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No. 3590. PERTH, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1972.
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New norms for general absolution General sacramental absolution is to be used for the convenience of large numbers of people who cannot confess privately and is not to replace individual confession and absolution, according to norms just released by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome. These norms, approved by Pope Paul for promulgation on June 16, clarify the long-standing concession of the Church for general absolution in special cases and provide guidelines for further implementation. Other points in the ment of penance, even document are: when confession will be • Even if a penitent heard privately. receives general absoluThis liturgical ceretion, he is still obliged to mony will not be confusmake a private confes- ed with the actual rite of sion at least once a year. general absolution and • Those who have the celebration of this serious sins forgiven by rite is to be kept quite general absolution are to distinct from the celebramake private confession tion of Mass. before receiving general The decree looks back absolution on another occasion; when scandal to the former wartime is involved a person must privilege when it was not approach Holy Com- possible to forgive sins of munion until the scandal large numbers of people who were unable to go to is removed. • Devotional confes- confession individually. sion is not to be disPope Pius XII in 1944 couraged lest the good specifically extended the name of those who ap- privilege of general abproach the sacrament solution so that priests singly be injured. could forgive groups of The new procedure for soldiers going to battle general absolution has or groups of civilians in been put into the charge danger of being killed. of each individual bishop Legendary are the storto establish the precise needs in his area after ies of the famous World consulting with fellow War I chaplain Father members of the hier- Willie Doyle, S.J., and his use of this privilege to archy. A fter a bishop has laid the troops of his day. down the local norms, a The principal intention priest will have to ap- of the new decree will be proach the bishop if to benefit missionary other situations arise. countries where the The new norms look scarcity of priests makes forward to the develop- the task of hearing vast ment of a special liturgy numbers of confessions to accompany the sacra- an impossibility.
Seen together at the big meeting on the role of the Church in tackling the problem of the Aborigines. Archbishop Goody, Fr. Barry Hickey, Mr. Gabriel Willoway and Fr. Hilton Deakin.
The new order at St. Louis After the announcement by the chairman of the W.A. Catholic Education Commission, Father J. Nestor, that St. Louis School would continue to operate next year under the control of a management board, the steering committea met this week to establish a constitution.
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For the constitution, the commission has provided nine guideline points, among which are: • The school will remain under the jurisdiction of the Arch bishop of Perth. O The board of management will be responsible for the running costs. • There is to be a s tructure within which a lay headmaster and lay staff will operate.
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Big meeting on Church and Aborigines Nearly 200 people, one third of them priests and Religious, crowded into the Cathedral Chapter Hall for a public meeting called to mark National Aboriginal Day and to express the growing concern of the Church in this area. The meeting was chair- other as I have loved iginal problem; there was mous, which meant that ed by Mr. Gabriel Willo- you," and the Eucharist, a host of problems, he there was no one soluway, of Victoria Park; tic, the centre of unity said. The complexity of tion. It was incorrect to Bishop Quinn was pre- and love, would condemn the problem was enor- C Continued on Page 2. sent and the Archbishop us if we did not show arrived for the later part Christ's love, if we did of the meeting after a not concern ourselves engagement. with social justice. previous The Church had too Bishop Quinn addressed the meeting at the con- often concerned herself clusion and a vote of with the spiritual side of thanks was made by Fr. man and given insufficient attention to the John Lisle. The meeting had been physical. It had to be called by Fr. Barry realised that the Church Hickey, director of the had a mission to the total Catholic Family Welfare man, body and soul. There was no one AborBureau, in Victoria Square. Fr. Hickey sees the USUALLY COME BACK FOR Aboriginal issue as one CHURCH STAND "Within the limits of of the new areas of inANOTHER . . . AND ANOTHER resources I terest that will be taken available AND ANOTHER. . . up by the growing work pledge the interest of the Roman Catholic Archdioof the bureau. About the meeting it- cese of Perth in any proself, he was particularly ject which has been conwith mature impressed that the at- sidered tendance of so many judgment. "In this we would be people revealed a real interest among Catholic continuing the aims and efforts of the past but people. He felt that it was for geared, I hope, to the contemporary those who had attended changed to take up organised situation." — The Archaction at their local bishop on the Church levels of parish and sub- and the Aborigines problem. urban life. • The full statement Since Fr. Hilton Deakin, is in page 3. of Melbourne, was on an official visit to Perth on THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN ON INSIDE PAGES behalf of the forthcoming congress, he said he Majellan happenings . 6 CARS had invited him to be the Pastoral Council . .. ... 4 principal speaker for the Calendar .... .. 4 AUTHORISED GENERAL MOTORS e vening. . .... 4 Editorial .... HOLDEN DEALER Our concern for the Applecross birthday . 6 1308 Albany Hwy. Aborigines was a concern Sister Philomena Earle .... .... 7 for social justice, Father Cannington Deakin said. The motto Retarded children .... 10 1826 PHONE: 68 1826 68 PHONE: Church music .... 11 ConEucharistic for the .... 16 - gr‘:‘Fs was "Love one an- Sport ...
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