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No. 3567. PERTH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1972.
Diocesan Pastoral Council: phase one begins
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IN THE NEXT fortnight, all metropolitan priests will make the first definite steps in the formation of the Diocesan Pastoral Council when they meet in their zones to establish local programmes of education and election. A fter more than 12 months of preparatory work, the steering committee, now with several new faces, met at the Franciscan Retreat House on Sunday night to hear final details. Under the chairmanThe final process will will be given no overship of Fr. R. Healy, the shift from election to solicitous mandate about committee previewed and selection. Twenty-two what it should or should made suggestions for im- will be selected by an not do. It will be a fully provement for the three electoral college and the pastoral body and, along talks that will be given emphasis will be to give with the Archbishop, it to parishioners assem- as balance a range of will look keenly at every bled at zone meetings. talent and potential as facet of the People of Talks were given by possible, rather than sta- God in the Archdioc ese Bro. O'Grady, Guido tistical majoriy. to see how its interests Vogels and Elaine Hart. can best be served. PANELS Priests will have given At Sunday night's instructions from the It is envisaged that the meeting there was lively pulpit on the meaning of remaining 22 will be far discussion that in this the Diocesan Pastoral from discarded people. important new step in Council when all parish- Over the two-year-life of church life all anxiety es will be invited to as- the council there may be about change must be semble for their first need for replacem ent sympathetically treated. zone meeting. members. PEOPLE'S ROLE This will be the educaMore hopefully, the tional stage. council will want panels Every opportunity will formed for different be given at local meetings ELECTION TO areas of study and these to explore fully the role SELECTION submitted names along of people in the Church At this point, the pro- with other experts will today and how the funcgramme will go back to be a ready bank of high- tion of the Diocesan Pasthe local parish where, ly recommended people toral Council is going to with the help of public- on whom to draw. affect the Church in its The eventual council Mission. ity material now in preparation, parishioners will have the opportunity to think over the meaning of the Counci! and suggest likely members. Two delegates will be returned from these par- WASHINGTON (NC): A told Adrion, "I would ish meetings, supplied unique comment on the have given you the game With names of final nom- financial situation of Ca- ball, but Franny Murray inees and short descrip- tholic educational institu- ( equipment manager) tions of the candidates tions was made after a said we couldn't afford and the service they basketball game here. it." C ould offer. Bob Adrion, a sophoFrom the second zone more from Ramsey, N.J., meeting, now at an elec• had just become the ton stage, four names eighth player in Catholic Will be voted basketball forward. University's Prom 11 zones thus a history to reach the cartotal of 44 names will eer mark of 1,000 points. have been CU coach Dick Myers compiled.
UNIQUE COMMENT MADE ON CATHOLIC FINANCES
Bishop McKeon ( President of the National Missionary Council and Bishop of Bunbury ), Archbishop Pignedoli ( Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Rome), at National Missionary Conference held at St. Columban's College, Turramurra, Sydney, recently. ( See Pages 5 and 6.)
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IN A SPECIAL MESSAGE to the Archbishops and Bishops of Australia, Pope Paul said he saw in Project Compassion a wonderful means for all Catholics in Australia to join in a spirit of fraternal sharing for the benefit of their fellowmen. He said they would thus fulfil the will of Christ, who said: "In so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me."
The Pope said Lent was kind to the level of hu- by the self-discipline that a time to pause and re- man development and it supposes for each flect, a time to prepare dignity befitting all God's member of each family. for the special celebra- children. "And, while we express tion of Christ's passion, He said: ''On this oc- deep gratitude for all death and resurrection casion we encourage you that you have already and your faithful, all done and will do to show He said love was in- the clergy, religious and forth Christ's love, we deed the greatest of the laity of Australia , to con- implore for all of you a virtues and true love of tinue their many works full sharing in his pas• God must always find ex- inspired by Christian love chal mystery and must pression in love of neigh- and rendered possible by cordially impart our bour; of necessity it Project Compass ion and Apostolic Blessing." means service rendered to others in the name of Christ. The Pope was confident the response to the annual Lenten Family Campaign would again be eloquent proof of how Australian Catholics un derstood the aspirations of the poor and needy. Through their sharing, Australians hopefully would pursue Christ's mission of uplifting man-
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BRITISH CATHOLIC doctors are finding it increasingly difficult to get top jobs because of their s tand on abortion. See Page 2. GERMAINE GREER, champion of women's lib. A Catholic view, Page 7. AFTER THE RECENT Bishops Conference in Sydney, several top Catholic news media men interviewed some of the participants. Among those interviewed our own Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, the Most Rev. Peter Quinn. We publish an edited version of the interview on Pages 8 and 9.
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