The Swan River Colony should have takers notice this week that the exuberant sounds of religion were coming not from a Pro testant revival but from a Catholic renewal. special
The first full-scale Cath- with an electrifying hourolic Charismatic Renewal long declamation on the conference in WA has been theme that the Tomb is drawing unprecedented en- empty and the Lord is thusiastic audiences to the Alive. day and night sessions at the Father MacNutt's parPerth Concert Hall. ticular interest is the heal. All but a few seats were ing ministry and, in addifilled for a three-hour rous- tion to several lectures on ing opening session on Mon- the topic, he will lead a day night and, by the time healing session accompanthe word got around on ied by Mass in Saint Mary's Cathedral on Thursday Tuesday, could get in only as far as night. the foyer to struggle with a relay over the concert NON-CATHOLICS hall's television monitor Catholics gave heavy sup screens. port to an inter-church charismatic conference in INFORMAL SONGS Perth last January and, as felt confident On Tuesday night a re- a result, laxed mood took over and enough to launch speciflarge numbers stayed on for ically Catholic effort this informal songs after the year. two -and -a -half hour proThe non-Catholic support gramme had ended, was reciprocated this week and a spot check on MonKey personalities in the day night showed a confour -day Perth conference tingent of several hundred are American priests Fathers non-Catholics scattered VATICAN CITY He ordained six men to John Bertolucci and Fran- throughout the auditorium. (NC) Suspended the priesthood Christmas cis MacNutt, who have paid Singing at the public sesEve at his seminary in their second visit to the Bishop Healy pei- Archbishop Marcel LeEastern States but who are sions has been led by four Econe, Switzerland. febvre said after on formed his first priestly on their first crusade to the instrumentalists plus 20 opening meeting with vocalists from the Come ordination last Saturday West. CONDITIONS the head of the VatiTogether choir of the Jesus night when he imposed Cardinal Siri began mediPeople, under the direction can's Doctrinal Congrehis hands on Missionary ation efforts with the apof Graham Mabury. of the Sacred Heart Fa- gation that he was proval of Pope Paul in Father Bertolucci is a "optimistic" about the Solo items have been ther BERNARD SMITH 1977, Lai said. self-confessed ten -year-old given by Jenny Powell and outcome of current It was the cardinal's sug- convert to the charismatic Stephen Brett. who is attached to the talks aimed at reconprefect of the Doctrinal Swiss licence plates, as a gestion that Pope Paul no movement who captured congregation's Kensing- ciliation. Congregation, that he ex- crowd of journalists and longer speak out on the the opening night audience (See also Pages 3, 7, 11) ton community in New The 73 -year-old French pected a favourable out - photograp hers scrambled archbishop's case. South Wales. Discussions were under around the car in an effort archbishop told journalists come from the meetings. (SEE ALSO PAGE 5) The congregation has not to pry loose some inlorma- way to arrange a meeting after the first day meeting with Pope John Paul I, but with Cardinal Franjo Seper, commented on the meeting. lion about the meeting. the Pope died before the 11111111111111111111111111111&____, The meeting with Cardicould be held, said meeting nal Seper came a day after an Italian newspaper reIn its article "La Nazi - Lai. MOTORS Archbishop Lefebvre reported that the archbishop one," a daily newspaper FORMERLY KEVIN JAMES MOTORS. had agreed to accept the published in Florence, said quested a meeting with Pope The most trusted in cars. name teachings of Vatican II and that Cardinal Giuseppe Ski John Paul II on a strictly the authority of the Pope of Genoa had acted as in- private basis without witas conditions for his private termediary between Arch- nesses. Lai said that Cordinal audience with Pope John bishop Lefebvre and the Siri, in turn, asked him to Paul II last November 18. Pope. that the meeting guarantee The article was by Benny ANOTHER MEETING? Lai, the paper's Vatican cor- would be the beginning of a dialogue by acconstructive Asked about the possi- respondent. bility of another meeting Archbishop Lefebvre, who cepting the teachings of II and recognising with the Pope, Archbishop had said the decrees of Vatican Lefebvre said, "Why not?" Vatican II "spring from the authority and infallibilHe refused to give details heresy and end in heresy," ity of the Pope. about any possible agree- was suspended from the exPOPE PERSUADED ment with the Vatican. ercise of his ministry in 1Therequaltycomesfor Only after the archbishOn the second day the 1976 by Pope Paul VI after 385 Canning Highway, Melville suspended archbishop left he ignored the Pope's re- op accepted these two points Phone 3391711 Lic. No. 3371. did the cardinal request the smiling from the headquar- quest not to ordain 13 men meeting, said Lai. ters of the Vatican's Doc- to the priesthood. The meeting was held on trinal Congregation. Despite the suspension, The smile did not leave the archbishop has continu- November 18. Neither the the archbishop, in the right ed to ordain men and to Vatican nor the archbishop rear seat of a late -model administer confirmation to has commented on it. beige Citroen sedan with groups of children. (CONTINUED Page 4)
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