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Priest 'angry' over refugee access

By Colleen McGuiness-Howard Father Walter McNamara, parish priest of Port Hedland and pastor for the Inunigration Reception and Processing Centre in the Pilbara coastal town has attacked the Federal Department of Immigration and Multi Cultural Affairs for restricting his access to the boat people interned in the Centre.

He objects because his access rights to visit detainees are only the same as normal visitors to the Centre, except for being allowed in to say Mass on Sundays, and take Rosary and Bible study on Mondays, he told The Record this week.

Fr McNamara was speaking after a Chinese couple and their disabled son were deported back to China from the Centre last week.

Despite having received an assurance from the Prime Minister's office that he would be given access to the family prior to departure, Fr McNamara said he was "extremely disappointed and angry that this promise was unfulfilled."

Immigration authorities barred Fr McNamara from access to the couple on the tarmac as they were departing, saying they had not received written authorisation for him to see them.

He said that looking for an alternative entrance to the tarmac in an endeavour to catch a

glimpse of the couple and to give them a wave, "because I'd been ministering to them, and praying with them," his presence was challenged and he was escorted off the tarmac.

He then saw two buses and a paddy wagon which he believed contained the couple and security officers, and people began boarding the aircraft.

The deportation of the couple has raised world interest.

Sr Margaret Ng of the Catholic Migrant Centre in Perth said International interest had been sparked through an interview she had given to the BBC in London.

Father McNamara told The Record that even when saying Mass in the Centre for the detainees, officials are limiting the numbers of those who can attend.

Obstruction had even extended to Christmas Day, he said.

Last Christmas Day he experienced "obstruction and delay by the Australian Protective Services Officer on duty in the celebration of Christmas Mass," he alleged, when he was recalled to the entrance, interrogated as to whether he had received written permission from the manager a week in advance for his visit, "and Christmas Day notwithstanding,I was forcefully reminded that the Australian Government and not the Church regulated the Centre."

After lodging a protest with the

manager he was given an apology. Fr McNamara also said an alleged conspiracy to make a mass breakout was uncovered in February this year and the Centre was searched for weapons.

"I was told the Sunday Mass was cancelled because of the tension, but when I expressed my concern for the welfare of the Catholic residents, especially their leaders, the manager Informed him that that "I would be relieved to know that Chen Xin He Alan and Xie Guo Thong Thomas, the resident church leaders, were not involved."

Sunday Mass was then cancelled for four weeks with residents not being informed why, Fr McNamara claimed "and Chen Xin He and Xie Guo Thong have been interrogated in virtual solitary confinement at Port Hedland for three weeks and transferred to the Perth Detention Centre, and were never told what they had done wrong."

Soon after this, he said, notice was given that Mass could no longer be celebrated in the mess for safety reasons.

However, he claimed, it is still used for all meals served to the Centre's population.

When permitted, Mass is celebrated in the Visitors' Area in the open air, and shared with other visitors, he said.

"However the number of Catholic detainees wishing to attend Mass exceeds that permit-

ted by regulations (five detainees per visitor up to a total of 40 are allowed)," he said.

"But on a number of occasions, devout practising Catholics were denied Mass when they exceeded this number, with babies being included in the count" He said that he has been denied right of access to new arrivals until they are granted the relative freedom of coming to the Visitors' Area at Mass time.

The Record contacted the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs for their comments.

A spokeswoman said that some time ago "Fr McNamara was invited to attend a special meeting of the Advisory Committee of the IRPC to take place on 26 June 1996, where the issues he has raised will be considered."

She said the department has already acted on some of the concerns Fr McNamara has raised.

"For example, a new location providing easy access by Centre residents has been in use since 17 June this year for bible study classes, and was used by Fr McNamara on 23 June (last Sunday) for the celebration of Mass," the spokeswoman said.

She said the Department "makes every effort to provide pastoral care services to residents," but given the operational nature of the Centre, there were occasions when such pastoral care could not be managed.

A plea for Sarah and Jane . . .

Archbishop Barry Hickey has asked that the Catholics of the Archdiocese of Perth pray for the safe return of missing young women, Sarah Spiers and Jane Rirruner.

The archbishop issued the appeal last week. The full text of the appeal follows:

'The disappearance of Sarah Spiers and Jane 'Zimmer has caused great distress to their relatives and friends and made many women in Perth feel very anxious and vulnerable.

"Firmly believing that God can do all things and that our prayers are answered,Iappeal to the Catholic Community to pray for their safety.

'Should they be the victims of foul play, please pray that the truth about them be discovered.

"Whatever their fate, it is important that their relatives know the truth and bring their worries and anxieties to an end.

"I call on the many prayer groups in the Diocese to raise their hearts to God in an earnest plea that the mystery of the disappearance of these two woman be solved."

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Albany's Christians pursue unity at Holy Family Albany's Holy Family Parish took the Pope's recent encyclical to the Church on ecumenism Ut Unam Sint (That all may be one) encyclical letter to the Church literally earlier this month at a Sunday 9.30 am Eucharist when more than 500 people of Catholic, Anglican and Uniting Church faith come together on Trinity Sunday in ecumenical bonding.

Parish priest Father Hugh Galloway said the other churches had been invited to 'Dance' with Catholic parishioners and quoted the early Greek Fathers of the Church where they referred to the Holy Trinity as the Epichoresus: the Dancing of God - Father, Son and Spirit.

Fr Galloway said the churches of the East and West, the Reformation church and the Church of Rome were all struggling with the past with some holding on and others letting go, striving for faith, hope, love, tolerance, and keeping things in balance.

He said that Christians need to make ecumenism happen, "and it's nothing to

do with corporate takeovers, mergers, or economic management strategies and skills."

It's about seeking the Gospel together, Fr Galloway said, by praying together with, and for, one another and about understanding the Petrine Office given by Jesus to the Bishop of Rome.

Instead of celebrating within one's own church on Trinity Sunday, he said, the different faiths in Albany came together to sing songs, hear readings and preachings together "in a communion of faith that many people had only dared dream about."

Albany intends to repeat the event next 'Dimity Sunday, he said, and urges other parishes to reach out also.

"Because shared study, meals together, interfaith concerts and gatherings, shared ministry, pastoral care for prisoners, youth, and the needy, and visitation are all paving stones on which we walk a path that to us seems to have the footprints of Christ."

Reverend Nick Stuurstraat, left, Archdeacon Ted Gibson, Fr Hugh Galloway and Rev David Tresslar lead their Churches at Holy Family Church on Trinity Sunday.

ABC needs to clean up its act for listeners I am sure that many faithful listeners to ABC Radio are sympathetic to its appeal for adequate public funding. As a listener to the ABC since the days of the Argonauts, I certainly am.

It seems to me that we need a publicly funded radio network that can present programmes that are not shaped by commercial interests.

The ABC has a rare freedom to Innovate, to report minority interests and to present non-conventional viewpoints without having to seek commercial sponsorship.

Nevertheless, for some time now, I have become increasingly uneasy about how that freedom is used.

Radio National is the band I most frequently tune into, mainly

because my FM reception is too poor, being surrounded as I am by tall buildings in the city Radio National is the talk station. One hears interesting people being interviewed, books discussed, art and theatre critically appraised.

What has worried me over recent years is the obvious promotion of causes.Imention just a few.

The advancement of women has been a constant and legitimate theme for many years.

However, in that context, I have been very annoyed by programmes that presented abortion in an approving light, as a woman's right. I hoped in vain that others who reject abortion would get equal time.

The presentation of homosexu- obviously being invited to join in al themes over recent years has the fun. Instead, the "off' button. been unquestionably a campaign And quickly. for acceptance of the homosexuFor some time I have been al lifestyle as legitimate. searching for Triple J. I discovWhat causes me to raise the ered it recently, to my instant whole matter now is because regret. I had broken in on an over the past few weeks I have "hilarious" vivid discussion about had to switch off programmes condoms. that I have found offensive.

Again, the "off button.

A series of programmes is being Triple J might be the opposite currently run about women and end of the market from Radio pornography, about lesbian expe- National, but the rejection of conriences and about women's sexu- ventional sexual standards is al encounters, in gross and similar. explicit detail.

When I have mentioned my Admittedly Radio National is concerns to others, I have been for a fairly limited audience, but called a prude. In today's climate it has shocked at least this partic- I take it as a compliment. ular listener. The materialIheard If the ABC wants public support was offered with enthusiastic for funding, it will need to clean approval and I, the listener, was up its act first.

New head and name for ACR Senior Federal public servant Tom Story has been appointed the new national director of Caritas Australia, the overseas development and aid arm of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference.

Caritas Australia is the new name for Australian Catholic Relief, the body which for more than 30 years has run the Lenten appeal, Project Compassion.

In an appointment approved by the Bishops earlier this month he will replace longstanding director, Michael Whitely, who retired recently after 18 years service Tom Story, new National Director of with the organisation.

Mr Story currently Assistant Caritas Australia Commissioner in the Taxation Health Management insurance Office will take up his position group, which operates with joint on 29 July. venture partners in Thailand and At just 38 years of age Mr Story Indonesia. has been with the Taxation Office Mr Story said he was looking for 21 years and holds degrees in forward to taking up the new economics, management and appointment and working in a public administration. challenging field.

While working for the ATO he "Overseas aid and development served in senior positions in organisations are facing many Sydney, Parramatta and Canb- pressures at present, with erra and is described as having reviews of their work taking played a key role in projects such place at the political level and as the development and imple- right across the industry," he said. mentation of the Tax File "For most Australians it is too Number system. easy to forget or dismiss the The new national director of appalling inequity which exists Caritas Australia is also a compa- throughout the world. Organisny director with the Australian ations such as Caritas Australia

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have a great responsibility to inform people and involve them in making a positive contribution to the lives of others."

Mr Story's appointment was welcomed by Bishop George Pell, chairman of Australian Catholic Relief-Caritas Australia.

"Tom Story will take up his appointment at a time when the organisation, with a new name, will be renewing its vitality and seeking both to consolidate its past work and to find fresh and innovative ways of responding to Its many challenges," he said.

The appointment of Mr Story. married with four sons aged 8 to 15, coincides with the adoption of a new name by the aid agency after being known as ACR for the last 32 years.

The change of name, approved by the Bishops last November, is part of a long-term strategy to identify the work of the agency more closely with the Church's development and aid network.

Caritas International's.

Caritas International's is a network of 146 member organisations currently operating in close to 200 countries.

Together with the Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies it one of the two largest non-government humanitarian networks.

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Week focuses on the needs of refugees

Students from Years 5, 6 and 7 at St Paul's Catholic Primary School in Mt Lawley performed a liturgical movement at the Refugee Week multi-faith event in the Loftus Community Centre last weekend organised by the Catholic Migrant Centre and the Bahati Faith.

Betty Ryan of the Migrant and Refugee Committee of St VOP and committee member John Olminkhof with a paintings donated by a grateful refugee.

Historic Fremantle school set to relocate Christ the King School, Beaconsfield has occupied one of the most imposing sites in Lefroy Road, overlooking Fremantle, for over ninety three years.

Over the last decade or so the one disadvantage the school has had to face is that it is situated on a small site with no room for expansion.

Since 1963, when the first section of the current brick and tile building was erected, there has been continuing development on the site to cater for the growing population of the area.

Since 1988, the school has been home to an Intensive Language Centre providing extra assistance to newly arrived migrant children of primary age.

In January 1997, the school will relocate to the former St Brendan's campus of Seton Catholic College in York Street, Students look out over Fremantle from the front steps of Christ the King Parish Church.

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Brown, said: "It is an exciting and chal- name or uniform". Mrs Brown said: The school will open with a new dual- lenging time for the school community "The new site is larger in area with an stream pre-primary and kindergarten and an opportunity to work together to oval and many existing facilities that facility for four-year-olds. create an excellent environment for the will enable us to meet the expectations In a joint letter to parents the Chair- children. The strong tradition of Christ that our children and their parents have man of the School Board, Dr John the King School will be continued and of the school as we enter our second Olynyk, and the Principal, Mrs Patricia there will be no change to the school century."

Church opposes any legalisation of prostitution

By Peter Rosengren The Church in Perth should not support any moves to legalise prostitution, which would only aid the view that it was a practice acceptable for men to engage in, Archbishop Hickey said this week.

"I think people are looking at legalisation and subsequent controls as the way to deal with it. I disagree. I think that the controls are possible within the present legislation and we need to examine it very closely to see how the abuses can be controlled," he said this week.

The Archbishop's comments came after media reports that State Cabinet had given the Police Minister, Mr Pierce, the go ahead to look at ways of controlling prostitution through some form of legislation.

The Archbishop also called on the State Government to look at cases of legalisation in other States or countries in order to assess its effects. 'm also saying that before the I Government makes any move it should look at the effect of legalisation in other States and in other countries because I've read material which suggests that even after legalisation corruption has not disappeared, the dignity of the women involved in the trade has not improved significantly, nor has it been able to keep out the criminal element." he said.

Archbishop Hickey also called for a "more inventive" approach to controlling it under the present system and said he thought effective control was possible.

"I believe the Church should not support the legalisation of prostitution because that would send out entirely the wrong message. It would be legalising something that we consider immoral," he said.

"It would also seem to encourage men to believe that they had a right to buy sex whenever they wanted to and that the Church somehow or other supported that, so I think we should be quite impervious to appeals to legitimise something that we believe is bad for society and undermines our fundamental belief that the place for sex is within marriage." he said.

He said the main difficulty in relation to the current unofficial policy of containment was that police were saying it was putting them in an impossible situation.

He said he understood the view that containment opened the way to corruption and legalisation lessened its danger. but that did not make it right.

"I understand that, but I don't think that it is possible to agree to legalising prostitution simply because the police find it difficult to control," he said.

"I think we have to be inventive and find other ways of controlling prostitution. I accept that it will not be possible to stamp it out, but control within the present law should be possible.

That means the police still have to be active and I don't see any way out of it," he said.

He added that he had also been appalled by accounts of the use of prostitutes at so-called Buck's parties where men were encouraged to have sex with a prostitute before they were married.

"I think that that is a terrible practice and if it is happening in Catholic circles it should stop immediately," he said.

Ithink that there we see the attitude that prostitution is fine for men among our young people, so any legalisation of prostitution would only increase that mentality. So therefore I would not like to do anything or say anything that would give prostitution any legitimacy," the Archbishop added.

Australian Family Association State President, John Mich, said the Association was currently considering what it thought the best form of control of prostitution would be.

He said that ideally the AFA would like to see similar legislation to Queensland and South Australia enacted.

In Queensland its illegal and, in fact, so effective that there's no advertising, there's only one tiny advertisement [in the newspapers] a day," he said.

"And we got a report the other day that one brothel actually closed down and went to the ACE" he added.

He said that the legislation in South Australia and Queensland should be studied before any moves to sanction or officially control prostitution and if the State Government did not like either of those models it would have to outline those it supported and why.

"Our basic problem is that [the AFA doesn't] want proliferation. . . we don't want young kids sucked in as has happened in Europe and elsewhere, and we don't want more infidelity," he said.

A Jesuit who touched the lives of many OBITUARY Fr Peter Kenny SJ Father Peter Kenny SJ, who died in Perth on Tuesday, June 18th, had a very long and distinguished career as a lecturer in theology at six theological Colleges in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

In all, he taught Theology for 40 years and contributed to its development in numerous articles and six books. The most recent of these - The Living Hope of Christians - was published in 1995.

Over the years Fr Kenny shared with hundreds of seminarians and lay people his deep love of the Church and its teachings. An inspiring lecturer. he was not afraid to take up and throw light on the disputed questions of the day.

Father Kenny was born on the 23rd Feb. 1916 in Heidelberg, Victoria. After secondary education at St Patrick's College, East Melbourne, in the shadow of the great cathedral, he entered the Society of Jesus in Sydney in 1933.

He was ordained to the priesthood there in 1947 and sent overseas for post-graduate studies in Theology. He was the first Australian Jesuit to receive a Ph.D. in Theology from the Gregorian University in Rome.

On his return to Australia in 1951, he lectured on Theology at the Jesuit House of Studies in Sydney until 1969.

From 1969 to 1976 he was on the staff of Corpus Christi College, Melbourne, first at Glen Waverley and then at Clayton.

When Catholic Theological College was set up in 1973. he was one of its lecturers. Later on. from 1987 to 1992. he taught at Yarra Theological Union while based at Hawthorn.

In between these appointment in Melbourne he lectured at three other seminaries - Pius XII in Brisbane. Holy Cross in

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Mosgiel, New Zealand, and the Pacific Regional Seminary in Suva, Fiji. A very pastorallyminded theologian, Fr Kenny reached out widely to many Religious and Lay people through his lectures and retreats.

He did this during the Second Vatican Council and the extraordinary years after it. In 1982 he acted as parish priest at Meekatharra. Western Australia. driving long distances between Masses on Sundays.

The last four years of his life were spent at St Thomas More University College in Perth as assistant Chaplain to the students. But he returned to Theology again when asked to lecture at Notre Dame University, Fremantle.

Fr Kenny was the son of Dr A L Kenny, Papal Chamberlain and distinguished Catholiclayman of Archbishop Mannix's time. Father and son, in their different vocations gave mat service in the Church.

The overflowing congregation at Father Kenny's Requiem Mass on Friday, the 21st June at St Thomas More Chapel was a striking testimony to the way he touched so many people.

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TOMORROW TODAY

Fun for Mu 5 Dad and the kids

By William West One of the biggest enemies of young children is boredom. This fact seems to change little with the generations.

The ongoing fight against boredom has been assisted by the advent of the television and the computer, although some people would argue that the cure has been worse than the disease.

As with most things in life, moderation seems to be the key.

Television can be a great stimulus to learning about the world and a stimulus to bringing the whole family together.

On the other hand, it can become an end in itself and, if people watch their own programs by themselves, can be anti -family.

You can point to a similarly damaging potential with the home computer.

But every now and then you come across a computing resource that is a potentially positive benefit to the family. There are many of these on the Internet.

One that we came across recently is a site on the World Wide Web dedicated to meeting the needs of children, but one that kids could well share with their parents.

The site has been set up by the popular information source on the Internet - Yahoo! - under the title "Yahooligans".

Yahooligans can be found at http://www6.yahoo.com, and is an interesting mix of information and entertainment.

The home page list of topics to explore gives some idea of the scope of its resources.

Categories include: cultures, politics, history, homework answers, museums, drama, dance, sci-

ence and oddities, space, environment, dinosaurs, sports and recreation, events, hobbies, trivia, TV movies, and much more.

Click on cultures and you can eventually find your way to a list of resources from Australia. The ones we found included everything from information on the Australian Open to "photographs from cycling trips around Melbourne and Victoria".

There was even a link to a home page set up on the web by a 12-year-old girl, Bronwyn Lee,

from Artarmon. On it she shares her interests, including her kitten, Suki, and encourages visitors to drop her a line by e-mail.

Bronwyn makes it easy by including some form elements on the page to write your comments on.

Such communication which allows people from all over the world to communicate their common interests, is one of the real strengths of the Internet. It is particularly good for young children, allowing them to communicate with people they don't know with a fair measure of security.

This aspect of security is pretty well foolproof. so long as children are encouraged to keep two important rules: never give your

home address to anyone you communicate with online, even if you are pretty sure it is another child on the other side of the world, and never consent to meeting in person with anyone you meet on the Internet without consulting your parents first.

The Yahooligans! site, apart from links to information on just about every subject known to humanity, has some great links to books that are especially valuable to kids and can be down loaded in a few minutes.

They include Aesop's Fables "all of 'em, plain and simple", and the "Arthurian Home Page all about the Arthur tales with music, pictures, [and] castles. . . ."

Two services which most kids would find useful, and which would help their parents to help them with their homework, are the "home work page", which offers "sub-topics from search engines for homework reference" and an "Ask An Expert" service, which promises to get answers to questions about science, maths, movies and more.

Subject areas that are covered in the homework lists include: Science and Technology, Medicine and Health, Computing and the Internet, economy and marketing, professionals, library reference, literature and "just out of curiosity".

If you are looking for an expert to answer a question you can ask: a Bell Labs scientist, a physicist, a population geneticist, a meteorologist, a hydrologist, a geologist, a vulcanologist or an astronomer, just to name a few.

As you work your way down the links to the people who answer questions, you realise just how extraordinary are the services now provided by the Internet - free of charge.

Internet sites for the young KidWorld Joe Blakey, Barrie, Ontario, Canada A meeting place for all kids under 16 to exchange their artwork and writing, funded by Tandem House. http://www.bconnex.net/-kidworld Internet for kids Austin, TX, US A great starting place for young venturers on the In ternet.

Designed for kids ages 12 and younger. h ttp://www.internet-forkids.com Club Web Family Approved Links Firestorm Productions, Budd Lake, NJ, US A list of links that are family friendly and kid safe. http://www.eclipse.net/-krs/fa mily.html International Wildlife Education & Conservation Los Angeles, CA, US. Information and resources on wildlife and education issues, such as endangered species, wildlife adoption kits, and more. http://w%% w.earthlinknet/-iwec The Writing School Woodside, CA, US A home study course for aspiring writers.

Http://www.mythbreakers .com/writingschool ICIDWORLD Tandem House. Barrie, Ontario.

Canada A meeting place for kids under 16. By kids and for kids, it offers free publication of artwork and

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Talented voice repays

By Colleen McGuiness-Howard

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ome of us are dragged kicking and screaming for a face-to-face encounter with God, His majesty, and very forcefully - His immense power.

And this is just what happened with Irishman, David Parkes.

Life was good to David.

A professional footballer, he decided to leave that and concentrate on his growing interest and increasing recognition in the musical field.

David's world opened wider when he won the prestigious National Talent Contest in Ireland, became a successful band leader, and was recognised as a talented singer with a voice deemed to be international quality.

Having won over Ireland, the United States was next on his list to conquer when the reality of human frailty confronted him with a shock diagnosis of Chron's disease.

A terrible life threatening disease of the bowel, which ten major operations could not arrest. David's grip on life was weakening as he wasted away from 90 kilograms to 44 kilograms, and his once strong frame was now ravaged and bent over.

The medical world said they could do no more and financially he was in trouble.

But fortunately for David. he had contacts with major entertainment personalities who, out of their great respect for him and his talent, organised a benefit concert for him.

Emaciated and in pain, David sang briefly and everyone thought it would be his last public appearance.

However. God had other plans to recapture David who had a jaundiced view on his Catholic religion and the blow life had dealt to him.

Angry, and bitter, he was enticed into going to Medjugorje by a group of concert attendees who were orgaMsing a trip there with an American healing priest, Father Rookey. whom

David Parkes: God had plans for him

David had never heard of. In April 1989, reluctantly, he went with his wife to Medjugorje in Fr Rookey's group, mainly as a final salute to her because they'd spent their honeymoon there.

In the graveyard at Medjugorje. Fr Rookey, the healer priest who travels the world and has healed thousands upon thousands through the power of the Holy Spirit, laid his hands over a cynical and somewhat unwilling David, who promptly rested in the Holy Spirit for 20 minutes on the red earth, as though in a trance.

Within two days, even doubtful and sceptical as he was, David was forced to admit all signs of the disease which had eaten away his health for 14 years. had disappeared.

Because of his miraculous healing, David's faith did an about-turn and, in fidelity and gratitude to God and His mother, who is allegedly still appearing nightly to the four remaining Medjugorje seers, he made a pact with Our Lady to record Let Me Live when he returned to Ireland. and to work for her and Jesus.

Let Me Live is the song of a baby in the womb, asking its mother and the world to let it live.

David Parkes has recorded many

other beautiful songs among four albums he produced within four years.

However, when he tried to record the song back in Ireland, he had four years of continuous opposition because record industry advisers said it would ruin his career.

A trip to Boston in the United States in 1992 broke the deadlock, and the song was recorded and sung live for the first time at the US Marian Peace Rally in California.

In May 1993 the song that nobody would touch was backed by a full orchestra in Ireland's National Concert Hall to 1.200 people who gave him standing ovations.

When Mother Teresa of Calcutta's came to Mary's shrine at Knock in Ireland at the time of legislation enabling Irish women to travel overseas for abortions to plead for the unborn and offer prayers with the more than 30,000 who came to hear her, the Nobel Prize winner requested David to sing Let Me Live for her this he did (which he deemed an honour). and was televised nationally.

David's songs, so beautifully sung, are much more than merely that.

He is now into a highly professional. successful singing career which is completely given over, as a full-time dedicated emissary of Our Lady, into travelling around the world, relying on Divine Providence. to give testimony to God's healing power.

David's Australian tour will embrace many provincial towns as well as cities.

The tour has been made possible through Divine Mercy Publications and O'Connor Travel World and with permission in the Archdiocese of Perth from Archbishop Barry Hickey.

His testimony. beautiful voice, and well-loved spiritual songs, will be heard for the first time in WA on Thursday, 25 July, 730 pm, at Trinity College, Trinity Avenue, Perth.

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Father Kevin Dance, provincial of the Passionist Fathers, will give the opening address to the conference.

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Sixty years a Brother

The calendar read, Tuesday June 11, early winter.

However, the glorious sunshine and 20 degree temperatures made the day seem like early Spring, just perfect for a Diamond Jubilee celebration.

About a hundred of Brother Howe's relatives and friends gathered with the students and staff of Catholic Agricultural College Bindoon to honour the sixtieth anniversary of Brother Leslie Isidore Howe's joining the Christian Brothers on June 11, 1936.

Among the guests from Victoria were: Sister Marcella Howe RSM, a sister of Brother Howe, Sister Austin RSM, Mr Tony Howe, nephew, Mr Charles Lawlor and former students from Tardun, Bindoon and Castledare.

The day began with Mass in the Chapel of Saint Joseph. The principal celebrant was Father Tony Schipp PP. Gingin Chittering and College Chaplain.

He was joined by several other clergy including Fathers Bert Fullbrook SDB and Peter Saint John who are former students of Brother - to use the name his friends love to call him.

A choir of students and staff lead the gathering in song Father Bert, a student of Brother's from Tardun in the 1950s, gave the homily. He referred to the Jubilarian's gentleness and the impression this made on him as a teenage migrant from Malta.

Although Brother's primary responsibility was for the stock, he joined in the boys' games, coached football and cricket, took them for music and instructed them for Confirmation.

In his own dealings with young people KSC Education Foundation Chairman and State Chairman Knights of the Southern Cross, BRAD PREN- Father Bert has adopted Brother's pracTICE (L) hands a cheque for $13,670 to the University tice of being quick to praise and slow to blame. of Notre Dame Australia, Vice Chancellor, DR PETER The life of the Jubilarian was sumTANNOCK (R) on behalf of the Foundation to sponsor 23 students of Redemptoris Mater Seminary to study a theology course at the University.

A t centre is Seminary Rector, Fr Michael Moore SM, who requested the grant from the Founoation.

The KSC Education Foundation is a project of the Knights of the Southern Cross commenced in response to a request from the late Archbishop of Perth, William Foley, that the Knights support religious educators in the Catholic Education system.

A fitting location for the presentation was at the statue of Our Lady, patroness of the University of Notre Dame Australia. The presentation marks the entrance by the Foundation into another segment of religious education.

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marised and symbolised in the gifts that were brought to the altar at the Offertory.

• The Scriptures: his devotion to the Word and prayer.

• Wool: a lifetime spent in the care of cattle, sheep and horses at Tardun and Bindoon.

• A pair of pliers: his work on the land.

• A pen his apostolate of letter writing to former students, family and friends.

• A clef: his interest and skill in music.

• The bread and wine.

After Mass the group assembled for photographs and lunch in the students'

Death of 'gentle, Offending cards still sold courteous' Oblate Fr Owen Corr OMI, a gentle, courteous man who concerned himself little about possessions and power, died on June 9 at Nazareth House, Camberwell where he had resided since 1989 after suffering a stroke.

Born in Ireland in 1913 and ordained there in 1937 he came to Australia in 1938 and never returned to his native land even for a holiday.

During the next 58 years Fr Corr preached Missions and retreats extensively throughout Australia as well as working on many Oblate parishes.

He was stationed in Fremantle, Western Australia during the years of World War II, andworked in NSW from the Mission Houses of Penshurst and Hurstville as well as in the parish of Sefton.

A chaplain to the St Joseph's Nursing Home in Camberwell, he was an ardent Marian apostle and headed a campaign for the Consecration of all Catholic homes to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

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dining room followed. Sister Marcella Howe of the Mercy Hospital, Melbourne spoke on behalf of the Jubilarian.

She outlined his early life on the farm at Finley in the Riverina district of NSW and his schooling at Saint Patrick's College Ballarat.

Les worked on the family farm for a few years until he left for Strathfield to join the Christian Brothers.

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s the article -Authority a block in ethics: McCormick" (The Record, 6 June) includes criticisms of the Magisterium and Pope John Paul II, it needs a response.

The words "dissent" and "disloyal" are used by the Magisterium to describe rejection or serious criticisms of its teaching, words that accurately describe such rejections.

Those who recall the hostility displayed by some theologians and clerics against encyclicals Humanae Vitae, Veritatis Splendor and the teaching in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis will understand why the words "dissent" and "disloyal' were used.

It needs to be remembered such dissent was aired publicly and received wide publicity.

Fr McCormick is quoted as saying that -the religious submission of will and mind" called for in Vatican II document Lumen Gentium" for Catholics required a show of respect to the person and office of the leacher" and that an "attempt to assimilate the teaching" be made.

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lie saddest and most distressing news item I read during the past

week was the story of the woman in Melbourne who, after having nine of her ova fertilised in a IVF procedure and having the sex selected, gave birth to tvvin. girls.

The West Australian reported (20 June) that the parents said "we're absolutely thrilled . . . . they are beautiful babies and we love them very much."

The babies sex was determined when they were just three days old growing in a glass dish.

The sad tragedy is that the six babies whom the scientist found to be males were not loved. They were destroyed: most probably flushed down the drain into Melbourne's sewer without reverence

Reference to what is enunciated on the subject in Lumen Gentium (No. 25) shows that much more is required than "an attempt to assimilate the teaching" because Lumen Gentium says there "the faithful, for their part, are obliged to submit to their bishops' decision, made in the name of Christ, in matters of faith and morals, and to adhere to it with a ready and respectful allegiance of mind. This loyal submission of the will and intellect must be given, in a special way, to the authentic teaching authority of the Roman Pontiff, even when he does not speak ex cathedra."

Nowhere in the Vatican II documents will be found any dilution of the obligation of obedience specified here in Lumen Gentium - not even in the Vatican 11 document of religious freedom, which is sometimes used invalidly to argue that dissent is justified in certain circumstances.

Each Conciliar document deals with a particular aspect of the Church: it is therefore inconceivable that one or more

of such documents would contradict another on any doctrinal issue without specifically so stating, with accompany reasons.

Fr McCormick, if correctly quoted, said that although Pope John Paul had criticised the "teleological" form of moral reasoning in Veritatis Splendor, concerning "the question of whether a medical procedure such as tubal ligation is permissible" the Pope had used it himself in Eva,ngelium Vitae when he said capital punishment could be used as a last resort in certain circumstances of a particular case.

To such criticism, I reply that a clear distinction can be drawn between the two examples given. In the former, the act of tying the fallopian tubes (tubal ligation) is to make procreation impossible, something condemned by the Magisterium in Humanae Vitae, Veritatis Splendor and the Catechism as evil.

Whereas, in the latter case, the act is to preserve innocent life from heinous criminal behaviour. Self-defence can be not

for their intrinsic goodness or dignity. some parishioners will produce some How can parents and scientists kill off the interesting statistics, but do nothing to unwanted boys and say they love the sur- explain why this Sacrament is rarely used today. viving girls?

One more question - on why people The ability of the scientists to examine it, or a question on why we believe avoid determine and embryos the the DNA of their sex is proof that each was a living others avoid it - could have been very human being - all were created by an act enlightening.

Surely one of the main reasons why peoof God's infinite wisdom and love in His keep away in droves is that they are ple image and likeness. told that they are great 'people of only kill to permitted be they should Why and never that they are sinners and God', them? The answer is that society, the ordirepent. must condones , community the nary person in They never hear sermons on hell. such killing of innocent humans. If we and the ten commandments. damnation we killing, condone this sort of callous Until priests preach on how we offend should not be surprised. but should be on able to understand, why such things as the God by such things as working stealing, on. contracepti abortion, Sundays, happen. massacre Port Arthur greed. unfaithfulness etc,. people will not Brian A Peachey recognise their sinfulness.

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only a right but a grave duty for someone responsible for another's life, the common good of the family or of the State (Evangelium Vitae, p104). Therefore, there seems to be no justification for the claim of papal inconsistency.

The theologian's function, so far as theology is concerned, is "to pursue in a particular way in ever deeper understanding of the word of God found in the inspired Scriptures and handed on by the living tradition of the Church. He does this in communion with the Magisterium which has been charged with the responsibility of preserving the deposit of faith." ( Veritatis Splendor pp160-168 and pp1601 in particular). Public dissent seems to be contrary to the perceived function of a theologian.

It is not "blind uncritical acceptance" for Catholics to accept the authentic teaching of the Magisterium because they accept such teaching on the best of authority the authority of Christ.

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he most important and most difficult job in any society is the raising of a small child to become a mature

adult.

By definition such a responsible job would have to be a full time job. A child needs a mother as much of the time as humanly possible.

A nation (e.g. Australia) whose employers are paid 50 per cent more for hiring female apprentices than male is endangering its own future.

A nation (e.g. Australia) where 85 per cent of people losing their jobs are fathers and where two-thirds of new jobs go to women and where over half the mothers of small children go out to jobs leaving the offspring with strangers - this is a nation with a death wish - a nation sold out to a socio-pathic and alien ideology.

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hat do the Abstralian Labor Party and the Catholic Church have in common?

To this humble observer who has had a close look at both over the years, the answer to that question is obvious.

They're both prone to factionalism. In the ALP. for example. it's an accepted fact of life nowadays that good, committed members of the party will form themselves into policy factions - right, left, centre, "non-aligned".

That curious system of factional politics reflects one of the basic realities of life - different members of the same party have very different philosophies and attitudes on key questions like where they think the party should be headed.

In some ways, the Catholic Church is the same. Of course, we don't have a formal faction system.

But the more you move about religious circles, meeting good, committed Catholics, each with their own vision of where the Church should be headed, the more you realise there are Important divisions and differences of attitude and policy among us today.

In a light-hearted way. I came across such a division during a conversation with a Catholic friend the other day.

Talking about my five-year-old daughter and some of the problems we've had getting her

organised for Sunday Mass. I jokingly said I was looking forward to her being a little older, so she might stop acting like a teenager.

"We've already had her saying things like 'Why do we have to go to Mass? Mass is boring'," I told my friend. "But hopefully, by the time she is actually a teenager, she will not be quite so rebellious about going to Mass".

My friend's response to this took me by surprise. "By the time she's a teenager, we'll just be breaking bread with our next door neighbours", she said.

I must confess, I did not take up my friend on the radical implications of her statement.

Nevertheless, there was clearly a point in what she was saying.

In fact, it was a very important point, with deep implications for the kind of Church we are going to be in the 21st century.

The first important implication concerns the Mass itself. For most of the Church's history, Mass presided over by an ordained priest, with a non-

ordained congregation in attendance, has been the central act of worship of the Catholic religion.

What my friend was suggesting is that in the very near future, Catholics would no longer be participating in such an arrangement, joining instead in a more informal private bread-breaking ceremony without the leadership, or even the presence, of an ordained priest.

The second important implication concerns why some people - people like my good friend should be thinking that such a radical change in the Church's tradition is about to happen.

And more to the point, why they don't seem concerned about it.

This is where my point about factionalism in today's Church comes in.

For the blunt truth is, there are emerging many people in the Church these days who think it would be a good thing to get away from the traditional Mass altogether.

This has been one by-product

of the debates held in some questions. For me. I find it hard Catholic dioceses over the to go past the argument that if we do want to abandon our tra-priestless parishes" idea.

Because vocations to the priest- ditional "model" of priest-led hood have been much lower in parishes, then we will no longer recent years, the prospect is now strictly speaking be the Catholic imminent in many places that Church at all.

It's important to remember a there will not be enough priests to serve parish needs within a little history in arguments like this. At the time of the Protestant few years time.

So what should we do about Reformation, 400-500 years ago, that? "Pray for more vocations" is the argument that essentially one answer. "Import priests from divided the Protestants from the countries where there is an Catholics was very close to this argument we're having over oversupply" is another.

But there is a third answer -priestless parishes" today.

"We do not need priests to which clearly enjoys some support within sections of the mediate between ourselves and God," said the Protestants. "But Australian Church today.

That is to do away largely with the priesthood is ordained by the traditional role of the priest, God, through the traditions of and make do with a form of the Church dating back to our Catholic ministry that is lay-led Lord himself," answered the Catholics. and non-ordained.

It's interesting to reflect that Which answer you pick out of Protestant answer to this the a gives the above three options pretty clear indication of where question produced many diviyou stand, factionally speaking, sions and formations of new churches, sects and "personal in today's Church.

These factions mean a great religions" within Christianity - a deal more than a mere differ- splintering process that began with the Reformation and has ence of opinion. more and ,more severe grown In fact, they reflect differences of outlook and philosophy on with every passing generation.

For all its faults, the Catholic key questions. Questions like, has at least retained its Church its on relies that Church a we are unity. ordained ministry to perform We're one Church still - dividessential sacramental functions?

Or are we a Church that sees no ed though we may be over some need for a sacramental priest- important issues today.

Personally, I find that heartenhood at all?

Like the ALP, I suspect we'll ing.

Each Catholic must come to his or her own answer on such be here until the end of time.

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The soul needs just as much healing as the body - sometimes more.

Healing body and soul These Greeks had reasoned to the immortality of the soul. But he Acts of the Apostles they regarded the body as a gives us this brief summa- prison from which only death released them. ry of Jesus' ministry: A radical form of this teaching "He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by was making itself felt in their day. the devil, for God was with him" It was called Gnosticism. and it considered the material body (Acts 10:38).

Healing was a distinctive com- positively evil.

In Christianity the body is desponent of Jesus' ministry.

It isn't sufficient, however, to say tined for eternal glory. As Paul that he healed the body - not put it in another letter, "He will when you realise how the change our lowly body to conSemitic peoples of that region form with his glorified body by the power that enables him also and that time thought.

For them, a human being was to subject all things to himselr an integral unit; people didn't (Philippians 3:21). "have" bodies, they "were" bodAll Christian ministry to the ies. sick continues Jesus' own minBut when St Paul preached to istry. By caring for them we may the Greek philosophers at Athens not cure their illnesses, but our and concluded with a statement loving attention will do more. about Jesus' bodily resurrection, It will "heal" them, bring them their attitude was: Don't call us; that peace which makes them we'll call you. The idea of bodily whole because they are assured resurrection was nonsense to of their dignity as God's children, them. sick or well.

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Those words never were addressed to me before I became a eucharistic minister for the sick and aged of St Martin of Tours Parish, Washington Park.

Illinois.

But over the past few years I have often heard that exact question.

"Did you bring me Jesus?"

Frances asks as I pause at the top of the stairs of her home, which she and her husband Al built 60 years ago.

"Did you bring me Jesus?" Sister Guadalupe inquires as soon as I knock at the door of her room in the convalescent centre where the elderly nun is recovering from surgery.

The question is valid, although it startles me. Yes, sure: • I have brought Jesus in the Eucharist.

• I have brought Jesus in the word.

• And if that is not amazing enough, I have brought Jesus in the guise of the caring community of 125 families which has commissioned me to climb these steps, to tap at this door.

It is a sobering, humbling realisation.

After the basics are established during these visits, we find a few easy moments to greet one another and to inquire about our health and our lives.

Then small talk gives way to the more important business at hand, this special encounter with Jesus.

Special prayers, readings and sometimes a song complement these folks' reverence and devotion.

In a very real world of barking dogs, neighbours' radios, nurses' pages, we create a sacred space.

We connect with the sacred through prayer and a reading from the Sunday Scriptures, preferably a passage which parallels the shut-ins' current experiences of pain, loneliness, waiting.

A nod or faint smile can indicate if a connection is made with the reading.

Once one of our widows, Ann, listened attentively to a Gospel account of one of Christ's healing miracles.

She shook her head in agreement and said matter-of factly, "That Jesus is really something."

After meeting Christ in Scripture, we seek him in prayers of thanks and petition.

Health concerns dominate our prayers.

Patients confide to Jesus their fears, their aches, their concerns over upcoming tests and procedures.

They commend their caregivers and loved ones to the Lord's care.

Since suffering is often a big part of life for the people I visit, they empathise with others in pain and frequently request prayers for "someone who's really sick."

Parish and neighbourhood Issues, and concerns taken from the news also may drift into this pre-Communion dialogue.

Then the wait is over. The pyx is opened. The host is given.

Indeed, Jesus has come here and is welcomed with murmured prayers and sometimes tears.

When she has the energy, Clarice likes to close the prayer service by playing a hymn on the organ that her children bought for her.

Ann does not have to be asked twice to play a tune on the old upright which fills one wall of her cramped living room.

In spite of age and pain, Julia still loves to sing the songs of her native Poland after Communion.

Yes, I brought Jesus. but it is not a matter of a few pious words and a speedy "go in peace."

After the last "Amen," we begin a second, significant encounter with Christ, meeting him "in community" during our visit after Communion.

In this special time, which can last a few minutes or on a rare occasion an entire hour, our visit

serves to connect the homebound with their faith conununitY. First, the shut-ins take their parish bulletin and tuck it away to catch up on the official news later, and they inspect the items that often are sent along with crosses on the First Sunday of Lent, palm fronds on Palm Sunday, souvenir prayer cards after the St Martin's parish banquet.

Now the conversation begins in earnest.

How is the new priest doing?

How is the retired pastor getting along?

Someone may have a question on parish finances.

Perhaps there is an inquiry about another shut-in's condition, or a greeting may be passed along for the person at my next stop.

During holidays, nursing home residents point to the greeting cards which parishioners send.

Then the talk may turn closer to home.

The people share their concerns for their future; their frustration at being "imprisoned"; their anger at being unable to keep up with expenses.

Long-term care patients wonder aloud who is paying for all this care.

Sometimes this is the gifted moment when an agency or an outreach ministry can be suggested as a means of help.

Often it is enough just to listen.

St. Martin's eucharistic ministers traditionally have worked together as a team planning an occasional surprise party to mark shut-ins' milestones of life or discretely delivering a few holiday food baskets.

Yet the original question remains, "Have you brought me Jesus?"

As I look back.Iconfess to some confusion.

Is it a question that the sick and aged should ask of me?

Or should it, in fact, be my question to them?

Generosity is its own reward, and in surprising ways Peter Dwan continues meditations on the readings for Sunday Mass.

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oday's readings teach us that God rewards generosity. The first reading, (2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16,) tells us that when the prophet Elisha was on his way to Shunem, (a town on the northern side of the rich valley of Esdraelon, which stretches from Mount Carmel to the Jordan) a woman of rank who lived there pressed him to stay and eat there.

We must remember that hospitality is an important facet of charity. She also suggested to her husband that they build Elisha "a small room on the roof, and put a bed in it, and a table and chair and lamps," so that whenever Elisha came to them, he could rest there.

Elisha was grateful, and asked her servant, Gehaza, what could be done for her.

Gehaza replied: "Well, she has no son and her husband is old."

Elisha said: "Call her." Gehaza called her and she stood at the door. Elisha said The Record, June 27 1996 Page 8

A Layman's Meditation . . . with Peter 'Divan to her. "This time next year, you will hold a son in your arms."

God rewards those who show generosity. There is always the temptation to be mean instead of generous. Yet if we would only be generous, we would find that God would be very generous to us.

A woman was asked to contribute to the Catholic Enquiry Centre. After some deliberation, she decided to do so. A few weeks later, it was announced that she was the winner in a lucky $100.00 note raffle.

The second reading (Romans 6:3-4, 811), is St Paul's admonition to the Romans on living their baptismal commitment. In order to appreciate this reading, we need

to remember that in the early Church, there was baptism by immersion.

St Paul likens the going down into the baptismal waters with going down into the tomb with Christ and joining Him in death, "so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's glory, we too might have a new life."

St Paul exhorts us: "When he [Christ] died, he died, once for all, to sin, so his life now is life with God; and in the same way, you too must consider yourselves dead to sin but alive for God in Christ Jesus." This requires generosity.

Today's gospel passage (Matthew 10:3742), spells out some of the implications of generous service of God. Our Lord says: "Anyone who prefers father or mother to me is not worthy of me."

Our love of our parents must not lead us away from doing what God wants of us.

Those called to the priesthood or/and the religious life must withstand all parental opposition to their vocation as Sts Alphonsus Ligouri and Gerard Majella did.

Parents need to heed Our Lord's words:

"Anyone who prefers son or daughter to me is not worthy of me."

Parents need to ask themselves whether they are doing their fair share in helping the parish and the missions financially, or whether they are mean or/and selfish because they want to have a few more dollars to leave to their children when they die.

Our Lord tells us: "If anyone gives so much as a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, thenI tell you solemnly, he will most certainly not lose his reward."

A French doctor, Dr Jean-Antoine Ozanam, was very generous, treating many of his patients without charging them.

It was only after his father's death that his son, Frederic, learnt of his father's generosity.

Jean-Antoine most certainly didn't lose his reward, His generosity so inspired Frederic that Jean-Antoine Ozanam has gone down in history as the father of the Servant of God, Frederic Ozanam, the founder of the St Vincent de Paul Society.

Features

Way of Cross followed by Salesian Way of Light

By Cindy Wooden

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he Salesian order in Rome, picking up from the end of the traditional Stations of the Cross, has inaugurated 14 new stations beginning with Jesus' resurrection.

The stations, along a gravel path bordered by ancient cypress and young olive trees at the Catacombs of St Callistus, focus on Christ's resurrection and ascension and his sending the Holy Spirit.

Called "Via Lucis" ("Way of Light") in Latin. the 14-stop path continues the story recounted in the traditional "Via Crucis" ("Way of the Cross"), which ends with Christ's burial.

Below the ground where the bronze bas-relief stations are set lie miles of twisting, turning, climbing and falling corridors that run alongside the graves of the earliest Roman Christians.

The Salesians chose the catacombs as the site for the new stations as a reminder that the remains rest there in expectation of their resurrection at the end of time.

The new stations are being promoted in various parts of the world by a group of Salesian priests and lay communities called "Witnesses of the Resurrection."

"Jesus was not done on Good Friday; grass did not grow on his tomb. If Jesus continued, we must also," said Salesian Father Sabino Palumbieri, professor of philosophy at the Salesian university in Rome and author of the new devotion.

Popular devotions such as the Way of the Cross "mediate between the truths of the faith and the lived experience of the people," he said.

They help people experience the fact that Christian truths have real meaning in their own lives.

-This happens with the first part of the paschal mystery Jesus' death. Why not move on to the second part - his resurrection? It should become a lived experience of the people." Father Palumbieri said.

The Salesian believes the Stations of the Cross are popular because "people today are suffering greatly and can identify with Jesus' passion."

The disciples find Christ's tomb empty in this first of the Stations of Light.

But Jesus told his disciples. "I am the resurrection and the life." the priest said.

Christians are called not only to pick up their own crosses and follow Jesus, but to he witnesses to the fact that suffering and death are not the end of the journey.

"When the world is so sad, when there are so many ways to

live but no joy in living, the spirituality of the Resurrection is very important," he said.

The permanent stations at St Callistus are not the first the Salesians have set up.

An almost identical set of basreliefs was erected several years ago at Colle Don Bosco, near Turin in northern Italy.

The wood sculptures have been

photographed for posters that Father Palumbieri and other supporters of the "Via Lucis" use when invited to lead the devotion.

The 14 stations of the "Via Lucis" are: • Jesus rises from the dead.

• The disciples discover the empty tomb.

• The risen Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene.

• Jesus walks with the disciples on the road to Emmaus.

• Jesus reveals himself in the breaking of the bread.

• Jesus shows the disciples he is alive.

• Jesus gives his disciples the power to forgive sins.

• The risen Lord confirms the faith of Thomas.

• Jesus meets the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias.

• Jesus confirms the primacy of Peter.

• Jesus tells the Apostles to make disciples of all nations.

Jesus ascends into heaven.

• With Mary the disciples await the Holy Spirit.

• Jesus sends his Holy Spirit to the disciples.

Chalet with WA link focus of 'war'

By George Russo

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here is a tiny French hamlet that nestles comfortably in the valley of the river Huitrepin, in the commune of Frencq, in northern France, less than an hour from Boulogne.

Surrounded by lush, rolling countryside, it is an ideal place for quiet. Well, so it seemed at first sight.

I visited it in the autumn of 1993 with a Bolannais author. Janine Watrin, doing research for a book I was writing. She took me to see the magnificent moated chateau, which had been the home of the pioneer Clifton family of Australind, for a period before they came to WA. The chateau `Rosamel', that gives its name to the hamlet, has a most welcoming high facade, stone windows, a shaded pathway lined with trees, a small stone church, stables, and a magnificent moat dating back to the 15 century, re-modelled in the 18 century, when Count de Rosamel re-built the chateau.

Scaffolding outside the building revealed that something was happening; that Rosamel was in the process of being changed by development.

We approached the caretaker's cottage, and were met by an austere man with a rifle. He made it clear that we were not welcome.

So we went into the village.

There, we learnt what the problem was. Arabs had bought the famous chateau de Rosamel, and were restoring it to be used as an hotel.

The village was divided, with the majority opposed both to the Arabs and local councillors, who had allowed them into their village. They detested them and their filthy money, and hurled plenty of vitriolic abuse, anonymous denunciation, and violent threats.

No-one was interested in a solution - other than ridding

themselves of the Arabs. In fact, flag. lance and pistol, as M. de the village was frozen in hatred.

Rosamel had been a soldier," she And the way that hatred devel- announced. proudly. oped when the fierce 'Moor met During the Revolution, the old the blue-eyed Gaul' revealed Marchal fled, leaving his properracial hatred still present in con- ty in the care of his wife and temporary French society. daughter.

There were other factors, like When Napoleon took troops to water levels in the moat, foreign Boulonge for the invasion of figures in the village streets, and England, he sent one of his genthe anonymity of the strangers, erals and his troops to the that riled them. They wondered chateau. who was doing the dirty work.

Count de Rosamel died in 1808, The awesome caretaker? It leaving the chateau to his son. seemed that he was only a pup- Claude Marie de Rosamel, who pet, merely doing his unpopular became the Minister of Marine.

It was he who sent frigates such job.

We were getting nowhere, so as the 'Astrolabe, Artemise' and we returned to my friend's home 'Venus' on scientific missions in in Condette. the region of the Western I was more interested in the Australian coast. Before he died present problem of Rosamel and he was made a 'pair de France', the Arabs. Unlike the locals, the and given the grande croix for his Arabs were immensely wealthy - fidelity to the Church. oil, probably - and the French Despite their sentimental didn't like them. attachment to Rosamel the comThey were also outraged that mune had not looked after their they should own and occupy chateau. Whoever owned it in their famous chateau, the home these years failed to utilise the of the Counts de Rosamel and grand house, while the fields Rommel today, the focal point in a war between villagers and 'foreigners.' ardent supporters of the French were farmed and stock roamed "They're racists', he continued, When I re-visited Rosamel monarchy and Catholic tradi- the hills, everything else suffered neglect. It was close to derelict. before leaving, everyone was "anti-Arabs. They see on TV what tions. talking of l'affaire de Chateau de the terrorists are doing in Paris The chateau was built on the And the Arabs reminded them.

Now, they intended to restore Rosamel. My gracious host was and fear it might happen here in ruins of a centuries-old castle by happy to tell some of the stories the quiet countryside."

Claude Marie duCampe de the chateau to its former glory.

Another interesting visit was to Rosamel. He had served in the Immediately upon purchasing she had heard about the whole royal army from 1743, and took It, the Arabs started the work of affair. As she placed the delicious the Cure. He was at first surpart in many famous military restoration. But it made no differ- food before me, she remarked; prised that I could be bothered campaigns, like Flanders, ending ence. Nothing they could do "You know what the Arabs are with a local dispute.

"They go on all the time," he his career as a Marshall-de would change the central fact in doing, don't you? I had to admit I said. "It's part of village life camp, and awarded the Cross of the eyes of the villagers they was somewhat confused.

"They're turning the chapel into inevitable in a small community".

St Louis. According to Madam were outsiders, foreigners!

Watrin the chateau is a work of The Arabs ignored the whis- a mosque!" I confessed that I saw And the outcry over the chapel. great elegance. pers, and proceeded to act in no evidence of it - only a dilapi- "Mon Dieu! it's nothing," he gesShe lamented that the gardens exactly the way the aristocratic dated Catholic chapel - and tured, "They never go inside.

Hypocrites, the lot of them!" 'were not what they used to be; Rosarnels had acted. They put another sign of neglect.

She took me to visit a retired Nothing like this in the peaceful jardins a la Francaise', which she Islamic coats of arms all over the discussed at length, telling me place, including the chapel, with schoolmaster who filled out the countryside of Rosamel near Bunbury. what the former garden would plastic replacing the stained story. have looked like. glass.

Nevertheless, the affair reflect"The Arabs are not suited to life The chapel, too, had lost its forSo, it was war, principles were in a small French village," he ed French intolerance, and was mer grandeur. Dedicated to St at stake, the community split, said, explaining how shocked he an alarming reminder of how litMarie-Madeleine, in 1779, it "had weapons deployed such as graffi- was at the behaviour of the vil- tle it takes to resurrect France's a beautiful ceiling, with the ti on walls, and a guard who lagers, especially the councillors traditional prejudice against Rosamel coat-of-arms, and on sported his shotgun like a well- who were using it for political other races, and a lesson for our each side, a gaunt breast plate, paid mercenary. own multicultural society purposes.

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Movie Review

One spine-tingleing spectacular drama With its impossible-toforget theme music and plot, a Paramount's "Mission: Impossible" seems unlikely to selfdestruct - at least until the next summer blockbuster tries to muscle out this one.

Commanding centre stage as star and first-time producer, Tom Cruise carries the 1960s TVseries-turned-action-thriller, despite an overly complicated narrative some viewers may elect to give up on and just go along for the chase.

With its lightning pacing - and editing to match - the audience is zipped from Kiev to Prague to Virginia to London and hurtled on toward Paris after the trap is set for our hero, Impossible Missions Forces spy Ethan Hunt (Cruise).

The only character preserved from the series is the covert operation's team leader, Jim Phelps (Jon Voight).

With his spy-spouse Claire (Emanuelle Beart) and colleagues Cruise, Emilio Estevez, and Scott-Thomas Kristin Ingeborga Dapkunaite, their mission is to apprehend a traitor about to sell a computer disk listing all the CIA operatives around the world and their locations.

The team's dazzling, split-second snatch scenario goes terribly awry, and with Hunt as the only apparent survivor, CIA honcho Kittridge (Henry Czerny), fingers him as the obviously guilty party.

In fact, Kittridge suspected a mole in their midst all along.

Unwilling to take the fall, Hunt

Tom Cruise steals information deep inside CIA headquarters.

goes on the run, a hunted man not killed and wants her husstill determined to capture the band avenged. She is also supcoveted list - and expose the posed to provide romantic sparks with Cruise, but gorgeous as she true killer.

It would be unfair to further is. he's too fiercely focused to describe the plot which has notice.

Under Brian De Palma's direcmore twists than a French braid and is just as hairy given its dan- tion, David Koepp and Robert Thwne's screenplay is so dense ger- laden set pieces.

Suffice it to add that a wily with wild action scenes that charVanessa Redgrave becomes very acter development and sophistiacquisitive about the list while cated wit haven't got a chance.

All the sophistication seems to two other disavowed spies (Ving Rhames and Jean Reno) join reside in the wizardry of forces with Hunt to get it as well. the high-tech gizmos, without Also cheering Hunt on is Claire which this espionage thriller Phelps. who as it turns out was would never get off the ground.

lains for literally minutes of taut suspense extremely reminiscent of Hitchcock Ever visually sleek, and with expensive production values very much in evidence, this spy flick gets by on spectacular special effects and exciting action scenes, but is hurt by too much narrative murkiness - until the end, when the audience has to reassemble all the pieces of the puzzle for maximum comprehension.

The movie undeniably is glossy escapist entertainment. Some viewers may not want to work that hard keeping up with the plot. Others won't care as long as it keeps moving at breakneck speed - and that it does.

Cruise is at his cocky best and buffed to perfection as a male action hero who knows he must use his brain muscle more than any other to survive.

But except for the cagey Redgrave character, the women are mostly window dressing.

Voight, Czerny. Rhames and And get off the ground it does in Reno give appropriately ambiguperhaps the most memor- ous shadings to their characters able scene in which Cruise to keep us all guessing.

Playing heavily on the nostalgia hangs suspended from a wire for older viewers and element headCIA Langley. the inside quarters - where even one drop computer wizardry for the younof sweat will betray his presence ger audience, "Mission: Impossible" covers its bases - and its and ensure his arrest.

At times the familiar theme complexity might actually work music is more pulse-pounding in its favour, spurring those who enjoyed it to return for an than the byzantine story line.

But De Palma pulls out all the encore viewing now that they stops with a high-firepower cli- know what was really going on.

Because of stylised violence max set atop a train inside the England-France chunnel as the and occasional profanity. the US seemingly unstoppable Hunt Catholic Conference classificatakes on the finally revealed vil- tion is A-Ill - adults.

smile a s raise ly bare Hard Spy Big symphony, but S only one note

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im Carrey is the whole insists he doesn't. As a comic show in the thin, one-note foil. Steven is an inane nice guy who knows he's being manipucomedy, "The Cable Guy". by the obnoxious Cable lated The had news for Garrey fans Guy but lacks the will and the is that the title role isn't wit to stop him. very funny to begin with and Broderick has no chance at grows to tiresome proportions building interest in a hollow along the way. character who deserves no Garrey portrays a grinning sympathy and gets none. sociopath whose brain was This leaves Carrey on his own warped from watching too much television growing up as in trying to generate laughs an only child, lonely and from the loony but calculating Cable Guy's unwanted intruignored by his mum. sions in Steven's life.

That explains why the Cable None of these mix-ups is parGuy is an electronics genius and master con artist, but has- ticularly amusing and they n't a clue about interpersonal grow less so when the rejected relations or topics of conversa- Cable Guy finally snaps and takes revenge on Steven by gettion beyond old TV shows. ting him fired from his job, then He doesn't even use his real tries to kill Robin and himself. to name, preferring instead Directed by Ben Stiller from a assume the names of littlescript by Lou Holtz, the comic remembered TV characters. concept is an exercise in repetiThe movie's comic premise, tion, dragged out in weak skits for those willing to swallow to nasty one-liners and keyed hard, is that this really weird jokes.

TV old Cable Guy is obsessed with a showcase for Carrey's It's being a real human finding manic mugging and his fans who wants to be his friend. worth (Matthew will get their money's Steven Enter from that alone.

Broderick), a junior architect Others are less likely to be whose girlfriend, Robin (Leslie Mann), has booted him out of amused at the movie's empty their apartment because she antics. can't handle the pressure of his Because of unfunny lifewanting to marry her. threatening predicaments, sexWhen the Cable Guy hooks ual situations and language, up the TV set in Steven's coarse expressions and a few new apartment, he determines profanities, The U.S. Catholic Steven really wants to be his Conference classification is Afriend, no matter how much he M - adults.

The Record, Junei27 1996. Page 10

py Hard (Hollywood) spoofs not only "Die Hard" but a variety of popular movies in the-more-the-merrier, hit-or-miss fashion.

Director Rick Friedberg doesn't sustain the wacky tone throughout the movie, and the feeble plot is just a means of framing a series of fitfully funny sight gags poking fun at famous film scenes.

Obviously, you have to have seen all the films being parodied to get the in-jokes meant to tickle funny bones.

Some may find the best comes the front up right colourful opening credits spoofing the famous silhouettes used to open the 007 films, only here they are some flabby females swimming around "Weird" Al Yankovic's opening theme song.

Movie spoof specialist Leslie Nielsen stars as bumbling Secret Service Agent Dick Steele, persuaded to come out of retirement to defeat his nemesis, the General unarmed literally Rancor (Andy Griffith).

Rancor may lack physical arms, but he's got a ready-to-rock-'n'roll rocket - and hostages.

One hostage is the daughter of Steele's lost love, whom Steele let down - in a scene suspiciously similar to the opening moments of "Cliffhanger."

Another hostage is the father of Steele's fitter, feistier colleague, Agent 3.14 (Nicollette Sheridan).

The movie has its moments, but not enough, and even the comparatively short 81-minute running time seemed stretched out.

Visual gags tend to get repeated and the movie doesn't come up to the standards of the Abrahams-Zucker brothers team of spoofs such as "Airplane" and "Naked Gun."

Spy Hard - the Naked Gun yanked sideways into the world of the spook.

Frequent moviegoers will as the Secret Service director recognise zany take-offs on who perpetually disguises him"Mission Impossible," "Forrest self as office furniture; Marcia Gump," "Jurassic Park," "The Gay Harden as Miss Cheevus, Karate Kid" and "Apollo 13," who lamely tries to live up to her name; and Barry Bostwick sportamong others.

The "Speed" segment, with Ray ing a heavy Kennedyesque Charles as the bus driver, is well accent for no fathomable reason. done, and a Macaulay Culkin Griffith's role as the villain is so clone gets payback for his less- underwritten he must have taken films following it just as an antidote to playing than-funny "Home Alone."

"Matlock."

Nielsen is also amusing as a It all adds up to a few chuckles, flinty, phony Clint Eastwood few in fact; maybe try hard too from "In the Line of Fire," but have been their inspirashould merely dull when he dons a "Die Hard." tion, not habit in a tasteless send-up of Because of much cartoon-like "Sister Act," in which nuns use guns on the bad guys to make violence, implied affairs, double entendres and fleeting nudity, the them "holy."

Other name stars are wasted in US Catholic Conference classifithankless roles: Charles Durning cation is A-III - adults.

Features

Parents' UK Anglicans convert to love trains Rome on authority issues for future

By Paulinus Barnes

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duchess, two government ministers, four bishops and a couple of hundred former Anglican clergy: Is this what was being talked about as the "conversion of England'"?

When the Church of England decided to ordain women.

Cardinal George Basil Hume of Westminster - anticipating Anglicans leaving the Church of England over the issue - commented in a newspaper interview about the "conversion of England." He later apologised for his remarks.

Two years after the Church of England ordained its first women priests, the Catholic Church is still the principal destination of those who disapprove although many say that is not their principal reason for leaving Anglicanism.

The Duchess of Kent is the bestknown of the new converts.

But like others, she says her interest in Catholicism was not linked to the women priests issue.

Since 1992, four retired bishops, Including former Bishop Graham Leonard of London, have been received into the Catholic Church.

Putting a figure on the number of priests who have joined them is by no means straightforward.

The Church of England has recorded 303 clergy resignations and estimates that at least 200 of those are in the process of

Cardinal Basil Hume becoming Catholics. Father Gordon Read, chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood, has been trying to collect statistics from the other English dioceses.

By January 1996, he estimates. there had been 326 inquiries from Anglican clergy, although his figures omit several dioceses where officials declined to answer his survey.

Among the dioceses that did reply, Father Read found that 160 clergy had already been received as Catholics: 92 of them single, 65 married and three divorced.

He told Catholic News Service that 66 of the single men and 54 of the married men were seeking ordination. and 21 single men and five married men had already been ordained.

Most of the former Anglicans

are quick to point out that they Church." Atonement Father are not seeking admission to the Michael Seed, ecumenical advisCatholic Church because they er to Cardinal Hume, has been closely involved with many of the are opposed to women priests.

Rather, they are concerned former Anglicans. about authority within the He switched to Catholicism, Church - not so much whether and he thinks the Catholic the Church ordains women, but Church will be strengthened by who decides. the newcomers, pointing out One of the more high-profile that Westminster Archdiocese former Anglicans to be received can expect about 50 new priests Into the Catholic Church was if things work out as planned.

Ann Widdecombe, a junior rnin"They bring to the Catholic ister in John Major's government.

Church a great sense of mission While admitting to a bit of nosout there is a everyone that talgia for elements of the Church parishioner, rather of England, she said of her "con- potential version": "It was the best decision than just those that go to Mass," he said.

I have ever taken."

Not all the new Catholics have Bishop Victor Auxiliary well. Three former settled recentGuazzelli of Westminster ly received a group of lay people Anglican clergy, having been from the Church of England in received into the Catholic Church, have now gone back to their own Church.

Approximately 120 members of the Church of England. the formerly Anglican congrega"It is only a very small number," tion of St Matthew's, London, Father Seed said, "too small to were received on Pentecost call a trend or a phenomenon.

Sunday.

They have all done what Their former vicar, Christopher they have done for very different, Bedford, is expected to become a very personal reasons."

Catholic later in the year.

Father Seed, though, believes Bishop Guazzelli said many that Catholics hostile to the newhad begun the journey on the comers don't understand them. road to Rome because they were "A lot of people just think they angry about the decision on are all misogynists, but they are women priests.

"For many of them that was not. A considerable proportion have no problem with the conwhat started it off," he said.

"But I always insisted that if cept of women priests: it is more they were only thinking of that a question of where authority (the ordination of women lies.

"They are very thoughtful peopriests), then forget it. We don't know what the Holy Spirit will ple. Our Church will be the richdo in 20 years' time in our own er for their presence," he said.

Was this St Joan of Arc's suit of armour?

By Robert Kelly

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small suit of armour recently acquired by a Paris antiques dealer may have once shielded St Joan of Arc. Pierre de Souzy obtained the suit of armour from an elderly woman, who said that it had come into her family's possession when one of her ancestor's. a sailor, had bought it in England in 1760.

Intrigued by the style, including a breast-plate with a ribbed pattern, and the unusually small size of the suit of lightweight metal, de Souzy had his 14-year-old daughter try it on. It fit her so well he was prompted to have research conducted on the suit.

The research was entrusted to Jean-Pierre Duchiron. an expert in ancient armour, who declared to the French Sunday paper Le Journal de Dimanche, "this is almost certainly St Joan of Arc's armour."

French court archives record that in April 1429 Charles VII ordered a suit of armour to be made for St Joan of Arc which was "to fit her body exactly." The work was entrusted to Colas de Montbazon, and the records show that the suit cost the equivalent of "100 war horses."

St Joan of Arc was captured in May 1430 by the Burgundians, who surrendered her to the English.

After nearly a year's imprisonment, and a trial for heresy. she

VII was crowned king at Rheims.

St Joan of Arc became a popular heroine in the 19th century and was canonised in 1920.

What happened to St Joan of Arc's armour after her arrest is not known, but the possibility that one of her English captors kept the suit as a keepsake has been given added credibility by this recent find.

A list of circumstantial evidence has been compiled by de Souzy in an effort to determine if the suit was in fact St loan of Arc's: • The shape of the breast-plate suggests it was made for a young woman, five feet tall, which was St Joan of Arc's height at age 18.

• The earliest known portrait of St Joan of Arc depicts her in a suit which has the ribbed pattern of the suit bought by de Souzy.

• Preliminary metallurgical examinations confirm that the metal used is from the 15th century. More tests are to be conducted to establish a more exact dating.

In addition, the suit is damaged The armour suspected to have been worn by St Joan of Arc. P,Orc L NS Pe„te,S in ways that correspond to three well-known injuries St Joan of was burned alive at the stake at Arc received: Rouen on May 30, 1431.

• There is a hole in the right She was charged with heresy breast of the armour; during the because she admitted to hear- siege of Orleans, she was hit by a ing "voices" that ordered her to crossbow bolt (arrow) in the right rally the French and lead them breast. against the invading English • There is a small puncture in army. the right leg-guard: in September She personally led the troops 1429, in Paris, St Joan of Arc was that broke the siege of Orleans in hit in the right thigh by a cross1429. as a result of which Charles bow bolt.

• The helmet is badly dented on the upper right side: St Joan of Arc was wounded in the head at Orleans.

Because these wounds are wellknown, the damage to the armour could have been faked.

However, there is one feature, known only to a few specialists, where again the armour and St Joan of Arc's wound coincide.

The Duke of Bedford, who was responsible for St Joan of Arc when she was in prison, instructed his wife, Anne de Bourgogne, to examine St Joan of Arc..

If she was not a virgin, there would be one more piece of evidence of witchcraft against her.

Anne de Bourgogne recorded a wound to St Joan of Arc's pelvis and examination of the armour reveals a repair in roughly the same region.

The repair is consistent, for example. with an injury sustained in horseback combat caused by the pommel on the saddle.

The style of the helmet is the only problematic feature.

St Joan of Arc's contemporaries speak of her using a helmet with a hinged visor, whereas the de Souzy armour has a fixed faceplate.

If the suit can be authenticated as St Joan of Arc's, experts say it would be priceless.

If such verification proves inconclusive the armour will still have high value, as one of only a few suits of armour to have lasted from the 15th century.

Further excerpts from the Vatican's Pontifical Council For the Family's guidelines for education within the family on human sexuality

Unfortunately, even in Christian societies today parents have reason to be concerned about the stability of their children's future marriages.

Nevertheless, in spite of the rising number of divorces and the growing crisis of the family, they should respond with optimism, committing themselves to give their children a deep Christian formation to make them able to overcome various difficulties.

Actually, the love for chastity, which parents help to form, favors mutual respect between man and woman and provides a capacity for compassion, tolerance, generosity and above all a spirit of sacrifice, without which love cannot endure. Children will thus come to marriage with that realistic wisdom about which St Paul speaks when he teaches that husband and wife must continually give way to one another in love, cherishing one another with mutual patience and affection (cf. 1 Cor 7:3-6; Eph 5:21-23).

Through this remote formation for chastity in the family, adolescents and young people learn to live sexuality in Its personal dimension, rejecting any kind of separation of sexuality from love - understood as self-giving - and any separation of the love between husband and wife from the family. . . .

A Christian education for chastity within the family cannot remain silent about the moral gravity involved in separating the unitive dimension from the procreative dimension within married life.

This happens above all in contraception and artificial Procreation. In the lust case. one intends to seek sexual pleasure, intervening in the conjugal act to avoid conception: in the second case conception is sought by substituting the conjugal act with a technique. . . . Forming young people for chastity should thus become a preparation for responsible fatherhood and motherhood Parents who carry out their own right and duty to form their children for chastity can be certain that they are helping them in turn to build stable and united families. thus anticipating, insofar as this is possible, the joys of paradise: "How can I ever express the happiness of the marriage that is joined together by the church, strengthened by an offering, sealed by a blessing. announced by anFels and ratified by the Father....

"They are both brethren and both fellow servants: there is no separation between them in spirit or flesh....

"Christ rejoices in them and he sends them his peace: where the couple is, there he is also to be found, and where he is, evil can no longer abide."

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To Jesus through Mary. .

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Although the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of Mary does not say explicitly that she was free from sin throughout her life, that, too, is part of Catholic teaching, Pope John Paul II said.

"Mary was always and completely of the Lord and no imperfection marred the perfect harmony between her and God," the Pope said on June 19 at his weekly

Rome 'no' to official pilgrimages

By John 'Mavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) Confirming an earlier statement, the Vatican said "official" pilgrimages should not be made to the popular Marian site of Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The Vatican position, which also reflects the opinion of local bishops in the former Yugoslavian republic, was outlined in a recent letter by Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Archbishop Bertone cited a 1991 report by Yugoslavian bishops which said that after much study, it could not be confirmed that supernatural apparitions were occurring.

"From what was said, it follows that official pilgrimages to Medjugorje, understood as a place of authentic Marian apparitions, should not be Archbishop organised," Bertone said.

Such pilgrimages would be in contradiction with what the local bishops had determined, he said.

Excerpts from the letter, written in response to a query

by French Bishop Leon Taverdet of Langres, were published by the French newspaper La Croix in June.

A similar pronouncement against pilgrimages was made in 1990 by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the doctrinal congregation.

The congregation continues to study the alleged apparitions, which began in 1981.

On June 17, Bishop Ratko Peric of Mostar-Duvno. the diocese that includes Medjugorje, told an Italian TV station he was pleased the Vatican had again clearly expressed caution over the pilgrimages.

Bishop Peric has said the alleged apparitions have stirred confusion and division in the local Church.

The reports of Marian appearances to six children have drawn millions of people to the tiny village, many in groups organised by parishes and priests around the world.

The pilgrimages have continued in recent years, despite the fighting in the region.

Meanwhile the director of the Holy See Press Office, with regard to news of recent days concerning pilgrimages to Medjugorje, answered Journalists' questions on June 19 with the the declaration: "No new fact has occurred in this regard. As has been stated on previous occasions, it is a duty in such cases to respect the immediate competency of the local episcopacY 4

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general audience. Pope John Paul had devoted several of his previous audience talks to explaining the Immaculate Conception, a doctrine proclaimed infallibly which teaches that Mary was conceived free from original sin.

The Pope told visitors at his June 19 audience that the 1854 papal statement did not speak of Mary's absolute holiness throughout her life, not because it was not true, but because it was widely accepted and not a matter of controversy.

"This truth already belonged to the common understanding of the Christian people," he said. "The Church has constantly recognised Mary as holy and immune from every sin or moral imperfection."

Pope John Paul said some modern authors have tried to use Jesus' words in the Bible to challenge the Church's position on Mary's perfect holiness.

For example, in the Gospel of Luke a woman cries out, "Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which

you nursed." Jesus replies, "Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it."

Jesus was not saying his mother was not blessed, the Pope said. Rather, he was explaining the source of her blessedness.

"Far from placing in doubt the personal perfection of Mary, he highlights her faithful following of the word of God," the Pope said. That is why the Church uses the passage from Luke in liturgical celebrations honouring Mary.

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By Cindy Wooden PADERBORN. Germany (CNS) - The peace and unity Germans forged in the past six years will not endure if Germans are not open to others and lose sight of spiritual values, Pope John Paul II said.

Arriving in Paderborn for the start of a June 21-23 visit to Germany. the Pope said an alignment of political. economic and military systems is not enough to guarantee lasting unity.

"All leaders of state and society must commit themselves in the first place to safeguarding the divine truth about the human person which is present in the conscience through natural law," Pope John Paul said at the airport arrival ceremony.

The wounds caused by past divisions among people can be healed only if human life and human dignity are respected by all. the Pope said in the early evening chill under cloudy skies.

Speaking later at an ecumenical prayer service in Berlin. the Pope said that divided Christians all share the blame for their divisions and must repent.

The 16th-century division between Roman Catholics and Prot-

Pope John Paul ll welcomes a girf during Mass for 80,000 people on an airfield near Paderborn on June 22.

estants had many causes. the Pope told German Catholics.

Orthodox representatives and leaders of the Lutheran Church and other Protestant denominations.

One of the reasons for the Reformation-era division "is the

failure of the Catholic Church. which Pope Hadrian VI lamented with moving words," he said.

"Another is the involvement of political and economic interests."

But some of the blame also must be placed on Martin Luther, the Augustinian monk who spar-

US military chaplains ordered not to participate in pro-life campaign which is their right, to participate a section of it unconstitutional.

The Utah law made abortion with every other American llegal except in cases involva i effort to stop in the Catholic WASHINGTON (CNS) - An Air Force directive ordering Catholic gross immoral procedure." he ing risk to the life of the mother, the expectation that the child chaplains not to participate in the added. be born with "grave would they chaplains, as "Catholic Church's postcard campaign to defects." or in pregnancies resultmilipulpits of our in the stand Congress against partial-birth ing from rape or incest. prohibnot be chapels, must tary abortions violates their rights, Possible division on abortion according to the head of the US ited from proclaiming the teachings of their Church, especially continues to feature strongly in military archdiocese. the Republican Party's preparaArchbishop Joseph Dimino of moral teachings." tions for the presidential election Force telling Air directive The the Archdiocese for the Military Services USA said in a June 20 chaplains not to participate in the later this year.

In an attempt to short-circuit a statement that the Air Force postcard campaign or to encourconvention battle over bruising conparticipate was age others to judge advocate general had on whether to insert differences memo from Air tained in a June 7 made "a most unfortunate interbortion policy in the Repuba Washingheadquarters in Force pretation" of Department of Party platform, the head of lican ton to all senior chaplains.

Defence regulations when he Party's platform committee the is coThe campaign postcard said participation in the postcard campaign would violate the ban sponsored by the National proposed a new solution to the on political activities by mem- Committee for a Human Life problem on June 17 Representative Henry Hyde of grass-roots a bers of the armed forces on Amendment, I llinois, a Catholic who strongly the and group, Catholic pro-life active duty. abortion, proposed that opposes Secretariat for Probishops' US "We are not discussing politics; than including a "declararather Life Activities. we are discussing morality," tolerance" on abortion in of tion Supreme Court Meanwhile, the Archbishop Dimino said. "We are discussing the need to stop par- cleared the way for the possible the preamble to the platform or tial-birth abortions; we are dis- reinstatement of Utah abortion in the plank on abortion, the delNationcussing the need to struggle con- regulations that were overturned egates to the Republican approve a Convention could al Circuit Court of 10th US by the stantly in order to maintain high separate "statement of RepubAppeals. moral standards in our country.

In a June 17 order, the high lican principles" that would out"Catholics who proudly serve said the appeals court line "the principle of the open court their country, and the memwrongly overturned the entire- door, if not the big tent," Hyde bers of their families, should not abortion law after finding said.

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ked the Reformation, the Pope said.

"Luther's own passion carried him far beyond what was initially intended to a radical criticism of the Catholic Church, its vision of life and its teaching." he said.

"We have all brought guilt upon ourselves, therefore we are all called upon to repent and allow ourselves to be cleansed by the Lord," the Pope said at the prayer service in Paderborn cathedral.

The Pope praised German Catholics' generosity in giving relief and development aid to people in need around the globe.

"Draw and learn from the many and new experiences of other local Churches." he told them.

German President Roman Herzog told the Pope that while Germany is obviously influenced by its Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches, the German population is not homogeneous.

"People of very different faiths and creeds live here, often next door to each other," the president said.

"We know - unfortunately not just from the history books - that different religious convictions can lead to conflict and even bloodshed. Yet we also know what a powerful force for peace faith can be."

New head for Worship VATICAN CITY (CNS) Chilean Bishop Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez, a theologian who helped write the "Catechism of the Catholic Church." was named by Pope John Paul II to head the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.

The Vatican announced Bishop Medina Estevez's appointment as pro-prefect of the congregation, which oversees Church policies on the liturgy and the sacraments on June 21 Bishop Medina Estevez, 69, has headed the Diocese of Valparaiso, Chile, since 1993.

Before that he was bishop of Rancagua and held various local positions in the Chilean church.

Born in Santiago in 1926, he was ordained a priest in 1954.

An expert at the Second Vatican Council, a member of the International Theological Commission and the Commission for the Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law, he was secretary general of the fourth conference of the Latin American bishops in 1992.

International News

Churches watch Russian developments closely

By Frank Brown

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II casts his ballot on June.

MOSCOW (CNS) - President Boris Yeltsin's narrow firstround plurality in the June 16 Russian election is apparently good news for the country's 400,000 Roman Catholics.

"Certainly Catholics are supportive of Yeltsin," said Yakov Krotov, a Church historian and Byzantine-rite Catholic living in Moscow.

"Yeltsin is preferable because he is more civilised."

In the run-up to the second round of the presidential election, Yeltsin cobbled together an alliance with retired General Alexander Lebed, who came in third place in the balloting.

That alliance, along with fourth-

Bishops refuse to retreat on US poll

place finisher and democrat Grigory Yavlinsky, would likely give Yeltsin the edge to beat Communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov, who ran a close second to the president, political analysts say.

Despite Zyuganov's campaign rhetoric, which included the oftquoted remark that "Jesus was the first Communist," one priest in the Volga River city of Samara said his parishioners were overwhelmingly anti-Communist.

In the week prior to the election, Archbishop Theodore McCarrick of Newark, New Jersey, arrived in Moscow with a group of US religious leaders to observe the campaign process.

"We weren't here to do poll watching," said Archbishop McCarrick in a June 14 interview

in his hotel opposite the Kremlin.

He added that one of the group's purposes was to be a "reminder that the world is watching."

In meetings with Zyuganov and staffers from the Lebed and Yeltsin camps, Archbishop McCarrick said he was encouraged to see that "they are all at least paying lip service to the idea of religious freedom. They are now on record as saying this.

Can you hold them to their record? You can't even do that in the U.S." The delegation, which included Jewish, Armenian and American Orthodox leaders, also met Patriarch Alexei II, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Like top Catholic clerics in Russia, Patriarch Alexei endorsed

none of the presidential candidates.

He did, however, make several pre-election statements urging Orthodox voters not to support a return to the past - a thinly veiled entreaty to not support the Communists, who in their Soviet form, oversaw the murder of tens of thousands of priests and the near annihilation of the Russian church.

With Catholicism a distinct religious minority in Russia, Archbishop McCarrick and other leaders said they were concerned with proposed legislation currently being considered by a committee of the Russian Duma (parliament) which could curtail the activities of so-called nontraditional religions, including Catholicism.

Life fades for 50 cents a day

san vocations programs; and. marked the 150th anniversary of PORTLAND. Ore. (NC) - The the Portland Archdiocese; On their final day the bishops nation's Catholic bishops deplored partial-birth abortions. met in an executive session the burning of black churches closed to the media.

Some bishops said afterward and harsh immigration legislation at their northern Spring that topics during that session Jose Roberto Diaz, 14, breaths in fumes from a jar of glue he purchased for about three lempira - about 50 cents meeting in Portland from June included a discussion of how in Honduras. He said he has been living on the streets for four years and has been sniffing glue for a month. bishops can advance women's 20-22.

Bishop Anthony PiIla of role in the Church within the Cleveland. president of the framework of existing laws and National Conference of Catholic policies, and a talk by Jesuit theBishops, gave notice that elec- ologian Father Avery Dulles on tion-year accusations of partisan- the doctrinal status of the papalCOWMBO. Sri Lanka (CNS) - were Catholics and six were Wijekulasuriya. the bishops' ship will not deter the bishops ly affirmed teaching that the About 200 Tamil rebels attacked Buddhists, reported UCA News. national Social and Economic Church is not able to ordain from applying Catholic social a northwestern Sri Lankan vil- an Asian church news agency Development Centre and its teachings to public policy issues women to the priesthood.

Chilaw diocesan branch immediThe talk by Father Dulles was lage and gunned down or hacked based in Thailand. facing the nation. priest said that ately donated 25,000 rupees to death 16 Catholics and Sinhalese The on the recent Vatican CongregThe bishops, in their first-ever 55, the sacristan (about Buddhists, including two infants, Benedict Perera, US$500). ation for the Doctrine of the Faith national meeting in the Pacific VanathaAlthough Puttalam has a prethen burned the bodies.

Jude's Church in and at St statement that the teaching is Northwest, also: Liberation Tigers of Tamil villuva, died in the hospital after dominantly Muslim population, • Moved closer to completion part of the deposit of faith, foundthe district has the highest perof an entirely revised Sacramen- ed on the word of God and Eelam militants, fighting the gov- the attack.

After the massacre the Catholic centage of Catholics of any distaught by the Church's ordinary, ernment for 13 years for Tamil tary in English; autonomy in northern and east- Church acted immediately to trict in the country.

• Voted to ask Vatican permis- universal teaching authority.

Reports say Tamil militants ern Sri Lanka, attacked the jungle send relief to the village.

Afterward, he reportedly led a sion to allow Catholic funeral Father Wijekulasuriya and moved to neighbouring Mannar Aruwakkaru near village of long question-answer session Masses in the presence of crePuttalam some 80 miles north of three other priests rushed to after government forces retook mated remains in the United with the bishops.

Bishop Pilla departed from a Colombo, in a predawn raid on Aruwakkaru the day of the attack Jaffna, the former rebel headStates; on the request of Bishop Frank quarters.

June 11. long custom, that presidential • Approved establishment of a The displaced Tamil population Father Sylvester Wijekulasur- Marcus Fernando of Chilaw. addresses ordinarily are given national office to coordinate They ministered among the sur- of Jaffna is reported to be slowly iya, parish priest of St Mary's only at the bishops' northern Catholic preparations for the Autumn meeting, in order to give Church in Puttalam, said that 10 vivors and promised all possible returning to the city at the norththird millennium: a major talk on the bishops' role of the 16 massacre victims assistance. According to Father ern tip of the island.

• Approved a one-time national i n public policy debates in an collection in Catholic parishes as election year. a special gift to Pope John Paul II He said the bishops will not on the golden jubilee of his back down from spelling out priestly ordination; • Continued discussions on positions based on principles of ROME (CNS) - Father Fernando Before he took the post, Jesuit to be a Jesuit, he remained restructuring the National morality and social justice - Gardena', disbarred from the Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, a priest although he could not which they see as part of their Jesuits in 1984 for his involve- the superior general, sent Father exercise his ministry.

Conference of Catholic Bishops; • Contributed $50,000 from job as teachers and defenders of ment in Nicaragua's Sandinista Cardenal a letter encouraging In accordance with canon law NCCB reserves to a national church teaching. government, has been readmit- him to decline the position or rules for the readmission of prointerreligious campaign to assist fessed religious, Father Gardena' His point was driven home a ted to the order, a Jesuit face "painful" consequences. congregations victimised by the short time later as he issued a spokesman in Rome said.

Citing canon law's general ban was required to begin his recent spate of church burnings;. statement, with the unanimous Father Gardena'. now 62, was on priests holding political office, renewed membership with a • Elected Archbishop Daniel concurrence of the body of bish- disbarred from the Jesuits Father Kolvenbach said the gov- one-year enrollment in the Pilarczyk of Cincinnati to head ops, calling on Congress to over- five months after he accepted a ernment job was incompati- Jesuit novitiate, said Jesuit Father the NCCB Committee on ride President Clinton's April post as education minister ble with Father Cardenal's "con- Jose Maria de Vera, director of Doctrine until November 1997; the press office at the Jesuit headveto of the Partial-Birth Abortion in Nicaragua's Sandinista gov- dition as a Jesuit."

• Discussed examples of dioce- Ban Act. ernment.

While Father Gardena' ceased quarters in Rome.

By Jerry Fitteau

Tigers massacre 16 villagers

Ex-Sandinista readmitted to Jesuits

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conferences Bishops' Carey to visit Rome role in liturgy caII in Brief

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II and Archbishop George Carey of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, will meet at the Vatican in December, the Vatican announced.

Archbishop Carey and his wife, Eileen, along with representatives of the Anglican Communion will be in Rome from December 3-5, said the June 19 announcement.

Peace theme VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II has chosen "Offer Pardon, Receive Peace" to be the theme of his message for the 1997 World Day of Peace.

Vatican normally The announces the theme for the January 1 annual celebration in June. The text of the papal message. which is sent to heads of state, usually is released in early December.

1997 marks the first of three specific years of preparation Pope John Paul has outlined for celebrations of the year 2000.

Latin ordination OITAWA (CNS) - Ottawa's Archbishop Marcel Gervais has ordained a 35-yearold man to the priesthood in the Tridentine rite.

The new priest is Father Charles Van Vliet. a member of the Fraternity of St Peter, who will become an assistant pastor at St. Clement's in central Ottawa.

Although Latin Mass is said in 27 different locations in Canada, St Clement's is the only Canadian church which follows the Tridentine rite in the administration of other sacraments, including baptisms and marriages. About 400 Catholics belong to the parish.

By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) - A Vatican official praised and encouraged the work of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, but said bishops' conferences also need a greater role in the delicate task of translating liturgical texts.

Archbishop Geraldo Majella Agnelo, secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, made the remarks in a meeting on June 13 with ICEL's episcopal board.

A copy of his remarks was later made available to Catholic News Service.

Archbishop Agnelo said the Vatican was aware of the pointed debate over liturgical translations, but said the Holy See pays more attention to the results that are ultimately approved by the bishops' conferences.

And he said that while the Vatican has received complaints about the translations done by

ICEL - sometimes as a result In recent years, in the United of "propaganda" campaigns - his States and elsewhere, somecongregation generally does times-heated debate has erupted not respond or refers letter-writ- over liturgical translations. ers to local bishops' conferences.

Some critics of liturgical "This does not mean the con- reforms have focused on ICEL, gregation does not take into arguing that it is undermining account the eventual weight of so the Church with an ultraliberal many reactions and the possible approach to texts. pastoral repercussions," he said.

Bishops who sit on the ICEL But the Vatican deals with board have always repudiated the issues directly only when the such accusations. bishops' conferences submit The commission represents final texts for approval, he said.

English-speaking bishops' conThanking ICEL on behalf of the ferences around the world.

Holy See for its work in the area Archbishop Agnelo said it was of translation of liturgical books "normal" that not everyone find and texts, Archbishop Agnelo themselves in agreement with said "This work has supported single translations.

"Even our department continand continues to support the bishops' conferences of English- ues to receive, sometimes followpropaganda speaking countries in the direc- ing organised tion envisioned by liturgical among the simple faithful, reform, toward a single (com- protests and observations that mon) text of the liturgical books are not always favourable about the work ICEL is carrying out." in the main languages," he said.

The Pope celebrated Mass on he said.

Archbishop Agnelo also offered June 10 for members of ICEL's Advisory Committee and greeted a clarification about a 1969 Vatican instruction on liturgical them individually afterward.

Absolute poverty for I acted for reasons of charity: Bruskewitz two in every five

By Roy Horner

Vatican surplus VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican posted a $1.7 million surplus in 1995 - the third straight year it kept operating expenses under budget.

The good news left Vatican officials confident that the years of multimillion dollar deficits are over, said US Cardinal Edmund Szoka, who presented the figures at a press conference on June 19.

Cardinal Szoka. a former archbishop of Detroit, heads the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

Poll confusion WASHINGTON (CNS) Confusion has arisen over who polled US Catholics recently about the qualities they would like to see in the next Pope.

Both the Gallup Organisation in Princeton, New Jersey, and Father Andrew Greeley, the sociologist who released the survey report, claimed the press caused the confusion.

"Gallup collected the data, we analysed it," a spokeswoman for Father Greeley said.

translations, which bears the French title "Comme le Prevoit" ("As foreseen").

The instruction has guided liturgical translation work since the Second Vatican Council.

The archbishop said "Conune le Prevoit" contains valuable principles but must be recognised as a text dated from 1969.

Its current value is therefore conditioned by the experience of the last 27 years, he said.

He said that for this reason, when the Vatican issued an instruction on inculturation and the Roman liturgy in 1994 it cited the Pope's 1988 apostolic letter on the liturgy, which called for a Church-wide reflection on how liturgical translations have been accomplished and on the specific role of bishops' conferences in the process.

He added that the Vatican also expects ICEL's function - in structure, method and specific initiatives - to be guided by the same principles outlined by the Pope in his apostolic letter.

Homeless Indians sleep in New Delhi's square in the early morning on June 18. India, one of the most populous nations in the world, is home to one in every six of the world's people, and two of every five citizens live in absolute poverty in the country.

LOUISVILLE. Kentucky. (CNS) Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln. Nebraska, said the work of the Second Vatican Council is subject to misunderstandings that persist to this day due to the influence of what he called a "para-council."

The para-council, according to Bishop Bruskewitz. was "the group of hangers-on. lobbyists, experts, journalists and general commentators who frequently gave an impression of that council and the impression that continues sometimes even today that is exceptionally erroneous."

Bishop Bruskewitz made the comments in an address on June 15 to 2,000 people in Louisville at the annual Church Teaches Forum.

He said he had attended portions of Vatican II and that those Church leaders who participated clearly understand what took place there.

"The words of the Second Vatican Council certainly come

from the Holy Spirit," he said.

"They stand in continuity with the long and unbroken tradition of the Catholic faith and deserve our respect and study."

Bishop Bruskewitz also touched briefly on the controversy generated by his excommunication for members of any of a dozen organisations operating in his diocese that he said were "perilous to the Catholic faith."

He thanked people in the Archdiocese of Louisville who had supported him in his stand.

"And I pray. God, that the legislation that was enacted in the Diocese of Lincoln, that seemed completely unintended and unwanted by me to have a larger resonance than I ever expected, will serve the purpose that God wills for it and will help all those who will be living under its aegis," he said.

"I always want to reiterate that I trust what I do is done out of pastoral concern and pastoral charity, a deep love of truth and a deep love of service to God and his people."

New men's movement a wake-up call to the Church WASHING-MN (CNS) - A US bishops' committee says the evangelical-style men's ministry known as Promise Keepers is "the proverbial wake-up call to the (Catholic) Church to encourage and offer more ministry suited to the needs of men."

In an 11-page background paper, the Committee on Marriage and Family Life recommends that Catholic pastors and leaders be "proactive" regarding men's ministry and not just "reactive to what Promise Keepers is offering."

The paper, titled "A Perspective on Promise Keepers," was sent to bishops nationwide on June 7 It is not an official statement but was prepared as a resource for

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them. It also offers guidance to Catholics who "are observing the PK (Promise Keepers) phenomenon and wondering what attitude and response to adopt in light of it."

Promise Keepers, begun in 1990 by a former college football coach, considers itself a Christcentred, non-denominational ministry, according to the paper.

The committee acknowledges that the Promise Keepers message is Christ-centred, direct and accessible, but points out that it is rooted in the Protestant evangelical tradition that "places heavy emphasis on the authority of Scripture and on the necessity of personal salvation achieved through 'faith alone."

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ALL NIGHT VIGIL The Society for Eucharistic Adoration invites you to join in a night of Prayer to prevent Euthanasia in the Northern Territory. St Mary's Cathedral. 9pm. Friday 5th July (1st Friday) until 6.30am Saturday 6th. Mass at 6.45am. Rosary on the hour. All groups invited to come and pray for an hour or more. Parking in the Cathedral grounds.

CONCERT FOR LUMEN CHRISTI COLLEGE Noted Western Australian Soprano Lisa Harper-Brown, a former member of the Lumen Christi College Music Staff, is coordinating a concert evening for the benefit of the College Community. Proceeds from the evening will go towards a joint venture between Lumen Christi College and ARK Indoor Hockey Inc. We are combining to build the WA Indoor Hockey Centre on the College Campus. Ticket bookings and enquiries may be made on 398 5055 and door sales will be available at the venue, the Penrhos College Performing Arts Centre, Mosman Street, Como on Friday 5 July at 7.45pm. General Admission S20.

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SCHOOL HOLIDAYS CAMP Fun and Challenge Camp Years 5, 6, 7.

Hosted by Allan Sutton and John Last, Principal, St Munchin Catholic Primary School, Gosnells.

Price includes: space walk fast water rafting night games flying fox music activities all meals transport accommodation and much more One staff member per 10 students Departs Perth Monday 8 July gam and returns Wednesday 10 July 5pm VENUE: Trinity Colleges Camp Kelly, Dwellingup Price: $125 per child Bookings:

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CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF PERTH

A CCOUNTANT The Archdiocesan Finance Office is seeking an Accountant to join their successful and dedicated team of Finance Professionals.

The position requires an individual ideally with two or three years experience as degree qualifications in Accounting. The successful incumbent will be responsible for the majority of the Archdiocesan accounting need including monthly profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and budgets.

The successful applicant will possess a strong work ethic as well as a practical approach to accounting.

High level written and oral communication skills are essential as well as excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work within a team environment.

An individual who has a strong commitment and understanding to the Catholic ethos would be highly regarded.

An attractive salary package as well as solid career opportunities will be offered to the successful applicant.

Written applications can be forwarded by mail or fax to Olga Biundo at the address below quoting assignment 0953. Initial telephone enquiries on (09) 481 2085 are welcome. Applications close Friday, 5 July 1996.

GDA Gerard Daniels Australia Executive Search and Selection Level 25 QV1 Building 250 St George's Terrace Perth WA 6000 Telephone (09) 481 2085 Fax (09) 481 5328

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

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced professionals for the senior position of Coordinator, Finance and property in the Administrative Services Section.

The successful applicant will lead a team whose responsibilities include the management of the financial and physical assets of the Catholic Education Office.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate effectiveness in accounting management, membership of a professional accounting body, 10 years of post graduate experience, leadership skills, high level of computer literacy and commitment to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education. The Office uses Oracle Financial Systems together with Excel and Word.

Further information and official application forms can be obtained from Mrs Maureen Daws on (09) 388 4279.

Official applications should be addressed to The Director, Catholic Education Office of WA, PO Box 198, Leederville 6903 and be lodged by Friday 12 July 1996.

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THE PARISH SCENE DAY OF REFLECTION The third of the five First Saturdays Devotion continues with All Night Vigil, Friday 5 July at Holy Spirit Church, Keaney Place, City Beach, commencing at 8 pm with Rosary (Confessions between 8 pm and 9 pm), concluding with Holy Mass at 9 am Saturday 6 July. (The Rosary and Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary will precede Mass). You are invited to join in this Act of Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Prayers offered in reparation for abortion. If you can spend time with the Lord during the night contact Margaret (446-1935) or Lorraine (446-9682) to confirm time slot.

FLAME MINISTRIES SEMINARS Two 'Set my people on Fire' seminars will be conducted over 16 weeks, beginning with introduction night. South of river: 7.30pm Tuesday July 2nd, Holy Family Church hall, Thelma St, Como; North of river: 7.30pm Wednesday, July 3rd, St Keiran's Parish hall, Cape St, Osborne Park. For information ring 382 3668.

THE 21st COUNTRY DAY OF REFLECTION is to be held at St Joseph's Church, Wellington St, Northam on Monday 22 July commencing at 9.30 am with Rosary Cenacle, concluding with Holy Mass at 2 pm. Theme for the day: "Mary in Modern Times." Fr Oliver Martin OPraem will be guest speaker.

BYO lunch. Tea/coffee supplied.

Please wear name tag. Contact No's Vanda (096) 22-1528, Kathy (096) 22-2766, Metro Margaret 446-1935.

Official Engagements A JOURNEY OF GROWTH AND CONVERSION Fr Elio Capra SOB will present this seminar for RCIA teams, sponsors, catechists, and members of the parish who wish to deepen their understanding of their role and mission within the Church today. It will explore the theory and practise of RCIA through storytelling and music.

Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 July, 9.30 am to 4.30 pm both days, Doubleview Parish Hall, 17 Angelico St, Woodlands. Cost $25 (discounts available for group bookings). For registration please contact the Liturgy Office, phone (09) 221-1548.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS FAREWELL Holy Family parish, Albany. On Saturday, 29 June, a CBC Reunion for all former CBC students and teachers at St Joseph's College (Secondary Library) from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm.

Llight refreshments provided.

Alcoholic beverages available.

On Sunday 30 June, a parish celebration to honour the Christian Brothers before they leave Albany will commence with a 9.30 am Eucharist in the Holy Family Church followed by a Parish Morning Tea for all. For more information please contact the Parish Centre (41-1129) or Br Pat Grant or Michael Watson at St Joseph's College on 41-4755.

DIVINE MERCY St Mary's Cathedral, Victoria Sq on Sunday 7 July at 1.30 pm.

Program: Rosary, Divine Mercy prayers, Benediction. Sermon Fr Alan: Humility. Film: Five steps to love. Information: Adam on 448-0002 or John 457-7771.

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Concert A night with Lisa Harper Brown and friends. Perth noted Soprano will lead a presentation of popular songs and music.

Friday 5 July at 7.30pm at Penrhos College Performing Arts Centre, Morrison Road, Como.

Tickets $20 adults, $13 seniors, $10 students.

Door sales available.

Ticket enquiries to Lumen Christi College 398 5055

JUNE Citizenship Ceremony and 26 Reception for Refugee Week Mr Gerald Searle Mass and Tour of St Mary's 27 Cathedral, Nagle Catholic College Students - Archbishop Hickey 28-30 Visitation, Scarborough Bishop Healy Ecumenical Service for Refugee 29 Week, Nollamara Church of Christ Mr Gerald Searle Confirmation, Riverton 30 Rev Fr Greg Carroll JULY 2 & 3 Confirmation, Bateman Monsignor McCrann Luncheon celebrating 200th 4 Anniversary of Independence of USA - Rev Fr Chris Ross OSM 7 Mass to celebrate 50th Anniversary of Canonisation of Mother Cabrini at Villa Terenzio -Archbishop Hickey Annual Church Service St John's Ambulance at St George's Cathedral - Rev Fr Tony Vallis 8 & 9 Central Commission, Canberra Archbishop Hickey 10 Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Wilson, Wollongong Archbishop Hickey

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

PRINCIPAL Our Lady of Lourdes School Our Lady of Lourdes School Nollamara, is a singlestream co-educational school catering for 260 students from Kindergarten to year 7.

MacKillop Catholic Primary School MacKillop Catholic Primary School, Yangebup, is a co-educational school of 437 students from Pre-primary to Year 7. Classes are currently two-stream up to Year 6.

The successful applicants will take up these positions on 1 January 1997.

Applicants need to be actively involved in the Catholic Church and be experienced educators committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education. They will have the requisite theological, pastoral and managerial competencies, together with an appropriate four year minimum tertiary qualification and will have, or be 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 be addressed to The Director, Catholic Education Office of WA, PO Box 198, Leederville 6903 and be lodged by Tuesday 2 July for Our Lady of Lourdes School and Thursday 4 July for MacKillop Catholic Primary School.

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Principal Due to the appointment of the current principal to the principalship of another Catholic college, the Servite Order is seeking the services of a Catholic school leader of the highest order to commence in 1997. The successful applicant will have excellent leadership skills in faith development, curriculum, pastoral and school management areas. The new principal must be a practicing Catholic, fully supportive of the Christian, Catholic and Servite ethos of the College, and possess the appropriate academic and professional qualifications to undertake successfully the ministry of Principalship. The current Administration Team is dynamic, committed and progressive and the successful applicant will work with the team and with the support and direction of both the Servite College Council and the Order of Servants of Mary to further enhance the educational opportunities for all students at Servite College.

Information and application forms are available from Fr Christopher Ross OSM, Chairman Servite College Council PO Box 263, Tuart Hill, Western Australia, 6060, Fax (09) 444 6141, or by telephone from Mrs Josie Parker on (09) 444 6333 Applications close on Wednesday 31 July 1996

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