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Happy LifeLink Day Catholic school students joined Perth’s bishops, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Bishop Don Sproxton on May 23 at this year’s LifeLink launch to help Catholic agencies in providing support to Perth’s most disadvantaged individuals and communities - Reports below and page 7. ARCHBISHOP Costelloe and Bishop Sproxton joined a number of dignatories at the 2014 launch of LifeLink hosted by Irene McCormack Catholic College in Butler on May 23 in the presence of representatives from Brighton Primary School, St Andrews Catholic Primary School and Butler College. Bishop Sproxton reminded staff and students, many of whom were watching via live video stream, that LifeLink was established in 1994 by Emeritus Archbishop Hickey to identify and unite Church based welfare services. “By collecting all these agencies under one banner, we communicate our message so much better,” said Bishop Sproxton. “LifeLink is not a welfare organisation - it is the fundraising and promotional arm supporting, and most importantly funding, the work of social service

agencies in the Archdiocese” which “currently helps fund many wonderful organisations” and “provide services and support” to the most disadvantaged. “LifeLink supported agencies reach out to help more than 31,000 Western Australians in need each year” he continued, “equivalent to the entire populations of Butler, Merriwa, Ridgewood and Clarkson.” He spoke of how “LifeLink agencies deliver more than $47 million in professional programs and direct services to help people in need throughout WA each year. Thankfully, much of this work is funded by Government grants and service contracts and with the generous support of Lotterywest. Archbishop Costelloe spoke passionately about the place of LifeLink in the life of the Church as its heartbeat in society. “You

can’t be a Christian, or at least not a very serious one, if you don’t have a heart for those who are in difficulty and need a helping hand”, the Archbishop said. “You can’t really say you are following [Jesus] if you ignore what he said and what he did.” The Archbishop threw out a challenge to the young people to

and your circle of friends and your family, you can quickly begin to see that not everything is as good as we would like it to be, not just for ourselves but for others as well.” Students were then told how “the whole programme of LifeLink is the idea that, as disciples of Jesus, we are meant, even when life is tough for us, to be the ones who reach

“We are meant, even when life is tough for us, to be the ones who reach out to others.” “open your minds and your hearts, even more than you have already, to this man who once shook the world up by what he said and by what he did and who wants to shake our world up today, by what you say and by what you do. “When you begin to scratch the surface of our society, and maybe even the surface of your school

out to others. While LifeLink itself is focussed on raising money so that the Catholic community in WA is in a position to offer practical help to those in need,” the Archbishop said, “its success depends on whether or not the members of the Catholic community are really tuned in to the message of Jesus – it depends on whether or not you as individu-

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als and as school communities, are really tuned into the message of Jesus.” Archbishop Costelloe then asked the question: “Am I closed in on myself, focussed on my own needs, intent on organising my life to suit my own wishes, or do I have a heart that can really feel for others and will drive me to do something for them?” He then spoke of his special prayer for pupils and staff, that God would place “a new heart and to put a new spirit is us”. The Archbishop ended by announcing the winners of the 2014 Archbishop’s Spirit Award: Prendiville Catholic College, who last year were able to raise $10,000, and Irene McCormack Catholic College who raised just over $5,000. More information about LifeLink is available at the LifeLink website - www.lifelink.com.au

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Celebration to mark 10 years of adoration Perpetual Adoration was established by Fr Tiziano Bogoni parish priest at St Joseph’s Parish Bassendean ten years ago, with the assistance of Fr Doug Harris. In honour of this milestone, a special Mass celebration, with Bishop Donald Sproxton as the principal celebrant, and including priests, seminarians and religious who have had dealings with St Joseph’s, will take place on June 22, the Feast of Corpus Christi. The celebrations will start with the Blessed Sacrament being processed from the Chapel into the church for Benediction followed by Mass and ending with afternoon tea in the parish hall. “It is the rejoicing of ten years of 24 hours, seven days a week Adoration of Jesus unveiled in the Monstrance,” Tina Russo, coordinator of the celebrations, told The Record. The week is divided into 168 hour slots and each one-hour slot is covered by an adorer. At the end of the hour the next adorer arrives and together with the first adorer the Divine Praises are said. It is then that the hour commences for the newly arrived adorer. “Fr Eugene McGrath, who was parish priest at Belmont, had Perpetual Adoration for many years there. [He] said that the Divine Praises are said on the hour, each hour, so that adorers can unite with all other adorers throughout the world with one voice, giving praise and glory,” Mrs Russo said. Perpetual Adoration at St Joseph’s is not limited to parishioners and is open to everyone. “The adorers from other parishes outnumber those from Bassendean,” Mrs Russo said. “There are permanent adorers who commit each week along with

Young members of the Young Christian Students movement at a camp in Gidgeganup recently, where they planned practical initiatives around their BreakFree campaign, promoting mental health, especially among children in detention. substitutes who fill in from time to time for those who are sick or on holidays.” In the Chapel there are two prayer lists one for the sick and another for the recently deceased and these souls are constantly being prayed for. “The calibre of faith is heart lifting,” Mrs Russo said. “We have such wonderful, committed, humble souls who come to Adoration; doctors through to students, at all hours of the day and night. One mother travels from Thornlie, three times a week, covering midnight through to four

in the morning on one day, and two hours after midnight on the other two days.” The youngest adorer is Tina Le and the oldest is Bill Michels at 95 years. Perpetual Adoration has contributed to one vocation in the area, and another on its way. Fr Daniel Boyd was a founding member of the Adoration, even assisting with the co-ordination of adorers before his ordination, and now the parish boasts another potential vocation, Gerard Nemorin who is currently at St Charles Seminary. “The spiritual benefits of Adoration are infinite.”

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by taking part in the BreakFree campaign. The campaign aims to promote the positive mental health and wellbeing of all young people, including the 1144 children in immigration detention centres around Australia. “The purpose of the camp was to look at our BreakFree campaign and review what exactly is happening,” Jaymee Naughton, coordinator of YCS, told The Record. “It was the goal of the students to come up with a main issue that contributed to their mental health and wellbeing, and they found this to be school stress. After carefully reviewing it in the light of their faith, they came up with the action to host meditation sessions, once a month, for high school students.” Mary Nguyen, together with students from Ursula Frayne Catholic College, the Swan Parish and Kolbe Catholic College was one of the participants. “For me, this experience was a fabulous opportunity to spiritually relate with others on a personal level and understand the world around me better,” Miss Nguyen said. “It has also allowed me to have a different view on life and encourage me to step up and do something about the wrongs in our world and I believe the skills and friendships made on this camp will last for life.” YCS is an international movement that is run for secondary students, by the students themselves. The movement aims to empower students to take action in their own lives that reflects their faith and beliefs.

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Presentation to priests ‘inspiring and formative’ By Matthew Biddle PERTH Catholic priests say the recent fortnight of clergy seminars led by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB were among the best they have ever attended. From May 19 to May 30, the Archbishop held two week-long seminars with 50 priests of the Archdiocese in attendance, where he spoke about the need for “pas-

toral practicality”. Parish priest of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Gosnells Fr Patrick Lim described the seminars as “inspiring and formative”. “Speaking as a systematic theologian, [the Archbishop] was able to present to us an understanding of the common priesthood we share in Christ by our baptism and the ministerial priesthood,” Fr Lim said.

“I left the conference with a sense of hope and energy that if we all work together and support each

“We – laity, priests, deacons, religious, bishops – are a holy nation, a royal priesthood and a chosen peo-

As ordained priests, we are not set apart, above the people of God, but in their midst. other in our lives, our faith and our mission we all can grow to be like Christ.

ple of God. As ordained priests we are not set apart, above and aside the people of God but in the midst.

Christ is the priest, the head of the body (the Church). “By our common priesthood, not just the ordained priests, we are all called to bring Christ to others “We need to return Christ to the Church and Church to Christ” the Archbishop said. We all need to put Christ in our view and not to be drawn away from our calling by our baptism to be the face of Christ to others.”

Prison chaplaincy crying out for help By Matthew Biddle CATHOLICS in Perth are being encouraged to perform one of the corporal works of mercy and, in the process, help to change lives, by volunteering their time to visit those in prison. The prison chaplaincy ministry in Perth is in need of volunteers to help with Sunday liturgies, as well as more chaplains to provide pastoral and spiritual support to prisoners. Prison chaplaincy organiser Vicky Burrows told The Record it was an important ministry to be involved in. “When we think about people in prison, they are the Body of Christ... and I think it’s really important that Catholics see that call of the Church to visit people in prison,” she said. “It’s often something that a lot of Catholics don’t know about. “But I think it’s quite powerful when you have people from outside the prison come in who are just giving up their time because they see this person as a valuable human being.” Ms Burrows said the chaplains support hundreds of people in prisons and detention centres across the State, ranging from young to old, and including all types of inmates. “There are remand prisons, minimum security and maximum security prisons that we’re present in,” she said. “It’s a very challenging job. “We are chaplains to the prisoners but also to those who work in the prison, so the prison officers. There is... a real need for their pastoral support and welfare.”

Pope John Paul II visits his would-be assassin, Mehmet Ali Agca, in Rome’s Rebibbia prison in 1983.

Aside from arranging a Mass in the prisons once a month, the prison chaplains also tend to the pastoral needs of as many prisoners as they can. “On a practical level that means ... we’ll hang out with them and do a few different things from talking about the football to

talking about how they’re experiencing what’s going on while they’re in prison,” Ms Burrows said. Although there is a training process that needs to be completed before one can become a prison chaplain, Ms Burrows said she would welcome any volunteers

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who simply wish to be present at the prison Masses. “If someone has empathy... good people skills, can relate to different people from different backgrounds, but in terms of qualifications – just a heart for giving something a go is the best thing,” she said.

“When I have a person who comes to a service and is open to changing their heart and their ways and realise they can’t necessarily do that alone, they’re seeking strength somewhere. When they identify that that might be from God, that’s a powerful moment.”

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toral practicality”. Parish priest of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Gosnells, Fr Patrick Lim, described the seminars as “inspiring and formative”. “Speaking as a systematic theologian, [the Archbishop] was able to present to us an understanding of the common priesthood we share in Christ by our baptism and the ministerial priesthood,” Fr Lim said.

“I left the conference with a sense of hope and energy that if we all work together and support each

“We – laity, priests, deacons, religious, bishops – are a holy nation, a royal priesthood and a chosen peo-

As ordained priests, we are not set apart, above the people of God, but in their midst. other in our lives, our faith and our mission we all can grow to be like Christ.

ple of God. As ordained priests we are not set apart, above and aside the people of God but in the midst.

Prison chaplaincy crying out for help By Matthew Biddle CATHOLICS in Perth are being encouraged to perform one of the corporal works of mercy and, in the process, help to change lives, by volunteering their time to visit those in prison. The prison chaplaincy ministry in Perth is in need of volunteers to help with Sunday liturgies, as well as more chaplains to provide pastoral and spiritual support to prisoners. Prison chaplaincy organiser Vicky Burrows told The Record it was an important ministry to be involved in. “When we think about people in prison, they are the Body of Christ... and I think it’s really important that Catholics see that call of the Church to visit people in prison,” she said. “It’s often something that a lot of Catholics don’t know about. “But I think it’s quite powerful when you have people from outside the prison come in who are just giving up their time because they see this person as a valuable human being.” Ms Burrows said the chaplains support hundreds of people in prisons and detention centres across the State, ranging from young to old, and including all types of inmates. “There are remand prisons, minimum security and maximum security prisons that we’re present in,” she said. “It’s a very challenging job. We are chaplains to the prisoners but also to those who work in the prison, the prison officers. There is... a real need for their pastoral support and welfare.”

Pope John Paul II visits his would-be assassin, Mehmet Ali Agca, in Rome’s Rebibbia prison in 1983.

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Bravo John: making ‘freedom’ a reality By Mark Reidy WA’S 2014 VOLUNTEER of the Year, John Nagle, jokes that he is not a good enough humanitarian to fulfil his role with Outcare, a service supporting men in their transition from prison into the community. “Without my faith, I wouldn’t be able to do what I do”, he says. Speaking to The Record after receiving his award on May 15, John shared the journey of his own transition from his career in the Hardware business to his 13 years as a volunteer with Outcare. He recalls the moment his interest was sparked, several years before his retirement. “I was approached by a young man looking for work and noticed a few years gap in his resume,” John said. “He informed me that he had been in prison and it made me aware of the difficulties he was going to in his search for work.” John was able to put the man in contact with a friend who was able to provide him with employment. The encounter planted a seed which would bloom once John’s own working days came to an end. “I used to work 10-11 hours a day before my retirement and I was never much of a television watcher, and there was only so much gardening I could do”, John explained. “Besides, my wife Joan was very encouraging - although her enthusiasm may have been driven by the thought of having me under her feet all day”, he added with a laugh.

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Order, Vincent Pallotti, who spent his life reaching out to society’s outcasts, including those in prisons and he is grateful for the opportunity to be able to put his faith into action. John’s compassion for those exiting prison grows each time he witnesses the difficulties many face as they make the step back into society. His experience has allowed him to see the devastating effects, both socially and economically on individuals and their families. “We see the challenges not only for the men trying to re-enter the employment and housing markets, but also with their families who often have to deal with children, mortgages, schooling and everyday living without their partners,” he said. John recalls a comment made several years ago during a talk he gave to a church group when a member of the audience expressed admiration for the work being done with offenders, but was quick to emphasise that he wouldn’t want them living in his neighbourhood. It is attitudes such as these that John would like to see change. The 77-year-old’s experience has given him a deeper insight into the tragic cycle of recidivism and he believes that society needs to

politically reassess its perception of offenders and adopt a preventative rather than reactionary approach. “We are looking at the situation from the wrong end,” he insists. “We should be promoting early childhood education and getting alongside parents who are struggling and not putting our money

“All these men have something to offer and the role of receiving them back into society needs to be a communal one... to restore dignity”. into building more prisons”. John, an acolyte at the Queen of Apostles parish in Riverton, has used contacts he made during his time involved with the Western Australian Football League to assist men in their transition. During one of his first visits to a prison John discovered that there were a

number of football teams playing one another, but their uniforms were falling apart. He was able to approach Outcare and they were able to provide jumpers, shorts and socks for all players. John has also been able to observe the exceptional talent amongst the prison teams and has been able to link a number of young men into WAFL clubs on their release. “All these men have something to offer and the role of receiving them back into society needs to be a communal one”, he said. “We need to help them restore the dignity and selfrespect they have lost and assist them in breaking the cycle they have found themselves in”. When John’s four adult children learnt of his decision to spend his retirement years moving in and out of prisons, they were initially reluctant. “My wife has always been very supportive because she is a volunteer herself ”, he said, “but when I told the children what I was doing, I think they were worried, not just about my safety, but my mental health”, he chuckled. All, however, were proudly in attendance when John received his award from WA Governor, Malcolm McCusker on May 15.

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Son shines on families and so should the church By Matthew Biddle JUNE is ‘Growing Families Month’ for Perth radio station 98.5 Sonshine FM, with the Como-based team focusing on highlighting the value of families. Throughout the month the station will broadcast several special programs on family life, as well as hosting regular interviews with community leaders on their thoughts on the value of families. General manager of 98five Bevan Jones said the station was committed to celebrating and supporting families across Perth. “We want to help grow families in Perth and WA emotionally, practically and spiritually for the better,” he said. “As a father of three boys I understand how hard

it is to raise a family, let alone do it well. I think Perth’s mums and dad’s need a big hug and as much support and cheering on as we can give them. “We’re all part of a big family so why not do what families should do and experience life together?” The station’s current programming includes daily encouragement spots such as ‘Focus on the family’ and ‘Kin women’, as well as regular discussions with parenting experts. But Mr Jones said there would be even more family-based segments on air in June. “We are adding family games, challenging families to attempt a variety of tasks together, prize draws to win family board games,” he said.

There will also be numerous live testimonies from Perth celebrities and locals, discussing what they value most about family and what their biggest wish is for their family and community. “We will also be highlighting churches and organisations in Perth that are there to assist and help families in many different ways,” Mr Jones said. “We understand that all families are special and unique and throughout June we want to provide families with good advice, inspiration, a few laughs and a pat on the back.” Plans are also underway for a new Catholic radio show called ‘The Journey’, which will air on Sonshine FM weekly, commencing in September.

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Encouraging leads in Alzheimer fight By Glynnis Grainger SANTA CLARA Bentley parishioner and leading Alzheimer’s researcher, Professor Ralph Martins, is developing new research to find a cure for the disease with the McCusker Alzheimer’s Research Foundation he heads. Prof Martins work has contributed to the understanding of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) as resulting from a build-up of amyloids in the brain. “Over the last 10 years, I have, in collaboration with scientists in Melbourne, been able to show the build-up of amyloids in the brain in living people 20 years before any symptoms appear. “Where this allows for early diagnosis of AD, and thus enabling prevention and treatment programs to be more effective, this procedure of brain imaging is expensive, and thus cannot be used to screen the population.” To address this challenge, Prof Martins and his team have been developing an eye test which is relatively inexpensive and safe. “This involves people drinking a glass of curcumin drink once-aday for a week, and at the end of the week, a photograph is taken of the eye. “People who have amyloids in their brain also have amyloids in their eyes. “These amyloids can find the curcumin, and fluoresce it, enabling the camera to capture the picture. This is very exciting.” His team have studied 40 people, taking pictures of their eyes,

Santa Clara, Bentley parishioner and leading Alzheimer’s researcher, Professor Ralph Martins.

and examining amyloids in their brain, and have demonstrated that the amyloid in the brain is clearly replicated in the eye. “It is looking very promising for the early diagnosis of AD,” Prof Martins said. Prof Martins and his team are also exploring another powerful anti-oxidant, found in the Kakadu Plum, an Australian fruit found in North-West WA and in the Northern Territory. “This is very exciting. Extracts from the Kakadu Plum protect

brain cells from being killed by the beta amyloids.” Prof Martins said Dr Liz Barbour from the University of WA works with the Kakadu Plum and was introduced to him by WA Chief Scientist Prof Lyn Beasley to explore the possibility of whether or not the Kakadu Plum would have benefits for AD. “This work has been done on brain cells and if we can confirm these findings, it will lead to clinical trials for the prevention of AD,” Prof Martins said.

“I anticipate that the Kakadu Plum extract together with curcumin - another promising antioxidant - will be the magic bullet that will stop AD. “My longer-term plan is to incorporate this combination of anti-oxidants in a biscuit, providing these biscuits to people at high risk such as the elderly and the very young. “I have been fortunate and excited and thrilled that (famous cook) Maggie Beer has agreed to make this biscuit for me.” Prof Martins said that curcumin comes in a cap-

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sule that is promoted in a way that is bio-available. “Unfortunately, many curcumin products available in Australia are not bio-available,” he said. “People should make sure that they have a product that does the job - the dose is important. “I’ve found curcumin particularly attractive because I see it as an anti-ageing compound because in addition to its benefits for the brain; it plays a protective role against Type 2 diabetes and for a number of cancers. It also plays a very beneficial role to fight inflammation in the body, such as arthritis.” Prof Martins announced that for the first time WA will have a Brain Institute – currently the only State which does not have one. “This development is the result of the generous donation from (businessman) Ralph Sarich and his family. We are still seeking funding to complete the laboratory facilities that will house the McCusker Alzheimer’s research team of 65. “In addition to Alzheimer’s, [the Brain Institute] will house the Ear Science Institute and the WA Neuromuscular Research Institute. “The coming together of medical researchers, studying different brain disorders in this Brain Institute will result in neuroscience research in WA going to a higher level.” Donations can be made to McCusker Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, Suite 22, Hollywood Medical Centre, 85 Monash Avenue, Nedlands WA 6009, telephone 9347 4200, fax 9347 4299 or at www.alzheimers.com.au.

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By Mark Reidy IN NINETEENTH century London, the existence of slums was generally attributed to the “laziness, sin and vices of the lower class”, Centacare Director Tony Pietropiccolo told those at the Shelter WA Forum on May 20, and he is concerned Australian society is heading down this same erroneous path. Mr Pietropiccolo was one of the keynote speakers at the event, at Burswood, which drew representatives from 80 organisations working with those effected by homelessness. It was the advocacy of middle and upper class women, he said, that allowed society to eventually overcome this misconception and recognise the problem as a social ill rather than a social choice, but recent funding cuts indicated a regression to nineteenth century attitudes. “Without advocacy for the homeless today, nothing will change”, Mr Pietropiccolo said, setting what was effectively the theme of the day. Chantal Roberts, Executive Officer of Shelter WA, said the aim of the forum was to bring the sector together to begin a dialogue with the government about what future services in homelessness may be like. “It was also about getting information about the emerging issues in a public forum where government representatives, the minister (Helen Morton MLC) and the Director General from Department of Child Protection and Family Services can hear about them from people providing services,” she said. Ms Roberts said that the role of Shelter WA was to collaborate with housing consumers and community based organisations so they

From left: Helen Grinbergs, WA Manager Dept of Social Services; Prof Paul Flatau, Director Centre for Social Impact UWA; Leanne Strommen, Executive Manager Centacare; Lucy Gunn, Executive Director, Department of Indigenous Affairs; Dr Eileen, Professor Faculty of Law UWA; Captain Ken Smith, Divisional Social program Secretary, Salvation Army; Danielle van Kampen, External Relations Manager, Sinosteel Midwest Corporation. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

could provide an informed and independent voice committed to the principle of accessible, affordable, appropriate and secure housing for low income and disadvantaged people, including those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Minister Morton, in her speech, said that despite recent growth and services in the sector, substantial challenges lay ahead and more needed to be done. She promised participants that she would take arguments and assessments raised at the event, to Parliament. Ms Roberts said that Shelter WA had held forums on homelessness

in the past, but this one, titled, “The Future of Homelessness”, was the first involving the Minister and CEOs from the major NGOs and government agencies. “In the past, our forums have centred around consumer issues and have been mostly directed at people at risk of, or experiencing homelessness and direct service providers,” she said. Several panels where convened throughout the day, with members sharing information about their agencies, outlining challenges and future directions and discussing ramifications of recent policy and

funding changes before fielding questions. Ms Roberts said her organisation had been overwhelmed with the response to the forum and with the positive feedback received. “The event was a huge success, in large part due to the high calibre of speakers and the interest shown by everyone present to participate in this vitally important dialogue,” she said. “There may be a need to repeat the forum in future, particularly with a repeated theme on the day being the need for advocacy for more and different services.”

AN INVITATION for pilgrims and those belonging to the Schoenstatt’ Pilgrim Mother Apostolate to celebrate Schoenstatt’s centenary on Sunday May 18, saw a crowd of over 200 gather at the Shrine in Mt Richon. Fr Peter Whitely, Vicar General, the main celebrant at the 2pm Holy Mass was joined by visiting priest from the Schoenstatt Father’s community, Fr Prabhu Prasad and Fr Kenneth Asaba from the Parish of Midland. During the celebration, eight people made their ‘Covenant of Love’ with the Mother Thrice Admirable - Mary and Robert Fancote; Maria and Giuseppe Lupica; Clive Maher; Jennifer Joseph Yoshimi; Maria Poppen and Teresita Cue Tiu. For them the Covenant of Love was an unforgettable experience. As Teresita put it, ‘I wish we could tell many more people about the Covenant of Love.’ Joy and John Doherty, from the Schoenstatt Families prepared this group on a weekly basis for 7 weeks. If rain could be counted as a blessing, the heavens poured down upon the crowd after the distribution of Holy Communion, however the outdoor liturgy continued to the end. It did not dampen anyone’s spirits. Pilgrim Mother co-ordinators who came with their Pilgrim Shrines, special images of Our Lady, had placed them in front of the altar. At the conclusion of Holy Mass these were blessed and the coordinators were sent out to bring the image of the Blessed Mother and her Son into the homes of many.

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LifeLink Day celebrated with pride Hundreds of students from Catholic schools and many Church and civic dignitaries came together on May 23 to mark this year’s LifeLink launch at Irene McCormack Catholic College, in aid of Catholic agencies working with those in need. IRENE MCCORMACK Catholic College welcomed Archbishop Tim Costelloe, Bishop Don Sproxton and other dignitaries on Friday. The College was chosen as the host school for the 2014 launch of LifeLink in the Perth Archdiocese. LifeLink is the fundraising and promotional arm which supports and assists the work of social service agencies established by the Archdiocese of Perth. LifeLink agencies reaching out to more than 31,000 Western Australians in need each year, delivering more than $47 million in professional programs, care and direct assistance. The launch was a wonderful celebration of the Church’s faith in action. The College was the proud recipient of the “Spirit of LifeLink” awarded by Archbishop Costelloe for its support and dedication to assisting LifeLink with its integral work within the community. Mr Robert Marshall, Principal at Irene McCormack Catholic College said “This is a great honour for our College, and reflects our values and commitment to service to people in need in our community.”

Above and right, Perth’s bishops address students on the importance of giving. PHOTOS: RON TAN

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Perth’s Sinéad Ireland-bound ROSES are blooming around St Norbert College as the schools connection to its Irish origins continues to flourish. Not only is the 2011 Perth Rose of Tralee (ROT) winner a staff member at the school, former student Sinéad Lehane has been named the 2014 Perth Rose of Tralee winner on Saturday, May 17. The Rose of Tralee International Festival is one of Ireland’s largest and longest running festivals, celebrating 55 years in 2014. The heart of the festival is the selection of the Rose of Tralee, which brings young women of Irish descent from around the world to County Kerry, Ireland, for a global celebration of Irish culture. Sinéad graduated from St Norbert College in 2005 and is now the Acting Manager of Future Directions International’s Global Food and Water Crises Research Programme. “I was actually shocked (when I was announced winner). It wasn’t until the girls started hugging me that I realised I had won”, Sinéad said, “I was overwhelmed… I thought ‘Oh my god, I actually won, I’m the Perth Rose and I’m going to Ireland”. “Winning the Perth ROT means that I will be representing the Perth Irish community as an ambassador. And my family, who are over the moon (with my selection).” Sinead’s connection to Ireland is through her father John, who migrated to Perth in the 1960’s. “Like most Australians my background is of mixed heritage and immigration, my family built an incredible life for us here in Perth and I am a product of their hard work,” she added. Sinéad will fly to Ireland in August for the beginning of the Rose Tour of Ireland that starts on August 10. ROT winners from all over the world will travel around the country before taking part in festival in Tralee from August 15-19, 2014. The International Rose of Tralee will be announced at a gala, nationally televised event on August 19. “The whole experience in Ireland is going to be wonderful. I will join over 40 other young women of Irish heritage, who will be representing Rose Centres around the world and spend two weeks celebrating Irish culture and heritage”. “As they say in Ireland ‘the craic will be mighty’.” St Norbert College teacher Sarah Gardner was also a finalist in the 2014 Perth ROT.

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Annual soccer comp gears up again THE KNIGHTS of the Southern Cross are once again holding their annual soccer tournament on July 26, in collaboration with the Malaysian Singaporean Catholic Community Australia (MSCCA). “We are hoping to sign up about 24 teams,” Thomas Seeber, coordinator of the tournament told The Record. “They will be eight pools of six teams, and each team will play five or six games in their pool and they are awarded points for wining or drawing and the teams with the highest points advance to the finals.” Sponsored by Flightworld the winning team will take home $500 to be donated either towards their youth group or a charity of their choice. “They’ve made a generous contribution to our event and they specialise in pilgrimages,” Mr Seeber said. “Flightworld is a great Catholic business that supports the Christian ethos.” The Knights of the Southern Cross Branch 28 have a particular focus on supporting the Catholic youth and have already aided those travelling to World Youth Day and raising money for orphanages in Bali. “All our projects are based on advancing the youth,” Mr Seeber said. Due to the success of last year’s tournament the Knights have decided to hold the event again this year. “We want to give Catholic youth groups an opportunity to network,” Mr Seeber said. “It’s a social competition where everyone can meet each other encourage each other in their Christian way of life.” The tournament is open to everyone aged 16 and upwards. “Last year we played at Mercedes College and had 100 players on the day,” Mr Seeber said. “This year we have moved to Chisholm College as it’s a larger venue and we are hoping to have about 200 players. I am hoping that the Holy Spirit will guide us as we play.” To register and to receive a starter pack with all the details of the competition email kscb28@gmail. com.

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Former St Norbert’s student, Sinéad Lehane is Perth’s Rose of Tralee 2014 and will head to Ireland in August.

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US priest Fr Andy Cravalho delivered five-evening retreats on evangelisation at Our Lady of the Visitation, Bullsbrook; St Anne’s, Belmont; and Holy Spirit, City Beach (pictured left and above). Bishop Don Sproxton, above, was a special guest at the City Beach event. SUPPLIED

PREFECT of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura Cardinal Raymond Burke will visit Sydney and Melbourne in August. The American Cardinal arrives on August 26, and during his week-long visit will deliver several public talks and celebrate two Masses. In Sydney, Cardinal Burke will host a question and answer session at the University of Sydney on August 27, before celebrating Mass in the Extraordinary Form at St Mary’s Cathedral that evening. On August 30 the Cardinal will deliver the keynote address at the World Congress of Families regional event in Melbourne. Organiser of the WCF event Babette Francis told The Record it would be the first time Cardinal Burke addresses a WCF event, with his planned talk to be on ‘Natural Law and Conscience: Key to Freedom and to the Integrity of Marriage and the Family’. “I have long admired him, since when he was Archbishop of St. Louis, Missouri,” Mrs Francis said. “He has been an outstanding supporter of the pro-life cause and of marriage. “I wrote to him inviting him to come to Australia and co-incidentally he was already coming to speak to the Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy and he very kindly agreed to address our WCF event.” The Cardinal will also celebrate Mass in the Extraordinary Form and confirm a number of young adults at St Aloysius’ Church in Caulfield on August 31. Cardinal Burke last visited Australia in 2011, when he addressed the Australian Catholic Student’s Association (ACSA) in Sydney. The 65-year-old was raised to the rank of Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.

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Beware bitterness of later years in fancy free life POPE FRANCIS blamed a “culture of well-being” and comfort for convincing married couples that a carefree life of world travel and summer homes was better than having children. He said married couples should look at how Jesus loves his Church to learn how to be faithful, perseverant and fruitful in their vocation. About 15 married couples celebrating their 25th, 50th or 60th anniversaries joined the Pope June 2 for his early morning Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where he

lives. In his homily, Pope Francis said fidelity, perseverance and fruitfulness were the three characteristics of God’s love for his Church and should be the same three pillars of a Christian marriage. Just as the Church is fruitful by enerating new children in Christ through baptism, marriage should be open to new life, the Pope said in his homily, according to a report by Vatican Radio. “In a marriage, this fruitfulness can sometimes be put to the test, when children don’t come or when

Guard your heart against indifference: Pope Francis

Daughters, behold your Mother

A “GLOBALISATION of indifference” has taken hold of too many of the world’s people, numbing them to the horrifying reality faced by the people of Syria and other innocent victims of war and violence around the world, Pope Francis said. With the Syrian conflict continuing for more than three years, “there is a risk of becoming used to it” and forgetting that people are dying there each day, the Pope said May 30 in a message to participants at a Vatican-hosted meeting for Catholic aid agencies. The Pontifical Council Cor Unum, which promotes and coordinates Catholic charitable activity, brought together two dozen Catholic relief and development agencies that are working in Syria or with Syrian refugees. The meeting was designed to help them work together more efficiently and reach more people in need. Announcing the meeting, Cor Unum said that, according to the most recent data, about 160,000 people have died since fighting began in Syria in March 2011, some 6 million people are displaced within Syria and more than 2 million Syrians have fled the country, most finding refuge in Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon. In his message to the Catholic charities, Pope Francis expressed his “great sadness” that the Syrian conflict continues, creating “unspeakable suffering and thousands of refugees, including the elderly and children, who suffer and sometimes die of hunger and war-related illnesses”. The work of Catholic charities is “a faithful expression of God’s love for his children who find themselves in situations of oppression and anguish,” the Pope said. “God hears their cries, knows the sufferings and wants to free them.” Pope Francis praised the Catholic charities for lending God “your hands and your abilities” in order to help “all the victims of the war without distinction of ethnicity, religion or social group”. - CNS

they are ill,” he said. Couples who deal with infertility or loss can still look to Jesus and “draw the strength of fruitfulness that Jesus has with his Church”. However, “there are things that Jesus doesn’t like,” he said, such as married couples “who don’t want children, who want to be without fruitfulness”. The Pope blamed “this culture of well-being” for convincing married men and women to intentionally remain childless. This culture of comfort, he said,

“has convinced us that ‘it’s better to not have children! It’s better. That way you can see the world, be on vacation, you can have a fancy home in the country, you’ll be carefree.’” People think it is better or easier “to have a puppy, two cats, and the love goes to the two cats and the puppy. Isn’t this true or not? Have you seen this?” he asked the people in the congregation. “And in the end, this marriage will end in old age in solitude, with the bitterness of bad solitude.” The Pope said Jesus is always

Vatican employees walk in a rosary procession to a replica of the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens May 31. Pope Francis led a Marian prayer service at the grotto, telling Vatican employees and other guests that Mary is a mother who never makes her children wait for an answer to their prayers. PHOTO: CNS/PAUL HARING

faithful to his Church - “his bride: beautiful, holy, sinner, but he loves her just the same.” Jesus is always faithful, even to those who sin and deny him; and “this fidelity is like a light” that shines on marriage, showing what “the faithfulness of love” looks like, he said. In addition to always being faithful, love also must be “untiring in its perseverance,” he said. Just as Jesus forgives his Church, spouses must ask each other for forgiveness so that “matrimonial love can go on,” he said. - CNS

App a poor substitute for application in real life AS NEW fertility monitoring apps such as Clue and Glow make news, specialists in natural family planning caution that any technological application is only as good as the expertise behind it and the comfort level of its users. “The caveat with any app is: Who designed it? Is it a real NFP educator?” said Theresa Notare, assistant director of natural family planning in the Secretariat of Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth at the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. “Is there concrete, clear information folded into the app?” Notare acknowledged that she does not have personal experience with new smartphone apps such as Glow, marketed by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and aimed primarily at those trying to achieve pregnancy, and Clue, which helps women monitor various physical symptoms to avoid pregnancy or become pregnant. John Kippley, president of Natural Family Planning International, based in Cincinnati, said apps can be “a waste of money” unless they educate couples about the science behind the measurements. “But if they can get people oriented toward natural family planning, then they can be worthwhile,” he added. Natural family planning involves the monitoring of certain physical signs and symptoms such as basal body temperature and cervical mucus to help a woman track the fertile and infertile phases of her menstrual cycle. It requires couples to abstain from sex during the woman’s fertile days and is the only method of avoiding pregnancy supported by the Catholic Church. Only couples that understand the scientific basis behind the natural family planning method they are using will be fully successful in their efforts to avoid or achieve pregnancy, Mr Kippley said. Some 6,000 women have been charting their menstrual cycles on the Marquette site for years and “there is a lot of research behind our method.” - CNS

You’re no samba school, Pope tells charismatics MEETING more than 50,000 Catholic charismatics in Rome’s Olympic Stadium, Pope Francis admitted he was not always comfortable with the way they prayed, but he knelt onstage as they prayed for him and over him by singing and speaking in tongues. “In the early years of the charismatic renewal in Buenos Aires, I did not have much love for charismatics,” the Pope said on June 1. “I said of them: They seem liked a samba school.” Little by little, though, he came to see how much good the move-

ment was doing for Catholics and for the Church, he told a gathering organised by the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services and the Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and Fellowships. Pope Francis invited the crowd, which included charismatics from 55 countries, to come to St Peter’s Square for Pentecost in 2017 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the movement. The Catholic charismatic movement traces its origins to a retreat held in 1967 with students and

staff from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. “I expected all of you, charismatics from around the world, to celebrate your great jubilee with the Pope at Pentecost 2017 in St Peter’s Square,” the Pope said. The celebration in Rome’s Olympic Stadium began with the song, “Vive Jesus, El Senor,” (“Jesus, the Lord, Lives”) a Spanishlanguage song which Pope Francis - who claims he is tone deaf - joined in singing with his hands open like many in the crowd. The Pope said he likes the song, which charismat-

ics in Argentina also sing. “When I celebrated the holy Mass with the charismatic renewal in the Buenos Aires cathedral, after the consecration and after a few seconds of adoration in tongues, we sang this song with such joy and strength,” he said. At another point, when the crowd prayed that the Holy Spirit would fill Pope Francis, he knelt on the bare floor of the stage, while they sang with their hands raised toward him. After the song, many in the crowd kept their hands raised as

they prayed in tongues, speaking in unfamiliar languages. Responding to a married couple, who spoke about the renewal’s positive impact on their family life, Pope Francis said the family is the “domestic Church,” the place where Jesus’ presence grows in the love of spouses and in the lives of their children. “This is why the enemy attacks the family so hard; the devil doesn’t like it, and tries to destroy it.” “May the Lord bless families and strengthen them during this crisis when the devil wants to destroy them,” the Pope prayed. - CNS

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HEN Steve Angrisano was in high school, he dreamt of becoming a singer or actor on Broadway. But instead, he did something he never imagined was possible – he became one of the highestselling Catholic musicians in the world. The 48-year-old singer-songwriter returned to Australia last month, only six months after attending the Catholic Youth Festival in Melbourne. It was Angrisano’s second visit to Perth, and he told The Record he felt right at home Down Under. “Just the humour and the way that I go about things, I feel that I don’t have to change anything to come here, it’s sort of a natural fit for me,” he says. “Perth is beautiful and... I don’t know if it’s a function of being a little bit further away from the cities of Sydney and Melbourne, but I think there’s a genuineness and a friendliness to the people that I really enjoy when I come here.” During his whirlwind three-day Perth visit, Angrisano hosted several workshops with musicians, youth leaders and teachers, as well as performing at Aranmore Catholic College in front of an enthusiastic young crowd. The event brought back memories for the musician, who first became interested in the idea of uniting his love of music with his love of God at a similar event when he was a student. “When I was in high school, I went to a concert like the ones I do now for the first time,” he said. “It was the first time I had seen people use the gifts of speaking and singing for spiritual purposes and it really changed my life, to hear people sing about God and talk about God in their life.” Angrisano says the experience “planted a seed” in his mind of a desire to be part of something similar, and to be able to Go Make a Difference – the title of arguably his most popular song. Since picking up the guitar as a 12-yearold, Angrisano has always enjoyed music, but even he admits he never imagined he would make a living out of it, travelling around the United States and internationally for more than 20 years. “When I graduated from university, I took a job at a parish and did ministry with the young people,” he says. “I didn’t see myself travelling around like this. If I wrote a song, it was because I was doing a retreat for Grade 7 students and I needed a theme song, so I wrote one. I never imagined other people would ever sing it.” Angrisano says his breakout year was 1993, when he went from being a littleknown artist who performed as a hobby to suddenly embarking on a full-time music career. That year, Pope John Paul II travelled to Denver for the fifth World Youth Day, and Angrisano was asked to sing at the official opening of the event. Later in the year, he wrote the theme song for the US national youth conference. “Those two experiences in particular – singing on the stage at the Papal welcome and writing the theme song for the conference – were huge for me,” he says. “Suddenly there I was in front of all the youth groups of America and it led to me getting very big, so I left the job at the parish.” But youth ministry has followed Angrisano wherever he has gone, making his performances more of a faith experience than just a regular concert. “One of my favourite things about doing the kind of thing that I do is it’s very much like we’re experiencing it

He travels for 45 weeks of the year, taking his original Christian music to crowds of young people around the world. Steven Angrisano tells The Record's Matthew Biddle that he tries to give young people more than amenable music, but an experience. Evangelisation, bringing the faith alive, is the most important thing he does. And it wouldn't be possible, he says, without the loving support of his wife-of-25-years Jenni and their three children. Steve Angrisano recently visited Perth, bringing his music and message of God's love to young people throughout the city. His new album, A New Day, is just the lastest iteration of his creativity in a successful career as a Christian artist. He is the songwriter of the well known youth ministry song, Go and Make a Difference. PHOTOS: ONLINE

together,” he explains. “We laugh together and we sing together and maybe even cry together a bit, but it’s more an experience than just a music concert.” As such, the American sees his music as just a tool to strengthen the faith of others. “I think the evangelisation is the most important part of what I do, and bringing faith to be more alive and more real in the life of a young person,” he says. “The stories that I tell and the music that I sing really is just a means to that end, as opposed to an end in themselves.” But there are times when Angrisano’s musical genius captures the emotions imbued in a specific event or circumstance far better than could be done via any other medium. In 1999, Angrisano was living in Colorado when the world was shocked by the tragic events of the Columbine High School massacre, when two senior students shot dead 13 students and staff. You Are My Child (Amber’s Song), which Angrisano rarely performs, was

written as a tribute to one of the survivors of the tragedy. It remains one of Angrisano’s favourite songs. “Amber was actually a foster child, she’d been taken out of a dangerous environment where there were a lot of drugs

derfully today”. Angrisano and his wife, Jenni, are even godparents to Amber’s baby. As for his own family, the Angrisanos have three children – Julia, 22, Joshua, 19, and Joseph, 12. Although their guitar-

picked it up and he saw that it wasn’t me and he said, ‘Oh no, that’s somebody else’s daddy’. He didn’t know that every daddy doesn’t make CDs, so they’re very accustomed to it and in many ways I think we’ve embraced it.”

“One of my favourite things about doing the kind of thing that I do is it’s very much like we’re experiencing it together,” Angrisano explains. “We laugh together and we sing together and maybe even cry together a bit, but it’s more an experience than just a music concert... I think the evangelisation is the most important part of what I do, and bringing faith to be more alive and more real in the life of a young person." in her family and given to a foster family for a safer, better life,” he recalls. “Then the shooting happens at this nice suburban school and she nearly died, and she was very, very depressed.” With the support of a strong group of Catholic friends, including Angrisano, Amber recovered and “is doing won-

playing dad is on the road for as much as 45 weeks a year, Angrisano’s children enjoy being a part of his work. “When my youngest son was four or five years old, I bought a CD and it was sitting on the kitchen table,” Angrisano begins. “He said, ‘Look, it’s daddy!’ and he

Steve and wife Jenni will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary later this year, and the musician says he’s immensely grateful for the sacrifices his wife has made to allow him to pursue his music career. “I couldn’t do it if Jenni didn’t believe in it and have faith that what we’re doing

is what, as a family, we’re called to do by God,” he says. “I think she has the harder job of helping three kids to grow up during the time that I’m not home.” Angrisano says he doesn’t normally spend more than about four days on the road at a time – the exception being his three-week trip to Australia, which he says is simply because “it’s so far away”. When he’s home, he takes a keen interest in what his children think of his music, even if it isn’t always positive. “I don’t consider it a good song unless at least two out of three of them think it’s good,” he says. “They’re brutally honest, they’ll say ‘That’s a good song dad’, or ‘Oh no, that’s bad, don’t do that’.” One of Angrisano’s sons in particular has inherited his dad’s love of music, and even had a part to play in his newest album, A New Day. “Joshua’s a little bit of a musician himself, so for my last CD I sent him first all the songs that I wanted to put on the CD,” he says.

“I honestly think he’s one of the reasons why it’s my favourite CD because I really think we made good choices on the songs.” A New Day is Angrisano’s seventh album, and was released in November 2013. He says he’s very excited about it. “I used different people for this record and I think it was a lot more representative of me and a lot more acoustic guitar driven,” he says. Only time will tell if his new album will reach the heights of Go Make a Difference, but one thing is certain – Steve Angrisano will continue to inspire Catholics through his music for many years to come. “I'll continue to do what I do,” he says. “I love writing music that the Church can sing because when we are singing and praying as one, that is what gives me the strength to live my faith. It’s very rewarding.” For more information about Steve Angrisano and to hear his music, visit his website at www.steveangrisano.com.

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MENTALITY Suppression is the truck and trade of regimes and administrations that seek to undermine human dignity. Catholics need to be attuned to threats to freedom, and to be committed to just action, writes Dr Andrew Kania.

T WAS George Orwell who in Animal Farm gave us the wonderful turn of phrase: “All men are created equal but some are more equal than others.” Orwell, in writing these words, was of course playing on the lines that Thomas Jefferson penned in the United States Declaration of Independence. True, God has created all of us equal, as Jefferson reminds us in the Declaration, but our governments, as Orwell ironically notes, can make the application of this act of creation, a greater or lesser reality, depending upon the underlying paradigm on which the particular government is based. In a modern world that grows ever so much smaller due to the breakthroughs of communication and transportation that have taken place over the last century and a half, we notice each time we turn on the news media the veritable gamut that exists between nations with regard levels of freedom of speech and the presumed rights: “to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. Generally speaking we are in truth closer to one another geographically than we are in terms of the individual rights and liberties that our various governments profess and are willing to endow us. Nothing better exemplified this than, when a few weeks ago, the Federal Government handed down its budget. Across the Australian nation, protests spilled out into the streets of our state capitals. Such is our political system that rather than seeing protests as a symptom of a nation losing control, protestation is viewed as a key component of a living democracy; for to quote Voltaire: “I may not agree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it”. Yet this being said, travelling from our nation by plane, we can in but a few hours be in a society, where stonings still occur, brought about by the ‘crime’ of having a variant religious opinion; and a short while later we can also be in a nation that excludes an individual from basic education because of gender, and even seeks to murder someone if they choose to question such a prohibition. Freedom, and human rights, for all the power these words engender, it would seem, are very much fluid commodities. In his seminal text of 1944, The Road to Freedom, Friedrich A von Hayek, spoke about the various ‘isms’ that challenged humanity during the early to middle twentieth century – political movements such as fascism, national socialism, and communism. In a chapter titled, “The Great Utopia”, Hayek noted that: “The French writers who laid the foundations

Right, Participants wave communist flags near a statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin during an International Worker’s Day, or Labour Day, parade in Donetsk, east Ukraine on May 1. PHOTO: ONLINE

of modern socialism had no doubt that their ideas could be put into practice only by a strong dictatorial government. To them socialism meant an attempt to “terminate the revolution” by a deliberate reorganisation of society on hierarchical lines and by the imposition of a coercive “spiritual power”. Where freedom was concerned, the founders of socialism made no bones about their intentions. Freedom of thought they regarded as the rootevil of nineteenth century society, and the first of modern planners, Saint-Simon, even predicted that those who did not obey his proposed planning boards would be “treated as cattle” (Hayek, 1944, p 76). Both national socialism and communism as experimented last century, sought to strangle the rights of the individual – so as to enhance the perceived greater ‘good’ for the greatest number. But as Hayek attests, individuality, is in fact a sign of education and intelligence – and to stamp this out, is the fastest means of stagnating a society (cf Hayek, 1944, p 160). The adage runs – if all people are thinking

the same, then at least one person is not thinking. Hence the strength of democracy is that it allows for a disparity of opinion; and this difference can only bring about strength – for a breadth of ideas means that human intelligence is being used to its optimum – even if we do not appreciate being contradicted. The governments of Hitler and Stalin, assumed that they knew best what

up as the highest possible good, people will consider themselves animals and not dare to visualise themselves as being made in the image and likeness of God; hence another truism from Orwell: “Four legs good, two legs bad.” (That is of course until some in power begin to understand the benefits of secretly standing on two legs, after all the rest have been forced to crawl!). The

Books have to be burned at the beginning of each totalitarian regime, and educators silenced, so that people cease asking the large questions. was the greater good, even dictating how they thought the individual should spend their leisure time, let alone their labouring hours (cf Fn 6: Hayek, 1944, p 132). Hayek remarks that these ‘isms’ suffocated creativity – and in creativity’s place was embraced the lowest common moral denominator, which lives in that sphere known as basic instinct. As long as basic instinct is promulgated and held

danger of both communism and national socialism, Hayek says, is that the spirit of the human person, and what it means to be human, is given a bench-mark that the majority will accept, but not to which many hope to aspire as an endgoal. Thus nothing is more dangerous to totalitarianism than free thought; and that is why the history of totalitarianism is punctuated with the martyrdom of intellectu-

als. Hayek quotes Thomas Hobbes, where the author of Leviathan quite poignantly points out that the first step toward suppressing liberty is by suppressing the teaching of the classics, for the classics promote free thought. Books have to be burned at the beginning of each totalitarian regime, and educators silenced, so that people cease asking the large questions. How can an intolerant government allow for the diversity of opinion? It cannot – for soon it will not exist. An intellectual or free thinker is the perennial critic; and therefore he or she must be stamped out. The dictator uses propaganda and simple messages to convince the apathetic majority, that the not so silent minority, should be silenced. As such, Hayek warns his reader of the template used by the dictator to win over nations. He writes: “he will be able to obtain the support of all the docile and gullible, who have no strong convictions of their own but are prepared to accept a readymade system of values if it is only drummed into their ears sufficiently loudly and frequently. It will be

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Once a saint, always a saint according to the Church While watching the canonisation of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II on television, I noticed that Pope Francis used the expression “we define” these Popes to be saints. Is this equivalent to the definition of a dogma and therefore an infallible judgment?

those whose vague and imperfectly formed ideas are easily swayed and whose passions and emotions are readily aroused who will thus swell the ranks of the totalitarian party” (Hayek, 1944, p 160). The Catholic Church in its Social Doctrine speaks a good deal about the freedom of the human person. In fact the Church states unequivocally that: “The human person cannot and must not be manipulated by social, economic or political structures, because every person has the freedom to direct himself towards his ultimate end. On the other hand, every cultural social, economic and political accomplishment, in which the social nature of the person and his activity of transforming the universe are brought about in history, must always be considered in the context of its relative and provisional reality, because “the form of this world is passing away” (1 Cor 7: 31, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Compendium of the Doctrine of the Church, 2009, p 24). This noted, Catholic idealism must be honed so as to speak with prescient force

to the reality of our age. Yet further, we must not only speak within the safe confines of our Churches to the converted – but must engage society as a whole. Our message in promulgating freedom and human rights – must not only be verbal, but more importantly be enacted. Hence a Catholic is not only called to prayer – but also called to action. The German poet and dramatist, Goethe, wrote in Faust that the only person who earns his or her freedom is that individual who daily is willing to fight for it. But how many people are willing to risk life, limb and reputation for ideals? Are not the majority concerned and contented with the basic instinct of survival, and is not survival best found in the collective warmth of the herd? After Stalin died, Khruschev spoke out at a government assembly against Stalin’s regime. From out of the crowd a voice called to Khruschev: “Yes Comrade Khruschev, but where were you when Stalin was perpetrating these crimes?” Khruschev replied over the microphone: “Who said that?” There was no response.

He then calmly replied: “Well I was in exactly the same place that you are now!” Political freedoms are hard won – and should never be treated glibly and taken for granted; but it is the sad truth, that as we only appreciate good health, when we become ill, so we only appreciate our civil rights fully, when we begin to lose them. Let us not require such a harsh lesson to acknowledge the wisdom of Goethe, by waking us out of a hedonistic stupor. We live in a nation vastly distinct from most others – for the level of political freedoms offered. It is of course far from a perfect society, because it comprises fallible material – the human person. Yet this said, we have freedoms and rights. Our duty as educated citizens is to preserve this freedom, and the best way by which to do this, is to be actively involved, in our communities; to listen, to learn, to teach the next generation to think - and if necessary – agitate; otherwise we will end up like Saint-Simon’s cattle – part of a mindless herd, grazing on basic instinct.

T IS INDEED an infallible judgment. Most of the medieval theologians, among them such notable figures as St Antoninus, Melchior Cano, Francisco Suarez and Cardinal Robert Bellarmine, were of the view that the canonisation of a saint is an infallible judgment. St Thomas Aquinas, arguably the greatest theologian of all, writes: “Since the honour we pay the saints is in a certain sense a profession of faith, i.e., a belief in the glory of the saints, we must piously believe that in this matter also the judgment of the Church is not liable to error” (Quodlib. IX, a. 16). The New Catholic Encyclopedia explains why such a judgment must be infallible: “The pope cannot by solemn definition induce errors concerning faith and morals into the teaching of the universal Church. Should the Church hold up for universal veneration a man’s life and habits that in reality led to [his] damnation, it would lead the faithful into error. It is now theologically certain that the solemn canonisation of a saint is an infallible and irrevocable decision of the supreme pontiff. God speaks infallibly through his Church as it demonstrates and exemplifies its universal teaching in a particular person or judges that person’s acts to be in accord with its teaching.” The very rite of canonisation shows the Church’s belief that it is indeed an infallible judgment. The Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation of the Causes of the Saints makes three petitions to the Holy Father, beseeching him on behalf of the Church to enrol the Blessed among the saints. In the third petition he says: “Most Holy Father, Holy Church, trusting in the Lord’s promise to send upon her the Spirit of Truth, who in every age keeps the supreme Magisterium immune from error, most earnestly beseeches Your Holiness to enrol these, her elect, among the Saints.” The reference to trusting in the assistance of the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit, who “keeps the supreme Magisterium immune from error” shows the belief that infallibility is involved. The Pope then reads the formula of canonisation: “For the honour of the Blessed Trinity, the exaltation of the Catholic faith and the increase of the Christian life, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and our own, after

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due deliberation and frequent prayer for divine assistance, and having sought the counsel of many of our brother Bishops, we declare and define Blessed N. and N. [to] be Saints and we enrol them among the Saints, decreeing that they are to be venerated as such by the whole Church. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” Here too, the reference to the authority of Jesus Christ and of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to due deliberation and frequent prayer for divine assistance, and the use of the formal words “declare and define” show that the Pope is exercising his teaching authority at the highest level. What exactly is the object

It is not the holiness of life of the person nor the existence of the miracle which confirms this holiness, but the fact they are indeed in heaven. of the infallible judgment? It is not the holiness of life of the person nor the existence of the miracle which confirms this holiness, but rather the fact that the person is indeed in heaven and hence can be the object of veneration by the whole Church. Before making this judgment the Church undertakes a long and rigorous process of examining the life and virtues of the person, as well as the fact of the miracle attributed to him or her. Only when this process is complete and the Church is certain that the person is now in heaven will she make a judgment of sanctity and proceed to the canonisation. It should be understood that the declaration of sanctity does not imply that the person did not commit sins, even serious ones. Some of the saints, among them St Augustine, led turbulent lives before they were converted and began a new life in God. As they say, the saints did not all begin well, but they all ended well. For more, go to fatherfladerblog.wordpress.com or contact Fr Flader on frjflader@gmail.com.

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The dead hand of hash tag activism We might feel involved ‘liking’ or ‘re-tweeting’ but if we’re not involved... we’re not involved, writes Marc Barnes.

E ARE MORE aware of evil than any generation before us. We receive news-stories of illnesses we’ve never heard of breaking out in countries whose names we cannot pronounce. We are updated - between cat-videos with terrorist bombings, genocides, hurricanes, shootings, and rapes. We are daily informed of suffering we cannot relieve. Though the mode of the Internet tends to level tragedies into objects of interest - nestling images of the crucifixion of Christians in Syria alongside instagrammed nachos, each with the possibility of being “liked” - nevertheless we know that we cannot perceive these atrocities neutrally. The abduction of Nigerian girls, the child-slavery of Joseph Kony in Uganda - these are injustices. These are unspeakable atrocities. To know about them is to become, in some way, responsible to them. This is an easy enough principle to apply to, say, Nazi Germany. We condemned the citizens who knew of the concentration camps outside of their towns and did nothing. Here it is clear: Knowledge of injustice comes with the responsibility to administer justice. It is less clear when the “concentration camps” are sex slavery rings in Saudi Arabia, our “town” is in Virginia, and our knowledge comes from NPR. Are we still responsible for the evils we perceive from a distance, and if so, how do we respond to what we cannot immediately, tangibly alter? Now for the Christian, the answer is obvious: Prayer and fasting. The world is big, the distances are far, but God is one, and we all live in him. Thus there is no suffering we cannot respond to, no personal strife we cannot intercede for, no foreign war we cannot petition for peace. When Syria got bad, Pope Francis called for a day of prayer and fasting. We in America, otherwise estranged from immediate, effective action towards Syrian peace, participated. This was our response, our real engagement in an atrocity we would otherwise only look at from the sideline of communications media. But in a post-Christian society, and more generally, a post-prayer society, the answer to our increasing awareness of atrocity is becoming, more and more, the Twitter campaign. To overcome our impotence in the face of injustice and suffering, we tweet, share, or more generally, talk about it. Consider Kony2012. We perceived a moral evil - the actions of Joseph Kony, child-slaver. We felt a responsibility - that he should be stopped. To effect this end, we raised awareness. We talked about him. We made him a celebrity. The idea was simple - if we created enough buzz, someone - maybe the UN, maybe the US, maybe the Ugandan government - would stop him. It is 2014, and Kony still does his thing. We have ceased speaking of him and his actions. We have ceased feeling bad about his childsoldiers. In between Joseph Kony enslaving children and Joseph Kony continuing to enslave children was a massive, orchestrated, American conversation about Joseph Kony enslaving children. This, of course, is a good example of the fundamental myth involved in raising awareness. Awareness is not action. No matter how much “awareness” exists, it does not become magically mutate into action by virtue of being present in the minds a million. Awareness may inspire action, sure, but this is no guarantee - especially not in an

Real influence: Michelle Obama showing her support for the social media campaign urging the return of around 276 kidnapped girls in Nigeria.

age increasingly comfortable with being merely “aware.” What are we to make of these “campaigns”? What are we to call it when those who cannot or will not act directly and immediately against a perceived moral evil nevertheless create a “movement” against it with t-shirts, bumpers stickers, memes, and millions of dollars? Of course it is not all bad - these movements raise money and donate it to other people who can act. These movements may touch the heart of some-

But considered outside of its total effects, considered instead as a personal act, what is the essence of hashtag activism, this social-media campaigning that does not involve getting up from the laptop? It is a post-Christian replacement for prayer. Prayer is a fundamentally human reality. There is no culture on earth that does not participate in some form of prayer, petition, worship, praise or sacrifice, seeing the events of the world and of their

all insincerity” of pseudo-therapy. St Therese of Liseux says “prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven.” The “activist” hashtag is certainly a surge of the heart. It is an articulated, emotional response to a perceived evil. And it is, beyond doubt, “turned towards heaven” - a lesser heaven populated by lesser gods. Sharing and spreading Kony2012, #BringBackOurGirls and movements of similar ilk cries out to a general “higher power.” There is

As a personal act, what is the essence of hashtag activism, this social-media campaigning that does not involve getting up from the laptop? It is a postChristian replacement for prayer. Prayer is a fundamentally human reality. There is no culture on earth that does not participate in some form of prayer. one who is willing to sacrifice more than his Facebook status. But it is not all good, either. “Awareness” can sidetrack the energy and passion which serves as necessary propellant for action. “Talking about” Joseph Kony with fervour and righteousness can feel a whole lot like doing something - and thus be the very mode by which we do nothing at all. Or, as in the case of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, a well-intentioned outcry against a moral evil can bring “free publicity” to criminals who want just that - to be talked about without being acted upon.

lives as interwoven in the life of a deity. The removal of prayer from a human life is not akin to dropping a particular eating habit. Prayer is integral, primordial - it will have to be replaced. This is the modus operandi of American secularism, and perhaps of secularism in general. We introduce new forms of the religious rituals we discard. Holy days become holidays, Valentine’s Day persists without St Valentine, churches become museums, fasting becomes dieting, almsgiving becomes philanthropy, and the sacrament of confession is replaced by the “tell-

no specific plan of action. Michelle Obama, married to the most powerful man on earth, could hold up the hashtag without irony for precisely this reason - the tweet calls on “someone, somewhere” to take action, not a particular person. (I do not for a moment doubt her sincerity in joining the campaign. But I believe in it as I believe in the sincerity of a prayer cried to a God - we do not know precisely who we are crying to, nor do we articulate precisely how we wish to be answered.) Prayer does not demand a response from God. We ask, but

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we also know that “we do not know how to ask,” that our motives are usually impure (if not downright despicable), and that the ultimate purpose of prayer is not to barter with God, but to open ourselves to His plan - to say, “thy will be done.” Often I have found that my petition seemed necessary, that a result had to be obtained - until I began praying for it. It is a paradox: We may sincerely ask that God do this or that thing, but we find, even in our asking, that what we really want is something far deeper - to know God, to know that He loves us. The Twitter campaign mirrors this fact somewhat perversely. We do not demand a result. Kony2012 did not achieve the result of stopping Kony - but we are quite finished with Kony2012. The t-shirts we bought have sunk to the bottom of our dresser drawers. Yes, it is true that these movements often lead to some perfunctory gestures from various governments, but the vast majority of people don’t follow the movement long enough to even see such “results.” I understand that from the outset of these campaigns, a decisive action - a “victory” - is spoken of. So too with prayers of petition. But it is soon revealed that the real purpose was not the result but the campaign itself. We needed to say something. Our own impotence was bubbling inside us. Continued on page 19

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Goodbye Church: what can we do to change it

ll of life’s challenges can be addressed through believing in Christ and living as his disciple. So the way to pass down the faith to future generations is the same – believe, know, and live the Faith. To conclude this series on the book Families and Faith: How Religion is Passed Down Across Generations by Vern L Bengtson, I’d like to offer some practical suggestions for parents and parishes. Numerous studies besides Dr Bengston’s have concluded that like many things in life, the role of parents is the most crucial part of fostering the faith of the next generation. Bengston references many of these studies and quotes one particularly strong conclusion: “Contrary to popular, misguided, cultural stereotypes and frequent parental misperception, we believe that the evidence clearly shows that the single most important social influence on the religious and spiritual lives of adolescents is their parents” (Smith and Denton 2005). Comments about prior articles in this series on our Facebook page often supported this conclusion that the primary responsibility falls to the parents. For example, when many people commented on Facebook that “bad catechesis” is the reason faith is not transmitted, Tana Cab replied: “Poor Catechesis can only shoulder so much of the blame. Do you review the texts they use? Are the texts truly conformed to the guidelines of the USCCB? To the Catechism? No children’s programs? What are YOU doing to fix that? Are you praying with your child(ren)? Reading the Bible with them? Reading the Catechism with them? Countering the events, circumstances of our times with Church teaching? Are you forgoing sports on Sunday for Mass? Have you abdicated your role as the first teachers of the faith to RE teachers? You don’t need to be taught how to pass on the faith. Live your faith and your children will learn it. Faith is not taught but caught. Quit being lazy.” So we as parents cannot pass the buck. If we truly want to pass down the faith, we should pray deeply about that goal, and then consciously commit to take whatever steps are necessary. A few ideas include: Look hard inside yourself and ask, “Do I really love my kids unconditionally?” Do I love them more if they agree with me or if they do things the way I would do them? Pray that Christ’s truly unconditional love will be transmitted PO Box 3075 through you each and every Adelaide Terrace day to your family. Seek forPERTH WA 6832 giveness when you fall short of Christ’s example. Be loving and united in marriage, prooffice@therecord.com.au viding unconditional love to Tel: (08) 9220 5900 each other, so as parents you Fax: (08) 9325 4580 can model and provide unconditional love to your children as a team. Take time for marriage enrichment retreats and for meaningful conversation about your desires and approaches to parenting and to passing on the Faith. Be prepared to answer their questions. Pray and study. Know the faith. Read Catholic books. Attend a Bible Study. Seek out good, Catholic resources to get your own questions answered. God is infinite, so we can never stop learning about him or about our Faith. Take the time to review the catechesis they are getting. If you feel your children need more depth, work with them at home or work to improve their formal, religious education. You might take a look at CATHOLICISM: The Pilgrimage Journal, which is designed as an intergenerational formation tool that parents and teens or pre-teens can experience together. Be patient and loving if your kids balk and walk away from the Faith. Bengston found many “rebels” became “prodigals” and came back to their childhood faith because their parents had laid a good foundation and were careful to be patient, accepting, and open while their kids wandered. “Acceptance and affirmation,” he writes, “rather than judgment and preaching, are the keys.” There is one idea in Bengston’s book that bears mentioning here for parishes. Based on his study and successive interviews with religious leaders, Bengston suggests that faith communities should offer more programs that focus on strengthening families across generations. Start moving beyond segregated programs for different age groups to offer truly intergenerational programs where parents and their children come together in the same place (in addition to Mass) to experience the Faith together. Bengston cites the Mormon “Family Home Evening” as one of the main reasons the Church of the Latter Day Saints had the highest level of faith transmission in his study. One night a week – usually Monday – is set aside for family interaction that includes prayer, games, scripture and conversation. The LDS leadership provides free, online resources for these evenings and avoids scheduling other church activities on Monday nights. CATHOLICISM: The Pilgrimage Journal is a tool that could be used in this way at home or at parishes. Yes, the culture and the Church have their faults and limitations, but parents need to realise that they are the most important religious “transmitters.” So take heart and remember Blessed Mother Teresa’s advice: “God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that we try.” Or as my husband’s grandmother said when we had our first child, “You do your best and then you wait 20 years.”

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Well done on renewed disability commitment Congratulations to The Record and Archbishop Costelloe on the front page article of The Record, May 21, 2014. What a beautiful image of our Pope and that young man and what a wonderful message about the inclusion of people with disabilities in the life of the Catholic Church. As Catholic parents of a young person with a disability we felt acknowledged, affirmed and encouraged by the very public declaration of the Catholic Church’s commitment to people with disabilities and their “full inclusion in the pastoral, spiritual and sacramental life of the Church”. Archbishop Hickey’s Pastoral Letter, One in Christ, issued 15 years ago, was indeed a landmark document for the Catholic community and filled us with hope. Archbishop Costelloe’s public endorsement and renewed commitment to that document is timely and commendable. Archbishop Costello has challenged us all to revisit this document and recommit to the task of full inclusion in the Church of people with disabilities. As the Archbishop acknowledges, while much has been achieved, much remains to be done. We hope and pray that Catholic

communities and parishes across the archdiocese will respond to the Archbishop’s request, and be inspired and encouraged to consider what they can do to ensure people with disabilities and their families feel fully included and valued. There is much to be gained for everyone when we commit to being truly inclusive. We can learn a lot from people with disabilities about courage, perseverance, patience, acceptance, humility and love. The other wonderful thing is that people with disabilities can bring out the very best in us. Gary and Mary Ballantine PERTH, WA

Bernie an upstanding man, inside and out I was very happy to see the article by Dr Karnia about Mr Bernie Naylor in last week’s Record. My family too were founding members of St Joseph Pignatelli Parish, probably earlier than Dr Karnia’s family. The parish started with Mass in a classroom at Attadale Primary school and in due course progressed to a school/church which had to be set up every Saturday afternoon and restored to a classroom after Mass on Sunday. I was, at the time, 12 years old and was trained as a sacristan to set

up the altar and set out the vestments for Mass. Mr Naylor was indeed a hero to all the children of the parish and I have often thought of him over the years. He was a married man with a young family and in those days footballers, no matter how good, did not get paid huge sums of money. Mr Naylor worked in the Commonwealth bank in High St, Fremantle and we used to see him when we went to “town” with Mum. He was a devoted husband and father and a fine example of Catholic manhood. He treated everyone with respect, even us kids, and he had a quiet dignity. He retained these qualities all his life to the very end. These days sportsmen are paid huge amounts of money for playing sport; they are treated as if they are demi-gods and the result is that they have little idea of what life is like in the “real” world. Often their lives are littered with drug use and broken relationships and they have no concept of a spiritual life on which to form values, ideals and a lasting pattern for their lives. There is still a lot to be said for the “good old days.” May God bless Bernie Naylor and may he rest in peace. Rosemary Lorrimar PALMYRA, WA

Ida a ‘work of cinematic art of the highest order’ Ellyn von Huben can’t praise new Polish film, Ida, highly enough.

he latest film from director Paweł Pawlikowski, Ida, is a stunning and thought provoking piece of art. Not only is it a unique story with great visual impact, but also something of a psychological mystery/jigsaw puzzle which keeps the viewer in its thrall from start to finish. The movie begins in a Polish convent in the 1960s. Young novice Anna, raised in the convent since infancy and now about to take her vows, is told by her Superior that contact has been made with her one living relative. Anna is told that she must visit her aunt Wanda before she takes her vows. Reluctantly, she packs her small overnight case and leaves for the city. Pawlikowski’s choice to make this film in black and white is brilliant. As someone with an eye for pretty colors and quirky, sparkly things (my personal aesthetic being a combination of Wes Anderson and Lilly Pulitzer meet Lisa Frank), I had forgotten how visually engaging a black and white movie can be. And this format is not only pleasing to the eye; the story being conveyed through black, white, and myriad shades of gray emphasises the play of light and dark. There is the light and dark that meets the eye and, greater still, the light and dark which illuminates the characters’ hearts or casts a pall upon them. Though in Polish with English subtitles, the most powerful language of the movie is in the profoundly subtle acting of Agata Trzebuchowska as Anna and Agata Kulesza as Wanda. They are able to say more with their nuanced expressions and gestures than most actors can convey when well supplied with overwrought words. It is no spoiler to mention the much talked about “big reveal” of this film. Anna is not who she thought she was. Her aunt tells her that she is a Jew, named Ida Lebenstein. But that is just the beginning of the story. Anna is

not who she (and we) thought she was as the film begins. “So you are a Jewish nun?. . . They never told you? You’re a Jew.” But neither is Wanda who we first think she is. My reaction to Wanda’s first scene was that she was some sort of blowsy, dissipated ‘party girl’; perhaps even a prostitute. We soon see that she is not just a woman who has seen better times, but a ‘Party girl’ of the Communist type. Once respected and feared, she is now a Party functionary whose career has also seen better times. Anna/Ida and Wanda’s initial time together is brief and their stilted formality betrays little emotion. Anna is set to return to the convent when Wanda decides to take her on a trip. This is not a cloying, sentimental sightseeing trip. The purpose of their journey is to find where Ida’s mother, Wanda’s sister Roza, and other family members were hidden and died during the war and may be buried. Though Ida is reserved, she is also a strong young woman, willing to face what horrors may be revealed to her. She also shows a vibrant, unshrinking curiosity about this newly discovered world that she is about to leave behind. Listening to a jazz band, she inquires about the name of a piece - Naima by John Coltrane - and confesses that she likes it. (Making her taste in music far broader than mine. I just don’t care for any type of ‘free’ jazz– it could drive me to the monastic life just to escape it.) Ms Trzebuchowska is exquisite in her portrayal of someone looking upon the world with such fresh, unjaded, yet cautious, eyes. The plot twists repeatedly caught me off guard. I am pretty good at predicting what a film character will do next, though that may be due to overexposure to formulaic films of the popular rom-com variety. I may not be presenting the best critical bona fides here. I think Zoolander is hysterical. And

yes, I am inordinately fond of Tyler Perry’s Madea movies. But, please, please trust me on this one. Even a Philistine such as I can see that Pawlikowski has created a work of cinematic art of the highest order. The twists in the plot are not twists for their own sake. The story of aunt and niece on this poignant voyage of discovery is skillfully constructed, with no ‘red herrings’ or splashy heavy-handed dramatics. Characters, plot and the visual execution of the story combine to make Ida an unforgettable gem of a movie. Ida and Wanda, travel companions for a short time, are companions on the same road yet divergent paths. Finding or remembering who they were, where they have been, and who they will be presents an offer of grace. The characters dance around this offer; but it is often a dance of advance and retreat. Wanda opens up about how much she had loved her sister and how much of Roza that she sees in Ida. She desperately tells Ida that she won’t let her waste her life. But then cynically follows her plea by the dismissive, “Of course, I’m a slut and you’re a little saint.” The choice of hope or despair is what I found to be the pivotal message of this film. This is not a gimmick of Christianity versus Judaism, nature versus nurture, quiet convent life versus boisterous secular life. It is about hope and despair, life and death, as in these words that Ida and Wanda would both have known: I call heaven and earth today to witness against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live. (Deut 30:19). Ellyn von Huben is full-time mother of 6 and a regular contributor to the Word on Fire Blog.

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Our grip on the past will hold us back spiritually

Accepting the effects of aging, Mark Reidy discusses how our attempt to freeze time can send us into spiritual hibernation.

EAR readers, do not be alarmed at the depiction, right – the last fortnight has not been as traumatic as my updated photo may indicate. I am simply facing up to the reality of …well, my reality. After years of sideward glances and raised eyebrows from my younger colleagues, as they observed the growing gap between my column portrait and the ageing man they shared the office with, I have had to step out from my cocoon of illusion and accept the fact that I am not the person I once was. Our youthful Production Manager has long been encouraging me - possibly excessively - to publicly reveal my true identity, usually by pointing out that the last photo was taken with technology no longer available! So, unable to ignore the southerly migration and resettlement program my hair has undertaken, I have now begun the challenging task of embracing my mortality. It is a battle as ancient as humankind, as we have grappled with the

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inevitability of ageing and death. In the fifth century BC, Greek historian Herodotus mentions a fountain containing a special kind of water in the land of the Macrobians which was believed to contribute to their longevity. Since then myths, books and movies have referred to the search or existence of a place or formula that will provide some form of life extension, even immortality, and science has recently entered the discussion. In 1955 Dr James Lovelock was able to reanimate rats that had been frozen. By 1962 Michigan physics teacher Robert Ettinger wrote a book “The Prospect of Immortality”, proposing that a person could be frozen immediately after death and preserved until technology had advanced enough

to reverse their condition. The concept became known as Cryonics and in 1967, psychology professor Dr James Bedford became the first person preserved in such a state. He is still frozen today and as of 2013 has been joined by approximately 270 others, many with their pets. Science has yet to make the advances required to safely defrost Dr Bedford, but my own selfinflicted state of cryogenics – photographically preserving myself in time - had me wondering how many other ways I avoid the reality

past hurts, glories, regrets, loves or missed opportunities, then I am not embracing the moment I am in now and this can become an obstacle in moving forward. This does not mean we should succumb to the worldly thinking of only living for the moment “Just do it”- without thought for future consequences, but how, as Christians, are we called to approach life? In his book, “Be a Man!” US Catholic priest, Fr Larry Richards begins the first chapter with the

Each time I allow my mind to wander to the past, I am not living as God intended me to. of my life stage. In a sense, each time I allow my mind to wander to the past I am trying to freeze myself in time. Not that there is a problem with reliving memories, but if I allow myself to stay there as a way of avoiding my present situation, I am not living as God intended me to. If I allow myself to dwell on

words, “You are going to die!” He is adamant that this reality should always be at the forefront of our mind. We need to live each moment with the understanding that our physical bodies are only temporary, he says, and will one day cease to exist. He does not write this to incite morbid fear, but to remind us to be acutely aware that how we

live our lives on earth will determine where our immortal souls will spend eternity. Fr Larry believes that once this concept becomes firmly entrenched in our psyche we will then take our relationship with God into account in every decision we make. Hopefully our primary goal in life will be to get to know Him more intimately and everything we do will be filtered through this understanding. Fr Larry is adamant that the more we accept our bodily mortality in the context of our spiritual immortality, the more freedom we will have to live our earthly life to the full - because we will spend it seeking and discovering the loving and merciful heart of God. However, if we allow our earthly lives to be anchored solely to this world, we are, in a sense, placing ourselves in a state of spiritual hibernation. And if we choose to live in this condition we will never discover our true identity as God’s beloved daughters and sons and of the eternal and glorious plan He has for each one of us.

No time or place that one can’t pray

Archdiocesan Archivist, Stefania di Maria, says her mother’s example was a powerful witness in her faith and prayer life.

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WAS BORN in Siracusa, Sicily in 1980 and spent the first 26 years of my life there. I studied philosophy at university and obtained a bachelor degree. After completing university, I worked for the Catholic Church in different capacities in Italy, Africa and Australia. In 2008 I moved to Australia to marry my husband Dominic. My family remains in Sicily. Since immigrating to Australia I have lived at Brisbane, Broome and Perth. I have become an Australian citizen. I have completed a Graduate Diploma in Archives and Records Management and am currently employed as the Archivist at the Archives of the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth. Just three months ago I gave birth to our first child; a son named Eli. Prayer is a conversation with God. Although I pray traditional prayers like the Lord’s Prayer or the Hail Mary, and especially the Rosary, it is for me more about talking to Him like you would to your father. This leads to an important aspect of how I pray, which is its content. In a dialogue with one you love there is space for petitions and requests but also thanksgiving and contemplation. I often pray thanking God for all I am, all I have and I have been given and I contemplate all the wonders He has done in my life. How do I pray? To explain another aspect of my prayer, I will ask a question: How do I walk? Walking is a natural act which is so engrained in us that we do not think about it. It just happens. For me, prayer is the same. And this is how prayer has become a natural part of my life; it flows without the need to think about it. The why, where and when of prayer are not important. I pray everywhere and at anytime. It can be while I drive, while I walk, while for a moment I look at the sky, it can be at night time, while I make a meal, while I clean the house. Of course, I can pray in a church or in

Stefania di Maria tells how prayer became part of her daily life once she felt the constant presence of God. PHOTO: SIPPLIED

the silence of my room. I can pray whenever I want. If I really feel His presence in my life, here and now, I can enter into a dialogue with Him, no matter where I am or what the hour of the day is. Without any doubt my mother is the biggest influence on my faith. This has come through her example rather than through words. My mother is a woman of gigantic faith. Her faith is demonstrated in

action. I have seen her trusting in God in all circumstances. She lives her faith such that it guides what she says and does. She does not talk about it, she lives it. Also, her relationship with God is so intimate and personal that it is all the more real and tangible. This aspect of her faith has taught me that we can believe against all odds, ask for the impossible and hope against all hope because God is always with

us. For some people conversion is a gentle and slow process. For others, like Saul on the way to Damascus, conversion is a powerful and life changing event which suddenly transforms everything. The latter happened to me. It was an experience of extreme suffering. Suffering strips us of all nonsense, of every arrogance, indulgence and selfcenteredness. It makes us capable of asking for help, it makes us humble,

it makes us as simple as children. In that deep state of anguish and desperation I truly felt the powerful hand of God answering my cry and acting in my life. Since my conversion in 2007, my faith has been my guide. This is especially so when I have faced challenges and obstacles which only faith has given me the strength to prevail over. I think that to adopt faith is a challenge in itself, because to apply it in daily life is not necessarily a guaranteed source of security or consolation, but rather a sometimes difficult way through. Faith is a guide in all situations, in particular the difficult ones. When faced with challenges and moments of weakness I test my faith and prove that it is enduring. It is true that we live in an ever increasingly secular world, but I think that Christians have faced challenges in all ages, even in religious societies. Religion by itself is not necessarily a guarantee of perfection and peace. What I think is unchanged, even in a secular world, is everyone’s quest for God and the challenge and act of courage in following Him. The words of Paul in his letter to the Romans (Rm 12, 1-21) remain very real: “Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect”. This is the challenge which faces Catholics of yesterday and today. When I think of strong role models in the Catholic Church, I immediately think about all the religious and lay people that I know personally. They are the real face of Christ. These ordinary people whose everyday acts of faith and kindness, whilst unknown, are truly extraordinary. I cannot imagine my life without faith. Faith is a modus operandi and Vivendi. It is the light of my life, its’ substance, it gives it depth and warmth. It means, among other things, to be constantly challenged. As I have lived a life without faith I believe that I understand the difference it makes to my life now. One way is to explain it through a metaphor. Without faith, I felt like I was wandering. With faith, I feel like I am walking back home.

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Charles 9447 1989. Divine Mercy Holy Hour 3pm at Pius X Church, 23 Paterson St, Manning. Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Divine Mercy prayers, Rosary and Benediction. Please join us in prayer. Enq: Mrs K Henderson 9450 4195. EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY Shrine Time for Young Adults 18-35 Years 7.30-8.30pm at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon; holy hour with prayer, reflection, meditation, praise and worship followed by a social gathering. Come and pray at a place of grace. Enq: shrinetimemtrichon@gmail.com. Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley. Includes Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent prayer, scripture, prayers of intercession. Come and pray that those discerning vocations can hear clearly God’s call. EVERY LAST SUNDAY Filipino Mass 3pm at Notre Dame Church, cnr Daley and Wright Sts, Cloverdale. Bring a plate to share after Mass. Enq: Fr Nelson 0410 843 412, Elsa 0404 038 483. LAST MONDAY 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 cuppa. Enq: Lynne 9293 3848 or 0435 252 941. 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, Vic Park. Novena followed by reflection and discussions on forthcoming Sunday Gospel. Enq: Jan 9284 1662. Mercy Heritage Centre Open Day 10am-2pm at 86 Victoria Sq, Perth (cnr Goderich St) main entrance. Free tour of the 1871 Convent. Enq: 08 9325 4155. 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 Church of Christ, 111 Stirling St, Perth. We welcome everyone to attend our praise meeting. Enq: 0423 907 869 or hsofperth@gmail.com. Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry 5.30pm at Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Mass followed at 6.30pm with Holy Hour. Supper $5 and fellowship later. Enq: 9422 7912 or admin@cym.com.au. Subiaco Ladies Prayer Meeting 10am in the upper room at St Joseph’s Parish, 3 Salvado Rd, Subiaco. We welcome you to join us for prayer, praise, and fellowship. Phone Win 9387 2808, Colleen 9245 3277 or Noreen 9298 9938. Evangelising with Catholic DVDs 10.30-11.30am at St Joseph’s Church, 20 Hamilton St, Bassendean Library. No price too high. Enq: Catherine 9379 2691 or Merle 0414 794 224. EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY 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 at St Thomas More Parish, Dean Rd, Bateman. Accompanied by Exposition, then Benediction. Enq: George 9310 9493 or 6242 0702 (w). Miracle Prayers 7.30pm at 67 Howe St, Osborne Park. An opportunity to receive prayers for healing of mind, body and soul. Enq: miracleprayers@disciplesofjesus. org or Michelle 0404 028 298. EVERY THURSDAY Divine Mercy 11am at Sts John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Pray the Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy and for consecrated life, especially in our parish. Concludes with veneration of the first class relic of St Faustina. Enq: John 9457 7771. St Mary’s Cathedral Praise Meeting 7.45pm 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 Redemptorist Monastery, 150 Vincent St, North Perth. Includes prayer, praise and Mass. Enq: Elaine 9440 3661. EVERY FIRST THURSDAY Holy Hour Prayer for Priests 7-8pm at Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Keaney Pl, City Beach. All welcome. Enq: Linda 9341 3079. 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 Social Dinner (Young Adults aged up to 35) and Rosary Cenacle 6.30pm at St Bernadette’s Church, 49 Jugan St, Mt Hawthorn. Begins at 6.30pm with dinner at a local restaurant, followed at 8pm by a Rosary Cenacle, short talk and refreshments at the church. Great way to meet new people, pray and socialise! Enq: 9444 6131 or st.bernadettesyouth@gmail.com. EVERY FRIDAY Eucharistic Adoration at Schoenstatt Shrine 10am at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon. Includes holy Mass, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent Adoration till 8.15pm. Join us in prayer at a place of grace. Enq: Sisters of Schoenstatt 9399 2349. Healing Mass 6pm at Holy Family Parish, Lot 375, Alcock St, Maddington. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Healing Mass followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Enq: admin 9493 1703/www.vpcp.org.au. Eucharistic Adoration - Voice of the Voiceless Ministry 7.30-9pm at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Eucharistic Adoration, beginning with praise and worship and reflection on the scriptures. All welcome. Enq: adrianluke1999@ yahoo.com.abibleu. EVERY FIRST FRIDAY Mass and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 11am-4pm at Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins St, Glendalough. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament after Mass until 4pm, finishing with Rosary. Enq: Sr Marie MS.Perth@lsp.org.au. Healing and Anointing Mass 8.45am Pater Noster Church, Evershed St, Myaree. Begins with Reconciliation, then 9am Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, anointing of the sick and prayers to St Peregrine. Enq: Joy 9337 7189. Pro-life Witness – Mass and Procession 9.30am at St Brigid’s Parish, cnr Great Northern Hwy and Morrison Rd, Midland. Begins with Mass followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic 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. Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Sts John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Songs of praise, prayer, sharing by a priest, then thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments. Enq: Ivan 0428 898 833 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail.com. Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christi Church, Loch St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, cnr Ravenswood Dr/Majella Rd, Mirrabooka. Vigils are two Masses, Adoration, Benediction, prayers, Confession in reparation for outrages committed against the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357, Fr Giosue 9349 2315, John/ Joy 9344 2609. Holy Hour 7.30pm at St Bernadette’s Parish, cnr Jugan and Leeder Sts, Glendalough. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, music and chants, silence, readings and meditative decades of the holy Rosary. Tea/ coffee and cake to follow. Enq: Sean Tobin of Bl Elisabeth of the Trinity Choir 0439 720 066. EVERY SECOND FRIDAY Discover Spirituality of St Francis of Assisi 12pm at St Brigid’s parish centre. The Secular Franciscans of Midland Fraternity have lunch, then 1-3pm meeting. Enq: Antoinette 9297 2314. EVERY SATURDAY Our Lady of Sorrows Rosary 9am at St Denis Parish Church, cnr Roberts Rd and Osborne St, Joondanna. A warm invitation to those interested in praying Our Lady of Sorrows Rosary with us. Enq: parish office 9242 2812. EVERY FIRST SATURDAY Vigil for Life – Mass and Procession 8.30am at St Augustine Parish, Gladstone St, Rivervale. Begins with Mass celebrated by Fr Carey, followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic. Please join us to pray for the conversion of hearts and an end to abortion. Enq: Helen 9402 0349. Mission Rosary Making at the Legion of Mary 9.30am-2pm at 36 Windsor St, East Perth. All materials supplied. The Rosaries made are distributed to schools, missions and those who ask for a Rosary. Please join us and learn the art of Rosary making on rope and chain. Enq: 0478 598 860. Half-Day Retreat 9am-1.30pm at Holy Family Parish, 34 Alcock St, Maddington Led by Fr Parackal VC and Vincentian Fathers. Morning tea and lunch provided. Enq: 9493 1703 or email vincentiansperth@yahoo.com or visit www.vpcp.org.au. EVERY FIRST AND THIRD SATURDAY The Feast Praise and Worship, Inspiring Talk, Fellowship 4pm - 6pm St. Jude Parish Center, 20 Prendiville Way, Langford. Afternoon tea and coffee provided. Enq: Grace 0420 921 268 or Fema 0415 144 971. EVERY SECOND SATURDAY

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Succour) and Divine Mercy Chaplet (Chant) 8.30am at Our Lady of the Mission Parish, Whitford, 270 Camberwarra Dr, Craigie. Holy Mass at 8.30am followed by Novena. Enq: Margaret 9307 2776. EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH SATURDAY The Feast Praise and Worship, Inspiring Talk, Fellowship 2pm - 4pm The Faith Center, 450 Hay St., East Perth. Afternoon tea and coffee provided Enq: Grace 0420 921 268 or Fema 0415 144 971. EVERY FOURTH SATURDAY Voice of the Voiceless Healing Mass 11.30am at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Bring a plate to share after Mass. Enq: Frank 9296 7591 or 0408 183 325. DAILY IN MAY Month Of Mary 6.30-7.30pm at Holy Cross Church, Hamilton Hill. There will be daily service during the month of May in honour of Our Lady of Fatima. Novena commences at 6pm on Saturdays and Sundays 6am in May. All are welcome. Enq: Connie 0437 803 322.

GENERAL Divine Mercy Church, Lower Chittering Come join the “$500 club” by donating that amount towards completion of the Divine Mercy Church in Lower Chittering. Your name will be included in a plaque and you will share in Masses offered for benefactors. Donate online: www. ginginchitteringparish.org.au or send cheque to DM Church Building Fund, PO Box 8, Bullsbrook WA 6084. May God bless you! Free Divine Mercy Image for Parishes High quality oil painting and glossy print – Divine Mercy Promotions. Images of very high quality. For any parish willing to accept and place inside the church. Oil paintings: 160 x 90cm; glossy print - 100 x 60cm. Enq: Irene 9417 3267 (w). Sacred Heart Pioneers Would anyone like to know 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 Dr, 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 0414 683 926 or 08 9334 0933. Financially Disadvantaged People Requiring Low Care Aged Care Placement The Little Sisters of the Poor community is set in the beautiful gardens in Glendalough. “Making the elderly happy, that is everything!” St Jeanne Jugan (foundress). Reg and enq: Sr Marie 9443 3155. AA Alcoholics Anonymous Is alcohol costing you more than just money? Enq: AA 9325 3566. 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 services (ref www.abortiongrief.asn.au). Enq: Julie (08) 9313 1784. Free Rosaries For The Missions If you or anybody you know are going to the missions and would like to send or take Rosaries to spread the faith locally or overseas or for school or First Holy Communion, please contact Felicia 0429 173 541 or Hiep 0409 128 638. Saints and Sacred Relics Apostolate Invite SSRA Perth invites interested parties, parish priests, leaders of religious communities, lay associations to organise relic visitations to 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, Simon Stock and Blessed Pope John Paul II. Free of charge and all welcome. Enq: Giovanny 0478 201 092 or ssra-perth@catholic.org. PERPETUAL ADORATION Adoration - St Jerome’s, Spearwood Adorers are needed. Please contact the office on 9418 1229. Holy Hour Slots at St Bernadette’s, Glendalough “Every Holy Hour we make so pleases the Heart of Jesus that it will be recorded in heaven and retold for all eternity” ~ Blessed Mother Teresa. Adorers needed for: Monday 2-3am; Tuesday 10-11am; Wednesday midnight-2am; Friday 2-4am; and Saturday 1-2pm. If you would like one of these hours or more information, please call the parish office. Enquiries: 9444 6131. Emmanuel Centre Volunteer needed Emmanuel Centre is looking for a volunteer approximately every 6 weeks to drive a trailer and ute to Canning Vale to drop off newspaper for recycling. The trailer is a self-tipper and the papers on the ute can be simply pushed over the edge. The days would be Mondays, Tuesdays or Thursdays. Please contact Fr Paul 9328 8113 (voice); 9328 9571 (TTY) or Mob 0401 016 399.

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Hash tag no Hail Mary Continued from pg 17 We were being made responsible. We had to do something, but we could not, so we said something, and said it a lot. Through Kony2012 we were all absolved of our own impotence - even though we did not act, and those higher powers who did act did not achieve the goal of the campaign. The Christian resolves his own impotence in the power of God, who is strong when we are weak. The campaigner resolves his own inadequacy in the mass, in the power of “awareness” spread amongst so many millions - in the crowd that is loud when he is quiet. This similarity is crucial. Both modes of petition create a community. Hashtag activism groups individuals into common purpose by way of common media - a shared tagline, shared logos, the “brand” of the movement. Prayer creates community in that we are united by our relationship to God, in our mutual dependence on him, in a communion that is not a crowd but a Church. That our activism is therapeutic is obvious in that it is not based on a rational principle. We do not respond equally to perceived injustices - we usually do not respond at all. We do not follow up Kony2012 with a call to end child-slavery in India, nor will we follow up #BringBackOurGirls with a

celebrity twitter storm against sex slavery in the United States. We have exhausted our outraged glands. We have been made clean. We are engaged in a liturgical cycle of outrage - if the time is not right for being offended at injustice, we will not be offended. Whereas prayer is to be “prayer without ceasing.” So there are differences. Prayer is difficult. Tweeting is easy. Prayer sacrifices time. A status update takes a click. Prayer is necessarily a contemplation of the horror of the

who hates hypocrisy, a God in whom I and my suffering neighbor are one? Hashtag activism, on the other hand, is an expression, not a doing, and while it does not rule out action, it can quite easily stifle it, both in its passing along of responsibility to “higher powers” and by serving as an illusion of action, as a feeling of having done something. The need to lift our heads to a higher power, in a community of petition, regardless of result, is ingrained in our very bones as a response to

Through the social media campaign, Kony 2012 we were all absolved of our own impotence - even though we did not act. injustice we are faced with, of our utter need for God in the face of evil. We can hashtag a slogan without thinking about the event, much less responding to it in any existentially meaningful manner. In fact, the general “feel” of an outraged campaign is, well, jovial. Prayer is an action, a doing, one that does not negate our ability to act in other ways, but rather encourages and inspires it. If percieving the suffering of our neighbor makes us responsible to him, how much more does praying for him, that act of petition to a God who commands I love my neighbour, a God

tragedy. My fear is that what looks like social activism is a really a ritual purification of this need for prayer, and that as a result, social activism will cease to act, will cease to be practically orientated to decisive responses and results, and that tragedies will become opportunities for us to achieve a kind of ethical catharsis - occasions to exercise our weakened petitionary muscles. It is of course possible that nothing of this sort is happening, and that our modern Facebook movements are a new height of human charity - but I don’t think so. WWW.PATHEOS.COM

C R O S S W O R D ACROSS 2 ___ magna 7 ___ Domini 8 Jesuit who proposed the “Big Bang Theory” 9 Number of each animal Noah took in the ark 10 The day of the Resurrection 12 Papal letter signed by the Pope’s secretary and sealed with the Pope’s ring 13 Archdiocese in Nebraska 14 A member of the clergy 15 Cardinal Dulles 16 He says there is no God (Ps 53:1) 18 Saint item 20 “Have ___ on us” 22 ___ will 23 Aquinas’ opus, for short 24 What Jesus did on the water 26 Medieval concept that was never an official teaching of the Church 28 Saint who gave his name to an alphabet 29 City in the Archdiocese of Westminster and the Diocese of Brentwood 31 NT book 32 Ethical conduct 33 Catholic actor Wilson who did the voice for Marmaduke 34 Catholic Academy Awardwinning actress Hayward DOWN 1 Jazz musician and Catholic convert Brubeck 2 An Eastern rite 3 Type of saint 4 Diocese of Honolulu greeting

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Prayer of repentance This kind of person stirs up strife (Ps 28:25) Administer extreme unction False god of the Old Testament “…and ___ our salvation, He came down from heaven.” “…___, holy, catholic and apostolic…” Describes the soul “____ in Deum Patrem omnipotentem…” “Though the just ___ seven times, they rise again” (Prov 24:16) Our Lady of Prompt ___ “…I am sending you like lambs among ___.” (Lk 10:3) Catholic singing group, The ___ Sisters Magdalene and the sister of Martha Novena number

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