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APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA
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The Apostleship of the Sea will have to do store for the men at sea and become more involved in meeting and helping them ashore, the Fremantle chaplain, Father O'Shea, said on his return to WA this week. This Sunday is observed in the parishes as Apostleship of the Sea Sunday and Father O'Shea said that more laity are needed to help in visiting the ships in port and to give their time to meet the visiting seamen at the Stella Maris Club in Fremantle, that is now in its 35th year in Queen Victoria Street.
Although visiting seamen do not always speak any English it is no barrier, according to Father O'Shea. "Where there is good will this can be overcome easily," he said. According to Father Tom Gaine who has been acting port chaplain for the past six months in Father O'Shea's absence the role of the priest is to be available Money donated by the to the visiting seamen. parishes would he used for missionary activity among LOWERING BARRIERS the seamen, such as help"Unless we are all preing to establish a new cen- pared to go out of our way tre at Darwin and to do and meet them and break maintenance on the Freman- down barriers, there will al-tie buildings. ways be a distance between
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When Fremantle Port chaplain, Father Sean O'SHEA (left) came ashore last week after six months duty in Manila he was met by Father Thomas GAINE (right) who has been looking after the Stella Marks Club in his absence and Monsignor Denis McGUINNESS, national Apostleship of the Sea Director for England and Wales.
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WHAT IS REWIRED The Apostleship of the lea helps itself and the various services, restaurant, -tar and shop at the Fremantle club made a profit on the running costs and ibis was used to improve facilities as well. Good reading material was always in demand for supplying to the ships and V it was a large amount the Stella Maris Club would arrange for it to be picked up.
"Language is not a problem; simple friendship and generosity is the language they understand. "This is the requirement for all the staff at the Club as well so that the visitors can experience Christianity in action.
Father Gaine points out how the Stella Maris Club helps seamen in the $60,000 of overseas telephone traffic that it handled last year, or the forty or fifty varieties of currency that are changed at the club Father O'Shea said that for the men who come he needed people" who ashore when no banks are could give a few hours one open. day a week to be on duty in "The Fremantle club is a the various areas of the window of Christianity to stub to talk to the visitors the world, especially to and make them feel at Asia." he said. home. "They are not necessarily Host families were also Catholics or Christians who in demand to look after the come to us but they need younger cadets on visits to our help. "This is one of the greatFremantle. est means of They appreciated an out- and giving an evangelising idea of what ing or a meal with a local it means to he a Christian. family, Father O'Shea said. (CONTINLED PAGE 2)
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of what happens between In the resurrection of the manifestation of our Lard, Christ the Congregation for the the death of the Christian She believes that there dead. Doctrine of the Faith says: and the Jesus Christ" believing it general resurrection. will be eternal punishment (2) The Church under - to be distinct and related for the sinner, who will be "When setting forth this People are disturbed it Meade this resurrection as to the situation of people deprived of the sight of teaching, it is not permiss- says, because in these disible to remove any point, referring to the whole per- immediately after death, God, and that this punishcussions they no longer find son; for the elect it is nonor can a defective or un- the (6) Teaching about life ment will have a repercusvocabulary they are thing other than the exten- after death, the Chnrch.ex- sion on the whole being of certain outlook be adopted used to and their familiar on without human l'ei,cs of the eludes any explanation that the sinner, endangering the ideas. faith and salvation of ChrisResurrection of Christ it- would deprive the Austrap- (CONTINUED PAGE 4) self. tians." ESSENTIAL POINTS (3) The Church affinns The bishops are warned The document says: to ensure that those who "Neither Scripture nor that a spiritual element surGMH catechise must be provided theology tissvides sufficient vives and subsists after with the means to be firm light for ,tts''. proper picture death, an element endowed sbout the essence of the of life after death. with consciousness and IX No C's' will. so that the "human doctrine and to be careful_ "Christians must firmly self" subsists. ,ot to allow childish or arhold the two following esbitrary images to be conTo describe this element, sential points: sidered truths of faith. "On the one hand, they the Church uses the word WILL must belikire in the funda- "soul", the accepted term IS THERE ANYTHING mental cOntinuity, thanks in the usage of Scripture SUPPLY YOUR NEW The Vatican document to the mow, of the Holy and Tradition. Although says that although Chris- Snirit. 1-etween our present this term has various meanNOW tians are not at the point life in Christ and the future ings in the Bible, the Church thinks that there is of positive doubt on the life no valid reason for rejectrest life they are refrain-0iPar.other band, ine it; moreover, she coning from thinking about they must be clearly aware siders_...that resojiiqg to the their destiny after death. of the ratiONNakebetween use .6t sortie 'iucriviiid. in This is because ;hey are the present life and the fubeginning to encounter ture one, 714... to' the fact absolu;ely indispensable in order.to support the faith questions in their minds to that prestra-tirrill. be reof Christians. which they are afraid of placed with fullness of finding a reply. life. We -shill be 'with 'MEANINGLESS' Such Questions are: Is Christ and 'we shall see THOIAGHT there really anything after God!. (4) The Church excludes deirl? Does anything re"It is in these promises every way of thinking or main of us after we die? Is and marvellous mysteries speaking that would render Cash back on your trade-in it noliingness that is before that our hope essentially h -r prave-s, her funeral us? consists." rites and the religious acts
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