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At Kinsasha, Zaire during his first Mass on the African continent at the beginning of an 11 day pilgrimage, Pope John Paul II greets one of the six A fricans whom he ordained bishops.
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A BIDJAN, Ivory Coast. Pope John PaulII made the leper colony of Adzope, 100 kilometres north of here, his last stop before leaving for Rome at the end of his gruelling 11 day trip to six African countries. He also made a point of visiting Abidjan's slum and red-light district of Treichville before leaving the captial. He had just come from President HouphouetBoigny's marble and gold-lined palace through streets whose lawns had been manicured and lit with thousands of lamps. Arriving at the leper colony by helicopter the pope said: "I wanted my last visit in Africa to be with you. "I would fail in my mission if I didn't spend time with those whom Jesus particularly loves, who need cheering up, comport and hope. At the layingof the foundation stone for a new Abidjan cathedral the pope warned the nine Catholic bishops of Ivory Coast, West Africa's most affluent State, to be on their guard against corruption, materialism and selfishness.
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Aid to Africa but not at expense of values: Pope
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (NC) — African countries need foreign aid, but not at the expense of Africa's values. This was a key theme emerging from the speeches of Pope John Paul as he travelled three West African countries at the end of his African journey last weekend. Foreign aid to poor countries was"a question of international justice," t he pope said last Saturday in Upper Volta where the average annual income is $1 10 and droughts are a perpetual problem. In his five-hour visit to O uagadougou, the capital of Upper Volta, t he pontiff linked material needs to spiritual development, "One gives glory to God by making creation serve integral, complete human development, which lets man attain his full spiritual dimension," the pope told some 200,000 people gathered for mass outside the cathedral. "Human solidarity must
show itself in helping victims and countries who cannot immediately tackle such crises and whose economy faces possible ruin," the pope said. "It is a question of international justice, particularly toward countries that are too often hurt by disasters, while others find themselves in geographical or climatic conditions which, by comparison. can only be called "privileged," he said. Upper Volta is one of the six countries in Africa's Sahel region, crossing the continent below the Sahara Desert, which in recent years suffered one of the worst droughts in modern history. The pope also addressed the problem of the advancing desert, the turning of once fertile lands into desert or semiarid lands either through
natural causes or by misguided agricultural development projects. A frica's Sahel is one of the world's most seriously affected regions. "I beg you, scientists and t echnicians, research institutes, to turn your work to research for new means of fighting desertification," the pope said. " Will science not progress all the more if it is put to the service of human life? It can and must have aims other than seeking out new means of death, creating new deserts, or even satisfying needs artificially created by advertising." "In this place," he added, "I make myself the voice o f those who are v oiceless, the voice of innocent people who are dead because they lack water and bread." (see also P.3)
Schools, Church, faith in the eighties
CANBERRA: The need for Catholic schools to become a genuine alternative not only to State but to other independent schools and for staffs to become part of a faith community were some of the concerns aired at the Second National Education Conference last week. The three-and-a-halfday conference was attended by 450 educators and included 22 representatives from WA. Five representatives of the W. A. Catholic Education Office were present, along with staff members from the Catholic Pastoral Institute, Mercedes, Santa Maria, Servite, St. Brigid's, Lesmurdie, CBC Leederville, and Iona Colleges and St. Jerome's Spearwood and Mel Maria schools. The theme of the conference was Catholic School Commitment for the 1980's. The first national Catholic education conference was held in 1972 ' "
ble for the establishment of State and national Catholic Education Commissions. At the end of last week's conference Brother Kevin Treston gave a 17-point summary of points raised in a survey of those present. "For example, there was concern over the implications of having our system increasingly dependent on Government decisions and policies," he said. He pointed out that at present the government w as sympathetic to Catholic aims but he asked what would happen if a government was not so sympathetic. Turning to the quality of teachers in Catholic schools Brother Treston said: "New emphasis needs to be given, especially in raising teacher awareness of culture and society, and in forming their faith. "Building the 'faith community' is seen as important — but we need to clarify what this means,
school children and staff." He said that 60 per cent of staff and children at Catholic schools had no link with the institutional Church. Forming teachers into a faith community also had practical difficulties in d ealing justly with teachers who proved to be unsatisfactory in this regard.
PARENTS There was widespread feeling among people at the conference that there h ad to be greater emphasis placed on spirituality for staff members in Catholic schools and for in-service courses in spiritual living. "The roles of bishops, priests, lay people and religious are changing," Brother Treston continued. "This needs continuing dialogue and clarification. "For example, parents will take a larger role in the schools, but what ....Ft:. • •3.1." 4
involve them in decisionmaking? " Catholic school authorities need to devise models of administration reflecting the goals and philosophy of the system. The question was asked whether Catholic school authorities were consulting only the white middleclass sector of society on religious curriculum.
JUSTICE "There was a real desire t hat, in the 1980s, Catholic schools should decide their direction less by pragmatism and more by sound, Christian philosophy," he said. "We need to decide how a school can take a stand on issues in the Australian culture of the eighties, and yet still work in cooperation with the wider educational community. "We need to reformulate t he identity of the Catholic school. "Expressions of justice must be seriously implemented in our system.
required to expand their socialising role in the wider community, and we need to ask if the curriculum is relevant to the 1 980's. "Shouldn't Catholic schools exert more leadership in curriculum, development?" Brother Treston said that the quality of Religious Education programmes had to be a distinctive feature. "However, this will need effective co-ordination with adult religious education programmes," he said. "Inservice training in various forms has been extensively programmed. Brother Treston said that speakers and participants at the conference felt it was important for Catholics to understand their past if they were to understand directions for the 1980's. "In the 1980's we need to evaluate new myths about the Catholic school," he said. "A new vision of the Kingdom of God must be expressed. "We must try to present a real and workable alternative to the government school system." C'__
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