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Marriage is great Catholics, go and tell everyone By Robert Hiini MARRIAGE has become trivialised over recent decades and Catholics, to the extent they have been silent about its joys and importance, are partly to blame, according to a recent pastoral letter issued by Bishop Gerard Holohan of Bunbury. The letter said Catholics ought not to remain silent about the good news of marriage but should spread the message of Christ.
“We need to be as forthright with our ideas as are others who oppose them. We need to remind people today that, despite the challenges of our times, the Sacrament of Marriage offers reassurance that people can marry with great hope and confidence in their future married lives,” Bishop Holohan wrote. The letter explains the Sacrament of Marriage and the challenges faced in modern Australian society. Media had contributed to the idea that temporary marriage and
divorce were the norm and life commitment, a thing of the past, the letter said. While the basic idea of marriage sprang from human nature, a radical teaching arose around the time of King Solomon - that God joins man and woman together in one flesh (Genesis 2:24-25). “In the language of the Bible, the flesh is the external aspect of the human person. The body is the ‘language’ by which a person expresses him or herself verbally
and non-verbally,” Bishop Holohan wrote. “Being ‘one flesh’, therefore, meant more than physical union. It also meant becoming one intellectually, spiritually and emotionally. In short: it meant a man and a woman becoming one at every level that makes us human beings.” Catholics and the wider world needed to rediscover the grace that Christ gave couples in marriage. “Christ’s power will strengthen (married couples) in the face of
today’s challenges and pressures. “However, the Sacrament of Marriage is not magical. Rather, its promise depends upon married couples praying, worshipping and striving to live as Jesus taught.” Calls for gay ‘marriage’ were “an attempt to ignore that the origin of marriage is human nature itself, not some human authority”. Marriage is a unique relationship of life long commitment between a man and a woman that is open to life, the letter said.
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Queen of Apostles Parish in Riverton, under the care of the Pallottines who share a great devotion to Mary, will celebrate its parish feast day on May 25 in honour of its patron, Our Lady Queen of Apostles. The celebrations include Mass at 7pm, to be celebrated by parish priest Fr Paul Manickathan, at which Archbishop Timothy Costelloe will be a special guest.
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Prizes in ethics and philosophy at UNDA TWO medicine students from the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle have been awarded prizes for their studies in philosophy and ethics by the WA Knights of Malta. The Order of Malta is the world’s oldest Catholic charity with embassies in 104 countries and more than 13,500 members worldwide. Second year medicine student Jacky Yeung was awarded the prize for philosophical studies in Medicine by Kevin Hammond AO. Last year’s winner for ethics studies in medicine, Jessie Chennell, is placed at the Rural Clinical School in Bunbury and hopes to work as a rural GP obstetrician when she graduates next year. Director of Mission at the School of Medicine and Coordinator of the Order of Malta members in WA, Michael Shanahan, said it is very important to acknowledge the significant influence of ethical practices in the delivery of medical support to patients.
During this challenging and fulfilling period, he also trained as a youth worker. On settling back into Perth, Danny later took up the position of lab technician at Lumen Christi. This became the stepping stone towards further studies and life as a teacher. For his first posting, Danny and his family headed once more to the country, spending two enjoyable years in Newman. Thrilled to be back at Lumen and having such amazing resources at his disposal, Danny is looking forward to a long and happy relationship with the college.
St Patrick’s Basilica in Fremantle has a beautiful statue of Our Lady of Fatima which is processed every May 13 through the streets of Fremantle in honour of her apparition in Fatima. PHOTO: M DE SOUSA
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and refurbished Manual Arts building. His first career path as a cabinet maker took him on an interesting journey when contract work within a remote community led to Danny becoming involved with homeless teenagers. This led to a number of years working as a lay missionary in a project sponsored by the Pallottine Fathers.
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ST JOHN of God Hospital, Subiaco paid tribute to the late Professor Tony McCartney, amongst others, for contributions to medicine at the hospital at a special and memorable evening recently. The celebration
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PERTH is blessed to have an African choir, happy to sing in African, Latin or English and to learn any language necessary in which to praise God. It sings at St Gerard Majella, Mirrabooka on the first Sunday of the month at 6pm; St Thomas in Claremont on the 3rd Sunday at 6.30pm and the last Sunday of every second month at St Emilie De Vialar, Canning Vale at 5pm (this month being the next time). The choir started in 2008 and is about to join with singers from many African countries as part of its celebrations on Saturday, May 26 at the Redemptorist Monastery, Vincent St. The intention of the day is to look to establishing an African Catholic community and to pray for unity and peace in Africa. Countries attending will sing different parts of Mass at 10.30am and food and entertainment will follow. Singer Bibiana Kwaramba (manager of The Record bookshop) says prayer is the “best weapon to use for peace and stability in Africa”. Everyone is welcome to attend and bring some food to share.
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A SPECIAL Mother’s Day weekend open garden event which will raise funds for a Catholic maternity centre in Ethiopia is expected to attract thousands to the southern Perth suburb of Oakford this weekend. The event is organised by the Perth office of Catholic Mission, which supports Catholic missionaries and their work around the globe and will make an ideal outing for Mothers’ Day. Tony Williams’ beautiful twohectare garden has been a labour of love many years in the making and is set in a delightful natural bush setting. Among the ornamental garden’s features are a secret garden, an enclosed fernery and a thriving vegetable garden providing produce all year round. Guest speakers over the weekend
will include Chris Ferreira from the Great Gardens program (Saturday 11am) and Dan the Bee Man from the WA Apiarist Society (2pm). Bob Melville from Melville Nurseries will speak to visitors (Sunday 11am) with Dan the Bee Man making a return appearance in the afternoon. The weekend will be supplemented by local folk group The String Tanglers together with well-known Perth Singer Seven Weapons, providing background music on both days. The St Francis Xavier parish in Armadale and the Catholic Women’s League will provide tea, coffee, home-made cakes and slices for sale. The garden is located at 233 Foxton Drive in Oakford, five minutes from the Kwinana Freeway Rowley Road exit.
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Male abortion voice is crying in the wilderness By Juanita Shepherd THE unheard cries of traumatised men are finally being answered thanks to Abortion Grief Australia’s men’s help line, offering advice and counselling exclusively to men. Retired professor of social work at Curtin University, Denis Ladbrook, volunteers his time to AGA and shared his thoughts with The Record about the emotional strain of abortion, and the help line
designed to reach out to the men affected. Men are less culturally conditioned to express their feelings than women, Mr Ladbrook said. “We believe that the men will come out of the woodwork. The men’s line is going to offer the language to discuss the emotionality and concerns that they have.” Without the opportunity to work through inner conflicts, unexpressed feelings can become
toxic - anger is the most consistent and evident symptom of abortion trauma, but feelings of guilt, abandonment and total despair are also observed. “Men have a way of covering up distresses,” Mr Ladbrook said. “They push it away and submerge it, then they lose the pace of life and become disoriented.” The line will offer the opportunity to resolve the pain which may be linked to abortion.
As it develops, the men’s line will be staffed by male volunteers who will be trained in the intricacies of listening and navigating the sensitive issue. It will be a discreet and anonymous, free of charge phone service and will be supported by outside donations. Mr Ladbrook said he is determined to help these men work through their issues, that they should find freedom and relief from pain. Abortion lingers over the years, it is something that is not
forgotten, Mr Ladbrook said, but he believes there is always hope for those who have been traumatised. “I talked to a man in Victoria whose wife had an abortion,” Mr Ladbrook said. “Thirteen years later, he came in for counselling.” “You need to accept the reality of the situation,” he said “and then you can come to terms with it - if you push it away it will haunt you.” - AGA Men’s Line 1300 887 066
There’s nothing like a country jaunt By Nathan Hearn QUAIRADING’S Parish of St Francis Xavier celebrated the 75th anniversary of the opening and blessing of its church on April 29, attended by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB. Archbishop Costelloe was assisted by Father Karol Kulczycki and Father Francis Kot at the Sunday Mass. People travelled from all over Western Australia to be part of the celebration. A special guest sat with the Archbishop in the sanctuary Quairading’s oldest parishioner, 92-year-old Sheila O’Hare. Mrs O’Hare attended the opening and blessing of the church with her parents 75 years ago. Sunday’s Mass was offered for the intentions of the past and present clergy, religious sisters, parishioners and friends. In his homily, Archbishop Costelloe encouraged all to be Good Shepherds in Christ’s image and to love and watch over those people with whom we have daily contact. Archbishop Costelloe asked everyone to take a moment to remember all departed souls. At the Liturgy of the Eucharist, symbols of the Quairading community were presented at the altar by two local farmer boys. The bread and wine were presented by representatives of the parish youth. After Mass, the President of the Ladies’ Guild presented the Archbishop with an original straw painting by local artist Susanna Edwards.
Archbishop Tim Costelloe SDB concelebrates the Sunday Mass for the 75th anniversary of Quairading’s church. PHOTO: VERONICA MANIA
The parish hosted a sit-down lunch for 140 guests in the community centre, which included a commemorative cake. Prior to the meal, Mrs O’Hare read her own handwritten memoirs of her memories of the church. On the weekend of the celebration, Sister Philomena, of the Presentation Order PBVM, gave
spiritual talks in the church on grace, benediction and faith. Sr Philomena, Dorothy Burrell, grew up in Quairading and returned to her home town for the celebration. Father Andrew Bowron, another native of Quairading, was unable to excuse himself from his duties as parish priest in Kalgoorlie to attend the service.
Students lift hope for life’s final hour FORMER Western Australian Attorney-General and Chair of Health Workforce Australia, Jim McGinty, launched the ‘Building Capacity in Palliative Care Clinical Training’ at Bethesda Hospital earlier this month. The project provides nursing and medical students with the opportunity to learn about provision of palliative care within an inpatient and community settings. The University of Western Australia’s School of Population Health and the University of Notre Dame’s School of Midwifery and Nursing funded the project in collaboration with Bethesda Hospital. Bethesda is an independent, 88-bed, award-winning facility, which has been operating in Western Australia for about 70 years. It has a 23-bed, in-patient, palliative care unit, and services the northern communities through their palliative ambulatory services.
The CEO of Bethesda Hospital, Yasmin Naglazas, said the launch was a perfect fit for the project collaborators to use existing palliative care resources at Bethesda Hospital. “Working together with such dedicated educators at UWA and the University of Notre Dame Australia will only enhance the service delivery of palliative care to the WA community.” Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at UWA, Selma Alliex, said the project provides students with specialist clinical experiences, which could lead to further education in the physically and emotionally difficult areas of palliative care. “This project has exemplified the collaborative meeting of minds and enables, at this time, nursing and medical colleagues to work together to provide students with an example of comprehensive care to patients,” Professor Alliex said.
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Above top: Quairading’s oldest parishioner, Sheila O’Hare, speaks with the Archbishop. Above: Archbishop welcomes parishioners. PHOTO: VERONICA MANIA
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No line like David’s for Rabbi and Priest By Giles Tuffin “ROLL up, roll up,” the jovial Rabbi said. “Session starting soon, buy your popcorn.” That is how the affable and irrepressible Rabbi Dovid Freilich welcomed Catholic visitors to the Menora Synagogue on Thursday, April 26. In an evening as fascinating as it was entertaining, 60 participants from as far afield as Kwinana, Kalamunda and Southern Cross joined organiser Father Tim Deeter – Parish Priest of St Paul’s, Mt Lawley - to imbibe the knowledge offered by one of Perth’s most senior religious leaders. Throughout the night, both Fr Deeter and Rabbi Freilich placed great emphasis on the common ground between Judaism and Catholicism, a passion shared and studied by both men. “Jesus was raised in a synagogue,” Rabbi Freilich said, referencing the Jewish heritage of Jesus, his family and disciples. Many of Christ’s teachings are ones Jews shared, the Rabbi said; “love thy neighbour”, for example, can also be found in Leviticus in the Old Testament. The tour began with explanation of the synagogue’s key features. Synagogues are not necessarily identifiable from outside, Rabbi Freilich said, and are frequently entirely indistinguishable from surrounding buildings. The Star of David has no official religious significance to Judaism, despite the Menora synagogue’s entire ceiling being dominated by a giant Star of David representation. “The architect wasn’t Jewish,” beamed the Rabbi. Most synagogues face Jerusalem, the Rabbi said. A cupboard known as the Ark of the Covenant is the focus of worshippers. This, the holiest part of the synagogue, contains the Torah –
Catholics joined Fr Timothy Deeter for a tour of the Menora Synagogue, hosted by senior Rabbi Dovid Freilich, both pictured below. PHOTO: GILES TUFFIN
Judaism’s holy law books which, to this day, are beautifully handwritten on scrolls. On top of the Ark is a light representing the menorah, a seven branched candle used by Moses in the wilderness and later in the Holy Temple of Jerusalem. For any synagogue, the Rabbi said, a table or lectern must be positioned in the centre, with the Torah placed on top and read to the congregation while surrounded by the people, emphasising that the law belongs to all.
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ST PIUS X CATHOLIC SCHOOL St Pius X Catholic School in Manning is a parish based, co-educational school catering for 235 students from Kindergarten to Year 6. The school was founded in 1957 by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. The school has a close positive partnership with the parish where both work together to help nurture the Catholic faith and traditions and to mutually serve one another and the wider Church. A holistic education is offered at St Pius X where each child is helped to develop their full potential. This is achieved by providing educational activities through a whole school approach that develops an awareness and understanding of concepts necessary for life and experience with the Christian ethos and Catholic faith. St Pius X offers specialist programs in Physical Education, Music, Library, Italian and enrichment in Literacy and Numeracy. The school is actively involved in the Performing Arts Festival, as well as activities in the local community, and is also an outpost for Telethon Speech and Hearing. The school’s parent body is highly supportive and actively involved in all aspects of school life. The Parents and Friends’ Association and School Board work closely with staff to build community and enhance the school-home relationship. The successful applicant will take up the position at the commencement of Term 3 2012.
Applicants need to be practising Catholics and experienced educators committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic Education. They will have the requisite theological, educational, pastoral and administrative competencies, together with an appropriate four year minimum tertiary qualification, and will have completed Accreditation for Leadership of the Religious Education area or its equivalent. A current WACOT registration number and Working with Children clearance form must also be included. The official application form, referee assessment forms and instructions can be accessed on the Catholic Education Office website www.ceo.wa.edu.au. Enquiries regarding this position should be directed to Helen Brennan, Consultant, Workforce Relations Team, on (08) 6380 5237 or email wrd@ceo. wa.edu.au. All applications, on the official form, should reach the Director of Catholic Education, Catholic Education Office of Western Australia, PO Box 198, Leederville WA 6093 no later than Thursday 24 May 2012.
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As with Catholicism and Latin, most Jews do not understand Hebrew, so prayer and songbooks are written with English alongside the original wording. However, the songbooks do not contain written music, and must be learnt and remembered by heart. Services are joyous affairs with much singing and chanting, of which Rabbi Freilich gave a beautiful example. The Jewish Sabbath begins on Friday evenings, and there are strong rules about appropriate conduct. These include not cooking, not operating anything electrical, and not driving. Consequently, all food must be prepared prior to the Sabbath, and electrical devices must be already switched on if they are used. Restrictions on driving mean that practising Jews must walk to Temple and, consequently, live close by. While these restrictions may seem inhibiting, Rabbi Freilich emphasised that they were in place to keep Jews focused on the importance of the Sabbath – worshipping God and spending time with one’s family. “Everybody needs a day to be with their family,” he said, to much agreement from his guests. Unsurprisingly, the visitors asked many questions about these restrictions, including whether elderly Jews could drive themselves to the synagogue on the Sabbath if they were unable to walk. Rabbi Freilich responded that the realities of human life came before all else, noting that Jesus had said “Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” [Mark, 2: 27]. He also noted that simply observing the rules of the Sabbath does not make one a good Jew. “If you’re not a good human, forget it!” he said.
The Rabbi said synagogues were only secondarily places of prayer and that their primary role was as places of learning where Jews are taught culture and law so as to know how to behave outside Temple. “The main synagogue is the world,” Rabbi Freilich said. Synagogues are not quiet places, but instead are full of chatter and discussion like any classroom. It’s not uncommon for debates to become quite spirited. “I certainly wouldn’t say it’s tranquil,” he said. The Rabbi spoke openly about the role of some Jews in Jesus’ death, but emphasised that Christ had been killed by fanatics - corrupted by greed - who had turned the Holy Temple in Jerusalem into a market. Many Jews of Christ’s own time had supported Jesus. Fr Deeter concurred, noting that present day Jews could not possibly be blamed for something that happened so long ago. The evening was one of con-
stant wit and banter between the two religious men. Noting that Pope John Paul II had called Jews “our dearly beloved older brothers”, Rabbi Freilich expressed his great affinity with Christianity and Jesus’ teachings. “If I was alive back then, I’d be a Christian!” he said. “No,” replied Fr Deeter, “you’d be dead.” Rabbi Freilich concluded with a story from the final days of the Second World War. A Christian couple approached a local priest in Krakow, Poland, asking for a Jewish child in their care to be baptised as his parents had been killed by Nazis. But the priest learned that the child had relatives who wished to raise him a Jew and bluntly refused to baptise him, saying that the child must be raised according to his heritage. The priest, a hero to many Jewish people, went on to become Pope John Paul II. Rabbi Freilich was visibly moved when retelling the powerful story. “He’s a saint, I tell you,” the Rabbi said.
Walk of life, remembering the fallen IT HAS been 14 years but prolifers aren’t letting up. This year’s Remembrance Walk and Rally for Life will take place on Tuesday, May. Catholics, other Christians, and people of other religious persuasions or none are set to gather at the rotunda just south of the War Memorial in King’s Park at 7pm.
The walkers will march to the State Parliament where they will be joined by pro-life MPs from across the party political spectrum. Around 116,000 unborn children have been aborted in Western Australia since 1998, organisers say. Participants will also lament other losses of life occurring via embryo destruction, cloning and
euthanasia, throughout the state and further afield. The Coalition for the Defence of Human Life is calling for volunteers to act as marshals and banner carriers and is accepting donations for ongoing pro-life activities. For more information, contact Richard on 0416 148 008 or email richardjohnegan@gmail.com.
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Less hair but all heart for much loved teacher By Chris Jaques IF Mercy College students in Koondoola were to stage a musical starring their much loved teacher, Joe Bartucciotto, it would have to be Hair. Thirty years ago, when the affectionately nicknamed Mr B joined the school, he had plenty of hair: these days, his ponytail has gone, hairline receded and the famous moustache is no more. But that didn’t stop students, staff and parents feting him on his 30th anniversary at the school, by reminding him of his former glory. Students donned novelty moustaches and afro wigs, several also cultivating Mr B’s signature look by wearing leather jackets and sunnies on their heads. A packed hall waited in anticipation before Mr B was led in, escorted through a guard of honour and seated on a balloon-adorned throne while Forever Young played. Principal Dr Tony Curry gave a brief welcome before Arts Specialist Stephen Jeffrey led in a self-penned song, How to Spell Bartucciotto. The crowd waved face masks of Mr B as they sang gems like, “You had a moe/But now it’s dead/Kinda like what happened on your head”. The kids had all been sworn to secrecy but Mr B said he thought something was up when he saw Assistant Principal Jackie Holbrook decked out in pants, shirt and tie. Teacher Jo Walsh spoke of Mr Bartucciotto’s achievements, saying he was instrumental in introducing the Paths program six years ago,
Caittlin Peck and Amy Koios of Year 3 lead Mr B through waiting students and look-alike Year 6 student, Sajni Karia, with a beaming Mr B. PHOTO: C BURSEY
helping students to talk about their feelings. He also started mentor groups for students aged five to 12. Ms Walsh was followed by a number of speakers, all showing Joe as a much loved and respected member of staff. Student Samantha Samuels sang a tweaked version of a Stevie Wonder classic, “Isn’t he wonderful? Isn’t he lovely, Mr B”, and a Powerpoint presentation of photos, set to cranked up ACDC,
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caused a few giggles. Mr B ended the occasion by saying how lucky he felt to work at Mercy: “Some people have jobs,” he said, “where they get paid to do what they love.” The depth of appreciation of Mr B’s many years of loving service was clearly obvious even before the assembly began and echoed in another line of Mr Jeffrey’s song: “Mr B, you light up school like nobody else”.
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GOOD Shepherd Catholic Primary School in Kelmscott honoured the parable of the Good Shepherd taken from John 10:1-21 in their celebrations of Good Shepherd Day. “It was a beautiful day”, assistant principal David Tunchon said. “We started with a whole community Mass at church and the first part was a procession.” The students brought up items that held a special meaning to them and the school. Among items which were placed at the altar at the celebration last week were the school banner, feathers from birds which live on the school property and flowers and branches, acknowledging bush surrounding the school. Father Andrew, the parish priest who celebrated Mass, gave The Record an insight into his homily. “I told the children that Jesus
comes to call us and guides us when we get lost,” he said. “He goes looking for the lost ones; sometimes in our life we get lost and we can ask the Good Shepherd to show us the way to good pastures but he also comes to protect and guide us.” Following Mass, celebrations continued at school with all the children dressed in red, white and blue, colours of the Good Shepherd. “The main focus is the namesake of the school,” Mr Tunchon said. “He is the Shepherd for all the children, staff and community. “Jesus is our Shepherd to look after and guide us.” As part of the celebrations, students took part in tabloid sports where they were all split into small groups and enjoyed different activities on the oval. The oval was later used for a whole school picnic and students enjoyed a drink and a sausage sizzle under a clear blue sky and warm sunshine.
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Hart to head Bishop’s conference
ARCHBISHOP Denis Hart, Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne, has been elected President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference at the Australian Bishops Plenary in Sydney on May 4. Archbishop Hart will take over after this meeting from Archbishop Philip Wilson who has held the post for the past six years. Archbishop Hart is delighted to have been chosen to serve the Church in Australia in this way. “I am pleased to be able to serve the Church in any way that I can. I hope to see the faith of Catholics in Jesus Christ grow in this country.
I am also grateful for the faith my brother bishops have placed in me. The role of president is one which I will take seriously, and I am humbled to have been elected,” he said. The Bishops Conference president is elected every two years and can serve up to three terms. Archbishop Denis James Hart DD was named auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne in 1997 and has been the Archbishop of Melbourne since 2001. In the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, he has been Chairman of the Bishops Commission for Administration and Information, as well as being a member of the Permanent
Committee and the Bishops Commission for Liturgy. He is also vice-chairman of the International Commission on
The role of President is one which I will take seriously ... I am humbled. English in the Liturgy. Archbishop Philip Wilson was also elected today as the Vice-President of the Conference. Archbishop Hart
was appointed to the position of Archbishop of Melbourne in 2001, replacing Archbishop George Pell, who became Archbishop of Sydney. Archbishop Hart has spent most of his time serving parishes in Victoria since he became a parish priest in 1987. He has served as a hospital chaplain and Master of Ceremonies at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne. The Australian Catholic Bishops Council has recently campaigned for Senators to reject the federal government’s legislation to extend the intervention in the Northern Territory, saying it raises “serious human rights concerns”.
Bishop calls mayday on work By Mark Reidy THE recent increase in casual and contract work has become an obstacle to the dignity of many workers and their families, according to the Chairman of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, Bishop Christopher Saunders. Issuing the annual pastoral letter for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker (May 1), Bishop Saunders expressed concern about the environment of instability that is affecting an increasing number of people in the Australian workforce. “Over the past three decades, this nation has witnessed monumental changes in the labour market which have included increasing risks of unemployment and insecurity,” he wrote. He said that globalisation had opened the Australian economy to the international market and this had combined with technological advances and the pressure on employers to remain competitive, to contribute to redundancies, lower wages and the “casualisation of jobs”. The pastoral letter, entitled The Dignity of Work: More than a Casual Concern, pointed out that while Australia could boast of an unemployment rate of around five per cent, at least a quarter of employees were in casual employment and that this number was likely to be much higher when the use of fixed-term contracts, independent contractors and labour hire agencies was taken into account. Bishop Saunders indicated that the move toward casual employment meant that more people were having to work outside nor-
mal hours, on weekends and were balancing multiple jobs. He said this was becoming an obstacle to normal family living as parents juggled the pressures of spending time with their families and making ends meet. The instability created by this trend was not only contributing to more families relying on low and unpredictable wages, the Bishop stated, but was also providing less opportunity for career progression and skills development and workers were becoming trapped within a cycle of unemployment and intermittent and precarious jobs.
Casual and contract work are obstacles to normal family living as parents and families juggle the pressures of a hectic life to make ends meet. Bishop Saunders expressed concern that the unpredictable nature of casual and fixed term employment was not confined to a few sectors but included the retail, accommodation, health and social services, education, transport, manufacturing and other industries. He said that it was time to consider the need for better pay and conditions for those who lacked job security. He said a new approach is needed, one which places the dignity of the worker at the centre of labour market policy to improve working conditions.
Chairman of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, Bishop Christopher Saunders of Broome. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart has been elected President of the Australian bishops’ conference.
Forgiving and forgetting, but diminished BISHOP Anthony Fisher OP acted to calm the community at the former parish of Fr Kevin Lee, the priest who revealed he had been dating and had married, unbeknownst to many of his parishioners, on national television last week. The Parramatta bishop spoke at both the Saturday and Sunday Masses at the Padre Pio Glenmore Park Parish. “As your bishop, when I heard the news my heart broke for you,” he said. “People have written to me who feel betrayed by the lies and hypocrisy, the repeating dumping on the Church and priests by one of our own. “Others think Fr Kevin Lee a hero for opposing celibacy, authority and duplicity. “Most of us will try to forgive and forget, hold on out of love of Christ and the Church, but also be a little diminished. It will take some time to heal.” Both married and single life, Bishop Fisher said, were ways to sanctity. “In many ways, the crisis for marriage is greater than that for single life today. Many have given up on it altogether. Or they cohabit first, marry outside religion, have few or no children, end in divorce.” Bishop Fisher did not shy away from the issue of child abuse, often cited by critics as undermining the Church’s authority to speak on marriage. He acknowledged child abuse by clergy is a terrible thing but marrying off clergy will not fix that or the vocations crisis.
Gay ‘marriage’ is equal in what? ACL to hearing AUSTRALIAN Christian Lobby’s Managing Director, Jim Wallace, has given evidence at hearings into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010 in Melbourne today. The ACL believes the Marriage Act is a social contract designed for the common good for the reinforcement of the emotional and physical complementarities of a man and a woman for the good of children. Mr Wallace told the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs that samesex and heterosexual relationships are different from each other and cannot be considered equal under the Marriage Act. “Homosexuality and heterosexuality are not the same, they are different. This is a biological truth. It is simply incongruous that homo-
sexuality and heterosexuality be treated as equal, because they are so clearly different,” he said. “This must cause us to ask what is then meant by “Marriage Equality” – it begs the question, equal in what?”
Homosexuality and heterosexuality are not the same. It would be incongruous to treat them in the same way. Mr Wallace said if this debate was really about making sure people were treated equally, then that had been achieved when government
changed 84 laws in 2008 to remove discrimination against homosexual couples to receive entitlements. “There is no discrimination against homosexual people in entitlement, even Justice Kirby could identify none in [the] Sydney [hearing] yesterday.” Mr Wallace told the hearing it is superficial to limit the discussion of the Marriage Act to ideas of love. “If marriage is only about love, then who is government to determine who or indeed what people love?” Mr Wallace said the ACL had no confidence in protections of religious freedom when many organisations that support same-sex marriage are also calling for religious protections to be removed in antidiscrimination legislation.
People march in the Gay Pride Parade in New York on June 26, 2012 after samesex marriage legislation was passed. PHOTO: CNS/MARY KNIGHT
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Why didn’t you save us? ask Nigerian bishops LONDON (CNS) - The leader of the Catholic Church in Nigeria has criticised his government for allegedly failing to protect Christians in the north of his country from attack by Islamist terrorists. Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, said he could not understand why the government appeared powerless to prevent the killings of Christians. Speaking on April 30, a day after 21 people were killed and 20 others injured in coordinated attacks on Sunday services at a university campus in Kano and a Protestant chapel in Maiduguri, the archbishop said the incidents showed “that government security is not working ...The government is not able to cope with
the security situation, and we feel quite apprehensive as a result,” he told the British section of Aid to the Church in Need, a pontifical foundation that helps persecuted Christians, in an April 30 telephone interview. “Why the government cannot identify the people involved baffles the imagination,” said the Archbishop. “We pay tax money and we have a right to know what is being done about the problem. “Those young people killed at the university represented the hope of our country. It defies all logic. They were people trying to build a better country,” he added. His sentiments were echoed by Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja.
They must embrace Vatican II says judge
Never lose that God-given wonder and awe
ROME (CNS) - The Second Vatican Council’s teaching, particularly on Judaism and other religions, is rooted in traditional Christian theology and the Bible, and the Catholic Church should not offer concessions to those who do not accept its teaching, said an Israeliborn Franciscan who serves as a judge on a top Vatican court. Mgr David Jaeger, a judge at the Roman Rota, defined as worrying a tendency, “here and there in Catholicism, to look leniently upon stray groups that are marginal but well-publicised who denounce the doctrine of the council, including the declaration Nostra Aetate” on the relationship of the Church to non-Christian religions. Mgr Jaeger, who grew up in a Jewish family, spoke about Nostra Aetate during a conference on the Second Vatican Council at Rome’s Opus Dei-run Holy Cross University on May 3-4. “While often presented as if it were absolutely new,” he said, the teaching of Nostra Aetate “perfectly corresponds to the most ancient intuitions of Christian theology” when it affirms “there can be, and in particular cases, are elements of truth and holiness” in other religions, he said. In addition, the document emphasised that Judaism has a special status, which “already was extensively explained by St Paul, particularly in the Epistle to the Romans.” The council’s document explained the Church’s “doctrine on Judaism, the only religion which, while not knowing Christ, has its origins in biblical revelation, which is why the Church does not regard it simply as a ‘non-Christian religion,’ but ascribes to it a unique status,” Mgr Jaeger said. While recognising the unique and special relationship between God and the Jewish people, he said, the council did not say that Judaism was a “parallel path to salvation” and it did not deny that somehow, in the end, all salvation would be accomplished through Christ. “The proof of Nostra Aetate’s effectiveness is that it seems strange to have to say it today,” the monsignor said. “One must take this occasion to express the deep hope that leniency will be denied” to anyone who does not accept the council’s teaching.
“At first we were ready to be patient with the government when it was saying that this kind of Islamic terrorism is new,” he told Aid to the Church in Need on April 30. “They have had adequate time to learn how to deal with this situation ... It has become clear we have a weak government that has put together a whole lot of compromises that means that the action that should be taking place is not taking place,” he said. No one has claimed responsibility for the April 29 attacks, but the Islamist group Boko Haram - whose name means “Western education is forbidden” - is suspected. It is already responsible for the deaths of at least 450 people in 2012 alone, according to ACN.
Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, Nigeria, has criticised his government for allegedly failing to protect Christians from Islamist attack. PHOTO: CNS
Closeness to God will give you the strength to withstand anything, Pope Benedict XVI told a papal audience, including the child above, on May 2.
Chen “crisis” highlights China horror AS Chinese and US diplomats sought a resolution to the diplomatic crisis surrounding Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, many turned their attention to the nature of his dissent. Chen has drawn attention to the country’s forced abortion and sterilisation practices, leading to a government crackdown on his movement and prohibitions on contact with foreigners and the media. The prominence of the selftaught, blind lawyer rose when he escaped from house arrest in Shandong province on April 22 and arrived at the US Embassy in Beijing several days later. As Chen went from the embassy to a hospital, the US sought assurances he would be released from house arrest and that he and his family would not be harmed. Chen told reporters police were in his home waving clubs in front of his wife. China has accused the US of meddling in the country’s internal affairs: “Chen Guangcheng is not just a dissident. In fact, he did not even advocate against the cen-
tral government. He is a folk hero in China,” Chai Ling, founder and president of All Girls Allowed, told a US Congressional hearing in Washington on May 3. “He’s a defender of women, children and the poor. Chen has worked tirelessly on behalf of women who face forced abortion and sterilisation at the hands of officials who should be protecting their citizens’ rights,” said Chai, whose organisa-
When his sentence ended in 2010, Chinese officials considered him unrepentant and likely to reoffend, so they kept him under soft arrest, a system of intense police scrutiny. Chen still represents an intolerable threat to China’s government, said Jesuit Fr John Meehan, an expert on China and a faculty member at Campion College at the University of Regina,
He is a defender of women, children and the poor and an intolerable threat to the government. tion campaigns to defend women facing forced abortions in China. In 2005, Chen organised a class action lawsuit that accused city officials in Linyi, Shandong province, of illegally forcing women to undergo abortions. Chen was arrested after filing the lawsuit. He eventually served four years in prison for “damaging property and organising a mob to disturb traffic” during a demonstration against the practice.
Saskatchewan. “By calling attention to the abortion practices of the Chinese regime, Chen has embarrassed Chinese officials in the eyes of the nation and the world,” Fr Meehan said in an email to The Catholic Register, a national Catholic weekly based in Toronto. “At this stage, Chinese officials are unlikely to let him go free.” Many Chinese have begun to
question the necessity and wisdom of the one-child policy, he said. “For one, it was not fully applied to rural areas or ethnic minorities,” Fr Meehan said. “As China’s birth rate declines, the regime may no longer use the one-child policy to curb population growth ... (facing) a rapidly ageing population, much like developed Asian nations.” The policy amounts to a kind of war on baby girls, according to Chai, a Boston-area entrepreneur who first came to prominence as a student leader during Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. Her organisation claims one out of every six Chinese girls is aborted, killed or abandoned. Chai also claimed as many as 35,000 women in China are coerced into abortion every day. “He (Chen) is one of the few people who has the courage to stand up and speak,” she said. “It’s a shame for the rest of the world to have ignored this policy for this long,” she said. “It’s a shame for world leaders to have tolerated this policy for so long.” - CNS
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About-face: Guard turn to Facebook to recruit VATICAN CITY (CNS) - In an effort to boost recruitments through more modern methods of outreach, the Pontifical Swiss Guard has opened a page on Facebook. Facebook.com/gsp1506 was launched on May 4 “to open a window” and better inform young people about the Guardia Svizzera Pontificia, said the Guard’s commander, Col Daniel Anrig. “We want to improve communication with young people who otherwise might not have an opportunity to find out what the Pontifical Swiss Guard really is,” he
told journalists on May 5, the day before 26 new guards were sworn in to service. Currently, applications to serve are open only to Swiss male citizens who served in the Swiss Army and are Catholic, under 30 years of age, stand at least 5 feet 8 inches tall and boast an “irreproachable reputation.” The colonel said he would love to allow female recruits, but such a move could be considered only “when the circumstances change,” specifically having more than one barracks to house the soldiers. Guard officials have lamented a
slump in applications over the years and have been looking to improve outreach, Col Anrig said. The guard also has a video feed on YouTube at “The Corps of the Pontifical Swiss Guard.” During an audience on May 7 with Swiss Guards, new recruits and their families and friends, Pope Benedict XVI thanked the men for their service to protecting the Pontiff and guarding the apostolic palace. The hard work, long hours and “peculiar service” of the Guard, he said, mean the soldiers have to possess unique characteristics, such
as having a solid Catholic faith, loyalty and love toward the Church and Jesus, “diligence and perseverance in small and big daily tasks, courage and humility, altruism and availability” to serve. New soldiers are sworn in during a colourful ceremony at the Vatican every May 6 to commemorate the day that 150 Swiss Guards died saving Pope Clement VII’s life during the sack of Rome on that date in 1527. Since its founding in 1506, the corps - currently numbering 110 guardsmen - performs honorary and ceremonial duties, as well
as guarding the life of the Pope and keeping watch over the papal palace. Though they sport mediaevalera weaponry with their halberds and armour during colourful ceremonies, the guards are trained in the latest defence techniques, which range from the Monadnock Defensive Tactics System for controlling aggressors to martial arts and modern firearm use. Guards who continue their service after two years qualify to train to become certified Swiss federal security experts.
Government, make gap closer not wider: Pope By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Laws and government policies should not make economic inequality worse; rather they should help people live more decent lives, Pope Benedict XVI told diplomats. “The quality of human relationships and the sharing of resources are the foundation of society, allowing everyone to have a role and to live in dignity in accordance with their aspirations,” he said. The pope spoke May 4 to five new ambassadors to the Vatican, from Ireland, Ethiopia, Armenia, Malaysia and Fiji will not be residing in Rome. In a speech to the group, the pope said today’s modern means of communication make it very quick and easy to know what is happening around world - both good and bad. Being much more aware of people’s material and spiritual suffering should lead to a new call to action “to respond, with justice and solidarity, to anything that threatens humanity, society and the environment,” he said. When poverty and extreme wealth exist side-by-side in society, it gives rise to a sense of injustice, which can spark rebellion, he said. “It is, therefore, appropriate that nations ensure that social laws do not worsen inequalities,” but help people to live decently, he said. True human development respects human dignity and lets people take control of their lives, he said. Initiatives using micro-credit or “equitable partnerships,” for example, “show that it is possible to harmonize economic goals with social needs, democratic governance and respect for nature.” Pope Benedict said the problem of spiritual poverty also must be addressed. He called on nations to guarantee religious liberty and safeguard their cultural and religious heritage. Religion helps people see others as brothers and sisters in one human family, he said. When people have lost all reference to God and spiritual values, it makes it very difficult to distinguish between good and evil and to overcome personal interests for the sake of the common good, he said. A lack of an awareness of God puts young people at risk, too, as they are then more likely to follow superficial or “fashionable” ideals and “turn to artificial paradises which destroy them.”
The Swiss Guard retain their mediaeval flair while appropriating modern fighting techniques to protect the Pope.
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Back to religion for art’s sake NEW YORK (CNS) - The relationship between art and the sacred is an unsolved problem of culture that exposes contradictions among society’s less-than-consistent moral, religious and political ideologies, according to speakers at an April 25 forum at Jesuit-run Fordham University. The program, Taking Offence: When Art and the Sacred Collide, examined controversies over disturbing artistic treatments of religious imagery. Speakers said thoughtful consideration of the collision is often precluded by reflexive, cliched, selfrighteous reactions to provocative art of negligible significance. “Most of the public discussion over the conflict between art and the sacred is simplistic, partisan, shrill and sublimely dopey,” said Dana Gioia, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and professor of poetry and public culture at the University of Southern California. Camille Paglia, university professor of humanities and media studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, criticised contemporary artists for mediocrity, “cynical snarky atheism,” cowardly provocation and ignorance of religion. A self-described atheist who was raised Catholic, Paglia said, “Respect for religion and interest in
religion should be absolutely basic in any educated person. In order to understand the history of art, you need respect for religion.” Gioia said there is a chasm between the Church and the contemporary arts world. The Church has moved away from its historic role as patron, promoter and conservator of the arts and “retreated mostly into sentimental kitsch.” The American arts have become isolated from one another, collectively remote, increasingly irrelevant and starved for something, he said.
established traditional discipline of the spiritual, once you remove 2,000 years of religious symbol, ritual, language and mythos that has long animated Western art, you don’t remove the spiritual hunger of the artist or the audience, but you satisfy it more crudely with vague, pretentious and sentimental substitutes,” Gioia said. Artists in America have no idea of their general audience and live in an echo chamber, where they hear only their own voices, Paglia said. As a result, they are widely disrespected by a majority of the popula-
Interest in religion is basic for any educated person. In order to understand the history of art, you need respect for religion. As a result, the American arts world is spiritually impoverished by the loss of “a transcendent religious vision and a refined and rigorous sense of the sacred,” he said. Concurrently, “the loss of the aesthetic sensibility of the Church and its disengagement with the broader artistic culture has weakened its ability to make its call heard in the world.” “Once you remove the religious as one of the possible modes of art, once you separate art from the long-
tion and considered hoaxsters and con men. “The art world has been staking its own exclusivity and prestige on works of mediocrity,” she said. “The provocations that make people who live in Manhattan proud have resulted in the gutting of art programs nationwide. Schoolchildren are paying the price for Manhattan arrogance.” She faulted artists for making uninteresting work and then hiding behind banal explanations when
controversy erupts. “If you’re going to have blasphemous art, it should be done with imagination. And if you’re going to commit blasphemy, cop to it.” Paglia dismissed Andres Serrano’s photo of a plastic crucifix immersed in the artist’s urine as “a work of schlock” and said it gained importance because it caused “a big political dustup” and not because it was high quality. She said the artist gave a mealy-mouthed explanation of the piece, rather than admitting his intent, and the art world was foolish to “go to the mat” in his defence. Museums have “milked controversy to get better box office” and exhibited third-rate works of art below their standards, she said. Both speakers said the Church’s discomfort with nudity contributed to the tension between art and the sacred. Paglia said Church art should not be innately lustful, but should acknowledge the Renaissance concept that physical beauty mirrors spiritual beauty. “To understand the history of art, you need to be able to be able to appreciate sex and eroticism,” she said. The program was sponsored by the Fordham Centre on Religion and Culture and marked the centre’s final presentation under the leadership of founding co-directors Peter and Margaret O’Brien Steinfel.
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Night under lights for Lumen belles and beaus By Lea-Anne Gaffney THE Year 12s of Lumen Christi looked every bit the part at their Year 12 Ball, held on Wednesday, April 11, at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle. Our young ladies were beautifully dressed in gowns while our young gentleman were handsomely dressed in formal attire. This made it very difficult for the Lumen staff to select the Belle and Beau of the night. This year’s ball had to be the best that I have ever attended in all my years at Lumen Christi College. There was a buzz of enthusiasm and eagerness in our students to have a “ball of a time”. Joy and excitement filled the room. It was wonderful to see students dancing and there were many times when every Lumen student and their partners were all on the dance floor getting their groove on. Teachers joined in and the students saw their teachers in a new light. This year’s cohort of Year 12 students is such a close-knit bunch. They get along with each other so well and they are always looking out for each other. It makes the job of organising the Ball each year so worthwhile when you have students that appreciate all the hard work put into it.
President’s man did a long, holy stint By Mark Reidy DURING the early 1970s, Charles “Chuck” Colson was known as one of Richard Nixon’s hatchet men and was jailed for his role in the illegal activities associated with the Watergate scandal. However, when he died at the age of 80, on April 21 this year, he left a legacy of Christian influence that reverberated across the globe, including the shores of Australia. In 1973, Colson’s life took a dramatic turn during the investigation into his long list of charges when he knelt on the floor of the office of Tom Phillips, his personal friend and born-again Christian and wept “tears of relief ” as he committed his life to Christ. Soon after, he was found guilty of obstructing justice and served seven months in prison. Colson later described his time of incarceration in Alabama as his “greatest humiliation” and a “great blessing” as it provided him with the opportunity to identify with the suffering of other prisoners. Upon his release, he established Prison Fellowship Ministries, a non-denominational organisation dedicated to providing religious support to inmates, ex-prisoners and their families, that has since become the world’s largest prison outreach program, ministering in 113 countries. However, Colson’s Australian connection comes not only through the establishment of Prison Fellowship in NSW and ACT but also for his influence on the Canberra Declaration, a document launched by Christian leaders in 2010 that calls for the recognition and protection of Christian values and affirms the fundamental right of Australians to religious freedom and freedom of speech. In 2009, Colson was the driving force behind the Manhattan Declaration, a statement of Christian conscience that he regarded as vital due to the political and cultural threats to the faith and religion in the US and abroad.
Chuck Colson at a press conference on the Manhattan Declaration in Washington in 2008.
This declaration, which has to date received over half a million signatures, inspired the English Westminster Declaration in 2010 and subsequently the Canberra Declaration, with each calling for the protection of the unborn, the disabled and the elderly and the protection of the institution of marriage and religious freedom. Colson’s commitment to prisoners was triggered in his final days of incarceration when he was asked by another inmate what he was going to do for those who remained. When Colson promised he would never forget them and would do what he could to help, he was shouted down. “That’s what they all say,” the others jeered. But Colson was different. The man who was reputed to have said he would “walk over his grandmother” to ensure his boss was re-
elected as president, had traded his passion for Richard Nixon to Jesus Christ and continued to do so for the last 35 years of his life.
Colson’s commitment to prisoners was triggered in his final days of incarceration when asked what he would do for those left behind. Prison Fellowship has not only touched the lives of thousands of serving and ex-prisoners and their families, but has had an impact on transforming the criminal justice system.
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The Fellowship uses in-prison Bible studies for inmates, provides mentoring programs for the children and advocates for biblically based justice reforms. But Colson’s passion ensured that his influence stretched beyond the criminal justice system and into the broader community. In 1991, he established BreakPoint, a radio program designed to encourage and enable Christians to understand their faith on a global scale. “In an increasingly hostile, secular culture, Christians are faced with issues and choices we’ve never had to deal with before. “BreakPoint is here to help believers of every denominational background develop a robust Christian world view - seeing, understanding, and engaging the world from a biblical perspective.”
Today, the BreakPoint broadcast is heard on more than 1,000 outlets by an estimated audience of over two million. His desire to empower Christians also extended to the establishment of the Colson Centre for Christian Worldview in 2009, which seeks to equip and train modern Christians to contribute to culture-shaping work in all areas of life. Colson also wrote more than 20 books, which have collectively sold more than five million copies. His autobiographical book Born Again was one of the nation’s bestselling books of all genres in 1976 and made into a feature-length film. In his latter years, he helped put together the Arlington Group, an alliance of Evangelical and Catholic conservatives which lobbied against same-sex marriage. In a tribute to Charles Colson, Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson summed up his life. “He stood in a long line of celebrated converts, beginning with the Apostle Paul on the Damascus road, and including figures such as John Newton, GK Chesterton and Malcolm Muggeridge. “They were often received with scepticism, even contempt. Conversion is a form of confession - a public admission of sin, failure and weakness. It brings out the scoffers. This means little to the converted, who have experienced something more powerful than derision. In his poem, The Convert, Chesterton concludes: ‘And all these things are less than dust to me/ Because my name is Lazarus and I live.’ “The scale of his (Colson’s) life a broad arc from politics to prison to humanitarian achievement - is also the scale of his absence. But no one was better prepared for death. “No one more confident in the resurrection - having experienced it once already. So my grief at Chuck’s passing comes tempered - because he was Lazarus, and he lives.”
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God is bigger than
Elvis
Delores Hart heard the call of Hollywood's bright lights and, in the 1950s, was a starlet on the up and up. Engaged to be married, and with a string of high powered films to her name, she heard a call that was even greater.
ON HOLLYWOOD's red carpet, the night of the 84th Academy Awards presentations, actress Michelle Williams was wearing Louis Vuitton. Cameron Diaz was wearing Victoria Beckham. Black-habited Mother Dolores Hart, prioress of the Abbey of Regina Laudis, told reporters she was wearing the 7th century Benedictine St Telchilde. “They didn’t know what I was talking about,” Mother Dolores said in an interview at the rural Connecticut abbey 12 days and 3,000 miles later with The Catholic Transcript, newspaper of the Hartford Archdiocese. “I think maybe that’s why they didn’t take many pictures of me on the carpet, because they didn’t know what to do with me,” she added with a laugh. If you watched the event on television, you might have caught a glimpse of Mother Dolores standing incongruously on the red carpet wearing the habit of St Telchilde, or Theodichildis, first abbess of the Benedictine Jouarre Abbey in Seine-et-Marne, France. Mother Dolores was in Hollywood because a short HBO documentary titled God Is the Bigger Elvis, which features her and other cloistered nuns at Bethlehem’s abbey, was up for an award.
While it did not win, the nun’s presence at the Oscars brought back memories for her fans. Yes, this mother prioress has a fan base. Known for sharing Elvis Presley’s first on-screen kiss in the 1957 movie Loving You, Dolores Hart was a promising young stage and screen star and also appeared in films with Montgomery Clift, Anthony Quinn, Marlon Brando and others. She appeared with Elvis again in the 1958 movie King Creole. But, in 1963, she shocked her family, friends and fiance by kissing Hollywood goodbye and entering the community of Benedictine nuns. God Is the Bigger Elvis began as an idea of the late Archbishop Pietro Sambi, who was apostolic nuncio to the United States and had invited Mother Dolores to the nunciature in Washington two years ago. “When I went in to see him, he said, ‘Madre, I want you to do a film on consecrated life.’ And I said, ‘But, Your Excellency, I’m an enclosed Benedictine nun. I can’t do that sort of thing. I have no access any longer to this sort of thing and I don’t know anyone in California.’” He insisted that the Holy Spirit would guide her. She returned to the abbey and told her superior,
Mother Abbess David Serna. They decided to pray about it. “It was three days after that that HBO called us,” Mother Dolores said. “They had had no commission from (Archbishop Sambi). They didn’t know him. They hadn’t called him. So I know it’s no set-up. The choreographer was ... ,” Mother Dolores said, casting her sky-blue eyes heavenward.
She shocked family and friends by giving up her film career in 1963. Two years ago, the archbishop told her it was time to make another film. The 36-minute documentary is a revealing peek behind the walls of the abbey, the only one of its kind in the United States, founded in 1947 by Mother Benedict Duss, who led it until her death in 2005. We see Mother Dolores caring for birds in her aviary, entertaining them with recorded music. We meet Mother David, who already had taken her vows when young
Dolores became a novice in 1963. Then-Sister David thought the newcomer was “a lightweight” and was not always kind to her. “Who would have thought the actress was going to stay? I mean, really!” Besides her career, the actress also gave up her engagement to architect Don Robinson, who took it hard and never lost contact with her. “It was just impossible to explain,” Mother Dolores says in the film. “How do you explain God? How do you explain love?” Life in the abbey means singing seven times a day, silence three times a day, frequent periods of prayer, strict obedience to superiors, caring for livestock, cultivating a garden and sharing a bathroom with up to 10 other nuns. A scene near the end shows a visit by Robinson and his emotional leave-taking. “God bless you,” Mother Dolores says. “You, too,” he says and walks out the door, leaving it open as he goes. Mother Dolores gazes after him in silence, then turns away, crosses herself and gazes at a crucifix on the wall. “That scene was amazing to me,” Mother Dolores told the Transcript, “because that day when Don left
and I saw him go, something hit me and said, ‘I wonder if I’m going to see him again. I think I might not.’ ... It was just this terrible sense of loss of a friend.” The scene occurred near Easter last year. In late autumn, Mother Dolores had a fall that resulted in a mild concussion. She decided not to tell Robinson because it would upset him. Days later, as Advent began, she learned Robinson had fallen. He had hit his head in the same place. He died on November 29. When God Is the Bigger Elvis was nominated for an Oscar, director Rebecca Cammisa and producer Julie Anderson invited Mother Dolores to accompany them to the awards ceremonies. The mother prioress is still a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and votes on the nominated films each year, based on DVDs she screens at the abbey. She hopes the HBO documentary would generate interest in the abbey’s project to renovate the abbey and make it more comfortable for ageing nuns and safer for all 36 of them. It debuted April 5. More information about the Abbey of Regina Laudis is available at www.abbeyofreginalaudis.com.
Lord, save us from your movie By Kevin O'Brien WHY watch a Christian movie? Why go to a Christian play? I mean, either one is going to be awful, right? Well ... right. And that's the problem. When our culture was Christian, our art was Christian. But our culture is no longer Christian. And so the dramatic art of our day that is interesting and engaging and well done usually has a secular point of view or one that is only accidentally Christian, or only marginally Christian, and most typically anti-Christian. This means that Christian groups often produce dramatic art for the
Christian Ghetto, my term for the self-consciously Christian among us, who entertain one another with movies, for instance, produced with bad actors on low budgets with horrendous writing and poor direction. The Ghetto is such a limited market that the producers do not have the resources to do better, and the consumers are so desperate that they don't complain. I have written about this at length. This has a chilling effect on evangelisation. For example, I've been moderately pleased with the movies Facing the Giants and Fireproof, both of which were produced by a Protestant group from the south
and, although they contain amateur actors and a few "prosperity gospel" plot elements, are not all that bad for "Christian movies". But that's the problem. "Christian movies" take the risk of being limited from their inception by the Ghetto's protective notion of what something "Christian" should and should not be about (a squeamishness not shared by Christ, who ate with prostitutes, blessed the smelly poor and died on a cross). Flannery O'Connor says somewhere something to the effect that a book written by a Catholic is a Catholic book, and certainly O'Connor's stories, which are profoundly Catholic, are also profoundly
disturbing and difficult to read, and yet more real and honest than stuff like Facing the Giants and Fireproof. As any Christian knows, there is nothing that Christ cannot address, engage and redeem - but Christian film-makers and film-goers are a little afraid to admit that. For, well-intentioned as movies like Facing the Giants and Fireproof are, it takes a special kind of desire to want to see them - knowing the artificiality of the genre. In fact, on Sunday my wife Karen told me she wanted to watch "on-demand" the latest movie from this production company, one called Courageous that's all about Faith helping guys
through tough times. Well, great. But I talked her into The Muppets' instead. Then on Monday, which was Karen's birthday, she wanted to go see October Baby in the theatre. This birthday thing means I couldn't say no. But I wanted to. After all, October Baby is another "Christian movie". Yes, my friend and Theatre of the Word actress Emily Lunsford had written a glowing review of the movie, which was filmed in Emily's home town of Birmingham, one of my favorite places; and yes, my friend Fr. Brian Harrison of the Oblates of Wisdom and St Mary of Victories church in St
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God gives graces to those he calls Dear Father, In the last few days, my friends have been questioning the value of priestly celibacy after a priest revealed that he has fallen in love and been married civilly. How do I answer them?
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Delores Hart starring alongside music legend Elvis Presley in the 1957 film Loving You before she left the Hollywood life to pursue a vocation as a nun. PHOTO: ONLINE SOURCE
e making followers Louis had emailed all his parishioners raving about the movie, strongly encouraging us to go see it; but this is not only a Christian movie, but a pro-life Christian movie. October Baby has a story that holds your interest from the beginning. It has three-dimensional and believable characters, well crafted conflict and structure and, above all, comedy. There are wonderful comic moments in this film, the sort of thing that self-consciously Christian films lack, moments that let the viewer know that this is a film with a heart, a story that sees humanity in all its foibles and flaws, and therefore a story that is not preachy in any way.
But the thing that really destroys you in the theatre is the witness of the actress who plays the birth mother, a real life witness that occurs at the end as the credits are about to run. It is a movie that is true to man, to Christ, and to Protestants and Catholic alike. In short, it is true to life. It is a well-made film and the first of what I hope will be a true revolution in the culture of cinema. This film is a message of the Mother of Our Lord, who carried the unborn saviour, and to whom all martyrs of the womb are precious it is the message of this lady, whose heart was pierced by many pangs of sorrow - it is the message of the virgin
whose unborn infant Jesus made the unborn infant John leap with joy in Elizabeth's womb - it is the message of this holy disciple of Christ - that even in the midst of a world that eats its young, a world that grinds and destroys the most innocent among us, a world that hates life and longs for death - it is the message that even in such a world, there is Victory, there is hope. Go see October Baby. Not because it's pro-life, not because it's Christian, not because it's your wife's birthday and you have to. The full text of this article can be found at thewordinc.blogspot.com.au.
elibacy, or virginity for the love of God, has been in the Church from the beginning. In the early centuries, there were many people, both men and women, who freely chose to live their lives in complete dedication to God without marrying. Some of them were incorporated into the order of virgins. As I explained in this column some years ago (cf J Flader, Question Time, Connor Court 2008, q 94), at least from the beginning of the 4th century the Latin Church has required all priests remain celibate. Since then, God has given to his Church a never-ending stream of priests completely dedicated to him in celibacy. Is the requirement of celibacy too hard a burden to bear? The history of celibacy, not only in the priesthood, but among the early Christian virgins and those in the religious and eremitical life throughout the ages reveals that it is not. At the present time there are over a million men and women committed to God in celibacy in various vocations, including over 400,000 priests. They are a marvellous witness to Christ’s unconditional love for his Church and to the eternal love we will have with God in heaven. Naturally, not all people can live a life of celibacy. It is always a gift that God gives to relatively few. When God calls someone to this way of life, he grants them all the graces they will need to be faithful. “My grace is sufficient for you”, Our Lord assures St Paul (2 Cor 12:9). Celibacy is not imposed on anyone – it is freely chosen. When a young man considers becoming a priest, he knows celibacy is an essential aspect of the vocation, just as a young woman considering becoming a nun does. Even in the Eastern rites which allow married priests, there are a good number of men who choose celibacy. As for a shortage of priests, in the world at large there are now over 100,000 seminarians – one for every four priests – all embracing celibacy, and the number is constantly growing. Fortunately, the rigorous screening process before admitting someone to the seminary or to the religious life today, plus the long period of formation before someone makes a permanent commitment, help greatly in the discernment of one’s suitability for a life of celibacy. What is more, the priest does not live without love. His vocation is a way of love, both divine and human. It is a total self-giving to the love
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By Fr John Flader of God, who loves us “to the end” (Jn 13:1). For this reason, the priest responds to Christ’s love by spending time with him each day in such activities as the Mass, the Divine Office, mental prayer, the Rosary, spiritual reading, etc. In the same way, married people know they have to spend time together, to keep putting love into their relationship, if they want it to grow and mature. If they do not do this, their love will grow cold. At the same time, the priest must protect the treasure of his vocation by being careful in how he relates to women, just as married people do in their relations with people of the opposite sex. It is simply a matter of commonsense, of prudence. Naturally, the priest may
In the same way married couples must spend time together, a priest must protect his vocation by being careful of how he relates to women. experience difficulty from time to time in living his life of celibacy. So do spouses in their marriage. But like them, he knows he must be faithful to his commitment “in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health” until the end. In those times, the knowledge that many souls depend on him will be a spur to remain faithful, and he will see the need to intensify his spiritual life and to seek the help of a fellow priest as a spiritual guide. In addition to divine love, the priest also experiences human love – that of the people in his care. He loves them as his brothers and sisters in Christ, as his spiritual children. And their love for him, shown in kindness, gratitude and invitations to dinner or family functions, helps to enrich his priesthood with the human love we all need and desire. If we want our priests to be faithful to the end, as the immense majority of them are, it is important to show them that we love them and value their service, and especially to pray for them.
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I have been guilty, writes Scripture scholar and theologian Scott Hahn, of disrespecting and neglecting my mother on earth, and in heaven.
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OR all my newfound piety, I was still fifteen years old, and all too conscious of “cool.” Just months before, I’d left behind several years of juvenile delinquency and accepted Jesus as my personal Lord and Saviour. My parents, who were not particularly devout Presbyterians, noticed the change in me and heartily approved. If it took religion to keep me out of juvenile detention, so be it. Zeal for my new faith consumed me, most of the time. But, one spring day, I was aware of something else consuming me. I had a stomach bug, with all the unpleasant symptoms. I explained my predicament to my homeroom teacher, who sent me to the school nurse. The nurse, after taking my temperature, told me to lie down while she phoned my mother. From the conversation I overheard, I could tell I'd be going home. I felt instant relief and dozed off. I awoke to a sound that cut me like a razor. It was my mother's voice, and it was saturated with maternal pity. "Ah," she said when she saw me lying there. Then suddenly it dawned on me. My mother is taking me home. What if my friends see her leading me out of the school? What if she tries to put her arm around me? I'll be a laughingstock ... Humiliation was on its way. I could already hear the guys jeering
at me. Did you see his mother wiping his forehead? If I had been Catholic, I might have recognised the next fifteen minutes as purgatorial. But to my evangelical imagination, they were sheer hell. Though I stared at the ceiling above the nurse's couch, all I could see was a long and unbearable future as "Mama's Boy." I heard the office door click open and Mum's voice exchanging pleasantries with the nurse.
“I didn’t need an explanation. I could see that Dad was right, and I was ashamed of myself for being ashamed of my mother.” I sat up to face a woman approaching me with the utmost pity. Indeed, it was her pity that I found most repugnant. Implicit in every mother's compassion is her "little" child's need — and such littleness and neediness are most definitely not cool. "Mum," I whispered, before she could get a word out. "Do you suppose you could walk out ahead of me? I don't want my friends to see you taking me home." My mother didn't say a word.
She turned and walked out of the nurse's office, out of the school, and straight to her car. From there, she mothered me home, asking how I felt, making sure I went to bed with the usual remedies. It had been a close call, but I was pretty sure I'd escaped with my cool intact. I drifted off to sleep in almost-perfect peace. It wasn't till that night that I thought about my "cool" again. My father visited my room to see how I was feeling. Fine, I told him. Then he looked gravely at me. "Scottie," he said, "your religion doesn't mean much if it's all talk. You have to think about the way you treat other people." Then came the clincher: "What you did to your mother today was shameful." I didn't need an explanation. I could see that Dad was right, and I was ashamed of myself for being ashamed of my mother. Generations Gap Yet isn't that the way it is with many Christians? As He hung dying on the cross, in His last will and testament, Jesus left us a mother. "When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing near, He said to His mother, 'Woman, behold your son!' Then He said to the disciple, 'Behold, your mother!' And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home'" (Jn 19:26-27). We are His beloved disciples, His younger siblings (see Heb 2:12). His heavenly home is ours; His Father is ours; and His mother is ours. Yet
Scott Hahn is the author of numerous Catholic books.
how many Christians are taking her to their homes? Moreover, how many Christian churches are fulfilling the New Testament prophesy that "all generations" will
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call Mary "blessed" (Lk 1:48)? Most Protestant ministers — and here I speak from my own past experience — avoid even mentioning the mother of Jesus, for fear they'll be
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accused of "crypto-Catholicism." Sometimes the most zealous members of their congregations have been influenced by shrill antiCatholic polemics. To them, Marian devotion is "idolatry" that "puts Mary between God and man" or "exalts Mary at Jesus' expense." Thus, you'll sometimes find Protestant churches named after St Paul, St Peter, St James, or St John — but almost never see one named for St Mary. You'll frequently find pastors preaching on Abraham or David, Jesus' distant ancestors, but almost never hear a sermon on Mary, His mother. Far from calling her "blessed," most generations of Protestants live their lives without calling her at all. This is not just a "Protestant problem." Too many Catholics and Orthodox Christians have abandoned their rich heritage of Marian devotions. They've been cowed by the polemics of Fundamentalists, shamed by the snickering of dissenting theologians, or made sheepish by well-meaning but misguided ecumenical sensitivities. They're happy to have a mum who prays for them, prepares their meals, and keeps their home; they just wish she'd stay safely out of sight when others are around who "just wouldn't understand". Unstrung I, too, have been guilty of this filial neglect — not only with my earthly mother, but also with my
mother in Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary. The path of my conversion led me from juvenile delinquency to Presbyterian ministry. All along the way, I had my antiMarian moments. My earliest encounter with Marian devotion came when my Grandma Hahn died. She'd been the only Catholic on either side of my family, a quiet, humble, and holy soul. Since I was the only "religious"
“I, too, have been guilty of this filial neglect - not only with my earthly mother, but also with my mother in Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary.” one in the family, my father gave me her religious articles when she died. I looked at them with horror. I held her rosary in my hands and ripped it apart, saying, "God, set her free from the chains of Catholicism that have bound her". I meant it, too. I saw the rosary and the Virgin Mary as obstacles that came between Grandma and Jesus Christ. Even as I slowly approached the Catholic faith — drawn inexorably by the truth of one doctrine after another — I could not make myself accept the Church's Marian teach-
ing. The proof of her maternity would only come, for me, when I made the decision to let myself be her son. Despite all the powerful scruples of my Protestant training — remember, just a few years before, I had torn apart my Grandma's beads — I took up the rosary one day and began to pray. I prayed for a very personal, seemingly impossible intention. On the next day, I took up the beads again, and the next day, and the next. Months passed before I realised that my intention, the seemingly impossible situation, had been reversed since the day I first prayed the rosary. My petition had been granted. From here to maternity From that moment, I knew my mother. From that moment, I believe, I truly knew my home in the covenant family of God: Yes, Christ was my brother. Yes, He'd taught me to pray "Our Father." Now, in my heart, I accepted His command to behold my mother. This is an edited extract from the introduction to the book Hail Holy Queen by Scott Hahn. This is available and in stock from The Record bookshop for $22.
WAS taught by nuns who reminded me of large, black crows, some with enormous bosoms, and all with traditionally religious names like Perpetua, Margaret Mary and Alphonsis. I don’t remember a huge amount of detail about my primary years but I carry with me the strong relationship which existed between my gorgeous, old, redbrick school and, on the same grounds, the similarly aged church and decrepit, beautifully verandahed convent. My family went to Mass every Sunday at that church, Mum and I getting our church hats out of the wardrobe in the early days; sitting in the same seats and seeing the world as it existed then: My school friends were all at church, as were the nuns. We shared that commonality, reinforced during the week, as we prepared for Sacraments, had liturgies in church, and practised going to Confession as well as taking up the gifts. It helped that our Presentation nuns had an authority which made them impressive – they were living a religious life and their charism was education. I imagine I was a typical kid and got bored in church pretty easily but having that strong link between family, school and church reinforced the essentially necessary habit of church-going as surely as having to clean teeth before going to bed and washing hands when you’ve done a pee. Our Catholic practice at school also meant we were active participants in the life of the local church. Some did nothing other than attend, but others started doing readings from an early age and the boys became altar servers. I played the organ for a while and also ran Sunday school class for the “tinies” before ushering them back in for the Eucharist. We seemed to observe far more occasions than we do today and were in and out of the church itself regularly. I even got dragged along with Mum when she joined the cleaning roster. Other mums organised the flowers, all on a voluntary basis and out of love and respect for our community. That strong, abiding parish link was solid enough to overcome a changing religious curriculum. It alternated yearly, between examination one year and simple participation the next, as the school grappled with the educational flurries of the 70s. I think I was probably lucky growing up in a country town where there was only one Catholic church and one Catholic school for a relatively small population, ensuring those Catholic experiences were shared. These days, my daughter attends a Catholic school in the northern suburbs. We are St Mary’s Cathedral parishioners so the link I valued is
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By Chris Jaques somewhat inevitably missing. However, even if we did try to establish it by attending a local church, to which local church would we go? Of her school friends, those who attend church regularly are scattered across a range of suburbs and parishes, effectively precluding any strong nexus between school, and the religious beliefs taught there, and the church experience. I would like to think that because she is going to a Catholic school, my daughter is growing up around people of the same like mind I experienced, where all the children [and teachers] come from practising Catholic backgrounds, attend Mass every weekend and have a similar, developing understanding and appreciation of the Church and what it has to offer. I do not think that is the case. The kids at her school attend the chapel there and are very
Our Presentation nuns were like “large, black crows” and more than impressive in their beliefs, teaching skills and dedication. well taught but the reinforcement I experienced is missing. If we didn’t go to Mass on a Sunday, one of the nuns would ask “why not?” on the Monday. That is gone, as are the nuns to a large extent. Our secularly-run schools do a fine job but, as everyone knows, ALL education, whether in religion, manners, spelling or sums, starts in the home and is extended by the school. I’m very happy with what my daughter is learning at school about God from her superb teachers but I do worry about the absence of that link I was fortunate enough to experience where family, school and church were intertwined and are no longer in the same way. I’m quite sure this is where some children fall through the gaps and are lost to the Church. It makes me very sad when I visit my hometown now and see my primary school is no longer in use as a school; the convent is empty of nuns, the presbytery across the road, sold as a private house. The church is still there but that connection between it and the school has gone. It’s a damn shame.
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LIFESTYLE
Brian’s love of life, wife and fine wines By Sarah Motherwell
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N the cusp of his 66th birthday, Busseltonbased tour guide Brian Love says he is a good example of how people over the age of 65 can keep learning. Eight years ago, after working as a butcher for a quarter of a century, Mr Love and his wife Kay opted for a sea change - or as he likes to call it, “tree change” - and moved from Perth to Busselton, where they are a part of Our Lady of the Bay parish. Mrs Love’s only request - that her husband find a job at their new home. Complying with his wife’s wishes, Mr Love retrained for his new career as a tour guide for Bushtucker River and Wine Tours. “Everyone says to me, ‘ah, you’ve got the gift of the gab’; I’m very good with people,” he says. Now he spends his days driving around busloads of tourists and locals to wineries; sampling some of the finest wines in the country against the backdrop of the scenic Margaret River region. Mr Love is not a glorified skipper - he is the heart and soul of the tour. He designs each tour himself and is given free reign to choose which wineries his guests will visit on the day, as are all Bushtucker Tour guides. Having spent all his life working and teaching in the meat industry, Mr Love says he overcame a big learning curve and built up a knowledge base of the wine and tourism industry with the help of his colleagues and local wine makers. He has strong relationships with local wine makers, an extensive knowledge of each grape, wine and winery in the region, and an excellent collection of music for the bus rides between stops. “It may be the only time you come on tour, the only time you do the Margaret River region so it is a big responsibility to show people
Brian Love pouring wine for his tour group with precision while wearing his familiar Akubra. PHOTO: BUSHTUCKER TOURS
Above: The Bushtucker lunch spread eaten on every tour. Below: Brian is loved by all those who attend his tours. PHOTO: BUSHTUCKER TOURS
what the company and I do well,” he says. “I think it’s got to be fun, interesting but at the same time you have to take responsibility.” Four years ago, Mr Love opened up a Bushtucker Tours office in Busselton with the help of company founder Helen Lee. The office operates tours every day of the week.
What makes Bushtucker Tours individual is the special lunch provided to guests; a spread made from Australian bush tucker ingredients such as kangaroo, crocodile, wild fruits and berries. But this is no ordinary spread; Bushtucker Tours makes day-today foods such as bread and chut-
neys out of these native ingredients. “They think they are going to be eating grubs and berries but when they see the condiments they are really quite impressed by it,” Mr Love says. Mr Love grew up in Chidlow, in the Shire of Mundaring, with his parents and six siblings. He met his
There can be no law against things like that.” The fruit of the the Spirit is one of the best kept secrets of Christianity, claims Perth author, John Coleman, but he is doing his best to make sure it doesn’t stay that way. In his simple but thoughtful book, The fruit of the Spirit for everyday life!, Coleman sets out to provide teachers, catechists and parents with a vehicle to introduce young people in their care to an understanding and appreciation of the fruits of the Spirit. Coleman combines the knowledge he gained through theology, psychology and education qualifications with the wisdom gathered through many years of teaching and as a Religious Education Consultant, to produce a wonderful tool for adults to assist young people in understanding and practically applying these fruits in their daily lives. The fruits of the Spirit, Coleman states, should not simply be confined to a brief lesson during a Confirmation preparation class but, rather, should become measuring sticks to gauge one’s spiritual development. He describes them as tangible templates for Christians and “... indeed, all human beings to grow as better people”. In this 30 page book, Coleman
uses succinct chapters to describe and explain the relevance and Christian purpose of using the fruits as signposts in one’s life. Applying his skills as a school teacher, Coleman is able to format his book in a manner that can be absorbed by the adult reader and then translated into a teachable format that can be tailored to suit children of all school ages. The contents can easily be adapted to cater for school classes, Church communities, families or individuals. Coleman is able to aid teachers and parents in personally engaging young people by assisting them in identifying the fruits that have already begun to develop within them as well those that will need a more conscious focus. The final chapters of the book are dedicated to short, entertaining activities and games that will engage and encourage children in better understanding how to practically apply the fruits. These include pages that can be photocopied and used to help children set goals and tailor a pathway for their own journey of self-discovery. Growth in the fruits of the Spirit will not only lead individuals to discovering a deeper inner freedom, Coleman writes, but will assist them in becoming more understanding and compassionate towards others.
wife, Kay, who he says is the love of his life, when he was 19 years old at the St Augustine Church in Rivervale coming back from Holy Communion. “I saw her and said to myself, that is the girl I am going to marry.” They have two children and five grandchildren.
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Fruits of the spirit: how to understand and appreciate them. PHOTO: ONLINE
GALATIANS 5:22 – “What the Spirit brings is different; joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self-control.
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Latest in a long run, starting in 1963, and now containing six superheroes. PHOTO: CNS
DESTINED to haul in cash at the box office, ensemble adventure Marvel’s The Avengers will not disappoint fans of the comic books
on which it’s based. The film has a long pedigree that can be traced back to the original 1963 comics series. More recently, it has been foreshadowed with subtle hints and clues scattered among the four previously separate superhero franchises united here. The script juggles no fewer than six superheroes: Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. Led by the eyepatched and grizzled Nick Fury, this dream team confronts mischievous exiled Norse god Loki who believes freedom is overrated. While it shuns allegory or subtlety, the plot is not entirely shallow. Christian themes concerning the dignity of the person and the value of freedom underlie the hectic proceedings. Captain America, moreover, is show to be a firm believer, not only in Christ but in Jesus’ incarnate nature as both God and man. This is a welcome surprise in a contemporary Hollywood movie and should be applauded. However, although witty and with Christian elements, the film does contains violence, a few mature references and a handful of crass terms. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13, parents strongly cautioned.
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Rosary best defence against evil and error MAY is the month of Mary, our Blessed Mother, but if we have been paying any attention to her we will realise that it is also a special month for prayer. In all her apparitions down through the centuries, both public and private, her most dominant message has been to pray. May 13 is the anniversary of the first of her six apparitions at Fatima in 1917 during which she repeatedly told the three children – Lucy, Jacinta and Francisco – to pray, and particularly to pray the Rosary. It was not just a private message for them. The task she gave them was to tell the whole world to pray the Rosary as a defence against the evils of the modern world – especially impurity – and against the errors that Russia would spread throughout the world. When we remember that Communism had not yet taken control of Russia when the apparitions occurred, it should be clear that Mary knows what is going on and knows the solution – prayer. Considering that we live in a country that literally teaches children impurity, and which pays for close to 100,000 children to be killed in their mothers’ wombs each year, it appears obvious that not enough of us have been praying the Rosary. One of the lesser known facts about the Fatima apparitions is that in 1916 Our Lady began sending an Angel to visit the children to teach them how to pray and to encourage them to pray more often and more faithfully. They were very young children and they needed preparation for the task that God had in store for them. That preparation was not in the ways of the world, but in prayer which is the way of God and the Church. Mary understood these things because she had spent her life in prayer in preparation for the task of being the Mother of God, even though she did not know it at the time. If we are going to prepare our children for life and for whatever tasks they may be called on to perform, we must teach them to pray. Jesus himself spent much time in prayer. The Gospels often report that Jesus went to a quiet place to pray, sometimes alone and sometimes with the Apostles. He also taught them how to pray, both in the internal attitudes to adopt when in prayer, and in the treasured words of the Lord’s Prayer. When he was facing the great challenge of his life, he spent hours in prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, preparing his mind, body and will to carry out his Father’s will when the challenge came. The Church followed his example and taught the faith by prayer. PO Box 3075 The greatest prayer is the Adelaide Terrace Mass because it continually PERTH WA 6832 offers to the Father the death and resurrection of Jesus, but office@therecord.com.au it is also true that the prayers Tel: (08) 9220 5900 used at Mass, including the Fax: (08) 9325 4580 Scripture readings, are great teachers of the faith and of our relationship with God. The Eucharist we receive at Mass goes beyond being a prayer because it is the very presence of Christ in our hearts where he will teach and guide us in all things we need to know: the things we need to know not as abstract knowledge but as the relationship of love that surpasses what we are capable to knowing. The other sacraments, which pass over into our lives the power of Christ’s resurrection, serve us in similar ways. For instance, couples who are doubting their marriage need only to remember that their married life is a sacrament they must preserve and they will find themselves flooded with the sacramental grace they need for their married life to flourish. Of all the other forms of prayer and devotion the Church uses to teach us the truths of the faith, the Rosary stands out for its love and its depth of knowledge. The three prayers of the Rosary – the Lord’s Prayer, the Hail Mary and the Glory Be – contain the story of our salvation in a nutshell. Combined with the 20 Mysteries which cover everything from the Annunciation to the crowning of Our Lady by the Blessed Trinity as Queen of Heaven, the Rosary teaches us Scripture wrapped up in the love of God. The more often we say the Rosary, the more certain we become of the love of Jesus and Mary and the clearer becomes our awareness of the help they pour out to us. Parents who say the Rosary in the presence of their children, even when they are too young to join in, will find, surprisingly quickly, that the children will make their own decision to participate. Along with regular Holy Communion, it will prove the best defence the children can have against the errors and evils into which the world tries to lead them. May is Mary’s month and our way home.
Of all the other forms of prayer and devotion the Church uses to teach us the truths of the faith, the Rosary stands out for its love and its depth of knowledge
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OFFER God the “first fruits of the day” in the morning. I invite God to speak to me and enter my life by reflecting on daily Mass readings. I ask him, “How can I apply that to my life and act on it?” I keep a journal on these reflections. I’m constantly amazed how often something in the day’s readings speaks directly into my life at that moment. Psalm 16 has always been a favourite of mine. It reads, “The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; thou holdest my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage” (Psalm 16:5-6). It reminds me of the joy of living life in God’s order. My parents gave me the gift of faith. We went to church and I had a Catholic education. Most importantly, they lived out those values. I learnt that faith offered more to me than worldly values. It gave me that balance. I spent some years in the lay covenant community movement which provided a significant part of my Christian formation. The monastic tradition has also influenced me. I have enjoyed visiting Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries in Australia and overseas and try to emulate their approach to reflective prayer. I love the image of the monk as a sentry watching for God’s arrival on our behalf. My faith is my purpose for being alive. Knowing God is with me
Organiser of menALIVE in WA, Kim Metcalf is a married father of three. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
helps me not to drop my bundle when I get bad news and keep an even temperament when I receive good news. Being Catholic has helped me to forgive and move on rather then get bitter, although even with faith it is not always easy. I have a deep abiding sense that God has his hand on my life which gives me a “glass half full” perspective. I suspect without my faith I would be absorbed in the prevailing materialistic culture and my life would be substantially self-centred. Christ’s example is a radical counterbalance which challenges me to use my resources and gifts in selfless service. I take inspiration from the many people I see around me
who put their faith into action. I have been blessed by a Catholic ministry to men called menALIVE which commences with a weekend retreat. During the retreat there are talks and personal testimonies, opportunities for small group discussion and a space and environment for men to reflect. The menALIVE retreat aims to help men rediscover their purpose, renew their desire to pray, encourage them to find other like-minded Christian men for fellowship and support and get involved in some form of Church service. To paraphrase St Ireneaus, “God is glorified when men are fully alive”. For enquiries about menALIVE, contact Kim Metcalf on 0414 537 023.
Church as corporate entity rather than people of God Helping those who don’t fit the productivity model in today’s world
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ERMINOLOGY changes perceptions. Over the last decade or so I have noticed at meetings of Church agencies and gatherings that as a Church the process we use to make decisions about what we will do and how we will do it seems to be moving away from the concept of Church as the people of God to Church as a corporate business. In the political and governmental system, ‘disability’, for example, is seen as an ‘industry’. Notice the idea that it might be a ‘ministry’ has disappeared. The criteria for judging how we are going are based on ‘consumer outcomes’. Do people ‘get better’ from a disability? Organisations are often funded on how much ‘success’ they have. For those people with disabilities who don’t just make the grade, funding for their services can come to an end without any kind of plans or resources for further personal development. Each job/ministry is expected to identify ‘Key Performance Indicators’ as a way of monitoring the delivery of services, whatever they are. I wonder how the Apostles would have performed with the criteria we use today. How many miracles a week? How many people attended a session with the Apostles? What follow-up
Bee in my bonnet A reflection on the struggles of those forgotten in society and Church
By Barbara Harris programs are in place to monitor faith progress of the newly baptised (sometimes 3,000 in one day)? Would St Peter get some negative feedback on his report card because he didn’t produce as many Epistles as St Paul? Catholic agencies are encouraged to have ‘mission statements’. A mission statement is a constant reminder to employees of why the company exists and what the founders envisioned when they put their fame and fortune at risk to breathe life into their dreams. It seems to me the Holy Scriptures provide us with a wealth of ‘mission statements’. “Love one another as I have loved you” comes to mind. The implications of that statement can profoundly influence our decision making processes. We can ask ourselves about any decision we make, “How will this demonstrate the love
Jesus has shown us?” “What would Jesus do”? Our Church’s leadership is more and more being subjected to corporate business principles. Of course, no one likes to see the bottom line of our finances in the red. BUT ... not every service offered in the name of Jesus will be cost effective or cost neutral. How is it we can accept the model of ‘user pays’ when in reality the user has no hope of paying? Do we hold back our services? Leaving the 99 sheep to look for the lost one makes no economic sense and would be vetoed by any modern board of management. But then our vocation is not about worldly values. Much of our work at Emmanuel Centre is spent finding answers and support for people who do not fit the criteria of ‘productivity’. I believe this is because ‘disability is seen as abnormal in a normal world’ rather than ‘normal in an abnormal world’. A shift from disability as an industry to disability as normal in an abnormal world helps us to see our world truthfully. We view ourselves more correctly; we can also regard others more accurately and we are more likely to respond more appropriately. As a Church, we can do what Jesus did.
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Satanism OK but don’t wear a cross Christianity and Judaism are being singled out for persecution in Britain, writes Guy Crouchback.
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INCE the British courts have declared that Christianity is no part of the law of Britain, despite the Queen being crowned by the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury with bishops and leaders of other denominations in attendance, and despite Parliament and the legal year opening regularly with prayers, and legal oaths taken on the Bible in God’s name, the official attack on Christianity and Judaism has been increasing in virulence there. There has been a stream of cases of Christian workers, especially hospital workers, sacked for such things as wearing small crucifixes to work, or offering to pray for patients. (I may give a small personal testament here. I was admitted to a Catholic hospital for an operation recently, and found the fact the nurses were wearing crucifixes strangely, and I must say unexpectedly, comforting. It gave me a feeling I was not alone.) The latest instance of religious persecution in Britain comes from Walsall Manor Hospital, where a senior doctor, David Drew (64) has been fired for the crime of quoting from the Bible and emailing a prayer to colleagues. He has lost a claim for unfair dismissal. No help can be expected from Prime Minister David Cameron, wretched poodle of the far left Liberal Democrats, who has bleated gently against the persecution of Christians but done nothing to
British royalty happy to embrace Christian rites that British courts label as “inappropriate”.
stop it. The Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, has not even done that (though there is a possible gleam of light on the horizon with the announcement of his resignation). Along with the persecution and sacking of a stream of Christians who display Christian symbols, has come an at least equally noxious persecution of Jews who are regularly excluded from certain
university courses, allegedly in protest against aspects of Israel’s policies, but actually, it seems, in response to large streams of Arab money. The situation for Jews is not yet as bad in England as it is in France but it is worsening all the time and Jew-hate incidents have reached a level not seen since before WWII. Judge David Kearsley said Dr
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Drew should have avoided talking about religion if it was considered “inappropriate” or hindered “proper communication”. To make talking about religion a sacking offence is obviously a grave breach of international human rights, given such talk does not interfere with the work in hand. The judge (why was it necessary
to have a judge at all?) said: “There is no need for such assertions in professional communication nor was there a need to make religious references if they are considered inappropriate and if they hinder proper communication.” A devastated Dr Drew said: “This means you cannot be yourself in the workplace, you cannot say ‘I am a Christian.’ “Other people who have got other religions won’t be allowed to (express their faith) either.” Dr Drew was first suspended over his religious stance in April 2009 after complaints from a senior nurse over his conduct. This is the country which, in the name of multiculturalism, built a Satanist chapel on a warship, HMS Cumberland, for a Satanist crew member and has supplied Satanist convicts with wine, robes and wands to carry out Satanist rites in prisons. Whatever well-weighted words the judges emit, there is no doubt that Christianity and Judaism are being singled out for persecution. It may be time for Christians to be preparing for a return to the catacombs where the earliest Christian communities took refuge from persecuting Romans. Things are by no means as bad in Australia but in Britain at least, Christians should be preparing for a widespread campaign of civil disobedience. Men and women who worship a crucified God should not be frightened easily – or at all – in the expression of their faith by ridiculous, bewigged judges.
Do good and feel great: trigger the right response Is morality hardwired into the brain or are its origins purely spiritual, asks Mark Reidy.
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By Mark Reidy
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T IS a well-worn question that continues to incite debate, whether at parties or in theological and scientific journals: Is morality hardwired into the brain or are its origins purely spiritual? In 2006, neuroscientists at the National Institute of Health in Maryland, US, scanned the brains of volunteers as they were asked to think about two scenarios involving money. In one, they were to keep the money and, in the alternative, to donate it to a charity. The results indicated when volunteers placed the interest of others before their own, the part of the brain that usually lights up in response to food or sex was activated. Researchers concluded that because altruism induced a pleasurable response when triggered, morality must be a biological function hardwired into the brain – just another evolutionary tool that contributes to the survival of the human species. Catholic teaching, on the other hand, proposes each person has the law of God imprinted within the soul, that is - a spiritual understanding of what is right and wrong. So are the scientific conclusions of a hardwired morality incompatible with Church teachings? I don’t believe they are. God created each of us with the capacity to fulfil his will in our
earthly lives but this can only be accomplished when we choose to align our minds with the spiritual truths he has imprinted within us. In the context of the experiment mentioned above, it makes sense that if God commanded us to love
cognitive ability to be able to accept or reject the morality that God has imprinted on our souls. If we choose to reject it, or have not been provided with the opportunity to align it with our neurological development, then
remain the same when we trigger a thought we believe to be morally right. Let me give an example. Some years ago I met a man who had converted to Christianity. He explained that from the age of four his drug-
Catholic teaching proposes that the law of God is imprinted within each soul - a spiritual understanding of what is right and wrong. one another, then a positive neurological response, such as those triggered by giving money to a charity, would occur when this command is obeyed. The problem lies, however, in our gift of free will - we have the
inevitably we will create or adopt an alternative moral framework. However, even if we do construct a belief system contrary to the one God has placed within us, I believe our brains’ chemical responses will
addicted mum would use him to break into houses by squeezing him through windows and getting him to open the door. On occasion she would accept money from paedophiles to stay with him overnight.
Understandably, his moral framework was catastrophically distorted and this was reflected in the choices he made as a young adult. He said he had no remorse about stealing or sexual promiscuity – these were activities he considered normal. In other words, they fitted comfortably into the moral framework he had constructed as a child and was, in fact, a source of chemically induced pleasure. It was only when he became open to the love of Christ he discovered the morality God imprinted within him and understood the lie he was living. Although this may be an extreme example, it provides an insight into the distortion that can occur within our cognitive processes when we are divorced from God’s intended plan for us. For many, the distortion is often partial, particularly when it comes to topics such as abortion, euthanasia, contraception and pre-marital sex. Proponents of these are usually genuine in their belief that they can be morally legitimate and the chemical reactions within their brains may well confirm it. As Christians, this is something we must always keep in mind when we interact with those who do not agree with our beliefs. We must always respond to them in love, praying they, like the man mentioned above, will one day discover their true spiritual identity. We have been created as freethinking and spiritual beings and it is God’s desire we align these two aspects of our humanity. It is only when our morality is moulded in the framework of his truth that the fullness of his love will be manifested on earth.
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PANORAMA
What’s on around the Archdiocese of Perth, where and when
SATURDAY, MAY 12
SATURDAY, MAY 26
Divine Mercy 2.30pm at St Francis Xavier’s Parish, Windsor St, East Perth. Mass will be offered by the main celebrant Fr Marcellinus Meilak OFM. Divine Mercy prayers followed by veneration of first class relic of St Faustina Kowalska. Followed by refreshments. Enq: John 9457 7771.
Africa Day Inauguration Celebration 9.30am at North Perth Monastery, 190 Vincent St, North Perth. Mass followed by entertainment. Bring a plate to share. Drums are already being warmed, all welcome for music and dance. Enq: Bibiana 0458 945 444 or Rose 0409 688 547 or Patience 0411 667 353.
St Padre Pio Prayer Day 8.30am at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. St Padre Pio DVD in parish centre. 10am exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Divine Mercy, silent adoration and benediction. 11am holy Mass, St Padre Pio Liturgy. Confession available. 12pm. Bring a plate for shared lunch. Enq: Des 6278 1540.
SUNDAY, MAY 27
Seeking God’s Peace 2-4.30pm at St Swithan’s Anglican Church, 195 Lesmurdie Rd, Lesmurdie (church meeting room located behind the church). Christian music, scripture and imagination, fellowship, small group chats and afternoon tea. Cost: donation. Enq: Lynne 0435 252 941. SATURDAY, 12 TO SUNDAY, MAY 13 A Mother’s Day Open Garden Fundraiser Catholic Mission 10am-4pm on both days at 233 Foxton Dr, Oakford. Proceeds from this open garden event will be supporting the work of Sr Maureen Elliott FMM who runs a maternity and child health program in a famine-affected region of Ethiopia. The garden is wheelchair accessible. Cost: $5 pp. Tea, coffee and homemade cakes for sale, live instrumental folk and easy listening music from String Tanglers. Enq: Catholic Mission 9422 7925.
NEXT WEEK TUESDAY, 15 MAY Faith Seminar 7-8pm at St Benedict’s School Hall, Alness St, Applecross. “We are glory bound. Do we believe this?” Presented by Norma Woodcock. View a weekly short video broadcast at www.thefaith. org.au. Cost: collection. Accredited - CEO - Faith Formation for ongoing renewal - $10 reg. Enq: Norma 9487 1772 or www.normawoodcock.com. FRIDAY, MAY 18 TO SUNDAY, MAY 20 Opening the Door to your Heart 6pm at St John of God Retreat Centre, 47 Gloucester Cr, Shoalwater. A reflective weekend for women seeking the path to the Sacred which will lead us through many doors. Life provides us with lots of challenges that sometimes can close the most important door, the door that forms who we can become. The door opener is Christ. This weekend will assist in taking a closer look at the door of your heart as you grow in intimacy with the door opener. Sunday begins at 1pm. Enq: Sr Ann 0409 602 927 or Sr Kathy 0418 926 590.
Taizé Prayer Evening 7-8pm at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. Spend an hour listening to simple music (canons), short readings from the scriptures and intercession prayer. Reflect on the mercy of God in silence. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or parish office Tues - Thur, 9am2.30pm 9344 7066. Catholic Women’s League WA – 75th Anniversary Celebratory Mass 11am at St Mary’s Cathedral, Victoria Sq, Perth. Celebrant: Archbishop Emeritus Hickey honouring 75 years of Catholic Women’s League in WA. State President Karyn Kammann cordially invites all members, retired members and friends to join in celebrating this momentous occasion. Enq: Sheila 9531 2205 or sheflo@people.net.au.
NEXT MONTH SATURDAY, 2 JUNE Day with Mary 9am-5pm at St Gerard Majella’s Parish, cnr Ravenswood Dr and Majella Rd, Mirrabooka. Day of prayer and instruction based on the Fatima message. 9am Video; 10.10am Holy Mass; Reconciliation, procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic Adoration, sermons on Eucharist and on Our Lady, Rosaries and Stations of the Cross. BYO lunch. Enq: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286. SATURDAY, JUNE 16; SUNDAY, JUNE 17 Books Books Books 10am-4pm at Myaree Parish, Evershed St, Myaree. Pater Noster School/ parish hall.
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.
UPCOMING
Pilgrim Mass - Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation 2pm at Shrine, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. Commencing with Rosary followed by benediction. Reconciliation is 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.
SUNDAY, MAY 20
EVERY FIRST SUNDAY
Latin Mass 2pm at Good Shepherd Parish, 42 Streich Ave, Kelmscott. Enq: John 9390 6646. Two Hearts Fundraising Lunch 12-3pm at Bali Modern Cuisine Restaurant, U4/1163 Albany Hwy, Vic Park. Special guest Fr Ronan Murphy. Door prizes and raffles. Enq and booking: Vicky 0400 282 357 or Nick 0428 953 471 or John/Joy 9344 2609. Meditative Prayer in the style of Taize 7-8pm at St Joseph's Convent Chapel, 16 York St, South Perth. Chapel doors open at 6.30pm. Remembering the 21st Anniversary of Sr Irene McCormack’s death in Peru, includes prayer, chants, scripture reading and silence in candlelight. Bring a friend and a torch. Port Kennedy Sunday Sesh 5-8pm at St Bernadette’s, Port Kennedy, cnr of Grand Ocean Blvd and Strasbourg Ramble (near roundabout). A youth night featuring extreme skating demo from Brother Gabriel and guest speaker Paul Kelly. Cost: free. Begins with Mass followed by sausage sizzle and sesh at 6pm. Enq: Priscilla 9422 7912 or admin@cym.com.au. WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY First Meeting WYD RIO 2013 Information Evening 7.30-8.30pm at the Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. The countdown is on to the next World Youth Day in Rio De Janeiro, held in July 2013 for anyone between 18-35. We will be presenting basic information and ideas for proposed packages to gauge what pilgrims are interested in. Enq and RSVP: admin@cym.com.au or 9422 7912.
St Mary’s Cathedral Youth Group – Fellowship with Pizza 5pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, 17 Victoria Sq, Perth. Begins with youth Mass followed by fellowship downstairs in parish centre. Bring a plate to share. Enq: Bradley on youthfromsmc@gmail.com.
Ave, Perth (opposite church offices). With charismatic praise, and prayer teams available. Help us ‘reach out to the pagans’ or soak in the praise. Enq: Dan 9398 4973. EVERY LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH Filipino Mass 3pm at Notre Dame Church, cnr Daley and Wright Sts, Cloverdale. Please bring a plate to share for socialisation after Mass. Enq: Fr Nelson Po 0410 843 412, Elsa 0404 03 8483. EVERY MONDAY Evening Adoration and Mass 7pm at St Thomas Parish, Claremont, cnr Melville St and College Rd. Eucharistic adoration, reconciliation, evening prayer and benediction, followed by Mass and night prayer at 8pm. Enq: Kim on 9384 0598 or email to claremont@perthcatholic.org.au.
LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH Be Still in His Presence – Ecumenical Christian Program 7.30-8.45pm at St Swithun Anglican Church, 195 Lesmurdie St, Lesmurdie (hall behind church). Begins with songs of praise and worship, silent time, lectio divina, small group sharing and a cuppa at the end. Enq: Lynne 9293 3848 or 043 5252 941. EVERY TUESDAY Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 6pm at Pater Noster Church, Marmion and Evershed Sts, Myaree. Mass at 5.30pm followed by benediction. Enq: John 040 8952 194.
Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christi Church, Lochee St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, cnr Ravenswood Dr/Majella Rd, Westminster (Mirrabooka). The Vigils consist of two Masses, Adoration, benediction, prayers and Confession in reparation for the outrages committed against the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357 or Fr Giosue 9349 2315or John/Joy 9344 2609.
Short MMP Cenacle for Priests 2pm at Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Enq: Fr Watt 9376 1734. Novena to God the Father 7.30pm at St Joachim’s parish hall, Victoria Park. Novena followed by reflection and discussions on forthcoming Sunday gospel. Enq: Jan 9284 1662. EVERY WEDNESDAY Holy Spirit of Freedom Community 7.30pm at The Church of Christ, 111 Stirling St, Perth. We are delighted to welcome everyone to attend our Holy Spirit of Freedom praise meeting. Enq: 042 3907 869 or hsofperth@gmail.com.
EVERY FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Healing Mass 12.35pm at St Thomas Parish, cnr Melville St and College Rd, Claremont. Spiritual leader Fr Waddell. Enq: Kim 9384 0598, claremont@perthcatholic.org. au. EVERY LAST SATURDAY
Bible Study at Cathedral 6.15pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, 17 Victoria Sq, Perth. Deepen your faith through reading and reflecting on holy Scripture by Fr Jean-Noel. Meeting room beneath Cathedral. Enq: Marie 9223 1372.
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.
Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry CYM is back in 2012. Mass at 5.30pm and Holy Hour (adoration) at 6.30pm at the Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Enq: www.cym.com or 9422 7912.
Voice of the Voiceless Healing Mass 12pm at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Bring a plate to share after Mass. Enq: Frank 9296 7591 or 0408 183 325.
EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY
GENERAL
Holy Hour Prayer for Priests 7.30-8.30pm at Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Keaney Pl, City Beach. All welcome. Enq: Linda 9341 3079. Novena to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop 7-7.45pm at Blessed Mary MacKillop Parish, cnr Cassowary Dr and Pelican Pde, Ballajura. Begins with Mass, novena prayers and benediction. Followed by healing prayers and anointing of the sick. Enq: Madi 9249 9093 or Gerry 0417 187 240. EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY
EVERY SECOND SUNDAY
EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY
Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Ss John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton – Songs of Praise and Prayer, sharing by a priest followed by thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments after Mass. Enq: Kathy 9295 0913 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail.com.
EVERY SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH
Divine Mercy 11am at Ss John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Pray the rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy and for the consecrated life, especially here in John Paul Parish. Concludes with veneration of the first class relic of St Faustina. Please do come and join us in prayer. Enq: John 9457 7771.
Oblates of St Benedict – Meeting 2pm at St Joseph’s Convent, York St, South Perth. For all interested in studying the Rule of St Benedict and its relevance to the everyday life of today for laypeople: Vespers and afternoon tea afterwards. Enq: Secretary 9457 5758.
Healing and Anointing Mass 8.45am Pater Noster Church, Evershed St, Myaree. Begins with reconciliation followed by 9am Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, anointing of the sick and prayers to St Peregrine. Enq: Joy 9337 7189.
Discover the Spirituality of St Francis of Assisi 12pm at St Brigid’s Catholic Parish Centre. The Secular Franciscans of Midland Fraternity meet for lunch followed by 1-3pm meeting. Enq: Antoinette 9297 2314.
Chaplets of Divine Mercy 7.30pm at St Thomas More Parish, Dean Rd, Bateman. A beautiful, prayerful, sung devotion. Includes exposition followed by benediction. Enq: George 9310 9493 or 9325 2010 (w).
EVERY THIRD SUNDAY
Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life 7pm at Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins St, Glendalough. Mass followed by adoration with Fr Doug Harris. All welcome. Refreshments provided.
EVERY FIRST TUESDAY
Singles Prayer and Social Group 7pm at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St George’s Terrace, Perth. Begins with a Holy Hour (Eucharistic adoration, the Rosary and a teaching) followed by dinner at a local restaurant. Meet new people, pray and socialise with other single men and women. Enq: Veronica 0403 841 202. Healing Hour 7-8pm at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. Join us for songs of praise and worship, exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and prayers for the sick. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or parish office Tues - Thur, 9am2.30pm 9344 7066.
ship, exposition and Eucharistic adoration, benediction and anointing of the sick followed by holy Mass and fellowship. Celebrants Fr Dat and invited priests. 6.45pm Reconciliation. Enq: Mary Ann 0409 672 304, Prescilla 0433 457 352 and Catherine 043 3923 083.
EVERY THURSDAY
St Mary’s Cathedral Praise Meeting 7.45pm every Thursday at the Legion of Mary’s Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Includes praise, song and healing ministry. Enq: Kay 9382 3668 or fmi@flameministries.org. Group Fifty - Charismatic Renewal Group 7.30pm at the Redemptorist Monastery, 150 Vincent St, North Perth. Includes prayer, praise and Mass. Enq: Elaine 9440 3661. EVERY FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH
FRIDAY, 25 MAY
Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley. The hour includes exposition of the blessed Eucharist, silent prayer, scripture and prayers of intercession. Come and pray that those discerning vocations can hear clearly God’s call.
Holy Hour 7pm at St Benedict’s Parish, 115 Ardross St, Ardross. Conducted by Holy Trinity Community, Perth. Adri 0412 948 688.
EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
EVERY FIRST FRIDAY
A Ministry to the Un-Churched 12.30-1.30pm at St John’s Pro-Cathedral, Victoria
Healing Mass 7pm at St Peter’s Parish, Inglewood. Praise and wor-
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.
EVERY FOURTH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH
Free Divine Mercy Image for Parishes High quality oil painting and glossy print – Divine Mercy Promotions. Images are of very high quality. For any parish willing to accept and place inside the church. Oil paintings - 160 x 90cm and glossy print - 100 x 60cm. Enq: Irene 9417 3267 (w). Sacred Heart Pioneers Is there anyone out there who would like to know more about the Sacred Heart pioneers? If so, please contact Spiritual Director Fr Doug Harris 9444 6131 or John 9457 7771. St Philomena’s Chapel 3/24 Juna Drive, Malaga. Mass of the day: Monday 6.45am. Vigil Masses: Mon-Fri 4.45pm. Enq: Fr David 9376 1734. Mary MacKillop Merchandise Available for sale from the Mary MacKillop Centre. Enq: Sr Maree 041 4683 926 or 08 9334 0933. Financially Disadvantaged People Requiring Low Care Aged Care Placement The Little Sisters of the Poor community - set in beautiful gardens in the suburb of Glendalough. “Making the elderly happy, that is everything!” St Jeanne Jugan (foundress). Registration and enq: Sr Marie 9443 3155. Resource Centre for Personal Development The Holistic Health Seminar “The Instinct to Heal’’, every Tuesday 3-4.30pm; and RCPD2 “Internalise Principles of Successful Relationships and Use Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills” every Tuesday 4.30-6.30pm, 197 High St, Fremantle - Tuesdays 3-4.30pm. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585. Bookings are essential. Courses held at The Faith Centre in 2012 450 Hay St, Perth 1. RCPD2 - Internalise Principles of Successful Relationships and Use Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills This course provides knowledge of principles that, if applied, will improve all relationships. Skills of self-analysis are taught as well as communication skills. Mondays: 5-7pm, until 10 Dec. For enquiries or bookings ph Paul 0402 222 578.
2. RCPD4 – Increase Personal and Spiritual Awareness and Improve Relationships This course promotes self-awareness and spiritual growth. Emotional development is explained in order to improve understanding between persons. Study of Psychology and Theology. Mondays: 10am–12.30pm, until 10 Dec. For enquiries or bookings ph Eva 0409 405 585. 3. Higher Certificate in Biblical Studies The Higher Certificate of Biblical Studies is a distance education program that can be followed in your own home at your own pace with periodic face-to-face contact workshops. Tutorial assistance is available as required. It is equivalent to a one-year tertiary course, although it is recommended that you aim to complete it in two years. For enquiries and enrolment, ph The Faith Centre on 6140 2420. Is your son or daughter unsure of what to do this year? Suggest a Certificate IV course to discern God’s purpose for their life. They will also learn more about the Catholic faith and develop skills in communication and leadership. Acts 2 College of Mission & Evangelisation (National Code 51452). Enq: Jane 9202 6859. AA Alcoholics Anonymous Is alcohol costing you more than just money? Enq: AA 3253 5666. Saints and Sacred Relics Apostolate Invite SSRA, Perth invites interested parties, parish priests, leaders of religious communities, lay associations, to organise relic visitations to their own parishes, communities, etc. We have available authenticated relics, mostly first-class, of Catholic saints and blesseds including Sts Mary Mackillop, Padre Pio, Anthony of Padua, Therese of Lisieux, Maximilian Kolbe and Simon Stock and Blessed Pope John Paul II. Free of charge and all welcome. Enq: Giovanny 0478 201 092 or ssra-perth@ catholic.org. Enrolments, Year 7, 2014 La Salle College is now accepting enrolments for Year 7, 2014. For a prospectus and enrolment form please contact college reception on 9274 6266 or email lasalle@lasalle.wa.edu.au. Pellegrini Books Wanted An order of Sisters in Italy is looking for the following: The Living Pyx of Jesus, Fervourings From Galilee’s Hills, Fervourings From the LoveBroken Heart of Christ, Fervourings From the Lips of the Mast, Listening to the Indwelling Presence, Sheltering the Divine Outcast, Daily Inspection and Cleansing of the Living Temple of God, and Staunch Friends of Jesus, the Lover of Youth. If you are able to help, please contact Justine on 0419 964 624 or justine@waterempire.com. Secondhand Electric Organ Good working condition. Angela Vigolo would like to give it away to a good home; maybe a parish would like it? Enq: Angela 9276 9317. Pentecost Sunday – Portuguese Community 11.30am at Holy Cross Parish, 1 Dianne Street, Hamilton Hill. Celebrate the Holy Spirit in the Portuguese tradition. Begins with Mass followed by Benediction. Enq: Zita 9418 4053. Spiritus – an organ and choral recital 7.15pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, Victoria Sq, Perth. Featuring music of Messiaen, Alain, VaughWilliams and Victoria. Enq: Jacinta 9223 1351
MAY ONLY EVENTS EVERY THURSDAY Mary, Mother of Sorrows Prayer Group 1-2.30pm at St Benedict’s Parish, cnr Ardross St and Canning Hwy, Ardross. “Spirituality in times of violence” course presented by Stephanie Woods, followed by refreshments. Cost: donation. Enq: Judy 9364 9249 or Marie 9332 8179. WEDNESDAY, 16; THURSDAY, 17; SATURDAY, 19 ‘Taking Good Care of Our Hearts’ Seminars Times: Wed 16: 7.30-9pm; Thurs 17: 7.30-9pm; Sat 19: 9am-12pm ‘Taking good care of our Hearts’ presented by visiting Jesuit priest, author and editor of Madonna magazine: Fr Chris Gleeson. Mary MacKillop Room (Multi-Purpose) John XXIII College. Cost: $10 per talk. Enq and registration: Murray 9383 0444 or graham.murray@johnxxiii. edu.au.
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