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No. 1947. PERTH. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1975
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Bishops on `sin' in Australia's social problems A social justice statement issued for the Bishops of Australia says that many of today's problems in Australia are due to past failings in social responsibility, to the neglect of justice, and to the weakness of our concern for one another.
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Mr. DAN HOURIGAN ( left), Legion of Mary visitor to Perth pictured with Mrs. EILEEN McKENNA, secretary of the Perth Senatus.
Bigger community role• by Legion urged
Prosperity gained by sell- office premises to the negPrepared by the National Commission for Justice and ing goods and services at a lect of the needs of the poor Peace, the statement is an profit is not held to be in- for quality at a reasonable annual exercise sponsored herently unjust, nor are the price. by the bishops to highlight efforts of workers to incountries Industrialised areas of concern in the life crease real wages without such as Australia are 'said working harder or longer. of the community. to have become dependent This year's statement is "TRICKERY" IN in their economies on the entitled "The Social Side of demand for trivial or luxRETAILING Sin" and asks: ury goods. particular sitat Looking "Do we think of shopliftThe Pope's Synod of document notes ing, joyriding, vandalism uations, the Bishops in 1971 is quoted in retailing and also trickery and the tax fiddle as examthe aiming of expensive art- as questioning the morality ples of dishonesty ,and inicles at young wage-earners of massive consumption of justice to others?" or migrants, plus the con- resources by the richer The document singles out centration on higher price countries. community services, econhousing and commercial and ( •CONTINUED PAGE 2) omic processes and political life as containing examples of questionable values in Australia today.
Mr. Hourigan believes THE "ELITE The Legion of Mary that the laity in South Am- MINORITY" may .have to turn its erica and especially in Afattention to much greatThe docum... look, rica have developed a strong er involvement in commissionary sense and that in people v, ho may be on the munity activities, accorthese areas the Church is receiving end of the various ding to a prominent Lereally growing and the sem- community services that gionary visitor to Perth inaries are filled with can- may be offered by the govthis week. ernment or private individies of other sects, because youth in the ranks of the didates.
uals in various professions. There was the fallacy that Catholics did not speak Legion there was insufficHe said that in Australia "The individual members the present status quo of the Spanish with which to con- ient personnel to develop new approaches in Legion the ordinary Catholic had of the community are not Church must be kept going. tact these migrant groups. not realised the full impact helpless incompetents to be he said. There was nothing to stop work. of the Second Vatican directed and cared for in all the Legion being involved in , He said that the Legion, Council on the apostolate of the departments of life by LOST TO these works but the prob- being a living body, was the laity in the Church and an elite minority of welllems were not being spot- growing and developing all so "has not realised his job, THE CHURCH experts," the intentioned lighted, he said. the time. While nor is he pulling his weight". document says. fund-raising or catechetical work were imThe statement adds that Mr. Dan Hourigan is in YOUNG portant continuing aspects LACK OF increased size in public the SEMINARIANS' Perth at the request of the of the Church, the potential PERSONNEL and private organisations Legion's central body, the WORK activity outlined in the and institutions of service is There was need for greatVatican II documents was not er involvement in religious Concilium, in order to conbringing a growing deperWhile the structure of the sult with local leaders off being realised, he Legion was not likely to sonalisation. adult education; marriage added. Pointing to works that preparation was a matter the present state of the change, there was sufficient and to look at its Legion could be taken up by flexibility in the movement THE ECONOMY the crying out for attention in Legion, Mr. Hourigan cited the Eastern States, Mr. future direction. at present to take on what"The need here is for the number of Spanish Hourigan said. Mr. Hourigan has the ever work presented itself. more decentralisation of People being lost to the Because there was a lack distinction of being the only power and service," is says. Church through In Australia there was inthe activit- particularly of men and Australian to have been an "Sheer size is not to be official Legion envoy over- sufficient appreciation by sought for its own sake, or seas and in that capacity he priests of the potential of for the sectional benefit of spent four years in South the Legion. those in control. America after a career of Turning to the economy, In the Kensington semin22 years as a teacher, 11 of ary, students who had had the statement says that Austhem in New Guinea. former experience as Leg- tralia's free enterprise sysHe is at present a student ionaries had formed them- tem has achieved a considfor the priesthood at the St. selves into two presidia and erable measure of success in Paul seminary for late voca- were visiting high-rise flats terms of productivity and tions in Kensington, N.S.W., and migrants, and also look- distribution of benefits, but and is due to be ordained ing after the instruction of has been open to miscalculation and abuse. Aboriginal children. deacon in November.
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