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Giving may PRIESTS LEARN exceed 1981 Over the past three weeks, nearly 150 diocesan and religious priests in the Although all contributions to archdiocese have been attending the Redemptorist Retreat House for a perCompassion have not Project sonal experience of a parish renewal programme called Parish Reconciliation yet been lodged with the Experience. Office, indications are Church The priests have that offerings for Lent 1982 will been attending the course in place of exceed the 1 981 figure of their annual retreat $164,944. a nd the various segMany parishes again have been outstanding in their efforts. Mirrabooka, which has a marvellous reputation for support of Project Compassion over many years, donated $7,514, an increase of 45% over 1981. Monsignor Keating considers "the mentality built up in the parish over the years; adequate supplies of materials with an efficient and comprehensive distribution thereof, coupled with motivation by explanation of the rationale of Project Compassion" is responsible for the continued excellent response from the parish. Applecross, which has been almost doubling its annual contributions since 1979 came in with 58,500. Father O'Reilly stated: "Baskets were placed at the foot of the altar for the return of envelopes and parishioners were encouraged to use the baskets as part of their Mass offering." He also felt that the ongoing education of people to the needs of others was beginning to be effective. Other parishes substantially increasing their donations were Fremantle, Dianella and Joondanna. In each of these parishes the parish priest felt that the continued highlighting of Project Compassion by way of the weekly bulletin or by reminders through the homily was a most important factor. Father Dillon, of Scarborough, stated: "The parish council took over. John Grant handed out materials after each Mass during Lent. We also made full use of the priests kit." Osborne Park gave $3,755. Father Toop was overwhelmed by the response, considering that the parishioners were supporting a planned giving campaign for a new church to the tune of $1,000 a week. He felt "there was an increased awareness among people of the plight of others." The parish of Bedford/Inglewood increased their donation by 50% to $6,230. Father Petry said, "The parish has a permanent commitment to overseas aid projects through the family fast scheme and parishioners are very mssion minded." "The motivation is there and the parishioners are accustomed to giving." A list of all parish donations will be published in due course.
ments of the renewal have been adapted to apply to priestly life a nd commitment. The 1982 programme was accepted by the senate of priests as a follow-up to the 1980 sessions when all clergy of the archdiocese took part in three four -week programmes which covered renewal in the fields of theology, scripture, liturgy and spirituality. The present programme is the work of American Jesuit Father Chuck Gallagher who has been one of the leading advocates of the Marriage Encounter movement in the United States and who visited Australia in that role in 1975. In 1980 he came to present this new parish renewal programme to a group of priests which I ncluded several from Western Australia. Although there have been several other clergy presentations of the programme, Perth is the first place where it has been presented at a diocesan e vent. Several local parishes have already begun the p rogramme which involves up to 50 or more p arishioners going t hrough a tight programme of lectures, discussion and reflection from Friday evening to Sunday.
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Pictured at this week's presentation of the Parish Reconciliation experience are visiting Melbourne priests giving the lectures (left to right), Fathers Barry Caldwell, of Melbourne, Gerry Monaghan, of Canberra, Patrick Boyle OSM, of Wanneroo, Thomas Gaine, of Girrawheen and Father Peter Whitely, of Kuhn,
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For Father Monaghan, who is in charge of the Canberra parish of Waniassa with about 5000 Catholics, this is his fifth presentation of the programme to clergy. Father Barry Caldwell, of the Melbourne parish of Dallas, with 1500 Catholic families, is on his third clergy presentation. Priest lecturers for the previous two weeks were Fathers Kevin Burke and Kevin Mogg, both of Melbourne.
POPE OFFERS TO VISIT LEBANON IF IT WOULD HELP V ATICAN CITY (NC)—Pope John Paul 11 has offered to v isit Lebanon if it would help the cause of peace.
"I affirm here publicly that I would be will ing to go also, without delay, to t he martyred land of Lebanon, if that would be possible, for the cause of Peace," he said last Monday to m embers of the Roman Curia, the C hurch's central administratio n. Last Sunday, the pope grieved over w hat he called the martyrdom of the Lebanese capital of Beirut and asked f or a recognition of the rights of P alestinians and of all people involved in the current hostilities in
Lebanon. "I feel the pressing duty to renew the appeal to the entire Church and to those of good will to pray for Lebanon in the tragedy that is oppressing it," said the pope to about 35,000 visitors to St. Peter's square for his Sunday Angelus address. The pope has asked several times for an end to the heavy fighting. "The news reports and images that arrive from the martyred city of Beirut are terrifying," the pope said. "They move one to compassion for
the great number of victims and the immense destruction," added the pontiff, "and to worry for the threats of new and bloodier clashes if the proclaimed truce is not observed, and above all, if it is not transformed i nto a definitive cessation of hostilities. "Let us pray for the salvation of Lebanon and all its communities, who are called to live in concord and c ollaboration," said the pope. "Let us pray as well for the Palestinian people," he continued. "So that there is an end to their suffering and so that their rights are recognised, as is just for all the peoples of the region."
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