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Fr Walter Black reviews an American introduction to moral theology - Page 11 Archbishop Hickey reports on his visit to the bush and the joys of country faith - Page 2

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By Peter Rosengren In a new turn to its official population control policy, the Chinese Government has backed the Billings Ovulation Method of natural family planning by officially funding and opening a fertility regulation and research centre based on the Australian-discovered method.

The Billings Natural Fert ty Regulation Research Centre of Excellence was o cially opened on 18 September in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. It is the first of its kind in China and shows all is not bad news in population policy in the world's most populous country.

The secretary of the Billings Family Life Centre in Melbourne, Mrs Frances Wallace, said the centre would operate both as a research body and as a national teacher training centre, teaching the teachers who would train ordinary Chinese in the fertility contml method discovered and I.rfected by Australian doctors John and Evelyn Billings from Melbourne.

She said that it would be based on Billings Method principles "up t1 . 51 because at the moment "nothing in China is going to totally meet the total ethical standards of the Billings Family Life Centre in Melbourne."

"But the idea is (that) the centre is there I I oIvide what they describe as a centre of excellence, a place where the core teacher training (in the Billings Method) will be done for the country," she said.

"I think the idea is that it's a 'train the trainers' centre. They'll train the senior people who are interested in it and then they will be able to go out and work in other provinces," Mrs Wallace said.

Both John and Evelyn Billings have been appointed as honourary advisers to the Nanjing Centre together with Professor Quian Shao-Zhen, president of the Asian Association of Andrology (the study of male fertility).

Mrs Wallace said that it was expected that Australian staff would be brought in to the centre on a regular basis so that the core group had access to refresher courses of a high standard.

She also said that the establishment of the centre by the Government was, in part, an official acknowledgment of the effectiveness of the Billings method of family planning.

"She said that the establishment of the centre followed a pilot study by Chinese officials on the effectiveness of the Billings method and that they had been impressed by the results.

And following on from the Nanjing opening, a second government-backed centre, smaller in size„ was opened in Yunan province this week. Mrs Wallace said the Yunan Centre was designed only to seivice Yunan province rather than a larger region such as the Nanjing one.

"But that one's intended for Yunan Province. It's at a more subsidiary level to the one in Nanjing. It's a Billings Method centre that's part of a family planning institute, rather than a stand-alone institute like the Nanjing one," she said.

"John (Dr Billings) says he envisages that people will come from Yunan to Nanjing for in-servicing. One would expect the Nanjing one will be the principal centre for the major training." She also said that research at the Nanjing centre would probably be conducted into the effectiveness of the method and of perfecting the teaching program.

She said that the pmgram would also have the added advantages of circumventing some of the costs and effects of forced Minister of the Church of Scotland John Bell prior to his keynote address at the National sterilisation and abortion and, if imple- Liturgical Convention opening last weekend, admiring an icon entitled Altared Peace by mented widely, would cut the cost of Fremantle artist Ms Glen Hughes. The icon was donated to Notre Dame University by Mr importing or manufacturing pills and con- Bill Hughes. traceptives.

At the inauguration ceremony in The Second National Liturgical Willison, coordinator of liturgy in the Nanjing, Pmfessor Quian acknowledged Convention, held at the University of Archdiocese of Perth said she hoped the work of Australian doctors who Notre Dame in Australia last weekend, the convention would return again. neered and developed the method. saw leading liturgists and church musiJohn Bell recommended that leaders "Through indefatigable laboratory and cians come together for a packed week- of liturgy should take great care in clinical research the Billings developed choosing words and music in their the Billings Ovulation Method on the basis end of workshops, tallcs and seminars. of cervical mucus observation, the most More than 200 people from parishes istries as the song of the Church deterreliaU . natural family planning method of amund Perth and further afield attend- mined what people believed. today. It is so perfected that every woman ed the convention in Fremantle and In singing in the church we rehearse can master the method after brief instrucexperienced the richness of liturgy on history, he said, because when the our tion, and its anti-fertility successful rate is offer.

The convention's theme was church sings it relates itself to a tradicomparable to the oral contraceptives and contribution which has been going on for 3,000 Continuing the Song and saw to the most advanced intra-uterine tions from leading speakers such as years, "and it will enable society to devices," he said.

He went on to say that more and. more Melbourne priest Father Frank sense that their lives are in a bigger scientists world wide have come to believe O'Loughlin, West Australian Sister context than merely 25 or 50 years." in the Billings Ovulation Method results Marie Therese Ryder, and Scottish Fr O'Loughlin urged liturgists not to and more and more couples were willing sacred music composer John Bell. react to complaints that "liturgy is borto try it. The Chinese government has seeing the liturgy as mere ing" by The new liturgical song book, Gather I..n widely criticised for its forced abortion and sterilisation program aimed at Australia, was also given its Perth entertainment. cIntrolling its population.

Full report - Pages 8-9 launch at the convention. Sr Kerry

In the bush, faith is clear, strong and alive It has been a long time since I point out - they feed the world have been woken up by the and contribute significantly to sound of roosters crowing. Their the nation's economy. It is true triumphant and exuberant call is that by sheer force of numbers not heard these days around St the city parishes and the central Mary's Cathedral.

Church administration demands For the past ten days I have the major part of my attention. been visiting country parishes, Nevertheless, if the local Bishop enjoying the pollution-free air, is to be a focus of unity in faith, admiring the thriving crops of he must make every effort to wheat, barley, canola, lupin and draw the country and the city chick peas. together as one Church, and offer The communitiesI visited were support and encouragement. clustered around three major The faith is strong in the bush. parish centres with resident Those who come to Mass often priests, Bencubbin, Wongan Hills have to travel considerable disand New Norcia. Radiating out of tances to make it. In doing so these centres I visited all the they are carrying on long tradismall towns that make up the tions laid down by many previthree extended parishes. ous generations of faithful It is important for the Catholics. Of course there are Archbishop (or the Bishop) to many who do not attend, but that have personal contact with peo- is by no means a characteristic of ple on the land and in country the country. It is unfortunately centres, because in so many true of all our parishes. As yet we ways they are made to feel of sec- have not found the way to call ondary importance to the city, them home. whereas - as they are not slow to I have been impressed by the

way the liturgy is celebrated in those small communities. The strong singing would rival many a city parish and the readers and special ministers participate willingly and reverently. That the people all know one another as friends and neighbours helps a lot. They do not rush away after Mass, nor do they come late. The community sprit is meant to be a function of the liturgy, in bringing people closer together as the Body of Christ, and in adding a community dimension to their worship of God through Jesus our Saviour.

People in the bush bring their daily lives to the Church community. They bring their anxieties about the weather, about sheep and wheat prices, about the threat of frost, about poor seasons and about mortgages. All these worries are shared by the Church community and brought to the altar in prayer. They also bring their joys, their good sea-

Paper rejects 'alarmist' trends The latest statement to be released by the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, World Population, Cause for Alarm?, has rejected alarmist fears of world over-population but says that the problem is real and needs urgent attention.

"The debate about world population is one of the most crucial for the future of our planet, ourselves and our children," said Bishop Kevin Manning, chairman of the ACSJC, commenting on the release of the paper by Father Bruce Duncan CSsR. The paper offers a critique of some population programmes as coercive, dishonest and highly manipulative, particularly of women, and rejects the argument that the situation is now so urgent that only massive forced

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and immediate reduction of birth rates to replacement level can avert global disaster.

"The rapid advances in technology and agricultural development can keep pace with the increase in population growth," Fr Duncan said.

"Demographers have found that population growth need not be a major constraint on the alleviation of poverty. It is simplistic to see population growth as the major cause of poverty for the Third World; the basic problems are lack of development and resource management," he said.

He also said that the focus of population policies should be on helping people plan their families responsibly, not on unjustly curbing the families of the poor and Third World inhabitants.

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Perspective their faith. Priests who have spent time in the country might consider how city parishes, with large resources, might offer solidarity to country parishes by sharing their resources.

Feeding investigation DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) - The Irish bishops plan to examine the moral implications of a Supreme Court decision withdrawing artificial feeding from a woman in a near-vegetative state.

The woman died less than two months after feeding was withdrawn.

"There are many issues at stake. In due course, they will be examined and analyzed, and statements will be made," said Bishop John Kirby of Clonfert.

"As a priest and as bishop my concern would be that of pastor.

The family has my deepest sympathy," he said after the September 20 death of the woman.

In a landmark decision July 2Z the court upheld a family's request to remove the feeding tube from an unnamed 45-yearold woman in a comatose state for 23 years. The court decision was controversial, provoking national debate as to whether it was a move toward euthanasia.

Chief Justice Liam Hamilton said euthanasia was not at issue in the case because the woman would die from her 1972 injuries, not from removing the feeding tube.

The woman had been in a coma because of complications which began while under a general anesthetic for minor surgery. She suffered three heart attacks and severe brain damage. A 1980 "Declaration on Euthanasia" by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said that there is no moral obligation to use "extraordinary" or "disproportionate" means to prolong life.

"When inevitable death is imminent in spite of the means used, it is permitted in conscience to take the decision to refuse forms of treatment that would only secure a precarious and burdensome prolongation of life, so long as normal care due to the sick person in similar cases is not interrupted," said the declaration.

Carmelite Father Anthony Scerri has become the first Australian elected to the Carmelite General Council, the governing body worldwide of the 2,000-strong Carmelite order.

Fr Scerri was elected as one of two General Councillors for the South during the Carmelites' General Chapter held in Italy and will exercise responsibility for Carmelite endeavours throughout Asia, Africa and Australia.

The new Prior General of the order is Fr Joseph Chalmers from the Anglo-Welsh province.

Receiving the new Council members at his summer residence in Castelgondolfo on September 23, Pope John Paul said that "the prophetic words and mission of Elias," whom the Carmelites consider to be their standard-bearer, "guides them in a special way to the Mother of the Messiah, the Blessed Virgin Mary. . .She who makes bearable and joyful the route to be navigated in order to meet God with the strength of the Bread of life."

The special project painting the facade of St Joseph's Orphanage was just one of the notable improvements which greeted nearly 450 visitors to the Friends of New Norcia picnic day held on Sunday.

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The paper is also highly critical of some of the proposals advanced by population lobbies at last year's UN Conference on Population which was held in Cairo. It is especially critical of population programmes that include forced abortion and killing of newborn girls.

The 36-page paper outlines the issues and origins of the population debate, including the latest scientific and economic evidence on the matter. It can be purchased for $3.95 from religious bookstores or direct from the ACSJC on (02) 9956 5811.

In the United States Catholic News Service has reported the Senate's approval of a $12.3 billion foreign aid bill after rejecting a move to ban US funding of the UN Population Fund.

sons, their local pride in their towns, and share them in the same act of worship. God is central. Providence is all around them. It is not hard to believe in God the Creator in the bush when you live among nature, and see the miracle of seed planted in good ground that yields a hundredfold.

The resident priest is the linchpin of the Catholic communities.

The people like reminiscing about the priests of old, all characters it seems - like the Benedictine priest who booked himself into the local hospital when he heard that the Abbot was to make a visit. I am pleased to say that all the priests were fit and healthy and at their posts when I arrived.I sincerely appreciated their hospitality.

Let us readily acknowledge the special place that our country areas have in the Archdiocese, and the practical commonsense approach the people have to

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Years of suffering create first Cambodian priest

A great day for the Church in Cambodia - Bishop Yves Ramousse, Apostolic Vicar of Pnomh Penh, ordains Peter Sophal Tonlop the first Cambodian to be ordained a pries' in 20 years.

July was a very special red letter month for the Catholic Church in Cambodia with the ordination of Peter Sophal Tonlop, Cambodia's first priest in 20 years. As the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh, Yves Ramousse said in his sermon, 'When one is ordained priest, one receives a mission without limits to the ends of the earth.

While trying to keep in one's heart a concern for all the Churches, one nevertheless belongs to a particular Church which one serves with all one's heart.

Peter Sophal Tonlop is joined for service to the Apostolic prefecture of Phnom Penh.

He was born in Phnom Penh in 1954. His father died when Peter was a child and in 1970 when Peter was 16, the family was expelled to Vietnam because his Mother was Vietnamese.

In 1979, with the fall of the Khmer Rouge revolution and the take over of Cambodia by the Vietnamese Army, Peter returned to Cambodia and like many others found himself in the Cambodian Border camps adjoining Thailand in the hope of emigrating to a more promising life in another country.

It was here that Peter, a young man of 26

Pope: care for illegal migrant Migration is assuming the features of a social emergency, especially because of the increase in illegal immigrants, Pope John Paul has warned in his annual message for world migration day in 1996.

Prepared a year ahead of time, the Pope's statement concentrates on illegal immigrants and says that while illegal immigration should be prevented there is no excuse for the mistreatment of migrants - legal and illegal.

He has also urged countries to do what they can to prevent racism and xenophobia from governing policies directed at illegal migrants and has condemned policies of forcible repatriation where this involves returning illegal immigrants to tyrannies at home.

"In this perspective it is very important that public opinion (of the host country) be properly informed about the true situation in the migrants' country of origin, about the tragedies involving them and the possible risks of returning them," he said.

"The poverty and misfortune with which immigrants are stricken are yet another reason for coming generously to their aid," the Pope said.

"Adequate protection should be guaranteed to those who, although they have fled from their countries for reasons unforseen by international conventions, could indeed be seriously risking their life were they obliged to return to their homeland."

Pope John Paul also noted that illegal immigration has always existed and has often been tolerated because "it promotes a reserve of personnel to draw on as legal migrants gradually move up the social ladder and find stable employment."

However, he said, in today's modern economies the influx of illegal immigrants is also becoming a greater problem than in the past because of the increasing difficulty economies have in absorbing their own domestic labour forces.

He said that "His irregular legal status cannot allow the migrant to lose his dignity since he is endowed with inalienable rights, which can nei-

ther be violated nor ignored." The Pope said that while illegal immigration should be prevented it is also essential to combat vigorously the criminal activities which exploit illegal immigrants.

He identified the most effective solution to the problem as international cooperation which aims to foster political stability and eliminate underdevelopment.

He said that a particular problem for the Church in this area was how to involve Christian communities frequently infected by hostile public opinion to immigrants in the overall work of solidarity with their needs.

The first way to help such people, the Pope said, was to become acquainted with their needs and to provide them with the necessary means of subsistence and, in the case of illegal immigrants, to help them complete the necessary administrative papers to obtain a residence permit.

He also pointed out that forced return of illegal immigrants to their countries of origin, especially after many years, could have adverse effects not only upon them but also their children. Such action, he said. "would be tantamount to a form of reverse emigration."

He said that the welfare aspects of the precarious situation of illegal immigrants should not exclude attention to the fact that there are often Catholics among them who need pastors and places to pray and worship.

"It is the task of the various Diocese actively to ensure that these people, who are obliged to live outside the safety net of civil society, may find a sense of brotherhood in the Christian community," the Pope said.

Pope John Paul concluded his message saying that it was not only the Church's task to constantly present Christ's teaching but also to indicate its application to the various situations which the changing times continue to create.

"Today the illegal migrant comes before us like that "stranger" in whom Jesus asks to be recognised. To welcome him and to show him solidarity is a duty of hospitality and fidelity to Christian identity itself," he said.

Marriage breakup cost: $3 billion yearly A federal increase of $4 million for marriage education programs over the next four years has been welcomed by the two Australian national marriage education bodies, the Catholic Society for Marriage Education and the Marriage Educator's Association of Australia.

Recent Australian Bureau of Statistics figures found alarming chances of failure for Australian marriages .and said that on current numbers up to 43 per cent of all the country's marriages will succumb to an official end in Australia's divorce courts.

Welcoming the increase announcement, Father Tony Kerin, a marriage educator attending the 7th National Marriage Education Conference in

Melbourne, said that marriage education also needs to be directed to students.

"The conference has highlighted the crisis caused by the current approach. . .Part of that funding needs to be directed to relationship education in schools," he said.

Conference participants said that marriage breakdown costs Australia $3 billion a year and that the continuing funding emphasis is on marriage breakdown rather than preventative education pmgrams.

Among other measures, the conference called on both major political parties to increase funding for preventative marriage and relationship education programs to realistic levels.

had his interest rekindled in the Catholic faith - the religion of his mother - and in due course became a Catechist. "A somewhat reluctant catechist" remarked Father Francis Ponchaud, the well known author of the book, Cambodia Year Zero. Peter was quite hesitant in taking on this important lay mission task, but took it very seriously and, as the months went by, became a devout and well loved Catechist.

Four years later in 1983, the opportunity to migrate to Canada saw Peter resident in Montreal and a candidate for the priesthood at the major seminary in Montreal.

The Church in Canada, however, was not to be Peter Tonlop's destiny. The Holy Spirit had other designs for him. His native Cambodia was beckoning and he moved to the major seminary at Lyon in France in 1991, received his diaconate in 1994 and was ordained in Phnom Penh this month, July 1995.

In a moving address to the congregation of over 2000 Cambodians who attended the outdoor ordination, Father Tonlop said that the day was indeed a great consolation for all the Chistian communities of Cambodia.

Rosary's bright sparks

Students from Holy Rosary School, Doubleview showed their brain power recently when they won two sections in the state final of the 1995 Tournament of Minds.

Top: Winning maths-engineering team (back, L to R): Christopher Bobridge, Payal Mahindroo, Astrid Skender, Christopher Paull (front, L to R): Josef Accordino, Sarah Morris, John Carroll. Below: Winning social sciences team (back, L to R): Michael Price, Natalie Mansfield, Aideen Murphy, Kara Cownie (front, L to R): Leszek Golabek, Richard Causer, Natasha Liddell.

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Students unite in Uni faith

By Colleen Mc Guiness-Howard There's a great little band of students at Murdoch University who are doing their best to live out their Catholic faith.

In fact, reading The Epiphany, the newsletter of the Murdoch University Catholic Community Is an inspiration, and in particular, their 'What's On' which itemises dates of Mass, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, afternoon prayer, Cenacle, Focolare Bible Session and any ad hoc activities.

There were about 17 students there when The Record attended their Mass.

Tran Minh Nhut, a third year seminarian from Adelaide's St Francis Seminary, played his violin for the hymns, and during the sign of peace, it was a miniLeague of Nations hugging each other with student representatives from Australia, America, India, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, East Timor and Indonesia.

But the combination works well because they're united by their Catholic faith and bonded by religious practice.

Young Indonesian Ferdinand Purnomo is the 1995 editor of The Epiphany, and it was interesting to ask him why they practice their religion on a university campus, and what it means to them?

Although a 'cradle Catholic' he wasn't involved in much Catholic activity in Indonesia, but at Murdoch he became more interested and, through support from

Catholics there, the flame started to burn.

And it's a flame that Ferdinand believes he must share and not keep to himself "because in the past I've gained a lot from what other Catholics have given to me" - and he wants to return that gift Students from the Murdoch University Catholic Community enjoying a get together to others.

One way he sees is through his for workers around. MUCC he editorship of their Catholic news- sees as a little refuge, providing letter. for the overseas students a famiPhilip's an Australian who ly away from home - God's famibelieves it's important to receive ly.

Due to overwhelming demand, the Eucharist, and not merely on Friday Nights are again set to Mass is the highest form of Sundays, and says when he become a special time for Perth's receives the Eucharist, he asks prayer, states Deane with convic- young Catholics.

God to give him the sustenance tion, "and that's why I come."

Starting on Friday, 6 October, And they all agree it's a chance to do his work and not to walk some of Perth's finest young to leave aside the pressures - and speakers, away from God. musicians and actors Being part of MUCC and through their faith exchange and will be teaming up together on a Catholic practice is important for sacramental participation, feel monthly basis to present an Marie because it encourages her happy and rejuvenated. evening of fun, music, talks and faith "and I think the whole idea Clarice sees being an active dramas for young Catholics (over of a Catholic group is great, Catholic on university campus a the age of 16). because it's difficult to talk about challenging thing and therefore To start the series off on a high your faith in a secular society." the group want to encourage note, 'Friends in High Places' will For Evelyn it's the positive peer Year 12's to get involved with group support which has encour- them when they join Murdoch, be presented by noted young musician Emma Harrison on 6 aged more daily Mass atten- to give them that support.

October. In keeping with the dance and the group's daily new format and style, the venue agrees Daniel university envirecitation of the Rosary.

In this she's joined by Dan (who ronments can be difficult for for the evening is the L J Goody works at the university), and good Catholics to be in, because Bioethics Centre in Glendalough. asserts the Rosary is their power- although conceding they're nur- We hope to see you there. house, "because it's when we tured intellectually, "we're not pray for everyone in community, spiritually, so there's a definite A special Mass with the theme "buildIt helps and increases our own need for support and persevering a better world" will be celebrated prayer life, and helps you keep ance."

But they're all unanimous in up your faith." for all Luke 18 members and their famiHe believes Mass attendance their belief in the power of collies on assists him in living out his faith lective prayer and happiness and enables the taking back of from sharing a 'God bond' and Sunday 22 October 1995, 2pm that faith to the workplace. while hanging firmly onto what All Saints Church, Greenwood A positive attitude is important, they've got, to share it with oth7 Liwara Place Dan says, to be the spiritual light ers too.

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extends an invitation to ALL youth, Antiochers and EX-Antiochers to our Youth (Rock) Mass with guest-speaker Bruce Downes On the 29 October at 4.00pm Venue:All Saints Church, Liwara Place, Greenwood. Parking at back of church and Liwara school. Stay back, have a chat with hot dogs and drinks $1 each

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Orthodox unity first

Catholic Church although good progress Australian Catholic Relief national director, had been made in dialogue in other Michael Whitely, has slammed the Australian areas. government's latest policy changes on anti-per"The whole debate over the question sonnel landmines and described them as "even of women's ordination is whether the more inconsistent and amoral than before."

Church has the authority or not to make He said the Government's attempts to appease that decision (to ordain women) because our understanding is that it growing public support for a total international in goes against what Our Lord Himself had ban on anti-personnel landmines had resulted and cynicism its for only remarkable policy "a instituted in the Sacraments. So it enters very much into the question of lack of humanitarian concern."

Christian unity," he said.

Mr Whiteley's comments came as the governMeanwhile, it was reported in Austria ment prepared to put forward its policy platform that the Orthodox Church and the gov- on landmines at an international conference ernment still create tension for the which started on 2 September in Vienna, called Catholic Church in the former Soviet to review the United Nations Convention on state of Belarus. The allegations were Inhumane Weapons. made by Ms Elvira Voltchok, a journalist "Just before leaving for Vienna, the Minister for who writes for two Catholic newspapers Defence Science and Personnel, Gary Punch, in Minsk, the Belarussian capital, who told us that the Government was now in favour was attending the September 9-17 meet- of a total ban on anti-personnel landmines - but ing of the International Catholic Union only in principle and as a long-term goal," Mr of the Press in Graz.

Whiteley said.

Of the 300 priests in Belarus, she said, "We must wait, the Government tells us, until 50 of them are Poles and the Belarussian government has approved a document 'humane alternatives' to anti-personnel landmines are found before Australia can act on its for foreign-born clergy.

-If one of the priests comes to us from principles." another country, he must register with "Given that these weapons are specifically the government, and the government designed to maim people, rather than kill them, can cancel" his registration at any time, and are widely used as a weapon of terror Ms. Voltchok said. against civilians, what 'humane alternative' is the Government expecting to find? How can there be a 'humane alternative' to such a brutal and inhumane weapon?"

Gearing up for East Vic Park reunion Are you here? These little cherubim are the 1963 First Communion class of Our Lady Help of Christians parish in East Victoria Park (pictured with the late Monsignor O'Connor), which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.

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by Bishop Healy. A celebration lunch will follow. The Jubilee Committee is looking for any old photographs of parishioners and/or buildings.

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Cardinal Edward Cassidy, president of "In our work for Christian unity we the Commission for Religious Relations are seeking to overcome many of the with Jews and only the fifth Australian obstacles in faith and doctrine that have to be made a cardinal, has said that the arisen over the centuries between the greatest hope for unity in the foresee- Christian Churches," he said. able future was with the Orthodox In a further step up the mountainside Churches who are doctrinally and eccle- of ecumenism, Cardinal Cassidy is siastically much closer to the Roman heading for the Greek island of Patmos Catholic Church. for the 1900th anniversary of the writing "They are the ones to whom we are of the Book of Revelation (The the closest," the Cardinal said. We have Apocalypse) by St John. hardly any doctrinal differences except "All the Patriarchs of the Orthodox the problem of the relationship between Churches will be present and the Holy the Bishop of Rome and the Patriarchs Father has delegated me to represent of the Orthodox Churches, which is him at the celebrations on September nothing compared to our relationship 26," he said. with the Reformed Churches where Virginia Gawler, writing in The there are no bishops," he said.

Catholic Weekly, newspaper of the "Here we have much more basic prob- Sydney archdiocese, reported Cardinal lems of ecclesiology or doctrine; of what Cassidy's comments during his visit to is the Church and what is the authority his old alma mater, St Patrick's College, in the Church, which are more difficult in Manly. questions to overcome."

Together with Archbishop Stylianos, While the ultimate goal of one united Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Christian Church may seem impossible, Australia, Cardinal Cassidy is co-presiCardinal Cassidy likened his job to dent of the 56-member commission to climbing a mountain. We would love promote dialogue between the Catholic to get to the top but every bit of progress Church and the Orthodox Churches we make up the side of the mountain is worldwide.

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Enneagra In response to a letter published in The Record on September 14 expressing concern at the promotion of the Enneagram in Catholic parishes, Father Marius Dawson 0.Carm., has written an explanation and defence of the Enneagram.

Fr Dawson is a co-founder of The Upper Room Inc, a centre for personal spiritual development where he teaches the Enneagram, along with courses in spirituality, retreats, and spiritual direction. housands of people in Perth T have already done the Enneagram program and found

'helps thousands'

it a very valuable way of enrichFr Marius Dawson, 0.Carm. ing their lives. Most of these people try to persuade their friends to try the Enneagram. Some peo- the Enneagram for helping ple say it has helped them make Christians to make an informed sense of their behaviour for the start on the journey of spiritual growth. These Jesuits were largefirst time in their lives.

The word "Enneagram" comes ly responsible for expressing it in from two Greek words, "ennea" such a way that it can throw light on our common forms of sinfulmeaning nine and "gramos" meaning points. The Enneagram ness, and our absolute need for is a way of: 1. understanding grace in order to live up to the human personality, and 2. sub- potential of God's gift of life.

From the US Jesuits, the Ennmitting this to God for convereagram has spread to many sion. countries, and there are now two Very briefly, the Enneagram main streams of teaching. One claims that there are nine basic stream is purely psychological. personality types and each of us The other stream is based on belongs to one of these. If we can Catholic spirituality. identify our type, we can underWhat exactly is the stand ourselves so much better; Enneagram? Helen Palmer, improve our personal relationwhose approach is primarily ships: and approach God more psychological, speaks of it as a humbly and realistically. leaching tradition" containing "a The Enneagram is said to have great deal of psychological wisoriginated in the East with Sufi dom". Father Hobson of Denver spiritual directors, who, influ- calls it "spiritual psychology or enced by Saint Augustine's psychological spirituality". teachings on the virtues, wished Certainly, it is a theory of perto lead their disciples to a sonality types which can be very greater openness to God. useful indeed when we come to Through observation, they dis- Christian spirituality, because it covered that people have nine helps us to understand better the different ways of avoiding God. fundamental attitudes and motiThe Sufis gave personal spiritual vations of the human person guidance to disciples to help who is venturing on the journey them overcome these avoid- of following Christ. Thus, it can ances. be a very helpful tool in spiritual George Gurdjief was the first to direction and on retreats, and introduce a primitive form of the that is how it is used here in Enneagram to Europe, but Oscar Perth.

Ichazo is probably the person The first stage of the most responsible for its modern Enneagram, is to discover that, outline. He began teaching it, although we are gifted with life, among other things, in Africa We all develop defensive ways of and in South America. Neither living which are not as fruitful as Gurdjief nor Ichazo approached we would like to think. it from a Christian point of view.

The Enneagram is like a mirror, Both claimed vague connections making us face facts about ourwith the Sufis. selves, facts that are embarrassWhen Ichazo was invited to the ing and humbling.

United States, the Jesuits recogBut, the truth does set us free! nised the enormous potential of

In fact, the Christian spiritual tradition has always held that accurate self-knowledge is the first step in tbe spiritual journey, and the Enneigram throw4, ingly accurate light on' recognised sinfulness. Mercifully, it helps us understand our true motivations and gives us suggestions about how to grow.

I have been teaching the Enneagram in Perth for nearly nine years, and yet I still enjoy the surprise and excitement with which people discover that their behaviour is not random, but follows a well-known pattern which has been there for most of their lives.

The Enneagram goes deeper than behaviour. It helps us discover the underlying motivation of our actions. Not everyone likes to acknowledge this; the truth is often embarrassing, but it gives us the best basis on which to make real change, not just behavioural improvement.

The second stage of the Enneagram shows us that because there are nine basic personalities, we all try to relate from our own stance, and much of the misunderstanding and hurt which we experience in our relationships - whether intimate or work relationships - can be explained by this fact.

A genuine effort to accept the other's personality, and different motivation, can really improve marriages and friendships. We can grow in compassion and cooperation in a way that is far more effective than simple good will. Helen Palmer has recently published a whole book on the subject of relationships and the Enneagram.

At the Upper Room we present five different workshops over a period of two or three years.

Those who persevere find that the Enneagram points them in the direction of spiritual conversion, because our fundamental attitudes are carried over into our relationship with God. A real "conversion" is called for, and this means approaching God with trust and humility.

Long held attitudes of mind will need to be let go, and we need to pray for the grace of God to develop virtues which will correct our particular ways of avoiding God's love. The beauty of the Enneagram is that it recommends specific virtues for particular personalities.

Ultimately our defensive behaviour stems from a lack of

trust in God, and eventually, we realise that it is only through God's grace, His free gift, that we can become true images of Christ and children of God. The spiritual way for the Christian passes through death and resurrection - it cannot be a matter of controlled development based on human effort.

This is where a Christian presentation of the Enneagram differs quite radically from a "New Age" approach. There is an ancient principle that "grace builds on nature". We need to do our best to be better people, by opening our hearts to God, but it is God's grace which brings about real life.

The Enneagram can also shed some very helpful light on the reasons we have different images of God, different preferences in liturgy, different ways of living a practical spirituality.

It helps us see why we have different views of what the Church Is about. Surprisingly, much of this originates, not in the subtleties of theology, but in the basic personality differences we developed when we were quite young. If we can understand this, it is so much easier to live and work together, and affirm each other in our differences.

It is very interesting to study the great Biblical characters, and the many different saints in the Church. Often they exhibit a bewildering variety of ways to

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God. Yet, they lived authentic, religious lives. They did it from within their own personalities.

Each of us can live truly Christian lives when we begin with the building blocks of our humanity.

Some Christians are afraid of the Enneagram on the grounds that it did not have Christian origins. It would help to remember that the Church believes in making use of all good and helpful knowledge, because all truth comes originally from God. Some people even spread fear of the Enneagram by trying to associate it with something "occult".

There is absolutely no connection between the Enneagram and the occult. All its wisdom is based on experience of ordinary human life, such as is lived here in Perth. Fortunately, the Church does not believe in living by fear.

Many people understand and accept themselves and their friends much better through the Enneagram.

Others have even returned to the practice of their religion and found a new direction and purpose in life, because the Enneagram addressed them in an adult way, within their faith.

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&tiers to IA& Justice body should learn from its mistakes he intention of The Australian The Law, "Morality has nothing to do the talents God has given them rather T Catholic Justice Council to publish a with Education".

The Ten Danger of confusion than rely on others. In contemporary paper on ethics in politics suggests that it Commandments are not taught in emembering the statement made Australia it may be that any statement has not learnt anything from the failure schools and so not practised either in Rprior to the last Federal election it is that the ACSJC makes could only be politof its wealth investigation of recent years. politics or in our society at large. with a degree of trepidation that I read of ically neutral because at various times As with the wealth inquiry, the subject is so large and ill defined as to be beyond the capacity of a brief paper to discuss valuably.

Perhaps too, as Anthony Trollope wrote in Barchester Towers "Morality Mr Harding: law has nothing to with morality, Sir"; and, we may say, with politics too.

If we are looking for ethics and morality in society we must look for it in the social foundations formerly provided by education.

The failure of the now remote Beazley enquiry into education to comprise ethics and morality suggests that, as with

Plea for help for Bosnian people wenty-one years ago Cardinal Jozsef T 1Mindszenty, Primate of Hungary, came to Perth.

He spoke about the plight of his people and sought understanding and help fOr them to alert the world to the dangers of communist terror and its consequences.

Now, Cardinal Vinko Puljic expresses his views. The Record on September 7 quoted him as saying ". . . the Catholics of the world appear to be indifferent to the plight of their brother and sister."

Back in 1956, when Soviet tanks and planes bombarded Budapest into ultimate submission, as the Serbs now try in Sarajevo, only the Vatican spoke out against the inhumanity and advocated help for the victims of aggression.

Just as Cardinal Puljic said, only the

the plan by the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council decision to release a paper on the role of politicians in contemporary Australia (The Record, September 21).

The Church needs to be very concerned about how and when it comments on political issues. For example there is nothing intrinsically wrong with a consumption tax provided there is equity in the tax system. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with privatised electricity provided that power is available to all on reasonable terms.

Scripture rightly points out the evils of the selfish pursuit of wealth but it also exhorts the faithful to make proper use of

both parties have favoured a consumption tax, there are casinos on all State and Federal Territories and selling a power authority and the Commonwealth Bank don't seem to me to be too different.

The danger is that any statement made prior to a major election runs the risk of the popular press determining it supports the cause of one of the parties involved in the election. If that party happens also to be soft on the issues of abortion, euthanasia and divorce then young Catholics will become even more confused about what the Church stands for.

Holy Father speaks out strongly and per- ing statistics as to the number of people sistently against the outrages now. In murdered, raped, displaced and tortured.

1956, in the case of Hungary, the UN did The numbers swell daily. nothing but indulge in talk-fests. For the The need for help is great. past 4 years or so the UN did not do May I be so bold as to suggest that the much to stop the Serbs.

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Only lately did NATO start to retaliate launch an appeal to help our Catholic against the murderous terror attacks. friends in Bosnia-Herzegovina via Such action ought to have started at the Cardinal Puljic's administration? very beginning, when Belgrade revived Surely the Australian Government its "greater Serbia" plans to dominate all could allow tax relief for such donations? in the region.

The Cardinal mentioned that these John C Veszely dreams seem to be a master plan to pro- Nollamara voke the war in the former Yugoslavia.

After the collapse of communist empires in Europe, Yugoslavia disintegrated into Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and recognised by the e're all in favour of "love", aren't international communities. we?We all want to be loved? We want our children to be loved?

The Serbs did not like this.

So we Australian parents stick 33 perTheir hegemony was challenged by the independence of other nations, other cent of our babies under 12 months old in day care. faiths.

So the kids spend the bulk of their wakCardinal Puljic gave us sad and shock-

ing hours being "cared" for by somebody who doesn't love them.

Good one.

Arnold Jago Mildura

In this area of education ACSJC might be able to inquire usefully and publish compactly and notably.

Its preference for enigmatic and inconclusive subjects suggests it is a body which uses up much time and money to no good purpose. Few people read its glossy publications.

The medium for the expression and discussion of Catholic views is the Catholic press. It should be a major concern of our Bishops, clergy and lay leaders to get it sold and read.

Paul Donnelly Claremont

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Focus on eternity he secular way of life is steadily empT tying the churches. There is shortage of priests and religious. Many children

after they finish education in Catholic schools drift away from religious practices and in their social life they are accepting the secular way of life.

Perhaps if there was more emphasis on the immortality and eternal salvation as a reward for a virtuous life we could find many more religious vocations amongst the young generations. The godless secular humanism is no guarantee that after our death we can expect an eternal salvation.

Francis Hrubos Glen Forrest

AIDS Council propaganda was wrong

By Adrian Bertino-Clarke B.Sc.

he Western Australian AIDS Council T and its interstate counterparts have recently decided to change their AIDS

awareness campaigns due to the 'unacceptably high' levels of infection within the homosexual communities, as reported in the West Australian newspaper.

Up until now they were targeting the general population, which proved ineffective as, particularly in Australia, AIDS is primarily a disease affecting homosexuals.

The fact that the awareness campaigns were targeting the wrong people and in the wrong way is now evident in itself by analysing the explosion of AIDS cases throughout the world, and the prospects for the future, despite the propaganda, In August 1988, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported there were 111,854 cases of AIDS. Today the WHO reports 4.5 million cases worldwide since the early 1970's and up to 14 Million HIV infected people. The prognosis for the future is more exponential growth.

The WHO, together with most Governments' official health statements, advocates 'Safe Sex' - meaning condom use - as the only effective preventative measure against AIDS. The figures speak for themselves, showing their propaganda to be wrong.

The 'Safe Sex' campaign focuses on four main points; relating them to the public as 'medical facts': 1) all kinds of unprotected sex carry equal risks of contracting the HIV virus; 2) condoms are an effective barrier against transmission; 3) the virus cannot survive outside the body; 4) the virus cannot be transmitted trough kissing and casual contact with infected people, but only through unprotected anal or vaginal sex. There are anatomical and statistical reasons to suggest that anal intercourse is

extremely more dangerous. The lining of the vagina is stratified squamous epithelium slightly keratinised, constituted of several layers of hardened and cemented cells, making it resistant to abrasions.

On the other hand, the lining of the large intestine is simple columnar epithelium, composed of a single layer of cells richly vascularised, suitable for absorption not for friction.

The epithelial lining of the rectum changes from stratified squamois to simple columnar only 2 cm from the anal

AIDS in Africa opening. During anal intercourse the delicate walls become lesioned and bleed which facilitates the entry of the HIV and other viruses into the bloodstream. In studies conducted on married heterosexual women with HIV infection who were sexually active the transfer rate of infection to their husbands was only 10%.

The spread of HIV infection among homosexuals and those who practice anal sex is overwhelming.

Some African countries have up to 20% of their populations infected with the HIV virus. India, for example, currently has 80,000 AIDS sufferers and 1.5 million HIV infected people. If the spread of the virus continues to grow at the current rate, it is expected that there will be over 1 million AIDS sufferers and 5 million HIV infected people by the year 2000, with 30 million HIV-infected by the year 2010.

The reasons for this are the lack of education, commercial blood-donoring, sexual promiscuity and sexual practices - anal intercourse is commonly practiced among heterosexuals. In Australia in 1990 over 90% of all Aids sufferers were homosexu-

al and only 1.3 per cent heterosexual.

These figures could change if the number of couples who practiced anal intercourse increases.

The encouragement given to young girls to practice anal intercourse by magazines such as Cleo and by the Federal Minister for Health, Dr Carmen Lawrence, is grossly negligent, dangerous, and could have catastrophic consequences for Australia.

Condoms are not an effective barrier method against infection. D Barlow published in The Lancet, October 15, 197Z that in a study of 3,543 patients at a genito-urinary medical clinic in London, "non-specific urethritis was diagnosed as often in a group of condom users as in the rest of the clinical attendees". The main organism transmitted was chlamydia.

Pemberton, McCrann, Mahoney et. al. showed that condoms had no protective effect against non-gonococcal urethritis (British Journal of Venereal Disease, 1972.48(5):391-6). Barlow suggests that one reason for the chlamydia transmission is the size of the virus relative to the size of pores in condoms. Chlamydia is twice the size of the AIDS virus. Other evidence against condoms is the fact that "hetero-

Safe condoms? sexual couples using condoms experience a pregnancy rate of 10-20% in the first year of use. A human sperm is 30 times the size of the AIDS virus" (Population Reports, Sept.-Oct. 1982). Moreover, in an average menstrual cycle of 28 days the fertility period is only 3-5 days whereas the AIDS virus is present at all times.

The claim that condom usage is equivalent to 'safe sex' is ludicrous. It is safer but not safe. It is equivalent to playing Russian

Roulette with one bullet rather than with three in the barrel. If it is true that the HIV virus does not survive once outside the body, why is it that the virus has been transmitted through surgical instruments?

Doctors have reported that the virus can be viable for up to three weeks in surgical instruments. In Australia, in 1988 there were 7 AIDS cases out of 1,079 which did not fit into any category and the mode of transmission could not be accounted for.

The HIV virus attacks the immune system. In other words, it breeds in the white blood cells, not the red blood cells. There is always an abundance of white blood cells close to all of the openings to the external environment.

That is the reason why there are viruses in tears, saliva, and mucous secretions.

Contact with any of these non-blood bodily fluids is a potential hazard, the level of risk depends on the type of contact of the non-infected person.

The scientific facts clearly contradict the 'Safe Sex' propaganda. Why are people being mislead world-wide? How can any reasonable mind accept that promoting sexual promiscuity with the use of ineffective barriers is the solution to the spread of a disease caused primarily by sexual promiscuity?

The change of text by the AIDS Councils, triggered by the fact the the rate of HIV infection was 'unacceptably high" among homosexuals, is an implicit recognition that their campaigns have been flawed.

Yet in WA the Council has concurrently stepped up its call for the lowering of the consenting age to engage in homosexual acts as a solution to the problem.

Wouldn't the people of WA, homosexuals included, be better off if all public moneys were withdrawn from the Council and its responsibilities were handed over to the Health Department?

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Continuing the Song. . . . The Second National Liturgical Convention comes to Perth

Liturgy asks us always 'to give of ourselves'

It's The University of Notre Dame in with the second national convention dealing music and the liturgy, following on one Australia last weekend hosted the Perth entitled New Song in an Ancient Land, held stage of the Second National Liturgical in Melbourne in 1993.

Convention. Record journalist Colleen The travelling convention was brought McGuiness-Howard was there to here by its Melbourne-based national coorsavour the smorgasbord of liturgical dinator, Michael Wood; coordinator for liturgy in the Archdiocese of Perth, Sister fare on display.

Kerry Willison RSM, acted as the local coordinator.

A leading liturgist told the Second Sr Willison said the sight of more than 200 1 'National Liturgical Music Convention people at the convention in Fremantle, who in Perth last weekend liturgists should had come individually and with the assisnot react to complaints that "liturgy is tance of their parishes who encouraged and boring" by seeing the liturgy as mere helped with funding, "was a wonderful thing and hopefully the forerunner of othentertainment.

Father Frank O'Loughlin, a lecturer in ers." sacramental theology and liturgy from Enthusing about the interest and vitality Melbourne, said liturgists should think generated for local liturgists and musicians, more deeply than that and not expect a Sr Willison said it was an historical event model for liturgy to arise out of the enter- because never before had Western tainment mentality.

Australia seen in one place an array of The constant search to be entertained was national and international liturgical talent an enormous culture problem, he said, "like coming together on such a scale. the passing of the family meal."

She expressed hope the conference would Choreographer Angela Perry wrapped in her liturgical dance depicting the conference Liturgy, Father O'Loughlin believes, will encourage people to continue down the theme Continuing The Song, showing an embryonic creation that is emerging, growing always ask us to give of ourselves and we track of liturgy renewal begun by the and developing as the conference did as it moved through the Australian states. can't come to know the living God without Second Vatican Council in the early 1960s, a dialogue and a shift in perspective. reinforcing the need to go back to the inspi- Barlow OLM, Angela Perry, and shops focussed on liturgical music with the The convention, under the title, ration of the Council while reading and Redemptorist Father Thomas Ryan gave help of specialists from Western Australia, Continuing the Song, took off to an interest- reflecting on what it called for liturgically. added visual interest to Friday's opening interstate and overseas. ing and colourful start last Friday night at its Liturgy is surely linked to not only the spo- night, followed up by a Saturday workshop The varied agenda included Christian University of Notre Dame in Australia ken word, but also to song and dance and that gave a brief introduction to dance with- funerals; music, liturgy and youth; music of venue after three-day stands in Melbourne, liturgical dancers. in Scripture and Church tradition while giv- Iona; preparation for worship; text writing Sydney and Brisbane earlier this month.

The liturgical dance of Sister Shelley ing guidelines on the skills needed to incor- for everyone - intercessions, prayers, porate dance and movement within liturgy. responses; Sacraments of initiation for chilFr O'Loughlin, speaking on the topic of dren; liturgical gesture and movement; structural issues in Church and society on vocal skills and technique; presiding at worSaturday morning said liturgy always asked ship; a talk on how to get the most out of the that participants give of themselves - they newly launched hymnal - Gather Australia couldn't come to know the Living God with- by its editor, Jane Wood; the dangers and out a dialogue and a shift in perspective. delights of Christian song; liturgy in schools, But the core of everything, he emphasised, the Eucharistic prayer; linking liturgy with has to remain in the living person of Jesus an Australian spirituality; Agape as a curChrist. riculum resource for schools; the liturgical When we become more aware of God's guitarist; how to get people to sing; the action in the world, it becomes more impor- choir; the rites of Reconciliation; accompatant that we look into the character of Jesus nying at the keyboard; the leader of Christ and the many traditions of Christian- song/cantor; weddings; preaching and ity. teaching from the lectionary; and celebraThe Christian faith was always a constant tions in the absence of a priest.

Giving the final keynote address on dialogue with the unique image of God and has its entire focus on Jesus of Nazareth - Sunday on proclaiming and receiving the the perfect image and the unseen image of Word in 21st century Australia, the Master the true God, Father O'Ioughlin said. of the Catholic Theological College at "Through the death and resurrection of Clayton in Victoria, Father Mark Coleridge, Jesus Christ, we discover the living God said the word to be proclaimed was the Word of God and, to understand it more, we who is the source of all life."

The leader of the West Australian need to go back to Exodus, the molten core province of Our Lady of the Missions of the revelation.

Fr Coleridge said that in order to see more Congregation, Sister Marie-Therese Ryder, who completed a diploma of sacred studies of the character and power of the word of in Rome while spending nine years there God, we needed to turn back to the begindirecting her order's renewal program ning of the biblical story where we would responded to Fr O'Loughlin's address. She find darkness, emptiness and chaos. said Australia was an ancient country in the But God's word, he said, brought light process of composing its own unique song. from the darkness, fullness from emptiness . . and asked what the songline would be and order from chaos. that Christians would contribute to this "His Word is the seed of hope born from Australian song? hopelessness and it is in search of this that She highlighted the challenge Christians people come to the liturgical moment; it is faced in evangelising an Australian society this which the proclaimer or preacher is that was not only pluralist but also very sec- commissioned to give." ular, and emphasised fidelity to God in His Finally, he said a Christian proclamation call to us to enter into a new dialogue for the Word would always be a proclamabetween the Gospel and the meaning sys- tion of the Kingdom "and will obey the tem and values of our culture. rhythm we find in the parables of Jesus.

Sr Ryder spoke also on multi-dimensional To proclaim the Word" Fr Coleridge said, dialogue, our shared humanity, the place is to proclaim Christ - "but Christ crucified and power of imagination, and images of and risen."

God. Wrapping up the conference, coordinator Finally, she said that if our images of God Michael Wood said that it was good to be in were not to become idols, then we had to go WA and believed that through the conferbeyond their literal interpretation as has ence people were challenged, excited and been done throughout history. given an opportunity to come together and And she urged us as we move into this share their own stories. new millennium, to find new ways, People need some high point now and metaphors and images that would convey again, he believes, "to motivate them to conthe life-giving power of our Christian tradi- tinue, and hopefully a gathering like this tion to a nation at a very significant moment helps them to go back refreshed Liturgical dancers at the opening ceremony, Redemptorist Father Thomas Ryan and and in its history. renewed" to their parishes and communiAngela Perry - reaching out to Sister Shelley Bartow OLM , partly obscured in photo) Over the weekend a variety of work- ties."

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Scots minstrel casts his musical spell

Fr Ryan, Angela Perry, and Sister Barlow in a silhouetted image reaching out hands in an energised linking of friendship through the conference to all Australians.

New Australian hymnal includes traditional songs Leading the people in song on the Friday night opening, Scots minister John Bell proved himself a colourful and interesting speaker. eaders of liturgy should take great care Lin choosing words and music in their ministries as the song of the Church determined what people believed, keynote speaker and minister of the Church of Scotland, John Bell, said on Friday night at the University of Notre Dame.

In singing in the church we rehearse our history, he said, because when the church sings it relates itself to a tradition which has been going on for 3,000 years, "and it will enable society to sense that their lives are in a bigger context than merely 25 or 50 years."

Definitely no 'ordinary' minister, John Bell's personality is as equally colourful and interesting as his attire, and has an obvious musical gift which he uses in his itinerant role as he moves around the world.

Working with youth within his church, he's also a member of the ecumenical Iona community which is based on a small island of the north-west coast of Scotland, which he describes as a place of pilgrimage.

John defines his job as one of responsibility for helping the renewal of music and worship in the churches. He writes hymns for churches and Christian organisations throughout the United Kingdom and North America, with a major personal interest in

congregational music. Modern materialist civilisation, with its built-in obsolescence and overnight changing of trends, prevented us from seeing that we are part of a bigger scale, John said, when we were in fact part of God's large plan which should give us a sense of belonging and a linking with Jesus.

Jesus would have sung some of the same psalms we sing today to then popular Jewish tunes "and thus we sing them in company with Jesus, who would have known them off by heart."

The psalms, he maintains, would have to be at least 2,500 years old "and through these ancient hymns, we are linked through the Body of Christ to millions of people throughout the world."

So when we sing old tunes, which have been preserved and honed over the centuries, "if chosen selectively, we ally ourselves with those who've given witness to their faith and become all part of God's people; what we sing in the church is what we end up believing and doing, and the hymns and psalms tell us what we are to do.

"Thus don't think that yours is a peripheral ministry," he said, "because the human voice in praising and singing to God, has a special place in part of the big story of humankind and his relationship to God."

new liturgical song book, Gather A ustralia, was given its Perth launch at the liturgical convention.

Gather Australia's editor, Jane Wood, said the book came about in answer to a perceived need gleaned from the first National Liturgical Music Convention held in Melbourne in 1993.

"People said they found music hard to get hold of and didn't know how to use it when they did, and they also had problems with copyright."

Confronting the problem, Mrs Wood said there was a need for a comprehensive service book to fulfil all their needs in any worship situation with a comprehensive index to find what people wanted and how to use it. Material has been drawn from the best of the traditional hymns, she said, "because it is essentially our collective memory, but it also has the best of the overseas contemporary composers."

Australian composers and text writers have contributed 120 works in the well presented and easy-to-read green hardback, with about 500 pieces included. The hymnal sells for $12.95 excluding postage. The accompaniment/choir hardback book is $39.95 excluding postage. Both can be obtained from NLMC Publications, PO Box 112, Ashburton, Victoria 3147

The conference drew Catholics from all sections of the Church in Western Australia; Michelle Fancote, above, and baby Joanne with Chris Eves enjoyed Bobby Fisher's segment on music, liturgy and youth; Top right, Our Lady of the Mission Sisters Elizabeth and Cathy chat during a conference break with Mary Haydock; and, right, caught swapping liturgical jokes and notes, were Anne Dalton (left), Delia Perera, Sandy D'Castro, Linda D'Cruz and Jim Pires.

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Film Reviews

Adventure painted on huge canvass Waterworld, starring Kevin Kostner.

Reviewed by Tony Hicks aterworld is a picture.

W Yeah, well, so what, you say. But it is a picture. A huge

blue canvas washed adrift on a new earth. Perhaps an undercurrent of God's cleansing of the earth, washed anew of the elements of consumerism, exploitation and environmental mayhem.

The ocean blue stretches luxuriously to the horizon in so many of the filmscapes of Waterworld.

Stretches to the ocean floor, stretching, fluid and real as the backdrop to thrilling action as new societies try to survive on the earth's single ocean.

An earth washed clean of all the baddies except the cohort of baddies in Waterworld called 'smokers'; they live on a Supertanker called the DEEZ. Think of the world's most notorious supertanker and you'll get the full name.

A few touches like this break the action and make a film of this magnitude personal, tactile and give it a texture that lingers with the viewer days later. The 'goodies' would stand no chance in the battle of the last man standing if it wasn't for 'Mariner' (Kevin Costner).

Dressed like Mad Max on water, Mariner tours the world on a trimaran fixed with all the gadgets for survival that a sole

Tina Marjorino, right, as Enola and Jeanne Triplehorn as Helen. survivor could wish for. On this world of water, dry earth is at a premium. Mariner has a few pounds as he skims across the ocean to trade at an artificial all metal atoll populated by a group of survivors. Included in the inhabitants is the ten year old Enola (Tina Marjorino) and her Helen (Jeanne guardian Tripplehorn).

Mariner is different from the other survivors in a surprising way and is soon imprisoned by a 'smoker' traitor inside the atoll.

When the smokers eventually attack the atoll Mariner, Enola and Helen escape from the clutches of the smokers on the trimaran.

The escape seems to be an action adventure all its own. The

producers blame action scenes essential for the baddies in like this for having to actually Waterworld.

The goodies, like Mariner, use build the atoll instead of using scaled models. Well thank you wind power, recycle everything Messrs Gordon, Davis and and strive to create a civilisation Costner for a tremendous of peace and harmony. The goodamount of money spent on a ies win the war too, not all the tremendous set. As long as you're battles, but the goodies do win. paying for the engine I'll hitch a About time, as a lot of the winride. ners in today's cinema are The young Enola has a map tat- wolves dressed as wolves. There tooed to her back that directs the are enough wolves winning on way to an island of dry land, a the nightly news and I'm tired of seeing their transient successes utopia on Waterworld.

The smokers know of the map glamourised as entertainment.

There is the obligatory sex and pursue Mariner and his female crew across the planet scene, whichI am heartily sick of. until ... you'll just have to see the I'm not interested if it reflects today's dominant morals - little film.

On the way there are dives to else in Waterworld reflects the ruined cities beneath the today's anything.

It didn't have to be included waves, tracker sharks, a huge bungee jump, an air balloon, and, as usual, there is less intimachineguns, pistols, machine mate detail shown of the main cannons, cross-bows, jet skis, star as he can negotiate with the water skis, life rafts, explosive director, et al, from a position of fireballs, a sea plane and 120 strength. minutes of action.

Again we see the uncivilised All these weapons going off rule of 'the strong do what they means a lot of protagonists are can and the weak do what they exited - but mostly with a laugh must played out. or at least a grin - and there are Again it is the female role that no close ups of bullets entering is most exploited. Helen obviousbodies or limbs being chopped ly had no real women in her life off. as her character acts like a drunk The storyline follows every- and frivolous teenager when it thing taught in primary school comes to respect for her body, about what's wrong and right her femininity and the strength of with our world; smokers for a her sex. She becomes just anothstart, they're wrong, as is pollu- er whore of the big screen.

Technically Waterworld is fab. tion, rough arrogant behaviour and reliance on fossil fuels. All All up, 'a ripping good yarn'.

Beware the nesting season and mind your step Village of the Damned, starring Christopher Reeves, Kirstie Alley and Linda Kozlowski.

Reviewed by Alison Watt ITillage of the Damned is based on the V book The Midwich Cuckoos, by John Wyndham, and the 1960's black and white film. Wyndham's title was drawn from the unusual nesting habits of the cuckoo.

The cuckoo lays its eggs in another bird's nest, and when the young cuckoo hatches its instinct for survival results in the death of the other hatchlings.

One day the town of Midwich mysteriously falls asleep and all the village women of childbearing age fall pregnant.

Then to add to the bizarre circumstances, they all give birth on the same night.

The Midwich babies look like siblings from the same parents with similar features, striking white hair and eyes of an unearthly hue. What can the explanation be?

The government send a secretive epidemiologist (Kirstie Alley), to study the Midwich mites and to try and unravel the secret of their existence.

Ten women had been pregnant, but only nine children were born, four girls and five boys. The tenth child's body, dead at birth, is spirited away by Kirstie Alley -

which adds to the suspense later. The ten- school. She soon becomes aware of her sion really begins as the children become child's intellectual superiority and the film toddlers and show their supernatural and pays a lot of attention to her desire to encourage her child's humane feelings, at telepathic powers.

The leader of the children is the village the expense of her cohesion with the other doctor's daughter. The doctor is Chris- children.

An unsatisfying element is the lack of topher Reeves (the actor who played Superman) and we get a parent's perspec- depth in the relationships. The interactive as he and his wife (Karen Kahn) try to tions between characters are touched on raise their child normally. Of course, the so lightly, that sometimes I was left perchildren are anything but normal and it plexed as to the motives behind their isn't long before the children try and take actions.

The relationship between Reeves and control, in a ruthless manner.

At this point the movie begins to turn Kahn is unsatisfying, because she goes nasty, with a large serving of gore. The into a sort of self-induced isolation when movie was billed as a thriller and as a fan she discovers the evil her daughter is of spy and psychological thrillers, I was capable of. As a husband, Reeves never disappointed with the thrill content. really reached her emotionally after that.

Obviously, to be a financial success, There was certainly some tension, with moments of gripping the chair and an movies have to appeal to a wide audience, exciting-enough finish, but it lacked depth. but by pitching to Mr Average, the film Christopher Reeves was believable as becomes very average in quality.

John Wyndham's novels bring science the doctor - I found him likeable and enjoyed his scenes. A memorable scene fiction into the lives of ordinary people, was a discussion between he and his but I think the Midwich Cuckoos storyline, daughter, Mara (Lindsey Haun), about which was a true thriller, was stretched humanity and compassion. The movie into a 1990's horror mould by taking out would have benefited from more of this the mind play and adding more gore.

A big emphasis was put into special exploration of the need and use of emoeffects, so each victim had a different griztions.

Linda Kozlowski plays another parent zly death. As the camera zoomed in for and her child is the most human. Linda is the after shot, the audience laughed or a strong character, the head of the local groaned.

The final scenes involved a large number of policemen, and their cars, coming to a gruesome ending.

It certainly was very positive to see the women in the movie - Kozlowski, Alley and Reeves' daughter, Haun - having strong characters to play.

The film did have some stereotyped roles, noticeably the town preacher, who was depicted as a definite loser. It would be nice to have the role as a vibrant winner for a change.

Maybe this was an unintentional side to the movie, but Kirstie Alley as the epidemiologist was an expert in the treatment of epidemic diseases. Does this mean pregnancy was categorised as a disease?

It probably wasn't intended as an issue, but when the women were pregnant they were given the choice of aborting or going full-term with financial assistance because of the scientific interest.

As the babies all grew into such evil children, was this a message about unwanted pregnancies? I don't think any of these issues were intentional, but it was a dark, even subliminal, side to the film.

If you enjoy a horror movie with a lightweight plot, some alien content and a bit of gore, then Village of the Damned might be for you, but I would at least wait until it comes out on video.

Film Classifications Here is a list of recent films the US Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting has rated on the basis of moral suitability. The symbol after each title is the USCC classification: Al - general patronage; All - adults and adolescents; All - adults; A111 - adults, with reservations (this indicates films that, while not morally offensive in themselves, are not for casual viewing because they require some analysis and explanation in order to avoid false impressions and interpretations); 0 - morally offensive The Amazing Panda Adventure, Casper, A-II All Clueless, 0 Apollo 13, A-I1 Congo, A-II Arabian Knight, A-I Country Life, A-III Babe, A-I Crimson Tide, A-III The Baby-Sitters Club, A-I Crumb, A-IV Batman Forever, A-III Dangerous Minds, A-III Beyond Rangoon, A-III Desperado, 0 Braveheart, A-IV Die Hard With a Vengeance, 0 The Bridges of Madison County, Double Happiness, A-Ill A-IV The Englishman Who Went Up The Brothers McMullen, A-IV a Hill and Came Down a Mountain, A-Ill Burnt by the Sun, A-Ill First Knight, A-II Bushwacked, A-II 10 The Record, September 28, 1995

Forget Paris, A-III Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, A-I French Kiss, A-III Friday, A-IV I Can't Sleep, A-Ill (No rating) The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love, 0 The Indian in the Cupboard, A-I Jeffrey, 0 Judge Dredd, 0 A Kid in King Arthur's Court, All Kids, 0 (No rating)

A Little Princess, A-1 Living in Oblivion, A-III Lord of Illusions, 0 Magic in the Water, A-II Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, A-II Mortal Kombat, A-Ill My Family-Mi Familia, A-III The Net, A-III Nine Months, A-Ill Operation Dumbo Drop, A-II Pocahontas, A-I The Postman (II Postino), A-II Pulp Fiction, 0

Safe, A-Ill The Secret of Roan Inish, A-II Smoke, A-Ill Something to Talk About, A-Ill Species, 0 Tales from the Hood, 0 Tommy Boy, A-III Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, 0 Unzipped, A-Ill Virtuosity, 0 A Walk in the Clouds, A-III Waterworld, A-IV While You Were Sleeping, A-Ill

Book Reviews

Moral misnomer misses the mark by a longshot An Introduction to Moral Theology, (revised edition).

William E. May. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. 1994. 288 pp. ISBN 0-87973-453-1.

RRP $19.95 Reviewed by Fr Walter Black his book cannot be recommended to the general readT er. For, despite its misleading

title, it fails dismally to be an introduction to moral theology.

A beginner who chose this text as an introduction would be confused, and would probably be disinclined to pursue further any study of moral theology.

Any worthwhile introduction to moral theology should give some consideration to the moral teaching of the Old Testament and the covenant with God as the foundation of Old Testament morality May gives no consideration whatever to this theme.

A helpful introduction should seek to present the moral teaching of the New Testament in the Gospels and in the later New Testament writings. May gives some consideration to Jesus as the foundation of the Christian moral life and to Christian love as the principle of our life in Christ. However, rather than developing an overview of New Testament moral teaching, he begins a debate with some theologians about the existence of moral norms known only by faith.

A helpful introduction to moral theology should make some attempt to summarise the gradual development of moral theology in the Fathers of the Church, in the early and later Middle Ages, and its evolution from the emphasis on the manuals to the approach to teaching moral theology encouraged by the Second

Vatican Council. This historical development is nowhere treated in May' s text.

When May begins to discuss moral decision making, natural law and moral absolutes, the true nature of this text is revealed.

Rather than offering the beginner an introduction to moral theology, May is carrying on a vigorous polemical debate.

Under the label of Revisionist Theologians, May has compiled a list of nearly all of the major moral theologians in the latter half of this century.

Amongst the long list of names of theologians he believes he has understood and is seeking to refute are consultants to the Second Vatican Council, those who have taught moral theology for many long years in the Pontifical Universities in Rome, and leading moral theologians from many English speaking countries.

The antagonists who May lines up against his revisionist theologians are nearly always laymen, led by Germain Grisez and John Finnis. So a very great part of the book consists of May aligning himself with Grisez and Finnis and having these three laymen seek to expose the 'errors' of the priests who have contributed most to the development of moral theology prior to, during and after the Second Vatican Council.

It would be a question left to those who have spent a life-time studying moral theology to pass a judgement on whether May has adequately understood the thought of those he seeks to criticise and whether his criticisms are sufficiently clear or adequately developed to prove the points he wishes to make. These chapters would be very heavy going even for a professional the-

ologian, they could not possibly rance, error, fear, violence or be recommended for introducing ingrained habit have to be carefully explained in their effect the beginner to moral theology. the imputability of the upon introany of An important part duction to moral theology is to moral agent. May has given no help the student to recognise attention to these points whatevthose factors which may impair er.

Another important part in any the requisite knowledge or adequately free consent of the moral introduction in moral theology is agent. Thus issues such as igno- to carefully explain the important

area of co-operation in the moral decisions of other persons. A good introduction should explain the various kinds of co-operation, and spell out from traditional moral theology and Vatican documents the criteria which in some instances would justify material co-operation in the moral wrong of another person. This is nowhere touched on in May's text.

Another important area of fundamental moral theology is to explain such moral norms as the principle of the double effect.

Once again, May's text has nothing to offer the beginner on this extremely important part of any introduction to moral theology.

In short, the text may be of interest to those who wish to enter into the ongoing debate about the meaning of moral absolutes and exceptionless moral norms.

This has been fully and clear4 spelt out by Pope John Paul II in his encyclical Veritatis Splendor.

The beginner would find this encyclical far more easily managed than May's text.

For reasons not explained in the book. May has added a chapter seeking to be an overview of Veritatis Splendor. The succinct summary published in the London Tablet is far superior to May' s chapter.

There is also a chapter seeking to give a synopsis of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Once again sadly we would have to point out that other presentations of the Catechism and summaries of its content are readily available in a far superior form to May's chapter.

There are readily available very good introductions to moral theology. May's misnamed text cannot be added to their number.

Charmingly remembered lost world Useful tool for the seasons", the natural rhythms in the present-day push for of the earth as one harvest suc- euthanasia. ceeds another, are especially It seemed "compassionate" to memorable. The fate of each har- the Nazis to eliminate "lives vest was entrusted to divine prov- unworthy of living". But there idence. "When the grain is in the were also ruthlessly pragmatic Death and Deliverance fields," the saying went. "it Impulses at work on the one 'Euthanasia' in Germany 1900belongs to God and the Saints." hand, the desire to save money 1945. By Michael Burleigh and resources for the Reich - cala of vitality the reveals book The Cambridge University Press, pbk culations were made of how Such culture.

Catholic popular US$18.95 events as the process of spring- much it cost to keep alive handiReviewed by Karl G. Schmude cleaning to welcome the priest capped patients - and, on the who would visit to bestow his other, the demand for hospital he Italian region of Tuscany is Easter blessing, and the prepara- space to care for the battle casualjustly famous for its pic- tion of certain foods to celebrate ties that began to flood in as the turesque countryside and histori- different feast days, typified the War unfolded. Perhaps the most cal cities (notably, Florence). easy integration of spiritual sym- chastening lesson from this disKinta Beevor has produced a bolism and secular activity. passionate yet disturbing book is memorable portrait of Tuscan life, Tuscan Childhood is a work of the relative lack of protest in drawing on her childhood experi- enormous charm, providing a Germany at the time.

The Catholic Bishop of Munster, ences between the First and nostalgic yet unsentimental picSecond World Wars. ture of a world now largely Bishop Galen, delivered a famous The daughter of a journalist destroyed by modernisation and sermon in 1941 against the adoption of euthanasia, but he was an mother and painter father, she war. instance of isolated courage. grew up in two separate areas - a hilltop castle in northwest The program of mass killing Tuscany overlooking the Carrara described by Michael Burleigh mountains, and a grand villa near was a precursor of the final Florence.

Solution. Not only were many of the same personnel involved - as With great affection, she recalls he current struggle over the euthanasia perpetrators went the character and atmosphere of a euthanasia comes into clearer on to run death camps - but there way of life which blended the bohemian oddity of her parents light when compared with the were also connections of philoso(who were said to have "all the historical experience recounted in phy and language. luxuries of life but none of the this book Ideas of racial purity and necessities") with the gritty realIn the late 1930s, Hitler sanc- improvement, which were so ism of the local people (who pos- tioned the killing of handicapped effective in inciting - and in justisesse(l "the dignity of aristocracy patients in German hospitals. By fying - the practice of mass muryet none of its vices"). the end of the War. 200,000 men, der, were present in both cases.

Her autobiography abounds in women and children - whether Michael Burleigh's study is a lively characters - from cooks and physically disabled or mentally ill timely reminder of how brittle is stonemasons to visiting writers or - had been put to death. the crust of civilised restraints, artists like D.H. Lawrence and Rex The reasons for this program and how quickly a false compasWhistler. were a horrible combination of sion is unmasked as cruelty.

She vividly captures the sights misplaced compassion and sordid In the words of John Updike, and sounds and scents of Tuscany. expediency - the kind of motives, "death, once invited in, leaves his Her descriptions of the "dance of indeed, that am being displayed muddy bootprints everywhere."

A Tuscan Childhood

By Kinta Beevor Penguin Books, $16.95 pbk Reviewed by Karl G. Schmude

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learning English Cambridge International Dictionary of English Cambridge University Press, edited by Paul Procter, 1774pp, RRP $35.00 Reviewed by Peter Rosengren he surest test of a good dictionary is to read a book with T lots of words which you have

never seen before.

One possibility is that you could read the dictionary itself, which will almost certainly contain all the words you have never seen.

Parenthetically, the reading of dictionaries, I feel, especially under forced circumstances, is almost certainly reserved as a purgatorial punishment in the next life for those of us who are more venal or politically correct than the rest.

The test I chose for The Cambridge International Dictionary of English was to read a book which I have picked up many times but never finished. It is full of many words I have never seen, including lucubraHons.. Alas, it was not to be found in the Cambridge, but luckily was in the Shorter Oxford (2 volumes) published in 1933.

The comparison is a bit unfair because the Shorter Oxford, at two volumes, (as those of you who know your dictionaries can attest to) is anything but shorter.

It is also doubly unfair, because

the Cambridge's foreword makes it clear that it is precisely for the purpose of learning English that it has been designed, so the inclusion of all or even the obscure was not part of its brief.

The tough red plastic cover is also admirably designed for lugging around between classes and language laboratories and should wear the test of time well.

Despite the deliberate limitations for learners of English. it contained many of the other words (I made a list) which I had never seen before and, in addition, lots of interesting notated diagrams which would not only tend to make reading a dictionary interesting but which would also assist in the explanation of concepts and ideas.

This is one of the good points which I feel would make this a really useful classroom instrument for teachers of languages and which would be ideal for students of overseas background studying English, if only for the simple reason that sometimes a Picture (particularly labelled) is worth a thousand words.

I would not recommend the Cambridge International Dictionary of English to the archaeologists of language in interesting and dusty old libraries but I do to both the students of the English language and to everybody else, because it stands as an excellent learning tool and a darn good common everyday dictionary.

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To Jesus through Maly The Record today begins a column devoted to news, features and teaching on devotion to Mary, the Mother of God. The first series of columns will publish excerpts from Pope John Paul ll's reflections on Mary's role in the Church begun earlier this month as part of his weekly General Audience addresses at the Vatican and published in the Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. fter pausing in the previous A catecheses to reflect more deeply on the identity and mis-

sion of the Church, I now feel the need to turn our gaze to the Blessed Virgin, she who is the perfect realisation of the Church's holiness and its model.

This is exactly what the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council did: after explaining the doctrine on the reality of the People of God in salvation history, they wanted to complete it with an illustration of Mary's role in the work of salvation . . .

Before explaining the Council's Marian itinerary, I would like to take a reflective look at Mary just as, at the Church's beginning, she is described in the Acts of the Apostles.

At the beginning of this New Testament text, which describes the life of the first Christian community, and after recording the names of the Apostles one by one (1:13), Luke states: "All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with the

women and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren" (1:14).

The person of Mary stands out clearly in this picture, she is the only one, with the Apostles, mentioned by name.

She represents one face of the Church, different from and complementary to the ministerial or hierarchical aspect.

In fact, Luke's statement mentions the presence in the Upper Room of some women, thus showing the importance of the feminine contribution to the Church's life from the very beginning.

This presence is closely linked to the perseverance of the community in prayer and harmony.

These traits perfectly express two basic aspects of women's specific contribution to ecclesial life.

Better suited to outward activity, men need women's help to be brought back into personal relationships in order to progress towards the union of hearts.

"Blessed among women" (Lk 1:42) Mary eminently fulfils this feminine mission. Who better than Mary can encourage all believers to persevere in prayer?

Who better than she can promote harmony and love?

Recognising the pastoral mission entrusted by Jesus to the Eleven, the women in the Upper Room. with Mary in their midst, joined in their prayer and at the same time witnessed to the presence in the Church of people who, although they have not

received that mission, are likewise fully-fledged members of the community gathered in faith in Christ.

Mary's presence in the community which was waiting in prayer for the outpouring of the Spirit (cf. Acts 1:14), calls to mind her part in the Incarnation of the Son of God by the work of the Holy Spirit (cf. Lk 1:35).

The Virgin's role in that initial stage and the role she plays now, in the manifestation of the Church at Pentecost, are closely linked.

Mary's presence at the first moments of the Church's life is remarkably highlighted by comparison with her previously discreet participation during Jesus public ministry. When the Son began his mission, Mary remained in Nazareth even though this separation did not exclude significant contacts such as the one at Cana. Above all, it did not prevent her from taking part in the sacrifice of Calvary.

In the first community, however, Mary's role assumes notable importance After the Ascension and in expectation of Pentecost, Jesus' Mother is personally present at the first stages of the work begun by her Son. The Acts of the Apostles stress that Mary was in the Upper Room "with his [Jesus'] brethren" (Acts 1:14), that is with his relatives, as has always been the Church's interpretation. It was

not so much a family gathering as the fact that under Mary's guidance, Jesus' natural family came to be part of Christ's spiritual family: "Whoever does the will of God", Jesus had said, "is my brother and sister, and mother" (Mk 3:35).

On the same occasion, Luke explicitly described Mary as "the mother of Jesus" (Acts 1:14), almost as if he wished to suggest that something of the presence of the Son ascended into heaven has remained in the presence of the mother. She reminded his disciples of Jesus' face and, with her presence in the community, is the symbol of the Church's fidelity to Christ the Lord.

The title of "Mother", in this context proclaims the attitude of

thoughtful closeness with which Our Lady followed the Church's life. Mary was to open her heart to the Church to show the marvels done in her by the almighty and merciful God. Mary is a teacher of prayer for Christians. From the very beginning, Mary carried out her role as "Mother of the Church": her action encouraged understanding between the Apostles, whom Luke describes as being of "one accord", far from the disputes that had occasionally arisen among them.

Lastly, Mary expressed her motherhood towards the community of believers not only by praying to obtain for the Church the gifts of the Holy Spirit necessary for her formation and her future, but also by teaching the Lord's disciples about constant communion with God. She thus became the Christian people's teacher of prayer, of encounter with God, a central and indispensable element, so that the work of the Pastors and the faithful would always have its beginning and its inner motivation in the Lord.

From these brief remarks it can clearly be seen how the relationship between Mary and the Church is a fascinating comparison between two 'mothers. It clearly reveals Mary's maternal mission and the Church's commitment ever to seek her true identity in contemplation of the face of the Theotokos.

Bishop plea One state's voice for the voiceless for help in Sri Lanka

By Cindy Wooden

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNS) A Sri Lankan bishop has suggested international mediation to help negotiate an end to the country's ethnic war.

Auxiliary Bishop Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, chairman of the Sri Lankan bishops' Commission for Justice, Peace and Human Development, proposed the "intervention of an international mediator" to help resume talks between the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

"A mediator like the United Nations or a third country would perhaps be an effective guarantor to the agreements reached in a dialogue," the bishop said during a interview in midSeptember. His remarks were reported by UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, fighting a 12-year war for Tamil autonomy in the north and east of Sri Lanka, have indicated through various channels that they are open to negotiations, he said. He added that they need to confirm this with a strong peace gesture.

Bishop Ranjith also said church leaders in the north wanted the government peace package, including proposals for shifting power to regional bodies, to be discussed with the Tigers.

There could be consensus without detriment to national sovereignty, he said, noting the Catholic Church was against "any path to separation."

The bishop said that 100,000 people living in the northern diocese of Mannar had signed a petition appealing to President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Liberation Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran to stop the war and begin negotiations.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - "As they used to say on Sesame Street, 'One of these things is not like the others."

Mary Ann Glendon - head of the Vatican delegation to the United Nations women's conference in Beijing - was responding to a question about the Holy See's role among governments at the UN and its conferences.

The Holy See and Switzerland are the only two entities to be recognised as permanent observer states by the UN. As such, they can address the UN General Assembly, but do not participate in the body's voting like member states do.

When they joined the UN, both requested permanent observer rather than member-state status to underline their neutrality in the many political disputes on which the General Assembly passes resolutions, Vatican spokesman Joaquin NavarroValls said.

At UN conferences, however, Switzerland and the Holy See are full voting members along with UN member states and a handful of intergovernmental and UN agencies.

Obviously, Ms Glendon told reporters in China's capital Beijing, "the Holy See is not like the others" even if they all are speaking, lobbying, negotiating and voting at UN conferences.

Then what is the Holy See doing at the conferences? And should it be allowed to stay?

The questions simmered at the UN Conference on Population and Development last year in Cairo, Egypt.

The questions looked like they would boil over at the women's forum for non-government organisations in China, but they were on the backburner among issues raised by official delegates to the Beijing conference.

The heat at the forum was turned up by Catholics for a Free

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Pope John Paul speaks to the United Nations in 1979 Choice, a US-based organisation defined as non-Catholic by the US bishops because of its opposition to Church teaching on birth control and abortion.

The group circulated a petition among the 26,000 delegates to the NGO forum, asking the UN to "revoke the privileges" it has given the Holy See and questioning the appropriateness of allowing a religious entity to act "on a par with states in the UN." "We have watched with growing concern the spoiler role that the Vatican has played in recent Frances UN conferences," Kissling, president of Catholics for a Free Choice, said.

In addition to the petition, journalists at the official UN conference in Beijing were given a sixpage, footnoted report from the New York-based Center for Reproductive Law and Policy titled, "Church or State? The Holy See at the United Nations."

It said - correctly - that the Holy See is the supreme governing body of the Roman Catholic

Church. It does not have a territory, permanent citizenry and government like the Vatican City State does, yet it is the body which sends and receives ambassadors.

"To ensure that the United Nations does not promote one particular religious view, religious entities such as the Roman Catholic Church should not be permitted to participate in that body as non-member states," it said.

But the international community settled the question seven centuries ago when national governments began exchanging ambassadors with the Holy See, Dr Navarro-Valls said.

As of mid-September, 157 nations had full diplomatic relations with the Holy See, he said.

None of those governments, nor any government delegation participating in the Beijing conference questioned the Holy See's status at the UN and its right to participate in the confer-

ences, he said. "It has been raised only by intolerant groups who cannot stand opposition to their opinion," he added.

A British delegate said the Holy See's status "is not an issue" for her government, but she has personal misgivings about the Vatican's ability to influence the consensus at the conferences, particularly on issues related to sexuality.

"But they didn't wreck Cairo and they haven't wrecked this," she said in Beijing.

In Cairo, Copenhagen and Beijing, Vatican officials repeatedly tried to explain that they did not see their participation in the conferences primarily as a means of defending or spreading Catholic teaching.

Rather, like Pope John Paul has stressed in speeches to diplomats accredited to the Holy See, the Vatican's activity in the international arena is designed to offer moral and ethical principles that should guide social and political decisions.

In addition, it sees itself as a voice for the voiceless in the international arena, particularly when government leaders discuss ways to end poverty and promote development. Very often, the people most affected by potential solutions are not among conference participants.

Patricia Donahue, a US member of the Vatican delegations in Copenhagen and Beijing, said her experience was that developing countries saw the Vatican as an ally that would support them in their attempts to enter the global marketplace while protecting their cultural values.

In Copenhagen she said many delegates respected the Vatican because, when discussing questions of international economic and military policies, "we're seen as more objective because we have no self-interest to protect. . .

We're not afraid of creating problems with our electorate."

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Illegal immigrants . . . yet another social crisis

By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) - With his recent document on the position of illegal immigrants, Pope John Paul II turned a spotlight on what many experts believe is one of the most pressing social crises of our age.

It's a phenomenon that breaks up families, leaves many immigrants without human rights protection, and provokes economic exploitation and virulent antiforeigner attitudes among host countries.

In Rome, members of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travellers work overtime trying to promote global problem-solving and local church action.

They sometimes get a first-hand look at migrants' plight, and it leaves a lasting impression.

Archbishop Giovanni Cheli, head of the pontifical council, reflected on some of his personal travels and on the global atlas of migration in 1995. Of the world's estimated 125 million people forced to live outside their own country, he said, only 20 million are officially classed as refugees.

In many ways, they are the fortunate ones - they can qualify for international assistance and UN protection. ' The person forced to leave his country

because of hunger is only a 'clandestine immigrant' and, as such, is hunted by the police and destined for forced repatriation," he said. The swelling numbers of these illegal immigrants have now reached about 100 million, he said.

The largest concentrations are in the United States (about 4.5 million, mostly Mexicans), Western Europe (3 million) and industrialised Asian countries like Japan (3 million.)

Most clandestine immigrants today move around the globe with the aid of a "fixer" or middle man, who will charge his clients thousands of dollars to bring them to a host country.

But not all the clandestine immigrants finish their journey alive. In an East European heat wave this summer, a group of Sri Lankans died in the back of a locked and abandoned semi-trailer truck.

They had each paid large sums to reach the economic promised land of Eastern Europe.

Others try to reach the host country on a tourist visa and then stay on illegally.

In 1990 the United Nations approved an international convention on the protection of the rights of migrants - legal and clan-

destine - and those of their families. It calls on states to provide, for example, minimum health care to these immigrants on a par with its own citizens.

Unfortunately, Archbishop Cheli pointed out, the convention remains a dead letter because not enough states have ratified it.

One of the most dramatic situations today is in Eastern Europe, where the Soviet break-up spurred massive migration and where the Balkan fighting has created hundreds of thousands of refugees.

According to Father Silvano Tomasi, undersecretary of the Vatican's migration council, the predicted "invasion" of Western Europe by job-seeking East Europeans failed to materialise.

But there has been a huge population displacement inside the former Soviet bloc.

Recently, thanks to contributions from the German, US and Australian churches, 13 counselling centres have been established to help these immigrants in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland.

Father Tomasi said.

It's one more example of the Church putting its resources where its words are.

Atomic agency needs' to study power ethics

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The International Atomic Energy Agency must not only improve the safety of nuclear power plants, it must give greater weight to ethical questions surrounding the very use of nuclear technology, a leading Vatican official has said.

Monsignor Mario Zenari, the Vatican's representative to the United Nations-related agency, praised the work it has done to ensure compliance with the 1968 Nuclear Non-proliferation 11-eaty, in which the world's nuclear powers promised not to assist other nations in getting or making nuclear weapons.

According to its statutes, the agency was founded "to seek to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperity throughout the world."

-Given the universal awareness about the preservation of the

environment," Mgr Zenari said, there seem to be some real questions about "the validity of these goals."

Beyond the technological challenge of using nuclear energy without damaging the environment, there are even more important ethical concerns, he said on the third day of the International Atomic Energy Agency's September 18-25 meeting in The Austrian capital of Vienna.

"Obviously, the precedence of ethics over technology is based on the precedence of man over the structures created by himself in the fields of economics, science, technology and society at large," the monsignor said.

The human family had been placed in an environment created and willed by God, he said, so judgments about the appropriateness of using nuclear energy could not focus solely on economic or technological considerations.

For many people, nuclear

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Catholics Baptists begin lengthy talks

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Roman the talks on the Baptist side, Catholic and Southern Baptist stressed that the convention's representatives have met in resolution last year was not a Nashville, Tennessee, to start a Baptist embrace of ecumenism, new round of Catholic-Baptist as was widely reported in the conversations - the first such media. discussions formally authorised 'He said that even though Southern Baptist Southern Baptists "never emthe by Convention. braced the ecumenical moveMeeting at the offices of the ment," they are "not exclusKistic convention's executive commit- in the sense of being unwilling tee, a team of 15 Baptist and to discuss difference of theologiCatholic scholars laid the cal opinion with non-evangeligroundwork for a series of dis- cals." Baptists approached the power plants have become "a cussions about faith and witness conversation in the spirit of growing threat and a reason of that could continue into the next bringing "frank and faithful testigreat anxiety for life as such," he mony" to the word of God and to century. opinions said. Their feelings and their "faith in eternal salvation a once meet to decided They must be given weight in governthat rests only in Christ." main four up take to and year ment decisions about the contincome: to years the over Christian Brother Jeffrey Gros, ued operation of existing plants themes and mission salvation, the Scripture, of director associate and the opening of new ones. liberty. and religious Ecumenical for Secretariat In addition, Mgr Zenari said, Catholics and Southern Baptists Interreligious Affairs of the governments must be open and the nation's two largest National Conference of Catholic "transparent" with their citizens bodies - have been Bishops, said Catholics shared Christian about the possible risks associated with the plants. The almost engaged in official conversations the Baptist conviction that diauniversal membership of nations for more than 25 years, but the logue can involve no comproin the atomic energy agency Nashville meeting marked the mise on faith or truth.

"The purpose and goal of any showed that most countries con- beginning of a completely new Christian conversation is the sidered atomic energy "a suitable phase in their relations.

The first session of the new truth, the truth about one anothway for development or at least an unavoidable bridge between round of conversations was er and the truth about the traditional sources of energy - devoted to discussing how each Gospel . . . Both parties stand coal and oil - and renewable side understands the basis of before the truth of the Gospel," resources," such as solar energy, Catholic- Baptist dialogue and to he said. "There is no room for laying out the initial groundwork compromise, though there is he said. for conversion, The Vatican official urged gov- of Catholic and Baptist approach- much room of word the as Scripture prejuto es dispelling reformulation, ernments to be realistic about dices and untruths and coming how human limitations and God and source of faith.

In an opening paper on the to bear true witness about one "human wretchedness" can overapproach to conversation another before the wider Baptist ride technological safeguards and controls at nuclear power with Catholics, R Philip Roberts, Christian community and the head of the agency sponsoring world." plants.

Catholic social teaching can help fill 'vacuum of social ethics' CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) - The Catholic Church's social teaching could help fill "the worrying vacuum of social ethics" seen in many cultures today, Pope John Paul II has said.

The experience of recent decades had shown that when social, political and economic theories lacked any reference to God and to the dignity of the human person, their policies "end up turning against man himself," the Pope said.

Pope John Paul met on September 23 with representatives of European and Latin American bishops' conferences that sponsor week-long programs each year focusing on a different aspect of Catholic

social teaching. The representatives of 12 countries met September 22-23 to share ideas for programs and for increasing the impact of their efforts. The meeting was sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

"Before the general loss of values in our societies, the Social Weeks are called, first of all, to propose again for Christians and all people of good will the central point of the church's social doctrine and the basic principle of social, political and economic co-existence: the human person and human dignity," the Pope said.

The Pope told the group that many people complained there was no code of

social ethics adequate to respond to modern needs, nor "able to give authentic meaning to personal life, social and political communities as well as the economic world." Without an answer to the basic question of meaning, he said, "societies run the risk of falling into egoism, permanent conflict, racism and the margination of the poor and weak."

"The truth about the human person is the key to considering the problems of the individual and society," he said. That truth included being created in the image and likeness of God and having a religious faith or yearning for the Creator.

"So that the person is not treated simply

as a number, as a link in a chain or a cog in a machine, God assured that each is unique and unrepeatable," the Pope said.

Religious principles and teachings helped people understand the meaning of life and the need for a community organised to protect and promote the dignity of all, he said.

In preparation for the year 2000, the Pope said, the weeks focused on Catholic social teaching must be an expression of the Church's service to society, a service that seeks dialogue and welcomes the positive contributions of a given culture in an effort to promote the good of all.

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Africa, the Pope's hope for evangelisation nent's population is Catholic; that leaves a lot of room for growth, especially among followers of NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) - For traditional religions who are Pope John Paul II, his 11th trip to often open to the Christian mesAfrica was, in many ways, a visit sage. to the Church's future.

The Pope's strong appeals for Stopping in Cameroon, South foreign debt relief, fairer trade Africa and Kenya in midrelations, an end to weapons September, the Pope closed the sales and humanitarian aid were first continent-wide synod of not new, but it is important to bishops and outlined an ambiAfricans that they are vocalised tious program of evangelization, by one of the world's moral based primarily on a more inciauthorities, standing on African sive Christian presence in daily soil. life.

The Pope made it clear that the "Brothers and sisters, listen to 1978.

Church's social teaching will be a my plea: Put into practice what But if Africa is the Church's cornerstone of the new evangeyou believe," he told Cameroon's current success story, it repre- lization campaign. minority Catholic population. sents even more the hope of the It was crucial for the continent It was a message that echoed future. to resist adopting Western attialong his 1,600km route.

As the Pope noted in his post- tudes of individualism and mateThe African synod was the first synodal document unveiled in rialism, which can destroy martest for what the Pope envisions Cameroon on September 15, riages and break up families, he as a global ecclesial self-exami- only 14 per cent of the conti- said at a Mass in Kenya.

By John Travis

nation leading up to the year 2000. Other regional synods will follow around the globe.

The goal of the pontiff's end-ofmillennium program is, in its simplest terms, spreading the Gospel, and he came to Africa chiefly as an evangelizer.

Moving stiffly and slowly through the week-long events, head bent and gaze fixed, the white-haired Pope seemed an almost patriarchal figure.

Indeed, the African church has grown up largely under his pontificate, doubling in size since

Journalist-priest falsely accused: Catholic press

By Mart Pattison GRAZ, Austria (CNS) Delegates to a world Catholic press congress in Graz unanimously passed a resolution to enlist the world's journalism and human rights communities to help free a Rwandan priest whose backers say he has been falsely accused of participating in massacres.

Delegates voted during the September 9-17 congress of the International Catholic Union of the Press, known by its French acronym as UCIP The priest, Father Andre Sibomana, is a leading press and human rights figure in Rwanda, and was supposed to have delivered a talk at the congress, but he was detained by Rwandan authorities at the border.

"I spoke to Father Sibomana.

He told me he does not expect to live long without UCIP's help," said a journalist from the region, who asked to not be identified for fear of reprisals.

The International Federation of Human Rights and the United States'-based organisation Human Rights Watch have already taken up Fr Sibomana's case, according to Noel Copin, director of the French organisation Reporters Without Borders.

Fr Sibomana was recently accused in an article in the French magazine Golias as being

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Pope John Paul In bad-news Africa, a highlight of the visit was the Pope's goodnews meeting with South Africa's President, Nelson Mandela. He was able to bless the postapartheid society and praise its peaceful political transition as an

example for Africa and the rest of the world.

Many of the Pope's talks were aimed at reminding African Catholic ' communities of their links with the universal church and their place at the frontier of Christianity's long history.

He celebrated liturgies with colourful combinations of dance, vestments and song, which mean a lot to local cultures.

But he avoided detailed discussion of "inculturation" in favour of a more basic and simple message: that the church supports whatever confirms Christ in Africans' daily lives.

The Pope knows that the Church has a lot at stake in Africa. Essentially, the continent is testing the age-old principle evangelization, that behind Christianity can take root in all culture in ways that are not

Catechism moves to CD-ROM • • WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Catechism of the Catholic Church for Personal Computers is expected to come out this fall in several formats, including a three-language CD-ROM. The catechism - the first papally issued, official compendium of Church teaching in 400 years has been an international best seller in its print format. Since it was published in French in 1992, it has come out in numerous languages, including English in

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among the priests in Rwanda Mr Copin spoke about Fr that either directly took part in Sibomana's efforts to save the assassinations or encouraged lives of Tutsi children hunted 1994. others to massacre fellow down in the early weeks of last The United States' Catholic Rwandans during the 1994 civil year's civil war.

Conference developed the comST FALA.S war there.

In one episode, "he put the puter presentation of the text and Unlike other priests named in children into bags and when (the will offer imprint editions to the article, however, no support- soldiers) came, he was moving other publishers. ing evidence was given by Golias the bags," Mr Copin said, as he The CD-ROM version, which is the program are: automated to link Fr Sibomana to the atroc- mimed the action of carrying a expected to have a suggested menus; hyperlinks in the text to ities. bag over one shoulder. "And he price under US$100, will draw up footnotes and cross-refretail Reporters Without Borders said, 'there is nothing here." tried unsuccessfully in the There were three children in feature the full text of the cate- erences; multiple search features, chism in English, Spanish and including a complete dictionary French courts to stop distribu- each sack tion of the Golias issue on the Missionary of Africa Father French for use on any of three to search all uses of any word in grounds that it would endanger Guy Theunis said Fr Sibomana standard computer operating sys- the text; full "help" screens to Fr Sibomana's life. was once tried for treason by the tems: Windows, MS-DOS and assist in the learning and use of the program; bookmark, personal "Fr Sibomana was very ener- Rwandan government shortly Macintosh.

All all the note and printing capabilities for versions will include getic in denouncing violations of after Pope John Paul ll's 1990 human rights, in denouncing vio- visit to Rwanda, but eventually catechism's indexes, footnotes those who want to use the proand cross-references as well as gram for personal study, lesson lence against the Tutsi people, found innocent.

"It was the first time one per- the main text. Among features of plans, homilies or talks. denouncing the massacre of 400 people in (the Rwandan city of) son won against the prosecutors Boukassara" before the whole- in Rwanda" on a treason charge, I I • sale slaughter began in April Fr Theunis said. He cited "massive evidence" 1994, said Maya Graaf, a joursupporting the HUNTINGION, Ind. (CNS) The $U549.95 program gives nalist-researcher who spent the priest's claims that his writings The Our Sunday Visitor pub- electronic access on a single, 4in Kinyamateka, a periodical of lishing house has issued its and-3i4-inch compact disk to period of 1985-91 in Rwanda.

"Now, from the same people he which he was editor, did not Encyclopedia of Catholic the entire contents of the 1,000was helping before" - a refer- incite violence.

History and its Catholic page Encyclopedia of Catholic The journalist who requested Dictionary on CD-ROM for use ence to the Tutsi-dominated govHistory, published as a book ernment installed after the Hutu- anonymity first met Father on personal computers. earlier this year, and the 500Sibomana last year. led regime lost the war - "he is The package has hyperlinks page Catholic Dictionary, pubFrom conversations with the being called a traitor, to be working for the other side," Ms Graaf priest and an examination of his that let users call up additional lished in book form last year. said at a September 14 press writings, the journalist said dictionary cross-references on It also includes a comprehenFather Sibomana is "moderate in screen - either from the historiconference in Graz. sive index, a glossary, various "He is being threatened his opinions about the conflict. . cal encyclopedia or from elsetopical indexes and tables, onwhere in the dictionary by because he is documenting . When you are moderate, you screen "help" windows and an simply pointing to a hyperlink are attacked by both sides.

That's human rights vioiations committed now by the new govern- why he's in danger, because of word or phrase in the text and art gallery containing the art clicking a mouse button. found in the printed books. his moderate opinions." ment."

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Call for indigenous people to be a priority at bishops' synod HUA HIN, Thailand (CNS) - Christians are not only called to evangelise indigenous peoples but to be evangelised by them, according to participants in a conference entitled Evangelization Among the Indigenous Peoples of Asia.

The September forum at the Salesian Retreat House in Hua Hin, Thailand, was organised by the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences offices of evangelization and ecumenical and inter-religious Affairs.

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Recommendations in the statement bility of establishing an Office for drawn up by the participants from 10 Concerns of Indigenous Peoples.

Asian countries included: In Asia, where dialogue with world reli* Creation of a directory of indigenous gions such as Buddhism, Hinduism and clergy, religious and lay leaders, as well as Islam is pursued by churches, participants individuals and pastoral centres serving felt dialogue with Asian indigenous reliamong indigenous peoples. gions would give due attention to the dig* That concerns of indigenous peoples nity of these religions. be made a priority for the Special They said such religions would provide Assembly for Asia of the Synod of Bishops new insights for Christians in areas such announced by Pope John Paul II. as ecology, community and the celebration * That Asian bishops consider the possi- of life's joys and tragedies.

They also expressed awareness that Christians are not only called to evangelise indigenous peoples but must be evangelised by them. Indigenous lay people who live a deep Christian commitment in their own cultural contexts should be primary agents of evangelization. The role of parents, particularly mothers, in instilling Christian values as well as preserving cultural identity and language, ethnic pride and traditional mores, was also noted by the seminar.

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Launch of National Trust Conservation Appeal for Historic Properties East Perth CemeieTies Archbishop Hickey

MAY the Sacred heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for us. St Jude the worker of miracles pray for us. St Jude helper of the hopless pray for us. Say this prayer nine times a day and on the eighth day your prayers will be answered. Say for nine days. Thank you St Jude and Our Lady.

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The Catechism of the Catholic Church Virginity for the sake of the Kingdom 1818 Christ is the centre of all Christian life. The bond with him takes precedence over all other bonds, familial or social.

From the very beginning of the Church there have been men and women who have renounced the great good of marriage to follow the Lamb wherever he goes, to be

intent on the things of the Lord, to seek to please him, and to go out to meet the Bridegroom who is coming. Christ himself has invited certain persons to follow him in this way of life, of which he remains the model: "For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made them-

selves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it."

1819 Virginity for the sake of the kingdom of heaven is an unfolding of baptismal grace, a powerful sign of the supremacy of the bond with Christ and of the ardent expectation of his return, a sign which also recalls that marriage is a reality of this pre-

sent age which is passing away.

1620 Both the sacrament of Matrimony and virginity for the Kingdom of God come from the Lord himself.

It is he who gives them meaning and grants them the grace which is indispensable for living them out in conformity with his will.

Esteem of virginity for the sake of the kingdom and the Christian understanding of marriage are

inseparable, and they reinforce each other. Whoever denigrates marriage also diminishes the glory of virginity. Whoever praises it, makes virginity more admirable and resplendent.

What appears good only in comparison with evil would not be truly good.

The most excellent good is something even better than what is admitted to be good.

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BENEDICTION/TALK/HEAUNG

Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Swinstone St, R ockingham will hoist the next talk to be given by Alan Ames on his conversion experiences that led him back to the Sacraments.

Benediction 7.30pm, 6 October. Evening concludes with healing.

All welcome. Enquiries: Fr Walsh 527 1605 or Russell 274 6018.

BULLSBROOK PILGRIMAGE

Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Saturday 7 October.

Rosary 10.30am.

Mass 11.00am at the Church Virgin Mary Mother of the Church, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. The Sacri Association will not provide buses for the pilgrimage. Further enquiries please ring 444 2285 or 447 3292.

UMITED SEATS. PLAN EARLY. PLAN NOW. 6th ANNUAL FLAME CONGRESS

"Blow The Trumpets In Zion" January 22nd to January 28th 1996 icnn 23rd Lecture Theatre John 23rd Ave C:aremont Six International Speakers: Rev. Fr. Pat Lynch, England. Rev. Fr. Gino Henrtgues C.Sc.R.

Evangelisation WOO. Singapere R ev. Dr. Russell Sago, Vineyard. Eddie Russell FMI. Frank Tassone FMI. Guy Sutton-Mattocks FM] For more Information dc Costs for the entire week call:

Flame Ministries International (09) 382 3668 TODAY.

EUTHANASIA Legislation concerning the right of people to refuse treatment is currently before the State Parliament.

We must all be aware of this legislation and the issues it raises.

You are invited to a workshop to discuss these issues with people who face them every day.

Fr Tony Vallis, Chaplain Royal Perth Hospital Dr Kevin Yuen, Hospice Doctor Mrs Rosemary Lorrimar, Registered Nurse Date: Thursday 5 Oct. at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Hall, Swinstone St, Rockingham.

For further information ring Pat 593 4298 This forum is one of a series organised by the Faith and Development Committee of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish

Prayer Crusade

By Medjugore's Fr Jozo Zovko Highly respected and courageous Franciscan Friar Fr Jozo Zovko has accepted an invitation to conduct a prayer crusade in Oceania and will bring Medjugorje to the people of Perth at

St Mary's Cathedral

Monday, 2 October at 6.30pm for the Rosary, Talk, Mass, Adoration and healing Prayers.

Thomas More Seminars

THE PARISH S CENE MARIAN MOVEMENT OF PRIESTS

APOSTLES OF CHRIST CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP

has extended the closing registration date of the Life in the Spirit seminar to 8 October. The seminar is scheduled on Friday e vening/Saturday/Sunday, 20 ,21 and 22 October.

Sponsored speaker and presenter is Mr Philip Kok, presiding elder of The Light of the Lord community, Singapore. Details and registration slips are available at the information desk at Sts John and Paul Catholic Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton or by calling Philip Boon 481 8808 (wk) 313 5886 (hm) or Diane McLeod 332 7829.

All are welcome.

DOCTORS' MASS

The annual Mass of the Catholic Doctors Association will be held on Sunday October 15, 1995 9.00am, celebrated by Bishop Justin Bianchini in the chapel of the University of Notre Dame, Mouat St, Fremantle. A light meal will follow. All doctors and medical students together with their families are warmly invited. A short General Meeting will also take place. RSVP by October 13. Ph: 242 4066.

MESSE IN DEUTSCHER SPRACHE (GERMAN MASS)

1 October, Thanksgiving Mass, in German, held at St Francis Xaviers Church, East Perth, Windsor St, at 11.00am. Bishop Healy our special guest.

COPYRIGHT AND CHURCHES An evening seminar organised by the Parish Liturgical Musicians Network. Guest speaker Michael Pendleton, lecturer in Law at Murdoch University, specialising in Intellectual Property.

The emphasis of the evening will be on Copyright Law in relation to intellectual property, especially music and liturgical text.

Wednesday 11 October, 7.30pm at James Nestor Hall, Catholic Education Office, 50 Ruislip St, Leederville. S10 donation at the door. For registration and further information contact the Archdiocesan Liturgy Office on (09) 221 1548.

The next cenacle/Mass for the M.M.P. is to be held at Melkite Greek Church, 61 Glendower St. Perth, Tuesday 3 October, commencing 10.30am.

Redemptorist priest, Fr Gino Henriques, Director for Evangelisation 2000 for Asia/Oceania will be the guest speaker. Please bring lunch to share.

UPPER ROOM The Upper Room - a centre for spiritual development - needs to relocate in 1996. Requires: one large room, five small rooms, parking, reasonable rent. Can you help us? Contact 451 2712

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED

Do you have the gift of hospitality and acceptance? Are you looking for an outlet for these gifts? A house of hospitality is being proposed for the Coolbellup area.

Male and female volunteers prepared to give a minimum of half a day per week are required. For further information contact Jeanne Porteous on 417 1926.

APOSTLES OF CHRIST, WILLETTON Charismatic Healing Mass with annointing of the sick will be held on Friday 6 October, at 7.30pm at the Sts John and Paul Catholic Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton (praise and worship starts at 7.00pm). There will be fellowship and refreshments thereafter. All welcome.

CATHOLIC WOMEN'S LEAGUE

Invites all interested persons to attend the NATIONAL CONFERENCE, 8-13 October, 1995 at Aquinas College, Manning.

Daily registration $15. Lunches available. Keynote speakers: Dr Sheila Cassidy MD; Fr Brian Gore, Columban; Carole Carroll, Hon. Barbara Scott, MLA. Opening Mass at St Marys Cathedral, Sunday 8 October at 2.30pm. Mufti-cultural concert at Aquinas College at 7.30pm.

Everybody welcome. For further details contact National Office on (097) 54 2481.

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Seminars are held every second Sunday evening 7.30pm St Mary's Parish Hall, 40 Franklin St, Leederville All seminars are based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church and aimed at young people 18-30 while all are welcome New series on Christian morality by Rev Fr L Henry, SDB Oct. 1 The morality of human acts Oct 15 Conscience: Sanctuary, witness and judge Oct 29 False approaches to Christian morality Enquiries: Thomas More Centre 321 2822

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Principal ORANA CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL Orana Catholic Primary School, Willetton, is a t ostream school with a current enrolment of 525 students.

The curriculum emphasises First Steps strategies and currently a negotiated evaluation reporting system is being introduced. Computing, Music, Phys.Ed and Italian form part of the curriculum and individual instrumental lessons are available to Year 4-7 students.

A strong bond exists between the school and parish and the P&F is extremely supportive.

Applicants will be actively involved in the Catholic Church and be experienced educators committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education. They will have the requisite theological, pastoral and managerial competencies together with an appropriate four year minimum tertiary qualification and will have, or he prepared to complete, appropriate Accreditation requirements.

Further information and official application forms are available from Sr Clare Rafferty, Consultant.

School Personnel Team, Phone (09) 388 4268.

Official application forms should be addressed to The Director, Catholic Education Office of WA, PO Box 198, Leederville WA 6903 by Friday 13 October 1995.

All Catholic schools are smoke-free workplaces

Crusade of prayer We are pleased to announce the visit to Western Australia of Fra Jozo Zovko. The purpose of his visit is to urge people to greater prayer and devotion and to the Holy Mass and sacraments. An evening programme is planned for Monday, 2 October at St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, at 6.30pm. For further information contact 446 1935 or 447 3711.

Fra Zovko was the newly appointed pastor to the parish of St James church in Medjugorje when the alleged apparitions commenced in June 1981. He was imprisoned by the communist regime for 3 years for his support of the visionaries. Come along and listen to his story of faith - and perhaps consider a visit of your own to Medjugorje.

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