact his nephew Fr Frank Mecham, 97 Dalhousie Street, Haberfield, NSW 2025. The Record, March 9, 1995

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GIBNEY SCHOLARSHIPS available to boys of good scholastic ability entering Year 8 in 1996.

Scholarships are tenable for the student's time at the College. An examination will be held at the College on Saturday 8 April 1995.

MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS

available to boys entering Years 8 - 12 in 1996 who are talented instrumentalists and/or vocalists. Auditions will be held at the college on Saturday 13 May 1995.

TRINITY OLD BOYS' ASSN. BURSARIES

The Bursaries cover tuition fees for the student's time at the college.

ST PATRICK'S PARADE

Mass in St Patrick's Church, Fremantle at 11 am followed by the parade and concert, details for which are: Date: Sunday 12th March 1995 Time: 12.00 line up for 12.30pm step off Assembly: Parry St and Ellen St, Fremantle

All applications close on Wednesday 29 March 1995.

Application forms for all Scholarships and Bursaries are availablefrom the College office.

C HARISMATIC

REFLECTION DAY Day of Reflection & Prayer to contemplate where we are and where we would like to be using Scripture, active imagination and prayer, presented by Fullness of Life Centre, Celia Joyce & Stephen Truscott, Sunday March 19 - 10am-3pm (including Eucharist). Oasis Lotteries House, 37 Hampden Road, Nedlands. Bookings and enquiries phone (09) 389 8550.

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MARCH 10 Institute of Public Affairs discussion, Fr Dino Tortesan 12 St Patrick's Day at Patrick's St Fremantle - Bishop Healy, Bless foundation stone, Institute for Blind the Archbishop Hickey, C ommonwealth Day, St George's Cathedral - Fr Tom McDonald. Statue of Our Lady, NDA - Bishop Healy. 13 Graduation ceremony, NDA Archbishop Hickey. 15 Teacher's Mass, Bateman - Bishop Healy 17 Mass, Irish Club, Subiaco - Bishop Healy 18 Golden Jubilee of Fr E Rogers Archbishop Hickey, Bishop Healy

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DIRECTORY 1995/96 Archdiocesan directory (third edition) now available at $10 plus postage, containing information on parishes, agencies and groups, religious and secular institutes and a ddresses, from the Archdiocesan Liturgy Office, phone (09) 221 1548.

ST. MARY'S SCHOOL MERREDIN Wish to invite the general public to the

Official Opening and Blessing

BULLSBROOK PILGRIMAGE Feast of St. Joseph, at the Bullsbrook Church "Virgin Mary Mother of the Church " 36 Chittering Rd Bullsbrook Monday March 20, Rosary 10.30am Mass 11. The Association will not provide buses for this Pilgrimage. Public transport is available through Transperth - M3 timetable. Bus No. 311 stops in front of Church. For further enquiries please ring 444 2285.

WILLETTON PRAYER Apostles of Christ Charismatic Fellowship Night Wednseday, 15 March at 7.00pm, St John & St Paul Church, Willetton. R efreshments and fellowship after.

ADULT EDUCATION Catholic Catechism study group w ith Fr Walter Black and Fr Thomas Grant 7.30 - 9.30pm, Monday Classics Common R oom 3rd Floor, Arts Building UWA. For information phone Jenny - 447 4631, starts Monday March 13. ST JOSEPH'S S t Joseph's Past Pupils A ssociation Annual General Meeting of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart will be held on Sunday, 12 March 1995 at 8.00pm at St Joseph's Convent, York Street, South Perth. All former students and friends will be most welcome.

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Vatican II Study Group will meet 11 am Tuesday March 14 at Our Lady of the Mission's Convent, 40 Mary Street, Highgate. Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity. "Outlines", booklet p.78 "Objective". Contact No.: 446 7340. Open to all interested.

This Scholarship covers tuition on the College's pipe organ and is available to boys who are working at or have attained a 4th grade AMEB standard on piano and are entering Year 10, 11 or 12 in 1996. Auditions will be held at the college by appointment.

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Little Sisters of the Poor Family Fair Day at the Home for the Aged, Glendalough, Sunday, March 12, 11am and 2pm. Snacks available, variety stalls and entertainment

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The Bursaries are intended for boys whose family circumstances would otherwise make it difficult for them to attend the college

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A Lecture by Jane Lemon "The Church Work of the Sarum Group". Thursday March 16, 7.30pm. St Joseph's Hall, 1 Salvado Road, Wembley. S5 entrance fee. Jane Lemon is a professional ecclesiastical embroiderer, founder member and chairperson of the Sarum Group of Embroiders' Guild of the United Kingdom. Their work c an be seen in Salisbury Cathedral, St Albans Cathedral and in many churches around the country. For further information and registration contact the Archdiocesan Liturgy Office, phone (09) 221 1548. Emmanuel Centre Garage Sale Sunday March 19, 9am - 2pm at 25 Windsor Street (East) Perth. Donation of goods for sale can be dropped off at the Centre and will be appreciated. Further information contact Kerry 328 8113.

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