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Thousands unite in prayers, liturgies, midnight baptisms and re-enactments commemorating and celebrating Christ’s death – and Resurrection.
In stirring homily at the Chrism Mass, Archbishop Costelloe urges Catholics not to be disheartened.
DO NOT BE AFRAID QUOTABLE Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB addresses priests of the Archdiocese and Mass-goers at St Mary’s Cathedral on March 26, urging Catholics not to be disheartened by challenges confronting the Church at the present time such as the scandal of sexual abuse, divisions among Catholics and the widening gap between society and Gospel values. PHOTO: ROBERT HIINI
This is the unedited text of the homily given by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB of Perth at the Chrism Mass in St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth on Tuesday evening, March 26, 2013.
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n the year 1207, in a little rundown and crumbling church in the countryside not far from a market town in central Italy, a young man of 26 knelt down in prayer. He had been a soldier and came from a rich merchant family but, having returned from the war and from imprisonment sick and dispirited, he had experienced a profound conversion of heart and now preferred to wander the hills and valleys alone, reflecting on and praying about
his future. The young man’s name was Francis, the little church was the Church of San Damiano, and the nearby town was called Assisi. It is this young man, St Francis of Assisi, whose name our new Pope bears. It seems opportune then for us to ask ourselves this evening what St Francis, and Pope Francis, might be able to teach us as we celebrate this Chrism Mass together. AS THE young Francis knelt in that church, looking up at the crucifix with its lamp burning before it, he seemed to hear the Lord speaking to him from the cross. “Go and rebuild my Church, for it is falling into ruins.” Francis was a simple young man. As he looked around him at the ruined church in which
he found himself, he decided that the Lord was calling him to repair the building which he immediately set out to do. Years later, long after he had come to understand much more clearly what the Lord was asking of him, he presented himself before Pope Innocent III, seeking approval for the group of followers he had gathered around him. The Pope was initially reluctant but after a dream in which the Pope saw his own Cathedral, Saint John Lateran’s, beginning to topple and fall, only to see Francis run in and put his shoulder to the crumbling pillar and hold it up, the Pope realised, as Francis himself had done, that the Church herself was beginning to crumble and was in urgent need of renewal.
NINE hundred years later, our new Pope has invited us to recall again the story of St Francis of Assisi. In doing so, we might be inclined to see ourselves, our Church, in a similar situation to that facing the young Francis of Assisi. Certainly, in the crowd gathered in St Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ Mass of Installation, there were many banners held high carrying the same words St Francis heard in San Damiano’s: go and rebuild my Church. We all know of the challenges we face: the awful scandal of sexual abuse and the ways in which our response as a Church has often been very poor; the very low percentage of Catholics who gather regularly, at least in our part of the Church, Continued - Page 6
“We all know the challenges we face: the awful scandal of sexual abuse and the ways in which our response as a Church has often been very poor, the very low percentage of Catholics who gather regularly to celebrate Mass and the Sacraments, internal divisions between so-called progressives and so-called conservatives ...” “We must never allow ourselves to forget that the Church, our Church, this Church, is the body of Christ and this means we have Christ as our head ...” “Tonight, as we recognise ourselves to be in stormy seas, we must all hear two things from the Lord: ‘Go and rebuild my Church’ and ‘Do not be afraid. I am with you’.”
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Disciples gather the nations for Easter By Mario Borg
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Josephite Sisters invite all to listen and pray THE SISTERS of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart are extending an invitation to gather to share prayer and faith through a directed programme entitled “Listening” which will be held at Mary MacKillop Centre, 16 York Street, South Perth on April 26 from 6.30pm to 8pm. Please RSVP by April 19 on 9334 0999.
TWENTY-NINE Perth Catholics joined 800 others (pictured at right) in the bi-annual Disciples of Jesus Easter pilgrimage, known as Light to the Nations, held in Appin, NSW. Fr David Callaghan, originally from Perth, and other Missionaries of God’s Love led celebrations including a Good Friday night Reconciliation and Healing session, and a Saturday morning Rosary Walk. Light to the Nations, a live-in dormitory and tenting experience, began in 1986, drawing pilgrims from every Australian state and territory, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
Retreat to focus on the Compassion of Christ A RETREAT titled “The Compassionate Power of Jesus” will be held at the Catholic Education Centre, 50 Ruislip Street, West Leederville on Saturday and Sunday, April 27-28. The cost is $30 per person. Enquiries: Kathy 9295 0913 / Rita 0422 917 054 or 9272 1765 /Ann 0412 166 164. Admittance will be by registration only.
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Rainbow of love pic wins St Paul’s first prize ST PAUL’S Primary School in Mt Lawley entered a City of Stirling photographic competition which is part of an international effort to eliminate racial discrimination and won it. They then donated their $350 prize to Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion Lenten appeal. Staff and students at the school were participating in Harmony Day, a program of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship which coincides with the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Harmony Day is a day of cultural respect, widely celebrated across schools, community groups, churches, businesses and federal, state and local government agencies: the school marked the occasion on March 21. Its message is summed up under the heading ‘Everyone Belongs’ and in 2013 the theme was: Many Stories – One Australia. To recognise and celebrate the day, students of St Paul’s decided to enter the competition by showing what harmony looked like at their
The photo that won the City of Stirling’s competition: students dressed in colours of the rainbow and holding hands for Harmony Day.
school. Their winning photograph, taken by principal Joanna Noonan and entitled ‘A rainbow of togetherness and acceptance’, showed students from Kindergarten to Year 6 dressed in the colours of
the rainbow. Assistant Principal Cheryl Brown told The Record Harmony Day is an occasion when all Australians can celebrate their cultural diversity and show care for one another.
“To mark the day, we took a photo of the children from Kindergarten to Year 6, dressed in all the colours of the rainbow and holding hands as a symbol of our togetherness and hope of a brighter future,” she said.
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“Despite the 42 degree heat, there was much excitement and laughter as 220 students and staff joined hands to show what ‘Harmony’ looked like.” Students also made gold coin donations.
Give up stewing over the bad things, Pontiff urges COMPLAINING frequently and stewing over disappointments can easily become an obsession that blocks one’s view of Jesus’ presence in difficult situations, Pope Francis said. Celebrating Mass on April 3 with staff members from the Domus Romana Sacerdotalis, a nearby guesthouse for clergy, Pope Francis preached about the two disappointed disciples on the road to Emmaus after the death of Jesus. “They were afraid. All of the disciples were afraid,” he said. As they walked toward Emmaus and discussed everything, they were sad and complaining. “And the more they complained, the more they were closed in on themselves: They did not have a horizon before them, only a wall,” the Pope said, according to Vatican Radio. The disciples had had such high hopes that Jesus would be the one who would redeem Israel, but they thought their hopes were destroyed, he said. “And they stewed, so to speak, their lives in the juice of their
complaints and kept going on and on and on with the complaining,” the Pope said. “I think that many times when difficult things happen, including when we are visited by the cross, we run the risk of closing ourselves off in complaints.” Like the disciples joined by the risen Lord on the road to Emmaus, people can hear beautiful things, but deep down, they continue to be afraid, the Pope said. “Complaining seems safer. It’s something certain. This is my truth: failure,” he said. But the Gospel story shows how very patient Jesus is with the disciples, first listening to them and then explaining things step by step, until they see him. “Jesus does this with us, too,” the Pope said. “Even in the darkest moments, he is always with us, walking with us.” Complaining and griping - about others and about things in one’s own life - is harmful “because it dashes hope. Don’t get into this game of a life of complaints,” he said. - CNS
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Keep Good Friday free: AFL captain By Matthew Biddle THE AUSTRALIAN Football League (AFL) has been praised for continuing not to schedule matches on Good Friday, despite mounting pressure from clubs and other sporting codes. Last week, North Melbourne captain Andrew Swallow defended the league’s stance, giving it his full support. Swallow is a committed Christian, who hails from Western Australia and attended Rehoboth Christian College in Perth’s southern suburbs. “I just don’t think football should be played on Good Friday. It should be left [as] a day where there’s no football at all,” Swallow said. The AFL’s chief executive officer, Andrew Demetriou, is also against playing matches on Good Friday, but state football leagues have not followed the AFL’s lead. In 2011, the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) held two matches on Good Friday for the first time in its 127-year history. It continued to do so in 2012 and 2013. Perth Catholic and WAFL boundary umpire Michael Harrington said it was important that more AFL players take a stand against playing football on Good Friday. “I think it’s something we just have to continue to actively oppose, as long as it’s on the agenda,” he said. “The more they hear voices against it, hopefully the greater chance they’ll do away with it in the WAFL.” Mr Harrington said he was confident the WAFL would revert to its previous policy of not scheduling matches on Good Friday. “If we continue to rally hard enough, then it’s probably only a matter of time before we can have
North Melbourne Captain Andrew Swallow, a committed Christian, says the AFL should not plan matches for Good Friday.
it taken away from WA fixturing,” he said. “There’s often different things that are trialled such as different rules during the pre-season. Some of these trialled changes end up being incorporated into the regular season … but others end up being canned altogether, as their trial has shown that they end up being inappropriate. “I don’t think it will necessarily ever be a permanent fixture, as I would hope that at some point this
“footy on Good Friday trial” will be seen for its genuine impudence, and canned like all other inappropriate experiments.” Four AFL clubs, including North Melbourne, have strongly urged the AFL to allow them to play on Good Friday for several years. If the clubs were successful in their bid, the North Melbourne skipper would have a major dilemma. “We respect Andrew’s stance given his religious beliefs and background but we will continue to
push for a Good Friday match now and into the future,” chief executive officer Carl Dilena said on the club’s website. Proponents of playing football on Good Friday argue that other sports, such as rugby and soccer, have no issues scheduling games on the day. The National Rugby League has held matches on Good Friday most seasons since the mid-1990s. Mr Harrington said the AFL should be supported by the
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Christian community for continuing to uphold Good Friday as a day of religious significance. “We’re not rugby, I think we’re a bit better than that. We’re a standalone code, independent of rugby, and I think we can set a pretty good example,” he said. “From a state league perspective, we should be pointing to the current, and hopefully permanent, position of the AFL. They are the beacon and we should be rallying behind them.”
La Salle’s Pia takes the cake for organ scholarship
Cathedral Music Director Jacinta Jakovcevic, left, with scholarship winner Pia Schelfhout and St Mary’s priest Fr Jean-Noel Marie. PHOTO: MATTHEW BIDDLE
By Matthew Biddle PIA SCHELFHOUT was presented with the FJ Larner Organ Scholarship for 2013 at St Mary’s Cathedral on April 5. The Year 12 student at La Salle College in Midland won the prestigious award after submitting an outstanding application and performing well at a subsequent audition. She said she was both surprised and elated to win the scholarship. “I found out a couple of days after my audition, I was actually at a camp when my mum phoned,” Miss Schelfhout said. “I went [back] into the room and said ‘I won the scholarship’ and
everyone was so excited.” The 16-year-old plays the organ regularly at her parish of St Anthony’s in Greenmount, and will soon begin to assist at St Mary’s Cathedral occasionally. St Mary’s Cathedral music director Jacinta Jakovcevic said there were many excellent applications made for the scholarship. “It’s basically a training program for a year,” she said. “The idea is that they train here and then they go forth into the community and do wonderful things.” The scholarship is named after the organ builder and former technician for the grand Dodd organ, John Larner.
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Beach’s the canvas for young sculptors
The Singles for Christ team celebrate their win in the Catholic Youth Ministry Sand Sculpture competition. PHOTO: MICHAEL CONNELLY, CYM
By Joshua Low REMARKABLE creations in beach sand including St Peter’s Basilica, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s coat of arms, the Miraculous Medal, the Annunciation and St Michael the Archangel were highlights of a Catholic sand scuplture competition last month. Catholic Youth Ministry’s annual Sand Sculpture Competition was held on March 2 at Scarborough Beach and saw over 100 young people from all over the Perth Archdiocese come together for a morning full of entertainment, fun and public witness to their faith. This year, teams were entered from youth groups in communities and movements, parishes north and
south of the river and also a team from St Charles Seminary. Judges Sister Bernadette Pike, Beatrice Yong and Eliza McKay sent finalists from the first round through to the final with the challenge to create a ‘Thank you’ tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. ‘Singles for Christ’ youth group took the prize this year, beating 10 other teams from various parishes and youth groups across Perth. Bateman Parish young adults reached second place in the competition, and all competitors walked away with individual prize packs for their efforts on the day. A beach soccer competition and live music by Winton Ley and Reuben De Melo complemented the day.
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TONIGHT, I address this message in a particular way to all of us who share in the ministerial priesthood: bishops and priests. Am I wrong to do this? Isn’t it a message for every baptised member of the Church? Of course it is. But tonight, in this celebration when we as ordained priests and bishops renew our commitment to our particular vocation, and when the whole People of God commit themselves to praying for us, it is right for us to recognise that it is our special responsibility and privilege to be the living signs
Continued from Page 1 to celebrate Mass and the Sacraments; the diminishing number of religious and the subsequent loss of their unique and irreplaceable life of witness among us; the growing gap between the Gospel values at the heart of the Church’s life and the values increasingly
We must never allow ourselves to forget what this Church, which we love so much and for whom we are so concerned, actually is the Body of Christ ... accepted as the norm by many in our society; internal divisions among us which see us divided into so-called progressives or liberals on the one hand and so-called conservatives or traditionalists on the other. The list could go on. It would be easy to be discouraged and dispirited by this litany of woes, or challenges. And so, whenever we reflect on them, as I invite us all to do tonight, we must start, and finish, somewhere else. We must never allow ourselves to forget what this Church, which we love so much and for whom we are so concerned, actually is. The Church, our Church, this Church, is the Body of Christ, and this means, crucially, that we have Christ as our head, Christ as our life-giver, Christ as our sustainer. We have his promise that he is with us always, even to the end of the world. We have his assurance that the gates of hell, the power of evil, even the evil at work within our body, will not prevail against us. Like Peter, we know that even when we are sinking and all seems lost, we only need to cry out “Lord, save us” and he will reach out his hand and lift us to safety. PETER, of course, only experienced this saving hand of Christ because, firstly, he realised he was in trouble and, secondly, he knew where to turn - he turned to Christ. And why? Because he knew he
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Fear not: the Lord is with us
It is right for us to recognise that the special responsibility of we clergy is to be the living signs that Jesus continues to walk among his people ...
St Francis of Assisi is depicted in a stained glass window inside the Church of San Damiano near Assisi, Italy. PHOTO: OCTAVIO DURAN, CNS
couldn’t save himself. Tonight, as we recognise ourselves to be in stormy seas, we must all hear two things from the Lord: we must hear him say to us, “Go and rebuild my
Church, for it is falling into ruins”; and we must also hear him say to us, as Peter did in the midst of his particular storm, “Do not be afraid. I am with you”.
that Jesus continues to walk among his people, and serve his people, precisely and specifically as their Good Shepherd. If the Church is to be rebuilt, if it is to be saved from sinking beneath the waves, then every Christian must do his or her part, and our part as priests and bishops is to keep alive, by what we do and by who we are, the living presence of Christ, the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep.
ANOTHER way of saying this is to insist that there is no other model for us except Christ. It is his priesthood we share, his people to whom we are sent, his Church to which we are called to be faithful, his Gospel we must proclaim. When we go wrong, and we often do, it is because we represent and advocate our own view of life rather than his; we promote our own glory rather than his; we operate according to our own values rather than his; we teach our own truths rather than his; we serve our own interests rather than his. And this is no way for us to “rebuild the Church”. Instead, like St John the Baptist, we must say, both with our lips and from the conviction of our hearts, “he must grow greater and I must grow smaller”. If we lead people only to ourselves rather than to Christ, we deserve the condemnation which Jesus directed to the Pharisees: we are blind guides, leading our people not to life but to death.
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German churches up for sale on eBay The Berlin Archdiocese is continuing to try to sell unused churches and even listed a church on eBay. “Virtually every diocese in Germany has sold churches over the past decade, so this is nothing special,” said Stefan Forner, spokesman for the Berlin Archdiocese. “The parish in question was helped by professionals, who advertised it online so it appeared on eBay, but this doesn’t mean it’s being auctioned off cheaply,” he added. After it did not sell on eBay, efforts continued to find a buyer for St Bernhard Church in BrandenburgHavel, one of many recently put on the market in the face of falling Mass attendance. Forner said 22 Catholic churches had been sold or given to other Christian denominations by the Berlin Archdiocese, compared to 90 in the Diocese of Essen. - CNS
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TONIGHT, the Church invites us to celebrate and rejoice in the gift of the ministerial priesthood which Christ shares with us. It is right that we do so. Tonight, too, the Church invites the whole community to celebrate the wonderful gift of this ministry which keeps alive the presence of the Good Shepherd among us. As the People of God, we are what we are because, through the gift of the ministerial priesthood, Christ continues to teach us, to feed us, to guide us, to protect us, to serve us, and to lay down his life for us. But, precisely because we cannot be what we are called to be without the ministry of our bishops and priests, the burden of responsibility lies heavy upon those of us called to the ministerial priesthood. The Church needs rebuilding: it seems to many that we are in danger of sinking. We, the bishops and priests, must have the courage and the humility to put aside, once and for all, any pretensions to superiority, any arrogance and
The well-known, Egyptian-born Italian citizen baptised into the Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI after being raised in a Muslim family announced his journey with Catholicism had ended with the resignation of the Pope who baptised him. “The factor more than any other that has led me from the Church is religious relativism and particularly giving legitimacy to Islam as a true religion,” Magdi Cristiano Allam wrote on March 25 in the Italian newspaper Il Giornale. Allam was received into the Catholic Church by Pope Benedict at the Easter Vigil in St Peter’s Basilica in 2008. He wrote that choosing to leave the Catholic Church was a long, difficult decision. The resignation of Pope Benedict and election of Pope Francis marked “an unexpected acceleration in the maturation of this decision,” he said. - CNS
We, the bishops and priests, must have the humility to put aside any pretensions to superiority, arrogance and hard-heartedness.
When hundreds of thousands of young Catholics gather with Pope Francis in Rio de Janeiro in the summer, reflections on safeguarding the environment will be part of the program. “From the beginning of planning – under Pope Benedict XVI – we thought that a major theme in Brazil, known as ‘the lungs of the world,’ would have to be the environment,” said Marcello Bedeschi, president of the John Paul II Foundation for Youth, a Romebased organisation that assists with World Youth Day planning. “We did not know that there would be a new Pope and that in his first three major addresses, he would speak about safeguarding creation, not in political or ideological terms, but as a Christian obligation,” Bedeschi said. Italy’s environment minister has been working with the Rio Church’s World Youth Day team to promote the reflection of young people on the importance of biodiversity. - CNS
hard-heartedness, any meanspiritedness or lack of forgiveness, any self-centredness or selfishness. We must, in other words, have in us, in the words of St Paul, the same mind that was in Christ Jesus. THIS IS a daunting and demanding challenge. Responding to it is beyond us if we look only to ourselves or even to each other. Only Christ, through the gift of his Spirit, can enable us to do and be what otherwise we can never hope to do and to be. Tonight, then, I make a heartfelt plea to every one of us here in the Cathedral: whether we are lay people, religious, deacons, priests or bishops, let us make prayer for our priests and bishops an urgent priority at this time. Let us, as St Francis did, commit ourselves to playing our part in the rebuilding of the Lord’s Church. Let us renew our commitment to each other, to our Archdiocese, to our communion with the Successor of St Peter, and most of all, of course, to the Christ who is our Way, our Truth and our Life. This article is also available online at: www.therecord.com.au EASTER 2013 liftout - centre pages
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New voices for media cycle By Matthew Biddle A GROUP of young Catholics in Melbourne is strengthening the image of the Church in Australia by representing it in an informed, educated and orthodox way. Late last year, six Catholics founded Catholic Voices Australia, an organisation seeking to provide the media with access to wellinformed, practising Catholics who will represent the Church truthfully and passionately in the media. CVA co-founder Chris Bergin said it was important to have wellformed people speaking about the Church in the media. “The aim of Catholic Voices is to put a positive message into the media cycle about the faith and the Church,” he said. “The media news cycle governs so much of how people become informed about everything that’s going on in their lives. “We’re committed to, wherever possible, getting the Church’s message out into that environment.” Mr Bergin and wife Kathleen, along with four other Victorians, formed the group to fill the urgent need to establish a better representation of the Church to the public. The accountant and father of three said the group had been thinking about starting Catholic Voices for about a year. Catholic Voices was first established in the United Kingdom for
CVA founders Chris Bergin, second from left, Kathleen Bergin, Penny Badwal, Robert Dugdale, Madeleine Dugdale, and Therese Nichols with Fr Nicholas Pearce at the organisation’s launch on April 4. PHOTO: FIONA BASILE, KAIROS
the 2010 visit of Pope Benedict XVI, with a team of 23 Catholics. There are now groups in ten other countries, including Spain, Chile, Ireland, Poland and the US. Speaking at the Melbourne launch of CVA on April 4, Dr Tracey Rowland said the British model was a great example of what such a group is capable of. “Instead of New Age nuns and defrocked priests giving the lion’s share of the media interviews, young, university-educated British laity stood before the cameras and spoke of their love for the Church,” she said. Dr Rowland, Dean of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family Studies in Melbourne, asserted that one of the strongest
criticisms of Catholicism is that it is “a religion for social losers”. “If our Catholic Voices Australia participants look like they can hold down a professional job, as they all do, and that they might actually have some friends, as well as a sense of humour, then their arrival on the media scene in Australia will be a significant advance for the Church’s public relations,” she said. “The Catholic Voices project requires a combination of courage, a good sense of humour and intellectual panache.” Operating independently of the Church, the group relies on fundraising for its running costs. “We have the approval of our local bishop, Archbishop Hart
here in Melbourne … we are 100 per cent in line with the Church’s teachings,” Mr Bergin said. The recent resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the subsequent election of Pope Francis provided the perfect opportunity for Catholic Voices to take centre stage, albeit at short notice. “When the Pope resigned, we quickly moved into action to train up a very small core group of people so that we could take advantage of the Church being front and centre in the media and make sure the Church was, wherever possible, represented in a positive light,” Mr Bergin said. During the papal transition, representatives of Catholic Voices took part in 12 interviews on radio and television stations including Sky News, Channel Seven, 2GB in Sydney, and ABC radio national. “We moved incredibly quickly from when we decided to get a group together,” Mr Bergin said. “It was a matter of ten days, and we had someone who had never been in the media before doing a live cross on Sky News for example.” CVA will hold a training weekend later this month to provide attendees with media skills and expert apologetic knowledge. Jack Valero and Austen Ivereigh – the two founders of Catholic Voices in the UK – are travelling to Melbourne to assist with the training.
Relics draw faithful to feast of Mercy
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Participants come forward to venerate relics of St Faustina Kowalska, founder of the Divine Mercy devotion, in St Mary’s Cathedral last Sunday. The first Sunday after Easter was established by Pope John Paul II as the feast of Divine Mercy after St Kowalska’s canonisation in 2000. PHOTO: MATTHEW BIDDLE
Pope, UK bishops, pray for the Iron Lady
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The Catholic bishops of England and Wales offered prayers for the soul of Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister who died at age 87 following a stroke. Baroness Thatcher, who led Britain from 1979 to 1990, died “peacefully” on April 8, according to her family. A telegram from the Vatican said the Pope “was saddened to learn of the death” of Thatcher and said Pope Francis entrusted her soul to God’s mercy and assured her family and the British people of his prayers. - CNS
DEVOTIONS in honour of the feast of Divine Mercy were held at several parishes around Perth on Sunday, April 7. In the city, at St Mary’s Cathedral, almost 300 attended the afternoon Mass at which Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB was the main celebrant. During his homily, the Archbishop said that, as recipients of God’s mercy, all need to show the same mercy towards others. “We are called to continue
[Jesus’] mission … to make his love and his mercy known to others,” he said. “It’s a frightening responsibility, but it is our responsibility.” The Archbishop reflected on the Divine Mercy image, stating that the red and white rays emanating from the side of Jesus represented the gifts of Baptism and the Eucharist. “The mystery of Divine Mercy is summed up in the simple but divine prayer, ‘Jesus I trust in you’,” he said. “This is what Divine Mercy looks like … between husbands and wives, parents and children,
brothers and sisters … the offering and acceptance of forgiveness.” The Mass was followed by Benediction and veneration of firstclass relics of St Faustina Kowalska, her spiritual director, Fr Michael Sopocko, and Pope John Paul II. In Maddington, the Holy Family parish celebrated the Divine Mercy feast for the fifth year, with a large crowd taking part in the annual procession. Other parishes, including St Bernadette’s in Glendalough and St Thomas More in Bateman, also held devotions and prayers at 3pm,
the hour of mercy. St Faustina was a Polish nun in a convent of the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy who lived in the early 20th century. She received extraordinary revelations from Jesus Christ during the 1930s, which formed the basis of the Divine Mercy devotions. She recorded these revelations or messages in her notebooks. Pope John Paul II established the first Sunday after Easter as a feast for the universal Church, soon after the canonisation of St Faustina in 2000.
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Moments in the trajectory of life
Weakness is not the way of a leader
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he news this week that at least two State Liberal MPs - Gerard Goiran MLC and Peter Abetz MLA - had indicated to Premier Colin Barnett that they would not support the legalisation of prostitution in WA under any circumstances was refreshing, offering also a glimpse of something not really seen in State politics for a long time - a creative approach to solving thorny social problems. The moment also briefly revealed the deeper nature of the problem which often suffocates political life and culture in this State, the unwillingness – or inability – on the part of many political leaders (in this particular case, Premier Barnett) to forensically analyse social issues and consider solutions which seem likely to work far better than conventional approaches. No-one pretends that prostitution is an easy issue to deal with. However, like any challenge, it can be essentially defeated or marginalised to the point of irrelevance if there is a will to do so. Premier Barnett’s dogged embrace of containment by regulation (and therefore legalisation) of prostitution effectively signalled that while he may be a reasonably good administrator of budgets, he is merely another political leader whose innate conventionality prevents him from addressing a key issue by recognising first the inherent dignity of the human person. Premier Barnett’s campaign could almost be interpreted as an implicit admission that he isn’t the man to solve serious problems. Not that it is anything new in Australia politics, but his strange faith in regulation (which has failed in every other country it has been adopted) is also a failure to address a clear and present danger. The most obvious problem with the idea of regulating and legalising such a pernicious trade as prostitution is that the same philosophical principle cannot be applied to any other comparable social evil. One cannot, for example, contemplate the possibility of regulating slavery without conceding that slavery has some kind of legitimacy. Having admitted that one should regulate slavery would make the issue of how one felt about it irrelevant – precisely because one would be willing to accede to its basic evil and the lies deployed to justify it. To do so would be to fly in the face of reality (and history) that it is only able to exist when one refuses to recognise some people as human. One could not, for example, assert that human trafficking for exploitation is regrettable but should be regulated, because the contradictions are obvious to anyone who stops to think about the issue for more than ten seconds. Likewise, to acknowledge that prostitution is unfortunate but to seek to control it by regulation effectively and PO Box 3075 practically recognises that Adelaide Terrace some people in our commuPERTH WA 6832 nity – in this case women and girls, in the main – do not office@therecord.com.au have as many rights as other Tel: (08) 9220 5900 Western Australians. This Fax: (08) 9325 4580 raises one of the disturbing aspects of the whole history of debate in WA on responding to the challenge that is prostitution - the way in which political leaders such as Mr Barnett have made principles such as the primacy of truth and the human rights of women and girls effectively irrelevant – not to mention just about every commissioned report in the world on prostitution’s reality and the problems it attracts. If we were to attempt a diagnosis, we would say that the real problem of State politics is a lack of imagination made more acute by a refusal to allow new information, insights and developments to be made relevant. Mere conventionalism. Such a state of affairs is, in fact, disturbing. Politics is not actually meant to be a less-noble vocation than any other. On occasion it can be inspiring. It is meant to be noble, even in the midst of the dry and tedious work of State administration. Unfortunately, on key issues, usually to do with the human person (in this case, specifically, the inherent status and dignity of woman and of the girl-child), Mr Barnett has been unwilling to face up to reality. The evidence about ‘regulation’ has in fact been in for decades: only last month Sydney madam Chei Ming Wong, 37, was convicted of slavery regarding the brothel she ran for forcing seven Indian women (none of whom spoke English) recruited in Malaysia and shipped in to Australia on student visas to work in her. It was not the first such case in a State where regulation was supposed to control prostitution and it will not be the last. Meanwhile, it is now being reported that Sydney has become the Amsterdam of the South Pacific; New South Wales is assessed in a confidential NSW Government report to have twice the number of legal brothels in Victoria and Queensland combined. Ironically, the conventional approach of containment and regulation in Europe and elsewhere has failed so spectacularly because legalised prostitution inherently attracts human trafficking, drugs, assaults, slavery and organised crime. Legalised and ‘regulated’ prostitution is increasingly being rolled back everywhere as its arachnid-like reality bites, overwhelming police forces and governments. In the meantime, the essential and fundamental principle at stake has been ignored by a succession of WA’s leaders, including former Attorneys General Jim McGinty and Christian Porter – as has one of legalised prostitution’s most disturbing realities. All too often it is the women and girls who have experienced a history of sexual abuse who end up as the workhorses of the brothels. Mr Goiran and Mr Abetz are right: something different needs to be done. Mr Barnett doesn’t realise it yet, but his weakness and acceptance that some women and girls should be for sale just because they weren’t so lucky in life is an insult to everyone concerned.
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People chant slogans as they demonstrate against same-sex marriage and adoption in Paris on April 4. The French Senate took its first look at a controversial bill, which gives same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt children. Estimates of the crowd’s size varied between hundreds of thousands and over a million. PHOTO: C HARTMANN, REUTERS, CNS
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An office that’s perhaps only for some women I WAS dismayed to see so much space in The Record of March 24 given to an account of the latest carpings of the Office for the Promotion of Women (OPW), purporting to “help parishes celebrate International Women’s Day on March 10” and “heralded to the wider Church” on March 7. I thought this pointless office had been abolished years ago. It is extraordinary that they should suggest that the role of the mother should have been deliberately edited out of the story of the prodigal son. By whom? When? Why? And that the depiction of God’s loving fatherhood and forgiveness might “preclude people who did not have loving relationships with their own earthly fathers from relating to God”. Surely they would be consoled rather than embittered by the story. Of course, we are all aware that our human language is inadequate for describing God, who as pure spirit has no gender, but as Emeritus Archbishop Hickey said when he launched the Catechism of the Catholic Church at the Canberra Press Club: “If Jesus could describe God as his Father, and instruct us to pray “Our Father”, that is good enough for me.” (I quote from memory.) His love is as tender as that of a mother, as recorded by Isaiah (49, 15): “Does a mother forget the child of her womb? Yet even if these should forget, I will never forget you.” I wonder who are these scripture scholars who “are now saying” that St Luke “trivialises the tasks and roles” of women in his Gospel. In Chapter 8, 2-3, he tells us of the women who accompanied Jesus and the twelve: “Mary, called Magdalene ... and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.” These women are acting independently, and have independent means, and evidently Joanna is not constrained, as one might expect, by possible duties in Herod’s household. She is also one of the women who go to the sepulchre on Easter Sunday morning, and report their astonishing experience to the stayat-home apostles. When we first meet Martha, in Luke 10, 38, it is plain that it is she who is the head of the household,
and very much in charge. (Too much so, in fact, as Jesus gently chides her.) When Peter escapes from prison (Acts 12, 12) he goes to “the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark”. No mention of a husband there. Lydia, in the Acts (16, 15), is a successful and independent businesswoman as well as a capable housewife, who insists that Paul and Luke stay at her house. Her house. One of the supposedly inspirational women featured on the OPW website is reported to have collected nativity statues of Mary, which would show her kneeling in adoration before her divine baby son, and sent them to the Vatican as “symbolising concepts which have been imposed on women”. What kind of concepts? Imposed by whom? Are we supposed to admire this ill-tempered exhibition of bad manners, designed specifically to sadden and offend a great many people? Janet Kovesi Watt CLAREMONT, WA
Was Record’s Prodigal Son story a hoax? WHEN reading your article “Prodigal son parable could be sexist”, I stopped to check that it was not the first day of April. Surely this can’t be serious? Are we to change the words of Jesus in the Our Father because of the complexes of some? Funny, I had always thought that the parable of the prodigal son was about God’s love and forgiveness – not gender roles. (I am in no way playing down the problem of domestic violence in our communities.) I find it difficult to understand how the material contained in this “Parish Resource” can be consistent with the views of the bishops who established this office in the first place. Of even more concern is the promotion on the PWC website of an “inspirational woman” whose “art” includes ridiculing virginity. Gillian Gonzalez WILLETTON, WA
Did bishops endorse OPW ‘parish resource’ AM I THE only one confused? It is my understanding that the Prodigal Son parable is about God’s unconditional love for each one of us.
If this is correct, why are those at the Office for the Participation of Women (OPW) worrying about God having a wife? We really do need clarification that the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) endorsed the contents of the OPW’s Parish Resource 2013 document. (Mrs) Janet Wallace RIVERTON, WA
To qualify marriage would be to destroy it ON THE ABC’s Q&A porgram, Catholic Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane was asked: “Why do you oppose homosexual marriage? Why do you deny us our rights?” Wrong but clever questions intended to cast a negative light on supporters of true marriage and put us on the back foot – a false reversal of roles! Catholics defend marriage. That’s positive. Those lobbying for ‘gay’ marriage are campaigning for something which doesn’t exist and is therefore bogus. In tennis, mixed doubles are mixed doubles. A claim to homosexual mixed doubles which saw two men at one end playing two women at the other will never happen. The answer the questioner on Q&A deserved would have been something more like: It is not us but you who are encroaching on an entrenched social tradition thousands and thousands of years old and attempting to overturn it, in the process trying to cast people like those who defend marriage into the aggressors. In fact, you are the protagonists. You want to qualify the word ‘marriage’ which cannot be qualified without destroying it. The word ‘marriage’ in society did not need to be defined until recently. The Australian Constitution’s definition of one man and one woman for life was never quoted because everyone knew what marriage meant. To qualify the word as the progay marriage lobby and media want to do would be to destroy it, to deny marriage’s vital and defining physical complementary nature. Fr E Miller FREMANTLE, WA
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I’d enjoy my own eulogy, I imagine
Wanting to hear an edited and biased eulogy of your own life glossing over the weaknesses and transgressions would miss the point.
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N BRAZIL last year, 41-yearold Gilberto Araujo walked in on his own funeral - much to the shock of those in attendance. A mix up at the local morgue with an unidentified body looking remarkably like Mr Araujo, had led to the confusion and ensuing pandemonium. Reports did not detail the precise moment of the service when Gilberto “resurrected” himself, but the bizarre scenario certainly piqued my sense of curiosity. I began to visualise the scene at my funeral, slipping incognito into the back of gathered family and friends and basking in the accolades traditionally delivered at the conclusion of one’s life. Gone would be the many faults, flaws and mistakes that punctuated my life, replaced instead with an edited and biased version of only those positive events. But more fascinating would be the opportunity to witness the impact I had in the lives with which mine had inter-
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sected. I’d like to think I would not be alone in this self-centred desire to experience Mr Araujo’s unique opportunity, but it raises the question within me of why I would want to. Why do I desire the praise and kind words of others? Why do I seek to be remembered fondly? And why do I hope those I shared my life with would overlook the imperfections of it? This desire, I believe, is a measuring stick of how far I am on my journey of understanding the true nature of God. The more I seek or rely on human recognition and accolades, the further I am from understanding his unconditional love. We all begin our lives totally dependent on the love and nurtur-
ing of those around us. However, if this human love is not a reflection of God, through praise, encouragement and discipline, then it becomes more difficult to discover our true identities as his sons and daughters. It is God’s design that we come to recognise his love through the seeds planted, first by families and then by the communities and people we choose to surround ourselves with.
love and seek him first in all our relating. The more we seek love directly from God, the less we will have to rely on the affirmation of those around us. This earthly love, while always comforting, is intended to help us recognise the love of God, not replace it. Human love may be fuel for our journey, but it is not our destination. Despite the best intentions, our love will always be
In Brazil last year Gilberto Araujo walked in on his own funeral - much to the shock of those present. As we spiritually mature, we will come to acknowledge him as the source and perfection of all love and will not have to rely on those around us to gauge our worthiness. As spiritual infants, we rely on human love to lead us to God, but as we move from milk to solid foods, as St Paul tells us, we come to recognise the perfection of God’s
imperfect and inconsistent. It will be misunderstood, misinterpreted, and will rely on the disposition of the giver and the perception of the receiver. Jesus, of course, is the model for our journey toward finding our worth solely in God. His one and only focus was on surrendering his human will and fulfilling that of
his Father’s. He was not influenced by the praise or condemnation of those around him. But we should not be discouraged by the standard he set, because he too, in his humanity, needed the nurturing of those around him in order to grow “in wisdom, in stature and in favour with God ...” (Luke 2:52). It is his example and ultimate triumph that laid the path and made it possible for us to follow. Jesus knew the unconditional love of his Father and was able to surrender to it. His sense of worth was not determined by the perceptions of those he met along his earthly journey. It is this reality I need to keep in mind if I ever find myself in the position of Gilberto Araujo and able to gatecrash my own wake. For even if I was the only one present, I should not be disillusioned, but rather find peace in knowing I am, and always have been, loved by my Father in heaven. m.reidy@therecord.com.au
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The Neocatechumenal Way’s ‘Mission in the Squares’ is taking the Gospel to Perth’s streets, writes Fr Michael Moore SM ast Sunday afternoon, in a carpark in Northbridge, approximately 70 adults and children sang songs, prayed the Evening Prayer of the Church and participated in a catechesis touching on their actual experience of God. Similiar numbers of people gathered at Manners Hill, Peppermint Grove and next to the Mirrabooka bus interchange. And they will be there the next four Sundays. A European backpacker wandering by in Northbridge seemed to mutter something about these foolish, noisy people. When he saw the cross he genuflected, blessed himself and kept walking. He could have been quoting from the account of the first Pentecost in the Acts of the Apostles. After receiving the Holy Spirit the apostles went out into the streets of Jerusalem announcing that the Father had raised Jesus from the dead and constituted him Lord and Christ. Some of the listeners were bewildered, the Acts records, but others laughed and said they had been drinking too much wine. It seems a new pentecost is occuring. At the beginning of Lent this year, then Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio SJ, now our Holy Father, Pope Francis, wrote to all the parish priests of Buenos Aires concerning the important topic of the new evangelisation. We pray many times at Mass, he said, that all members of the Church learn to discern the signs of the times and grow in fidelity to the Gospel; that we try to share in charity the anxieties, sorrows and hopes of the people; and in this way to show them the way of salvation. We all know that the reality of the parishes is bound by the number of people who come and also by the number of people we are not able to reach. The Church is constantly calling us to a new evangelisation and she asks us to make concrete gestures that express the anointing that we have received. We are called to go out to share and to announce the Good News we have received personally. How many young people spend their lives stunned from drugs and noise because they have no meaning. Any
Archbishop Coleridge; in Sydney with Bishop Brady; in Wollongong with Bishop Ingham; in Melbourne with Bishop Vincent Long and in Parramatta with the Vicar General, Mgr Williams, representing Bishop Anthony Fisher OP. In Adelaide, Archbishop Wilson invited the communities to conduct the Mission in front of St Fancis Xavier’s Cathedral. On Divine Mercy Sunday, after the Angelus in St Peter’s Square, the Holy Father greeted “in particular the neocatechumenal communities of Rome who today begin a special mission in the Squares of the City. I invite everyone to bring the Good News in every area of life ‘with sweetness and respect’ (1 Peter 3:16)! Go to the squares and announce Jesus Christ, Our Saviour.” Here. in Perth, Bishop Donald Sproxton blessed and sent out over
Members of the Neocatechumenal Way walk through the streets of Northbridge last weekend singing psalms and other scriptural passages. The performance is part of the Way’s Mission in the Squares currently being offered in Perth’s premier nightclub strip. The goal? To offer something different to lives empty without God. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
weekend night in Northbridge you see hundreds of young people drinking in order to forget life. How many good people live for appearances only? All these people are waiting for some good news. The Cardinal concludes his pastoral letter saying that it is impossible for a person who has accepted the Word and given themselves to the Kingdom not to become a person who witnesses to the Word and announces it.
For m any ye ar s the Neocatechumenal Way has been working to ensure that the Church be present in the streets manifesting the presence of Jesus alive and risen from the dead with the power to forgive sins. With this marvellous coincidence of the Holy Spirit, the Neocatechumenal Way across the world is offering in the Year of Faith a Mission in the Squares to the people. Every Sunday of Easter groups of around 50 brothers and sisters will
meet in a public park or square or an available area. They will spend half an hour inviting people in the vicinity to come at 3pm for a catechesis. Each Sunday will have a different topic like “Who is God for you?”, “What is the meaning of your life?” and so on. There will be a dialogue with the people who come. Last Saturday morning across Australia the blessing and sending out of communities for this mission took place - in Brisbane with
The Mission in the Squares in Perth is being given by members of the Neocatechumenal Way at 93-101 Aberdeen Street, Northbridge, every Sunday until May 5, starting at 3pm. Program for the meetings April 14 - Who are you? Why are you alive? What is the meaning of your life? Are you happy? April 21 - Announcement of the Kerygma: the Good News of your salvation in Jesus Christ. April 28 - The KERYGMA, proclamation of the Gospel and invitation to turn to God. May 5 - What is the Church? What is your experience of the Church? Would you like to be helped within a Christian community? More information: 0416 244 151
Any weekend in Northbridge you see hundreds of young people drinking in order to forget life. All these are waiting for some good news ... 160 people from the parishes of St Mary’s Cathedral, Star of the Sea Cottesloe, St Gerard Majella Westminster, Good Shepherd Kelmscott, St Brigid’s Northbridge, Corpus Christi Mosman Park and Baldivis with a number of priests and the seminarians of the Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary Redemptoris Mater. There are three locations for the Mission in the Squares in Perth in Aberdeen Street, Northbridge; in Manners Hill, Peppermint Grove and in the park next to the bus interchange in Mirrabooka. For the next four Sundays there will be a mission at 3pm at each location. You are warmly invited to come along, bringing your family and friends. St Paul said that God chose to save the world through the foolishness of the preaching of the Gospel. Perhaps the backpacker recognised Christ!
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SATURDAY, APRIL 13 St Padre Pio Prayer Day 8.30am at Infant Jesus Church, Wellington St, Morley. Begins 8.30am with DVD on St Padre Pio in parish centre. 10am – Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Divine Mercy, Silent Adoration and Benediction. 11am - holy Mass, St Padre Pio liturgy. Confessions available. 12pm - bring a plate for shared lunch, tea and coffee supplied. Enq: Des 6278 1540. The Alliance of the Family International Day of Recollection 11am at LJ Goody Bioethics Centre, Jugan St, Glendalough. With Fr Jorge de Chavez, day ends with holy Mass at 3pm. Please bring a plate to share. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357, Nick 0428 953 471 and John/Joy 9344 2609. Divine Mercy Healing Mass 2.30pm at St Francis Xavier Church, Windsor St, East Perth. Main celebrant will be Fr Marcellinus OFM. Reconciliation in English and Italian. Divine Mercy prayers followed by veneration of first class relic of St Faustina Kowalska. Refreshments afterwards. Enq: John 9457 7771. St Patrick’s Fremantle 50th Anniversary 10am at St Patrick’s Basilica, begins with Mass. St Patrick’s Primary School Fremantle invite families who have had association with Maristella Kindergarten and Pre-Primary to join in the celebration. Followed by morning tea in the parish hall. RSVP: 9335 5215 or admin@stpatsfremantle. wa.edu.au.
UPCOMING SUNDAY, APRIL 14 South African Gospel Choir Fundraising Concert for St Patrick’s, York 1.30pm at St Patrick’s Church, South St, York. Tickets $20. Target to raise $12,000 to complete the task as enough has been raised for work to begin soon. Afternoon tea in parish hall. Bookings essential. Enq: Josie 9641 1477 or 0488 064 044 or stpatsyork@westnet.com.au. Secular Franciscan Order Day of Reflection 10am at The Edel Quin Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. For all members, friends and visitors. Includes a shared lunch finishing with Mass at 2.30pm and afternoon tea. Enq: Angela 9275 5658. SACRI to Celebrate 66th Anniversary of the Apparition to Bruno Cornacchiola (1947) 2pm at Bullsbrook Shrine, Chittering Rd. Special Day of Thanksgiving begins with holy Mass. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Marian Procession starting in the church reciting the holy Rosary. Reconciliation available. Enq: 9571 1699. AUSLAN CAFE 10.30am–12.30pm at Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor St, Perth. Auslan is Australian Sign Language. Auslan Café is a social setting for anybody who would like to learn or practise Auslan in a relaxing atmosphere. All welcome. Please RSVP for a BBQ lunch on Sunday, April 14. Enq: Emma - email: emmanuelcentre@westnet. com.au or Barbara (08) 9328 8113. TUESDAY, APRIL 16 Spirituality and The Sunday Gospels 7-8pm at St Benedict’s school hall, Alness St, Applecross. Presenter Norma Woodcock. Accreditation recognition by the CEO. Everyone is welcome. Cost: collection. Enq: 9487 1772 or www.normawoodcock.com. FRIDAY, APRIL 19 Priestly Ordination of First Malaysian Premonstratensian Canon 7.30pm at the Priory Church of St Joseph, 135 Treasure Rd, Queens Park. Archbishop Costelloe is the main presider. As a sign of ordination of Br Christopher Jacob Lim OPraem, the bestowal of the white biretta will take place at Vespers on Saturday, April 20 at 5.30pm followed by Rev Christopher Lim’s first Thanksgiving Mass at the same church. RSVP 9458 2729 or 9451 5586. St Jerome’s Divine Mercy Prayer Group 5th Anniversary Celebration Mass 2-4pm at St Jerome’s Church, 36 Troode St, Munster. St Jerome’s Prayer Group invites all Divine Mercy Prayer Groups and everyone to our celebration. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, praise and worship, followed by Mass by Fr Varghese Parackal VC and talk on Divine Mercy and Healing. Enq: Connie 0437 803 322. SATURDAY, APRIL 20 Introductory Day to Christian Meditation 10am-3.30pm at St Martins in the Fields, cnr Dyson and Vista Sts, Kensington. Join members of the Christian Meditation Community (WA). Bring a friend, morning tea provided, BYO lunch. Enq: 0429 117 242 or christianmeditation@iinet.net.au Youth Mission Team Movie Night 3pm and 7pm at 67 Howe St, Osborne Park. The movie The Human Experience is rated: Festival Rating - under 15s require accompanying adult. Tickets - Concession $8, Adults $10, Families discounted. Free crèche. Fundraising for YMT. Enq: bookings 0417 637 040 or perth.disciplesofjesus. org/movies. SUNDAY, APRIL 21 Latin Mass 2pm at the Good Shepherd Church, Streich Ave, Kelmscott: Enq: John 9390 6646.
Learn Auslan –Australian Sign Language 10.30-12noon at Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor St, East Perth. Auslan is used by many people who are deaf in Australia. Learn how to communicate with your hands with others who use Auslan. No experience necessary, no stress, fun environment. Cost: Free, includes light lunch. Contact Emma, Barbara or Fr Paul on emmanuelcentre@westnet. com.au or SMS 0401 016 399. FRIDAY, APRIL 26 Holy Trinity Community - Holy Hour Adoration 7pm at St Benedict Church, 115 Ardross St, Ardross, Enq: Yunita - 0412 677 568. Medjugorje Evening of Prayer 7-9pm at Our Lady Help of Christians, 43 Camberwell St, East Victoria Park. Enq for Oct pilgrimage to Italy and Medjugorje 2013 or free DVDs: 9402 2480 email medjugorje@y7mail.com mob 0407 471 256. SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Love Ministry Healing CCR 6.30pm at St Brigid Parish, 69 Morrison Rd, Midland. After the 6.30pm Mass the CCR Healing Ministry Team including clergy, CCR Chaplain Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey will be in attendance. Reconciliation available. Come and be prayed over, healed from the past or present issues or stand in for loved ones facing illness or problems. Enq: Gilbert 0431 570 322, Fr David Watt 9376 1734. SATURDAY, MAY 4 Day with Mary 9am-5pm at Our Lady of the Mission Church, 270 Camberwarra Dr, Craigie. 9am-video; 10.10am-holy Mass; Reconciliation, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic Adoration, Sermons on the Eucharist and on Our Lady, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet and Stations of the Cross. BYO lunch Enq: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286.
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(Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and teaching) followed by dinner at local restaurant. Meet new people, pray and socialise with other single men and women. Enq: Veronica 0403 841 202. EVERY SECOND SUNDAY Healing Hour 7-8pm at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. Songs of praise and worship, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament and prayers for sick. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or office Tue-Thu, 9am-2.30pm 9344 7066. THIRD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH Oblates of St Benedict’s 2pm at St Joseph’s Convent, York St, South Perth. We welcome all who are interested in studying the Rule of St Benedict and its relevance to the everyday life of today for laypeople. Vespers and afternoon tea conclude our meetings. Enq: Secretary 9457 5758. EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY Shrine Time for Young Adults 18-35 Years 7.30-8.30pm at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon; holy hour with prayer, reflection, meditation, praise and worship; followed by a social gathering. Come and pray at a place of grace. Enq: Schoenstatt Sisters 9399 2349.
EVERY FIRST FRIDAY Mass and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 11am-4pm at Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins St, Glendalough. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament after Mass until 4pm, finishing with Rosary. Enq: Sr Marie MS.Perth@lsp.org.au.
EVERY TUESDAY Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 6pm at Pater Noster Church, Marmion and Evershed Sts, Myaree. Mass at 5.30pm followed by Benediction. Enq: John 0408 952 194.
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Cathedral Cafe Cathedral Cafe is now open every Sunday 9.30am1pm at St Mary’s Cathedral parish centre, downstairs after Mass. Coffee, tea, cakes, sweets, friendship with Cathedral parishioners. Further info: Tammy on smcperthwyd@yahoo.com.au or 0415 370 357. Pilgrim Mass - Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation 2pm at Shrine, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. Commencing with Rosary followed by Benediction. Reconciliation available before every celebration. Anointing of the sick administered during Mass every second Sunday of the month. Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin of the Revelation last Sunday of the month. Side entrance to church and shrine open daily between 9am-5pm. Enq Sacri 9447 3292. Praise and Worship 5.30pm at St Denis Parish, cnr Osborne St and Roberts Rd, Joondanna. Followed by 6pm Mass. Enq: Admin admin@stdenis.com.au. EVERY FIRST SUNDAY Singles Prayer and Social Group 7pm at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St Georges Tce, Perth. Begins with holy hour
EVERY FRIDAY Eucharistic Adoration at Schoenstatt Shrine 10am at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon. Includes holy Mass, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent adoration till 8.15pm. In this Year of Grace, join us in prayer at a place of grace. Enq: Sisters of Schoenstatt 9399 2349.
EVERY LAST SUNDAY Filipino Mass 3pm at Notre Dame Church, cnr Daley and Wright Sts, Cloverdale. Please bring a plate to share for socialisation after Mass. Enq: Fr Nelson Po 0410 843 412, Elsa 0404 038 483.
SATURDAY, MAY 4 TO MONDAY, MAY 6 Divine Will Conference with Tony Hickey 10am-8.30pm at Casa Luisa, 59 Newton St, Spearwood. Each day starts with holy Mass. Tony is a gifted theologian, speaker and retreat master from England. He will be speaking on the Doctrine of the Divine Will. Enq: Jenny 9494 2604 or 0458 153 184.
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.
FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY Social Dinner (young adults aged up to 35) and Rosary Cenacle 6.30pm at St Bernadette’s Church, 49 Jugan St, Mount Hawthorn. Begins at 6.30pm with dinner at a local restaurant, followed at 8pm by a Rosary Cenacle, short talk and refreshments at the church. Great way to meet new people, pray and socialise! Enq: 9444 6131 or st.bernadettesyouth@ gmail.com.
Healing Mass 6pm at Holy Family Parish, Lot 375, Alcock St, Maddington. Begins with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Healing Mass followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Enq: admin 9493 1703 or www.vpcp. org.au.
LAST MONDAY Be Still in His Presence – Ecumenical Christian Program 7.30-8.45pm at St Swithun Anglican Church, 195 Lesmurdie St, Lesmurdie (hall behind church). Begins with songs of praise and worship, silent time, lectio divina, small group sharing and cuppa. Enq: Lynne 9293 3848 or 0435 252 941.
FRIDAY, JUNE 7 TO SUNDAY, JUNE 9 Inner Healing Retreat 7.30am at Epiphany Retreat Centre, 50 Fifth Ave, Rossmoyne. Come and receive Jesus’ embrace and healing through his Word and Sacraments during this retreat. Led by Vincentian Fathers. Registration and Enq: Melanie 0410 605 743 or vincentiansperth@yahoo.com.
Prayer in Style of Taizé 7.30-8.30pm at Our Lady of Grace Parish, 3 Kitchener St, North Beach. Includes prayer, song and silence in candlelight – symbol of Christ the light of the world. Taizé info: www.taize.fr. Enq: secretary 9448 4888 or 9448 4457.
Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley. Includes Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent prayer, scripture, prayers of intercession. Come and pray that those discerning vocations can hear clearly God’s call.
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How we celebrated
EASTER 2013 COMMEMORATIVE EASTER LIFTOUT - APRIL 10, 2013
HOW WE CELEBRATED EASTER 2013
Perth rejoices in Resurrection By Matthew Biddle
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ens of thousands of Catholics attended this year’s Easter ceremonies at the parishes of the Perth Archdiocese. For one of the largest parishes in the State, Our Lady of the Mission in Whitford, it was yet another year of cramming large crowds into the church as best as possible. Parish priest Fr Joseph Tran estimated there were more than 7,400 people who attended the parish’s Easter ceremonies on Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Saturday Vigil and Sunday Masses. The parish also welcomed ten new members of the Church through Baptism. Fr Tran said this year’s Easter celebrations were slightly different to those of previous years. “We had five priests concelebrating with us, which was really nice,” he said. “We also had baby chickens at the back of the church after Mass, to let the children know about new life. It was a very beautiful celebration.” Further north, St Andrew’s Parish in Clarkson welcomed eight RCIA candidates into the parish family. “We had a very good celebration of Easter with the school and the parish community participating,” Fr Robert Carillo said. Meanwhile, east of Perth, Holy Family Parish in Kalamunda also received several Catholics into the Church during the Easter weekend. “The numbers were very good, probably twice what we would have normally got, so all the ceremonies were well attended,” Fr Greg Donovan said. South of the city, St Thomas More Parish in Bateman was, as always, one of the most popular Mass centres during the Easter Triduum. Fr Philip Perreau said Easter attendances were higher than last
The bare cross stood as a stark reminder of Christ’s sacrifice at St Mary’s Cathedral on Good Friday.
year, with the parish’s leaflet distribution in the local area once again proving beneficial. Additionally, there were 12 adults and two children baptised at St Thomas More Church at the Easter Vigil. In Armadale, Fr Kazimierz Stuglik said although the parish did not organise anything unique or unusual, such as “riding a donkey”, there were strong attendances at all the Easter ceremonies. “It all went very well,” he said. “My impression was that some of
the [crowds] were a little bit bigger, particularly Holy Thursday and the Easter Vigil.
“The numbers were very good, probably twice what we would have normally got, so all the ceremonies were well attended” “The music, the participation, overall, it was one of the better [Easter celebrations], that’s what the people tell me.”
FREMANTLE I Disciples of Jesus
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VER the years secular society has claimed Easter as a holiday without a religious focus. But the real meaning of Easter and its purpose are grounded in the death and resurrection of Jesus. This is the very core of the Christian message, and it is up to Christians to share it with secular society in a way that does not alienate, but rather evangelise. It was for this purpose that Disciples of Jesus again went into the streets of Fremantle, among the shoppers; highlighting through drama the merciful love that God has for every one of us. Fremantle was abuzz with last minute shoppers, buskers and street performers. Busy people, and great entertainment. And now it included the message of Easter in the heart of the shopping precinct through a dramatic re-enactment of the Stations of the Cross. Jesus was dragged before Pontius Pilate, condemned to death, and then had a huge rugged cross thrust on his shoulders. He was led to Calvary, and then crucified. The reaction of onlookers was probably a little like the crowds in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. Some were moved by the drama of the Stations and its eternal message. Several people approached the actors afterwards to share how the drama had touched them, and ask how they could become more connected with God. Others gave the event a casual glance and continued with their
Disciples of Jesus community took to Fremantle’s streets, presenting Christ’s passion to a busy shopping mall full of last-minute Easter shoppers. It was their 19th year of public witness to Jesus’ death on the cross. Many shoppers were stopped in their tracks, reports senior Disciples member, Reg Firth.
shopping. A few even cast disparaging comments. The drama has been presented in the streets of Fremantle for the last 19 years by the Disciples of Jesus Community. The Disciples also presented the drama at Holy Spirit School in City Beach. REG FIRTH
Further south in Port Kennedy, Fr Gavin Gomez said it was wonderful to administer the Sacraments
of Initiation to four new Catholics over Easter. “We were very pleased with the attendance this Holy Week and Easter,” he said. “The church
PHOTO: ROBERT HIINI
was almost full on each occasion … the church takes at least 400 adults, so it was quite a good turnout.” Fr Gomez said there were also more children present than normal, which he measured by the amount of Easter eggs the parish distributed. “Over the Easter period we had about 200 children turn up as well with their families,” he said. In total, there were 192 people who were baptised or fully admitted into the Catholic Church in Perth during Easter after completing the RCIA program.
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BALCATTA I St Lawrence and Mary Immaculate Parish
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RAYER, reflection and joy were manifest in our community’s preparation and celebration of Easter. Blessed with an attendance of 565 people at our Good Friday service, the community passionately reflected on the challenges that Jesus faced. Mothers, fathers, children, relatives and friends gathered for a reverent and respectful liturgy that brought tears to the eyes of even non-believers. Hundreds gathered outside the church to meditate on the Via Crucis traditionally organised by our Italian Community in conjuntion with Fr Irek Czech, our parish priest. Our Saturday vigil saw the sharing of candles and tea lights in honour of Jesus. Four people were welcomed into the Church. Our priests distributed Easter eggs after the Vigil and Sunday Masses, followed by joyous embraces and beaming smiles. Our multicultural parishioners sang praise in English, Italian and Croation, making our Easter a truly memorable and wealthy celebration of love. NANCY BONFIGLIO
There was great rejoicing at St Lawrence and Mary Immaculate Church Balcatta on Easter Vigil Saturday when Peter Stewart, Agnes Lau-Hamby, Chantelle Laurie and Jonathan Lau were welcomed “into the Catholic family” by parish priest Fr Irek Czech SDS. More than 500 turned out on the previous day to remember the sacrifice of Jesus. PHOTOS: ST LAWRENCE AND MARY IMMACULATE PARISH
RIVERTON I Our Lady Queen of Apostles Parish
Riverton Catholics celebrated major sacramental milestones with their confreres this Easter with Michael Harrison, who was baptised, David Johnston, who was received into the Church, and Charlie Laurendi, who was confirmed. PHOTOS: ERIC DE SOUZA
MORLEY I Infant Jesus Parish
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ith great joy the Infant Jesus parish community witnessed the baptism of five new Catholics at the Easter Vigil Mass and welcomed three others into full communion with the Church. It was the highlight of Holy Week and the sacred Triduum, which saw larger than usual crowds.Parish priest Fr Sunny Abraham was pleased to see around 85 children in the procession on Passion Sunday. There was standing room only outside the church this Easter, despite every chair in the parish being put into service. The hospitality ministers lived up to their name in managing to make everyone feel welcome and included.
A larger than usual crowd of the faithful were there to see five people get Baptised at Infant Jesus Morley this Easter. Every seat in the parish was deployed to cater for the influx of congregants.
PHOTOS: INFANT JESUS PARISH
HOW WE CELEBRATED EASTER 2013
KELMSCOTT I Good Shepherd Parish/Neocatechumenal Vigil
Roberto Hoffman, 27, is baptised by parish priest Fr Andrew Lotton after formation via the Neocatechumenal Way over a six year period. Next came his son Jesse, above, also baptised by full immersion. Members of the way, including children, below, stay up all night to celebrate the Easter Vigil. Cantor Greg Hall leads children in a special hymn, at bottom. C a n t o r Pe t e r Worthy leads the congregation, bottom left. PHOTOS: PETER ROSENGREN
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LMOST 200 new Catholics were baptised around Perth over the Easter weekend in more than 30 different parishes. Twenty-seven year old Roberto Hoffman was baptised by full immersion at Kelmscott and said the event was “comparable to my wedding day”. “Words can’t describe the joy, it’s hard to describe it, it’s something surreal,” he said. Mr Hoffman, who had been eagerly anticipating his Baptism for about six years, said he was excited to finally be a member of the Church. “It’s been a wonderful journey,” he said. “It was something I knew nothing about, so over those six years there was this desire that grew more and more to want to be baptised. “To eventually have that moment of Baptism … was a wonderful gift,
and definitely an experience I won’t forget anytime soon.” Mr Hoffman’s three-month old son, Jesse, was also baptised. He said it was a unique and special moment to both be baptised on the same day. “I was really proud and humbled to see my son baptised as well,” he said. “It’s a gift that we share together, by both going through that experience.” Jesse was also baptised by full immersion, but Mr Hoffman said his son seemed more at ease than he did. “It’s always a bit of a heart stopper when you see the priest dunk the child three times underneath the water,” he said. “He probably handled it better than me.” The number of new members joining the Church at Easter this year was the largest in recent memory. A photo of Mr Hoffman’s happy moment was used by The Record on Page 1 pointing to this week’s special liftout.
COMMEMORATIVE EASTER LIFTOUT - APRIL 10, 2013
KELMSCOTT I Good Shepherd Parish/Veneration of the Cross Parishioners stand as Fr Lotton bears the cross forwards through the Church for veneration on Good Friday, left. Before the ceremony, Fr Lotton went through last-minute instructions with his team of servers and acolytes, belo and at bottom left. Bernadette Bogoni and parents James and Madeline Koh with their two sons remember the sacrifice of Christ on Good Friday at Good Shepherd parish, Kelmscott, below main photograph. After hearing the account of Christ’s passion read out members of the congregation came forward one by one to venerate the cross by kissing the feet of the figure representing Jesus, at bottom. PHOTOS: PETER ROSENGREN
HOW WE CELEBRATED EASTER 2013
GLENDALOUGH I St Bernadette’s Parish
Above, St Bernadette’s Glendalough parish priest Fr Doug Harris washing the feet of a parishioner on Holy Thursday, in imitation of Christ’s humble service to others. Left, a server incenses the Blessed Sacrament during the procession to the Altar of Repose, also on Holy Thursday. PHOTOS: MICHAEL SOH
WILLETTON I Sts John and Paul Parish
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hildren from Sts John and Paul Willetton celebrated Easter with solemnity and joy, praying the Stations of the Cross and celebrating with hot cross buns with their catechist on church grounds. The Parish Religious Education Program at Willetton has 122 children enrolled in the program which is run on a Tuesday afternoon from 4–5pm in the parish centre. It caters for children from Year 1 to Year 7 and prepares children for the Sacraments too. The parish has a team of 14 volunteers along with four young students who assist in the running of the program each week during school term. The catechists follow the mandated program The Truth Will Set You Free provided by the Catechist Service. Each term the children are engaged in different activities. This term they started with an opening term Mass followed by ‘Fish in a Bun’ to raise money for Caritas. Each year the children manage to raise around $500 to support Caritas.
Willetton children and their catechists remembering and celebratrating this Easter. PHOTOS: WILLETTON PARISH
GREENWOOD I All Saint’s Parish
Above, All Saint’s flexed its artisitic muscles this Easter, setting up a tomb after its night Mass on Holy Thursday. Right, a poignant moment between Mother and Son from Greenwood’s outdoor reflections on the Way of the Cross, held on Good Friday. PHOTOS: DEBORAH PURSER
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MAIDA VALE I St Francis of Assisi Parish
Above, Fr Elver Delicano baptises Karen with sponsor, Christine Peters. Below, Vorachat Wichaidit with sponsor and fiancée, Jessica Tilley. Right, Deacon Trevor Lyra holds the Paschal Candle for lighting. MAIDA VALE PARISH
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t Francis of Assisi parish’s Holy Week included a Divine Mercy novena from March 29 to April 6. The Easter Vigil Mass attracted a large congregation, starting with the preparation and lighting of the Paschal Candle. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) program prepared three catechumens for Baptism and Confirmation: Vorachat Wichaidit, Karen Scriven and Peter Baker. Vorachat Wichaidit, an Engineering University student from Thailand, was supported by sponsor and fiancée, Jessica Tilley. Their wedding will be celebrated on April 26, 2013 at St Thomas More, Bateman. Karen Scriven asked to become Catholic, along with her three boys,
prior to Christmas 2011. She went through the RCIA process last June. This Easter Vigil was the end of her long wait, and the beginning of her journey with the community. Fr Elver Delicano baptised Karen with her sponsor, Christine Peters, looking on. Peter Baker’s fiancée, Judy Tilley, had rung the parish office to say they had just moved into the area and that Peter would like to become a Catholic through the RCIA. They plan to marry in the church in the near future. Judy Tilley is Jessica’s mother and both their fiancées have became Catholic at the same time. God works in mysterious ways. Through RCIA we have come to love them as family in the community. The journey continues. MAIDA VALE PARISH
Above, Peter Baker, pictured next to fiancée and sponsor Judy Tilley, is confirmed by Fr Elver Delicano. Below and left, Easter celebrations continue with food and Easter eggs for children. PHOTOS: MAIDA VALE PARISH
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CITY BEACH I Holy Spirit Parish
Above and far right, parish priest Fr Donald Kettle and Fr Anthony Van Dyke OP lead Holy Thursday celebrations. PHOTOS: CITY BEACH
Above and left, local members of the Disciples of Jesus Covenant Community recreate the Passion for the Holy Spirit Parish community, City Beach. PHOTOS: CITY BEACH
Left, below and right, Fr Kettle and Fr Van Dyke lead veneration of the cross on Good Friday. CITY BEACH
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Top, Fr Anthony Van Dyke OP and a server. Left, the Easter fire, burning brightly for parish priest Fr Donald Kettle and parishioners. PHOTOS: CITY BEACH
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MIRRABOOKA I St Gerard Majella Parish
Left and above, Fr Giosue Marini leads his parish in outdoor Stations of the Cross. St Gerard Majella combined with a local Anglican church for the devotion. ALL PHOTOS: MIRRABOOKA PARISH
Below right, Bishop Donald Sproxton joins Mirrabooka’s Neocatechumenal Way community for the Easter Vigil which included several infant Baptisms.
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OCEAN REEF I St Simon Peter Parish
Above and left, St Simon Peter Parish Ocean Reef go all out to hail the King of Kings on Palm Sunday in a procession including animals and musical accompaniment. PHOTOS: OCEAN REEF PARISH
Ocean Reef parish priest and Salvatorian, Fr Dariusz Krzysztalowicz SDS, leads his parish on Palm Sunday, right, and at the Easter Vigil, below. Bottom right, a parishioner takes time in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. PHOTOS: OCEAN REEF PARISH
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BAYSWATER I St Columba Parish St Columba Parish celebrates Palm Sunday in anticipation of the Lord’s Passion and Resurrection. PHOTOS: BAYSWATER PARISH
Clockwise from left, Father Minh- Thuy Nguyen, Pastor Kate Wilmot and children at the fourteenth station in St Columba’s Church, Bayswater; Alfonso Soliano carrying the cross leads the procession; acolytes Bruno Firriolo and Michael Clancy with altar servers wearing their Guild of St Stephen medals. Bottom and left, celebrating the Easter Vigil. BAYSWATER PARISH
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Right, choir members Jeanne Gilbert, Charlie Morley, Natasha Flexman and Phil Nicholls. Below, Phenomene Kapingemwamba and Caterina Sansalone.
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Top, Fr Minh-Thuy with acolytes and servers. Above, Phenomene Kapingemwamba and Tanya Lee Hartfield with Fr MinhThuy Nguyen, family and friends after the Easter Vigil Mass. Below, Fr Nguyen and acolytes distributing holy cards and Easter eggs to the parish children after Mass. PHOTOS: BAYSWATER PARISH
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ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL I Chrism Mass, Holy Thursday
Members of the congregation at the Chrism Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral, March 26, witnessed a significant homily in the Archdiocese’s mother church, top left, top right and right (see pages 1 and 6 for the full text). Below, lay Catholics pray the Our Father at Holy Thursday Mass, at which Bishop Donald Sproxton washed the feet of 12 men in humble service and imitation of Christ. Below right, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB looks on as Bishop Sproxton incenses the altar at the beginning of the Mass. Bottom right, the Blessed Sacrament is processed under a canopy, around the Cathedral to the Altar of Repose on Holy Thursday. PHOTOS: ROBERT HIINI
COMMEMORATIVE EASTER LIFTOUT - APRIL 10, 2013 Left and below left, Bishop Donald Sproxton, the main celebrant of the Holy Thursday Mass, processes the Blessed Sacrament to the Altar of Repose in the Lady chapel. Descending from below, people pray in Adoration; St Mary’s solemn and reverent servers in action; St Mary’s regulars Kath and Michael Jaques and their granddaughter, Rosie Jaques, at the 11am Easter Sunday Mass; acolytes stand at the ready on Holy Thursday. PHOTOS: ROBERT HIINI / CHRIS JAQUES
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Perth alive with the love of Christ Whether they were regular Cathedral-goers or there to glory in the solemn way it was celebrated, St Mary’s Cathedral was full to overflowing this Easter, in remembrance of the Christ who offered himself up for others and who rose again, and to welcome new believers to a faith ever ancient as it is new.
Scenes from the celebration of Easter at St Mary’s Cathedral Perth including the Baptism and Confirmation of candidates at the Easter Vigil and the Passion of Our Lord on Good Friday at which Cathedral Dean Mgr Micheal Keating carried the cross. PHOTOS: ROBERT HIINI
Above, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB preaches his Easter Vigil homily. Right, sponsors of the newly baptised at St Mary’s Cathedral share the flame of the Paschal Candle. Below, candidates for Baptism and Confirmation.
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SPEARWOOD I St Jerome’s Parish
Left, below left and above, Spearwood parish priest Fr Mathew Velliyamkandathil CRS leads Holy Thursday in humble service, washing the feet of twelve servers, boys and girls from the parish. Below and bottom, Fr Mathew’s fellow Somascan and Spearwood assistant priest, Fr Sundararao Lourdu Raju Pasasla CRS and Spearwood’s culturally diverse parishioners remember Christ’s Passion. ALL PHOTOS: MAT DE SOUSA
Right and below, scenes from St Jerome Spearwood’s Good Friday Veneration of the Cross. Below right, Fr Johnson Malayil Joseph CRS at ease with parishioners.
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Left, Spearwood parishioners pray the Stations of the Cross. Above and below, family after family approach the Crucifix to show veneration at St Jerome’s Spearwood on Good Friday. Below left, the Somascan fathers of Spearwood progressively unveil the wood of the Cross. PHOTOS: MAT DE SOUSA
CRAWLEY I St Thomas More College Chapel
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he St Thomas More community was very gratified by the crowds which attended each of the three Great Liturgies of Holy Week in the chapel. Some 20 students and past students had spent much of Lent practising for the Sacred Triduum and, under the leadership of Music Director Ericius Tan, created some memorable moments for the worshipping community. In particular, the last stanza of the Litany of the Saints, sung directly to five adult candidates for the Sacraments of Initiation, presentations of a part of Allegri’s Miserere, and the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah transfixed the congregations present. Newly appointed Head of College, Tom Mitchell offered his reflection: “As I spoke to Father Michael following the Easter Vigil Mass, I shared with him that I believed that I had just experienced the most beautiful and spiritually enriching Easter of my lifetime. “With three teenage children, I could not have been more pleased that they were able to be a part of such a wonderful celebration of our faith. The liturgies throughout Holy Week were solemn, engaging, and at times warmly amusing, for example as big 6’4” Roy was baptised by 5’8” Father Michael. What a wonderful community, what a wonderful College. I am very blessed.” In thanking the choir afterwards, Music Director Ericius Tan recorded how uplifting
St Thomas More College’s choir was lauded by its confreres and mentors for their dedication and performance throughout Easter celebrations at the college chapel. PHOTO: ST THOMAS MORE
it was to work with such splendid young people: “It humbles me to have worked with such inspiring young people over the past ten years and we have become a growing family. “The liturgy has been enriched here because of the time and commitment each and every choir member has put in. Many of them have graduated from Tommy More and are now working in various professions.
We have all been blessed truly by these young people who continue to offer their gifts and talents to bring others closer to God. Like you, I have been touched by their love of music and their strong beliefs. Their presence, here, inspires us and give us great hope for the future.” Mercy Sister Breda O’Reilly said it was a joy to be at the Mass of the Last Supper: “At the end of a working day and the end of a
working week, it’s not easy to get oneself out of the house and into the chapel. However, once we got there the whole atmosphere was enough to alert us and encourage us to participate as fully as possible,” Sr O’Reilly said. “I was very taken by the ritual of bringing up the holy oils one at a time with a beautifully written explanation for each one. I thought it was a wonderful way to remind us that we are not alone, but rather we belong to the Archdiocese of Perth where these Holy Oils had been blessed during the week. “I was also reminded that our new Pope Francis was going to wash the feet of the most rejected people in society, people in prison. The whole service was shouting out to us ‘what do you do to serve the poor in our society? How do we love like Jesus in the way we live and act?’” Dr Judith Woodward said the college’s Easter celebrations were “truly memorable”. “The [Easter Vigil] service was made even more meaningful by the Baptism and reception into the Church of five new members,” Dr Woodward said. “This also added a note of humour as [the 5’8”] Fr Michael needed to stand on a stool to baptise the approximately 6’5” young man - this he did with great aplomb! “Overall, there was a wonderful sense of a rejoicing community which finished with supper in the College refectory.”
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ARMADALE I St Francis Xavier’s Parish
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he children of St Francis Xavier Armadale’s After School Catholic Education Program, Chi Rho, were proud to present their drawings of stations from the Stations of the Cross this Easter. They prayed each station while their drawings were projected on a screen. This same group of children also collected money for Caritas’ Project Compassion. Each year, they are asked to lay the coins they have fundraised on the mosaic cross at the entrance of the church. “It is lovely that there was a genuine effort this year from the children to ‘Follow the Journey to Easter’,” the parish office said. “These children meet each Tuesday afternoon, 4-5pm, during term time and it is wonderful watching them grow in maturity, in friendship, and in understanding their Catholic Faith.”
Above, children from St Francis Xavier place the coins they have fundraised in the cross mosaic in their church’s foyer. Left, the children of the parish’s After School Catholic Education Program. PHOTOS: ST FRANCIS XAVIER
THORNLIE I Sacred Heart Parish
Left, parish priest Mgr Timothy Corcoran lights a baptismal candle. Below, Khim Brand and Donna Heyward, wearing white sashes, and friends, pictured with Mgr Corcoran after their reception of the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. PHOTOS: SACRED HEART
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OLY WEEK at Sacred Heart Parish Thornlie was truly a memorable celebration of faith, colour and community. The entire Holy Week liturgy was very moving, celebrated by both Mgr Timothy Corcoran and Fr Clayton Mitchell to overflowing congregations. During the Celebration of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday, two new icons were unveiled on either side of the cross. The two new additions to our sanctuary complement the crucifix as we see both Our Lady and St John the Baptist point to Our Lord. These beautifully handpainted icons are the work of Diana Carter nee de Brito. At the Easter Saturday Vigil Mass, the church was full to capacity and dark in anticipation. Fr Clayton carried the Paschal Candle to its place of honour on the Sanctuary. During the Mass the faithful were able to witness and celebrate with joy the Sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation conferred on Donna Heyward and Khim Brand of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program. Easter Sunday was a joyous occasion. Many happy families, dressed in their finest, filled the church to celebrate the
Resurrection. Beautifully decorated Easter eggs were distributed after each Mass to the excitement of the children present. It was incredibly
Icons of Our Lady and St John the Baptist point to the Saviour. impressive to witness so many people who generously gave their time, talents and energy to make the whole experience so very beautiful and meaningful. SACRED HEART PARISH
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WOODVALE I St Luke’s Parish
St Luke’s Parish, Woodvale celebrated the Stations of the Cross outdoors, pictured left, and the Baptism and reception of seven adults into the Church. The parish had not witnessed a Baptismal Liturgy for some time and enjoyed the occasion, the parish told The Record. The new members were received during the Easter Vigil after successfully completing the RCIA program, pictured above with parish priest Fr Francisco Mascarenhas (left to right): Mandie Cubeddu, Dhrumi Mukeshkumar Vyas, Kim Spyvee, Shaun Mooney, Vanessa Henbury, and John Carter (Michael Feighan not pictured). PHOTOS: ST LUKE’S PARISH
HIGHGATE I Sacred Heart Parish
Sacred Heart Parish, and especially parish priest Fr Peter Bianchini, eagerly looked forward to celebrating the Easter Vigil Mass. Sacred Heart Parish had quite a spectacle with its fire and candles. The fire grate was made especially for the Easter Vigil service and was gifted to Fr Peter Bianchini by Wickepin farmer, Harry Mullan. Parishioners Michelle and Ferlyn Geiles played a large part in organising the formal Easter liturgies, and both took these photos. SACRED HEART PARISH
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ROCKINGHAM I Our Lady of Lourdes Parish
Left, Our Lady of Lourdes’ parish priest Fr Michael Separovich washes feet in imitation of Christ. Above and right, the children of Our Lady of Lourdes remember and pray to the Risen Christ at the Easter Vigil on Saturday night. PHOTOS: LEANNE JOYCE
Below, Jill Sturman, left, was received into the Church on Easter Saturday, pictured with godparents Deidre Horne and Veronica Finlay. Above and bottom right, parishioners venerate the Cross on Good Friday. Right, assistant priest Fr George James, right, and longstanding acolyte, Robin Giles. PHOTOS: LEANNE JOYCE
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Scenes from Our Lady of Lourdes’ celebration of Easter, including the festive distribution of Easter eggs, which delighted the many children in attendance, seen at left and bottom left. Bottom right, Fr Separovich blesses the congregation on Holy Thusday with Holy Water. PHOTOS: LEANNE JOYCE
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MANNING I St Pius X Parish
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The children and young people of St Pius X Parish, Manning. bringing the significance and poignancy of the Passion to life on Good Friday. PHOTOS: FR PATRICK LIM / STEVE ZANINOVICH
OU could hear a pin drop on Good Friday as Jesus’ final hours were vividly re-enacted at St Pius X Church,
Manning. From the moment he was escorted into church by Roman soldiers, nearly 300 faithful were in rapt silence – and even the toughest audience, children, watched spellbound as a unique Stations of the Cross unfolded before their very eyes. The performance spanned Jesus’ trial and crucifixion, ending in the laying of his body in the tomb. Enthusiastic actors, garbed in colourful period costumes, transported everyone to events nearly two thousand years ago, central to our faith. The audience was clearly moved by the actors’ performances. The emotion was palpable when the nails were driven in, and our hearts went out to Jesus’ anguished mother Mary, movingly portrayed by Esther Power, 16. Karen Gonsalves, of St Pius X Youth Ministry, directed a
cast and crew of 19, some as young as eight, drawn from the core of the Parish Youth Group. Costumes and props were created by Antonella Zaninovich, another parish mother. The action was accompanied by narration, music and PowerPoint slides explaining each Station, providing prayers and intercessions for audience participation and ensuring the depiction preserved the solemnity and message of the occasion. David Handojo, 17, who played Jesus said, “It’s good young people do something like this to connect spiritually amidst other influences these days”. Dana Lamb, 16, a crowd member said, “By doing it, we learnt a lot and Easter really means something”. Jerome Rai, 17, found, “The experience gave me a perspective on Jesus’ last hours. It’s THE most significant event in our faith - Easter is based on this, ending in the Resurrection and the redemption of our sins”.
Even the toughest audience, children, watched spellbound at the powerful spectacle.
BRUCE SIVALINGAM
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The youth of St Pius X were the picture of proficiency in the way they acted out the Passion on Good Friday. PHOTOS: FR PATRICK LIM / STEVE ZANINOVICH
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WHITFORD I Our Lady of the Mission Parish Far left, Our Lady of the Mission parish priest Fr Joseph Tr a n , l e f t , a n d asistant priest Fr Bonaventure Echeta unveil the Cross on Good Friday. PHOTOS: WHITFORD PARISH
W h i t fo rd ’s yo u n g people strove to achieve the intensity of the Passion in their Good Friday Passion Play. PHOTOS: WHITFORD PARISH
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ECU Joondalup chaplain, Fr Erasmus Norviewu-Mortty, joins Whitford Parish in Palm Sunday celebrations which were enhanced by the presence of an actual donkey, delighting the children. Below, scenes from Our Lady of the Mission’s Easter Vigil celebrations, including the piercing of the Paschal Candle, below, symbolising the five wounds of Christ. PHOTOS: WHITFORD PARISH
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BELMONT I Traditional Latin Mass Centre
St Anne Belmont’s extraordinary form Mass community celebrated the entrance of three infants Genevieve Rose Ryan, Antonio Francis Joseph Pereira and Catherine Anne Langlois - into the Church. PHOTOS: NIGEL CORNELIUS
St Anne’s celebrating Palm Sunday, right, and the Easter Vigil, far right. Below, Fr David Watt processing with the Blessed Sacrament. PHOTOS: NIGEL CORNELIUS
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WORLD I A Global Easter Left: Members of the Catholic clergy hold candles as they take part in a procession at the washing of the feet ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Centre Right: Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem washes the foot of a priest on Holy Thursday in Jerusalem. Centre Left: Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois of Paris carries a cross in the gardens of Sacred Heart Basilica during a Good Friday Stations of the Cross service in Paris. Below: A Bosnian Catholic woman prays during Easter Mass at a church in Fojnica. PHOTO: CNS/ REUTERS/ AMMAR AWAD/ RONEN ZVULUN/ NOOR KHAMIS/ DADO RUVIC
Right: Haitians arrive at the cross known as Calvaire Miracle after the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday near Portau-Prince. Below: Pilgrims walk across a tidal causeway while carrying crosses in northern England. Below Right: A crowd takes part in a re-enactment of the Stations of the Cross in Nairobi, Kenya and worshippers carry a cross in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Good Friday in Jerusalem.
PHOTO: CNS/ REUTERS/ MARIE ARAGO/ DAVID MOIR/ THOMAS MUKOYA, / NIR ELIAS
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WORLD I Easter with Pope Francis
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OPE FRANCIS called on the world’s priests to bring the healing power of God’s grace to everyone in need, to stay close to the marginalised and to be “shepherds living with the smell of the sheep”. Those priests “who do not go out of themselves” by being mediators between God and men can “gradually become intermediaries, managers”, he said on March 28 during the Chrism Mass in St Peter’s Basilica. When a priest “doesn’t put his own skin and own heart on the line, he never hears a warm, heartfelt word of thanks” from those he has helped, the Pope said in his homily. “This is precisely the reason why some priests grow dissatisfied, lose heart and become in a sense collectors of antiquities or novelties - instead of being shepherds living with ‘the smell of the sheep,’” he said. “This is what I am asking you,” he said with emphasis, looking up from his prepared text, “be shepherds with the smell of sheep” so that people can sense the priest is not just concerned with his own congregation, but is also a fisher of men. Presiding over the first of two Holy Thursday liturgies, Pope Francis blessed the oils that will be used in the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Ordination and the Anointing of the Sick. Deacons carried the sacramental oils in six large silver urns to the main altar to be blessed by the Pope in his first Chrism Mass as Bishop of Rome. Surrounded by more than 1,600 priests, bishops and cardinals, Pope Francis led them in a renewal in their priestly promises. He focused his homily on the meaning of being “the anointed ones” through ordination, underlining Holy Thursday as the day Jesus shared his priesthood with the apostles. God anointed his servants so they would be there for others, serving “the poor, prisoners, the
sick, for those who are sorrowing and alone”, the Pope said, standing at a lectern. The precious sacramental oil “is not intended just to make us fragrant, much less to be kept in a jar, for then it would become rancid and the heart bitter”, the Pope said.
It is not a bad thing that reality forces us to ‘put out into the deep’ where the only thing that counts is ‘unction’, not ‘function’, where bringing God’s healing is the priority. He said a good priest anoints his people “with the oil of gladness”, by preaching the Gospel “with unction”, that is with the soothing, comforting words of God. If people leave Mass “looking as if they have heard good news”, then the priest has clearly done his job well, the Pope said. “When we have this relationship
with God and with his people, and his grace passes through us, then we are priests, mediators between God and men,” he said. The Pope urged priests to not grow weary of people’s requests and needs, no matter how “inconvenient ... purely material or downright banal”, such appeals may seem. Priests need to look deeper at what’s driving the encounter: the person’s underlying hope and desire for divine comfort, for being “anointed with fragrant oil, since they know we have it”. “We need to ‘go out’ then, in order to experience our own anointing, its power and its redemptive efficacy: to the ‘outskirts’ where there is suffering, bloodshed, blindness that longs for sight, and prisoners in thrall to many evil masters,” the Pope said. Ministers do not encounter God through “soul searching or constant introspection”, he said. Even though “self-help courses can be useful in life”, he said, living by them will only lead people to become “pelagians”, that is to falsely believe that good will and strenuous effort without divine aid may overcome sin. The power of grace “comes alive and flourishes to the extent that we,
in faith, go out and give ourselves and the Gospel to others, giving what little ointment we have to those who have nothing, nothing at all,” he said. The Pope called for resisting the onslaught of the “crisis of priestly identity (which) threatens us all and adds to the broader cultural crisis”, and for not giving up casting one’s nets in the name of the Lord. “It is not a bad thing that reality
forces us to ‘put out into the deep,’” where “the only thing that counts is ‘unction,’ not ‘function,’” he said, where bringing God’s healing and comfort to others is the priority. The Pope ended his homily by asking the faithful to “be close to your priests with affection and with your prayers, that they may always be shepherds according to God’s heart”. - CNS
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Above: Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko venerates the crucifix during the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Left: Pope Francis greets the crowd after celebrating Easter Mass in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Below: Pope Francis delivers his Easter blessing urbi et orbi (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican and washes the foot of a prison inmate during the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at Rome’s Casal del Marmo prison for minors. PHOTO: CNS/ PAUL HARING/ L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO/ REUTERS
Left: Pope Francis celebrates the Holy Thursday Chrism Mass and holds a candle as he celebrates the Easter Vigil in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Right: Pope Francis breathes over chrism oil, a gesture symbolising the infusion of the Holy Spirit, during the Holy Thursday Chrism Mass in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Centre: A worker lights torches on a cross outside Rome’s ancient Colosseum before Pope Francis leads the Good Friday Way of the Cross. Bottom: Pope Francis baptises a young man during the Easter Vigil in St Peter’s Basilica and uses incense in front of an image of Jesus signifying the resurrection as he celebrates Easter Mass in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
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WORLD I A Global Easter Left: A woman prays during the Stations of the Cross on Holy Thursday at a church in Manila, Philippines and a boy lights candles during the Easter Vigil Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Below: Cardinal George Pell of Sydney consecrates the Eucharist during the Chrism Mass at in Sydney PHOTO: CNS/CHERYL RAVELO, REUTERS/ DEBBIE HILL/ KERRY MYERS, CATHOLIC WEEKLY
Above: A prelate baptises a girl in Shenyang, China. Right: The congregation walk in an evening Adoration of the Cross on Good Friday in Santa Cruz, New Mexico and a woman praying at a Good Friday service outside Our Lady of Aparecida Basilica, Aparecida, Brazil, March 29. Below: James Joseph from Michigan holds a candle during the Easter Vigil Mass in Jerusalem. PHOTOS: CNS / REUTERS/ SHENG LI
Above: Worshippers attend the Easter Vigil at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles. Left: Archbishop José Gomez celebrated the Liturgy of the Passion and Death of Our Lord on Good Friday in Los Angeles. Below: Worshippers pray at the start of a Good Friday pilgrimage in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico and a Cathedral in Los Angeles is lit up during the Easter Vigil by candles. PHOTO: CNS/ REUTERS/ VICTOR ALEMAN,/ BRIAN SNYDER/ VICTOR ALEMAN