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Archbishop Hickey leaves to visit seminaries in the United States - Page 3 Focolare youth phone the world - Page 4

Faith, moral content 'before quick results'

By Peter Rosengren While assuring Australian

that Catholic educators Catholic education was safe in their hands, Pope John Paul II's top education official has warned them not to seek quick results at the expense of faith and moral content.

Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education president Cardinal Pio Laghi said superficiality and undue haste to obtain tangible results in the field of religious education run the risk of whittling down the faith and its moral content.

Cardinal Laghi said the pursuit of quick results at the expense of faith and moral content was a mistake that had occurred often in the past.

"How often in the Church. with the pretext or excuse of bringing Jesus Christ to those who are far from the faith, [have] we cut ourselves off from Christ himself or from the Church or from the Vicar of Christ on earth, thinking we can shorten the journey or make it easier?" the cardinal asked the 500 Catholic educators from around Australia gathered in Canberra last week for the 4th National Catholic Education Commission Conference.

"Superficiality and undue haste to obtain tangible results run the risk of whittling down the faith and its moral content."

Cardinal Laghi said that if a person was not truthful, then he

or she was "not really charitable."

"What kind of charity is it to deceive someone about the truth?" But the task of transmitting the faith had been eased with the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, he said, an opportunity that had been taken up by Catholic educators in Australia.

Cardinal Laghi said one of the Catechism's key advantages was that rather than emphasising doctrine as an abstract body of truths, it underscored the communication of the living mystery of God. While it ensured the transmission of the unchangeable deposit of faith, its four part structure offered the essential ingredients of Catholic education: faith professed, faith celebrated, faith lived and faith at prayer.

He offered his congratulations to the diocesan and State Catholic education offices who had already revised religious education guidelines to incorporate the Catechism.

In fact, the Church's first duty in religious education was to communicate well and fully the unchanging content of the faith, the cardinal told his audience.

Cardinal Laghi identified the communication of morality as one of the principal challenges facing Catholic educators in today's world, stressing "the importance in catechesis of personal moral commitments in keeping with the Gospel" on the part of teachers.

Formation of conscience was one of the Catholic educator's most important duties, he said.

"In a world that continues to exalt the notion of personal freedom and opinion to the contradiction of moral truth, it is imperative that Catholic education focus on the formation of conscience and moral truth." he said.

"A sound moral formation in this age of moral relativism is an essential aspect of the educational process of the Church." he added.

He said that in today's world there was now a risk of substituting "values for faith"in education and the risk was especially present in the context of schooling.

The task of the Catholic educator was to link the good human values such as solidarity, justice and peace to their vertical source: God, the cardinal said.

The keynote speaker at the week-long conference. Cardinal Laghi said the effectiveness of the message to be given in a Catholic school was directly related to the personal witness given by the educator.

"For this reason, the importance of educators and their personal influence on those they are working to form cannot be too strongly emphasised," he said.

Pupils' attitudes to fundamental values and moral principles were greatly affected by what they knew of their educators' attitudes and their behaviour, he said.

Continued on Page 5; WA delegates comment on conference - Page 5.

Sr Eleanor Carter

Cardinal Pio Laghi

WA's Catholic Institute praised for pioneer work The Vatican's top Catholic education official last week praised the Catholic Institute of Western Australia for its pioneering work in teaching subjects in secular tertiary institutions.

Cardinal Pio Laghi, head of the for Vatican's Congregation Catholic Education told the fourth National Catholic Education Conference in his main address he was aware the institute had been the pioneering tertiary body in WA for twenty years.

He said the institute, headed by Sister Eleanor Carter, was significant for the unique nature of its work. "[It] is distinctive in that it is contracted by secular universities to provide Catholic lectures to teach Catholic units of theolo-

gy and religious education within the universities' colleges of education." he said.

The Institute, which offers Catholic theological units to teaching students at Curtin and Edith Cowan universities, was one of three Catholic tertiary Institutions specifically mentioned by the cardinal as significant developments in Catholic tertiary education.

The cardinal also noted "with great pleasure" the rise of the privately funded Notre Dame University in Fremantle and said his congregation had been pleased as well to watch the development of the Australian Catholic University on the east coast.

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Refurbished McAuley Family Centre Hostel looks to future Year Two students from Ursula Frayne College Primary School brought the past into the future last week at the blessing of the refurbished and resplendent Catherine McAuley Family Centre hostel as they re-enacted the arrival of the Mercy Sisters in Western Australia 150 years ago.

Archbishop Barry Hickey told the residents and guests last Thursday of the work of the Sisters of Mercy who since 1846 have served the people of WA from babies through to the elderly.

The past 150 years since their arrival had seen their ethos of care and compassion highly prized by the Church and whole community as were their enviable facilities, the archbishop said, "especially the hostel and nursing home," which many would wish to come to.

Archbishop Hickey noted also the support and solidarity given to the Sisters by other religious congregations, government

bodies, individuals, and society generally in their works of mercy.

Mercy Congregational Superior, Sister Leonie O'Brien, thanked the major sponsors of the refurbishment - the Mercy Sisters, the Lotteries Commission and the Department of Health and Family Services - and gave particular thanks to the St John of God Sisters for making their vacated Belmont hospital available for the hostel residents for the nine months it took to extensively refurbish the old site.

At a cost of $1.65 million all internal walls were demolished and 40 larger rooms built with en suites, plus an increase in open areas.

The rooms, which are fresh, airy, spacious, with a homey atmosphere throughout, permit more room for wheelchairs and walking aids.

- Colleen McGuiness-Howard

Our mothers, just like God, never forget us T

his Sunday is Mothers' Day. Although it does not feature officially in the Liturgy of the Church, nevertheless it is a common practice to say special prayers this weekend for mothers.

It is also a good time to give thanks to God for our mothers and to thank all the mothers in our community for accepting the joys and challenges of motherhood.

Little children get great delight out of Mothers' Day. Their uninhibited expression of love for their mother, their little gifts of flowers and their acts of kindness cause great joy in the home.

Mum knows then how special she is and how much her love is returned.

Even when children grow up and look after themselves as

adults should, they find that their mothers never really believe they are all that grown-up, and remind them, often to their embarrassment, to wear warm clothes and not to stay out too late.

They do not cease being mothers no matter what age her children are. Would we want it any different?

In these days of family disruption or breakdown the task of a mother is often extremely difficult. She may have to cope with situations that are very different from what she had hoped for on the day of her wedding.

She may well be struggling to cope with financial problems, strained relationships, children who are upset, health problems and feeling isolated and anxious.

It is important for people in parish communities to recognise

the struggles of parents among them, both mothers and fathers, and stand by their side in their struggles.

But Mothers' Day should be a little time-out for mothers coping with their daily burdens.

Ills a moment to recognise with thanks their strength, their fidelity and their unquenchable love for their children, no matter what happens.

Even Holy Scripture compares the love of God for us with a mother's love for her children.

I remember the Funeral Mass of Louie Younger, gardener and friend of St Charles Seminary for over twenty years. Bishop Bianchini, former rector of St Charles, gave the homily. He said that Louie never knew his mother. He was orphaned early and raised by the Christian Brothers.

Because he knew no mother of

his own, he took Mary, the Blessed Mother, as his own mother from an early age and throughout his life had a tender devotion to her. He would speak to her and ask for her prayers and her protection.

It was a moving moment. It brought home to me the desire in all of us to have someone who loves us and accepts us as we are, unconditionally.

Such is the love of a mother. In the absence of his earthly mother Louie found the same love and tenderness from his Heavenly Mother.

Unsophisticated as he was, he understood probably better than most the words of the crucified Jesus to John: "Son, behold your mother", and to Mary, "Woman, behold your Son".

I hope this Sunday will be a wonderful day for mothers.

Archbishop's

Perspective

Disabilities Budget welcomed 1300 voices soar skywards in Perth Archdiocese's Catholic Care agency that cares for people with disabilities this week welcomed Premier Richard Court's Western Australian Budget.

Catholic Care executive director Maureen jewel! said the Budget had bought some longawaited good news to thousands of Western Australian families whose lives were affected by disability.

This year's Budget saw an increase of $11.4 million allocated to the Disability Services Commission, the authority responsible for the provision of services and funding to people with disabilities.

Ms Jewell said the main benefit had been the increase in funding and a pm-commitment for long-term funding for the next four years so that people

with disabilities, families and organisations could plan.

"The Government is to be congratulated, not only for recognising and responding to a very real human need, but also for making a five-yearcommitment which will help to ensure that support continues to be provided beyond the strategic political cycle," she said.

Ms Newell said the increase honoured a five-year commitment made last year by the Government to increase funding to the disabilities field by $125 million to the year 2000.

She said the areas most in need of increased funding were long term accommodation for those with disabilities - such as the unit recently opened by the agency in Beechboro - and respite care after that. Respite

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care provides short-term care for those with disabilities and relieves the constant burden placed on families of having to look after someone, often round the clock.

Ms Jewell said the extra money would take the total State Government annual expenditure on disability services to more than $725 million and help correct an escalating problem of unmet needs.

She said the number of people with disabilities had been increasing before the Budget but without a corresponding increase in resources to meet their needs.

There was now extra money for supported accommodation, employment, personalised support services, respite care, therapy aides, equipment and transport.

Matthew Kelly Catholic International speaker, returns to Perth Author of "Words from God" and "Our Father" Speaking at St Anthony's Catholic Church 96 Innamincka Rd. Greenmount Thursday June 6, 1996, 8pm (Mass 7.30pm) 9 June 1993 "My children, return to the sacraments and return to living lives of prayer."

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Fremantle singing festival

One of the three massed choirs of approximately 430 voices that performed in the Fremantle Town Hall on May Day. Primary students from Catholic each session to watch and hear schools took a leading role in the their children perform. inaugural Fremantle Children's The idea for the festival was first Choral Festival held on May Day in raised by Mr Clive Nicholls, a the Fremantle Town Hall.

Coordinator of Performing Arts for 1,300 children from years 2-4 from Catholic Education in the South Catholic, government and non-gov- West (Fremantle) Region. ernment schools in the Fremantle Clive's idea was taken up and suparea participated in the Festival. ported by the Education Of those participating over six Department, all the schools of the hundred were from Catholic region and the Fremantle City schools.

Council, which generously providThe Festival was held over three ed the venue for the Festival. sessions throughout the day.

Mr Nicholls said the Festival had Each performance attracted a been extremely well received and large audience of eager parents and he looked forward to it becoming grandparents who filled the an ongoing event in the life of upstairs gallery of the Town Hall at Fremantle district schools.

Big meet for churches finalised The Executive of the National Council of Churches in Australia has finalised plans for a forthcoming meeting of the Council's National Forum.

Leaders of the thirteen member churches spent an intensive two days together, reviewing developments since the Council inauguration in mid-1994.

They also approved an agenda for the July meeting of its governing body.

The NCCA will hold its second National Forum, in Brisbane. from 12-16 July 1996.

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Modern times need Mass silence: Pope

and meet the real needs of its members, endar of saints' and martyrs' feast days.

In 1984, the congregation appointed a the Pope said. mandatchanges liturgical the said He of historians, liturgists and group VATICAN CITY (CNS) - One of the were Council Vatican Second the by ed on the lives of saints to begin experts most important ways the Mass can proand true "a but reform, a simply not of the martyrology, last revisions the people modern of needs the to respond is by including ample periods of silence found renewal" of Catholic liturgical life. updated in 1960.

The Church's liturgical rules, he said, in the celebration, Pope John Paul II He said the Church's practice of skipensured that while including expressaid. liturgical commemorations of ping "In a world pervaded by audiovisual sions of the celebrating community's saints' feasts when they fell on a Sunday, messages of every kind, it is necessary culture, the Mass was a sign of the unity in order to give precedence to celebratto restore zones of silence which allow of the whole Church.

The third post-conciliar edition of the ing Jesus' life, death and resurrection, God to make his voice heard and allow as a slighting of souls to understand and welcome Roman Missal - the Latin book of should not be taken the was saints.

Mass for readings and prayers his word," the Pope said last week in a "It does not at all mean giving less meeting with members of the Congr- being prepared by the congregation, the Pope said, and added that it would attention to all those who, beginning egation for Worship and Sacraments.

Only a liturgy that included times of reflect "the experience of faith of whole with the Blessed Virgin Mary, witness silence, he said, could respond "to the generations together with many charac- with their lives to the marvels worked requirements and aims of the Christian teristic aspects of cultures which have by grace in such a way that the faithful been progressively transformed into not only commemorate and meditate on life."

Because the eucharistic celebration Christian civilisation." the mysteries of redemption, but perThe Pope also told congregation memwas the highest expression of the grasp them, take part in them sonally Catholic community's life and the very bers that "the time has come to bring to them," the Pope said. live and source of its holiness, it must be an an end" work on a new edition of the in the Liturgy - Page 8 Reverence calexpression of the community's faith Roman Martyrology, a book-length

By Cindy Wooden

Archbishop, Fr Fogarty to visit US seminaries

Archbishop Hickey and St Charles' up the breadth of personal formation Seminary rector Father Paul Fogarty offered to seminarians.

"Our primary interest is not so much have left Australia to visit overseas seminaries and study the way they operate, the intellectual formation but personal with a possible view to establishing formation," he said.

He said the establishing of formal links between St Charles and the instilinks, including some kind of staff tutions abroad.

Archbishop Hickey told The Record exchange program, between Perth's St last week the pair would be visiting two Charles and overseas institutions was a seminaries in the US, and possibly oth- possibility because of the advantages overseas seminaries had in resources ers.

"Having re-started St Charles seminary and their "wealth of experience and train recent years there is a need to look at ditions."

"We hope to speak to the key people some of the other seminaries, particularly those that are successful." (in the seminaries), experience the student life and absorb the atmosphere."

Archbishop Hickey said.

The two seminaries to be visited in the he said.

St Charles seminary was re-opened as United States are St Charles seminary in complete seminary by Archbishop a Anthony Philadelphia, run by Cardinal Bevilacqua and St Joseph's seminary in Hickey in 1993.

It had previously functioned as a preDunwoody. New jersey, run by New seminary where students studying for York's Cardinal John O'Connor.

Pope John Paul visited St Joseph's dur- the priesthood would spend 12 months in preparation before travelling to St ing his United States' visit last year.

Archbishop Hickey said he and Fr Francis Xavier's seminary in Adelaide to Fogarty would look at ways of building complete their studies.

Fr Paul Fogarty

There are currently 11 seminarians studying at St Charles, with another 3 in Adelaide, two of whom are close to ordination. Five seminarians for the archdiocese are also studying for the priesthood in Rome.

Luurnpa Catholic School Balgo Hills requires a qualified

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This position would be ideal for those who

wish to live and work amongst disadvantaged people of another culture, but who presently need the salary and conditions of Australian teachers.

Special skills needed include: - the ability to teach all years and levels ESL skills the ability to live in an isolated Aboriginal community and work with the rhythm of an Aboriginal outstation the ability to relate to tribally oriented Aboriginal people.

The applicant will reside at Yaka Yaka during the week and usually return by the school vehicle to Balgo Hills at the weekends.

Applicants must be fully supportive of the objectives and ethos of Catholic education and must submit a curriculum vitae including the names and contact numbers of three referees, one of whom must be the current employer to Brother Leo Scolien fsc, Principal Luurnpa Catholic School, PMB2, Halls Creek 6770, Fax 091 688 961 by Friday 7 June 1996

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Perth last Saturday was one of 38 cities around the world to be linked by telephone when youth from the Focolare movement founded by Italian mystic Chiara Lubich gathered to mark United World Week.

About 30 young people gathered to participate in the link-up, marking the end of a week of action for peace and unity throughout the world.

There were greetings from all the continents and a highlight was a message from Sarajevo which showed that even in a war-torn situation such as theirs, the young people still believe in and are fighting for peace.

Chiara Lubich, also the foundress of Youth for A United World, gave a message to all listening. ..Although you are of different races. different nations, cultures and religions. you all share the one aim - an inspiration for the true values in life - fellowship. justice, peace and unity.... Take courage then. No-one can outdo young people in generosity and determination.

To follow him (Jesus) could be the opportunity of a lifetime."

"United World Week" has been organised by Youth for a United World, a section of the Focolare Movement, with events happening all around the globe.

Here in Perth the youth thought out a program for the week, which was as follows: Saturday 27 April: Regional telephone link-up with Melbourne.

Adelaide, Canberra. Fiji, Noumea. and New Zealand to kick-start the week and share what would be happening in the rest of Australasia.

Monday, 29 April: "Go without Food" and the money saved is put towards the United World Fund.

Tuesday, 30 April: "Try to build a better relationship with someone you're

Learning to balance in sport week The years at primary school are recognised as being very Important in developing the whole person.

St Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, is reputed to have said, "give me a boy for the first six years of his life and I'll give you the man".

It all started in a pub with an all-night discussion between Dominic and the barman.

They argued about life's purpose, the goodness of the world. freedom and responsibility the saving death of Jesus Christ.

The outcome was Dominic's vision of a community of prayerful, scholarly and passionate communicators of the Gospel.

Men at ease in the world but with their hearts set on Christ.

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Primary education is a time when young boys and girls are Introduced to that exciting world of knowledge, experience and God's creation in an environment where they are assisted while they gain their sense of balance.

Pieter Walker (pictured) of St Maria Goretti School, Redcliffe certainly looked as though he was "finding his balance" last week when he was introduced to rowing for the first time.

As part of Physical Education Week, the school spent two days introducing children to the sports of abseiling, rowing, gymnastics and archery.

Many of the children reported that it was "the best two days of school" that they had ever had.

Youth for a United World participate in the linkup between 38 cities around the world

not at peace with.- Wednesday, 1 May: Action! We composed a petition to the Premier conveying our concern at the availability of guns and the lack of uniform gun laws, in response to the tragedy in Port Arthur.

Thursday, 2 May: "Spend the time with your family doing something for them."

Friday, 3 May: 'Music for Unity' - a classical music concert which raised money for the United World Fund and will be given to other youth less privileged than ourselves.

Saturday, 4 May: A short peace vigil was held before the international telephone link-up.

Throughout the year here in Perth Youth for a United World get together to live this ideal together. We have meetings, discussion groups and undertake projects which are relevant to our society.

Various events will be happening in the months to come and anyone that is interested is welcome to join in.

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By Peter Rosengren The just-completed National Catholic Education Conference in Canberra, held every eight years, offered a challenge to Catholic educators to carry on what had been inherited from ages past, the chairman of the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia, Bishop Robert Healy, said this week.

Bishop Healy, who travelled to Canberra with Catholic Education Office director Therese Temby. CEO religious education director Father Gerard Holohan and a posse of about 60 CEO staff, principals. catechists and teachers from WA said the conference had been an invaluable opportunity to exchange and hear the views of colleagues from Bishop Robert Healy around the nation.

The week-long conference saw have to suffer spiritual homelesstalks and numerous workshops ness." he said.

Mrs Temby said the effects of the examine almost every aspect of Catholic education in Australia. conference would tend to be longfrom the voluntary work of cate- range rather than immediate. chists. through to school, universi- Conferences such as the NCEC one ties and adult education pro- also provided an opportunity to increase one's total knowledge as grammes.

Bishop Healy said the conference well as increasing one's underwould have a profound effect on standing of the dimensions of the schools, colleges and universities challenge for Catholic schools.

Father Gerard Holohan, Director throughout the State.

He said that, in addition to the of Religious education for WA and a strictly educational matters dis- member of the conference planning cussed, social researcher Hugh committee, said the conference McKay and associate professor showed that ways had to be worked Marie Joyce tried to help the educa- out to do more in adult education.

"The tertiary and Catholic schools tors see the trends in society.

"If we are to preserve our sense of are working well together and I personhood and community, which think there are good instances of is vital to our well-being, we must the Catholic schools supporting the be masters of technology, not mas- catechists. We've just got to build tered by it. . . . persons should not on that a lot more," he said.

WA Catholic Institute praised Continued from Page 1 Cardinal Laghi said Catholic tertiary education bodies would be Invaluable to the Australian Church in helping the Australian bishops develop Catechism-based religious education curricula suitable to the culture of Australian classrooms.

Sr Carter said later she was pleased with the Cardinal's comments on the institute. "I felt his

words were very affirming, not only for the work of the institute but for the vision of the West Australian conference of bishops and the major superiors who established [ill in 1975," she said.

Cardinal Laghi said all Catholic education institutions were necessary and at the heart of evangelisation, and therefore close to the Holy Father's intentions.

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Continued from Page 1 Catholic education was part of a communion that had to root itself in the Eucharist in order to have any chance of succeeding, Cardinal Laghi said.

He said the last three decades had seen confusion arise in religious education throughout the English-speaking First World as young people had become increasingly exposed to powerfully secular and secularising forces every day.

Cardinal Laghi said the problems facing faith educators were considerable in the light of peer pressure within schools against leading a Catholic life, and parents disbelief in things like the permanence of marriage or the place of sacrifice for their children's good.

"Besides [these problems], perhaps the most anguished difficulty experienced by the dedicated religious educator has come from within the world of religious education itself," he said.

The cardinal said there had been a tendency to think that the doctrines of the faith could be proved by unaided reason alone.

"In practice. if not explicitly, there has been a tendency to deprive religious education of a clearly and confidently articulated doctrinal content, as if beliefs about morality and religious faith were matters of subjective value, not objective fact."

Allied to this was the effect of educational theories that assumed early education in a child's life did not need to be tied to specific content.

"In other words, the nature and even the very existence of a Christian message was being questioned." he said.

These had been some of the negative factors which had induced the Church's 1985 Synod to call for a universal catechism but there had also been positive reasons as well, he said.

These included "a brilliant renascence of Scripture studies" since the first half of the century and a generation of "powerfully original thinkers, and profound scholars, in systemic theology."

The cardinal also congratulated Australia's "courageous army of voluntary catechists and adult educators" providing a service not only for the Church but also the nation.

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Twenty five years of Spirit power to be celebrated

Ai Dr ri'VOC)A R ETREAT DAY Saturday 18th May. 9.30am to 4pm SERVITE PRIORY 2 Morgans Street. Tuart Hill

It's a quarter of a century old and great things are still happening with Group 50.

Still based at the Redemptorist Monastery, North Perth, it was Perth's original Catholic Charismatic prayer group, having taken its name from the 50 days of Easter to Pentecost.

Joy McMullan started the spiritual ball rolling in the late 70's when she made a novena to Our Lady for a prayer group to be formed and in April the following year Redemptorist Father Tony Kelly, with other enthusiasts, picked up the challenge and ran with it.

There are now 28 Catholic Charismatic prayer groups in Perth and the country.

John Catlin, who has been with the Charismatic Renewal since 1976, is the present leader of Group 50 and believes it enables him to relate to other people while seeing the tremendous value of lay people in the Church, through which the Holy Spirit is working.

Mr Catlin said people come to the Renewal to seek a deeper spiritual walk with the Lord "and it is our endeavour to help them come to the awareness of a personal relationship with Lord Jesus Christ, to help them develop that, and become more committed in their lives to Christ."

Having been prayed over and encountering the Spirit freed him from many constraints with a release in his spirit, he states, giving a "tremendous freedom" and an awareness that God is a Trinity.

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Organisers are preparing for thou- activities. The following morning festivsands of Perth's Christians to publicly ities will again commence at 10am until identify themselves with their faith the march commences in the afternoon. when they take part in the second bienThis year's marchers will leave from nial Global March for Jesus which will The Esplanade and take a 2.5 kilometre start from The Esplanade in Perth City at route that at one point is expected to 1pm on Saturday 25th May. see the city centre completely surroundThe Perth march, whose main aim is to ed by Christians of Perth. proclaim Jesus Christ as the only way On their return the marchers will be forward for the world, will be only one of approximately 200 similar marches led by the Awakening Singers in a time held throughout the world on the same of celebration and praise. date.

Later that evening the final of the The organising body, Awakening 2000, Sonshine FM Awakening 2000 Gospel representing a variety of Christian Eisteddfod will bring together performdenominations including the Catholic ers from across the State.

Church, has planned a variety of events The first march was held in 1994 and around this year's march, the second to organiser Andrew Braun said march be held in Western Australia. that it had attracted 13,000 people.

On Friday evening May 24 a commuOrganisers said around the world peonity bush dance will take place on The Esplanade featuring well-known Christ- ple will participate from places as far ian bush band Platypus together with a apart as the Antarctic, Samoa and family fair of side-show rides, food and Iceland.

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Music World said the label had been launched in response to a belief that more people are turning to Christian music for spiritual fulfilment.

Music World say the Trinity label is the only budget priced range of Christian music on the retail market with cassettes at $6.95 and CDs for $9.95.

The initial release of 20 recordings will include, traditional hymns. gospel, country, rock and choirs.

It will also feature gospel classics from Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin and Harry Secombe, plus vocal and instrumental performances from musicians.

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me a real opportunity to see Jesus in in their lives, Fr Brown asserts, with other people, because God is in con- a deeper love for the teachings of tact with the ordinary person and the Church, its sacraments, and livnot just saints!" ing out the Word of God. Spiritual Director, Franciscan Meanwhile, it's a milestone worth Father Michael Brown OF'M who celebrating as far as Group 50 are has been in the Renewal since 1973, concerned and they'll be marking believes the Charismatic Renewal the event with activities at 7.30 pm at makes one aware that the Holy the Monastery on Monday May 27 Spirit is actively involved in one's 'A night of remembering': Tuesday daily living in all sorts of ways.

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C0610r &lief-Ds lo The Tridentine Mass did not stop heresies ecently I attended a lecture by Michael Davies who was in Perth to promote the Ecclesia Dei society.

His lecture, quite simply turned out to be an attack on Papal authority, Vatican II and the Novus Ordo Mass. The Ecclesia Dei Society (EDS) claims the removal of the Tridentine Rite was the cause of the post-Vatican II turmoil.

This is arrant nonsense.

During the last century we saw the rise of the heresy of modernism. What we must ask EDS is: "What liturgical rite was in use as the heresy took hold?" The Tridentine Rite!

Obviously, the 'Tridentine Rite is not a protection against heresy or error. So, if the Tridentine Rite could not stop a heresy from developing, how in Heaven's name is it going to stop it now.

Post-Vatican II liturgical abuse, was, and still is, a result of nothing but straight out disobedience, and disobedience is exactly what the EDS and Mr Davies are promoting.

The disobedience of these people is restricting the flow of graces from the Vatican II reforms. It's obvious that Mr

some personalities on the other side of Davies is an unwitting tool of the devil.

Consciously or not, those who call them- the liturgical spectrum) or views that are selves "traditionalists" call into question not immaculately argued, then little the good faith of millions of Catholics would be published. who attend the Mass celebrated according the Missal of Pope Paul VI. What these people often lose sight of is would like to point out to Father that, if it is celebrated with the right intenThomas Elich, (The Record, 18 April, tion and following the fundamental p6) that the different world that he norms laid down by the Church, any Mass in any rite of the Church is a repre- speaks about is the same as it was in the sentation of the perfect sacrifice of Christ, beginning, now and at the hour of our It is not the Missal used which guarantees death. the sacrifice of Christ, but the Church.

I believe Michael Davies was implying the changes made to the Traditional disthat the that aware be Catholics should obedient Michael Davies was supported aspects of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass effected a blinding force to the Spirit in

by The Record. the Roman Catholic Church (the clergy Paul Sheridan and the laity).

Maylands It bewilders me to try to comprehend Editor's note: The Record does not sup- the behaviour of people after Mass. port Michael Davies and his views. If edi- Having attended the Holy Sacrifice and tors and journalists the world over received the Precious Body and Blood of refused to report and publish the views Our Lord Jesus Christ, they then believe and advertisements of every person and that it is normal to shout, gossip, and organisation they did not fully agree with defile the sanctuary of God with their (as with Michael Davies and EDS, or backs turned on the Tabernacle.

Jesus was both severe, gentle

of the woman of Samaria who stated that she had no husband, when her situation was that she was living with her fifth socalled husband.

However contented her home life with this man, I do not think she would have felt qualified to respond to Perth Centrecare's request for people living in happy families for its recently issued research on what makes for a successful family.

Elizabeth Green-Armytage Claremont

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The Spirit in the Temple

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ister Glenys .eoman (Me Record, May 2) describes the life of Christ as "one of openness and inclusiveness and non-judgment - except for times of hard rebuke for the elite Church (sic) rulers of His time. ."

The 'Gentle Jesus, meek and mild' picture that she implicitly conjures up is not borne out by the Gospel account. nderstandably, Joseph Said (The While Christ did indeed tell the woman Record. 18 April) has "extreme difcondemn not did He that adultery in taken ficulty" in reconciling the Church's her, He also told her to go and sin no capital punishment with the on views more.

He was severe even with His own disci- Commandment "you shall not kill". ples, rebuking Peter as Satan, and told However, the literal translation of the them that He had come not to bring peace Hebrew Commandment is "you shall not but a sword: "Whoever denies me before murder" and this literal meaning has been men, I also will deny before my Father the Church's traditional teaching.

The definition of murder is not identical who is in heaven". killing. It is not possible to murder lawof to sternly spoke He too, In His parables. those who refused their invitation to the fully but it is possible to kill lawfully feast, or who came sloppily dressed, or where law permits execution for murder.

Moreover, it is quite wrong to suppose who did not have the forethought to bring that Jesus implicitly condemned capital spare oil for their lamps.

All these are excluded - or rather, by punishment. Such a view completely distorts the Gospel revelation of the whole their attitudes, they exclude themselves. of the Incarnation and the purpose were they if sinners, welcomed Christ repentant, or potentially repentant, and Crucifixion.

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suffer capital punishment to prevent the faithful from suffering the ultimate capital punishment - eternal damnation.

Anyone who doubts this fundamental Gospel truth should read what Jesus has to say about hell and damnation (eg.

Matthew 10:28).

Jesus's ministry certainly emphasised love and forgiveness, but we should clearly distinguish between the personal qualities demanded for an individual's forgiveness and the social necessity of bringing criminals to justice if we wish to prevent law from degenerating into anarchy.

Personally we must forgive others if God is to forgive us but the physical preservation of our society requires that law-breakers must be dealt with lawfully.

Jesus emphatically endorsed the Old Testament law (Matthew. 5:17-19. Deut eronomy 19:21) which in respect to murder is straightforward: "Life shall go for life". The Church's support for both the commandment against murder and for a law which endorses the death penalty for murder is entirely logical.

Hugh Clift Lesmurdie

Censorship Bill debate

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he Censorship Bill 1995 currently being debated in State Parliament is defective because it fails to adequately protect community and family values in three main ways.

And I am sure they do not realise that they have done anything wrong, for almost everyone does it.

Is this not the same spirit that Jesus threw out of the Temple? The confusion that Michael Davies refers to is not one that originates in the spirit, in fact it originates in the mind in the form of rationalism.

The Holy Popes have pleaded to the people of the Catholic Church to maintain the traditions given to the Blessed Sacrament. the Blessed Virgin Mary and to all the Saints.

Well, I don't see this happening in the many churches that I visit.

Those who are willing to stick their heads in the sand and let any kind of spirit dwell in their house are destined for severe judgement by God. I would like to hear more preached on the conversion of souls to the Holy Spirit than to hear a compromising lecture on this changing world.

Eric Rebeiro Rockingham Park Firstly, it allows an inexcusable defence for child pornography based on alleged artistic or literary merit and the public good.

How can any child pornography (defined in the Bill as depicting a child in a manner offensive to a reasonable adult) be allowed? In the light of current revelations about paedophilia this loophole is indefensible.

Secondly, the provisions for computer services are far too weak and leave too much to self-regulation.

This may work for bona fide service providers but will do little to restrain commercially-oriented suppliers of online pornography, some of which are already setting up shop in Perth.

Thirdly, the failure to ban possession of X-rated videos helps to further the distribution from Canberra of material that demeans women, and contributes to their victimisation by sexual assault.

The Bill also locks us further into the national classification scheme for films and videos when the national guidelines for classification are presently being kept a closely guarded secret.

The Court Government should table the latest draft of the national guidelines or halt debate on the Bill until they are released.

Richard Egan Ferndale

Guarding the telly can help stem growth of violence

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ver recent weeks, in the wake of tragedies at Port Arthur and Dunblane, there have been opinions offered by clergy and lay people that some of the blame must be laid with television.

I am about to jump on the bandwagon and implore adults to not only set an example for our young people by being discerning about the content of programs they watch, but to actively encourage them to truly look at the characters and to listen to what they are actually saying.

The world of television has become almost as tangible as the real world, and to a degree, it is supplying the rules we live by.

It has become a major authority on what is "real".

In TV-land, failure in life and love is the norm, and violence occurs as a result of the pursuit of personal gain or power.

Ills all to easy for us to think of the content as purely entertainment, to become accepting of lifestyles portrayed, which in

Having four daughters ranging reality often devalue life and age from 13 to the mid-20s, in Christian values.

Ageing actor Gregory Peck has the problem of TV or not IV has been quoted as saying that long been an issue in our home.

At the risk of being labelled today's heroes are the antiheroes of yesterday, that they are difficult or over-protective parmotivated by hatred, greed and ents we have often asked that violence; are rude, vulgar and the channel be changed or the devoid of moral values. Strong TV be turned off.

We certainly have never found words, but they have substance.

We tend to overlook negative it easy, we can't continually be elements in the unrealistic por- "guardians of the telly" and trayal of people when we are wouldn't want to be. but there being entertained, and for this have been lots of times over the reason, receive many negative years when we have felt strongly that we do not want a particuimages The more negative images we lar program left on.

I believe our efforts have been receive, the more acceptable worthwhile. really violanguage, Bad become. they Our thirteen-year -old will lence, broken relationships often just turn the TV off and become the norm - part of life.

What hope do we have in walk away and I've noticed that being an avid sports fan, if there teaching our children to make is a sports program on, that is valued judgements about what Is right and what is wrong, what what she will watch.

I found it sad last week to hear is to be believed or not believed. her ask her father not to watch when attitudes such as that are the news "all we hear about is freely acknowledged by the people dying, I can't bear to lis- media?

Quite frankly, I could not ten to it anymore".

Her comment touched me all believe that that station conthe more because it was only cerned would even bother to earlier that day that I heard a conduct such an interview.

We need to keep a distance news commentator speak about an eight-year-old's comment: between ourselves and what we "All my lifeI have been taught to actually see and hear on televivalue life, what do I believe sion. now? I can't believe in life anyWithout this distance the world of television can become more."

It is frightening to think of the our world and our value system effect violence has on our young can become clouded. people and it is not only the vioIt is obvious that we are living lence portrayed in programs and in a world in which a powerful on the news that can affect them. medium is able to communicate Recently I heard a woman dubious values and assumptions being interviewed on the early and influence us in many ways. morning news program who It is also obvious that television spoke about the making of has the power to educate us and pornographic videos - she enlighten our minds. believes they are educational.

Our challenge is to respond in a discerning way.

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Reverence in the Liturgy

Do you ignore Christ, your best friend? presences of Christ is real, and each one demands our reverent response.

Jesus said that when two or three gather hen Moses approached the in his name, he is in their midst. He meant burning bush, God told him to take off his shoes. That would what he said.

When we gather for worship, Christ is serve as a sign that Moses recognised the present in our very gathering. presence of God in that place.

Ignoring those around us as we assemAnd that's what reverence is: recognising and responding to the presence of the ble is really an act of irreverence.

It would not represent progress to turn divine in our midst. our gathering into a time of idle chit-chat, In the past, we often tended to understand reverence mostly in negative ways: but if I know you have been out of work, not talking in church; not chewing the for example, asking on Sunday morning host; not going into the sanctuary; not how you are holding up and if you have any new leads for a job can be a way of touching the chalice. responding to the presence of Christ in These were valid ways to indicate our you. recognition of God's presence in these If you have been ill, letting you know that places and things. it's good to have you back among us is But not doing certain things is only one also a response of reverence. way to express reverence. What further The priest, of course, is a member of the ways are there to express reverence at the assembly. But he also has the role of time of a liturgical celebration? presider, taking the place of Christ who is If reverence means recognising and the true leader of our worship, present responding to the presence of the divine, through the priest, leading us in worship. then we need first to recall the ways that Reverence prompts us to respond to Christ is present in our liturgy.

Christ's lead, joining in the songs and Vatican Council II reminded us of our prayers and responses that make up the ancient belief that Christ is present in at liturgy. In other words, it is reverent to take least four different ways in the eucharistic part.

Christ is present, really present, and what is celebration.

Again, when the word of God - Scripture our attitude? Do we behave as though he is not He is present in the assembly itself; in - is proclaimed in church. Christ speaks to there? If the person you are in love with came the priest who presides; in the word pro- us today. This presence of Christ demands into the same room, would you pretend they claimed; and in the bread and wine a reverent response of listening with open were invisible or, worse than that, did not shared. ears and with open hearts. exist?

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effort, and opening our hearts to what Christ is asking of us may be even more difficult; both efforts are expressions of our reverence.

Finally, when we share in the Eucharist, Christ is present in his body and blood.

Reverence here prompts us to enter into the meal itself and also into its full meaning.

When we share the meal, we are entering into communion with the whole body of Christ, all the members of the church.

St Thomas Aquinas noted centuries ago that the unity of the church is the purpose of the Eucharist. The bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ so that we might become more fully the body of Christ.

This brings us full circle. For recognising Christ in Communion also means accepting the assembly that forms his body. We cannot have one without the other.

In the fifth century St Augustine chastised his people for wanting to decapitate Christ, for wanting the head (Christ) without the body (the church).

What he meant Is that we really have to have both. We have to make room in our hearts and our lives for all the members of Christ's mystical body if we are to reverently receive his sacramental body and blood.

In the Eucharist. Christ is truly present.

In the Eucharist, we encounter the divine In our midst. There can be no casual response to that.

It's the heart of the matter that matters There is a capacity within us for a sense of awe that leaps iach spring when I was a freely from the heart. This revchild my father took me erent sense is closely tied to on two trips to a wooded respect and love. But this capacarea on the edge of the city to ity can become dulled.

Perhaps it is only in retrospect observe the mystery of the that we become aware of the rebirth of growing things.

On the first trip, as soon as the flatness this leaves in our life.

Our religious tradition has snow had melted, we wore galoshes, for the ground was taught us to be reverent about holy things. marshy.

But if we allow ourselves to All of our senses were wide become more often a spectator awake! We could smell the earth breathing as it warmed in than a participator, or trapped by the trivial clutter of modern the spring sunshine.

We found ourselves whisper- life, it is hard to move ourselves ing as we did in church, for into a state of reverence.

My childhood spring visits to there was a sacredness here.

We were searching for the first an earth being reborn revitender pale green shoots of wild talised my sense of reverence.

And I learned that reverence flowers struggling through their flows from involvement with Protective blanket of leaves.

They would guide us on our what is happening, from caring second trip, when we paid about it and giving care to it.

On such matters, children homage to nature for giving us the glorious display of white often see truths that others miss.

My granddaughter Elena and I trilliums, golden marshmarigolds and the chalice were cleaning vegetables at the kitchen sink one day. shaped jack-in-the-pulpits.

She was 5, full of questions We picked a very small bouand observations. quet for Mama but never dug She interrupted our conversaup the plants to transplant in our yard. Daddy taught me to tion with the probing question: treat nature with deep respect "Will my hands be as ugly as as God's gift for everyone. yours when I grow up? Mama's Our nature pilgrimages trans- have started to be bumpy already!" formed my thinking.

We both looked at my hands.

I have never lost my sense of awe as I open myself to God's plagued by the arthritic gene presence in the world around that had visited the female members of my family for sevme.

Sunsets captivate me in their eral generations.

I tried to reassure her that perinfinite variety.

On warm evenings in areas haps medical science will find a facing west I usually can be medication to protect her from found joining the silent clusters the disease's ravages.

She was quiet as we continued of persons in the ritual of thanking the sun for the day it gave with the vegetables.

Then, in a clear musical voice. us.

And it seems fitting to me to Elena became, in the purest pray the Liturgy of the Hours as sense, reverent, recognising what truly matters. Or, I might the sun closes the day.

But my relationship with say, she got to the heart of the matter with care: nature is not all poetry.

I also try to respond with lov"It's ok Gramma. They are loving care - with action to protect ing hands that take care of people, and that's what important." our fragile, endangered world.

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When we reverence others we are doing exactly what Christ wants us to do and what he did himself.

Liturgical reverence affects us all The same was true of his reverence for members of other nce, while teaching a underclasses of the times: fornew course on "Women eigners, lepers, tax collectors. in the New Testament," "This man welcomes sinners and my enthusiasm got me into trou- eats with them!" (Luke 15:2) In fact, Jesus reverenced everyble. one.

But what does this have to After giving a survey of attitudes toward women in Greek, Roman do with reverence during the and Semitic cultures, I asserted liturgy?

Liturgy has two dimensions: that, by comparison, Jesus put Vertical; our reverence for God, women on a pedestal. and: Horizontal; our reverence A woman's hand shot up imme- for those who worship with us. diately, and I was informed The latter involves carrying out emphatically that he did not. the second great commandment: When I asked the conscientious "You shall love your neighbour as objector how she would put it, yourself." she responded that rather than Jesus put it strongly: "Therefore, placing women on pedestals, if you bring your gift to the altar, Jesus "acknowledged and and there recall that your brother respected them as persons." (or sister) has anything against The perceptive woman was right. you, leave your gift there at the Jesus reverenced women as altar. Go first and he reconciled human persons created in God's with your brother and then come own image: the woman at the and offer your gift" (Matthew well, the one caught in adultery 5:23-24). And then there was ("All by herself?" I was asked); James, who reacted bluntly to the the woman with the persistent shabby treatment of the poor in hemorrhage; Martha and Mary. the Christian worship assembly

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(James 2). Reverence toward others is what St Paul called for in the city of Corinth where it was the custom to put surplus meat offerings to the gods on the common market.

Some Christians bought this meat and ate it with a clear conscience. After all, they reasoned, the pagan gods are non-entities, so it was not immoral to buy this meat.

Paul agreed, but insisted that they respect other people whose consciences were not so wellinformed and who were scandalised: "Thus through your knowledge a weak person is brought to destruction, the brother for whom Christ died. When you sin in this way against your brothers and wound their consciences, weak as they are, you are sinning against Christ" (1 Corinthians 8:11-12).

Christians must reverence others as persons, even though they may hold views with which they do not agree.

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Senrant of Mary dedicated to 1 helping Her Son's saving work Record journalist Colleen McGuiriessHoward covered the recent Perth visit of American Servite healer, Father Peter Rookey. Here she gives her interpretation of the healer's unrelenting work for the physically, emotionally and spiritually troubled.

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e has a kindly face, great sense of humour, excellent eyesight, a sharp mind, warmth and compassion for humanity across the board.

His vibrant voice sings or speaks of God and His mother, and he spends hours praying over the thousands who sit wheelchair-bound, or file up to have his healing hands on them, all over the world.

At nearly eighty years of age, his energy amazes even more when you discover he fasts daily - no food at all - until maybe midnight when his last mission for the day has been completed.

And he amazes also when it is known that he may have had as little as three hours sleep - choosing to fit in two or three hours of prayer each morning before his prayer- filled day starts so he can be continually prepared for service to others.

American born, Father Peter Mary Rookey OSM, who was in Perth recently for the first time, takes his vow of poverty very seriously at home and abroad, travelling the world with a spare set of underwear - and that's it!

Fr Rookey is an exorcist as well as a healer for a huge section of suffering humanity; and indeed even for those who aren't suffering but desperately seek his spirit-filled hands to bring down the Holy Spirit upon themselves.

This he so powerfully does that 80 to 90 per cent at a gathering will "rest in the Spirit" after he's laid on hands, but some fall in the Spirit even before he reaches them in the queue.

It's a unique opportunity for the Spirit to powerfully work within someone, and it's during this time that much healing can take place, he explains.

The sign of the cross in holy oil is applied and then Fr Rookey lays hands on the person's head while praying for God's blessings and healing.

Behind each person is a catcher, to carefully lay each one down on the floor as they rest in the Spirit.

Sometimes he may gently nudge their forehead, urging them to relax, if he thinks the Holy Spirit has come upon them and they are resisting it, because he enthusiastically advocates the welcoming of the Holy Spirit, asserting it is a God-given opportunity for Him to work within one.

He tells of many cases where people have arisen from resting in the Spirit, completely cured of addictions or other healings have taken place.

But you don't have to rest in the Spirit to experience healings, because most healings occur after the Healing Mass, he says, perhaps on the way home or maybe a month later.

Fr Rookey's style of ministry is interesting because he insists on praying over every person individually - no matter how many thousands are present. People can represent others by proxy In two separate instances, while two people stood proxy for two people in a coma, the people regained consciousness as the proxy was prayed over.

Miracles by the thousands and thousands have taken place since Fr Rookey started his ministry when in County 1jrone, Ireland, back in 1948.

Oddly enough, although some people may be able to cope with spiritual or emotional healing, only a small number will accept miraculous physical healing.

The thinking is that if medical science can't fix the problem - then certainly God can't either! Consequently. God's miraculous healing power is often not attributed

Fr Peter Rookey prepares to pray over an older citizen last week in Perth to Him at all, but all sorts of reasons is with great, great healing." Laying hands instead are given as being the cause of the upon the sick "and they will recover," is the answer to God's command. Fr Rookey person's cure.

This. of course, denies God's power and said, who despite the fact that he has a majesty while maintaining all the time great appetite, remains "always hungry", that there's a God, but He can't actually do but maintains his daily fast because he's

baby in the womb is considered a nuisance to be disposed of."

"Or if I am suffering in my second childhood, a doctor can walk in and bump me off! If I don't value suffering, then I go for euthanasia."

There are advantages to lying in suffering like Christ, explains Fr Rookey.

"It is like the poor. They give us, the healthy, a chance to make restitution for our sins by attending to Christ in the sick and the poor. When all is said and done if we have the peace of Jesus in us - we have it all!"

Fr Rookey says he doesn't know who will be healed and who won't although sometimes God puts the Word of Knowledge into his mouth. -but I wouldn't like to take credit for that.

Daily. Fr Rookey consecrates himself to the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary and has a great love for the Mother of God, noting that, according to ancient tradition, "the Holy Spirit at Pentecost first rested on Our Lady and the tongues of fire first came out from her upon all those present."

Stating that as a Servant of Mary, he wouldn't he "worth my salt if I didn't love her." he always invokes her for her Son's healing for others. and ascribes all graces coming through her.

-Love of Mary is theologically sound," he adds. -because God willed that Mary should be the vessel, the vehicle from whom Jesus and His spirit should come to us.

God sent His only Son to mankind and now more recently, His mother, said Fr Rookey. thinking maybe people will listen to her.

She only reflects the words and wisdom of her Son. Fr Rookey points out, and she warns us to reform our lives, fast and do penance because the Kingdom of God is at hand.

Regarding the faith of the world, Fr Rookey believes it has become weak and notes the devil's attacks on all countries.

"The more religious people believe that the devil's time is running out and he is throwing his forces into a last ditch stand," emphasised Fr Rookey, and said one only had to read the daily "papers to see the current unprecedented murders, wars, and natural disasters.

"It's obvious the chastisements are upon us now." he said and one had to take seriously Our Lady's call to reform our lives, fast, do penance, and pray, pray. pray.

Fr Rookey can be contacted by mail at 3121 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, II 60612, USA..

Those not healed can offer their sufferings for the salvation of souls and for the Kingdom of God miracles of physical healing! Because of doing God's work. Fasting and prayer this attitude, sometimes healers have been strengthens, however, and Fr Rookey believes the power of the Holy Spirit viewed with suspicion.

Fr Rookey concedes cases, such as those working through him has increased since in America where people have been he resumed healing ten years ago.

Using whatever years left to the utterduped and funds taken under false preFr Rookey believes God will surely most, given have healers, by so-called tences provide others to replace him and said healers a bad name to some extent.

But any money donated at Fr Rookey's there could be more healers if they healing services is handled by his Servile opened themselves to the Lord.

He said there was a healing explosion companion, Brother Jim, who, after expenses, returns the balance to the coming in the whole world, "and Our Lord seems to be working through the world Servile Order.

Although known as The Man of and backing up His words with His works Miracles, because of the thousands of everywhere."

Responding to a question as to whether cures brought on after his laying-on of hands and through reading his Miracle more people are healed in Third World Prayer, Fr Rookey is devoid of any pride, countries, Fr Rookey answered a definite self-aggrandisement or self-promotion, "Yes!" "He hears the prayers of the poor and and firmly rejects credit, by stating simply it is the Holy Spirit's work, and not his, as when we make ourselves poor and humhe is only "a big sinner," through whom ble, He hears us."

As to why some people are not physicalHe works.

Those who rest in the Spirit experience ly healed, Fr Rookey suggests the Lord an overwhelming peace, "and when we may be calling them to this vocation, just have God's peace, other things become as nuns in a cloistered life spend their very secondary, because His peace sur- time in prayer offering themselves to God. "So we have people who suffer and this passes all understanding, and is everlastis Christ showing himself in His suffering ing." he says.

And if we have that, we have everything, through them."

But if we don't believe in the value of sufhe emphasises, because physical illnesses come and go "but the heart is where peace fering, "then we have abortions where the

THE MIRACLE PRAYER ' used by Fr Rookey.

Lord Jesus,Icome before you. just as Jam. Jam sorry for my sins.Irepent of my sins, please forgive me.

In your name.Iforgive all others for what they have done against me. I renounce Satan. the evil spirits and all their works.

Igive you my entire self. Lord Jesus, now and forever, Iinvite you into my life Jesus.Iaccept you as my Lord, God and Saviour.

Heal me, change me, strengthen me in body, soul and spirit.

Come Lord Jesus, cover rue with your precious blood and fill me with your Holy Spirit.

I Love You Lord Jesus. I Praise You Jesus.IThank You Jesus. Ishall follow you every day of my life. Amen.

Mary my mother. Queen of Peace. St Peregrine, the cancer saint, all you Angels and Saints, please help me.

Amen.

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Movie review and ratings

Fearsome but jaundiced movie almost certainly a primal flop

By Henry Herx

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hicago serves unhappily as the setting for the ugly pulp fiction proceedings empty the that clutter thriller, "Primal Fear" (Paramount).

What's primary here is not fear but sensationalism in the form of cheap thrills.

And they are much needed because Richard Gere's character as Martin Vail, the hotshot Chicago lawyer who admires only himself and whom the viewer is stuck with for over two hours, is largely an unconvincing yawn.

Unfortunately, just about everybody else is equally unconvincing in going through the paces of stereotyped roles as lawyers and clients, cops and corrupt politicians and the evereager news media.

At the centre of the plot is not so much Vail as ills his client, Aaron (Edward Norton), the youth arrested for the gruesome murder of Archbishop Rushman (Stanley Anderson).

Nobody tries to establish a motive for the horrendous crime until the trial is well under way, then a pornographic videotape is found revealing the

prelate's sexual abuse of some youngsters. Then at the next lull in the plot, a psychologist (Frances McDormand) figures out that Aaron is the victim of multiple personalities.

After listless courtroom scenes.

Aaron is judged criminally insane.

Visually moved by his own legal brilliance, Vail goes to share his emotions with Aaron but his pride is pricked by one final surprise from the tricky lad.

The cynical ending makes a mockery of justice, which is a real downer for those who have gone the distance.

Directed by Gregory Hoblit. the story is a patchwork of legal mumbo jumbo and criminal stereotypes that don't add up to a coherent plot or characters who hold interest.

Highly manipulative, shoddily contrived, the movie is hinged on the sexual titillation of the prelate's voyeurism and the sensationalism of his gory murder.

Because of the presence of graphic scenes of sex and violence as well as a cynical exploitation of a religious figure, The US Catholic Conference classification is 0 - morally offensive.

Movie ratings

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Primal Fear panders to stereotypes of Church NEW YORK (CNS) - The Paramount film "Primal Fear" feeds the appetite of those looking for "invidious portrayals of the Catholic Church," according to the president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.

"There is not a redeeming feature about any Catholic in the entire film," said the official, William Donohue.

Donohue's harsh criticism came following the release of the movie which is widely expected to be controversially received for its hostile portrayal of Catholic

In a 1993 lawsuit, Cook had clergy. "Indeed, the ones that are Bernadin. The US Catholic presented are uniformly debas- Conference Office for Film and accused Cardinal Bernardin Broadcasting has classified the of sexually abusing him in the ed," Donohue said.

1970s when he was a seminarian, film 0 - morally offensive. the was which Fear," "Primal The film has been given the rat- but he made a complete and volNumber 1 movie in the United States for the first two weeks of ing principally because of untary retraction of the charges April, tells the story of a young its "graphic scenes of sex and of four months later.

Cook died of AIDS in 1995. "The a as well as man accused of the murder of violence effect of this movie unmistakable religious a of exploitation cynical Chicago. of the archbishop is to keep alive the accuser's In the film the archbishop is figure."

Donohue said the movie's worst allegations" despite the portrayed as having sexually abused some homeless young- themes were especially distress- retraction, Donohue said.

"Cardinal Bernardin, who has ing "in light of the scurrilous sters. served the Church faithfully retracted later were that a charges bears film the of part This strong resemblance to the by Steven Cook" against Cardinal with vigour for many years, is charges made in 1993 against Joseph Bernardin, archbishop of deserving of our utmost respect, not disdain," he added.

Joseph Chicago.

Chicago's Cardinal

NEW YORK (CNS) - Here is a list of recent films the US Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting has rated for moral suitability. Al general patronage; All adults and adolescents; All! adults; AW - adults, with reservations (this indicates films that, while not morally offensive in themselves, are not for casual viewing because they require some analysis and explanation in order to avoid false impressions and interpretations); 0 - morally offensive.

All Dogs Go to Heaven 2. Al Angels & Insects, AN Anne Frank Remembered, All Antonia's Line, MV August, All The Birdcage. MV Braveheart, API Broken Arrow, 0 Captives, AN Celtic Pride, AIII The Craft. AM Dead Man Walking, All! Diabolique, 0 Down Periscope, AM Executive Decision, AM Faithful, 0 A Family Thing. AIII Fargo, AIV Fear. 0 Flirting With Disaster, AN The Flower of My Secret. All! For the Moment, AIII Happy Gilmore, AIII Hellraiser. Bloodline, 0 Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, Al James and the Giant Peach, Al! Jane Eyre, All Jumanji, All Kids in the Hall Brain Candy, AIV The Last Supper, 0 Leaving Las Vegas, 0 Mighty Aphrodite, A111 Mr. Holland's Opus, All Mrs. Winterbourne, Mulholland Falls, AIV Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud, Oliver & Company, Al Once Upon a Time ... When We Were Colored, All The Postman (II Postino), All Primal Fear, 0 The Quest. All! Rumble in the Bronx, All! Sense and Sensibility, All Seven. 0 Sgt Bilko, All The Substitute, 0 Sunset Park, AP/ A Thin Line Between Love & Hate, 0 The Mirth About Cats & Dogs, AIV Up Close & Personal, AIR Waiting to Exhale. API

Video ratings Here is a list of recent videocassette releases of theatrical movies that the US Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting has rated on the basis of moral suitability.

USCC classifications: AI- general patronage; adults and adolescents; AIII adults; AIV - adults, with reservations (this indicates films that, while not morally offensive in themselves, are not for casual viewing because they require some analysis and explanation in order to avoid false impressions and interpretations); 0 - morally offensive.

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Al!!

The Amazing Panda Adventure, MI Angus, AIII The Aristocats, AI Assassins, 0 Babe, Al The Baby-Sitters Club. Al Balto, Al Before Sunrise, AM Beyond Rangoon, AIII The Boys of St. Vincent, All! Braveheart, AIV The Bridges of Madison County, AIV The Brothers McMullen, AN Cinderella, Al Cltockers, AN Clueless, 0 Congo, A-I! Copycat, 0 Country Life, All

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Cutthroat Island, Al!!

Dangerous Minds, Al!!

Dead Presidents, AN Devil in a Blue Dress, Al!!

Die Hard With a Vengeance, 0 Dolores Claiborne, A-I!!

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain, AIII Fair Game, 0 First Knight, All Fluke, Al! The Glass Shield, All! Gordy, Al (G) Hackers, A-I!!

Home for the Holidays, AIII How to Make an American Quilt, AIII The Indian in the Cupboard, AI The Innocent, Al!!

It Takes Avo, Al! Just Cause, Al!!

A Kid in King Arthur's Court, Al!

Last of the Dogmen, Alll Losing Isaiah, Al!!

The Madness of King George, AIII Magic in the Water, Al! Miami Rhapsody, Al!!

Money Train, 0 Muriel's Wedding, AIII My Family-Mi Familia, Al!!

National Lampoon's Senior 0 The Net, A-Ill (PG-13) Never Talk to Strangers, 0 (R) Now and Then, AIR Operation Dumbo Drop, All Outbreak, AIII The Perez Family, AN Persuasion, Al! The Prophecy, AN A Pure Formality, AIII Rob Roy, AIII The Run of the Country, AN The Scarlet Letter, Al!!

The Secret of Roan Inish, MI Seven, 0 Smoke, Mil Something to Talk About, AM Species, 0 (R) The Stars Fell on Henrietta, AIII Steal Big, Steal Little, AIII Strange Days, 0 The Tie That Binds, 0 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Alll Tom and Huck, NI Tommy Boy, AIII Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, 0 Unstrung Heroes, Al! The Usual Suspects, AIII Virtuosity, 0 Waiting to Exhale, AN A Walk in the Clouds, Al!!

Waterworld, AIV What Happened Was..., Mil While You Were Sleeping. Al!!

White Man's Burden, Al!!

Mothers' Day 1996

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other for eight daughters

In a society where most women get married young, or at the hen jamileh Aranky of most receive bachelor degrees, Bir Zeit on the West all of the Aranky sisters went on Bank in Israel gave to college, and four of them conbirth to her seventh daughter 24 tinued with graduate studies.

Saila, 37, studied law in Iraq; years ago, the villagers consoled 35, Aranky-Nasser, her, two years later when her Maha educaphysical a be to studied eighth and final daughter was born, they looked at her with pity. tion teacher in Iraq and now lives At the same time that Mrs with her husband and two chilAranky was having one daughter dren in Jordan: Suhad, 33, is after another, a neighbourhood completing her master's degree woman was having sons at the in public health in the United same rate. She received the States; Sahar, 31, is an accountant: Sawsan. 29, received her warm admiration of the village.

"Many people were sad for me. master's in industrial pharmacolWhen they came to see me ogy in France; Abeer Arankythey would say 'Poor Jamileh," Nasser, 26, is a dentist with her Mrs Aranky, now 60, said. "I own clinic in Bir Zeit and has 24.

Lulu, daughter: made a promise to myself to one prove to everybody that there is received her degree in business no difference between boys and administration from Bir Zeit girls, that one of my girls would University and will marry in August: and the youngest. Hanan, be better than eight boys."

Mrs Aranky and her husband, 22. is studying sociology at Bir Aranky Aranky, who died nine Zeit University.

Only one of the eight boys born years ago of a heart attack, were determined that all eight of to the other family received a their daughters would receive university degree.

"Now the people who pitied me university degrees and positions come to me and tell me, of respect in their community.

By Judith Sudilovsky

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Jamileh Aranky (white blouse) stands outside her home with daughters Photo k.:NS Hanan (left), Sahar, and Sawsan and granddaughter Tala.

Your girls are wonderful.' Now notices that difference between they say eight girls are better herself and her friends, she said.

Mrs Aranky is a member of than eight boys," Mrs Aranky said, a smile slowly forming on Immaculate Conception Parish in Bir Zeit and is president of the her lips.

The most important thing their Legion of Mary. She has been a mother gave them. Hanan said - member of the lib. Zeit Women's and her sisters agree - is confi- Charitable Society for 26 years.

"I have faith in God, and when I dence in themselves and in their ability to achieve. She sent my girls to study I said to

God, 'This is your daughter. Take care of her,- she said.

Sawsan. who spent two years studying in Europe, said her mother has her limits.

"Some of the rules she can't break, but she never gives an order. She says, 'This is what I think, but it is up to you.' Since my mother gave us our liberty. I feel I can't do anything to hurt her. She gave us so much, so I have to give back to her. If! hurt her. I would feel ashamed," Sawsan said.

The only arguments they have, she added, laughing, are about what time to go to Mass.

Mrs Aranky likes to go to an early Mass, and her daughters like to sleep late, and sometimes there Is no afternoon Mass.

"Our religion tells us we must go to Mass," insisted Mrs Aranky.

Her daughters grinned at their mother.

As her 3-year-old granddaughter climbed on the sofa next to her she proclaimed: "I am proud of my daughters. They love me and respect me."

Feminine talents proclaim the greatness of God The Church's World Communications Day will be celebrated in many dioceses worldwide this month.

Pope John Paul II's message for the day dealt with the media as a modern forum for promoting the role of women in society.

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achieve real equality in every this year, the theme for area: equal pay for equal work, World Communications protection for working mothers, Day - The Media: Modern Forum fairness in career advancement, for Promoting the Role of equality of spouses with regard Women in Society - recognises to family rights, and the recognithat the communications media tion of everything that is part of play a crucial role not only in the rights and duties of citizens promoting justice and equality in a democratic state. for women but in fosterSecondly, the advancement of ing appreciation for their specific women's genuine emancipation feminine gifts, which elsewhere is a matter of justice, which can I have called the "genius" of no longer be overlooked; it is women (Mulieris Dignita fern, 30: also a question of society's welLetter to Women, 10). fare.

Last year, in my Letter to Fortunately, there is a growroom: Pope John Paul has called on the media to report the true story on women Women, I sought to advance ing awareness that women must A newspaper news a dialogue, especially with be enabled to play their part in ands of interpersonal relation- greatly contribute to the "civilisa- illiterate, the young, the old, the handicapped. tion of love"? women themselves, on what it the solution of the serious prob- ships.

Some of these women are means to be a woman in our lems of society and of The communications media, Women themselves can do involved in the comthemselves time. cinethe press, the including much to foster better treatment society's future. media - working so munications the television, and radio ma, proby media: the in I also pointed out some of women of In every area, "a greater pres"the obstacles which in so many ence of women in society will music industry and computer moting sound media education that "the poor have the Gospel parts of the world still keep prove most valuable, for it will networks, represent the modern programs, by teaching others, preached to them" (cf. Luke 4:18).

"My soul proclaims the greatwomen from being fully integrat- help to manifest the contradic- forum where information is especially their families, to be ed into social, political and eco- tions present when society is received and transmitted rapidly discriminating consumers in the ness of the Lord" (Luke 1:46). nomic life". organised solely according to the to a global audience, where ideas media market, by making known The Blessed Virgin Mary used This is a dialogue which people criteria of efficiency and produc- are exchanged, where attitudes their views to production compa- these words in responding to in the communications media tivity, and it will force systems to are formed - and, indeed, where nies. publishers, broadcasting the salutation of her cousin networks and advertisers with Elizabeth, thus acknowledging can, indeed have an obligation to, the be redesigned in a way which a new culture is being shaped. desregard to programs and publica- the "great things" that God had therefore are media The foster and support. favours the processes of humanitions which insult the dignity of done in her. influpowerful a exercise to tined People in the media often sation which mark the 'civilisaThe image of women communience in determining whether women or debase their role in become advocates, and com- tion of love". by the media should cated and society. recognises fully society mendably so, of the voiceless and The "civilisation of love" coninclude the recognition that only the rights not appreciates can Moreover, and women the marginalised. sists, most particularly, in a radithe special gifts of should prepare themselves for every feminine gift proclaims the They are in a unique position cal affirmation of the value of life but also women. positions of responsibility and greatness of the Lord, the Lord also to stimulate public con- and of the value of love. not see often Sadly though, we creativity in the media, not in who has communicated life and sciousness with regard to two Women are especially qualified exploitathe but exaltation the conflict with or imitation of mas- love, goodness and grace. the issues concerning and privileged in both of these serious tion of women in the media. culine roles but by impressing Lord who is the source of the digwomen in today's world. areas. Regarding life, although nity and equality of women, and How often are they treated their own "genius" on their work of the special "genius."

First, as I noted in my letter, not alone responsible for affirmprofessional activity. motherhood is often penali- ing its intrinsic value, women not as persons with an inviolable and My prayer is that this 30th purwhose objects as but dignity media would do well to World Communications Day The zed rather than rewarded, even enjoy a unique capacity for doing though humanity owes its very so because of their intimate con- pose is to satisfy others' appetite focus on the true heroines will encourage all those involved of society, including the saintly in the media of social communisurvival to those women who nection with the mystery of life's for pleasure or for power? women of the Christian tradi- cation, especially the sons and woman of role the is often How have chosen to be wives and transmission. tion, as role models for the young daughters of the Church, to promother undervalued and wife as mothers.

Regarding love, women can for future generations. and ridiculed? even or mote the genuine advancement It is certainly an injustice that bring to every aspect of life, can we forget, in this of women's dignity and rights, by Nor How often is the role of women such women should be discrimi- including the highest levels of nated against, economically or decision-making, that essential in business or professional life respect, the many consecrated projecting a true and respectful socially, precisely for following quality of femininity which con- depicted as a masculine carica- women who have sacrificed all to image of their role in society, and that fundamental vocation. sists in objectivity of judgment, ture, a denial of the specific gifts follow Jesus and to dedicate by bringing out "the full truth Likewise. I pointed out that tempered by the capacity to of feminine insight, compassion themselves to prayer and to the about women" (Letter to Womthere is an urgent need to understand in depth the dem- and understanding, which so service of the poor, the sick, the en, 12). ear brothers and sisters,

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To Jesus through Mary. . . .

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Transl- announcement which is unique ations of the Angel Gabriel's in human history: a simple, norgreeting to Mary - "Ave, Maria" mal greeting, then, would seem in Latin and "Hail, Mary" out of place," the Pope said.

In English - do not fully convey Continuing a series of audience the joy with which she was talks about Mary's role in salvato receive the news of her divine tion history, the Pope said the motherhood, Pope John Paul II translations should match more said. closely the words of Old A better translation of the New Testament prophets calling on Testament Greek would be the "daughter of Sion" to shout "Rejoice, Mary," the Pope said on for joy, be glad, exalt and rejoice.

May 1 at his weekly general audiAt the beginning of the month ence. the Catholic Church dedicates "Ave" and "Hail," he said, are to Mary, the Pope did not go so simple expressions of greeting far as to recommend a change in "which do not seem to corre- the translation of the traditional spond fully to the intentions of Hail Mary prayer. the divine messenger and the Mary, he said, is the -new context in which the meeting daughter of Sion" who welcomes occurs." the Messiah into the world on "We must not forget that the behalf of all humanity. angel is aware of bringing an "It is significant that a woman

. . . a column of Marian devotion

plays this role," he said. "More and better than any other member of the chosen people, she can offer the Lord the true heart of a bride."

At the end of the audience, held on the feast day of S. Joseph the Worker - Labour Day in much of the world - the Pope prayed the saint would protect all workers and become a model for them in their professional and family lives.

"I ask you to pray for families who are in need of work," the Pope told pilgrims gathered at the Vatican in St Peter's Square.

The Holy Father's comments on the Rosary prayer came in a talk which has been part of a series of reflections on Mary and her role in salvation.

Problems wiII stop when Pope dies: McBrien

By Angela Apte HALES CORNERS, Wisconsin.

(CNS) - Father Richard McBrien said on April 27 that many US bishops were too preoccupied with rules and regulations "which have nothing to do with the Gospel."

"They are constantly deflecting our attention from the real work of the Church. They are not offering spiritual leadership, and that is the most severe criticism I can make of the hierarchy," the University of Notre Dame theologian said in an interview.

In Hales Corners to give an address at Sacred Heart School of Theology, Father McBrien was interviewed by the Catholic Herald, Milwaukee archdiocesan newspaper.

In early April the US bishops' Committee on Doctrine issued a critical review of Father McBrien's book "Catholicism."

The review criticised the book's presentation of some topics and said it gives insufficient weight to Church teaching in some areas, including homosexuality, contraception and women's ordination.

It questioned use of the book as a text for beginning theology students.

Father McBrien said he would agree with some of the criticisms if his book were a "catechetical text," but ills not.

The review's entire argument is predicated on the erroneous

Father Richard McBrien

assumption that it is a catechetical rather than theological text, he said.

He said college students using his book in introductory theology courses "have been Catholics for 19 to 20 years. They're not stupid.

They are taking other courses that are much more challenging.... It's not like they don't know what is going on in the world."

Dominican Father Augustine DiNoia, director of the bishops' Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Practices, told Catholic News Service the doctrine committee "agreed (with Father McBrien) that ills not a catechetical work."

The critique, he said, addressed questions of the book's use as an introduction to theology for "peo-

ple who are not theologically expert."

Recent actions by two Nebraska prelates sparked Father McBrien's criticism of bishops.

Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln said Catholics in his diocese who joined any of 12 groups would be excommunicated.

Archbishop Elden Curtiss of Omaha said Catholics who publicly support abortion or euthanasia or dissent from Church teaching on women's ordination are barred from parish and archdiocesan teaching, ministry or leadership positions.

"This is silly season in the Catholic Church," Father McBrien said.

He said he believes the bishops' Committee on Doctrine was under pressure from Rome to issue a negative critique.

The initial letter notifying him that the committee had concerns also said the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had expressed concern.

Church authorities in Rome "don't like it when the press calls me or when I appear on television. I don't give the party line," said Father McBrien, who is often asked by the media to comment on Church issues.

"What is going on now with Bishop Bruskewitz, Archbishop Curtiss, the review of my book, it will all come to an end when (Pope) John Paul II goes to heaven," Father McBrien said.

A week earlier Pope John Paul had said that the salvation of the world came through the Virgin Mary's acceptance of a committed spousal relationship with God. The history of God's relationship with his chosen people is presented in the Old Testament as a relationship of a husband who is always faithful and ready to forgive the betrayals of his bride, the Pope said April 24 at his weekly general audience.

Over and over again, he said, the Old Testament refers to Israel using the symbolism of "the unfaithful woman who is pardoned" for abandoning God and his laws and for worshipping idols. "Despite the infidelity of the people, the eternal love of

God is always ready to re-establish the pact of love and to give a salvation which surpasses every expectation," the Pope said.

Developing the Marian theme further, the Pope said Mary must have listened to and pondered the Old Testament prophecies of a new, "more stable and intimate union" between God and his people.

"The reproaches of the unfaithful people must have given rise in her to a more ardent commitment of fidelity to the alliance, opening her spirit to the prospect of a definitive spousal communion with the Lord in grace and in love," the Pope said.

From Mary's openness to God and commitment to fidelity . 'came the salvation of the whole world." he said.

Work without dignity can cause problems COMO. Italy (CNS) - Pope economic prosperity. the Pope John Paul II travelled to a lake- told workers and business leadside mountain city and ers, many economic problems preached unity and solidarity stem from a misunderstanding in the stronghold of an Italian of work and of the human person's relation to his or her job. separatist movement.

During a May 4-5 visit to "Many problems in economic Como, a northern Italian lake- life derive from the fact that side city surrounded by Alpine one thinks above all about the peaks. the Pope said the objective aspect of work, conregion's thriving silk-weaving sidering it mainly as a producenterprises and small-and tive process." Pope John Paul medium-size businesses are a said during the May 5 evening fundamental part of the Italian meeting in Como's cathedral.

The dignity of the human pereconomy.

In late April elections, Como son must take precedence over voters gave strong support to what is produced and how, he the Northern League, a political said.

"Conditions must be created movement pushing for autonowhich, while pursuing an effimy from the South.

Beginning his visit with a cient production and rational town-square meeting, the Pope use of goods and services, said. "I ask you to recognise make it possible for the worker and propose authentic moral to develop his or her personal values as an indispensable sup- abilities and to feel deeply port for a free and just society involved in what is made, to guided by leaders ready to feel that it is his or hers," the serve everyone, and especially Pope said.

Government policies must attentive to the poorest and ample room for neediest." allow While hard work is crucial to business initiative, he said.

But at the same time, they must promote the common good with particular concern for the weakest social classes.

"An absolute freedom, without regard for the motives of solidarity, certainly would not conform to the designs of God," he said.

Pope John Paul told the people of Como they must bring to the Church the same level of commitment they bring to their businesses.

"Faced with the process of deChristianisation and dehumanisation which threatens to pollute and overwhelm your rich religious and human heritage, you must have the courage to persevere and be Pope John Paul II greets handifirm and to live a life rooted in capped children at the Como stathe Gospel and in the teaching dium on May 5.

Photo. CNS/Reuters of the Church," he said.

Call to Action considers its response to Nebraskan bishops' moves

By Jennifer L Willems OMAHA, Nebraska. (CNS) - With some under threat of excommunication, members of Call to Action Nebraska prayed and talked about what their next moves should be at a study day on April 27 in Omaha.

"Those of us on the steering committee would like a week or so of no new developments," Lori Darby of Omaha, co-chair of the group, told the 160 others who showed up for the daylong session at First United Methodist Church, The Nebraska chapter of Call to Action The Record, May 9 1996 Page 12

was formed in February. In March Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln issued legislation placing all members of the group in his diocese under interdict as of April 15 and automatically excommunicating them a month later if they refused to leave the group.

He laid down the same penalties for Catholics in several other groups, including groups that promote abortion, euthanasia or Masonic teachings.

On April 24 Bishop Bruskewitz denied the appeal by some members of the Call to Action group to rescind or amend his legislation.

Call to Action, based in Chicago, was On April 25 the Omaha World-Herald reported on a letter sent to all parishes by founded in 1977 to promote greater Omaha's Archbishop Elden Curtiss, lay participation in Church decisions, and declaring that Catholics who publicly sup- changes in Church teaching and practice, port euthanasia, abortion or women including the ordination of women priests "may not be in any teaching, min- and married men to the priesthood.

In last weeks edition of The Record. the isterial or liturgical ministry or be a member of any parish or archdiocesan coun- Catholic News service reported that among the material being examined in the cil."

"This (Archbishop Curtiss' action) is not controversy by Vatican doctrinal officials excommunication, but it is painful," Mrs was an unsolicited report by several US civil lawyers, including Supreme Court Darby said.

"This is causing a great deal of agony for Justice Antonin Scalia.

Contacted in Rome, Scalia denied he had those who depend upon the Church for authored such a report. their livelihood."

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Pope defends resurrection from sceptics' attack

By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II rarely responds to magazine headlines.

But three recent US cover stories on the "debunking" of Christ's resurrection were too much to ignore.

The articles - in Newsweek Time and US News and World Report - gave prominence to a group of New Testament scholars who, individually and as members of a biblical think tank called the Jesus Seminar, view the Resurrection as one of many myths perpetrated by unreliable Gospel accounts.

As a theme for scholarly debate, that was bad enough in the Vatican's eyes. But its popularisation in three widely read US periodicals set off alarm bells in Rome.

The Pope, who has frequently defended the historical sound-

ness of the Bible, decided to answer on April 24.

The account of the Resurrection should be accepted as true, he said, not just because the Bible says it's so, but because of the weight of tradition and evidence.

He began by citing the "Catechism of the Catholic Church," which says that Christ's rising from the dead was a "real event, with manifestations that were historically verified."

The discovery of Christ's empty tomb, dismissed by the Jesus Seminar group as a later invention, is not a proof of the Resurrection, but was a clear pointer for the disciples, the Pope said.

He added, in a challenge to scholarly sceptics, that if the account of the empty tomb were baseless. "it wouldn't be difficult to refute."

But the Pope's most direct response to Jesus Seminar theo-

ries came when discussing the risen Christ's appearances to his followers.

Some now view these New Testament accounts as wishful thinking or symbolic narratives that lack historical corroboration.

That is ludicrous to the Pope, who said Jesus' apparitions were "completely credible."

His arguments struck a common-sense tone. First of all, he said, Christ appeared not just to one or two disciples but to many of his followers at different times and in different places.

What kind of people were these? he asks. The kind willing to believe in strange visions at the drop of a hat?

Hardly. These were down-toearth folks, fishermen of Galilee, and moreover demoralised by the death of their Lord.

Their innate scepticism was reflected in the doubting St Thomas. who demanded physi-

Charismatic cardinal, active in Council, dies

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN. CITY (CNS) Cardinal Leo jozef Suenens, a leading figure in the Church's charismatic renewal movement. died on May 6 in Belgium.

Offering his condolences. Pope John Paul II recalled the Belgian's central role at the Second Vatican Council, marked by "a great openness to the working of the Holy Spirit".

Cardinal Suenens died in a clinic in Brussels, where he had been treated for a blood clot.

The retired archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels was 91.

Before his key involvement in the Second Vatican Council. the future cardinal was best known as a Marian scholar.

In the last 20 years of his life. his main theological and pastoral concern became supporting and guiding the international charismatic renewal movement among Catholics.

Cardinal Suenens - an archbishop in 1961 and a cardinal in 1962 - was reportedly a dominant figure in the election of Popes Paul VI. John Paul I and John Paul II, and was said to have been considered a possible candidate for the papacy in 1963 after John XXIII's death.

He was an active member of

Cardinal Leo Jozef Suenens

the Vatican commission that prepared for the opening of the Second Vatican Council and was one of four cardinal-members of the council's College of Moderators. who regulated the debate.

In a 1970 article he spoke of the life of the Church after the council and Catholic reactions to it.

"First of all," he said, "there are those for whom Vatican II was a simple parenthesis. As a whole. they form the traditionalist. conservative group. They suffer. and rightly so. to see all around the decline in faith and religious practices; the extravagances of certain ultra-progressives hurt

cal proof of the Resurrection. "To rule out any possible fraud, it's enough to consider the holiness of their lives, which for many ended in martyrdom.

There is no reason to believe they were seized by mystical excitement or by collective hallucination," the Pope declared.

To those who have suggested that Christ may have returned as an apparition but not with his earthly body, the pontiff was categorical: 'The body that returned to life in the tomb, raised to a condition of glory, is the same that was formed in (Mary's) womb," he said.

The Pope's rebuttal was short but packed with significance.

It reflected deep concern among Vatican officials and Rome biblical experts. who fear that the widely publicised theses of the Jesus Seminar will be accepted as gospel by an inexpert public.

Resurrection: central belief of Faith. jnr;S: rliS at Sn,k)14,1 the Bastisca of the Immaculate Conception in CNS/Nancy Wiechec.

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word from the pulpit about the needs of the poor or the evils of FORT WORTH, Texas (CNS) - family violence brings people The composition of the perma- forward, she said.

The preaching and teaching nent diaconate makes this of our time is to supchallenge with most of men, diverse group secular occupations in addition port the two-parent family, Mrs. to their Church ministries, ideal Lackey said.

Yet, single-parent families need for the practice of social ministry, a priest told the National to hear that God's grace is not Association of Diaconate Direct- limited to one kind of family, she OFS. added.

Msgr. Philip Murnion, director Deacon directors said they of the National Pastoral Life responded favourably to the the quick.

"But, on to the them Centre in New York, was one of other hand, they suffer also for three keynote speakers at talks, but they expressed reservaunfounded reasons: they do not the association's April 24-27 con- tions about how additional traindistinguish authentic and sacred ference in Fort Worth on the ing in fields such as community tradition from purely human tra- theme. "Diaconal Experience: organising could be incorporated ditions accumulated through the Refocusing Our Theory and into already long and crowded formation programs. ages and which periodically have Practice."

They speculated that extrasaid. questioned." he to be "Many diaconate programs "At the other extreme, we have encourage training in clinical parochial structures for the diaa class of exaggerated progres- pastoral education, the kind of conate would be long in coming. sives who reject tradition, who one-on-one skills aimed at healMost deacons are recommendare up in arms against ing the soul and the spirit." Msgr. ed by pastors who have lost the Church in her institutional Mumion said. their associate pastors." said he wrote. elements "In addition, ministry formation Johnnie Hammonds, a deacon His worldwide travels as an might well include community who is diaconate formation enthusiastic supporter of the organising training or the skills of director for the Archdiocese of charismatic renewal increased mobilising people."

Los Angeles. after his retirement in 1979.

"The pastors want an associate.

Social justice ministry often But in 1976 his own Mechelen- crosses parish boundaries, The candidates tend to be peoBrussels priests' council criti- he added. ple who were active in the cised him for failing to consult it He suggested that deacons parish." and for failing to delegate power need a supra-parish structure.

Since deacon candidates were effectively to his vicars-general possibly analogous to religious men who were active in parish during his frequent absences orders that are formed around work. they naturally gravitate to from the diocese. a specific ministry. that kind of work after ordinaBorn to a family of modest In the second keynote talk, tion. means in a suburb of Brussels Dolores Leckey, executive direcMany dioceses do not have July 16, 1904, he decided at age tor of the US bishops' Secretariat assignment policies structured 17 to study for the priesthood. for Family. Laity. Women steer deacons into specific that study Rome to He was sent to and Youth, focused on opportuniinistries. m and was ordained in 1927. After a ties for deacons to minister to Convention participants were decade of teaching. he was the needs of families.

Preaching is a powerful min- upbeat about the current state appointed vice rector of and the future of the diaconate. the Catholic University of istry, she said.

All hut 11 of the 185 US dioce"Never underestimate the lAmvain. Belgium, in 1940.

Sentenced to death by the power of the pulpit." she said. ses have permanent deacons, Nazis, he was saved by the Allied "It is a public gathering likened and most have active diaconate to no other in our country." One programs. invasion.

By Ken Eppes

Anything's allowed in a democracy if the people want it: US judge ROME (CNS) - If the majority in a democratic society want abortion, then the state should allow it, US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said in Rome.

But Jesuit Father Carl Huber, dean of the philosophy faculty at Gregorian, said he had "some qualms" about this view of majority rule, recalling that in his native Germany some 50 years ago a majority backed legal decrees against the Jews.

He cited the traditional church teaching that an unjust law is not a valid law.

Justice Scalia, who has been reported in the past to be a Catholic, said that if a majority was against abortion, the state should be able to ban abortion - not because the government answers to a higher moral law, but because it should carry out the will of the people, he said.

Justice Scalia made the remarks on May 2 at a Rome conference on politics sponsored by the Gregorian University.

He said a government should not determine policies according to moral princi-

ples, unless those principles are shared by the majority.

"I do not know how you can argue on the basis of democratic theory that the government has a moral obligation to do something that is opposed by the people." he said. "If the people, for example, want abortion, the state should permit abortion, in a democracy.

If the people do not want it, the state should he able to prohibit it as well."

But the idea that democracies must

answer to an objective moral law has been a key teaching in recent documents of the Pope. In an encyclical on abortion and other life issues last year, he wrote that this "natural law" was an obligatory point of reference for civil law.

"Democracy cannot be idolised to the point of making it a substitute for morality," the Pope said.

Justice Scalia said the concept of the natural law was "not to talk about something we all agree upon."

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must poor Women and Protest is called off be international priority In Brief

By Winnie Graham

Bishop Gumbleton is sorested last Friday.

Photo: CNS/Bob Roller WASHINGTON (CNS) Ursuline Sister Dianna Ortiz ended her vigil and fast in front of the White House on May 6, saying that while information released so far is inadequate, there seemed to be momentum toward resolving questions about her 1989 abduction, rape and torture.

The press conference capped an eight-day campaign of civil disobedience in front of the White House in which more than 100 people including an auxiliary bishop, Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit, nuns and priests were arrested.

Sister Ortiz claims an American government employee supervised her abduction in Guatemala.

Germany visit VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II will visit Paderborn and Berlin from lune 21-23, his third papal trip to Germany.

A major event in Paderborn will be Pope John Paul's meeting with ecumenical leaders, while the centrepiece of the trip is expected to be the June 23 beatifications in Berlin of two Catholic priests - Father Bernhard Lichtenberg and Father Karl Leisner - who died because of their opposition to the Nazis.

Ceasefire joy JERUSALEM (CNS) Lebanon's Maronite patriarch said he was grateful for the end to 16 days of shelling, which he said proved that solidarity among the Lebanese was the "best and most effective weapon against oppression."

The cardinal spoke on April 28, the day after a cease-fire was put into effect, ending fighting between Israel and Hezbollah forces.

Phil's OK on TV NEW YORK (CNS) - Jerry Springer fared the worst out of 10 daytime television talk shows hosts, and Phil Donahue - who started the genre-turned-glut of daytime TV talkers - came out best in a survey by Morality in Media.

The survey was conducted in February, when huge efforts are made to lure viewers.

On a I-to-10 scale, with 1 being the worst, Donahue had the highest score, at 7.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNS) - The head of the Holy See's delegation at the ninth UN Conference on Trade and Development said the needs of women in a developing society and people living in poverty are "special concerns."

Msgr. Diarmuid Martin, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, told the conference that women's contribution to economic and social development was essential.

In the development process, investment in basic health and education for women has to be ensured, along with access to credit, ownership titles and know-how, he said.

Some 3,000 delegates from 198 countries attended the conference in early May in Midrand, just outside Johannesburg.

Speaker after speaker expressed concern for the "excluded 2 billion" - people in the leastdeveloped countries who have

been marginalised by the global economy and the liberalisation of international trade.

Msgr. Martin pointed out the interests of women and the poor had to be kept in mind throughout all the conference's work.

"People living in poverty must be enabled to become active and productive members of the economy and society," he said.

-There are many experiences which show how people living in poverty have been helped to develop small enterprises and have collectively contributed not without great difficulty - to the identification and establishment of appropriate infrastructures needed to insert their activity into the broader market, Including on an international level."

Africa, he added, was a main concern.

Msgr. Martin said the UN Conference on Trade and Development had to continue playing a role on the question of debt man-

agement. The servicing of out- manner," Msgr. Martin said. standing unpayable debts impos- "UNCTAD could have a role in ed disproportionately heavy bur- seeing that concerns for environdens on the most vulnerable mental protection and for enviindustrial members of society, he said, and ronmental-friendly multilateral debt in particular development do not give rise to constituted a heavy burden for a protectionist trade barriers."

He said that even more impornumber of the poorest countries.

"It is a burden in terms of tant was the need to avoid forms of economic development human costs," he said.

"Un-resolved external debt is a that would harm the rights of deterrent to domestic and for- people.

Trade and development policies eign private investment, and its management causes a diversion that foster improvement in the social conditions of workers of scarce administrative effort."

Developing countries also need should be implemented, he said.

He stressed, too, that the good technical assistance to support their efforts to meet internation- functioning of the market ally accepted environmental depended on ethical behaviour and on -enshrinement of standards and targets.

He said there was a clear con- certain ethical principles within sensus among nations on the policies and within a legal frameneed to apply existing agree- work" Competitiveness and solidarity ments on environmental protection and to cooperate on all should not be opposed to each transnational aspects of the prob- other, he said. lem.

-The pursuit of economic secu"ft is also clear, however, that rity and social stability through environmental measures can be isolationist policies is an illumanipulated in a protectionist sion," he said.

Younger women with new outlook Mines are shy away from that 'feminism' word 'insane'

By Nancy Frazier O'Brien WASHING (CNS) - As the "old feminism" dies out, women must take care to assure that the new movement that arises in Its place does not make the same mistakes, a law professor told a national conference.

"There is a widespread sense that the old feminism veered off course somewhere along the way," said Mary Ann Glendon, a professor of law at Harvard University and the head of the Vatican delegation to the 1995 UN conference on women in Beijing.

Ms Glendon spoke May 3 in Washington on "A Glimpse of the New Catholic Feminism" at a national conference on "Women and the Culture of Life."

The meeting, which drew more than 200 participants, was sponsored by Women Affirming Life

and the US bishops' Secretariat early days of feminism, some for Pro-Life Activities. "are beginning to count up the As a teacher of first-year law casualties of the women's movestudents for more than two ment, especially with regard to decades, Ms Glendon said she children," she added. has seen evidence that matchBut "I do believe a new es national surveys showing approach to women's issues increasing alienation among is emerging," Ms. Glendon said women from "feminism."

The new Catholic feminism "The majority of women (today) would be -inclusive rather decline to identify themselves as than polarising," with men and feminists," she said. women as "partners in the quest "And younger women are even for better ways to love and work." more alienated from the word and it would be "radical in the sense of the Second Vatican than older women."

Most women characterise the Council," she said.

One thing that is needed, she old feminism as having a negative attitude toward marriage and added, is "a fundamental reassmotherhood, an antagonism essment of the value of various toward men and "an inattention kinds of work in this society." to the practical problems of balBy trying to succeed in business ancing work and family," Ms. on men's terms, some women Glendon said. have been "buying right into that Although many young women disrespect" for such "women's today are "profoundly apprecia- work" as homemaking and childtive of the gains made" in the rearing, Ms Glendon said.

We didn't do enough: Argentines BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - of Buenos Aires, who, as a young Argentina's bishops issued a doc- priest, was kidnapped three ument saying they made insuffi- times during the dictatorship. cient efforts to stop human "We ask forgiveness to God and rights violations during the coun- to our brothers because our try's "dirty war" of the 1970s actions were insufficient to and early 1980s. detain the illegal repression Some human rights campaign- that left thousands of dead and ers reacted immediately, calling disappeared people in the counthe document a weak statement. try," the document said.

After a year and three rewrit"We are deeply sorry for our ings, the bishops approved Incapacity to relieve the pain the document at the end of their generated by such drama," said plenary meeting. the bishops, while expressing It said their efforts to stop their "special solidarity with human right violations during those who may feel hurt for that the 1976-1983 military rule and reason." guerrilla war "were insufficient "There were Catholics who justo impede such horror." tified and participated in the Among those who approved the guerrilla-inspired Marxist docdocument were Archbishop trine," the bishops said.

Carlos Galan of La Plata, who "There were also other groups, was in charge of the daily rela- among which (were) many chiltionship with the military during dren of the church, that illegally the 1970s, and Auxiliary Bishop responded to the guerrillas, in an Guillermo Rodriguez Melgarejo immoral and outrageous way.

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This shamed us all. "We tried to find practical solutions and avoid worse problems for the detained," they said.

"We must confess that, unfortunately, we ran across irreducible attitudes of many authorities."

The bishops said they knew many people thought they should have broken relations with government authorities in an effort to free prisoners.

"Only God knows what could have happened if we would have done that," they said.

Besides admitting their mistakes, the bishops highlighted the numerous documents released by the Catholic Church defending human rights and many actions by individual bishops.

An estimated 4,000 people were killed and at least 10,000 people disappeared during the "dirty war."

weapons

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Increased regulation of land mines will not stop them from maiming and killing thousands of civilians each year, said Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

"There is nothing more Insane than a weapon of war so blind that it kills and wounds more in times of peace," the cardinal said in a May 6 statement.

Cardinal Etchegaray joined the a coalition of 400 nongovernmental organisations in criticising compromises made during a UN-sponsored conference to revise an international agreement on land mines and other conventional weapons that are "excessively injurious or have indiscriminate effects."

At the end of the April 22May 3 meeting in Geneva, the 55 nations could not agree on a total ban on the production, sale and use of land mines.

-One could have reasonably hoped that the international community would ban anti-personnel land mines as it did with chemical weapons in 1993," Cardinal Etchegaray said.

International law, he said, should not tolerate the use of weapons that have no way of discriminating between civilians and combatants.

In a compromise agreement, which critics said included no provision for verification, the countries at the Geneva conference voted to ban only those mines that are undetectable because of no metal or very low metal content.

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The Catechism of the Catholic Church "He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father" 659 "So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God." Christ's body was glorified at the moment of his Resurrection, as proved by the new and supernatural properties it subsequently and permanently enjoys. But during the forty days when he eats and drinks familiarly with his disciples and teaches them about the kingdom, his glory remains veiled under the appearance of ordinary humanity. Jesus' final apparition ends with the irreversible entry of his humanity

into divine glory, symbolised by the cloud and by heaven, where he is seated from that time forward at God's right hand. Only in a wholly exceptional and unique way would Jesus show himself to Paul "as to one untimely born," in a last apparition that established him as an apostle.

660 The veiled character of the

glory of the Risen One during this time is intimated in his mysMary words to terious Magdalene: "I have not yet ascended to the Father: but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." This indicates a difference in manifestation between the glory of the risen Christ and that of the Christ exalted to the Father's right hand, a transition

marked by the historical and transcendent event of the Ascension.

661 This final stage stays closely linked to the first, that is, to his descent from heaven in the Incarnation. Only the one who "came from the Father" can return to the Father: Christ Jesus.

"No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man." Left to its own natural powers humanity does not have access to the "Father's house," to God's life and happiness. Only Christ can open to man such access that we, his members, might have confidence that we too shall go where he, our Head and our Source, has preceded us.

662 "And I, when I am lifted up

from the earth, will draw all men understand the glory and honour to myself." The lifting up of Jesus of divinity, where he who exists on the cross signifies and as Son of God before all ages, announces his lifting up by his indeed as God, of one being with Ascension into heaven, and the Father, is seated bodily after indeed begins it. Jesus Christ, the he became incarnate and his % one priest of the new and eternal flesh was glorified."

Covenant. "entered, not into a sanctuary made by human hands 664 Being seated at the Father's . . . but into heaven itself, now to right hand signifies the inauguraappear in the presence of God on tion of the Messiah's kingdom, our behalf." There Christ perma- the fulfilment of the prophet nently exercises his priesthood, Daniel's vision concerning the for he "always lives to make Son of man: "To him was given intercession" for "those who dominion and glory and kingdraw near to God through him." dom, that all peoples, nations, As "high priest of the good things and languages should serve him: to come" he is the center and the his dominion is an everlasting principal actor of the liturgy that dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that honours the Father in heaven. shall not be destroyed." After this 663 Henceforth Christ is seated event the apostles became witat the right hand of the Father. nesses of the "kingdom [that) will "By 'the Father's right hand' we have no end." ‘+. Th43 RecotdoMay,9 4196 Page 15

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

PRINCIPAL COLLIE CATHOLIC COLLEGE Collie Catholic College is a co-educational College which caters for students from Kindergarten to Year 12. The current enrolment is 307.

The College is located on two campuses in close proximity to each other.

Ideally the successful applicant will take up the position at the beginning of Term 3, 1996.

However, the starting date may be negotiated with the Director.

MEL MARIA CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL Mel Maria Catholic Primary School, Attadale, is a double-stream school with an enrolment of approximately 486 students.

The school is located on three sites and caters for boys and girls from Pre-primary to Year 4, and girls only from Years 5 to 7.

The successful applicant will be expected to take up the position at the beginning of Term I. 1997 Additional information will be provided with requests for application forms.

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

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

Official application forms should he addressed to the Director. Catholic Education Office of WA. PO Box 198. Leederville WA 6903 and he lodged no later than Monday. 20 May 1996. ill Catholic schools are smoke-free workplaces.

THE PARISH S CENE NEWMAN SOCIETY The Newman Society Study Group will meet on Tuesday May 14 at 11am. Ut Unum Sint. Venue Our Lady of Missions Convent, 40 Mary St, Highgate (use Harold St entrance). Open to all interested. Phone 446-7340.

LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINAR Will be held at St Jerome's parish, cnr Rockingham Rd, Troode St, Munster. Begins Wednesday 22 May at 7pm in the church. Further enquiries please ring parish on 418-1229 or Eva on 418-1439.

SRI LANKAN DAY will be held at the Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook on May 26. There will be Mass at 11am followed by a picnic lunch.

Please contact Denzil Welsh 4019721 for further information.

This Catholic organisation provides hostel and independent living accommodation at Trinity Village, Duncraig. A unique opportunity exists for a couple who are supportive of a Catholic environment and ethos in Aged Care. Ideally the couple will have residential experience.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of five years experience in Aged Care and possess good management skills. Part-time involvement in the Village lifestyle will be expected of the Assistant Supervisor's partner.

Some gardening and general maintenance duties could be available.

A salary package including accommodation (new two bedroom unit) commensurate with the r esponsibilities and duties of this position will be negotiated with the successful applicants.

Please send us a neatly typed resume to the address below. quoting Ref No 6612. For further information telephone John Orzanski on (09) 322 3277 LYNCROFT CONSULTING GROUP LEVEL 2 ORD STREET WEST PERTH WA 6005 LYNCROFT PH: (09) 322 3277 FAX: (09) 322 3332 CONSULTING GROUP

CATH. PASTORAL WORKERS' ASSOC. REFLECTION DAY Date: Wednesday 15 May 1996.

Theme: Walking on Sacred Ground (a new look at our own life's experience). Facilitator Sr Paula Quinn PBVM. Venue Convent of Mercy, 113 Tyler St, Tuart Hill. Time 10am to 3pm (includes Mass). Cost $10 per person (incl. lunch, morning and afternoon teas). RSVP to Sr Mary Berry (ph 444-5750) by Monday 13 May 1996.

OUR LADY OF FATIMA The Portuguese Community celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima on Monday 13 May in St Patricks, Fremantle at 6.30pm with a Solemn High Mass, Benediction and procession.

Most Rev Bishop Robert Healy will preside and preach.

Members of associations and devotees of Our Lady are especially welcome.

ARCHDIOCESAN DEVELOPMENT FUND C3

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Courses for men and women. The course will synthesise personal awareness and relationship education with the teachings of the Catholic Church and Scripture in order to promote and deepen Faith with an emphasis on the Holy Spirit as well as to promote authenticity and tolerance at every stage of development.

For further verbal or written information please phone Eva, Tel. 418 1439

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FUNERAL FUND The ADF Fuateiri;i Fimcuias been established yo u Ianihead.

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Your pension or other income will not be affected and interest on your Funeral Fund is not taxable.

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MAY 12 RCIA Thanksgiving Mass, St Mary's Cathedral - Bishop Healy 13 Portugese Mass for Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Fremantle Bishop Healy 15 Centrecare Skills Training Centre, Distribution of Certificates Monsignor Keating Official Launching of WA's Miss Italy Quest 1996, Perth Rev Fr Angelo Gatto OCD 17 Law Week Ecumenical Church Service, Trinity Uniting Church Monsignor Keating Media Launch of St Vincent de Paul 1996 Winter Appeal Monsignor Keating Opening of "Life in the Eucharist" Seminar - Bishop Healy 19 Confirmation, Doubleview Monsignor Keating 23 Churches' Commission on Education AGM and dinner Bishop Healy

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