CHISTS MUST ROIL
Catechists working with government school children in the next two years will have to be registered and it is imperative that they enrol by the end of November for the Catholic Education Office training programme.
PLANNINd
The Education Department will require all religion teachers to be formally registered and a special identification card will be i ssued only if a teacher has undergone a formal training programme.
can be men or women, married or single, and there are many practical ways they can help the Father Gerard Holohan, archicatechetical movement." ocesan director of religious Father Holohan listed education, and Sister Marsome of the ways a team of garet O'Sullivan, co-ordinator five back-up people could assist in the parish situaof the catechist programme, tion: pictured planning for the * Baby-sitting for cateforthcoming training and regThe Catholic Education chists who are attending istration programme for O ffice will announce classes at the school; trans1982-83. PERTH, WA: OCTOBER 29 — NOVEMBER 4, 1981 NUMBER: 2262 details of the training pro- porting catechists and their gramme when the number equipment to and from the TELEPHONE: (09) 328 1388 PRICE: 30 cents of trainees is calculated school. from the enrolments. The * Performing secretarial training will consist of one typing and duplicating and night a week for eight collating of catechetical weeks plus a compulsory materials used in both attendance at a second s chool and parish t erm in-service course programmes. which will be announced * Doing house visitation VATICAN CITY (NC) — Stressing life of each person and later. t o parents whose children "This requirement of the are being prepared for coneach family." the link between work and the famEducation Department fession, communion or ily, Pope John Paul II announced Pope John Paul's visit to will actually help cate- confirmation. last Sunday the coming publication Father Holohan also said the church of the Divine chists," said Father Gerard Worker in a working class Holohan, director of reli- that the expansion of the of a papal document on the family. district of Rome had origi- gious education in the catechetical programme Both in his Angelus talk become, because of work, nally been scheduled for archdiocese, when he made it desirable for each at St Peter's and in a later a superfici al encounter of May 24, the parish's 25th announced the programme parish to have a special afternoon visit to the human beings, a transitory room, possibly a spare anniversary and the 90th recently. Roman parish of Jesus the hotel only for meals and anniversary of the encycli- " Many prospective classroom or unused room Divine Worker, the pope rest," the pope added. all caused the publication fundamental link which cal "Rerum Novarum" on teachers get nervous when in the presbytery, where emphasised "that particu- Pope John asked to be catechists and the catechists could meet, Paul noted of that exhortat ion to exists between work and the rights of workers. lar link which exists that for that reason decline the prepare their lessons and the October, 1980, undergo a certain delay." the life of every family may So far, in between human work and World Synod three years, invitation. But if they store their charts, teaching of Bishops The pope urged the crowd family life. find its proper reflection in Pope John Paul has visited know they will get help aids was dedicated to the theme to pray and audio-visual that, through the the entire social and juridi- 42 Roman "Work cannot break up of the parish church- with their teaching, then equipment both for school Christian family and intercession of Mary, "the cal order and in the family es. the family, but must rather he said they will volunteer." he would publish and parish programmes. unite it, help to reinforce an apostolic exhortation He pointed out that He pointed out that there it," he told 50,000 people on the topic. finance was also an embarare already 500 catechists present in St Peter's He gave no indication of working in the metropoli- rassment to some cateSquare for his noontime when the document would tan area of whom about chists and that each active Angelus talk. be published, but said that half are registered with the catechist needed up to $50 "May the family not "circums tances known by d epartment, but he per annum to cover simple stressed that all catechists items such as stationery, had to register again if they writing materials and simwere to receive the identity ple aids. cards required for teaching He said that many catechists were paying for these in 1982 and 1983. items out of their own "We also need up to 200 pockets and that it would more people who will be a good move for parish become a back-up team for councils to look at this t he catechists," Father question and budget some Holohan explained. parish money for the "Like the catechists these purpose.
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A ustralian Catholics donated more than $1 .8 million in ACR 's Project Compassion appeal during Lent this year.
This marked a 21% 27% ($440,105) followed i ncrease over the $12,600. 1981 Australian total Broome diocese donated by Adelaide, 23% ($158, $8,267 ($5,724 in 1980) and 250); Melbourne, 21% of $1.54 million. New Norcia $515 ($348 in ($256,155);
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Brisbane, 19% In 1981 Perth archdiocese 1980). ($181,426); Perth, 18% gave $164,944, an increase The highest increases ($164,944); Hobart, 3% Another resource urgent- At these meetings the of 18% on the 1980 total of were registered in the Lisly needed by catechists, catechists attend Mass and ($34, 624). $139,377. more and Maitland dio- In releasing these figures Father Holohan said, was in some instances have a Bunbury diocese total of ceses of New South Wales Australia n Catholic Relief the full series of the differ- working session over a $19.900 was a 13% increase w ith $38,000 (45% renewed its commitment to ent catechetical texts so light lunch. It is recernover 1980's $17,400 while increase) and $42,215 be a visible expression of that they could compare mended that even the the Geraldton diocesan (46%) respectively. the response by the Church the different ways the var- back-up team members total of $15,248 was 18% Sydney showed the high- to the poverty, inequalit -- ious series treated a partic- who are not actually teachup on the 1980 figure of est capital city increase, and lar topic. ing should also at tend injustice of our time These texts ought to be these monthly meetings so :d by the parish and that they can feel part of the catechists' room the apostolate to the long with other reference children. laterial which they could She suggested that meetonsult in the preparation ings could last for an hour ,f their lessons. or an hour-and-a-half and Sister Margaret O'Sulli- could be divided into segan, co-ordinator of the ments, only part of which atechetical programme, need be devoted to classecommended strongly the room teaching. lonthly meeting of cate- Other needs of the hists with the local priests teachers were for adult ihich was already taking education in basic theollace in more than 20 ogy that could be given by arishes. the priest.
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