11ea-0rd:: A weekend seminar at Mount Barker proved a real eye-opener for participants. See story and pictures page 2.
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P ope John Paul "hurt" by attacks on V atican rules by S wiss Religious, See story page 3.
Three more priests are to receive new parishes. See story and pictures page 3.
K ampuchean refugees need friendship of AustralEdmund ians, see Doogue's story from Adelaide, page 5.
Student priest talks of his "in-service" training at Highgate pansh, See story pictures page 6
Archbishop Foley stands by his weekend criticism of the campaign against state aid being waged by the Australian Teachers' Federation and the State School Organisations.
Archbishop opens school In a comment this week he said the opening of the Lumen Christi College, Gosnetts where he made his criticism is pre-
cisely an example of co-operation and not of divisiveness. He said the Catholic Education Commission made no claim to
take away money from government schools. "In fact, the latest funding proposals of the Schools' Commission were endorsed by the
Dom Francis Byrne looks at two Benedictines helping to put New Norcia on the seminar "map." See story, picture page 4.
The new Lumen Christi school at Gosnells opened by Archbishop Foley in the weekend.
Gleeson slams RIF ADELAIDE: Archbishop Gleeson has told the
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South Australian government its approach to the destruction of frozen embryos is "not good enough". He said the government was in-human and antilife in allowing hospitals to destroy fertilised embryos. On Monday, the government announced that people participating in in vitro fertilisation programmes were now s.as"s~\iP.W.two.a.s.rf•oa.e•are
required to sign consent forms giving the hospitals sole responsibility for stored embryos under certain conditions. The hospitals would be given total responsibility and the ability to destroy the embryos, after 10 years of storage or if the parents died or terminated their relationship. "Every embryo has the potential for unique human life," said Archbishop Gleeson. It is a unique individual ...,.•.,
from the moment of conception. Therefore it must not be destroyed. "This is a major issue and the South Australian government's approach to it is not good enough." The archbishop said the approval for hospitals to destroy embryos in certain circumstances had not been the result of legislation, but merely Cabinet approval. See British IVF programme horrors, page 4
National Catholic Education Commission even though they gave more to government than to nongovernment schools. "On Sunday I reluctantly raised the issue of state aid because the Lumen Christi College is a context where there has been maximum cobetween operation church and the government. Archbishop Foley listed the examples of co-operation: • The CoResponsibility Building Fund to which every WA Catholic school contributed helped service the $700,000 loan on the college. • Five neighbouring parishes had agreed to contribute a total of $30,000 annually to the project. • The Schools Commission had provided $938,900 to the first stage of the college. • The State government is providing a 7.5 per cent interest subsidy. • The archdiocese of Perth had purchased the land for the college at a cost of $400,000. • Cont page 12