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Canterbury defends marriage A DAY before the British House of Commons was to vote on a bill on same-sex marriage, the new Archbishop of Canterbury restated his opposition. Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby became the Archbishop of Canterbury during an hour-long legal “ceremony of confirmation” at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral on February 4. The rite – which included an oath of allegiance to

Queen Elizabeth II – marked the point in which he stepped aside as Bishop of Durham and became the leader of the Church of England and spiritual head of 77 million Anglicans in sister churches around the world. Speaking to reporters afterward, he said that he stood with his brother Anglican bishops in strongly opposing plans by the British government to redefine marriage to

include same-sex couples. “I stand, as I have always stood over the last few months, with the statement I made at the announcement of my appointment, which is that I support the Church of England’s position on this,” he said. The Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, mainstream Protestant denominations, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh leaders are united in their opposition to

the legislation. Britain’s Catholic bishops have said it would pose a threat to religious liberty and the ability of the Church to function effectively in civil society. In January, they distributed a million postcards throughout parishes in England and Wales to ask the faithful to lobby their elected representatives on the issue. They also issued a briefing paper to politicians, warning them that

the bill, for the first time in British legal history, “fundamentally seeks to break the existing legal link between the institution of marriage and sexual exclusivity, loyalty and responsibility for the children of the marriage”. The bishops said the redefinition of marriage would lead to more fundamental changes and predicted that proposed safeguards would be inadequate. - CNS

Vandals hit St John’s historic ProCathedral By Matthew Biddle THE WALLS of Perth’s oldest Catholic church have been badly defaced by graffiti vandals. It is believed the vandals spraypainted St John’s Pro-Cathedral in Victoria Avenue last weekend. The graffiti, which covers almost every outside wall of the church, will cost thousands of dollars to remove. The Pro-Cathedral was the first Catholic church to be built in the Perth Archdiocese back in 1843, and is believed to be the longest used church in the State. Over the past few months, conservation work has been done on the building, which will continue to be used as a chapel in the future. History vandalised: St John’s ProCathedral in Victoria Avenue in Perth’s central business district covered in graffiti on Monday morning this week. PHOTO: MATTHEW BIDDLE

After two decades putting the Archdiocese’s story in order, archivist calls it a day

Custodian of Church’s history retires By Robert Hiini HER NAME is almost synonymous with the history of the Church and its conservation but, after 20 years preserving the unique heritage of the Archdiocese of Perth, Sr Frances Stibi PBVM is retiring. Perth’s archivist completed her final day in the role on Tuesday, January 29, having been appointed to the position by the then-

Archbishop of Perth Barry Hickey in 1993. Speaking to The Record earlier this week, Sr Frances said it had been an honour to keep the history of the Church in Western Australia but that now was the right time to retire. “I’ve been doing it for a very long time. I turned 75 last week and I was beginning to feel a little bit tired but it has been great,” Sr Frances said.

“It has been very rewarding and I’ve met many interesting people. I feel proud of what I have done and I have no regrets.” She has met thousands of people in that time - from individuals trying to trace their family trees to historians trying to make sense of dense amounts of information for their books. She has also spearheaded the conserving of precious artefacts

associated with the history of the Archdiocese of Perth. Sr Frances said she always felt a tinge of excitement when archdiocesan archives were acknowledged by authors, knowing that she had been able to help someone. “I have also looked on the role as being about pastoral care too, listening to people and their stories and helping people find Please turn to Page 6

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Applications set to close for organ scholarship SAINT Mary’s Cathedral music director Jacinta Jakovcevic says even she is surprised at the opportunity the F J Larner Organ Scholarship represents for serious young pianists and organists. With applications set to close on February 21, Ms Jakovcevic will soon be auditioning applicants who have met the scholarship’s age (1421) and proficiency requirements (minimum 6th Grade piano). “It’s a wonderful opportunity. The successful applicant gets to practise on $1.5M worth of organ, twice a week, at least,” Ms Jakovcevic told The Record. “They will also experience the Hobday chancel organ and the grand Dodd organ. How many people have a choice like that?” The successful applicant will have lessons with Ms Jakovcevic and will bear the title ‘Organ Scholar’, with the possibility of renewing the scholarship annually, for anywhere up to three years. The organ scholar will also be required to learn the role of the organist in enriching liturgical celebrations, and will be expected to play for Novena evenings, once a month, and particular services as directed by the music director. “It’s not just playing concert pieces fabulously, there are a lot of other skills that go into being a good Catholic musician,” Mr Jakovcevic said. “They will also get to work with the Cathedral Choir. It’s important for them to experience different aspects of liturgy and be able to function well as musicians in liturgy.”

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People watch as a new statue of the Virgin of the Socavon is inaugurated on Santa Barbara hill outside of Oruro, Bolivia, on February 1. The statue of Mary and the Christ Child measures 45 metres in height and pays homage to the local patroness invoked in the protection of mine workers. PHOTO: DAVID MERCADO, REUTERS

The skills the scholarship will impart are, in the long term, not only intended to be shared at the Cathedral, but may be utilised by the scholar at their local parish. The scholarship is named after Perth-born organ builder John Larner who was St Mary’s technician for the Dodd organ from 1974 to 2006. For more information or to apply for the F J Larner scholarship, contact 9223 1377 or cathedral. music@perthcatholic.org.au.

CORRECTION IN ‘Parish priest surveys damage after storm hits Kalgarin’ (January 23, 2013), Our Lady Help of Christians, Kalgarin was incorrectly said to have been built as an ecumenical place of worship. The church was actually built specifically as a Catholic place of worship, opening in 1966. One of the men who volun-

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These Greek brothers were distinguished even before they became “the apostles of the Slavs.” Cyril taught in Constantinople and Methodius was a provincial governor. About 863, after ordination, they went as missionaries to Moravia, where they had considerable success, partly because they knew the Slavonic language. But their mission was challenged by Germans seeking to dominate in the area. In 869, Cyril died in Rome and Methodius was consecrated bishop and returned to his mission. He was imprisoned by the Germans for two years until the pope won his release. He died in 885. The brothers are associated with Mass in the vernacular, the Cyrillic alphabet and Slavonic literature. They are the patrons of ecumenists, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania and Europe.

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AN EVENING of talks will offer interested parties the opportunity to get to know the life and legacy of Perth’s controversial first Catholic bishop a little better. An Evening with Bishop John Brady is being organised for Thursday February 28, 7.30pm, in the Cathedral Parish Centre (located below the Cathedral adjacent to the Cathedral Crypt where Bishop Brady is interred). It will consist of three informal presentations of approximately 20 minutes each outlining the process of the exhumation and reinterment of the remains of Bishop John Brady in 2011 and research into Bishop Brady inspired by this event. The first presentation, by Fr Robert Cross, is entitled The Archaeology of Bishop John Brady and will cover the exhumation, examination and return to Australia of Bishop Brady’s remains. The second is entitled The Colonial Years: Bishop John Brady and the Colonial Secretary’s Office and will be presented by Perth historian Odhran O’Brien The third is Bishop John Brady: A European Perspective and will be presented by Mr John Hoyle, who has spent the last two years accessing and examining archival material from Perpignan Diocese, the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, Lyon and other archives. Light refreshments will be provided; to assist for light refreshments catering, RSVPs should be emailed to: robert.cross@perthcatholic.org.au A donation to help cover expenses would be appreciated on the night.

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teered to build the church told The Record that a convoy of farm trucks was utilised to transport the bricks from Midland, 320kms away. Each brick was put on, and taken off, the trucks, by hand. The article also incorrectly stated that Mass was celebrated at the church twice-a-month. Mass is currently celebrated on every fourth Saturday, and every fifth Sunday, of the month.

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A special blessing for throats on St Blaise’s day By Matthew Biddle CATHOLICS at St Anne’s Centre for the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in Belmont received a special blessing of the throat on the feast of St Blaise on February 3. The feast day commemorates the bishop and martyr who lived during the third century. Fr Michael Rowe, who is Rector of St Anne’s and Latin Mass chaplain, told The Record the blessing was an ancient ceremony. The blessing is received after two consecrated candles are held by the priest in a crossed position and touched to the throats of the faithful.

St Blaise is known for miraculously saving a young boy from choking. Although there is limited information available about St Blaise’s life, he is known for performing the miraculous cure of a young boy who was choking to death after a fishbone was lodged in his throat. “When St Blaise was imprisoned during a persecution, the boy’s mother brought him food and candles,” Fr Rowe said. “Later, the idea of using candles to bless throats was celebrated on St Blaise’s feast day.” The text of the blessing reads: ‘Through the intercession of Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from ailments of the throat, and from every other evil’. “Such a blessing and such a healing must have only two aims:

Assisted by Mark O’Callaghan, Fr Michael Rowe, Rector of St Anne’s Centre for the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Rite in Belmont, blessed throats on the Feast of St Blaise on February 3. PHOTO: MATTHEW BIDDLE

to give glory to God and to bring hope and encouragement to others,” Fr Rowe said. “We must use our throats, our voices, in praise of

God, giving him glory at all hours of the day and night. “St Blaise is a constant reminder to us of God’s care and concern for

us in our weakness, sickness, and limited human existence. His celebration is one of the ways in which we highlight and thank God for that

care and concern.” The blessing of the throats was also given to parishioners at Attadale after all Sunday Masses.

Facilities bigger and better at Eagle’s Nest THE archdiocese-owned Eagles Nest Retreat Centre in Gidgegannup continues to go from strength to strength, with a recent upgrade in the size of its dining area and a steady increase in the number of Catholic schools using the site. The layout of the centre has been recently revised, yielding a large rectangular dining hall. In the process, the old toilet and ensuite have been replaced with new facilities. Caretaker Geof Bedells said the

modern plumbing was a welcome improvement over the previous earthenware pipe-work, which was the oldest on the site. He spoke enthusiastically of the new area’s potential for programmed events as well as more comfortable dining. “Those who have come with the largest groups will remember needing to snuggle in a little at dinner times, with one table pocketed in an alcove – a legacy of the building’s progressive development from

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residence to camping venue,” Mr Bedells told The Record. “[Increased patronage] is sure to continue as more schools and parishes experience for themselves the quality and value of our very own camping venue.” Last year was a significant one for the centre. In addition to experiencing a steady increase in patronage, the centre also received its official mandate, detailing its mission and function as an agency of the Archdiocese of Perth.

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to give glory to God and to bring hope and encouragement to others,” Fr Rowe said. “We must use our throats, our voices, in praise of

God, giving him glory at all hours of the day and night. “St Blaise is a constant reminder to us of God’s care and concern for

us in our weakness, sickness, and limited human existence. His celebration is one of the ways in which we highlight and thank God for that

care and concern.” The blessing of the throats was also given to parishioners at Attadale after all Sunday Masses.

Facilities bigger and better at Eagle’s Nest THE archdiocese-owned Eagle’s Nest Retreat Centre in Gidgegannup continues to go from strength to strength, with a recent upgrade in the size of its dining area and a steady increase in the number of Catholic schools using the site. The layout of the centre has been recently revised, yielding a large rectangular dining hall. In the process, the old toilet and ensuite have been replaced with new facilities. Caretaker Geof Bedells said the

Bedells told The Record. “[Increased patronage] is sure to continue as more schools and parishes experience for themselves the quality and value of our very own camping venue.” Last year was a significant one for the centre. In addition to experiencing a steady increase in patronage, the centre also received its official mandate, detailing its mission and function as an agency of the Archdiocese of Perth. EAGLE’S NEST - 9422 7900

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Constitutional cane toad ‘can’t work’ By Robert Hiini LAY PEOPLE must navigate their way between speaking out honestly for the sake of the Church and maintaining a healthy loyalty to their bishop, Melbourne Auxiliary Bishop Peter Elliott said last week. The concomitant demands revealed an “important tension” at the heart of contemporary Church life, particularly in the wake of the Second Vatican Council’s teaching that the Church is properly thought of as being made up of all its members - lay, religious and clerical alike. Bishop Elliott made the comments in a wide ranging interview with The Record, traversing the issues he spoke to in his “Red Mass” homily on January 29 (published in full, pages 10-11), delivered before judges and lawyers to mark the beginning of Victoria’s legal year. “Particularly at this time, when the Church is passing through difficulties, people have to be honest and pass on their views,” Bishop Elliott said. “At the same time [they should] maintain a healthy loyalty to their bishop.” Lay people have not only the prerogative to speak honestly, but also the obligation to be properly informed about matters affecting the Body of Christ. Mainstream secular media had a patchy record in covering hotbutton contemporary issues in a broad and fair way, and it would be ideal if Catholics consumed media from a wider range of outlets. “There is a great need for alternative information to equip the people,” Bishop Elliott said. “Catholic media is gradually emerging as an alternative source of information.” Bishop Elliott has recently returned from a trip to London and was surprised that virtually no senior Church figures there were aware that Australia had, for the time being at least, bucked the trend of legalising same-sex marriage. “There is a sense that same-sex marriage, just like the communists used to say, is inevitable. “[Alternative media] breaks the illusion that is created there. It is significant,” Bishop Elliott said. Alternative media was also important in equipping lay people for their primary apostolate of liv-

Bishop Peter Elliott of Melbourne has rejected the concept of a total Church-State separation in Australia as an importation of an American notion alien to the intentions of the founding fathers. PHOTO: MELBOURNE ARCHDIOCESE

ing, working and raising families in the world. “What you do, how you serve people through the law each day is the work of God,” Bishop Elliott said during his Red Mass homily. “Once you see your work as part of our journey of faith, then any narrow secular interpretation of your profession fades.” The radical separation between the sacred and the secular which an “extremist minority” were trying to impose on Australian society, was illusory, Bishop Elliott told The Record. “Ultimately, everything belongs to God, particularly our daily work.

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That is the spirituality spreading through the Church.” He said attempts to impose a strict separation between Church and State in Australia represented a ‘constitutional cane toad’ - a forced and incorrect interpretation of the Australian Constitution. “I object to the importation of an American notion of separation of Church and State. The intention of the founding fathers was that there would be no established church, [not] dogmatic to militant secularism,” the bishop said. “We have to be alert that this kind of extreme secularism is not imposed by minority groups.”

Just as Catholics have to guard against tides hostile to religiosity, so too do they have to be wary of reducing the faith to the level of tribal Catholicism, “a kind of club loyalty” as Bishop Elliott described it on January 29. “We need more than a set of doctrines. They are not just catch phrases,” Bishop Elliott told The Record. “Pope Benedict shows us the way [to avoid tribalism] in the Year of Faith, by focusing on Jesus Christ and a personal relationship with him with an emphasis on the Sacraments of Eucharist and Reconciliation. “That is the best antidote to a

tribal Catholicism where you just think of yourselves as a holy clan.” Living a sanctified life also means moving beyond the faith of one’s childhood, Bishop Elliott told The Record, reiterating parts of his Red Mass homily. “Many professional people are very well educated [in their field] but still have this gap between their professional training and what they have learnt about the faith. “They are still surviving on what they learnt in school 40 to 50 years ago,” Bishop Elliott said. An adult understanding and lived experience of the “objective content” of the faith was necessary to ameliorate against a “privatised faith” in which challenging elements were ignored or rejected. “The faith of little children has its limits. We are called to an adult faith – not some childish jumble of pious bits and pieces or sentimental feelings, lingering since primary school years,” the bishop said during his homily. Despite occasional conflagrations, the fissures that surfaced in the Church after the Second Vatican Council, between groups emphasising sanctification and those emphasising action, were healing. “I think a lot of the polarisation that happened after Vatican II is changing. It’s still there but it’s shrinking. “The extremist groups in the Church are much smaller than they used to be and there is an integration of faith and life which is very healthy. The new spiritual movements are part of that,” Bishop Elliott said. Bishop Elliott also provided an update on the progress of developing new texts for rites in the three Ordinariates for former Anglicans in the United Kingdom, America and Canada, and Australia. The Vatican commission Anglicanae Traditionas, of which Bishop Elliott is a member, met at the Brompton Oratory, London, last month, successfully completing their work on rites for the Eucharist and Baptism. The bishop said he hoped they would be approved by the two congregations or departments of the Holy See charged with overseeing their development, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Congregation for Divine Worship.

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The Building Stronger Families program, commencing in West Leederville on February 20, is for couples and children.

RESEARCH shows that wellfunctioning, healthy families have skills and patterns of relating that appear again and again. These skills and patterns can be learnt and result in increased self esteem and confidence in parents and children. The Archdiocese of Perth’s Catholic Marriage and Fertility Services agency is collaborating with Relationships Australia to offer families the six-week Building Stronger Families program on Wednesday evenings. The course will be presented by marriage and relationship educators Derek Boylen and Alessandra D’Amico of Catholic Marriage and Fertility Services. Both are the parents of six children each and bring a blend of professional knowledge and personal experience. “What’s special about this program is that it is for both parents and children from eight years and up,” said Mr Boylen. “The program shows how any family can gain by parents being leaders and role models and by dealing confidently with conflict, problems and change,” he said. Parents and children are also coached in the skills of how to speak up appropriately, listening and co-operating. Costing either $80 or $120, the course will be held from 6.309pm at 15 Cambridge Street, West Leederville commencing February 20, 2013. Further information: (08) 9489 6322.

Notre Dame student Sophie Lester played Hero in the latest Shakespeare WA production, Much Ado About Nothing. PHOTO: UNDA

LOVE, suspense, humour and a unique setting characterised the latest performance by Shakespeare WA, Much Ado About Nothing, at the Kings Park Botanic Gardens in 2013. The production, which ran for four weeks, was directed by Theatre Studies lecturer, Adjunct Associate Professor Paige Newmark and also included significant contributions from staff, students and alumni

of The University of Notre Dame Australia in Fremantle. One of the leading roles was performed by third-year Law/Arts student Sophie Lester. Front of house was managed by Bachelor of Education (Secondary) graduate Jayde Clark, while Theatre Studies graduate Jasmyn Woodford worked behind the scenes as the production’s General Manager. Set in the coastal Italian city of

Messina at the end of World War II, Much Ado About Nothing is a Shakespearean comedy about two pairs of lovers – Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero. Playing the part of Hero, the beautiful and kind-hearted daughter of the Governor of Messina (Leonardo), Ms Lester said she was privileged to have been given the opportunity to perform and enhance her on-stage presence.

She said she always tried to think creatively about ways of portraying the emotions of love, hurt and anger through her character each night. “I wanted to make the audience feel the pain Hero was feeling after being rejected by her one true love,” Ms Lester said. Ms Lester’s love of the theatre began as a student at Mercedes College. In Year 10, she played Dorothy in the school’s Wizard of Oz production and the following year scored a lead role as Captain Hook in Peter Pan. “A massive amount of effort goes into productions such as Much Ado About Nothing. “We practically have to build a theatre in Kings Park and take most of the set to and from the location each day for a month,” Prof Newmark said. “The best part about working with a Shakespearean play is that it constantly challenges as a director. Every time you revisit one of his plays, there’s always something new to discover.” Discipline Coordinator of Theatre Studies and English Literature at UNDA’s School of Arts and Sciences in Fremantle, Professor Chris Wortham, is the Chairman of the Shakespeare WA board. Prof Wortham, an internationally recognised Shakespearean expert, said excellence in movement and gesture, clear and concise vocal projection, and an overall understanding of a play itself were core elements the Theatre Studies curriculum taught to Notre Dame students.

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Ignore ‘prophets of doom,’ Pope urges Pope Benedict XVI asked sisters, brothers and priests not to listen to the “prophets of doom” who say that consecrated life has no future or that it has no meaning in today’s world. “Do not join the prophets of doom who proclaim the end or the lack of meaning of consecrated life in today’s Church; rather, clothe yourselves with Jesus Christ and put on the armour of light ... remaining awake and vigilant,” he told consecrated virgins and members of religious orders during Mass with the religious on February 2, marking the World Day for Consecrated Life.

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Sister beloved by young and old returns to God WITH great sadness, the Schoenstatt Sisters have shared news of the loss of Sr M Patrocla Stuecker who died on Monday, January 14 at 89 years of age. In the last few years, she had struggled with ill health and was a patient at Mount Druitt hospital, Sydney when she passed away. Sr M Patrocla lived a long, fruitful life and was loyal to her vocation as a Schoenstatt Sister of Mary for 64 years, the Sisters said. She was a Kindergarten teacher, “through-and-through”, the Sisters told The Record, having learnt her profession before entering the Schoenstatt community at 26. Sister arrived as a missionary in Fremantle in 1957, sent by Schoenstatt-founder Father Joseph Kentenich. She lived and worked in the Perth Archdiocese for 15 years in the parishes of Riverton and Armadale, where she was known and loved as a Kindergarten teacher, sacristan and a genuinely joyful and smiling sister who welcomed pilgrims at the Schoenstatt Shrine in Armadale. In Mount Druitt, Sister worked as the director of the Holy Family Parish Pre-School from 1968-1988. In 2009, ill health saw her return to the province house at Mulgoa,

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Sr M Patrocla Stuecker Born: October 23, 1923 Entered eternal life: January 14, 2013 Sydney and from there to Our Lady of Consolation Nursing Home, Rooty Hill. After her death, many of the elderly residents expressed how much they had appreciated

“We are privileged that she was with us,” one nurse told the Sisters. “She radiated God to us and she also radiated your community to us.” her kind and loving approach and the fact that she never joined in gossip or spoke negatively of others. Many said that they would miss her greatly. “We are privileged that she was with us. She radiated God to us and she also radiated your community

Sr M Patrocla Stuecker, who died on January 14, was beloved on both sides of the country.

to us,” one of the nurses at Mount Druitt hospital told the Sisters. Sr M Patrocla’s Requiem Mass was held at Joseph Kentenich House

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Chapel at Mulgoa on Thursday, January 17. The Sisters said they appreciated people’s prayers for the repose of

the soul of their dear co-sister and wanted to thank the many people who had expressed their condolences on hearing the news.

Riverton celebrates canonisation

Sister retires after twenty years’ service

By Matthew Biddle THE Pallottine order celebrated the 50-year anniversary of the canonisation of its founder at the Queen of Apostles Catholic Church in Riverton on Friday. A crowd of about 250 attended the Golden Jubilee celebration Mass which was concelebrated by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and 16 other priests, including three Pallottines. During his homily, Archbishop Costelloe said St Vincent Pallotti’s desire for all Catholics to be involved in the Church’s mission was both unique and fundamental to the faith. “Priests and religious and a small band of committed lay people cannot on their own fulfil the mission which Christ has given to his whole Church – to carry the message of the Gospel to every corner of the world,” Archbishop Costelloe said. The Archbishop challenged those present to reflect upon their lives and what they could do to become authentic apostles in the world and the Church. “Every baptised person … has been chosen by God, consecrated by God, filled with God’s Holy Spirit in order to go out into our world … and share the extraordinary gifts of the faith with others,” he said. “We can learn about God … not just by reading books but by looking at people like Vincent Pallotti and seeing what a response to God looks like in action.” The Pallottine Fathers have been in charge of the Riverton parish since it was established back in 1951. Local parishioner Bill Spence, a lay member of the Union of Catholic Apostolate (UAC) founded by St Vincent Pallotti, said having the Pallottines in charge of the parish was wonderful. “There’s always something happening in this parish,” he said. “Every night of the week there’s at least one meeting, and there are activities on the weekends as well.” Mr Spence said his role in the UAC was primarily to contribute to his parish and diocese. “It’s a matter of getting people more involved … which was the main charism of St Vincent Pallotti,”

Sr Frances Stibi PBVM says it has been a joyful role, but now is the right time to go. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Above, Fr Eugene San SAC, Tricia Wisolith and Cheryl Sullivan light the jubilee candle. Right, Fr San and Archbishop Costelloe. PHOTOS: E D’SOUZA, M BIDDLE

he said. St Vincent Pallotti (1795– 1850) was known for his love of the poor, dedication to educating the youth, and his desire to encourage all people to be active participants in the mission of the Church. After being ordained in 1818, Pallotti founded the UAC in 1835, a group of both religious and lay people devoted to the revival of the faith and the unity of all people in Christ. The UAC now has more than 2,000 members throughout the world. Vincent Pallotti was beatified in 1950 by Pope Pius XII and canonised on January 20, 1963 by Pope John XXIII. Pallottine priests and brothers arrived in Australia from the German province in 1901 to minister to the Aboriginal people in the Kimberley. Since then the order has spread to various locations throughout Western Australia, as well as to Victoria where it has several houses. However, Fr Eugene San SAC,

regional superior of the Pallotines, said the work of his order in Western Australia has slowly diminished in recent times. Fr San said the Pallottines moved out of the Kimberley around 2006, a few years after they celebrated their 100-year anniversary of arrival in WA. “Unfortunately we haven’t had any vocations, so it was hard to maintain … we just don’t have the numbers to man it,” he said. “We’ve still got a house in

Geraldton … but even that’s dwindling. “The focus of our apostolic work is now over in the east, mainly through parish work and lay apostolate.” But Fr San said the Pallottines intend to continue at the Riverton parish. “This parish was started by the Pallottines over 60 years ago, so we have a long history here,” he said. “[Our parishes] will be the last places we relinquish.”

Continued from Page 1 out what they needed to know,” Sr Frances said. Sr Frances joined the Presentation Sisters in 1989 after her children had reached adulthood, her husband having died 20 years prior. As the Presentation Sisters are a teaching order, she had expected to continue in that vein but was encouraged by her superiors to develop other skills, leading to her volunteering at the Archdiocesan archives in 1991. Archbishop Hickey sought the permission of the Presentation Order to appoint Sr Frances to the position of chief archivist after the previous archivist, Fr D F Bourke CM, author of The History of the Catholic Church in Western Australia, died suddenly in 1993. Sr Frances said the future of archiving was an exciting one, with new challenges. “I’ve always said, somebody younger is [best placed] to carry it on from there. I’m looking forward to reading about things that will be done in that area. “You always have to be looking at the best way of doing things.” The archives’ volunteers, some of whom had been working with Sr Frances for up to 17 years, were the people who inspired her the most, Sr Frances said. “The archdiocesan archives wouldn’t be the very good place it is now without their faithful help,” Sister Frances said. “They’ve inspired me probably more than anybody; their commitment and their interest.”

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Catholic hospital ‘morally wrong’ in nonpersonhood defence

Above, Fr Joseph Carroll CSsR is clapped at the conclusion of a Mass to celebrate his 50th anniversay of ordination.

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Perth still loves you, Father

Father Joseph Carroll was, for many years, the Rector of the Redemptorist Monastery in North Perth. A recent celebration of his 50 years in the priesthood suggests he has not been forgotten. FR JOSEPH CARROLL CSsR, the former head of the Redemptorist congregation in North Perth, celebrated his 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood in the best way possible, last week, surrounded by family and friends. More than 135 people turned out for a special celebratory Mass and subsequent dinner on January 24, with celebrations bordering on moderately raucous, as singing and nostalgia ensued throughout the long and happy evening. The homilist was Notre Dame Fremantle lecturer Fr Peter Black who first met Fr Carroll in 1971, when Fr Carroll was the Redemptorist vocations director. “May St Alphonsus continue to be your inspiration and the Mother of Perpetual Help your protector in your years ahead as a priest of Jesus Christ,” Fr Black said at the end of his homily. “We pray that you will continue to radiate the message that in Him, in Christ, is to be found the abundance of redemption.” Lead acolyte and a close friend of the priest, Richard Van Leeuwen, who donated a generously proportioned cake for the occasion, said Fr Carroll was a much-loved priest. Mr Van Leeuwen and two other close, mutual friends used to catch up over lunch once a month when Fr Carroll was stationed in Perth. “He is a laugh a minute, and a lot of the jokes he tells, I don’t know where they come from,” Mr Van Leeuwen told The Record. “He’s a very, very much loved priest, and very humble.” Fr Peter Black said it was fitting to acknowledge the ‘hundreds of years’ the Carroll family had given in service to the Church, with many of Fr Carroll’s male and female siblings devoting themselves to priestly and Religious ministry. Leading revellers through a PowerPoint presentation of “Fr Joe’s journey”, Fr Carroll’s sister, Sr Kate, revealed that the members of their large family had only been able to

Attorneys for a Catholic hospital were “morally wrong” to cite Colorado’s Wrongful Death Act as one line of defence in a suit brought against the hospital by the widower of a woman seven months pregnant with twins, all of whom died at the hospital in 2006, according to the hospital chain of which it is a member. A statement issued on February 4 by Catholic Health Initiatives, which runs St Thomas More Hospital in Canon City, in the Diocese of Pueblo, said its “adherence to the moral obligations of the Church ... were not strictly followed in this case by attorneys for the hospital.” A separate February 4 statement by Catholic Health Initiatives and the Colorado’s three bishops said the state’s Wrongful Death Act “does not consider unborn children to be persons, which contradicts the moral teachings of the Church.” The bishops Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver and Bishops Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs and Fernando Isern of Pueblo –said on January 24 they would investigate the matter. In a third statement, released on February 4 by the bishops, they said, “CHI was unaware that legal counsel for St Thomas More had aligned itself with an argument based upon an unjust law. CHI officials have assured us that they believed it was ‘morally wrong’ to make recourse to an unjust law.” The joint statement said that if the case were to be appealed further, the Wrongful Death Act defence would not be used by Catholic Health Initiatives attorneys. Jeremy Stodghill brought the suit after his wife, Lori, 31, who was 28 weeks pregnant with twin boys, died at St Thomas More Hospital in 2006. Jeremy took Lori to the hospital on New Year’s Day that year when she complained of feeling sick. She died of a massive heart attack shortly after arriving.

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Church would work for human rights of gay persecuted in countries where outlawed

Fr Joseph Carroll was joined by the many family and friends he amassed in Perth for a night of thanksgiving, good food and song. PHOTOS: ROBERT HIINI

come together on two occasions, in 1954 and 1962, “because someone was always off at a seminary, convent or college”. The 50th anniversary celebrations also featured musical performances from Redemptorist seminarians from Indonesia and Nigeria. “I look around and I see old friends,” Fr Carroll said. “You’ve always been friends, since I’ve known you, and we will always be friends as we walk the way of life together, in friendship and love.”

While the Catholic Church opposes legal sanctions against homosexuality and favours legal protections for unmarried people living together, it must defend traditional marriage for the good of society, said the president of the Pontifical Council for the Family. Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, council president, said the Catholic Church affirms “the equal dignity of every child of God. No one lacks the dignity of being a child of God, so that is untouchable.” While the Church opposes recognising gay unions as “marriage”, he said, it affirms the full dignity of homosexual men and women. “If a country outlawed homosexuality, I would work to overturn it,” he said, adding that he believed there are still “20 or 25 countries” that define homosexuality as a crime. Archbishop Paglia also called for greater efforts to ensure legal protection and inheritance rights for people who are living together, but not married. “To promote justice and to protect the weak,” he said, legal means must be found to guarantee rights and regulate inheritance. “But do not call it marriage,” he said.

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Word of God ‘highest charity’ FAITH AND CHARITY can never be separated nor opposed to each other, just as faith by itself isn’t genuine without charity, Pope Benedict XVI said. “Faith is knowing the truth and adhering to it; charity is ‘walking’ in the truth,” the Pope said in his annual message for Lent, which in 2013 begins on February 13 for Latin-rite Catholics. “Faith is genuine only if crowned by charity.” The text of the Pope’s message was released by the Vatican on February 1. “It would be too one-sided to place a strong emphasis on the priority and decisiveness of faith and to undervalue and almost despise concrete works of charity, reducing them to a vague humanitarianism,” Pope Benedict said. “It is equally unhelpful to overstate the primacy of charity and the activity it generates, as if works could take the place of faith.” At a news conference to present the message, Guinean Cardinal

Robert Sarah, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum which promotes Catholic charitable giving, told reporters that insisting on the indissoluble link between faith and charity is like “hitting a raw nerve”. The Cardinal said the Pope’s message underscores how misguided it is to see faith as an abstract, intellectual endeavour and charity as the concrete or practical side of the Church, or to favour one over the other. “It’s convenient for many, inside and outside” the Church, to see it as divorced from the real world, “inebriated from the scent of candles, busy putting the sacristy in order, focused on obscure theological debates and clerical quarrels rather than on the integral human person Christ spoke to”, the Cardinal said. Another mistake, he said, is seeing the Church as just another large philanthropic agency for which social justice and meeting people’s physical needs are the primary con-

cerns, “forgetting that the desire for God lies at a person’s core”. Yet another misconception is to divide the Church into “good guys” dedicated to service and charity, and “bad guys” dedicated to defending human life and universal moral truths, he said. This is what happens when the Church is praised for helping the sick but vilified for trying to “awaken the human conscience”, the Cardinal said. In the context of the Year of Faith, the Pope dedicated his message to the relationship between faith and charity. All Christians, especially charity workers, need faith – that personal encounter with God in Christ and the experience of his love, the Pope said. “Christians are people who have been conquered by Christ’s love and, accordingly, under the influence of that love they are profoundly open to loving their neighbour in concrete ways,” he said. A Christian

life starts with accepting God’s gift of faith with “wonder and gratitude;” but it is a journey that continues as God seeks “to transform us” to become more like Christ and share his love with others. “Only then does our faith become truly ‘active through love;’ only then does he abide in us,” he said. “The Christian life consists in continuously scaling the mountain to meet God and then coming back down, bearing the love and strength drawn from him, so as to serve our brothers and sisters with God’s own love,” he said. In fact, evangelisation is the greatest form of charity and best way to promote the human person, the Pope said. “There is no action more beneficial, and therefore more charitable towards one’s neighbour than to break the bread of the Word of God, to share with him the Good News of the Gospel, to introduce him to a relationship with God,” he said. - CNS

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Indian bishops resigns over consecration Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of an Indian bishop who participated in the “consecration” of the first bishop of a homegrown charismatic community that is independent of any church. Father Isidore D’Souza, spokesman of the Allahabad diocese, said in an email response to questions, “Obviously, the reason is the socalled ‘consecration’” of Rajendra B Lal. In early November, Lal became “the first bishop of Yeshu Darbar”, a megachurch that began as a prayer group in Lal’s home in 1994 and now attracts some 50,000 people each Sunday to services in an Allahabad stadium. - CNS

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Archbishop to raise fund for demolition A Romanian appeals court ordered a new 18-storey office building demolished because it threatens the Bucharest cathedral’s physical security and was illegally constructed. Despite various “stop work” orders over the past several years, the construction is finished, although electricity, gas, phone lines and plumbing have not been installed. Experts consulted by the media in Romania said it is possible to take the office building down, floor by floor, for between $2.7 million and $6.8 million. The court order gave responsibility to the city – but the city says it has no money for such an expensive operation. The archbishop said he is considering starting a fund to raise the money for the immediate dismantlement of the condemned building. - CNS

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The son of Jose Rodriguez Rosario, a member of the Kombo Kolombia band, mourns over his coffin during the funeral at a cemetery in Monterrey, Mexico, on January 30. At least eight bodies were pulled from a well in northern Mexico on January 27 near the site where 20 people went missing the previous week, including members of the Colombian-style band, according to a state forensic official. The killings are related to drug gang violence. PHOTO: DANIEL BECERRIL, REUTERS

US bishops to study contraceptive move EXEMPTIONS from the requirement to provide contraceptive coverage under the US Affordable Care Act will be simplified to include many more types of religious institutions and accommodate the needs of self-insured Church entities that say they must keep a clear financial and functional wall between themselves and the provision of contraceptives. A new set of proposed rules announced on February 1 by the US Department of Health and Human Services attempt to accommodate objections raised by Catholic insti-

tutions, among others, that said the previous rules would force them to stop providing employee health insurance because the federal requirement to include contraceptive coverage violates their religious beliefs. The expansion would cover religious higher education institutions, health care providers and charitable agencies that do not discriminate on the basis of religion as to whom they serve or employ. The new proposed rules specify that no exemption will be given to “for-profit, secular employers.” - CNS

Guadalupe film screens BEFORE making his documentary on Our Lady of Guadalupe, The Blood & the Rose, director and co-writer Tim Watkins said, “I knew very little about Our Lady of Guadalupe”. Now, with his film out in the US and available on DVD, he wants the world to know about her. “I reinvigorated my faith about three years before I started making the film,” Watkins said before a January 24 screening of the movie in Washington. “Most people say ‘Our Lady of Guadalupe’ and they think, ‘Oh, it’s a Mexican story,’” Watkins added, but it’s much more than that. “Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patroness of life,” he said. The Blood & the Rose, narrated by actor Eduardo

Verastegui of Bella and For Greater Glory fame, has two main parts. One is the blood part. And while there are stylised representations, some of them in black-and-white, there is a lot of blood. That has to do with the human sacrifices by the Aztecs who inhabited parts of Mexico 500 years ago. That’s followed by violent battles between the Aztecs and the Spaniards, who ultimately conquered the Aztecs. The other is the rose part, to do with St Juan Diego, who saw Our Lady of Guadalupe at the top of a hill. To convince the bishop of what he witnessed, he brought his tilma, an outer cloak worn by indigenous people, bearing the miraculous image of a dark-skinned Mary. - CNS

The official Vatican City travel guide was released, aimed at making life easier for pilgrims and tourists, and offering accurate and exhaustive details for scholars and historians. The General Guide to Vatican City says it’s trying to fill the gap created over the 80 years since the Vatican published its first official guide one year after the city-state was established in 1929. Even though there are many other travel guides out there, “what was still missing was an essential, rigorous work that illustrates” every aspect of Vatican City, the guide’s introduction says. The guide, which costs 35 euros or about $47, can be ordered through the museums’ online site: www.shop. museivaticani.va. - CNS

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Pope to have busy Easter schedule Pope Benedict XVI will lead a full slate of Holy Week and Easter liturgies in Rome and at the Vatican, keeping pace with a usually busy papal schedule. Publishing the Pope’s schedule on January 29, the Vatican said his Holy Week activities will begin with a procession and Mass in St Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, March 24. Pope Benedict will celebrate a morning Chrism Mass in St Peter’s Basilica on Holy Thursday and that evening will preside over the Mass of the Lord’s Supper in Rome’s Basilica of St John Lateran, the Cathedral of Rome. On Good Friday, he will celebrate the liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in St Peter’s Basilica in the late afternoon, and then will lead a nighttime Way of the Cross at Rome’s Colosseum. - CNS

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Half a million march for life PARTICIPANTS at the annual March for Life in Washington on January 25 demonstrated just how determined they are, not only by showing up in such large numbers on a bitter, cold day, but by continuing a 40-year tradition of protesting the US Supreme Court’s decision legalising abortion. “Forty years ago, people thought opposition” to the Supreme Court’s decision “would eventually disappear”, Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley told the crowd assembled on the National Mall for a rally prior to the march along Constitution Avenue to the front of the US Supreme Court. He noted that Nellie Gray, founder of the annual march who died last year, “was not going to allow that to happen”, nor was the pro-life movement. “The march grows stronger every year,” said the Cardinal, chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities. Various media outlets put the estimate for this year’s March for Life crowd at between 500,000 and 650,000. An official crowd estimate has not been provided by police since about 1995. A separate “virtual” March for Life sponsored by Americans United for Life Action for those unable to travel to Washington drew 70,000 participants. Many speakers praised the resiliency of the crowd, braving a minus 6-degree day and standing on snow-dusted ground, but they also spoke of the pro-life movement getting re-energised by young people who are becoming the movement’s new torchbearers. This year’s march and rally took place three days after the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v Wade decision to better accommodate participants, since the official January 22 anniversary was the day after public ceremonies for the presidential inauguration. Hundreds of high school and college groups were scattered throughout the rally crowd; their members, often in matching hats, were texting, taking pictures and creatively protesting by wearing pro-life stickers on their faces and carrying placards in the backs of their jackets. Their placards did not have jarring images or messages but predominantly took a gentler tone such as: “Abolish Abortion Courageously” or “I am the pro-life generation”. Jeanne Monahan, new president of the March for Life Education & Defence Fund, is 40 – just as old as the 1973 Supreme Court decision and the movement protesting it. Monahan praised Gray for her long dedication to the cause and

Participants carry a banner during the annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco on January 26. An estimated 50,000 people took part in the pro-life demonstration, one of numerous demonstrations throughout the country coinciding with the major event, the March for Life, which attracted an estimated half a million people in Washington on January 25. PHOTO: DENNIS CALLAHAN, CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO

Protestors stand in front of the US Supreme Court building during the March for Life in Washington on January 25. PHOTO: ST LOUIS REVIEW

several speakers also credited her for getting the pro-life movement on its feet with the first march and leading each one until her death. During the rally, a video tribute to her was shown on the giant Jumbotron. Monahan described abortion as “human rights abuse” but she also said there were signs the tide was

changing as more anti-abortion measures have been introduced in US state legislatures and public opinions are changing. As she put it to the cheering crowd: “Being prolife is considered the new normal”. Speakers on the stage stood below the message “40=55 million”, referring to the number of abortions reported to have been

performed since abortion was legalised. This year’s rally did not include speeches by dozens of politicians as in previous years. Nine legislators were announced and only a handful spoke. Republican heavyweight John Boehner, who leads the Republican majority in the US House of Representatives, addressed the crowd with a taped video message promising to work for passage of a bill to ban taxpayer funding for abortions. Rick Santorum, former senator and presidential candidate, spoke about his 4-year-old daughter, Bella, who suffers from Trisomy 18, a rare genetic disorder that is often considered fatal. Santorum said babies diagnosed with disabilities in the womb are often aborted. He and his wife were encouraged to abort their daughter, he said, because “she was going to be saddled with disabilities and it would be better for her. But we all know that death is never better”. “She makes us better,” he said, referring to her impact on his family. Santorum also praised the continual efforts of those in the pro-

life movement, particularly those who volunteer at crisis pregnancy centres, stressing that this is “not a group moralising from the mountaintop”. Another new aspect at this year’s rally was more use of social media technology, with speakers prior to the rally’s start urging participants to tweet about the rally and follow March for Life on Twitter and Facebook. Cardinal O’Malley read a tweet to the crowd from Pope Benedict XVI, which said: “I join all those marching for life from afar, and pray that political leaders will protect the unborn and promote a culture of life”. Rueben Verastigui, youth activist, had a specific message for the crowd’s youths. “You can’t just sit around waiting for change to happen; you have to get up and make it happen.” He urged them to get involved in prolife work and if they feel they are alone they should remember this experience. “Look around, we are not alone. We are not the future of the prolife movement; we are the pro-life movement!”

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So far, so good for Benedict’s foray into Twitter IN HIS FIRST month on Twitter, Pope Benedict XVI sent two dozen mini-messages in nine languages, generating more than 270,000 comments and responses from other Twitter users, according to a study conducted by an Italian Jesuit magazine. While some of the comments were harsh and even obscene, negative comments accounted for about 8 per cent of the total, according to the magazine Popoli. It published the results of their “sentiment analysis” of tweeted reactions to Pope Benedict on January 28. According to the study, more than 200,000 – about 82 per cent – of the responses were simply retweets or “neutral” comments on what the Pope tweeted, from

December 12-January 15 through his @Pontifex accounts. Nearly 10 per cent of the tweeted reactions were positive. The magazine reported 26,426 “positive” tweets, which the study divided into categories, such as: • 26.5 per cent of the positive tweets were retweets of the Pope’s message with a brief comment, or cited the Pope’s words. • 25 per cent thanked the Pope or wished him well. • 15.6 per cent were prayers, particularly after the Pope mentioned suffering in Nigeria and Syria. • 12 per cent were “welcome to Twitter” or other comments on the Pope joining the social network.

• 7.6 per cent asked the Pope questions about meaning and life. • 7 per cent were comments defending the Pope. • Popoli defined 22,542 tweets as “negative” and divided them into categories: • 26 per cent mentioned paedophilia or the clerical sex abuse scandal • 25 per cent were “direct insults” • 20 per cent were criticisms of the perceived power or wealth of the Vatican • 16 per cent were ironic or satiric. • 8.5 per cent mentioned gay marriage.

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Pope Benedict XVI has received mostly neutral or positive tweets in response to his first Twitter posts. Supportive responses fell under these main groups: 16% 25% 27%

12%

questions on meaning and life

about the pope using Twitter

prayers

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retweets or papal quotes Sources: Popoli magazine and Oogo

defending the pope 8%

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Sanctity is heaven's brief

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Melbourne Auxiliary Bishop Peter Elliott did not mince his words when preaching to members of the legal profession on January 29. The faith is substantive and develops organically, and demands an adult understanding if we are ever to integrate belief and life, and while some argue that religion should be purged from the public square, everything, Bishop Elliott said, ultimately belongs to God.

HIS is the Year of Faith for the whole Church, called by Pope Benedict XVI to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council in 1962. The theme of the year is set out in the Holy Father’s magnificent letter, Porta Fidei, 'The Door of Faith'. The first words of the original Latin text are taken from Acts 14:27. Paul and Barnabas returned from mission work to the Christian base in Antioch and St Luke tells us that they “gathered the Church together and declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.” The Holy Father adds: “To enter through that door is to set out on a journey that lasts a lifetime …” Faith is presented as a journey, a life pilgrimage that is both personal and communal: personal, because faith involves trust in God who cannot deceive or be deceived; communal, because “my faith” is part of our shared faith. This is underlined in the new and more accurate translation of the creed, “I believe”, “credo”. On Sundays, we recite this creed together, with one voice, as one People of God, so my faith is our faith, the Faith of the Church. The Holy Father writes to us in light of the Second Vatican Council’s teaching on the Church: that we are all members of the Church, the People of God, a people of faith, a pilgrim people on a journey. Behind this evocative imagery is the Christian understanding of what human beings are. Our history on the broad world plane, and the story of each of our lives within our families, has meaning, direction, plan and purpose. The true God revealed in Jesus the Christ is a personal God relating to persons, men and women created in his image and likeness, given the gift of faith in Baptism. The personal dimension of our journey of faith is meant to be balanced with the communal dimension, and that is the genius of Catholicism. Therefore, none of us should ever reduce faith to the level of tribal Catholicism, a kind of club loyalty. Then Christian faith may easily shrivel up into last century’s deadly substitute for faith, human ideology, or faith may slide down into an intolerant ethnic sectarianism. At the same time, none of us should cultivate a privatised faith, that is, my own set of feelings or hunches that conveniently airbrushes out the tough elements of our religion. The Catholic Faith is not a range of goods on offer at the religious supermarket, where you pick and choose according to some subjective notion of conscience. The accurate interpretation of the Second Vatican Council will have none of that. Promoted by Blessed John Paul II and Benedict XVI, this interpretation is known as the hermeneutic of continuity, that is, understanding Vatican II in the light of all preceding Councils and papal teachings. That term “continuity” should resonate among men and women who serve the law. This is a quality of life and tradition that you appreciate and understand well. Through the law you experience continuity every day. Therefore, as we commence a new legal year, I invite you to reflect on your own faith, your journey of faith, as men and women who serve the law. How well you can appreciate that human basis of faith, trust, fiducia. In our families, we see the trust of little children. In marriage, we expect the mutual trust of husband and wife. In your work, you

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne Peter Elliott gave the homily at Melbourne’s annual Red Mass on January 29 at St Patrick’s Cathedral. The tradition dates back to Europe during the Middles Ages and is named after the red vestments worn by celebrants, representing the Holy Spirit. A Red Mass was also recently celebrated in Sydney which also attracted leading legal and political figures in that state. Photos: Fiona Basile, Kairos Catholic Journal, Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne

enter various relationships of trust. Yet informed by your Catholic faith. Here, we maintaining public order, protecting the the faith of little children has its limits. should reject an illusion that your profes- vulnerable, helping the poor, keeping the We are called to an adult faith, not some sion is purely secular. Of course, in one peace: this is your daily work in a variety childish jumble of pious bits and pieces sense, it is secular, insofar as you are not of professions that serve people through or sentimental feelings, lingering since clergy and religious, nor do most of you the law. The substance of your noble callprimary school years. delve into the subtleties of the Code of ing is at the same time the work of God, This is where the objective content we Canon Law. But what you do, how you the God who is supremely and perfectly call “The Faith” becomes important. Our serve people through the law each day, just. Catholic Faith has content, substance, is the work of God. Each moment in your working day form, set out in the adult Catechism of the Once you see your work as part of our should be another step towards that Catholic Church. But do you Kingdom of Heaven where own and read this masterly Christ will reign. In the work? Does your own read- “We are called to an adult faith, not some words of the preface of ing include reflection on the Christ the King, his is “An faith at an adult level? Does childish jumble of pious bits and eternal and universal kingthis lead to prayer? dom, a kingdom of truth We make the journey of pieces or sentimental feelings, and life, a kingdom of holifaith as adult Christians, ness and grace, a kingdom of even as Christ calls us to a lingering since primary school years. justice, love and peace”. childlike trust in him, our This reign of Christ is only Lord and personal embodied in your concrete Saviour. He is the One we will offer and journey of faith, then any narrow secular acts of service inspired by the social docreceive in this divine Sacrifice today in interpretation of your professions fades. trine of the Church, itself derived from this, our cathedral. Preparing a brief, pleading a cause, the Gospel. The balance between faith and adult hearing a case, adjudicating and reconThe integration of faith and the praclife also calls for an integration between ciling, apportioning justice, determin- tice of the law brings to mind a glorious how we believe and how we live. Your ing penalties, arbitrating, seeking equity, model, St Thomas More, your patron. He vocation in the law is meant to be protecting a trust, drafting documents, worked with integrity as he served the

common good, just as he tried to serve a fickle king, a heretical and schismatic tyrant. Thanks to a perfidious lawyer, Thomas Cromwell, that king became the forerunner of the modern totalitarian state. Did St Thomas More die for his conscience? That is only a part of the story, perhaps over-emphasised in Bolt’s Man for All Seasons. The lawyer saint died for the Catholic Faith. He gave himself in personal faith for the Faith of God’s People, our faith. He refused to deny the authority that Jesus Christ conferred for all time on the Successors of St Peter in Rome. Brothers and sisters, as you strive to maintain St Thomas More’s Catholic vision of right in society and a love of the Church, I thank you. May you continue to strive to ensure that the Common Law is always informed by the Natural Law. That could be taken for granted once, not so today. Yet, in the choices and decisions that you make, the ethical dimension is essential, unavoidable. This touches on a problem we all face, the radical separation of sacred and secular.

For Christians, rising secularism and a tle crosses have gone up to the ultimate reason. That is not derived from the crude atheism represent a misleading European tribunals. But these small Enlightenment, rather from earlier tradualism, separating the material world issues have big stakes, the very freedom ditions grounded in the interaction of from God. This rupture between matter of religion, which in many ways is the working systems of ecclesiastical and civil and spirit ignores the central Christian conscience base of all our human rights. law in mediaeval Europe. affirmation, that in the Incarnation the May you defend that freedom. Reason flourished in a Catholic culSon of God took our flesh, entered our The last dimension of your faith and ture, which drew on all that is best in the lives, changed our world, so that hence- mine I wish to underline can be appre- classical heritage of ancient Rome and forth whatever the baptised men and ciated by those who serve the law, the Greece and the customs and precedents women do is God’s work. relationship between faith and reason. of the peoples of Northern Europe. That false separation Those who serve the law between God and the respect reason. One of the best world is evident in a forced “For Christians, rising secularism and a crude books on the Resurrection interpretation of the United was written under the name States Constitution, the atheism represent a misleading of Frank Morrison, Who so-called “separation of Moved the Stone? I believe he Church and State”. speaks to lawyers because he dualism, separating the material Some secularists are provides a forensic approach trying to import this con- world from God. to the foundational event stitutional cane toad into of Christianity, the physiAustralia. These secularcal resurrection of Jesus of ists are running aggressive campaigns to In this Year of Faith we need to reflect Nazareth. This work of apologetics inteeliminate religion from the public forum, on what has already been outlined by grates reason and faith, calmly demonunder the guise of toleration, always Blessed John Paul II in his encyclical let- strating the reasonableness of Christian invoking a cloying political correctness. ter, Fides et Ratio, 'Faith and Reason'. He faith, concretely grounded in what hapI recently returned from some weeks also addressed that dated lie that there is pened to people in a particular time and in the United Kingdom where petty cases a conflict between science and religion. place, in an ordered universe where there revolving around Christians wearing litThe Law is meant to be a bastion of are laws – and also miracles. So we go

forward on our journey, trying to live the vocation of Baptism, that is, trying to live out the gift of faith sown in us in the transforming waters of the Spirit. Yet, as sinners we need to refresh the justifying grace of Baptism. In our frailty and weakness, we need to recover grace because we stumble and fall on our journey. Here, we can all come to the tribunal of mercy and peace, offered to us in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. Lent is drawing near. In this year of Faith, may Lent be a time of inner conversion, a distinct step forward in our journey of faith as individuals and as a people of faith. But first we must open that door of faith, perhaps by stepping once more through the door of the confessional, then accepting a deeper adult study of our faith, surely by more personal prayer and by acts of love to those around us, above all by acts of charity to the poor. And always we should keep before us the words of a wise and learned Pope, “To enter through that door is to set out on a journey that lasts a lifetime …”

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desert

Where did the 40 day fast come from? If not for a grammatical error, we might have been fasting for only 40 hours, but that would be missing the point, Mark Reidy discovers.

HE MERE mention of the word “Lent” can, for many Catholics, conjure up uneasy feelings of sacrifice and deprivation. As children, the very thought of giving up lollies, ice cream, television or other luxuries for 40 days can create a sense of trepidation in the build up to Easter – and its effects can linger into adulthood. That is not to say that there is anything wrong with the inner battle triggered by impending sacrifices. However, if our perception of Lent stops there, we do not understand its true spiritual significance and consequently lose the truth and beauty of this season in the Church’s calendar. So what is the purpose of Lent and where did Lent originate? The word “lent” derives from the Germanic “lenz”, meaning “long” and also used for “spring” as days are longer in spring and it is the beginning of new life. It is a profound symbolism because Lent is intended to be a season of preparation for the Church and for individuals as they draw closer to the celebration of the new life gained through Jesus’ death and resurrection. In the early Church, it was used as a preparation for new converts who would then be baptised prior to the Easter celebrations. The earliest evidence of this preEaster preparation can be attributed to second century saint Irenaeus of Lyons, who is quoted in the writings of early Church historian Eusebius. He addressed the period prior to the Paschal celebrations in a letter to PopeVictor I: “The dispute is not only about the day, but also about the actual character of the fast. Some think that they ought to fast for one day, some for two, others for still more; some make their ‘day’ last 40 hours on end”. Several years after this letter, prolific author Tertullian, then a devotee of the heretical Montanist sect, contrasted the fasting observed by Catholics during the “the days on which the bridegroom has been taken away” (the Friday and Saturday before Easter Sunday) and the two weeks observed by the Montanists. Such variation suggests that the Church at that stage did not

have Apostolic tradition to guide her and was seeking to formulate a practical uniformity. The idea of a 40 hour fast, as mentioned by Irenaeus, was believed to have stemmed from an understanding that Jesus spent 40 hours in the tomb. It has also been suggested the establishment of a 40 day fast may have been influenced by a grammatical error occurring during the translation of Eusebius’ book from Greek to Latin, giving the impression that Irenaeus was referring to 40 days rather than 40 hours. Whether this is historically correct or not, the first official mention of a 40 day preparation before Easter was made at the Council of Nicea in 325. This was followed soon after in a letter from St Athanasius to his congregation in Alexandria in 331, where he implored them to observe a preliminary fast of 40 days, prior to, but not inclusive of, the stricter fast of Holy Week. Then, in 339, after returning from Rome, he again wrote to urge this 40 day observance: “While all the world is fasting, we who are in Egypt should not become a laughing stock as the

“It is Christ’s conscious decision we are called to replicate, not to sacrifice for the sake of obligation. only people who do not fast but take our pleasure in those days”. The period soon evolved into a 46 day period so Lent would comprise 40 actual fasting days, consistent with the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert, and six extra days to make up for Sundays. Sundays were considered days to celebrate Christ’s resurrection, including those during Lent. Christians were not expected to fast or practise other forms of penance on Sundays. It is a tradition that has continued to this day. In the late fourth century, St Cyril of Jerusalem established 18 pre-baptismal instructions to be

given to catechumens during Lent. During the Council of Ephesus in 431, this was extended to include the “entire community of the faithful, so that right from the outset the catechumens may feel that they belong to the people of God”. It seems also that, in early centuries, there was no uniformity within the Church in regards to fasting. In the fifth century, historian Socrates refers to the diversity of practice: “Some abstain from every sort of creature that has life ... others fish only ... others abstain from fruit covered by a hard shell and from eggs. Some eat dry bread only, others not even that: others again when they have fasted to the ninth hour (three o’clock) partake of various kinds of food”. The most consistent reference to fasting over the centuries following refers to eating only one main meal a day, although the practice has varied over time. Today, the Church teaches followers to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday (having one main meal per day and smaller snacks to keep up one’s strength) and individuals are free to choose their own form of prayer, penance, sacrifice, almsgiving and good works throughout the Lenten period. However, despite the evolution of the mechanics and practices of Lent throughout the Church’s history, the spiritual significance has always been its being the foundation of the Paschal season, as indicated by Pope Benedict XVI during his 2012 Easter Vigil reflection. “The darkness of the previous days is driven away the moment Jesus rises from the grave and

himself becomes God’s pure light ... He draws all of us after him into the new light of the resurrection and he conquers all darkness. For this reason, the early Church called baptism ‘photismos’ – illumination.” This is why the Church views Easter as “the feast of feasts” and why the Lenten season is so important. However, it is vital that despite the sacrificial nature of the season, the eyes of the faithful are set firmly on the victory that follows. It is, as Pope Benedict explains, a time “to

renew our decision to follow Christ on the path of humility, in order to take part in his victory over sin and death”. It is a time to recognise our frailties, he said, but it is essential we view these in the context of God’s perfect love, that we are made in His image and destined for Him - “able to recognise his voice and respond to him”. It is this understanding we are called to nurture during our journey through Lent. We

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Embracing a vocation to welcome the stranger Sr Louise Cleary has a passion for helping the displaced, she tells Debbie Warrier.

Above: A cloudy evening sky provides the backdrop for a cross outside St Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York, during Lent last April. The penitential season, which begins with Ash Wednesday, calls Christians to prayer, fasting, repentance and charity. Left: Mgr Robert Ritchie prepares to distribute ashes during an Ash Wednesday Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York on February 21. PHOTOS: GREGORY A SHEMITZ/ ERIC THAYER

should feel uncomfortable as we approach this season, as our selfinflicted sacrifices and practices are intended to shake up and challenge those obstacles that prevent us from receiving the fullness of Christ’s victory on the cross. The season of Lent should be a microcosm of our life journey – an intensive opportunity for spiritual growth - to move away from our self-focused desires and towards a deeper discovery of God’s love. The goal of repentance, fasting,

prayer, good works and penance is not to make ourselves suffer for suffering’s sake, but to confront those hinderances and sins that distract us from coming to know God more intimately. They are aimed at deepening our awareness of Christ’s sacrifice by consciously enduring a period of personal discomfort. Pope Benedict described Jesus’ time in the desert as his ‘Lent’, referring to it as “a complete abandonment of himself to the Father

and to his plan of love”. It was a conscious choice that we are called to replicate during the season of Lent. As Pope Benedict tells us, our decision must stem from a contrite heart, not from an empty sense of obligation, guilt, fear or duty. It is not that we have anything to add to Jesus’ sacrifice but Lent becomes an opportunity to unite ourselves to him through our sacrifices and grow in our understanding of how death to one’s self can lead to the reward of eternal life.

AM a Brigidine Sister of the Victoria Province. For the last nine years I have been working internationally with Brigidine communities in Ireland and the UK, Kenya, the US, New Zealand and Australia. I have a Masters in Education and postgraduate qualifications in educational leadership. I have worked as a teacher and principal and in teacher professional development in Victoria and Ontario, Canada. I am a member of the Brigidine Secondary Schools Council also the current chairperson of Australian Catholic Religious Against Human Trafficking (ACRATH). My family lived in Melbourne in my early years, then in country Victoria. My parents and seven siblings took an active part in community and Church life. The greatest example of vocation for me was that of my parents who were deeply committed and clearly saw, and spoke about, their marriage as a vocation and a partnership. I believe one grows into one’s vocation over time through lived experience, prayer and reflection and that this is not static and found once and for all. I decided as a young adult that I wished to give my life to the service of God and God’s people. I have always been inspired by the Jesus of the Gospels who ‘came to serve, not to be served’. I entered the Congregation of the Sisters of St Brigid, known as the Brigidine Sisters. I chose them because they taught me and I knew the most about them. These women were warm, funny, had a sense of enjoyment in life and were at the time a largely teaching congregation. As a previous youth leader, I had discovered that I enjoyed working with other young people and had gifts that would be suited to teaching. This led me to this choice. As a teacher and principal for many years, I largely worked in multicultural settings. In the 1970s, I worked with the first large group of Vietnamese refugee families in Melbourne. This experience gave me a great appreciation of the great courage that people have in seeking asylum and in being ready to leave their land and begin life again in a foreign place. Ever since that time, I have been engaged with various refugee and migrant communities, not only in education but also in assisting them to negotiate the hurdles of social and political systems in our country. I served as Congregational Leader from 2001 to 2007 and am again in that role as of July 2011. I worked from 2007 to 2009 in New York with UNANIMA International, a coalition of 17 congregations of Sisters ministering in 76 countries. UNANIMA is a non-government organisation accredited to participate in the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. This participation in UNANIMA

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International is an aspect of the Brigidines’ corporate stance for justice. UNANIMA focuses its advocacy efforts in three areas: women and children living in poverty, more just immigration and refugee protection schemes and some aspects of sustainability, particularly as they affect marginalised women and indigenous communities. One of the areas of action of UNANIMA International is a campaign to “Stop the Demand for Trafficking in Women and Children”. I was one of the founding members of ACRATH, a group concerned for the well-being of people trafficked into Australia, whether for sex work, work in other industries, or organ harvesting. As part of our work with ACRATH, I went with a group of 11 other women Religious from

She is one of the founding members of ACARTH, fighting for victims of sexual slavery, trafficking, and organ harvesting. around Australia for our fifth annual pilgrimage to Canberra in a bid to influence policies affecting people trafficked into Australia. From August 21-26, 2011 we spoke to Members of Parliament, embassy staff, public servants and union leaders. Federal Ministers Brendan O’Connor (Home Affairs), Kate Ellis (Women) and Tony Burke (Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) agreed to speak to us. It showed the government’s willingness to find out, from groups working on the ground, what issues faced trafficked people. ACRATH acknowledged the current work of the Australian government concerning human trafficking but ongoing action is needed. (For further information on ACRATH, see website: www. acrath.org.au.) Overall, I experience a deep sense of peace and satisfaction that I am in the right place and that I have, or can create, many opportunities to make a difference by putting in my small bit to the whole – whether this be to create community, build learning environments in school or work for greater social justice. No-one can do any of these things alone and I’m a great believer in the adage of Margaret Mead: ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world’.

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Luke 5:1-11 The people came close to Jesus, who was standing by the lake of Gennes’aret, to hear the word of God. Jesus saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, Jesus asked Simon to put out a little from the land. And Jesus sat down and taught the people from the boat. And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” And Simon answered, “Master, we worked all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” And when they had done this, they caught a great catch of fish; and as their nets were breaking, they asked their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Leave me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” For Simon Peter, James and John who were partners with Simon, and all that were with him were amazed at the catch of fish which they had taken. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching men.” And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.

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Be my (eventual) Valentine I

Alicen sent Shareen a Valentine but for a long time she did not see it. When she did, she ignored it, but the will of God has its own way of working out, reports Joanne Shepherd ...

T IS one of the most highly anticipated days in the year; couples everywhere eagerly await February 14 ready with dozens of roses, chocolates carefully wrapped in coloured paper, reservations at restaurants for the ultimate candle-lit dinner and the exchanging of decorated cards filled with tender words expressing their love for one another. It is Valentine’s Day, a day of love, courting and romance. It has inspired songs, movies and stories which make a multitude of forlorn singles wish it would happen to them, but the most important aspect of Valentine’s Day remains almost enitrely absent in today’s society. What happened to the Saint, in Valentine’s Day? Catholics celebrate Valentine’s Day just like everyone else; they rarely attach sacred associations to the love notes, sweets, Hallmark cards and bouquets of flowers. The saint who inspired thousands of years of love and courting remains shrouded in mystery and legend, but today it feels as if he has been largely forgotten. How can we celebrate Valentine’s Day without recognising the saint behind it? There are various accounts as to who St Valentine was. His exact birth date is not recorded anywhere but there is no question he existed. Historians and theologians alike have come to the conclusion that Valentine was a third century Catholic priest, during the time of Claudius II. When Claudius II ruled, the mighty Roman Empire was nearing its end. Not only did it face internal threats from corrupt leaders and administrators, but it also faced extreme hostility at its borders from the Gauls, Slavs, Huns, Turks and Mongolians. These challenges were met by the recruitment of more soldiers for the empire’s defence. Claudius II issued an edict with that effect in mind but with a strange method of achieving it. The emperor felt that married men were more emotionally attached to their families than their unmarried counterparts, making for undisciplined soldiers who were not interested in war. Marriage, the emperor thought, made men weak so he issued an edict forbidding any man to marry in an attempt to assure the quality and allegiance of the soldiers in his armies. This is the part in the story where fact and fiction combine, if the preceding has not been too fantastical to believe. St Valentine performed marriages in secret. He joined couples in holy matrimony, encouraging devoted, and therein monogamous marriage. More and more soldiers abandoned their paganism, seeking out St Valentine who taught them the Christian faith, much to the disdain and burning anger of the emperor when he found out what was happening. The story continues that St Valentine was called before Emperor Claudius II. He refused to give up his Christian faith to become a pagan; an act which would have surely saved his life. Fully aware of the consequences, St Valentine was so bold as to

attempt to convert the emperor, a move which only confirmed his impending suffering. Beaten and clubbed, St Valentine did not die from his wounds and so was jailed, awaiting execution. It is said that in jail he cured the blindness of his jailor’s daughter, his final act of charity before being executed on February 14, 270. Before meeting his unjust end, he was able to pen a friendly note to the jailor’s daughter. Legend has it that he signed it ‘from your Valentine’, beginning the custom now synonymous with his name. *** Another note, thousands of years later, also went unanswered, holding significant consequences for Shareen Rozario, 30, now a parishioner at Good Shepherd in Kelmscott. But, just like St Valentine, Mrs Rozario refused to give up her faith, putting her trust in God. In 2001, Mrs Rozario received a love letter from her neighbour, Alicen, whom she had known since she was ten years old. They had both grown up in the Anglo-Indian colony in Pondicherry, a coastal town in southern India which was heavily influenced by the French. “The letter reached me after my son was born,” Mrs Rozario, who was in a de facto relationship at the time, said. “I didn’t reply to the letter. My son, God and myself was enough for me.” However, things did not go as planned and, in 2005, Mrs Rozario once again found herself getting in touch with the boy she had known since she was a child. His sister was getting married, so she decided to call and congratulate her on her marriage. “Everything I do, God is with me,” Mrs Rozario told The Record. “Whether it is good or bad, right or wrong. I prayed in front of the altar and I said, ‘if it is meant to be, let it be; if it is your will let it be yours alone’, and God has surely helped me.” At 2am Perth time, Mrs Rozario called her home town in India and, after ten years apart, spoke to

to give up in their faith, despite the hardships and obstacles they had faced, as they knew that God’s love for them was stronger than any other force. St Valentine’s official feast day was first held on February 14 in the year 496. He left behind a legacy of love of the deepest and most selfless kind, something which Mrs Rozario knows all about. “Marriage is love,” she said. “Just like the love God has for us, that is what marriage is to me.” Mr and Mrs Rozario celebrate St Valentine’s Day. She is looking forward to her flowers but it is the fond memories of her husband giving her presents which she treasures the most. “After our wedding, I came to Perth first,” Mrs Rozario said. “I had to prepare the paperwork to get my husband into the country; it took me 13 months. Ali would

Alicen

but we also had a special ceremony at church. The whole time my heart was beating so fast I couldn’t believe it.” St Valentine and Mrs Rozario refused

Rozario, the man she would eventually marry. At first, he was reluctant to talk to her, angry that she never replied to his letter but the mysterious power of love drew them together and it felt as if they had never been apart. On July 13, 2005, Alicen Rozario and Shareen Francis were married. “He always said to me one day I will marry you,” Mrs Rozario said. “We had a registered wedding because the immigration office in Australia doesn’t accept a Church wedding,

send me letters with sweets in them.” “I have kept the letter from the quarantine office which said, if we find any more sweets we will fine you,” Mrs Rozario said, smiling. Amidst the celebrations and flirtations this February 14, make a prayer to St Valentine, the patron saint of young people, love and marriage; the saint who defied an emperor and upheld the Sacrament of Marriage.

Alicen and Shareen Rozario on their wedding day, July 13, 2005.

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Cometh the hour, cometh the man

ne of the most deeply disturbing accounts of the history of the practice of legalised abortion in the modern era has still not been surpassed 14 years after it was published. In a truly unique autobiographical account entitled The Hand of God, Dr Bernard Nathanson tells the story of his life through the prism of his own pivotal role in the movement to legalise abortion in the United States. Working closely with feminists such as Betty Friedan and others and attuned in a remarkable way to the zeitgeist of the Sixties, Bernard Nathanson, perhaps more than any other single person on the planet, was able to claim the lion’s share of responsibility for the decision of the US Supreme Court 40 years ago which is known universally today as Roe v Wade. To whom can anyone appeal when evil is accepted in a society as a moral virtue? This was perhaps the essence of experience of the Jewish people in the Holocaust of the Second World War. It is certainly the essence of the problem of abortion today. Certainly Bernard Nathanson, who remarkably went on to become perhaps the most authentic voice of the pro-life movement in his country, was often quoted as saying that “abortion is the most atrocious holocaust in the history of the United States”. He would have known. The Record urges its readers to purchase copies of The Hand of God, which is as close to being modernity’s equivalent of St Augustine’s famous Confessions as they are ever likely to read. Dr Nathanson, who died in 2011, came to mind again in the last fortnight as an estimated 650,000 Americans hit the streets of their nation’s capital to protest against the singular evil of abortion almost 40 years to the day after he and his collaborators succeeded in bringing the practice of killing unborn children to term. Yet, those ordinary Americans who braved minus six-degree weather for a day to witness to what Bernard Nathanson described as his vector theory of life – that from the instant of conception there exists “a self-directed force of life that, if not interrupted, will lead to the birth of a human baby” – can in an entirely positive and inspiring way be called Bernard Nathanson’s real children. By his own estimation Dr Nathanson presided over approximately 75,000 abortions – including of his own PO Box 3075 child. His success in the US Adelaide Terrace led directly to the legalisaPERTH WA 6832 tion of abortion throughout the world, including here in Australia. office@therecord.com.au Yet, it is something of a Tel: (08) 9220 5900 sign of the hope that the proFax: (08) 9325 4580 life movement can hold in its heart that around ten times that number turned out to speak for abortion’s victims, both mothers and children, at the recent March for Life. Bernard Nathanson eventually entered the Church under the guidance of a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei, former Wall Street merchant banker Fr John McCloskey, known to his friends simply as ‘CJ’. We imagine that Dr Nathanson, whatever guilt may have lingered in his life for his role in effectively legalising abortion throughout the world, was looking down from heaven full of love for those in the streets following in his own footsteps. Among them were many women who, too late, discovered what abortion really is and the suffering it brings. Oddly, here in Perth and just days after the January 25 anniversary of Roe v Wade yet another contradiction in how our own society thinks about abortion appeared. A February 1 editorial in The West Australian reflecting on the damage done to unborn children by alcohol consumption appeared under the remarkable headline proclaiming ‘Child protection must start before they are born.’ It was even more remarkable to read the sentence in the second last paragraph of the editorial which simply asserted: “It is vital that the rights of the unborn child are respected and protected.” The editorial was completely correct and its blunt assertion can only be lauded genuinely by everyone. Yet, paradoxically, it is a sign of evil that it can only really act under what can be called a contradiction. The evil of abortion, for example, can only exist when a society denies the obvious truth that abortion kills a child. A society can only permit abortion by both asserting and denying simultaneously that unborn children are unborn children. Abortion, in the end, can only continue to exist when governments, journalists and citizens begin to live a pretence or an illusion that the children we want are children but the ones we don’t want or who make us uncomfortable are not. Yet perhaps the astonishing remarks of The West Australian are the barest glimmer of what seems to slowly becoming more apparent - a dimly growing awareness that the unborn ... are. Those marching in the streets of Washington last week were marking four decades of the most hideous evil of global society, hidden by the glittering but empty sham culture of affluence and all its trappings, devoid of any moral compass. Yet their hope is neither forlorn nor futile. At 40 years after Roe v Wade abortion continues, but now it is becoming apparent that it can only do so as its essential and fundamental contradiction bites more and more with each passing year. Its defenders look more and more simplistic and unscientific, and more and more alarmed. But those who speak for our children look stronger and stronger by the day. Pray for Dr Nathanson’s intentions.

A self-directed life force that, uninterrupted, will lead to the birth of a human baby.

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February 6, 2013

LETTERS

Two natures ... and two standards , I wonder? THE FAMILY in Western society today is in a crisis which threatens its very foundations. Many have false ideas of human nature, which equate freedom with selfishness and sexual identity as a matter of free choice. And so the family, the basic cell of society, suffers accordingly. The proper understanding of human nature is the basis of justice, peace and happiness as experience proves. The family is not just about its social construct but about man himself - what it is and what it takes to be authentically human. As the result of the increasingly widespread refusal to make a lifelong commitment to family life, a man remains closed in on himself and loses the essential elements of his identity and the experience of being fully human. Studies clearly indicate that this new idea of sexuality or “gender” is no longer regarded as an element of nature but a social role which man chooses himself. Now, a man and a woman are regarded not as humans to form a family, but merely free spirits and wills and interchangeable in many ways. We correctly deplore the misuse of nature in our environment, but the abuse of human nature now becomes a matter of free choice. To reject the natural duality of a man and a woman is to reject the reality of the natural family with serious consequences for the generation and nurturing of children and our future populations. The Western countries are all diminishing. A child is now regarded as a commodity to which people believe they have a “right” to obtain any way possible, if and when they wish. The wisdom of the ages of our Judeo–Christian heritage is the long memory of the importance

of healthy family life, with generous self-sacrificing parents and good enthusiastic offspring for a burgeoning population. God Bless them all. Fr Bernard McGrath BENDIGO, VIC

Warm fuzzy spirit is well meant but of no avail I WRITE to comment on aspects of Rosemary Chandler’s letter published in the January 30 edition of The Record. Her comments, inocuous enough on the face of it, however have a deeper message beneficial to all who choose to read between her lines and those of the author of your ‘Care Bear’ article. Ms Chandler is, however, a tad naïve if she expects a deluge of indignation and horror in response to her letter. The great majority of people are too distracted or unconcerned, I fear, to look past the comments to what lies beneath. I picked up on the words ‘fuzzy’, ‘self-centred’ and others that describe the spirituality that seems to pervade the present day Catholic community, particularly our young. Fuzzy and feel-good theology is a misguided and ill-conceived attempt by our religious educators to become more meaningful and relevant. It has failed dismally. The first casualty has been the loss of the “sense of the sacred” that so concerned Dr Andrew Kania who was a contributor to your columns some weeks ago. It should not have taken 30 to 40 years to realise this. It begs the question, just what has happened to Religious Education in our schools? What or who is to blame for this appalling state of affairs? The catechetically challenged 1970s is the malaise that afflicts us still and nobody, it seems, realises or even cares. Performance indicators are not imperatives that seem to concern our religious educators. If something is not working, properlyapplied indicators will dictate that

we should employ different strategies until we get it right. Not for one moment have I forgotten or excused the role of parents in the religious education process. Now maybe, just maybe, we will see that deluge of indignation and horror that Ms Chandler predicted and this topic deserves. Any debate on this matter will only raise the profile of the problem. And that would, I feel, be a step in the right direction. Geoff Kiernan MILLENDON WA

Thanks for story on the Angelus in Paramatta THANK you for running the article ‘Students to Pray the Angelus’ in the January 30 edition of The Record. Bishop Fisher OP has done a wonderful thing in introducing this prayer into the Catholic schools in his Diocese of Paramatta. This is the kind of intiative one would hope to see from such a member of the Episcopate. The Angelus is a simple prayer, but its continued recitation and its Incarnational focus will contribute greatly to the building of a Catholic culture in his schools and across his diocese. Coupled with the review of Religious Education scheduled to take place within his diocese this year, one holds out great hope for the future of Catholic school students in Paramatta. Could this see a turning of the tides with respect to Church involvement post-school? One can only hope to see such intitatives taken up here in Perth, not only in our schools but across the diocese in all Church-run institutions and agencies. Name and address supplied

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It’s time to re-evaluate bandaid approach

Youth ministry needs good formation for adults as well, says Daniel Ang ...

once heard youth ministry colourfully described as a ‘bandaid on a bleeding artery’. While those committed to the evangelisation and support of youth might resist such a diagnosis, it nevertheless points to the fact that outreach to young people cannot be thought of apart from the health of the adult Church. It strikes me that if the adult Church is haemorrhaging – because of poor preaching and liturgy, a thin sense of belonging or a lack of support, for instance – then there is little prospect that young members will be sustained in their faith as they mature. Young people graduate from the parochial youth group or youth movement much faster than we think. This leads us to consider what we are offering young people in our communities over the long term, for the flourishing and growth of their faith. All you need do is look at your adult Church for a sense of what’s coming. There are other good reasons why nurturing the faith of adult Catholics is critical, even essential, to meaningful youth ministry. Adult Catholics witness to

younger Catholics what a mature faith looks like. If we want to raise the standard of discipleship in the Church, then adults who are prayerful, steeped in Scripture, theologically literate, articulate and committed to justice must become the new norm. Only then will the faith of young people naturally aspire to more than intergenerational conformism. Naturally, we want young people in our communities for their vibrancy and energy as well as the tangible hope they bring for a Church we hold precious. However, we need to acknowledge that young people will not be attracted to parishes or communities that show no energy or dynamism in themselves. Given the above, there is an argument for a renewed emphasis on adult catechesis in the local community, in addition to the traditional role of children’s and youth ministry in parish life. In my experience, there is too little focus on adult formation in our parishes. In a well-researched book on faith formation, Jane Regan argues that the strongest rationale for a focus on adult catechesis, as a nec-

essary complementary to a focus on youth, is the mission of evangelisation. Of course, the responsibilities of adults include the evangelisation of youth. Without their catechesis, the formation of adults in faith, they are not likely to connect what takes place in liturgy with mission, the connection between faith practices and their life remains obscure, and so the connection between discipleship and evangelisation will be lost. In short, adult disciples need catechesis to be evangelisers, which includes being effective witnesses to the young people in their parish community and everyday lives. So, if you are involved in youth ministry, adults need to become an integral part of the overall vision of your parish if your ministry is not to be merely a temporary ‘moment’ in a longer story of unrealised potential. If we want youth ministry to make a lasting difference, we cannot afford to take our eyes off the adult members of our community which they will one day become. Daniel Ang is the Pastoral Planning Officer for the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta

OPINION

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A holiness that unites love and truth If we’re looking for an inspiring model for the challenges and struggles of modern life, it’s Dorothy Day, writes Anna Krohn ...

N HIS third encyclical, Caritas in Veritate (Love in Truth, 2009), Pope Benedict XVI urges the societies of the world and the Church herself to take a “new trajectory of thinking … in order to arrive at a better understanding of the implications of our being one family” (n.35). This need to re-imagine the Church’s social mission seems more urgent than ever, especially as Christianity becomes caricatured or unheard in the midst of the often strident debates about human rights and equality, bioethical issues, asylum seekers, humane and sustainable economies, and what Benedict XVI calls the ‘ecology’ of love, sexuality and marriage. The need for us to speak, act, feel and live as if “in Christ charity in truth becomes the Face of his Person” (Caritas in Veritate n.1) is always incredibly demanding. This is especially so in today’s social climate in which Christians are increasingly viewed as the unwelcome outsiders at the family party. There are two temptations for Catholics today: one is to blend into the secular wallpaper, abandoning

the truth of our faith; the other is to ramp up our aggression in the culture war, thereby risking the love that is the key to our vocation. American Catholic social activist Dorothy Day (1897-1980), now on the path to canonisation as a Servant of God, saw and tasted the tension with salty honesty and gritty humility that provides a more radical solution. Her uncompromisingly ‘nonviolent’ and voluntary poverty and solidarity with the homeless and outcast stood in counterpoint to the materialism and ambition of both the left and right of politics as well as with the conventional blandness that she found in many Catholics. Her vision of the dignity of every person prefigured the expansive ‘culture of life’ outlined by Blessed John Paul II with his condemnation not only of the destruction of the unborn, disabled and elderly but also of terrorism, capital punishment, slavery, unjust working conditions and of the bloody and ‘soft’ forms of ethnic obliteration. Dorothy Day was emotionally and physically a tough and wiry woman, whose sense of the ‘truth

Dorothy Day in prayer in 1970.

in love’ was forged and transformed by her earlier life in feminism and socialism, in smoky newspaper rooms and even in the shattering grief of broken relationships and the abortion of her first child. She urged the clergy and laity not to bitter opposition or depressed retreat but to take up what she called ‘spiritual weapons’: voluntary poverty, strictly non-violent resist-

ance, and forgiving faith. But there was nothing safe and mild about this type of spiritual life. Dorothy Day also called for an intelligent brand of kindness: a kindness that stood firmly in a picket line with underpaid immigrant workers, that rejected militarism with peaceful protest and that even faced down the Archbishop of New York by supporting the exploited Church-employed grave diggers. She wrote in On Pilgrimage (1957) of struggling with kindness: “Kindness is the outward expression of the love in the heart, and is anything but a mild virtue … it is heroic.” In words similar to those of Pope Benedict XVI’s in the opening paragraph, Dorothy argues that heroic kindness allows us to recognise our ‘kinship’ with others even if we disagree with them. It is a dangerous kindness which propelled Dorothy and her cofounder, Peter Maurin, to set up and live in the Catholic Worker communities and their Houses of Hospitality, which led into the “harrowingly painful job” of living with

and caring for the sick, the outcast, the poor and the ‘sorrowful’. But Dorothy Day was anything but a figure of grimness and gloom. Her life of grit was also one of joyful gratitude: “the desire to thank someone”, especially for the “tiny beautiful hands” of her newborn daughter, led her to Catholic worship and to her own distinctive model of Christian mission. “The heart filled with love,” she writes in her work on Therese of Lisieux, “searches for someone on whom to bestow it”. “The problem is gigantic,” said Dorothy Day, with a heart as large for the social inequalities, racism, violence and disruption as for the spiritual vagrancy of her era, “it is hopeless to think of combating it by any means than that of sanctity”. For Dorothy Day, sanctity is an unselfconscious cycle of three key moments: regular concrete liturgical prayer with moments of contemplative quiet; the ‘little way’ of “naked, blind charity” serving those in need; and the vigorous and often persecuted work of speaking up for the true dignity of the human person.

Music – a foretaste of heaven

Outside words, there is another language, capable of the most remarkable communications of experience, love and emotions ...

@ Home MARIETTE ULRICH

Now, divine air! Now is his soul ravished! Is it not strange that sheep’s guts should hale souls out of men’s bodies? - Much Ado About Nothing, Act II, Scene III

’m glad there is a God, because otherwise I might possibly worship music. And that wouldn’t work because, as wonderful as music makes me feel, it couldn’t save my soul. Of course, without God, the beauty and sublimity of music wouldn’t exist, but let’s not get too theological. Every spring, our local region (a cluster of several small communities) holds an annual music festival. Last year, five of my (seven) daughters competed in piano classes, as well as in a choral class with their church youth choir. (Obligatory Mum’s Boast: the choir won an award and so did each of my girls, one of whom was named the festival’s ‘Most Outstanding Performer’. But I am equally proud of them all.) The festival is the culmination of months of hard work and dedication by music students, teachers, and volunteers. The reward is not so much the prizes, however delightful, but—to my mind—the opportunity to savour hours of live music. While it is not professional quality (though some of the older teens come close), there is much joy in seeing and hearing children who love music play their hearts out. And yours too. My 12-year old played a song called The Last Lullaby by Michael Lett. As Frances had spent months learning and rehearsing the piece, I had heard it repeatedly and enjoyed its sweet, melancholy strains. But it wasn’t until just before she performed it in competition that I learned the story behind the song. Not only is the composer Canadian, but he hails from my own province, born and raised not far from where I live. When Michael wrote

the piece, he was still in high school (wow), and he composed it for his sister who was dying of cancer. I wish I hadn’t learned the backstory at that precise moment. I have

strong emotional (and sometimes physiological) reactions to music at the best of times. For instance, I can’t relax and go to sleep while listening to some classical music,

because it makes my heart race and/ or makes me break out in a sweat, even if I’m just lying on the couch doing nothing. And I’m not talking John Phillip Sousa, either, but

ethereal, sublime stuff like Faure’s Requiem. (I know. Totally weird.) Live performances are more intense; there’s no comparison between a recording played on a good stereo system and a living, vibrating instrument in the same room. You might feel the vibrations of a stereo speaker, but you can’t feel the timbre—or the delight of a living human being singing or playing exquisite music. Someday soon, perhaps I’ll be able to blame the flushed face and near-swooning fits on other middle-aged lady reasons, but for now it’s somewhat embarrassing to be caught slack-jawed (I hope I’ve never drooled in public), glassy-eyed, or in various other near-ecstatic states in the middle of a live musical performance. But back to the music festival. As soon as Frances started playing The Last Lullaby, I thought about the composer and his sister. I could feel my heart being twisted out of my rib cage and drawn slowly up my throat to the point where I thought I might suffocate or faint. Naturally, I didn’t want either of those things to happen, interruptions being strictly verboten at music festivals. The sensation had to manifest somewhere, so I began to cry. Not sobbing, of course—just choked up and blurry-eyed, so that I could no longer watch my daughter perform. I could only look down and discreetly try to blink away those tears threatening to ruin my mascara. I regained my composure before the next competitor took the stage. Frances was awarded first place in that class, and later received a scholarship for that performance. Not that it matters: the song would have been achingly beautiful regardless of outcome. I used to feel quite freakish about the way music affects me, until I read an essay by Chesterton in which he refers to the “unbearable beauty of music”. I know just what he means. But I’m not surprised that music can do this. It is a gift from God, and (as far as I can tell) it’s the only thing we can ‘take with us’. For there is, and will be, music in heaven.

PANORAMA

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Annual Torchlight Rosary Procession for Our Lady of Lourdes around Lake Monger 7pm departing from Dodd St carpark, Wembley. There will be an altar area set up for those unable to walk. Enq: 0421 580 783.

in Medjugorje. Begins with Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary, Benediction and holy Mass. All warmly invited. Free DVDs on Medjugorje conversions and information on Perth pilgrimage departures to Medjugorje available on the night. Enq: 9402 2480 Mob: 0407 471 256 or medjugorje@y7mail.com.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Divine Mercy – Healing Mass 2.30pm at St Francis Xavier Church, Windsor St, East Perth. Main celebrant will be Fr Marcellinus Meilak OFM. Reconciliation in English and Italian will be offered. Divine Mercy prayers followed by veneration of first class relic of St Faustina Kowalska. Refreshments afterwards. Enq: John 9457 7771.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 First Introductory day to Christian Meditation 10am–3.30pm at St Luke’s, 2 Rowlands St, Maylands. Join members of the Christian Meditation Community, bring a friend. Christian Meditation will be introduced. BYO lunch, morning tea provided. Cost: donation. Enq: christianmeditation@iinet.net.au or 0429 117 242.

St Padre Pio Prayer Day 8.30am at Our Lady of Mt Carmel, 82 Collick St, Hilton. DVD in parish centre followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Divine Mercy, Adoration and Benediction. Holy Mass, St Padre Pio Litugy, Reconciliation available. Bring a plate for a shared lunch. Tea and coffee supplied. Enq: Des 6278 1540.

UPCOMING SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Our Lady of Lourdes 70th Anniversary Mass with Archbishop Costelloe 9.30am at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 207 Lesmurdie Rd, Lesmurdie. Enq: Fr Kenneth 9291 6282 or 9291 8952 or 0434 934 286. St Louis Parish, Boyanup – Mass Celebrating 100th Year Anniversary 10am at St Louis Parish, cnr Bridge and Thomas Sts, Boyanup. Begins with Mass followed by lunch at Hugh Kilpatrick Hall. RSVP for catering purposes. RSVP and Enq: Frances 9731 5058. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 AND SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 Latin Masses 2pm at Good Shepherd Church, Streich Ave, Kelmscott. Enq: John 9390 6646. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 TO MARCH 24 Life in the Spirit Seminar 3–5pm at 67 Howe St, Osborne Park. Every Sunday for 8 weeks. Designed to set hearts aflame for God in an environment of faith and acceptance. You’ll be guided in your spiritual journey as you form a stronger, deeper relationship with Christ. Enq: Reg 0429 777 007 or reg@disciplesofjesus.org. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes 12 noon at St Catherine Catholic Church, Gingin. BYO lunch. 1pm holy Rosary, Exposition, hymns, Benediction and blessing of the sick; 1.30pm Marian Procession; 2.30pm holy Mass at the grotto; 3.30pm afternoon tea provided. For bus transport phone Lawrie 0448 833 472 or for more details Sheila 9575 4023. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Spirituality and The Sunday Gospels 7-8pm at St Benedict’s School Hall, Alness St, Applecross. Presenter Norma Woodcock. Everyone is welcome. Cost: collection. Accreditation: recognition by CEO. Enq: 9487 1772 or www. normawoodcock.com. ASH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Latin Masses - Day of Fast and Abstinence 10.15am at St Anne’s Church, 11 Hehir St, Belmont. Low Mass, (preceded by Holy Hour from 9am-10am). 6.30pm Sung Mass (preceded by Stations of the Cross at 5.45pm). Ashes will be distributed at all Masses. Stations of the Cross on Fridays in Lent at 5.45pm followed by Holy Mass beginning February 15, 2013. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Healing Mass in Honour of St Peregrine 7pm at Sts John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. There will be veneration of the relic of St Peregrine and anointing of the sick. Enq: Jim 9457 1539. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Auslan Café 10am-12 noon at Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor St, Perth. Auslan Café is a social setting for anybody who would like to learn or practise Auslan (Australian Sign Language). It’s a great place for families with adults and children to meet deaf people, chat with new people or catch up with old friends and learn Auslan together. Cost: free. Enq: Fr Paul 9328 9571 SMS: 0401 016 399 or emmanuelcentre@westnet.com.au. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Early History of the Palmyra Parish Talk 7pm at Palmyra parish hall, 8 Foss St, Palmyra. PowerPoint presentation From Petra St to Canning Bridge by Fr Ted Miller. Free entry. Supper will be served. All welcome. Enq: 9339 1298 or 9433 1183. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Alan Ames Healing Service 7pm at Our Lady of the Mission, 270 Camberwarra Dr, Craigie. Holy Mass followed by talk and healing service. Enq: Loretta 0400 809 833. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Medjugorje Evening of Prayer 7-9pm at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Cnr Lesmurdie and Glyde Rds, Lesmurdie. In thanksgiving for the reported daily apparitions of Our Blessed Mother

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 Day with Mary 9am-5pm at St Anne’s Church, 13 Hehir St, Belmont. Day of prayer and instruction based on the Fatima message. 9am video. 10.10am holy Mass, Reconciliation, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic Adoration, sermons on Eucharist and on Our Lady. Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet and Stations of the Cross. BYO lunch. Enq: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286. SUNDAY, MARCH 17 St Joseph’s School Waroona 70th Anniversary Celebration Mass 10am-3pm at St Joseph’s School, Millar St, Waroona. Inviting all past students, staff and families to help celebrate its 70th anniversary at the school. Begins with Mass celebrated by Fr Chiera, Vicar General of Bunbury Diocese, and will be followed by a day of fun, food and festivities. Please pass on this information to anyone you know from the school in the last 70 years. Enq: Admin 9782 6500 or www.stjoeswaroona.wa.edu. au.

REGULAR EVENTS EVERY SUNDAY Gate of Heaven Catholic Radio Join the Franciscans of the Immaculate from 7.309pm on Radio Fremantle 107.9FM for Catholic radio broadcast of EWTN and our own live shows. Enq: radio@ausmaria.com.

Cathedral Cafe Cathedral Cafe is now open every Sunday 9.30am1pm at St Mary’s Cathedral parish centre, downstairs after Mass. Coffee, tea, cakes, sweets, friendship with Cathedral parishioners. Further info: Tammy on smcperthwyd@yahoo.com.au or 0415 370 357. Pilgrim Mass - Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation 2pm at Shrine, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. Commencing with Rosary followed by Benediction. Reconciliation available before every celebration. Anointing of the sick administered during Mass every second Sunday of the month. Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin of the Revelation last Sunday of the month. Side entrance to church and shrine open daily between 9am-5pm. Enq Sacri 9447 3292. Praise and Worship 5.30pm at St Denis Parish, cnr Osborne St and Roberts Rd, Joondanna. Followed by 6pm Mass. Enq: Admin admin@stdenis.com.au. EVERY FIRST SUNDAY Singles Prayer and Social Group 7pm at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St Georges Tce, Perth. Begins with Holy Hour (Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and teaching) followed by dinner at local restaurant. Meet new people, pray and socialise with other single men and women. Enq: Veronica 0403 841 202. EVERY SECOND SUNDAY Healing Hour 7-8pm at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. Songs of praise and worship, exposition of Blessed Sacrament and prayers for sick. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or office Tue-Thu, 9am-2.30pm 9344 7066. EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY Shrine Time for Young Adults 18-35 Years 7.30-8.30pm in 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: Schoenstatt Sisters 9399 2349. Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley. Includes exposition of Blessed Eucharist, silent prayer, Scripture, prayers of intercession. Come and pray that those discerning vocations can hear clearly God’s call. EVERY LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH Filipino Mass 3pm at Notre Dame Church, cnr Daley and Wright Sts, Cloverdale. Please bring a plate to share for socialisation after Mass. Enq: Fr Nelson Po 0410 843 412, Elsa 0404 038 483.

LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH Be Still in His Presence – Ecumenical Christian Program 7.30-8.45pm at St Swithun Anglican Church, 195 Lesmurdie St, Lesmurdie (hall behind church). Begins with songs of praise and worship, silent

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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. 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. Bible Study at Cathedral 6.15pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, Victoria Sq, Perth. Deepen your faith through reading and reflecting on holy Scripture by Fr Jean-Noel Marie. Meeting room beneath Cathedral. Enq: 9223 1372. Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry Mass at 5.30pm and Holy Hour (Adoration) at 6.30pm at Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Enq: www.cym.com or 9422 7912. 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). 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 every Thursday at the Legion of Mary’s Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Includes praise, song and healing ministry. Enq: Kay 9382 3668 or fmi@flameministries.org. Group Fifty - Charismatic Renewal Group 7.30pm at Redemptorist Monastery, 150 Vincent St, North Perth. Includes prayer, praise and Mass. Enq: Elaine 9440 3661. EVERY FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH Prayer in Style of Taizé 7.30-8.30pm at Our Lady of Grace Parish, 3 Kitchener St, North Beach. Includes prayer, song and silence in candlelight – symbol of Christ the light of the world. Taizé info: www.taize.fr. Enq: secretary 9448 4888 or 9448 4457. Holy Hour Prayer for Priests 7-8pm at Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Keaney Pl, City Beach. All welcome. Enq: Linda 9341 3079. FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY Young Adults (18-35) Dinner and Rosary Cenacle 6.30pm at St Bernadette Parish, 49 Jugan St, Mt Hawthorn. Begins with dinner at a local restaurant. 8pm - Rosary Cenacle, short talk and refreshments at the parish. Enq: st.bernadettesyouth@gmail. com or 9444 6131. EVERY THIRD THURSDAY Auslan Café – Sign Language Workshop 12.30pm at St Francis Xavier Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor St, Perth. Its Australian Sign Language - Auslan Café is a social setting for anybody who would like to learn or practise Auslan in a relaxing and fun atmosphere. Light lunch provided. Enq: Emma emmanuelcentre@westnet.com.au. 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. In this Year of Grace, 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. Begins with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Healing Mass followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Enq: admin 9493 1703 or www.vpcp. org.au. 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. Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Sts John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Songs of Praise and Prayer, sharing by a priest, then thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments. Enq: Kathy 9295 0913 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail.com. Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christi Church, Lochee St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, cnr Ravenswood Dr/Majella Rd, Westminster (Mirrabooka). 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. 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. EVERY SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 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 FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Healing Mass 12.35pm at St Thomas Parish, cnr Melville St and College Rd, Claremont. Spiritual leader Fr Waddell. Enq: Kim 9384 0598, claremont@perthcatholic.org. 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. EVERY FOURTH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Voice of the Voiceless Healing Mass 12pm at St Brigid Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Bring a plate to share after Mass. Enq: Frank 9296 7591 or 0408 183 325. EVERY LAST SATURDAY Novena Devotions – Our Lady Vailankanni of Good Health 5pm at Holy Trinity Parish, 8 Burnett St, Embleton. Followed by Mass at 6pm. Enq: George 9272 1379.

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