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Archbishop Hickey speaks of the need to build on our offering of ourselves at Mass with daily prayer and regular spiritual reading and use of the Sacrament of Penance - Page 2 Can the workplace and commerce be a hotbed of ethical activity? - Page 6 Nurses band together to support and educate themselves on bioethical issues - Page 2 Priest-maker of film on Archbishop Romero turns his attention to the life of the co-founder of the US Catholic Worker movement, Dorothy Day - Page 11

uclear tests co de ned

By Peter Rosengren The leaders of Catholic and Anglican religious orders in Australia have condemned France's decision to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific.

In a letter on behalf of delegates to the Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes meeting in Melbourne earlier this month, addressed to France's President, Jacques Chirac, conference president Sister Helen Clarke FLSC said the conference wanted to express "in the strongest possible manner" its dismay at your Government's decision to recommence nuclear testing in the South Pacific."

We affirm your country's historic commitment to the values of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity," the letter said.

"The resumption of these tests would be a clear contradiction of these cherished values. Our concern is the for peoples of our region and for the integrity of the whole of creation." it said.

The leaders of the religious

institutes also issued statements on euthanasia in the Northern Territory, the role of women in t he Church and society, land mines and native forests.

They condemned the introduction of legalised killing of patients in the Northern Territory and strongly criticised a number of its features, including the fact that it contradicted the recommendations of the comprehensive and expert survey by the Victorian Parliament's Social Development Committee which had said it was neither desirable or practicable for any legislative action to be taken establishing a right to die.

The leaders also called on the Australian Government to support fully an international ban on the production, sale, distribution and stockpiling of land mines.

The government was also asked to conduct an exhaustive investigation into the future of Australian rainforests while acting with maximum care and restraint on rainforest policy.

But the leaders' most comprehensive statement dealt with the

role of women in the Catholic Church in which the leaders appeared to raise a number of criticisms of the Catholic Church and society's attitudes towards women.

These included what the statement described as the cultural and religious barriers denying women access to full participation in church and society and " the imbalance of women in terms of decision making in the Church given the contribution of women to the life of the Church."

The statement said that the structural imbalance whereby women do not have access to clerical status was 'a reflection of a deeper malaise in society at large where women are excluded by virtue of tradition, inadequate vocational opportunity and a consequent lack of experience and diminishment of confidence."

While the Bible was described a s being completely characterised by patriarchal bias, the statement also said people who read it should "marvel at the strength and variety of women whose story is included."

f lowever the statement called "Forgiveness" for previous religious men and women who on women to remain part of the had taught that women were church and not give up their lesser beings who had to be faith practice. saved from themselves should -If the church is to be taken as be sought, it said a believable sign of God's reign Papal statements on women in our culture we need women were acknowledged and recog- to remain faithful to its mission nised as "significant." However. and life at every level," it said. "further reflections" were It also called on religious encouraged and welcomed. orders to do more for women in The statement also appeared distress and poverty and to to suggest that the church's prac- investigate the establishment of tice did not match the Pope's a scholarship fund for women who wish to study in Australia or statements.

Acknowledging the difficulty overseas_ Further measures could in separating the arguments used in what it described as the include the training in canon "current" Church teaching on law of additional female memthe ordination of women from bers for diocesan matrimonial the present social situation of tribunals and the revision of the women, the statement said that images of women and there was a persisting attitude 1,vomaniman relationships used that women, and religious by religious teaching congregawomen in particular, were a tions in Catholic education.

However the statement's concheap source of labour.

The alleged view that women clusion appeared to doubt the 'can be dismissed at will from chances of success for a new pastoral office and that a reli- role for women in the church if gious congregation forfeits any the change did not come quickly claims to compensation or loy- enough.

Women confessors theory" alty when active service diminPage 3 ishes" was also criticised.

Action must come after deep prayer: Archbishop The spirituality of the Carmelites was needed today as much as ever, Archbishop Barry Hickey said at a concelebrated Mass for the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Carmelite convent in Nedlands last Sunday.

The occasion, which recognised 80 years of the presence of the contemplative Discalced Carmelites and their work of unceasing prayer, was attended by over 300 people who afterwards viewed displays telling their history in Nedlands.

Bishop Peter Quinn of Bunbury and Bishop Justin Bianchini of Geraldton and a number of priests joined Archbishop Hickey in paying tribute to a powerful prayer force that has operated in Perth now for 60 years.

Archbishop Hickey welcomed the bishops and clergy and said that their presence there was a sign of the appreciation of the clergy to the Carmelite sisters for the prayerful support that they had offered for many years.

Many people were also attached to the Church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel in Nedlands, Archbishop Hickey said.

"I think it's because under that title Mary provokes a certain kind of spirituality which is needed today as much as any other time in history."

"This is the kind of spirituality which surrounds the Carmelite order - following Christ through the life of prayer, an interior life, The only surviving Carmelite nun from the, group that founded the a life of quiet - spirituality which Nedlands Carmel, Sr Martha, with an etching depicting the founders, was fashioned by the light of Mt some of whom can seen in a 1960 photograph, above right Carmel in the Holy Land." he said.

Some of the founding nuns in 1960: Sr Mary of the Eucharist, back row left, Mother Gabriel, Sr Mary of the Trinity, Sr Teresa and, front, Sr Veronica and Sr Martha.

Archbishop Hickey also spoke love God and want to follow of the heritage of the Carmelite Jesus you should do so via order from its earliest begin- prayer," he said. nings down through the ages to "Be pastoral, be supportive of the present. others, go and minister to them.

Great men and women of the But make sure you do that on Carmelite order were also some the deep basis of prayer and of the greatest figures in the quiet contemplation of God." Church, such as St John of the The contemplative model was Cross and St Teresa of Avila, also needed because of the who showed the way towards Increasing complexity and deeper and deeper union with stressfulness of modern life, the God, he said. archbishop said. The whole purBut there were also modern pose of life was to move through day figures such as Edith Stein, this world into the one to come the Jewish convert and philoso- and this was what people pher who became a Carmelite should always remember, he nun and was killed by the Nazis. added.

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Our faith: more than just ten minutes on Sunday R

ere is no doubt that the ost important time Catholics come together is to celebrate Mass. It is the central act of worship of our Faith.

Without it we would not be the Catholic Church.

The words of Jesus at the Last Supper "Do this in memory of me" have been heard and followed without interruption from the very beginning of the Church till now, and whatever changes have occurred over the centuries to the external liturgical forms and the languages of celebration, the Sacrificial Meal of the Last Supper has continued to draw us together.

So central is the Mass that if through a future shortage of priests, other forms of celebration become common, such as Liturgies of the Word. I fear we would rapidly cease to be a eucharistic

community, and slide into a form of congregationalism.

Hence the need to foster vocations to the priesthood and to hold the priesthood in high esteem.

One must nevertheless ask "Is Mass enough?" Is it sufficient to go to Mass on Sunday or the Saturday Vigil and believe we have done eough for the week as far as our Faith goes?

The answer must be no, and for many reasons. I suggest some of them here.

It is hardly possible for us to be sufficiently well informed and uplifted in our Faith by a seven to ten minute homily once a week.

We need to supplement it by our own reading of the Scriptures, and by seeking out Catholic literature and spiritual books to deepen our knowledge and understanding of our Faith.

The need for the regular use of the Sacrament of Penance will

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Perspective only be felt if we are in the habit of reflecting on the presence of God in our lives, on the call of Jesus to follow him and 'on the way we try to do so. This requires more than Sunday Mass. It requires that we take the time to

find sonic moments of quiet reflection to ask ourselves whether the way we are living is truly a response to Jesus' call to follow Him. Furthermore we are called by our Baptism and by the Church to be apostles in the world. For this we need to be connected with others. The crowds at Sunday Mass are generally too big to feel they are a real community, and they disappear so quickly after Mass that one finds it hard to form close links with others.

Small groups do this for us.

There are many people throughout the Archdiocese that come together for prayer or Scripture study, or for apostolic or charitable purposes.

These small groups are the lifeblood of the Church. They cost very little, if anything, but they Produce results. By helping the personal transformation of the

participants, they produce apostles ready to be agents for good in the world.

While many groups might exist, the overall numbers that attend them are relatively few.

I look for hopeful signs of a revival of retreats, but alas, they are rare. Excellent retreats are offered in the pages of The Record for individuals, groups, and even parishes, but the response is patchy.

The reasonIraise these matters is because I fear that if participation in the life of the Church is limited to Sunday Mass, without other support, many will quietly drift away.

The Church must remain a vigorous community continually shaping and moulding its members, or it will lose its identity and effectiveness under the constant erosion of the pervading secular spirit that surrounds us.

Youth suicide help Nurses band together

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i tlstralia's high youth suicide ate has sparked a new initiative for schools that will provide a plan to help teachers and school staff develop ways of dealing with potentially suicidal students.

Deputy Director of Catholic Education in Western Australia, Sister Joan Buckham, said at the recent launch of the initiative it addresses the difficult area of youth suicide which currently shows a threefold increase in male suicides in the 15 to 24 year old age group.

This reflects an international pattern and Australian figures indicate that in 1992 suicide was the second most common external cause of death after traffic accidents for Australians in this age bracket.

According to Ms Jenny Cugley, Education and Training Officer of the Youth Suicide Prevention Pro-

gram, given the multi-facted problem of suicide, "there is no single factor which can explain suicidal behaviour, and with any given individual, a combination of factors makes them more vulnerable."

Sr Bucicham, who is also chairperson of the Non-Government Schools Youth Suicide Prevention Management Group, said the CEO is engaged in initiatives to train teachers and staff in schools to recognise and respond effectively to young people who are at risk of, or showing, suicidal behaviour.

The objectives of the four point plan are to allay panic and alleviate distress; provide support for staff and students: reduce further risk; and facilitate a return to normal behaviour while gaining access to community resources where relevant.

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on ethical issues

By Peter Rosengren

W

st Australian nurses have established a new association to help nurses facing ethical dilemmas in a rapidly changing medical and legal landscape.

The ieuent passing of euthanasia legislation in the Northern Territory and pending legislation in other states has highlighted this dilemna.

Known as the L.J. Goody Bioethics Nurses Association, the new organisation plans to provide nurses from around the state with professional support and access to education and information regarding bioethical issues and problems that they may face in their professional situation.

The first planning meeting of the new body was recently held at the L. J. Goody Bioethics Centre in Glendalough.

The initiative for the new body has come from Mrs Dania Koutsoukos, a hospitaltrained nurse who is currently completing a Bachelor's degree in nursing through Edith Cowan University.

While studying at Edith Cowan University she studied a unit in ethics which sparked her interest in finding out more about the subject Realising that nurses especially require access to support and advice on bioethical Issues she began looking for an organisation to join but could find nobody.

Contacting Fr Walter Black at the L J. Goody Bioethics turned out to be a fortunate coincidence as he had been hoping to create a group for nurses.

The association hopes to support and educate nurses faced with dilemmas that challenge their own ethical beliefs in situations where they must make the decision which affects someone's life.

-In this clay and age where nurses are tending to stand alone, to be more accountable from a legal point of view, they have to start working autonomously and making autonomous decisions," Mrs Koutsoukos said.

"In the area in which I work - gerontology elderly people becoming frail and dying, we often have to face the issues alone."

The asf. 'dation is hoping to make available thc expertise of professionals and speakers such as judges, theologians and moral philosophers to members.

It is planned that membership will be available to all nurses, Catholic and nonCatholic, with an annual membership fee of $45 for practicing enrolled and registered nurses.

Students and pensioners are likely to be able to join for an annual fee of $10. The association also aims to help nurses anywhere in Western Australia, including remote areas like the Kimberley.

Mrs Koutsoukos said the association's annual general meeting on August 25 would provide a forum for understanding the needs of nurses further.

Already on the steering committee are two lecturers in ethics: Ms Heather McAlpine who lectures in ethics for nurse education courses at Edith Cowan University and Ms Angelica Orb, who lectures in ethics at Curtin University's School of Nursing.

Mrs Koutsoukos said that steering committee members were investigating the possibility of linking up with existing national and international associations.

Work is also currently progressing on drafting a mission statement and philosophy for the new body.

Anyone interested in joining or contacting the association should contact Liz Owers at the L J. Goody Bioethics Centre on (09) 242 4066.

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Woman confessor theory: priest

By Peter Rosengren

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atholic women being ordained to minister the sacrament of reconciliation is a possible area of investigation for theologians in the future, according to Redemptorist priest and president of the Australian Catholic Theological Association, Father Tony Kelly.

Speaking from the Redemptorist house at Galong in New South Wales while attending a chapter (meeting) of the Redemptorists, he said that theologians could investigate new ways of looking at women's ministry in the Church.

"Who's to say, for example, that (while) the ordination of women question might be closed for the time being there may be able to open other questions - for example the ordination of women to other ministries - maybe new ministries that we haven't thought of, like ministry of reconciliation," he said.

He said that such things as women being ordained to minister the sacrament of reconciliation could possibly be the kinds of things that theology would want to explore.

"The main reason why we do that is women are already so active in so many of the ministries visiting the sick. counselling, peacemaking, all these things... There may be ordination to other things," he said.

"There's no intrinsic reason of course why women could not be. for example, of the highest office in the administration like as a cardinal."

Fr Kelly spoke to the Record following the presentation of

Fr Tony Kelly two reports on issues arising from Pope John Paul ll's 1994 statements on the ordination of women to a recent combined meeting of ACTA and th?

Catholic Biblical Association of Australia.

Prepared by two committees consisting of ACrA and CBAA members, the reports were commissioned in June 1994 with the support and encouragement of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Committee for Faith and Morals.

Fr Kelly said that the recent papal letter to women represented a whole new mood emerging on the part of the Church in regard to women's rights, but that any reopening of the issue of women's ordination would pmbably not occur until reconciliation, conversion and repentance with regard to the way the Church has treated women had taken place. think probably any reopening of the question in any way that it might be helpful to the Church won't happen until a lot of intermediate steps occur." he said.

He also said that a new appreciation of women's ministry and ministry in general would be The first report examines the relationship between women and priesthood, while the sec-

ond examines the status of the Pope's teaching on the ordination of women with regard to possible future roles of women in the Church.

Fr Kelly said he hoped the reports would serve as a resource for the research project sponsored by the Catholic Church on the participation of women in the Church in Australia that was due to commence in 1908.

On the matter of the relationship between women and priesthoo(I in the first report Fr Kelly said that the arguments for and against had been looked at Regarding the issue of women's ordination he said that it was theology's job to keep examining new ways of looking at things.

"The pastoral office of the Church has to make policies, theological activity in the Church keeps pondering on things and possibilities and new ways of understanding and new ways of exploring and I think that would come out (in the report)," he said.

Meanwhile Bishop Manning, secretary of the Bishops' Committee for Justice, Development and Peace said the research project would include: a brief historical study: a call for written submissions: public hearings: and a mailed survey of a representative sample of 200 parishes.

"Attempts %sill also be made to gather data from some key Catholic agencies," he said.

He said that the project would look at the perceptions and behaviour of both men and women and will involve those who have become alienated from the Church.

Young larks sing heavenly praise Last Saturday night's vigil Mass at St Brigid's church, Midland. was brightened by the presence and vocal talents of young people from the Royal School of Church Music annual camp.

The choir, which was visiting t wo other churches over the weekend one Anglican and one Uniting Church- is composed of students from existing Catholic, Anglican, Uniting Church and Baptist choirs throughout Western Australia.

"Its absolutely wonderful that they're here. Its a great honour for the Church and (there's) the great ecumenical nature of it all." said Fr John Duigan OFM at St Brigid's.

The highly talented choir sang a Mass setting and two anthems, one by contemporary composer John Rutter.

While there are adult branches of the Royal School of Church Music around Australia, the annual camp and resulting youth choir is unique to Western Australia. Each year the young people from choirs around WA go on an annual six day intensive camp where they learn to expand their repertoire and sing sacred music.

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Listening at all levels the key to adolescence r

By Penny Ashcroft of the Youth and Young Adult Office.

As we parents know, adolescence brings a new era in family life. There are new life issues and the role of parents changes in relationship to their sons and daughters.

Puberty, new ways of thinking, wider social activities and relationships, greater autonomy, all present the family with continual challenges. It sometimes seems that the whole family is experiencing adolescence!

So many changes occur at this time in the family system.

There is a need to allow for the increasing independence of adolescents while still maintaining some structure, and often patterns of family communication are also adjusted.

Communication is the most important and often the most difficult thing to attempt.

Sometimes our attempts work and sometimes they don't.

Keeping communication channels open can be a real challenge and it is so easy to fall

into the trap of talking 'at' our family instead of talking 'with' them.

There are many good books and articles about improving communication skills. One which we have found helpful is People Skills by Robert Bolton.

In good communication, listening is by far the most important component. So many facets of our life are influenced by our skills (or lack of skill) in listening.

Active listening is a skill that requires concentrated effort to hear not only the persons words but also to pick up on the feelings they are experiencing.

We can learn this skill by listening, checking out the total message we think we are receiving and then reflecting it back As Bolton says, listening is more than merely hearing.

We need to be totally present to the person we are communicating with.

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nature of true human sincerity, true transparency... It is a rareand difficult thing; and how much it depends on the person who is listening to us! There are those who pull down the barriers and make the way smooth; there are those who An Antioch seed weekend at Midland in April led to this bunch of young force the doors and enter our lockridgers experiencing Antioch earlier this month with the support of territory like invaders; there Keith and Lydia High field. are those who barricade us in, shut us in upon ourselves, dig ditches and throw up walls around us, there are those who set us out of tune and listen only to our false notes; there are those for whom we always remain strangers, speaking in an unknown tongue. And when it is our turn to listen, which of these are we...?"

People can tend to think that communication is verbal. What we can come to learn is that most communication is nonverbal. Listening well, along with good timing (which isn't always easy) and a sense of humour, can take us a long way along the road to good communication.

Clinton Samuels, left, Jola Stewart, Jonathon Lau and Czarek Czaska are preparing an Antioch weekend for Willeton parish.

Perth YCW celebrates 50 years brate the power and potential of 1 a movement that has given so much to so many over the years.

The Young Christian Workers The celebration proved a wonMovement is very lucky to derful opportunity for past and enjoy a rich history here in the present young Christian workPerth Archdiocese, which was ers to share their experiences of celebrated on July the 9th on the YCW and their vision for the the occasion of the 50th future of the Church and the Anniversary of the YCW in movement.

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Secretary of the YCW and one of the young workers instrumental in the initiation ofthe YCVV in Perth). The challenge of all young Christian workers t oday, for the sake of the Church, Australia and Christian family life in the future. is to continue their mission of building a just society for all workers, where all will enjoy peace, justice and human dignity."

Thanks to all for their involvement. especially the past and present members of the YCW who worked tirelessly to ensure the celebrations were a success.

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In effect, they became *God's hands and feet' as they were the only white women there to give the people help in ever\ capacity required.

The first hospital in the late 19th century was built from timber salvaged from the old boat which brought the missionaries to Beagle Bay. Today. Srs Madaleine .ind Bernadette, who have worked in the Kimberley for 60 and 55 years respectively, remain in the convent, which was the second hospital built, and continue the SJOG work of hospitality and visitation.

They are loved by the local people, such as Dunbar Nunju, church and school gardener, who was educated and brought upin the sisters' care: 'They were just like my family,' he said. "Like a mother to me."

The sisters also worked at Lombadina from 1913 to 1967. Their most recent Kimberley venture was moving to La Grange Mission (now Bidyadanga), at the request of the people in 1985.

The Catholic Church there, as with other pastoral enterprises at Lombadina.

Beagle Bay and Balgo. has been handed over to the relevant Aboriginal communities.

Sister Johanna has been there since 1985 and her gentle, stalwart companion.

Sister Veronica, has notched up 46 years in the Kimberley.

La Grange has also forged ahead with the inculturation of the liturgy.

Sr Johanna belives her main role is to engage the people in leadership roles as much as possible so they become independent. responsible Church leaders.

Mass at La Grange is colourful and interesting from the head bands of Church leaders to the five incorporated Aboriginal languages used in various Masses - the Aboriginal people, along with other practicing Aboriginal Catholics, treat their Catholicism with reverence and pride.

The best is taken from the Aboriginal culture and merged with the Roman Rite in celebration feasts and ceremonies that brings the two cultures together in an enriching manner.

But perhaps the final words on the success of inculturation, would best be expressed by the large letters on the church sanctuary walls - Christ Wankai which means, Christ is Alive!

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The desert Aboriginal rolled into the camp fire during the night and sustained third degree burns.

Flown to Derby hospital he then developed pneumonia - and absconded.

Out in his 'country' of Balgo, the people said -*No worry. He come back.

Sure enough. two months and a thousand miles later the man walked back nurtured by his Mother Earth, through the night across the desert, sheltering from the heat of the day, and driven Matthew Gill with examples of his unerringly onwards by the call of his artwork country.

Such is the fierce tenacity of the Balgo people, a trait shared by the Sisters of St the ankle length once-white hems spoke John of God who serve them. of mission stints out in Balgo with its As the crow flies, Balgo (now Luumpa ochre red earth.

Aboriginal Community). is two and a The sisters cared for school children half flying hours from Broome. and during the week in their dormitories, who 150Iu-n from the Northern Territory bor- then went home to their camp or commuder. nity on the weekends.

Leaving the thickly fringed mangrove Not only were the children fed. but also border of the glorious blue of Broome's their mothers and younger camp children, Roebuck Bay. you fly over thousands of while the diet for the sisters was as monotkilometres of densely bush-covered earth onous as the heat - a tin of camp-pie which gradually thins out to the immen- thrown into a bowl of beetroot. sity of desert country.

Fresh fl-silt and vegetables were generFrom a height of 3.000m. you are ally unavailable except for when some keenly aware of puny man and his laugh- could be grown. or when the Flying Docable belief of some of his kind that he too tor flew in once a month for medical is a god when you see the immensity of work, bringing mail, and a case of fruit God's work and the majestic grandeur of and vegetables that lasted a couple of His creation: and realise 'Man' is indeed days. a 'nothing.'

Balgo had achieved autonomy in the However, within the ranks of Man, are mid-eighties after the SjOG presence the idealists and the God-driven, who there had coordinated nursing in the area. strive to make a better world for others. established the first kindergarten, taught and in particular, introduce the indige- the children, and then nurtured them into nous people of Australia to God. higher education in the area of self-manAnyone who thinks missionaries could agement. materially gain out of mission work, is This has now been achieved with their surely mistaken. inculturated participation in religious cerTake Balgo for instance. emonies, and tutoring by people such as The St John of God Sisters went there sister Alice who instructs and encourages in 1956 to bring God to the Aboriginal them in the scholastic and artistic fields. desert nomads while giving them His Matthew Gill. a noted Balgo artist caring love through nursing and teach- became a founding member of the Waring. lyirti Artists Cooperative in 1981, which Balgo is neither a pretty place nor a was pushed and promoted by Sr Alice in t ourist's delight with its clusters of her enthusiasm for their ability and their dwellings baked on to the hot, red grav- need to express themselves. elly terrain with only sparse vegetation.

The results of his Catholic upbringing This is the new Balgo site which the are well illustrated in his mostly religious sisters and their Pallottine colleagues art which reflects his understanding of the moved to in 1964. faith.

The old was even tougher and harsher Speaking of early hardships. Beagle Bay with water problems - small, hot and back in 1907 was the first SIOG initiative. cramped buildings, no modern conveThe sisters had always trained nurses niences of any kind and a merciless sun beating down in the day with the freez- and educators, but there was also a contingent of sisters who had hands-on training cold of the desert at night.

But the sisters loved it!

And this is the enigma of a vocation - a call to a life commitment that, while mystifying anyone else, means everything to those called.

At Old Balgo, three sisters shared two small rooms; one as a bedroom and the other in which to do everything else.

With a big gap between the mud brick walls and the bush timber roof, not only would the night air come in to freeze, but so would any of God's creatures who could fly or climb.

The primitive shower built out in the yard and used after dark by lantern light, would often be vacated instantly with a No shower tonight girls! There's a snake in there!"

Fruit boxes doubled as seats and, stacked up, became a chest of drawers for clothes which, when surmounted with a case on top, then held the wash basin.

Without irons, habits were put under mattresses to be slept on and hopefully thereby pressed overnight and, ultimately, the tell-tale permanent pink on Sr Alice in a prayer cave at Balgo

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VER recent years there has been an increasing practical recognition of an old wisdom — that students who learn well often come from a supportive and encouraging home environment. The Church has long recognised what should be a common sense observation and, in fact, the Second Vatican Council went so far as to emphasize that "parents must be acknowledged as the first and foremost educators of their children".

Over the years the Church has sought to encourage the active participation of parents in the education partnership in various ways. Increasingly over recent years we have been seeing various programs being offered both at the local school level and elsewhere specifically for parents. These programs and information sessions enable parents to broaden their own knowledge and skills so that the assistance and encouragement they give to their children can be more effective. With these general comments, the Catholic Education Office would L ike to bring to parents' attention two forthcoming programs. One is a seminar open to anyone interested in Career Education. The second is a more specialist workshop for parents and volunteers who assist in schools that have introduced the LAP Program...

Parent-teacher partnerships LAP Volunteers in career education Workshop

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HE Catholic Education Office is involved in a joint undertaking with the Career Education Association of Western Australia (CEAWA), the Education Department of WA and Edith Cowan University to conduct a project in WA schools. The project aims to develop a professional training program for Career Education teachers. During the year, teachers will participate in interactive and one day professional development seminars.

As we study good practise in Career Education in our schools, it is clear that parents have an important role to play in the career development of their children, and they should not be left out of the process. Therefore, the first seminar, to be held on July 31st is entitled "Parent-Teacher Partnerships in Career Education". On that day, we will bring teachers and parents together to hear Professor Richard Young speak on the role of parents in Career Education and to participate in small group discussions and workshops. Speakers from the retail and catering industries will also give presentations on career opportunities for school leavers.

Participation in the seminar is open to any interested parents, especially those with adolescent children. The seminar will take place in the Conference Facility on Level 2 of the QV1 Building, 250 St George's Terrace, Perth from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.

The fee of $30 includes refreshments and a light lunch. To register, or for more information contact Vera MacKenzie, Consultant, in the Student Services of the Catholic Education Office on 388 4297 or Muriel Durham, Project Co-ordinator on 313 5471.

The guest presenter, Richard A. Young, is a Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of British Columbia.

Professor Young's research interests include the role of parents in the career development of young people and interpretive research methods. He has written many papers and chapters of books and he has coedited two books: with Audrey Collin, Interpreting Career: Hermeneutic°,Studies of Lives in Context; and with William Borgen. Methodical Approaches to the Study of a Career.

Professor Richard Young will be in Perth as a Visiting Fellow at Edith Cowan University for three weeks (July 17 to August 5). During his stay in Perth Professor Young will present a series of seminars and lectures to the academic community on adolescent development career development and counselling and current research approaches ()cod nyntore adnic,s , 4 n+ (--nrPrq br,hnvir,ur

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HE Learning Assistance Program LAP) is a scheme whereby volunteers, in partnership with teachers, k elp individual students of all ages in areas of special interest or need. It is not a program for r emedial or special education but is designed to assist any ,tudent. The support and encouragement provided by the volunteers fosters not only students' learning, but also the development of their self-esteem and confidence.

The program started in one South Australian high school in 1976. It has since spread to government and nongovernment primary and secondary schools throughout Australia. Currently there are approximately 45 Catholic schools in Western Australia who have introduced the program.

The program is coordinated by the LAP Association which is a non-profit association linking teachers, parents, grandparents, past pupils and members of the wider community.

A workshop for LAP Volunteers will be held in the James Nestor Hall, Catholic Education Centre, 50 Ruislip Street, Leederville on Tuesday, 8 August 1995 between 9.30am and 12.30pm. The workshop is open to volunteers already working in schools conducting the LAP program and their coordinators.

For further information and registration contact Gillian Pearce at Padbury Catholic Primary School on 307 5155. There will be charge of $5 per person to cover costs including morning tea.

Complied by Publications Section. Catholic Education Office

Morality exists in business, with a little help

By Peter Rosengren In the cut and thrust world of business where everything depends on making the deal and delivering the goods, where deadlines are everything and being one hour late might be as had as being one month late, we are used to hearing the language of the corporate world: "I'll get my people to call your people - we'll do lunch some time."

Sceptical citizens are unlikely to associate businesses and entrepreneurs with ethical practice. moral values, or responsibility.

The entrepreneurial smile may seem more of a leer in the dark.

But Father john Langan Sj, who teaches at Georgetown University in the United States and is Rose Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics, was in Perth recently charged with the task of assisting businessmen and women to refine and improve what no one else believes they do.

Brought out to Western Australia by Perth businesman Dennis Cullitty to help produce a statement of core ethical principles and values to guide his company Western Forest Industries, Fr Langan spent several days working with staff and employees 6 The Record, July 20 1995

to do something that is not often heard about.

Working in close consultation with a committee of employees from all levels in the company. Fr Langan. a leading moral philosopher who has worked with government and in similar roles for large American business institutions such as the Chemical Bank in New York. brought his expertise in ethics to bear on the challenge of creating a set of clearly understood ethical principles for application throughout the company.

He did not see himself as the creator of the statement but helping the company think the matter through.

"We all have that basic capability (to solve moral problems)," Fr Langan said. "The problem arises more when you start to deal with more complex institutions."

And, he said, when completed, the statement would be something shared and owned in common by managers and employees, acting as a kind of reference point about what the company is trying to do and what values it was trying to promote and protect.

In states like Western Australia there is a long pedigree of high flying business figures who went broke taking a lot of other peo-

Fr John Langan pie's money with them, not to mention the murky and unclear dealings between high politics and even higher-flying business, and the staggering losses of public money.

But Fr Langan said that the poor image generated by entrepreneurial high flyers who crashed should not automatically be applied to the rest of the business world.

"Its always a mistake to get focussed on a few highly publicised people who have significant ethical problems and then to generalise about a whole professional group. There are doctors who are irresponsible and do surgery while under the influence of alco-

hol and so on. but one doesn't there was an already existing ethdraw any big conclusions about ical component in business pracmedicine as a profession from tice that could be extended and that instance," he said. built on.

And the importance of ethical "The heart of the message was statements which guided compa- that business has a kind of internies through the murky shoals of nal moral content of honesty and corporate warfare was that in the fairness in issues connected with long run they could, if applied. work. If we undertand business benefit the company and the com- simply as competition and selfishmunity. he said. ness, (this) is a wildly inadequate The development of a core description," he said. statement of ethical values was It was also true, he said, that in not a business strategy or plan order to prosper in the long term. either, he said, but served to keep business needed to rely on ethical a company focussed on doing practice, whether in terms of how good business. it treated its employees or its comOnce in place the statement petition. will be used to inform people who "Business is so important to are new to the company and shaping our kind of society, and assist in the induction process so we have no viable alternative to that a consistent ethos is created capitalism. So we have to make it and maintained. as morally responsible and sensiFr Langan was also impressed tive as we can," he said. by the employees and manageWhile it was difficult to generment of Western Forest Industries alise, some American firms were he worked with in the drafting beginning to engage in the pracand discussion process. tice of creating guiding sets of "They got into it and did a really principles for the conduct of their good job in terms of proposing business. values that should be affirmed "In the United States now there and (in) coming up with appropri- is a pretty strong tradition of busiate language that would make nesses, not simply giving money sense in their setting," he said. for philanthropy but also providIn a series of talks given in Perth ing loans to employees or getting his message was also that, in liv- involved in educational proing a moral life in capitalism. grams."

ciXeirkze4 /0Not just one issue people After reading the item captioned "Ordination remark attacked" in The Record ( 13 June) which was presented as a reference to the recent Annual National Conference of Australian Religious Leaders, I feel, as a participant, compelled to object to this kind of reporting which so clearly misrepresents the spirit and intent of those gathered.

Does the Catholic media have to follow the secular media in its sensational headlines and its confrontational approach to Issues which, rather than reconcile and create an atmosphere of dialogue so easily pits people against each other?

Why was this the only item reported, important as it is, when the focus of the conference was the deepening of our understanding of Vatican H's concept of the Church as "communion" and understanding how religious life can express this reality in our times?

Along with our reflection and discussion on the evolving place of women in such a Church, the one hundred and thirty leaders gathered in Melbourne also worked on statements which strongly affirmed the Church's stance on the sacredness of life, statements on euthanasia, nuclear testing. use of land mines and indiscriminate and inadequately researched logging policies.

Why weren't these statements referred to? They too were sent along with that on women to all Catholic papers throughout Australia. We are not one issue people, but people who have a great desire to promote life in our times in the spirit and power of Jesus.

That was definitely the attitude and spirit of those gathered for the recent conference.

Sr Marie Therese Ryder, RNDM Maylands Editor's note: Fr Uren's comments on ABC National radio attracted the interest of The Record because the issue of the ordination of women in the Catholic Church is a matter of great significance to Australian Catholics and Fr Uren is a leading figure among Australian religious ,is Fr Uren used the phrase 'put on hold' with respect to ymen's ordination, which in everyday Australian usage can mean the issue Is nisiting to be resolved. the opinion of other religious who teach that Pope John Paul II has resolved the issue by saying the Church cannot change God's choice of men as priests was published to show that there are religious who maintaining the unity of the Church. The int( est was the issue of women's ordination, not the work of the meeting of religious leaders In any event. The Record had to get copies of the religious leaders' statements through the felbourne Catholic press as the conference secretariat failed to send copies to The Record.

A report of the conference proceedings is carried on Page 1 in this issue, the first edition since receipt of the conference statments.

We need to know Let us hope that Catholics will heed the words of the Holy Father in his encyclical Evangelium Vitae: 'Abortion and Euthanasia are crimes which no human law can claim to legitimise. There is no obligation in conscience to obey such laws; instead there is a grave and clear obligation to oppose them by conscientious objection...

In the case of an intrinsically unjust law, such as a law permitting abortion or

dikt-ze Blasphemy on TV: give it up Thanks to our Archbishop for alright to continue watching: I needed encouraging us to write when Jesus or to relax, it had a great story line, "they" Mary are denigrated. didn't really know what they were It seems incongruous for one to call doing/saying, it's only once or twice, themselves a Christian and to watch the good in this programme outweighs TV or films, or plays, where the Holy the evil, etc, etc. But the reality is that Name of our Leader, of our God - the the Name of Jesus Christ is being name of Jesus - is used as a swear degraded. word.

Paul reminds us: "Since you have If people used my wife's name, or my accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, live in parents' names as swear words, I union with Him". If we Catholics have would take issue very strongly. How accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, we need much more does the abuse of the to make sacrifices for Him, and no name of Jesus Christ sear my heart longer to live a life of compromise. with pain. My nerves jump as from a Are we willing to sacrifice ourselves shock every time I hear the name of for our Lord and Saviour, by turning off Jesus Christ used in a blasphemous an interesting program when the Holy way.

Name of our Lord is blackened? Are The Christian Brothers taught us at we willing to make reparation for our school to bow our heads in reverence own sins, and the sins of others, by so whenever we said Jesus, or whenever doing? And are we willing to unite as a we heard it said. The abuse of the Body. the Body of Jesus Christ on earth, Holy Name was never heard on radio by joining forces and always turn off or TV then. Now we are called to do any program in which Jesus is blaseverything in our power to oppose phemed? such an insult to our Saviour.

Brothers and sisters, sons and daughI am aware, of course, that the actors, ters of our God, let us unite in fighting actresses and others who abuse the the spreading and insidious degradaname of Jesus Christ are possibly not tion of the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, aware of the sin (objectively) of their and the equally insidious persecution action. 'Father forgive them, for they of Christianity, and especially of the know not what they do". But I. as a Catholic Church today! Let us say yes Christian. am aware of the sinfulness to the Call of Jesus, if anyone wants to of such blasphemy. So I am compelled come with me he must forget himself, to turn off the programme I am watch- take up his cross daily, and follow me". ing, regardless of how interesting it Frank Feain may have been.

For years I rationalised why it was Pemberton

euthanasia, it is therefore never licit to obey it, or to take part in a propaganda campaign in favour of such a law or to vote for it".

Catholics have a duty to inform themselves of the views and agendas of our politicians on these issues so as to present a united front in promoting a "culture of life" and in opposing all moves to legitimize the crimes of euthanasia and abortion which are characteristic of a "culture of death".

cate refusing 'medical treatment generally'.

There is no requirement for the patient to be informed that this certificate be interpreted by any doctor to authorise food and water to be withheld if it cannot, in the doctor's opinion be 'reasonably provided'.

Under this Bill patients may unwittingly be authorising their death by starvation, merely because nursing time involved in spoon feeding is considered unreasonably lengthy or a doctor judges it as unreasonable to feed a patient whose quality of life is not up to scratch.

Mrs G Gonzalez Catholics cannot support such legislation Willetton and on this ground alone must oppose it as permitting euthanasia - which the Holy Father has condemned as a 'murderous act, which must always be forbidden and Mr Taylor, and his supporters have excluded". claimed that his Medical Care of the Dying Richard Egan Bill does not endorse euthanasia.

Ferndale This is true if our image of euthanasia is limited to the lethal injections used routinely in the Netherlands and countenanced in the Northern Territory's Rights of the Terminally Ill Act. An ominous crack has appeared in the However. Catholic teaching is also alert Catholic bulwark against euthanasia. The to the reality that a sick person can just as Catechism (2277, 2324) calls euthanasia easily be murdered by being denied ordi- "Murder". But at least two recent official nary life sustaining treatment.

Catholic statements on the subject have sigThe criminal law of Western Australia nificantly avoided the word. also recognises this by ensuring, for examThe unsigned statement apparently from ple, that parents can be charged with the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conferunlawful killing for failing to feed their ence uses the terms "kill" and 'killing". dependent children.

Another archdiocesan pastoral carefully The Taylor Bill provides for any patient uses the actual Catechism words to define who can be characterised as 'terminally ill' euthanasia, but with one significant change - a phrase nowhere defined in the Bill - to - 'murder' in every instance, is replaced by sign. or have signed on his behalf, a certifi- "direct killing" or just "killing".

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Now "killing/direct killing", and "murder" are not interchangeable. Murder is never justifiable - that is its very nature.

However, "direct killing" is justifiable in the three classic instances - a just war, the execution of a proven criminal by legitimate authority, and self-defence.

Is it possible that we are seeing here the foundation being laid for a fourth justification by yet another avalanche of "Catholic" dissent?

A false magisterium of self-styled "reputable moral theologians" is already advising Catholics that artificial contraception and non-therapeutic sterilisation are permissible, that divorced and re-married Catholics can in good conscience re-admit themselves to the Sacraments, that women priests are inevitable, and even that abortion is justifiable in some cases - all contrary to Catholic teaching and God's law.

How long, then, will it be before the same false magisterium is advising Catholics - privately at first, then openly that the 'direct killing" of euthanasia is justifiable in some cases: for instance as a selfdefence against an intolerable burden of care or difficulty placed on them by an elderly or terminally ill relative?

Australian Catholics must insist that euthanasia is always murder, otherwise we too, like the Dutch, will soon go down into the killing fields.

John R. Martyr Attadale

No drug change Marijuana has not been decriminalised anywhere in Australia.

The media talk about "decriminalisation" in South Australia and the ACT is false information.

In SA and the ACT. both the use and possession of marijuana remain illegal. What has changed is some of the penalties.

More than half the offenders still end up in court.

When you hear someone talk about "decriminalisation", bear in mind that their intention may be to soften you up to the idea of legalising the stuff some time later.

Arnold Jago Niildura

Waxing liturgical 'I'll light a candle for you" is a long established phrase and custom. It may rest on the need for light in the sacred offices of the Church; or it may relate to older practices of burnt offerings and the mysticism of light and flames.

That was in the past. Today environmental considerations throw doubt on excessive candle lighting practices especially since the old 5 cent candle became a 10 cent lump of wax in an aluminium capsule with a wick held by a steel button.

The wax weighs 5 grams and the capsule 1 gram. Their use is general throughout The Church, running into 1.000's annually by many parishes; and in Cathedrals tens of thousands.

1,000 candles use up lkg of aluminium and 5kg of wax.

The aluminium is not readily recoverable because the steel button contaminates it metallurgically and is not easily removed.

Thus many kilograms of aluminium go into church dust bins yearly.

The morality of burning so much wax to waste and greenhouse gas is questionable in a world where often fuel for domestic cooking is grievously in short supply.

Fortunately for those devotionally attached to candle lighting there is an alternative in electric, press button candelabra.

The button lights up a 12 volt flickering light for an hour and then goes out. It can be white, red or blue - St. Patrick has a green one - the colour determined by an enclosing shade. Devotionally, their appearance improves on dangerously flaring masses of wax lights often seen in churches. They are labour saving: emptying of offertory boxes their only need.

First cost is high at round S2,000: but they use very little electricity: thus more environmentally friendly. They soon pay for themselves by the saving on the wax lights they replace.

Paul Donnelly Claremont The Record, July 20 1995

Sixty years of the Nedland's Carmel

Powerhouse of prayer at Nedlands The great English poet, TS. Eliot, wrote of "the still point of the turning world." Such a still point has existed in Perth at the Discalced Carmelite Convent of the Most Holy Trinity at Nedlands for 60 years, as Record Journalist Colleen MacGuinessHoward finind out.

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ENTLE and lovely, the creatures of prayer that are the Discalced Carmelite nuns at Nedlands in Perth represent a powerhouse of constant communion with God. Intercessors for a troubled world, their 'phone and door bell ring frequently, with calls from a pleading humanity asking the Carmelites for prayer - to make right again what has gone wrong.

There's a certain desperation in the callers' voices, because they know only prayer is the answer and who better to intercede on their behalf than these God-filled women?

And the trust and belief of the outsiders is not unfounded, because many miracles have been worked through the telling of their heads, and prayers sent heavenwards.

One true story was told to this writer by Franciscan Father Ray Quirk, missionary extraordinaire of Papua New Guinea, who'd had horrendous problems with a witchdoctor them.

In desperation, Fr Ray asked the Sydney Carmelites to pray for a solution.

Some weeks later the witchdoctor put one foot on Fr Ray's church property and dropped dead!

Whether or not the nuns' intercession was successful, no-one should underestimate the power of the prayer of the Discalced Carmelite nuns anywhere.

Sr Deborah, left, and Sr Anne prepare a community meal. Below: Sr Sesimani Theresa with one of the communion breads the convent produces to earn income.

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The heart of Discalced Carmelite life is worship and prayer.

L eft, the Nedlands Carmel, at prayer. Above, one of the founding sisters, Sr Josephine, in the early years of the Carmel. Right, remembering their Divine Master and, below centre, observing silence as they process in the cloister.

In Western Australia, there are numerous people whose first thought when troubles assail them. is to 'ring the Carmelites" and the genuine assurances of offered prayer is indeed balm to a troubled heart, mind and soul.

Despite the fact their major endeavour is prayer, and through it to help people outside their walls, it is these very walls unfortunately that have been scaled by would-be attackers and thieves.

However, to their cost they have discovered that the nuns' Alsation and Doberman dogs are not there for idle chatter with intruders, and they'd be foolish indeed to trespass.

The canine defenders weren't always there in the early days their presence was born of defence.

But before the dogs came, during the early years, a raid took place one night when five men had taken the ladder from the church next door and were climbing up to the nuns' verandah.

A resourceful nun pushed one ladder off and meanwhile, in the dark. the Prioress had telephoned Monsignor Moss who tore over in the car with his curate, Fr Casey.

Rushing to the Carmelites' assistance, Fr Casey threw one leg over the fence, then paused and said: "But if I go over (into the nuns' property), I'll be ex-communicated!"

However a pragmatist to the end, Mgr Moss muttered: "Don't worry about it now! We'll deal with it later!"

The five escaped but, as a result.

"Paddy Potts, the man-hating dog" came to live with the sisters and since then, and with Paddy's successors, sane thieves have steered clear.

Some hairy friends have displayed other talents too, such as the one who would join in the Tantum Ergo, and a current one who sings Happy Birthday.

It's 60 years since the Discalced Carmelites came to Nedlands.

They arrived on May 28, 1935. from Sydney on the SS Manoora and were given "great hospitality" by the Good Shepherd Sisters until their Nedlands enclosure became available on June 16, 1935.

Invited over by Archbishop

Clune, sadly the day of their arrival was his Requiem Mass, however the seven young nuns the Prioress was only 29 - were heartily welcomed by the people of WA and by incoming Archbishop Pre.ndiville.

But it wasn't a matter of merely retreating to pray quietly in the cloister. In 1942. with men fighting the war, the nuns had hard labour to do. They set to grubbing out tree stumps, making bricks until 9 pm each night in readiness to be laid by Messrs Harvey and Mason to build their wall inside the temporary fence, and then carting buckets of water for cement wetting in their recreation.

While keeping their hearts on prayer, the nuns make communion wafers and vestments for sale to generate income for their

livelihood and property upkeep.

In their pioneering days they had no money, little food, and a huge building and survival job ahead.

Sympathetic folk gave them food and support where possible, with one lady promising 10 shillings worth of vegetables each week until they got produce from their garden.

Assistance came too from an unexpected quarter - Mr Mason, who if anything was anti-Catholic and thought the "Sisters shouldn't be locked up like that!", grew to love them and would leave a dish of vegetables at the door, ring the bell and disappear.

His family have remained witt the nuns ever since.

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to Nedlands St Joseph was called 13 nuns, one of whom, Sister on frequently - and invariably Martha, was among the original seven pioneering Carmelites-, and delivered the goods.

Sister Mary Philomena of the One cracked egg and little else was all the nuns had for a meal on Immaculate Conception, who was After recreation for an hour. one occasion, so the egg was the first Western Austraian postu- of up to three months to see how the celebrating lant in 1937, is them. is a small office and silence life suits there the placed in front of St Joseph's If willing (there are many for another hour for rest or readstatue with an invitation to pro- golden jubilee of her profession this year. stages), this would be followed by ing, then spiritual reading. work vide more. beautiful and nuns have a The a postulancy period of up to 18 and silence until 4.30 pm, folThis was done that day in style, it's about them and aura serene after which there are two lowed by vespers, an hour of conmonths, and even with a touch of humour. when a man delivered a crate of one of kindness and compassion years novitiate before first vows, templative prayer and then a for others, for whom they pray. and then temporary vows for at break until dinner at 6.30 pm. cracked eggs. question that response to the three years.

In least Recreation is followed by night Similarly with only potatoes to that they have consider some may apparently "a there is Currently readings, and lights out at prayer. prepare for the night's meal - and to 'opt out" by locking terrific explosion of vocations in 10.30pm. thus a prayer to St Joseph, the chosen away from the world, South East Asia. Africa and India."

But with all that prayer and solinuns were washing out the themselves refute that by saying that and for those who love prayer life, nuns the clothes and discovered a crop of tude, don't get the idea that these too loved the world: they this order certainly gives you that mushrooms which they have they nuns are not well balthe good people and opportunity to come closer to beautiful appreciated never seen before or since. because they most defianced, prayed for the bad.

God. nitely are.

And for those who doubt the But, as Sister Margaret Mary For instance, the daily routine power of the Brown Scapular.

They're a joy to be with, full of said, echoing the words of the Dis- of the nuns is rising at 5.10 am when a fire got away during a life, and interest and serenity, St caload Carmelite foundress, with an hour's prayer between burn-off in the fifties, a fir tree of Avila, "If God calls you, it 5.30 and 6.30am. followed by reflect their deep spirituality and Teresa went up and a row of blue gums close contact with God in their is like heaven on earth." morning prayer and Divine Office ignited. Mother Gabriel said: "SisHowever, a vocation to the until Mass at 7. followed by charming and natural personaliters, hold your scapulars up!" Carmelites has to be a genuine thanksgiving, a small office, and ties. and the fire subsided.

And surely Nedlands' Cannel of call, said the nuns. "because other- breakfast.

Although the earlier years were wise the Blessed Trinity. represents a % o eit wouldn't work if a girl alone at work Carmelites The materially poor. the nuns consider came merely to escape from the their various duties until 1 lam haven of peace in a world which themselves rich with friends who when there is another little office, seems to have largely 'gone mad!' still help the Carmelites in a variinterested. girls are any And if It is a place upon which God's of conscience, and examination ety of ways; and they mention welcome then lunch (during which they benevolent and kindly hand genwould Carmelites the people like the St john of God Sisperiod read). and washing up. tly rests. ters who gave them free health them with an initial live-in care in early times, dentists who also gave freely, and spiritual support from clergy and religious.

With the heavy pioneering (albeit challenging!) years of the thirties long since gone, and celebrating their 60 years with well deserved satisfaction - what's happening with the Carmelites today?

Well, despite some changes they made after Vatican H, their fully enclosed, concentrated prayer life remains intact, as does their formal habit (which they find very practical).

So from an outsider's point of view the Carmelites appear very much the same: there is that air of serenity, and as they add ... "wonderful peace."

Their history is long, and the first Australian Carmel took root in Sydney in 1885 from Angouleme, France.

Now Western Australia has two Carmels. at Nedlands. and Gelorup with the Thai nuns.

Prioress of the Carmel of the Most Holy Trinity, as the Nedlands Carmel is formally known, Lions lying down with lambs: the nuns with two of the Cannel's three guard dogs is Mother Scholastica. She serves The Record, July 20 1995 9

Book Review

A Protestant ensnared in fear of Popery

METHODISTS AND

Methodists and Papists - John Wesley and the Catholic Church in the Eighteenth Century, by David Butler, published by Darton, Longman and Todd, 1995, 244pp, S41.00 Reviewed by Clem Mulcahy.

Mr

PAPISTS

JOHN WESL y AND TL-E CATHOLIC C IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

David Butler

THODISTS and Papists •hould be read by members both of the Uniting Church and the Catholic Church of the twentieth century.

This is a lively and clearly written study of the two churches in the British Isles during the period of the Hanoverian succession.

It is an intelligent and well researched analysis issued as a paperback of 240 pages with appendices, comprehensive footnotes, cross-references and index.

The book fills a significant niche in contemporary ecumenical dialogue and yet gives a fascinating analysis of church Issues in the British Isles of over two hundred years ago.

Butler's academic background as a lecturer at Queen's College, Birmingham is reflected in his effective use of primary sources - Wesley's writings and sermons, and material from Wesley's Catholic contemporaries including Richard Challoner.

Butler's period in Rome, his training as a Methodist minister as well as his membership of the Roman CatholicMethodist International Commission have served him well.

A perceptive view He presents a perceptive view of Catholic thought and an understanding of Wesley's aim of developing Christian societies with close ties to the established religion of Britain - it was not until after Wesley's death that the Methodist movement separated from the Church of England.

Twentieth century readers may be surprised by the accusations of popery levelled at Wesley.

Partly, these were made because any new religious movement was seen to wean the populace from loyalty to the

established church and therefore to the State.

Usages such as the re-establishment of confession, penance and mortifications and mixing wine and water in the sacrament initiated such comment.

In 1744 the new dissenters were associated with the proscribed Catholics of the realm who were suspected of supporting the forces of the Young Pretender.

Disguised Jesuits Only five years, later (luring the Cork riots, Wesley's followers were described as disguised Jesuits. And even by 1768 Wesley was still moved to repudiate any such disaffection!

In the 1850s other accusations of popery were laid at his door and even by 1768 Wesley is still moved to repudiate any such disaffection.

Butler presents Wesley's appreciation of Thomas a Kernpis, Francis de Sales and the Marquis de Renty, Mechtilde, Catherine of Siena and Magdalen di Pazzi in an outline of Wesley' s view of Catholic spirituality.

This was not in the confrontational style that Wesley approached the papacy or objected to the doctrines of the Church of Rome.

There is an overview of the history of Toleration, the role of John Locke and his thoughts on the civil rights of the community, while Butler's examination of the 1780 Gordon riots and the speculation of Wesley's role particularly, deserves a close reading.

Wesley could write in his sermon Of the Church: "Whoever they are that have 'one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one God and father of all'. I can easily bear with them holding wrong opinions, yea, and superstitious modes of worship. Nor would I on these accounts scruple to include them within the pale of the catholic church."

Butler in this study of church doctrine, history and personalities has done well to present not only the polemical Wesley and his vigorous contemporaries but also the spiritual activist behind the cardboard figure of pamphleteer and field and chapel preacher that the name Wesley has often conjured.

Refugee from chaos finds the storm within the Ark Serpent on the Rock; A Personal View of Christianity, by Alice Thomas Ellis, Hodder & Stoughton, $39.95.

the London Tablet, John Wilkins) and the inconspicuous, both lay and clerical: and she reproduces these discussions in the stimulating form of dialogue.

Kristin Lavansdatter, By Sigrid Undset, Abacus, S19.95.

Many of the conversations took place in her own home, and her own natural candour seems to have induced a corresponding openness in her guests.

Reviewed by Karl G. Schrnude

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ICE Thomas Ellis was a onvert to Catholicism in her youth because she "no longer found it possible to disbelieve in God," She "felt entirely at home with the conviction, aims and rituals of the Church," and thought that it "was immune from frivolous change and the pressures of fashion."

In recent decades, the Church seems to have lost this distinctive immunity; and, with the inquisitive outlook of an imaginative writer (who is currently working on her twelfth novel), she has set about discovering the reasons for this weakening of identity.

In Serpent on the Rock, her first work of non-fiction, she carries out a series of interviews with people of various backgrounds and attitudes, including the well-known (like the Editor of 10 The Record, July 20 1995

Her central criticism is the subservience of Catholic leaders to secular culture. She finds it "surprising how many supposedly independently minded people are slaves to fashion and swayed by the spirit of the age." Her sharp, often humorous comments are directed at such targets as feminism ("It's a great mystery that women so despise men yet want to copy them in every possible way."); contemporary church architecture CI suppose it was Le dratted Corbusier who started the trend towards designing buildings that people couldn't live in, and by a natural progression we now have churches which have no room for God."); and the idealisation of the early Church ("What about the accretion of wisdom, of spiritual growth, over the centuries? ... Are we to assume that the Holy Spirit

has been absent until now?")

Ellis's perspective is decidedly that of an ordinary Catholic: with her publisher-husband (who died recently), she has raised seven children, and her book reveals an abundance of common sense, strengthened by the conviction that, in the words of G. K. Chesterton, she does not need a Church that is right when she is right, but one that is right when she is wrong.

A Christian great Sigrid Undset was a renowned novelist of deep religious faith.

She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928, having produced a number of outstanding novels reflective of her strong Catholic sensibility and superb literary craftsmanship.

Kristin Lavransdatter is the work that made her reputation.

Originally published as two separate books, it is now newly available in this consolidated edition.

Set in 14th century Norway, the novel traces the life story of Kristin from her upbringing in the sanctuary of her Norwegian home, through the vicissitudes of an unhappy marriage, to the

attainment of spiritual peace and "who becomes a good mother is maturity in later life. greater than most ministers of The work is of timeless value, state, for she is indispensable in chiefly because because it deals her work, whereas very many with the desires and disappoint- ministers can be replaced with advantage." ments of the human heart.

Undset had a rich sense of the Kristin Lavransdatter remains past - her father was a distinof the great characters of one guished archaeologist steeped in century fiction, and provides 20th Scandanavian antiquity - and she could bring to life a world far a memorable introduction to the removed from the present day, in greatness of Sigrid Undset. which Christian beliefs and ideals formed an integral part of the social order, offering continual hints of God's grace in the symbols, memories and routines of ordinary life.

This monumental work also illuminates the ambitions that Undset saw as fundamental to the dignity of women. Though she herself did not find happiness in marriage, she held an unwavering commitment to the family as the cornerstone of civilisation.

She sympathised with the plight of women struggling for their social and economic rights, but she rejected the feminist movement's exaltation of the selfsufficient career woman because it diminished the vocation of motherhood.

Karl Schmude "Any woman," she once wrote,

International Features

From Oscar Romero to Dorothy Day on film

By Mari( Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) - After making his first feature film, "Romero," Paulist Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser thought that maybe the making of his latest effort, "Dorothy Day," might be easier.

It turned out that he didn't get the star he wanted. (Jr the writer he wanted. Or the composer he wanted.

"But God was always able to show me that my second choice was better than my first," said Fr Kieser of Paulist Productions and the producer of both movies.

His hoped-for star to portray the Catholic Worker Movement's co-founder was Michelle Pfeiffer. He had trumpeted that choice nearly from the time he vowed he would make the biographical drama.

"I don't know Michelle personally, but I know her husband." Fr Kieser told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview from Lake George, New York, where he was on vacation.

He was hoping that the friendship was enough to get Ms Pfeiffer to forgo her usual multimil-

Vatican carpets Irish bishop

By Patrick Nolan

lion-dollar pay and star in a movie budgeted at SUS4.2 million, $220,000 of which was supplied by a Catholic Communication Campaign grant. But no go.

Instead, he lined up Moira Kelly, an Irish-born Catholic.

More movie audiences have heard her than seen her - she was the voice of Nala in The Lion King - but Ms Kelly has also starred in With Honors, The Cutting Edge and in two roles in Chaplin.

"Moira is a believer and she acted this part from her heart.

That's why she gave the superlative performance we see in this film," Fr Kieser said.

"Moira will be a major star after this picture."

He didn't name his first choices for writer or composer, but for writer the priest landed John Wells, co-creator of NBC's new smash "ER." The movie's composer is Bill Conti, best known for his stirring scores from the "Rocky" movie series.

"John Wells father, incidentally, is an Episcopalian priest."

Fr Kieser said. "and John is quite a holy man in his own right."

And Conti "composes the music from the place in his heart where he believes," he added.

Also featured are two-time pays the price for that kind of Oscar nominee Melinda Dillon lifestyle." as Sister Aloysius, who "Serving the poor is not easy, befriended a young Dorothy; and this film does not romantiMartin Sheen as Peter Maurin, cise the poor," he said. "Being her mentor, and Brian Keith as celibate involves a price. the Archbishop of New York, Being poor yourself involves a with whom Dorothy had her price. Being non-violent in the share of run-ins. face of violent conflict has a The director is Michael price. All this happened to her."

Rhodes, who also directed The priest said he knew Romero.

Dorothy Day personally, having "Dorothy Day" looks at its sub- been in Rome with her for the ject's life during a 20-year span, fourth session of the Second Vat1917-37. "That's where Dorothy ican Council. makes all her big decisions," Fr Her story "gives people an Kieser said. experience of God's presence in The movie, he added, was bro- the situation. It tweaks nerves in ken into four parts. rd Loam American society. It is about In the first part, Dorothy, in women's rights, it is about digDorothy Day New York. has an abortion. The nity, it is about fulfillment. second part has Dorothy relocatIt is about the need for God, it tributors.

"We're going to finish ing to Staten Island, where she is about abortion, it is about sinthe picture first, then take it to a finds God, has a child with her gle parenting, it is about lay mindistributor, he said. "We want to common-law husband and istry, it is about the homeless, it show them what we can do." decides to raise the child as a Is about finding God in the poor, Catholic. it is about commitment and sexLooking into the future, Fr In the third segment, Dorothy uality."

Kieser said Paulist Productions co-founds the Catholic Worker With all that, finding a com- was working on a cable series on with Maurin. The Catholic pany to distribute "Dorothy Day" New Testament characters, a Worker movement espouses should be no problem, Fr Kieser series on Jesus for the third milvoluntary poverty and service in said, despite earlier reports to lennium, and "we're also thinkthe midst of the poor. the contrary. ing of doing something on The final part details Alter post-production wraps (Blessed) Damien of Molokai," Dorothy's "dark night of the up in late September. he will the famed "leper priest" of the soul," Fr Kieser said. "where she shop the movie around to dis- late 19th century.

UN hearings show East Timor support

By Tracy Early UNITED NATIONS (CNS) Hearings at the United Nations last week confirmed that the East Timor cause for independence still draws strong international support 20 years after the heavily Catholic island territory was taken over by Indonesia.

Speaker after speaker. including an Australian nurse who worked in East Timor for the church. charged Indonesia with violating the people's human rights.

More than 30 people representing organisations came to testify at the annual meeting of a special General Assembly committee that deals with implementing the UN declaration on granting independence to colonial countries and peoples. Its membership consists of 24 countries, including Indonesia, and it is commonly known as the Special Committee of 24.

Not all the speakers who w anted to give lengthy details could be heard before the committee adjourned. They were asked to return the next day.

Alimamy Banjura of Sierra

Leone. acting chairman, said he ditions and indications of widehoped the committee could agree spread torture. He said Indoneon a recommendation for the sian authorities told him they General Assembly by the time the were providing adequate medical committee sessions ended. It also services, and would not authorise was dealing with Gibraltar, the him to work as a nurse. He said Falkland Islands and other issues. Indonesia had in fact built hospiThose who had come to testify tals, but that the people did not indicated they did not expect any trust Indonesians and insisted on immediate action. They expressed going to Catholic medical facilioptimism that support is growing ties.

Before testifying, Mr De Faux and that keeping the spotlight on appeared at a UN press conferthe issue would eventually bring ence sponsored by Domingos A. results.

Ferreira. a representative of Sao During the colonial period. Tome and Principe. His country while Indonesia was ruled by the has been allied with four other Netherlands, East Timor was former Portuguese colonies of under Portugal and developed a Africa - Angola, Mozambique. separate and largely Catholic Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau identity. Indonesia is the world's in support of East Timor. largest predominantly Muslim "Every Timorese person I spoke nation. to supported the idea of indepenAfter the 1974 fall of the Por- dence," Mr De Faux told reporters. tuguese dictatorship. an indepenAlso appearing at the press condence movement emerged in East ference was Mari Alkatin, foreign Timor, but Indonesia took control minister of the East Timor resisin 1975 and formally annexed East tance group Fretlin, based in Timor the next year.

Maputo. Mozambique. A Muslim.

Simon De Faux, an Australian Mr Alkatin said he did not connurse who was in East Timor from sider the conflict to be religious.

February to April under the ausMr Alkatin said recent talks in pices of the Salesian order, told Geneva between the UN secrethe committee of oppressive con- tary-general and Indonesian and

DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) Bishop Brendan Comiskey of Ferns is to travel to Rome next month for meetings with Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, head of the Vatican Congregation for Bishops, to discuss Bishop Comiskey's statements supporting married priesthood.

The Irish church information office said it is unlikely the Vatican would take any immediate disciplinary action against Bishop Comiskey. The meetings with Cardinal Gantin would likely be "an exchange of views." it said.

He was quoted in the July 16 edition of the Dublin newspaper, The Sunday Independent, as saying "I couldn't live with that" when asked what he would do if asked to stop commenting on the issue.

He said there was no matter of doctrine or faith involved and has denied that what he has said was contrary to church doctrine

By Mary Thomas or moral teaching.

Pope john Paul has repeatedly EUREKA SPRINGS, Arkansas (CNS) - The and strongly asserted the Latinrich and famous have champagne wishes and rite rule on priestly celibacy. caviar dreams.

Cardinal Cahal Daly, the PriThe spiritually rich, however, have many mate of Ireland, said in a June 24 statement that traces of what blessings often overlooked by secular media appear to a campaign against and entertainment programs. At least until priestly celibacy could be recently.

In late June. Robin Leach's "Lifestyles" syndidetected in sectors of the Irish cated TV program visited singer-songwriter media.

Cardinal Daly also said that John Michael Talbot and his Little Portion Hermitage for a taping session. A segment on the personal opinions which differ Catholic community is scheduled to air in Sepfrom papal teaching could not be tember. said to carry the special weight of Talbot and the monastic community he the office of bishop, or to be an founded, Brothers and Sisters of Charity, live in exercise in episcopal authority in the Ozark Mountains, about vikm from the proper sense.

Eureka Springs. The occasion for the "Celibacy is above all a matter "Lifestyles" visit was the release of Talbot's of faith," the cardinal said.

30th album, "Chant from the Hermitage."

"Where the faith is in decline, Talbot's experience with chants began in the vocations will decline and 1980s with his "Come to the Quiet" album. celibacy will find itself under "Chant from the Hermitage" contains 12 pressure." psalms, six traditional Gregorian chants and

Portuguese officials brought a step forward."

Technically. Portugal remains the administering power for East Timor because no formal settlement recognised by the United Nations has been achieved.

Vincent Comiskey. Pax Christi International's main representative to the United Nations, read a s tatement on behalf of the Catholic Institute for International Relations in London.

It elaborated on themes presented by East Timor's apostolic administrator. Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo of Dili, at an intra-Timorese dialogue between June 2 and June 5 in Austria.

The institute said reports it sees "point to continuing interference in the life and operations of the church by the military."

The Reverend Max Surjadinata. a United Church of Christ minister In Mount Vernon. New York who was representing the East Timor Religious Outreach USA. said that. as a native of Indonesia, he and many other Indonesians were opposed to the "shameful and illegal occupation of East Timor."

Going beyond music with John Michael Talbot

six other chant-styled melodies written by Tal'Even sacred music can be a real obstrucbot. tion. But it's a great doorway to that 'room' of Talbot's community blends traditional forms prayer. It's a shame if we just stand in the of community life for men and women living doorway all the time." as celibates - with families with children. The As a result, he finds himself listening to very community currently numbers about 40. little music.

His spiritual journey took him through a "What I hunger for in my heart, in terms of Methodist boyhood. a career in rock music and what I hear - I don't know how to make that experiences with Buddhism and Native Amer-- kind of music, and I don't know anyone els, ican religions. who can. Maybe that's a hunger for heaven," He became part of the born-again Christian he said. movement, but a fascination with the life of St "Even the sacred music I listen to, the variFrancis of Assisi led him to convert to Catholious chants, they can be intrusive. When I get cism. really deep with the Lord, I don't listen to Despite the fame and attention Talbot's music." music has brought him, he tries to keep music Talbot and his community are offering othfrom taking over his life. He'd rather have it the ers a chance to find that depth with their new other way around, he says.

Attention to life and its rhythms is the basis "School in Simple Living" retreat.

The retreat's theme offers a paradox: Simfor his own creativity and music ministry, he plicity can lead to an abundant life.. explained.

"Simple living is a popular idea ... but real "Our life should be centered on God, not music," he said. "I really believe that music has simple living is not popular, because it to come out of life. Our ministry will flow out demands change," Talbot said. of our life in God." "I used to think I was a believer - now (I see Real prayer "is best entered into in total myself as) a survivor," he said, emphasising silence." he said. the importance of perseverance.

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International News

Family planning fight in Nepal

'Parallel church' warning

By John Thavis

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has urged Brazil's bishops to keep a careful watch on the activities of religious KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNS) - orders to prevent the creation of With a population anticipated to a "parallel church" in local dioexceed 26 million by the end of ceses. the century, Nepal's government The Pope's speech on July 11 is expected by observers to cam- on bishop-religious relations paign vigorously for the wide- focused on an issue that has spread use of contraceptives. been sensitive for many years in There has been increased lob- Brazil. bying for family planning since He the democratic movement rose whilereminded bishops that they must respect the t o prominence in 1990, and authority of religious superiors since the Government has in the internal matters of each worked closely with organisaorder, there were many areas of tions such as the Family Planning Association of Nepal, UC.A religious activity that required a News, a Thailand-based Asian bishop's constant attention.

The Pope spoke of the risk that church news agency, reported.

Private Catholic efforts have religious might "fall into the been organised to promote nat- temptation of creating the cliural family planning as a coun- mate of a 'parallel church' that is terbalance to the contraceptive just outside a bishop's reach, or campaign. Neon signs, bill- worse, against a bishop." He boards, posters and advertise- emphasised that the bishop was ments promote contraceptives. the legitimate pastor and teacher Injections, implants and other methods - some of which are shunned in the West because of adverse side effects, are promoted as "new and better" methods in Nepal.

The Family Planning Association, established in 1959, is V ATICAN CITY (CNS) Nepal's oldest non-government Approving a step toward saintorganisation and has implemented projects in over half the hood, the Vatican has declared as country's 75 districts, association "venerable" Father Solanus secretary-general Man Bahadur Casey, a Capuchin who helped start a soup kitchen in Detroit Bishwakarma said. during the Great Depression.

"Mobile sterilisation programs He is the first United StatesIn many districts have been very born male to be so honoured by successful," he said.

Catholics, numbering about the Church. On July 11 Pope John 4,000 in Nepal, usually do not Paul II and other Vatican officials discuss the use of artificial con- Issued a decree recognising his traceptives with priests, said "heroic virtues."

Fr Casey was a largely Father Paul Kizhekekala. unschooled man who got to felt this was a matter parishknow the poor while working as ioners wanted to deal with a doorkeeper in parishes and themselves. Anyway. only a few really faithful ones would take church offices.

In later years, until his death in the Church's ban on artificial contraceptives seriously," he 1957. he was sought out by large numbers of people who believed said. he had gifts of prophecy and Even among religious, views differ on artificial contracep- healing.

One miracle attributed to his tives. Nuns at a women's development center in Kathmandu, in intercession is now needed for defiance of Church teaching, him to be declared blessed, used charts for showing village which is the next step toward women the types of artificial possible canonisation. Two possible miracles are currently being contraceptives available.

"I do not mean that we should go and distribute artificial contraceptives, but any individual should decide for himself and herself, and if one's conscience MINNEAPOLIS (CNS) - A allows it, one should go ahead." Christian, evangelical-style cruNazareth Sister Santa Man- sade that invites men to cheer for avalan said.

Jesus Christ in the stadiums Church teaching forbids the where they usually cheer for use of artificial contraceptives. their local sports team is attractIt says that intercourse is ing Catholic attention and particreserved only to marriage and ipation. that each act of intercourse must In the Minneapolis and Seattle be open to the possibility of pro- areas, where Promise Keepers creation. scheduled conferences during Caritas Nepal officer Rupa July. Catholics have become Rai, the only Nepalese Catholic active in the group and its miswoman scheduled to go to the sion to promote spiritual revival I •Irth World Conference on in America. ,men in Beijing in September, Steve Jenkins is a Catholic t. 1d UCA News that educated member of the Community of Nepalese women felt family Christ the Redeemer in West St planning victimised women.

Paul, Minnesota, and the Promise "Most reproduction control programs and pressure groups Keepers' field representative for Minnesota, North Dakota, South target women and avoid men," Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin. she said.

He recalled that as he watched Anju Shrestha, a Catholic who the seventh game of the 1991 offers free natural family planning advice at her home in Kath- World Series at the Metrodome mandu, said that trained lay in Minneapolis, he was thinking, "Wouldn't this be great to fill Catholics were now available for free advice on the method. with people praising God." Some 64,000 men were She said people found them easier to approach than priests or expected to do just that on July 14-15 for a Promise Keepers nuns.

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of each particular church, in which religious orders must do their work.

The Pope also stressed that each religious order had a particular charism tied to a founder's inspiration, which must be preserved by members today.

In view of that, he called for the correction of certain initiatives undertaken in the name of "inter-congregational formation" involving various religious orders. He said it was all right to offer courses that cut across congregational lines, but not an entire novitiate program.

Moreover, he said, no superior of a religious order could abdicate his or her duty to preside over the formation of new members. He warned against the use of "Intermediate organisations" that failed to orient new members of religious orders toward the ideals of consecrated life.

The Pope also commented on the role of conferences of major superiors, which have had a

sometimes controversial role in Brazil and the rest of Latin America. The Vatican in recent years has intervened to modify pastoral programs adopted by the main Latin American religious confederation.

The Pope said such conferences of superiors were recognised by church law as having a very useful role in meeting certain specific objectives, but he added: "Such conferences, whether regional, national or international, cannot constitute a higher instance of governance of the consecrated life, since they do not have juridical power."

He said these conferences should serve the autonomy of each religious order, and respect the functions of each religious superior.

In their pastoral and evangelisation programs, he said, such conferences of religious must obey the Pope. The programs should also fully respect the charism of individual orders, he said.

Simple Capuchin doorman with healing powers named 'heroic' investigated by local churches, according to Vatican sources.

Brought up on a farm, he quit school at the age of 16 to help his family, working variously as a lumberjack, streetcar motorman and prison guard.

He entered the Milwaukee archdiocesan seminary but left because he had problems with the courses, which were taught in German or Latin. At the age of 26, after extensive prayer, he entered the novitiate of the Capuchin Franciscans in Detroit.

He experienced further difficulties with his studies, however, and in 1904 was ordained a simplex priest - without faculties for preaching or hearing confessions.

He was assigned to the Sacred Heart parish in Yonkers, New York, and remained there for 14 years as a doorkeeper and sacristan.

In 1924 he moved to St Bonaventure Friary in Detroit. As doorman there, he was noted for

"A conference of religious would stray front its original purpose if it became an instrument of pressure for the introduction of elements contrary to the healthy traditions and legitimate identity of diverse institutes," he said.

Nor should conferences of religious attempt to remove from religious superiors the effective governance of their own orders, he said.

In watching over all these factors, the Pope said, bishops should not be afraid "to use their own authority where the spiritual good requires it."

He said that bishops should appreciate the gifts brought by religious, but remember that they govern their own dioceses with "advice, exhortation, and example, but also with authority and sacred power."

The bishops, from north-eastern Brazil, were concluding their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican.

The visits are made every five years by heads of dioceses.

Pope 'ally' of women

his charity in his dealings with MILAN, Italy (CNS) - Recent the many people who came seek- statements by Pope John Paul II ing financial assistance and food. have shown him to be "one of the He helped Capuchin Father Her- hest allies" of the United Nationsman Bus start a soup kitchen that sponsored Fourth World Confernow serves more than 1,000 peo- ence on Women, the secretaryple daily. general of the meeting has said.

He was assigned to the St Felix Gertrude Mongella. who met Friary in Huntington, Indiana, in 1946. where even in semi-retire- with the Pope in May to discuss ment he was visited by bus loads the agenda for the conference in of people seeking his advice and China's capital, Beijing. said the pontiff had demonstrated a capacprayers for healing.

In 1956 he returned to Detroit ity to listen to others and a deterfor medical care, and died there mination to defend the rights of on July 31, 1957 at the age of 87. others.

His final words were said to be, "I "The Church in general, and the give my soul to Jesus Christ."

Pope in particular, have been In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, painted as the toughest adverCapuchin Father Michael saries of the conference. But I Crosby. who is a Vatican- went to Rome and met the Pope, appointed "collaborator" in the and discovered in him one of the cause. said Fr Casey's life was best allies," she said in an interheroic "not because he did such view published on July 11 by the extraordinary things ... but Italian newspaper Avvenire. because he was so consistent in "If everyone thought like he the way he did ordinary things with such faith, with such com- does, maybe this conference passion, and with such integrity." would not be necessary," she said.

Stadiums in which Tarn the Lord' echoes "Raise the Standard" conference, one of 13 scheduled in stadiums around the country from' April to October this year. Even with a $55 registration fee, the Minneapolis event sold out almost immediately.

Mr Jenkins, who used to sell computers, told the Catholic Bulletin, newspaper of the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis, that he became involved after attending a 1992 Promise Keepers conference in Boulder, Colorado, where the group is based.

The interdenominational men's ministry was started in 1990 by Bill McCartney, a former football coach at the University of Colorado, and Dave Wardell.

The first conference in 1991 drew 4,200 men. In 1994, more than 280,000 men attended seven conferences, and this year's series is expected to draw 500.000.

The response "demonstrates the level of hunger of men to have a relationship with God," Mr Jenkins said.

He added, though, that most

men think the conference is the main experience. "But that's just two days," he said. "Actually, we're interested in the other 363 days. The conference is the ignition point. It ignites the men to be open to a relationship with God and a few other men, to honour their pastor and prayer."

"It gives them a stronger desire to honour their wife and children, to really become male servant leaders," he said. All of that is supposed to come from seven promises the organisation emphasises.

By making the promises, the men pledge to honour Jesus Christ and model their lives on his, build support networks with other men, practice spiritual and moral purity, strengthen family ties, support their local churches, bridge racial and denominational barriers for the sake of unity, and actively influence society.

Promise Keepers has been criticised as anti-feminist, anti-gay, and has been called just a "boys weekend out" or a "good old

boy" club that pushes the idea of male-dominated households.

"My personal response to the ones who would say this is a men-only group that will eventually downgrade women is that (it works) to the contrary," said Randy Krebs. A parishioner at Sacred Heart of Jesus in Enumclaw, Washington, he attended a Promise Keepers conference in Portland, Oregon, last year.

"To me it's one of the more pro-women organisations because it gets into the biblical aspects of how a husband should treat his wife: with dignity, respect and loyalty."

Father Timothy Nolan, pastor of St Paul Church in Ham Lake, Minnesota, said he planned to attend the Metrodome conference with 150 to 200 men from his parish.

"As Catholics, we would be crazy not to tap into it, even though it is not a specifically Catholic movement," he said.

"How else am I going to get 100 guys tuned up for the Lord? It's a freebie."

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Angels make a comeback in the market-place

By John 'Mavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) - They play the lute and scatter flowers.

They shoot little arrows and sing celestial songs. They laugh, pray and give advice on T-shirts, stationery, pillboxes and books.

Angels are back at the Vatican, and they're hot.

The marketing craze that hit the United States a few years ago has arrived at the headquarters of the universal church.

Along with it has come a renewed interest in the role and influence of angels in the lives of human beings.

"It took us a couple of years, but we're catching up," said an employee of the Vatican bookstore in St Peter's Square, which has a row of angel books and calendars.

Next door, at the Vatican's tourist information centre, the winged creatures are everywhere: on cards, pencil and jewelry boxes, posters, papal blessings and picture frames. You can buy a terracotta "putto," or cherub, to hang on your wall, or spend more for a reproduction of a frescoed angel with rainbow-coloured wings.

The souvenir and book shops that ring St Peter's Square are chock-full of angel mementoes and angel lore: from pens to statues to playing cards. One of the hottest

sellers is a pocket-sized book titled, "Advice From Your Guardian Angel."

"It's the angel season right now. Before, nobody believed in them, now everybody does. I wonder what the angels think about that," remarked an employee in Coletti's bookstore, next to the Vatican.

He added, however, that Italians in particular still have a deep interest in demons, too.

"The boom is in both directions," he said.

Visitors might expect the Vatican to exploit its artwork for angel images. But surprisingly, the most popular angels even inside the Vatican are those two ubiquitous "putti" that appeared on US "Love" postage stamps this year. They were painted by Raphael, who worked for several popes, but the original work is today in a German museum.

The Vatican, however, is a mother lode of angelic icons. They come in all shapes and sizes, from the fat marble cherubs holding up the holy water fonts in St Peter's to the angelic musicians of Melozzo da Fork's "Ascension" in the painting museum.

And the Vatican long ago put its own angels on stamps. This year, the 600-lira issue depicts a golden-haired, silverwinged archangel, in commemoration of the "miraculous" transportation of the house of Mary - by angels, of course - to the

Italian town of Loreto. Does any of this have spiritual value?

Vatican officials, who have never gone overboard for angels, would probably give a qualified "yes".

In a broadcast on Easter Monday, a day dedicated to angels in remembrance of the one who announced Christ's resurrection, Vatican Radio tried to respond to the growing interest and confusion about their role in the faith.

"Angels truly exist, just as God exists," said Father Gabriele Amorth. an expert on angels and demons. The "Catechism of the Catholic Church." he pointed out, describes angels as "servants and messengers of God" and as purely spiritual creatures, personal and immortal, having intelligence and will.

How many are there?

-Myriads, myriads. We have no idea of the omnipotence of God." the priest said.

And do they look like chubby winged children? Or flying fashion models?

That's a problem, Fr Amorth said.

Because angels are pure spirits, we can only imagine them according to our own conceptions which can be logical and sensible, but do not correspond to reality.

It's like trying to draw the wind, he said.

The best we can come up with may be a tree with its leaves bent to one side.

But some Vatican officials see a less-doctrinal view emerging in the current angel boom. A just-published book, "Prayers to the Angels: For Health and Healing," suggests angels are a form of astral energy that can be tapped through recited prayers.

Someone with hip problems, according to the book, should for eight days recite aloud to the angel Seheiah a four-page prayer that begins: "0 font of infinite wisdom ..." There are different angels for liver problems, toothaches or the common cold.

The book is being heavily marketed under the slogan: "Somebody up there is listening."

A few years ago the Vatican's doctrinal congregation came down hard on an angel cult in Austria, which revolved around a woman's alleged visions of a world of angels in which their individual names and specific tasks were revealed. The Vatican told the group to end their activities, which it called -foreign to Holy Scripture."

Today, as he walks to his office, the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, might recall the Austrian case as he passes the souvenir stand where, on cards, medals and posters, the heavenly hosts abound.

Mary statues damaged Chinese burn Catholic in Madras attacks chapel a second time HONG KONG (CNS) - A chapel in a Chinese Catholic fishing community was burned for the second lime in 10 months, and some villagers were beaten during the incident, according to Catholic sources.

The raid was said to be a result of the local Catholics' refusal to join the governmentapproved church organisation that rejects Vatican authority over local church matters, including the selection of bishops, UCA News, a Thailandbased Asian church news agency, reported.

The existence of the clandestine chapel also clashed with government regulations requiring registration of places used for religious activities.

The chapel was a straw shed in the fishing village near Yangcheng Lake in Xiangcheng town, eastern China, about 1000km south-east of China's capital, Beijing.

On the morning of May 19, in a raid by more than 300 public security bureau officers led by a local religious affairs official, the chapel was sprayed with gasoline and burned, Catholic sources in China said.

Three lay women and one man who attempted to save religious articles were seriously beaten, the sources said.

The pastor was not present.

The raid was confirmed by a police official in Wuxian who told UCA News on July 6 "the chapel was burned because it belonged to the underground church and was not registered with the government."

He said he knew nothing about injuries resulting from the raid.

"Any chapels built without being registered and approved by the government in future will be treated in the same way." the official said.

A Catholic source from northern China told UCA News in June that the chapel was built on rented farmland, the same site where a former chapel was burned last year.

The rebuilding cost 40,000 yuan (SUS4.800). the source added.

The source also said some 500 Catholics and the priest in the village refused to join the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, established to keep the officially recognised church in line with government policy. As a result, the source

said, they have often been harassed by government officials.

• An official with a reputation for party loyalty and suspicion of religion has been appointed t o head China's Religious Affairs Bureau, which oversees religious activity in the country.

The new director. Ye Xiaowen, replaced Zhang Shengzuo, who has retired.

Mr Ye. who is in his 40s, is a senior official in the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China and is said to be familiar with religious and ethnic affairs.

But the South China Morning Post. a Hong Kong English-language daily, said on July 8 that Mr Ye had no formal religious training or foreign experience.

Mr Ye has written that religious issues were often entry points for foreign interests bent on stirring conflicts among the Chinese people under the guise of safeguarding freedom and human rights.

Development of Christianity r ouses the most concern, because it involved collecting revenue and self-appointment of pastors. Mr Ye wrote, and carried the greatest potential for internal conflict.

MADRAS, India (CNS) - Some 2.000 people blocked a Madras city road after three statues of Mary were damaged in the capital of southern India's Tamil Nadu state.

Demonstrators who took part in the June 30 protest said they suspected the incidents were instigated by the state's ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Party.

UCA News, a Thailand-based Asian church news agency, reported.

They alleged that the party was retaliating against those who opposed the depiction of the state's Chief Minister, Jayalalitha jayaram, as the Blessed Mother on posters and billboards last February.

Ms jayaram ordered the posters removed on February 26 "to avoid hurting religious sentiments" of Christians, who organised statewide protests.

"Only AIADMK men have police support to indulge in such acts." said Agnes Rani, a demonstrator. She said that party men were "attacking our churches and statues all over the state" after the poster incident.

But Ms Jayaram condemned the attacks "personally and as the chief minister" as shameful and degrading.

"It was uncivilised for anyone to hurt the religious feelings of others," she said.

Police said they had arrested two alleged vandals in identical incidents.

The first incident was early on

June 27 at St Anthony's Church in Egmore. a Madras suburb, where a statue of Our Lady of Health was found damaged.

On the night of June 29 another statue of Mary outside nearby Presentation Convent was damaged by t wo vandals on a motorbike, according to the convent watchman.

During the anti-vandalism demonstration. a Marian statue 5krn away was found with its head missing.

Madras police persuaded the protesters to disperse after assuring them justice and promising to book the culprits.

St Anthony's pastor, Father T.J. George, told police they would block traffic again lithe culprits went unpunished.

Anthony Fernandez, the MadrasMylapore Archdiocesan Catholic Association president, presented a memo to the police commissioner seeking police protection for all statues in the city.

Several organisations and political parties also condemned the incident.

The attack was "barbaric and criminal." said N. Ram. president of Harmony India, an association seeking to create goodwill among the various religious and ethnic communities in the country.

Mr Ram said such desecrations would "wound Christians and create a climate of prejudice and hate."

Cardinal joins Protestants to remember Hus PRAGUE, Czech Republic (CNS) - Cardinal Miloslav 'Vlk of Prague, head of the Czech Catholic Church, has become the first national Catholic leader to join Protestants to remember Jan Hus, the country's bestknown heretic.

Catholic and Protestant officials said the event improved ecumenical relations made fragile in May when Pope John Paul II canonised Jan Sarkander, a 17th-century Catholic priest killed by Protestants.

Hus, a Catholic priest and Prague university rector, was burned at the stake in 1415 after his teachings were declared heretical by the Council of Constance. He had been excommunicated in 1412 and had been

summoned to Constance on a safe-conduct pledge to defend his teachings on biblical authority and the role of the Church.

The decree condemning him accused Hus of denying the primacy of the Apostle Peter, describing the Church as an assembly of the predestined, and arguing that personal holiness alone gives legitimate jurisdiction to clergy, from priest to pope.

The reformer's death was followed by five German crusades against his followers, who were called Hussites. Since the 19th century, Hus has been widely r egarded as a key symbol of national identity and the father of an independent Czech culture and religion.

Bishops, rebels Cardinal Vlk said Catholics by Protestants in 1620 during a talk peace

have a "new attitude" toward Hus. The cardinal addressed about 700 people at a July 6 commemoration service marking the 580th anniversary of Hus' death.

Pavel Smetana, president of the Czech Council of Churches, grouping the country's largest non-Catholic Christian churches, praised the cardinal's participation as a "sign of true ecumenism" opening the door to discussions of "difficult dogmatic and theological issues" regarding Hus. "The recent canonisation of Jan Sarkander made it clear that interchurch relations in the Czech Republic are very fragile." he said.

Saint Jan Sarkander was killed

religious war and the papal canonisation of him May 21 during a visit to the Czech Republic sparked Protestant protests.

Father Miloslav Fiala, Czech bishops' spokesman, said that there was "no connection" between the Hus service and the canonization of St Jan Sarkander.

But the cardinal's participation in the commemoration was a "new step in ecumenical relations," he said.

The ceremony was held in Prague's Bethlehem Chapel, where Hus used to preach his fiery sermons against clerical abuses and clericalism.

MEXICO CITY (CNS) - The president of the Mexican bishops' conference is to head a sevenmember commission of bishops to meet with leaders of the Zapatista National Liberation Army rebels in the southern state of Chiapas.

Archbishop Sergio Obeso Rivera of Xalapa said he and six other bishops would meet with the rebels concurrently with a new round of peace talks with Mexico's Government set to resume on July 24.

Following the New Year's Day 1994 outbreak of the Zapatista rebellion, the bishops' special commission for peace travelled three times to the state to seek a solution to the rebel-government conflict.

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Vietnam links Death culture needs 'jihad' freedom hope: US bishop WASHINGTON (CNS) - The head of the United States' bishops' international policy committee last week hailed the US Government's decision to reestablish diplomatic relations with Vietnam as a welcome step that could lead to greater religious freedom in the Southeast Asian country.

Bishop Daniel Reilly of Worcester, Massachusetts, made the comment in a statement on July 12, the day after US President Bill Clinton announced the return to full diplomatic relations 22 years after the end of the Vietnam War. -Let this moment, in the words of the Scripture, be a time to heal and a time to build." Mr Clinton said.

Bishop Reilly said the US bishops welcomed the move "in the hope it will improve and strengthen discussions between our two countries on matters of great concern, especially human rights and religious freedom, the MIA-POW question, and refugee and immigration concerns."

He said he viewed the US Government's action "not as a sign of approval of a regime that still fails to assure the full rights of its people, but as a means of strengthening the needed dialogue, of making more effective our concerns for the people of

Vietnam, and of moving forward in healing the wounds of war."

The bishop noted that the Catholic bishops of Vietnam "have long advocated increased diplomatic, trade and other relations between their country and the United States."

Bishop Reilly referred to a 1989 document of the US bishops called "A Time for Dialogue and Healing: A Pastoral Reflection on US-Vietnam Relations."

"We wish to emphasise that an official presence and an on-going dialogue do not indicate approval or disapproval of a particular regime, but it is mutually advantageous to establish a formal mechanism by means of which problems may be discussed and, when possible, resolved," that document said.

"This official dialogue must include, as we have consistently advocated, a constant concern for human and religious rights and a continuing search for justice," the bishops added.

Mr Clinton said the US Government would use its renewed ties with Vietnam to press for a full accounting of the 2,202 US service personnel still listed officially as missing in action in South-East Asia.

Some 58.000 US soldiers lost their lives in the Vietnam War.

Weakland sabbatical MILWAUKEE (CNS) - Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee has announced that he will take a six-month sabbatical next year to rest and write.

He said he planned to spend most of his time in Milan, Italy, completing the research and writing of a doctoral dissertation in music on medieval Ambrosian chant.

He said he would return periodically to the archdiocese during his sabbatical. During his absence, he said, Auxiliary Bishop Richard Sklba would be in charge of the day-to-day archdiocesan administration.

Archbishop Weakland, who is

68, said that after he completed his sabbatical he would return to Milwaukee, where he expected to remain archbishop until his retirement at age 75.

In the 1950s, as a young Benedictine monk he earned a master's degree in piano from the Juilliard School of Music in New York and did graduate studies toward a doctorate at Columbia University, also in New York He spent a year in Milan in

1956-57 on a Columbia fellow-

ship doing research on Ambrosian chant but did not finish his doctorate.

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (CNS) - followed God's will, Professor A Boston College professor, in an Kreeft added. address at the Franciscan Uni"Unity of action opens new versity of Steubenville, has eyes to understanding unity of called for an "ecumenical jihad" thought," he said. to fight a culture of death which Other speakers at the conferhe says threatens to destroy ence included Catholic apologist Western civilization.

Karl Keating; singer-songwriter "The sexual revolution could and founder of the Brothers and quite possibly prove to be the Sisters of Charity community in most destructive revolution in Arkansas, John Michael Talbot; history, far more than any politi- author and teacher of theology at cal or military revolution Pope John XXIII National Semibecause it touches not just lives, nary, Norbertine Father Alfred but the very well-springs of life," McBride; and Kimberly and Peter }Creek an author and phi- Scott Hahn, who is assistant prolosophy professor, said. fessor of theology at Franciscan Professor Keeft sees an ecu- University. menical jihad, or holy war, as an The Hahns have produced alliance of religions and people ,over 200 audio tapes on Catholic of good will working to combat faith and morals. Mrs Hahn, who "the massive destruction of holds a master's in theology, morality, safety, families, mar- spoke on how parents can use riages, trust and goodness." the new "Catechism of the "The root cause of all these Catholic Church" to educate poisonous fruits is not political, their children. "Parents' role as or economic, or military, or crim- educators is so decisive." she inological - it is spiritual." Prof said. quoting Pope John Paul Kreeft said.

-that scarcely anything can coinHe spoke to an audience of pensate for their failure in it." more than 1,400 gathered for the In a homily at the closing university's sixth -Defending the Mass, Franciscan Father Michael Faith" conference in late June.

Scanlan, the university's presiHe said he has already seen dent, told conference-goers to some signs of such an alliance in give their lives completely over a joint effort by Muslims and to God, and "make the break" Baptists in New York to help the with anything holding them homeless and the work of the back Vatican and Muslim countries to "Ask the Holy Spirit to show fight abortion language in the you the area that he calls you to document that came out of the move out of and you're saying, United Nations' conference on 'Not yet.I can't. I'm too weak" Fr population last year in Cairo, Scanlan said. -Take it to prayer.

Egypt.

God will show you the joy that The struggle of the "city of no circumstances can ever take God" against the "city of the from you." world" could be successful only At another conference hosted if those engaged in the struggle by the university earlier in June.

Father John Bertolucci told more than 2,000 Catholic charismatic leaders that "God's healing is a reality that we can experience all through the day and evening and night and even while we sleep."

"God's healing is Jesus Christ himself," said Fr Bertolucci, who is a priest of the Diocese of Albany, New York. "There is a sense in which God's healing ... is always with us, especially when we repent and turn from sin ... and especially when we recognise that the divine physician, the saviour of the world, dwells within our hearts."

Fr Bertolucci is a member of t he Steubenville-based FIRE team, a Catholic alliance of faith, intercession, repentance and evangelism.

He encouraged his audience t o work for renewal of the Church, especially through repentance.

"Repentance means turning to the Lord Jesus Christ." he said.

'Repentance means turning a way from sin ... repentance means a change of attitude inside and a change of behaviour outside."

Francis MacNutt who, with wife Judith, founded Christian healing Ministries in St Augustine. Florida. opened the conference with a talk on healing and its importance in the Church today.

"Healing is not a side issue ... it's at the very heart of the Gospel," he said. -We need the power of the Spirit ... we need something beyond us, something more than us."

PARIS (CNS) - In a constitutional challenge to France's 20year-old abortion law, a court has set a precedent by throwing out a case against pro-life activists who blocked access to an abortion centre.

The three-judge court said the nine protesters, who entered a hospital in Paris last year to pray and sing hymns. had committed no violence or damage, and had offered no resistance to police sent to remove them.

The July 4 judgment was contrary to other verdicts in which courts have handed out fines, suspended prison sentences and actual jail terms to similar protesters.

Minister of Justice Jacques Toubon announced on July 5 that he would appeal the verdict. He said the actions of the so-called

that they do not intend to go back on the 1975 legislation. But the presence in the government of a staunchly anti-abortion minister, Colette Codaccioni, is an indication the law might be applied more strictly in the future.

Mrs Codaccioni heads the new Ministry for Solidarity Between the Generations. She has said that she will make the family and childbearing priorities, although pledging to respect the 1975 legislation "because it's the law."

There was an outcry of protest in June when it seemed possible that the Government might include anti-abortion activists in the traditional amnesty for millor offenses that followed a presidential election.

But Prime Minister Alain juppe refused to include the activists in the amnesty.

French pro-lifers have win anti-abortion commandos pose a real social problem" and added that "we should try not to give too much publicity to this kind of action."

The nine were charged under a 1993 supplement to the 1975 abortion law, making it a criminal offense to interfere with an abortion or to block access to premises where abortions are performed.

The president of the court.

Thierry Devernoix de Bonnefon, said that there was no proof that any abortions were taking place or planned during the time the defendants were in the hospital.

He added that, despite the 1975 legislation, French law permited actions in defence of people in actual or imminent danger" and thus afforded protection to a being that was 'born or to be born."

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US biblical scholars ask Vatican to explain lectionary rejection

By Jerry Filteau WASHINGTON (CNS) - The executive board of the Catholic Biblical Association of America has asked the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to give a public accounting of why it rejected two English Bible translations approved by the United States' bishops for liturgical use.

It also asked the congregation to explain publicly why a third text - a new Lectionary for Mass approved by the bishops - has sat in Rome for three years awaiting Vatican confirmation or rejection.

All three texts conform to principles adopted by the US bishops for inclusive language in Scripture texts proposed for liturgical use in the US Doctrinal congregation. Objections reportedly centered on inclusive language issues.

The biblical association's 12-member board made its request in a letter on June 27 to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the doctrinal congregation. It released the 14 The Record, July 20 1995

letter to the Catholic News Service in July.

It specifically asked the doctrinal congregation to "Make public the criteria on which its judgments concerning the suitability of biblical translations are based, including those designed for use in the liturgy" and, to submit any such criteria -to the Pontifical Biblical Commission for (assessment of) their conformity with Roman Catholic Church directives over the last five decades," especially the biblical commission's 1993 document, "The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church," Pope Paul VI's 1971 decree regulating the Pontifical Biblical Commission placed the commission under the authority of the doctrinal congregation. But it stated that "the commission must be consulted before the issuance of new norms on biblical matters."

That decree also said that Catholic universities or biblical societies around the world might propose topics for consideration by the biblical commission.

The Catholic Biblical Association board

said that any criteria adopted by the doctrinal congregation for judging Scripture translations would affect all translations, so it asked other Catholic biblical associations throughout the world to join it in calling for published criteria.

Last year the Vatican Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship. acting on instructions from the doctrinal congregation, revoked its approval of the New Revised Standard Version Bible for liturgical use in the US and its approval of a revised New American Bible Book of Psalms for liturgical use in the US. A revised New American Bible Lectionary was approved by the US bishops in 1992. They sent it on to the Vatican for confirmation of their decision, as required by church law, but the Vatican has not yet acted on it.

The Lectionary is the book of Scripture readings used at Mass.

Usually it is published in more than one volume: one for Sundays and major feasts and one or more additional volumes for

the other feasts of the liturgical year and for other occasions.

The New American Bible is a translation sponsored by the US bishops and coordinated by the Catholic Biblical Association.

In January 1995 a delegation of US bishops and Scripture scholars went to Rome to meet with Vatican officials about the disagreements over inclusive language. In a brief joint statement afterward, the participants said the discussions were useful. But the Vatican ordered participants not to talk publicly about the content of the meeting.

The Canadian bishops, who have adopted the New Revised Standard Version Bible for their Lectionary, are also in discussions with Rome about the use of that translation. In the meantime, three out of four volumes of their new Lectionary, already published and distributed throughout Canada, have remained in use with Vatican permission.

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40TH ANNIVERSARY MASS Fr Anton Hesse 40th Anniversary Mass.

All parishioners past and present are invited to St Kieran's Church, Cape Street,

O sborne Park, on Sunday August 6th at 3pm. A fellowship and evening meal will follow. All welcome. RSVP by July 30 to Katie 344 2157, Lena 444 221 0 or Rosa

349 1731.

FR. RONAN KILGANNON F.S.F. A chance to enjoy the awesome wonder of our faith through the lives of St Francis

and St Clare. Fr. Ronan Kilgan non F.S.F. is giving three quiet retreats on The Joyful & Prayerful Spirituality of St Francis and S t. Clare" at Gracewood - God's Farm, 40km south of Bussetton.

R etreat No. 1, 28 July 7prn to 30 July 2pm.

No.2, 31 July 2pm to 3 Aug 2pm. No. 3, 4 Aug 7pm to 6 Aug 2pm. Suggested donations for retreats 1 & 3 S75 each, No. 2 Sll O. All welcome. More details contact

Betty Peaker, Gracewood - God's Farm, Box 24 P.O. Cowaramup, 6284. Phone & Fax 097 556212.

PARISH IN NEED The new parish of St Bernadette's, Port K ennedy, is in need of a processional c ross, an electronic typewriter, an office desk and a filing cabinet If able to help, please ring Father Doyle on 593 4670 or St Bemadette's school on

593 4066.

BUSINESS PERSON'S MASS Will be celebrated at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Square, Perth on Friday 28th J uly 1995, at 7am. Followed by a Breakfast Meeting at The Venice Cafe,

Trinity Arcade, Perth. Cost of Breakfast S8.00. The Disciples of Jesus group will provide the guest speaker.

Enquiries phone 384 0809.

BULLSBROOK PILGRIMAGE R osary, Homily and Benediction will be held Sunday July 30 at 2pm at the Church

"Virgin Mary Mother of the Church" 36 Chittering Road, Bullsbrook. For bus reservations please ring 444 7565, 458 6302 for bus to and from Bullsbrook via Marangaroo, Tuart Hill, Perth, 339 4015 for Fremantle bus.

SACRI Assoc. Inc. P.O. Box 311 Tuart Hill WA 6060. Telephone 571 1699.

India, will be held on Sunday, 23rd July, 3pm at the WA Academy of Performing Arts, 2 Bradford Street, Mt Lawley. Tickets a vailable Polly Willis 381 3113, Joan Davidson 386 5877.

NWALALM $5 (r.i.) $5.50

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Priests are welcome to concelebrate.

Please bring own vestments.

MARK CLASSIFICATION R EMEMBERED always Di Giorgio Reverend Father C armel, who passed over to Our Lord 20 July 93.

Prayerfully remembered by Josephine and the parishioners of St Francis, East Cannington.

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THANKS THANK you Holy St Jude for prayers answered. MK

THANK you Virgin Mary for prayers answered. S.R

Peter Watt PSYCHOLOGIST

A Mass to celebrate the first Feast Day of Blessed Mary MacKillop will be offered at H oly Cross Church, Broad Street, K ensington, at 7.30pm, Tuesday, 8th August An invitation is extended to all for the Mass and refreshments afterwards.

C ONCRETE Worker, all types, addition slabs, driveways, sheds etc, no job too small, first class tradesman, free quotes. 309 5413 or 015 384 48.5.

HANDYMAN, painting, gardening. pruning. tree lopping, rubbish re-moved. clean windows, houses, will do contract work.

377 2314, Martin.

Credit cards welcomed.

MAY the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored and glorified, loved, praised and preserved throughout the w orld now and forever.

S acred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us. St Jude, hope of the hopeless, pray for us. Say this prayer 9 times a day for 9 days. SR

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"DANCE OF THE SPIRIT" THREE DAY NON RESIDENTIAL RETREAT

W ednesday, July 26th-Friday 28th, 9.30am-1.00pm. Same programme repeated at 7pm-9.30pm. Monday July 31 Wednesday, August 2nd, 9.30am-1pm.

Same programme repeated at 7pm9.30pm. Team: Sr., Genevieve Ryan RSJ, Wendy Lailey RSJ. Cost S15 per morning. $10 per evening. Location: Mary MacKillop Spirituality Centre, 16 York Street, South

Perth.

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URGENTLY NEED GOOD QUALITY NICK-NACKS, HOUSEHOLD GOODS, UTENSILS, ETC. 561 Beaufort Street, Mt Lawley 421 Oxford Street, Mt Hawthorn 3 17 William Street, Northbridge 12 Robinson Road, Rockingham Or ring Sr. Clare 227 6616

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MARANATHA INSTITUTE Catholic Education Centre LEEDERVILLE Involved in groups: parish council, liturgy committee, care committee, etc?

Then try this course: BEGINNING TUESDAY JULY 25 9.30-12.00: Group Dynamics, Beth Pennington (7 weeks) Topical, in the light of Pope John Paul's recent Encyclical: BEGINNING TUESDAY AUGUST 1 5 1.00-3.00: Mission and Ecumenism, Fr Kevin Long (7 weeks)

Information, Enrolments: 388 4311

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CHARISMATIC TEACHING SEMINAR

Conducted over 16 weekly Sessions beginning with an I ntroduction & Registrations Night on: Wednesday August 9th 1995 St. Keiran's Parish Hall Cape Street, Osborne Park.

This Sominar is FREE A "Love Offering" wiil be taken up each week You may attend the weekly sessions without Registration.

Only those Registered for the entire Seminar will receive Weekly Study Notes at $2.50 p.w & be eligible for Graduation.

THE PROGRAMME Wit 1,: -Knowing the Love cf God" Mt 2: 'He is Lord'

Wit 3: 'Healing Through Forgiveness' Wk 4: 'The Holy Spirit & His Gifts' WIlt 5: 'The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Why Tongues) "Wit 6: "Righteousness" Wit 7: "The Authority of the Believer" Wk 111: 'Spiritual Armour" Wk 9: 'Effective Prayer" Wit 10: "The Motivational Gifts' Wit 11: "in the world not of the world' Mc 12: "They turned their world upside down with faith in the name of Jesus' Wit 13: "Intercessory Prayer' Wk 14: 'Practical Soul Winning for Practical People' NM 13: "The Great Commission' 3 Weekend Retreat/Workshops are essential to the Semina• & occur at Wk. 5: Wk 10: & Wk 15. ,3,, •,23t weekend costs are determined b numbers &venue.

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NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING (008) 11 4010 (local call charge) (Metro callers please use 221 3866) Natural Family Planning Centre 29 Victoria Square Member of the Australian Council Of Natural Family Planning Inc.

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FR. FOLEY TO CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF PRIESTHOOD O n August 6, 1995, at 5pm, Father Dan Foley will celebrate a special mass of thanksgiving for 40 years of priesthood. The p eople of Good Shepherd Parish; Lockridge wish to extend an invitation to anyone from the various parishes which he has served over those years; to join them for this special occasion.

The parish Church is located on the corner of Morley Drive and Attone Road Lockridge/Kiara.

A fter the thanksgiving mass there will be a dinner in honour o f Father Dan Foley at the Altone Park Recreation centre c ommencing at 7.30pm, 6 August 1995.

For further information about the mass or tickets to the Dinner, please contact DOMINIC PULE° on 279 9481.

COUNTRY REFLECTION Monday 14th August is the day set aside for the next Country Day of Reflection to be held Sat Joseph's Church, Kellerberrin, commencing 9.30am, concluding 2pm with Holy Mass. Guest Speaker: Fr. Gerard Dickinson (St. Mary's Cathedral). Theme for the day: "Peace". An invitation is extended to all.

Your prayers are asked for success of the day.

B.Y.O.L. Tea/coffee supplied.

Please wear name tag. Contact No.'s 090 454 021, 090 454 444 or metro 446 1935.

A bus will travel from Perth for the Day. To reserve seat contact Tessa: ph 448 9062.

WEEKLY ADORATION The Parishioners of Our Lady's Assumption Church Mandurah invite visitors to Mandurah to join them in adoration each week day Mon-Wed 8am-4pm and Thur-Fri 10am-4pm.

A fter 9 years with the doors locked, we have taken up the challenge and rejoice at having our church open once again.

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TAPESTRY OF GOD CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP W ishes to let old members know and any new members who may wish to come, that we h ave moved from Dianella Church to the Infant Jesus Communal hall in Wellington St Morley. Meetings still held every Friday night starting with Rosary at 7.15. The next Charismatic Healing Mass will be on the 4th A ugust at the Infant Jesus Church at 7.45 beginning with Prayer & Praise.

All welcome to join us at our meetings and Mass and to fellowship after.

Enquiries ring either Clare 378 2767 or Vicki 344 8823.

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Archdiocesan Calendar St John of God Sisters, General Chapter Mass Archbishop Hickey Blessing of Plaque for Sr Anne Keenan.

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MEDJUGORJE CENTRE FOR PEACE (est. 12 years ago by the Le Grand family)

We are a pilgrim Church and a pilgrim people

School Holidays in Medjugorje September 23rd - 13 days from $2,350.00 7 NIGHTS MEDJUGORIE, 3 NIGHTS IN ROME. Enjoy the peace of Our Lady's Parish on this pilgrimage with Fr. Sahade & Cheryl Ryan (Medjugorje Sentinel). Celebrate the Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux in Medjugorje, experience the joy of the Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome or at St. Mary Major, a beautiful Marian Shrine - $2,950.00 Children under 12 - $2,350.00 - Youth under 18 - $2,685.00

Our Lady of the Rosary Sept 30 - 25 days. Fatima Anniversary, Lourdes, Medjugorje for the Feast of the Holy Rosary, Rome, Assisi, San Giovanni, Loreto and Lanciano with Fr. Bill Robley

Holy Land- Medjugorje - Rome

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Oct 7 - 27 days. Experienced and popular guide, Monsignor Toomey leads thic tour with extended stays in the Holy Land, Rome and Medjugorje $3,980.00

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SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF THE SACRED HEART INVITE YOU to join them, associates and friends for eucharist to honour

The First Feast Day of Blessed Mary MacKillop

at Holy Cross Parish Church Broad Street, Kensington on Tuesday 8th August at 7.30pm Please join us in the Parish Hall for light refreshments after the liturgical celebration

CESS-Th C fLREALTY. Do you have special housing needs?

Does your home have special modifications?

Are you thinking of buying or selling?

Do you need professional Advice?

Are you having difficulties with finance?

We care - try the difference?

Phone Kaite, Mark, David or Shirley

474 1414 all hours

REBUILDING EASTERN EUROPE FOR LIFE DR ANTUN LISEC 1asked myself: Why did I study medicine?

The answer was: To help to save the life and health of people. But. I saw that death occurs most often, not after birtr but before!"

Dr Antun Lisec specialized in general surgery until 1991. He now works tirelessly to reawaken Eastern Europe to the sanctity of each human life. Dr Lisec lectures in schools, medical facilities and Churches, writing articles and producing pro-life films.

COME AND HEAR DR L1SEC. FRIDAY 28th JULY 7.30pm at the John Paul Centre (Pinetree Gully Rd. Willettor!

SATURDAY 29th JULY 7.30pm at the Conference Centre, Mercedes College (Entry & Parking via Victoria Avenue) Sponsored by Human Life International Enquiries: Philip Haydon Ph: 446 9682