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A moral accord needs to be developed between the banks and the community, says a senior Catholic spokesman. "A moral accord would be a guarantee of essential banking services at no cost to low income earners, pensioners and other social security recipients," Father David Cappo told the Prices Surveillance Authority's Inquiry into the Banking Industry. "Without this type of accord the major banks will continue to display a disregard for the social impact of their policies," said Father Cappo who is director of the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission. "A moral accord is a public promise that people with low incomes have as much right to banking services as other citizens and should be treated with equity and respect. "A moral accord with the banks would underpin the key role they play, not only in economic transactions but also the direct role they play in influencing the level of economic citizenship and social particpation that people have in the life of the community. "The imposition of bank fees on low income earners while offering fee-free services to middle and high income customers indicates that banks are falling short of their social and moral responibilities. "It is clear that banks have special social responsibilities beyond other business in

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Shoosh! Rite goes wrong YOUNGWOOD, Pa. (CNS) A court injunction has silenced two women whose loud praying of the rosary has disturbed liturgies, baptisms, choir practices and other church and school events for two years. Father Ciuffoletti got a court order to keep Cynthia Balconi and Joan Sudwoj of Greensburg and Cecelia Miscovich of Hunker from shouting the rosary too loudly and from public recitation of the rosary at times set aside for silent prayer. Ms. Miscovich in court said she would abide by all church guidelines and stop the disruptive behavior. The injunction It bars Ms. Balconi and Ms. Sudwoj from entering Holy Cross Church "except at the express permission of Father Ciuffoletti." Ms. Balconi and Ms. Sudwoj did not go to Holy Cross Church on the weekend after he injunction took effect, but went to the cathedral where they prayed loudly after the Masses but did not disrupt the liturgies.

However, the following morning they disrupted a penance service for the cathedral parish schoolchildren, so the diocese took them to court again. Father Ciuffoletti told the court that the women Prayed the rosary loudly before Masses, often causing the liturgy to begin behind schedule. Often prayed after Mass, sometimes for hours, while the custodian waited to lock up the church. Interfered with 74 baptisms since 1993 by loud praying. Interrupted children's penance services, preparations for the sacraments of reconciliation and first Communion, and students' preparations for living Stations of the Cross. Prayed loudly while the choir and organist were practicing new songs. Also, he said, the women sprinkled holy water around the church and distributed pamphlets on people's vehicles during Mass.

During a children's Mass homily. Sudwoj stood up and yelled at him "using words young children shouldn't hear," such as "fornication," "adultery" and "homosexuality." Bishop Bosco, who had a two hour meeting with the women, said they had told him that "the heavens are telling them to do this." He said he had asked the women to sign written agreements to stop their behavior. "It was fruitless," he said. "I begged and pleaded in the name of Jesus and in the name of the people of this diocese ... but they wouldn't listen." Bishop Bosco said he also discussed with the women their need for legal representation at court hearings. "Jesus will defend us," they told him. In their public activities, Ms. Sudwoj and Ms. Balconi have continued to ignore anyone who tries to speak to them. When approached by court constables, priests, parishioners or the media, the women only pray louder.

'Blessed' Rice closer to sainthood The way is open for the beatification of the Christian Brothers' founder following papal approval of a miracle. Declared Venerable in 1993 Edmund Rice could become Blessed Ignatius Rice in a ceremony in St Peter's Basilica late next year, some 152 years since his death. The miracle attributed to Edmund's intercession is of an un-named young man given 24 hours to live with an intestinal crisis. Today, 17 years later, he is fit and alive. Brother Rice, who founded both the Christian Brothers and the Patrician Brothers was well on the way to being a wealthy Waterford businessman until the tragic death of his young wife in childbirth, left him, aged 26, with a handicapped daughter, and shifted his thoughts to a vocation dedicated to teaching the poor'. The Christian Brothers were to make their first Australian foundation in 1843 and Western Australia celebrated last year the centenary of their arrival in this state. Today there are 700 Christian Brothers in Australia associated with some 70 schools and other projects. - Cliff Baxter, The Catholic Weekly.

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Alarming increase in Young folk should child prostitution read the jATICAN CITY (CNS) - A Vatican official, citing an V alarming increase in child prostitution around the world, wants urgent international action to discourage the sex tourist trade. This form of sexual exploitation affects hundreds of thousands of children, many of whom remain traumatized for years, said Msgr. Piero Monni, the Vatican's permanent observer to the World Tourism Organization. "International agencies must discourage the exploitation of these minors," Msgr. Monni said. "These poor unhappy people, even if they manage to survive, are dying on the inside because of the suffering and humiliation they suffer," he said. Msgr. Monni made the remarks at the start of a three-day international symposium on child prostitution, held in the northern Italian city of St. Vincent. The basic cause of child prostitution is increasing world poverty, coupled with an easy profit to be made by those managing the children - often the parents themselves, he said. Another cause is the greater attention shown by foreign investors to the sex tourist trade. The "tourists" are increas-

ingly seeking out children; for one reason, they believe the risk of contracting AIDS is lower, he said. Msgr. Monni said the phenomenon was really "more about violence than prostitution." The children involved usually suffer similar mental and physical damage: deep psychological disturbances, diffidence and depression are the norm. Some are reduced to silence by the fear they experience. Most age prematurely and are typically weaker and less resistant to disease. "Both the boys and girls have a difficult relationship with the adult world, which they experience only in terms of arrogance, exploitation, degradation and 'commercial' arrangements," he said. The money the children receive often goes to support families at home. Others are forced to prostitute themselves until they repay an original sum given by brothel operators to their parents, he said. Msgr. Monni said church agencies in places like the Philippines and Thailand are working to help these children. He said the rehabilitation rate varies between 70 and 80 percent.

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PARIS (CNS) - Cardinal Golly of Mar- nal strongly supported the values of the only effective protection against the seilles says the use of condoms should human sexuality as expressed by the disease could fall into this category. be allowed if it is the only means of pre- pope, said the spokesman. French health officials say that conventing the spread of AIDS and saving Cardinal Coffy was stressing the need doms -are lives. the only effective means of to protect life, even if this entailed the preventing the spread of AIDS and have The Catholic Church cannot ask peo- use of condoms in particular circumrun several major advertising cample who have tested positive for the stances, Father Cassant said. paigns advocating their use. The human immune-deficiency virus "to kill Opposing use of condoms in AIDS Catholic Church in France has not fortheir neighbor by giving them AIDS," the prevention programs raises a delicate mally contested these campaigns. cardinal said. legal issue in France. The pope's encyclical not only reafTherefore, "in very specific cases, An article of the French criminal code clearly, condoms must be used," he said. allows a murder charge to be brought firmed the immorality of artificial means of contraception, but rejected the arguFather Maurice Cassant, the cardinal's against anyone who refuses to give help ment that legislators and public officials spokesman, said the cardinal was not to someone in danger. should separate their consciences from challenging the teaching of Pope John Some legal experts have argued that public conduct, and said doctors, nurses Paul H, who reiterated his condemna- allowing an innocent party to be and other health care workers must be tion of artificial contraception in his lat- infected with the HIV virus by denying guaranteed the right to refuse to take est encyclical, Gospel of Life. The cardi- the use of condoms - what they see as part in any action against life.

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A TATMAN CITY (CNS) Young people should

V read his latest encyclical and translate its message into pro-life activities around the world, says Pope John Paul. The "no's" in the document are outweighed by the "Yes's" he said. "Become defenders of life and of the right to life against the threats facing it today," he said at Mass marking Palm Sunday and World Youth Day. "With your energetic enthusiasm, build a wall against the culture of death and promote the culture of life," he said. The open-air liturgy in St. Peter's Square was . attended by an estimated 50,000 people. Leaning on his staff and holding the hand of an aide. he walked down several steps at the end of the Mass and addressed a special greeting to youths worldwide. He said his encyclical, The Gospel of Life deserved a reading by young people. Those who do so will see that it is an invitation to accept life as a gift, he said. -It does contain stern demands: several 'noes' that are strong and necessary, which translate for our time the divine commandment, 'Do not kill,'" he said. "But the 'noes' work in relation to the great 'yes' to life. This is a 'yes'Iam entrusting in a special way to you, dear young people: become the voice of this 'yes,'" he said. The pope said most young people naturally feel vibrant and full of life - but this is not enough. He said it was just as important for them to understand the profound nature of life. in order to better appreciate it and love it.

'Priest' movie viciously anti-Catholic EW YORK (CNS) - The movie wrote. "When he calls a movie blatantly lion is directly attributable to the Catholic said. "Some have simply been weak. Some N "Priest" is "as viciously anti-Catholic anti-Catholic, I usually don't bother check- Church itself." have wreaked havoc on other human as anything that has ever rotted on the sil-

ver screen," says Cardinal O'Connor of New York. "Priest," produced by the BBC and distributed by a Disney company, Miramax, centers on a homosexual priest but also portrays three other priests and a bishop. Writing in the archdiocesanweekly, Catholic New York, Cardinal O'Connor indicated that he had not seen the film but had formed his judgment from reading several reviews and other comments. "Michael Medved's reviews are usually good enough for me," Cardinal O'Connor

ing further." Cardinal O'Connor said that in the New But the cardinal said he also read York Archdiocese and in his travels reviews of "Priest" in The New Yorker around the world, he had found that for magazine, The Boston Herald daily news- every priest like those in the movie there paper and Gannett News Service. were a thousand or more who remained Reviewing "Priest" in The New Yorker, celibate and loyal. Anthony Lane said: "They are not gods, they are human "Angry and unfair, it wants to expose the beings, tempted at times, slipping on occahypocrisy of the church without bothering sion, never pretending to be perfect, never to show how the institution really works." blaming the church because they are The Catholic civil rights league objected imperfect," he said. that the movie not only portrayed all five The cardinal also acknowledged that he clergymen in a negative way, but carried had met a few "rogue" priests. "Some have the message that "their depraved condi- been very evil characters, really evil," he

His first meeting at Vatican A JATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II and the V Rev. Konrad Raiser, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, met for the first time at the Vatican.

The purpose of Dr. Raiser's visit, said a statement, was "to strengthen relationships with the Roman Catholic Church, to discuss common concerns and to explore ways of deepening and expanding cooperation in the future." Dr. Raiser, a Lutheran pastor, has led the World Council of Churches since 1993. The Roman Catholic Church is not a member of the council, a fellowship of 324 Christian churches from more than 100 countries. 4 The Record. April 20, 1995 .44

However, for more than 30 years the council and the Vatican have had a joint working group to promote cooperation and to study questions of common theological, doctrinal and social concern. In addition, the Roman Catholic Church is an official member of the WCC's Faith and Order Commission, and Catholics are involved in most WCC committees and projects. Possible membership was studied in-depth in the early 197ds and was rejected primarily because of the differences the Roman Catholic Church sees between its universal role and structure and the role and structure of the other council members, which primarily are autonomous national or regional bodies.

beings. Some have been walking tragedies."

But he said it was ludicrous to present a priest of that kind as the norm. Cardinal O'Connor said "Priest" was a "basically childish pout at the church," comparable to "the kind of thing kids used to take delight in scrawling on the walls in men's rooms." "It's hard to wash your hands of this kind of thing, Disney and company," he concluded. "Pilate has been trying unsuccessfully for two thousand years."

Dispute over definition NEW YORK (CNS) - A dispute over the definition of "gender" - with some groups pushing for it to mean more than male and female - could be a key issue at the Beijing conference on women, according to a Catholic observer at a preparatory meeting in New York. Mary Ellen Bork, acting director of Catholic Campaign for America, said she found concerned Vatican representatives attempting to work out a definition of gender that would be "in line with the biblical understand-

ing but in words people from other cultures could accept." She feels that gender is going to "turn out to be the real nerve issue in the document" to be acted on at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. "The more radical women want to undo the traditional understanding of gender as male and female, and change that to say gender is a continuum, with male and female at opposite poles and in between other genders," she said

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way contraceptive mentality and the abortion menhe addresses it drew high marks from several tality, she added. theologians contacted by Catholic News Ser"By fighting contraception, I'm fighting aborvice. tion and euthanasia," she said. "It's been my "In terms of the teaching itself, there's noth- experience that if you get people right on coning new here," said Father Collins, of The traception, everything else falls into place." Catholic University of America. William E. May, a moral theology professor What is new, he said, is the pastoral context at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marin which the pope placed the issue - notably riage and Family in Washington, called the in his pastoral recognition of the real-life diffi- encyclical a "magnificent manifesto" on culties that may lead people to consider abor- human life but said he wished it had emphasized the "anti-life attitude" of contraception tion or contraception. more strongly than it did. Dr. Hilgers, director if the Pope Paul VI InstiIn the encyclical Pope John Paul approached tute for the Study of Human Reproduction, said, "I'm happy he put it (natural family plan- the issue by defending the church against the claim that it actually promotes abortion ning) in the context of the pro-life issues. because contraception "is the most effective I think it has to be understood in that con- remedy against abortion" but the church text." "obstinately continues to teach the moral "I've been very frustrated by the pro-life unlawfulness of contraception." movement in the United States because it's "It may be that many people use contracepbeen too narrow in focusing just on abortion tion with a view to excluding the subsequent and euthanasia," Hilgers said. temptation of abortion," he continued. "But the negative values inherent in the 'con"This encyclical really challenges people who are pro-life to expand their horizons to traceptive mentality' which is very different the whole range of life issues, to natural family from responsible parenthood lived in respect for the full truth of the conjugal act - are such planning, capital punishment and so on." that John Grabowski, a professor of sexual ethics whenthey in fact strengthen this temptation in the theology department at Catholic Univer- the an unwanted life is conceived. Indeed, pro-abortion culture is especially strong sity, echoed that view. precisely where the church's teaching on con"This is going to make a lot of bishops and, traception is rejected." pro-life leaders very uncomfortable, because The encyclical went on say that in moral they've been trying to separate the two (abor- terms contraception and abortion are "specifition and contraception)," he said. cally different evils: ... the former is opposed to Janet Smith, a philosophy professor at the the virtue of chastity in marriage, the latter is University of Dallas, said the encyclical's dis- opposed to the virtue of justice and directly cussion of contraception "expands the 'seam- violates the divine commandment 'You shall less garment' (the consistent ethic of life argu- not kill.'" ment) which it should." She is the author of a "But despite their differences of nature and recent study on church teaching on contracep- moral gravity, contraception and abortion are tion titled "Humanae Vitae: A Generation often closely connected, as fruits of the same Later." tree," the pope said.

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E (CNS) - Bishops in several Euroean countries said Pope John Paul ll's encyclical on life should spur efforts to infuse moral principles into national legislation. Bishops in Italy and Spain expressed hopes that the papal document would help erase or tighten pro-abortion laws. A French bishop warned that laws not grounded in moral principles "run the risk of legitimizing unjust mentalities and practices." A Polish bishop said the pope was inspired by the situation in his native country, where parliament has tightened its abortion law. "One should not vote for or support any law or party that includes abortion" in its program, said Bishop Jose Sanchez, general secretary of the Spanish bishops' conference. Spain's ruling Socialist Party is responsible for the 1985 law permitting abortion and has pledged to further liberalize it. Bishop Sanchez said that the encyclical allows a lawmaker to apply the principle of voting for the lesser of two evils, for instance in the case of a bill that does not

prohibit abortion but calls for more limits. Regarding in vitro fertilization, Dr. Justo Aznar, head of bio-pathology department at a Valencia, Spain, hospital and member of the bishops' pro-life committee, said that too many human embryos are destroyed when in vitro fertilization is used to help a sterile couple. Spain's first in vitro child, named Alejandro, came after the loss of 85 percent of the embryos formed, he said. "To obtain an Alejandro, 12 brothers were lost on the way," Aznar said. Italian Archbishop Dionigi Tettamanzi, general secretary of the Italian bishops' conference, said the encyclical encourages a revision of Italy's abortion law to make it "more restrictive." Also encouraged are efforts for laws that strengthen family life, he said. Italian Bishop Elio Sgreccia, secretary of the Vatican Council for the Family, said the encyclical cannot be defined as church interference in parliamentary matters. "The church speaks in the name of so many baptized people, who are also citizens," said Bishop Sgreccia.

"Therefore, it gives voice to a part of public opinion," he added. French Archbishop Gerard Defois of Sens-Auxerre said the encyclical encourages lawmakers to aim for what is good and moral rather than become resigned to passing inequitable laws. Otherwise unjust and immoral acts take on the authority of law and "the state is only a fluctuating referee among private interests," he said. In Poland, Bishop Stanislaw Stefanek. head of the bishops' family pastoral agency, said the pope was influenced by the Polish experience in legally tightening a once-liberal abortion law, setting an example for other countries. The current law allows abortion only when a mother's life or health are in danger and in cases of rape, incest and "very serious and irreparable fetal damage." The law establishes a "right to life from the moment of conception" and requires government bodies to provide "all necessary legal, medical, social and material help" for pregnant women and single mothers.

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Two students from Class 3D at Orana, Michael Came (left) and Robert Moylan, proudly display the three-dimensional models they built to accompany their stories. RANA Catholic Primary that the Exhibition was staged ent visiting the Exhibition. L./School, Willetton so that "children at all levels The handout contained nine recently held a Writing in the school could be practical tips and ideas that Exhibition in the school encouraged by their own and Mums and Dads can use at hall.The project was coordieach other's literacy perforhome which encourage develnated by the school's mance." opment of writing, listening teacher/librarian, Lyn and reading skills in their Vicky Carlton, the school's Perrigo, with the support of children." support teacher, added that all classroom teachers. Every Two examples of tips from the Exhibition was designed student in the school exhibthe handout could be useful for parents as well as stuited an example of their to all parents: dents. She said: "At home, work. The exhibition was • Write as often as possible parents can be a major influopen for four days to enable in front of your child and ence in encouraging their parents to view their chilexplain what you are doing children to write well, as well dren's work and the purpose. Children as to listen and understand. Dennis Kelly, Acting need to see that writing is We prepared a handout Principal at Orana, explained a relevant activity in the which was given to each parreal world and that it is used for many purposes. III READ, READ and READ to your child from an assortment of literature on a DAILY basis. The more your child is exposed to good writing with well chosen and beautifully crafted language, the more likely they will be to assimilate style into their own writing. Do not stop reading to your child simply because they are a fluent reader. This is the time to extend their understanding by reading them more complex novels and perhaps some of the classics in children's literature.

South East Metro-polltan Challenge and Extension program has been the result of discussion and planning by 11 Catholic primary schools in the region. Coordinated by St Jude's School, Langford, the program aims to bring together gifted and talented children from Catholic schools in a challenging peer environment to work on a range of projects which will stimulate their development. Four extension programs will run each term for one two-hour session per week. Selection is school-based from the teachers' knowledge of the student's potential, learning style and ability. Often, bright children from disadvantaged or non-English speaking families can be overlooked in assessment of "giftedness", as language and conceptual deficiencies can inhibit their classroom performance. Parents in these groups sometimes also have less opportunity to access extension activities outside school. Both students and parents reactions to the program have been very positive.

Year 7 student Irene Stone of Sacred Heart Primary School, Thornlie, dramatises her public speaking skills in the Challenge and Extension program at St Jude's School, Langford.

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E Chairperson of the Catholic Schools Per-forming Arts Festival, Mrs Roberta Chapman, commented recently that "the interest being shown in the Performing Arts by teachers, parents and students has grown rapidly in the past five years. The 1995 Festival looks set to eclipse the entry records set last year." Asked for reasons to explain the interest, Mrs Chapman said that "part of it Is due to the performances students demonstrated at the

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February to celebrate the Beatification of Mary MacKillop. There was an audience there in excess of 10,500 people. Before that Concert many of these people had little idea of the level of skill and professionalism that Primary and Secondary students these days are bringing to their performances." "At public events such as the Power of Love Concert, parents and students get to appreciate the social skills and self-confidence that the performing arts can provide to their children. These skills are

not only important in being able to perform or play a musical instrument in public. Poise and self-confidence is something that students carry with them into all other areas of their curriculum and even out into the sporting arena." The Performing Arts Festival takes place in August each year. Last year more than 10,500 students performed in the Festival. Entries for the Festival close on 19th May. Details about the 1995 Festival and Entry Forms have been posted to schools.

Students from Mater Del College, Edgewater have been heavily involved in performance since the start of the year. They appeared at the Power of Love Concert in the Supreme Court Gardens in February and more recently, staged a powerful dramatic present-ation at the opening ceremony for Stage II of their College. Our photo shows some of the students performing at the opening ceremony. Compiled by Publications Section, Catholic Education Office

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Carnival. In the stands, EATTY Park Aquatic another 18,500 students came L./Centre hosted one of its along to cheer with their biggest throughputs of comteachers. petitors and spectators for the This was not just a metroyear during March when politan event. Country Catholic schools surrounded Schools and Colleges were the main pool for the well represented with teams Divisions A, B and C of the coming from Albany, BunAnnual ACC Swimming bury, Mandurah, Kalgoorlie, Carnival. The atmosphere Northam, Bindoon and around the pool was no less Geraldton. enthusiastic at the Superdrome for Divisions D and E In fact one of the most for the smaller schools. impressive individual results was achieved by Antoinette The statistics are impresCiffolilli from Bunbury sive. Over the week there Catholic College who manwere 400 events for which aged to break three of the over 5,000 individual nominatwelve records broken during tions were received from the the week 38 schools represented in the The record breaking performances were as follows: Bunbury CC A. Ciffolilli GU15 50m F/style Chisholm B. Sharman BU13 50m Breast/s Bunbury CC A. Ciffolilli GU15 50m Breast/s D. Lush Newman BU15 50m Breast/s Lake Joondalup BU14 50m B'fly J. Humpston Lumen Christi GU15 50m B'fly C. Cosgrove St Brigid's/Mazenod BU14 50m Back/s S. Bolding Bunbury CC A. Ciffolilli GU15 50m Back/s M. Treagus Santa Maria/CBC Fre. GU16 50m Back/s Prendiville CC P. Greene BU16 50.m Back/s Mercedes GU16 F/style Relay Newman BU16 F/style Relay

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ACC Team beats Public School Team representative team of cricketers from the Associated and Catholic Colleges played a repesentative team from the Public Schools Association at an annual match hosted by the Western Australian Cricket Association at the WACA Ground on 20th March. The ACC Team won the toss and batted first then went on to defeat the PSA Team - ACC:9/192 d PSA175 all out. T. Marshall (Prendiville CC) scored an Association record of 69 in the series. G. Dawson (Ursula Frayne) scored 42 n.o. Best bowling figures were M. Richards (Kolbe CC) 3/36 and C. O'Dea (Sacred Heart College) 2/21. A. Simpson (St Stephens) took seven catches in the game. The match was part of a triangular competition that has now been running for four years where representative teams from the ACC, PSA and a team from government schools. The matches are sponsored by the WACA.

Learning links wfthAsia

RANMORE Catholic College in Leederville as been at the forefront in developing a school curriculum that takes heed of the fortunate position our nation occupies in the world. We are a nation with a rich cultural inheritance from Europe geographically situated on the doorstep of the rich cultures of Asia. We have much to learn from, and to share with our neighbours. Aranmore Catholic College was selected as one of ten WA schools as an Asia Studies Magnet School by the Asia Education Foundation in 1993. Recently the school held a special ceremony to unveil a huge Chinese dragon which had been built by the students to provide a focus for the Asian studies program. Mr David Hulls, Head of the Social Sciences Department at Aranmore explained the program... "Our aim is to provide a model for other schools in teaching sindents from Asia. At present about 10% of our student population at Aranmore comes from an Asian background. Last year, three staff - Ms Aitken, Mrs Twine and myself - were awarded a Fellowship to

travel to China and Indonesia to extend our knowledge of those countries and to bring backideas to share with our students. Our Fellowship was provided through the Asia Education Foundation and the Department of Education, Employment and Training." "As a focus to our program we have built a dragon which will be used by the College for celebrating the Chinese lunar new year. In second semester, we will be welcoming our first exchange students to Aranmore from Suzhou, China and Batubulan in Bali. This will provide the possibility in the future of return exchanges by Aranmore students to those countries. We are also planning to establish computer links with those schools so that we can exchange information on a regular basis." Our involvement in the Asia Studies program reflects our vision of, and commitment to, the fut-ure. Australia is quickly recognising its place and its future in the Asia-Pacific region. There is no doubt that China will soon be the largest economy in the world. Our students can only be advantaged through a greater understanding and appreciation of Asia - its peoples and cultures."

EAGLES VISIT MARGARET RIVER

Peter Matera made a visit to St Thomas More Primary School in Margaret River recently, when the Eagles played the Adelaide Crows.

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What a parent is not

"A parent is more like an artist, a potter who shapes the clay by directing it gently as it spins on the wheel," explains Mary Miller Pedersen. "At times, parents feel the pressure to be a buddy," she adds, "but parents are also at risk of sacrificing their role as authority in the household."

A parent is not perfect. A parent's first question when a kid gets into trouble usually is, "Where did I go wrong?" The assumption is that if a parent does everything perfectly, perfect children will be produced. Wrong! The most likely result would be children unequipped to live in an imperfect world. For years I've listened to mothers and fathers berate themselves because they are not patient enough, or forgiving all the time, or 100 percent consistent in disciplining. Even if we knew the exact right thing to do in every instance of parenting (which we don't), we wouldn't be able to do it "right" every time because we are limited human beings. Concentrating on our imperfection is only helpful in small doses and only fruitful when it moves us toward growth in parenting. One antidote to an unhealthy perfectionism in parenting is an honest acceptance and love of ourselves as we are, with limitations and strengths. A parent is not God. We may have conceived, birthed or adopted our child, but we are not that child's Creator. God is! We cooperate in bringing new lives into the world, but are more like stewards than owners. Like the faithful steward in Scripture who multiplied his master's resources, we are to encourage growth and development in our children. We are not God, but we are an image of God to our children. It is important to remember that! Our children can experience the nurturing love of God when we love and forgive them, offer warm hugs or clothe and feed them. We mirror God's love to children by daily efforts at loving them unconditionally for who they are, not what they produce. 8

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By Mary Miller Pedersen

Food for thought Parentssarenpoe are trfe they peclect. Even so, many think should For example, parents today worry that imperfect decisions they make will harm their children. Some are afraid to act like parents, knowing they will act imperfectly. Consider parents who believe - but are not 100 percent certain - they should say no to a particular activity planned by their teen-ager. Will they say no, fearing their decision might possibly be imperfect? A wrong decision in daily life isn't usually the worst thing that could happen for parents or children. The Catechism of the Catholic Church offers an insight: "By knowing how to acknowledge their own failings to their children, parents will be better able to guide and correct them" (No. 2223). What should concern a parent? Here are a few of the catechism's nunterous suggestions: * Parents should "regard their children as children of God and respect them as human persons (No. 2222). * Parents should create "a home where tenderness, forgiveness, respect, fidelity and disinterested service are the rule" (No. 2223). • Parents should live in such a way that all family members "learn to care and take . e sick the responsibility for the young, the old,8t)h handicapped and the poor" (No.

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Parenting is the attentive shaping of that A mother who offers comfort by listening to child-gift, sometimes by limiting its movea 13-year-old's self-doubts and feelings of infe ment, other times by allowing riority is really "counselling the doubtful." (Remember the spiritual works of mercy?) it more freedom to take its own shape. A dad who cleans and bandages a nasty bruise is, comforting the afflicted" (another This holding-on and letting-go love is holy! That's because it reflects the way God deals spiritual work). with us. God, our divine parent, gives us life Feeding the hungry (even a stop for fast and the free will to shape it, then offers love food on the way to a game) and sheltering the and guidance to aid our ongoing formation. homeless (that's what you do with your pay cheque) are holy actions, done in ordinary When we look at parenting this way, we can ways. erase the notion that we have to be God. Parenting for Christians is a call to holiness, Instead, we can accept the privilege of having like the call to the ordained, single or reli- an awesome authority to shape and nurture gious life. our children. Parenting is not a job, it is a vocation. Jobs have clear "job descriptions," with lunch A parent is not a friend, buddy or peer, even hours, breaks and paid holidays. You can though TV sitcoms about families sometimes quit a job or be fired. At your job you take on leave us wondering who is raising whom. projects, and eventually you finish the pro- At times, parents feel some pressure to be a ject. buddy, to be "liked" as a friend by their chilNot so with parenting! dren. But parents also are at risk of sacrificChildren may be compared to a lot of things. ing their role as authority in the household. Mark Twain called them a "blessing and an inestimable bother." But kids are not projects. The word "authority" is taken from Latin terms that refer to one who "causes to grow" They are never complete. or "to increase." A parent's role is to help a Recently I put together a resource book for child grow and increase. The drive to grow is our diocese titled "Parenting: Life's Most a holy instinct given by God. Important Work: But parenting is not "work" like our other jobs. A parent is a companion on the journey, a Parenting is a daily invitation to love with- mentor, a guide. Children subconsciously out condition as much as possible. When we want and need the leadership and limits pardo this we are being Godlike. That's what ents provide. To do this well, parents themholiness is. selves need to be growing. And children proParenting is a calling to a life of self-sacrifice vide that opportunity for parents daily! and forgiving "70 times seven" (a hard-won holiness in my experience). Accepting their authority puts parents in A parent is more like an artist, a potter who partnership with the divine author of life, shapes the clay by directing it gently as it who loves us unconditionally for who we are. spins on the wheel. Our children, like clay, not for what we are not.

Fatherhood

How do you think .a parent's role is most misunderstood today? Selected responses from readers: "Parents ... cannot do it alone. We can't follow our children wherever they go. We are dependent upon our schools, churches and friends to help us cultivate this child into a loving, caring servant of God." - Linda Yancy. "When a young person gets into severe trouble with the law and has to be punished, the authorities will go back to their past. The troubled youth will always focus on the way he was brought up and put the blame on ... parents. Isn't it time they take responsibility for their own actions?" - Pat Ribel. "The way parenting is depicted in the media parents out of control or befuddled. Television has done a real disservice to parents. They depict parents as idiots." - Maureen Beeley. "It's more fun to be a (child's) friend. But that is not what the child needs. They need most a teacher and supporter to help them become an adult. Then you can be a friend." - Yvonne Patterson.

When I began my fatherhood career 13 years ago, I had some idea what it would be like. I knew, for example, that it would be life-limiting.

By Leif Kehrwald

Ialways thought the relationship stuff would I also knew that being a dad would be life- be easy - especially with boys. Just teach them draining. Talk about an understatement! I how to kick, throw, bat and catch, and they will think I've been sleep-deprived since the first worship the ground you walk on. onset of my wife's morning sickness. Not! I was determined, though, to be a modern I've got one son who, astonishing as this may dad who could feed, change and bathe baby sound, takes no interest in my athletic prowess. every bit as well as mother could. What did it The second, while he dreams of becoming the get me? Well, Mum has successfully trained next John Stockton, constantly asks questions the three of us boys over the last 13 years to get that I can't possibly answer. "Dad, what's your up, get dressed and get where we're supposed third favourite colour?" to go in the morning with an appropriate meaSeriously, the emotional and relational pressure of independence! ence that my children demand is much greater I knew that parenting also would be life-giv- thanIever anticipated. I am sure my dad gave ing. Without a doubt, my life is greatly that presence to me, but I never knew how enriched by my sons. I like to say to them, "Of hard he worked until I became a father. all the young boys in the world, how didI luck Ididn't know that fatherhood would alter my out to get you two?" They beam! (But the 13identity. WhileIknew it would demand whole year-old only beams on the inside.) tons of time, energy and self-sacrifice, I was There are, however, a few things that come surprised to find that my role as a father occuwith this job that I didn't bargain for. For pies one of two signature stones in the mosaic example, I didn't know that fatherhood of my identity. The other, of course, is my role requires so much "mothering." as husband.

I was one of those guys who thought I could have children and still be the same guy I was B.K. (before kids). I found not only that this is not possible, it is no longer anywhere near what I want I'll admit it. My identity is wrapped up in my kids. They can send my heart soaring to new heights and/or great depths. I know I have to be careful to allow them to live their own lives, but I'm only fooling myself if I don't recognize how they shape my own heart and soul. Finally,I had no idea I would still need parenting once I became a parent. When I was a child, my folks always seemed sure and ready with answers. I remember looking forward to the age when I could deal with anything the world threw in my path just as they could. I'm still waiting. We parents are a bit foolish, don't you think, when we don't offer each other support, affirmation and down-to-earth mutual commiseration? Iknow now that I will always need someone to "make it better," to hold me when I have a bad dream and cheer for me on the playing fields of life.

Did parents in biblical days have it easy? By Father John J. Castelot

he Scriptures paint such a consistently smooth picture of family life that modern parents sometimes feel like failures. Sometimes they may feel as if they're reading biblical variations on a theme from "The Brady Bunch." Realistic parents, of course, realize that "The Brady Bunch," like all TV fantasies, depicted family life in a misleading and unreal light: even in the early 1970s mothers and fathers often felt baffled, frustrated and, yes. angry. Of course, times have changed. The '90s are not the '70s. and definitely not the 450s! Actually, culture has changed. and cultural changes have led to problems

and challenges that would have given the Brady parents nightmares. If culture has changed so much in recent decades, think how much it changed over the centuries that separate us from biblical times. In biblical times, culture was more uniform. What I mean is that parents and children spoke the same language, accepted the same standards. They didn't live in different worlds. There was a long-established tradition of parental authority and filial respect. In fact. "filial piety," as it was called, was a sacred civic virtue, a mainstay of society. Disrespect for parents was, quite literally, a crime. When St. Paul wrote about reprehensible pagan conduct. he said: "They are insolent, haughty, boastful,

ingenious in their wickedness, and rebellious toward their parents" (Romans 1:31). The authority of the father was unquestioned and absolute, so absolute as to be dangerous. That is why a later Pauline author offered this admonishment: "Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they may not become discouraged" (Colossians 3:22). Living in a culture like this, biblical parents had a tremendous advantage. Furthermore, biblical families had less to contend with in terms of outside influences such as those so common in our society: movies, television. advertising. Modern parents need not feel like hopeless failures when they measure themselves against biblical standards. Those standards hold up valuable ideals to strive for. But people need to realistically recognize

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that biblical writers discussed these ideals in a culture vastly different from today's. And biblical families had their problems, too. I doubt that biblical parents felt they were perfect in their roles. Undoubtedly, parents in biblical times worried for their children, struggled to understand their children. How do you suppose the father of the Prodigal Son felt before his son returned home? I suppose the father felt great pain, as if he had lost his son. No wonder he rejoiced at having him back. The challenges of parenthood are daunting. But with God's grace, the challenges are not paralyzing or discouraging. I think this, above all, is what biblical families knew. The Record, April 20, 1995 9

Renewal process on visitors mind... Bishop Peter Stasiuk CSsR - Eparch for Ukrainian Catholics in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania with Sister Maria Morayski of the Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate, visiting Perth because of the Eparchial Synod - which is a consultation with the people of the Eparchy to discuss their views, plans, how they understand their Church and what Ukrainian Catholics are going to do in the future. However, as in other previously communist dominated countries the faithful had to pay a price; not only with the perDerth's Ukrainian Catholic community secutions of those discovered practising, 1 has received another visit recently but also through religious and clerics who from Canadian born Bishop Peter Stasuik were forced to disperse and pose as norCSsR of Melbourne, chief pastor of the mal lay workers in industry while running Ukrainian people in Australia (around religious orders and practising their faith 40,000) and Oceania, and former Cana- in secret and who now have to assimilate dian based Sister Maria MoraysIci of the back into religious life and structures. Ukrainian order - the Sister Servants of This, notes Bishop Stasiuk, is proving a Mary Immaculate. struggle for them and creating problems." The object of their visit is to discuss the The Eparchial Sobor (synod) which will facili- core bishop concedes that a Catholic remained strong through those years tate the intense Ukrainian Church of clandestine existence, which he views Renewal process which began last year, as a power base of the Renewal. But he and which will culminate in 1996 with the admits there is a huge task of educating patriarchal synod at Lviv, Ukraine, in a celthe Catholic population at large and this ebration of the 400th anniversary of the must be done immediately to counter balBrest-Litovsk Reunion. ance the non-conventional religions which Bishop Peter points out that the Ukrain- have rapidly gained ground. ian Church is the biggest of the Eastern In this regard, Bishop Stasiuk comrites, was the first to become Catholic, and mends his Redemptorist fraternity and was the largest underground Church until other Western Catholics who have generthe fall of communism. ously given much aid to assist in the Seventy years of Soviet communist Ukrainian Catholic education challenge. domination forced Ukrainian Catholics The "true Ukrainian Orthodox Church underground and lay and non-lay people also suffered," Bishop Stasiuk observed, practised their faith in secret. "while the Orthodox Church which was By Colleen McGuiness-Howard

run by the Russian KGB, offered its people Bishop Stasiuk notes, is much different to a Greenie type philosophy not based on the Roman rite. solid theology. Subject to text approval at the Aus"Now with the normalisation of tralian Bishop's conference, pamphlets Churches, they have to fill this gap and will be put out to schools and religious seek a more authentic theological identity education centres informing people about and formulate their own spirituality." the Eastern rite while meanwhile engagTo celebrate the emergence of the ing their own Australian Ukrainian Ukrainian Catholics into the sunlight of Catholics in a very intensive two year freedom, Patriarch Lubachivsky has parish based spiritual renewal which will invited Cardinal Clancy in a delegation of come to fruition next year. five Australian bishops to spend just over Sister Maria is on this Eparchial coma week in Ukraine on May 27 this year, as mittee and came to Perth to assess the sitguests of the Ukrainian Church. uation for her sisters who have been With Bishop Stasiuk will be Archbishop invited here as well as to other Australian Hickey Bishops Ingham, Pell and parishes. Deakin.They will visit confiscated and devCurrently she is one of two of the Sister astated church properties, places of the Servants of Mary Immaculate order now martyrs and will tour extensively. resident in Geelong, Victoria who were In the local Ukrainian Catholic Church, chosen by Bishop Stasiuk because of their a Renewal agenda will have a variety of English speaking Canadian background programs to solicit and engage the laity of with its similar lifestyle to Australia. These all age groups in fact finding and comment sisters work with Ukrainians in whatever to increase Catholic commitment and to field they are required. address their concerns. Part of their work currently is to plan the It will raise public awareness in educat- Youth For Christ rally, a movement which ing other Catholics on the uniqueness of began in 1933, to take place in July for all the Ukrainian Byzantine rite, which as the Ukrainian and Australian youth.

House of Prayer team Sizzling start H by school osea House of Prayer in Bunbury diocese has a new team. Fr Michael Brown, O.F.M. resident chaplain for the past eight years has moved to the Franciscan Friary in Midland. Fr Hubert Kelly, (centre), formerly of Narrogin, is now chaplain, and is also the liaison priest on the core group for Renewal in the Diocese.

The new director is Sr Rita Mary Duffy, R.S.J. (left), who was administrator of the Dardanup parish 1989-1993. Sr Pat Hogan, (right), R.N.D.M. will remain on as a member of the team. Rita and Bert Murphy created the Prayer House from the former Mercy Convent and

Carmelite Monastery. Last year was its tenth anniversary as a prayer house. The lovely old building has been well maintained, thanks to the committee which supports the resident staff. This historical place is next door to

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the first parish church which was built in 1854. This is still being maintained and used as a church and school hall. Because of its rural setting, comfortable a ccommodation, extensive library and healthy fare Hosea is the ideal place for a

scheduled retreat, special week-end or just for a time of quiet. For a copy of the brochure and for further information, please contact Sr Rita Mary Duffy. Ph (097) 281 148 Ferguson Rd, Dardanup. 6236.

Currambine Catholic Primary school, the latest to open in the northern coastal condor has got off to a fast start in fund-raising. The P and F held a sausage sizzle at St Simon Peter school Ocean Reef where the Currambine classes are temporarily accommodated until their school is built later this year. The event raised over $650 from the 250 people present representing 69 of the 80 families enrolled in the school. Pictured helping in the kitchen department are Roger Grey, Dave Lanigan, Tory Timms, Debbie Grey, Christine Smith, Julie McMahon.

Albany marks links with MacKillop in style lbany has commemmorated in style its M acKillop link as the only place in Wester A Australia where Blessed Mary of The Cross set

foot, briefly en route to Europe. On Sunday April 2 - 122 years to the very day , about 400 people relived the arrival of Sister Mary MacKillop in Albany to change ships for the next leg of her journey. Seated in the shade of great, spreading trees at the Residency beside the replica of the Brig Amity, they were attending a family celebration eucharist of Blessed Mary of The Cross. With parishioner Sue Higgins sympathetically playing the part of Sister Mary, the congregation was transported back 122 years and saw her arriving, finding a tearooms to get a cup of tea (recommended by her mother as a great refresher), praying at the local church and writing home to her sister. They also heard her speak of her mental and physical exhaustion and her unyielding faith in God and her calling to teach the disadvantaged. Organised by a local committee, the Albany celebrations to honour Blessed Mary MacKillop began with a simultaneous eucharist to coincide with the Randwick beatification in NSW in January. Last week about 200 attended the local premier of the film "Mary". A Mary McKillop exhibition has been mounted in the Residency Museum. At the Albany eucharist, commentator Bill Middleton, extended a welcome from parish priest Fr Hugh Galloway and parishioners to special guests, the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, the Sister Provincial for the WA community of sisters, Sister Maria Casey. "Being a celebration for Albany as well as the local church, we are grateful that Mayor Annette Knight and Tom Knight are with us as well as

parishioner Ted Sharp representing the Shire of Albany," said Bill Middleton. "You don't have to fossick around too far to find someone with connections to the Brown Joeys and even to Mary MacKillop. For example, the MacKillop family property back in Scotland is 'over the fence' from the land owned by the family of our own local Sister Mary Steele and her father Sandy Steele's ancestors. "All the local Camerons - Duncan and Imelda and family are down the line relatives of Mary MacKillop. Not in quite the same league is Deacon Jim Doyle whose mother's sister was a Brown Joey in the Coldfields era. "John Simpson's old aunt was Sister Rita Faulkner who was nearly as old as the South Perth Convent and almost a lapover contemporary with Mother Mary of the Cross herself," said Bill Middleton. "Thea Cowcher's sister, Sister Mary (presently based in Esperance) and Mary Oliver's sister Sister Frances (based in all centres around Ongerup) and Deacon Gerard Lanigan's sister, Sister Anne, bring the Brown Joeys close to home for us here in Albany. "Fr Hugh worked with Sister Irene McCormack in BusseIton before she went to Peru, South America, where she was murdered and martyred for her faith as she cared for the poor mountain people. "Tambellup to Bremer Bay was a long-term Motor Mission of the Josephites to the rural communities and in 1987 the MacKillop Parish Centre and Holy Cross Church in Bremer Bay was built and dedicated to the Sisters who, over many years, had lived with and supported the people of our eastern 'next door parish' 180km away," said Bill Middleton. He suggested that in recognition of Mary MacKillop some part of the new foreshore redevelopment should be named after her.

Depicting scenes that go back some 122 years ago. ABOVE: Mary arrives in Albany asisted by two cabin boys carrying her trunk. LEFT: Mary writes home to her sister. RIGHT: Mary prays at the local church.

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A Parish Resource Library has been established at the Catholic Youth and Young Adult Ministry Office in North Perth. The Library is designed to assist parishes in their Youth Ministry programs. The library will be open to parishes on an appointment only basis. Interested parishes should contact the Youth Ministry for more details. A small fee will be charged to cover the operating costs of library with any excess funds being used to purchase further resources. Access Guides: Liturgy and Worship. Edited By John Roberto Don Bosco Multimedia, New York, 1990. This is a collection of essays. While there is a certain flow throughout its chapters, it is not designed to be read from cover to cover. Its individual chapters provide valuable resource material_ Topics include: Wha t is Liturgy, Improving Worship for Youth, Rituals for Adolescence, and preparing andEvaluating Worship for Youth. Creative Activitiesfor Small Groups by Rice and Yaconelli St Mary's Press, Minnesota USA, 1991. A collection of over 170 games, special events and service projects particularly suited for small groups in a variety of spaces and circumstances. Time to Act By Paul Burbridge & Murray Watts Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (UK) Sketches and guidelines for Biblical drama. Fast moving polished sketches for churches, theatres and street drama.

Ministering to Young Adults By Carol Gura St Mary's Press, Minnesota USA, 1991. This resource provides you with ingredients necessary for a comprehensive young adult ministry program. Contents include practical suggestions for getting started and thirty specific programs that include step by step procedures and strategies.

Building Relationships with Teenagers By Dave Carver Group Books, 1990. Six ready to use sessions for developing one to one ministry skills. Effective role modeling and developing positive relationships.

Guide to Youth Ministry Programining. Edited by John Roberto. Getting Along with Your Don Basco Multimedia, New Yark, Parents. 1991. This is one book in a three part LeaderBy Kurt Bickel Group Books, 1991 ship Development Program. It is an A four week course to help Christian overall guide for several areas of youth teenagers build quality relationships ministry programming, including comwith their parents. Discover how to community, liturgy, justice and prayer. municate with parents. Examine and Ideal for individual reading or to be discuss parents expectations. Determine used as part of the series. how to earn their respect and trust. Teenagurs and Group Dynamics By Walt Malcolm Group Books, 1991 Six ready to use sessions to help volunteers work with youth groups. Understanding Adolescents, understanding youth culture, motivating young people and building group unity.

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Culture in general

by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

Mercedes' fete

Romeo and Juliet

T he above flashback to last year's Mercedes fete is a glimpse of face painting frolics and other 'fun stuff'! You can expect if you attend their 1995 fete which is scheduled for Sunday May 7 from 10am to 3pm.

If you're seeking a b argain, a special gift, or merely want to be part of the fun and games, then go along and browse between the Mother's Day stall, ethnic food and dancing, plants and sweets. Into music? Well the CBC and Trinity

bands will play along with rythmic gym dancing, school displays, a professional tug-of-war, a chance to relive your childhood on the Merry Go-Round with other rides available for the 'real children'!. And for the foot sore and thirsty - afternoon teas!

Janet Tait as Juliet and Tim - • Balfour as Romeo

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Rene Jacobs, counter tenor.

ounter -tenor ..,Rene Jacobs, one of the stellar talents of the galaxy of authentic music, makes his eagerly a waited Australian debut with lutenist Konrad Junghanel, on Friday 19 May at the Perth Concert Hall.

" Many people still have fixed ideas, about early music and old instruments that 'play out of tune' - you know, like in a museum, not a real artistic performance, no fantasy. So I want

t o fight against all those ideas," Jacobs comments. Rene Jacobs first came to prominence as one of the world's finest counter-tenors, subsequently establishing himself as a leading editor and c onductor of Baroque opera. His collaboration with the member of Concert Vocale has resulted in a prolific musical exploration of vocal chamber music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,

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attested to by more than 100 recordings, many of which have been awarded the highest industry accolades. The program for this A ustralian debut in Perth comprises ravishing music for voice and lute, accompanied by acclaimed lutenist Konrad Junghanel. This pivotal performance promises to be a musically colourful, intensely satisfying and an unforgettably moving event.

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st Australian Opera as started 1995 with a bang selling out its first performance this year, making the last seven months a clean sweep with full houses and the

company planning many more on the way. The Young Artists Recital on Saturday 1 April at Olive Farm Winery was a huge success. West Australian Opera's next performance will he a

Four Gospels, One Jesus? by Richard Burridge (Collins Dove $18.9” Reviewed by David Hope, Bishop of London.

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to both the fact and the mystery of the Incarnate Lord."

est Australian Ballet proudly presents the quintessential tale of love triumphant Romeo and Juliet on Max' 4-20, at His Majesty's theatre. Against the backdrop o f feud between the Capulet and Montague families, the story of two o f history's greatest lovers, Romeo and Juliet, has inspired the world. This timeless two act masterpiece brings together all the elements of greatness. Moreland's inspired choreography for the lead roles is considered to be some of the finest Pas de Deux work created in Australia. Moreland created the first performance for the brilliance of company members Natasha Middleton and Ronie Van den Bergh, at the beginning of a great ten year partnership. In 1995, Lisa Miles and Daryl Brandwood, Janet Tait and guest dancer Alexis Manuel are the great partnerships to expound the inspired choreography as Romeo and Juliet. Experience the power of the passion opening at His Majesty's Theatre on Thursday 4 May showing until Saturday 20 Max', 995. Bookings through BOCS on 484 1133.

Sunday Serenade Mothers Day Concert at His Majesty's Theatre on Sunday, May 14 at 3pm. Ticket prices are very reasonable encouraging a family focus for the day. Lunch and show packages are also planned. 11 Trovatore cpncert by Guiseppe Verdi which has an outstanding line up of principal performers at the Perth Concer Hall Saturday June 17 at 7..30pm will feature West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stephen

Barlow and West Australian Opera Chorus. Public Affairs Manager, Mindy Coppin predicted an exciting year ahead with two Recitals at Olive Farm Winery yet to come, two concerts, a south-west tour and two full-scale productions at His Majesty's. The response from patrons is overwhelming and sponsors are jumping a t the chance to be involved with our company. I firmly believe it is our better and more focussed business approach, and our renewed sense of enthusiasm in bringing the best of opera performance both modern and established to as many people from as many different walks of life as possible." Enquiries and bookings, please phone Judy Reid at West Australian Opera on 3 21 5869.

The Way of the Cross Midland Antioch superbly acted out The Way of the Cross at 10am on Good Friday to a hushed, filled church. The acting by this group, talented graphically illustrated the agony of Jesus and the suffering of His mother and others who watched helplessly as ultimate man's injustice against the Man God was brought in fruition, to accordance with the thus Scriptures; making the most significant turning point in mankind's history.

Jesus died at the hands of man, for mankind. Because of our sins, and to free us from them.

Top: Jesus (Ben Calleja), watched by soldiers (Danny Eves and Adrian Truslove) is condemned to walk The Way of the Cross by Pilate (Angelo Papiccio). Above: Mary (SarahJane Cusworth) meets her son. Left: The final embrace of Mary and Jesus, watched by the sorrowing Mary Magdalene (Debbie Caneja).

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WILLETTON PRAYER Apostles of Christ Charismatic prayer m ee t i n g W ednesday, April 26 7.30pm, St John & St Paul Church, Willetton. Talk on "Mary and The C harismatic R enewal" by Fr. Michael Brown.

"It's not easy, but this Lent I've found a way to put aside a little to help the people who simply don't have access to clean water, have no food, no shelter and no hope of an education for their kids.

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