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11 DEC 2013

Celebrating 100 Years as the

Archdiocese of Perth After a century of joys, hardships, growth and turbulence, the Archdiocese of Perth returned to its true origins on Monday night, to the love of Jesus Christ and the perfect witness of his Immaculate Mother. By Robert Hiini ST MARY’S Cathedral was teeming with life last Monday night as the Catholic community of Perth celebrated 100 years as an Archdiocese. The date could not have been more fitting, falling on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the feast after which St Mary’s, formally known as the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, takes its name. In the presence of Pope Francis’ representative, the Papal Nuncio to Australia Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB led a capacity congregation in a prayer of rededication of the Cathedral and the whole Archdiocese to the care, protection and prayer of Mary. “With this act of solemn dedication or consecra-

tion, I, as the Archbishop, want to give expression to a fundamental conviction of our Catholic faith,” the Archbishop said during his homily of the consecration which followed Eucharist. “The writings of the New Testament show us that in those first decades after the Lord’s death and resurrection the early Christian

mother to the beloved disciple and entrusting the beloved disciple to his mother, came alive as people began to turn to her in prayer and experience in their day to day lives the power of her presence and of her prayers for them. “She showed herself to be very much the mother of all those who belonged to Jesus, and she contin-

“We need to turn to Mary again, rely on the power of her prayers, and entrust ourselves to her care.” communities quickly came to understand just how important Mary was, not just as the one who gave birth to the saviour but also, and even more, as the one who through her life of fidelity and faith shows us what true discipleship looks like. The words of Jesus as he suffered on the cross, entrusting his

ues to be our mother and our helper today. “At a time when the Church throughout the world, and therefore also here in our Archdiocese, is in great need of help as we face many difficult challenges, we need to turn to her again, rely on the power of her prayers, and entrust ourselves

to her care and protection. “It is for this reason that what we are doing here in the Cathedral tonight is so important. Along with the countless number of people who have prayed in this Cathedral we too want to say, “Hail Holy Queen, mother of mercy, hail our life, our sweetness and our hope. To you do we cry… to you do we send up our sighs. Turn your eyes of mercy towards us. Pray for us now, and at the hour of our death.” The Papal Nuncio Archbishop Gallagher spoke briefly before the close of proceedings, assuring the people of Perth of the Pope’s good wishes: “It is my honour and pleasure to represent Pope Francis here this evening, to speak to you in his name and to assure you of his love and support and his prayers at this time.” A century of Perth - pgs 10-11

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Gerard’s play wins a gig on television By Mark Reidy WHEN THE curtain was drawn on the final night of Women on the Fringe in September last year, writer, director and Wanneroo parishioner Gerald Searle knew his work was not finished, but he didn’t expect that a DVD production of the play would ever be screened on West Television WTV (Channel 44) to a potential audience of over 35,000. Women on the Fringe focuses on the lives of women, marginalised because of their gender, nationality, culture, religion and moral standing, who are transformed by their encounter with Jesus. The play was performed over two days last year at the Prendiville Catholic College performing arts centre, and was filmed by Mr Searle’s fellow parishioner at St Anthony’s, Guido Nigro, with the hope it would be distributed for sale in Catholic parishes across Perth. Mr Searle said the response to the DVD proved to be disappointing, but unexpected circumstances opened the play to a broader audience, with the production to be screened to the public between December 26 and 30. “Through his radio contacts, Guido organised an interview for me last year with Peter Jeffries, presenter of World of Art on 95.3,” Mr Searle said. “Although professing to be an atheist, Peter was impressed with the message the play portrayed and later attended a dress rehearsal and even watched the DVD. “He was enthused by the excellent quality of the filming so he brought the DVD to the attention of his contacts at WTV.” Station executives were equally impressed by the play’s universal and contemporary message regarding the marginalisation of women and decided to screen the film.

Gerard Searle, left, with fellow Wanneroo parishioner Guido Nigro, who helped to spread the word about Mr Searle’s play, Women on the Fringe. The play will be screened on West Television WTV at the end of December, and focuses on the marginalised women whose lives are transformed by Christ. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

The play is performed by members of St Simon Peter Players (parishioners from five parishes), and Mr Searle is pleased their

screenings. “I’m very excited about the opportunity provided by WTV,” he said. “We are confident that the humour, suspense, love and conflict

the play’s message is still relevant. “The play reflects Christ’s revolutionary ideas of the time, his universal love with a preference for

“It is first and foremost written to entertain but at the same time, hopefully, this play will inspire us to show love and compassion for all without exception.” hard work and talents, along with the original music composed and performed by Ocean Reef ’s Inspiritus Music Group, will be rewarded with two public

portrayed will make people laugh and cry and that it will challenge the audience.” Despite the play’s scriptural foundations, Mr Searle is adamant

the poor and marginalised and his breaking down of the patterns of exclusivity,” he said. “It is first and foremost written to entertain but at the same time,

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hopefully, this play will inspire us to show love and compassion for all without exception.” A full screening of the play can be seen on West Television WTV (Channel 44) on December 26 from 11.30pm to 1am. A second screening will be held over four 30-minute segments: December 27 (1.30pm), December 28 (11.30am), December 29 (11am) and December 30 (2pm). DVDs of the play are available by contacting Guido Nigro at Nigrowriter@hotmail.com.

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Church leads in valuing frail and aged By Matthew Biddle EUTHANASIA is being wrongly viewed as a way of escaping the problem of suffering and the fear of ageing, according to Perth’s Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton. Speaking to The Record shortly after delivering a presentation on health care in Rome, Bishop Sproxton said young people struggle to visualise themselves as being old. “In the Western cultures, younger people cannot imagine how they will be able to cope with sickness and the limits that this places on their freedom,” he said. “The idea of euthanasia is being presented as a reasonable means of escaping not just sickness and ageing, but even a life that has lost its joy and light. Moves are afoot in some countries to legislate to allow such a person to obtain euthanasia.” For people formed in the highly materialist and atheistic philosophies, euthanasia has become an option, Bishop Sproxton said. “Research into the philosophical positions held by the population would show that [these philosophies], which deny the existence of the soul and spiritual dimension of the human person, have contributed to the deep sense of fear and the rejection of any meaning of a life that experiences suffering,” he said. Last month, Bishop Sproxton told the International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Healthcare that the elderly who are in poor health are perhaps the group of people most worthy of the Church’s love and care. “That is why the Church places such an emphasis on the care – physical, psychological and spiritual – of people in the later years of life,” he said. Providing pastoral care is the primary means of tending to the sick and elderly, Bishop Sproxton said, often done through taking Holy Communion to those too sick to attend Mass. Further, parish and school communities have also provided social activities for residents at aged care facilities, something Bishop Sproxton discovered during several parish visitations during the year. Bishop Sproxton, who is the head of the Australian Bishops’ Commission for Health and Community Services, told those gathered that he had witnessed the

Auxiliary Bishop of Perth Don Sproxton addressed a gathering of international Catholic health care leaders in Rome last month.

outstanding level of care provided to his father by the Little Sisters of the Poor. “The provision of aged care in the Church can be something of an abstract concept for so many of us; this experience of seeing the loving care that Catholic services offer has made it very real for me,” he said. Bishop Sproxton told The Record his father had several bad falls at home before deciding to move to the nursing home run by the Little Sisters of the Poor in September 2012. “Until dad moved into the Little Sisters, I had not had a relative live in a nursing home before,” he said. “I am seeing the day-to-day care being given and the issues that arise almost from the inside.

I have gained a new appreciation of the needs of the elderly and the care on all levels being given to my father and the other residents.” Accompanying Australia’s growing elderly population is a desire on the part of more people to stay in

heath services prolong an elderly person’s ability to live at home by providing assistance in showering and general hygiene, house cleaning, physiotherapy and occupational therapy.” Perth’s Auxiliary Bishop also

“The Church must continue to provide the example of what it means to make room for the elderly.” their own homes, rather than move into an aged care facility, Bishop Sproxton said. “Across Australia, Catholic services are responding to the wishes of our clients and providing health care and other forms of care in their own homes,” he said. “Home care packages developed by our Catholic

made particular note of the “innovative” Imagine Fund program run by Southern Cross Care in Victoria, which helps older people to retain meaning in their lives. He also commended the medical courses on offer at Catholic universities in Australia, as well as the research of St Vincent’s Hospital in

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Melbourne regarding the effects of anaesthesia and surgery on older patients living with memory loss. “The soaring rates of memoryrelated conditions mean that much effort must be put into this work,” he said. “In Australia, dementia has now been listed as a national health priority.” In concluding his presentation, Bishop Sproxton affirmed the continued need for the Church to lead the way in valuing the lives of the elderly. “In a world that can sometimes devalue or even disrespect the place of older people, the Church must continue to provide the example of what it means to make room for the elderly, to welcome them and to welcome life,” he said.

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May peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through. John Carroll from Holy Rosary School Doubleview received a special award from Princess Margaret Hospital recently. John volunteered to have extra inoculations and blood tests to help determine which vaccines are most effective in reducing lung infections and lung damage in children born with lung conditions. Assistant principal Br Stephen Barker OSM said John was an example of the school’s desire to help others in the community. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Christian novel hits the big screen these holidays By Matthew Biddle THE CHRISTMAS CANDLE is the only Christmas movie being released this year in Australia, and is based on the novel written by renowned Christian author Max Lucado. The 100-minute film is set in the English countryside, where every 25 years an angel visits the village, touching a single candle, according to local legend. The person who lights the candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. The arrival of a new minister, combined with a changing world, threatens the legend’s continuation, but the true meaning of Christmas shines through. The film was released on December 5 by Heritage Films, and will be screened at five cinemas around Perth. Di Tunnington from Heritage Films told The Record the film has several key themes. “The overriding theme of the movie is that of helping your neighbour and giving everyone a little help this Christmas, especially those in need,” she said.

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“The movie sends the message that everyone has something to offer. This encourages people to believe they can make a difference.” Other themes present in the movie are the power of prayer and trust in God, the unique plan God has for everyone’s lives, and that with God all things are possible.

The movie will remind audiences of the spirit and sense of wonder of the season, something that is often lost today. In screening the film, Heritage Films is also promoting the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal. “We are very excited that the film is opening nationwide and pray it touches many people’s lives,” Ms Tunnington said. Chief executive officer of Heritage Films Rod Hopping said the film was different to the run-of-

the-mill Hollywood blockbusters. “Surprisingly, a Christmas movie releasing for the holidays is a unique event, as there have been very few in recent years,” he said. “This film hearkens back to the heartwarming and uplifting movies of yesteryear. “The story inspires renewed hope in the miracle of Christmas and illustrates that this holiday is not just about reindeer and receiving gifts. “The Christmas Candle will remind audiences of the spirit and sense of wonder of the season, something that is often lost in our modern era.” Heritage Films, which has operated since 2004, aims to release quality entertainment with positive, uplifting messages of hope. “That’s what people across Australia and the world are looking for, including my own family,” Mr Hopping said. “We’re always searching for movies we can take the whole family to, and we think there are millions of others who share that desire.”

A scene from The Christmas Candle, which was released on December 5 and is the only Christmas themed movie in Australian cinemas this year. SUPPLIED

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IF GERMANS are known for being punctual, it turns out even their trees show up early. This year’s Christmas tree from Bavaria’s Bohemian Forest was scheduled to arrive on the feast of St Nicholas on December 6. Instead, cameramen and photographers had to scramble on December 5, when images started showing up on the Vatican’s 24-hour live video feed of a giant crane hoisting an 82-foot-tall evergreen in St Peter’s Square. Bavarian television was the only crew there for the tree’s dawn debut. They had been tipped off in the middle of the night by the German company trucking the precious cargo to Rome. “We got here early because the weather was good, the Alps were clear (of snow on the roads) and there was no traffic,” Alois Frank, the trucking company manager said. Holding his lemon-yellow hardhat, Frank said he and his team had left the town of Waldmunchen at 7am on December 2 and got to Rome exactly 72 hours later. They had left earlier than planned to beat bad weather expected in the North, he said. This despite an earlier bit of trouble, when a mechanical defect grounded the helicopter with which they had intended to lift the cut tree

Catechists, assistants and students at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Rockingham, celebrated the end of the 2013 PREP Program with a family Mass on November 24, the feast of Christ the King. The program provides Scripture classes and Sacrament preparation for students attending any of the seven state schools in Rockingham. Some of the children involved are pictured with Rockingham parish priest Fr Michael Separovich. PHOTO: LEANNE JOYCE

from its forest home. They ended up using a crane to transfer the conifer onto the open semi that took it to Rome. Though not the tallest tree ever to grace the square, it was perhaps one of the fattest. Vatican workmen struggled for nearly an hour to cut and fit the three-foot-wide trunk into the metal stand’s two-foot-diameter hole. The seemingly endless paring and pruning prompted one Italian onlooker to joke that the seven-ton majestic evergreen would end up as a toothpick. Using ropes and a large metal pipe as a lever, the men eventually managed to twist, turn and lodge the spruce snuggly into the stand. Other trucks from Waldmunchen had brought another 60 smaller trees, destined for the Paul VI audience hall and other areas around the Vatican.

It was Blessed John Paul II who started the tradition of mounting a large Christmas tree in St Peter’s Square, and beneath it a Nativity scene, which is not unveiled until Christmas Eve. Every year since 1982, a different country or Alpine region has donated the tree. And every year, after admiring it from his window in the Apostolic Palace, the pope has highlighted the Christian significance of the tree bedecked with lights. Blessed John Paul often recalled how the evergreen symbolises “life that does not die”, and teaches that people’s lives can remain “ever green” if they offer the gift of themselves in service to others. Pope Benedict XVI called the Christmas tree a sign of the shining presence of Jesus, who “shattered the darkness of error and sin and has brought humanity the joy of his blazing divine light”.

Yet sometimes, the Vatican evergreen has also taken on other shades of meaning. In 2002, the president of Croatia called the tree it donated a stark reminder of Serbian aggression during his country’s struggle for independence. Then-President Stipe Mesic, in Rome to present the tree to the pope, told Vatican Radio the tree came from a farm owned by a man who had been run off his land by Serb soldiers. An 82-foot-tall tree from the forests of Transylvania became a symbol for another formercommunist country, this time, of Romania’s “hope for the unity of Europe” and of the “deep roots of our Christian faith,” then-President Ion Iliescu said in 2001, noting the tree was also the first to come to the Vatican from a predominantly Orthodox country. The 1999 tree, from the Czech Republic, remind-

ed U S Cardinal Edmund Szoka of the Czech people’s resistance under communism. “This tree has weathered strong winds and many storms, but it survived,” the cardinal told a delegation from the country. “It reminds me of the long winter of dictatorship that your people had to overcome.” Czech seminarians from the donating diocese saw the tree in a still different light and jokingly described it as an innocent victim of a “serious environmental crime”. After putting their bishop on a mock trial, they sentenced him to plant a new tree in its place. The seminarians expressed their ecological concerns with a friendly jest, but the following year, protesters at the dedication of the Vatican tree made their point by throwing smoke bombs and bottles, to which Italian police responded with canisters of tear gas. - CNS

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Peranakan Fair with Spirit to spare AN ARRAY of aromas and colour set the tone for the Peranakan Fair at St Norbert’s College in Queens Park on November 24. Hundreds attended throughout the day to sample the delicious cuisine, learn more about the Peranakan culture and support two worthy causes in the process. The day was presented by St Norbert’s College in conjunction with the Peranakan Community of Perth with proceeds going to the Holy Spirit of Freedom Community (HSOFC), a Catholic outreach ministry supporting those living on the streets and/or suffering with addictions and mental illness and the St Norbert College Breakfast Club which provides food for students who arrive at school without basic nutrition for the day. Margaret Chong, a member of the Peranakan Community, said she was delighted with the results. “It was very pleasing because so many people had come together to prepare for the day and it was very well attended,” she shared. “It gave us an opportunity to promote the Peranakan culture and, more importantly, it made some people aware of the plight of the homeless in Perth.” Mrs Chong explained that the origins of the Peranakans could be traced to Southern Chinese traders who arrived in Malacca to trade from the 14th century and eventually settled. The culture has since spread to a number of countries and incorporated a unique blend of influences, she said, with some more recently embracing Catholicism. The day was officially opened with a traditional ceremony where candles were lit by Queen’s Park parish priest Fr Peter Joseph Stiglich OPraem, representing St Norbert College, and Elena Reidy from the HSOFC. Speaking to The Record, Mrs Reidy said the HSOFC was honoured to be part of the day. “It is very humbling and a blessing to be one of the beneficiaries of the Fair,” she said, “I know many people have put in a great deal of work and dedication to organise such a wonderful day.”

Top and above, scenes from the Peranakan Fair in Queens Park on November 24. Left, Elena Reidy from the Holy Spirit of Freedom Community, right, pictured with Fr Christopher Lim OPraem, centre, and Fr Peter Stiglich OPraem. SUPPLIED

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A GRAND admission ceremony on October 8 saw 17 men admitted into one of Western Australia’s oldest Catholic lay organisations, the Order of the Knights of the Southern Cross. The ceremony took place at St Joseph Convent Chapel, South Perth, where Mass was concelebrated by Fr Michael Moore and Fr Joe Pelle. “This ceremony of admission requires prospective members to

affirm their acceptance of the duties and responsibilities of membership of the Order,” said George Sekulla, State Chairman. “The ceremony, steeped in tradition, symbolism and ritual, has admitted hundreds of Catholic men since its establishment in Western Australia in 1922.” Joining the Knights of the Southern Cross means taking on a commitment to be a witness to the

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faith, lead an exemplary Christian life and provide a Christian service to the Western Australian community. The Order promotes the vocations, provides financial support for seminarians and assists with the implementation of projects in the local parishes. Within the wider community, the Order supports and assists the aged, infirmed and the youth through financial and non-financial means.

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Students step up with love for others Catholic school students throughout Perth have put their proverbial money where their social justice lessons are, gathering scores of donated goods for some of the most disadvantaged people, in Western Australia and around the world. STUDENTS at some of Perth’s Catholic schools have brought great generosity out of their local communities, gathering goods for the Society of St Vincent de Paul’s Christmas Appeal and for refugees in war-torn Syria. At Irene McCormack Catholic College, some Year 8 students began collecting jumpers, coats, parkers, hoodies and sweaters, inviting the rest of the College to join in with the Sweater Appeal for Syria, assisting refugees fleeing violence in Syria. Over 400 garments were received and given to the Salvation Army last month, in an effort to reach some of the 2.1 million Syrian refugees displaced in border camps in Turkey, Jordan and Iraq, and in time to negate the worst effects of winter. Latest figures from UNICEF show more than 740,000 Syrian child refugees are under the age of 11. Year 8 care teacher Ryan Coutts said the students showed great initiative in running the Sweater Appeal for Syria. “The students showed that through small gestures, they can create a big difference in the lives of others,” he said. “Hopefully this will encourage other students at IMCC to provide action in the cause of social justice.” Students and staff at the College have also spread a little joy by providing families in their local community with Christmas gift hampers of food, presents and Christmas decorations, including lots of Christmas treats. This time each year, students are given a description of a family in the community who are going through tough times and they imagine what it would be like to be in that position. Students spent weeks turning their baskets into overflowing Christmas hampers. One Care Group collected for a family of six. The father had just lost his job and the family was struggling to put food on the table. The response and generosity of the College community was overwhelming, with 71 hampers collected. Christian Service coordinator at the College Karen Wilson said she was proud of the students’ efforts. “I have lost count of the number of students who told me how they thought about the family they collected for when they wake up

first thing Christmas morning. That always made me smile,” she said. “Students became very invested in the families they were collecting for and took great care about what to bring in.” Kolbe Catholic College students also prepared Christmas hampers

for the Rockingham branch of the St Vincent de Paul Society. Donated items were brought to the school over four weeks, and included more than 60 boxes of canned food, toiletries and packet food, which students then arranged into hampers.

Above, Grace Gornell and Alexandra Robinson with some of the clothes donated for the refugees fleeing Syria. Top and at left, students from Irene McCormack and Kolbe Catholic Colleges with Christmas hampers they prepared recently for those in need of basic goods. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

Ukrainians return to Northam to uphold legacy By Matthew Biddle

The Byzantine Rite returned to Northam on November 24, and Fr Wolodymyr Kalinecki plans to celebrate the liturgy there once a month. PHOTO: LUBA VALEGA

AFTER a one-year absence, the Byzantine liturgy has returned to Northam, with plans to celebrate the Divine Liturgy there once a month. Perth’s Ukrainian Catholic priest, Fr Wolodymyr Kalinecki, travelled to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish church to say Mass there on November 24, and will continue to do so every third Sunday of the month. He told The Record that originally the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in Northam every Sunday, but numbers had gradually declined over the past 30 years. “When I came to Perth the schedule was twice a month,” he said. “I then cut it down to once a month, and finally when there were only two ladies left in hospital I used to just visit them in their homes.”

When the Northam parish was established in 1975, there was a strong Ukrainian community present, but many have since passed away or relocated to Perth, Fr Kalinecki said. “There’s only one lady, we call her the matriarch, who’s still there, the rest are the children of the pioneers,” he said.

“We were thinking to sell the church and build one somewhere else.” With the church out of action for the past year, Fr Kalinecki said the parish’s future was looking uncertain. “We were thinking of eventually, if there were no more parishioners, maybe to sell the church and build

one somewhere else where there is a cluster of Ukrainians,” he said. But the descendants of the Northam Ukrainian community recently conveyed an interest in attending a Divine Liturgy regularly at the parish, and it’s hoped that a revival of sorts may occur. “Some of the children of the pioneers wouldn’t like to see the church closed because it’s their parents’ legacy,” Fr Kalinecki said. The Byzantine rite liturgy will be said in English at Northam, to cater for the younger Ukrainians who reside there who have little or no knowledge of their native language. “We’re just hoping that eventually, once a month, there will be a regular liturgy,” Fr Kalinecki said. “If they want it more often, we might have it more often for the folks. But it depends, we’ll see if it takes off or not.”

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Church committed to healing, parishioners hear CATHOLIC priests read a ‘Commitment statement from the leaders of the Catholic Church in Australia’ on the Church’s response to child sexual abuse throughout Australian parishes last weekend. A communique in the name of the Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe SDB was issued to Perth priests last week, asking them to read the document which emanated from the Church’s Truth Justice and Healing Council to parishioners. The full text of the document is as follows:

*** THE Catholic Church in Australia, in its submissions to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

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and in its communications with both the Catholic and broader communities has made the following commitment: The leaders of the Catholic Church in Australia recognise and acknowledge the devastating harm caused to people by the crime of child sexual abuse. We take this opportunity to state: 1 Sexual abuse of a child by a priest or religious is a crime under Australian law and under canon law. 2 Sexual abuse of a child by any Church personnel, whenever it occurred, was then and is now indefensible. 3 That such abuse has occurred at all, and the extent to which it has occurred, are facts of which the

whole Church in Australia is deeply ashamed. 4 The Church fully and unreservedly acknowledges the devastating, deep and ongoing impact of sexual abuse on the lives of the victims and their families.

concealed or covered up what they knew of the facts, moved perpetrators to another place, thereby enabling them to offend again, or failed to report matters to the police when they should have. That behaviour too is indefensible.

“The leaders of the Catholic Church in Australia commit ourselves to endeavour to repair the wrongs of the past...”, to put victims’ needs first. 5 The Church acknowledges that many victims were not believed when they should have been. 6 The Church is also ashamed to acknowledge that, in some cases, those in positions of authority

7 Too often in the past it is clear some Church leaders gave too high a priority to protecting the reputation of the Church, its priests, religious and other personnel, over the protection of children and their

families, and over compassion and concern for those who suffered at the hands of Church personnel. That too was and is inexcusable. 8 In such ways, Church leaders betrayed the trust of their own people and the expectations of the wider community. 9 For all these things the Church is deeply sorry. It apologises to all those who have been harmed and betrayed. It humbly asks for forgiveness. The leaders of the Catholic Church in Australia commit ourselves to endeavour to repair the wrongs of the past, to listen to and hear victims, to put their needs first, and to do everything we can to ensure a safer future for children. - WWW.TJHCOUNCIL.ORG.AU

These will go down a treat on our lonely streets

By Matthew Biddle A RAGING fire threatened to cause damage to a new Catholic primary school on December 10, the school’s last day of classes for the year. Students at Hammond Park Catholic Primary School were evacuated at 3.05pm after the fire came close to the school’s property. Principal Chris Cully said it was a dramatic way to end the school year. “The school buildings are safe and all students were evacuated safely with their parents at the end of the school day,” he said shortly after the evacuation. “Thanks to our emergency services a swift response was in place and any possible damage was quickly averted.” Mr Cully said helicopters circled the area, dumping large quantities of water close to the school’s northeastern border. Thirty firefighters were called on to tackle the fire, which began in bushland adjacent to the school and was contained and under control when The Record went to print. Residents of three streets that surround the school were asked to leave their homes, and several other roads were closed. It is unknown what started the blaze, which burnt 4.5 hectares of land. Hammond Park Catholic Primary School opened for the first time in February with 17 children enrolled in its kindergarten program.

Year 7 students at Kolbe Catholic College in Rockingham took to the kitchen to bake delicious goodies for the Soul Soup Patrol, an outreach that serves food to homeless and marginalised people in the Rockingham area every Thursday and Sunday night. The students’ efforts are part of the college’s Kolbecare program, teaching students empathy for the disadvantaged and giving them the opportunity to create ‘care packages’ for those in need. PHOTO: LEANNE JOYCE

Tears of joy as Myaree woman celebrates 100th By Matthew Biddle ROSE DI STEFANO was joined by family, friends and parishioners of Pater Noster Catholic Church in Myaree on December 8 as she celebrated her 100th birthday. Rose’s only daughter, Angela Allen, who has been taking her mum to Mass every Sunday for many years, told The Record it was a happy occasion. “It was just beautiful, they sang Happy Birthday to her, she received flowers and all these greetings, it was just amazing. She said she felt like royalty yesterday,” Mrs Allen said. “She had a wonderful day yesterday, a lot of us were quite emotional at church when Fr Joseph gave her the flowers.”

After Mass, Rose and members of her extended family gathered for lunch. “We went to Matilda Bay restaurant for lunch, there were 20 of us, and then she went to the Casino,”

Rose celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends before spending the evening at the Casino. Mrs Allen explained. “She lost a little bit... but she had a lot of fun which was the main thing.” Rose, who has five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren,

became the State’s oldest recipient of a cochlear implant last year. Her daughter said, apart from some minor vision impairment, Rose is in good health. Rose was born in Italy in 1913, migrating to Australia with her parents soon after. She lived in Victoria for many years, where she married John. Tragically, John died shortly after. Rose spent time living in Adelaide, before settling in Kardinya and, more recently, Attadale. For more than 25 years, she has been a parishioner at Pater Noster in Myaree. Mrs Allen said Rose was unaware that her milestone occurred just one day prior to the same mark being celebrated by the Perth Archdiocese.

Rose Di Stefano turned 100 on December 8, just one day before the Archdiocese of Perth celebrated the same milestone. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Perth’s plenitude gone in minutes A local charity is in the Philippines, distributing goods donated by the people of Perth. They say it’s a great start, but it’s only the beginning. CLAIMS that the areas worst affected by Typhoon Haiyan were now flooded with international aid have been directly contradicted by a Perth-based couple distributing goods and medical supplies on the ground. Ruby and Mike Soh and other volunteers from the charity Buckets for Jesus have spent the past two weeks distributing goods donated in Perth and Singapore to people in some of the country’s hardest hit and most inaccessible places. Last month, The Record reported that Buckets for Jesus had been overwhelmed with donations after appeals in Perth and Singapore. Goods from the first three containers were distributed and gone within minutes, Mrs Soh told friends on her Facebook page, so great was the need, but more containers from Singapore had arrived, enabling their outreach to continue. “Despite strong opposition, both physical and spiritual, our mission team overcame one obstacle after another and never gave up,” Mrs Soh wrote. “Our relief goods, Bibles and gifts missed the boat twice and the list goes on... “But nothing prepared us for the scenes of total devastation we’ve never encountered before. “Not one building in Tacloban remained unscathed, trees twisted, everything that stood seemed to have fallen and bended, as if the wrath of a monster wrecked these cities apart. “They still lack food and water, despite claims from so many international organisations that Tacloban is flooded with relief and much needed help,” Mrs Soh wrote. “We came across several tents with international names but they were empty.” The devastating impact Haiyan has had on families, particularly children, has been difficult to wit-

Above, Perth Catholic Ruby Soh is in the Philippines distributing goods donated in Perth and Singapore. PHOTO: MIKE SOH; ERICA YUZON

ness firsthand, Mrs Soh wrote on December 9. “After seeing the immense dev-

“I can’t hold back my tears wondering why they have to suffer so much at such a tender age, and at Christmas.” astation in affected areas, in Cebu, Ormoc, Tacloban, the scenes sunk in after a few days, but the images of these children haunted me each night.

“Most of them were rendered orphans by Haiyan, or are missing families, just the same. I can’t hold my tears wondering why they have to suffer so much at such tender age, especially this Christmas?” On December 8, the Sohs and Buckets for Jesus’ other dedicated volunteers visited a Missionaries of Charity orphanage in Tacloban. According to one of the Sisters there, the centre was flooded up to the residents’ necks a month ago and a few of their resident children with parents lost them in the surge. Most of the traumatised children were transferred to another MOC centre in Calbayog to allow them to recover from the ordeal.

Harrowing stories are only the tip of suffering in Filipino chaplain Fr Armando Carandang preached about the suffering of his countrymen and women at a special Mass

FILIPINO CHAPLAIN Fr Armando Carandang preached about the devastation that had wrecked havoc on his homeland at a special Mass for survivors of the Typhoon Haiyan last Sunday. He began by recounting several harrowing stories of survival he had heard over recent weeks and ended by reciting a prayer of his own composition petitioning God for the grace the country needs to rebuild following the tragedy: “In Tacloban, Leyte, in a typhoon-damaged former kindergarten building, teenager Jomar Pascual carefully stirred a pot full of instant noodles. He had already cooked rice. His three younger brothers and a younger sister, suddenly orphans like him, were hungry. He began to feed them, spooning the pallid meal onto their green plastic plates,” Fr Carandang told the gathering. “The five siblings, the youngest just eight, sleep at night in the cramped room which they share with two other families. They seldom talk about the night their

mother and father, two sisters and a brother died, when the winds of Typhoon Haiyan shrieked deafeningly and waves taller than nearby coconut palms swept over their home, obliterating everything. “Maria Kaaya, a 72-year-old widow who has spent the last few years helping her grandson and his wife raise six children, had not eaten for four days when she foraged among the stumps and stormfelled trees of a coconut palm forest in the centre of Leyte Island. Carefully walking along one fallen trunk and then the next because that was easier than clambering up and down a jumble of broken trees, she found what she had been looking for: the crown of a coconut palm, its sweet, succulent core still inside. Her big concern was not the hunger gnawing at her own stomach, but how to hack open the coconut palm crowns without the family machete lost in the storm. She said wistfully, “If only I can find someone who can break it open. Then he can split it with me.” Jenny Malaki, a resident of one

of Tacloban’s cramped alleys, said a cousin had fled to the other end of the island after being chased out of his home by an escaped convict from a storm-demolished prison. The latter had a grudge against him and had obtained a gun. “The man almost shot him,” she said. A 12-year-old boy was stabbed in the chest and his throat was slit

food for his younger brothers and sister, but had been careful. He chose the least popular canned food and did not join in the melee for more popular items because he could not afford to be injured. “I just got some sardines,” he said. “I didn’t fight for the other canned goods.” Asked how he survived, Jomar

The three brothers and a sister found their last surviving sibling, an 8-year-old boy, wandering dazed near the site of their home two days after the storm. He could not explain how he survived. when he joined a mob soon after the typhoon at ransacking a shopping mall. Individuals in the crowd rushed the boy to an orphanage where the staff had medical training, and his life was saved. Back to teenager Jomar Pascual: He said he too had participated in the plundering of a warehouse two days after the typhoon to obtain

pointed out a tall clump of bamboo. He had clung with one hand to the top of one bamboo in the surging water while holding with his other arm a younger brother around his midriff. His sister rode out the storm in a jackfruit tree farther inland, while another younger brother clung to floating debris. The three brothers and a sister

found their last surviving sibling, Janiño, an 8-year-old boy, wandering dazed near the site of their home two days after the storm. He could not explain how he survived. The bodies of their father and 11-yearold sister have been found, but the bodies of their mother, 5-year-old sister and 3-year-old brother are still missing. The siblings had not bothered to go through the procedures for adding them to the official list of the missing. They just knew that they were gone. Many other local residents make similar comments. So it is hard for us to gauge the accuracy of government statistics as of November 19, 2013 that showed 5,560 people dead, 26,136 injured and 1,757 missing. Prayer for the Philippines O God of Power and Mercy, was that your direct will and power which devastated our homeland so recently and left thousands of dead, or missing, corpses putrefying and unburied? Is that your direct will and power

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They want me to clean at an abortion clinic? I work as a cleaner and the firm I work for has just won a contract to look after several abortion clinics. If I am required to do so, could I work in those clinics? I am opposed to abortion but I don’t want to lose my job.

Above and left, scenes from some of the communties visited by Buckets for Jesus in the past two weeks, a visit which so far has taken in Tacloban, Ormoc, Capiz, North Cebu and Samar. PHOTOS: MIKE SOH; ERICA YUZON

the wake of Typhoon Haiyan for the survivors of the Super Typhoon Haiyan, last Sunday in Perth.

Above, a picture of the devastation taken by Perth charity Buckets for Jesus while distributing goods on the ground in the Philippines. BUCKETS FOR JESUS

which even now keeps in misery millions of the living barely surviving, helpless and homeless, hungry and thirsty, sickly in body, mind and spirit? And yet we know that

you are the God of love who cannot will evil for us, but only allow it for a greater good that we cannot see. We understand too that you are the God of mercy who always

forgives, even if Nature does not, especially as physical Nature has been disordered by wrong choices of our fallen human nature. God of Mercy, look kindly upon us, as merciful Father. Protect the survivors of the Philippine catastrophe from further harm. Give them, we pray, true freedom of spirit, the spirit of freedom from despair and utter hopelessness, the spirit of faith and hope. Give them, we pray, relief and health in mind and body. And yet let us not just pray within the security of this ‘lucky country’ of Australia. Lead us to action on behalf of these countrymen in pain and sorrow. Open not just our hearts but also our hands and material resource to those in great physical need even if at some sacrifice on our part. For it is actual giving, almsgiving that, beyond prayers which knock on the gate of heaven, beyond personal sacrifices that open the gate of heaven, it is selfless almsgiving to the truly deserving that would let us all in to heaven.

any people find themselves in situations like yours where they may be asked to do something which they oppose on moral grounds. This happens not only in the workplace, but also in other areas of life, so it is important to know the principles that help us resolve these moral dilemmas. Your situation is what is called in moral theology cooperation in sin, where a person is asked or proposes to do something in itself moral but which in some way cooperates in the sinful behaviour of another. The question then arises as to whether he or she can cooperate in this way. A number of distinctions need to be made which help resolve the matter. First, there is the question of whether the person agrees with the sinful behaviour of the other and is quite happy to cooperate in it, or is opposed to it. If the person agrees with the sinful behaviour, we speak of formal cooperation and, as can be expected, this is always wrong. For example, a person who has no objection to abortion might take a job as a receptionist or accountant in an abortion clinic, thereby cooperating in some way in the abortions. If, however, the person is opposed to the sinful behaviour but feels compelled in some way to cooperate in it, we speak of material cooperation. There are some circumstances in which material cooperation is permissible. To determine this we must first ask whether the proposed cooperation is closely united to the sinful act, or is only remotely connected to it. In the first case, we speak of proximate cooperation and in the second, of remote cooperation. Naturally, in real life there can be a whole series of degrees of proximity or remoteness. But the moral principle that applies is that the more proximate the proposed act is to the sinful act, the stronger the reason one needs to engage in this cooperation. And the more remote the cooperation, the easier it will be to justify it. For example, staying in the case of abortion, a nurse or other clinical assistant in the abortion itself is cooperating very proximately, the receptionist or secretary more remotely, and the contract cleaner or gardener still more remotely. A good Christian should never take a job as a permanent employee in an abortion clinic since they would be cooperating on a daily basis, even though remotely, in the killing of innocent human beings. But there may be circumstances in which one could work occasionally as a cleaner or gardener. This will depend on a further dis-

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tinction. The question is asked whether if the person does not cooperate the sinful act will still go ahead or if it will not go ahead. For example, if a particular person refuses to clean the abortion clinic, it is virtually certain that there will be many others who will do the cleaning and so the abortions will still go on. In this case, a lesser reason is needed to justify taking the job. Or, to use another example, if the friend of a girl who is booked in for an abortion and who lives in the country refuses to drive the girl into the city for the abortion, it is quite likely that she will not be able to have the abortion. Therefore, the girl who is asked to drive should refuse to do so since she can stop the abortion on that particular day and perhaps talk her friend out of the

One should avoid cooperating in sin, but there can be circumstances which can justify remote material cooperation. abortion altogether. The final consideration in cooperation is the strength of the reason why one is considering cooperating. If it is a matter of losing one’s job and it would be difficult to obtain another one, that can justify cooperating remotely in the case you propose. But if it were merely a matter of earning more money, that would not justify cooperating in something as evil as abortion. In general, one should try to avoid cooperating in sin altogether but, as we have seen, there can be circumstances which can justify at least remote material cooperation. Life presents many different situations in which one can be faced with the decision of whether to cooperate in another’s sin. As examples, the Catechism of the Catholic Church says we have a responsibility for the sins committed by others when we cooperate in them: “by participating directly and voluntarily in them; by ordering, advising, praising, or approving them; by not disclosing or not hindering them when we have an obligation to do so; by protecting evil-doers” (CCC 1868). This gives much food for thought. For the case of whether one can attend a garden wedding of a Catholic, see my book Question Time 2, (Connor Court 2012), q 248.

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Archdiocese of Perth: 100 years young

HE LAST FEW years have been rich in historic events, anniversaries and memory for the Catholic people of Perth. We have renovated and completed our Cathedral, blessed and opened by Archbishop Barry Hickey (2009); celebrated the centenary of the installation of the fourth bishop, Patrick Clune CSsR (2011); welcomed our ninth and newest bishop, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB (2012); and reinterred in the Cathedral crypt the earthly remains of two past bishops, the first bishop, John Brady, transferred from Amélie-lesBains, France, and Patrick Clune, transferred from the Karrakatta Cemetery (2011 and 2013, respectively). Next year, 2014, we will observe another two significant anniversaries, the 200th anniversary of the birth in Spain of the second bishop, Martin Griver (1814), and the 150th anniversary of the birth in Ireland of Patrick Clune (1864). These two anniversaries will be marked by the release of biographies of both bishops who, together with Archbishop Hickey, made the biggest contributions to the development of St Mary’s Cathedral. Before we take our leave of 2013 it is fitting to note another milestone in the history of the Church in Perth. This year is the centenary of the elevation of the diocese of Perth to the rank of a metropolitan Archdiocese on August 28, 1913. Some technical explanations by way of background are in order. Broadly speaking, the Catholic Church around the world is divided into provinces, provinces into dioceses and dioceses into parishes. The provinces are the largest administrative subdivision within the global Church. Each province is a geographical unit comprising a number of dioceses. One of the dioceses is nominated as the head of the province. It is termed an “Archdiocese” and its bishop is an “Archbishop”. The Archbishop is sometimes referred to as the “metropolitan” because his diocese is usually based on the biggest city or town located within the province. The other dioceses which are members of the province are termed “suffragan” dioceses. As president, each metropolitan Archbishop enjoys precedence within his province and certain privileges among the suffragan bishops. His status is symbolised by a special garment that he wears when celebrating the liturgy, called the “pallium”. This ancient vestment is composed of a loop of lambs’ wool cloth that goes over the shoulders, with lappets suspended front and back, decorated with crosses. The pallium is closely associated with the office of the Pope and signifies the fullness of governing authority in the Church. It is also worn by metropolitan Archbishops whose authority is exercised by papal delegation. The Pope wears the pallium everywhere but an Archbishop may wear it only in the territory of his province. Canon Law gives Archbishops only very limited practical power within their metropolitan jurisdictions. Their authority is essentially one of supervision and coordination. They possess no right of intervention in the ordinary, day-to-day government of the dependent dioceses. Among their responsibilities is to ensure that sound doctrine and discipline are being observed throughout the province and to report to Rome on any problems. They have the right to convoke and preside at synodal gatherings of the bishops of the province, to oversee the process of nominating candidates to fill diocesan vacancies and, under special circumstances, to appoint an administrator during such vacancies. In the Australian Church, there are five provinces, headed by the Archbishops of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Some Archbishops are not metropolitans and do not preside over a province. They are bishops who are given the title of “Archbishop” as a per-

The story of the diocese of Perth being raised to the status of an Archdiocese is intriguing, and demonstrates the wisdom of Perth's first Archbishop, Patrick Clune, who not only beat the Anglicans to be the first to make Perth their Archdiocese, but also gave the Church in WA a kind of ecclesiastical independence, as Fr Christopher Dowd OP explains...

Above and below, St Mary's Cathedral was filled to capacity to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Perth, and most of the congregation gathered for light refreshments after the Mass, including Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB. PHOTOS: ROBERT HIINI

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB presides over a province that embraces the dioceses of Geraldton, Bunbury and Broome. The Archdiocese of Perth was inaugurated on August 28, 1913, after its fourth bishop and first Archbishop, Patrick Clune, proposed the diocese's elevation due to its size and the fact that the Anglicans were considering creating a province of their own, which, if done first, would give their Archbishop precedence. PHOTO: ROBERT HIINI

sonal honour for distinguished service or because the city they live in enjoys civic prominence. In Australia, for example, even though they have no suffragan dioceses, the bishops of Canberra-Goulburn and Hobart are styled “Archbishop” because they live in the national capital and the capital of the state of Tasmania, respectively. The story of how Perth became an Archdiocese reflects the administrative evolution of the Catholic Church in this country, itself a function of the rapid social and economic development of colonial and federated Australia in general and Western Australia in particular. In the beginning, in 1818, the Catholic community living in the British penal settlement at Port Jackson and surrounding country was placed within the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the vicariate apostolic of Mauritius which is, however, a very long way from the east coast of Australia. Communication was slow and difficult. In 1834, Rome established Australia as a separate jurisdiction, under the title of the vicariate apostolic of New Holland, with headquarters in Sydney, and the English Benedictine monk, John Bede Polding, as vicar apostolic. In 1842, the vicariate was reconstituted as a regular province of the Church, the first to be established in a British territory since the 16th century reformation. The new province covered the entire continent, Van Diemen’s

Land and other islands. Sydney became a metropolitan Archdiocese with suffragan bishoprics at Hobart and Adelaide. In May 1845, the newly-created diocese of Perth in the Swan River Colony joined the province. For the next 30 years, Perth was under the provincial oversight of Sydney. Archbishop Polding was drawn into correspondence about several matters in the West but, owing to the immense distance, visited Perth only once, in 1852, to execute a papal judgement against the first bishop, John Brady, who had repeatedly defied Roman instructions. By 1874, the Australian mission had grown to the extent that Rome considered it necessary to divide the vast province of Sydney. A second province was created with its metropolitan see located at Melbourne, then the most populous city in the colonies. The Sydney province remained responsible for the dioceses of New South Wales and Queensland while the dioceses of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia were transferred to the Melbourne province. At this point, the Western Australian dioceses were Perth and the small abbeydiocese of New Norcia, created in 1867. The Archbishop of Melbourne never visited Western Australia. In 1887, there was another re-organisation of the Australian ecclesiastical system with the creation

of two more provinces, one based in Brisbane, the other based in Adelaide. The dioceses of Queensland were assigned to Brisbane, leaving Sydney with New South Wales, and the dioceses of South Australia and Western Australia were assigned to Adelaide, leaving Melbourne with Victoria. At about the same time, a new ecclesiastical entity was established in Western Australia, the vicariate apostolic of the Kimberley, which, together with Geraldton, a new Western Australian diocese erected in

resignation of Bishop Matthew Gibney on account of serious financial difficulties. O’Reily also sought the opinions of the bishops of his province. Both groups indicated their preference for the popular missioner and preacher, Fr Patrick Clune, rector of the Redemptorist monastery at North Perth. The appointment was formalised by papal decision in December but in the intervening months there could be little doubt what that decision would be. It seems that Clune, as the business-like,

the Catholic people the funds necessary to rescue the diocese from the imminent bankruptcy in which it was left towards the end of Gibney’s term of office. This problem had been substantially overcome by the beginning of 1913. Clune now turned his attention to another pressing matter, an ad limina visit to Rome which bishops in missionary lands were obliged to make every 10 years. The diocese of Perth was overdue for such a review, the last ad limina visit having been carried out by Gibney 15 years before in 1898.

Clune had achieved a great triumph, a kind of declaration of ecclesiastical independence of the Catholic Church in WA from the provincial supervision of Adelaide, of course without any of the revolutionary connotations. The new province was testament to the development and maturity of Catholic life in the West. 1898, was subject with Perth and New Norcia, along with the dioceses of Port Augusta (later Port Pirie) and VictoriaPalmerston (later Darwin), to the metropolitan authority of Adelaide. Perth was part of the Adelaide province for 26 years. An Archbishop of Adelaide visited Perth only once. This was John O’Reily who came in June 1910 to organise a ballot among the diocesan consultors and senior clergy to propose names of candidates to succeed to the diocese of Perth after Rome had required the

practical man he was, used the time to give considerable thought to what his line of policy and action would be. Although documentary evidence is lacking, it is likely that this period contained the genesis in his mind of the idea that it was time for Western Australia to become a separate ecclesiastical province with Perth as the presiding diocese. The new bishop devoted the years 1911 and 1912 to the gruelling labour required by the most urgent task at hand, travelling the length and breadth of the diocese to raise from

Bishop Clune arrived in Rome early in April 1913. On April 7, he wrote to Cardinal Girolamo Gotti, prefect general of the Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide, the Roman department responsible for missionary territories among which the Australian dioceses were then included. He proposed the separation of the Western Australian ecclesiastical entities from the province of Adelaide and their constitution as a new province based on Perth. He argued that the existing province was too big,

covering two-thirds of the entire continent and embracing the dioceses of Adelaide, Perth, Victoria-Palmerston, Port Augusta, Geraldton and New Norcia and the vicariate apostolic of the Kimberley. The metropolitan seat at Adelaide was situated in the far southeast corner of this gigantic land mass. Communication by mail and personal visit depended on shipping which was sometimes unreliable and slow owing to weather conditions and industrial action on the docks. Cable was expensive (the trans-Australia railway was not opened until 1917). Taken by itself, Western Australia was a huge state and contained four of the seven ecclesiastical jurisdictions of the existing province. Clune explained that over the last 20 years or so the West had undergone rapid, indeed explosive, economic, demographic and social development that was reflected in the expansion of the infrastructure of the Catholic Church. Clune warned that the Western Australian Anglicans were discussing the feasibility of creating a province of their own. If they moved first, their Archbishop would take precedence. Archbishop Polding had used this argument 70 years earlier to prod Rome towards an early establishment of the regular hierarchy in Australia. Archbishop O’Reily forwarded to Rome

two petitions from Perth, one signed by the diocesan consultors, with the vicar general, Fr Patrick Verling at their head, and the other signed by leading lay people, headed by Timothy Quinlan, knight of St Sylvester and a past president of the Legislative Council of Western Australia, to illustrate how the Catholic community in Perth hoped that their city might be honoured with the same ecclesiastical dignity as all of the eastern state capitals, including Hobart which had no suffragan dioceses. These petitions were dated February 1913, which shows that the issue had been canvassed locally well before Clune left Perth. Clune’s proposals enjoyed an easy passage through the curial process. The bishop of Perth was riding high in the estimation of Roman officialdom on account of his seemingly miraculous resolution of what had been a dark and menacing debt crisis. Also working in his favour was the fact that his plan was endorsed by the head of the province of Adelaide. Opposition from O’Reily would have caused problems but, if anything, he seemed relieved to be able to lay down some of his metropolitan responsibility, not that the West demanded much of his time and energy. At this stage of his life, he was an elderly, frail man, living virtually as a recluse. On August 21, 1913, five cardinals met in the palazzo of the Propaganda Fide

Congregation on the Piazza di Spagna to consider a report from one of their number, Cardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta, prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Studies. To give the assembly an appreciation of the geographical factors at work, Cardinal Cassetta drew attention to a point made in Archbishop O’Reily’s correspondence, that Western Australia is nine times the size of Italy. He emphasised the rapid growth of the state and the progress that had been made in Clune’s so-far brief episcopate and adverted to the danger of allowing the Anglicans to seize the initiative. Cassetta reassured the other cardinals that Clune was not motivated by pride or ambition as everyone knew of the ‘uncommon modesty’ of ‘this worthy son of St Alphonsus’, a reference to St Alphonsus Liguori, the founder of the Redemptorists. Cassetta was convinced that the new province would assist in the evangelisation of ‘the poor Australian Maoris’, as he referred oddly to the Indigenous peoples of the West. At the end of the meeting, the cardinals voted to recommend Clune’s plan to the Pope and the recommendation was accepted by Pius X at an audience granted that same day to Monsignor Camillo Laurenti, secretary of the Propaganda Fide Congregation. By a decree dated August 28, 1913, the new ecclesiastical province was inaugurated with boundaries, as requested by Clune, coterminous with the state of Western Australia. The province comprised the diocese of Perth as the metropolitan see and Geraldton, New Norcia and the Kimberley as suffragan entities. Letters of notification were despatched to Clune and O’Reily. On September 6, The Record announced that Perth had been promoted to the grade of Archdiocese. Clune was in Ireland on a recruiting trip when he received the news. In commemoration of the occasion, the Irish Redemptorists presented him with a solid silver chalice with a goldlined cup (which he donated to the Perth Cathedral sacristy). Returning to Australia, the now Archbishop Clune was given a hero’s welcome when he landed at Fremantle on December 16: he was met at the bunting-draped wharf by a massed choir of school girls and an honour guard of the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society and the Irish Foresters, taken to the city in a special government train and by a procession of landaus to the Cathedral for the singing of a Te Deum and fêted at a reception with florid speeches in the Town Hall and an evening concert at His Majesty’s Theatre. After the 11am Mass in the Cathedral on August 30, 1914, having recited the oath of loyalty to the Holy See, Archbishop Clune was invested with the pallium by the vicar general, Fr Verling. Clune had achieved a great triumph, a kind of declaration of ecclesiastical independence of the Catholic Church in Western Australia from the provincial supervision of Adelaide, of course without any of the revolutionary connotations! The new province was testament, less than a century after the foundation of the Swan River Colony, to the development and maturity of Catholic life in the West, to which each successive bishop made his own contribution. In the following years, Clune met with his suffragans as occasion dictated, mainly to discuss vacancies at Geraldton and the Kimberley and the need for a coadjutor Archbishop at Perth to help Clune in his old age. In 1954, a newly-created diocese, that of Bunbury, was added to the province. In 1966, the vicariate apostolic of the Kimberley became the diocese of Broome. In 1982, the New Norcia diocese was suppressed and its territory returned to Perth. Today, the Archbishop of Perth (Timothy Costelloe) presides over a province embracing the dioceses of Geraldton (Justin Bianchini), Bunbury (Gerard Holohan) and Broome (Christopher Saunders).

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The courage to let go and be transformed The Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross took another step toward growth last Sunday, with its head Maylands. The appointment frees Mgr Entwistle to attend to the needs of the expanding Ordinariate Australia-wide, Wilson has appointed an interim chaplain from the Archdiocese who will celebrate the Ordinariate’s liturgy, drawing Chad last Sunday, prior to the installation of Fr Hill, Mgr Entwistle proffered a bold reflection on the joys and demands

Monsignor Harry Entwistle appointing Fr Stephen Hill to replace him as parish priest of St Ninian and St Chad in including the conception of a new Ordinariate congregation in Adelaide on December 9. Archbishop of Adelaide Philip heavily on its English patrimony, while the group’s eventual chaplain awaits ordination. In his homily at Sts Ninian and of the Gospel and the work of the Ordinariate, referencing Pope Francis’ recent exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium.

hange is a strange process. We readily accept any changes we like, but resist to the death those we don’t like. And, of course, the difficulty is not everybody likes or dislikes the same thing, so the result is generally chaos and confusion. Even when in our head we know that change has to take place, we tend to focus on external changes and make them a great issue, and it’s this sort of external stuff that the Holy Father is warning the Church against, things like a change to the style of the service sheet, or servers are now wearing cassocks instead of albs. When there is no specific issue that we can focus on, then we generalise on what things look like. It has no bearing at all about the faith that we treasure and hold and keep. I have long since realised that focusing on external change is often an excuse to avoid what we know is the real change we are called to undertake, namely an internal shift of attitude. There is nothing new here, nothing at all. The pharisees and sadducees complained bitterly that Jesus and his disciples did not observe the ritual laws of Judaism, the modern equivalent would be obsession with Canon Law or liturgical purity, while Jesus was actually calling for repentance. Jesus was calling for an inner shift in the people of God while the religious leaders were focusing on whether he obeyed the external laws. What Jesus wanted was a change in the way people related to God and were compassionate to the weak and the vulnerable. Precisely the message that Pope Francis has made in his recent letter called the “Joy of the Gospel”. You here today have coped with numerous changes over the last decade or more. You have changed denominations more than once, you’ve moved to a new church building and above all resist our inner Anglican prejudices against Catholicism, although some of you spent some time kicking and screaming on your journey to the fullness of the Catholic faith which you already claimed to hold. Yet here we are, still alive, bringing with us those elements of our Anglican tradition that have always been Catholic, whilst letting go of those which are unquestionably Protestant. Most of us never thought we would be here, but then we never thought the Anglican Church would take the direction that it has, and perhaps we never thought that the Traditional Anglican Communion was as Protestant as it turned out to be. Now we are facing a new change. A new parish priest is about to be installed and after next week, when Deacon Ted Wilson is ordained, he will become the assistant priest and your present parish priest, for the next 10 minutes, will become the priest assisting. So now you know the letters PA after my name means “Priest Assisting” not Protonotary Apostolic, the highest rank among monsignors, as Pope Benedict intended [laughs]. So now I’m going to be in the wonderful position of being at the

Far left, Deacon Edward Wilson, Mgr Harry Entwistle and Fr Stephen Hill share a joke before Mass. Below, Deacon Wilson, who will be ordained a priest on December 14, reads the Gospel among the congregation, at the Ordinariate’s Maylands parish of Sts Ninian and Chad. PHOTOS: ROBERT HIINI

top of the pecking order and the bottom of the pecking order at the same time. Change always creates nervousness because it heralds an uncertain future. The story of Scripture is one of God leading people through change and their resistance to it. Yet the changes led to their salvation. And if enough people had not

come and see what sort of community we are. Our heritage and Anglican ways are important to us, but some we must get rid of or let go of. We must stop being religious consumers and start being missionary providers. Anglican congregations are always twice as large as those in

gions and yet those early disciples did not cave in to the worldly standards of the day but they remained faithful to God’s truth. That is what the Church must do. So don’t misread Pope Francis. He is talking about changing the way in which we communicate but there is no question at all that the faith will not change. You read what

afraid to get its shoes muddy in the places where God’s people are. He wants a Church full of joyful evangelisers; and it’s because of our baptism that all the members of the people of God are missionary disciples. All of us, whoever we are, however old we are, whatever level of instruction in the Christian faith

“How is anybody supposed to respond when what they find among the community of faith are a lot of whingers, a lot of complainers, a lot of miserable people who have no joy in the Lord?”

embraced the changes, who knows whether our story of salvation would not have been profoundly different. So what can I say? What are some of the internal changes we are challenged to make? Firstly, you must become a true community and not a group or club. That is, you must have a common unity in the Gospel and the teachings of the Church and the faith of the Church. You must be prayerful, welcoming and supportive of those who

he says. He wants to change the structures of the Church. He wants the Church to become missionary but the faith cannot be changed. This long letter that he has written to the faithful is Pope Francis’ vision of what the Church needs to be, in his view, to fulfil her mission. He wants us to change the culture and character of the Church. He wants to change its priorities and decentralise its structure to some degree. He wants a Church that is neither sleep-walking nor marching in goose step but that is not

the pews. There is this unseen group called ‘they’. It is ‘they’ who are expected to do everything, but because they are unseen, nothing happens. Priests hold sacramental power in a parish. They administer the sacraments, except ordinations and marriage but have general power, including the giving of advice. Taking financial responsibility and ensuring the functioning of the community must be the task of all and with that power comes responsibility.

- Monsignor Harry Entwistle

That responsibility means to exercise whatever ministry God calls you to undertake. Members of a true faith community are differing in places – spiritually and theologically. Therefore, priests must offer a range of services, teaching programs, prayer groups and small study groups. Not everybody in the community of

faith will resonate with all of these, but all disciples must learn more about the Church’s teachings, be diligent in receiving the sacraments and attend to their prayer life as part of their relationship with God. These things can be uncomfortable, but remember, it is the Holy Spirit who is the one who comforts the disturbed and disturbs the com-

fortable. Resist the temptation to become a religious club or a group of people who just happen to be in the same building at the same time and instead become a dynamic, passionate community of Christ’s Body, the Church. Ten days ago, Pope Francis published a long exhortation to all Church members called The Joy

of the Gospel. It is concerned with the proclamation of the Gospel in today’s world that is no more complex from a religious point of view than the world was in which Jesus Christ lived and the first disciples and apostles proclaimed the Gospel and the Resurrection. That world was full of paganism and of all kinds of differing reli-

that we have, are agents of Jesus, who is of course THE agent of God. Evangelisation is sharing the good news. It cannot be left to the professionals. We are all missionary disciples called to love others and invite them as those first disciples did to come and see, or invite them to come and look again at Jesus with a new set of eyes. The disciples weren’t professionals. You read the Gospels. The Samaritan woman at the well, who Jesus met and spoke with, was not a

professional, yet through her many came to believe. We are all in this together and this is the internal change that the Pope is urging us to make. Any external changes that take place in the life of the parish, and there’s bound to be – a new priest has new ideas – must make internal change easier. Be joyful, there is nothing worse than trying to share the Gospel if you are not joyful about it. How is anybody supposed to respond when what they find among the community of faith are a lot of whingers, a lot of complainers, a lot of miserable people who have no joy in the Lord? Remember, it was CS Lewis whose conversion to Christianity was because he was “surprised by joy”. So be joyful. Salvation is available to all who accept it. I have tried to lead, teach and guide some of you for the whole of this century and others since 2006 and later. Because Pope Benedict appointed me to lead a group larger than this parish, I ask you to let me step down from being your parish priest to being your leader of the Ordinariate and to encourage others as well as yourselves to embrace the New Evangelisation and grow the Ordinariate so that the 500 years of English spiritual history and tradition is brought back to the place where it belongs, to the whole of the Catholic Church. At this stage, we have far more priests than the number of laity warrant and I cannot justify two or three priests attending a Mass in one parish while areas in our cities and States have no Ordinariate presence at all. The model must be that of the Celtic Church. This parish in this State will be the motherhouse and from here, I hope priests will say Mass in other parishes in the northern and southern suburbs as well as the regional centres. This is another change, because you see we are the Body of Christ. We are not here running a chaplaincy or a holy club. We’re not a self-serving club, we are part of the Body of Christ. And that is the model I intend to introduce in places where we have a multiple of priests – Melbourne and Brisbane. So today is both daunting and exciting. It will require us all to exercise courage, and patience, and humility, and above all to grasp the call to exercise joyful evangelisation and make the necessary internal changes. Once that happens, we will grasp a bigger picture and rejoice. I will not disappear. Every priest needs a base; every priest needs an altar on which to offer the holy sacrifice. I will be part of the team here as well as the leader of the Ordinariate. I ask you to pray for Fr Stephen and Deacon Ted as I ask you to pray for me, and I will pray for you. On a local level, and paraphrasing the words of John the Baptist which he said of himself and Jesus – and I’m not suggesting for one minute that Fr Stephen is the Messiah – but Fr Stephen, and soon to be Fr Ted, must increase and I must decrease. May God bless you all.

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The courage to let go The Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross took another step toward growth last Sunday, with its head Maylands. The appointment frees Mgr Entwistle to attend to the needs of the expanding Ordinariate Australia-wide, Wilson has appointed an interim chaplain from the Archdiocese who will celebrate the Ordinariate’s liturgy, drawing Chad last Sunday, prior to the installation of Fr Hill, Mgr Entwistle proffered a bold reflection on the joys and demands

Pope Francis wants a Church that is neither sleepwalking nor marching in goose step but that is not afraid to get its shoes muddy in the places where God’s people are. He wants a Church full of joyful evangelisers; and it’s because of our baptism that we are all missionary disciples. embraced the changes, who knows whether our story of salvation would not have been profoundly different. So what can I say? What are some of the internal changes we are challenged to make? Firstly, you must become a true community and not a group or club. That is, you must have a common unity in the Gospel and the teachings of the Church and the faith of the Church. You must be prayerful, welcoming and supportive of those who

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and be transformed Monsignor Harry Entwistle appointing Fr Stephen Hill to replace him as parish priest of St Ninian and St Chad in including the conception of a new Ordinariate congregation in Adelaide on December 9. Archbishop of Adelaide Philip heavily on its English patrimony, while the group’s eventual chaplain awaits ordination. In his homily at Sts Ninian and of the Gospel and the work of the Ordinariate, referencing Pope Francis’ recent exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium.

“How is anybody supposed to respond when what they find among the community of faith are a lot of whingers, a lot of complainers, a lot of miserable people who have no joy in the Lord?” - Monsignor Harry Entwistle

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Raising their voices for our brethren The San Lorenzo Ruiz choir of Notre Dame Parish in Cloverdale provided a stunning classical music concert on December 8 to raise funds for the victims of the Philippines disaster, singing numerous Marian hymns. Right and below, members of the San Lorenzo Ruiz choir performed in honour of Our Lady on December 8, after spending many hours rehearsing in the lead-up to the event, held at Notre Dame Catholic Church in Cloverdale PHOTOS: ROBERT HIINI

Cloverdale parishioners and families from Notre Dame Catholic Primary School attended the classical music concert. Tickets were $5, or any monetary donation, with all funds raised going to the Philippines. PHOTOS: ROBERT HIINI

St Jerome’s raises funds, prays for the Philippines ON DECEMBER 5, the community of St Jerome’s school held a breakfast for the people of the Philippines. St Jerome’s parish and school have a large number of Filipino families within their community and the school wanted to show their support for those affected by the typhoon. The school’s Parents and Friends’ president Mel Black approached a number of local businesses, including Coles stores and the Coogee Bakery. Coles Phoenix were incredibly generous and provided the majority of the food to be cooked on the day. They also sent five staff members to assist with the cooking of the food. Coles Beeliar and a number of other small businesses supported the event as well. The breakfast was well attended by the community and the school was able to send $2,500 to Caritas.

Above, St Jerome’s principal Helen O’Toole with an assistant from Coles who cooked on the day. Right, students take part in prayer circles on the oval. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

After breakfast, every class in the school moved to the oval to take part in prayer circles, where the children read prayers they had written for the people of the Philippines.

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Paul Morrison, back row at right, has been a big part of the West Coast Eagles’ work in Cambodia over the past few years. In 2011, he recorded Picking Up The Pieces, a song inspired by the club’s trip which raised more than $50,000 to build a school in the Koh Kong province. Earlier this year, he recorded Love Lead Us Home to raise funds to build a second school. PHOTO: COURTESY WEST COAST EAGLES

Missionary to the football nation AFL club chaplain Paul Morrison says we urgently need to reach out to those in sports, as Matthew Biddle explains...

USTRALIANS are arguably the most sport-obsessed people in the world. Whether it’s watching or playing, sport has become a mainstay of most Australians’ weekends, and has perhaps taken the place of organised religion in their weekly schedules. It’s an unfortunate fact, but one that we should use as an opportunity to engage with sporting fanatics, according to West Coast Eagles’ chaplain, Paul Morrison. Known simply as Morro, particularly in his role as program host for radio station Sonshine FM, the 41-year-old spoke to The Record recently about his role with the Eagles and the benefits of sports chaplaincy. “The opportunity for mission in sport is huge, that’s what I’m passionate about,” he says energetically. “I think it’s a growing mission field in Australia. If you look up the statistics of who goes to church as compared to who’s involved in organised sport every week, the contrast is amazing. “Rather than being afraid of it, it’s an opportunity for the Church to embrace it and... pastor to those in sports.” In an increasingly secular society where broken families are common, Morro says sporting clubs are desperate for the guidance that a chaplain can provide, particularly to the youth. “These kids look up to their coach, but the kids have got mums and dads who are having relationship issues, they’ve got addiction issues, and so they’re all going to the coach for help,” he says. “The clubs are saying ‘Send us a chaplain, we need people to give pastoral care to these people that are hurting, they’ve got life issues’.” A need for someone to provide spiritual support and guidance extends to those playing at the top level, as Morro knows firsthand. He joined the Eagles in 2009, shortly after the club had faced

numerous off-field issues regarding drug and alcohol abuse. “I remember praying with my kids in the car for Ben Cousins when I heard on the radio he had got into some trouble,” he recalls. “In a way I was already investing spiritually without knowing that around the corner this opportunity was coming up.” The chance to be a chaplain at the AFL club seemed to be the perfect role for Morro, who himself chose God over a potential football career. “I grew up playing footy in a country town,” he says. “I was the captain of my school team, but my parents were devout Christians and

“If you look up the statistics of who goes to church as compared to who’s involved in organised sport every week, the contrast is amazing. Rather than being afraid of it, it’s an opportunity for the Church to embrace it.” wouldn’t let me play on a Sunday.” Aged 15, Morro faced a difficult decision between playing football or going to church on Sundays. “I knew the fifth commandment was to honour your parents, so I made a decision to honour mum and dad, and I started playing basketball because it was on a weeknight,” he says. Although his choice may have ended his football aspirations, he’s now playing an important role at West Coast. “I’m passionate about sport and music, but my two real loves are God and people,” Morro says. A talented songwriter and guitarist, Morro has recorded two tracks with Eagles’ players and

their parents, with proceeds going towards two Cambodian schools the club has helped build. During the football season, Morro joins players on the training track, kicking footballs with the team and assisting with drills. He says joining the group was the best way for him to be able to relate to the players as a chaplain. “Blokes connect more when they’re doing something, so I decided to go to a couple of main training sessions a week,” he says. “They all hassle me about my kicking style, but I have a lot of fun.” Morro, who worked as a mechanic previously, says kicking a football with the players is a concrete way of speaking their language, which helps his relationship with each individual. “If you were to think of it in Christian terms, any missionary who enters a foreign environment would learn the language,” he says. “So if you can speak their language, which is football, that’s the most obvious contact point to start with, and then work back from there.” Aside from helping at training, Morro says the main part of his role is to simply be available when players or staff need a listening ear. “It’s just relationships, one-onone, I send a lot of text messages, and catch up with guys for coffee,” he says. “If guys have got issues they might give me a call and say ‘Morro do you want to catch up and have a chat?’” He says one of the biggest challenges when he first arrived at the club was dispelling “Christian stereotypes”. “For the first few years, you’re just continually trying to break that stereotype, to show I’m just a bloke like you,” Morro says. “As the years have gone by, you become more of a fixture around the club.” Although removing the stereotypes was a difficult process, Morro says believing in his own value as a chaplain is even harder. “Because the role is voluntary and because everyone else has an office

Paul Morrison performing Love Lead Us Home at Pattersons Stadium in Subiaco in June this year to a crowd of more than 36,000. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

and a title and is on the pay role, the biggest challenge is believing enough in what you’re contributing,” he says. “You have to walk in every single time and back yourself, having confidence that you’ve got something worthwhile to contribute.” Morro says his interactions with the players tend to revolve around questions regarding their family life and off-field well-being. “There’s a lot of pressure on these guys,” he says. “It affects them, their partners, their mums and dads, their extended family, it’s a lot of pressure. “I talk to the boys about keeping perspective about who they are outside of footy, who they are as a person. Their self-worth has got to be based more on greater things than how many kicks you get on the weekend.” Although he can’t kick goals for the Eagles on the field, Morro is

adamant that having a club chaplain positively affects the team’s performance. “If the players are not harbouring unforgiveness or unseen pressures and all that kind of stuff that’s causing stress in their internal world, I have no doubt that it affects their on-field performance,” he says. For those who enjoy sports and are devoted to God, Morro says sports chaplaincy is an ideal combination of the two. “If you love sport, you love people, and you love God, combine your passions and get out there, join your local netball team just to be the chaplain,” he says. “We’ve all got gifts and abilities and ultimately they’re for the glory of God and so for me to use my passion for footy and my love of music and combine it with God and people has just been an awesome privilege and blessing.”

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EDITORIAL

A breath of life for an old, gasping religion

have read many Papal documents. I am a Catholic and a journalist and it comes with the territory. But never, ever, have I read anything as stunning as Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), the first major document penned by Pope Francis. There is nothing new in Evangelii Gaudium. Nothing at all. Perhaps that is the secret of its charm and power. It is a challenge for Christians to scrape back the layers of paint and dust and dirt which have darkened the glowing light of the Gospel message. Evangelii Gaudium has a vigorous innocence and freshness about it; it is a young man’s shout to the world that love is possible, justice is possible, anything is possible, if the world would only listen to the plain words of Jesus Christ. I can only compare it to the impulse of early 20th century poets and artists to remake art to pierce the shroud of dead custom and cliché. The American poet William Carlos Williams wrote in the 1920s that art should “revive the senses and force them to re-see, re-hear, retaste, re-smell, and generally re-value all that it was believed had been seen, heard, smelled and generally valued”. That is what Pope Francis desperately wants his readers to do. Should anyone outside the Catholic Church care what this Pope says? I should think so. Evangelii Gaudium is billed as a battle plan for the world’s Catholics (one-sixth of the planet) and even to all Christians (one-third). If only a few of them take it seriously, the world will change. In 220 pages, Pope Francis covers a lot of ground so it is futile to attempt a comprehensive review. But let’s make one thing clear at the start. Notwithstanding the blanket media coverage, this is not an “apostolic exhortation” (the technical name) about the evils of capitalism; it is about recovering the joy of being a Christian. There seem to be four voices speaking: the Pope as Old Testament prophet, as New Testament apostle, as philosopher, and as social critic. It is the last which has attracted nearly all media commentary, but it is not the most important and it can only be assessed in the light of the other voices. Christianity, the Pope stresses, is not a form of moralism, a laundry list of dos and don’ts. It is “a great stream of joy” which comes because “Jesus Christ loves you; he gave his life to save you; and now he is living at your side every day to enlighten, strengthen and free PO Box 3075 you”. Adelaide Terrace Christians need to go back PERTH WA 6832 to this fundamental theme, he insists repeatedly. “How I long to find the right words to stir office@therecord.com.au up enthusiasm for a new chapTel: (08) 9220 5900 ter of evangelisation full of ferFax: (08) 9325 4580 vour, joy, generosity, courage, boundless love and attraction!” That is the plain message of Christianity. “Why complicate something so simple?” he asks. Religion is not meant to be a witchhunt for heresies or squabbles over influence and power. “Whom are we going to evangelise if this is the way we act?” Evangelisation is the heart of this document, not the Pope’s stinging words about capitalism and consumerism. In developed countries, many Christians feel either that there is no need to draw their friends to God or that their efforts will be useless. With all of his immense energy and conviction, the Pope spurns such pessimism as “slow suicide”. “I am a mission on this earth; that is the reason why I am here in this world. We have to regard ourselves as sealed, even branded, by this mission of bringing light, blessing, enlivening, raising up, healing and freeing.” If the Pope succeeds in motivating only a small fraction of his flock, the consequences will be immense. Even Catholics who pride themselves on their “orthodoxy” get a tongue-lashing. And why not? With great grace comes great responsibility. “We should not be concerned simply about falling into doctrinal error, but about remaining faithful to this light-filled path of life and wisdom.” The Pope’s simplicity is one of his most endearing traits. But he is highly intelligent and well versed in theology, philosophy and the history of the Church. This emerges when he analyses the “tomb mentality” into which the Catholic Church, or at least parts of it, has sunk. “Realities are more important than ideas” is the heading on one section in which he buttresses his pastoral plan with metaphysics. “This calls for rejecting the various means of masking reality: angelic forms of purity, dictatorships of relativism, empty rhetoric, objectives more ideal than real, brands of ahistorical fundamentalism, ethical systems bereft of kindness, intellectual discourse bereft of wisdom.” Perhaps he is attempting to reach Catholics who have reduced their devotions to ideological touchstones. He writes, “Not to put the word into practice, not to make it reality, is to build on sand, to remain in the realm of pure ideas and to end up in a lifeless and unfruitful self-centredness and gnosticism.” Almost without being aware of it, we end up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor, weeping for other people’s pain, and feeling a need to help them, as though all this were someone else’s responsibility and not our own.

“This is not an “apostolic exhortation” about the evils of capitalism; it is about recovering the joy of being a Christian.

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The above is an edited extract from Michael Cook’s article A breath of life for an old religion. The full text is available at the website he edits, mercatornet.com.

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LETTERS

Pope Francis has the measure of “equality” THE TERM “same sex-marriage” is confusion. It is a confusion because what this term implies is contrary to the intent of the historic, biblical, and modern constitutional meaning of the English language word marriage. Such a union between persons of the same sex is simply no marriage at all. And, therefore, “same sex-marriage” is logically a contradiction in terms. Properly understood, the institution of marriage means a sacramental covenant where a male and female solemnly pledge fidelity to one another in conjugal love for life. Children of this sacred ceremony, affirmed by the Holy Spirit of truth (Dei Verbum, 4 & 12) are

accepted as a gift of God. As late as February of this year, Premier Colin Barnett of Western Australia defined this institution in terms of a “fundamental view that marriage is between a man and a woman and that is one of the basic fabrics and structure of our society”. The homosexual misleads by campaigning for equality, which is a manifest fiction. In this theatre of deception, the lobby destroys not only language but communication as well. So that the people will have gotten a purpose-built Tower of Babel. By casting an opaque veil over the probable outcome of so great a change to society, the lobby blurs the fact of the family being its basic communal fabric. The ruinous consequences of a change to the meaning of marriage include the normalising of polygamy, the inter-marriage of siblings, and the proliferation of much other

godless deviancy. And whereas the natural rights of a child were once dominant, the selfish, ideological satisfaction of some cohabitating adults is now apparently paramount. Indeed, the lobby’s campaigns to achieve legislative change by a process of exhaustion are the gravest threat to religion since the Reformation. Recall that, in 2010, before “same-sex marriage” was introduced into Argentina, Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who is now Pope Francis, wrote in a letter, with explosive ferocity, that “we are not talking about a mere bill, but rather the machination of the Father of Lies, who seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God”. These telling words evince clear evidence of his fearless leadership. Joseph F Sutherland KELMSCOTT

I missed Mass for 14 years but Jesus came after me “Now we’ve got religious nut jobs for neighbours,” one Brisbane woman said back in the ether, little aware of her own journey to come. I WAS BROUGHT UP in a Catholic family in Sydney and I was educated by the Mercy sisters. When I turned 18 other things became more important than Church, like boys, work and travel. Once you stop going to Mass one Sunday, it’s really easy not to go to the next. I didn’t go to church for nearly 14 years. By then I was married with children and had moved to Brisbane. My husband and I were busy running our own business. Jesus came after me through three ordinary people. The first person he sent was the man who painted my front door! As I paid him, he looked at the view in front of our house and said, “Mrs Heath, you could find God here, even if you had never heard about Him. Look at Creation. Hasn’t God given us a beautiful world to live?” He told me that at every painting job he went on, he would sit in his car and pray for the opportunity to share his faith. Two weeks later, an interior decorator came to our house. I was picking out colours for some new curtains which took five minutes. Then she stayed and talked to me about God for five hours! She told me that in her job she would look for opportunities to share her faith. Then my husband and I went around to our new neighbours’ house. The wife said to me, “Are you saved?” She shared that she and her family were Christians. I thought, “Oh my goodness! Now we’ve got religious nuts for neighbours!” But something stirred in me during the six weeks those encounters took place. I felt bad and thought I would go to hell for missing Mass. Yet those three people spoke to me of a God of love and told me that because of Jesus and His sacrifice on the Cross there was no sin so big it couldn’t be forgiven. In the end, I went to Reconciliation. I said, “Father, I have put God in the passenger seat for 14 years and now I want Him in the driver’s seat.” The priest walked around to me and placed his hands on my head. He said, “Welcome home.” And that was 30 years ago. There’s something nice about getting older because you can look back and see how God has led you. Years ago I had the privilege to go to the Holy Lands. My friend and I went to where the story of the woman at the well is supposed to have taken place [John 4:1-42]. There was no one visiting it that day because there was political unrest in the area. We met an Orthodox priest who told us it was his life’s

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work to build a church at that site. He let us have a drink out of the well (which you are normally not allowed to do). We talked and then he took us to where he lived for coffee. I told him, “I can see that you are a really holy priest. What advice would you give me as a Catholic so that I can grow closer to God?” He thought for a while, went out to the next room and brought back a Bible which he held up. He said, “Jan, the Evangelium (the Good News) - read it word by word.” I find that the Scriptures are a great love letter to us from our heavenly Father. They are unequalled in their ability to comfort, challenge, counsel, exhort, change your life and meet Jesus. Apart from Liturgical prayer like the Mass

In the end, I went to confession. “Father, I have put God in the passenger seat for 14 years.” The priest walked around and placed his hands on my head: “Welcome home.” and conversational prayer with my friends, the Scriptures are the most consistent way that I pray and through them I have discovered my destiny. Everyone has a destiny, a purpose. They say the happiest people are the ones who discover what God wants them to do and they do it. A prayer of surrender is another prayer that I have prayed early in the piece of discovering my ministry (and continue to pray). It’s like Mary; “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto to me according to thy word” [Luke 1:38]. It is allowing God to use me as he chooses. For over 20 years now I have been involved in short term missions to mainly African nations. It was a personal call that I received from God and it came through a dream. In 1986, I dreamt I was standing on the street where I lived and then all the houses disappeared.

A lovely green hill appeared where the houses had been and over this hill came all these animals. There were giraffes, elephants, crocodiles, baboons, zebras and wildebeests. It was a really beautiful dream, in fantastic colours. When I woke, I sat up in bed and was filled with joy. I didn’t have a clue what it meant. Then, six years later, I had been up all night praying for the city of Brisbane with a group of other people on Mount Cootha. There was a priest in the crowd and he sensed the Holy Spirit say, “Take this woman to Africa”. He resisted because he hadn’t intended to take anyone along on his mission but the thought wouldn’t let him alone. In the end, Fr Jack Soulsby felt compelled to call me. He said, “I am ringing to ask you if you would like to be part of a team going on an evangelising mission to Africa.” As soon as he said that the memory of that dream came back. I realised that every animal in that dream was an African animal. I said to him, “I’ll say yes, but I have to discuss it with my husband and my children.” Initially, my husband was horrified when I told him but eventually he gave me his blessing. We both thought that it would be just once but so far I have gone 28 times, initially monitored by Fr Jack Soulsby but now we have other people following us from my parish as well. We sponsor a parish over in Uganda. People have got ministries over there, like those who look after widows and orphans. Another couple raise money so that parents can pay school fees. We have had people running leadership training programs and they have been there many times. The locals who have received this training are bringing it to other African nations. The biggest crowd I have been involved in speaking to was 59,000. The people are hungry for God’s word. It is a preacher’s dream to go there. It is as though this job has been given to our parish, Our Lady of the Way, in Petrie, Brisbane. It is really the initiative of the Holy Spirit. Throughout the Scriptures the Holy Spirit has spoken through visions and dreams and that continues today. Someone once said, “Where God guides, He provides.” During these short term missions, locals provide us with food and accommodation. We pay for the international airfares. My husband works hard and I spend the money on our ministry. It has been an exciting ride. Anyone who follows Jesus knows it is never dull!

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Choose Christ for real two-way communication Unlike our daily online diet of passive technology, we must actively interact with Christ to achieve a full relationship.

MONG the stars in the heavens, literal and figurative, that claim to enhance our lives, satellites are some of the most ubiquitous. Via the Internet and wondrous mobile devices and networks, we’ve become magi of a sort (high priests of technology, yes; wise men, perhaps less so). We have instant communication, access to inconceivable amounts of information, and virtually unlimited entertainment choices. I recall an old tagline for a satellite TV company that now seems to have been closer to prophecy than advertising: “You don’t watch Star Choice. You live it.” It’s silly, of course, since you don’t actually experience what you see on TV or online, any more than you “live” the performance of your coffee maker. Imagine opening a magazine and reading: “You don’t just brew with the CoffeeMaster 2000. You live it.” Granted, a coffee maker is not a means of communication, unless you give one as a gift. Nor is it a source of stimuli— caffeine notwithstanding—to the extent that TV is. In the grand scheme of things, they are both tools: one makes coffee; the other provides information and enter-

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tainment. Like other appliances, our wireless devices exist to serve us—not the reverse. Yet when we tally the hours and dollars per month spent on ‘screen time’, we begin to see where treasures and hearts lie. It’s sad enough to see children obsess over this stuff (I speak from personal experience), but many adults also consider their lives disrupted when they miss their favourite TV programs or fall out of the Facebook loop (I speak from personal experience). We are a religious people, but the star we follow doesn’t stop over Bethlehem. It doesn’t stop at all. It circles the planet, whirring, clicking, beeping, and blinking. In perpetual motion, it bombards us constantly with a multiplicity of images and sounds, but is itself devoid of life. Web-surfing and TV-watching are essentially passive and impersonal activities. Too much can alienate family members

from one another, even when they are all gathered to watch the same program. We watch families interact, but do not ourselves interact; we watch panels have discussions, but do not ourselves discuss. We build simulated farms, towns and families online, but occasionally neglect our real-world communities. What begins as a vicarious form of living can become delusional or dangerous. We can become what we watch: if we expose ourselves regularly to sinful images and situations in our

that draws us into a relationship with the living God. At the heart of Christianity is a living person. At the heart of our religious practice, therefore, must be a relationship. May we truly be able to say: “You don’t watch the Mass—you live it”; “You don’t just watch Jesus—you live him.” Unlike the programming of most major TV networks (which is basically the serpent in Eden, rehashed), Jesus in his word and sacraments offers us something new and alive each day. And, unlike the man-made stars,

The Maker of both man and stars offers only two channels, two choices: “A man cannot serve two masters... You are either with me or against me...” entertainment, our consciences can be dulled; our wills, weakened. In this context, the words “you don’t watch it, you live it” take on a sinister connotation. Horror results, for example, when children have easy access to online pornography, and then try to act out what they’ve seen. There is another star to follow, of course: the star that drew the magi to the feet of Christ, the star

the Maker of both man and stars offers us only two channels, only two choices—though he phrases it in a variety of ways. “A man cannot serve two masters... You are either with me or against me... I set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse.” So I make my choice, and – lo, he responds. We have two-way communication—which, at this point in history, doesn’t happen on my TV.

Skype and texting, yes, but that’s still not the same as sitting down for coffee with a flesh and blood friend. Good TV shows, web sites, and Facebook friends can lead me toward a relationship with Christ; they cannot substitute for one. This doesn’t mean we must avoid every form of entertainment that fails to provide living, two-way communication. If that were the case, we would never read books or listen to music. I simply wish to illustrate the absurdity of the Star Choice message. Art, knowledge, and entertainment are conduits: only God gives life. All entertainment must be used with wisdom and discretion. How much is too much? While there are no hard and fast rules, I recall an article wherein the author said we might spend as much (or perhaps even more) time each day reading the Good News than we spend reading (or watching) ‘the news’. If we spend more of our energy on ‘screen time’ than we do building relationships (with God and others), perhaps it is time to look to the heavens and realign our bearings. “For we have seen his star in the east, and have come to worship him” (Matthew 2:2).

Media must get past massaged truth The reality of a free press is less earnest than the ideal suggests but the principle of truth-telling will always be important.

COUPLE of recent events have highlighted one or two of the peculiarities of the subculture of American Christianity, specifically evangelical Christianity. First, Ergun Caner is suing a couple of pastors in an attempt to keep some material pertaining to his life from being published on the internet. Second, talk show host Janet Mefferd accused megachurch pastor, Mark Driscoll, of plagiarism (as noted by Collin Garbarino on First Thoughts last week). Earlier today, the pertinent material compiled by Ms Mefferd mysteriously vanished from her website. I do not wish to comment on the specific details of either case; but it is interesting to note that both touch on the freedom of the press or media. Caner wants to restrict information about him; and we can only speculate at this point as to why Ms Mefferd has removed the material from her site. These incidents prompted one friend of mine to ask the ask the obvious questions: Is journalism no longer considered a legitimate Christian calling? Or is the task of the Christian journalist simply to strengthen the hand of the vested interests? A free press is basic to the health of democratic culture in the civil sphere because it offers one line of public accountability for those in public office. Those who perform immediate public acts should expect to be subject to immediate public scrutiny. And what is true for the culture at large is also true for its various subcultures. A free Christian press is also important for the Christian subculture: it keeps leaders and organisations accountable. Of course, as with the mainstream media, there is the ideal and there is the reality. The ideal is a fiercely independent media seeking the truth in a disinterested and objective way. The reality is that everyone is owned by somebody. Every radio station has its sponsors. Every newspaper has its proprietor or shareholders. Every Christian organisation has its theological confession and its constituent base.

American Catholic writer John Allen Jr’s work is generally considered to represent the very best of what (Christian) journalism can achieve.

It is naive to think that this does not impact on how these groups respond to events and seek to portray reality. And there is a sense in which they have every right to do so. The alternative—state control— is distinctly undesirable. Where the situation becomes sinister is when one group attempts to police the activities of another, or where one Christian organisation or leader uses personal power or share of the market to prevent others, with whom they are not formally connected, from speaking freely and asking the hard questions. At that point, things take a very sinister turn indeed. Some years ago (another time, another webpage), someone I know

made thinly veiled criticisms of a powerful evangelical organisation. The response was swift: First, he received a series of personal pleas from people at the organisation, telling him to stop; then he later discovered that his boss had come under direct pressure from head office at the other organisation to remove him. The truth of what he had said was not (as far as I am aware) challenged at any point. It was simply that his comments were very inconvenient from a public relations perspective. Thankfully, the boss sided with his writer, not with the external critics. That is why the health of the Christian subcultures in our soci-

ety depends to an important extent upon the freedom of the Christian press; and that in turn depends upon having plenty of public voices and different groups presenting their different perspectives without the threat of being silenced by those with power and money. I need voices that criticise me and so does everyone else who operates in the public Christian sphere. Of course, I do not like being criticised but it is necessary for the health of public life that it be so. It would be a disaster for us all if one or two organisations or individuals came to wield such influence that dissenting voices were eliminated. If that were to happen, there would be less accountability for public

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figures, the news would be very carefully stage-managed, and we would all be impoverished. That is one reason why the Caner case is so incredibly important and, depending on the reason for the removal of the material, why the Mefferd controversy might yet prove to be very significant indeed. As John Milton said regarding truth: “Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter? Her confuting is the best and surest suppressing.” I am with Milton here: The freer the press, the less the innocent have to fear and the more the guilty need to be worried. This article originally appeared online at First Things at www.firstthings.com.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13 Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 5.45pm at St Bernadette’s Church, corner Jugan and Leeder Sts, Glendalough. Sacred Heart of Jesus Pioneer Mass. Meeting will follow afterwards. Please bring a plate to share. Enq: John 9457 7771. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 St Padre Pio Prayer Day 8.30am at St Anne’s, 88 Hehir St, Belmont. St Padre Pio DVD in parish centre. 10am - Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Divine Mercy, Silent Adoration and Benediction. 11am - holy Mass, St Padre Pio Liturgy. Confessions available. 12 noon BYO for shared lunch, tea and coffee supplied. Enq: Des 6278 1540.

EVERY FIRST SUNDAY Singles Prayer and Social Group 6.30pm at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St Georges Tce, Perth. Begins with holy hour (Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and teaching) followed by dinner at local restaurant. Meet new people, pray and socialise with other single men and women. Enq: Veronica 0403 841 202. EVERY SECOND SUNDAY Healing Hour 7-8pm at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. Songs of praise and worship, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament and prayers for sick. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or office Tue-Thu, 9am-2.30pm on 9344 7066.

Divine Mercy Healing Mass 2.30pm at St Francis Xavier Church, 25 Windsor St, East Perth. The main Celebrant will be Fr Marcellinus Meilak OFM. Reconciliation in English and Italian will be offered. Divine Mercy prayers followed by veneration of first class relic of St Faustina Kowalska. Refreshments afterwards. Enq: John 9457 7771.

EVERY THIRD SUNDAY 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.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15 Christmas with St Francis of Assisi 3pm at St Theresa’s Church, 678 North Beach Rd, Gwelup. All are welcome to join with the Secular Franciscans to reflect on the Greccio story with Carols. Afternoon tea will be provided. Enq: AnneMarie Langdon OFS, 9207 3691. Christmas Concert on the Green 5.30pm at Core Cider House, 35 Merrivale Rd, Pickering Brook. BYO picnic. Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity Concert warmly welcomes you to the ‘Christmas Concert on the Green’. Concert starting 7pm. Tickets at the special price of $10 per adult for readers of The Record, concession $5, children under 18 free. Coffee/tea/desserts available for purchase (no BYO alcohol). Enq: Sean 0439 720 066.

Divine Mercy Hour 3pm at St Pius X Church, 23 Paterson St, Manning. There will be Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Divine Mercy prayers, Rosary and Benediction. Please join us in prayer. Enq: Mrs K Henderson 9450 4195.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20 Medjugorje Evening of Prayer 7-9pm at Our Lady of the Rosary, 17 Angelico St, Doubleview. All warmly welcomed to join us in thanksgiving for Our Blessed Mother’s reported daily apparitions in Medjugorje. Free DVDs on Medjugorje at evening. NEWSFLASH. PILGRIMAGE JUNE 2014 TO ROME/ASSISI/PADUA/VENICE AND MEDJUGORJE. Enq. Eileen 0407 471 256, medjugorje1947@gmail.com. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29 Christmas Lunch - New Parish Centre Fundraising 12 noon at Goody Bioethics Centre, 39 Jugan St, Mt Hawthorn. Emeritus Archbishop Hickey leading the carol singing. $50 or $33 if paid before December 22; $15,18 years and under; third or more children are free. Enq: Fr Doug 9444 6131. Payments to St Bernadette’s Parish Centre, 49 Jugan St, Mt Hawthorn 6016. SATURDAY, JANUARY 4 Day with Mary 9am–5pm at Pater Noster Church, cnr Evershed and Marmion Sts, Myaree. Day of prayer and instruction based on the Fatima message. 9am video; 10.10am holy Mass; Reconciliation, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic Adoration, sermons on the Eucharist and on Our Lady, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet and Stations of the Cross. Finish approx 5pm. BYO lunch. Enq – Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate 9437 2792.

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

Cathedral Cafe Cathedral Cafe is now open every Sunday 9.30am1pm at St Mary’s Cathedral parish centre, downstairs after Mass. Coffee, tea, cakes, sweets, friendship with Cathedral parishioners. Further info: Tammy on smcperthwyd@yahoo.com.au or 0415 370 357. Pilgrim Mass - Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation 2pm at Shrine, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. Commencing with Rosary followed by Benediction. Reconciliation available before every celebration. Anointing of the sick administered during Mass every second Sunday of the month. Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin of the Revelation last Sunday of the month. Side entrance to Church and shrine open daily between 9am-5pm. Enq Sacri 9447 3292. Praise and Worship 5.30pm at St Denis Parish, cnr Osborne St and Roberts Rd, Joondanna. Followed by 6pm Mass. Enq: Admin on admin@stdenis.com.au. Mass with Sign Language Interpreter and PowerPoint 9.30am at St Francis Xavier Church, 23 Windsor St, East Perth. Enq: Voice 9328 8113, TTY 9328 9571, 0401 016 399 or www.emmanuelcentre.com.au. Latin Mass 8.30am at The Good Shepherd Church, 42 Streich Ave, Kelmscott.

EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY Shrine Time for Young Adults 18-35 Years 7.30-8.30pm at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon; Holy Hour with prayer, reflection, meditation, praise and worship; followed by a social gathering. Come and pray at a place of grace. Enq: shrinetimemtrichon@gmail.com. Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley. Includes Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent prayer, scripture, prayers of intercession. Come and pray that those discerning vocations can hear clearly God’s call. EVERY LAST SUNDAY Filipino Mass 3pm at Notre Dame Church, cnr Daley and Wright Sts, Cloverdale. Please bring a plate to share for socialisation after Mass. Enq: Fr Nelson Po 0410 843 412, Elsa 0404 038 483. EVERY MONDAY For You My Soul is Thirsting (Psalm 62:1) 7pm at St Thomas Parish, 2 College Rd, Claremont. Tend to your thirst for God. Begins with Adoration, then 7.45pm - Evening Prayer; 8pm - Communion Service and Night Prayer. Come to the whole thing, or just to a part! Enq: Michelle 0404 564 890.

LAST MONDAY Be Still in His Presence – Ecumenical Christian Program 7.30-8.45pm at St Swithun Anglican Church, 195 Lesmurdie St, Lesmurdie (hall behind Church). Begins with songs of praise and worship, silent time, lectio divina, small group sharing and cuppa. Enq: Lynne 9293 3848 or 0435 252 941. EVERY TUESDAY Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 6pm at Pater Noster Church, Marmion and Evershed Sts, Myaree. Mass at 5.30pm followed by Benediction. Enq: John 0408 952 194. Novena to God the Father 7.30pm at St Joachim’s parish hall, Vic Park. Novena followed by reflection and discussions on forthcoming Sunday Gospel. Enq: Jan 9284 1662. EVERY FIRST TUESDAY Short MMP Cenacle for Priests 2pm at Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Enq: Fr Watt 9376 1734. EVERY WEDNESDAY Holy Spirit of Freedom Community 7.30pm at Church of Christ, 111 Stirling St, Perth. We welcome everyone to attend our praise meeting. Enq: 0423 907 869 or hsofperth@gmail.com. Bible Study at Cathedral 6.15pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, Victoria Sq, Perth. Deepen your faith through reading and reflecting on holy Scripture with Fr Jean-Noel Marie. Meeting room beneath Cathedral. Enq: 9223 1372. Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry 5.30pm at Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Mass followed at 6.30pm with Holy Hour. Enq: 9422 7912 or admin@cym.com.au.

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opportunity to receive prayers for healing of mind, body and soul. Enq: miracleprayers@ disciplesofjesus.org or Michelle 0404 028 298. EVERY THURSDAY Divine Mercy 11am at Sts John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Pray the Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy and for consecrated life, especially in our parish. Concludes with veneration of the first class relic of St Faustina. Enq: John 9457 7771. St Mary’s Cathedral Praise Meeting 7.45pm at the Legion of Mary’s Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Includes praise, song and healing ministry. Enq: Kay 9382 3668 or fmi@ flameministries.org. Group Fifty - Charismatic Renewal Group 7.30pm at Redemptorist Monastery, 150 Vincent St, North Perth. Includes prayer, praise and Mass. Enq: Elaine 9440 3661. EVERY FIRST THURSDAY Holy Hour Prayer for Priests 7-8pm at Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Keaney Pl, City Beach. All welcome. Enq: Linda 9341 3079. Prayer in Style of Taizé 7.30-8.30pm at Our Lady of Grace Parish, 3 Kitchener St, North Beach. Includes prayer, song and silence in candlelight – symbol of Christ the light of the world. Taizé info: www.taize.fr. Enq: secretary 9448 4888 or 9448 4457. FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY Social Dinner (Young Adults aged up to 35) and Rosary Cenacle 6.30pm at St Bernadette’s Church, 49 Jugan St, Mt Hawthorn. Begins at 6.30pm with dinner at a local restaurant, followed at 8pm by a Rosary Cenacle, short talk and refreshments at the Church. Great way to meet new people, pray and socialise! Enq: 9444 6131 or st.bernadettesyouth@gmail.com. EVERY SECOND THURSDAY RCPD Charismatic Prayer, Bible Study and Teaching 6-7.30pm, 2 King St, Coogee. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585. EVERY FRIDAY Eucharistic Adoration at Schoenstatt Shrine 10am at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon. Includes holy Mass, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent adoration till 8.15pm. Join us in prayer at a place of grace. Enq: Sisters of Schoenstatt 9399 2349. Healing Mass 6pm at Holy Family Parish, Lot 375, Alcock St, Maddington. 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. Eucharistic Adoration - Voice of the Voiceless Ministry 7.30-9pm at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Eucharistic Adoration, beginning with praise and worship; and reflection to the scriptures. All welcome. Enq: adrianluke1999@ yahoo.com.au. EVERY FIRST FRIDAY Mass and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 11am-4pm at Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins St, Glendalough. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament after Mass until 4pm, finishing with Rosary. Enq: Sr Marie MS.Perth@lsp.org.au. Healing and Anointing Mass 8.45am Pater Noster Church, Evershed St, Myaree. Begins with Reconciliation, then 9am Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, anointing of the sick and prayers to St Peregrine. Enq: Joy 9337 7189. Pro-life Witness – Mass and Procession 9.30am at St Brigid’s Parish, cnr Great Northern Hwy and Morrison Rd, Midland. Begins with Mass followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic, led by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Please join us to pray for an end to abortion and the conversion of hearts. Enq: Helen 9402 0349. Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Sts John Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. There will be songs of praise, prayer, sharing by a priest, then thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments. Enq: Ivan 0428 898 833 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail. com.

EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY Novena to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop 7-7.45pm at Blessed Mary MacKillop Parish, cnr Cassowary Dr and Pelican Pde, Ballajura. Begins with Mass, novena prayers and Benediction. Followed by healing prayers and anointing of the sick. Enq: Madi 9249 9093 or Gerry 0417 187 240.

Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christi Church, Loch St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, cnr Ravenswood Dr/Majella Rd, Mirrabooka. Vigils are two Masses, Adoration, Benediction, prayers, Confession in reparation for outrages committed against the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357, Fr Giosue 9349 2315, John/ Joy 9344 2609.

EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY Chaplets of Divine Mercy 7.30pm at St Thomas More Parish, Dean Rd, Bateman. Accompanied by Exposition, then Benediction. Enq: George 9310 9493 or 6242 0702 (w).

EVERY SECOND FRIDAY Discover Spirituality of St Francis of Assisi 12pm at St Brigid’s parish centre. The Secular Franciscans of Midland Fraternity have lunch, then 1-3pm meeting. Enq: Antoinette 9297 2314.

Miracle Prayers 7.30pm at 67 Howe St, Osborne Park. An

RCPD Charismatic Prayer, Bible Study/Teaching 6–7.30pm, 2 King St, Coogee. Enq: 0409 405 585.

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Teachers, Parents and Friends Mission Outreach 10am at Morley Parish Centre, 47 Wellington Rd, Morley. Meet during school terms. Primary English teachers and prospective aides offer their services for a small remuneration and donations from the tuition are distributed to missionaries. “Come and See” sessions are offered. Enq: Maggie 9272 8263, margaretbox7@icloud.com. Children’s Religious Education Program (Pre-Primary and Year One) 11am–12.30pm at Our Lady Queen of Poland Parish, 35 Eighth Ave, Maylands. The official Perth Archdiocese Parish Religious Education Program gives an opportunity to children attending non-Catholic schools age-appropriate religious education in a creative and fun environment. Families outside of Maylands welcome. Enq: Hayley 0423 008 500. EVERY FIRST SATURDAY Vigil for Life – Mass and Procession 8.30am at St Augustine Parish, Gladstone St, Rivervale. Begins with Mass celebrated by Fr Carey, followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic. Please join us to pray for the conversion of hearts and an end to abortion. Enq. Helen 9402 0349. Mission Rosary Making at the Legion of Mary 9.30am-2pm at 36 Windsor St, East Perth. All materials are supplied. The Rosaries made are distributed to the schools, missions and those who ask for a Rosary. Please join us and learn the art of Rosary making on rope and chain. Enq: 0478 598 860. EVERY SECOND SATURDAY Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Succour) and Divine Mercy Chaplet (Chant) 8.30am at Our Lady of the Mission Parish, Whitford, 270 Camberwarra Dr, Craigie. Holy Mass at 8.30am followed by Novena. Enq: Margaret 9307 2776. EVERY FOURTH SATURDAY Voice of the Voiceless Healing Mass 11.30am at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Bring a plate to share after Mass. Enq. Frank 9296 7591 or 0408 183 325.

GENERAL Free Divine Mercy Image for Parishes High quality oil painting and glossy print – Divine Mercy Promotions. Images of very high quality. For any parish willing to accept and place inside the Church. Oil paintings: 160 x 90cm; glossy print - 100 x 60cm. Enq: Irene 9417 3267 (w). Sacred Heart Pioneers Would anyone like to know about the Sacred Heart pioneers? If so, please contact Spiritual Director Fr Doug Harris 9444 6131 or John 9457 7771. St Philomena’s Chapel 3/24 Juna Dr, Malaga. Mass of the day: Mon 6.45am. Vigil Masses: Mon-Fri 4.45pm. Enq: Fr David 9376 1734. Mary MacKillop Merchandise Available for sale from Mary MacKillop Centre. Enq: Sr Maree 041 4683 926 or 08 9334 0933. Financially Disadvantaged People Requiring Low Care Aged Care Placement The Little Sisters of the Poor community is set in beautiful gardens in the suburb of Glendalough. “Making the elderly happy, that is everything!” St Jeanne Jugan (foundress). Registration and enq: Sr Marie 9443 3155. Is your son or daughter unsure of what to do this year? Suggest a Cert IV course to discern God’s purpose. They will also learn more about the Catholic faith and develop skills in communication and leadership. Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation (National Code 51452). Enq: Jane 9202 6859. AA Alcoholics Anonymous Is alcohol costing you more than just money? Enq: AA 9325 3566. Saints and Sacred Relics Apostolate Invite SSRA Perth invites interested parties, parish priests, leaders of religious communities, lay associations to organise relic visitations to parishes, communities, etc. We have available authenticated relics, mostly first-class, of Catholic saints and blesseds including Sts Mary MacKillop, Padre Pio, Anthony of Padua, Therese of Lisieux, Maximilian Kolbe, Simon Stock and Blessed Pope John Paul II. Free of charge and all welcome. Enq: Giovanny 0478 201 092 or ssraperth@catholic.org. Acts 2 College, Perth’s Catholic Bible College Is now pleased to be able to offer tax deductibility for donations to the college. If you are looking for an opportunity to help grow the faith of young people and evangelise the next generation of apostles, please contact Jane Borg, Principal at Acts 2 College on 0401 692 690 or principal@ acts2come.wa.edu.au. Divine Mercy Church Pews Would you like to assist by donating a beautifully handcrafted jarrah pew currently under construction, costing only $1,000 each. A beautiful brass plaque with your inscription will be placed at the end of the pew. Please make cheques payable to Divine Mercy Church Building fund and send with inscription to PO Box 8, Bullsbrook WA 6084. Enq:

Fr Paul 0427 085 093. Donate Online at www. ginginchitteringparish.org.au. Abortion Grief Association Inc A not-for-profit association is looking for premises to establish a Trauma Recovery Centre (pref SOR) in response to increasing demand for our services (ref www.abortiongrief.asn.au). Enq: Julie (08) 9313 1784. Pilgrimage: Following Christ and His Saints Fr Tim Deeter and Fr Michael Rowe will lead a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Italy, Jan 6-31, 2014. Israel and Jordan, Rome, Subiaco, Genazzano, Norcia and Cascia in Italy. $7,850 from Perth is all-inclusive except your drinks and souvenirs. Enq: casapgf@iinet.net.au or 9271 5253. Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation Competition Create a viral 30-second video that will promote Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation and win a Samsung Galaxy Tablet 2.7” 8GB Wi Fi. Enq: 9202 6859 or http://acts2come.wa.edu.au. Free Rosaries For The Missions If you or anybody you know are going to the missions and would like to send or take Rosaries to spread the faith local or overseas or for school or first Holy Communion please contact Felicia 0429 173 541 or Hiep 0409 128 638. PERPETUAL ADORATION Would You Not Watch One Hour with Me? Adoration - St Jerome’s, Spearwood Adorers are needed. Please contact Mary 0402 289 418. Holy Hour Slots at St Bernadette’s, Glendalough “Every Holy Hour we make so pleases the Heart of Jesus that it will be recorded in heaven and retold for all eternity” ~ Blessed Mother Teresa. Adorers needed for: Monday 2-3am; Thursday 5-6pm; and Saturday 1-2pm. If you would like one of these hours or would like more information please call the parish office Enquiries: 9444 6131. Ever thought about volunteering for work in an office dealing with people with disability? Learn new skills like getting out newsletters, data entry, filing and interacting with people. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays 9am-3pm. Training provided. Enq: Barbara Harris, Coordinator of Emmanuel Centre 9328 8113, TTY 9328 9571, emmanuelcentre@westnet.com.au or 25 Windsor St, Perth, 6000. Resource Centre For Personal Development 2014 Courses 197 High St, Fremantle. RCPD2 ‘Successful Relationships, Emotional Intelligence/ Communication Skills’; RCPD3 Part1 ‘Health – Mental, Physical and Spiritual’ ‘Understanding and Healing the Consequences of Emotional and Sexual Abuse’ Lecture and Discussion; RCPD11 ‘Therapeutic Workshop’; RCPD7 Part1 ‘Psychology and Christian Spirituality’; RCPD7 Part2 ‘Exorcists and Psychiatrists’. Volunteers required for Op/Shop Drop-In Centre. Enq: 9418 1439, 0409 405 585 www.rcpd.net.au.

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PILGRIMAGES RESERVE YOUR SEATS FOR THE CANONISATION OF BLESSED POPE JOHN PAUL II AND BLESSED POPE JOHN XXIII. Pilgrimage to Italy and France (covering Rome, Assisi, San Giovanni Rotondo, Lourdes, Paris) from April 24 to May 15, 2014. Contact Fr Quynh at St Mary’s Cathedral: 9223 1371 / 0406 662 065. Email: frquynhpilgrimage@gmail.com. DON’T MISS OUT ON THE TREASURES OF THE PROMISED LAND. Book your seats for the pilgrimage to Jordan and Israel from: March 14-27, 2014, November 17-30, 2014. For details on above and other tours to: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Germany, Spain and Portugal (Fatima) Turkey and Greece, South America region, Asia region. Please email Sheila or Sue at info@alternativeevents.net or leave message for us on 08 6461 6183. Call or text on 0433 771 979 / 0421 835 408. 15 DAYS: Canonisation of two Popes: John XXIII and John Paul II, Rome, Barcelona, Montserrat Monastery, Lourdes and Fatima. Departs Perth on Thursday, April 24, 2014. Spiritual Director: Fr Erasmus Kormla NorviewuMortty. 17 DAYS: Canonisation of two Popes: John XXIII and John Paul II, Rome, Shrines of Italy and Poland. Departs Perth on Thursday, April 24, 2014. Spiritual Director: Fr Irek Czech SDS.

12 DAYS: Petra /Amman and Holy Land. Departs Perth on Saturday, September 6, 2014. Spiritual Director: Fr Dariusz Basiaga SDS. 20 DAYS: Poland, Italy, Lourdes and (Paris - optional). Departs Perth on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Spiritual Director: Fr Tadeusz Seremet SDS. 19 days: Jordan, Israel and Egypt, Petra, Amman, Dead Sea, Sea of Galilee, Cana, Bethlehem, Taba, Mt Sinai, St Catherine’s Monastery, Sharm El-Sheikh, Pyramids of Giza and Cairo. Departs Perth on Tuesday, November 25, 2014. Spiritual Director: Fr Andrew Kibuye Mutubusi.

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An Angel for Christmas

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