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MELBOURNE The Victorian Council of Churches has welcomed the Archdiocese of Melbourne and the Diocese of Ballarat into membership. Sixty members from 11 and Bishop Ronald MulChristian Churches voted kearns of Ballarat. unanimously to admit the Speaking to the motion two Catholic dioceses.
,Rev. Christie Johnston said "At the time of the Fuchsristic Congress in Mel bourne we were blessed by the desire of the Roman Catholic Church that the event should be as ecuChurches of Christ, the menical as possible. Coptic Orthodox, Greek "Then and since then we P r e s byterian, Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, and have been enabled to gain
Voting members reprethe Society of Friends (Quakers), Anglitcan, Uniting Church, Romanian Orthodox Church, the Salvation Army, sented
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Orthodox.
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tive service for the com- At the annual Mass of the Newman Society at St Thomas Representing the on Sunday, the guest of honour was Monsignor cant dioceses were Arch- munity from the insight J. T. McMahon founder of the society and who was toasted for the 60th anniversary of his ordination. He is pictured bishop Little of Melbourne that we have shared with with some of the former presidents of the society. They are, left to right, FRONT: Mrs V. M. appli-
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It was a step that led towards that perfect unity that was Our Lord's prayer and wish for his people, he said.
"I accept this also as a personal step towards personal renewal," he said.
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The Catholic Education Commission is pleased with independent school grants announced in the State West tie. raise the level of funding from 25 to 26 per cent per cost of child in a Government school.
ing. It is thanks to a unaniIn a statement issued this mous recommendation of theirs made late last year week the commission exthat this step has finally pressed appreciation of the State Government's effort to come about." maintain a level of education that matched the State's growing child population. "The State of WA is an expanding one with great natural resources and as the school population is likely to grow it was important that the WA community be willing to spend on education, while at the same time seeking to obtain full value
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that the new provision ap- the statement continued. plied from the date of the The commission said that Budget. it was disappointed that inThe commission estimated terest subsidy on loans to that the,:increased govern- purchase school sites had ment grants would mean art not been eased. Further discussions 'with additional. $7 per primary pupil and $13 per secondary the Government would be pupil over the figures for sought on this matter. 1979.
In 1977 the Government Because the increased agreed, after repeated repgrant was tied to the Gov- resentations by the CEC and ernment school cost it would the P and F.Council, to pay maintain its value in real an interest subsidy_ on loans money terms, the commis- to buy schoed sites. sion said. But the condition was that The Catholic Commis- a school must be built on the for money," it said. sion's statement pointed out site within four years. The Premier, Sir Charles that in practice the former The Catholic commission Court, announced in his interest subsidy was restrict- wanted conditions from the Budget speech on Thursday, ed to loans for class rooms, Government that would September 13, that addition- resource centres, and board- make it possible to obtain al grants totalling $512,000 ing and teacher accommo- sites in new areas at manwould be available to inde- dation north of the 26th ageable costs. pendent schools in 1980. parallel. The commission also inHe also said that the inStaff rooms and admin- tended to continue repreterest subsidy scheme to as- istration areas would now sentations for more assist.: sist independent schools had qualify and for some Cath- arce to boarding schools bebeen further extended to in- olic schools the new provi- cause they had, in the Comclude all facilities which sion could mean nearly mission's view, a special were provided by the State $200,000 for debt servicing value in the Catholic educain Government schools and over the time of the loan, tion effort of WA.
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