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We’ll carry on for the children
Tan Chen Dan, then aged nine, smiled when Record journalist Robert Hiini snapped her photo in 2009. Tan, who was suffering from HIV-AIDS, was being cared for by religious sisters at the Hongjiang Loving Care Centre, established by the Macau-based Catholic charity Casa Ricci Social Services. The little-known but remarkable work carried out by Casa Ricci, established by Spanish Jesuit Fr Luis Ruiz, received a setback in early September when a Chinese partner agency abruptly removed children from centres operated by Casa Ricci. Story - Page 6
Ceremony sees 148 instituted to serve at the altar By Robert Hiini THE ARCHDIOCESE of Perth received 148 men for service as acolytes at St Mary’s Cathedral on September 25. The men were instituted by Bishop Donald Sproxton after four weeks of training, conducted on Tuesday nights by the Archdiocesan Centre for Liturgy. The number is one of the largest on record and bests that of two years ago when 117 men were received into the role. The office of acolyte is a minor order in the Church; one in which
all men who go on to be priests are instituted. Acolytes are most visible in their ceremonial functions, such
They then placed their hands on the chalices as Bishop Sproxton led them in prayer. as serving at Mass, but many are also involved in providing faith formation in their parishes. The new acolytes were instituted in a ritual
which involved the men coming forward onto the Cathedral sanctuary in small groups. They placed their hands on chalices, set on the altar, as Bishop Sproxton led them in prayer for their institution, future service and duties in the acolytate. One of those men, a convert to Catholicism, Edwin Tjandra, husband of Cynthia and father to fivemonth-old Francis, said he stepped forward for the role, partly to provide a witness to young Catholics. “I think it is good for regenContinued on Page 2
Acolyte and convert Edwin Tjandra, with wife Cynthia and son Francis.
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Continued from Page 1 eration,” Mr Tjanrda, who is currently completing his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Western Australia, said. “If you see young people in the Mass it will somehow give a new spirit to the Church, because as the Pope has said, the Church is young. “So I hope that with my service it will attract more young people to participate in the service as well,” he said. Mr Tjandra has recently moved to Guildford from Queens Park, and expects to serve Mass every
Above, 148 men step forward to be installed as acolytes. Right, father and son, John and Suneeth Fernandez of St Jerome’s Spearwood, (from right) become acolytes together. PHOTOS: FR ROBERT CROSS
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Born in Orleans, France, Isaac joined the Jesuits at a young age and was sent to his order’s North American mission in 1636. He and Rene Goupil were captured and tortured by a band of Iroquois in 1642. Rene was killed and Isaac was held as a slave until his rescue by Dutch settlers. He returned to France, secured permission to continue saying Mass despite mutilated hands, and returned to Canada in 1644. He and John Lalande were tomahawked and beheaded by Huron Indians who invited them to a meal. These three and five others, the North American martyrs, are patron saints of Canada and North America. They share this feast and shrines in New York State and Ontario, Canada.
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Chaput: we need to deal with ‘debris of failure’ IN A WIDE-RANGING address at the eighth annual Los Angeles Catholic Prayer Breakfast, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia spoke of the “debris of failure” that must be dealt with if the Catholic Church in America is to be truly renewed. The archbishop said the obvious problems include the clergy sex abuse crisis, a decline in priestly vocations, struggling Catholic schools and parishes, years of deficit spending and unrealistic financial management, and drastic demographic changes. “The fact remains that roughly 10 per cent of Americans describe themselves as ex-Catholics,” he reported. “If they all joined together in a new ‘Church of the Formerly Catholic,’ they’d be the second-largest denomination in the country. “That’s our reality as disciples. That’s the debris of failure we need to deal with if we want to repair God’s house,” he told the crowd of 1,550 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels’ Plaza. In his September 18 address, Archbishop Chaput stressed that Pope Benedict XVI had given the Church a “road map” of renewal in his October 17, 2011, apostolic letter Porta Fidei (“The Door of Faith”). In it, the Pope announced the upcoming Year of Faith, which begins on October 11, the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. The special year will be highlighted with a worldwide program of worship, catechesis and evangelisation. “Morally, we live in chaotic times,” Archbishop Chaput said. “In such a climate, it’s very easy for people to develop habits that undermine virtue, character and moral judgment. It’s hard to reach a moral consensus when a culture can’t agree on even the most basic standards of right and wrong.” - CNS
two weeks, with parish priest, Fr Blasco Fonseca. Although he received some basic theological training over the course of his four week preparation, he still expects a big initial practical learning curve. “I think it was only a small part of the training. The big training will happen in each parish by the experienced acolytes.”
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Catholic parishes pray for Scarborough Baptists By Peter Rosengren The Scarborough Baptist pastor of a Church threatened with a $1million fine by the City of Stirling for offering meals and friendship to the marginalised says he has been heartened by the support his small congregation has received from members of the public and fellow Christian churches, includ-
ing Catholic parishes. “It’s been very positive; people have sent us emails, SMSs and contacted us by telephone,” Pastor Andre van Oudtshoorn told The Record in a telephone interview on Friday September 28. “The wonderful thing is that it has been cross-denominational. Many individual Catholics and also a number of Catholic churches have
phoned, sent SMSs or emails to say they’re praying for us. “For us that shows in amazing ways that Christ’s love goes beyond denominational boundaries.” Pastor van Oudtshoorn said his congregation would probably have to take the matter to the State Administrative Tribunal although, he added, “we’re still praying for possible reconciliation.”
He said he had received a phone call from a City of Stirling councillor who had asked if he would meet with Mayor David Boothman and Stirling Chief Executive Officer Stuart Jardine within the next fortnight, “So that could be a positive development.” Despite the threat of financial penalty he said his small congregation would continue to reach out to those living on socie-
ty’s margins. “We will still continue with the meals,” he said. “We can’t suspend them because to do so would be to allow someone outside the Church to proscribe what is Christian and what is not.” Pastor van Oudtshoorn said his congregation is a small one; around eight to 10 people, some in their 70s, turn up each weekend to help with the meals the church offers.
It’s on: 4K youth gathering planned By Joshua Low & Anita Parker THE SECOND Australian C atholic Youth Ministr y Convention (ACYMC) was held from the September 21-23 at the Campbelltown Catholic Club in New South Wales, with those involved in youth ministry from around Australia coming to participate. Approximately 350 youth leaders gathered with religious and bishops throughout the three day convention. The convention covered a wide range of issues which young people face in today’s society, as well as in depth information on youth ministry and the running of successful youth programs and also saw the launch of the Australian Catholic Youth festival, which is to be held in Melbourne next year. Twenty representatives from Western Australia travelled to ACYMC to take part in the event, which provided several plenaries and workshops by several notable figures in the Catholic faith community throughout Australia, including Bishop Anthony Fisher of Parramatta and Sr Hilda Scott OSB of the Benedictine Abbey in Jamberoo. “This convention is a key training ground for youth leaders, priests, religious and teachers helping to guide young people in their faith journey. It’s such an energising gathering of passionate youth ministers from around the country who share a common mission in the Church,” said Anita Parker, Director of Catholic Youth Ministry in Perth. “There are so many great resources and ideas to be shared
in how we can continue to build the ‘young heart’ of the Church in Australia.” The launch of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF) was part of a formal dinner on the Friday night at the convention where special guest Fr Rob Galea performed his music for the 350 guests and had the bishops dancing to One Direction’s song ‘What makes you beautiful’ mashed up with the praise and worship song ‘Trading my sorrows’. The Australian Catholic Youth
The convention saw the official launch of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival. Festival is targeted to gather 4,000 Australian Catholic youth from Year 9 students to 25 years of age in Melbourne from December 5-7, 2013. It is anticipated to be the largest national gathering of Catholic youth since WYD Sydney 2008. It will be a festival of fun, music talks, workshops, service and activities celebrating the young heart of the Church. The theme of the convention was to break open the message of the National Vision document for Youth Ministry in Australia Anointed and Sent. A theme song was written by local musicians, the keynote presenters shared their ministry ideas on the goals of youth ministry, and at the final liturgy all youth ministers were given a blessed jar of oil to remind them that they
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Above, some of the Perth delegates to the ACYMC in Campbelltown at work and, right, at play. PHOTOS: MICHAEL CONNELLY
are Anointed and Sent to teach the Good News to the youth of Australia. Members of the West Australian group who made the trip over to Campbelltown described the convention as an amazing and unforgettable experience, and one which they hope to encounter again in the next Catholic Youth Ministry Convention to be held in 2014. For information on upcoming national youth events go to youthministry.catholic. org.au or youthfestival.catholic.org.au.
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St Vincent sojourns south to Kwinana By Robert Hiini A NEWLY restored St Vincent de Paul statue has taken up residence at the Catholic parish of Kwinana bear the saint’s name. The statue’s restoration was recently completed by Archdiocesan conservation specialist Monica Podesta and transported from The Faith Centre in Perth to Kwinana, around 40km south of the central business district. The near life-size statue took five men to lift it into the church after its arrival at the parish. Bishop Donald Sproxton joined parish priest Father Phong Thanh Nguyen and the St Vincent community in officially welcoming the statue on Sunday, September 23, the Sunday preceding St Vincent de Paul’s Feast Day (Thursday, September 27). Bishop Sproxton blessed the statue and Fr Nguyen congratulated Ms Podesta for her work. The statue was originally stationed at the back right-hand corner of St Mary’s Cathedral prior to its refurbishment from 2006 to 2009. While it remains the property of the Cathedral, it has been lentout to St Vincent’s for an unspecified period of time (the Cathedral’s statue of St Philomena has been lent to St Philomena Chapel in Malaga, and its statue of St Anthony now resides at Cathedral House). The statue took around 18 months to restore, an unusually long time, Ms Podesta told The Record, owing to what, at the beginning, was an urgent need to treat it for mould damage. Back in March, The Record reported Ms Podesta’s discovery that the statue of St Vincent de Paul had originally featured goldleaf on the saint’s cape, as revealed when many decades of paint were stripped back in preparation for its restoration. Through their research, Ms Podesta and fellow conservation-
ist Fr Robert Cross discovered that the statue had been made in France in 1912 and had been donated to St Mary’s Cathedral by the local St Vincent de Paul Society.
St Vincent’s restorer, Monica Podesta, enjoys the fruits of her labour at St Vincent’s Kwinana, above. The newly restored statue is readied and transported, right. PHOTOS: FR R CROSS
Some silence is golden for Eucharistic liturgy LITURGY sometimes suffers from being too wordy, according to a liturgical expert who says the celebration of the Mass would benefit from fewer hymns and more silence. “Part of taking part (in liturgy) is listening, silence and being awestruck at what is going on,” Mgr Kevin Irwin said on September 28 in a talk on the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy. “That is what makes liturgy tremendous and mysterious.” Often, the liturgy is celebrated without enough emphasis on transcendence and “the amazing grace of God,” Mgr Irwin said. The priest is former dean of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at The Catholic University of America and currently holds the Walter J Schmitz chair of liturgical studies at the school. He spoke at the university’s symposium on “Reform and Renewal: Vatican II After 50 Years.” The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, also known as Sacrosanctum Concilium, emphasised that the liturgy should build the full, conscious and active participation of the faithful. For Mgr Irwin, “Participation is not a sop to extroverts. There is an earthiness to our liturgy,” he said, noting its use of elements of creation such as water, light and darkness, as well as manufactured items such as bread, wine and chrism. Emphasising the role of such signs helps to provide an encounter with God’s action, he said. For more articles on the 50th anniversary of the start of the Second Vatican Council, see pages 12-13
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Men a force for good in the Church SAINT Denis’ Parish in Joondanna hosted a menALIVE weekend on September 8-9 while other menALIVE weekends were running simultaneously in Brisbane (Kenmore) and Hobart. The weekend powerful talks, personal testimonies, small group discussions and time for reflection and prayer, as well as Reconciliation. The weekend culminated in a Sunday Eucharist, celebrated by Fr Peter Porteous OSM. The weekend was one more event in a packed year of celebration for the parish, which marked its 75th anniversary in August. Run by an experienced menALIVE team drawn from Perth and Brisbane, the program aimed to bring men together, to renew their faith in God and to encourage them to become an active force of renewal in families and the Church. From humble beginnings in 2003, menALIVE have delivered 135 events across Australia reaching over 8,500 men. The next menALIVE event in Perth will be the inaugural Catholic Man Breakfast Series breakfast on November 15 hosted by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, who will also be the keynote speaker. menALIVE weekends are scheduled for 2013 at Bateman and City Beach parishes. To find out more about attending either of these weekends or booking a menALIVE weekend for your parish, go to menalive.org.au or call Kim Metcalf on 0414 537 023. Men worship at the Joondanna MenALIVE weekend. PHOTO: MENALIVE
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Father Ruiz’s agency vows to rebuild By Robert Hiini CASA Ricci Social Services (CRSS), the aid agency founded by Spanish Jesuit Fr Luis Ruiz, received a shock in August when its partner Aids Care China (ACC) abruptly ended their arrangement to care for HIVAIDS affected children. The work of the Catholic and Macau-based charity among China’s lepers and HIV-AIDs patients has twice been featured in The Record when Record journalists were sent to China in 2006 and 2009. Readers of The Record in Perth and across Australia raised tens of thousands of dollars to support the remarkable work of CRSS. Casa Ricci Director Fr Fernando Azpiroz reported that ACC, without consultation, decided to move all the children under their legal care out of the CRSS-run children homes in Guangzhou and Kunming, and will also vacate the home at Nanning. As a consequence of ACC’s decision, the two groups signed a termination of their contract on September 1. “After more than five years of mutual cooperation, this is a painful experience for the children and the people working in these three homes,” Fr Azpiroz said in a letter on Casa Ricci’s website. “CRSS’ community will never regret what we have done and built together with ACC during all these
Zuo Liu and Tan Chen Dan, cared for By Casa Ricci Social Services in Hongjiang, southeastern China, as photographed by The Record in 2009. Although the Hongjiang centre the children were being cared for has been unaffected, others run by CRSS caring for children suffering from HIV-AIDS have been disrupted. PHOTO: ROBERT HIINI
years. We just feel sorry for the way this cooperation has abruptly ended, and for the unnecessary pain this will cause in the more than 30 children who were under our mutual care,” Fr Azpiroz wrote. “CRSS is willing and ready to face the big challenge of rebuild-
ing these three HIV Children homes (Nanning, Guangzhou and Kunming). We know that God will give us strength and guide us to find those children who need our help.” The Hongjiang Loving Care Centre which cares for children and
adults with HIV-AIDS and was featured in The Record in 2009, has not been affected by the decision. Donations to Casa Ricci are tax deductible and can be made via Jesuit Mission (Australia) at (02) 9955 8585 or online at www.jesuitmission.org.au.
Students plan holidays trek to help those less fortunate TEN WESTERN Australian students will spend their school holidays walking 135km; while most students will be enjoying their time off, students from Dunsbrorough, Busselton, Perth and other local towns have decided to take action against the misfortune of others. 16-year-old Mia Krasenstein, a regular fundraiser for Caritas Australia, together with her friends will begin the walk from Cape Leeuwin lighthouse early on Tuesday 2 October. The walk is expected to take a week, finishing on October 8 at Cape Naturaliste. “At first we were just going to do it as a challenge but then I thought ‘why walk over 100km for nothing?” Miss Krasenstein said. “There are people all over the world who are confronted with injustice every day. This is the least we can do.” The Cape to Cape team will be supported by their parents who will meet them at camping grounds daily and supply them with the basic necessitates; food, water and fresh clothes, when they stop over-
Holiness, the French way Perin Faulkner, left, and Mia Krasenstein. Both are aged 16 and both are doing the Cape to Cape walk. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
night at Conto, Prevelly, Gracetown, Moses Rock and Yallingup. All funds raised by the walk will be donated to Caritas Australia, which delivers emergency responses and long term development programs to some of the poorest communities in more than 30 countries across Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Latin America and Indigenous communities in Australia.
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Notre Dame Cathedral on the banks of the Seine River in Paris. French-speaking Perth priest Fr Jean-Noel Marie will lead a pilgrimage visiting prominent and less well-known sites of importance to Catholics early in 2013. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
By Juanita Shepherd EARLY next year Perth priest Father Jean-Noël Marie will be leading a 15-night pilgrimage across France and Mauritius from 1 – 17 May 2013. The pilgrimage will cover the miraculous sites that the countries have to offer. The shrines that will be visited include several shrines dedicated to Our Lady: the convent where the Miraculous Medal was given by Our
Lady on the Rue Du Bac features on the itinerary. Its chapel houses the remains of Saint Catherine Laboure and Saint Vincent de Paul. Father Jean-Noel and the other
to Sister Bernadette Soubirous. Other notable destinations include Rocamadour, set in a gorge above the River Dordogne, Pontmain via Lisieux, Nevres and Chartres
Other notable destinations include Rocmadour, Pontmain via Liesieux, Nevres and Chartres. pilgrims will add to the thousands who visit Lourdes every season; Lourdes is devoted to Our Lady of Lourdes, who appeared
famous for the French medieval Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres. The pilgrimage also plans to pass through the Diocese of Evreux
where Blessed Jacques Desire Laval began his apostolate and concluding in Mauritius where he completed his mission. There Fr Jean-Noel intends on praying at his shrine at Ste Croix in Port Louis where Blessed Pope John Paul II prayed during his pastoral visit to Mauritius in 1989. The whole pilgrimage costs $7150, including accommodation, meals and return airfares. For more information please call Green Island Travel on 1800 653 288.
CARITAS SPAIN, the Church’s charitable arm, urged the Spanish government to consider the “sinister concrete implications” of the country’s economic crisis after reporting a tripling in the number of people needing its help. In a report released on September 27, the organisation said Spanish society has “followed a precarious integration model, which has gradually deteriorated and failed, reducing the protective capacity of the public system. This crisis does not only concern concepts of aid management. It also has sinister concrete implications in the loss of jobs, fall in household earnings and weakening in social support,” the Caritas report added. The report pointed to growing “poverty, inequality and unfairness” as a major concern despite the agency’s efforts to provide assistance through Catholic parishes. The number of Spaniards receiving aid from the charity has tripled in the past four years, topping 1 million people in 2011, the report said. - CNS
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Special prayers for Mary’s 103 years By Juanita Shepherd BORN in 1910, she has lived through two world wars, celebrated the millennium and reached a century three years ago. Mary Ellis will celebrate her 103rd birthday on October 20. A prayer will be led by Our Lady of Lourdes parish priest Father Michael Separovich in honour of the occasion and to thank God for the miracle of life. Mrs Ellis remains healthy and an active member of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Rockingham. Despite the obstacles which she might be expected to face at this
amazing milestone she has no problem walking around with the aid of a walking frame and very much enjoys her Burmese food. A devout lady, Mrs Ellis often receives Holy Communion at home, when Father Michael together with the assistant parish priest Father Benny Calanza visit her. Mrs Ellis lives with her daughter Pamela and her daughter’s husband Richard Mitchell. Together with her family she recently celebrated the baptism of her great grand daughter Olivia Matilda Marshall. The Record wishes Mary Ellis a very happy birthday.
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Mrs Mary Ellis at the baptism of her great grand daughter Olivia. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
A US MOTHER has credited the life of her 2-year-old son to the intercession of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, whose sainthood cause is advancing after a papal decree declaring him “venerable.” According to Bonnie Engstrom, her son, James Fulton Engstrom, was delivered stillborn during a home birth. Mother and child were rushed to hospital where doctors tried to revive the baby. Just as they were ready to call the time of death, his heart started beating. James’ comeback from 61 minutes fuelled Internet blog postings. Mgr Stanley Deptula, executive director of the Archbishop Sheen Foundation, said it is an “alleged miracle.” “Only God can create a miracle, and only the Church can authenticate it,” he told journalists on September 21. - CNS
Notre Dame teams win through in sports comp THE University of Notre Dame Australia has secured back-to-back titles in the mixed futsal tournament as part of the 2012 Tertiary Sports Western Australia Inter-University Sport competition. Undefeated throughout the tournament, the UNDA team triumphed over the University of Western Australia, Murdoch University, Curtin University, Edith Cowan University and the Central Institute of Technology to be recognised as the best tertiary futsal team. Two of UNDA’s athletes were also recognised by Tertiary Sports WA for being the best male and female players at the event. Perth Glory Women’s player, Matildas’ representative and Bachelor of Sport and Recreation Management student, Ella Mastrantonio, was awarded the Alcoholthinkagain Fairest and Best Female Futsal Player; Bachelor of Commerce student, Bruno Rocha won the award for best male player. Ms Mastrantonio, who made her international soccer debut for Australia against Japan in June 2008, said the tournament was a wonderful event to be part of. “It was an honour to be recognised as the best female player at the tournament,” she said. UNDA also won first place in men’s and mixed beach volleyball, and women’s touch football.
The victorious UNDA team at the 2012 Tertiary Sports Western Australia Inter-University Sport mixed futsal competition.
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Indians protest at ‘film insult’ THE MAKERS of a Bollywood film featuring scenes Indian Christians claimed were ‘blasphemous’ and ‘offensive’ have voluntarily agreed to remove them for its cinema release. The move follows protests and outrage from Christian leaders last week, coming a week after violent protests in the Islamic world in response to an American film which insulted the prophet Mohammed. Bishop of Vasai, Monsignor Felix Machado, the President of India’s Episcopal Commission for Ecumenism urged Christians to respond to the film with peaceful words and not violent protest when he spoke to the newsagency Fides, last Thursday. “We express with firm and unequivocal words, the disappointment of the Indian Church for this film considered offensive towards the
Christian faith, but with peaceful words,” Bishop of Vasai, Mgr Felix Machado, the President for the Episcopal Commission for Ecumenism told Fides. “We do not want Catholics to follow the path of violent protests; one should always follow the path of the Gospel, of gentleness and dialogue.” The film Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal (“Laugh, be happy”) was described by Fr Domic D’Abrio, spokesman for the Catholic Episcopal Conference of India, as “blasphemous, an offence against Christian faith and the faithful’s feelings.” According to Fr D’Abrio, the comedy/satire contained scenes in which priests were ridiculed and symbols of faith were insulted: A priest is portrayed as a lottery manic; in another scene, a priest was adorned with a garland of
banknotes; elsewhere, the Rosary was “offended”; in another passage, the priest made improper use of the holy water. “We have seen the consequences of the blasphemous film The Innocence of Muslims. Muslims in India are also very struck and feel anger. Now Christians are deeply offended. Such irresponsible acts should not happen. Freedom requires respect for all,” Fr D’Abrio said. Bishop Machado called for the sacred symbols and religious identity of all religious communities to be respected: “Sometimes minority groups are those who mock religious communities, or carry out actions lightly. I do not think there is hatred towards the Christian faith. But freedom of expression must always be combined with respect for human
life, which is sacred. In India, we Christians are a small minority, and sometimes this penalises us. Episodes like this are not good for humanity and religious harmony in the world.” Some Catholic organisations, such as the Catholic Secular Forum, held a protest in Bombay on September 26, marching from the Church of St Peter to the regional Parliament. A delegation of Catholic groups and Fr Rueben Tellis, a representative of the Archdiocese of Bombay, met and submitted a memorandum to Leela Samson, President of the “Central Board of Film Certification”, demanding the removal of the blasphemous scenes and also informed the Federal Minister for Information and Telecommunications, Ambika Soni. “With this film, Bollywood has
hit rock bottom,” the CSF’s Joseph Dias told Fides, remembering the other film, Kya Superkool Hum Hai (“We are super cool”), which in the past had offended Christians. The protesting groups called for a permanent representative of the Christian community in the Audit Committee to “prevent those relapsing forms of cinematic liberty”. In recent times, the Christian community in India was shocked by the desecration of the church of Santa Maria de Lourdes, in Tamil Nadu (southern India), by unidentified groups. The faithful convened a day of collective fasting on September 19, which was attended by an estimated assembly of 5,000 people, including bishops and Christian leaders, calling on the government to protect minorities and religious symbols. - FIDES
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Lebanese faiths hold summit By Doreen Abi Raad CHRISTIAN and Muslim leaders in Lebanon called for the formation of a legal committee to protect all religions. In a statement following a Muslim-Christian summit on September 25 at Bkerke, the seat of the Maronite Catholic church, north of Beirut, religious leaders also condemned the “Innocence of Muslims” film. They denounced “violent reactions that led to innocent casualties and harm to Christians and places
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of worship in a number of countries.” Speaking to reporters before the summit over which he presided, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai said the “’Innocence of Muslims’ is offensive to Christians as well as to every religion. A resolution must be adopted at the international level to prevent the insult to religions.” The leaders said in the statement that “an attack against any religion is an attack against all religions.” The leaders called for the United Nations and Arab League to take necessary measures to prevent the
abuse of religions and their symbols, saying that the tensions created between Muslims and Christians could lead to strife. They called for a committee to be formed “of specialised legal experts in international law to draft the appropriate text and to study measures to protect monotheistic religions from insults and slander, with these offenses facing legal prosecution.” The leaders praised Pope Benedict XVI’s September 14-16 “historical visit to Lebanon that came at the right time,” saying that
the Pope’s message to the Lebanese served as a reminder that their country represented a space for “interaction and dialogue, and not an arena for conflict.” “Despite the Lebanese internal situation and the concern over the regional changes, the Pope still believes that Lebanon holds a historical and civilised message to the whole world,” the statement said. The leaders confirmed their support for an apostolic exhortation by Pope Benedict that he delivered during his visit. The 90-page document offered
the Pope’s reflections on the special Synod of Bishops in 2010, which was dedicated to Middle East Christians. They said the exhortation affirms “the depth of historical relations between Muslims and Christians in the Middle East and that Lebanon is an example of these proper relations and Christian-Islamic cooperation.” The leaders also addressed Lebanon’s economic crisis, saying that the country’s youth in particular need more job opportunities. - CNS
Vatican II’s 50th the launchpad for Year of Faith
By Francis Rocca WHEN Blessed John Paul II launched the project he called the new evangelisation, he made it clear that it was aimed above all at reviving the ancient faith of an increasingly faithless West: “countries and nations where religion and the Christian life were formerly flourishing,” now menaced by a “constant spreading of religious indifference, secularism and atheism.” Those words are commonly taken to refer to Christianity’s traditional heartland, Europe. Yet Pope Benedict XVI, who has enthusiastically embraced his predecessor’s initiative, has made it clear that the new evangelisation extends to other secular Western societies, including the United States. In a series of speeches to visiting US bishops last fall and earlier this year, Pope Benedict reflected on the “spiritual and cultural challenges of the new evangelisation,” giving special emphasis to a “radical secularism” that he said has worn away America’s traditional moral consensus and threatened its religious freedom. The world Synod of Bishops dedicated to the new evangelisation, which meets at the Vatican from October 7-28, will include seven US bishops as full members, and 10 other Americans as official experts or observers. Experts advise the bishops during the synod, and observers are allowed to address the entire assembly. Looking ahead to that gathering, several of the US participants spoke with CNS about the obstacles that the new evangelisation faces in their country and some of the particular strengths that the Church brings to the task. “We seem to be approaching a tipping point in how we encounter an increasingly militant atheism and secularism in our society,” said Carl Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, who will be attending the synod as an observer. “We have been able to avoid the downside of what has happened in Europe, but for how much longer is a continual question. This synod may be the best opportunity to answer that.” Sister Sara Butler, a professor of theology at the University of St Mary of the Lake in Illinois, who will serve as a synod expert, said a common American understanding of “tolerance” views “any attempt to share the faith ... as a kind of ‘imperialism,’” and the US media celebrate an idea of freedom defined as “freedom from restraints of any kind.” This leaves many Catholics
Bishops leave St Peter’s Basilica after a meeting of the Second Vatican Council in 1962. Pope Benedict XVI will mark the 50th anniversary of the October 11, 1962 opening of the council and kick off the Year of Faith with an October 11 Mass in St Peter’s Square. Vatican II at 50 - Pages 12-13 PHOTO: CATHOLIC PRESS PHOTO, CNS
“shy about revealing their faith, much less sharing it with others,” said Sister Butler, a member of the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity who sits on the Vatican’s International Theological Commission. “They find the idea that they are commissioned to proclaim the Gospel to the world challenging and implausible.” Changing that attitude will require more than improved instruction in the tenets of the faith, said synod expert Ralph Martin, president of the Michigan-based Renewal Ministries, and director of graduate programs in the new evangelisation at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit. “Orthodoxy isn’t enough; we really need an infusion of God and the Holy Spirit,” said Martin, who has been a leader in the charismatic renewal movement since the 1970s. “You can’t have a new evangelisation without a new Pentecost.” Edward Peters, a canon lawyer who will serve as an expert during the synod, draws encouragement from what he calls the relatively “up-front” manner of American Catholics by comparison to their European counterparts. “Conversations about the faith by rank-and-file Catholics, participation in the Church’s public rites and
devotions, reading Catholic literature, and so on, all of these seem to me much more common on this side of the Atlantic,” said Peters, author of the blog “In the Light of the Law.”
Othodoxy isn’t enough. We really need an infusion of God and the Holy Spirit. You can’t have a new evangelisation without a new Pentecost. Synod observer Peter Murphy, executive director of the Secretariat of Evangelisation and Catechesis at the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, said an American culture capable of generating a fashion for “What Would Jesus Do” bracelets is also a natural environment for traditional expressions of Catholic identity, such as religious medals. He said ordinary Catholics can turn even mundane occasions such as a child’s soccer practice into opportunities for sharing their faith. Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Arizona said the Church’s charita-
ble activities are some of its most effective vehicles for the new evangelisation. “Works of charity and justice are one of the most powerful ways to inspire people to see what the Church is and think about why they might want to re-engage with it or ... meet the Lord for the first time,” said Bishop Kicanas, chairman of the board of the US bishops aid and development agency, who will be attending the synod instead of Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, who is undergoing chemotherapy. For Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, the synod’s recording secretary, the primary mission field for the new evangelisation in the US will be its vast network of Catholic schools, colleges and universities, because the key to success lies in reviving faith among the young. “The focus is truly on this generation that we’re dealing with right now, because what we’re looking to is the future of the Church,” the cardinal told CNS earlier this year. Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Kentucky is taking that principle to the ultimate level: the earliest stages of human life. In his presentation to the synod, the archbishop plans to highlight the rite of Blessing of a Child in
the Womb, which he first proposed in 2008 and which the Vatican approved for use in the US earlier this year. “The blessing is a first evangelisation of the child, and a re-evangelisation or new evangelisation of the family,” Archbishop Kurtz said. “It’s also a positive and hopefilled way to announce to society our wonderful teaching on the great gift of human life.” As a sacramental celebration that emphasises a widely contested ethical teaching, the blessing reflects the “creative tension” that another synod father, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, has said is inherent in the new evangelisation, which seeks to be “embracing, understanding (and) conciliatory” toward disaffected Catholics without compromising on “certain clear moral truths” that they may reject. As the cardinal told CNS late last year, Blessed John Paul offered a “graceful” resolution of that tension in his maxim that the Church should “preach the truth, always with love.” “Love would require that we never soft-pedal the truth,” Cardinal Dolan said. “Truth would require that we never forget compassion and patience.” - CNS
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Vatican hires expert in money laundering In an effort to comply more fully with international standards against financial criminal activity, the Vatican has hired an outside expert in combating money laundering and financing terrorism. Rene Brulhart, a 40-year-old Swiss international lawyer, started working as a consultant to the Vatican in September on “all matters related to anti-money laundering and financing of terrorism,” Vatican Radio reported on September 11. Brulhart’s “role is to assist the Holy See in strengthening its framework to fight financial crimes,” the broadcast reported. A report by European finance experts released in July said the Vatican had passed its first major test in becoming more financially transparent but said there were still critical loopholes that needed tightening.
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Pontiff encourages the African spirit By Cindy Wooden POPE BENEDICT XVI encouraged lay Catholics in Africa to defend Christian and traditional African values, share their faith in Jesus and transform African society. “The most valid traditional values of African culture are threatened today by secularisation,” unleashing confusion and tension, which are seen in new waves of “tribalism, violence, corruption in public life, the humiliation and exploitation of women and children, and the growth of poverty and hunger,” the
Pope said. In a written message to the 300 delegates to the Pan-African Congress of Lay Catholics, meeting in Yaounde, Cameroon, in early September, Pope Benedict said lay Catholics have a responsibility to deepen their faith and allow the positive values of African culture and Christian teaching to inform their work in society. “If we look at the heart of the African people, we discover a great richness of spiritual resources that are precious for our age,” including the love for life and for the family, a spirit of joy and sharing, and enthu-
siasm for faith. The gift of Christian faith and the obligation to share it with others form a “virtuous cycle”
Africans have a richness of spiritual resources precious for our age. in which individuals are changed and bring change to society, he wrote. “In the work of transforming society, which is so urgent for Africa today, the lay faithful have
an irreplaceable role,” the Pope said. Africa needs “ambassadors of the Good News,” who are “in love with Christ and his Church, full of joy and gratitude for the baptism they have received, courageous peacemakers and announcers of authentic hope,” he said. The congress for lay Catholics was organised by the Pontifical Council for the Laity as a follow-up to the special Synod of Bishops for Africa, held in 2009, and in preparation for the 2012-13 Year of Faith and the upcoming world Synod of Bishops on new evangelisation. - CNS
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German bishops defend sacraments tax decree The German bishops’ conference defended a controversial decree that said Catholics who stop paying a church membership tax cannot receive sacraments. “There must be consequences for people who distance themselves from the church by a public act,” said Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg, conference president. “Clearly, someone withdrawing from the church can no longer take advantage of the system like someone who remains a member,” he said at a September 24 news conference, adding “We are grateful Rome has given completely clear approval to our stance.” The archbishop said each departure was “painful for the church,” but that “At issue, however, is the credibility of the church’s sacramental nature. One cannot be half a member or only partly a member. Either one belongs and commits, or one renounces this,” he said.
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Benedict calls for civilian protection Amid increasing violence in eastern Congo, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for “refugees, women and children, who because of prolonged armed clashes are subjected to suffering, violence and deep distress.” Government soldiers have been stationed in Goma in the eastern part of the country for several months to fight the rebel group called “M23,” which defected from the Congolese military. Clashes have led more than 300,000 people to flee their homes. The UN has said Rwandan defence officials are backing the rebel group, which has been accused of rape and the murder of civilians. Rwandan officials have denied allegations of assisting the rebels.
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Speak God’s word - then pray, urges BXVI In everyday life, people are told that it’s best to think before they speak, but in worship, speaking God’s word should come before reflection, said Pope Benedict XVI. “The first requirement for a good liturgical celebration is that there be prayer and a conversation with God, first and foremost listening and then response,” he said. The September 26 talk was the latest in his series on the subject of prayer, focusing this week on the liturgy. Citing the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, the Pope said the faithful should approach the sacred liturgy with minds “attuned to their voices,” and should “cooperate with divine grace lest they receive it in vain.” - CNS
Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler Paolo Gabriele, seated at right in grey suit, attends the first day of his trail in a courtroom at the Vatican on September 29. Gabriele is accused of aggravated theft for stealing private documents from the desk of the Pope and leaking them to a journalist. PHOTO: L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO, CNS
Harassment of Christians rises THE INCREASE of restrictions on religion are up worldwide – and, for the first time, those restrictions increased markedly in the US, according to a new report by a leading researcher of religious trends. For the US, it was the first time in the study’s four-year history that both government restrictions and social hostility were up by at least one point on a scale of 0 to 10, according to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, which issued the study in late September. The US was one of 16 countries with such large measurable increases in both criteria. The increases pushed the US from a ranking of “low” to “moderate” in terms of restrictions on religion, according to the study, Rising Tide of Restrictions on Religion. The period studied was mid2009 to mid-2010. On the 10-point scale, social hostilities in the US climbed from 2.0 to 3.4, while government restrictions jumped from 1.6 to 2.7. The government restrictions score in each of the past three years had been 1.6, while the social hostilities number fell between 1.8 and 2.0. In terms of government restrictions, the Pew study found 51 cases of governments applying
CHRISTIANS ARE HARASSED in more countries than any other religion. Number of countries reporting harassment of religious groups: year ending in mid...
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95
97
111
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91
82
90
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53
63
68
Hindus
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18
11
16
Buddhists
10
11
7
15
Christians
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zoning laws or regulations to prevent religious groups from building houses of worship, schools or other facilities. Of those 51 instances, 31 involved Christian denominations. On the world scene, Christians – as with each of the past years of the study – were more frequently the target of religious restrictions. In the latest study, there were 111 countries found to have harassed Christians, up from 97 in the previ-
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ous study year ending in mid-2009. Muslims placed second, with 90 countries harassing them, and Jews were third, with 68 countries harassing them. No religious group was found to have had a decrease in the number of countries harassing them. On a 10-point “social hostilities index,” 15 countries registered scores of 7.2 or higher. Pakistan registered the highest score, fol-
lowed by India, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Somalia and Israel – all of whom were on the list in the first year of the study. Likewise, on the 10-point government restrictions index, Egypt topped the list, followed by Indonesia, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Eritrea, China and Syria. The report noted that as of mid2010 – six months before the outbreak of protests and other civil unrest that would become known as the Arab Spring – the Middle East and North Africa had “by far the world’s highest levels of social hostilities involving religion as well as government restrictions on religious beliefs and practices.” In all, 37 per cent of countries have high or very high restrictions on religion, compared with 28 which were found to have moderate restrictions, and 35 per cent with low restrictions. However, 75 per cent of the world’s citizens live in countries with high or very high religious restrictions, up from 70 per cent from year-before numbers, compared with 19 per cent living in countries with moderate restrictions and 6 per cent with low restrictions. - CNS
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Marriage and Family:
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The issue of same-sex marriage has grabbed the limelight and divided politics in many societies around the globe in the last few years. Australia has been no exception. For supporters, same-sex marriage is a matter of justice; for opponents, it's about promoting and defending a unique institution. Here, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB sets out why the Church sees the issue as so important. It is, he writes, less about what the Church is against and much more about what it is for ...
Marriage, of its very nature, is based on the unique union established by a man and a woman for the purposes of their mutual love and support and for the support of their children, if they have any, writes Archbishop Costelloe SDB.
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S I WRITE these few words the Australian Parliament has recently rejected, in both houses, proposals to legalise what is becoming commonly known as “same-sex marriage”. A similar proposal has also been defeated in the Tasmanian parliament. Many people will welcome these developments while others will be distressed or angered by them. The Catholic Church is vitally interested in the question of “samesex marriage” and her teachings in relation to it are very clear. It is perhaps timely that we remind ourselves of these teachings and try to understand them. They are part of
to us, are the basis for the creation of the family. They are the reason why we must respect, support and “discriminate” in favour of the unique institution of marriage. In our Catholic tradition, we are not so much against things as we are for things. We are for the family and for the rights of children to be raised by their mother and father. We are also for the rights of people to live free from unjust discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender or sexual preference. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church puts it in
In the Catholic tradition we are not so much against things as for them. We are for the family and the rights of children to be raised by their mother and father.
Our governments did not create the institution of marriage and they should not seek to dismantle it by altering its fundamental character. the gift which we, as the Church, seek to offer to the society in which we live. It is not our role to impose our beliefs on others but we have the right and the duty to seek to make our voice heard. Marriage is perhaps the oldest human institution we know of. It certainly pre-existed modern Australia and its parliamentary system and, indeed, pre-existed all parliaments. It is what we might call a natural institution. As such, it seeks to provide the best environment in which a man and a woman, committing themselves to each other permanently and exclusively, establish a family in which their children can grow to
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A family enjoys time together: the love that brings together a woman and man and directs them toward marriage is a bond that is unique and definitive. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: GREG TARCZYNSKI, CNS
The Church's convictions on marriage are based both on the common good of society and its faith, writes Archbishop Costelloe. PHOTO: KARIN VON VOIGTLANDER
A couple embrace during the World Meeting of Families in Milan on June 2. While the Church is for traditional marriage and family, it also rejects discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual preference, writes Archbishop Costelloe. PHOTO: P HARING
maturity supported, loved and cared for by their mother and father. This permanence and exclusivity is a precious gift which a husband and wife give to each other and which they, as parents, also give to their children. It is the basis of family life. This essential link between marriage and the family, and the right of children to be raised by their mother and father in a loving and stable family, are the basis for the state’s role in regulating marriage. It follows
special union of a man and a woman who come together to form a family is unique. There are many other forms of human community and human relationships, but none are as fundamental for the well-being of our society as this one. None of them are a marriage. Those who argue against the redefinition of marriage are often accused of unjust discrimination and the denial of people’s human rights. Sometimes they are accused of hom-
in a stable environment. The two dimensions are intimately linked. Marriage can only therefore be open to a man and a woman. Two men or two women who wish to establish a relationship can do so, but they cannot marry, because of what marriage is. “Same-sex marriage” does not extend marriage rights to a wider group of people. It dismantles marriage and creates something else – a relationship which has no essen-
that any attempt to redefine marriage in such a way as to sever the link between the love of the partners in the marriage and the rights and needs of their children is a misuse of the state’s power. Our governments did not create the institution of marriage and they should not seek to dismantle it by altering its fundamental character. Rather, as many commentators have noted, the foundational role which families play in the well-being of
a society underpins the responsibilities of governments to provide special protection and support to this institution. The fact that not all couples and all families are able to realise in themselves the high ideals of marriage means that this protection and support is even more vital. Families need all the help they can get. It is for this reason that it is right to “discriminate” in favour of marriage and to acknowledge that this
ophobia. The latter accusation is a sweeping generalisation which by its very nature is itself unjust. The former accusation is premised on the notion that marriage should be open to everyone. But marriage, as opposed to other kinds of human relationships, is of its very nature the establishing of a union between a man and a woman for the purposes of their mutual love and support and for the raising of their children, should they have any,
tial link to the family which marriage exists to nurture and support. Calling this new reality a “marriage” cannot change that fact. Because in our Catholic tradition we do not compartmentalise our lives, seeing some things as “religious” matters and others as purely secular matters, it follows that our deeply held convictions about the nature of marriage are based on the idea of the common good of society and at the same time on the teach-
ings of our faith. God is the creator and sustainer of our lives and we are called to live in fidelity to his creative design. In doing so we believe that we are living in ways that will sustain and nurture healthy societies where people can flourish. What reason tells us is good for humanity is in profound harmony with God’s creative plan. Sexual difference and the sexual complementarity between a man and a woman, which are God’s gifts
relation to people of same-sex attraction: “They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided” (CCC 2358). It is because we are for marriage, for the family and for the rights of children that we stand so firmly against any attempt to legislate to change the nature of marriage. We will continue to offer this vision of life to our society in the belief that it is a precious gift which we are called to share.
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A Season of Renewal
On October 11, Vatican II, the landmark event in the life of the modern Catholic Church, celebrates its 50th anniversary. To mark the occasion, The Record begins a series of articles looking at what led to the Council and its legacy to the Church and the world.
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ifty years after the close of the Second Vatican Council, the deep transformation it set in motion continues to reverberate through the Church at every level, from the halls of the Vatican to the pews of local parishes. The council’s four sessions from 1962 to 1965 and its 16 landmark documents modernised the liturgy, renewed the priesthood and religious life, enhanced the role of lay Catholics, opened dialogue with other churches and non-Christians, and identified the Church as the “people of God,” attuned to the problems and hopes of the world. Although the council defined no new dogma, Catholics who lived through the Vatican II era will never forget the changes – some of them abrupt – that visited their Church communities in the mid1960s. Altars were turned around so that priests faced the people. The Mass in Latin gave way to Mass in the vernacular. Other sacraments were updated and simplified. Men and women religious adopted a more modern form of dress. Not all the changes were immediate, however. Church leaders began a long and sometimes contentious process of revising nearly every area of pastoral life, from the teaching of religion to lay ministries. “The council represented a Copernican revolution for the Church, which challenged itself by asking how it could reopen a dialogue with the modern world,” said Father Dario Vitali, who has taught Church history at Rome’s Gregorian University. “Through the council, the Church drew closer to contemporary men and women and made the Gospel meaningful to them. If there had been no Vatican II, I think the Church today would be a small minority, closed off in rites incomprehensible to the modern mentality,” Fr Vitali said. Not everyone in the Church sees the council as a positive thing. Some Catholics are still nostalgic for the old ways of worship, and at times some Church officials – including several in Rome – have criticised the way Vatican II has been understood and implemented. In many cases, the ongoing debate reflects issues that were argued heatedly on the floor of the council. Pope Benedict XVI, who participated in the council as a theological expert, has often spoken about the importance of the council’s documents. Although he has criticised some postconciliar changes, the Pope has made it clear that Vatican
II is the “compass” of his papacy. The Pope also has emphasised that implementation of the council is an ongoing task in the Church, not just something that happened 50 years ago. One goal is to make sure Vatican II is not viewed as ancient
history by young generations of Catholics. “Younger Catholics may not be as intellectually aware of the council, but they are continually experiencing its effects,” said Alberto Melloni, a Church historian of the
Vatican II period. “Thanks to the council, young people have been taught to see the world not simply as a threat to Christian life, but as an opportunity to announce the Gospel,” Melloni said. Vatican II is sometimes described
Father Joseph Ratzinger, right, talks with an unidentified prelate in this photo taken in 1962 during the Second Vatican Council. The future Pope Benedict XVI attended all four sessions of the council as a theological adviser to German Cardinal Joseph Frings of Cologne. PHOTO: CNS, FROM KNA
Vatican II: Season of Renewal 1958 Oct. 28 John XXIII becomes pope.
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Jan. 25 He announces plans to convoke the council, citing a need to update the church and promote Christian unity.
June 6 He issues a Motu Proprio establishing 11 commissions and two secretariats for the council.
Administrative and preparatory work continues.
Oct. 11- Dec. 8 SESSION 1 36 general meetings take place. Key discussions: liturgy, mass communication, the Eastern Catholic churches, and the nature of revelation.
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Sept. 14 - Nov. 21 SESSION 3 48 general meetings end with the publication of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church and separate decrees on ecumenism and Eastern Catholic churches.
Sept. 14 - Dec. 8 SESSION 4 41 general meetings end with decrees on the office of bishops, priestly formation, religious life, priestly ministry, missionary activity and the role of laity. Also issued were declarations
1963 June 21 Paul VI becomes pope.
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Sept. 29 - Dec.4 SESSION 2 43 general meetings end with documents on liturgy and social communications.
on Christian education, on religious freedom and on relations with nonChristian religions; the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World and the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation.
as a revolution, but it did not appear out of the blue. There had been 20 previous ecumenical councils in the Church’s history, including the First Vatican Council in 1869-70. Vatican I defined the dogmas of papal infallibility and the primacy of papal jurisdiction, but the council was suspended when war broke out in Europe, and it never resumed. The theological ferment of the mid-20th century helped lay the groundwork for Vatican II. Pioneering theologians like Dominican Father Yves Congar and Jesuit Fathers John Courtney Murray and Henri de Lubac were trying to build bridges between Christianity’s ancient truths and the contemporary world. All three were silenced in some fashion by the Vatican during the 1950s, but re-emerged to become important voices of the council. Pope John XXIII surprised almost everyone when, after only three months as Pontiff, he announced he was convening the council. The Pope spoke of the need to update the Church and promote Christian unity; above all, he said, he wanted to show the modern world that the Church had been transformed and intellectually reinvigorated. Pope John said the world was marked by spiritual poverty and needed the Church’s vitality. But, as he later told the council, the Church wanted to offer the modern world the “medicine of mercy” and not severe condemnations. Preparation for the council took almost three years, and Pope John, already diagnosed with cancer when it began, presided over only the first of four annual autumn sessions in 1962. The invitation to Protestants, Orthodox and other non-Catholics to attend had already made Vatican II a historic event. Pope Paul VI guided the completion of the council’s work, presiding over the other three sessions and directing the important follow-up work in areas of liturgy, ecumenism, religious life and evangelisation. Between 2,000 and 2,500 bishops attended each Vatican II session, and participants have said the debates ranged from free-wheeling to finely tuned, with verbal skirmishes not uncommon. To give just one example, when the first draft of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) was presented, it was roundly criticised as triumphal, clerical and legalistic; the document was adopted two years and many amendments later. From the beginning, bishops recognised that their task was not just updating Church practices but also a process of “ressourcement,”
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or going back to the sources of the faith. In the end, the council issued four constitutions: on the liturgy, the Church’s structure and nature, on the Church in the modern world and on divine revelation. It produced nine decrees: on the Church and the media, ecumenism, Eastern Catholic Churches, bishops, priestly formation, religious life, the laity, priestly ministry and missionary activity. It issued three declarations: on non-Christian religions, Christian education and religious freedom. Most experts list the council’s biggest achievement as a new way of understanding the Church – as the “people of God” and not simply a hierarchical structure, and as a “sacrament” to the world with an active mission in all sectors of human society. Lumen Gentium presented the Church as a mystery and a communion of baptised believers moving toward heaven as one body that is holy, yet imperfect while on earth. Although organised hierarchically, the Church as a communion is a living body whose individual members are called to holiness and
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Pope John XXIII leads the opening session of the Second Vatican Council in St Peter’s Basilica on October 11, 1962. The council’s four sessions and its 16 landmark documents modernised the liturgy, renewed the priesthood and religious life, enhanced the role of lay Catholics, opened dialogue with other churches and nonChristians, and identified the Church as the “people of God” attuned to the problems and hopes of the world. The 50th anniversary of the opening of the council will be marked by Pope Benedict XVI when he kicks off the Year of Faith with an October 11 Mass in St Peter’s Square. PHOTO: L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO
who each have specific roles, rights and responsibilities, the document said. The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes) was written
Pope John XXIII is pictured in this undated photo. PHOTO: COURTESY ARCHBISHOP LORIS CAPOVILLA
more for the average reader and was approved in 1965, during the council’s last vote. Some consider Gaudium et Spes the most important thing to come out of the council. Many bishops thought the council had spoken in previous documents primarily to experts and specialists and wanted this document to communicate a message to the whole world. Gaudium et Spes called on the Church to engage in dialogue with contemporary society and its problems, bringing Church teaching and moral values to bear on a world too often torn by hatred, war and injustice. The document acknowledged that science and culture have things to teach the Church, but also said the Church has a mission to sanctify the world around it. In the years after its close, the renewal outlined by the council was refined and codified in a number of decrees, norms and changes in canon law. The Church witnessed countless changes: • The new Roman Missal was issued in 1970, with a new cycle of readings designed to offer a richer selection of Scripture. The liturgical calendar was simplified. The rites for sacraments were revised, emphasising the communal aspects of their celebration. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults was revived and reformed. As the changes took place, active liturgical participation increased dramatically in many local Church communities. • Lay ministries multiplied. Lay readers and lay ministers of Communion appeared during Mass. Laity were represented on parish councils and
diocesan boards, and lay men and women, many with theology degrees, replaced clerics in a number of administrative Church positions. • Throughout the Church, there was a renewed attention to Scriptures, in liturgy and in individual spirituality. • E astern Catholic Churches were encouraged to return to their own traditions, ending a period of Latinisation and opening a new appreciation of variety within the universal Church. • Ecumenism flourished, in formal dialogue between Catholic officials and other Christian Churches, and in prayer and fellowship encounters at the local level. • After the council acknowledged the possibility of salvation for non-Christians, dialogue also began with other religions. • Religious life changed dramatically, as religious orders adopted Vatican norms and rewrote their own constitutions, taking a new look at issues of authority, community and identity. • The council restored the permanent diaconate as a ministry and allowed married men to be ordained deacons. Today, there are more than 29,000 permanent deacons around the world. • The council’s teaching that the Pope and bishops together form a single collegial body led to a new appreciation for bishops and bishops’ conferences. The Synod of Bishops was formed to meet regularly and advise the Pope.
• Theology was revitalised, especially moral theology, which focused increasingly on biblical sources and the individual conscience, and less on Church law or authority. The council underlined the Church’s solidarity with humanity instead of its separation from the secular world, and this led to a mushrooming of social and charitable activities. Church leaders spoke frequently about the Church’s identification with the poor and suffering, and the Pope became a strong human rights advocate.
Pope Benedict has distinguished between the Council and its implementation. At the same time, the Church experienced some worrisome developments, including a dramatic drop in vocations. Mass attendance fell in many places, many Catholics abandoned the Sacrament of Penance, and dissent on certain teachings, such as birth control, was widespread. after the issuing of Pope Paul VIs encyclical Humanae Vitae in 1968. All that has helped fuel a decadeslong debate over the proper reading and realisation of the council. Pope Benedict has been a sometimes critical voice in this debate. But he always distinguished between the council and its implementation, saying that what hurt the Church in the decade following Vatican II was “not the council but the refusal to accept it.” - CNS
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There’s no wimps in this league No lucrative contracts and not a WAG in sight, as seminarians play for a different glory – the Glory of God.
Aussie seminarian Lewi Barakat, visible at centre beneath trophy, with the North American Martyrs celebrate their victory as the winners of the 2012 Clericus Cup held in Rome.
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he winning game that secured the North American Martyrs a position in the finals, which they went on to win, had the feel of a great sporting movie. “It was in one of the knockout games. We had taken an early lead but the game was just like a tennis match. We took a goal and then the other team scored a goal; we started to feel the pressure. One of our players was fouled; no one was happy with the foul but we got a free kick. I scored the free kick; as soon as I had made contact, I knew it was going to be a good hit. My teammates came running towards me; it was wonderful and we won 4-2.” There is a reason why it’s known as “the beautiful game”; for many, it is the effortless footwork of the greats: Maradonna, Pele, Best and, in recent years, Thierry, Gerard, Ronaldo, just to name a few. It is, to millions of fans throughout the world, a heart-throbbing 90 minutes of pure exhilaration but, for Lewi Barakat, an Australian seminarian studying in Rome who is also a keen footballer, it is beautiful for another reason. Football, he says, is an opportunity for sport and faith to meet. Mr Barakat has been playing since he was eight years old. Originally from Syria, he was raised in Sydney (his family migrated to Australia 37 years ago). He used to be a striker but now plays centre midfielder and helped secure the winning goal for his team which went on to win the Clericus Cup. But what exactly is the Clericus Cup? And how does sport help us foster a deeper understanding and relationship of our faith and ourselves? The Vatican Secretary of State,
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, began the Clericus Cup in 2007. It is an annual association football tournament organised by Centro Sportivo Italiano (CSI) with the goal of “(reinvigourating) the tradition of sport in the Christian community”. The teams come from seminaries throughout Rome. And while the players are mostly seminarians, a few priests help to make up the teams as well. “It is like a mini world cup,” Mr Barakat told The Record. “Sixteen teams from the seminarians in Rome enter and there are about 70 countries represented.” Mr Barakat, a seminarian at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, plays for the college’s team, the North American Martyrs. Just like football everywhere, whether played in the backyard, on the street or on a green field with St Peter’s Basilica in the background, the game brings out the best or worst in people; seminarians are no exception. “The game is played in good spirits,” Mr Barakat said. “But it gets competitive. Just because we are seminarians doesn’t mean we can do what we want. I think it is good that the ref pulls out a yellow card.” Football’s most conspicuous form of discipline is represented by two cards, one red and one yellow. Yellow cards are a warning for misconduct committed and red cards signify that a player has been ordered off the pitch (the latter have become synonymous with footballer Wayne Rooney, known for his aggression on the pitch). The Clericus Cup introduced its own card, the “blue card”, which imposes a 5-minute bench penalty for unsportsmanlike behaviour. “I didn’t see a red card come out of any of our games,” Mr Barakat said, “and I didn’t get a blue card.” While the rules of the game have remained the same, there is one
thing that makes the Clericus Cup different from every other football tournament. “We play the sport at a good level,” Mr Barakat said, “but we are not fighting for the trophy; every man here is fighting for the same thing, to one day become good holy priests. That’s the exciting part and the players are aware of that. We play with St Peter’s in the background and soccer is a tool helping us grow.” When the media thinks football, often there are only two thoughts that spring to mind: the actual game, and the glamour of it all: the endorsements, parties, celebrations, and the much-photographed WAGs (wives and girlfriends of footballers). So who would have ever imag-
The game brings out the best and worst in people. Seminarians are no exception. ined that seminarians and priests would use the game as a tool to better understand themselves and how best to answer Christ’s call? “Pope John Paul II said sports is the school of virtue,” Mr Barakat said. “It teaches us temperance. You don’t want to make it excessive or distracting. It also teaches us to be humble; if you are a better player than someone else, do not show off about it – I’m not saying that you shouldn’t play to your full potential but at the same time build up others.” Lewi Barakat entered the seminary last year and, after 18 years, temporarily stopped playing football. However, the game which he has been playing since he was a child refused to let go of him. “It is an opportunity to get the guys together for some fraternity,”
he said. “Sports is a way to learn about the other person; it’s an opening into personality, you see how people approach their sports and the attitude they approach their sports with and this is encouraged in the seminary.” It is obvious that Lewi Barakat enjoys playing football and clear to all that he is a highly skilled player. He could have easily pursued a professional football career, but the young seminarian is adamant that was never a goal. “It was never my desire to be a professional sportsman,” Mr Barakat said. “My family instilled in me a more balanced outlook on life; football was never going to be everything for me but it has helped me grow as a person and I have a lot of respect for professional players.” English Premier League side Arsenal are his favourite team: “They play better than anyone else,” he says. Dennis Bergkamp is his favourite player. “I admire players who create opportunities and who have the ability to control the game.” In spite of the excesses of tabloid journalism, it is clear that the fame and lifestyle often associated with the game have led many players into a downward spiral of partying, substance abuse and alcohol. That was true of the legendary footballer George Best, known for his amazing skills, which have yet to be rivalled, as well as his battle with alcohol. “George Best describes the personal battles,” Mr Barakat said. “He is what can go wrong and we need to recognise that football is not an end in itself; there’s more to life than the field and we need to simply enjoy the game.” The Clericus Cup highlights all the positive effects football has on people. Just like the World Cup tournament, the Clericus Cup brings everyone, including enthusi-
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astic fans on the sideline dressed in their finest Spiderman, Wolverine, Captain America and the Ninja Turtle get-up. “The Clericus Cup gets the whole community involved,” Mr Barakat said. “There is an official supporters club with different chants for the players and teams and some fans even get dressed up as super heroes. I have never experienced that before.” The tournament is so much more than men running up and down a pitch trying to score the winning goal. For some footballers playing in the big leagues, it may all be about winning titles and basking in the glory but, for the seminarians in Rome, it’s all about the best way to serve the Lord. The men of the Pontifical North American College are led in prayer by a deacon or a priest before and after each game. They give praise to God for the gift of their bodies and ask for his protection over all those competing, not just for themselves. “The Clericus Cup fosters virtue,” Mr Barakat said. “Seminarians aren’t immune to abusing sports. It must be approached with the right attitude to grow and build a community. It shouldn’t be about yourself and about being a star, otherwise it might have a negative effect.” The Martyrs will start training again after Christmas in preparation for the 2013 Clericus Cup. “I think that it’s positive for human formation,” Mr Barakat said. “You get personal enjoyment from playing the game, and it’s a way of avoiding the trap of falling into laziness; we need to look after ourselves and sports help with human formation as they have a positive effect on physical and mental health.” “It is a great tournament; we play not for the trophy but as disciples of Jesus Christ.”
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Unwitting rabbits in the headlights
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first came across the term “hookup culture” in Leonard Sax’s thought provoking and disturbing 2005 book, Why Gender Matters. But the phenomenon itself I found beautifully depicted in a novel published a year earlier: Tom Wolfe’s I Am Charlotte Simmons. As Sax specifies, the hookup mentality - prevalent among even some very young people but especially among university students - dictates that casual sexual encounters involving absolutely no expectation of relationship, or even psychological engagement, are perfectly acceptable. Sax, a psychiatrist specialising in family therapy, learned of the hookup world from the veritable army of young women suffering from depression and anxiety who were streaming to his office. And through the figure of Charlotte Simmons - an innocent girl from North Carolina who utterly lost her way morally and psychologically at a prestigious university where casual sex and drugs were far more important than learning - Wolfe showed the debilitating effects of this self-absorbed and hedonistic culture. Now it would seem self-evident that such permissiveness, though prevalent, is morally problematic and something to be decried rather than celebrated. But peruse an article titled “Boys on the Side” in the most recent edition of The Atlantic in order to find a dissenting opinion. According to Hanna Rosin, the hookup mentality is, in point of fact, a great boon to women. She allows that lots of books and studies have pointed out the dark side of the hookup culture, the deep frustration and humiliation that can follow from transient sexual encounters, but she insists that steady questioning of typical young women today would reveal that none of them really wants a return to traditional morality. She argues, “For most women, the hookup culture is like an island they visit, mostly during their college years and even then only when they are bored or experimenting or don’t know any better. But it is not a place where they drown.” Why aren’t they destroyed by this sexual licentiousness? Rosin explains, “The most patient and thorough research about the hookup culture shows that over the long run, women benefit greatly from living in a world where they can have sexual adventure without commitment or all that much shame, and where they can enter into temporary relationships that don’t get in the way of future success.” One might think that prevalence of casual sex would produce women who are sexual victims, but Rosin contends that precisely the opposite is the case. Young women who choose a variety of sexual partners and who assiduously steer clear of pesky relationships are “managing their romantic lives like savvy headhunters.” Instead of being manipulated, young ladies are happily becoming adept at manipulation. “The hookup culture is too bound up with everything that’s fabulous about being a young woman in 2012 - the freedom, the confiPO Box 3075 dence, the knowledge that you Adelaide Terrace can always depend on yourself.” PERTH WA 6832 Notice how every virtue that Rosin cites - freedom, office@therecord.com.au confidence, self-reliance - is Tel: (08) 9220 5900 a subjective disposition. No Fax: (08) 9325 4580 one in his right mind would contend that those attitudes are anything but good, but they are good precisely in the measure that they order a person to some objective value that lie outside of his subjectivity. We savour freedom because it is the condition for the possibility of pursuing the good in a responsible way; we think that confidence and self-reliance are worthwhile, they enable one to achieve the good easily and joyfully. But if the objectively valuable is bracketed, then those subjective dispositions lose their orientation and devolve, in point of fact, into something quite destructive. What struck me throughout Rosin’s article was the complete absence of a reference to the objectively valuable in regard to sexual behaviour. The purpose of sex? The meaning of the sexual act? The proper ethical, or dare I say religious, setting for sexuality? Never mentioned - and apparently irrelevant. All that seems to matter is that young people especially young women - have the opportunity to define themselves sexually however they want, to “manage” their sexual activity “like savvy headhunters.” Can I suggest that that last phrase is telling indeed? When the realm of the objectively valuable is marginalised, the subject will inevitably fall back on herself, stewing in her own juices. And let’s be honest, left to our own devices, the vast majority of us will do what is most convenient and most selfish. (The Church, by the way, refers to this natural tendency toward self-absorption as the principle effect of “original sin.”) In the arena of sexuality, the one-sided stress on freedom and self-reliance will lead, in very short order, to manipulation, domination and indifference to relationship. But when the sexual impulse is ordered according to the objective values of love, commitment, marriage and the call of God, then it is transfigured into something radiant and rare. The hookup culture is all about sexual freedom. However, it would be wise to remember a line from Bob Dylan, “Freedom, just around the corner from you / but with truth so far off, what good would it do?” Sexual liberty without objective value produces a lot of savvy headhunters, but they will wind up in Dr Sax’s office suffering from a deep sadness of the heart.
“It’s empowering”, some women say. They are sadly mistaken, writes Fr Robert Barron.
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A regrettable omission in The Record I AM MOVED to send this email to you regarding the recent edition of The Record of September 19, 2012. I want to draw to your attention the piece and picture on the lower front page regarding the newly launched website. All that is very good and proper and I hope will prove useful to people seeking information re the Bible. My concern is that the picture has three people in it. The two Archbishops are named as is their due; however, the woman, whom I presume designed the website, is not named or acknowledged. This kind of oversight is not helpful to the women who are possibly responsible for much of the writing in The Record and who certainly are a significant population within the Church. Margaret Finlay ibvm MT CLAREMONT, WA Editor: The Record is happy to be corrected. We endeavour not to omit the names of key persons but unfirtunately this sometimes occurs.
5 defending the term ‘myth’ as applied to Adam and Eve. Both Paul Kelly and I are perfectly aware this term can be used in different senses, and that those who speak of ‘the Adam and Eve myth’ are not necessarily sure there were no such people. Our point is that this choice of words, if it does not deny the existence of Adam and Eve, leaves this an open question, whereas for the Church, there is no such doubt. To quote a letter favourably mentioned in the article, from the Pontifical Biblical Commission to Cardinal Suhard (1948): “To declare a priori that these narratives [in the first chapters of Genesis] do not contain history in the modern sense of the word, might easily be understood to mean that they do not contain history in any sense, whereas they relate in simple and figurative language, adapted to the understanding of mankind at a lower stage of development, the fundamental truths underlying the Divine scheme of salvation, as well as a popular understanding of the origins of the human race and of the Chosen People’. The Catechism of the Catholic Church is similar eg 390 ff. Fr David Watt ST PHILOMENA’S CHAPEL , MALAGA , WA
Myth does not have to be unhistorical
All’s well that ends well on origin of the species
IN The Record of September 26, there is a letter reacting against ‘reactionary letters’ from myself and Paul Kelly the week previously. Our letters were in response to a Record article on September
I AM GRATEFUL to Fr Miller (September 26) for clarifying Fr Fernandez’s article (September 5). I know I wasn’t the only one who, from reading his article wondered what the author was saying about
Adam and Eve’s existence. All’s well that ends well. I’m also heartened to read Fr Miller’s affirmation of the limitations of science in this area. And, I’m sure Cardinal Pell, had he had more time to clarify (in his debate with Richard Dawkins), would have affirmed Catholic teaching on the historicity of Adam and Eve. I am confident of this because of the latest edition of the book Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine by Fr Peter Joseph which bears an Imprimatur from none other than Cardinal Pell. One of the additions to this latest 2009 edition was the expansion of citations in the footnote to a statement which reads: Belief in the descent of all men from one man Adam is called ‘monogenism’. It is upheld in the Second Vatican Council and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. I think it is worthwhile to cite the entirety of the contents of that greatly expanded footnote, #25, p 369: Lumen Gentium, 2, 53, 55, 56, 63; Dei Verbum, 3; Gaudium et Spes, 22, CCC 360, 374, 375, 376, 379, 390, 391, 399, 404, 411, 417, 766. I’m not against interesting articles but, as a Catholic educator, I am concerned by any material in a Catholic newspaper that might be construed as undermining authoritative teachings. Paul Kelly SUCCESS, WA
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The problem with making a beeline for the car after Mass
We Catholics need to rediscover that Mass is not only for us. We’re meant to fulfil our spiritual duty to the world and the Church there as well.
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once heard it said that one of the most dangerous places in the world is a Catholic church car park after Mass. No doubt the person was trying to be humorous, but there is perhaps an element of truth to the observation. We live in an era that puts great demands on our time, so it should be no surprise that this would extend into our spiritual routines. A rapid post-Mass exodus could well be symptomatic of our wider society, where we have become so trapped in the busyness of our lives that we have no time or energy for belonging to a community. Our spiritual commitments can become just another personal box to be ticked. The sad consequence of this trend, however, is the erosion of the sense of communal identity that once epitomised the Church. The 17th century English poet John Donne wrote, “No man is an island, entire of itself. Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main”. His point? That humanity is an interwoven tapestry, somehow connected, one to the other as a single entity. As an Anglican clergyman, this concept would have been second nature to Donne. He would have been well-versed in the interconnectedness outlined in the first chapters of Genesis when God announced, before removing a rib from Adam to create Eve, “It is not right that the man should be alone”. Donne transplanted this graphic and powerful biblical symbolism into poetry to reflect one of Christianity’s foundational truths – we have been created as communal beings and were not designed to live in isolation from one another. It is an understanding that
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underpinned Jesus’ earthly ministry as he formed a community of disciples and then commissioned them to continue his work. In the Acts of the Apostles we are told that the first Christian community “owned everything in common, shared their food and prayed with one heart” and, in his first letter to the Corinthians, St Paul provides a very clear analogy of baptised Christians being many parts of the one body. So unified, he writes, that “If one part is hurt, all the parts share its pain. And if one part is honoured, all parts share its joy” (1 Cor 12:26). It certainly paints a different picture from the Church we see today where many practising Catholics seem to have socially and emotionally dislocated themselves from the body of fellow believers. We seem to have become a team of individuals praying rather than an individual team and have lost the sense of corporate identity that defined the early Church. The US Catholic priest and author, Fr Ron Rolheiser OMI, offers an explanation for the current predicament. He believes that many Catholics are confusing the two essential types of prayer within the Church – public and private – and this, he believes, can create disharmony. Mass, he says, is a form of public prayer that is the prayer of Christ through the Church for the world.
Our Catholic faith teaches us that the Mass is Jesus’ eternal act of love and whenever we celebrate the Eucharist we are entering into that prayer and sacrifice of Christ. This form of public prayer, Rolheiser declares, is supposed to be Christ’s prayer, not ours, and praying it for the world is one of our baptismal commitments. This is distinct from the single aim of private prayer, he proposes, which is to draw us and our loved ones into a deeper intimacy with Christ. If we do not understand the distinction between the two forms of prayer we will do both badly, he says. Perhaps this is why our car parks are considered to be such hazardous environments. Perhaps we have not fully understood the spiritual significance of our Eucharistic celebration and have too often used it as a vehicle to deliver our private prayers and intentions to God. If this is the case, then we are spiritually detaching ourselves from the body and, consequently, severing our sense of communal belonging. We become individual worshippers and pray-ers, collectively praying with many hearts rather than one, and this attitude of aloneness subconsciously extends to our social and emotional involvement - allowing us to become islands within the landmass of our congregations. It is a subtle disconnection that allows us to be a part of our Church community without being truly committed to it. It is a subject that each person can only judge for themselves, but it is certainly something to think about next time we’re heading for that car park exit.
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Beatles hit makes a nice tune, but lousy theology The past can be warm and comforting. But beware. If regrets overwhelm us, it can instead become a trap with no future.
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ith apologies to the Beatles (or maybe just Paul McCartney), I don’t believe in Yesterday. The song by that name is wistfully lovely and immensely popular (according to the Guinness Book of Records — and they should know — it’s the most covered pop song of all time) but it makes for lousy theology and even worse dayto-day spirituality. But this is not a critique of the song (I am, indeed, very fond of it), Mr McCartney, or any music for that matter. It’s a commentary on how some of us choose to live our lives — or not live them, as the case may be. It’s discouraging, to say nothing of embarrassing, to go to confession month after month and basically repeat the same inventory of sins. I know I’m not alone in feeling this way. Indeed, some people become so embarrassed and discouraged that they think the solution is to stop going to confession and resign themselves to their bad habits. This
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is not a good idea, but this column really isn’t about the importance of confession either. The other day my confessor said something that was blatantly self-evident, which only goes to show how sin blinds you, because I certainly needed reminding of it: yesterday is gone. In life, spiritual or otherwise, you’ve only got the future — starting, of course, with this moment, followed by the next ten minutes. And so on. Yet why do so many of us want to dwell in or on the past? Looking back can be enjoyable, heart-warming, comforting. It’s called nostalgia, and we all like to indulge from time to time. But it becomes counterproductive if we try to spend all our time there or it makes us feel overwhelmed and
bitter at ‘how times have changed’. Whether one hews philosophically to Bob Dylan or Ecclesiastes 1:9, they’re both correct in this apparent paradox: the times they are a changing, but there’s nothing new under the sun. Some of us go beyond lamenting the past: we try (vainly) to recapture it. Good luck with that. Do I need to point out how ridiculous it looks for an elderly man (or woman; let’s be fair) to drive a flashy new sports car and try to dress and act like a 20-something? People (not just women) spend billions on cosmetic surgeries, creams and injections — but Honey, that face (and tummy) will never be the same. Get over it. Then there’s nostalgia’s flipside: regret. It’s ironic that sometimes we take a bad memory (something we should prefer to forget) and keep flogging ourselves with it. We rehash past sins, poor choices and mistakes we made in life. Some poor souls become so consumed with regret about yesterday that it paralyses them today. It’s tragic
that the notion “I’ve wasted my whole life up to this point” somehow becomes a justification to go on wasting the present moment. Recalling our past sins (once we’ve confessed them) should only serve as impetus for moving beyond
Without being alarmist, might I suggest that ‘yesterday’ is the devil’s domain. It is he who lives there, having no hope and therefore no future to anticipate. them and into God’s will for my life right now. God forgets yesterday; so should we. He is the God of all time, but he is eternally present. Isaiah 44:22 declares: “I have dispelled your acts of revolt like a cloud and your sins
like a mist. Come back to me, for I have redeemed you” (Jerusalem Bible). “Have dispelled”: the grammarian in me notes the past participle (not “will sweep” as one overworked 70s pop-hymn suggests). When we repent of our sin (and receive absolution), it’s done and gone. Without sounding too alarmist, might I suggest that ‘yesterday’ is the devil’s domain. He is the debilitating force behind “same-old, sameold”. It is he who lives there (having no hope and therefore no future to anticipate), constantly berating us with our past sins—even when the past is just five minutes ago. “You’ve blown it today; what’s the point of trying? You’re hopeless. You’ll never change.” Don’t listen. God is waiting to make all things new, starting now. Never mind yesterday and its troubles: it’s God’s immeasurable grace that is, as Sir Paul would sing, ‘here to stay’. Oh, I believe I can move beyond Yesterday.
Confronting abortion’s painful silence No one speaks about it, but the negative effects of abortion on women - and men - need to be confronted, writes Tom Gourlay.
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ith the month of November looming, we are reminded of the fanciful season where our brothers, colleagues and friends begin the now-annual ritual of moustache growing. These men, young and old, begin with wisps of fur on their upper lips which, over the course of that dreaded 30 day period, grows into full-blown moustaches. And with this begins the flurry of emails going out to friends and family alike, requesting sponsorship, donations and support for what is accepted by all to be the worthy cause of increasing awareness and raising funds to help combat male depression and other male-related conditions. ‘Mo-vember’ as it is commonly known has become an annual event, with many participants across the country, known as “Mo-Bro’s”, forgoing the morning razor over the upper lip for the sake of promoting the cause. Originally, the month-long event was established to break the silence surrounding psychological conditions affecting men such as depression and anxiety with an aim to help those suffering to know that they are not alone and help is available; that it is not at all un-manly to speak out and seek help. Amongst ‘boys’ issues, mental health has traditionally been taboo. To think that one is suffering from mental health problems was often perceived as effeminate, and many assumed that they need to simply tough it out and end up suffering alone. The ‘Movember’ movement has done a great deal of good in breaking that taboo and allowing many men to step out and receive the help they need. There is, however, perhaps one final taboo in our society; one which needs to be broken to allow those suffering to receive that help which they most desperately need. It is indeed a touchy subject, one which will likely affect us all in a way, whether it be firsthand or through a family member, friend or work colleague. Perhaps the taboo is well placed, as it is indeed a sensitive topic, and yet it seems only just to attempt to bring it out into the open, so it can be discussed and so people can look
to receive the support and care that they need. This taboo surrounds the issue of abortion and it is one that prevents anyone from speaking about the physiological and psychological effects it has on both wouldbe mothers and fathers, though it is
attention and response it deserves, regardless of where one may stand on the abortion debate. Physiologically, it seems there are a number of effects which need to be considered, and such effects are not necessarily limited in num-
evidence of breast cancer. While there is a growing body of literature analysing such effects, these issues do need treatment in an independent, non-partisan way. Perhaps these issues are more easily dealt with considering their
The freedom legal abortion was supposed to have won for women instead left many imprisoned in feelings of guilt and shame. particularly women who have experienced most acutely the effects of this phenomenon. The effects of abortion on women are many and varied. While it does nobody any good to fall into mere generalisation, to provide a truly compassionate, woman-centred approach, one must certainly look at each effect and give it the
ber. Maternal death resulting from abortion these days is a rarity, but there are a number of less serious side effects which need to be carefully considered and, some would argue, seriously studied. Such effects are uterine perforation, uterine haemorrhage associated with cervical trauma, and even what many consider to be growing
immediacy and the immediacy of treatment available. What is more pressing are the various psychological responses to the procedure. Again, the topic at hand is a sensitive one. Those who undergo the procedure have varying experiences and nobody wishes to pass judgement on those suffering from abortion or its after-effects. However, as
with the case of ‘Mo-vember’ and male depression, perhaps these issues need to be brought to light to allow those suffering to deal with it appropriately and receive the care and support which they deserve, rather than be left to suffer alone. Experiences of the after-effects of abortion can be found to lie at two extremes: at one end some women and men experience relief - relief from the burden or threat of pregnancy; and they suffer little, if any negative emotions. At the other end are those who suffer severe psychiatric break-downs. But consider the sheer number of abortions performed globally (it is apparently the world’s most commonly performed surgical procedure). It means that the number of women suffering this is not insignificant. In addition there is the host of other reported negative after-effects of abortion including, but not limited to, feelings of unresolved guilt and regret, anxiety, sleeplessness, shame, separation anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and others. These effects are not even always felt immediately after the event, but sometimes months or years later. The list of possible traumas is considerable. The cloud of secrecy which surrounds this phenomenon needs to be lifted and the taboo needs to be broken to help these people, women in particular, but also often even the men associated to receive the care and support that they need. Many working in psychology and counselling attest to this unmet need of post-abortive women and men. Regardless of one’s stance on the issue of abortion, there is a need to help those who suffer. The freedom which legal and ‘safe’ abortion was supposed to have won for women globally has instead left many imprisoned in feelings of guilt and shame. It is time for the shroud of secrecy to be lifted, much as with men’s health issues. We need to continue to build a truly compassionate society. Nobody should feel that they are left to suffer alone. Tom Gourlay is a full-time Religious Education teacher in a Catholic school, holds a Masters Degree in Education from UNDA Fremantle and is currently undertaking a Masters in Theology at the John Paul II Institute of Marriage and Family Studies in Melbourne.
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NEXT WEEK FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 Divine Mercy Thanksgiving Mass – St Jerome’s Divine Mercy Prayer Group 2-4pm at St. Jerome’s Parish, 36 Troode St, Munster. In Honour of the Divine Mercy and Saint Faustina. Main celebrant: Fr. Parackal. 2-3pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Divine Mercy Chaplet. 3-4pm: Mass and talk on Divine Mercy and St. Faustina spirituality. Refreshments afterwards. Enq: Connie 9494 1495. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 God’s Farm 25th Anniversary Retreat 7.30pm at The Stone Chapel on God’s Farm. Fr Brian Morgan will offer Holy Mass daily. Friday 7.30pm; Brother Andrew’s 12th Thanksgiving Mass. Saturday 10.30am 25th Anniversary Mass with retreat topic/homily: God the Father of all Mankind’. More details, bookings for retreat: Betty 9755 6212. Bus reservations: Yvonne 9343 1897. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 Day with Mary 9am-5pm at St Anne Parish, 6549 Great Northern Highway, Bindoon. Day of prayer and instruction based on the Fatima message. 9am Video; 10.10am Holy Mass; Reconciliation, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic Adoration, Sermons on Eucharist and on Our Lady, Rosaries and Stations of the Cross. BYO lunch. Enq – Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286. Bus: Helen 0431 689 128; Midland area: Nora 0421 238 360.
UPCOMING SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 2012 Mission Concert by Walker Trio 2-4pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Cnr of Wellington Rd and Smith St, Morley. ‘Restoring Hope, Sharing Grace’ - a Sunday afternoon of classical and jazz music performed by the Walker Trio. All proceeds raised will go to support Catholic Mission’s overseas work with children living in poverty. Enq: Catholic Mission Office 9422 7933. Divine Mercy 1.30pm at St Francis Xavier Parish, 25 Windsor St, Perth. Main Celebrant: TBA. Homily: St Theresa of the Child Jesus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament followed by Rosary and Chaplet of the Divine Mercy. Enq: John 9457 7771 MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 Mental Health Week 2012 “Consider the Lord and his strength; constantly seek his face, Remember the wonders he has done, His miracles, the judgements he spoke.” (Psalm 105:4-5). TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 9 ‘My Journey’ – Mental Health Issue Testimony 6-8pm at Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor St, Perth. Testimony of Ann-Marie Page, a young woman in her thirties, will share the ups and downs of her journey with Mental Health issues. Please bring a plate of finger food to share. Cost: free. Enq: Barbara 9328 8113. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 Healing Mass in honour of St Peregrine 7pm at Ss John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. St Peregrine patron saint of cancer sufferers – Veneration of Relics and anointing of the sick. Enq: Jim 9457 1539 FRIDAY TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12-14 Inner Healing Retreat (live-in) 7.30am, Epiphany Retreat Centre, 50 Fifth Ave, Rossmoyne. A time to be healed and renewed. Leaders: Vincentian Father. Regn and Enq: Melanie 0410 605 743 or m.fonseca@curtin.edu.au. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 Embracing Womanhood – Spiritual Dimension 9.30am-3pm at Sacred Heart Parish, Parish Hall, 40 Ovens Rd, Thornlie. With Sr Ann Cullinane and Fr Clayton (Mass celebrant) Cost: $10. Morning tea and light lunch provided. Childcare available. Only 60 places available- registration close on Sunday October 7th. Enq: Anna Marie 0418 807 500, Rachel, 0401 667 338, Carolin 0432 855 605. St Padre Pio Prayer Day 8.30am at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St Geroge Tce, Perth. Begins with Padre Pio DVD; 10am – Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Divine Mercy, silent Adoration and Benediction; 11am – Mass, St Padre Pio Liturgy and Confession available; 12pm – lunch (bring plate to share). ENq: Des 6278 1540 Annual Mass at Priestley’s farm 10.30am at Grotto on Richard and Judy Priestley’s farm. Please bring chair, picnic lunch. BBQ meat provided. Directions to farm: take Gt Eastern Hwy to EL Caballo Blanco (EBC) – 10km past the Lakes Roadhouse. 100 mts past ECB turn right into Wariin Rd, travel 1.8km turn left into Chinganning Rd, travel 2.3kms to our gate No. 473 at the top of the hill on the right. Allow 45 mins from Midland. Enq: Richard 9573 1247 or 0428 502 749 or 9367 3223. Divine Mercy Healing Mass
2.30pm at St Francis Xavier Parish, Windsor St, East Perth. Main Celebrant: Fr Marcellinus Meilak. Reconciliation in English and Italian offered. Divine Mercy prayers followed by Veneration of First Class Relic of St Faustina Kowalska. Refreshments afterwards. Enq: John 9457 7771. Mental Healh week – Mass by Arhcbishop Emeritus Hickey 11am-2.30pm at St Francis Xavier Parish, 23 Windsor St, Perth. Archbishop Emeritus Hickey will lead us on a journey of “Hope in all Circumstances”. A light lunch will be provided. RSVP for catering. Cost: free. Enq: Barbara 9328 8113 or emmanuelcentre@westnet.com.au. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 Eucharistic Hour - The World Apostolate of Fatima 3pm at St Jerome’s Parish, Troode St, Munster. Enq: Diana 9339 2614 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 ‘Coping with grief in our lives’ Seminar by Gerry Smith 6.30-8pm at Infant Jesus Parish Hall, 47 Wellington Rd, Morley. In everyone’s lives there are times of grieving about life issues. How do we cope with these? Where do we draw our strength? What skills can we develop? By Gerry a renowned Grief Counsellor and trainer. Please bring a plate of finger food to share. Cost: free. Enq: Barbara 9328 8113. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 AHFI Day of Recollection with Fr Murphy 11-3pm at Bioethics Centre, Jugan St, Glendalough. Mass at 3pm. Bring plate to share. Enq: Vicky 0400282357, Nick 0428953471 and John/Joy 9344 2609. MONDAY, OCTOBER 22 TO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 Charismatic renewal - 5 Night Healing Mission with Fr Rae 7.30pm at Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament Parish, 175 Corfield St, Gosnells. Separate Healing theme each night, so try to attend all. New Zealand priest, Fr John Rea is gifted in the healing ministry. Cost: collection. Enq: Dan 9398 4973 or Daniel.hewitt5@bigpond.com. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 TO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 Feast of St Jude Thaddeus – Triduum Masses 9am at St Jude Parish, Prendiville Way, Langford. Begins with Holy Mass each day. Enq: Admin 94581946. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 “Equipped” for the Year of Grace 6.15pm -7.15pm @ The Faith Centre, 450 Hay Street, Perth. Learn about diverse, adaptable and easy to use resources to help form people in your parish, school and community. The Faith Centre can provide you with suitable tools to assist in developing faith and knowledge within the Catholic context such as DVDs, power points, books and more. All welcome! Enq. info@thefaith. org or 08 6140 2420.
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Revelation 2pm at Shrine, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. Commencing with Rosary followed by Benediction. Reconciliation available before every celebration. Anointing of the sick administered during Mass every second Sunday of the month. Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin of the Revelation last Sunday of the month. Side entrance to church and shrine open daily between 9am-5pm. Enq Sacri 9447 3292. Praise and Worship 5.30pm at St Denis Parish, Cnr Osborne St and Roberts Rd, Joondanna. Followed by 6pm Mass. Enq: Admin admin@stdenis.com.au. EVERY FIRST SUNDAY St Mary’s Cathedral Youth Group – Fellowship with Pizza 5pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, 17 Victoria Sq, Perth. Begins with youth Mass followed by fellowship downstairs in parish centre. Bring a plate to share. Enq: Bradley on youthfromsmc@gmail.com. Singles Prayer and Social Group 7pm at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St George’s Tce, Perth. Begins with Holy Hour (Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and teaching) followed by dinner at local restaurant. Meet new people, pray and socialise with other single men and women. Enq: Veronica 0403 841 202. EVERY SECOND SUNDAY Healing Hour 7-8pm at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. Join us for songs of praise and worship, exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and prayers for the sick. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or parish office Tue-Thu, 9am2.30pm 9344 7066. EVERY THIRD SUNDAY Oblates of St Benedict – Meeting 2pm at St Joseph’s Convent, York St, South Perth. For all interested in studying the Rule of St Benedict and its relevance to the everyday life of today for laypeople: Vespers and afternoon tea afterwards. Enq: Secretary 9457 5758. EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley. The hour includes exposition of the Blessed Eucharist, silent prayer, Scripture and prayers of intercession. Come and pray that those discerning vocations can hear clearly God’s call. EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY A Ministry to the Un-Churched 12.30-1.30pm at St John’s Pro-Cathedral, Victoria Ave, Perth (opposite church offices). With charismatic praise, and prayer teams available. Help us ‘reach out to the pagans’ or soak in the praise. Enq: Dan 9398 4973. EVERY LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH Filipino Mass 3pm at Notre Dame Church, cnr Daley and Wright Sts, Cloverdale. Please bring a plate to share for socialisation after Mass. Enq: Fr Nelson Po 0410 843 412, Elsa 0404 038 483.
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Alan Ames Healing Service 6pm at St Luke’s Parish, Cnr Parkside Ramble and Duffy Tce, Woodvale. Begins with Mass followed by healing service. Enq: Admin carver1@iinet. net.au.
Evening Adoration and Mass 7pm at St Thomas Parish, Claremont, cnr Melville St and College Rd. Eucharistic Adoration, Reconciliation, evening prayer and Benediction, followed by Mass and night prayer at 8pm. Enq: Kim on 9384 0598 or email to claremont@perthcatholic. org.au.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26-28 Seekers of Grace - A Reflective Weekend for Women 5pm at St. John of God Retreat Centre, 47 Gloucester Cres, Shoalwater. For women 18+. This reflection weekend is an opportunity to spend time away from the hustle and bustle of life to “Be Awake” to the power of God’s Grace working in our lives. Registration from 5pm Friday, concludes Sunday 1pm. Enq: Sr. Ann 0409 602 927 or 93108248 or Sr. Kathy 0418 926 590. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 St Jude Parish, Prendiville Way, Langford Mass times for Feast Day of St Jude Thaddeus Saturday, October 27: 6.30 pm Sunday, October 28: 7.30am, 9am, 11am (Tamil Mass) and 5.30pm. Reunion - Former Students and Staff of Northam Catholic Schools 11.30am at Duncraig. We would particularly like to see anyone who was in the same class as Beth during their school days in Northam. BYO. meat and drinks for a BBQ. Salads and dessert provided. Enq on address and RSVP: Beth 9447 2924 or lizrush@ hotmail.com, Josslyn Bonser (Christmass) 9246 3678 or jbonser1@bigpond.com, David Rushton 9342 8775 or davidrushton2@bigpond.com .
REGULAR EVENTS EVERY SUNDAY Gate of Heaven Catholic Radio Join the Franciscans of the Immaculate from 7.309pm on Radio Fremantle 107.9FM for Catholic radio broadcast of EWTN and our own live shows. Enq: radio@ausmaria.com. Pilgrim Mass - Shrine of the Virgin of the
LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH Be Still in His Presence – Ecumenical Christian Program 7.30-8.45pm at St Swithun Anglican Church, 195 Lesmurdie St, Lesmurdie (hall behind church). Begins with songs of praise and worship, silent time, lectio divina, small group sharing and a cuppa at the end. Enq: Lynne 9293 3848 or 043 5252 941. EVERY TUESDAY Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 6pm at Pater Noster Church, Marmion and Evershed Sts, Myaree. Mass at 5.30pm followed by Benediction. Enq: John 0408 952 194. Novena to God the Father 7.30pm at St Joachim’s parish hall, Victoria Park. Novena followed by reflection and discussions on forthcoming Sunday Gospel. Enq: Jan 9284 1662. Ninth Annual Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 5.30-6pm at St. Luke’s Parish, 2 Parkside Ramble, Woodvale. Novena starts from Tuesday, October 9 till Tuesday, December 4. A devotion of 30 minutes of public prayer with the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Novena Prayer, Reflection & Benediction. Enq: Fr. Francisco stlk@iinet.net.au EVERY FIRST TUESDAY Short MMP Cenacle for Priests 2pm at Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Enq: Fr Watt 9376 1734. EVERY WEDNESDAY Holy Spirit of Freedom Community 7.30pm at The Church of Christ, 111 Stirling St, Perth. We are delighted to welcome everyone to attend our Holy Spirit of Freedom praise meeting. Enq: 0423 907 869 or hsofperth@gmail.com.
Bible Study at Cathedral 6.15pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, 17 Victoria Sq, Perth. Deepen your faith through reading and reflecting on holy Scripture by Fr Jean-Noel Marie. Meeting room beneath Cathedral. Enq: 9223 1372. Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry Mass at 5.30pm and Holy Hour (Adoration) at 6.30pm at the Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Enq: www.cym.com or 9422 7912. Adonai Ladies Prayer Group 10am in the upper room of St Joseph’s Parish, 3 Salvado Rd, Subiaco. Come and join us for charismatic prayer and praise. Enq: Win 9387 2808 or Noreen 9298 9935. EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY Holy Hour Prayer for Priests 7.30-8.30pm at Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Keaney Pl, City Beach. All welcome. Enq: Linda 9341 3079. Novena to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop 7-7.45pm at Blessed Mary MacKillop Parish, cnr Cassowary Dr and Pelican Pde, Ballajura. Begins with Mass, novena prayers and Benediction. Followed by healing prayers and anointing of the sick. Enq: Madi 9249 9093 or Gerry 0417 187 240. EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY Chaplets of Divine Mercy 7.30pm St Thomas More Catholic Parish, Dean Rd Bateman. It will be accompanied by Exposition and followed by Benediction. Enq: George 9310 9493 or 6242 0702 (w). EVERY THURSDAY Divine Mercy 11am at Ss John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Pray the Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy and for the consecrated life, especially here in John Paul Parish. Concludes with veneration of the first class relic of St Faustina. Enq: John 9457 7771. St Mary’s Cathedral Praise Meeting 7.45pm every Thursday at the Legion of Mary’s Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Includes praise, song and healing ministry. Enq: Kay 9382 3668 or fmi@flameministries.org. Group Fifty - Charismatic Renewal Group 7.30pm at the Redemptorist Monastery, 150 Vincent St, North Perth. Includes prayer, praise and Mass. Enq: Elaine 9440 3661. EVERY FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH Prayer in Style of Taizé 7.30-8.30pm at Our Lady of Grace Parish, 3 Kitchener St, North Beach. Includes prayer, song and silence in candlelight – symbol of Christ the light of the world. Taizé info: www.taize.fr. Enq: secretary 9448 4888 or 9448 4457. FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY Dinner and Rosary Cenacle - St Bernadette’s Young Adults. 6.30pm at Hans Cafe, 140 Oxford St, Leederville. Begins with dinner, followed by Rosary cenacle at St Bernadette’s Parish, 49 Jugan St, Glendalough. Cenacle includes: 8pm reflection by Fr Doug and Rosary. Tea and coffee afterwards. By repeating words of love to Mary and offering up each decade for our intentions, we take the shortcut to Jesus, which is to pass through the heart of Mary. Enq: Fr Doug st.bernadettesyouth@gmail.com EVERY THIRD THURSDAY Auslan Café – Sign language workshop 12.30pm at St Francis Xavier’s Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor St, Perth. It’s Australian Sign Language - Auslan Café is a social setting for anybody who would like to learn or practice Auslan in a relaxing and fun atmosphere. Light lunch provided. Enq: Emma emmanuelcentre@westnet.com.au EVERY FRIDAY Eucharistic Adoration at the Schoenstatt Shrine 10am at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Drive, Mt Richon. Includes: Holy Mass, exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Silent adoration till 8.15pm. In this Year of Grace join us in prayer at a place of grace. Enq: Sisters of Schoenstatt 9399 2349. EVERY FIRST FRIDAY Healing Mass 7pm at St Peter’s Parish, Inglewood. Praise and worship, Exposition and Eucharistic Adoration, Benediction and anointing of the sick followed by holy Mass and fellowship. Celebrants Fr Dat and invited priests. 6.45pm Reconciliation. Enq: Mary Ann 0409 672 304, Prescilla 0433 457 352 and Catherine 0433 923 083. Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life 7pm at Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins St, Glendalough. Mass followed by Adoration with Fr Doug Harris. All welcome. Refreshments provided. Healing and Anointing Mass 8.45am Pater Noster Church, Evershed St, Myaree. Begins with Reconciliation followed by 9am Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, anointing of the sick and prayers to St Peregrine. Enq: Joy 9337 7189. Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Ss John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton – Songs of Praise and Prayer, sharing by a priest followed by thanks-
giving Mass and light refreshments after Mass. Enq: Kathy 9295 0913 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail.com. Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christi Church, Lochee St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, cnr Ravenswood Dr/Majella Rd, Westminster (Mirrabooka). The Vigils consist of two Masses, Adoration, Benediction, prayers and Confession in reparation for the outrages committed against the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357 or Fr Giosue 9349 2315or John/Joy 9344 2609. Pro-Life Witness Holy Mass at St Brigid’s Midland at 9.30am, followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic, and led by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Please join us to pray for an end to abortion and the conversion of hearts. Enq Helen 9402 0349. EVERY SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH Discover the Spirituality of St Francis of Assisi 12pm at St Brigid’s Catholic Parish Centre. The Secular Franciscans of Midland Fraternity meet for lunch followed by 1-3pm meeting. Enq: Antoinette 9297 2314. EVERY FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Healing Mass 12.35pm at St Thomas Parish, cnr Melville St and College Rd, Claremont. Spiritual leader Fr Waddell. Enq: Kim 9384 0598, claremont@perthcatholic.org. au. EVERY LAST SATURDAY Novena Devotions – Our Lady Vailankanni of Good Health 5pm at Holy Trinity Parish, 8 Burnett St, Embleton. Followed by Mass at 6pm. Enq: George 9272 1379. EVERY FOURTH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Voice of the Voiceless Healing Mass 12pm at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Bring a plate to share after Mass. Enq: Frank 9296 7591 or 0408 183 325.
GENERAL Free Divine Mercy Image for Parishes High quality oil painting and glossy print – Divine Mercy Promotions. Images are of very high quality. For any parish willing to accept and place inside the church. Oil paintings - 160 x 90cm and glossy print - 100 x 60cm. Enq: Irene 9417 3267 (w). Sacred Heart Pioneers Is there anyone out there who would like to know more about the Sacred Heart pioneers? If so, please contact Spiritual Director Fr Doug Harris 9444 6131 or John 9457 7771. St Philomena’s Chapel 3/24 Juna Drive, Malaga. Mass of the day: Mon 6.45am. Vigil Masses: Mon-Fri 4.45pm. Enq: Fr David 9376 1734. Mary MacKillop Merchandise Available for sale from Mary MacKillop Centre. Enq: Sr Maree 041 4683 926 or 08 9334 0933. Financially Disadvantaged People Requiring Low Care Aged Care Placement The Little Sisters of the Poor community set in beautiful gardens in suburb of Glendalough. “Making the elderly happy, that is everything!” St Jeanne Jugan (foundress). Registration and enq: Sr Marie 9443 3155. Resource Centre for Personal Development The Holistic Health Seminar “The Instinct to Heal’’, every Tuesday 3-4.30pm; and RCPD2 “Internalise Principles of Successful Relationships and Use Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills” every Tuesday 4.30-6.30pm, 197 High St, Fremantle - Tuesdays 3-4.30pm. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585. Bookings are essential. Is your son or daughter unsure of what to do this year? Suggest a Certificate IV course to discern God’s purpose for their life. They will also learn more about the Catholic faith and develop skills in communication and leadership. Acts 2 College of Mission & Evangelisation (National Code 51452). Enq: Jane 9202 6859. AA Alcoholics Anonymous Is alcohol costing you more than just money? Enq: AA 9523 3566. Saints and Sacred Relics Apostolate Invite SSRA, Perth invites interested parties, parish priests, leaders of religious communities, lay associations, to organise relic visitations to their own parishes, communities, etc. We have available authenticated relics, mostly first-class, of Catholic saints and blesseds including Sts Mary Mackillop, Padre Pio, Anthony of Padua, Therese of Lisieux, Maximilian Kolbe and Simon Stock and Blessed Pope John Paul II. Free of charge and all welcome. Enq: Giovanny 0478 201 092 or ssra-perth@catholic.org. Enrolments, Year 7, 2014 La Salle College is now accepting enrolments for Year 7, 2014. For a prospectus and enrolment form please contact college reception on 9274 6266 or email lasalle@lasalle.wa.edu.au. Pellegrini Books Wanted An order of Sisters in Italy is looking for the fol-
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TAX SERVICE QUALITY TAX RETURNS PREPARED by registered tax agent with over 35 years’ experience. Call Tony Marchei on 0412 055 184 for appointment. AXXO Accounting & Management, Unit 20/222 Walter Rd, Morley.Trade services.
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EDUCATION ‘EDUCATIONAL COUNSELLING’ ‘The Resource Centre for Personal Development RCPD offers an accredited ‘Advanced & Graduate Diploma of Educational Counselling in personal/spiritual awareness and relationship education’ in 2013 - www.members. dodo.net.au/~evalenz/ - Enq: Eva 08/9418 1439 or 0409 405 585.
PILGROMAGES 2013 PILGRIMAGE: “JOURNEY TO THE PROMISED LAND AND TRAILS OF ST PAUL”. This 19 day pilgrimage to Jordan, Israel and Turkey will take place from 3rd March to 21st March 2013. Cost: AU$5,700 per person. If you would like to know more, please contact: Fr Quynh Do. Home: 9447 6225; Mobile: 040 666 2065. Email: nhatquynh98@ yahoo.com.
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EMPLOYMENT CLEANER POSITION We require an experienced cleaner for a position at the Redemptorist Monastery in North Perth. Part time 15 hrs per week (Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.) Must present well and communicate effectively. All equipment is provided and must be able to work unsupervised. Award rates apply for an immediate start. Please call 9328 6600 for further enquiries or email your resume to b.glass@ cssr.org.au. Applications close Wednesday, October 10.
ANNOUCEMENTS MIDDLETON-PERISSINOTTO: Helen & Jeffrey Middleton and Frances & Guerrino Perissinotto are thrilled to announce the engagement of Eva-Marie to Dominic on 18 September 2012.
THE RECORD ON TABLET The modern tablet computer is winning more and more attention not only as a work tool but also as a convenient, highly portable and mobile personal computing platform. The Record’s electronic platform means you can stay in touch with the nation’s best weekly and, when you want, use it as a launchpad into the best of the Catholic presence on the world wide web. lowing: The Living Pyx of Jesus, Fervourings From Galilee’s Hills, Fervourings From the Love-Broken Heart of Christ, Fervourings From the Lips of the Master, Listening to the Indwelling Presence, Sheltering the Divine Outcast, Daily Inspection and Cleansing of the Living Temple of God, and Staunch Friends of Jesus, the Lover of Youth. If you are able to help, please contact Justine on 0419 964 624 or justine@waterempire. com. Acts 2 College, Perth’s Catholic Bible College, is now pleased to be able to offer tax deductibility for donations to the College. If you are looking for an opportunity to help grow the faith of young people and to evangelise the next generation of apostles, please contact Jane Borg, Principal at Acts 2 College on 0401 692 690 or principal@acts2come.wa.edu.au. Divine Mercy Church Pews Would you like to assist, at the same time becoming part of the history of the new Divine Mercy Church in Lower Chittering, by donating a beautifully handcrafted jarrah pew currently under construction, costing only $1,000 each. A beautiful
brass plaque with your inscription will be placed at the end of the pew. Please make cheques payable to Divine Mercy Church Building fund and send with inscription to: PO Box 8, Bullsbrook WA 6084. Enq: Fr Paul 0427 085 093. Abortion Grief Association Inc. A not-for-profit association is looking for premises to establish a Trauma Recovery Centre (pref.SOR) in response to increasing demand for our services. (ref.www. abortiongrief.asn.au). Enq: Julie (08) 9313 1784. FR RAE HEALING SERVICE Fr John is recognised internationally for his healing ministry. Enq: to Disciples of Jesus 9202 6868- www.perth.disciplesofjesus.org FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 Fr John Rea Healing Mass. 7.30pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, 17 Victoria Sq, Perth. MONDAY, OCTOBER 15 Women’s Healing Service with Fr John Rea 7.30pm at 67 Howe St Osb Pk. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 Mens Healing Service with Fr John Rea
7.30pm at 67 Howe St Osb Pk. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 Fr John Rea Healing Mass 10am at St Andrew’s Parish, cnr Victorsen Pde & Belleville Gdns, Clarkson. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21 Fr John Rea Healing Rallies PEMBERTON Holy Spirit of Freedom, Pemberton. (Enq: Admin to 0427 711 916 or hsofpemberton@gmail.com) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 Healing Service with Fr John Rea 3pm at 67 Howe St Osb Pk. RESOURCE CENTRE FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT - 2013 COURSES 1) RCPD6 ‘The Cost of Discipleship’ This course combines theology with relationship education and personal/spiritual awareness by teaching self-analysis. 2) ‘THE WOUNDED HEART’ ‘healing for emotional and sexual abuse’ promotes healing and understanding for the victim and the offender. Holistic counselling available - www.members.dodo.net. au/~evalenz/
C R O S S W O R D ACROSS 1 What Andrew and Peter did for a living 3 This king allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem (Ezra 1:1–4) 7 Omission and commission 9 Latin for “to pray” 10 Samuel anointed Saul with this 11 Leonine sin? 12 “I desire ___, not sacrifice.” (Mt 9:13) 13 Cured Naaman of leprosy (2 Kings 5:8–14) 14 “…a poor man is better than a ___” (Prov 19:22) 17 Samson killed Philistines with the jawbone of this animal 20 Pilate washed his in front of the crowd 23 One of St. Columba’s converts 24 One of the evangelists 25 One of the two natures of Jesus 28 One of two epistles (abbr.) 29 Knighted Catholic actor 31 Gentile prophet of the Old Testament 33 “___ be to the Father…” 35 Mother of Ishmael 37 The Solemnity of Mary is celebrated in this month (abbr.) 38 Wife of St. Joachim 39 “Vanity of vanities” source (abbr.) 40 To do this is forbidden by the seventh commandment 41 David played one DOWN 1 Catholic football great Brett 2 What the Mass is 3 Catholic director of “It’s a Wonderful Life”
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4 Large crucifix 5 An archangel 6 Catholic actor Mineo 7 Passover meals 8 “___ Dimittis” 11 NT book 12 Liturgy 15 Start of the Christian era 16 Ark passenger 18 “___ Irae” 19 Church section 21 Novena number 22 Afterlife experience of purification 25 ___ Week 26 Script conclusion? 27 Advent through Ordinary Time 28 Biblical mount 30 Gregorian ___ 31 Genesis tower 32 The Diocese of Portland is here 34 Pertaining to the non-ordained members of the Church 36 Patron saint of Canada 37 NT epistle
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