THURSDAY JANUARY 20, 2005
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Women's health Perth leads the way for SE Asia and Australia
Twins make the grade
Perth doctor trains colleagues from Asia and east coast ■ By Record Staff
Doctors and practitioners from Taiwan, Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth gathered at Notre Dame University last week for the inaugural Australasian FertilityCare education program. The week-long intensive course is the first component of training in FertilityCare and NaProTechnology, a program of fertility and women’s health treatment which is gaining increasing attention internationally for its effective, natural, medical approach to reproductive health care. Education program director Dr Amanda Lamont said: “The response to this course has been fantastic. We now have a group of committed and enthusiastic doctors and practitioners who will be able to offer the invaluable service of FertilityCare and NaProTechnology to their local communities.” “Women and families around Australasia stand to benefit significantly from the efforts of our students. I am sure there will be many more FertilityCare education programs to come in this region.” One of the original founders of the FertilityCare system, registered nurse and FertilityCare Educator Mrs Diane Daly, flew in from St Louis, Missouri, USA, to serve as a faculty member for the Perth education program. “This is the first time an Education program outside the USA has attracted so many physicians,” she said. “There is clearly a growing demand for the NaProTechnology approach to reproductive medicine in Australasia, and I am sure this interest will continue to grow as more and more women, couples and families begin to Continued on page 2
Seeing double at Notre Dame’s School of Nursing graduation ceremony
New Notre Dame nursing graduates Mellisa and Sarah Gunn, at left, and Kristy and Kirsty Gjakun
Pope announces Indulgence Catholics can receive special indulgences during eucharistic year ■ By Cindy Wooden
Catholics can receive special indulgences for eucharistic adoration and prayer before the Eucharist during the Year of the Eucharist, which runs through October. Pope John Paul authorised the indulgences in order to encourage in the faithful “a deeper knowledge of and a more intense love” for the Eucharist, said US Cardinal Francis Stafford, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary. The Vatican published the
Cardinal’s statement announcing the indulgences and outlining the requirements for receiving them on January 14. An indulgence is a remission of the temporal punishment due for sins committed. Cardinal Stafford said the spe-
JPII will be at World Youth Day 2005 Papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls told journalists on January 12 that while there was no planned papal visit for Poland, “I can, however, confirm the Holy Father’s trip to Cologne, Germany for World Youth Day.” The presence of John Paul II at World Youth Day celebrations this year would be likely to significantly increase attendance by youth from around the world. - VIS
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cial eucharistic year indulgences include the normal requirements set by the Church for all plenary indulgences: that within a reasonably short period of time, the person goes to confession, receives the Eucharist and Continued on page 2
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Attendees at the recent Notre Dame Graduation Ceremony had to look twice when not one but two sets of identical twins graduated from the School of Nursing. Mellisa and Sarah Gunn and Kristy and Kirsty Gjakun were among the 54 new nurses to graduate from Notre Dame. Head of the School of Nursing, Associate Professor Vickey Brown said, “There was a bit of confusion with the students, especially when they undertook their clinical practicums. Many staff and patients believed they were seeing double.” Mellisa Gunn pointed out that having a twin study the same course also had its advantages. “We were able to study together, share information and get extra support from each other,” she said. Associate Professor Brown added, “All our graduates, including the twins, are well prepared to enter the profession of nursing. They’ve had an excellent foundation including 39 weeks of clinical practice, which started in their first semester of study. Our nursing students are mentored, not preceptored, which means they work exactly the same shifts as their mentors – nights, weekends, public holidays and even 21st birthdays!” she said. The Gunn twins have entered graduate nursing programs at Royal Perth Hospital and the Gjakun twins at St John of God Hospital Subiaco.
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