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Wanneroo priest held captive by Lebanese
PERTH, WA: 10 — 16 January, 1985
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A former Servite parish priest of Wanneroo was kidnapped in Beirut early on Tuesday as he was heading to work with the Catholic Relief Organisation. Father Lawrence (Marty) Jenco was parish priest of Wanneroo for about 14 months in 1976-77 after which he spent some time working with Sister Bernardine in the Aboriginal apostolate.
El CI 0 CI Father Jenco then moved to India where the helped in a home for disabled people in Madras. Returning to the United States Father Jenco became involved in the work of the Catholic Relief Organisation being posted first to North Yemen and more recently to the refugee camps in Thailand. Press reports say Father Jenco's driver was beaten up but managed to escape. There is no news yet of Father Jenco's fate at the hands of a group called Islamic Jihad (Holy War).
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CRISIS FOR YOUTH TALKS
With less than half of the anticipated rollup actually registered for the Catholic Youth Conference at the end of this month, organisers are asking where are the Catholic youth in Western Australian parishes.
"Parishes which have furnished no delegates say they have no young people. Does that mean the parish is full of geriatrics? "asks YCW member Peter Shooter who is one of the organisers. Aiming originally at an attendance of 500 the committee are disappointed that only 150 delegates and some 50 leaders are lined up for the January 24-28 conference which is timed to co-incide with the International Youth Year. Of the 160 parishes in WA only 51 have nominated youth to attend, - ten Bunbury and five Geraldton diocese parishes, leaving only 36 of Perth's 100 parishes to be represented at the conference. Since the decision taken last February to hold the first ever such conference every parish as far north as Derby was visited by a youth worker looking for delegates. Over 9000km was travelled.
The Diocesan Youth Council believes its member organisations are in touch with some 3000 young Catholics hut that there is an estimated Catholic youth population of 30.000.
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PAPERWORK
To prepare for the conference 500 questionnaires were sent out to potential delegates in each parish and from the 161 replies the conferon program ence Church, Faith and Society was drawn up. Zone meetings were held in December to study the topics to be presented, but only 70 attended meetings that should have drawn up to Pictured at the last minute paper work for this month's Catholic Youth 250 young people. The registration of less Conference are Damain Hart, Julie Pickering and Lyn Dundon. See also page 2 than half of the potential
by a staff reporter enrolment is going to put severe financial strain on the conference which has to meet costs of lodging the delegates at the various university colleges. Diocesan on' worker Julie Pickering believes some delegates may be hesitant because they cannot get time off work as well as country delegates needing extra travelling time but she is not impressed at excuses made over the $100 fee that covers all accommodation, meals and the conference. "Young people are prepared to pay $200 to be part of a cricket or a soccer club, but when they have to put $100 on the line for their faith, they have to think three or four times about it" she commented. "NIThen we floated the idea of the conference last February we got enthusiasm and support, but now they have been asked to commit themselves, they say: 'It is a fantastic idea but...!". Peter Shooter believes if parishes are genuinely interested in youth attending the conference, their attendance would be subsidised hy the parish.