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No. 3587. PERTH, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1972.
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AID PROGRAMMES: WE'RE HELPING OURSELVES, TOO
• FEW AUSTRALIANS realise that it is ultimately in their best interests, and in the interests of their children, that they should bother about the development of underprivileged countries. Action for World Development believes the Australian public should care about their poorer neighbours, if only for three reasons: These are: • Economically, it will is a challenge to con What is lacking is not the resources, but the benefit the rich trading; science. The argument against political will to give prinations if the poor nations become prosperous Australian aid to other ority to urgent human customers with money to nations has been: "There needs. Politically, it is poverty in Australia. • It ignores the exspend. could be disastrous if Shouldn't charity begin tent of world poverty. Granted that there is the present division of at home?" This should be chal- human misery and deprihumanity into a rich (mainly white) minority lenged for four reasons, vation in the slums of and a poor (mainly col- and these are that: Sydney and of Calcutta oured) majority contin• It implies people alike, nevertheless, in the ues to grow wider—dis- of one's own race, in rich countries, it is a astrous for rich and poor. some sense, more impor- minority of people who • We live in a 'planet- tant than people of other suffer. In the poor counary' age. The world is a races and, therefore, de- tries, it is the vast majsmall place in which serve preferential treat- ority who are deprived, more members of the ment. This denies the and their poverty is a lot human family are bound Christian belief that all more acute. together in interdepen- men are of equal value to The poor countries dence. It is only com- God and have the same themselves provide 86 monsense to plan the right to justice. per cent of the resources social and economic de* It fails to recognise invested in their own development of mankind that the world of the velopment. Only 15 per on a world scale; foolish- 1970s is a small planet cent of the total investness to think we can on which distance no lon- ment comes from outside continue to plan only for ger separates people. In- in the form of 'aid'. national needs. escapably, in a 'global Unfortunately, much THE nation-wide ecumenical Action for World Development Campaign begins next month. Here are a few thoughts on which to ponder.
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• This is a moral village', all men are near aid-giving is poor in qualBlustery weather forced the annual procession 1.3 honour of Our Lady of Perpetual Help to question. A social econo- neighbours; 'home' is not ity that it is not achievremain within the Redemptorist Church last M..:nday night. Pictured are Fathers Desmond mic order which allows determined by national ing the desired effect. and Hickey, C.SS.R., carrying the ikon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The miraculous 34 per cent of humanity frontiers. The major part of it is original of this painting is venerated at the Re-..emptorist Church of St. Alphonsus Rome. to possess some 88 per • It assumes that re- provided in the form of cent of the world's sources are inadequate to loans at rates of interest Wealth while the 66 per tackle the problems of which average at 3.3 per cent have only 12 per world poverty and local cent for direct countrycent of the wealth to poverty simultaneously. to-country loans and share between them is Not so. With their ex- rise to seven per cent for grossly unjust. The chal- panding economies, the loans from the World lenge to create a more rich countries can, and Bank. Just and human society should, do both. A GENERAL discussion of the Sacrament of In 1969, poor countries owed 'donors' nearly Confirmation related to its administration in the $59,000 million. Many Archdiocese will be taken up by the Archbishop's are now paying back an- Senate of Priests. nually almost as much At its meeting this placed on sharing the as they receive in new 'aid'. And by 1980, if aid week, the Senate was theology courses that are is not increased, many asked to consider the being provided at interwill be repaying more age for receiving the vals during the year. Fr. I Sacrament. G. Scott, C.M., rector of U SUALLY COME BACK FOR than they receive. However, it was felt St. Charles' Seminary Three-quarters of all ANOTHER . . . AND ANOTHER aid given is 'tied' in some there were wider and has been asked by the way to the purchase of deeper issues to be con- Archbishop to become AND ANOTHER. . . goods and services from sidered. The theological acting director of the Ah iations and liturgical commisprogramme until a more the 'donor' country. The 4401010 . total flow of aid which sions have been asked to permanent structure can was US$12,800 million in prepare a position paper be developed. opinions Priest members nornin1968, has not increased summarising as rapidly as the econom- that are current on the ated by election to the Pastoral ies of the rich countries, subject with a view to a Archdiocesan Council were announced considered as a propor- practical suggestion. tion of their total wealth. In the world-wide con- by the Archbishop: FathIt has declined by 25 text of the Church, the ers W. Foley and J. Sacrament of Confirma- O'Brien for the diocesan per cent since 1961. tion is still subject to clergy, Frs. M. Keane, All nations are developquite a deal of theologi- OMI, and J. Brown OFM ing, including Australia. pastoral discus- for the religious priests cal Certainly, Au str alia sion,and and many suggesOn the pastoral side, needs and uses overseas tions are being proffered. some concern was excapital to finance many Some steps in defining pressed that infants were developmental program practice and theological being presented and acwith Vitamin C added mes. THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN significance were contain- cepted for baptism in ( to keep winter coughs and colds at bay) But, says Action for ed in the Introduction to parishes other than their CARS World Development, to the Revised Rite of Con- residence without the argue that this is a sub- firmation published in matter being referred to AUTHORISED GENERAL MOTORS stantial reason for Aus- THE RECORD (March their own parish priest HOLDEN DEALER tralia to go easy on over- ; 30). The new rite of baptism NORTH seas aid is like saying ; Further progress was puts an obligation on a I SOUTH 1308 Albany Hwy. that, because we are re- , reported on establishing parish priest to see that, 46 5478 Cannington ceiving a share of the an inservice training pro- parents receive proper I 67 6066 cake, we do not have to , gramme for priests. Cur- pastoral preparation for PHONE: 68 1826 PHONE: 68 1826 worry about anyone else rently, emphasis is being the sacrament.
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