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Perth: October 24, 1996

Fishers of fish seek help from Mother of the Fisher of Men

Western Australia's Catholic bishops have backed attempts

by Prime Minister John Howard and Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley to develop a bipartisan understanding on immigration pollqr.

They have also urged a similar joint approach to the welfare of Aborigines.

The criticism of, and support for, the maiden speech of the Independent member for the Queensland federal parliamentary seat of Cbdey, Pauline Hanson, has forced both leaders to act to stop sions in Australian society from being exacerbated.

Ms Hanson questioned many of the arguments underpinning current immigration and Aboriginal policy.

The bishops - Archbishop Barry Hickey, Bishop Peter Quinn of Bunbury. Bishop Peter Bianchini of GeraIldton IL and Bishop Christopher Saunders of Broome - said after their meeting in Perth last week they wanted to support publicly moves to formulate a bi-partisan approach on the two issues.

"The possibility of developing policy on such matters in an atmosphere beyond party politics would be less divisive for our society and more constructive", they said.

A common policy would protect the rights of all people to be treated with respect. "It is =fortunate that some figures in public life have recently made outrageous remarks about Aborigines and Asians - remarks that detracted from their dignity," the bishops said. "They were unjust and inflammatory statements that drove a wedge through the Australian nation."

The bishops said that Mr Howard and Mr Beazley were

examining the possibility of developing a joint approach to public policy on immigration.

Hopefully this would also take place in Aboriginal policy.

If these vital issues could be addressed in a way that could be outside the pressums of party politics, it would be "a sensitive move and paid tribute to the Australian notion of fair-play and fair mindedness."

"We welcome any determined effort that encourages unity for our country and enhances our integrity as a nation.

"There is much that Australia can be proud of in its history.

"To recognise the rights of the first nation indigenous people of Australia - and to affirm the dignity of newcomers who seek to make a home on these shores, is to promote fairness in the land and to add significantly to the pride we have about ounelves as a just-minded people. " The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office in Canberra also entered the debate. praising Australia's openness to migrants and refugees and pointing to the benefits of this openness.

ACMRO director Father John J. Murphy said that while all Australians had the right to comment on what they thought was best for Australia's future, the way in which some people were doing it was "saddening."

"The tone of a number of remarks is hurtful and offensive to many migrants and refugees who have been accepted to live in Australia, who have the right to be here, and who also have the right to speak," Fr Murphy said in a statement last week Australia's record in responding to the problems of refugees and migrants, particularly since World War 2, had been "one of the best, if not the best."

Archbishop Barry Hickey, top left, blesses the fishing fleet atop a vessel at Fremantle last Sunday al the beginning of the cray fishing season. The ceremony took place after a colourful procession in honour of Mary, the Mother of God seeking her intercession for a safe season and a successful catch. The procession wound its way through the narrow streets of the Port of Fremantle, halting traffic on an unseasonably hot afternoon.

Brothers' family gives thanks St Mary's Cathedral was packed last Sunday for the Christian Brothers celebration and thanicsgiving for the beatification in Rome earlier this month of the founder of the Brothers, Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice.

The leader of the Christian Brothers Province of Western Australia and South Australia. Br Tony Shanahan told the joyful congregation it had been a real privilege and a feeling of tremendous excitement to be part of the crowd of more than 50,000 gathered in St Peter's Square on 6 October.

But he reminded the WA friends of the Brothers that, for him, the real spirit of the Christian Brothers rested in the streets of the Irish town of Waterford where Blessed Edmund began his work with poor boys in the early 1800s.

Br Shanahan said that it was the streets and doc.ks of Waterford where Blessed Edmund met and knew its people.

In particular he saw the children, wild. ignorant and without a future.

Blessed Edmund then sat for long hours in St. Patrick's Church and the chapel at Mt. Sion before the Blessed Sacrament pondering in the company of Jesus Christ what he had seen and heard and smelt and felt in the streets of the city.

"He saw famine, he saw dysentery, typhoid, hunger, dirt and disease," Br Shanahan saiii "He saw broken people - he would have seen men publicly flogged through the streets of Waterford for stealing something as petty as a bag of coal.

"He saw destitute nual families trudging homeless, after famine and failure on the land, into the town where their hopes of employment and a new life would turn out to be an illusion. He saw beggars and the cripples and the poor."

Yet Blessed Edmund answered the question: "Lord when did we ever see you hungry .... thirsty . . . . a stranger . . . . naked" by seeing Him in the

n• packed cathedral last Sunday faces of the poor around him and acting to help them with schools, a bakery and a tailor's shop.

Br Shanahan also reminded the congregation that the question the Jews asked was waiting to be answered today in Perth, continuing the near 200 year old tradition of the Brothers.

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Basketball star Bruton talks poverty

Perth readies for vocations' conference

‘Agape' to burst upon IBunbury

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Church must keep jobless on political agenda C

hurch leaders have terminally ill. Political parties will ones dissipated and wasted. They become particularly sen- have positions on all these issues, fear that they are unable to give sitive about making com- but to comment on the moral them all the moral support they ments which could be considered aspects is not necessarily an need when society cannot find a political, especially Party politi- attempt to influence the outcome use for them. cal. of elections.

When unemployment hits the The way the Catholic communiIt is to alert politicians and leg- head of the family, the economic ty is made up of people with a islators to the importance of these crisis can be severe, leading to wide range of political views issues and to remind them that in family dislocation and marital about how the country should be all things God comes first. disharmony. run, and about who should run it, An issue that is currently under One income is hardly enough makes one careful not to side with discussion is employment, or these days to maintain a family. one political party or another. rather, unemployment.

Two incomes are becoming the Yet it is important that Church There can be no doubt that this norm because of the financial leaders speak about issues, espe- issue has far-reaching moral pressures that families must deal cially those with moral overtones, implications. with today.

In order to influence the direction Without a job young people If the financial strains of mainof public policy for the good of drift, feel worthless, unwanted taining a family are severe, imagsociety, in accordance with God's and become depressed. ine the pressure when that family wilL Prolonged unemployment easi- is forced onto social security.

For this reason Church leaders ly leads them into anti-social The issue of unemployment is a have often spoken about the behaviour, rebelliousness or moral one. plight of refugees, the welfare of despair.

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those who govern us. Economic, industrial, investment and rmancial policies, both national and international, all have an impact on employment rates.

It is not for the Church to say precisely what reforms will produce high employment, but it is very much the Church's role to urge Governments to see the crucial importance of employing our young people and those who have family responsibilities.

The social justice statements of the Church have always insisted that policies are for people, not the other way around.

They have also stressed the dignity of work and its role in providing for families.

At times one is appalled to see Parliamentary debates wasted on minor matters that happen to be the topic of the moment, when one would want to see serious debate on measures that would

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Perspective tackle the current unacceptable levels of unemployment.

We should not allow this issue to be pushed to the background and left unsolved.

WA Religious leaders study new responses

By Peter Rosengren

Exploring the challenges of life as a Religious Brother or Sister and searching for new ways to carry out this apostolic vision of life were on the agenda at Mercedes College last week.

Representatives from 30 religious congregations in WA came together for two days for the annual conference of Western Australian Religious Institutes to discuss how Congregations and their members can better face the challenges of life in the nineties.

Father John Jago SM, who was acting as the conference `reflector' - a role which saw him providing feedback and Impressions of what participants were saying - said the meeting would reflect on congregational life in the light of Pope John Paul ll's recent document on religious life, Vita Consecrata, and the looming third millennium.

"We're looking at the positive and creative ways people endeavour to respond to significant changes in society, the Church and religious congregations, as well as at opportunities for creative development in the future," he said.

"There's a sense of a real spirit of hope and confidence about the future despite the negatives often associated with change," he said.

However he acknowledged one of the main challenges was the ageing membership and an accompanying decline in numbers.

"Everyone's aware of that but they're also aware that Religious are still tremendously important," he said, adding that

Bishop Justin Bianchini of Geraldton, left, in animated conversation at the meeting with Marist Fr John Jago and Sr Marie Therese Ryder.

one of the items up for discussion during the conference was consideration of ways in which Congregations could cooperate and collaborate with lay people in the Church.

Four of WA's five bishops - Archbishop Barry Hickey, and Bishops Christopher Saunders, Peter Quinn and Justin Bianchini - attended.

WACRI president Sister Marie Therese Ryder of the Our Lady of the Missions Sisters said after the meeting it had enabled the leaders to come to new understandings regarding the causes and effects of many of the recent changes

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in religious life. "Living as we do in a time of major paradigm shift, we are challenged to live our faithfulness to Christ's call as we seek to respond to the new needs of our age," she said.

Sr Ryder said the leaders were conscious working with the Bishops towards Evangelisation 2000 required an "ongoing dialogue as we clarify our vision of Church and the Kingdom of God." The leaders agreed that at least one WACRI gathering would be held a year in each WA diocese to help overcome the great distances encountered in the state.

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Bishop Belo of East Timor defends Horta DILI, East Timor (CNS) - Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize winner, has defended the selection of his co-winner, Jose Ramos Horta, whom critics say does not deserve the award.

Bishop Belo, apostolic administrator of Dili, also rejected sugIndonesian by gestions politicians that he should give up the award to protest the Nobel committee's selection of Mr Ramos Horta, an East Timorese pro-independence leader.

"We must respect personalities and ideas of other people, including those of Horta."

Bishop Belo said. "We cannot uphold peace and justice if we fail to respect differences in Ideas" The bishop said he was not bothered by negative views about Ramos Horta, adding that Ramos Horta was selected by the Nobel committee.

"I have no intention of rejecting the Nobel award. In the case of Horta as a co-winner, it Is the business of the Nobel committee in Norway," Bishop Belo told UCA News, an Asian

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church news agency based in Thailand on 14 October.

Many Indonesians approve of the award for Bishop Belo, but consider the choice of Mr Ramos Horta. a leader of Fretelin, the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, inappropriate.

Muslim politician jailani Nam, of vice-speaker former the Indonesian House of Repre-

sentatives, told the press in Jakarta on 12 October that Bishop Belo should reject the award to avoid being labeled an "opportunist" like Mr Ramos Horta.

"I suggest Bishop Belo reject it if he feels he is an Indonesian citizen who really loves Indonesia," Mr Naro said. Others have made similar suggestions.

The Nobel committee awarded the peace prize to Bishop Belo and Mr Ramos Horta "for their work toward a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor."

"I am concerned mostly with my work to build peace and justice in East Timor according to Catholic principles and universal values," the bishop said.

"I always appeal to all parties to love and respect each other.

We should even embrace our enemies to build peace," he added.

Indonesian forces entered East Timor In 1975 in the wake of a civil war and integrated East Timor as its 27th province, but the United Nations has not recognised the integration.

National vocations Dean for NDA law meeting for 1996

The University of Notre Dame has appointed an International authority on Constitutional Law, Gregory Craven. as Dean of its new College of Law. Mr Craven is a Reader in Law at the University of Melbourne and has worked as Crown Counsel for Victoria from 1992 to 1995. In this time he was also a legal adviser to the Victorian Government on Native Title.

Notre Dame's College of Law, specialising in ethics and human rights, will enrol its first students next year.

The Legal Practice Board of Western Australia recently accredited its curriculum.

Mr Craven said Notre Dame's Law School would also provide intellectual leadership in legal areas that are of particular significance to Western Australia, such as land use and federal relations.

Members of the Vocations Conference steering committee: Fr Paul Fogarty, left rear, Mrs Sheelagh Dixon and Mr Terry Pires. Front: Mr Matthew Monisse, Miss Pauline Whyte, Mrs Veronica Dymond and Mrs Audrey Hiddle

The Fourth National Vocations Ministers Conference will be held at St Thomas More College at the University of Western Australia in late September next year.

Vocations Director Father Paul Fogarty said one of the aims of the conference was to raise awareness of the entire Church's involvement in all vocations.

From this foundation the conference would focus on vocations to the priesthood and religious life, Fr Fogarty said.

Participants from the Eastern States, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea will join representatives from parishes, religious institutes, diocesan organisations, school staff and families from Western Australia - all of whom have a significant role to play in nurturing vocations.

Terry Pires, a parent and member of the Conference Steering Committee, said he saw this conference as a mat opportunity for the Archdiocese of Perth.

In addition to the potential impact on Vocation Directors, he said, it also offered support at a grass roots level to vocation representatives in parishes.

As the success of the conference depended on prayer, everyone is invited to include its needs in their daily prayers.

THE POPE'S GOLDEN JUBILEE OF PRIESTHOOD On Friday 1st November 1996 (the Feast of All Saints) His Holiness Pope John Paul II will celebrate 50 years of Ordination to the Priesthood. On that day in the Cathedral at 7.30pm, His Grace the Archbishop will celebrate a solemn Sung Mass for the Pope's Intentions.

A 'Golden Book' will be available near the Cathedral sanctuary for all Masses on the weekend of the 26th/27th October and before and after the 7.30pm Mass on the 1st November for people of the Archdiocese to write their personal, prayerful messages to the Pope for his Jubilee.

The Archbishop will personally present this book to the Pope on his visit to Rome in late November.

'Agape' about to burst upon Bunbury town

The flame of enthusiasm as Agape cast members rehearse

Members of the Catholic Church Irene McCormick The production and other Christian Churches of of this contemporary musical by the Bunbury Diocese are set to Marty Haugen is only the second performing a Christian musical. in Australia and involves performAgape - The Stories and the Feast, ers from a number of south west at the Bunbury Entertainment towns.

The oldest performer in the cast Centre on November 1 and 2.

Agape, meaning Christian love, of 200, is in his eighties and the was inspired by the Agape feasts youngest is nine years old.

The music and dance are modof the early Christian church. It is a musical/oration about both the ern and expressive, reaching out early Christian experiences of to young and old, the organisers story telling and meal sharing and said.

Rehearsals began in January and those of today's people.

The ancient stories of the Bible the dancers have trained with have been linked to the words of choreographers Leanne Risdon modem western prophets such as and Jane Kite every week for over Dr Martin Luther King, Archbish- 6 months.

The original production was held op Oscar Romero and great Australians like Weary Dunlop, Victor in St Louis, Missouri, in the UnitChang, Cathy Freeman and Sister ed States in 1993.

CEMETERY OF THE INNOCENTS Thousands of white crosses laid out in the form of a giant cross %ill turn the Perth Esplanade into a "Cemetery of the Innocents' in memory of the 10,000 innocent children destroyed by abortion each year in Western Australia The weekend of Saturday, 2 November - Sunday, 3 November will be an opportunity for church and community groups, and all those who mourn the tragic loss of life through abortion to express their sorrow and show their respect for these lost lives. Please mark this important date on your calendar right now.

• Memorial Service 7.30am, Sunday, 3 November Speakers include Archbishop Hickey, Rev Dwight Randall and representatives from Perth's crisis pregnancy services and Women Hurt by Abortion.

You can also participate by: • Helping set up the "Cemetery of the Innocents" on Saturday, 2 Novem ber by coming to the Perth Esplanade (cnr Barrack St and Riverside Drivel from 10am to about 1pm. Bring a hammer or a mallet if possible.

• Joining in the 24 hour vigil from 5pm Saturday, 2 November to 5pm Sunday 3 November. Would your parish, congregation, youth group, prayer group, community organisation, etc. like to arrange for a group of people to keep vigil at the 'Cemetery of the Innocents" for one hour?

• Sponsoring roses to be placed under the crosses. The rose has become the symbol of women and men grieving as a result of abortion. Every abortion not only destroys a child's life but brings sadness and grief to others. We hope to place thousands of roses in the 'Cemetery of the Innocents" to give expression to this silent mourning, as well as pointing to the hope of forgiveness, healing and new life.

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TOMORROW TODAY

Students confronted with the realities of poverty

By Brian Coyne, CEO media officer

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wo hundred and fifty Year 11 students from Catholic colleges assembled at the Catholic Education Centre last Thursday for a seminar of poverty to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

The students came from as far away as Bunbury Catholic College.

During the day the students were addressed by a number of guest presenters including basketballer Cal Bruton, youth workers, Megan Roseworn and Allen Coltart, media personality Graham Mabury, and Stephen Hall from the Sussex Street Community Legal Service.

Chaplain at La Salle College, Viveash, Fr John Duigan, celebrated the opening liturgy and the closing Mass.

Bob Michel, public relations officer at the Catholic Education Office and a committee of staff from Catholic schools organised the day which was designed to raise student awareness of the responsibilities that we have as Individuals and as a community to assist people who are experiencing poverty.

For the students, who in the main come from comparatively affluent circumstances, one of the most confronting sessions of the day came when they were addressed by two young people who have actually been "living on the streets".

One of these had a few years before been a student in one of their colleges.

Many students commented later that it was this speaker who brought home to them the

reality that impoverishment is something that can touch all our lives.

Darryl Lane, a student at La Salle College, said that he had found Cal Bruton's talk "inspirational".

Darryl said Cal Bruton "gave us an understanding of the differences between poverty for white people and what it was like for black people in the big cities of America" - Cal Bruton used his experiences living in the slums of New York and the obstacles black people have in dragging themselves up out of poverty as one of the themes.

With his La Salle colleagues, Sam Hedges, Joe Truss° and Jamie Bassell, Darryl agreed that the seminar had been valuable in providing them with new insights into poverty.

Prendiville Catholic College student Debbie Hodgkinson said that it was difficult to appreciate that a person like Cal Bruton had experienced the poverty he described in an affluent place like New York.

"He's a person so many people look up to," she said.

Stephen Rafferty. also from Prendiville, said what was most valuable for him from the seminar was in coming "to realise just how widespread the problem is."

"We tend to just take it for granted until you see the problem on a personal level.

"The street kids and the two youth workers brought that home."

The "morning tea" and luncheon for the day fitted with the theme of the day by providing the participants with the sort of basic nourishment that is available to the destitute through soup kitchens.

Students listening to community youth worker, Megan Roseworn, from the Step One crisis centre for street kids.

Fr John Duigan with La Salle students, Sam Hedges, Jamie Bassell, Joe Truss°. and Darryl Lane at the seminar.

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Basketball identity Cal Bruton was inspirational!

Confronting poverty: Megan Roseworn, Youth Worker; Kelly, street kid; Deane Servite College; Allen Coltart, Youth Worker; Mark, Aquinas College; Evan street kid; and Kalliste, lona Presentation College, at the door of the Step One Mobile Crisis Centre which assists street kids in Perth and Northbridge.

parish papers ely on Jesus the Saving from ravages of time healer: theologian Catholic doctors and priests share a common burden in that they feel often that the public expects too much of them in the performance of their ministries.

Redemptorist moral theologian Father Peter Black told Catholic doctors last Sunday.

But doctors, along with priests, were able to rise above their fragility and insufficiency to rely on Jesus.

And relying on the Lord you will continue, to use the words of Pope Pius XII. `to bring to the sick room and to the operating table something of the love and tenderness of Christ, the Master Physician of soul and body'," Fr Black said at the annual Mass of the Catholic Doctors' Association in Perth last Sunday.

Christian doctors could also move beyond any feelings of powerlessness by realising that God had called them to their profession and this call made their work a vocation.

"What is the essence of the giving and the receiving in a way that

Jacquie Millard, a specialist in archive conservation and preservation, speaks to parish archivists at Mercedes College last week.

Catholic doctors and friends at their annual Mass last Sunday

is vocational as well as professional?" Fr Black asked. "Perhaps it is to be found in the move beyond the technical and the philosophical to the relational and the scriptural." he said.

Fr Black said it was for the sake of God's people that doctors were called to be healers, comforters, carers, "sharing the titles of the Lord himself."

"Dispositions of the heart, such

as reverence for the human person, desire to alleviate suffering. bringing help and comfort, and a care for life are not only deeply and intimately human dispositions, but as John Paul II has reminded us, they are holy dispositions," he said.

"Holy in the sense of sharing in the life of our God, living and working in the Spirit of Jesus Christ."

Today's archivist may rummage through dust-covered cardboard boxes in search of yellowing pages which are not of immediate interest to anyone, but their work is the lifeline of the historical researchers who come after them - sometimes generations later.

Archivists from parishes throughout the Archdiocese gathered at Mercedes College last week to learn more about the preservation of historical documents which will help

future researchers piece together the history of the Church in Western Australia.

Archdiocesan archivist Sr Frances Stibi IBVM organised the day.

A busy schedule of speakers. mainly from the Australasian Society of Archivists, bombarded parish representatives with information on how to store, preserve and record valuable information of interest to future generations.

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Christian Brothers and friends give thanks for Blessed Edmund Rice Continued from Page 1 "Let me try to answer this by referring to a boy named 'Justin' currently living in Perth. Justin is one of those kids whom it can be very difficult to love. Justin has a way of getting people off-side, even other kids, and so has few friends," he said.

"Most of us would . . . . just hope he'd go away and stop bothering us".

But during an Edmund Rice Camp in January, a leader had been "able to be patient enough and interested enough and real enough with Justin to get past the usual traps and defences that stop people from liking Justin."

The leader was able see under the sur-

face the real human being in Justin, and was able to draw this out.

Br Shanahan said what the leader had done was truly in Blessed Edmund's Spirit, because he had seen in Justin a human being worthy of respect and love. He had treated Justin as an image of God. And we can see the realities of today just as Edmund Rice did, he said, in praying with the Bible before the Blessed Sacrament. We are reminded that it was the word of God, that gradually opened Edmund's eyes to see the real person in the "Justin" of his day." Br Shanahan said.

It was no coincidence that, in the first Constitutions of the Christian Brothers, the

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spirit of this fledgling community was defined as that spirit "which inspires its members to view nothing but with the eyes of faith".

"Left to ourselves, we are all blind, and like Edmund we need God's grace to give us eyes of faith," he said. Blessed Edmund's desire was epitomised in his own words: "To live only for Christ and for the spread of his Kingdom."

All this cost the founder personally and his life "was deeply marked by the cross of his master Jesus," the central symbol of Christianity, first in the death of his young wife and the birth of a disabled daughter, the lack of support from many friends and

some priests and bishops. "The point is that Edmund's courage and faith in these and other crises led on to life and growth.

The cross of Christ is a cross of life for all who take it up."

Blessed Edmund trusted that God would provide whatever was needed. Providence was his inheritance. Br Shanahan said.

The Eucharist for Blessed Edmund was the bread of Jesus' body given for us. "the bread of our dying and rising."

"It is the bread of who we are as we come to this celebration, the bread of what we hope we can become if we respond to God's call as Edmund did," Br Shanahan ended.

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The inescapable Gospel message Peter Dwan continues meditations on the readings for Sunday Mass.

This week the readings for the 30th Sunday of Year A

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oday's readings remind us that the basis of our religion is love of God and love of neighbour.

The first reading (Exodus 22:20-26) records that God told Moses to tell the sons of Israel: "You must not molest the stranger or oppress him, for you lived as strangers in the land of Egypt. You must not be harsh with the widow, or with the orphan; if you are harsh with them, they will surely cry out to me, and be sure I shall hear their cry; my anger will flare and I shall kill you with the sword, your wives will be widows, your own children orphans."

We need to examine how we are treating widows and orphans.

During the early weeks after a bereavement, the widow receives much kindness.

However, people too often stop helping, even though the widow might still need help.

We need to show concern for orphans, especially in Third World countries.

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The Gospel passage (Matthew 22:34-40) tells us that when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they got together, and to disconcert him, one of them put a question: "Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?" Although the Pharisees put the question to disconcert Jesus, not to become more aware of their duties, Our Lord's answer is instructive.

St Matthew tells us: "Jesus said: You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind.

This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: you must love your neighbour as yourself."

We need to remember that love of God and love of neighbour go together.

If we don't love our neighbour, it proves that we are selfish and that we don't love

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God either. Our Lord said: "If you love me, keep my commandments," and at the last supper, He said: "Love one another as I have loved you."

An important way of showing love of neighbour is sharing our faith with him or her.

In today's second reading (1 Thessalonians 1:5-10), St Paul wrote: "You observed the sort of life we led when we were with you, which was for your instruction, and you were led to become imitators of us and of the Lord."

The best thing we can give to our neighbour is good example, because while words teach, example attracts.

A Moslem who met St Alphonsus Ligotui was so impressed by his virtues that he became a Catholic.

We must realise that things weren't easy for the early Christians. St Paul wrote in today's reading: "It was with the joy of the Holy Spirit that you took to the Gospel, in spite of the great opposition all around you."

The Thessalonian converts had come from a background where selfishness was the norm (much like our world today).

Yet their example attracted converts, so that St Paul could write: "It was from you that the word of the Lord started to spread."

May our love of God and love of our neighbour lead us to give the example which will lead many souls to Christ.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Imagining St. Joseph as an old man in an attempt to grasp the mystery of his chaste marriage to Mary may be selling short St Joseph and the Holy Spirit, Pope John Paul II has said.

"The type of marriage to which the Holy Spirit led Mary and Joseph is understandable only in the context of (God's) plan for salvation and in the atmosphere of high spirituality," the Pope said on 21 August at his weekly general audience.

Reaching the 30th installment of his audience series on Mary, Pope John Paul explained how Mary's decision to remain a virgin fitted in with her promise of marriage to Joseph, a promise that for others would imply an intention to have sexual relations.

As early as the second century, the Pope said, people resolved the question by picturing Joseph as a very old man who was more a guardian over Mary than a husband.

The Pope said Jesus had to be born of a virgin so that it would be clear that he was the Son of God. But at the same time, he needed an earthly mother and father for normal human growth and development.

"The communion of virginal love between Mary and Joseph, while constituting a very special case tied to the concrete realisation of the mystery of the Incarnation, was nevertheless a true marriage," the Pope said.

Pope John Paul also said it was quite possible that Joseph was not an old man when he married Mary, "but that his interior perfection - the fruit of grace - led him to live his spousal relationship with Mary with virginal affection." By accepting and dedicating herself to her role in life, the Virgin Mary provided a personal example for all to follow, Pope John Paul H said.

A month later in the same series of general audience talks on Mary's nature, the Pope focused on 18 September on the biblical description of the willingness with which the mother of Jesus participated in the Lord's plan.

"In this, Mary is a model for us all," the pontiff said. "For we, too, must accept the role which is ours in the divine plan of salvation."

The Pope pointed out that The Catechism of the Catholic Church calls Mary "the new Eve, mother of the living." And he noted that in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus explained that Mary was blessed because she hoard and kept the word of God. "Her motherhood, freely accepted in obedience to the divine will, has become the font of life

Mary's window at Our Lady of Lourdes, Nollamara

for all humanity," the Pope concluded.

On 4 September in the series of talks. he said that the Virgin Mary, declaring herself "the handmaid of the Lord," embraced the role of servant to which God calls all men and women.

"Mary responded to God with an act of free submission and conscious abandonment to his will, showing complete readiness to be the servant of the Lord."

"By calling herself the handmaid of the Lord, Mary, the one full of grace, commits herself to personally realise in a perfect way the service which God awaits from all his people," the Pope said.

Taking on the role of a servant, which her Son would do to the extreme degree of offering his life for the salvation of all, Mary "fully assumes her maternal role alongside of Jesus, accompanying him in his mission as servant," the Pope said.

Even if Mary did not understand that being Christ's mother would involve watching him die a horrible death, Pope John Paul said, the prophecy of Simeon, when the baby Jesus was presented in the temple, foreshadowed his future. But when the time of Jesus' passion came, the Pope said, Mary did not hesitate to remain with him and participate in his suffering.

"With her total obedience to divine will, Mary was ready to live all that divine love had planned for her existence, even to the point of the 'sword' which pierced her soul," the Pope said.

Step out in faith and take a stand on social justice

With Penny Ashcroft

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can sit down and think about the world and war, and I just cry". This comment was made by a twenty year old woman.

As an intelligent, attractive person. always busy in the way young people tend to be, full of enthusiasm and the life of the party at gatherings, you would never guess that she has anything to be worried about.

The voice of social conscience is not always loud and insistent. Concern about the world might come as a quiet question, or following a sermon or a program on television that is designed to stir us out of our apathy.

Many of our young people today are very aware of the social issues confronting us on all sides, and most of them have formed definite opinions about them - euthanasia, abortion, racism, are just a few of the issues that bring forth strong comment from socially concerned youth.

Their concern over national issues often reflects those given the most media attention, and their responses can be filled with anger and sometimes even despair.

Often it is these same young people who are critical of the adults in their lives, believing that many of us do not care deeply enough about current sodal problems to do anything about them.

Sometimes that is true. Life is so hectic, there is so much to be done, that even though we might have strong personal opinions about a particular issue, we don't take the time to pursue them to a logical conclusion.

We adults do not always listen seriously to the young and it is even less likely that we will if we are feeling guilty about our own inaction.

That can change, with very little effort.

Amazing things can be achieved if whole communities opt to work together for a common good.

Some time ago residents in Willetton, Leeming and Rossmoyne banded together to put a stop to the inclusion of a Barbarella store in the Southlands shopping centre complex.

Local churches and organisations worked side by side and their lobbying was successful.

As another example, there are some Parish Priests who have been encouraging their parishioners to write en masse to their local federal Members of Parliament and the Senators for their State to encourage them to vote for the Andrew's private members Bill currently before the Australian Parliament that aims to stop euthanasia in the Northern Territory.

A committed effort has been made by a large number of concerned adults to try and make a difference, and who knows,it might be another success story.

We can also take example from those people who wrote letters to the Editor of The Record last week, supporting the work of Julie Cook with Women Hurt by Abortion and showing dismay at Mr Goerke's analysis of her interview.

That is getting involved. We do not always have to clang like noisy gongs or clash like symbols to be heard, and more often than not, will not see the fruit of our decision to become involved.

But if we step out in faith and commit to taking a stand, then the muted cry of social concern may begin to become full voiced. We may see some of the issues that cause hurt, pressure and divisiveness brought into sharp focus and adults and youth pulling together purposefully to make our world a better place.

The soul - key to a true, effective psychotherapy

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ental Health Week, ending this Sunday, has become a regular feature of the apparently unending list of 'weeks' that plague us.

This year the week sees the retirement of Fr Rodney Williams as the principal worker, priest or citizen has to work with Catholic chaplain to those afflicted with the tools at hand. mental illness. Fr Williams has been based It is the state and efficiency of the tools that need to be questioned. at Graylands Hospital.

He and his supporters, along with health If a tooth is to be extracted, a dentist does professionals working with the mentally not use a hammer - he or she uses special ill, have laboured long and hard with peo- pliers that are designed according to the ple suffering from conditions that are nature of the tooth and what the dentist barely understood when compared with wants to do with it.

A hammer may get the tooth out with a the understanding humanity has developed of physical diseases such as cancer lot of mess but it's not designed for the job.

Modern psychology, much of which is and heart illness.

Understanding of mental illness unwisely used by many Catholics and appears to be no better than the days other Christians, is nothing more than a when witch doctors and barber-surgeons hammer as far as the science of the perdealt with broken limbs and flesh - edu- sonality and the soul is concerned.

This is because much of it has been concated guesses sometimes worked and, when they did, practitioners did not know structed on the assumption that humans do not have immortal souls with the power why.

This sad state of affairs is not the respon- of knowing and acting freely.

The Catholic Church, on the other hand, sibility of individual health care workers working desperately with the daily trau- teaches infallibly that we do have inunortal souls of this kind, confirming what we mas they are presented with.

There is little time to theorise when try- can know by common sense if we bother ing to communicate with the confusion of to think about it honestly and thoroughly.

If Sigmund Freud believed in an immora person trying to commit suicide or mass tal soul, it certainly wasn't the kind creatmurder a group of hostages.

A psychologist, psychiatrist, nurse, social ed by God. Karl Jung and a host of other

20th century psychotherapists believed in a soul but, because they were cut off from the fullness of spiritual wisdom found in the Catholic Church, they misunderstood what they were dealing with.

It is the Catholic Church, as the means by which we meet the real therapist in Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit, that is our source of proper understanding of the soul, the key to the health of our personality.

Certainly, biochemical and physiological factors affect the health of our minds and personalities. Great advances are being made in the development of drugs to control symptoms of mental illness.

But that is only part of the equation, as some psychiatrists realise. Their intelligence gets the better of them. They realise science can understand the workings of chemicals and cells.

But they know nothing of that mysterious element which is the soul, the reality that is untouched by physical disorders of the mind but can effect the health of the psyche by directing it to adopt a moral life and take on intelligent and controlled

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behaviours. Some psychiatrists are giving up on psychotherapy and relying only on drugs.

In all of this, it is the role of the Catholic Church to make up for the lost decades in which many of its leaders in spiritual direction and psychology have sold their intellectual soul to theories based on agnostic and atheistic presumptions.

The Church needs to recover the wisdom it has developed over the ages about the soul, a wisdom that is based in Revelation and not the vicissitudes of culture and poor science, and use this to begin constructing a properly scientific psychology that is based on the true understanding of the immortal soul.

Modern psychotherapy, which is distinct from the science of drugs for mental illness, has achieved some understanding of human experience and behaviour. But it has often been a dentist's hammer that has been used with great pain.

Those in the Church who have taken the hammer in hand have much to answer for because the pliers were at hand.

• The opinions expressed in this editorial, and any other Record editorial, are not necessarily those of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Perth.

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being registered, society in general has they wanted to ask about this matter and critics are wrong and know why - that these are not just 'our opinions'. Ask them to vested its confidence and comfort in the sprang the question on me. to The Catechism of the Catholic refer sent was information relevant the When medical fundamental undertaking of the professional's individual commitment to to them after the interview, they ignored it Church. which has the stamp of Christ's their Hippocratic Oath - which, in extract. In the program that went to air. So much authority on it, on these and other matters.

As Catholics, if we deviate from the teachfor journalistic integrity. reads: of the Church and influence others in ing Blyth's Mr of make to what poisure a not I'm supply to "I will yield no entreaty he responses (Letters, 17 October) voicing our opinions, we become guilty of been have not would who issue him the that to claim advice give or drug sonous to my 10 October letter caused me Clontarf had used inciting defiance and disloyalty to the Pope, no surprise. But why the need for demands it. Nor will I give to any woman raised by 60 Minutes if the Church and Christ himself. the means of procuring abortion. I will a different type of this device. such anger?

Satan never gives up trying to snare us in about knowledgeable so so and Blyth piety Mr is and How purity in life I did not question Ms Cook's sincerity or order my untold subtle and undetectable %vays. have not would or would Minutes 60 profession." what my practise Integrity. I questioned the approach she If our current society really does wish our asked about, or what 60 Minutes knew or Doubt, confusion and chaos are some of supported. I still do and will continue to. his tools of perdition.

My point is not about the morality of the Governments to sponsor repetition of the didn't know about such devices?

Besides going to Mass, Confession and then suicide, aided of procedure Darwin dc Br Tony Shanahan, ends which Ms Cook seeks but about the Communion, we must pray and pray of on referendum planned any of focus Leader Province the means. often, for the gift of discernment, ourselves, No person may do what is wrong in itself euthanasia should be specifically on the family, friends, priests and all those who above the In pursuit of a good end no matter how question - should or should not distant from God. Eternity is at stake are removed be life-preservation to dedication sacred that objective might be. recent report in the West Aus- here. his in takes doctor's trusted a oath the from I share fully with Ms Cook and all those tralian of a famous rock star's wife We must make sure we have a Holy Bible who responded a commitment to the sanc- or her commitment to our society? from her hus- and The Catechism of the Catholic Church divorce a demanding tity of life. I question the means whereby Eugene P O'Callaghan band because of his philandering prompts In our homes- and use them frequently.

Attadale we express our commitment. me to ask, are many of the rich and famous Give one as a gift for a birthday, ChrisIf those means are themselves disrerock stars and film stars the fit and proper tening, First Communion, Wedding, Christspectful of persons or of the truth then we persons to be admired and worshipped by mas, or invent a reason. destroy our own argument.

I write in response to some points raised our children and teenagers?

Many blessings will follow.

We must respect the person of the abor- by Mr Blyth (The Record, 17 October) in Their music in most case is undisciplined Emil Franz pray might who tionist equally with those which he comments on the use at Clontarf and this is well and truly reflected in their Hazelmere the rosary outside the clinic. We must also Orphanage in the 1950's of an electrical private lives. be particularly stringent with the "facts" device for the treatment of bed-wetting.

Being a musician for more than forty years we use.

Whatever one thinks of such devices and I have had to play all styles of music and In the responses I was attacked as "havn his Perspective (The Record. 26 Sepsuch treatments, the fact is that this device accepted that. ing a bad conscience", defending "the abortember). Archbishop Hickey refers to of recommendation the at Clontarf to worship came But I believe that in Churches of tion industry", being "intemperate", Kalgoorlie MHR Graham Campbell's and its use we should keep our standards high, which Department Welfare Child the "Irrational" and "desperately in need of was explained to the Brothers by a doctor in turn will reflect in each of our lives and belief in the destructive bias in governapproval from the wider community". ment policy towards cities where most votsent by the Department. our children's.

Did I impugn Ms Cook's character? So ers are, and the neglect of the vitally was used for a short time and device The rock" I like at times and places "beat and why do you all attack mine? necessary bush where the wealth is genDepartment music but not in a Church. the to returned then was The "Ad Hominem" fallacy was named as it seemed ineffective.

If the only way of attracting teenagers to erated. far back as the Middle Ages and it is still because That several hundred million dollars, have Since the 60 Minutes program, we Church is with rock music, something is as valid a criticism of faulty argument as maybe even a billion, can be literally by a family doctor who seriously wrong. contacted been ever. thrown away on a grandiose tunnel in of these devices in Joseph Lemmon Yet all the letters personalised the issue knew of the existence which to me. appears to be Northbridge, treated in Waikiki and thereby missed the point. Attacking the 1950's, by someone who was access to the casino by facilitate to mainly the under the messenger rather than the message is the early 1950's with the device the western and northern suburbs. a by and doctor, family his of direction one way of avoiding unpalatable truth.

It furthers useless activity, such as the The issue at stake is the methods which mother who used the device with her own to get the Commonwealth games. attempt wonderful Gray's Paul commend must those who respect life use in expressing children. weather roads in rural areas basic-all while article (The Record, 19 September) In other words, the device was in generthat respect. comes from have low the wealth where regarding the Church's teaching on It remains my concern. When having a al use in the community, and not just in priority. human sexuality.

All this on top of a special four-cents-a"total commitment to being pm-life" means childcare institutions.

I think the heading "The Church - not so constidevices such that decides one f I litre tax on petrol which country folk conengaging in character assassination then I much out of touch on sex, as light years tribute a large proportion to due to the big am the one who finds it "simply baffling". tute 'torture', then other childcare instituwere all ahead", is the best I've seen yet. parents and doctors family tions, distances.

J L Goerke The only part of his perceptionI disagree inflicting such "torture' on children in the And it is not only politicians that are to Lesmurdie with, is where he says " some parts of our blame for this economic and socially 1950's and after.

Editors note: This correspondence now Ills important to grasp that Clontaris Catholic community" would like to see a destructive culture. closed The continual and destructive milking of brief trial of this device does not constitute more liberal up-to-date secular stance on sexual matters. From the Catholics I speak the bush has seen this rich land slide into something unusual or cruel.

Mr Blyth refers to my saying on 60 Min- to I would say many, far too many (and I financial and, by extension, social servility to faceless international financiers. was one of them), hold this belief. that the device sounded 'bizarre'. utes iet us not blame only the Churches for Iam pleased to see that Archbishop HickThe need to hold firm and remain loyal I did make this response in the interview, the issues they raise on the Darwin will not abandon the bush simply to ey is procedure of aided suicide or the but this was before I had had a chance to and obedient to the Church's teachings for the numbers. cater of abandonment of days these in great Government approaches to legalised make enquiries and obtain information Bertola Peter morals. matter. the about euthanasia.

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Book Reviews

Overview excites a Holy Land reminiscence 'Jesus the Evidence' by Ian Wilson Published by George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd. London 1996.

Price AU $34.95 Reviewed by Fr Pat Ahern

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Am s I read the pages of Ian Nazareth as deducible from every Wilson's book, many possible source". emories came back to These sources are ancient me of my visits to the Holy Land. scraps of Gospel papyri, modern I imagined once again walking Gospel texts, early historical docaround the streets of Jerusalem to uments especially the writings of the Temple Mount and into the Flavius Josephus, comments from Church of the Holy Sepulchre. early opponents of Christianity, I remember travelling by boat recent archaeological finds and on the Sea of Galilee and swim- the insights of modern theologians. ming in its refreshing waters.

In the process I think the author Mention in the work of Masada recalled memories of the hot day tries to cover too much ground, I spent there viewing the remains with the result that we are left of Herod's famous palace and with a superficial overview of a walking down the ramp which large number of topics, ranging was built by the Romans and from the birth of Jesus to his death which broke the siege of Masada. and resurrection.

He gives a brief coverage of such The book contains excellent colour photographs of sacred and titles as Messiah, Son of God, Son historical places as well as of Man, and to the way Jesus archaeological discoveries and addressed God as "Abba". Volreproductions of famous paint- umes have been written by scholars about each of these topics and ings.

I was particularly interested in brief mentions hardly do justice '111111.111.r' the aerial photograph of the Tem- to such important matters.

A large number of authors and ple Mount and comparing this THE LATEST RESEARCH AND with the sketch and key of the scholars are mentioned, most of DISCOVERIES INVESTIGATED BY ancient temple buildings which is whom are highly reputable and many are world authorities in the reproduced on pages 110-111.

Concerning the text of the book, particular field of study.

Ian Wilson states in his introducHowever,I don't think that writtion "The object of this book is to ers such as John Allegro, Hugh weed out all that is unworthy, of Schonfield and Barbara Thiering cumstances of Jesus' birth, as well Jesus' miracles as the results of which there has been a great deal deserve to be included in such as discrepancies in parallel pas- hysteria or hypnosis. in recent years, and to look at lofty company. sages in the synoptic gospels.

Several passages are written what may be considered truly Controversial topics are men- However, I think the author goes about various theories and valid of the human Jesus of tioned such as the date and cir- too far when he explains some of hypotheses concerning the resur-

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rection of Jesus. Quotes are given from Paul's first letter to the Corinthians and from Peter's speech in Acts.

The author concludes this section of the book by asking the question, "Can the resurrection of Jesus be accepted as a real historical event?"

He continues, "Whatever the answer, already born was a faith in such matters powerful enough to survive not only the early years of persecution, but even through to our own time".

Towards the end of the book, Ian Wilson gives us an insight into his own faith.

He writes, "I regard my brand of Christianity as one still fettered by my historical training, and by what was once a very strong agnosticism.

"I can conclude now with much greater conviction not only that there was a very real flesh and blood Jesus of Nazareth, who walked the byways of Galilee two thousand years ago and was very publicly crucified, but also that in a very real sense, he lives on as Lord of all humankind, and will do so throughout eternity".

The book is a good introduction to the life of Jesus and gives a good outline of some of the history and geography of the Holy Land.

I have some reservations about sections of the book, namely some explanations of miracles, but it is worth reading and is very well presented.

Exercise in leadership lost with poverty statement and grandchildren. In 1950 the effective income tax rate (i.e. after allowing for transfer payments World. Australian Catholic such as family allowances) for a Bishops Conference, 1996. single income family with four Reviewer Frank Lindsey children on average weekly earnings was minus 18 per cent, ith the exception of its whereas by 1990 the same family first chapter, the Aus- paid a plus 10 per cent in tax. tralian bishops' recent In 1950 a second child brought statement on poverty, A New in government assistance to a Beginning - Eradicating Poverty standard family on average weekin our World, is an unimpressive ly earnings 28 per cent of a maxdocument, albeit one which is imum age pension. well intentioned.

Today he or she attracts less than The first chapter succinctly sum- seven per cent. marises the Church's social During the five year period teaching on poverty when it refers 1984-1989 the Australian Bureau to Pope John Paul H's call to soli- of Statistics measured the net darity, understood as a "determi- impact of government on differnation to commit oneself to the ent households, counting both common good." direct and indirect taxes, together The bishops add that this with direct cash benefits, as well requires "a commitment to work as their use of public social serfor social, economic, cultural, vices such as education and political and environmental con- health. ditions which will enable all Even over this short period of human beings to reach their max- time, households in the 25-34 year imum potential. The virtue of sol- age group suffered a loss of $18 idarity involves making a per week (in constant 1984 dolpreferential option for the poor" lars) while households in the 65 This includes "a willingness . . . plus bracket gained $50 per week. on the part of the better off to The Bishops state that unemshare their wealth and their ployment is also the greatest sinpower". gle factor involved in the poverty However, apart from noting that of sole parents and young single "couples with children living in people. poverty. ... constitute one half of So far as sole parents are conall the poor in Australia" and that, cerned, it is not unemployment of these, "poverty is associated which is the greatest cause of with unemployment in 40 per their economic plight, but rather cent of cases", the bishops' state- the fact that they are single and ment is woefully lacking in any not married. analysis of the domestic causes of The statement fails to note that such poverty. the primary cause of unemployFor example, absolutely no men- ment amongst the young has tion is made of the research by Dr been the increase in the employAlan Tapper and David Thomp- ment participation rate of women. son which has shown that the welFor example, the employment fare state has been of enormous participation rate of those responfinancial benefit to people who sible for children aged less than are now aged between 50 and 70. six was 22.3 per cent in 1969 and At each stage of their adult life, had risen to 44.3 per cent by 1987. welfare arrangements have Sine 1983 the participation rate of changed to benefit them with the married women has risen from bill being footed by their children 43 per cent to just under 54 per A New Beginning - Eradicating Poverty in our

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cent in 1992. Had the participa- of the World Bank. The World restrictions imposed by laws, but tion rate of married women Bank's present constitution also because they were subject to remained static over the decade requires it to provide financial built-in restraint derived from 1983 to 1992, there would have assistance exclusively via govern- morals, religion, custom and edubeen some 401,151 additional ments. cation" he said. jobs available to the unemployed But, as many third world counRelatively little is said in the and the level of unemployment tries have governments which are statement about economic globwould have been some 4.4 per corrupt, much of the money pro- alisation other than that it has cent lower at 6.7 per cent of the vided by the World Bank to elim- resulted in "enhanced power of labour force. inate poverty risks being international capital" and the Having failed to analyse the pri- redirected into Swiss Bank accdiminution of national economic mary causes of domestic poverty, ounts. sovereignty. it is not surprising then to find the The bishops quite rightly call Nothing is mentioned of the ecoabsence of any useful remedies upon Australia, and by implicasuggested. tion the other wealthy countries nomic and financial shoals which Dealing with poverty around the of the world, to significantly lie submerged just below the surworld, the bishop's statement increase the level of gross nation- face and which capitalism is all cites the example of Bangladesh's al product devoted to foreign aid. but certain to crash into at some debt problems: "For every $1 of The bishops are rightly critical time in the future, causing poveroverseas aid Bangladesh receives, of the philosophy of economic ty on a global scale not witnessed it returns $6 in loan repayments rationalism, stating that "the econ- since the Great Depression of the to the world community". omy needs to be subservient to 1930s.

In his recently published book, The statement quite rightly sug- human needs". gests that a part of the solution to In a culture where the influence The Future of Capitalism. Lester this problem of third world debt of religion is diminishing even Thurow, the Professor of EcoIs to write-off the debt.

Adam Smith, taken by some eco- nomics at Massachusetts Institute However, while this will elimi- nomic rationalists as the inspira- of Technology. identifies the nate the immediate debt problem, tion for their creed, would reject world's major economic fault line it will not on its own eliminate the contemporary libertarian capital- as the trade deficit between the original causes.

US and Japan. ism.

One of the necessary longer "Men could safely be trusted to Failure to correct the web of term solutions to third world debt, pursue their own self-interest financial and trade problems conand not mentioned in the state- without undue harm to the com- nected to this deficit could lead to ment, is reform of the constitution munity not only because of millions more becoming unemployed around the world giving a huge shock to third world development, Prof Thurow argues.

This is the prognosis of one of the world's leading economists.

Given sufficient time and will it would be possible for Australia and the world to implement policies that would mitigate many of the worst effects of another depression and perhaps even avoid it.

In the complete absence of any analysis of economic trends and the fundamental causes of poverty, the bishops have little left to say other than that poverty is bad and ought to be eliminated.

It is unfortunate that the opporInternational poverty: two children peek from their hut earlier this year in tunity to exercise leadership in an Buenos Aires, where 17.2 per cent of homes live below the poverty line, as a important field of public policy police car rolls by.

Photo CNS/Reuters has been missed.

Features

A priest forever, whether pontiff or local pastor

Pope John Paul, the priest, blesses a toddler in Perth in 1986

Catholics the world over this month have been preparing to celebrate the Pope's golden Jubilee of priesthood. The Catholic News Service in the United States prepared this chronicle of the Pope's dramatic road to his ordination and his work as a priest since.

By John 'Mavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II celebrates 50 years as a priest next week, the anniversary of a turning point in his lifelong spiritual journey.

Considering his later career as archbishop, cardinal and Pope. some may view his priestly ordination as secondary. The 78year-old pontiff does not.

The Pope has underlined the personal importance of the occasion by inviting the world's cardinals and thousands of priests and faithful to Rome for several days of prayer and festivities.

Better than anyone else, Pope John Paul remembers that, back in the 1940s, the priesthood was not the only option open to him.

As a young student living in Krakow in southern Poland, he had shown great talent as an actor, philosopher, poet and dramatist - and had worked as a common labourer, too.

When he abruptly entered the clandestine seminary during the Nazi occupation in 1942, many of his friends were surprised.

In retrospect, though, it seems apparent that the seeds of his vocation were planted at an early age.

As a schoolboy in his native town of Wadowice, Karol Wojtyla sometimes awed his classmates by the intense way he would pray In church.

This habit of deep meditation remained with him for life.

His philosophical outlook and his spiritual acceptance of hardship were also evident in youth.

A friend of the Wojtyla family once recounted how she met the 12-year-old Karol shortly after the death of his only brother. To

her consoling words, the and was already viewed by youth replied stoically: "It was the archbishop as a future church leader.

God's will."

The young Wojtyla had many Yet the young Wojtyla, models who quietly led him along who wrote poems and a doctoral the path to the priesthood: Father dissertation on the mysticism of Kazimierz Figlewicz, the St John of the Cross, was also parish priest and catechist whom attracted to monastic contemplathe Pope later called "the guide of tion. my young and rather complicated Twice during these years he soul"; Fr Edward Zacher. his tried to join the Discalced high school religious director Carmelites but was turned away who would often enthuse about with the advice: "You are destined the discoveries of science and for greater things." who took the students on skiing On 1 November. 1946, he was trips; and Jan Tyranowski, a ordained in Archbishop visionary who became Wojtyla's Sapieha's private chapel. spiritual mentor and introduced The next day, he said Masses for him to the writings of church mys- the souls of his mother, brother tics. and father.

Though perpetually busy, the As a student at Rome's future Pope always made time Angelicum University, Fr Wojtyfor religion. la further developed his keen In his late teens, Karol Wojtyla interest in Thomistic personalism the actor, writer and labourer was and mystical theology also participating in daily Mass, He sharpened an understandspiritual exercises, Marian devo- ing of the relationship of faith to tion, meditation on religious reason, and of individual conessays and Bible study. science to church doctrine, which In 1942. Wojtyla stunned fellow were basic to many of his later members of the under- writings. ground Rhapsodic Theatre by But the years in Italy were not telling them he planned to join all books and lectures. the clandestine seminary.

In typical fashion, he spent It was not an easy decision, and much time visiting the sanctuarthe others tried to talk him out of ies, shrines and monasteries of it, citing his great talent on the the country, discovering places stage. of prayer and spiritual renewal.

But soon afterward he began his Also typical was that he went studies under the guidance to Sunday Mass at a working-class of Krakow's Archbishop Adam church in the Roman suburbs.

Sapieha.

The Fr Wojtyla who returned to He continued to work at a chem- Poland for parish work in 1948 ical plant during the day, and the was better-educated, but with an seminary studies were carried out intense pastoral enthusiasm that at great risk: being caught meant marked his years as a priest. deportation or execution.

In between studying for anothAfter one Nazi roundup, er degree in ethics, he would take the Archbishop told Wojtyla and young people on hiking and six other seminarians they would camping trips, join in their soccer be safer living at his residence, games and lead them in philowhere they dressed as priests. sophical discussions. As both He thrived in this environment priest and Pope, he has seen in

Father Karol Wojtyla reads in solitude while on a kayak trip in 1955. In between studies and priestly duties, Father Wojtyla often enjoyed outdoor activities and sports.

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Father Karol Wojtyla stands in this 1948 class portrait with other young priests in Rome. He is on the right in the back row appearing much shorter than the CNS nee prot, rest because the others were standing on a bench.

youth a real openness to the Gospel.

His advancement as bishop. archbishop and supreme pontiff has in some ways distanced him from those simpler priestly ministries.

But perhaps no previous Pope has dedicated as much attention to the priesthood and the challenges that confront today's derHe has met with groups of priests in more than 100 countries and constantly reminds local bishops to pay attention to the pastoral and personal needs of their clergy.

The Pope called a synod on the

priesthood in 1990 and later wrote a 220-page document on the subject.

Moreover, every year since 1979 he has written a letter to the world's priests - a kind of spiritual pep talk, assuring priests that he thinks of them often and prays for them.

In his 1996 letter, he recalled some of his fellow seminarians who had died in the war and looked back on his own ordination in strikingly personal terms.

"For us, the priesthood, attained in those circumstances, took on a special value," he wrote. "I still cherish in my memory that great moment."

'Proceed, slowly, right, reverse, quickly . . . . and left at the Vatican

By Lynne Well VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Long before the glassed-in popemobile became recognisable on the road, Pope Pius XI had a car that was just as conspicuous in its day.

Earlier this month it had its first public showing since the 1930s when it was put on display in the Vatican Museums after having been used only once when Pope Pius XI first received it.

Chocolate brown with gilded fixtures that included the papal seal, it boasted a ver's seat exposed to the open air and a separate, enclosed passenger compartment.

In each corner of the compartment was a candle-shaped lamp hidden in a niche.

Where the back seat might have been, there stood a throne-like wooden chair upholstered, like the interior, with rosecoloured damask.

And near the chair's right armrest was a panel with eight brass buttons that communicated the rider's wishes to the driver.

Each had a label: Proceed, Slowly, Right, Stop. Reverse, Quickly. Left and Vatican.

Pope Pius got the car as a gift from the French company Citroen in 1930, the year after receiving a Graham-Paige from the United States and a Fiat from the Italian carmaker, a year in which much of the industrialised world was suffering economic recession or worse.

Perhaps this embarrassment of riches explains why his new wheels never left Vatican City. Or maybe the Pope did not prefer foreign-made cars.

For whatever reason, he rode in the Citroen exactly once, on the day it was presented to him, around the Vatican grounds.

Then it was parked in a papal garage.

But time was unkind to the French confection - the damask deteriorated, the barely touched brass became tarnished and the paint lost its sheen. Although it had gone no more than 100 miles, the motor stopped working.

It was a re-enactment of its initial generosity when the Citroen company agreed

pontiffs curiosity. For the auto industry. this must have seemed a marked improvement over St Pius X, who within five years received three cars as gifts, but was quoted as saying he would never step into one of those "carriages that go 'teuf-teuf."

And though the next in line, Pope Benedict XV, clearly also had access to the pontifical motor pool, his successor, Pope Pius XI, was the first Pope to ride in an automobile.

From then on, there was no shyness The chocolate-brown Citroen. CNSNahcan Museums about travel by car - even after Pope Pius to restore the car for the Vatican Museums. XII had to suffer the indignity of a flat tire The car is probably priceless in value as on the way to Castel Gandolfo in the sumthere are only 15 left from the 102,000 pro- mer of 1943. However, he did not have to duced. change it.

In April 1929, when Fiat President GioSuch mishaps are unlikely to befall the vanni Agnelli gave Pope Pius a Fiat 525, the Citroen now that it has been spiffed up. It Pope in his enthusiasm posed several ques- has gone for its final drive. tions about its motor to the chauffeur, a On the day of its presentation, the regal famous race car driver who came for the brown car made one last turn around a occasion. courtyard for the benefit of the press. Then The driver reportedly was so befuddled it went to a new parking place within the that Agnelli had to step in to satisfy the Vatican Museums.

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Movie reviews

Irony of lively robotic mother and baby bears

By Gerd Pare

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wo bickering siblings pull together to search for their missing pilot dad in the wilderness of Alaska.

After his wife died, Dad (Dirk Benedict) decided he would have more time with his teenagers, Jessie (Thora Birch) and Sean (Vincent Kartheiser), if they relocated from Chicago to Alaska and he became a bush pilot instead of being frequently away from home as a commercial jumbo jet pilot.

Jessie is adjusting well to their new environment but surly Sean resents it - and as Dad heads out to make an emergency delivery before a storm arrives, Sean's angry last words to him are that he wished it was his father not his

mother who died. When Dad's small plane crashes and rescue fly-overs fail to find him, Jessie and Sean decide to find him on their own.

Along the way they free an orphaned polar bear cub that has been illegally caught by poachers (Charlton Heston and Duncan Fraser).

The poachers are determined to recapture their prize, but the cub seems to have a mind of its own - and a mission to help his rescuers fulfill their own rescue mission.

Director Fraser C Heston takes full advantage of Alaska's (and British Columbia's) exquisite natural beauty to tell the tale, but the film never rises above a largely predictable, formula rescue story.

There is some measure of sus-

pense as Sean is swept away in deadly rapids and as Dad is entombed in his plane, which is dangling precariously over a In fact, although this is intended as a family film, these dicey scenes may be scary for small children, and the cub's mother being shot and then shown skinned is also upsetting.

Nonetheless, the movie's theme of a family pulling together in a crisis is clear, and the upbeat conclusion of father and son reconciled is uplifting, if not in the least surprising.

It's too bad that this family-type film is so mediocre.

Ironically, most of the film's life comes from an often animatronic mother bear and bear cub.

A real polar bear cub is also featured, but the director relies too much on the cuteness factor here

Mora Birch and Vincent Kartheiser star as bickering siblings searching for Photo CNS/Reuters their dad in the wilderness of Alaska. to animate his slowly paced, underachieving movie. Because of some strong menace and a

crude expression, the US Catholic Conference classification is All adults and adolescents.

Ensure you arrange Laughs come thick and fast to escape from L.A. Happy Gilmore Reviewed by Brother Luke Saker, Ems.

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have sat at my computer for thirty minutes trying to find something positive to say about the new John Carpenter film, Escape From LA. And after this time I came to conclusion that the only possible positive thing to say is: it was a tremendous relief when this 95 minute fllm ended, the lights went on and the preview audience was allowed to escape the theatre.

This film is a sequel to Escape From New York which I am assured was a film of the 'cult' genre when it appeared on the big screen in 1981.

I was in the Catholic Library at Leederville the other day and I just mentioned that I was going to preview Escape From LA. One of the staff then started waxing lyrically about Escape From New York and proceeded to fill me in on the plot - I must admit that the plot, as explained to me, did little to help me to enthuse over my upcoming review.

Snake Plissken (Kurt Russel) In the opening scene hisses, "Call me Snake" and this rather profound line sets the tempo for the rest of the film.

I really felt sorry for Russel who has much more ability than he displayed in this futuristic science fiction rubbish.

Iwonder if Mr Russel had had a rush of blood to the head since his last film, Tombstone. My advice to Mr Russel: Tomb-

stone is exactly where his film career is heading if he persists In making such films as Escape From LA. The President of the United States (Cliff Robertson) declares the country a land of moral superiority: no smoking, no red meat, no freedom of religion, and no unapproved marriages.: Los Angeles has been hit by a massive earthquake leaving it In ruins and completely surrounded by water.

The President deports all Immoral citizens of the US to the city of Angels.

However, the President's own daughter. Utopia (A.J. Langer) disagrees with her father's policies so she joins forces with Cuervo (George Corraface) in Los Angeles, taking with her the key to the doomsday device that could - wait for it - send mankind to the dark ages.

Snake is recruited by the President's assistants, Molloy (Stacey Keach) and Brazen (Michelle Forbes) to complete the impossible task: penetrate LA, retrieve the device, and eliminate Utopia.

The question is: Can Snake complete his deadly mission in time to Escape From LA. Well, we all know the answer without having to do purgatory and sit through this poorly scripted and acted film.

In one scene we encounter Disneyland gutted from the earthquake.

I found myself during this 20 minute scene, re-building Disneyland, asIremember it - anything to escape from LA

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n recent months there has been a spate of comedies coming to the big screen featuring comedians who made their names on Saturday Night Live on American television).

Happy Gilmore is also from this stable, but unlike the other, mostly mediocre films, this film has something to offer, likeable characters and a very funny script.

Happy's father is 'mad' on ice hockey and brings his son up with the same love but, after his father Is killed by a puck during an ice hockey game, Happy is sent to live with his elderly and loving grandmother, played by Frances Bay. A powerful hitter but unable to skate, Happy, played by Adam Sandler, takes to the golf course to save his grandmother from losing her house to the Internal Revenue Service, the United States'

version of the Australian Taxation Office.

Here's where the fun begins!

Happy takes his ice hockey behaviour on the hallowed golf circuit in the US. Happy doesn't fit on the manicured greens of the country club.

His outrageous antics, both on and off the course, cause uproar among the players and officials.

Because of his ability to hit the ball hard - over 365m off the tee Happy meets with some success.

Happy begins to draw the crowds back to golf attracting hordes of new blue collar fans.

One golf professional, the tour's pompous money-winner, Shooter McGavin, played by Christopher McDonald, takes a particular dislike to Happy and does his best to have Happy removed from the circuit.

The laughs come thick and fast In the lead up to he final golf tournament for the championship Gold Jacket. The 'play-off is between Happy and Shooter, with Grandmother's house going to be

the winner. The result of the game is of course, hinging on the final shot from Happy . . . .

Director Dennis Dougan manages to blend the hilarious actions of Happy with the more staid, and at times, dishonest actions of Shooter very well.

The supporting cast also manages to add greatly to the humour of the film. Happy's one handed 'professional' trainer (lost his hand to an alligator while trying to retrieve a golf ball) Chubbs Peterson played by Carl Weathers is great. Also, Mr Larson, played by seven-foot-tall Richard Kiel, is a fan of Happy's and provides many a humorous moment.

Director, Dennis Dugan, and writers Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler have teamed up to produce a 'feel good' movie . . . . For centuries golf has been a gentleman's game. A game of tradition, etiquette and, above all, sportsmanship .... that is, up until now!

Overall, Happy Gilmore is a pleasant film that the whole family could enjoy.

Great jazz, but finally an interesting failure

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city known in the 1930s Great Depression for its corrupt machine politics, flourishing gang activities and soulful brand of jazz is revisited in Kansas City.

Unfortunately, the plot keeps getting lost in the byways of the movie's impressionistic recreation of a past time and place.

The setting is the eve of the 1934 municipal elections when Henry Stilton (Michael Murphy), a Missowi politician with Washington connections, learns his wife Carolyn (Miranda Richardson) has been taken hostage.

The kidnapper is hard-as-nails Blondie O'Hara (Jennifer Jason

Leigh) whose husband Johnny dramatic whole. Though the role (Dermot Mulroney) is a small- of Blondie is central, it is so time hood caught stealing from a overblown in brassy mannerisms black gang and being held by its that it fails to generate the symleader. Seldom Seen (Harry Bela- pathy the script obviously intendfonte). ed.

All Blonde wants is to exchange As with so many of Director the politician's wife for her man, Robert Altman's later works, a simple swap the machine could Kansas City has its moments but easily arrange but doesn't. not enough to be more than an Because Seldom is totally Interesting failure. unaware of the kidnapping and Because of considerable menpotential consequences of murdering Johnny, there is a vacuum ace, hard-edged violence, sexual innuendo, drug abuse, racial at the centre of the plot.

While the result has a number epithets, profanity and rough lanof interesting scenes and guage, the US Catholic Confersome fine jazz interludes, there is ence classification is AIV - adults, no particular centre of cohe- with reservations. sion pulling them together as a -Henry Herx

Midler, Hawn and Keaton in sleek and opulent fantasy

By Gerd Pare

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ette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton are better than the comedy they share star billing in as founders of The First Wives Club.

This revenge-is-sweet theme comedy will probably find a sufficient audience because of their comic timing and some memorably caustic dialogue, but director Hugh Wilson's script is too blatantly contrived to be consistently funny.

The premise a number of women will identify with is that the threesome discover each has lost her longtime husband to a younger woman. In fact, they reunite for The Record, October 24 1996 Page 10

the funeral of a fourth college roommate of the community. It's all too crazy and less social climber Sarah Jessica Parker as (Stockard Charming) who committed sui- corny to boot.

Midler's rival. cide after her tycoon husband dumped her The three roles are custom fitted to capiThe movie has a sleek, opulent look and for a "trophy" wife. talise on Midler's sassy sarcasm, Hawn's if one doesn't look too closely at its increasCommiserating after the service, fading bubbly flippancy and Keaton's endear- ing flaws, its satirical edge is fitfully funny. actress Elise (Hawn), cash-strapped Bren- ing ditsiness, although Midler gets the best Happily, its tone is more along the lines da (Midler) and hesitant Annie (Keaton) lines by far. of a fantasy comeuppance than bitterly decide to get the goods on their philanTheir shared situation is believable but hateful revenge enacted with relish. dering spouses and make them grovel for the script contrives to have them spontaStill, there's not much cause to relish this what they have done. neously break into the '60s warbler, You movie as some sort of sublime feminist The rest of the movie concerns the three Don't Own Me, not once but twice, and comedy. women getting stronger as they concoct other scenes look equally phony or simply Due to some sexual innuendo, an offnutty schemes which, of course, they pull sappy screen suicide, fleeting comic violence and off without a hitch (or any resemblance to The husbands' girlfriends (Marcia Gay an instance of profanity, the U.S. reality) before pooling their resources to Harden and Elizabeth Berkley) are too Catholic Conference classification is AIII give something noble back to the women loony to be laughable, except for shame- adults.

Horror of increase in child porn

By Peter Rosengren An enormous 80 per cent of the illegal world industry in pornography is now devoted to child and child-related pornography, making it an industry with a $2 billion profit annually.

Anti-child porn campaigner Dr Eileen Lindner highlighted these horrifying figures from Interpol during a visit to Perth last week to meet the Conference of Churches of WA. Dr Lindner, whose visit to Australia has been organised by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormons, was seeking support for the establishment of local initiatives to monitor and campaign against child pornography.

A founding member of the Religious Alliance Against Pornography in the US, a coalition of over 50 churches and organisations founded at the home of Cardinal John O'Connor of New York in

1986, Dr Lindner is also a Presby- phy unless governments did more terian minister and Associate to address the needs of children General Secretary of the US in the development of public polCouncil of Churches. icy.

This was not an alarmist view.

She said the problem of child pornography could no longer be "The global sex industry is growcontained within national bor- ing at a frightening rate, she said, ders. "and appalling examples of child "The child pornography prob- exploitation are occurring in lem today is like illegal drugs," many parts of the world including she said. "Unless you can build a both Western and developing wall around a country you can't nations." find a national solution." It was a She said one of the main probglobal issue that did not lend itself lems associated with the growth solely to national solutions. of the child sex-tourism industry She suggested that one possible was that it operated mainly in solution to the problem of third world countries, such as exploitation such as sex-tourism Thailand and the Philippines, was for countries to enact extra- where authorities were often territorial laws making their own either unwilling or incapable of citizens liable for child sex-relat- enforcing local laws.

She recounted how she had traved activities overseas.

About 40 countries had already elled to Manila with a delegation enacted such laws, she said, on a fact-finding mission and had describing their actions as a sig- witnessed the problem first-hand. nificant step in the war on child "There were a group of Japansexual exploitation. ese businessmen there on a weekShe also warned that Australian end holiday, and they came to a children could become targets for bordello. We were there and it sexual abuse through pornogra- did not apparently embarrass

Chisholm chisellers praised The guest speaker and presenter of awards at the recent annual Chisholm Catholic College art and design exhibition praised the student work this year as "outstanding".

Mr Malcolm Harris is a craftsmandesigner and currently Director of the School of Wood at the Forest Heritage Centre In Dwellingup.

With a colleague, Mr Harris designed and built the furniture used in the offices of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the new Parliament House Canberra.

The student work on display at the College last Friday night covered a wide range of art, craft and design fields including woodwork, plastics, photography, fine art, sculpture and textiles.

Daniel Fragomini, a Year 11 student. built an ornate clockcase in the background. Brendan Rouse, a Year 12 student, designed and crafted a dining room table and Charles Sinagra, a Year 11 student, designed and

them or give them any concern," she said. "They had their drinks and then they had their dinner and then they ordered their prostitutes - all of them were children.

"So the waiter would come and just take an order - which sex act - and then they would give the businessman a coloured token so the children know what they're supposed to do."

She said the main offenders tended to be Western European,

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Charles Sinagra, Brendan Rouse, and Daniel Fragomini with Mr Malcolm Wood. crafted a writing bureau. Mr Harris said Brendan's dining table would easily fetch $3,500 through a craft gallery.

He commented that the high standard evident in woodwork was also to be seen in the other craft areas on display.

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She said one factor which seemed to lie behind the growth of the phenomenon was the Western world's materialistic fascination with youth. But there were others, she said.

"The second factor, oddly enough, is the AIDS epidemic where people wrongly believe they risk less by having sexual contacts with children," she said.

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Lutherans extend Catholic dialogue

Pope John Paul thanks everyone for prayers offered for his health

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - in his first public address since leaving a Rome hospital, Pope John Paul ll thanked all those who had prayed for him and asked for prayers for Catholic missionaries and for his homeland.

Thousands of visitors came to St. Peter's Square Oct. 20, enjoying a sunny Sunday after clays of rain and welcomed the Pope back to the Vatican following his nineday hospitalisation for an appendectomy.

"Your presence confirms the affection with which you followed me in the past few days, giving me comfort and support," the 76-year-old Pope told the crowd.

"During my recent stay in the hospital. I felt a real and constant Before leaving hospital, Pope John Paul greets a young patient undergoing solidarity not only from many cancer treatment at Gemelli hospital in Rome on 15 October. brothers and sisters in Christ, but also from adherents of other reli- ian life, the promotion of mis- the hands of the kidnappers while vocations and their families and the Catholic gions and even persons far from sionary concrete support" for missionary community live through hours of the faith," he said. activity are required of all anguish over their fates."

"I am still deeply moved by this Catholics.

Pope John Paul also appealed to and I heartily thank everyone," In his Angelus address, the Pope his fellow Poles to step up their the Pope said. thanked the thousands of lay peo- work to protect unborn human He then turned his visitors' ple, religious men and women, attention to the celebration of priests and bishops who commit life as the Polish parliament conWorld Mission Day and the oblig- their lives to missionary activity, siders again a vote to liberalise abortion laws. ation all Catholics to support the often at great sacrifice and risk.

Church's missionary activity.

Speaking in Polish, he said: "We He also offered special prayers "The mission of Christ the for female students at a Catholic pray for our homeland so that the Redeemer, entrusted to the missionary school in northern right of every person to life from Church. is still far from comple- Uganda, who had been kid- conception to natural death is tion," the Pope said. napped on 9 October by mem- respected.

"This is why the Church asks bers of a rebel group known as "Allow me to repeat once again everyone to continue in the "the Lord Resistance". what I said on 1 September 'A work of missionary cooperation," The Pope said that although 109 people which kills its own chilhe said. of the students had been released, dren is a people without "Prayer, the witness of a Christ- "thirty young women are still in a future.-

GENEVA (CNS) - The Council plans to say it does not see in of the Lutheran World Federation Lutheran teaching today the has moved the deadline for a pro- views on justification that it conposed Catholic-Lutheran declara- demned at the Council of Trent; tion on justification from mid the participating Lutheran 1997 to the end of 1998. churches plan to say they do not In a resolution adopted Sept. 30 see in Catholic teaching today the in Geneva, the gathering of top views on justification condemned Lutheran officials supported the in the 16th-century Lutheran conlatest draft of the joint declaration fessions. as the adequate basis for future Both sides had hoped to reach modifications of the text which an agreed joint declaration are still needed. by 1997 for symbolic reasons. For It called for a meeting of Catholics it is the 450th anniverCatholic and Lutheran theolo- sary of the Council of Trent. For gians "in closest continuity with Lutherans it is the 50th anniverthe 1996 drafting group" to sary of the formation of the review and modify six paragraphs Lutheran World Federation, of the proposed statement, a res- to which most major Lutheran olution proposed by the federa- churches in the world belong. tion's Standing Committee for Originally federation leaders Ecumenical Affairs.

Planned to submit a final draft to The ecumenism committee and all member churches following the council were concerned that the Sept. 24-Oct. 1 council meetin the final version, the formula- ing and receive responses in time tions of the Lutheran understand- to be able to formally affirm the ing of sin in the light of joint declaration during the Ninth justification must be stated clear- Assembly of the Lutheran World ly enough for member churches Federation next summer in Hong to vote a simple !s" or "no" on Kong. the declaration, with no further "I am saddened that we cannot modifications. adopt the joint declaration "Any process has at some point In Hong Kong," said Bishop Horst

By Nancy Frazier O'Brien to reach an end." said Lutheran Hirschler of Hanover, presidBishop Cristoph Stier, chairman ing bishop of the United EvangelWASHINGTON (CNS) - The latof the committee. ical Lutheran Church of Germany est evidence of a possible Opposing interpretations of the and federation vice president. link between abortion and breast meaning of justification by faith "But one will have to see that in were a principal cause of the divi- view of the timetable, there was cancer will continue to be ignored sion of the Western church in the nothing else to do, so as not to cre- by abortion supporters who see it 16th century. They led to doctri- ate the impression among the as a threat to abortion on nal condemnations on both sides. churches that we push everything demand, a pro-life leader preIn the proposed "Joint Declara- through with unbecoming haste," dicted.

"The refusal of abortion advotion on the Doctrine of Justifica- he said. tion." the Catholic and Lutheran On the Catholic side, review of cates to even recognise a possible churches intend to state that as a the proposed joint declaration is link shows how much their ideresult of dialogue they can now being coordinated by the Vati- ology clouds their ability to see articulate a common understand- can's Pontifical Council for Pro- dangers associated with abortion ing of justification by God's grace moting Christian Unity, in on demand," said Wanda Franz, through faith in Jesus Christ. consultation with the Congrega- president of the National Right to They intend to say that they tion for the Doctrine of the Faith Life Committee. share the same faith on the and Catholic bishops' conferFranz was commenting on an basic truths of the doctrine of jus- ences around the world. article in the 15 October issue of tification, and the remaining difThe pontifical council has circu- the Journal of Epidemiology and ferences are not church-dividing lated copies of the first draft. in Community Health, a publication or grounds for condemning 1995, and the second, in 1996, to of the British Medical Association, one another. all bishops' conferences with a which analysed 23 earlier studies Essentially, the Catholic Church request for comments. on the connection between abor-

Abortion-cancer link 'to be ignored' tion and breast cancer. The analysis by a team of researchers at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center at Penn State University and Baruch College at the City University of New York found that a woman who has had an induced abortion has a 30 percent greater risk of developing breast cancer than a woman who had not.

If a woman had an abortion prior to a full-term pregnancy, her risk of breast cancer was up to 50 percent higher than other women, it was found.

The study concluded that some 5,000 cases of breast cancer each year could be linked to abortion.

"Pro-abortion groups have been slow to acknowledge any possible connection between abortion and breast cancer," said Franz in a statement.

'Today's analysis lends further credence to the claim that there is

a potential link between induced abortion and breast cancer.

"Women need to be informed of all risk factors involved in obtaining an abortion." she added. number "A of studies support the claim that induced abortion is a risk factor for breast cancer.

"Women cannot afford to have this potential risk dismissed."

The recent analysis focused on 23 previous studies involving 25,967 women with breast cancer and 34,977 without.

Some other researchers criticised the studies, however, because they involved self-reporting by the women about whether they had had abortions.

They contended that the women with breast cancer were more likely than the healthy women to admit to having had an abortion.

Family-friendly policies needed in Europe to increase birthrate: expert

By Lynne Well ROME (CNS) - Declining birthrates across Europe can be reversed through more family-friendly public policies, said a political scientist addressing a Vatican conference on European demographics.

"Often European women are confronted with a choice of either having children or having fulfilling work outside their homes," according to Janne Haarland Matlary, a professor of international politics at Oslo University.

Matlary said that changes to workplace policies could ease the pressure of this choice and "more career-oriented women would also opt for having families."

Matlary said the drop in birthrates The Record, October 24 1996 Page 12

reflects pessimism and economic strain, particularly when having children means one partner will have to give up their income in order to remain at home.

Matlary suggested that more flexible working hours and arrangements, as well as paid parental leave for men and women could alleviate some pressure, especially if men could help more with the housework.

"There are socio-political as well as economic obstacles to making changes in these areas," Matlary said.

Matlary commented that Scandinavian countries boast Europe's highest birthrate, partly because they guarantee up to a year of paid maternity leave, and governments offer tax incentives for having children.

One area of family life that policy cannot

affect is the amount of work which men do tolerant of artificial birth control and aborin the home, Matlary said. tions as means for women to control their "That is a separate issue, and it is one fertility, there has been greater pressure on which is not easy to redress," she noted. women to remain childless in the interest 'Women often are forced to manage two of their careers, Matlary said. jobs, one of them being the tremendous Matlary also noted the a change in the amount of household work involved in view of what constitutes a family. raising children.

"The state today does not support the nat"This places them in what I call a life- ural family," she said, but it 'supports "all phase squeeze' between the ages of 30 and sorts of individualised lifestyle arrange40," Matlary said. "Men could relieve the ments involving children, such as homopressure if they did more of the chores at sexual couples who obtain children, or home. parents who do not marry."

"Parents need more time, and flexibility The result, she concluded, is a decline in and support," Matlary said, "in the interest emphasis on the needs of two-parent, hetof business life as well as in the home. Men erosexual families - which means less likeand women have to see it as their common lihood that laws and policies will change concern."

In favour of mothers who want to have jobs As European societies have become more outside the home.

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Pope urges the fundamental right to food be honoured

By John Thavis ROME (CNS) - As international experts prepare for a World Food Summit in Rome, Pope John Paul II and other Vatican officials defended the "fundamental right to nutrition" and called for real changes to aid the world's hungry.

The Vatican will present the summit (Nov. 13-17) with its own document on hunger, proposing moral arguments for a more just and equitable world food market, sources have said.

In a message marking World Food Day Oct. 16, the Pope noted the paradox that in an age of global cooperation, "the world remains divided between those who live in abundance and those who lack the necessary daily bread."

Solutions to the problem must focus on the human person and his inalienable rights, especially the fundamental right to nutrition.

the Pope said. The head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, said he hoped the food summit would result in public attention and government commitments to real changes on behalf of those who lack food.

He told Vatican Radio Oct. 18 that global food production was high enough to feed everyone in the world, but individual national social, political and economic policies could limit production or prevent a balanced distribution of food within a country.

Cardinal Etchegaray said that rules of international commerce and economic sanctions often prevented poorer countries from having access to technology to help meet their own food needs.

A report released last month has found that while hunger was reduced worldwide over the past 20 years, it had increased in both the United States and Africa during the same period.

Among 17 major Western industrial nations, the United States has the highest percentage of children in poverty.

• The Vatican is planning a special year devoted to charity to ensure that the faithful understand the full meaning of the word.

The Pontifical Council "Cor Unum", the Vatican administrative body in charge of promoting charity, held a day-long brainstorming session on 19 October to generate suggestions on how to explain and promote charity, with an eye toward 1999, the Year of Charity.

Pope John Paul dedicated the last year of the century to the Work to eliminate child poverty: an Otomi Indian child af El Rican village north virtue of charity in his apostolic of Mexico City eats a corn tortilla enriched with soy, vitamins and minerals. on preparing for the third letter Photo CNS,Reuters millennium.

Bread for the World also esti- doubled over the last 20 years to "Cor Unum," the Vatican adminmated that 880 million people go 215 million people, and hunger in istrative body in charge of prohungry worldwide. the U.S. has increased by 50 per- moting charity, serves as a global The report says that Africa's cent in the ten years to 1995, up umbrella organisation for local hungry population has more than to 30 million. church charity efforts.

US Catholics educate Dialogue with non-Christians themselves for key poll 'strengthens Catholics' faith'

By Patricia Zapor WASHINGITA (CNS) - Millions of American Catholics are hearing the Church's message about political responsibility this year. although election-year public debate doesn't seem to have been affected much by it.

The question among the bishops, priests and lay people behind the Church's largestever voter education program Is: Will all those issue-sensitised Catholic voters succeed in influencing either this year's poll results or the ongoing political process after the election?

Due to a massive parish-based education effort, Catholic voters across the country are considering this year's political issues from the perspective of Church teaching, as outlined in the bishops' quadrennial statement on political responsibility, of November 1995.

The 32-page statement: Political Responsibility: Proclaiming the Gospel ofLife, Protecting the Least Among Us and Pursuing the Common Good, summarises church positions on more than 20 issues in the context of Catholic social teaching.

The size of the effort to spread the word about political responsibility is unprecedented for the U.S. Catholic Church.

More than 560,000 singlesheet brochures have been distributed throughout U.S. dioceses, 135,000 copies of the statement itself are in circulation, as are 1,400 copies of a videotape.

Catholics have been gathering nationwide to study and discuss their obligations as citizens using the political responsibility statement as a guide.

Parish bulletins and diocesan newspapers have been including excerpts from the statement; and priests and deacons are using it in Sunday homilies.

Nevertheless, that doesn't seem to have translated into any perceptible effect on political rhetoric.

Attention to the needs of the poor and to the obligations of citizens to contribute to their country, in particular, seem lacking in the presidential campaign and in other major races, according to the staff of the U.S. Catholic Conference Office of Domestic Social Development.

"People are saying they're happy to see the bishops raising these issues, but that they don't hear candidates speaking to them," said Nancy Wisdo, director of the social development office.

What seems to be missing from the debate is not so much the issues but "the process and the principles behind how we deal with the issues," said Daniel Misleh, who covers rural issues for the social development office.

And there's little or no reference to individual responsibility to help improve the country, either.

"There's been no talk at all (from voters) about 'what I should do,— Wisdo said. "It's all 'what will you do for me."

"Nobody said to the middle class 'this is what you have to do— to keep the economy healthy while addressing societal problems, he said.

Wisdo and her staff have been speaking around the country about political responsibility and the 1996 elections and they have found a lot of enthusiasm for the framework the bishops created in their statement.

There were however many voters who were frustrated and confused about how to make their vote reflect their Catholic beliefs when there are "there are no candidates who support a consistent ethic of life," Wisdo said.

ST PAUL, Minn. (CNS) - cent. "These religions ... are the Through dialogue with people living expressions of the souls of of non-Christian faiths, Catholics vast groups of people," the cardinot only strengthen their own nal said. faith but also awaken to their "They carry with them the echo responsibilities as baptised fol- of thousands of years of searchlowers of Christ. said Cardinal ing for God. They have taught genFrancis Arinze. erations of people how to live, "The other religions can chal- how to pray and how to die," he lenge Catholics to live up to ideals said. 'The Catholic Church thereof the Christian faith." Cardinal fore cannot afford to ignore Arinze, who is the Vatican's top them."

Mutual enrichment can be the official on interreligious affairs, fruit of interreligious encounters, said during a lecture in St. Paul.

Cardinal Arinze, a native of Cardinal Arinze said.

"From Christianity the other reliNigeria. said the church should dialogue with Muslims, Bud- gions can receive inspiration to dhists, Jews and members of universality, to engage in social Africa's traditional religions espe- works and to show greater esteem cially because Christians form for women," he said. only a third of the world popula"From other religions and cultion, and Catholics only 18 per- tures Christianity can receive

symbols, rites and cultural patterns which help her to express her faith in language and cult patterns more congenial to each people."

Papal officials instructed missionaries as long ago as 1659 not to reject any peoples' rites and customs, "unless they are depraved." but rather to "admire and praise what deserves to be respected," he said.

The Second Vatican Council. he said, urged Catholics "prudently and lovingly, through dialogue and collaboration ... and in witness of Christian faith and life, to acknowledge, preserve and promote the spiritual and moral goods found among these other believers, as well as the values in their society and culture."

In Georgia, more solace from Muslims

By Jonathan Luxmoore WARSAW, Poland (CNS) - A Catholic priest from Georgia has said his church currently enjoys better relations with local Muslims than it does with Orthodox Christians. "We have nothing against contacts with the Orthodox," said Father Bernardyn Swiderski, a Ukrainian-born Franciscan."

But the Orthodox Church, including its most senior hierarchs, treats Catholicism as a sect, making any kind of links very difficult," he said.

Fr Swiderski said that after serving in Ukraine, in June 1992 he was assigned to Georgia at his own request in recognition of the "much greater pastoral" needs in the war-torn Caucasus state.

The 32-year-old priest added that he was currently based in a parish at Arali, 150 miles from the capital Tbilisi, but also administered a parish at Batumi on the Black Sea coast.

He said Arali, on the border with Turkey, was home to 10,000 Catholics and a similar number of Armenian Orthodox, although the two communities were divided by traditional ill feeling.

"Our attitude is peaceful, and Catholic-Orthodox relations are reasonable, but nothing more," Fr Swiderski continued.

"We maintain better relations, even though rather official, with Muslims, most of whom live in the autonomous republic of Adzary," he said.

Catholics make up just 1 percent of Georgia's population of 5.46 million, around 80 percent of which traditionally belongs to the Georgian Orthodox Church.

The Georgian Orthodox Church, dating from 471 A.D., regained self-governing status from the Moscow Patriarchate in the 1940s and has been led by Patriarch Elias II since 1977 A cross-party Bill on religious

activities, currently before the state assembly, is expected to confirm the Orthodox faith's "national status," enshrined alongside religious freedom guarantees in an August 1995 constitution.

However, President Eduard Shevardnadze - at the request of the Vatican's Caucasus nuncio, Archbishop Jean-Paul Gobel - also promised to normalise the Catholic Church's legal status and to grunt land for the building of a Vatican-funded hospital in Tbilisi.

The Holy See, which opened diplomatic relations with Georgia in 1993, is also financing a social welfare centre in the capital.

Fr Swiderski, who was ordained in 1990 after training at the seminary in Riga, Latvia. added that Georgia's 11 Catholic priests, most of whom were of Polish origin, currently celebrated Mass only in Georgian.

However, liturgical texts in the national language still await official church approval.

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International News

Cardinal to Ukrainian Jesus and the media take a back seat role In Brief

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has chosen as the theme for the 1997 celebration of World Communications Day, "Communicating Jesus: The Way, the Truth and the Life."

The theme for the observance, which will be celebrated May 11 in most countries, was announced Oct. 15 at the Vatican. A papal message on the theme will be released in late January for the feast of St. Francis de Sales, the patron of journalists.

Condolences VAI1CAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II has sent a telegram conveying, his condolences after a stampede in a Guatemalan soccer stadium killed several dozen people and left nearly 200 hurt.

The telegram said the Pope "offers prayers for the eternal rest of the deceased and raises his prayers so that the Lord may grant a quick recovery to the injured and give his comfort to all those who feel the loss of their loved ones."

Justice awards LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A priest who leads protests against the School of the Americas, a nun who is seeking information about her own torture in Guatemala and the founder of Pastors for Peace have been honoured for their work by the Los Angelesbased non-profit Office of the Americas The three recipients respectively were: Maryknoll Father Roy Bourgeois; Ursuline Sister Dianna Ortiz; The Rem Lucius Walker, a Baptist minister and founder of Pastors for Peace.

Bernardin stops CHICAGO (CNS) - Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago told reporters on 17 October he has halted chemotherapy for the cancer in his liver and has been told he has perhaps six to seven months to live.

Cardinal Bernardin underwent surgery in June 1995 for pancreatic cancer. This August he learned the cancer had returned in the liver and was inoperable.

"The fact of the matter is, the chemotherapy wasn't doing much good in terms of restricting the growth of the tumours.... The side effects of the chemotherapy were not commensurate with the results, so there did not seem to be any reason to continue," he said.

Religion, slowly WS ANGELES (CNS) Broadcast news media in the US are finding religion, but slowly, according to some participants at the Radio-Television News Directors Association annual convention earlier this month in Los Angeles.

Jim Bailey, news anchor of WKLG-TV in Fort Wayne said that religion was "something that resonates in every individual's life in one way or another," he said.

By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Cardinal Myroslav Lubachivsky, head of the Ukrainian-rite church, has turned over administrative powers to fellow Ukrainian Bishop Lubomyr Husar, Church officials said.

The decision came Oct. 14 when bishops of the Eastern-rite church met in a synod in Ukraine, according to a statement by the Ukrainian church headquarters.

It said Cardinal Lubachivsky, 82, requested the appointment of an episcopal assistant for the managing of affairs throughout the Ukrainian-rite church and in the cardinal's own Archdiocese of Lviv. The synod nominated Bishop Husar.

Vatican officials also attended the synod, and on Oct. 15 they expressed Pope John Paul II's approval of the synod's choice.

Cardinal Lubachivsky has headed the Ukrainian church since 1984.

A naturalised U.S. citizen who left his native Ukraine as a young priest, he returned to his homeland after the fall of communism in 1991.

Bishop Husar, 63, was appointed to the newly formed Ukrainian Diocese of Kiev-Vyshorod last spring.

He was ordained secretly inItaly in 1977 and was oue of the last Ukrainian-rite bishops to come out of the "underground" after the fall of communism and Ukrainian Independence.

Earlier this year, during Vatican celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of the Ukrainian-rite church's union with Rome, Bishop Husar spoke at a press conference about the sometimesdifficult relations with Orthodox Christians in Ukraine.

He said Ukrainian Catholics were trying to avoid triumphalism in marking their anniversary and had attempted to involve the Orthodox in some of the events.

He also said the Ukrainian church was continuing to press for a restitution of church properties confiscated under communism - but wanted to avoid making this a divisive issue with local Orthodox

Cardinal *mislay Lubachivsky

South African bishops fight abortion Bishops for CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) The Catholic Church's rejection of abortion provoked debate in three days of public hearings in Parliament on the proposed Termination of Pregnancy Bill.

The day after the Catholic bishops submitted their testimony, a woman told the parliamentary hearings that a senior churchman had paid for her abortion after she became pregnant with a priest's child.

A bishop said later in an interview money was given to her for counselling and medication.

Noel Pistorius, an advocate speaking on behalf of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, told the hearings Oct. 15 that should abortion on demand become law, persuading or forcing a woman to have an abortion against her will should

be declared a criminal offence.

The bishops' submission was presented in two parts: one outlining the Church's objection to abortion on the grounds that "every innocent human being has an inalienable right to life," and the other proposing certain amendments to the bill should it proceed.

The bill, which gives women the right to have abortions without their partner's consent or, in the case of those under 18, parental consent - "ignores the rights of the father of the child and the parents and the family of the woman," Pistorius said.

The South African Cabinet approved the bill in early July.

It needs a simple majority in Parliament's two houses to become law.

The bill will be put to the vote in the National Assembly Oct. 29.

and in the Senate Nov. 5.

In their submission, the bishops said that lithe Termination of Pregnancy Bill is passed, doctors who object to performing abortions should be protected against discrimination.

Also, the doctors' obligation in terms of the bill to refer women to another doctor who is willing to perform abortions should be scrapped.

They said that the Church would honour its obligation to help women with unwanted pregnancies.

The African National Congress, the majority party in Parliament, has ruled that its members, which include a Catholic priest and nun. may not vote against the legislation. However, President Nelson Mandela has said that ANC legislators who have conscientious objections may abstain.

Religions 'obliged to spread respect' VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Religions are obligated to promote understanding and respect, and religious leaders must continue meeting to pray for peace, Pope John Paul II said.

"Because of the relationship with the Divine they promote and cultivate, religions can and must meetings facilitate and understanding among people even if they come from different cultures and religions," the Pope said in a message to reli-

gious leaders gathered Oct. 19 for a day of prayer and fasting in Assisi, Italy, to mark the 10th anniversary of the interreligious day of prayer for peace hosted by Pope John Paul.

"Far from justifying hatred and division," the Pope said, religions "must push their followers to overcome the barriers of misunderstanding and prejudice, favouring an openness to one another in mutual respect."

The Pope thanked the Francis-

cans and religious leaders who have worked to keep the spirit of the 1986 Assisi meeting alive through discussions and occasions for members of all religions to pray for peace. "I hope everyone will know how to make themselves generous witnesses of the 'spirit of Assisi' in the environment in which they live and work, behaving in every circumstance in a way conforming to the values shared by everyone present at the meeting 10 years ago."

Hong Kong

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - With less than a year until China resumes control of Hong Kong, Pope John Paul II appointed a new bishop to eventually succeed the island's cardinal and a new auxiliary bishop for the territory.

Both new bishops, whose appointments were announced Oct. 20, have extensive experience with the Catholic Church on the Chinese mainland.

Salesian Father Joseph Zen, who has taught in government-approved major seminaries on the Chinese mainland, was named coadjutor bishop of Hong Kong.

The 64-year-old automatically will succeed Cardinal John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung, 71, when he retires.

At the same time, Pope John Paul named the diocese's vicar general, Msgr. John lbng, as an auxiliary bishop of Hong Kong.

Bishop-designate Tong, 5Z has directed the Holy Spirit Study Center in Hong Kong since 1980.

According to the Vatican, the center is the diocesan office "that follows problems in mainland China."

The Catechism of the Catholic Church The Seventh Commandment: You shall not steal.

2401 The seventh commandment

forbids unjustly taking or keeping the goods of one's neighbour and wronging him in any way with respect to his goods.

It commands justice and charity in the care of earthly goods and the fruits of men's labor.

For the sake of the common good, it requires respect for the universal destination of goods and respect for the right to private property.

Christian life strives to order this world's goods to God and to fraternal charity.

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The universal destination needs of those in his charge. It any property makes its holder a allow for a natural soli- steward of Providence, with the and the private ownership should darity to develop between men. task of making it fruitful and comof goods municating its benefits to others, 2402 In the beginning God

entrusted the earth and its resources to the common stewardship of mankind to take care of them, master them by labor, and enjoy their fruits.

The goods of creation are destined for the whole human race.

However, the earth is divided up among men to assure the security of their lives, endangered by poverty and threatened by violence.

The appropriation of property is legitimate for guaranteeing the freedom and dignity of persons and for helping each of them to meet his basic needs and the

2403 The right to private property, acquired by work or received from others by inheritance or gift, does not do away with the original gift of the earth to the whole of mankind. The universal destination of goods remains primordial, even if the promotion of the common good requires respect for the right to private property and its exercise.

2404 In his use of things man should regard the external goods he legitimately owns not merely as exclusive to himself but common to others also, in the sense that they can benefit others as well as himself. The ownership of

first of all his family.

2405 Goods of production - material or immaterial - such as land, factories, practical or artistic skills, oblige their possessors to employ them in ways that will benefit the greatest number.

Those who hold goods for use and consumption should use them with moderation, reserving the better part for guests, for the sick and the poor.

2406 Political authority has the right and duty to regulate the legitimate exercise of the right to ownership for the sake of the common good.

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SETON COLLEGE ART EXHIBITION All are invited to attend 'The Brother Francis Art Awards' at Seton Catholic College. Opening night: Friday 8 November at 7.00pm (free admission, light refreshments & entertainment provided on the night). Venue: The Library, Seton Catholic College, Marchant Road, Samson.The art exhibition will be held from Friday 8 November to Thursday 21 November. Enq: Tina Denness 314 1816 (w).

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Archdiocesan Panorama DIVINE MERCY A t St Mary's Cathedral, Victoria Square. on Sunday 3 November at 1.30pm. Programme: Rosary, Divine Mercy prayers, Benediction.

Sermon: Fr Tom Smith: "Holy Souls in Purgatory". Film: "Work in Heaven". Information: Adam 448 0002 or John 457 7771.

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Cathedral - Archbishop Hickey Confirmation. Claremont Mgr M Keating Cemetery of the Innocents, Ecmenical Memorial Service, Perth Esplanade - Archbishop Hickey Confirmation, Applecross Archbishop Hickey Blessing of Mount La Verna Retirement Village - Bishop Healy Confirmation, Moora and Jurien Bay - Mgr Keating Mass and Dinner for Clergy for Feast of St Charles Borromeo Archbishop Hickey Confirmation, Lockridge Mgr P McCrann Gathering of Agency Directors Archbishop Hickey

SPECIAL MASS IN BURMESE AT THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, EMBLETON on Sunday 27 October 1996 at 4pm, by visiting priests from Burma, Rev Monsignor Augustine U Soe, PP St Xavier's Church Mandalay; Rev Fr Peter Hla Shwe, PP Immaculate Conception Church Maymyo (Pyin-oo-lwin).

All are cordially invited to attend.

After Mass kindly join in the get-together to wish the visiting priests at the parish hall.

Please bring a plate and your own drinks.

Enquiries: 370 1596 or 272 1379 or 371 0050 or 379 0131.

MASS & FAREWELL LUNCHEON FOR FR TIM QUINLAN Members, relatives and friends are invited to attend Newman Sunday Mass, 10 November at 10.30am followed by luncheon in West Tutorial Room at 12 noon. Cost S10 per person. RSVP Adrienne Byrne 388 3026, or Judith Kennedy 386 7714 by Wed 6 November.

MELBOURNE CUP LUNCHEON On Tuesday 5 November a luncheon will be held at Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, Rawlins St, Glendalough, commencing 10.30am. Tickets S20 per head, available at the home, or phone 341 1495. Book early. numbers limited.

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St Paul's Church in Karratha: a haven of meaning and peace in the materialism of a mining culture

By George Russo

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s you travel the weary landscape of the Pilbara uddenly a church steeple is detected in the distance, welcoming you to Karratha in the Diocese of Geraldton.

It is the tall spire of the church of St Paul; and aptly, it is situated in Welcome Road.

Amid the clutter of hills and houses, the industrial estates and mining operations, the people have a symbol to uplift their spirit and a worthy place of worship.

And it is heartening, too, that the parish church is there in the centre of the town.

Unlike many of the buildings around it, the church was built to the glory of God and not to commerce and industry.

On those hot days when there is tedium everywhere, the church rises like a saving ship on an uncomfortable sea and is as soothing a sight as the Pilbara can offer.

The jewel of Catholic Faith first shone in Karratha in 1973, five years after the Pilbara town began.

The buildings were plain, and incorporated a parish house, church and meeting rooms.

They were replaced in 1982 by the present church.

"Its octagonal design and copper spire make the building of the grand height of 37 metres. a popular sight for tourists," Fr Robert O'Bryan said with pride.

"It seats 280 people and includes a small prayer chapel for daily Mass and private prayer and over the tabernacle is the beautiful Holy Spirit window." There is much to be proud of at St Paul's Church.

The old church building is now used by the Society of St Vincent de Paul and comprises an opportunity shop, a children's play group and priest's residence.

Only Fr O'Bryan lives at Karratha.

The parish priest. Fr Bob Pocock lives at at the smaller town of

The sanctuary of St Paul's, Karratha ESPIRITU SANTO 2nd ANNIVERSARY Saturday 2 November is the second anniversary of Espiritu Santo and Fr Francis Ughanze invites all who wish to attend the Meditation and Mass in the Wilderness. Transport leaves: St Joachims 8 am sharp; Perth Railway Station, Wellington St, 8.30am; Infant Jesus Morley 9am; St Brigids Midland 9.30am.

Mass at Hudman Quarry at 10.30am following Meditation.

MASS FOR DECEASED INFANTS Special Mass for babies who have died before or after birth will be offered on Thursday 31 October at 10.30 am at Immaculate Conception Parish, East Fremantle, 154 Canning Hwy. This Mass is an annual event and is offered for the families who grieve as well as for the repose of the souls of the infants who

Dampier. Dampier, the spot that charmed the famous buccaneer in 1688 when he sailed into the archipelago and discovered its many islands and fine harbour, has a church dedicated to the prince of Apostles, St Peter's.

It was opened in 1969 to cater for the spiritual needs of the mining population of Hamersley Iron before Woodside Petroleum and BHP arrived to add to the variety of mining ventures.

There is also Sunday Mass in the far-flung parish at Our Lady of the Pilbara church in Wickham.

There are two Masses a week at Pannawonica, opened in 1973.

The attending priest either drives 200 kms on Mondays and returns the following day, or travels on the 'site plane', courtesy of the mining company. It is also used by the Anglicans.

Roebourne and Onslow (320 kms from Karratha and with regular Mass) are the oldest towns in this vast parish, comprising 6 towns and served by parish priest Fr Bob Pocock and Fr Robert O'Bryan. Two Sisters of the Daughters of Charity live among the Aboriginal people.

Roebourne is a little town with a harsh physical environment. Its population is Aboriginal, for the most part, with many suffering from all the evils that have flowed from European settlement in Australia.

The sisters minister to the Aboriginal people; while the St Vincent de Paul cater for their material needs, for amidst the mineral affluence there is still much poverty and despair, and

the most afflicted are the Aborigines.

Karratha has many Asians many of whom work for mining companies and follow their own customs at home.

The parish Mass has an atmosphere of devotion and togetherness. A young doctor plays the guitar and sings tasteful hymns in her mellifluous voice, and there are two fine organists.

Schools in the Karratha parish are: St Paul's Primary, with 270 pupils under Sister Margaret McCarthy, and St Luke's College, under Mr Adrian Griffiths. with 210 students. The Christian Brothers began the college in 1986.

One public school teacher said it was hard to teach kids in the region anything; especially anything refining like religion or literature.

"They leave school as soon as they can and earn more than you in no time."

The Karratha town library has little to nourish the literary appetite but plenty of videos. with the main recreation in the town being a 'pub meal and the telly.'

At least the Catholic College teaches the basic Gospel message and sound Christian doctrine.

Nevertheless, people can become addicted to sport and the culture of the 4-wheel drive and the boat, and spiritual disaster of the easy life-style of nothing more than fishing and the television.

I spoke to a lady in front of the church trying to do a little gardening in the hard, red soil, and asked how she found the parish?

She shrugged and answered:

Archcliocesan Panorama have died. Light refreshments in Parish Hall after Mass. Enq: Fr Jones 339 2530.

CENACLE REFLECTION DAY To all who attend cenacles, a warm invitation is extended to you to take part in a Day of Reflection to be held Tuesday 29 October at St Lawrence Church, 394 Albert St, Balcatta, commencing 9.00am with Holy Mass, concluding 2.30pm with Benediction. Speaker: Fr John Myer (OFM Cap). Theme: Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. BYO Lunch and a friend. The day is open to all.

(Tea/coffee supplied). Enq: 307 6228.

MENTAL HEALTH WEEK MASS Retiring mental health chaplain, Fr Rodney Williams will preach at the annual Mental Health Week Mass at 3.00pm on Sunday 27 October at St Francis Xavier Church, 25 Windsor St, East Perth. Afternoon tea will be served afterwards at the Emmanuel Centre (near the Church).

CHARISMATIC HEALING MASS Flame Ministries International invite you to attend a special Mass for healing beginning with songs of praise at 6.00pm on Sunday 9 November at 'Holy Family Church', Thelma Street, Como.

"Good! the priests work hard and are supportive, but as for the kids. they don't want to go to church: there are too many other things to distract them. There's the tavern, the telly and sport."

Her husband moved the family there because he had a well-paid job with a mining company.

The priests are very involved in the lives of the people - celebrating Mass, preaching, instructing, hearing confessions with care. visiting the sick, and preparing the dying for eternity.

The parish priest, Fr Pocock. confirmed that the priests did a lot of travelling to tend their sc.attered flock of good faithful people.

But, on the down side, he pointed to the dwindling congregations, and the battle to support two priests in a place where people earn "big money."

Nevertheless. at Karratha one finds a parish where the Mass is conducted in a proper and dignified manner. There, there is still a sense of awe and reverence, and the wonderful message of the Gospel is preached clearly and without distortion.

A person can go there and be confident in the knowledge that there is a spiritual haven in the parish of St Paul's.

At a Glance Parish: St Paul's, Karratha Parish Priest: Fr Robert Pocock Assistant Priest: Fr Robert O'Bryan Address: Welcome Rd, Karratha, WA 6714 Phone: (091) 85 1443 Masses: Dampier 5.30pm (Vigil) Saturday, Karratha: 7pm (Vigil) Saturday, 9.30am Sunday, Wickham: 10arn Sunday, Pannawonica: 5pm Monday, 8.30am Tuesday.

Reconciliation: Karratha: 10.30-11.30am Saturday.

Elsewhere, before Mass.

BEREAVEMENT MASS The parishes of St Francis Xavier, Armadale and St Kevin's, Serpentine, invite all to participate in a Eucharistic celebration for the bereaved and their families, on Sunday 3 November at 9.30am. Venue: Serpentine Cemetery, Southwest Highway, Serpentine. Bring chairs or a rug.

ALL SOULS DAY Holy Mass will be offered at the Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook, on All Souls Day, Saturday 2 November at 11.00am for the repose of the souls of past members of SAC RI, and those of our benefactors and friends. Reconciliation before Mass in English or Italian. Enq: SACRI Assoc. 447 3292 or PO Box 311, Tuart Hill 6060.

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