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Laity get larger role in diocesan decisions

By Peter Rosengren Archbishop Barry Hickey has reorganised his top advisory body, the Archbishop's Council, to increase the participation of lay people in archdiocesan decision making Archbishop Hickey said the newly reconstituted council, set up to provide advice on diocesan policy, agencies and institutions, was an improvement on the old council, created in 1992.

Announcing the formation of the new body, which will consist of laity, clergy and religious, he said that in its earlier form it had eventually proved to be too cumbersome and inefficient.

However, in an effort to streamline the new body and to extend participation to lay people in its work, new terms of reference have been developed and new members invited on to the council.

The members are: Archbishop Hickey; Bishop Healy, vicar-general (ex-officio); Monsignor Michael Keating, vicar-general; Father Tim Corcoran, vicar for priests; Sister Beverley Stott RSM, episcopal deputy for social welfare; Mrs Robin Beech, acting chairperson of Parish Life and Mission; Mrs Margaret Hubery, board member of Southern Cross Homes WA; and, Mr Peter Travers, a lawyer.

The council meets every second Wednesday in the Cathedral office.

What's Inside . . .

A page for priests - reports on the 30th anniversary of Vatican ll's document on priests, Presbyterorum Ordinis - Page 11 Reports of possible increased autonomy for East Timor keep surfacing - Page 2 A Perth parish priest, together with a local firm, have developed a computer program for busy priests on the run - Page 5 A roundup of parish news - Page 5

From Burma to Australia . . . . . . . and learning very fast

Two recently arrived students from Burma, now studying at Majella Primary School in Balga, have

"I am very pleased with the structure of won awards in the annual Multicultural Book Competition run by the Education Department. the present council," said Archbishop Sandy Trytwein (left) and Diana Trutwein are cousins who emigrated from Burma with their parHickey. ents in September last year. When they arrived at Male/la Primary School last year they could "It is small but competent. It allows the only speak a few rudimentary words in English, their teacher, Judith Vernon, said. It is a great participation of lay people and especially credit that the girls won a second place (Sandy) and a high commendation (Diana) for books they of women, in line with the Holy Father's wrote about their grandmothers in two languages - English and Burmese. insistence that women's gifts and talents be drawn into the service of the Church in decision-making as well as in all other areas of the Church's apostolate".

The terms of reference of the new Council are: • to provide advice to the Archbishop on matters of diocesan policy; • to advise on action to be taken regardA new policy for responding to cases of investigate all complaints Archbishop ing diocesan agencies and institutions, sexual abuse of children by clergy and Hickey said. He also said that all parishes when requested; • to suggest and promote projects for the religious, offering help to victims and out- have been notified of the help which is lining what the Catholic Church in Perth is now available and have been asked to welfare of the diocese; • to receive reports from diocesan agen- doing about cases of child sexual abuse, publicise its existence among parishioners. cies, organisations and individuals when was issued this week.

Archbishop Barry Hickey comments on The Church has been rocked in recent appropriate; and • to receive reports from episcopal vic- the new policy in his Perspective column years by the revelations of sexual abuse of ars and episcopal deputies about their In The Record today on Page 2. The new children by a small number of priests and policy follows the release by the Catholic Religious around the world. areas of responsibility. bishops of Australia of a document to In Western Australia, former students of Archbishop Hickey said that priests were guide the investigation of allegations of the Christian Brothers teaching congregagenerally well aware that he met with the child sexual abuse. tion have revealed experiences of abuse at vicars general and the vicar for clergy, According to a pamphlet released by the the hands of some Brothers while living as both to make clergy appointments and to Archbishop, a specially selected arch- boarding students at schools run by the deal with specifically clerical matters. diocesan Professional Standards Commit- brothers.

"That will not change," he said. "Matters tee is now in place to deal with allegations Meanwhile, it has been announced that to do with priests as priests will not go and to provide professional help for fami- a central register of the names of convictbefore the Archbishop's Council. They lies and victims of child abuse by priests, ed child molesters and children who are will stay with the clerical advisers as at Religious or other Church personnel. believed to have been victims will be present".

Counselling and therapy will be made maintained by the federal Department of available to victims of child sexual abuse, Family and Children's services, commencit says. ing in 1996.

Archbishop Hickey described the revelaAll state government departments will tions of child sexual abuse by various be required to supply the information and Church personnel as "one of the most dis- the register will also record all actions and tressing things to emerge in Church life counselling of child victims. over the past ten years."

In Melbourne last Monday, a Catholic "The abuse of trust, the seduction of the priest, Gerard Mulvale, 4Z was convicted innocent, the .permanent damage done to by a County Court jury of three counts of the most vulnerable, are crimes that fill us molesting a boy under the age of 16 eighwith shock and disbelief," he says. teen years ago.

However, the Professional Standards He has also admitted sex offences Committee, which is made up of individu- against another boy under the age of 16 in als with expertise in this area, would the early 1980's.

Help for child abuse victims in new policy

Post-TEE counselling at CEO The Archbishop's new council - standing: Fr Tim Corcoran, left, Mrs Robin Beech, Bishop Healy, Peter Travers, Mrs Margaret Hubery. Sitting: Sr Beverly Stott RSM, left, Archbishop Hickey, Jane Pilkington (council executive officer) and Monsignor Michael Keating.

TEE starts this week, but the trauma of the exams will not end until results are posted in january, The Catholic Education Office has set up a special post-TEE counselling service to help students distressed or confused at their results. See Page 9 for further details and other TEE tips.

Healing must be found in abuse problems ne of the most distressing the innocent, the permanent things to emerge in damage done to the most vulChurch life over the past ten nerable, are crimes that fill us years has been child sexual with shock and disbelief. abuse.

And yet it has happened.

The unthinkable has become a Distressing as the inevitable reality. Around the world clergy publicity always is when these and Religious and lay workers crimes are brought to light, jushave been found guilty of inter- tice must be done, the guilty fering with innocent children in must be punished and those a scandalous and most damag- affected must be offered whating way. Nor has this Archdio- ever help is possible. cese been exempt.

The Church is often criticised These revelations have shock- for not acting quickly enough or ed us all. It was bad enough to for protecting the perpetrators. discover that child sexual abuse Because society has only recentoccurred in families and across ly come to realise the extent of every level of society to an child sexual abuse, the Church extent hardly ever imagined. It has sometimes been caught on was doubly shocking to find out the back foot, defensive, not that it occurred even among always sure what to do. those who had given their lives Nevertheless much has been to God in a special way. The learned as a result of the searabuse of trust, the seduction of ing scrutiny of the media and

Archbishop's

Perspective the development of professional expertise in dealing with sexual abuse. This week I have announced what the Archdiocese is

Autonomy hint for East Timor

By Peter Rosengren and wire services Indonesia's central government has reportedly asked East Timorese leaders to prepare a draft on limited autonomy for the province following their request for increased self-governance, a top source has said.

A prominent East Timor political figure, who asked to remain anonymous, told UCA News, an Asia church news agency based in Thailand, that Jakarta gave the green light to the request through retired Admiral Sudomo, head of Indonesia's top advisory council.

Wider autonomy for East Timor was the main topic of discussion at a meeting Sudomo and two other council members held on October 16 with East Timor leaders in Dili, the provincial capital, the source, who favours integration with Indonesia, said in the interview.

Sudomo, former coordinating minister for political affairs and

security, and council members Ben Mboy and Achmad Subagyo were visiting the province in the wake of a series of riots that have broken out since early September.

According to the source, Indonesian President Suharto, who rejected a draft proposal conveyed by East Timor Governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares in August 1994, is likely to soften his stance.

Suharto, scheduled to make his second visit to the province in 1996, wanted to know what kind of autonomy local leaders have in mind, "so he asked Sudomo to tell East Timor leaders to make a draft," the source said.

What East Timor leaders have In mind, according to the source, Is that security, foreign policy, and monetary affairs be handled

by Jakarta and other affairs be entrusted to the local government.

Local political and Catholic religious leaders have called for autonomy because of East

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Church personnel, please know that help is available. I have already, on a number of occasions, apologised on behalf of the Church for what has occurred. Acknowledgment of wrongdoing in Church circles is necessary but not sufficient.

Practical help must also be provided. It must also be said that for some people, the best help available may never be enough to extinguish completely the painful memories and their consequences.

We rely finally on the healing that only Jesus can bring.

The Church must put this scandal behind it and learn from it, so that better screening and better formation can be given to all those who seek to act in the name of the Church.

This is a time of purification.

'Rugged story' makes good history reading

By Colleen McGuiness-Howard

The story of the Josephites in Western Australia is an Australian one, Sister Marie Foale RSJ, author of her newly released Timor's particular historical and book The Josephites Go West: cultural background, he said.

The History of the Sisters of St The East Timor issue would be Joseph in WA 1887-1920, told the more easily settled in the inter- assembly at Notre Dame national arena if Jakarta agrees to University last week when her wider autonomy, he added. book was launched by Bishop The report of consideration of a Robert Healy. limited degree of autonomy for "It is a rugged story of sisters East Timor comes as Bishop working in extraordinarily harsh Belo, bishop of Dili, denied in a conditions against the backstatement issued earlier in the ground of the red earth, burning month by the vicar-general of the sun, droughts, dust storms, disDili diocese, Father Antonio da tance, isolation and loneliness Costa, that he had demanded which they coped with in a typiEast Timor be given a special sta- cally Western Australian way!" tus as a Catholic province as The Josephites of the West are reported in an Indonesian week- true Western Australians, amplily newspaper. fied Sr Foale - of those who were Meanwhile, press reports have born here, those who went west indicated that the Dili diocese from other parts "of this vast conhad broken away from the tinent," and those who came Portuguese Conference of bish- from across the sea in Ireland. ops but refused to join the Josephite Provincial, Sr Maria Indonesian conference of bish- Casey in her address, gave a ops until the conflict between brief sketch of how the four Indonesia and Portugal over the young Josephites "who represent question of East Timor is settled. the best in WA pioneering Bishop Belo could not be con- women," had come to the West in tacted to confirm the latter 1887, and how they, along with reports. other religious congregations, put down their roots and basic structures which have formed the Catholic school system that spread throughout WA. Their story has now been told

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doing about cases of sexual abuse, and what help it is able to offer.

The Professional Standards Committee has been operating for some time. It is made up of people with expertise in the area, and investigates all complaints.

It operates within Guidelines established by the Bishops of Australia. Professional help and therapy is offered to those who have been victims of sexual abuse to help them recover from the trauma inflicted on them as children.

Each parish and each priest has been given information about the help available, and has been asked to make it known among the people.

If anyone is carrying the scars of child sexual abuse from

Sr Marie Foale at the launch through the Adelaide archivist and multi-author Sr (Dr) Foale whose highly successful thesis for her Masters Degree, was printed as The Josephite Story.

She has also written several other published books as well as numerous articles on aspects of the MacKillop story, Sr Casey told the audience.

As part of the launch after Vice Chancellor of NDA Dr Peter Tannock's address, The Vision of Mary MacKillop was read by Miriam Hyde, followed by Margaret Roeger's commentary interspersed with pianist Veronica Moylan's musical contribution.

Editor's talk sparks some lively discussion The editor of The Record, Mr David Kehoe, sparked a lively discussion at the annual meeting of the Newman Society last Sunday, speaking on the role of theCatholic press in society.

Mr Kehoe's talk covered a lot of ground from the role of diocesan newspapers to the place of radio and television in promoting the Good News.

With previous experience working at The Advocate diocesan newspaper in Melbourne and his more recent work for The Canberra Times and Australian Associated Press in the Canberra Press Gallery, Mr Kehoe was able to enliven his talk with many Interesting anecdotes. His talk generated interesting questions and discussion which extended into general discussion of how the Church could better use the media to spread the gospel.

Speaking after the meeting, the President of the Newman Society, Mr Patrick Kirby, said the meeting had been most successful.

He said that 1995 marked the 150th anniversary of the conversion of Cardinal Newman to Catholicism. "He is a man of continuing relevance to us in the Church today," he said.

Mr Kirby explained that the Newman Society in Western Australia was seeking to encourage more active involvement by Catholic university graduates in the intellectual life of Perth.

Membership of the society is open to Catholic graduates and their families from local, interstate and overseas universities.

The meetings of the society are regularly notified in The Parish Scene section of The Record.

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Techno-priest aims to help the busy parson

By Peter Rosengren The release of Australia's first custom-designed parish management computer program for a Windows environment by Perth priest Father Patrick L,im and computer associate Michael Russell, opens the way for parishes to place their complete pastoral program more easily on a more efficient and organised computerised footing.

This is according to Fr Lim, who together with Mike Russell of MGR Computer Services, has spent the last 16 months developing Storm Parish Database, which sells for under $1000.

According to Fr Lim, parish priest at Clarkson, there is nothing else like it operating in a Windows environment in Australia.

The new program, which enables parish priests to place all records pertinent to their daily pastoral work, including names,

Fr Lim, left, Michael Russell and Garry Collins showcase the new system

dates of birth, times and natures of pastoral visits, details of planned giving and other parish statistics on computer, is unique.

Fr Lim is something of a technopriest applying all the tricks of the age of the microchip to a priest's pastoral mission.

Together with Mike Russell, he developed the program to meet

the need for more precise information and record-keeping in his daily parish work "It provides the information necessary for the priest to do his job," he told The Record at MGR Services' Balcatta office.

Storm Parish Database currently features three easy-to-navigate and-use menus: membership of

Priest, diocese match-making plan proposed

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican is ready to do some matchmaking between bishops in priest-short areas and clergy in areas of plenty, a Vatican official has said.

While the number of seminarians and priestly ordinations steadily increased worldwide between 1978 and 1993, some places in the world are rich in priests and others have severe shortages, said the official, Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe.

To ensure a better global distribution of priests, the Pope set up a special Vatican commission in 1991; after years of study and surveying all the world's bishops, the commission expects to begin "matchmaking" in January, said Archbishop Sepe.

The archbishop, secretary of the Congregation for Clergy, said bishops requesting extra priests have been asked to be specific in describing what they

need: pastors, seminary professors, chancery officials, youth ministers, or others.

The Vatican commission will try to match those needs with the descriptions of priests offered by dioceses which, while not having too many priests, are willing to help those in a worse condition.

Archbishop Sepe said the commission's work was affirmed during an October 23-28 Vatican meeting on priestly life and ministry Speakers noted that "a priest cannot close in on himself or his diocese. He must be open to mission. It's part of his very identity."

The archbishop also said the steadily increasing number of new ordinations has not led to an overall increase in the number of the world's priests because more have died over the past 15 years than have been ordained.

But, statistical projections are that the number of new ordinations and the number of deaths

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will equal out by the year 2002.

"From that point on, the number of priests in the world is expected to grow," he said.

The commission to coordinate the distribution of priests will still be necessary, however, because the growth is expected to continue to be concentrated in Latin America, Africa and Asia and declines are expected to continue in North America and Western Europe.

Archbishop Sepe also said that the number of men leaving the priesthood has steadily declined over the past 15 years, and that the number of priests who left and want to return to active ministry has steadily grown. He said the Vatican had granted approval for the return of "several hundred" priests who were never laicised, but married in a civil ceremony.

While there are dozens of considerations, Archbishop Sepe said, all candidates for a return to active ministry must have a civil divorce decree and no minor children.

the parish, planned giving, and family is at in relation to the parish," he said. Any sensitive registers.

The registers menu, for exam- information pertaining to people, provides a completely corn- ple's personal circumstances can puterised list of baptisms, com- be protected by a password munions, confirmations, a sick known only to the priest. list, funerals and marriages.

The database also features The parish membership menu some interesting innovations, enables a parish priest to enter designed to provide maximum or peruse information on a wide ease of entry of information. To variety of bases. Information minimise the amount of typing can be pulled up, for instance, involved, for example, the proon names, marriage, numbers of gram tries to anticipate the inforchildren, profession, religion mation being used or required in and place of birth. And these advance. are just a few of the many paraFr Lim hopes to promote the meters available to sort informa- new system around Western tion by.

Australia and nationally; he has At a single glance, a busy already had several expressions parish priest can pull up infor- of interest from the eastern states mation on families by street and several from WA parishes. name, for instance, and see who In addition, Fr Lim has vvritten is in the family, when the last to all Australian bishops notifytime he visited them was and for ing them of the program's availwhat reasons. ability. Mr Russell said that once There is even a record of nick- launched, the program would be names. "So when he visits the probably updated on a quarterly family, he knows where that basis.

Excellence awards for five WA Catholic teachers

Five teachers In Western Australian Catholic Schools have been chosen as State winners in the National 'Excellence In Teaching' Awards sponsored nationally by the Australian Scholarships Group Friendly Society. Presenting the awards last Monday, WA Minister for Education, Norman Moore, praised the twenty teachers who won awards. The Catholic schools' winners are pictured above: Margaret Freckelton (St Brigid's, Lesmurdie), Mungo Alcorn (Sacred Heart College), Heidi Bulbo (St Brigid's), Catherine Hoskin (St Columba's, South Perth) and Arthur Lombardi (Whifford Primary School).

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Lukers live it up a annua Mass

Keeping the strength up for competitors and spectators alike following the Luke 18 annual Mass - there's nothing like a good old fashioned sausage sizzle

A happy bunch of Ulcers and disciples following the annual Mass at Al! Saints parish Church, Greenwood

II Saints Parish, Green- gave their parish priest as he liturgy was the exchange of A wood was the host parish "Jogged for Java" to raise funds hand-made roses at the sign of for the annual Luke for the mission there; many peace, with a commitment 1995

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Mass in October, when over two hundred and fifty Lukers (11-14 year olds), disciples (over 16) and their families gathered to celebrate together.

The theme of this year's celebration was "Building a Better World" and as part of each parish community's preparation for the Mass, gifts had been prepared indicating the effort each group of young people were making in their own family and parish life to try to build a better world.

These gifts were presented at the offertory and included a poster of a brick wall, with each brick having the name of one of the members of the group written on it; a pair of sandshoes represented the support one Luke 18 community

other gifts were presented plants, seeds, red cordial, candle, bible, open heart all carrying a message of the hopes of the Luke 18 groups to build a better world.

Fr Joe Parkinson was the celebrant and was assisted by Fr Boguslaw; in his homily Fr Joe graphically displayed how we need community support when he called on one young Luker, Owen from Ballajura, to represent Moses with raised arms.

As Moses' arms tired, so two other young volunteers, Jonathan and Jeffrey from Lesmurdie, were recruited to help Moses keep his arms raised. What was too difficult for one, became easy with the help of others.

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being made to pray for the person to whom we gave our rose.

As a thanksgiving reflection a series of slide pictures showing various Lukers, Disciples and adults from many of the parish communities was accompanied by the song "Heal the World".

In thanking the Greenwood Luke 18 community for their help in the organisation of the day, Michael and Liz Foley, the WA State co-ordinators of Luke 18, encouraged all present to remember that we are all called to build a better world and we can do this in our every day lives by living the gospel principles as we all work together in our family and in our Luke 18 parish community _ bringing Christ into our world.

The celebrations continued 20, - ------- ------ - --, --,-: after Mass with a mixed sex • .-._ netball competition for teams ,---'-''-:-- -------,-.------vv---------- -from each community; this proved to be a hard fought battle resulting in Morley finishing the over-all champions. At the same time, numerous games were held on the school oval for the "littlies" and/or the "oldies" including tug-of-war, walking on stilts, various ball games, etc.

Tea, coffee, cordial and a sausage sizzle kept the strength up for all competitors and spectators and the day only ended when the sun finally set, thereby turning off the light.

Any enquiries about the Luke 18 programme can be made to Eight teams competed in the netball competition after Mass - unfortunately Mike and Liz Foley on 375 9081. only one could win

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Church welfare director's 'yes' to IR details

By Peter Rosengren Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission director Father David Cappo has welcomed, with qualifications, the addition of more components to the Federal Coalition's industrial relations `no disadvantage test', outlined by Opposition industrial relations spokesman, Peter Reith.

The test, which the Opposition intends to apply to agreements to move from awardbased conditions to enterprise agreements if it is elected to government, is intended to prevent Australian workers from being disadvantaged by such moves.

Fr Cappo's response comes following a meeting between himself and Mr Reith two weeks ago after having called publicly on ABC Radio's current affairs program, PM, for the Opposition's industrial relations policy to be tabled for scrutiny and asking for assurances regarding the no disadvantage test.

A joint statement issued by Fr Cappo and Mr Reith following that meeting said that during

the meeting Mr Reith presented Fr Cappo with a series of policy statements on industrial relations made by himself and the Leader of the Opposition, John Howard, and stressed that Coalition policy was already "unequivocally clear" on a number of basic issues.

The new components announced by Mr Reith include paid family leave and gender equity in pay - equal pay for equal work.

The Opposition supports the introduction of enterprise agreements as a way of increasing flexibility and productivity in Austptlian industry.

Mr Reith outlined the 'minima' of the test in a speech entitled 'Industrial Relations under a Coalition Government' given to the Australian National University Liberal Club in Canberra last week. He was speaking at the 1995 annual Lyons Lecture which commemorates the contributions to Australian life of former Prime Minister Joseph Lyons and his wife Enid, Australia's first female federal politician.

"What he seems to have done in this speech is [to have] added two more components to the no

Mission conference looks forward for other paths

disadvantage test, namely family leave and equal pay for equal work," Fr Cappo said.

Fr Cappo said the addition of the two components was "quite appropriate" but said that in his Sandie Cornish (Bishops' Secretariat for Justice, Peace and Development), discussions with Mr Reith he Colleen Malone (Justice and Peace educator), Fr Cyril Nally (Columban Mission had indicated he would give a Institute) and Fr Aylward Shorter at the consultation detailed response to the Opposition's Industrial RelatCatholic mission representatives a consultant to the Council for ions policy when the full policy and representatives from a number Inter-religious Dialogue.

Fr Shorter also outlined what he was released. of other Christian churches gath"At this stage I can only com- ered last month to discuss the saw as the damaging effects of the ment generally on what he said future directions of Australian electronic media on the Church's in his speech. What he appears Christian missionary activity. efforts to reach people from differto be doing is ensuring that famThe national consultation on ent cultures and backgrounds. ily issues have a higher profile Mission, called by the Columban "The impact of Western electronic in the no disadvantage test that Mission Society, saw approximately mass media on the rest of the world he's putting forward, and paid 250 participants attend a three day is already comprehensive and devfamily leave is an important fac- conference representing various astating," he told the conference. tor in that," he said.

"Their message is often arrogant, Catholic missionary organisations "In other words when a family and other churches. introspective and preoccupied lAith member is ill, or children are Held at St Patrick's College, the morbid social factors of Eumsick, then a worker has access to Strathfield, in Sydney, the consulta- American society." take sick leave as family leave. I tion was based on the perception The Consultation, endorsed by the presume that's what he's talking that "a new age of mission" was Australian Catholic Bishops' Comabout and that's where he's emerging and that old structures mittee for Evangelisation and Missheading, and that sort of flexibil- and approaches were no longer ions was attended by a variety of ity around sick leave is very working as effectively as before. denominational representatives important," Fr Cappo said.

Keynote speaker Fr Aylward including Catholic and Anglican However, he said that the sec- Shorter told participants that bishops, and officials from other ond principle outlined by Mr European-American culture tended Churches.

Reith was a "basic" requirement. to supplant and undermine local Fr Brian Gore, director of the " . . . them wouldn't be people in indigenous cultures and that it had Columban society in Australia and the community who wouldn't invaded the world, creating a global New Zealand told the conference say that that is an essential," he monetary system. that the 1995 consultation would be said.

He also criticised massive urbani- a "benchmark" in Australian missation for its secularisation and the sion history. "Many think the time mpoverishment that it produced, has come for a major shift in misi • and what he termed "the fiction" of sion and in cross-cultural activity," European-American development he said.

The director of Catholic aid, which he said provided a The three day meeting sparked Western in Education degree of plausibility to the current discussion on possible future direcAustralia, Therese Temby, global monetary system. tions for the Mission movement, was on hand to give some Fr Shorter, an anthropologist, mis- including calls for the re-formation friendly encouragement to a sion theologian and author has of the National Missionary Council, young driver, Frank Zollo, been president of the Mission and the possibility of using busiand St Anthony's School Institute in London for the last 7 ness links with the countries of Asia Principal, Greg Stinton, when years. He has previously worked as as a means of evangelisation. they were revving up a Jolly Jalopy to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the school last Sunday.

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Living with L'Arche is Families enjoy a day of renewal a life truly fully alive

The L'Arche community at Mawson in the ACT: Liz, left, Ann, Karola, Danny, Frank and Elaine

By Loiuse Bromhead Have you ever thought about living in a small ark, built of brick veneer, in a quiet suburban street, where people live not necessarily in twos but with a common bond to live, work and pray together?

L'Arche, (The Ark) is an international federation of communities where people with and without Intellectual disabilities create homes together.

They tend to be interesting places where people who are gifted in their capacity to live according to their heart create havoc and harmony with those of us with intellectual capacities and cautious hearts.

They are ordinary places where people sleep, cook. clean, go out to work, celebrate and pray together. Each household is not an institution but a place where all members are encouraged to thrive and grow.

IlArche began in 1964 when Jean Vanier and Father Thomas Philippe, in response to a call from God, invited Raphael Simi and Philippe Seuk, two men with an intellectual disability, to come and share their lives in the Spirit of the Gospel and of the Beatitudes that Jesus preached.

According to our charter, L'Arche wants to be a sign of hope in a divided world. We hope to be a sign of unity where people with many differences can live together in a spirit of faithfulness and reconciliation.

Living with the people who are disabled are those who are known as assistants. They are not so much hired staff or carers, rather they are a diverse mix of people, with a variety of backgrounds who seek to live an ordinary life, that stems from an

extraordinary desire to live justice and compassion and the Children miming before the pilgrim statue of Our Lady during the Family Day of Renewal spirit of the Beatitudes.

In its thirty year history, CArche Redemptorist Father William While younger children deco- glass candles burned on the has always been a place that Creede's great devotion to Our rated terracotta pots and planted altar, children performed a liturdraws people into an experience of community life and for many Lady and his deep faith in family "seeds of faith", their parents gical mime to accompany music young people, this experience, life were a highlight of the Family painted "stained glass" candle provided by the Disciples of regardless of its length, is signifi- Day of Renewal at Newman holders, each with their child's Jesus.

Families processed into Mass cant, giving shape and direction College Junior School's Brigidine name. Older children shared activities and music with the behind the pilgrim statue of Our to the way in which they make campus in Floreat last month.

Families from the parishes of Doubleview parish Antioch Lady, and offered the Rosary on further life choices.

Helen from New Zealand Floreat/Wembley, Subiaco, Dou- group and the Disciples of Jesus behalf of families everywhere.

The community extends its bleview, City Beach and Karr- Youth Mission team. describes her experience.

"I had become involved with inyup shared faith, food and famFamilies ended the day on a thanks to all who made the day Intellectually disabled people ily activities geared to younger high note with a beautiful Mass possible, including the Newman through a church group, and I and older children as well as which drew together the many College Junior School's Religious was struck by their openness and adults. threads of the day. As the stained Education Support Team. love. While on retreat in 1993,1 felt prompted to join IlArche. So the following year I arrived in Canberra.

What happened?

It all came together for the My year in IL:Arche Genesaret Willetton parish last Saturday was an invaluable experience, It with the blessing and official was hard but also fun! There was opening by parish priest Father much time for reflection and a lot Jim Corcoran of the new state-ofof internal growth. L'Arche the-art Administration Centre. helped me develop more selfIt means that with the provision confidence, and I learnt that God of new office accommodation for and others love and accept me as the secretary, bursar, resident I am. I also made some wonderSisters and pastoral workers, ful friends! plus a resource area, foyer, and I definitely recommend this two additional meeting rooms experience to other young peosuitable for programs such as ple. It's a great time to be chalAdult Faith Education, Fr lenged, grow spiritually and have Corcoran can now regain his fun!" original presbytery, which was Currently we are three commucommandeered for variety of nities in Australia, located in purposes as the Parish House!

Sydney, Canberra and Hobart.

Each community is small, conDiscussing the advantages of the sisting of somewhere between 2 new parish centre are left to right and 4 houses.

Mike Separovich, Maureen Barrett, Presently we have vacancies for Anne Warren and Fr Mike Gitner. people who could came and spend the year of 1996 with us as assistants, so if you would like further information about our life contact: Louise Bromhead, IlArche Australia, PO Box 1326, WODEN ACT' 2606. Ph/fax (06) 290 1845

Willetton now a little roomier

Bedford-Inglewood's first outdoor Mass

90 years old but strong Mrs Maggie Cahill of St Mary's parish in Merredin celebrated her 90th birthday on September 23.

Mrs Cahill, who now lives opposite the church in Merredin, has grown old with the parish.

She has many memories of the early days of the parish; how the old church was moved from the north side of town to where it stands now as the parish hall.

She has been a tireless worker with the parish community and especially on the catering committee when it worked to fund the building of the new church.

The priests who have passed through the parish have relied on Mrs Cahill for support and knowledge of every day needs of the parish.

Os Illogle ONE i995

More than 500 Bedford/Inglewood parishioners, including representatives from parish groups such as the liturgy, good neighbours, hospitality, youth, special ministers, welfare, acolytes, Catholk Women's League, Rosary, baptism aland marriage preparation, came together in Chisholm College's gardens to take part in a Mass celebrated by parish priest Father Trevor Simons recently. The inaugural community building outdoor Mass, given great approval by young and old alike, was followed by a picnic lunch.

L'ellers 10 11e Cx/ilor Christians warned against Gala meeting ince reading the disclaimer by the The Catholic Tradition will be repre- Ungodly Rage, author Donna Steichen Church by a new blend of paganism.

Benedictine Community of New sented at the Gathering by Mary Droste describes meetings where Catholic nuns Gnosticism and modern day feminism.

S Norcia that the Women's Spirituality and Gabrielle Whitely. Ms Droste is and laywomen enthusiastically join in Beatty

Gathering to be held there in December "is not a specifically Christian event, and in no way claims to be authorised be any agency of the Catholic Church" (The Record, 5 October), I have seen the publicity material for this event.

One of the guest speakers for the Gathering will be Catherine de Garis, who is described in the publicity leaflet as a "Pagan, freelance Priestess and mother. Drawing from her own depths and the women's spirituality movement, she is active in birthing a new Goddess focused tradition here in WA. Catherine leads Dances of Universal Peace and . . . teaches transformational ritual".

described as "a Christian feminist from pagan rituals, sometimes involving the the Catholic Tradition". Ms Whitely as invocation of various spirits and gods or having had a traditional Catholic goddesses by self-proclaimed witches.

Orthodox Christianity is usually upbringing. Apparently she now "believes that spirituality doesn't have described at such meetings as incorrigibly patriarchal and oppressive. boundaries".

Popular speakers like Rosemary The Gathering is organised by "seven Radford Ruether urge disillusioned women from the Gaia Foundation".

In present day 'creation spirituality' and Catholic women to stay in the Church to 'deep ecology' circles Gaia is the name usurp its "institutional power bases" for given to the earth, conceived as a living the promulgation of the new goddessreligion of "women-church". planet, "the Great Mother Goddess".

Women and men concerned for the Such women's spirituality gatherings have been a marked feature of the integrity of the Christian faith need to be Catholic feminist movement in the United fully aware of the passionate, persistent States. In her carefully documented book and organised attempts to subvert the

WA Institute commended

Liturgical dance, or liturgical movement, wilful turning away from God (a mortal as it is sometimes called, in the Western sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until context appears to be more an intrusion of the end. . . God does not want any to peran extraneous element into the authentic ish but all to come to repentance."

The point needs mentioning because of Roman Rite.

It is on a par with showing slides of sun- a book circulating in Perth at present. writsets after communion, of having clowns ten by Fr P Kenny S.J. While purporting not to reject the dochand out balloons during the entrance procession. In my experience, liturgical trine of hell, it completely re-interprets it movements are usually extremely ama- so that it bears no resemblance to what teurish and wouldn't rate high applause in the Church teaches.

Our religion is not only dogma but a way a primary school concert let alone be a suitable component in the solemn wor- of life.

However, in our living Catholic joy that ship of God. As St Ambrose wrote to his sister we have been redeemed and Heaven is Marcellina "What modesty can there be open to us because of Our Blessed Lord's where there is dancing and noise and saving act of Divine Love, we must never clapping of hands?. . . She who is modest. allow ourselves to be deluded or beguiled she who is chaste, let her teach her daugh- into denying the Catholic truth of the existence of hell as the ultimate fate of those ter religion and not dancing." who "will not serve".

John Deakin West Perth Mrs Doris Martyr Attadale

Tour picture (The Record 26 October) 1 of the bestowal of an honour on Sister Eleanor Carter. the director of the Catholic Institute, together with the recent outline of the work of the institute and its library, goes some way towards informing readers of the importance of, and the need to maintain, this key educational body in the mission of the Church in WA Even so, the significance of the establishment and development of the Catholic Institute will not have been grasped by some readers. That such an innovative step was taken some twenty years ago to promote Catholic education at tertiary level at practically no cost to the Catholic community is worthy of thought, particularly when it is recalled that there was still a Catholic ghetto mentality abroad in the nyone who heard Dr Sheila Cassidy 1960's and 70's. who was in Perth recently as a guest atholic parents expect the Catholic Before a decision was made to develop school systems in Australia which Catholic teacher education within the of the Catholic Women's League found story inspiring. her support through school fees, taxes they Education in then College of Advanced However, in The West Australian of and parish contributions to assist them in WA. other options such as the establishment of a Catholic University were can- October 28. she said this, "She does not their God-given task of teaching their chilbelieve any of us are headed for everlast- dren the Catholic faith full and entire. vassed and discarded.

Unfortunately the best evidence availIncluded in the credits for the formation ing torment. It's either going to be so marof the institute are its precursor, the now vellous that we will wonder what we were able in Australia, from the surveys of largely forgotten group known as the WA worried about - or there will be nothing. Brother Marcellin Flynn, suggests systemic failure to deliver the goods.

Catholic Educators, the members of the So there will be nothing to worry about."

While this may be Dr Sheila's own belief, Br Flynn found in a 1990 survey of 6,000 Institutive Committee and senior administrators and some staff members of the Mt it is not the belief of the Catholic Church, Year 12 Catholic school students that 29 per cent thought it was very important to Lawley and Claremont campuses of the to which she belongs. existence of teaches of the The Church a practising member of the Catholic be College of Advanced Education, without whose cooperation the joint venture Hell in the Catechism of the Catholic Church; 70 per cent believed it was alright Church. no. 1035: "The teaching of the for people who were not married to live would not have succeeded.

The institute has been blessed in having Church affirms the existence of hell and together: 20 per cent thought that sexual a succession of distinguished directors its eternity. . , the chief punishment of hell intercourse outside of marriage was and dedicated, competent and well- is separation from God," and the Church wrong.

These results were not surprising given trained staff, academically and theologi- even confirms the "fire of hell" elsewhere that a survey of teachers in Catholic cally. Their work has been supported over In the Catechism, (1034) .

This is closely followed by the schools showed that 43 per cent thought the years by the institute's governing body reassurance at no. 1037: "God euthanasia was morally wrong; 49 per Catechism's the Catholic on which a cross-selection of community has served on a voluntary pre-destines no one to go to hell; for this, a cent thought abortion was worse than the birth of an unwanted child; 50 per cent basis. agreed that 'Going to Mass on Sunday is We now look forward to the celebration important to me'. of the institute's silver jubilee in the year All of us, parents, parishioners and 2000. teachers who are concerned for the school McSweeney Richard generation of Catholics, need to future Ballajura accept that we are confronting a catastrophic failure to pass on the faith.

If we fail to accept the seriousness of the we are unlikely to accept the disease y interest was sparked by the recent required medicine. exchange of views on liturgical dance. It appears that there are only two In my view the appearance of The instances of approved liturgical dance in Catechism of the Catholic Church prethe entire history of Catholic liturgy. sents us with the needed reference book The los seises is performed by six or on which to base all religious education in twelve boys, dancing in minuet style with our schools, parishes and homes. castanets, as part of the Mozarabic liturgy.

If teachers, priests and parents constantSince its rescue from oblivion in the 17th ly refer to the Catechism as the definitive century, this liturgy has been celebrated reference book on religion in the same daily in single chapel of the Cathedral of way we all use the dictionary for checking Toledo. The los seises is performed only the spelling and meaning of words, then twice annually on the Feasts of Corpus we will do much to make a start in reversChristi and the Immaculate Conception. ing the corrosion of the faith.

The only other ecclesiastical approval of Individual students may still reject the liturgical dance appears to be in the faith after 12 years exposure to the sysRoman Rite for the Diocese of Zaire. This tematic teaching of the Catechism, but at local usage of the Roman Rite includes least they will have a clear idea what ills dance elements as part of the liturgy. One they are rejecting. can see the point in allowing Africans to dance in mass - they dance everywhere Richard Egan Dr Sheila Cassidy else too!

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Maud Bunbury Editor's note: The New Norcia monastery published the following note in October 5 edition of The Record: "A Women's Spirituality Gathering to be held at New Norcia from 1st to 4th December 1995. has been organised by women from the Gala Foundation. It will take place in buildings owned by the Benedictine Community, but it has not been organised by the monks. It welcomes women from all cultures and spiritual paths, and so is not a specifically Christian event, and in no way claims to be authorised by any agency of the Catholic Church"

Euthanasia crisis

cently I attended a three day I t ational conference of the Australian Society of Gerontology in Brisbane.

The conference was well attended by 250 participants from all States of Australia.

The speakers included international and interstate health professionals, paramedics and social workers.

One session was given by a Professor of Medicine from England and one from the USA - both of whom were advocates of euthanasia. It was quite alarming to hear their eloquent, persuasive delivery of the so-called "advantages" of euthanasia.

It was stated that a survey which was held in Australia. and one in the USA. showed that three quarters of the population were in favour of euthanasia.

I think it is extremely important that the community is made aware of the devastating effects the decriminalisation of euthanasia has had in the Netherlands.

In a Government report in Holland in 1993 it was found that 200 patients had been given a lethal injection, without a request from patient and family.

There are no hospice or palliative care facilities to speak of in Holland. The elderly people are terrified to be admitted to nursing homes for fear of being given a lethal injection, and many are going to Germany to spend their later years.

There are many anecdotal stories being told by medics who have left Holland.

A 15 year-old girl with anorexia asked for, and was given, a lethal injection, as was a woman whose husband had left her, and she was depressed at the time.

I think it is important to write to our politicians, attend meetings about euthanasia and generally make our feelings known before it is too late., Patrida Flood Kalgoorlie

Admirable zeal

n his article entitled "Knocking on the I door" (Australian Catholics, summer criticises Roy Cassin edition,)

Fundamentalist religious beliefs, regarding them both as being simplistic and being of little value.

I find this negative criticism rather disconcerting and unfair.

Being a Roman Catholic I may not approve of the aggressive evangelism practised by some Fundamentalists and may disagree on many points of their religious doctrines.

However, despite the disparity of our views on our respective religious practices I respect the sincerity of many Fundamentalists and regard them as fellow-travellers on the way towards our common cause (goal).

At times I even feel envious of their zest, persistence and unselfish commitment in their effort to advance their spirituality - a rare quality in today's increasingly secular and materialistic society.

Could I really believe that God wanted to reject these often-sincere people?

Joseph Stekl Gosnells November ,The Record, , • . 2, 19.5 t,.. I 37

Features

Compassion recognises our humanity

By Brother Cyprian Rowe, FMS hrist turned to him on the cross and said, "This day you will be with me in paradise." So it was that Dismas became the Good Thief, the crucified felon saved

by Christ's compassion.

Compassion often is defined as mercy, and mercy often is defined as a joining of pity and benevolence. But perhaps we should dig deeper to know compassion.

In the deepest sense of the term, the person of compassion identifies with the humanity of another in the places where pain and suffering are the most intense.

The compassionate person's spirit leaps out to give comfort.

To be compassionate is to recognise the humanity in another person, especially when that person is overwhelmed by pain and want. That's what Dr Marlin Luther King Jr did in loving - and not striking or permitting others to strike - a young white man who rose up suddenly and started to beat him at a church meeting where the civil rights leader was speaking.

Dismas presents us with an interesting twist on compassion. Dismas had to draw away from his suffering. He had to look into the gallery of his life and accept responsibility for all his violations. Then he had to rise up and confess, and in the midst of this confession he came to understand the difference between himself and

the man next to him. And at this moment not only was Jesus compassionate toward Dismas, but the Good Thief also became compassionate toward Jesus.

Dismas' spirit leapt out toward Jesus, responding to him in his pain and, at the deepest levels of love and respect, acknowledging his goodness and innocence. In this Dismas found salvation.

Compassion met compassion.

Compassion does not mean slinging around what passes for pity: It is not throwing coins to beggars and cocaine addicts. Compassion abhors cowardice.

That is, it does not flinch before those who do not understand humanity's sacredness.

Compassion does not embrace human violations. Compassion does not feed drugs to the junkie, but it does understand that anyone who is weak represents all of us who are weak, and so it is humble.

Compassion calls those who have need of healing to pursue just that - the healing of the spirit or the body. And compassion does this with love.

Let us end in Galilee with Peter at the seaside. The risen Jesus was with those who had fled. He did not ask them to feel ashamed. He wanted to feed them, as always. When Jesus spoke to Peter, the sole question was, "Do you love me?"

The compassionate Jesus knows our every weakness and wants to love those weaknesses into strengths.

Mercy travels with us on road to perfection

By Father John Castelot ne thing we can be sure of from revelation is that God Q is compassionate. "As a father

has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him," Psalm 103 says. Psalm 145 reminds us that "the Lord is good to all and compassionate toward all his works."

And Jesus was remarkable for his compassion. His compassion was no invitation to people to do whatever they pleased with impunity, but his heart went out to them when they stumbled and fell along the path to perfection.

The divine compassion, it seems, couples the call for our continued growth with the expression of mercy.

Jesus knew what people had to contend with, their physical and moral weakness, and he pitied them. "At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd" (Matthew 9:36). When two blind men asked Jesus to restore their sight, "moved with pity, (he) touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight, and followed him" (Matthew 20:34).

It was not only people's physical impairments that touched Jesus' heart but their moral lapses as well. He held out the goal of perfection but knew well how often human efforts fall short of that.

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In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus says, "So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew 5:48). This is a challenging goal indeed, a seemingly impossible one. Interestingly, Luke words it this way: "Be merciful, just as (also) your Father is merciful" (Luke 6:36).

Being perfect may be beyond our capabilities, but being compassionate is within our grasp.

And the measure of our compassion is the compassion of God. Jesus modelled this compassion in his treatment of sinners.

His heart went out to the sinful woman of Luke Z to his often exasperating disciples, even to his executioners for whom he prayed: "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do" (Luke 24:34).

'The author of Hebrews tells us: "Surely, he did not help angels but rather the descendants of Abraham; therefore, he had to become like his brothers in every way that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest . . . . Because he himself was tested through what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested . . . . For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathise with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin.

"So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help" (Hebrews 2:1618; 4:15-16).

When Jesus `met' Susan Smith

By Father Thomas Faucher efore Susan Smith went to B trial on charges of drowning her two children in a South

Carolina pond, a creative teacher in an Idaho Catholic high school gave her students a provocative assignment: Write about a meeting between Jesus Christ and this self-confessed murdereress.

One student, Megan, crafted her work in the form of Jesus' reflections after a two-hour visit in the jail: "Jesus says that Ms Smith was hostile in the beginning, not trusting him or understanding the reason for his interest.

"Jesus explains that his only purpose was to listen and tell her that God loves her.

"His gentleness finally guided her into sharing her story and her pain. His compassion enabled him to give her healing and hope."

In Megan's story, Jesus did not spring Ms Smith from jail.

He did not tell her that what she did was OK, and he did not lie to her or falsely comfort her.

His was a ministry of compassion.

Jesus was the master of compassion - in the Bible, when people lowered the crippled man through the roof, the Lord felt what the man actually needed and did it: forgave his sins (Mark 2). Even on the way to his death Jesus responded to the women's sympathy for him with compassion for them (Luke, 23).

Compassion is among the most difficult of virtues. It is a multifaceted diamond covered with precious oil: there is always another facet of compassion to

see, but it is almost impossible to hold on to long enough to get a good view. Most of us are fairly good at sympathy, and many of us do random acts of kindness, but neither of those is compassion. Compassion is entering into someone's painful feeling with action.

Sympathy, kindness and compassion merge when the correct action is one that makes everyone feel better. It is easier to be compassionate when the situation involves the death of a loved one, a terrible sickness or an accident. But compassion is difficult when it requires pain, when It means confronting another: Then I don't want to do it.

It is compassionate to tell a friend that he or she is an alcoholic and needs treatment; it is compassionate to tell a spouse or child that you are no longer going to be co-dependent in his or her behaviour.

Yet even here, what makes the action compassionate is that you both feel the pain and do what is best An easy sort of compassion carried to excess can lead you to take over someone else's life, enabling that person not to live as an adult. Difficult compassion carried to excess can lead to cruelty.

One friend has felt yet hidden his wife's drinking for years. That is not compassion.

Another friend was fired recently from a church position. It was indeed the best thing for him, but what could have been an act of compassion became an act of Incredible insensitivity and cruelty by the way it was done.

Caring for an aging parent, cop-

ing with a drug-infected child, living with a mentally ill spouse: These are difficult times for anyone. When the demand to be compassionate seems endless it can get discouraging.

That is when we need to remember that good religion is good mental health.

No one can live another person's life, and each of us deserves a life of our own.

Sometimes we must be compassionate to ourselves and take time off, go do something else, make other arrangements.

We all too often presume that virtues are to be shown only to others, yet that is not true. We have no virtues to give to others if we do not first exercise them on ourselves.

One more turn of our diamond brings out the fact that being the recipient of compassion is both refreshing and yet can easily lead to resentment.

It is refreshing because someone honestly cares. But if I am enjoying my misery and the sympathy it engenders, I don't want compassion because that means action, action that may disturb my desire for sympathy.

In Megan's fable Jesus made a conscious decision to go to see Susan Smith in jail.

Unlike sympathy, kindness or many other virtues which can become almost automatic in a good person, compassion always requires a conscious decision.

It requires choosing to become sufficiently involved to be compassionate, and it takes wisdom and maturity to do it well.

Our diamond dipped in oil is an adult virtue and a very hard one to live.

Making the most of the TEE . . .

. . . . a guide compiledby the CEO

Over the coming weeks approximately 2,600 students from Catholic schools throughout Western Australia will be among the more than 12,700 who are sitting for their Tertiary Entrance Examination to gain entrance to a university. The TEE marks the final stage of 12 years of study. Over these coming weeks though, many tens of thousands more students will, in various forms, be facing examination of their work over the year. This report has been prepared by the Catholic Education Office to assist students - and their parents - in developing the right "frame of mind" so that a student can maximise their individual chances of doing as best as they possibly can in their examinations. To all TEE candidates in these dosing weeks of your school days the staff of the Catholic Education Office would like to offer you their warmest encouragement and good wishes in your final exams. The communications section of the Catholic Education Office has compiled the following suggestions that may assist you in your final preparation for your end-of-year exams...

Counselling service to help after TEE results

he Catholic Education Office period. Advice will cover issues such T will be providing a new coun- as interpreting marks, changing prefselling service for graduating Year erences for study, understanding

12 students and parents over the

January holiday period.

After receiving their Tertiary Entrance Examination results on 2 January 1996, students need to make Important decisions about courses and institutions they will access in 1996.

entrance procedures and contacts for further information.

The service has been prompted by the recognition that it is difficult for many students to obtain broad career and study advice as well as an overview of all relevant procedures.

Additionally, the counselling is part of the Catholic Education system's commitinent to service and excellence in education.

Further information can be obtained by phoning John Nelson on (09) 388

Experienced course counsellors will be available at the Catholic Education Office from 2-12 January 1996 to assist students and parents in this difficult decision-making 4366.

In case you think study is awful, reflect on IN. In the classroom at the old Illeboants Orphange In the last centuryl

The art of preparation arry Alfirevich, head of the secondary B education section at the Catholic Education Office, encourages thorough

preparation as the final step to achieving a good result in the Tertiary Entrance Examination...

"Over the final year, and throughout the previous years of school, knowledge and skills have been developed in preparation for achieving your best exam result during the TEE. Exam technique has been practised at the end of Year 11, through the Year 12 Semester One exams and in the Thal TEE exams," Mr Alfirevich said.

"Examinations are opportunities for students to demonstrate the extent of their knowledge, skills and creativity in responding to questions derived from a subject syllabus. Not all elements of the Etarry Affirevich syllabus will be questioned in the final examination. In many subjects, by doing "It is natural for students to feel anxious questions from past TEE papers, students and nervous in the lead up to the examican become familiar with the style and nations. In fact, a measured degree of anxtype of question asked in past examina- iety enhances your exam performance tions. All TEE papers generally follow a because it focusses your attention on the consistent format from one year to the exam and helps you to block out distracnext. Any change in examination format tions." would have been circulated to teachers Mr Alfirevic.h suggests that the secret to earlier in the year for communication to improving exam performance lies in harstudents. nessing your anxiety and using it to "Best performance in the exam is the increase your knowledge and heighten result of thorough preparation. Thorough your skills. preparation involves detailed revision of "If you have prepared well, yet in the the major syllabus areas concentrating examination encounter questions which equally on areas of strength and weak- are difficult, be consoled by the fact that ness. A carefully planned revision sched- many other students probably feel the ule will ensure all areas are covered. same way as you do. If you find the quesStudying areas of strength and practising tions hard, it is probable that most of the sample questions helps to increase confi- other students find the question hard too. dence in your ability to do well in the Find confidence in your thorough prepaexam. ration."

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r Joan Buckham, deputy director of Catholic Education and a Mercy Sister who has spent many years as a teacher and principal, suggests that there are a number of paths to relaxing one's mind in the closing hours of preparation for an exam.

"My sense of it is, firstly, students need to appreciate that, at some time over the year, they have heard, read, collected and written down the information that they are likely to be examined on," Sr Joan said.

"In other words - even before the examination commences - the knowledge is somewhere in your brain."

"Secondly," suggests Sr Joan, "one needs to prepare for the exam in a very independent and individual way. Over the months each teacher has given you a vide for this preparation. You, in your own adult way, have chosen what is good for you.

"All of us have different paths to relaxing.

For some it can come through music, for others through physical exercise, for others it comes through prayer and meditation. There are 'no correct answers' in telling people 'how to relax'. Find out what works best for you and apply it.

"Another very useful thing to do is pray for wisdom. There is no doubt in my mind that the art of successful examination technique is to have the wisdom to interpret the question well and in your individual

Sr Joan Beckham style to answer it with all the wisdom you can command. It is amazing how much 'gift' is given if we but ask The TEE is a stress-filled time for any student.

"Freedom from anxiety, encouragement, personal energy, endeavour and prayer all auger for good exam preparation.

"Members of the Catholic Education Office will be led in liturgy by Fr Gerard Holohan to pray for the personal needs of each student sitting for the 1995 TEE examinations," Sr Joan added.

The Record, November 2, 1995

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Book review

Why not let the arguments speak for themselves?

World Population - Cause for Alarm? Catholic Social Justice Series, No 25. By Father Bruce Duncan CSsR. Reviewed by Barry Morgan t seems that in the world of I ideas and fears there is nothing new; only the old concepts resurrected and dressed in new clothes.

This is becoming increasingly apparent in the debate over the world's population. In 1798 an Anglican clergyman, Thomas Malthus, wrote a treatise expressing the fear that population growth would then soon exceed the world's ability to feed itself.

History proved him wrong, but now 200 years later his fears have been resurrected.

The difference, this time, is that rather than being the eccentricities of a dotty English parson, they are now the received wisdom of a massive UN bureaucracy and are promoted on a global scale. A sizeable proportion of the world's media have uncritically embraced this idea and promoted it so effectively that today anyone questioning its assumptions is regarded as a heretic.

Therefore this little booklet by Redemptorist priest Fr Bruce Duncan provides a refreshing point of view and is a welcome antidote to the gloom that pervades so much of the anti-population argument.

It is published by the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council under the heading of The Catholic Social Justice Series

which the foreword describes as ments using information from a resource for discussion and secular sources including those reflection on the key social issues from UNFPA studies and comof our time. mittees.

Fr Duncan is well qualified and One such example being well read. He teaches history research funded by the UNFPA and social ethics at the Yarra and the Hastings Institute in the Theological Union in Melbourne early 70's. It was conducted by and is the author of The Church's Donald Warwick, prestigious Social Teaching: from Rerum sociologist and Institute Fellow at Novarum to 1931. He has done the Harvard Institute for extensive research on population International development, who is not a Catholic and does not and development issues.

The booklet's introductory page wholly agree with the strong gives an excellent precis of the Catholic views against abortion. main elements of the debate. To The study, eventually published me, the first sentence is most in 1982 as Bitter Pills: Population telling where he makes the vital Policies and their Implemenpoint that the debate 'will deter- tation in Eight Developing Coumine whether hundreds of mil- ntries, was so critical of populalions of people will be born or tion programs that the UNFPA not.' tried to stop its publication.

Fr Duncan quotes a corresponMy only misgiving about the dent for the Melbourne Age and booklet is that on the subject of her vehement defence of contra- contraception - a persistent ception as well as Senator theme of the anti population Coulter's statement in The lobby - nowhere does Fr Duncan Sydney Morning Herald describ- explicitly state the Church's posiing the Pope as 'one of the most tion. Under the booklet's final evil men in the world at the pre- heading 'Refining Catholic sent time' because of his stand Responses' I felt there was a on population issues. sense of ambiguity about just A major strength of the booklet what the Church does hold and lies in the fact that although it is teach in this area. written by a priest and published Subject to this one query, this is by an arm of the Church it does a very informative booklet; well not use religious arguments to worth reading. It is only 36 pages justify its position. long and would make excellent The neo-Malthusians, mainly resource material for high school concentrated in the United or university students studying Nations Fund for Population population and environmental Activities, with their supporters issues. As well, the 126 end note in the media have secularised the references provide an excellent debate. Fr Duncan's little booklet source for further reading sugeffectively counters their argu- gestions.

WORLD POPU TION C AUSE FOR ALARM?

Movies

A 'gracious, gentleman who shone through Obituary: Ivan Joseph Hutchinson - 1928-1995 eep affection runs like a I f thread through the un solicited tributes paid to Ivan Hutchinson by people in the entertainment industry and by others who knew him simply from a distance in his television, radio, press and other public appearances, and by the standing-room only congregation at his funeral Mass in St Francis' Ivan Hutchinson Church on Wednesday, 11 October last.

Richmond girl, Grace O'Connor, "Never have I met anyone in 1953. She and their four chilwhose company I enjoyed more dren and seven grand children than Ivan Hutchinson. He was survive him. one of the finest human beings His association with HSV7 imaginable." ". . . the nicest began in 1960 as pianist with bloke Ihave ever known..." And their orchestra in the variety there was so much more of the shows which were a feature of same, with the real affection peo- early television in Melbourne. ple had for this gentle, gracious, Through the 60s he worked on talented, cultured man shining numerous programs as accompathrough. Ivan Hutchinson was nist, arranger, conductor and born in Melbourne on 11 occasionally as on-air personality.

February, 1928 and died on 6 He was appointed Musical October, 1995. A Fitzroy boy, he Director at Channel 7 in 1970. He was educated at St Brigid's pri- became film reviewer for The mary school, St Thomas', Clifton Advocate (forerunner of Kairos in Hill and a final year at Parade 1973 and began his association College. He studied piano from with The Sun News Pictorial as the age of eight and gained his film reviewer in 1978. Earlier he A.MusA and 1,MusA diplomas and Jim Murphy creat ed the at the Melbourne Conservat- weekly television film review proorium of Music. gram "avo on the Aisle", and In his mid teens he developed when this ended he began hostan interest in jazz and popular ing movies on 7 until late 1994. music and played regularly in a His film criticism was literate but band. His other early passion always readily accessible to his was for cinema, writing his own readership, not only in The Sun reviews of the films he saw in the (and later the Herald Sun), but local cinema. He married also in TV Scene (1977), Video 10

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Age (1983) and TV Week (1979).

Ivan's encyclopedic know-ledge of cinema was legendary; his love of music from the classics through to popular music was passionate; a voracious reader he was discriminating in his choice of literature but wide-ranging in his interests. with a special affinity for most forms of the mystery thriller.

He had a love of words and wrote intelligently and intelligibly, drawing on his reading and his knowledge of the arts.

He was greatly gifted and many talented, but carried his accomAnd plishments with humility great though those gifts were, it was the man himself who was the object of respect, admiration and affection.

Thoroughly genuine with no semblance of pretence, he was truly what he appeared to be - a gentle, generous, compassionate, warm and humble man, strong in the practice of his Catholic faith, who was perceived as a friend, even by those who knew him only from his media appearances.

I was privileged to call him friend. I respected him for his many talents and for his gracious personality But above all, it was as a loving husband and father that I most admired him.

Sometimes we glibly say of deceased friends - "sadly missed" or "you will never be forgotten."

In the case of Ivan, he is already sadly missed and if his goodness, his love of wife and family and his truly Christian example are forgotten, we will be the losers.

May his much-loved and cultivated soul rest in peace.

- Fr Fred Chamberlin, Kairos

Actress's affection for an old Mass in Latin At the time, though. -it was very hard for me to accept the change," she said.

(CNS) WASHINGTON The Latin-language llidentine Catholic actress Annette O'Toole Mass, the principal Latin-rite Latin affection for the an has Mass, and while one isn't offered liturgy for 399 years, is now to be in her hometown of Ashland, celebrated only with the permisOregon, she usually finds one to sion of the local bishop.

But Latin-language Masses celattend in the Los Angeles area, ebrated according to the Roman where her work often takes her.

And she relishes going incogni- Missal, most recently revised in 1975, requires no such permisto, she said.

What spurs such affection for sion, according to Msgr. Alan the Mass in Latin? "It's how I Detscher, head of the US bishops' grew up," she told Catholic News Secretariat for the Liturgy. The Service in a telephone interview bishop, though, may restrict the from Ashland. celebration of Latin-language "It's something that's universal. Masses in his diocese.

Anywhere you went you could Ms O'Toole tends to spend a lot be connected. I grew up in a of time in front of the cameras. restricted way and a specific Her latest project is "Dead by way" in Houston, she said. She Sunset," a mini-series based on found it hard "to understand the true-crime book by Ann Rule what the changes were all about" and planned to air on November. in the wake of the Second 19-20 on NBC. Vatican Council, she added, but "I Ms O'Toole plays Cheryl understand now."

Keeton Cunningham, an attorney who was the fourth wife of Brad Cunningham and mother of his three sons. "I didn't know about all of the other wives," she says in defence of her character.

Cheryl learns more about her husband's past, sues for divorce and custody and is murdered by Brad, who almost gets away with it.

It's the latest role in a career that began when Ms O'Toole was a teenager. O'Toole's feature film credits include "48 Hours," "Superman III," "One on One," and "Love at Large."

On TV she's been seen in the made-for-TV -The movies Dreamer of Oz: The Frank Baum Story" and "Stand by Your Man," based on country singer Tammy Annette O'Toole VVynette's autobiography.

By Mart Pattison

30th Anniversary of the Vatican II document on priests

'Be men of joy' Pope tells his priests on 'TV show ly those who are aged, ill or tired."

Pope John Paul described his as VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II shared the story of an "adult vocation," coming after his priestly vocation with thou- he had finished high school and sands of people gathered at the began his university studies in Vatican and potentially millions Polish philology, "which corresponded to my interests and prefmore watching on television.

The October 27 program broad- erences at that time."

But his university studies and cast live in Italy and other parts of Europe and sent by satellite for involvement in a theatre group delayed transmission in Latin were interrupted by World War America, was a festival of praise "In September 1940 I began to for the world's priests and the Church's chief pastor, Pope John work, first in a stone quarry and Paul, who was ordained 49 years then in the Solvay factory "My priestly vocation matured ago November 1.

"I, too, want to offer my testimo- within me precisely in that diffiny as a priest for almost 50 cult situation," he said.

"It matured in the suffering of years," the pope said.

But first, he greeted all of the my nation; it matured in physical world's 406,000 priests, "especial- labour among the workers; it

By Cindy Wooden

Priesthood not just functional: Ratzinger

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Catholic Church must rediscover the sacred character of priesthood and avoid tendencies to see it Just as a functional office within the Church, said Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

The cardinal, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. said priests themselves must take care not to get lost in the thousands of tasks they have to perform, forgetting that God is the source of their strength.

Cardinal Ratzinger spoke on October 24 at a Vatican symposium marking the 30th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's document on priestly life and ministry.

-There is a growing tendency to avoid using the expressions 'priest' or 'priesthood,' which carry a sacred connotation, and to substitute them with the neutral. functional 'minister,' which in Catholic theology had hardly any importance," Cardinal Ratzinger said.

The cardinal said the tendency was present before the Vatican Council and was influenced by a larger cultural phenomenon in which people lost a feeling for the sacred and the eternal, and so gave a primary place to that which was functional.

While the Second Vatican Council did not directly address what would become a true crisis for the Catholic priesthood, the cardinal said, it did offer a vision rooted in tradition but responsive to changes in the modern world.

The council maintained church teaching on the sacramental quality of priesthood and the fact that a priest is changed by ordination, but it also "strongly underlined the vital unity and

common journey of the whole Church," with all members participating in the Church's mission according to their own gifts and call, he said.

The concept of "servant" implies a relationship, Cardinal Ratzinger said. The priest is chosen by and belongs to Christ, and through Christ is sent to be the servant of all people.

The traditional description of an "indelible character" left on a priest by the sacrament of ordination has its roots in the ancient stamps or brands marking someone's property, whether that be an object, an animal or even a person, he said.

It is a relationship initiated by the owner, not the thing or person branded, the cardinal said.

"I cannot simply declare myself as belonging to the Lord," he said. "He must first of all assume me as his own; only then can I enter into this state of assumption, accepting it and trying to live it."

The Catholic Church sees this belonging to the Lord, initiated

by God, as the only way a priest can legitimately offer the sacrifice of Christ's body and blood in the Eucharist, Cardinal Ratzinger said.

"No man can procure this for himself, nor can anyone be delegated to do so by any community," he said.

Cardinal Ratzinger said another cultural problem which has contributed to crises among priests and among the faithful is a misguided idea of freedom which Ignores the necessity of obedience in any community.

"Obedience, properly understood, must be rehabilitated and must be once again valued and placed at the centre of Christian and priestly spirituality," the cardinal said.

matured also thanks to the spiri- divine support and aim constant- formed for the crowd, as did Italian opera singers and the tual direction of various priests, ly toward holiness," he said.

The television program wove Diocese of Rome's symphony especially my confessor."

The Pope was admitted in 1942 together songs, testimonies and orchestra. After the program to the major seminary in Krakow, tributes from priests, government went off the air, no one in the where, because of the German leaders and sports stars; there audience hall seemed to know occupation of Poland, he was were live links with Jerusalem; what to do. Following a few secFatima, Portugal; Ars, France; and onds of uncomfortable silence, forced to study clandestinely.

He continued working in the Wadowice, Poland, the Pope's the Pope started to talk again and the orchestra started to play - at factory while studying theology hometown.

The more than 5,000 people the same time. and preparing for his ordination.

The Pope turned to the conducIn his speech, the Pope focused watching with Pope John Paul on priests being called to be men from the Vatican's Paul VI audi- tor and said, "Give me just a of the Eucharist and men of ence hall broke out in smiles and moment."

He told the crowd that the tone even giggles when the Wadowice prayer.

"I know the joys and the con- correspondent focused on a baby of the broadcast was particularly cerns of your daily apostolic picture of the pope hanging in fitting. "The evening was full of work," the Pope told priests, the small Polish house, which is happiness, which the priesthood must be," he said. adding that it is not always easy now a museum.

"Not a superficial happiness, star pop Cuban-American vocation. priestly to live up to the "You, dear priests, know well Gloria Estefan and Italian pop but profound; priests must be what the secret is: it is to trust in singer Amadeo Minghi per- men of joy."

Trying vocation an enormous gift

Delighted to meet him - Pope John Paul greets seminarians in the United States last month

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Priests 280 cardinals, bishops and need ongoing formation not only priests from around the world to meet new challenges, but also marked the 30th anniversary of to help them remember exactly the Second Vatican Council's why they are doing the hundreds document on priestly life and of things they do each day, said ministry.

Priests, like every Christian, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua of must continually grow in their Philadelphia.

"Although an enormous respon- relationship with God and with sibility, the priesthood is no less others, in personal maturity, in an enormous gift," the cardinal their understanding of the faith said on October 25 at a Vatican and in the skills needed to pass the faith on to others, the cardisymposium.

"The priest must never become nal said.

With a growing number of so immersed in what he does for others that he ends up losing his priesthood candidates coming vision of what he himself should from broken homes, families that be in his life with God," Cardinal did not practice the faith and cultures that do not respect the Bevilacqua said.

The October 23-28 gathering of priesthood, "it should be no sur-

prise" that five to nine years of seminary training are not adequate for a lifetime of priestly ministry, the cardinal said.

In addition, they need to keep pace with the rapid progress in the fields of science and technology and even in theology as well as social and political changes.

A priest also must deal with a changing perception of the priesthood within society as well as on the part of many Catholic laity, Cardinal Bevilacqua said.

"The priest faces a powerfully challenging climate of distrust and questioning of his priestly integrity," which is especially evident in the contemporary media, he said.

Support is essential: Czech cardinal VATICAN CITY (CNS) - and practice, the cardinal said.

Support groups for priests may "Before teaching others to be a good idea practically speak- become one in love, priests must ing, but they are a necessity from have their own experience of a spiritual point of view, said this, to be witnesses of this unity Cardinal Miloslav Vlk of Prague, which follows the model of the Trinity," he said.

Czech Republic.

On a practical level, the cardiThe Second Vatican Council's call for priests to form a brother- nal said, priests need a commuhood among themselves was an nity in order to avoid "falling into Inspired response to the "signs of Isolation with the danger of the times," the cardinal said on deluding themselves both about October 25 at a Vatican meeting their union with God as well as about the goodness of their own on priestly life and ministry.

Vatican II's emphasis on com- pastoral activity."

Cardinal Vlk said he learned munity for all the faithful - but especially for priests - was the first hand how important a comresult of the Holy Spirit calling munity of priests was "after 10 the Church "to pass from an indi- happy years of priesthood," vidual spirituality to a communi- when the communist governtartan or collective spirituality," ment of Czechoslovakia withhe said. drew his permission to minister.

The entire Church is called to "The intention of the police was perfection and to mission, both of to isolate me from everyone," he which require unity in prayer said. The cardinal said that he

and other priests decided the danger of losing their priestly Identity was more serious than the danger of being sent to prison if they were caught meeting, so they took risks to meet together regularly for prayer and discussion.

The danger of losing one's priestly identity is just as serious today for many priests around the world, he said.

For the most part, Il ls not a question of ill will, but of disorientation, especially for recently ordained priests who find their ministry is different from what they expected, the cardinal said.

"Despite the awareness of being ordained for service, the priest expects to be a leader because of his position, then later he becomes aware that he is not a leader if he is not listened to and followed," Cardinal Vlk said.

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To Jesus through Maly VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The development of the Catholic Church's teaching about Mary is tied closely to the development of its teaching about Christ, Pope John Paul II said, continuing his teaching on the role of Mary in the Church.

For example, the Church's affirmation of Mary as the Mother of God is an important part of its teaching about Christ being fully human and fully

divine, he said on Ocotober 25 at his weekly general audience.

Over time, he said, the Church began to give more and more attention to Mary's role in salvation, seeing her obedience to God's will and her cooperation in Christ's birth as parallel to and overturning the disobedience of Eve and the introduction of sin into the world.

Because she gave birth to the source of human salvation, the

Gaudium et Spes 'prophetic, relevant'

By John Travis VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II said the Second Vatican Council's landmark document Gaudium et Spes was a prophetic look at social and political problems that bears re-reading today.

The document, adopted in 1965 as the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, helped launch the ongoing dialogue between the Church and the daily lives of men and women, the Pope said last Sunday.

The Pope, who began his work at Vatican II as a bishop and ended it as an archbishop, helped draft the document at the council. His view that the modem world contained new opportunities and new evils were reflected in its pages.

"Thirty years later, 'Gaudium et Spes' has lost none of its freshness," the Pope said after a Sunday blessing at the Vatican.

The document dealt with marriage and the family, culture, social and economic problems, politics and promotion of peace and sharing among peoples.

"These are concrete, dense and demanding pages. Rereading them today, after so many events in the world and on the vigil of the third millennium, it is diffi-

• • • a column of Marian devotion Pope said, Mary's "spiritual and universal motherhood" is acknowledged by the Church.

But in the Gospels and in the Church's teaching, Mary's role in salvation does not end with the birth of Christ. She is present with Him as He preaches and ministers and when he is nailed to the Cross.

"Mary spiritually sacrifices herself in deep communion with Christ and begs for the

salvation of the world," he said.

"Mary's participation in the drama of the Cross makes this event more profoundly human and helps the faithful to enter into its mystery.

The compassion of the Mother makes it easier to discover the passion of the Son," the Pope said. Catholics' recognition of Mary as their mother was not based only on a bond of affection, he said. "By her

merits and her intercession, she effectively contributes to our spiritual birth and the development of a life of grace within us."

"The knowledge that Mary is our mother in the order of grace sustains us and encourages us, even in times of suffering, to put all our trust and hope in the promises of her Son," the Pope said.

Religiously inspired fanaticism the hidden face of increasing terrorism

it is worrying that the police He was addressing an October 28-30 colloquium on "Xenopho- discovered the cult in possession bia to Toleration - Jews and of materials that suggest that they PARIS (CNS) - Religiously in- Muslims," organised by an were also considering biological spired violence is on the increase organisation of college professors and nuclear weapons," he said. and is largely responsible for the called An Academic Response to Wilkinson said "holy war tergrowing deadliness and ruthless- Anti-Semitism and Racism in rorism" is an imperative for some ness of terrorist incidents, Europe. The colloquium was also individual believers and organaccording to one of the world's sponsored by the Simon ised groups. leading experts.

This meant, he said, that terrorWiesenthal Center, a Jewish The expert, Paul Wilkinson, told research center based in Los ist bands can spring up spontaan international colloquium in Angeles. neously, as was the case with the Paris that people prepared to kill Wilkinson said the number of right-wing militias in the United in the name of religion perceive international terrorist incidents is States or more recently with enemies and non-believers as declining, but that the chances apparently Islamic fundamental"somehow lacking in the status of are becoming greater that they ists in France. full humanity" and believe that will kill one or more victims per Because religiously inspired they can "be destroyed at will." attack. terrorism has no rationale other Wilkinson, who advised the US He said 27 percent of the acts than hatred, Wilkinson said, "it is Defence Department in 1994 on recorded in 1994 in the large ter- all the more difficult for a demoemerging terrorist trends, said rorism data base at St Andrew's cratic open society to understand cult not to notice their prophetic that one out of five terrorist acts University in Scotland, where he such threats and to respond has a religious inspiration. timeliness," he said. is professor of international rela- appropriately."

In the 1960s there was not a sin- tions, involved fatalities - the Among the key concepts of the One response has been what document, he said, was an atti- gle major terrorist organisation highest proportion ever. another speaker, Saba tude of Christian hope that sees that had a religious motivation, Religious fanaticism often aims Risaluddin, a British Muslim, the world "with appreciation and he said. "Religious leaders have a at killing as many people as pos- called a rise in "Islamophobia," sympathy, but also with realism duty to expose the myths and lies sible, particularly when it is which she said is every bit as and discernment, distinguishing of the violent extremist groups, mixed in a deadly cocktail with specific and potentially as light from shadows and reading making it crystal clear that true nationalism, he added. vicious as anti- Semitism, and is religion and right religious conthe signs of the time."

"The religious terrorists are accepted even by mainstream The document describes the duct is in no way compatible engaged in an all-out war against politicians and commentators. human being as rooted in history with violence against the inno- what they see as the forces of "Is it right that because of these but meant for eternity, and as a cent," he said. evil, and this view of the world acts we should all be stigmatised Wilkinson said the rise of ter- tends to override all humanitari- as fanatics and potential terrorfragile creature but one who has the "incomparable dignity" of rorism sponsored by religious an and political constraints," he ists?" she asked. organisations said. having been created in God's fundamentalist Many academics and religious was matched by the speed that Image, he said.

"The first case of a sub-state leaders at the colloquium Also on Sunday , Pope John such groups can spread their group using a weapon of mass expressed concern about the Paul beatified three Swiss wo- ideas around the world via the destruction involves a Japanese expansion of hate messages on men who devoted their lives to Internet. religious cult," Wilkinson added. the Internet. prayer and the poor, saying they were among the many women who have helped write the Church's history.

"This illustrates how, from the TEPOZTLAN, Mexico (CNS) - designed by golf luminary Jack Teportlan and rob farmers of beginning, women have helped Bishop Luis Reynoso Cervantes Nicklaus, a hotel, a housing com- their scarce water supply. write the history of the Church wanted to talk to the pastor in plex and a high-tech industrial Sealing off the town with barriwith their own language: the lan- Teportlan, who opposes a contro- park. The bishop called the plans cades, the townspeople have guage of the heart, of intuition versial golf course development a "gift from God" to the local peo- stopped initial construction, and of dedication," he said. the bishop has supported, but ple in the village 75 miles south deposed their mayor over his Declared "blessed" were Sisters angry anti-project demonstrators of Mexico City. support of the project and named Maria Theresia Scherer and would not let him into town.

According to the bishop, the a new town council.

Maria Bernarda Butler, who in The crowd jeered and hurled plan will "generate both a shortTeportlan's pastor, Father the mid-1800s each founded reli- insults October 27 as the bish- term and permanent source of Filiberto Gonzalez, has sided gious orders dedicated to work- op's car was forced to turn back abundant employment for many with the locals and said so from ing with the poor; and Mar- to the state capital, Cuernavaca, people in the area." the pulpit during Sunday homiguerite Bays, a 19th-century lay the diocesan headquarters.

But a majority of villagers lies. Bishop Reynoso chose the woman known for her spiritualiBishop Reynoso has publicly remains opposed to the project, wrong day to attempt to get ty in the face of great physical applauded the project, which saying it will undermine the nat- through the barricades to visit Fr suffering. includes plans for a golf course ural beauty of the valley of Gonzalez to discuss the issue.

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By Barry James

Some days are fine, others not so good

Natural law the way to recover common principles of social conduct

By John Travis WASHINGTON (CNS) America needs a restoration of natural law philosophy, said speakers at the 28th National Wanderer Forum in Washington.

"Natural law is simply the story of how things work," said Charles E. Rice, a professor at the University of Notre Dame law school and president of the Wanderer Forum.

"Everything has a nature" that can't be violated without paying the penalty, Rice said in an opening talk on October 27 "Let's say you put sand in your gas tank," he said. "Now you may be pro-choice about what you can put in your gas tank - but 12

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you're also a pedestrian." He said that in the physical order it was easy to see the rules but in the moral order it was different. To help people out, he said, "God gave them the Ten Commandments, which are like a set of "manufacturer's directions."

The forum drew more than 350 priests and laity, including 35 Catholic students from colleges and universities across the country. The forum draws its name from The Wanderer, a St Paul, Minnesota, independent national Catholic newspaper under whose auspices the annual gathering was started.

In his keynote address Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Nebraska, said the natural law is

"the foundation on which the social doctrine of the Church rests" and the needed ground for rediscovering common principles of conduct in society.

Addressing the theme of the forum, "Natural Law and Contemporary Culture," Bishop Bruskewitz said, "Those who are fond of history cannot, in the experience of man's journeys through the centuries, find a more sordid and death-filled century than our own."

"Driven by glands, hormones, the basest urges of humanity, and guided by the evil lights of perverted science, the contemporary culture, for all its technological and amazing scientific wonders, seems as distant as a million light

years from any law of God which we claim is placed inside of each human being by virtue of his or her very humanity," he said.

"Recapturing a sense of the moral law and those self-evident primordial principles on which such a law is based will be an essential step in laying even the most primitive foundation" for the civilisation of truth and love called for in papal teaching, he said.

He quoted from the Catechism of the Catholic Church "The natural law, the Creator's very good work, provides the solid foundation on which man can build the structure of moral rules to guide his choices. It also provides the indispensable moral foundation

for building the human community. Finally it provides the necessary basis for civil law."

Constitutional lawyer William Ball of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, argued that a series of US Supreme Court decisions have set "unnatural law" as a norm for the United States.

Ball was unable to attend the meeting because of an accident that hospitalised him earlier in the week, so Rice read Ball's prepared text on his behalf.

Ball's talk focused especially on two of the high court's abortion decisions, Roe vs Wade in 1973 and Planned Parenthood vs Casey in 1992, as examples of "unnatural law" based on a utilitarian philosophy.

International News

Trafficking in children rises with migration

By John Travis VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The trafficking of children - for adoption, organ transplant and sexual exploitation - is increasing as world migration makes monitoring of abuses more difficult, a church expert warned.

These relatively new forms of exploitation illustrate the vulnerability of uprooted children, who often suffer the harshest consequences of social and economic instability, said Francois Ruegg of the International Catholic Child Bureau.

Ruegg spoke October 25 at a meeting of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travellers, which was examining ways to better protect the rights of high-risk migrants and refugees, particularly women, illegal immigrants and children.

The child is always among the first victims of human mobility," in part because migration destabilises normal monitoring mechanisms, beginning with the protection offered by parents and relatives, he

said. That's why the biggest problems can occur in places of war and social upheaval.

International adoption is an area where such abuses can occur, he said.

"Too often we still see public, private and even religious institutions practicing uncontrolled international adoption, that is, outside the legal norms established and without sufficient guarantees regarding the child's destiny," he said.

Adoption of this sort has arisen in times of war, when children are literally snatched from their families, and in times of social crisis, as when the borders of the Warsaw Pact nations were opened a few years ago, he said.

Adoption assumes the aspect of "trafficking" when money changes hands and when "middle men" bargain adoptions for profit, he said.

He noted, for example, that the number of adoptions reached 10,000 in 1991 in Romania, causing the country to temporarily stop the practice and probe ille-

galities. He said that in Russia, the traffic of children with the United States yields profits of $10,000-$50,000 per child for intermediaries.

Some steps have been taken to curb adoption abuses, such as the 1993 Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation on International Adoption. In Bosnia, international adoptions have been banned for the duration of the war.

Ruegg said trafficking in children's organs is difficult to measure because it involves the hidden operations of criminal organisations. But reports of sales or murders of children for organs have pointed out a lack of legislative protection against the practice, which can yield substantial profits, he said.

"It is clear that the Church should be able to contribute to the monitoring of this phenomenon in order to prevent these criminal acts, since it is more often than not present in poor neighbourhoods, where children are recruited or even

US bishops look to parishes for abuse reform

By Jerry Filteau WASHINGTON (CNS) Parishes can play a crucial role in preventing child sexual abuse and healing its wounds, says a statement issued October 26 by two committees of the United States bishops.

The statement urges parishes to create an atmosphere of trust and safety that encourages victims, abusers or those who know of abuse to come forward.

Parishes should establish procedures to respond to reports of abuse and develop programs to teach people about sexual abuse issues, it says.

It suggests mentioning sexual abuse in homilies when appropriate and regularly printing in parish bulletins the name and phone number of an expert who can be contacted for help in dealing with a situation of child sexual abuse.

It discusses some of the signs of sexual abuse and some of the characteristics often found in sexual abusers. But it warns, "It is impossible to reliably identify potential abusers."

It says that in cases of sexual abuse in families it must be recognised that "it is not always possible to keep the family together."

The statement, titled "Walk in the Light: A Pastoral Response to Child Sexual Abuse," was developed jointly by the bishops' Committee on Women in Society and in the Church and their Committee on Marriage and Family Life.

Three years ago the same two committees jointly wrote "When I Call for Help," a widely praised statement addressing domestic violence and urging parishes to assist battered wives.

Dolores Leckey, executive director of the Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth, which serves both committees, said the

Message to children WASHINGTON (CNS) When two committees of US bishops issued the statement on sexual abuse of children it was addressed mainly to adults.

But near the end, the bishops addressed a brief message to children, asking if an adult in their lives who truly cares for them could share the following words with them: "Dear children, when Jesus walked on the earth he loved little children. Our Holy Father has said 'How important children are in the eyes of Jesus!'

Jesus treated children with kindness and respect. He understood when they were hurting.

"Like Jesus, we care when you hurt, especially when a grownup has caused your hurt. We know that you are God's very special gift. God loves you, and we love you. Your are our hope for the future." statement on domestic violence helped many dioceses and parishes develop their own training programs or local networks of resources to address that issue.

She declined to predict whether the new statement would have the same kind of impact.

"It's an effort to reach out to the child, or to the adult who was abused as a child," she said.

"It's a modest first step," she added. "I hope it's going to help people who need the help.

Publication of the new statement was approved by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Administrative Committee, a body of more than 50 elected bishops.

"Any act of child sexual abuse is

morally evil. It is never justified," the statement says.

"Because the abuse often occurs in the home and the victims are children, child sexual abuse over the centuries has been cloaked in a conspiracy of silence," it says. It calls on the Christian community "to shatter the walls of loneliness, shame and fear that isolate those who are sexually abused," helping them to tell their story as a first step toward healing.

It says men commit 90 percent of the abuse, and about 70 to 90 percent is committed by persons the child knows.

"While we recognise that sexual abuse of boys is significant some studies estimate it at 20 to 25 percent of all child victims the overwhelming number of sexual abuse victims are girls," the statement says. "We are especially alarmed at the large number of victims who are girls under age 12."

The statement follows years of work by the US bishops - both as a .body and individually in their dioceses - on the problem of sexual abuse of minors by priests.

"We are compelled to speak even knowing that the Church carries a heavy burden of responsibility in the area of sexual abuse . . . . We are acutely aware of the havoc and suffering caused by this abuse and we are committed to dealing with these situations responsibly and in all humility."

"The National Conference of Catholic Bishops has established an ad hoc committee on sexual abuse by clergy to help Church leaders take appropriate action," it adds. "Our dioceses have developed comprehensive policies concerning sexual abuse, which often apply to employees and volunteers as well as to clergy and religious. We are fully committed to preventing child sexual abuse and to restoring victims to health."

killed," he said. The day before Ruegg spoke, a U.N. investigator circulated a report at the United Nations that there seems to be no hard evidence to support reports that children's organs are being sold for transplants.

However, the report urged U.N. agencies, especially those dealing with children, to look into the matter and gather evidence.

Ruegg called trafficking in children for sexual exploitation -the new child slavery" around the world.

Although the problem is often identified as an element of tourism, he said, evidence shows that the majority of child prostitution clients are local males.

The response should be to eliminate the demand, and not to concentrate solely on the victims, he said.

He suggested this could be a valuable new area of pastoral action for local churches. He added that child pornography is a "blossoming industry" benefiting from the creation of information networks like Internet.

'Go beyond charity to justice' to help poor 1 not only because of the assistance and competence it offers to VATICAN CITY (CNS) - the poor, but because of the role Catholic charitable activities it plays within the Church to must go beyond helping individ- keep Catholics aware of the uals who are hurting to working needs of the poor and of the toward the elimination of poverty social injustices that keep them throughout the world, Pope John in poverty.

Contact with governments, nonPaul II said. governmental and international The Christian obligation to love as Jesus did requires Christians organisations is also essential, he to work personally and collec- said. Action is necessary so that tively to eliminate poverty, the the dignity of all men and Pope said October 27 during a women is never held up to meeting with the Pontifical ridicule or diminished because Council "Cor Unum," the Vat- of their lack of material goods, jobs, health, education or particiican's aid coordinating agency.

"The preferential love for the pation in public life, he said.

'The Church, obviously, does poor," he said, "expresses something essential for the disciples of not intend to substitute itself for Christ," whose whole life was a public providers," the Pope said.

Governments bear the first lesson about God's love for humanity, especially the weak obligation for the health and well-being of their citizens. and the poor.

At the same time, he said. "the "Yes, love, shown in the words and life of the Redeemer, is eradication of poverty cannot be before all else in Christian life. realised without the poor themWe will be judged on love." the selves taking their fate in hand," helping design and direct the Pope said.

Pope John Paul said the activity programs aimed at bringing of "Cor Unum" is irreplaceable them out of poverty.

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Viet bishops petition HANOI, Vietnam (CNS) Vietnam's bishops have asked the government for greater freedom for the Catholic Church in their country.

The bishops asked Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet to be allowed to assign clergy and religious as needed; run schools, hospitals, nursing homes and similar facilities; and publish bulletins and other material, including the new Catechism of the Catholic Church.

They also asked the government to approve Vatican selections for two dioceses currently without bishops, UCA News, an Asia church news agency based in Thailand, reported. The bishops gave the Prime Minister the petition September 29.

"On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of National Day, all social groups and organisations can enjoy open and relaxed conditions so as to develop and renew themselves with a view to reaping good successes," the petition began.

"The Catholic Church in Vietnam also wishes to enjoy similar conditions in order to make full use of its potential and accordingly contribute to the building of a just, civilised and

progressive Vietnam," the bishops said. The government could also help by allowing the Church to appoint coadjutor or auxiliary bishops to dioceses headed by aged bishops.

The bishops also asked the government to allow: • Priests and religious to be free to serve in the diocese of their origin to address priest shortages, particularly acute in northern Vietnam.

• Men's and women's congregations to have more favourable conditions to develop activities and recruit members as well as freedom to reopen religious congregations in their diocese of origin and to open new congregations in dioceses.

• Priests who were former detainees in re-education camps to be able to resume pastoral duties.

• Graduates of existing major seminaries, already required to have local government approval to enter, to be permitted priestly ordination without further prior approval procedures.

• Two more major seminaries to be opened.

• A minor seminary-like institution to be permitted for each diocese. ,The fleccord,Novembet 2,1995 P.13

International News

In Brief Women in the media VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The way media can promote women's role in society has been chosen by Pope John Paul II as the theme of World Communications Day 1996.

The theme, announced on October 24 at the Vatican, will continue the Pope's emphasis on women's contributions to the Church and society. He wrote a letter to the world's women in July, two months before a major UN conference on women, and has spoken at length about the subject throughout the year.

"The Media: A Modern Forum for Promoting the Role of Women in Society" is the official theme for the papal message, expected to be published in January. World Communications Day will be celebrated in most countries May 19.

Jerusalem synod NAZARETH, Israel - About

3,000 people attended a spe-

cial Mass marking the provincial opening in Israel of the first synod of the Latin-rite Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

A similar service was held in Amman, Jordan, in July.

The celebration also marked the first time that leaders of the Latin-. Melkite- and Maroniterite Catholic churches celebrated Mass together in Israel.

Priests from the Syrian Catholic and Armenian Catholic churches also participated in the Mass.

Monks chant ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - A group of Benedictine monks has gone into the recording studio to make an album of chants after 1,200 people turned out earlier this year to listen to the New Mexico brothers sing at the dedication of a Santa Fe church. The Benedictines established their monastery in 1964, along the Chama River in northern New Mexico.

Austrian bomb VIENNA, Austria - The head of the Austrian bishops' conference has condemned a series of letter bomb attacks in the country, including one that left an elderly Catholic charity worker badly injured.

These acts of terror are a profound disgrace," said Bishop Johann Weber of Graz.

Rome on-line VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's daily information bulletin of papal speeches and official announcements is going online. Starting in November, selected news agencies will have access to the electronic bulletin in a pilot project announced on October 26 by the Vatican Press Office.

Next March, the service is expected to be offered to journalists, and later embassies, for a fee of several hundred dollars annually.

Eventually, the bulletin is expected to be available to users world-wide. The bulletin will be available in Italian, the normal working language at the press office.

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Laws hurt refugees land, California, told the assem- among its own faithful a sense of bly that a "flavour of unwelcome welcome for outsiders.

"We often experience the VATICAN CITY (CNS) - A for immigrants" prevails in the new wave of anti-immigrant United States today. Legislation angry reluctance of Catholics to legislation is making life more such as California's Proposition follow what we see is clear difficult for the world's refugee 187, which proposed severe teaching," he said.

Father Silvano Tomasi, secreand migrant population, church restrictions on those illegally experts said at a Vatican meet- residing in the state, reflects a tary of the pontifical council, popular resentment as econom- said the backlash against immiing. ic times have worsened, he said. grants extends to many parts of From the United States to He said the Clinton administra- the world.

Europe to Asia, legal efforts dri- tion has recently adopted an "There's political controversy. ven by a widespread public aggressive" stance toward It's enough to look at the newsbacklash have resulted in expul- immigrants, increasing federal paper headlines or watch televisions, forced repatriations and a prosecution of illegal residents. sion to see that there are demoncutback in assistance programs, Race and immigration are a strations and very emotional they said. growing theme in the 1996 pres- electoral platforms centred on The experts encouraged idential campaign, he said. the presence of what is termed church agencies to continue He urged the Church to keep 'too many' foreigners," he said. working with the most vulnera- responding to the basic survival In Asia, governments have ble of the migrant population, needs of migrants, despite recently begun adopting more especially women, children and strained resources. restrictive measures aimed at illegal immigrants, who often It also needs to better promote accelerating repatriation of the have nowhere else to turn.

The October 24-27 meeting, sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travellers, focused on the effects of what it called a major change in richer nations: passage from virtually open immigration to a "strict policy of closing frontiers and repressing illegal immigration."

Pope John Paul II told participants that migration is increasingly seen as a "burden, a disturbance and a problem," creating a climate of suspicion and hostility toward immigrants.

In the United States, US bishops said, economic fear and political fallout have been the driving forces behind anti-inumigrant measures.

Bishop John Cummins of Oak- A fghan refugees sorting and reshuffling their quilt in Pakistan

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FLORENCE, Italy (CNS) Redemptorist priests secretly laid FLORENCE, Italy (CNS) - A Previous surveys of Irish the groundwork for the historic national synod to discuss Irish Catholics also showed strong 1994 cease-fires ending 25 years Catholic problems is possible, support for dropping mandatory of Northern Irish political vio- but would have to be well pre- celibacy for Latin-rite priests and lence, said Father Gerry pared, said Coadjutor Archbish- for open debate on the issue of Reynolds, one of the op Sean Brady of Armagh, women priests.

Redemptorists involved.

Northern Ireland.

Archbishop Brady said the bishThe work took 10 years and It would have to start discus- ops expected soon to issue guidemeant opening talks with Sinn sions by parish councils, fol- lines on dealing with allegations Fein, the political wing of the lowed by diocesan synods before of child sex abuse by priests.

Irish Republican Army which is moving to the national level, he "The first concern of the guidefighting for unity with Ireland, told Catholic News Service on lines will be the good and care of and their paramilitary opponents October 25. the children who have been who favour continued ties to The bishops have not officially abused," he said.

Britain, he said. discussed the idea of a national Other concerns to be incorpoIt went against the official poli- synod yet, he said. rated into the guidelines are care cy of the Catholic bishops, which An October survey by the for the families of victims, aid to was not to talk to groups engaged Sunday Times of London report- parishes affected by the cases in political violence, he added. ed that a majority of priests and the harmful effects on the The Redemptorists made the favoured holding a synod of the morale of priests, he said. decision because the Church had Church in Ireland and Northern "We are a church of sinners. We to fill the political vacuum, Father Ireland to discuss problems such also have to look after the abuser Reynolds told Catholic News as priestly celibacy and child sex and make sure he gets treatService. abuse cases involving clergy. ment," Archbishop Brady said.

Father Reynolds, 60, was interviewed during an October 22-25 conference in Florence of world end to political violence, the policy, he said. political and religious leaders to Church had a responsibility to "A number of bishops knew this discuss peace issues. The confer- intervene directly in the political was going on, but the mandate ence was sponsored by the arena," said Father Reynolds. came from the Redemptorists," Archdiocese of Florence and the "The principal interest of the he added.

Community of San Egidio, a Church was to stop people from A main aim was to get all the Rome-base Catholic lay organisa- getting killed," he said. paramilitary groups to see the tion.

The main work was done by legitimate "justice and righteousThe fighting in Northern Redemptorist Father Alex Reid, ness on the other side," he said.

Ireland, in which over 3,000 peo- who along with Father Reynolds It also meant overcoming diviple were killed and over 30,000 lived in the Clonard Monastery sions among nationalists, those seriously injured in 25 years, had in Belfast. favouring union with Ireland, he strong sectarian overtones. Most "He moved around. I took the said. of the supporters of Irish union phone calls," said Father Nationalists were divided into are Catholics, while most of the Reynolds.

Sinn Fein and political groups supporters of continued British The priests had the support of favouring nonviolent, constiturule are Protestants. their Redemptorist superiors, but tional methods, he said.

"Since normal democratic poli- not the bishops of Ireland and "We had to bring the nationaltics had broken down and there Northern Ireland who main- ists together and agree on the was no possibility of seeing an tained their "no contact" official constitutional way and take the

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hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese "boat people" in their countries, said Jesuit Father Mark Raper, international director of Jesuit Refugee Service.

The moves have included withdrawal of social services, punitive conditions in camps and setting closing dates for camps.

While agreeing that repatriation will continue to be widely promoted by governments and the United Nations, Fr Raper said the Church should not then avoid other solutions such as resettlement and local integration. "As repatriation becomes more and more widely used, we also cannot stand by while the quality of treatment and respect for international norms is eroded," he said.

violence out of it." he said.

Slim Fein immediately said that the IRA would be willing to give up armed struggle if an effective nonviolent strategy could be found to end British rule.

Sinn Fein also wanted the Church's opinion of the morality of "Britain's denial of the right of self-determination to the Irish people," he said.

The meetings "did not bring about a judgment from the Church on the morality of British sovereignty in Ireland," but it did stimulate "an alternative nonviolent strategy which the IRA could be persuaded to adopt," he said.

Part of the strategy upheld the right of people favouring union with Britain to preserve their identity, he added.

The Redemptorist plan also involved getting the Irish government directly involved.

Father Reynolds expressed optimism that the cease-fires will hold and lead to a lasting peace settlement.

The IRA cease-fire went into effect Oct. 1, 1994. A month later their rival paramilitary groups declared a cease-fire.

"There'll be no return to war," he said.

All sides "who fought the war don't want to go back to war.

They want to resolve the political problem that underlies it all," he said.

The role of the Church now is to be "a sign and source of peace and reconciliation," he said. This means creating a Northern Ireland "in which everybody is valued" and everybody's story of pain and suffering is acknowledged, he said.

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The Catechism of the Catholic Church The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love 1643 Conjugal love involves a totality, in which all the elements of the person enter - appeal of the body and instinct, power of feeling and affectivity, aspiration of the spirit and of will.

It aims at a deeply personal unity a unity that, beyond union In one flesh, leads to forming one heart and soul; it demands indissolubility and faithfulness in definitive mutual giving; and it is open to fertility.

In a word it is a question of the normal characteristics of all natural conjugal love, but with a

new significance which not only purifies and strengthens them, but raises them to the extent of making them the expression of specifically Christian values.

The unity and indissolubility of marriage 1644 The love of the spouses requires, of its very nature, the unity and indissolubility of the spouses' community of persons, which embraces their entire life: "so they are no longer two, but one flesh." They "are called to grow continually in their corn munion through day-to-day fidelity to their marriage promise of total mutual self-giving." This human communion is confirmed,

purified, and completed by com- fidelity of the spouses. This is the sacrament, the indissolubility of munion in Jesus Christ, given consequence of the gift of them- marriage receives a new and through the Sacrament of Matri- selves which they make to each deeper meaning. mony. It is deepened by lives of other. the common faith and by the Love seeks to be definitive; it 1848 It can seem difficult, even Eucharist received together. cannot be an arrangement "until Impossible, to bind oneself for 1645 -The unity of marriage, dis- further notice." The "intimate life to another human being. This tinctly recognised by our Lord, is union of marriage, as a mutual makes it all the more important made clear in the equal personal giving of two persons, and the to proclaim the Good News that dignity which must be accorded good of the children, demand God loves us with a definitive to man and wife in mutual and total fidelity from the spouses and irrevocable love, that marunreserved affection." Polygamy and require an unbreakable ried couples share in this love, that it supports and sustains is contrary to conjugal love union between them." them, and that by their own faithwhich is undivided and exclu- 1647 The deepest reason is fulness they can be witnesses to sive. found in the fidelity of God to his God's faithful love.

Spouses who with God's grace The fidelity of conjugal covenant, in that of Christ to his Church. Through the Sacrament give this witness, often in very love of Matrimony the spouses are difficult conditions, deserve the 1646 By its very nature conjugal enabled to represent this fidelity gratitude and support of the love requires the inviolable and witness to it. Through the ecclesial community.

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EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION

All Saints Parish, Liwara Place, Greenwood, will be holding a Eucharistic Procession in the church grounds on the Feast of Christ the King. Sunday 26 November 1995, commencing at 6 pm and concluding around 7 pm. There will be prayers, reading, hymns and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, and a short procession around the grounds. The devotion will begin and end in the church.

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Refreshments and fellowship after. All Welcome. Enquiries please phone Dianne McLeod 332-7829.

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Sisters Kelly and Gluminska, who work at the International Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow, Poland will be visiting Perth later this month. There will be 3 talks in 3 languages offering a personal insight into the life of Blessed Faustina and the message of the divine mercy. Talks are preceded by Mass and conclude with Benediction and a chance to meet the Sisters. Wed 22 November: Polish Mass/talk, Mercy Chapel, Vic Sq at 7 pm.

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The Mandorla Centre of Inner Peace Inc is sponsoring a retreat to help us prepare seriously for the Birth of Our Lord.

Through it we will share in the lives of those who have gone before us and will be brought to a new understanding of the meaning of Christian Hope. The retreat will be held at Thomas More College (within the University of WA) on Sunday, 26 November 1995. Registration will be at 10 am and the day will c onclude with the Sunday Eucharist commencing at 4 pm.

Fr Kevin Long will conduct the retreat and will be available for Confession. To enquire about the day, please ring Cath Albuquerque on 385-3948.

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TRADMONAL LATIN MASS

Fr Daniel Oppenheimer of the Fraternity of St Peter will be visiting Perth from 1 0-1 2 November and will celebrate the traditional Latin Mass in St Mary's Cathedral on Friday 10 November at 7.30 pm; and in St John's pro-Cathedral, Victoria Ave, on Saturday 11 November at 9 am; Sunday 12 November at the usual time of 11.15 am. All w elcome. Following Sunday Mass all are invited to join Fr Oppenheimer for lunch at Mercedes College conference room at 12.30 pm. Tea and coffee provided, please bring a plate. For further information please contact (09) 457-5860 or (09)332-1451.

ST PATRICK'S BASIUCA FREMANTLE CANONISATION CONCERT AND SUPPER

A canonisation concert and supper will be held at St Patrick's Basilica parish hall, Parry Street, Fremantle on Sunday November 1 2 at 7.30 pm. An evening of farce and fun will be presented by the 'Basilica Belles and Buoys' to mark the canonisation of Blessed Eugene de Mazenod, founder of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. You are invited to join with parishioners as we thank our oblate priests and celebrate this grand occasion.

Tickets $5 each plus a small plate. Ring Shirley 330-6218 or Dora 418-2024.

AMES TALK

A lan Ames will speak on his conversion experiences in St Patrick's Basilica, Adelaide St, Fremantle on the 1st Friday 10 Nov, feast of St Leo the Great Pope after Holy Mass at 7 pm.

The evening will conclude with healing. Enquiries: Russel 2746018 and Richard 381-2588.

NEW HORIZONS PARENTING PROGRAMME Wed 18 October (but can join

anytime) 9.30 - 11 am Morley Parish Centre 47 Wellington Road. Eight weeks relaxation, meditation, video, discussions 540 Margaret Box 279-6258.

FAMILY FUN NIGHT 75th CELEBRATIONS St Kieran Primary School invites all our friends to join us in celebrating our 75th anniversary. A Family Fun Night will be held on Friday November 10 from 5.30 to 9.30 pm in the school grounds in Morgan Street, Tuart Hill. Entertainment and activities will be provided for all primary school aged children. Food and drinks will be available on the

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Opening of extensions, Thornlie Primary School - Bishop Healy Opening of Pre-primary School, Leederville - Bishop Healy Confirmation, Karrinyup Monsi9nor Keating Visitation and Confirmation, Osborne Park- Archbishop Hickey Visitation and Confirmation, B edford/Inglewood - Bishop Healy Confirmation, City Beach/Wembley Downs Monsignor McCrann Confirmation, Kwinana MonsignorO'Shea Confirmation, West Perth Monsignor Keating Mass and Dinner St Charles' Seminary, Feast of St Charles Borromeo - Archbishop Hickey and Bishop Healy Meeting of WA Bishops Confirmation, Lockridge Monsignor Keating Profession of Sr Miriam Rose OCD, Nedlands - Archbishop Hickey Confirmation, Dianella Monsignor McCrann Confirmation, Goomailing Monsignor Keating Confirmation, Kalamunda - Rev G Carroll Reception for Director of Development for the Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Mrs Prisca Munonyara - Archbishop Hickey, Bishop Healy Parish Archivists' Meeting at Cathedral Archives - Archbishop Hickey 4th Anniversary AIDS Centre, Mass - Archbishop Hickey

ELLIOTT & E111011 Optometrists Contact Lens Consultants 4 Cantonment Street, FREMANTLE Phone 335 2602

THE CATHOLIC EDUCATION COMMISSION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA invites applications for the position of

PRINCIPAL St Joseph's School, Kununurra St Joseph's School is a co-educational primary school, with an enrolment of 184 students, catering for children from Pre-primary to Year 7.

Approximately 70% of the school population is Aboriginal. The school aims to work with both cultures in developing cultural awareness, and in promoting understanding and reconciliation. The varied needs of children are catered for through parallel composite classes, small group work and individual tutoring.

Ideally, the successful applicant will be expected to take up the position at the beginning on 1996, or no later than the beginning of Term 2, 1996.

Applicants will be practising Catholics who are experienced administrators committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education. They will be required to have the requisite pastoral and managerial skills together with academic and professional qualifications necessary to successfully undertake the role of Principal. They will be sensitive to the aspirations and needs of children from Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal backgrounds.

Further information and official application forms are available from Sr Clare Rafferty, Consultant, School Personnel team Ph. (09) 388 4268.

Official application forms should be addressed to The Director, Catholic Education Office of WA, PO Box 198, Leederville WA 6903 and be lodged by Friday, 10 November 1995.