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SYDNEY. The national president of the St Vincent de Paul Society, Mr John Morahan, hos called on all members of the society in Australia, parish and other priests, and Cathsilics generally to assist Hie South -East Asian refugees "in the name of Christian justice, not
charity"
Mr Morahan issued his "We need ambassadors in appeal to reinforce the state- the pulpits and in every ason plight ment the of the pect of parish life, who will refugees issued by Cardinal tell the people of the dreadFreeman on behalf of the ful plight of the refugees. Australian Episcopal Con"These people are among ference. the poorest of the poor. "This is a desperate sit"Most of them arrive on uation with which a section of the society members has foreign shore with nothing. been grappling for some "You could not find any time," Mr Morahan said. poorer than they are. "But, unfortunately there "They haven't even got a are all too few of our own country to call their own. members and priests and "For more than 100 Catholic people generally years the St Vincent de who appreciate the magni- Paul Society in Australia tude of the problem and has been concerned with realise fully where our pri- the problems of poverty orities should lie. and has done its best to LIKE THE JEWS cope with them. 'The plight of today's South -East Asian refugees STEERED CLEAR "But, for the most part, can be likened to that of the Jewish people fleeing from we have steered clear of the Nazi terror of the 30s social justice because of our declared non-political role. and 40s, "The challenge in the "But the desperate situabishops' statement must not tion of the refugees has be allowed to go unheeded. pushed us into the field of "It is the start and the social justice in the name start only. of Christ. "We in the society now "We are still non-political call upon all Australian in our approach to this matparish ter. priests, Piet% to take this message 'We give credit to the of Cnristian Justice to the Australian Government for Catholic people. "They must use the pul- the work it has done and pits to make our people is, we believe, honestly tryaware of our responsibili- ing to do on behalf of these unfortunate people. ties as Christians. "We have got to mount "We also welcome the ata big public relations cam- titude of the recent napaign to reach not only our tional conference of the ewn society members but Australian Labor Party toall Catholics and other peo- wards the refugees," Mr ple of goodwill in Australia. Morahan said.
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Special guests at last Monday's flag raising ceremony at Saint Norbert's College were four high school pupils from Kagoshima who brought their own city flag to be raised alongside the college and State cotours. Pictured are the Japanese students and their hosts, left to right: Raymond HEFFER, Andrea BOTTCHER, Kaji NAKAYAMA, Chieko SANDAN, Shigemi MATSUYAMA, Julie PIGGOTT, Michelle BOYCE and Yuko HAGIE. The students are here as part of the sister -city exchange between Perth and Kagoshima and Saint Norbert's College families responded to the Perth City Council invitation to host the visitors who during their three week stay will attend normal classes at the college as well as various excursions including a visit to the Norbertine property Kerrydowns at York. Saint Norbert's College is planning a students' visit to Japan next year.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland (NC) Violence by Catholics seeking to unite the whole island of Ireland into a single republic was unjustified, said Bishop Phiibin of Down and Connor, Northern Ireland, the Catholic diocese in which strife -troubled Belfast is located. He also criticised AmeriThe organisation had no What was impeding policans who give money to vio- candidate in the European tical, social and economic lent Irish groups, saying parliamentary elections, progress in Northern Ireland they are "putting blood on north or south, added the was "the violent and exour streets." bishop. treme views held by a small "They have an absolute number of people on both "The position of the Cathminimum of support, but sides," Bishop Philbin said. olic bishops of Ireland is that the conditions to justify they have guns and money," One of the extremists on Bishop Philbin said, violence by Catholic repubthe Protestant side is the "Much of the money, I'm Rev. Ian Paisley, known licans do not exist," said for the 72 -year-old Bishop Phil - sorry to say, comes from his strong anti-Catholic America. bin. views. "What did not come from A few weeks before the He was interviewed in his America comes from robinterview with Bishop Philresidence in an upper-class, beries at home," he said. bin, Mr Ian Paisley, head religiously mixed area of "Americans who support Belfast. the small minority of violent of the Free Presbyterian Church and leader of the Sinn Fein "gets no sup- people here are imposing a Democratic Unionist Party, port in the polls at all," colonialism on the vast maj- won election to the Euroority of people in northern the bishop said. pean Parliament by a suband southern Ireland. stantial margin. Sinn Fein is the political "At the safe distance of party which supports the 3,000 miles, you're putting Mr. Paisley had earlier Provisional Irish Republican blood in our streets, murd- been re-elected to the BriArmy (IRA), the outlawed ering our people in pursuit tish Parliament. guerilla organisation seeking of your idea of the kind of to end British rule in North- Ireland we should have," he (CONTINUED PAGE 2) ern Ireland. said. (PAISLEY Page 2.)
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