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No. 1994. PERTH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1976
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VATICAN CITY (NC).— The Vatican has suspended from his priestly functions the retired French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, the traditionalist who refuses to recognise the changes made in the Church by the Second Vatican Council. It is a historic decision, In June, after repeated rethe last such move having bukes, Pope Paul ordered been made many years ago, the controversial archbishop and there has been an out- to refrain from ordaining cry from extreme Rightists. new priests, an order which In a note which has just Archbishop Lefebvre floutbeen made public, the Vati- ed on June 29 when he precan termed its action "a sided at the ordination of 13 painful affair" and said that priests and 13 sub-deacons Archbishop Lefebvre "was who had completed their forbidden to carry out any studies at the Econe Seminfunction deriving from his ary. • Holy Orders. He cannot Finally, "the Sacred Concelebrate Mass nor admin- gregation for Bishops invit- • Among the wide cross-section of Religious and lay teachers gathered ' ister the sacraments nor ed the bishop, in the name in Broome for a Catholic education conference were (from left): BRIAN' preach." of the Holy Father, to re- BYRNE (Catholic Education Office), Sister JOHANNA (Broome St. John The Vatican pointed out consider," the Vatican said, of God), Sister DENISE (Wyndham, Josephite), Sister JULIANA (Broome, that the Archbishop (71), "and it gave hi ma period Our Lady of the Missions), Sister HELEN (Port Hedland, Presentation), son of a wealthy textile of ten days to show signs Brother HARDIMAN (Broome, Christian Brothers) and HELEN TURNER manufacturer from Lille, of repentance. ( Nulungu). had been warned many ONLY ONE LETTER times to alter his conduct, "During that period, Arbut to no avail. chbishop Lefebvre sent only one letter to the Holy FaMASS IN LATIN In 1970 Archbishop Lefe- ther — a letter which, far bvre, the former Archbishop from showing signs of or at of Dakar, Senegal, and for- least some hope of repentmer superior-general of the ance, was, due to a renewal Holy Ghost Fathers, found- of Archbishop Lefebvre's behaviour, a ed first the Priestly Brother- rebellious hood of St. Pius X and then cause of further bitterness • a seminary in Econe, Switz- for His Holiness. There is a heightened awareness of the importance of teaching erland, which is based on "With the expiration of standard English to Aboriginal school children, a curriculum specialist pre-conciliar teaching. the 10-day period," the VatVfass is celebrated there icon communique added, said this week. in Latin and the theology "there was no alternative Mr. Brian Byrne, co-or- having to learn to under- to teach the boys their own taught ignores the updating but to convey to the archdinator of Aboriginal edu- stand the language of their language and to correlate of the Second Vatican bishop the punishment cation for the Catholic Edu- teachers. it to English expression. Council. which the Supreme Pontiff cation Commission, said The teachers also faced DIFFICULTIES considers filling in this case, SPEECH I In fact, Archbishop Lefethat a two-day conference the problem of English bebvre opposes the Council's that is, suspension a divinis." in Broome last weekend at• The need for a planned ing the Aboriginal children's declaration on religious libprogramme of English lang- second language, but at the some 50 teachers tended by ANGER erty and its statements on HOWLS OF uage education through all "A divinis" means from had revealed an awareness primary grades and into same time being an indicatCatholic relations with Jews. somethat teachers the by or of a person's life style I-le has pointedly rejected any priestly functions). secondary levels. and values. Archbishop Lefebvre was thing had to be done, even the liturgical reforms manneed teaching • The for if it was still early to say dated by the council. (• CONTINUED P. 2) precisely what this should staff in all departments to 'VERY GOOD' TEACHING be conscious of their role be. The gathering was not The conference tackled in assisting the Aborigines only the widest involvement, standard •a good the question that many Ab- acquiring so far, of Catholic schools original children speak only of English expression north of the tropic, it was The assembled teachers also the first seminar for "Aboriginal English" but lack skills in standard Eng- listened to tapes of Aborig- the first group of lay teachlish expression, right through inal children narrating inci- ers who had moved into the to their secondary levels in dents in Aboriginal Eng- northern schols after their lish. some cases. graduation. In addition, reference was Mrs. Keepes observed UNDERSTANDING made to styles of speech in that there were highly comThe teachers, Religious Aboriginal languages as a among the and lay, were from Catho- guide to understanding the petent people the North and lic schools from Port Hed- difficulties encountered by teachers in that their level of teaching land to Wyndham. the children in English was very good. Mrs. Jillian Keepes, sen- speech. Mr. Byrne said that such ior lecturer in curriculum at a meeting stressed the rethe school of teacher educa- PICTURES tion, W.A.I.T., led the Sister Clare of Kununur- gional identity of Catholic group through lectures and ra reported on the Distar education, along with an opworkshops covering points method language program- portunity, for teachers to ASK FOR GEOFF CHURACK, me and the use of photo- t alk about their common such as: PETER FENNESSY OR PAT MURPHY. • Aboriginal children graphs in teaching language. needs. Following on from the Brother Bob Hardiman coming to school with no the nine Catholic meeting, Nulungu, Broome, deformal experience of stand- of ard English, unlike their scribed a programme de- school principals of the reveloped by Father Kevin gion decided to press forwhite counterparts. CANNINGTON: 1303 Albany H/Way. 68 1826 MELVILLE: Canning H/Way. 39 1711 lic 0891. • Aboriginal children McKelson. of La Grange, (• CONTINUED PAGE 2)
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