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No. 2935
French Y.C.W. Leader Tells How He Came Home Again Australia with its people rather satisfied with their way of life was compared with Asia and its obvious needs by a former National President of the Y.C.W. in France who visited Perth last week. The Frenchman, Rene topics, and so we started to Delecluse, who is now an read books by well-known organiser for the Young French writers and other Christian Workers' Move- authors as well. This went ment in Asian countries, on until one we came across said that unemployment, a book in which the writer housing shortages and a set down the story of his general lack of material conversion. :It was written in lanbenefits made Asia an easier field for Catholic guage that I could riot quite follow. with lots of big words Action work than Australia, where many people and technical terms, so I were quite content with gave it to a friend of mine. The six of us read it. We did their living conditions. With his sparkling wit and not get very far in undercontinuous flow of stimulat- standing it, but still I think ing ideas, Delecluse made a that it was Our Lord's way remarkable impression on for us.
"Religion was something out of date to us, something for old people, but we suddenly discovered that some of the top people not only read books about religion but even took the trouble to write books about it. We could not understand what they wrote, but we were so proud that we wanted to understand. We began studying a 'it about religion.
the many people he met during his short stay. On the Wednesday night of his arrival, speaking at a Y.C.W. rally in Highgate Parish Hall, he told the story of how he had changed from living as a lapsed Catholic to taking on full-time work in the lay apostolate. "Along with five or six friends of mine," he said, "I was quite fond of dancing and sport; but dancing in France usually takes place on Saturday night, while unlike Australia our sport and games take place on Sunday morning, so between sleeping late on Sunday morning and then going to our sport we just forgot about our religious practices for five or six years. We thought that sport was much more important than religion and also we considered religion to be a bit out of date. "The only people to speak to us about religion were our priests or our parents. The priests we did not meet very often, especially since none of us had been to a Catholic school; our parents were only half -convinced about religion themselves, although they thought it would do some good for us. We were not too keen about just fitting in with the traditions of our parents, so we just stopped going to Mass. "However, it also happened that the six of us were inclined to show off. We were workers, but we wanted to be more than workers, We had heard of students and big people reading a lot of books and speaking about a wide variety of
Six Return "Then one of the group suddenly said: 'Listen to me, you chaps. Do you know what this will do. This will lead us back to going to church!' We thought about that and somebody had the courage to say: 'Yes, it might, but so what?' And somebody else added: 'If we do go back, it must be for something.' We did go back, but our attitude was expressed by another member of the group, who said: 'I don't want to be a 50 per cent Catholic! There is already enough routine in my daily life, I don't want religion to be a mere routine. There must be some real meaning in it.' "The whole six of us next went off together to see a priest and we said: 'Father, we want to do something.' He was pleased and asked us what we wanted to do. We replied: 'Well, we don't know, but we want to do something.' He said: 'O.K., let's sit around and have a chat.' Fortunately, that priest was clever enough to know that we needed special treatment. He did not put us immediately into the parish Y.C.W., where we
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or 40 hours of my time-and it was a terrific flop! Still, the meeting was a success; the fellows were attracted, not by the speech but by
would have been out of place, but started a Y.C.W. friendship. group just for ourselves. We "The chaplain impressed asked him what it was all on us again and again: 'You about, this Y.C.W. chaps have a mission. You "He replied that the have got something to do Y.C.W. looks at three things: on earth, and so have your God, the Church and our fellow -workers.' neighbour. 'You want to "We did small things like come back to the Church for fixing trellises for creepers God, but you cannot come at the homes of old people back to the Church for God in the parish. At the end of unless you go back to your the war the prisoners were friends and other fellows. coming back from Germany. There is no difference be- We met them at the station tween the love of God and and informed their relatives. the love of your fellow - We did not know all the workers. You cannot love fellows of the district, so we God if you do not love organised camps, picnics and others, and you cannot love outings. It didn't work well others properly unless you for quite a long time, I can love God.' assure you. "About that time I was "One of our group listened to this and began to think. working in a textile mill as a bookkeeper, and while the He used to go to evening classes and was interested other fellows spoke about in body building. 'That's in- their place of work at the teresting about the Y.C.W.,' Y.C.W. meetings, I said he said, "but I want to carry nothing about mine. 'What on with my body building. about you?' the fellows asked How long will this Y.C.W. me. 'What's going on in the take us ' The priest looked mill?' I was scared to face at us: 'How long will it take'! up to tackling the job of It will take 24 hours a day." being a Y.C.W. in My place "Now that appealed to us. of work. In fact, it was a We didn't want to be 50-50 whole year before I started about our religion and 24 to do something for the hours a day was about as fellows there." Delecluse went on to decomplete as anything we scribe how he became a fullcould think of. time Y.C.W. worker, a mem"One of my first jobs was to prepare a speech for a ber of the French executive, general meeting. It took 30 (Continued on Back Page)
Rene Delecluse Finds Strength, Goodness In Youth Groups "The Y.C.W. in the Perth Archdiocese is in a very strong position. It has a good number of young men and women dedicated to the movement. There are many who sacrifice their week -ends for the movement and this shows a genuineness which is theirs and which is excellent." So said M. Rene Delecluse of Roubaix, France, an In-
ternational Extension worker for the world wide Young Christian Worker's Movement. In Perth for a week before going to Adelaide M. Delecluse was interviewed at the Catholic Centre offices of Formerly a the Y.C.W. textile worker, he has been associated with the French Y.C.W. for 10 years. He has worked in the Paris headquarters of the French Y.C.W. In 1959 he left France to go to Asia on the work of the International Executive Council of which Canon Cardijn the founder of the movement is chaplain. The present work of M. Delecluse is that of an International Extension worker. The work entails extensive visiting of areas to have a look at the 'modus operandi' of the local Y.C.W. The work could be called a fact - finding commission centred on the problems of the young worker in a particular place and what the local Y.C.W. is doing about it. One thing that M. Delecluse noted with great satisfaction and enthusiasm in Perth was the number of priests interested in the movement and acting as chaplains. "So many chaplains and branches in Perth,"
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Parents Unite To Raise Child Endowment In Next Budget The recent upward sweep in the cost of living is causing grave concern among parents who have watched the purchasing power of Child Endowment dwindle throughout the past 12 years and who experience the everincreasing struggle of balancing the family budget during this period. These parents are determined to fight for justice for themselves and their children in the 1960-61 Federal Budget due to be introduced to Parliament in the near
future. Their efforts have led to the formation of the Child Endowment Campaign Committee comprised of representatives of Trade Unions and other interested bodies. endowment payChild ments have not increased since
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"That members of the family group are entitled to the same standard of living as that of similar workers who have not the same family responsibilities." As 46 per cent of the total cost of Child Endowment is expended in respect of the first child, the proposed scheme would only cost an additional £40 million pounds -an amount well within reach of financial resources available to the Government. The Campaign Committee is seeking a deputation to the West Australian members of Federal Cabinet and is organising a Mass Rally in the Town Hall for Monday, July 25 at 8 p.m. The Committee is confident that their activities will receive wide public approval and support and trusts that this will move the Federal Parliament to legislate for adequate provision to en-
cost of living measured by the "C" series index has risen by over 95 per cent. Child Endowment calculated on a family of four children has fallen from 25.2 per cent of the basic wage in 1948 to 12.6 per cent of the basic wage toa drop of 50 per cent. day In cold hard facts the sure the future welfare of families' living standard has Australia's families. progressively declined over the past 12 years until today POPE GIVES members of medium and AND RECEIVES large families are the unVatican City: The Vatican derprivileged of society and Library has been enriched suffer greater injustice than by gifts from Pope John. any other section of the comOne is a volume printed munity. in the Tibetan language in That the interests and characters made from blocks well-being of the family of wood. should be overlooked during The second is a two this period of unprecedented volume parchment edition prosperity is a grave social of the Bible which was anomaly calling for imme- hand-written and illuminadiate rectification. ted in Naples in the 14th The Committee is seeking century. It was given to the the implementation of the Pope by President Charles graduated Child Endowment de Gaulle of France. proposals promoted by tTle An Italian edition of a Australian Council of Trade book on the Church in the Unions in 1955, which is as Middle East, written by a follows: Dubuque, Iowa, priest, has 5/- for the first child, £1 been presented to the Pope. for the second, third and The book is 'The Catholic fourth children increasing by Church in the Middle East," 2/6 for each subsequent by Mgr. Raymond Etteldorf. child to the tenth. £2 for Following the request of the eleventh and subsequent Pope John, the volume was children. not bound with the tradiThis scheme is graded to tional white leather stampgive the greatest benefit ed with the reigning pope's where most needed in accord- coat -of -arms. Pope John ance with the principle first has said he prefers that enunciated by the late John books given to him be enCurtin, on the occasion of cased in their original the introduction of Child bindings instead of the Endowment in 1941, namely, costly papal white.
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RENE DELECLUSE he said, "can only be a sign of the goodness and strength of the movement here." M. Delecluse said that the "terrific offered Y.C.W. scope to the youth of today to compare their daily lives to the law of Christ and how they can further apply their lives to their dedication to He further said Christ." that "this dedication is not always known and can act like the leaven in the dough." M. Delecluse will attend the Y.C.W. National Council and conference of the Boys' Movement in Brisbane from August 17 to 25.
Frequent notice has been given to this newspaper of a hire purchase company dealing in religious articles. Most of the complaints have been received from people who unfortunately have not read the agreement before they sign it. Once the agreement is signed it is a valid agreement, even though a very harsh one and totally in the favour of the company. The salesmen of this company use a very slick line of talk and give the impression that they come with a recommendation from the parish priest. THIS IS NOT SO. People are warned that they should not be taken in by these salesmen and that if they do want to purchase those kind of articles, they should first read the agreement, irrespective of what line of sales talk and prices have been put forward. Reputable firms dealing in Catholic religious requisites, such as Pellegrini & Co. and the Catholic Library and Bookshop, have similar articles at prices well within reason.