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at churches and schools Catholic church and school property are becoming increasingly the target of vandals. The latest incident occurred at Infant Jesus church, Morley, when a fire. deliberately lit in the sanctuary, burnt the carpet. a fabric wall hanging, and severely scorched a new jarrah altar as well as the crucifix on the wall behind the altar. The fire is believed to have been the work of a disturbed person and the Carmelite priests at Morley consider that the incident does not warrant closing the church permanently as has happened in other places. PARENTS CLEAN UP A week before, Queens Park school parents spent the weekend cleaning up two classrooms badly damaged by fire. So far the vandals have not been traced but a cleaner saw two youths
had prevented more serious
damage to the buildings. He says that this sort of damage to church buildings and property is prevalent throughout Australia and that in Western Australia we have been comparatively lucky over the years. Years ago the regular claims for insurance were mostly over storm damage or fires caused by electrical faults; vandalism was now a new element to be contended. EIGHT -TO -12-YEAR Ot.DS
During a visit to Perth, the Commissioner for Community Relations Mr. AL GRASSBY (centre) had time to visit St. Thomas School and chat with left to right BRIAN DUFFY, STACEY CHALK and JERMEY HARVEY. At Saint Anne's school, Harvey, Mr. Grassby said that the migrant involvement programme was ahead of any other school had seen (SEE ALSO PAGE 2)
19 Catholic missionaries have died in Rhodesia
SALISBURY, Rhodesia: (NC). Of the
He said that people res- 37 missionaries killed ponsible for damage to in the five-year guerilschools were often between
civilians were being killed it cited a report that at least 50 and perhaps nearly 100 died when Rhodesian security forces opened fire on a political meeting in May and said that the internal settlement bad not ended the war.
Meanwhile, the migrant la war, 19 have been class has shifted into the eight and twelve years of Catholic. Queens Park presbytery age. He quoted an English reTao Catholic missionarwhile its usual classroom port listing $32 million ies have been missing for has been allocated to a redamage caused by teenage months and are believed to gular class, The school principal Mr. fire bugs; the report said be dead. blessings of peace and jus"Strife and violence are "The murder of people The latest Catholic deaths tice to the people dashing away on bicycles. Atkinson, said that over the that the target for these to whom whose only purpose is to more widespread than ever. years there had been a firebugs was often their were two German Jesuits they gave their lives to Three weeks ago, a new There Is enormous sufferserve in others the name of own schools. killed in western Rhodesia serve." school at Karratha, just a series of minor incidents at Christ is senseless and ing," it said. Insurance companies en- at the end of last month. week after its official open- the school, including the tragic," said a joint stateThere are 35 German deavoured to obtain restiOne was a 48-year -old ing suffered $40,000 dam- breaking of windows. The deaths of missionarJesuits serving in western ment issued in London by age from fires lit by two A stolen television set tution where possible, he priest and the other a 69 ies "highlight the tragedy said; and ahbut 135 the British Council of and but when Rhodesia. the damage year -old Brother at St. had been retrieved but three youths. agony" that all in Churches, the International English and Rhodesian Salvado College buildings stolen typewriters are still was extensive it was un- Rupert's Mission, about 80 Jesuits Rhodesia were experiencing, in the east and Affairs Committee of the likely that the youth's miles west of Salibury. at New Norcia suffered missing. the statement said. Church of England's Board south. family could meet the bill. $4,000 damage recently. The area is a war zone for Social Responsibility, The frequent thefts of The of number Jesuits Damage at Queens Park W.A. "LUCKY" It said that an end to believed the Catholic Justice and infiltrated by electronic equipment and is estimated to be $15,000. Mr. Pat Tormey, W.A. guerillas of the Zimbabwe who have been killed in the Peace Commission, and the the fighting could come One classroom was res- manager of Catholic Church teaching aids from churches African People's Union, a guerilla war is now five. "only through the wholeCatholic Institute for .1ntored to temporary use Insurance, said that only and schools could not be force led by Patriotic Front hearted agreement of all The Jesuit deaths oc- ternational Relations. through the weekend ef- the quick discovery of these traced not retrieved or res- co -leader, Joshua Nkomo. the parties, including the curred. just five days after titution obtained. TI,e statement noted that leaders of the Patriotic forts of parents. fires early in the evening Father Richert. a native 12 English Pentecostal mis- large numbers of African Front." INSURANCE PAYS FOR... of Danzing (now Gdansk, sionaries and children were "Insurance can pay for Poland), was ordained in massacred at Elim Mission only so much," Mr. Tormey England at Heythrop Col- Fmmanuel in eastern Rhosaid. lege and had been in Rho- desia, near the Mozambique "The damage can be desia for 15 years. Brother border. covered but insurance can- Lisson was a 40 -year veteran Those deaths were blamnot cover the inconvenience of missionary work in ed on guerillas of the Zimcaused or the trouble in Rhodesia. babwe African National securing alternative accomIn Rome Father Pedro Union of Robert Mugabe, modation." Arrupe, superior general of Nkomo's co-leader in the He believes that vandal- the world's Jesuits, said, Patriotic Front alliance. ism will increase and that "Although we always exthe answer is to increase pect such tragic news On June 15 Nkomo's given the security on buildings. the state of the world to- forces were blamed for the Louvre windows on day. I feel a profound sense murder of a Baptist mismany schools were vulner- of shock and sorrow mixed sionary at Sanyati Mission, able, he said, and thought with joyful gratitude for the 25 miles southwest of St. might have to be given to witness given by the holo- Rupert's. fitting bars for added "Where quality comes first" caust of our two 'comAfter the Elim mission security. panions in the Lord.' 385 Canning Highway, Melville. massacre, organisations reNot only the uninhabited "The only interest of presenting all the British Phone 39 17 I I Lic. No. 3371. buildings are under attack. Father Grevor Richert and Churches deplored all killA series of raids on pres- Brother Bernhard I iscon invs of non-combatants in byteries have resulted in was the welfare of HONDA their the Rhodesian war and robbery of money, some- woe. urged the British governtie.. s have WMP-7 "1 can simply nrav that ment to redouble its efforts been in the house. the sa,,-ir,, they for a settlement that would 1308 Albany Hwy, CannIngton (SEE ALSO PAGE 3) have offered will bring the stop the fighting. Phone 451233$ 5395
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