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ABSENT Generations of men increasingly count the cost of never having had a father ... By Mark Reidy THERE IS a movement gathering momentum throughout western society determined to draw attention and deliver hope to the increasing number of children facing the world without the loving guidance of a father. The devastating effects of fatherlessness are powerfully captured in a multi-award winning film to be presented in Perth on June 29. Absent, produced by US Director Justin Hunt, is a powerful and moving 90-minute documentary testifying to the individual and social ramifications inflicted by fatherlessness. “The father wound is so deep and so allpervasive in so many parts of the world that its healing could well be the most radical social reform conceivable,” Hunt says. “Not only here in the West, but across the globe, disengaged fathers are leaving a mark that will forever reshape the future of our planet.” The documentary, which includes big name subjects such as US heavy metal rock band Metallica frontman, James Hetfield, has touched a nerve and evoked widespread interest; so far it has screened in 33 countries, featured at 18 film festivals and taken out six awards. Continued - Pages 12-13

Metallica front man James Hetfield, above. The lead singer of the influential heavy metal rock band is one of numerous men who talk about the experience and effects of losing contact with or never knowing their own fathers in the documentary Absent, to be screened in Perth later this month. PHOTO: ABSENT MEDIA

Aranmore students soar in languages THEY CAME, they saw, they conquered: Aranmore Catholic College students blitzed their global opposition to come seventh out of more than 1,000 schools around the world in an international language competition. Australian students spent ten days from May 20-30 competing in Madame Béatrice Archambaud and Aranmore students. Aranmore registered top results. PHOTO: ARANMORE

the world’s largest online languages competition, the Language Perfect World Championships. Aranmore was the top school in WA for the second year running. Students worked as a team to answer over 1.4 million questions. They also took the global prize as Top School in the World for Maori. The College’s French students “had certainly been our driving force under Madame Béatrice Archambaud,” said College Principal, Mr Jim Elliott.

“It has proven to be a great community effort by more than half the school population. “I think many students have a greater appreciation of the beauty and joy of another language,” said Mr Elliott. The school placed: • First in WA out of 114 schools. • First globally for Maori out of 491 schools. • First in WA for French out of 92 schools. • Fourth in Australia out of 705

schools. • Seventh globally out of 1,054 schools. Approximately 220,000 students from 1000 schools in 12 countries took part in this year’s competition, making it the largest participation in the six-year history of the event. Students answered questions online in more than ten languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Maori, Russian and Spanish.

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The educational and religious philosophies attracting a growing number of families to homeschooling - Pages 10-11

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The Union of Catholic Apostolate (UAC), an association established by St Vincent Pallotti in 1835, known as the Pallotine Family in Australia, is celebrating the spirituality of St Vincent Pallotti who was canonised at the beginning of Vatican II, with an afternoon with Father Pat Jackson SAC. The event will be held at Queen of Apostles Parish House, Riverton, from 2.30 till 4pm on Sunday, June 23 and afternoon tea will be provided. The UAC is a group of people and communities who promote the co-responsibility of the baptised for the revival of faith, rekindle the love of the Church and the unity of all people in Christ, according to the charism of St Vincent Pallotti.

Let’s have a chat with God together Carmel Suart (CEO), a consultant and part of the Catechist Service Team under the Catechist Formation Program 2013, is holding a workshop which explores the importance of communicating with one another and with God. The workshop, titled Let’s have a chat, praying together as a family, will be held in the undercover area of Queen of Apostles School in Riverton, on Saturday, June 22 at 9.30am. The one-hour workshop will discuss praying together as a family, which is a great way to celebrate the presence of God in the midst of everyday life. Through prayer, families can discover how to live a faithful life in an increasingly secular society. For more information,

Holy Cross College, Ellenbrook is performing the classic play about the boy who never grew up. This year the College’s production of Peter Pan will be performed across three nights, starting on Thursday, June 27 at 6pm, with the show’s final performance on Saturday, June 29 starting at 6.30pm. Tickets for the play are on sale now and all ticket bookings can be made online through www.trybooking. com/49656.

Mellifluous musicians in concert at Floreat Carmel Biddle (née Reeves), above right, and husband, Matthew Biddle, celebrated the Baptism of their first child, Patrick Matthias Biddle (born May 15), on June 9. Carmel and Patrick are pictured above with Carmel’s sister, Clare. PHOTO: R HIINI contact Queen of Apostles Parish on 6188 6877 or call Ashley Almeida on 0403 317 731 or email asheleyalmeida@gmail.com.

First national youth festival set to launch The Australian Catholic Youth Festival held in Melbourne from December 5-7, 2013 is a new national initiative being hosted for people in Year 9 till the age of 25. It is an interactive festival experience with dynamic international and local

Catholic musicians and speakers designed to bring their experiences of the Catholic faith alive. The website www.youthfestival.catholic. org.au has been updated with information, including cost, travel and accommodation options as well as programs. Registrations are now open for groups. There is a national limit of only 4,000 people so the recommendation is to book and pay early to confirm places. If anyone is interested in taking a group, the Catholic Youth Ministry (CYM) Perth staff can assist in the preparations and information needed. CYM can be contacted on 9422 7912.

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St Cecilia’s Catholic Church in Floreat will host a classical music concert on June 23 to raise funds to send two of its parishioners to World Youth Day in Brazil. The concert will feature Jesse and Arianne Jacobs on the violin and cello respectively, as well as Catie Parsons on the harp. The recently completed parish organ will also be heard at the concert, which begins at 3pm at St Cecilia’s, on the corner of Grantham Street and Kenmore Crescent. Tickets are $15 for individuals and $30 for families, and can be purchased by contacting the parish office on 9387 1158 or via email at florcath@iinet.net.au.

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Dazzling night for dizzying number of projects By Matthew Biddle THE MARY MacKillop Foundation will host its annual fundraising dinner on June 28 at Government House in Perth city. It is expected that about 200 people will attend the dinner, which is one of the Foundation’s biggest sources of funds each year. Fred Chaney AO and Tony Simpson MLA will both be speaking at the event. Chief Executive Officer of the Mary MacKillop Foundation, Sam Hardjono, said the event was a great opportunity to thank the community for its support. “Aussies are generous people and all across Australia there are small, community-based projects that are

Pope calls careerism a ‘leprosy’ on priesthood USING especially strong language on one of his favourite themes, Pope Francis decried a plague of careerism among priests and urged them to renounce their personal ambitions for service to the Church, warning that failure to do so would make them look “ridiculous”. “Careerism is a leprosy, a leprosy,” he said on June 6, in a speech to students from the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the school for future Vatican diplomats. “Please, no careerism!” All types of priestly ministry require “great inner freedom”, the Pope said, which calls for “vigilance in order to be free from ambition or personal aims, which can cause so much harm to the Church”. Priests must make their priority the “cause of the Gospel and the fulfilment of the mission” entrusted to them, not self-fulfilment or public recognition, he said. Such self-denial “may appear demanding,” the Pope said, “but it will allow you, so to speak, to be and to breathe within the heart of the Church.” By “cultivating a life of prayer”, he told the priests, one can transform daily work into the “gymnasium of your sanctification”. The Pope recalled that Blessed John XXIII, who died 50 years ago, had served as a Vatican diplomat for much of his career. Pope Francis quoted a statement by Blessed John that Church diplomacy “should always be permeated by a pastoral spirit; otherwise, it counts for nothing, and makes a holy mission ridiculous”. Elaborating on the idea, Pope Francis warned that a papal diplomat who “doesn’t go along the way of sanctity, and gets involved in so many forms, in so many kinds of spiritual worldliness, makes himself ridiculous, and everyone laughs at him”. “Please, don’t make yourselves ridiculous,” he said. “Either be saints or go back to the diocese and be a pastor, but don’t be ridiculous in the diplomatic life where, for a priest, there are so many dangers for the spiritual life.” The Pope also acknowledged the value of Vatican diplomacy to him as the “successor of Peter”, with a “particular mission at the service of communion and the unity of the flock of Christ” and a “pastoral charity that embraces the whole world”. Diplomats, he said, allow the Pope to extend his charity to “those places, often forgotten, where the needs of the Church and of humanity are greatest.” - CNS

dedicated to assisting those who are less fortunate than them or in need of a helping hand,” he said. “As part of our commitment to never see a need without doing

We are committed to these goodwill projects; to never seeing a need without doing something about it. something about it, we are committed to helping these goodwill projects to meet even more needs.” Mr Hardjono said the Foundation sought to follow the example of

Australia’s first saint. “Our mission is to meet needs in a way that restores self-reliance and human dignity,” he said. In 2012, the Foundation approved 64 “small, life-changing projects” throughout Australia by providing 12-month grants of up to $10,000 each. Seventy-five projects have been approved for 2013, taking the Foundation’s total to more than 500 since its inception in 1995. Additionally, the Foundation has funded tertiary scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders for more than a decade. Last year, ten scholarship recipients graduated with degrees in medicine, nursing, midwifery, teaching and community management.

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St Norbert science day a sensation with students

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Lip service paid to religious freedom Religious freedom is talked about more than it is protected, Pope Francis said. “The serious violations inflicted on this basic right are causes of serious concern” and the world’s nations must act together to uphold “the intangible dignity of the human person against every attack”, he said. The Pope made his comments during an audience with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the Vatican on June 8. The Pope said the cooperation that exists between Church and State in Italy is built on the daily interaction and rapport between government officials and Catholics, whose main aim is always the promotion of “the interests of the people and society”. He noted that 2013 marked the 1,700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan, a proclamation of tolerance of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire.

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Little champion of charity, Vincent Pettinicchio, and his mother, Pina, with goods Vincent asked people to donate for Perth’s homeless.

By Matthew Biddle VINCENT Pettinicchio’s bold campaign to provide packs of essentials to the homeless people in Perth has finished, with the eight-year-old collecting almost 200 packs. With the help of family, friends and local parishioners, the Whitford Catholic Primary School student packed individual bags of the goods on May 31. Children of all ages and from several different schools helped Vincent to put together a total of 185 packs. The packs contained a blanket,

towel, pillow, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, a hairbrush, shaving equipment, shampoo and conditioner. Vincent included a short note with each pack that read: “Just to

Vincent’s mum Pina said the Year 3 student was grateful for all the support he received and was amazed at the final result. “Vincent is now writing thank you notes to many people … to

Vincent put a short note in each pack which read: “Just to let you know that someone cares.” let you know that someone cares.” The St Vincent de Paul Society collected the packs from the school hall on June 5, and plans to distribute them in the coming weeks.

thank everyone for helping [him] achieve his goal of helping those less fortunate than us,” she said. “We just wanted him to see that all initiatives and ideas can be

achieved, and that there are many people who are willing to help.” Our Lady of the Mission parish priest Fr Joseph Tran said he was extremely proud of his young parishioner’s achievement. “It was an amazing project,” he said. “To see a young person have the passion to look out for and reach out to the wider community is fantastic.” Fr Tran said he was so impressed by Vincent’s project that he asked him to explain to the congregation at Mass one Sunday “how to be Christ-like to others in a practical way.”

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Three bishops weighed in on the ongoing congressional debate on immigration reform legislation on June 10, warning against amending a Senate bill in ways that would block the path to legalisation for undocumented immigrants. At a news conference in San Diego, held as the US bishops’ conference opened its annual spring meeting, the chairmen of three committees reiterated the bishops’ support for comprehensive immigration reform that protects families and workers. “Each day in our parishes, social service programs, hospitals and schools, we witness the human consequences of a broken immigration system,” said Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Migration. “Families are separated, migrant workers are exploited, and our fellow human beings die in the desert.”

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Born in Belfast, he left at the age of five, fleeing the Irish Troubles, violence between Catholic and Protestant factions in Northern Ireland. Twenty-three years later, Chris Burns, a teacher at Good Shepherd Primary School, Kelmscott, is studying for his Masters of Education, specialising in leadership. An avid soccer and AFL fan, he opens up to Juanita Shepherd about his travels around the globe, the importance of Bible stories, what St Patrick means to him and why Braveheart is his favourite movie ...

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Why did you decide to become a teacher?

I started teaching because I like working with people. I also enjoyed sports, especially during my high school years and aspired to become a phys ed teacher. I’ve gradually progressed into the classroom and it’s a chance to work with students. Being male in a primary school setting is a unique role. I like taking an interest in the students, and some come from different family backgrounds who don’t see their dad all the time. I’d like to think that they can come to me for anything or just for a chat.

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What is the best thing about your job?

The best thing is definitely getting to work with different people from different backgrounds, seeing the students improve, sometimes it’s subtle changes and it’s nice to have been a part of that, to see them grow. Being a teacher has its challenges but I love it; no one day is the same but it’s all good fun.

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How does your faith help you in your day to day life?

Good Shepherd is a very faith-centred school, and for me personally there is faith in God as well as faith in people; I think that’s interlinked. My faith is all around me. People at Good Shepherd work very hard because of their faith, they want to be here, and faith helps us all grow.

Who is your patron saint and why did you choose him or her?

St Patrick. Being from Ireland, I chose St Patrick. Not only am I proud to be Irish and to have an Irish background, but I admire St Patrick’s determination and courage.

You have travelled around the globe a far bit: can you tell us a bit about your journeys?

I’ve been travelling on and off since I was about 21. I’ve seen parts of Europe, Ireland, Asia, North America and Egypt. I love travelling, I want to see as much as I can and it’s nice talking to the students about my experiences. I think next on the list is South America, maybe Brazil.

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How has travelling changed you as a person?

Travelling has opened my eyes to many things. I think that we are lucky in Australia and

not everyone around the world is as lucky. I’ve met different people with different ideas and cultures; it’s interesting to learn more about them and what they value.

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What is your favourite movie?

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What is your favourite sport and team?

Braveheart. I like to see people fighting for what they believe in and to see the underdog doing well; also the scenery and action in the movie are really good.

In AFL, I support West Coast Eagles and, in soccer, I support Glasgow Celtics.

Why is it important for children to be taught religious education as a subject?

Religious education teaches students values. It also teaches them how to treat themselves as well as others, they can delve into history and it gives students a set of principles to live by.

What advice would you give to someone wanting to become a teacher?

It’s not a ‘cruisy’ job but it is very rewarding. If you put in hard work and put in yourself and give yourself to the job and the students, the feeling that you’ve had a positive impact on somebody is amazing. Being a teacher keeps you young; once you’re in the classroom you come down to the students’ level so you can relate to them. It’s a serious job but don’t take yourself too seriously. Learn from your mistakes as you are bound to make some; sometimes you don’t know the answer to every question but you learn together, you roll with the punches and remain open to anything, enjoy the ride.

What are some difficulties you have encountered when you chose your profession?

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Nothing major at all, everyone has been really supportive.

What do you think is the importance of telling Bible stories to children?

One of the best things about Bible stories is that it helps the students relate to the Sacraments; for example, Confirmation and the story of Pentecost go hand in hand as well as Holy Communion and the story of The Last Supper. Bible stories let students know it’s

Good Shepherd Primary School teacher Chris Burns says the faith is all around him, where he works: “There is faith in God and faith in people; I think that’s interlinked.” PHOTO: JUANITA SHEPHERD

not something we’ve just plucked out of thin air to learn, they are true stories which many be 2,000 years old but still relevant today. Bible stories give the students messages and meanings. For example, it’s easy to be nice to someone who is nice but it’s a lot harder to be nice to someone who is marginalised, but Jesus was nice to everyone and Bible stories teach important, meaningful values to students.

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What is your favourite Bible story? The Feeding of the 5,000 from Mark 6:30-44. What is your favourite colour? Green, reminds me of Ireland.

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What does being Catholic mean to you?

It holds a concept of community. No matter where we go, we have something that binds us all together, it also gives us a good set of values, and as I am getting older I am always finding out more about my faith.

What is your fondest memory of being at school?

Always sporting memories, I spent Year 12 doing more sport than anything else.

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Favourite book? The Outsiders by SE Hinton.

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Have you ever been in detention?

I’ve had many detentions, but nothing extreme, just for being ‘a bit of a larrikin’.

How would you encourage children to embrace their faith without seeming pushy?

I have matured in my faith and what I try to do in class is to make the students relate to faith, I bring it back to them and their lives on their terms. I talk to them, and have open and honest discussions with them.

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What is your favourite school lunch?

Sausage sizzles; a little bit burnt with onions and tomato sauce.

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Prof presses past rainbow intimidation By Matthew Biddle THE University of Notre Dame (UNDA) has challenged those who oppose views presented in their public lectures to raise their opposition inside, rather than outside, the lecture theatres. UNDA was responding to a group of protestors who objected to visiting philosopher, Professor John Finnis’ arguments on samesex marriage and euthanasia. Prof Finnis’ lecture on June 4 at the Fremantle campus was disrupted by a group of Equal Love WA protestors who chanted loudly and banged on lecture theatre walls during the first part of the talk. In a statement on its Facebook page, UNDA’s Centre for Faith, Ethics and Society (CFES) said it was “disappointed that protestors elected to raise opposition from outside ... rather than listening to Professor Finnis speak and raising opposition directly in the Q&A”. “Part of the task of a Catholic university is to give voice to the values upheld and defended by the Catholic Church in a considered, intellectual manner,” the statement said, welcoming protestors “to raise their opposition in a manner that allows for genuine debate.” Tom Gourlay attended the lecture and said there were between 25 and 30 protestors present. “They were chanting for about 20 minutes which did make it dif-

Philosopher Prof John Finnis giving a lecture on euthanasia and same-sex marriage at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney, recently.

ficult to hear the first part of his talk,” he said. Mr Gourlay was surprised protestors remained outside rather than attending the lecture to hear Prof Finnis’ position and arguments. Contrary to protestors’ claims, Prof Finnis did not present a discriminatory message but was “engaging in a reasoned debate”,

according to Mr Gourlay. During the lecture, Opposing ‘Death with Dignity’ and ‘Same-Sex Marriage: Faith or Reason?, Prof Finnis said it was important to use rational language in the discourse of public debate. “If we are to keep our critical freedom, we can’t accept ambiguous and euphemistic slogans such as ‘death with dignity,’” he said.

“Conscience judges not by word play, nor by the play of traditional or any other majoritarian or elite power, opinion, attitude or will, but by looking for reason.” Regarding euthanasia, Prof Finnis said the prohibition of deliberate killing is the cornerstone of a civil, safe and functional society. “Unless doctors are to be com-

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mitted to kill anyone and everyone who makes a stable and competent request for death, they are going to have to proceed on a classification of lives as worth living or not worth living,” he said. “Such a classification would create a new structure of radical inequality with much resulting injustice and a gravely damaging impact on the common good.”

St Kieran’s celebrates as 66 receive the Bread of Heaven

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Two pictures tell the whole story: St Kieran’s parish priest, Fr Michael Gatt, and the 66 children who made their First Holy Communion last Sunday. SUPPLIED

FATHER Michael Gatt welcomed 66 St Kieran’s Primary School children to their First Holy Communion, last weekend, with the parish set to celebrate with another 44 children from public schools next Sunday. Around 1,200 families, friends, and parishioners gathered to pray with, and congratulate, the children on the momentous milestone. The children who will make their first Holy Communion next week hail from 24 different suburbs

throughout Perth, from Willetton to Clarkson. Fr Gatt said he encouraged other parishes, priests and catechists to be ever mindful of the needs of Catholic families with children at state schools. St Kieran’s Osborne Park parish community has celebrated the First Reconciliations, First Holy Communions, and Confirmations of 270 children this year, to date.

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Kylie skippers team to blind sailing meet success By Matthew Biddle PERTH Catholic Kylie Forth performed admirably in the Blind Sailing World Championships recently in Japan, with her Australian team finishing second. The B1 class event was won by Great Britain, despite a fast-finishing Australian team narrowing the gap in the final races. The event consisted of 15 races over five days, with points scored for each race and the overall leader taking home the trophy. Australia started slowly and after seven races was languishing at the bottom of the table. However, a strong performance on days three and four, in which Ms Forth’s team came either first or second in every race, helped Australia to gain second position.

Ms Forth said it was the team’s slow start to the competition that cost them first place. “We started quite badly,” she said. “We amped up the concentration and managed to pull a few really

Great Britain were the best sailors ... we would have loved to beat them, but next year, we will. good races out of somewhere.” The Claremont parishioner, who was the team’s skipper, received the media’s choice award for the best sailor in the championships. Nineteen teams from six coun-

tries took part in the championships, which were held from May 26 to June 1. The second place finish replicates the team’s effort in last year’s match-racing championship. “Great Britain were by far the best sailors and we were matching them,” Ms Forth said. “We would have loved to have beaten them, but next year we will.” Ms Forth said the team was far stronger this year than at the previous fleet-racing championships in 2009, when Australia finished 6th. The team will now begin preparation for the world match-racing championship to be held in Boston next year. Ms Forth said she was confident Australia would enter two teams in next year’s event.

Claremont parishioner Kylie Forth receives an award for the best sailor at the Blind Sailing World Championships recently held in Japan. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Scores sealed with Chrism: Rockingham By Robert Hiini SCORES of young people were confirmed at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Rockingham last Saturday, in a church teeming with young people and their families. Bishop Donald Sproxton conferred the sacred Chrism on the heads of 56 children who had been prepared for the occasion by Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School staff and parish Religious Education program catechists. Bishop Sproxton made a trip down to the parish during the preceding week where he met and spoke with all candidates for the Sacrament. The parish thanked all who had taken part in the Mass, including altar servers and extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist. Bishop Sproxton thanked the Star of the School choir and musical director, Kate Linton. The Confirmations follow those of nearby St Bernadette’s Parish in Port Kennedy where 62 children were confirmed last month. Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Rockingham will celebrate First Holy Communions in September.

Bishop Donald Sproxton speaks to 56 young people who were confirmed in Rockingham last Saturday.

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SJOG Midland construction on track and on time CONSTRUCTION of St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals has reached the 25 per cent completion milestone, on target and on budget. Passersby can’t miss the impressive structure on the Clayton Street site, with the southern clinical block having reached the fourth of five storeys and all five lift cores now in place. The fifth and final storey of the

SJOG will run Midland’s new public hospital while offering private care at a hospital on the same site.

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clinical block is due to be completed by the end of June. The block will house departments such as emergency, radiology, outpatients, allied health, operating theatres and mental health. Chief Executive Officer, Ian Anderson, said: “This great progress is all down to team work and the combined efforts of St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals; managing

contractor, Brookfield Multiplex; and architects, Hassell.” Work on the northern ward block has also made significant headway. This building will include services such as reception, admissions, public and private inpatient wards, medical clinics and community services. Brookfield Multiplex’s Regional Managing Director, Chris Palandri, said: “Construction is moving ahead on schedule and the site’s workforce has jumped to nearly 200, due to peak at 350 by the end of the year.” The co-located hospitals are due to open in late 2015 and will employ about 1,000 staff. St John of God Midland Public Hospital will provide free health care for public patients, while St John of God Midland Private Hospital will offer the choice of private health care. North Metropolitan Health Service Chief Executive, Shane Kelly, said: “This milestone is a significant step closer to the opening of the first major hospital facilities to be built in the Midland area in over 50 years, which will allow more people to access a greater range of healthcare services closer to home.”

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Meet this Benedictine Mother Superior who was once one of the King’s starlet leading ladies ... By Mark Pattison

ON’T look now, but Dolores Hart is about to become a star again, 50 years after her last movie. Hart - that’s Mother Dolores, the prioress of a Benedictine women’s monastery in Bethlehem, Conn has just had her memoir published a year after a documentary featuring her life in as a cloistered nun picked up an Oscar nomination for best documentary short subject. She is crisscrossing the country this summer to promote the book, The Ear of the Heart: An Actress’ Journey From Hollywood to Holy Vows. The latest rush of celebrity is “amazing”, Mother Dolores told Catholic News Service (CNS) on June 6 in Washington, where she was scheduled for a raft of interviews and a personal appearance. “It makes me realise that time is the illusion. We do things in our life, and we constantly do them. It’s only separated by time,” said the 74-year-old nun. Mother Dolores, in her Hollywood days, made only ten movies, but she made them count. She was cast twice opposite Elvis Presley, in 1957’s Loving You and 1958’s King Creole. She starred in the first film celebrating the annual ritual of spring break in the 1960’s Where the Boys Are. She even did a star turn as St Clare in the 1961 religious biopic, Francis of Assisi. But she’s most proud of playing the title character in the 1962 drama, Lisa, as a Jewish girl who survived the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp only to be pursued by traitors after World War II intending to force her into prostitution. “(Actor) Stephen Boyd was the man who rescued Lisa and told her he would take her back to Palestine. And of course she had a very hard time hearing him, learn to believe in him and actually get there. And that relationship with Lisa was, for me, a relationship with the Jewish women who had undergone that experience,” Mother Dolores said. After hearing firsthand the death camp experience from one Auschwitz survivor, “I wanted to do that picture. I wanted somehow to be identified with the best possible rescue of these people”, she added. “And I loved working with Stephen. I fell in love with Stephen in the middle of it. I was hoping he’d ask me to marry him.” “Maybe some day,” Mother Dolores mused, “we’ll work it out. We’ll meet and say, ‘What a good thing we did.’” Born in Chicago, she said her grandfather had a motion picture operator’s licence and she’d go into the booth with him and spend days as a youngster watching movies. She told CNS she had always wanted to be an actress but after her successes on screen, she began to think life “had a bigger meaning”, that “every human being has a mission”, and maybe making movies was not the “end-all and be-all”. When she knew Elvis, she said,

“he wanted to do something with his career. He wanted to get rich and interesting parts. They never gave him that. They just kept putting him in one girlie film after the other”. Mother Dolores was never nominated for her film roles, but she was the focus of the Oscar-nominated HBO documentary, God Is the Bigger Elvis. She said Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the late papal nuncio to the United States, summoned her to his office one day and told her, “You are to make a movie about consecrated life”. Mother Dolores protested, say-

Elvis wanted to play interesting roles. But they just kept putting him in ‘girlie’ films ... ing all her Hollywood contacts were dead. “And he said, ‘No, no, no, no. God will help you do this, because this has to be done,’” she recalled. Four days later, representatives of HBO - none of whom had ever heard of Archbishop Sambi - called to ask permission to film at her convent, Regina Laudis Monastery, for a documentary. The film was originally set to be two hours long but an HBO executive, smelling an Oscar, decided to chop the documentary in half. “And that’s when my heart began to sink and I began to think, ‘Oh, no, it’s going to be about me,’ because what (else) are they going to do to cut a

Top: Benedictine Mother Dolores Hart talks with CNS about her life as an actress and woman religious. Above: The cover of Mother Hart’s autobiography. Left: Dolores Hart and Elvis Presley star in the 1957 movie Loving You. PHOTOS: CNS/IGNATIUS PRESS/ NANCY PHELAN WIECHEC

two-hour film down to one hour?”, she told CNS. God Is the Bigger Elvis was nominated, although it did not win. “I thought to myself, I hope this film will be of value. That’s all I hope,” Mother Dolores said. One might think The Ear of the Heart was written to capitalise on the documentary’s high profile. Not so. “Dick DeNeut, who wrote the book with me, asked me ten years ago if I should do a story of my life,”

Mother Dolores said. She added she resisted the idea initially, but eventually consented. She said that, originally, she wasn’t thrilled with the title, either: “I thought it would be a medical journal. But he (DeNeut) said, ‘That’s the first line in the Rule of St Benedict: “Listen, my son with the ear of the heart to the voice of the master’.” Mother Dolores is the only nun to be accredited as a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture

Arts and Sciences - colloquially, the folks who choose the Oscar winners. And it comes in handy for the occasional movie night at the monastery. Sisters “will put up (notes) on the board saying, ‘Can we see this?’ ‘Can we see that?’ ‘Could anybody bring this?’ We’re in the monastery, but they know,” Mother Dolores said, laughing. “We do have our special movie nights. I think the last was Les Miserables. Everybody wanted to see that.” - CNS

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A different kind of Catholic education

Ordinary Time to be had by all

Homeschooling is on the rise, even in the face of occasional, negative assumptions. Perth Catholic families tell Matthew Biddle why they have taken the reins of their children's education.

OUR question will be of interest to all Catholics, not only to recent converts like you. The calendar is based around five seasons: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter and Ordinary Time. The Church year begins with Advent, which is the preparation for Christmas. It is a season of hope and expectation, both of Christ’s birth in history and of his second coming at the end of time. Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and thus has four Sundays. Its length varies, depending on the day of the week on which Christmas falls, being longest when Christmas falls on a Sunday. During this season, the colour of the priest’s vestments and other furnishings is purple, or violet, the colour of penance. The Christmas season begins on December 25 and ends on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. It is a season of joy and hence the liturgical colour is white. During this season we celebrate such important feasts as the Divine Maternity of Mary on January 1, the Holy Family, and Epiphany, which commemorates the adoration of the Christ child by the magi. While the original date for Epiphany was January 6, the feast is celebrated in most countries on the Sunday closest to January 6, with the Baptism of Christ usually celebrated on the following Sunday. After the Christmas season comes the first part of what is called Ordinary Time or, in Latin, tempus per annum, time through the year. Perhaps the translation of Ordinary Time is unfortunate, since no time in the worship of God is ordinary. During this time the Mass readings consider the events of Christ’s life. There are 34 weeks in Ordinary Time, interrupted by Lent and Easter. Hence, when your missal says “eighth week of Ordinary Time” or “eighth week of the year”, this is what is meant. Usually, the parish bulletins given out at Mass on Sundays indicate which week we are in, so you will know where to find the Mass in your missal. During this season the colour is green, the colour of life and growth as seen in plants. During this season, as indeed in all the seasons, the Church also celebrates the feast days of saints, as well as of Our Lord and Our Lady, the angels, etc. On saints’ days, red is used for the apostles and martyrs, and white for the other saints. After a few weeks of Ordinary Time comes the season of Lent, in preparation for Easter. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and has six full weeks in addition to the

HAT do the likes of Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens, Thomas Edison, Mozart and Franklin Roosevelt all have in common? Unlike the majority of us, these famous minds all received their education in a unique environment without teachers and classrooms. They were homeschooled. A method of education that first came to prominence in the United States in the 1960s, homeschooling has become an increasingly popular choice for parents around Australia. In Western Australia, there has been a 75 per cent increase in the number of registered homeschoolers since 1999. Although registration with the State government is mandatory in WA, it is believed that many more children are not registered. It’s a similar story around the country, with the actual number of students being homeschooled likely to be more than double the number registered. In Victoria, numbers are on the rise too. In 2008, there were 1,829 children being homeschooled but, in 2012, the number had hit 3,435. While homeschooling is illegal in many European countries, advocates of the method point out that organised school education only became common in the 19th century. Prior to that, most people were educated by family members. Yet one might ask why would parents choose to teach their children at home in today’s world when there are so many excellent schools from which to choose? For one Perth family, it was a leap of faith that has become “the best thing we’ve ever done”. Scott and Linda O’Callaghan have run their own business from home while simultaneously turning their lounge room into a classroom for the past seven years. The couple began homeschooling in 2006 after their first son, Mark, finished Year 2. “We always wanted to do it,” Mr O’Callaghan explains. “Something happened at school and we weren’t happy with the responses we were getting, and then we took the plunge. “It’s so hard to take that first step … you’ll get many people who say 'Don’t do it', and even our parents said that, but we’re so, so happy that we did.” The O’Callaghans, who have just had their eighth child, say it was the pursuit of a well-rounded, holistic education that inspired them to begin homeschooling their children. “We’re not trying to be the best … we just want an education that

will take them through life,” Mr O’Callaghan says. “We want them to do the best they can do and want to feed them with educational food. And we find that everything’s basically in the Catholic Church.” For another Perth family, it was seeing the behaviour of homeschooled children that set the wheels in motion for embracing the idea. “I was working at John XXIII bookshop in Melbourne”, mother of five, Leigh Marvin, recalls, “and a lot of the kids who were coming in were homeschoolers, and I was just really impressed by their mannerisms, by their characters, they really just stood out.” Unlike the O’Callaghans, Leigh and Nick Marvin began educating their first child, daughter Anastasia, as soon as she showed an interest in reading. “We thought we would homeschool before we had the children,” Mrs Marvin says. Both families begin the school day with morning Mass, before tackling subjects including maths, poetry, religion, art, science, grammar, history and music. The children’s studies may be derived from one curriculum source, such as Seton Home Study or Our Lady of Victory School, or may be composed of elements from several different curricula. The former method is referred to among homeschoolers as the “classical” model, while the latter is called the “eclectic” form. While there are many different curricula available to homeschooling families, it takes a significant amount of research to discover the most suitable one/s. “The internet is so full of things that it’s actually very easy to be successful … there’s just so much out there to make it possible,” Mrs O’Callaghan says. In most homeschooling families, it is the mother who generally takes on the role of teacher, in addition to running the household. Fortunately, the children often have a mix of independent and supervised work. “The older ones have got work they do on their own that I correct later on, and they have other subjects that I have to teach with them,” Mrs O’Callaghan explains. But filling the dual roles of parent and teacher can be challenging. Educated herself at a Catholic school, Mrs Marvin says there have been times when she has questioned if she’s doing the right thing. “Sometimes I panic,” she says. “I remember one stage, years ago, where … I kept seeing all these letters in my head of how [the kids]

I am a recent convert and have bought a missal for weekday Masses but I sometimes have difficulty knowing which Mass is being said. For example, what does it mean when it says eighth week of Ordinary Time, or year one?

Leigh Marvin with children: Felicity, 9; Anastasia, 14; Xavier, 12; and Perpetua, 5 (Lucy, 23 months, not pictured). One advantage of homeschooling, Mrs Marvin says, is the ability to begin earlier, when children want to learn.

were writing them and how it was incorrect. “I knew every single letter that they couldn’t write properly and every single sound that they couldn’t remember, and sometimes that’s really overwhelming.” But her grounding in the Catholic faith and attending daily Mass is what holds things together. “I wouldn’t homeschool if we weren’t Catholic … I don’t see how I could cope with it because my prayer life is the absolute key,” Mrs Marvin says. On a practical level, both families agree that being organised is the key to pulling off the double act. “I would say the secret to success is faithfulness to your routine, faithfulness to doing what you have to do every day,” Mrs O’Callaghan says. “The logistics are hard but once you have a routine it’s okay.” Some of the other difficulties homeschooling families face include teaching children of various ages and levels, and having to remain at home most of the day.

“You can’t just do whatever you want to do in the day, especially for the mums,” Mr O’Callaghan says. “Sometimes it’s hard, so there’s a sacrifice involved, but it is fulfilling.” One common criticism of homeschooled children is that they have little social interaction with others, but for both the O’Callaghans and the Marvins, the problem does not exist.

I understand some families need to do that, but that’s not what a child needs,” she says. Aside from believing homeschoolers receive limited social interaction, it seems there are still some who think homeschoolers are weird or crazy. “We’re trying to shrug off the hippy, alternative idea, from people who are older who have that idea of

that,” Mr O’Callaghan says. The rise in homeschoolers around Australia has been accompanied by a growing homeschooling network that provides support and resources for families. “There’s a Catholic homeschool group that meets up every month,” Mr O’Callaghan says. “It’s always growing, even in the Catholic homeschool group, it’s grown over the years. “A nd t he interesting thing is that the ones who were homeschooled are now having children so the second generation is starting.” For all the challenges that homeschooling presents for young, busy families, there are many benefits in store for both parents and children. One of the biggest advantages for Mrs Marvin is the ability to tailor a curriculum to each child’s needs. “It can be a bit complicated sometimes, but it just means that each child’s way of learning is covered, and you get to know what your child needs, which way they learn,” she

The oft-cited problem of homeschooled children having little social interaction does not exist, she says. "It's the biggest fallacy ever. It's so uneducated to say that - that you have to be at a school to socialise." “It’s the biggest fallacy ever,” Mrs Marvin says emphatically. “It’s so uneducated to think that or even say that – that you have to be at a school to socialise.” While she admits that some homeschooled children can feel lonely, Mrs Marvin says being in a large family provides children with the best friends they could have. “The world wants you to send the baby out when it’s a few weeks old to childcare, what to toughen it up?

homeschooling,” Mr O’Callaghan says. Similarly, Mrs Marvin says people still tell her “You must be either Catholic or crazy”, to which she responds, “I’m both”. But such a sentiment soon gives way to admiration for the momentous task that such parents have taken on. “Whenever we go out we always get a positive comment, and I think most homeschoolers would get

says. “Some things they’ll still find boring … but in this way you can hone in on their interests.” Not being limited to a 50-minute lesson which ends the moment a siren is heard is another advantage for Mrs Marvin. “If they need more time to understand something, then you can give them that time,” she says. Homeschooling families also have the flexibility to arrange and rearrange the school day and even the school calendar. “If something happens within a family, if they’re moving, if they’re renovating, if there’s a death, or a serious illness … you don’t have that added pressure of getting the kids to school at a certain time,” Mrs Marvin says. Working from home predominantly, Mr O’Callaghan says being able to spend more time together as a family was one of the biggest drawcards of homeschooling for him. “They’ve got to see me work … they’ve also helped the work in the orchard, and I’ve just seen them grow up which is a huge blessing for me,” he says. “They are the treasures of your life … and I’m really so happy we did it.

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You get to actually know them and they get to know us. “It was the best thing we ever did for them and for us, because now we see our children grow up.” Mrs Marvin agrees: “I don’t think you have enough time when the kids are at school,” she says. “It’s unfair for the parents and for the kids because by the time they get home everyone’s tired and there’s not really much time, and I think kids want time to be together.” Although there are some who believe every family should homeschool their children, Mrs Marvin says each family has its own needs. “I believe it’s a calling within the family,” she explains. “I don’t go out and spread the word and say 'Everybody homeschool' and things like that because … it’s not for everybody.” But whether parents choose to send their children to school or not, there is a shared end goal that all parents have. “Nick and I want them to go to university, if that’s what they want, and what God wants for them, and I want them to achieve, I want them to be the best that they can be,” Mrs Marvin says.

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days between Ash Wednesday and the first Sunday of Lent. Leaving out the Sundays, which are like weekly celebrations of the joy of Easter, Lent has 40 days, to commemorate Our Lord’s 40 days of prayer and fasting in the desert before beginning his public ministry (cf Mt 4:l-2). Lent is the primordial season of penance and hence the colour is violet, or purple. During Lent the readings focus on Baptism and penance. The Easter season begins with the Easter vigil on the eve of Easter Sunday, and it has seven full weeks, ending on Pentecost Sunday, when the Holy Spirit came down on the apostles. Easter is the most important feast of the year, celebrating Our

The translation 'Ordinary Time' is perhaps unfortunate when the readings consider Christ's life. Lord’s Resurrection and our Redemption. As a season of joy, the colour is white. After Pentecost Sunday, Ordinary Time resumes until the first Sunday of Advent, when the cycle begins all over again. The last Sunday of Ordinary Time is the feast of Christ the King. It is important to know that the readings in Mass vary from year to year, following a threeyear cycle on Sundays and a two-year cycle on weekdays. On Sundays, there are three readings, including the Gospel, and all three vary each year for three years. The Sunday cycles are usually referred to as Years A, B and C. In order to know in which year we are, it is presumed that the cycles began in the year 1AD with Year A, so that all years divisible by three are Year C. The weekday cycles are known as Years 1 and 2, according to whether they are odd or even numbered years. The first reading in Mass varies each year following this plan, but the Gospel is the same each year. At the beginning of Ordinary Time, the Gospel is from Mark, the shortest Gospel. When Mark is finished, passages of Matthew not found in Mark are read, followed by those from Luke. The Gospel of John is used especially in Easter time.

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Speaking volumes: an audience member embraces Absent Director Justin Hunt, far left, as fellow audience members gather round after a screening of the documentary on how fatherlessness has affected men. Metallica frontman, James Hetfield, at left, takes a break during filming of the documentary. Despite huge success as the main face of one of the world’s most recognised heavy metal bands, Hetfield has spent a lifetime coming to terms with his parent’s divorce when he was 16. Director Hunt interviews four times World Champion boxer Johnny Tapia, below left. Tapia’s father was murdered when his mother was pregnant with him. When Tapia was five, he saw his mother being raped and tortured and tried to warn others but no-one believed him. Four days later, she died and he was raised by his grandparents. Despite his career success, Tapia’s life was beset by drug problems, including hospitalisation for overdoses. Tapia as a child and during his career, below. PHOTOS: COURTESY ABSENT

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Absent Director Justin Hunt, below. Crowds queue in the US for a screening of the documentary, bottom.

Hunt onstage fielding questions from an audience at a screening of Absent. The documentary has drawn huge crowds at screenings around the world because of its candid examination of the problem of absent fathers. PHOTOS: ABSENT

Continued from Page 1 The “Bring Back Fatherhood” Tour which will take the film across Australia from June 13–29 will culminate with two free public viewings in Perth. One of the tour’s Australian organisers, Darren Lewis, told The Record the response to the forthcoming film has been “overwhelming”. “When we first began to investigate sources of support last October it was tough ground to plough,” he shared. “But once people realised how powerful this film is and how vital the issue is to current and future generations, the level of involvement from groups across the country has been amazing.” Lewis describes the documentary as a stepping stone to drawing attention to the irrevocable mark fathers leave on their children, whether positive or negative. “We want this tour to broaden public awareness of the widespread ramifications,” he said. “We want the film to become a vehicle for the way forward and that is why we will be providing information and ideas at the conclusion of each of the viewing sessions, informing people how they can take the next step.” Lewis said he was surprised at

the number of women expressing interest in the film and emphasised how important it was to open the eyes of both sexes to understand the importance of fathers in the lives of their children. Lewis, the founder of ‘Fathering Adventures’, a Queensland organisation dedicated to nurturing and restoring father/child relationships, is excited by the attention accumulating over recent years. When he was named Queensland Father of the Year in 2011, Lewis said the media response was minimal. “I wasn’t disappointed for my sake,” he shared, “but I realised the importance of fatherhood was not being acknowledged. To now see the interest building with Absent is a reflection of a growing awareness.” It’s an awareness that has seen the tour dates almost double since initial planning, with 19 viewings now scheduled and the possibility of more. Warwick Marsh, CEO of charity organisation “Dads4Kids”, which is sponsoring the tour, said they were determined to expose as many Australians to the film as possible and will be providing free entry to all viewings as well as bringing producer Justin Hunt to speak about the underlying messages and the way forward. “This is an honest, raw and moving film with a powerful message for all Australians,” Marsh said, “... I encourage not only fathers and future fathers to come along, but

any Australian who desires to better understand fatherlessness and how we can turn the tide.” The film features a tapestry of moving personal stories, ranging from well-known figures such as James Hetfield, frontman of heavy metal group Metallica; female model, Robin Decker; and world champion boxer, Johnny Tapia, to vulnerable youth and women caught up in prostitution.

“Show me a person who is angry, violent, depressed, selfish, sexually immoral or hyper-driven and I’ll show you a father wound,” Hunt says. Woven among these soulbaring testimonies is the thought-provoking wisdom and observations of top selling authors, John Eldredge and Father Richard Rohr, and sobering statistics on the tragic, social impact the absence of fathers has wreaked on communities across the world. Rohr describes it as “the most universal wound on this earth” and Eldredge adds, “If you walk into any psychologist’s office in the world today, nine out of ten presenting problems - addictions, affairs, depression or whatever else, the father wound will be at the root.”

The film also presents an historical, psychological, social, spiritual and emotional perspective on the issue, and laments the lack of cultural initiation processes designed to invite and welcome boys to manhood – which, they claim, has resulted in the prolonged adolescent behaviours and attitudes witnessed in an increasing number of males today. “You show me a person that is angry, violent, depressed, selfish, sexually immoral, hyper-driven, or one of several other personality types, and I’ll show you a father wound,” Hunt says. “Nothing is more important to a young man, or a young woman, than a father’s love, respect and acceptance. And nothing is more damaging than when the question ‘Am I good enough?’ is asked of the father by the child, and the answer is silence.” Those producing this film and organisers screening it throughout Australia are well aware of the difficulties in the battle required to counter and restore the rightful role of fatherhood, both at an individual and social level and acknowledge the film represents the early stages of what Rohr describes as an “evolution of consciousness”. Fatherlessness is an insidious cancer that is tearing apart the fabric of society and is spreading its tentacles of personal and communal chaos in areas such as sexual and mental health, crime, violence, incarceration, suicide, addictions and abortions as well as

the less obvious emotional and generational impact inflicted on those without positive and loving male role models. Absent is a vital and necessary vehicle to continue the momentum of recognition and recovery that has been building in recent years as the fruits of this phenomenon become too obvious to ignore. It is a disease that must be treated now before the disastrous fruits of fatherlessness become irreparable. “We can no longer hide under the blanket of apathy – we need to fight for the hearts of our children,” the film’s voiceover concludes. “If we do not, they will wander the world with a hole in their chest.” A hole they will try to fill with anything they can find.

Perth screenings when and where? Absent will be showing at sessions in Perth on June 29. 1-3pm at Perth Christian Life Centre Auditorium, 3 Rangeview Place, Canning Vale (for more information, contact David Mazzotti on 0449 001 505) and 7-9pm at i60 Community Services, 60 Seagrove Boulevard, Merriwa (contact: 0406 856 459). Cost: Free For more information on Absent, go to www.absentmovie.com.au.

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Absent Director Justin Hunt, below. Crowds queue in the US for a screening of the documentary, bottom.

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ABSENT Continued from Page 1 The “Bring Back Fatherhood” Tour which will take the film across Australia from June 13–29 will culminate with two free public viewings in Perth. One of the tour’s Australian organisers, Darren Lewis, told The Record the response to the forthcoming film has been “overwhelming”. “When we first began to investigate sources of support last October it was tough ground to plough,” he shared. “But once people realised how powerful this film is and how vital the issue is to current and future generations, the level of involvement from groups across the country has been amazing.” Lewis describes the documentary as a stepping stone to drawing attention to the irrevocable mark fathers leave on their children, whether positive or negative. “We want this tour to broaden public awareness of the widespread ramifications,” he said. “We want the film to become a vehicle for the way forward and that is why we will be providing information and ideas at the conclusion of each of the viewing sessions, informing people how they can take the next step.” Lewis said he was surprised at

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pREsENTEd by THE ARcHdiOcEsE OF pERTH The Second Vatican Council was a time of a grace and renewal for the Catholic Church. Parishes and dioceses all over the world will ‘celebrate’ VATICAN II in light of the 50th anniversary of the Council. This is an important anniversary of the life of the Church and provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the Council, on its teaching and our reception of its key documents. I invite and encourage you to attend the following public talks. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB

TALK ONE

Liturgy: The call to full, active and conscious participation. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME FREMANTLE – TANNOCK HALL OF EDUCATION 7.00PM WEDNESDAY 1 MAY Presenter: Fr Thomas Scirghi SJ, Thomas More Chair of Jesuit Studies

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Dei Verbum: The powerful presence of the Word of God. ST JOHN & PAUL PARISH HALL, WILLETTON – 7.00PM WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE Presenter: Sr Jan Gray RSM, Principal of Jesuit Theological College, Melbourne

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People of God: We are called to holiness OUR LADY OF THE MISSION PARISH HALL, WHITFORDS – 7.00PM WEDNESDAY 14 AUGUST Sr Gemma Simmonds CJ, Senior Lecturer in Pastoral and Social Studies and Theology, Heythrop College, University of London

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EDITORIAL

Painful issues are the ones that fascinate

t Francis of Assisi may very well have been ruled completely out of order and relegated as far as possible into obscurity by a diocesan committee if had been born in Australia in the 20th century. What he had to say was too painful for many in the Church to hear at the time. When people speak of the neuralgic issues in their lives, they are referring to those matters potentially painful to discuss - topics that can cause pain, discomfort, conflict or disagreement. Not surprisingly, there is often a strong tendency to avoid entering into discussion of such matters on the grounds that it is better to avoid causing another person discomfort or embarrassment by contradicting or questioning what they say. Such a position might be described as originating with a good intention, but whether it is the appropriate course of action is highly doubtful - such an approach effectively undermining the practical and philosophical primacy of the truth. There is a second problem with avoiding resolution or discussion of painful matters: to consistently do so risks paralysis for fear of causing offence to others, morphing quickly into a false irenicism that suffocates any chance of progress. Paradoxically, it is the neuralgic issues at the heart of the confrontation between the baptismal faith of the Church and the spirit of our increasingly secular (and intolerant) society that a growing number of those working for the New Evangelisation see as critical to its success. Just as paradoxically, most Catholics run a country mile to escape having to engage in any conversation or defence of what our society sees as the neuralgic issues - abortion, fatherlessness, same-sex ‘marriage’, contraception, the family, divorce - and so on. Meanwhile, in Australia, things have developed in recent decades to the point where the statistically overwhelming default setting among most Catholics is the assumption that to assent to the Church’s teachings in such matters is effectively to embrace a form of religious extremism – even fanaticism. However, this widespread assumption among Catholics at every level of the Church misses one important fact: people in our wider society have not stopped being interested in Christianity or the Church; the problems of the human condition do not change. People still search today for the answer to the meaning of their own lives and the lives of those around them as much as they ever have. The human heart does not really change. PO Box 3075 The problem is that huge Adelaide Terrace numbers in our society look PERTH WA 6832 at the Catholic Church today with something approachoffice@therecord.com.au ing incomprehension. How, they ask, can anyone assent to Tel: (08) 9220 5900 such outmoded, perverse and Fax: (08) 9325 4580 even offensive beliefs when the obvious choice is between reasonable moral autonomy and membership of an institution apparently obsessed with the letter of the law but not its spirit? And it’s true, many in our society see the Catholic Church (especially) as irrelevant to almost everyone other than the feeble-minded and the infirm. But one of the more interesting messages to emerge from the Great Grace Conference in Sydney, held from May 20-23, was that from Catholic Voices founders, Jack Valero (Press Officer for Opus Dei UK) and Austen Ivereigh (journalist and commentator). Each has an intense interest in the New Evangelisation and an impressive track record answering questions from the media and others on all things Catholic. In their eyes, it is precisely the so-called neuralgic issues for which Catholics should be able and ready to give reasons for their faith. It is precisely these ‘difficult’ hot-button issues, they told conference participants, that are the very ones non-Catholics are interested in the most. Yes, they may be predisposed to disagree with the Church on whether two men can get married but they are still fascinated by why Catholics so tenaciously believe in apparent perversities such as why marriage can only be between a man and a woman. What they have largely not heard - and don’t seem likely to hear anytime soon - is why. One major problem with evangelisation-by-committee, of course, is that such bodies inevitably - we might say intrinsically - risk nothing, precisely for fear of causing concern or consternation among stakeholders. Another appears to be a basic ignorance as to the dynamic and trajectory of a human life and its constant intersection with God’s love. To attempt to make the new evangelisation an ‘acceptable’ process has more often than not been a way of avoiding the risk of ridicule for confidently embracing the neuralgic countercultural Church teachings in matters usually to do with sex: a Church of wimps, we might say, that is preferable to a Church that is credal. Yet, whether the issue is HIV-AIDS and condoms, same-sex marriage, abortion or contraception, it is clear that the Church’s Theology of the Body (to take just one example; we could also nominate the Church’s treasure of Social Teaching) - of which almost all Catholics are ignorant - offers stunning reasons that amaze people when they hear the explanations. When they do hear such explanations, they usually ask why no-one, especially those in the Church, ever told them the truth. They begin by assuming Catholics blindly follow the Church because the Church says they have to. They are amazed to discover its teachings are good, not simply because the Church teaches them but because they really are good. Messrs Valero and Ivereigh are absolutely correct. When we explain what we are for, people stop and think.

Catholics run away from such issues. In fact, people want to know why we believe in them.

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LETTERS

Well done, Dawesville parish - and children

One man, one woman, is Return to more Marian formula for marriage devotion important

CONGRATULATIONS to Abby Johnson on her opinion piece When pro-life loose canons fire (The Record, May 22). It tops any homily I have heard on forgiveness. This Mary Magdalene confession is a must for any Pro-Lifers. I will remember it the next time I have an urge to pass judgement.

SINCE the beginning of Creation, humans have recognised in nature the importance of family. Its provenance is found in Genesis (1:27-28). In the previous verse of that chapter, 26, members of our great family can read that we humans have been made in God’s image. The God of Creation’s appearance was also made visible to us through the human face of His Son Jesus at the Incarnation. At the opening address of ‘The Great Grace’ national conference in St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, less than a fortnight ago, Cardinal George Pell asserted that “marriage and the family is a glue holding society together”, a non-negotiable truth which is highly relevant to Australian society. This sovereign theme expressed by the Cardinal was carried on into the plenary sessions and workshops of the conference in the following days. The impetus arose from another occasion, when Cardinal Pell invited Catholics to defend the institution of marriage from intrusively hostile threats, such as last year’s lobbying, intended to destroy it. The Australian Constitution in Section 5 (xxi) empowers the parliament to make statutory laws for marriage. In 2004, the Commonwealth Marriage Act (1961) incorporated the common law definition of marriage which means “the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others voluntarily entered into for life”. Very strong support for this meaning of marriage has been given by the United Nations in its Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in relation to the family as the “natural and fundamental group unit of society entitled to protection by society and state”. So, we are entitled to think that the unabated effrontery of a lobby in its attempt to undermine marriage, by its saturation of the media, is akin to shaking one’s fist at God. The gates of hell, however, will not prevail against us (Matthew 16:18).

Peter Barron MANDURAH, WA

JFA Sutherland KELMSCOTT, WA

CONGRATULATIONS to the children, teachers and parents involved in the First Holy Communion ceremony at the vigil Mass at St Damien’s Parish, Dawesville, on Saturday, June 8. As a visitor to the parish, I had not been aware that it was First Communion Day. And, as Father Leon Russell said, it was his experience over the years that many parishioners tended to head off to attend Mass at neighbouring parishes to avoid such occasions. But the ceremony at Dawesville was impressive. It was apparent that the children from the Dawesville Catholic Primary School and surrounding schools had been well prepared. They approached the occasion with due reverence and expectation, and they read confidently. Fr Leon explained the events as they unfolded and the liturgy was especially tailored so that all could follow what was happening. One very pertinent factor was the reminder to all before Mass that the church is a holy place and that everyone should pay due respect. And the request that no photographs be taken during the Mass helped ensure the occasion did not turn into a circus. St Damien’s is a very young parish and is already establishing a fine tradition. Peter Kennedy MT LAWLEY WA

Thank you, Abby, for your wisdom and love

I HAVE just been listening to retired Bishops Geoffrey Robinson and Pat Power on ABC2 Radio discussing their thoughts on how the Catholic Church should proceed. They advocate the need for the lay people, who are the Church, to have more say in how the Church should be administered. It is worth noting that, in the early years of the Church, the people had a say in the election of the bishops. It is said priests would select a candidate and present him to the populace and if they disagreed they would boo and the priests would repeat the process until the bishop was selected. This may be anecdotal, but it shows that the people had a say. They also advocate the need for lay people to be present on the various councils. This also was a fact in the early stages of the Church. However, they also advocate the need for women to take a more active role in the running of the Church. Why would they want this? After Vatican II, public devotion to the most influential woman in the Church, the Virgin Mary, appeared to fade. The discouragement of devotion to Mary may not, in fact, have been promoted, but it is an impression that many Catholics I have spoken to hold. It is also interesting to note that, after Vatican II, devotion to Mary declined as the world turned from God. Many of the saints held the view that to know Jesus we need to know Mary. We need to return to Mary, to the Rosary and to public devotion to her. Without her help, the world will get worse. She is, after all, our advocate and mediatrix of all graces, as indicated on the medal of the Immaculate Conception. Cornelius Hogan ELLENBROOK, WA

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Robbing the young of their future benefits no-one Youth unemployment figures around the world are staggering but some costs cannot be measured by statistics, writes Marcus Roberts ...

he future is looking decidedly less rosy for the world’s youth. According to The Atlantic Monthly, the International Labor Organisation has undertaken a global review of youth unemployment (calculated as the share of 15-24 year olds who are in the labour force (working/looking for work) who do not report to be working at all). The results are pretty grim. The youth unemployment rate for the world is around 12.5 per cent and is projected to flat-line, rather than fall, until 2018. Remember, this is the percentage of young people who want to work but cannot find work, so the figure does not include those in education. This is a disaster for young people: “Elevated and lasting unemployment is an awful thing, anywhere, and for anyone. But it is awful in a special way for young people, cutting them off from networks and starting salaries at the moment they need to forge connections and begin to cobble together a career ... the global Millennial generation could be uniquely scarred by the economic downturn. Research by

Lisa Kahn has showed that people graduating into a recession have typically faced a lifetime of lower wages.” The world figure, of course, masks some terribly large variations between countries. Some of these variations are surprising: “As Ritchie King from Quartz shows ... it’s now harder for a teenager or young adult to find a job in developed economies than in SubSaharan Africa.” The lowest youth unemployment rate in the International Labor Organisation’s database was Switzerland (at 6.2 per cent) while the highest was Greece at 54.2 per cent. For young Greek women, the number of those unemployed is even worse – a staggering 62.1 per cent. The US youth unemployment rate is around 16 per cent, the Euro zone is 22.6 per cent. An even scarier trend, according to The Atlantic, is the rise of long-term youth unemployment: “In many European countries, particularly Spain, the increase in unemployment has come almost exclusively from people being out

of work longer than two years ... About half of Europe’s unemployed youth have been out of work for more than six months, according to 2011 data.” My wife and I were lucky enough to graduate in 2006-2007, just on the crest of the global downturn. We were lucky in that law firms were still hiring many graduates and that you had a good opportunity to at least get your foot in the door. I see the young students in my classes now and I feel very sorry for them. The opportunities are not there – at least not in the same numbers. Now, most of them are bright and will land on their feet (and New Zealand has certainly done better than many other countries in weathering the storm) but it does make me wonder – how much damage does an economic downturn do to peoples’ lives that is not measured in stock market figures and bare unemployment figures? Marcus Roberts teaches law at Auckland University. - www.mercatornet.com

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Fish Wife Syndrome ever-present risk If Mariette Ulrich’s husband ever comes home with a fish offering them anything they want, she’ll tell him to throw it back ...

ur postmodern age boasts a proliferation of phobias, syndromes, addictions and afflictions. I’d like to make my own modest contribution by discussing Fisherman’s Wife Syndrome. (It might be more politically correct to call it Fisherperson’s Nagging Domestic Partner Syndrome, but it loses something in the translation.) Remember the poor fisherman’s wife of fairy tale fame? She exists in many different versions and cultures. In the story, her husband catches an enchanted fish which pleads for its life. In return, it promises to grant the man anything he asks. The fisherman releases the fish, and, like a good husband, promptly goes home to ask his better half what he ought to wish for. Like many a wife, she has a list ready. Much to the husband’s dismay, she sends him back to the fish again and again, each time asking

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for more. Initially, she requests— and is granted—riches and a succession of increasingly grand houses. Still dissatisfied, however, she asks for power: first temporal, then cosmic—in one version, the wife wants to be pope, then God (some things never change). At this last request, the magic fish grows angry and, in a violent storm, takes everything away, leaving the couple in their original, impoverished condition. (One wonders why the husband is thus punished—perhaps for allowing his wife to rule and oppress him as she does. He might have kept mum about the fish, wished for a bigger tackle box, and called it a day.) Fisherman’s Wife Syndrome (FWS) is an amalgamation of the

deadly sins of envy, avarice and pride, with a little anger and ingratitude thrown in for good measure. Covetousness (whether for riches, power or prestige) has been christened by contemporary society; now it’s called ambition, discriminating taste, wanting ‘the good life’ –often at any cost. It affects believers and nonbelievers alike, even those who think they aren’t materialistic. In our newlywed, apartment-dwelling days, I thought our spirit of detachment resulted from being such good Christians. Now I know it was caused by low wages, an obsession to save money, and a semi-nomadic lifestyle. Since settling in our own house, dissatisfaction and a steady acquisition of goods have crept up on us like a slow disease. Suddenly we cannot live without a big screen TV (is our eyesight really getting that poor?); I’m forever complaining about the décor (more accurately, the lack thereof),

the age of the appliances, the overall deficiency of the square footage. “We have seven children,” I kept telling people, as if it was all my girls’ fault. In reality, it’s the STUFF belonging to the seven children – and their parents – for which we have insufficient space. Then there are the non-material ambitions. I was fortunate enough to attend university, but who can be happy with just a BA? I want an MA, a PhD, a whole alphabet behind my name. Then there’s the writing ‘career’ (I use the term loosely). You’d think it would be enough to publish a few articles, witness to my faith, make many wonderful friends, and earn a little pocket money on the side. But no. I want to be sought after by all the most prestigious papers and magazines, write bestsellers (half a dozen or so), go on speaking tours, make lots of money. Whether it’s a mid-life thing or not, it comprises what Alice von

Hildebrand calls “illegitimate suffering” – the kind that’s unnecessary and self-inflicted, as opposed to a cross that the Lord has given you to carry. Even when you realise you have FWS, and are determined to change, it’s difficult to focus on your blessings and kick the habit of complaining about what you haven’t got or haven’t achieved. It’s enough to make a magic fish cry— or rage. One wonders if things like hurricanes, wildfires, floods and tornadoes come along just to remind us what’s important in life. And what’s not. O God, giver of all good gifts, visible and invisible, help us to be grateful for what we have, and generous with those who are in need. Mariette Ulrich is a humble homemaker. She lives contentedly in an adequate house with her wonderful family in western Canada. (Well, one can dream.) ladywriter.ulrich@gmail.com

A mother’s love led to calling A family torn apart by the aftermath of war, but for Fr John Cooper OFM Cap, the love of two women changed everything ... My Vocation AS TOLD TO DEBBIE WARRIER

AM a Franciscan friar at St Francis Friary, Leichhardt, in Sydney and I joined the Capuchin Order in 1969 when I was 22. Until then I had been a carpenter. I think my vocation had something to do with my baptismal name. I was named after my uncle whose name was Francis. He died in the war, my mother’s only brother. So I wanted to know about him and then St Francis. It was St Francis who humanised Christ for me. The more I learned about the saint’s life, the more I realised that an ordinary person could become enthusiastic about Christ and live as He lived. I was also a leader in the Young Christian Workers movement in Brisbane where I originally grew up. It was about 1967 when our youth group had a retreat in the Capuchin monastery and I got to know the friars. So this was yet another stepping stone to the life I lead now. When I first joined the Order I liked the Rosary more than the Divine Office, but over the years the Prayer of the Church has spoken to me profoundly at different times. To me, it means to listen to the Holy Spirit. I am well aware of the words of St Francis: “If the graces I have received were given to someone else they would be extraordinary.” Fortunately I live in a Capuchin community where everyone is not only intelligent but also kind and they tend to put me in my place when I say something stupid. That is the advantage of fraternity. I came from a family that was destroyed by the war. My father was a prisoner of war under the Japanese for two years and when he returned he and my mother were really unable to put their marriage back together again. I guess generally in those days it was somewhat unusual for people to divorce, especially amongst Catholics. The trauma of our family breakup was, I think, when I decided that maybe God didn’t exist and I lost respect for both my parents. Yet one

Ever grateful: both Mary and his own mother played a profound role in the young John Cooper’s vocation.

night I found myself praying and I told Our Lady, “You are my spiritual mother”. Suddenly, I heard a voice say quite clearly, “You cannot love me if you do not love your own mother.” It was a bit of a shock. I realised eventually that this also meant that I couldn’t pray the Our Father if I didn’t feel that way about my own father as well. I needed to understand what had happened in the lives of my parents and finally I realised it was the end result of my father’s wartime experience. Through this realisation, I found my way back into my family. Yet it was not as simple as all that. Some time after Our Lady challenged me – I was about 17 – I went and asked my mother, “What was the greatest gift you have ever been given?” In my head, I thought she was going to say, “You, son.” And

I was going to say, “Fail!” Instead, my mother looked at me and said, “My life.” I then asked her, “What is the greatest gift you have ever given anyone?” I thought she was going to tell me, “My life” but this time she said, “My love”. I asked her why she

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him. I was incensed. I went over and while the other workmen were looking on, I padlocked the shed. Then I turned the hose on all of them over the top of the shed door. They started yelling that they were going to kill me when they got out of the shed. Then the boss himself

I heard a voice say ‘You cannot love me if you do not love your own mother.’ It was a bit of a shock. didn’t say my life again and she said to me, “My life belongs to God”. It was a profound moment and paved the way to my future vocation. While I was a young carpenter’s apprentice, there was a time I remember when a group of my workmates decided to ‘initiate’ somebody. They dragged him off into a shed and put grease all over

came out to see what was going on. He was a very Christian man. He just looked at me and said, “You locked them in, you let them out”. So I unlocked the shed and they all came out like a swarm of bees. They grabbed me and were about to carry me off when the boss said, “I think you blokes had all better get back to work”. They dropped me

immediately and that was exactly what we did – we went back to work on the building. I think those guys didn’t realise they were being watched. Later, the carpenter’s apprentice I helped asked me why I had done it. I explained my faith and the Eucharist to him. He wasn’t Catholic but he said, “If you really believe that God comes down on the altar every day, you should go to Mass every morning.” What had been logical to him hadn’t been logical to me. I began walking to 6am Mass every day. After a while I started making excuses to myself about why I couldn’t go every morning, like I felt too tired. Then a voice inside my head said, “Stop struggling against me. Learn to struggle with me”. I believed that was the Holy Spirit speaking to me. The inner voices, which only came at crucial times in my life, taught me to listen to the external voices when God was talking to me through others, the Scriptures and the Church. I began to write down my own personal prayers when I was about 18. I look back on those prayers now and think I was much closer to God then, but eventually I stopped writing and just spoke directly to God about everything. My prayers may not be so profound, rather they have become simpler. I offer it up to God – the good and the bad. That is what a priest is supposed to do – offer it up at Mass. You can say, “It’s a beautiful day” or you can say, “Lord, it’s a beautiful day!” There is a great difference. Yes, there was a time in my life that I didn’t believe in God. I decided this at the time because I thought the world was so horrible. Now I know that God is not beyond all that but rather painfully aware and caught up in all the mess, because he loves us so much. But God has so much hope in our ability to overcome; because of this, our sense of hope must not be allowed to die. St Francis also pointed out that the two great things about humanity were our ability to suffer for others and our ability to forgive each other. That gives me great joy and hope for the future. The reality of the world is not always so nice, but good things are happening too.

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Fatima message. 9am video; 10.10am Holy Mass; Reconciliation, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic Adoration, Sermons on Eucharist and on Our Lady, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet and Stations of the Cross. Finish approximately 5pm. BYO lunch. Enq: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286. Family Movie Night: One Night with the King (PG) 6.45pm at 67 Howe St, Osborne Park. Movie is based on the Book of Esther. Doors open 5.30pm. Cost: Adults $10; Concession $8; Family $30. Free kids’ movie. Snacks and refreshments available. Enq: Bookings 041 992 3420 or perth. disciplesofjesus.org/movies. SATURDAY, JULY 13 St Padre Pio Prayer Day 8.30am-1pm at St Joseph’s Church, 20 Hamilton St, Bassendean. 8.30am - 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; 12pm - bring a plate for a shared lunch, tea/coffee supplied. Search YouTube.com - type “Hello from San Giovanni Rotondo” . Enq: Des 6278 1540. FRIDAY, 26 JULY Medjugorje Evening of Prayer Group 7-9pm at St Simon Peter Parish, corner Prendiville Ave and Constellation Dr, Ocean Reef. It is reported Our Blessed Mother has been appearing daily in Medjugorje since 1981 with messages for all her children. In thanksgiving, The Medjugorje evening of prayer group meet monthly in a different parish to spread Our Blessed Mother’s messages. Free DVDs on Medjugorje. NEWSFLASH! Pilgrimage to Rome, Italy, Medjugorje $3,999, Oct 8-24. Enq. 9402 2480, 0407 471 256 or medjugorje@y7mail. com.

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Cathedral Cafe Cathedral Cafe is now open every Sunday 9.30am1pm at St Mary’s Cathedral parish centre, downstairs after Mass. Coffee, tea, cakes, sweets, friendship with Cathedral parishioners. Further info: Tammy on smcperthwyd@yahoo.com.au or 0415 370 357. Pilgrim Mass - Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation 2pm at Shrine, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. Commencing with Rosary followed by Benediction. Reconciliation available before every celebration. Anointing of the sick administered during Mass every second Sunday of the month. Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin of the Revelation last Sunday of the month. Side entrance to church and shrine open daily between 9am-5pm. Enq Sacri 9447 3292. Praise and Worship 5.30pm at St Denis Parish, corner Osborne St and Roberts Rd, Joondanna. Followed by 6pm Mass. Enq: Admin admin@stdenis.com.au. EVERY FIRST SUNDAY Singles Prayer and Social Group 7pm at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St Georges Tce, Perth. Begins with holy hour (Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and teaching) followed by dinner at local restaurant. Meet new people, pray and socialise with other single men and women. Enq: Veronica 0403 841 202. EVERY SECOND SUNDAY Healing Hour 7-8pm at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. Songs of praise and worship, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament and prayers for sick. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or office Tue-Thu, 9am-2.30pm on 9344 7066. 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. 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. 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.

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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 by Fr Jean-Noel Marie. Meeting room beneath Cathedral. Enq: 9223 1372. Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry Mass at 5.30pm and Holy Hour (Adoration) at 6.30pm at Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Enq: www.cym.com or 9422 7912. EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY Novena to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop 7-7.45pm at Blessed Mary MacKillop Parish, corner Cassowary Dr and Pelican Pde, Ballajura. Begins with Mass, novena prayers and Benediction. Followed by healing prayers and anointing of the sick. Enq: Madi 9249 9093 or Gerry 0417 187 240. EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY Chaplets of Divine Mercy 7.30pm at St Thomas More Parish, Dean Rd, Bateman. Accompanied by Exposition, then Benediction. Enq: George 9310 9493 or 6242 0702 (w). EVERY THURSDAY Divine Mercy 11am at Sts John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Pray the Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy and for consecrated life, especially in our parish. Concludes with veneration of the first class relic of St Faustina. Enq: John 9457 7771. St Mary’s Cathedral Praise Meeting 7.45pm 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. EVERY SECOND THURSDAY Life in the Spirit Seminar 6pm at 2 King St, Coogee. The Resource Centre for Personal Development and Catholic Charismatic Renewal will hold seven sessions every second Thursday until October. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585. FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY Social Dinner (Young Adults aged up to 35) and Rosary Cenacle 6.30pm at St Bernadette’s Church, 49 Jugan St, Mount Hawthorn. Begins at 6.30pm with dinner at a local restaurant, followed at 8pm by a Rosary Cenacle, short talk and refreshments at the church. Great way to meet new people, pray and socialise! Enq: 9444 6131 or st.bernadettesyouth@ gmail.com.

EVERY FRIDAY Eucharistic Adoration at Schoenstatt Shrine 10am at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon. Includes holy Mass, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent adoration till 8.15pm. In this Year of Grace, join us in prayer at a place of grace. Enq: Sisters of Schoenstatt 9399 2349.

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.

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.

Saints and Sacred Relics Apostolate Invite SSRA Perth invites interested parties, parish priests, leaders of religious communities, lay associations to organise relic visitations to parishes, communities, etc. We have available authenticated relics, mostly first-class, of Catholic saints and blesseds including Sts Mary MacKillop, Padre Pio, Anthony of Padua, Therese of Lisieux, Maximilian Kolbe, Simon Stock and Blessed Pope John Paul II. Free of charge and all welcome. Enq: Giovanny 0478 201 092 or ssra-perth@catholic.org.

EVERY FIRST FRIDAY Mass and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 11am-4pm at Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins St, Glendalough. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament after Mass until 4pm, finishing with Rosary. Enq: Sr Marie MS.Perth@lsp.org.au. Healing and Anointing Mass 8.45am Pater Noster Church, Evershed St, Myaree. Begins with Reconciliation, then 9am Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, anointing of the sick and prayers to St Peregrine. Enq: Joy 9337 7189. Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Sts John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Songs of Praise and Prayer, sharing by a priest, then thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments. Enq: Kathy 9295 0913 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail.com. Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christi Church, Lochee St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, cnr Ravenswood Dr/Majella Rd, Westminster (Mirrabooka). Vigils are two Masses, Adoration, Benediction, prayers, Confession in reparation for outrages committed against the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357; Fr Giosue 9349 2315; John/Joy 9344 2609. Pro-life Witness – Mass and Procession 9.30am at St Brigid’s Parish, cnr Great Northern Hwy and Morrison Rd, Midland. Begins with Mass followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic, led by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Please join us to pray for an end to abortion and the conversion of hearts. Enq: Helen 9402 0349. Mission Rosary making at the Legion of Mary 9.30am to 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 FRIDAY Discover Spirituality of St Francis of Assisi 12pm at St Brigid’s parish centre. The Secular Franciscans of Midland Fraternity have lunch, then 1-3pm meeting. Enq: Antoinette 9297 2314. EVERY 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. 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. EVERY LAST SATURDAY Novena Devotions – Our Lady Vailankanni of Good Health 5pm at Holy Trinity Parish, 8 Burnett St, Embleton. Followed by Mass at 6pm. Enq: George 9272 1379.

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.

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Enrolments, Year 7, 2014 La Salle College now accepting enrolments for Year 7, 2014. For prospectus and enrolment please contact college reception 9274 6266 or email lasalle@lasalle.wa.edu.au. 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, at the same time becoming part of the history of the new Divine Mercy Church in Lower Chittering, 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. 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. RESOURCE CENTRE FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT - 2013 COURSES Holistic Health Seminar The Instinct to Heal (begins July 25) Thursday 11am-1pm; RCPD2 Internalise Principles of Successful Relationships, and Use Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills, now on Thursdays 11am-1pm. 197 High St, Fremantle. Bookings essential. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585 or www.rcpd.net.au. Drop-In Centre and Op Shop - Volunteers urgently needed at RCPD, 197 High St, Fremantle. 1) RCPD6 ‘The Cost of Discipleship’ This course combines theology with relationship education and personal/spiritual awareness by teaching self-analysis. 2) ‘The Wounded Heart’ Healing for emotional and sexual abuse promotes healing and understanding for the victim and the offender. Holistic counselling available - http:// members.dodo.com.au/~evalenz/. Would You Not Watch One Hour with Me? Adoration - St Jerome’s Spearwood We have been able to add Sunday night/Monday morning to our Adoration Roster. It is now continuous from Wednesday, 6am through to Monday, 10pm. Please pray for new Adorers to keep Jesus company on the two nights (Monday and Tuesday) which still finish at 10pm. Adorers needed urgently: Thursday, 10am, 11am and 12 noon. Please see the roster for other times Adorers are needed. Enq. Mary 0402 289 418.

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