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As tension mounts over boatloads of refugees reaching Australian coasts the Australian Bishops have commended the policy and asked Catholics to become involved inAustralian Government for its practical resettlement.
The matter of refugees the Catholic bishops put nity of the people who was the front line topic in a similar proposition to need help. statements released at the every Catholic parish comArchbishop Gleeson said end of the week long half. munity also to consider pat A.C.R. now had a yearly meeting, attended by being the sponsor of the policy of shared decision the 42 Catholic bishops of re -settlement of at least one making with the agencies Australia. held in Sydney refugee family. through whom the money last week. Re-echoing theme of con- ultimately was spent. (See The bishops also remind- cern for our neighbour, page 5). ed Catholics to back the the bishops' conference Ttirning to the United presence of the Australian heard reports on the success Nations Disarmament Conrepresentatives at the forth- and the problems that face ference that has just begun coming Disarmament Con- Catholic Church efforts to the ference and to pray for it, help people in need bishops admitted that user success.
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After praising GovernThe retiring chairman of ment efforts in the complicated area of refugees, Australian Catholic Relief especially from Indo-China. Archbishop Gleeson said the bishops reminded the that in the Australian media Catholic community that there was a "deplorable lack of reporting" about they have an obligation to the Indian cyclone that accept "significant" numbers caused tens of thousands to of refugees. die and million to be homeThey say that against a less.
Against the background of the St. Thomas More window in the University College chapel, Father John HAMILTON SMITH S.J., the rector, and Monsignor J.T. McMahon study details of the Saint.
ST. THOMAS MORE HAILED
Saint Thomas More was born 500 years ago and Perth is to join the world wide celebrations of the quincentenary. On the feast of Saint Thomas, Thursday. June 22 at 7.15 p.m. Mass will be celebrated in the Saint Thomas More College chapel to be followed by a
commemorative dinner. Applications for the dinner are still being received by Dr. M.J. Nimmo, 106 Circe Circle, Dalkeitb.
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Monsignor J.T. McMahon Is to publish this week a booklet describing the themes of the stained glass windows of Saint essursaronite Thomas More chapel. The chapel is the bequest of the family of the late Monsignor E. Moss of Nedlands and Monsignor McMahon was instrumental in commissioning Richard King of Dublin to execute seven windows that form
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Saint Thomas More College, launched in 1954 is one of dozens of similar,
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world figure of 15 million .Archbishop Gleeson told refugees looking for a home, Australia has a "national the bishops that an earlier obligation to provide a dream of Australian Cathohome for a just propor- lic Relief that every Australian would give two tion." The bishops want to shift shillings a year tvas not the problem into the general an answer. Problems exist in the community and the parishes of the Catholic Church in countries to which the help is directed, he said. Australia. Commonwealth hostels; Injustice and extortion they say, are likely to be exist in the lending of full by the end of June. money to small producers. A fresh initiative could As a result, Australian be for every community to Catholic Relief has steered
reasonable risks has e to be taken in an effort to break
of mistrust. Governments had to listen to moral WON, they said, and prayer was essential to the task. the spiral
During the conference Aborigines met the Bishops' committee and expressed the alienation they had sensed in dealing with the Church.
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ALL SHARE IN DEATH OF MORO VATICAN CITY. as much as we must all "Sorrow has stricken our see to it that our outheart on account of the look and behavior are barbarous death of Aldo guided by strong moral Moro," Pope Paul VII conscience. told a general audience "Everyone's gust ideas the day of the tragedy. and works must be felt "At this moment we more and must be more say simply that this muractive in our world so derous act is serious in that it will be spared the itself as well as for the fearful and shameful derepercussions it can have generation signaled by on the moral and social the unjust, tragic end of levels. a good, serene, cultured "In meditating on and pious statesman like this event, we would Aldo Moro. like all to think very "For this reason we seriously and practically about our participation, want to pray for him, for whether private or pub- his relatives, and for the lic, in the social life of whole society surrounding us. Our pastoral inour day. "We must confider terest and paternal afourselves not only par- fection increases as the ticipating in society but times become sadder. also In part responsible Pray, suffer and love for Its development, in all of you"
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