‘17
Ke/
Ire:i -ki::'Wek:W> \ . N SOY
,
•
1
,
Je:/./A
p.
,N
,4
A'TNNiPAL‘
C
.•;•:S
xe.o.4a# 3
4.
//41, \,
,,istref;
'N.
1-4
e•N
Ati&
•
Telephone 25 9088
No. 1713. PERTH. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1975
Price: 15 Cents
Registered by posting as a NEWSPAPER Category "A" (II)
Combined Cathedral service Cyclone destroyed to launch Women's Year Church buildings
The launching of International Women's Year, 1975, was accompanied by a combined service held in St. Mary's Cathedral, last Sunday. prayer of A large gathering of women filled the cathedral and shared in a prayer service that had been prepared by the Catholic Women's League of W.A. and which was introduced by Miss I. Palandri, State president of the league. Readings were done by the Rev. Dorothy Whacker (Congregationalist) and Mrs. Scurlock (chairman of Australian Church Women). The Combined Country Women's Choir led the singing of hymns and also presented Sibelius's "Song of Peace". In the unavoidable absence of Archbishop Goody. Father Barry Hickey, Director of the Catholic Family Welfare Bureau, presided over the gathering. In extending a welcome to the congregation, he said that .the Church had said officially that it fully supported the aims and goals of the Year.
POPE'S WORDS
w as still a matter to be noted if a woman reached a top position in her particular sphere. Miss Casey then went on to enumerate the motives of International Women's Year which marks the 25th anniversary of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women. She concluded by saying that while any discrimination existed there would be no true peace. She urged each of her listeners to take a rightful place in work, family or community and to develop her ability and responsibility.
Cyclone Tracy, which devastated Darwin early on Christmas Day, destroyed a number of Church buildings, including a village for homeless children. Fortunately no lives were lost in the destruction of the buildings which also included the city's old Catholic catedral. The village for homeless children, conducted by the Canossian Daughters of Charity, was flattened in the cyclone. The children have since being moved into another hostel. Also destroyed were the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart convent in the suburb of Nightcliff, the home of the local superior of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (also at Nightcliff), and two houses of
the mission supply headquarters. A 'number of other Church buildings were damaged. The new cathedral of St. Mary's - Star of the Sea had part of its roof blown off. while the home of Bishop John O'Loughlin, M.S.C., was also damaged. Damage was also susNightcliff tained by church and presbytery. St. John's College (part of the primary section roof ripped off), and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Salonika (the whole of the secondary school roof blown away).
In addition, a big shed at the mission supply headquarters was damage.d and a nearby house on the same property was unroofed. Missions on Bathurst Island, Port Keats and Daly River escaped damage. Three Brothers of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart — an electrician. a builder. and a bricklayer — were assigned to go to Darwin to help in reconstruction work. One of the Brothers is from N.S.W. and the other two from missions in Papua New Guinea. ( • See also page 2
Pipe deplores crime rise;
fears about the arms race
Pope Paul, in his peace message at the New Year, VATICAN CITY (NC). — Pope Paul has deplored the "fearful increase of organised crime" had referred specifically to that "threatens innocent people and makes everyone tremble." the Year and the place of women in society. In his homily during "We refer to a fearful in-marthrilic condition. al-.o .[he Pope added that solemn morning Mass at St. crease of organized crime,r,spoke against "national or people had in the depths of Pope Paul cited their Peter's Basilica, Pope Paul with weapons ready and racial pride which is trans- t heir hearts the "tendency, qualities of "intuition, creaalso repeated his fears over aimed threateningly at inno- mitted inexorably from one the instinct, the desire, the tivity, sensibility, a sense of the escalating arms race. cent life, and with extreme- generation to the next". need, and the duty of agreepiety and compassion and a profound capacity for unSpeaking on the theme of ly mercenary blackmail. The Pope. as he has done ing, that is, living in peace". peace to mark the eighth derstanding and love". "Where is right? 'Where since convoking the 1975 Day of Peace, which he in- is justice? Holy Year with its themes FIVE BOYS Father Hickey said that stituted, the Pope said: Following the Mass. atas a form of discrimination "Where is honour? of renewal and reconciliation, pleaded for a spirit of tended by about 25.000, the some might cite the CathoWhere tranquility is of "It is necessary to take lic Church whose authority which is called reconciliation that "shifts Pope invited to lunch five note of what is, as it were, order the sphere of peace from representatives — one from was administered at the lurking danger that makes peace" a hands of a group of celibate the extremely realistic field each continent — of the everyone tremble, an insult, men. of political, military, social "Pueri Cantores" or boys' as it were, which stains the THE MAFIA and economic rivalries . . . choirs who met for several He pointed out, however, civilized of our honour way • Miss CLARE CASEY to the no less real but im- days in Rome. The Pope also referred that such criticism was similiving. of Sitting next to the Pope expressly to the Mafia, the ponderable field of men's lar to that used against W omen should look at at the luncheon was the Sicilian - based underworld spiritual life. many institutions in society society and at the sources, North American representaorganisation and to its Neatoday. causes and forms of discritive. Francisco Morales. politan counterpart, the "THE ART OF Discrimination, he said. mination. The son of a Cuban exile. Camorra. was a complex matter and GREEING" A He urged them to pray Francisco is a member of not always distinguishable. He asked: enter hard is this St. Mary's Parish. Ridge"It to He hoped that the religious that constructive debate was "Will love succeed in field, yes, but it is the field field. service would ask God to entered into and that discuspurifying certain ingrained of true peace . . . which is The 11 - year - old sixth assist in the accomplishment sions were fruitful. collective attitudes, certain in minds before it is in grader left the papal lunof the aims of Women's Lastly, he urged them to underworlds where the deeds, in public opinion be- cheon laden with gifts from Year. pray that society would reIn answer to long expressed wishes for Mafia has its own secret fore it is in treaties. in the Pope. spond to changes that were men's hearts before it is in such a service to young married couples, a CALL TO PRAY and pitiless law? He was among about i armistices," Pope Paul said. 10,000 boys who took part special conference has been arranged to take He urged the women to ndicated to be necessary. "Will love be able to overplace at Trinity College, on January 19 from pray that the issues surPeace, the Pope said, was in the Rome congress of In the formal address, come the `Camorra Popochoirboys. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. rounding women were made Miss Clare Casey, vicetare', or certain systems of "the art of agreeing". clear. chairman of the InternaYoung married couples Subjects to be dealt with vendetta, whether personal It was not easy, he said. tional Women's Year com- were described by Mr. Paul would be: What is happen- or communal, clan rivalry to stand back and criticise mittee and immediate past- Bowen, W.A. Catholic Mar- ing to Marriage today, by and obsessive false duties society if one was closely president of the United riage Guidance counsellor, Father Barry Hickey; which breed their own irresinvolved in it. Nations Association, point- as those under 3-5 years Knowing one another, by tible obligations?" ed out that there were married; however, he noted Mr. Paul Bowen; Sex in In recent months violent many forms of discrimina- that any married couple was marriage, Mr. Ron Down- crimes and kidnapings, ON INSIDE PAGES tion exercised for many invited to take part. ey; Marriage and God, many of them believed to reasons. Daniel Baldwin; be connected with underC lassified The emphasis was Father Advertising young marrieds, on he said, Children and Family Life, world organizations, have Work was progressing to 10 Matron Beryl Grant. increased in number and in Education File 10 stop many of these defects. only because studies had inThe fee for attending the brutality in Italy. dicated how much the pressSister Philomena However, there was one ures that may build up in conference was $1 per perEarle "Is not the barometer of group suffering discrimina- later married life were act- son and they were asked to peace today pointing to bad Sport bring their own lunch. Mass tion who were not a mino- ually taking root in the weather," the Pope quesTheatre ...... ...... would be celebrated at the rity and whose group cut early years. tioned. TV, Radio end of the conference for right across class, colour The study day would be those who wished to stay. A RMAMENT and creed and formed one S a refreshing opportunity for As many of the couples half of the human EDITORIAL race, married couples to share who had attended prenamely. women. "What are we to deduce DEADLINE the experience on how their marriage courses in recent from worldwide and local marriage had developed. The deadline for editorial years as possible had been armaments which have been eopl is noon on Monday. W AY AHEAD Especially for those who contacted, but the invitation taken to a stage of inconThe editor should be advishad attended the pre-mar- was extended to any marrShe said that many of ceivable terror? ed if it is anticipated that the riage course would it be an ied person to attend the conold discriminatory "Can the policy of balanmaterial will arrive after laws opportunity if see the to dirference. a gainst women that Clue; otherwise the had now ection of development that Further information was ced forces in fact avert a in- been done away rae eit414/e r7.44It'd orelPfte Cie Celt4! with bu t was forecast at the time, available from the Catholic worldwide catastrophe?" clusion of copy cannot be there were still many dis- had actually come CANNING HIGHWAY guaranteed. to pass Marriage Guidance Council, The Pope, who seemed to (opposite Boans, criminatory pra -1•11,Tes it in their married life. phone 254232. he suffering, pain from his Phone 391711
Married couples' conference
a Better Deal on Honda
......
from a Better Honda Dealer!
KEN
S