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PERTH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1972
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Church ponders its missionary goals There is something of a "crisis" in the Church's missionary thinking today about how to relate the missionary aims of the Church to a world which is developing a new concept about the role of each nation. Fr. Nicholas McSweeney on one hand, to the mis- is an anomaly and a dedirector of the Catholic sionary in the field. He nial of all that Jesus Missions Office, chose needs the prayers of the came into the Church to this expression when an- whole Church to assure do. With the growing connouncing the forthcom- him on the course of ing observance of Mis- activity he is taking in viction that Western sion Sunday that will the name of the whole countries must be contake place this month Church. cerned with the developthroughout the Catholic of these new The Second Vatican ment world to focus the atten- Council referred specifi- nations, it is good to reton of the whole Church cally to other Churches member that missions on its missionary work. and bodies, Christian and have already commenced Mission Sunday was non-Christian, and point- that work, he says. established by Pope Pius ed out that the plan of Their schools and colXIin 1922 when he noted God was geared towards leges are already providthe centenary of the the salvation of all men. ing practical assistance establishment of the SocAt all times and among in training the new leadiety of the Propagation every people, God has ers of these countries--of the Faith by Pauline given welcome to whom- non-Christian and ChristJarricot. soever fears Him and ians side by side in these Today the observance does what is right," it schools—in principles of of the Sunday is made 1 brotherhood and justice. said. firstly through prayer Fr. McSweeney quotes God has pleased It and the use of special the Second Vatican Counmen however, to make readings and prayers at , holy and save them not cil again: "Any member the Sunday Masses. Sec- merely as individuals of the Mystical Body who ondly, each parish has al any mutual fails to make his proper without special collection for the I contribution to the demaking bonds, but by works of the Catholic single velopment of the Church into a them missions. must be said to be usepeople." Fr. McSweeney's referful neither to the Church missionary modern The ence to a "crisis" refers Church, gays Fr. Mc- nor to himself." Sweeney, must contribute ON INSIDE PAGES to the brotherhood of all men. The Church is a Aquinas Procession ... 3 4 sacrament of unity and it Calendar 9 has the means, the euch- Children's World 10 arist, prayer and the C lassified Advts. The response to The 4 members Editorial its activities of Record's 1973 Catholic Letters 11 achieve the to really World Tour was such 8 bringing about of this News in Pars that within two Sport 12 nity. u berths months all 8 On the other hand, for Theatre were sold. However, 6 home, he I TV, Radio at people the we are now able to is about "crisis" the says, offer additional berths should they whether as we have been able worry about the missions to obtain extra shipthey have board accommodation. at all, since local proenough already Only limited numwhich to bers of each grade are blems with The rejection by the Legislative Council of the Abortion Bill was available so to avoid cope. has re- applauded by the 700 people who filled Subiaco City Hall last Thursday Clark Colin Dr. disappointment people cently pointed out that for the Right to Life Rat y. book wishing to the idea of a Third World promptdo so should The rally was held in It was a human being Thirdly, there could be —that is the developing ly. Further informathe conjunction with similar laws to increase genuine with potential. without ountries — c tion is on Page 5. grounds for presence of the Church meetings in all other medical The second speaker, 4......0210/411P Australian cities to mark abortion. In that case, Lutheran Pastor D. OverRight to Life Week. said Professor Cavanagh, duin, said that the cry, The principal speaker there seemed to be no "Let my people go" had of the evening Professor need to widen such laws now been twisted by D. Cavanagh, said that —as least in Tasmania people into a demand of he spoke as a Chrsitian, and apparently in W.A. "Let the God of my ima doctor, an academician He believed that the agination go." Human and as a grown-up foetus disagreement among doc- behaviour must no lon• when declaring that fur- tors about when human ger be subject to any ther efforts to liberalise life began was used to moral absolute. modern laws on abortion shift the argument away Pastor Overduin said were impractical. from what was really a that the right of a foetus He said that there matter of ethics. were only three choices "They are trying to to be born had now been available: First to fight separate the ethics of replaced by a debate on for the right to life of abortion from the ethics the right of a foetus to be the unborn, and that en- of killing," he said. "If tailed an absolute pro- we sanction elective abor- wanted. The trend towards abhibition of more liberal tion, we sanction a new laws. ethic in society". For him ortion threatened a total Secondly, the law could this was an ominous anti- corruption of community Where give the mother absolute life trend in our thinking. responsibility. right to do as she pleased The foetus must not be there ought to be mutual and such liberalised laws considered as a poten- care there was now the would mean simply abor- tial human being, he demand to deprive the foetus of all care. tion on demand. added.
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The principal speakers at the Right to Liftr rally at Subiaco City Hall last week, Professor D. Cavanagh and Pastor Daniel Overduin, with the chairman of the rally, Mrs. Marie Clarke.
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