ENDEAVOUR FORUM NEWSLETTER No. 114, APRIL 2004

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2004 CONFERENCE OF THE FAMILY COUNCIL OF VICTORIA

In Association with the World Congress of Families& The Intercultural Dialogue in Celebration of  the 2004 International Year of the Family

Theme: The Natural Family in the 21st Century:  Challenge of the Next Decade

Saturday 15 May, 2004, Toorak Campus - Deakin University, 335 Glenferrie Rd., Malvern,Vic. 3144

FREE ADMISSION

Morning Session:  11am - l pm

11 -11.30am  Introduction: Dr. J.N. Santamaria, OAM.  Chairman: The Hon. Kevin Andrews, MP

11.30 - 12 noon:   Miss Sophie Panopoulos MP: "Family Taxation & Justice".   Chairman:  Mrs. Babette Francis

12 noon - l2.30 pm: Rev. Mgr. Peter Elliott: "The Family in the Christian Tradition".Chairman: Mrs. Anna Krohn

12.30pm - 1 pm: Brigadier Jim Wallace: "Same Sex Marriage & Adoption Rights". Chairman:  Mrs. Jenny Stokes

1- 2 pm Lunch.  (Lunch is available for $5)

Afternoon Session:  2pm - 4 pm

2pm - 2.45 pm:  Mrs. Jean Heise, The Howard Centre, Illinois, USA: "Is it Time to Start Over?". Chairman: Mr. Peter Westmore.

2.45 -3.15 pm:  Mr. Andrew Evans, MP: "Politics and The Family".Chairman:Mr.Charles Francis, AM, RFD,QC

3.15 - 3.30 pm:  Musical Interlude: Mr. Caleb Smibert

3.30  -4 pm:  Mr. Bill Muehlenberg: "A Review of the Last 10 Years".  Chairman:  Mr.David Perrin.

4 pm:  Concluding Remarks: Dr. J.N. Santamaria, OAM

Admission Free  (Donation appreciated). Please RSVP if you require lunch: Mrs. P. Oldham 9583 6835 or Mrs. Margaret Butts 9589 5039

Prayer

Genesis 2 -24: Marriage is ordained by God symbolic of Christ's marriage to the  Church.  Prov: 18 - 22:  "Whoso finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favour  of the Lord".

Families are the foundation of society. God's plan is to nurture children with a  father and a mother. 

Prov: 22-6: "Train a child in the way he should go, when he is    old he will not depart from it".

We pray, Heavenly Father, for our families, we pray against the forces in society  that seek to destroy them.  We pray for the children, the victims of family break-up. 

We ask in Jesus' Name, Amen.

BBC

A letter published in the UK Catholic Herald (12 Feb 04)    has revealed that the new acting director-general of the BBC is a supporter of the world's leading abortion promoter, International Planned Parenthood. The BBC's anti-life bias has been criticised by campaigning organisations and church groups, in particular the Panorama programme 'Sex and the Holy City' which blamed the Catholic Church's pro-life teachings for suffering and death in the developing world.An open letter to the BBC  from the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child on the subject has yet to be answered..

The ABC showed “Sex & the Holy City” in Australia and rejected my assertion of bias. SBS followed by showing “Women on the Waves” about the Dutch women’s ship offering abortions just outside Polish waters. I have written asking them to film Pregnancy Support workers in Australia and elsewhere.  

Babette Francis

Member Organisation, World Council for Life and Family

NGO in Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC of the UN