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Few chorisms could be greater than those of Christian teachers, both for the building up and the edification of pupils committed to their care, Archbishop Goody said on Sunday.
• Pictured above is a section of the congregation of some 400 Catholic teachers, Religious and lay, from Catholic and State Schools for a Mass of Dedication celebrated in the Redemptorist Church by Archbishop Goody.
National commission: guard tribal lands The National Comserious responsibility to t hem," said Fr. Buchhorn. mission for Justice and "Bauxite mining is comPeace has supported pletely destructive of the the Aurukun Aborigincountryside. al community in its "The granting of AboProtests over the grant- Meeting in Sydney under sula, in the Gulf of Car- riginal land rights goes furing of mining rights its chairman, Bishop Mul- pentaria. ther than granting ownerfor bauxite deposits on kearns of Ballarat, the com- It is about 50 miles south ship of land as white people their tribal land in mission said the tribal lands of Weipa, site of a large, would understand it. should be protected until bauxite mining complex. Queensland. the Aurukun Aboriginal Father Dick Buchhorn, "Justice Woodward wrote:
The commission called on 'I believe that to deny Abothe Prime Minister, Mr. community had been "fully" assistant secretary of the rigines the right to prevent ascertained said in commission, accordance Australia Fraser, and the Minister mining on their land is to for Aboriginal Affairs, Mr. with the method outlined in — "indeed the world" — did not need the bauxite deny the reality of their Viner, to take steps to pro- the Woodward report. land rights'." from Aurukun. tect the tribal lands of the The Aurukun area is on At the meeting the com"In fact,' said Fr. BuchAurukun Aboriginal com- t he western side of Queensmission re-stated its opposi"allowing be horn, it to munity. land's Cape York Perinmined would only weaken tion to the testing or posthe position of a number of session of nuclear weapons World Third countries by any power in the Pacific which are very dependent region. on bauxite for foreign earn- It had previously endorsed the ratification by ings. "Many people endorse Australia of the Nuclear land rights in general, as Non-Proliferation Treaty. The Bishops of the Pacithe bishops' conference did fic. meeting in Noumea last a few years ago. May, called for all pracTHESE ABORIGINES, tical steps to be taken towards a nuclear-free Pacific. THIS LAND They called nuclear arma"But unless people come ments a special menace to to the point at some stage the "small peoples" of their of saying that THESE Abo- area. rigines have a right to THIS - The National Commission land, then the momentum for Justice and Peace beof our industrialised, ex- lieves that no political or ploitative society, will diplomatic effort should be eventually leave no land spared to achieve this. Far for any Aborigines. from being an impractical Aurukun seems to be a ideal, the commission conpoint at which this process siders that, this hope of could and should be halted. many peoples in the Pacific "Australia shares mem- can itself transform political e te Meta eTadeed f€444tC cicavt4! bership of the International realities," a statement reCANNING HIGHWAY Bauxite Association with leased after the meeting (opposite Boans,Melville). Phone 391711 other countries and has a said.
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Call to Govt. on East Timor's future
A t a meeting .in Sydney last weekend, the National Commission for Justice and Peace re-affirmed its I earlier support for the right of the East Timorese people to determine their own future. The commission called on the Australian Government to • Seek the withdrawal of all Indonesian troops from East Timor. • Press for the estabneutral lishment of zones in East Timor to permit the return of International Red Cross medical teams, the continuance of humanitarian relief and the evacuation of refugees. • Provide facilities to enable refugees - to be brought to Australia and accommodated here. • Support a genuine act of self-determination in East Timor. The vehicle for the exercise of this right should be a United Nations-supervised election in which all political groupings can participate. • Press for a general amnesty, once the fighting is over, for all individuals and groups involved in the fighting.
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"We are all charismatics ST. PAUL'S WRITINGS here," he told 400 teachers, Turning to the NA ritings both Religious and lay, from of Saint Paul, the archbishCatholic and State schools, op said that charisms, as who filled the Redemptorist gifts of the Holy Spirit were church for Mass of dedica- not the exclusive possession tion. of the renewal groups. • St. Paul lists a wide range "The vocation of teacher is one of the greatest char- of gifts such as wisdom, isms mentioned by Saint faith, healing and also asks Paul, coupled with the offices if all are apostles, prophets of apostle, prophet, evange- or teachers. St. Paul also list and pastor," he added. eulogises love or 'I am a noisy gong or a clanging 'GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT' cymbal'. In the light of this, ArchArchbishop Goody said bishop Goody said, there that the Catholic Church was always the danger of was a "charismatic church" stirring up the emotions of because it depended for its some well-intentioned people growth and existence on 'the who could find it difficult to gifts of the Holy Spirit. discern that all was not well • Only with these gifts of in what they were doing. the Spirit, promised until the end of time, would the COMMITTEE SET UP For this reason he has set Church survive, he confirmup a committee of experied. • enced, discerning and pastorWelcoming the assembly ally minded people under of Catholic teachers, the the leadership of Father archbishop said that the fu- Bryan Murphy, S.J. ture of Christ's Church restPersons interested in seted greatly upon them. ting up groups for shared prayer were recommended "INBUILT TRAPS" to seek the committee's adTurning to the wider.dio- vice and help. cesan scene, he said that he He said that any person welcomed the spread of the who insisted in pursuing his Charismatic Renewal Moveown course against the adment throughout the archvice of the Church, or who diocese. caused disruption or divisIt would bring God's ion was unlikely to be diblessing upon themselves, rected by God's Holy Spirit. The highest charism, he the archdiocese and the concluded, was charity, whole Church. built upon faith and hope. Noting that there are in built perils and traps in such ON INSIDE PAGES a renewal, he listed enthusiasm.
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