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Archbishop welcomes Royal Commission announcement Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB issued a statement on Monday after Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced a Royal Commission into institutions run by church and state.
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n response to media enquiries this afternoon, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, the Catholic Archbishop of Perth, has indicated that he welcomes the statement by the Prime Minister announcing the establishment of a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse in religious and other institutions. “As I have said on other occasions”, he commented, “sexual abuse of minors is a terrible scourge in our community. It is both a crime and an attack on the innocence and vulnerability of children and young people. “As the Archbishop of Perth I intend to co-operate fully with the Royal Commission. I want the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Perth to play its part in dealing as fully and as honestly as it can with this terrible problem. “I note the Prime Minister has determined that the Royal Commission will examine the question of the sexual abuse of minors across a wide spectrum of our society. “It is my view that this presents our society with a vitally important opportunity to come to grips with a problem that is unfortunately very widespread. “I also note that the Prime Minister has indicated that it will take some time to determine the terms of reference for the Royal Commission. I will be able to make a more detailed response once the terms of reference have been finalised. “I encourage all people of good will to fully support this inquiry and I reiterate my determination that the Catholic Church in Perth will do everything in its power to work with others to address this most urgent of issues.” Bishops respond - Page 7
‘Being Catholic in Australia takes great courage’ By Robert Hiini BEING Catholic in Australia requires great courage and great faith in a society that no longer believes in Christian values says Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB. Speaking at a gathering of Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre recently, the Archbishop of Perth said the challenge of being Catholic would become “ever stronger and ever more demanding” and would require “great faith”. The Archbishop made the
remarks when preaching on the New Evangelisation during an investiture ceremony at St Joseph’s parish in Subiaco earlier this month. “The New Evangelisation isn’t
would not be lost but would be saved,” Archbishop Costelloe said. “At its heart, even what we might call the strategies are the same; to gather as community to celebrate
The courage and faith we need will come from the Lord - but also from the love we show each other. new in terms of its message, the message is the same; it’s the same as it’s been for 2,000 years… that God loved the world so much that he sent his son so that the world
the sacraments, to be a community of prayer… of mutual support ... that reaches out to others in love and care. “What is new is the context in
which we are called to live our lives as Christians. No longer are the values that we hold dear as Catholics and the values that we see in our society around us closely aligned to each other. He said the challenge of being faithful to what it means to be a Catholic community was becoming ever more demanding and required great courage and faith. “That courage and faith will come, ultimately of course, from the Lord but it will also come from the support and the encour-
agement, the understanding, and the compassion, the forgiveness and the love that we show to each other and draw from each other as a Christian community,” Archbishop Costelloe said. Recently returning from the synod on the New Evangelisation in Rome, the Archbishop said there were two things central to the New Evangelisation; that Christ is at the centre of our lives and that those lives are shared and nurtured in community. Continued on Page 3
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THE INTERVIEW WITH He manages the superannuation of some of the state’s most influential media players as Media Super’s WA relationship manager and spends his free time volunteering at not-forprofits. Patrick Horneman tells The Record about the power of listening, his devoution to the Catholic faith and why he’d like to be Spiderman.
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Elijah, a prophet in the Old Testament who traversed the whole human condition and survived.
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Success school commits to learning of the future By Robert Hiini “DON’T forget your iPads kids” may well become a common refrain at the fledgling Hammond Park Catholic Primary School in Success according to plans laid out in the school’s recent newsletter. The school will open its doors for the first time next year, catering for one kindergarten class, but Foundation Principal Chris Cully said HPCPS would be a digitally enabled school from the get-go. Each and every student would need an iPad, he wrote, which
would support their learning in essential skill areas such as communication, numeracy, literacy, fine motor dexterity, creativity and self-directed learning. Tablet computers offered ben-
world at their fingertips anywhere they might be and the only limitation to what students might do in this vast space may well be us, parents and teachers,” Mr Cully wrote. The iPads will be individually
creative teaching would remain at the forefront. “As I have said before, good teaching does not arrive in a handheld computing device,” Mr Cully wrote. “We need our teachers to be
With iPads, students will have the world at their fingertips but ultimately, good teaching doesn’t arrive in a handheld computing device. efits to teachers in managing class time and in varying teaching activities, particularly for students with special needs. “With iPads, students have the
owned and managed but will be configured for classroom use by the school. Despite the HPCPS’s embrace of technology, however, good and
creative and keen to adapt to the needs of our students”. Mr Cully also announced the appointment of David Hayden as their foundation Kindergarten
teacher. Mr Hayden has worked as an early childhood learning consultant at the Catholic Education Office in Leederville for the past three years. The school also announced the appointment of Bob Niven as its first Business Manager. Mr Niven has been involved in a number of major school amalgamation and extensive building projects in Western Australia and New South Wales. School starts for Hammond Park Catholic Primary on Monday, February 4, 2013.
Parishes ready to offer a human link By Juanita Shepherd EVERY human person has inherent dignity and worth. That is a Christmas message the Archbishop of Perth wants to send during a time when many people are struggling to make ends meet. Archbishop Costelloe SDB held his first LifeLink Christmas appeal earlier this month and said he hoped to raise more than $575,000 to provide support for people in need within the community. “My Christmas message this year focuses and reflects on the dignity of the human person,” he said. More than 31,000 Western Australian families and individuals struggle during the Christmas season, with financial stresses hampering the intended joyous time of year. “We live in a society which has many strengths and much to admire but it’s not a society in which the true dignity of people is always recognised, respected and celebrated.” “Sometimes we are quick to admire the successful and the wealthy but less ready to look a little deeper and recognise the extraordinary courage displayed by so many day-to-day people.” The LifeLink Christmas appeal is an annual fundraising event to support Catholic Archdiocesan welfare agencies. “This mystery of “God among us” points to the extraordinary dignity and worth of every human being,” he said. “This is because it tells us that being human is of such great potential and beauty, that it could
Parish representatives gather at St Mary’s Cathedral Parish Centre for the launch of this year’s LifeLink Christmas Appeal.
become the expression of the fullness of God.” “This is what happened in Jesus, and it is this we celebrate at
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Archbishop Costelloe at Subiaco Parish on Novembver 4.
Continued from Page 1 “Our faith is nothing if it is not centred firmly and clearly and explicitly on Jesus ... not just in theory, but in practice. “Jesus stands at the heart of our lives and of our faith and not as somebody who lived long ago to whom we look as a source of encouragement and inspiration, not only that, because he is that, but much more ... Jesus is alive ... we encounter him in the Church
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that more than anywhere else we encounter him as we gather around the altar to celebrate the Eucharist.” The Church was, and must be, the living sign that Jesus continues to be alive and active in our world today, the Archbishop said. “The New Evangelisation must begin from the place and community that is active in the person of Christ … He calls us together to be his disciples … In other words, he calls us together to be the Church.”
Christmas. Archbishop Costelloe and the chairman of LifeLink, Bishop Donald Sproxton, hosted this year’s liturgical launch at
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directors. The LifeLink Christmas appeal will be officially launched in parishes throughout the state on November 17 and 18.
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Regalia with record of service to match By Robert Hiini ARCHBISHOP Timothy Costelloe SDB received a mantle of different kind from former Perth Archbishop Barry Hickey on November 4. In a two-hour-long ceremony at St Joseph’s Church in Subiaco, Archbishop Costelloe was instituted by Archbishop Emeritus Hickey as the new Grand Prior of the Western Australian Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. Archbishop Costelloe was joined in investiture as an Ecclesiastical Knight by Parish Priest of Holy Cross, Hamilton Hill, Fr Nicholas Nweke and Assistant Parish Priest of Our Lady of the Mission, Whitford, Fr Bonaventure Echeta, both of whom are originally from Nigeria. The number of lay Knights and Ladies, who commit to fund-raise for Christians and sacred sites in the Holy Land, also increased. Paul Alexander, Raymond Tan and Vincent Tan were invested as Knights. Clare Alexander and Bridget Stone were invested as Ladies. A fund-raising dinner followed the ceremony in which the Ladies of the order auctioned off a quilt made by one of the members and her daughter, valued at around $1,500 dollars. The event followed a Knights and Ladies barbeque several weeks ago in which $1,400 was raised. “We’re not just about the regalia. We are actually a group of people who fund raise and who help people in the Holy Land,” Ladies Helen Medina and Mary Haydock told The Record. “We’re a service group that supports the Latin Patriarch [His Beatitude Fouad Twal] who has to look after the schools, the churches, the seminaries, the seminarians, the homes for the elderly. “[He has] an awesome job and
Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre prepare for the investiture of new members on November 4, which included Archbishop Costelloe.
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By Robert Hiini TRIPE spells a good time according to St Brigid’s Church fund-raisers in Northbridge. With renovations on their 1904built Church underway, a threecourse Tripe fund-raiser (with spaghetti bolognaise available as well for those who don’t like tripe), together with music, dancing and prizes, will be held this Saturday night (November 17) at the Tuscany Club in Balcatta. Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey, a patron of the current conservation work on the church, will attend as a special guest of honour and will make a short speech.
Years of wear and the affect of last year’s storms led to the launch of $2 million conservation project, which began mid-April. With the number of Catholics living in the inner-city suburb dwindling in recent times, St Brigid’s is looking to attract people back into the community, Fundraising Committee Chairwoman, Elizabeth Re told The Record. “The church’s old world and traditional charm is definitely appealing to the brides of today and is needed to be preserved along with our cultural heritage,” Ms Re said. For tickets to the Tripe Night contact Jan on 9227 7956 or Elizabeth on 0419 913 988.
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Pastors pray to St Charles for future priesthood WESTERN AUSTRALIA’S most senior clerics gathered together at St Charles Seminary in Guildford to celebrate its Patronal Feast on November 5. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB was joined by Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey, Bishop Donald Sproxton, Bishop Gerard Holohan of Bunbury, Bishop Christopher Saunders of Broome, Bishop Justin Bianchini of Geraldton and the Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Mgr Harry Entwistle. Around 150 priests joined future priests of the Archdiocese, St Charles seminarians, for the occasion. Although the celebration took place on November 5, the saint’s actual feast day fell the day prior. St Charles Borromeo was a leading figure during the CounterReformation, founding seminaries for priestly formation. The celebration in honour of St Charles Borromeo wasn’t the only priestly milestone to have been marked recently. Fr Richard Rutkauskas, Fr Greg D’Almedia, Fr Stanislaw Bendowski SDS and Fr Peter Farrant this year celebrated 25 years of priesthood. Fr Peter Whitely, Fr Ian Johnson from the Bunbury diocese, Fr Reg Smith and Fr Leon Anderson OMI celebrated 40 years and Fr Milton Foster and Fr Des Murphy celebrated 50 years of priesthood.
Mgr Harry Entwistle, the Ordinary of the new Australian Ordinariate for former Anglicans, at left, joined with Bishop Christopher Saunders of Broome, Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Bishop Gerard Holohan of Bunbury, Bishop Donald Sproxton of Perth and Bishop Justin Bianchini of Geraldton for the patronal feast of St Charles Seminary in Guildford on November 4. PHOTO: COURTESY ST CHARLES SEMINARY
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1829 diary find a researcher’s treasure RATS, FLEAS, famine and sand are just some of the aspects of Fremantle that spoiled Mary Ann Friend’s experience when she visited the Swan River Colony in 1830, according to her researcher Associate Professor Deborah Gare at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus. The location of Mrs Friend’s diary has been a mystery for years. Now the journal, which includes maps and three of the earliest paintings of Fremantle, has been purchased by the State Library of WA at a London auction for nearly $200,000. It is a significant addition to the historical record of WA’s early colonial period. Assoc Prof Gare, who is currently writing a biography of the talented Mrs Friend, said the journal told stories of women who were present in the fledgling years of the former colony. “Mary Ann’s diary tells of the extraordinary voyages around the world which British women experienced in 1829 and 1830 on their way to the Swan River. Some faced gruelling journeys while heavily pregnant and many were accompanied by young families. Conditions on arrival were harsh,” Assoc Prof Gare said. “But what adventures many had! Friend’s journal includes stories of an early elopement, pianos left in sand hills, lost cows, missing children, ship wrecks and exotic meals, including her favourite – black swan. On her journey to Fremantle she faced political intrigue and slavery.” Mrs Friend, an accomplished artist and storyteller, made a twoyear journey with her husband, Captain Matthew Curling Friend in 1829, which included a stop in the Swan River colony. They carried British migrants to Fremantle and Hobart. The diary describes Fremantle as like “a country fair” with colourful tents scattered across the sandy landscape. Mrs Friend’s beautiful and detailed watercolour paintings captured the scene. “Perhaps more than anything, the diary is a love story,” Assoc. Prof. Gare said. “Mary Ann loved her husband deeply. The prospect of two years apart, while he was at sea, was not something she looked forward to. So she packed her bags and joined him.” Earlier this year, two Notre Dame students were recognised for their research into the history
of women in early colonial and wartime Fremantle at the City of Fremantle/Town of East Fremantle 2012 Heritage Awards. Madison Lloyd-Jones, a PhD student, was awarded first place in the category of ‘unpublished work’ at the Awards ceremony for her
The diary describes 1829 Fremantle as like a ‘country fair.’
Fremantle’s South Bay, above, now the Esplanade, painted in 1829 or 1830 by Mary Friend from where Marine Terrace and Collie Street now intersect. Mrs Friend’s biographer, Associate Professor Deborah Gare, at right. Fremantle’s West End as painted in January 1830, below, as viewed from Arthur Head where the Round House now stands) and, bottom, Mary Friend’s pet magpie, Jones. PHOTOS: UNDA
submission that derived from her research into the experiences of Fremantle’s women during World War Two. Graduate, Toni Church, was awarded second place in the same category for her honours studies about the history of Fremantle’s women in the decade which followed British colonisation of the Swan River in 1829. “Fremantle’s women have an extraordinary history to be told,” Assoc Prof Gare said.
Mirrabooka parishioners picnic down by Swan ST GERARD’S, Mirrabooka, has a long his history of parish picnics and on Sunday October 14 the parishioners came together for a moment of communion and friendship on the grounds of St Charles Seminary, Guildford, on the banks of the Swan River. Around two hundred people turned out, enjoying the day’s perfect weather. St Gerard’s provided meat for the BBQ and the parishioners brought salads and sweets. Younger members of the church fed the seminary dog, played soccer on the oval and explored the riverbanks. St Gerard Majella Parish Council cited the Year of Grace as their inspiration to bring parishioners together and back to Christ. The picnic at Guildford was only the beginning of community celebrations. On Sunday, October 21 celebrations continued to mark the Feast Day of parish’s patron saint, St Gerard Majella. The multi-ethnic community of St Gerard’s sang an original hymn
to their patron saint, composed by a former, Vietnamese assistant priest. The Prayers of the Faithful were multi-lingual. After Mass, parishioners were treated to food from a dozen different countries and entertainment courtesy parish line dancers.
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Time for the truth, Cardinal tells media By Robert Hiini ONGOING and at times one-sided media coverage has prevented Australians from getting an accurate picture of how the Catholic Church in Australia is dealing with child sex abuse claims, Sydney Archbishop Cardinal George Pell told media earlier this week. Cardinal Pell said he welcomed Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcement of a Royal Commission into child sex abuse “to help the victims, to clear the air, [and] to separate fact from fiction”. “We acknowledge with shame the extent of the problem and I want to assure you that we have been serious in attempting to eradicate it and deal with it,” Cardinal Pell told a media conference on November 13. “I would like to repeat what I and the church leadership have said for the last 16 years, which is that we
are not interested in denying the extent of misdoing in the Catholic Church, we object to it being exaggerated.” The day before, Cardinal Pell was a signatory to a statement issued by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference supporting the announcement of a Royal Commission, but also calling for a
been implemented by the Church since then. It is unjust and inappropriate to suggest crimes are being – or have been – committed, without producing evidence; without asking those accused for their responses before making generalised slurs. It is unacceptable, because it is untrue, to claim that the Catholic Church does not have proper pro-
This royal commission is welcome; to help victims, to clear the air, and to separate fact from fiction. fair and accurate portrayal of the Church’s recent handling of allegations. “Much of the public discussion is about how the Church dealt with cases 20 or more years ago. Critics talk as though earlier failures are still prevalent,” the statement said. “Major procedural changes in dealing with these matters have
cedures, and to claim that Catholic authorities refuse to cooperate with the police.” On November 8, Lateline aired allegations made by former police inspector Peter Fox in a letter he wrote, published by the Newcastle Herald, that the Church “covers up, silences victims, hinders police investigations”, among other claims.
The Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle William Wright who had said he was personally in favour of a Royal Commission several days before it was announced, rebuffed the nonspecific nature of Mr Fox’s claims. “The diocese has publicly acknowledged its particularly troubled history regarding the sexual abuse of children. This history has caused and continues to cause pain to the victims of abuse, their families and the broader faith community,” Bishop Wright said in a November 9 statement. “I can appreciate the anger and frustration that must build up in a dedicated Police officer like Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox. That anger and frustration, however, does not entitle him to remain unchallenged when he makes statements about the present day situation that are simply not correct.”
Hart: for the sake of children By Robert Hiini THE head of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart has welcomed the whole-ofcommunity focus of the recently announced Royal Commission into child sex abuse. Prime Minister Julia Gillard made the announcement on November 12 after securing the cooperation of the Victorian and New South Wales Premiers, Ted Baillieu and Barry O’Farrell. Archbishop Hart said the Church had done “a tremendous amount already” in addressing child sex abuse and remained committed to continue that momentum. “I welcome the national inquiry because I believe it will help us to know with certainty that the awful matter of paedophilia has been addressed and will put in place arrangements to ensure the best care of our children,” Archbishop Hart told The Record. The Church has had “very good and very adequate” protocols in place for the past 16 years in an attempt to provide victims with pathways to healing and redress. “We have been doing this since 1996; now there is a unified focus across the whole of the community,” the Archbishop said. “We’re not proud of what has happened but we are committed to address, and with the rest of society, to follow through on exactly what has to be done.” The Prime Minister told national media on November 12 she had spoken to Sydney Archbishop, Cardinal George Pell, prior to the announcement. Cardinal Pell told her he welcomed the announcement and pledged his archdiocese’s full cooperation. “This is not a Royal Commission targeted at any one church,” the Prime Minister said. “But given the nature of some of the material in the public domain, I thought it was appropriate to speak to Cardinal Pell.” Earlier that day, the Federal Opposition also pledged to support such a commission proposal on condition it was not limited to any one institution. With the specific terms of reference of the Royal Commission yet to be decided, some people, such as government MP Joel Fitzgibbon, have estimated it may take up to ten years to conduct its investigations and publish its findings. Archbishop Hart was hopeful the Government would arrive at the right terms of reference. “I am certainly comfortable that
Australian bishops conference head, Archbishop Denis Hart, right, has welcomed the Royal Commission.
we will be able to get to terms of reference sufficiently broad and sufficiently clear to enable us to address this matter,” he said. The Prime Minister’s announcement followed nearly a week of mounting political pressure from concerted media coverage and calls from several Government and crossbench MPs. That momentum began when the Newcastle Herald published retired Newcastle police inspector Peter Fox’s open letter to NSW
the church,” Mr Fox wrote in the letter. Mr Fox’s allegations were aired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Lateline program that night and Mr Fox was also interviewed on the program. The Bishop of MaitlandNewscastle William Wright, who told ABC Radio National’s News Breakfast on November 9 that he was personally in favour of a Royal Commission, took umbrage at Mr Fox’s claims and the way they were
We are not proud of what happened in the past but, with the rest of society, we are committed to do what needs to be done for children’s safety. Premier Barry O’Farrell on child sex abuse. The letter contained many general allegations of mishandling and cover-up by Catholic authorities but did not specify a time frame to which the allegations referred. “I can testify from my own experience that the church covers up, silences victims, hinders police investigations, alerts offenders, destroys evidence and moves priests to protect the good name of
reported by media. “As comments on the present practices of this diocese, these allegations, made in the present tense, are not true,” Bishop Wright said in a statement on November 9. “As to silencing victims, the settlements made with victims of abuse in no way limit their freedom to speak of what happened to them if they wish to do so. “The Church’s official protocols for these matters, the Towards
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Healing protocols, in fact stipulate that there must not be any such confidentiality clauses,” Bishop Wright said. “Child sexual abuse is an abhorrent crime; it is shameful and shocking that a crime so contrary to the message of Christ could ever be perpetrated by someone associated with the Church. Nevertheless, the diocese has acknowledged repeatedly that such crimes have been committed. “While my heart goes out to those who suffered abuse, I am filled with contempt and rage against those who so betrayed the ideals of Christianity and the sacred offices that they held. “I can appreciate the anger and frustration that must build up in a dedicated Police officer like Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox. “That anger and frustration, however, does not entitle him to remain unchallenged when he makes statements about the present day situation that are simply not correct.” Bishop Wright said the Newcastle Herald had not provided him with an opportunity to respond to Mr Fox’s “damning allegations” before they went to print.
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The Bishops respond The following statement was issued by Australia’s bishops on Monday: THE President and Permanent Committee of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, on behalf of the Australian Bishops, support the announcement by the Prime Minister of a Royal Commission into child sex abuse in our community. This is a serious issue not just for the Catholic Church but for the whole community. As Catholic bishops and as individuals we share the feelings of horror and outrage which all decent people feel when they read the reports of sexual abuse and allegations of cover ups. Over the past 20 years, there have been major developments in the way the Church responds to victims, deals with perpetrators and puts in place preventive measures. In addition, there is a much greater general awareness of the issue of paedophilia in the broader community. Sexual abuse of children is not confined to the Catholic Church. Tragically, it occurs in families, churches, community groups, schools and other organisations. We believe a Royal Commission will enable an examination of the issues associated with child abuse nationally, and identify measures for better preventing and responding to child abuse in our society. We have taken decisive steps in the past 20 years to make child safety a priority and to help victims of abuse. This includes working closely with police. While there were significant problems concerning some dioceses and some religious orders, talk of a systemic problem of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church is ill-founded and inconsistent with the facts. To assist in determining the appropriate scope of the Royal Commission, it would be very useful for police and child protection authorities to release the information they have about the number of cases they are dealing with now and the situations which they have arisen: families, government organisations and non-government organisations, including churches. In NSW it would also be helpful to highlight when the offences occurred and, in particular, whether they occurred pre or post the Wood Royal Commission in the 1990s, and the rigorous child protection regime put in place after it. We deeply regret the suffering and trauma endured by children who have been in the Church’s care, and the effect on their families. Mistakes were made and we apologise to victims and their families for these failures. Much of the public discussion is about how the Church dealt with cases 20 or more years ago. Critics talk as though earlier failures are still prevalent. Major procedural changes in dealing with these matters have been implemented by the Church since then. It is unjust and inappropriate to suggest crimes are being – or have been – committed, without producing evidence; without asking those accused for their responses before making generalised slurs. It is unacceptable, because it is untrue, to claim that the Catholic Church does not have proper procedures, and to claim that Catholic authorities refuse to cooperate with the police. As we have welcomed the opportunity to cooperate with the Inquiries announced in Victoria and NSW, and to address issues that have been raised – both justified and unjustified – we are also ready to cooperate with this Royal Commission. We look forward to consultations with the Government on the terms of reference.
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HEALING As previously reported in The Record, New Zealand priest Fr John Rea SM has a remarkable reputation for a ministry of healing, including medically inexplicable cures. Following his visit to Perth in October we received a number of personal accounts of healing experiences through Fr Rea’s hands, including everything from allergies to cancer ...
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edbound and suffering from chronic back pain, Michael Siciliano was at a loss as to how to reverse more than four decades worth of damage to his spine. After working for more than 45 years in the stainless steel manufacturing industry, the only position Mr Siciliano could bare without experiencing excruciating in both legs was lying flat on his back.
onto a truck for delivery after completion; we carried on among the noisy conditions in this manner without using a forklift for over 22 years.” When he was 49, Mr Siciliano’s wife Mary died. By that time the damage in his body was so severe he found it difficult to control movement from his waist down to his feet. A specialist work order Mr Siciliano completed when he was 26-years-old for a client had contributed to the injuries, having
Former steelworker Michael Siciliano with several of his granddaughters. Mr Siciliano. After seeing Fr Rea on October 12 at St MAry’s Cathedral in Perth Mr Siciliano is adament he no longer experiences severe back pain. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
“I was having trouble placing my fleet flat on the group and it was unbearable to [use] the stairs or to pick up soap off the bathroom floor,” he said. For most of his life Mr Siciliano worked in conditions that would today be considered as hard labor lifting, pushing and carrying almost everything in his metal shop. “It seemed [as easy as cake] lifting two of three tons of sheet steel from the back of a truck weekly, and store on the racks.” “All good were loaded by hand
damaged both his knees after bending water pipe across them. Extensive neck and spinal x-rays taken at St John of God hospital revealed excessive damage to his spinal skeleton frame - there was a spur growing on the spine between the should blade, impinging on his optical nerve - this damage remains to this day. Mr Siciliano’s daughter, Loretta, took the x-rays to a specialist at her work seeking a second opinion. Without being told whom the x-rays belonged to, the special-
Nurse Frank Riolo with wife Annalisa and family. Mr Riolo says Fr Rea’s ministry healed pain that prevented him even lifting his baby daughter. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
ist assumed they were those of a 75-year-old man. The doctor told Mr Siciliano to sell his business by he ignored this advice and continued to work for the next 10 years before selling the business at age 59. In February 2004, Mr Siciliano could barely walk. A CT scan of his cervical spine, thoracic lumbar area and pelvic region revealed nerve entrapment caused by severe central canal narrowing, inflammation, degenerative changes in the hips, protruding bulges in discs and other damage. In the surgery, the doctor took a long hard look at the scans and asked, “How old was your father when he went into a wheelchair?” “The only person who can help you with your pain relief is a good physiotherapist who can give you a good massage.” A year later on Corpus Christi Sunday while serving at a Mass, Mr Siciliano looked at the tabernacle during Consecration and said, “Jesus, you know I love you - I come voluntarily” Reflecting back on the event, Mr Siciliano said what he said may sound normal but he did not premeditate those words. “I realised later that the Holy Spirit interceded on my behalf,” he said. That evening and over the next several months the pain slowly left him and he regained normal movement in his entire body.
A doctor told Mr Siciliano that the only person who could help his back pain would be a physiotherapist who could give him a good massage. Feeling well enough, he continued to lift objects against medical advice and reverted to his previous state of agonising pain. Mr Siciliano knew of Father Jon Rea’s healing ministry and attended the Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral on October 12 this year. “I wanted so much for the Lord to heal me again and felt positive that he would,” he said. During the service Mr Siciliano focused on Fr Rea and became aware the palms of his hands felt on fire and knew the Holy Spirit was present. “Fr Rea stood up and said many things about people in the audience with ailments who the Lord wished to heal,” he said. “He also explained various things that fitted into the category of events that had transpired in my life.”
“He mentioned a man wearing a blue shirt and my daughter Amanda sitting next to me said, ‘that’s you Dad - you’re wearing blue.” Mr Siciliano stood on the steps on the altar and explained to Fr Rea that what he had said fitted into his life and explained his back problems. “As he listened he nodded and placed his hand on my lower back and prayed over me.” “As he did I felt unbelievably better - but I lived with pain and needed time to awaken to what had taken place on this occasion.” “This time the Lord chose to instantly heal me; my Lord, my God, my Savior has taken away my pain.” Mr Siciliano remains pain free to this day.
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hronic back pain did not rival the pain Frank Riolo suffered from knowing he was so badly damaged he could not even hold his baby daughter. For 20 years Mr Riolo had suffered constant and often agonising pain after an accident left him with
chronic mid-thoracic back pain. When his children were young he was unable to hold them for long periods of time without experience excruciating agony in his back. To cure his injuries he consulted doctors, physiotherapists, chiropractors and acupuncturists, tried various therapies and took painkillers but to no avail. In October this year, Mr Riolo met Fr Rea while at a Disciples of Jesus event where the priest spoke about healing and some of the ways it can occur. During the meeting Mr Riolo realised his back pain was diminishing and at the end of the talk Fr Rea said a general healing prayer at which point his pain completely disappeared. The following Sunday at Mass, Mr Riolo’s six-year-old daughter wanted him to pick her up. Hesitating at first, he lifted her into his arms and found no pain. As the embrace continued there was still no pain and he said his back felt light, as if something was reinforcing his spine. After Mass he joined his family at a picnic and played freely with his children, experiencing no discomfort and continues to be pain free.
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George Vanderklau, above, says he was healed of deafness in his left ear after attending a service led by Fr Rea on October 12 at St Mary’s Cathedral. Fr Rea, at left, prays with some of the many who came to the cathedral in the hope of experiencing his healing ministry. Perth woman Michaelle Firth, at right, says she was healed of an extreme allergic reaction and also of hayfever. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED
tioned there was a man wearing a blue shirt with deafness in his left ear and said the Lord wanted to heal him,” he said. “I claimed that.” Mr Vanderklau attended a Disciples of Jesus gather two days later and felt what he described as a lightness in his left ear and soon realised he could hear clearly for the first time in years. “I thank the Lord for the miracle, and Fr John and the prayer team for interceding with the Lord to grant me this miracle.”
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aby Maria’s face and body were covered with scratches and scabs on a daily basis as the infant attempted to alleviate her pain caused by severe rashes. She suffered from incurable severe eczema and despite the efforts of her parents Frank and Annalisa Riolo to try every cream and ointment recommended by doctors and chemists but the rashes continued. The eczema only worsened when at six months of age Maria was switched to solid foods. In mid-2011, Mrs Riolo arranged for Maria to see the leading specialist in eczema but the appointment was not for another three months. During that time both parents recorded everything the child ate and became absorbed in finding a way to help their baby girl. In August, Mrs Riolo took Maria and her other children to see Fr Rea and explained Maria’s problem to him. Fr Rea prayed with the child and Mrs Riolo said she noticed an immediate improvement in rash on Maria’s hands. A week later, Mrs
Riolo took Maria too see the specialist who could find no trace of eczema and after hearing the story
Baby Maria’s face and body were covered in scratches and scabs from her severe eczema. After a meeting with Fr Rea the rashes dissapeared. of faithful healing, had no medical explanation of the cure.
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istening to the world with only one ear was something George Vanderklau had to become accustom to after suffering deafness in his left ear for many years. On October 12 Mr Vanderklau attended Fr Rea’s healing Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral. “During prayer, Fr Rea men-
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he pain of someone we love often causes us to experience great pain ourselves and is what drove Jenny to seek the help of Fr Rea. “When it’s a mother desperate for help to take away her child’s suffering, you find yourself in a church waiting in line to receive a special healing from a priest with a special gift,” she said. “With so many people coming to see [him] for help I asked myself what made my pain any different to everyone else there.” Jenny’s daughter Rebecca was suffering from cancer and about to go for her second round of treatment. Fr Rea put his hands on Jenny’s shoulder and while she uncontrollably cried he looked at her, touched her hand and told her she would be writing her a letter. Rebecca has been cancer-free for almost a year and Jenny wrote Fr Rea a letter thanking him for his work and blessed God. “She has been through a lot of treatment and a stem cell transplant but has come through all this amazingly - her strength inspires us all, even her specialists,” she wrote. “My
family and I were given a special gift that night, which I am blessed to have with me every day.” “The gift of faith, hope, peace and inner strength are not just words on a page but mean so much more.” “There is no gift more special than the health of a mother’s child.”
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ayfever and allergies plagued Michelle Firth for years and left her unable to fulfill her passion for gardening or enjoy a delicious meal containing garlic. Since the birth of her fifth daughter about six years ago, Mrs Firth was unable to eat any food containing garlic or garlic powder. The consequences of doing so resulted in nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and acute stomach cramps, depending on how much she consumed. He body would shake for hours on end and she would often be bedridden for several hours while her body flushed out the invading garlic substance. From spring until the end of autumn she suffered another ailment, severe hayfever that left here with itchy eyes, palate and skin. She was frustrated for most of the year while her nose became red and sore from the number of tissues she used to stop it “running like a tap”. In two meetings with Fr Rea, Mrs Firth said she was cured of both ailments. On October 14, Mrs Firth daughter encouraged her to approach Fr Rea for prayers regarding her garlic allergy. She said she felt incredibly peaceful when Fr Rea prayed with her and she claimed the healing.
Over the next few days Mrs Firth’s children encouraged her to eat garlic and trusting in God, she tried a traditional Spanish dish containing garlic prepared by her in-laws for her husband’s birthday. “I ate the delicious lunch provided and had no complaints,” she said. “I have since had garlic on a few other occasions and have been fine.” In the second meeting while attending a women’s healing evening, Mrs Rea heard God told Fr Rea that he wanted to heal three people of hayfever. “Having received the healing of my allergy to garlic the previous day, I didn’t consider that it was I who was to be healed - I had come to the evening to pray with others seeking healing for themselves,” she said. She said Fr Rea detailed the people he would heal. “One of three is left handed, and has a sore stomach since Friday, although the two conditions aren’t related,” he said. At that moment Mrs Firth realised she was that person. “Considering it was more than a coincidence, I claimed that healing in faith and then went about praying with others,” she said. “The next day it was sunny with a slight breeze and I spent four hours weeding my overgrown garden.” “In the past such an activity would cause me to go through half a box of tissues, but I didn’t even use one once - another miracle occurred, God had healed me again.”
A healing experience? Do you have a story of being healed through Fr Rea’s ministry? Let us know. Send your story to: editor@therecord.com.au.
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Former WA Supreme Court Judge Robert Parker, at left, also a former vicepresident of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague, reflects during the Krsitallnacht commemoration. Behind his image are photos of the destruction of Kristallnacht - smashed shops and burning synagogues in Germany and Austria in November 1938. PHOTO OF JUSTICE PARKER: MAT DE SOUSA; OTHER IMAGES: PUBLIC SOURCE
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November is the anniversary of one of the darkest nights in human history. Three quarters of a century ago Nazi thugs went on a rampage against all things Jewish. Their nationwide destruction of anything Jewish - synagogues, shops, meeting halls, schools - passed into infamy as Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass. But Record writer Juanita Shepherd attended a moving commemoration conducted by WA Christians and Jews and found hope emerging from evil.
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he rise of the Nazi Party to power in Germany during the early 1930s began the darkest period in Jewish history. Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, implemented a policy known as "the final solution" to exterminate European Jews during World War II. On November 9 and 10, 1938 an act of destruction that swept across Germany, annexed Austria, Poland and areas of the Sudetenland in Czech Slovakia foreshadowed the atrocities that were to come. What is now known as Kristallnacht, or "the night of broken glass", marked the two days in which members of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and Hitler Youth smashed windows of Jewish businesses, burned synagogues and murdered dozens of Jewish people. Seventy-four years later, on November 8 at Carmel Primary School in Yokine Jews, Anglicans and Catholics gathered together to remember Kristallnacht and to better understand the importance of unity and the power of interfaith sharing. Former Western Australian Supreme Court judge Kevin Parker was the keynote speaker at the event and reminded those present of the horrors of the Third Reich but also stressed the need to come together regardless of differences. He quoted German theologian Pastor Martin Niemoller's famous words: "When Hitler attacked the Jews I was not a Jew, therefore I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics I wasn't a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. Then, Hitler attacked me and the Protestant Church - there was no one left
to be concerned." Justice Parker said he never imagined he would see Catholics, Jews and Anglicans all together. "We have come together as Jews and Christians to find a solution for the big issues facing humanity." He told The Record it was heartening to see such unity at the commemoration and the moving yet simple ceremony caught the essence of unity. The solemn evening began with a rendition of Randall Stroope's 'Lamentations of Jeremiah' sung by the St Stephen's Singers. The song is traditionally read during Tenebrae, which is the gradual extinguishing of candles while a series of reading and psalms are said during the last three days of Holy Week and mourns the destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple in 6th century BC. It is estimated six million Jews perished in the Holocaust, one million of which were Jewish children. Council of Chrisitan and Jews WA Executive members Ken Arkwright and Eric Schneider read out the names of some of the concentration camps outloud while Carmel students Tamsin Eintracht and Lindsey Maunshewitz light candles to commemorate those who perished at places such as Auschwitz, Sobibor and Treblinka. The Moderator of the Uniting Church Reverend Ron Larking lit a candle in memory of the righteous gentiles while Joondanna parish priest lit the eigth candle on behalf of the Archdiocese to honor of the memory of non-Jews who died because they were deemed by the Nazi Party to be racially inferior or unde-
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H Rev Marie Wilson calls upon Fr Peter Porteous to come forward to light a candle in rememberence, left. During the commemoration, par ticipants listened as St Stephen's Choir performed commemorative works inspired by the sufferings of the Holocaust, above, and at right. Justice Parker addresses the audience, far right. PHOTOS: MAT DE SOUSA
sirable. “It was very solemn and very profound," Fr Porteous said. “We remember the destruction that division brings and the message is for unity and working with the will of God.” “We should love and respect the diversity of faith and still be one, if we fail to respect diversity it brings about division and evil.” After the lighting of the candles a twominute silence was observed until the sound of breaking glass pierced through the silence from behind a thick velvet curtain. The sound of the glass breaking seemed to last a lot longer than its intend-
ed 30 seconds and was an overwhelming moment for many of the members of the congregation who felt it was a glimpse into the horrors of the past. Still, despite the shocking treatment
CCJWA and the St Stephen’s Choir took to the stage, singing Inscription of Hope another song composed by Randall Stroope. The lyrics were based on the words
even when God is silent." The introduction to the song summed up the theme of the evening: “The song is a reminder of hope held firm which will eventually triumph against the greatest
Names of some of the death camps erected by the Nazis and which have passed into infamy were read out: Auschwitz, Sobibor and Treblinka ... meted out to the Jews under Adolf Hitler’s regime, while the commemoration remembered the victims it did not abandon hope and faith. Prayers were led by Ms Judith Schneider, Committee Member of the
found on the walls of a cellar in Cologne, where Jews hid from the Nazis. They read: "I believe, I believe in the sun even when it is not shining, I believe in love even when feeling it not, I believe in God
of odds.” While the victims of Kristallnacht and those that perished during the Second World War were remembered, Judge Parker explained that even though the evil of the Third Reich has long since
gone thanks to the efforts of the Allied countries who banded together to fight Nazism, acts of terror beyond our imaginations still occurred. He cited Libya, Sudan and Yugoslavia as prime examples where unspeakable and horrific acts of oppression have been executed on people who shared a similar fate to the Jewish community. “Kristallnacht is not only the memories of the Jewish people but it speaks to us all, to be cautious and to stress the need for vigilance against a totalitarian form of government,” Justice Parker said. In honour of all who have died at the hands of a totalitarian regime the Candle of Hope was brought down the aisle,
serving as a symbol of hope and liberation that light will overcome the darkness of war and hatred. When The Candle was lit, members of the audience turned to each other and warmly shook hands with the traditional Jewish greeting: ‘Shalom, Peace.’ After the closing prayer, the hymn Let There Be Peace on Earth was sung led by the Sandwich Press, a male barbershop ensemble of St Stephen’s School. “I thought it was wonderful,” said Perth priest Father John O’Reilly, who attended the commemoration together with seminarians from St Charles Seminary in Guilford. “It was wonderful to see interfaith sharing and working for peace.” In the words of Anne Frank, a 15-yearold victim of the Nazi Regime and wise beyond her years wrote in her diary: "I simply cannot build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death. I think peace and tranquillity will return again."
ear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength. And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart: And thou shalt tell them to thy children, and thou shalt meditate upon them sitting in thy house, and walking on thy journey, sleeping and rising. And thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy hand, and they shall be and shall move between thy eyes. And thou shalt write them in the entry, and on the doors of thy house. Deut. 6. 4-9
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A TOUGH GIG The Catholic Church has just started a “Year of Faith” and launched a program for evangelising countries where the fire of Christianity seems to have burnt itself out. But is it possible to make a comeback? To assess the chances of re-Christianising the West, MercatorNet interviewed Mike Aquilina, a journalist who specialises in the early history of Christianity, about the challenges of its first three centuries. The Roman Empire, he says, was far more hostile than today’s world ...
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or believing Christians the re-evangelisation of Europe looks like a tough job. How long did the first evangelisation take? It is not a tough job. It is an impossible job. If you look at the odds against Christianity in the first, second, and third centuries, there was really no chance the Church would survive. Rome had brute power. It controlled everything – the jobs you wanted, the media and entertainment, travel. Even if Rome had somehow managed to lose its grip, its enemies were no warmer toward Christianity. It is not like the Church could have played the Persians against Rome. The first evangelisation took place at a time when Christians really had no advantages. They were outcast by everyone. Their religion was a capital crime. They were denied a voice in the public square. Yet Christianity prevailed, and the empires died. I suppose you could say it took just shy of three hundred years, if you are counting from Pentecost to the Edict of Milan, the decree that made
The new evangelisation may look like a tough job, but it is not. It is an impossible job. Christianising the Empire took 300 years and did not succeed. Christianity legal. But even then a large portion of the population still worshipped the old gods. The thorough evangelisation of Europe probably took about a thousand years. Some, like Sigmund Freud, said it never really took in the barbarian lands. So maybe this new evangelisation is simply a renewal of those long-ago efforts. What were the obstacles faced by the first Christians in the world ruled by the Roman Empire? The criminalisation of Christianity was a big deterrent. Remember, executions were public, and they were enhanced for entertainment value. If you have seen a few people tortured to death in the circus, you would probably think twice before doing the things they did. There were other obstacles as well. The chattering classes scorned Christianity as an ignorant superstition, suitable for women and the lower classes, perhaps, but not for respectable folk. And then there were the perennial obstacles: apathy, the attachment to an immoral life. What was the moral climate at the time?
An artist’s impression of Christians being martyred under the Roman Empire. The persecution of Christianity and the culture in which it existed in the last three centurie
It was a pornographic culture. Entertainment was all about sex and spectacular violence. Abortion and infanticide were considered a normal part of family life. Adultery was so common that private investigators were among the few growth industries in third-century Rome. It was legal to sexually abuse a slave. It was socially acceptable to sexually abuse children. All the emperors did it. Domitian was considered moderate because he kept only one boy lover. There was great material prosperity in Rome, but no hope, really. People moved from one winefueled hookup to the next, but could not come up with good reasons to have children. They coddled their pets instead. The emperors saw the demographic crisis coming. They worried about homeland security.
So they tried to legislate fertility. But their efforts came to nothing. The law is a lousy aphrodisiac. This has a contemporary ring to it… It does. What was the appeal of Christianity to the citizens of the Empire? The background of the first Christians was Jewish and alien; the doctrines were strange; you had to give up the baths and circuses… It does not seem like a good deal. The “good things in life” are just things. They bring momentary pleasure, but never satisfaction. If you are living for pleasure – and that was the assumption of Roman imperial culture – you have condemned yourself to dissatisfaction and misery. If you are just living for the next thrill, you are not really
living. Christians had love, so they had peace. They had happiness, even when they were ostracised, insulted, when they lost their jobs. They had it all, even when they were put to death. So many of the early Fathers were converted because they saw Christians martyred, they saw Christians put to death. Christians had something to die for, so they had something to live for. The pagans had no such purpose in life, and they found life hardly worth living and not at all worth passing on to the next generation. How about the Roman intellectuals? It must have been even tougher for them to shift from pagan religions and philosophy to Christianity. The intellectuals had to deal with the same obstacles, only
dressed up in different fabric. The Christian Scriptures did not have the ring of Plato or Cicero, so they were embarrassing. Who wants to be seen reading such barbarism?
Those who did convert made the case for Christianity compelling. Tertullian and Origen were no dummies. What is interesting, though, is that Christianity began to reshape the intellectual landscape anyway. Anti-abortion laws appear at the beginning of the third century, and they sound almost Christian. The mystery cults gain popularity
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Fiducial Faith: The way to move mountains they were writers. They had been trained in law, philosophy, rhetoric, governance. Some, like Tertullian, could wax anti-intellectual – but they usually did it in ways that are intellectually satisfying and even amusing. Tertullian’s critics note that he used the methods of Roman law and philosophy to deconstruct Roman law and philosophy. How about the role of faith in the public square? Justin Martyr, writing around 150 AD, gave us the great principle for living as Christians in the world: Everything that is good is ours. He had a strong sense that he was a son of God, and that the best things in life – truth, wisdom, love – were his inheritance. We need to take our rightful place in the public square, even if it means we are being martyred there. That is how the first evangelisation took place. I was moved by the intervention of Archbishop John Oneikan of Nigeria during the synod on evangelisation in Rome. He described visiting a foul prison and finding that many inmates had converted to the Catholic faith there, because they saw the joy in their fellow inmates who were Catholic. That is stunning. We can be happy in miserable conditions. Christianity makes it possible. And we can help others to be happy as well. If you wanted to sample the best of early Christian writing, where should you begin? I like to think that my book The Fathers of the Church is a good, non-academic introduction. For those who wouldd rather work thematically – finding out what the Fathers had to say about marriage, for example, or abortion, and so on – I wrote Roots of the Faith. My most recent book, Yours Is the Church, describes the revolution Christianity worked in the world: what changed and how.
es of the Empire’s existence curiously mirrors, in some regards, life in today’s world. PHOTO: PUBLIC SOURCE
as they try to mimic Christian sacraments – only in a more socially acceptable and less dangerous way. A new movement in Platonism gains traction, and it bears the marks of Christian influence all over it. I do not think it was harder for intellectuals to convert. And those who did convert made the intellectual case for Christianity rather compelling. Read the early Fathers: Athenagoras, Justin, Tertullian, Minucius Felix, Origen. These were no dummies. You are an expert on the Church Fathers. Who are they? Why are they not better known? I am not an expert. I am a journalist whose beat is the first seven centuries. I do love reading the Fathers. They are the great teachers
of the faith in the first millennium. They are witnesses to the tradition of the Apostles as it was passed down since the first generation. They are the ones who succeeded at the original evangelisation. They are not better known because people do not read history. Our collective memory grows dim around the last seasons of Seinfeld. The relationship between faith and reason is a recurring theme today. Do the Fathers have anything relevant to say about this? Well, it was Augustine who helped us to see that faith and reason are mutually fructifying. He said, “believe so that you may understand.” Most of the Fathers were men well trained in the intellectual discourse of their times. We know them today because
What, in your opinion, are the prospects for a successful Christian reevangelisation? Not long ago, I was traveling in Israel. I spoke with a young man whose constant refrain was “Pray for peace.” A friend of mine asked him, “What would that look like?” The young man did not miss a beat. He said, “I don’t know. I can’t imagine it, but God can. Pray for peace.” Evangelisation is as impossible for us as it was for the early Christians. But during those first centuries the Church grew at a steady rate of 40 per cent per decade. God can work something great through us, but we need to correspond to his grace. It is his work, but it is ours to do. www.mercatornet.com
Mike Aquilina is a Church history author working especially in patristics, the study of the early Church Fathers. He blogs on early Christianity at FathersOfTheChurch.com.
If faith, as I was taught, is the acceptance of a truth on the authority of God revealing it, why does Christ speak of faith that can move mountains? This is not the same as accepting a truth. Is there another kind of faith?
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ES, there is. While we customarily define faith in the way you did at the beginning of your question, there is another meaning of the word, which is equally biblical, completely acceptable and indeed necessary. This second kind of faith, sometimes called fiducial faith, from the word for trust or confidence, is mentioned numerous times in the scriptures. For example, it was his complete trust, or faith, in God that led Abraham to leave his home country and set off for an unknown land (cf. Gen 12:1-8; Heb 11:8), and that moved his wife Sarah to believe that she could bear a child when she was past the age of child bearing (cf. Gen 18:11-14; Heb 11:11). In the New Testament, when Our Lady was told that she would conceive a son by the power of the Holy Spirit while remaining a virgin, she immediately believed and accepted: “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word” (Lk 1:38). Although Mary did not ask for a sign, the angel Gabriel gave her one: her elderly kinswoman Elizabeth was in her sixth month with child, “For with God nothing will be impossible” (Lk 1:37). This assurance from the angel is the basis for our trust that God can do the impossible. The Catechism of the Catholic Church calls this unquestioning response to the word of God “the obedience of faith”: “To obey (from the Latin ob-audire, to ‘hear or listen to’) in faith is to submit freely to the word that has been heard, because its truth is guaranteed by God, who is Truth itself. Abraham is the model of such obedience offered us by Sacred Scripture. The Virgin Mary is its most perfect embodiment” (CCC 143, 144). Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, in his catechesis in the fourth century, comments: “The one word faith can have two meanings. One kind of faith concerns doctrines. It involves the soul’s assent to and acceptance of some particular matter... The other kind of faith is given by Christ by means of a special grace... Now this kind of faith, given by the Spirit as a special favour, is not confined to doctrinal matters, for it produces effects beyond any human capability. If a man who has this faith says to this mountain move from here to there, it will move. For when anybody says this in faith, believing it will happen and having no doubt in his heart, he then receives that grace” (Cat. 5, De fide et symbolo, 10-11). It is of this second kind of
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faith, fiducial faith, that Christ speaks when he says: “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you receive it, and you will” (Mk 11:22-24). In this Year of Faith we do well to examine ourselves on how strong our faith is. Do we really believe that if we pray with faith our son or daughter will return to the practice of the faith, a sick person will get better, a troubled marriage will stay together, someone out of work will find a job, a single person will find a suitable spouse? If we feel that our faith is weak, like the apostles we can ask our Lord: “Increase our faith!” (Lk 17:5).
A good way to live this special Year of Faith is to pray more often and with confidence for difficult intentions. God answers in the ways that are best. A good way to live this special year is to pray more often and with more confidence for difficult intentions. God does not always answer our prayers in the way we want, but he always hears them and he answers them in the way that is best. And often he does grant what we are asking, showing us that “with God nothing will be impossible.” The many miracles approved by the Vatican for causes of beatification and canonisation are proof that God can do the humanly impossible and that there were people praying with faith for those “impossible” intentions. We should be among them. After all, Jesus assures us, “All things are possible to him who believes” (Mk 9:23). So often, when we have tended to doubt God’s power or his willingness to help us, we have seen our prayers answered and he has had to say to us, as to St Peter, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” (Mt 14:31).
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Across 2. Sky and earth will pass away, but my ____ will not pass away. 5. ‘But as for that day or hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels in ____, nor the Son; no one but the Father. 6. ‘Take the ____ tree as a parable as soon as its twigs grow springy and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.
Down 1. And then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great ____ and glory. 3. So with you when you ____ these things happening: know that he is near, right at the gates. 4. Jesus said ‘In those days, after that time of distress, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will come ____ out of the sky and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
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While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, facing the Temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew questioned him on what was going to happen and what were the signs. Jesus said ‘In those days, after that time of distress, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will come falling out of the sky and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then he will send the angels to gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the world to the ends of the sky. ‘Take the fig tree as a parable as soon as its twigs grow springy and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. So with you when you see these things happening: know that he is near, right at the gates. In truth I tell you, before this generation has passed away all these things will have taken place. Sky and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. ‘But as for that day or hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son; no one but the Father.
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To celebrate its 75th year, The Record continues Glynnis Grainger’s tale of the growth of a little-seen but vastly important organisation in the Church throughout the 20th Century - the Catholic Women’s League of WA.
Catholic Women’s League members Georgie Bruce-Smith, Anne Power, Jan Hynes and Lil Scantlebury with St Charles’ seminarians.
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OST-WAR YEARS (1945-53) During the war, every avenue was explored and used to make money, a difficulty when so many groups were carrying out the same work. The Shenton Park branch which had been opened in 1941, assisted with visits to the Home of Peace, taking home-made scones and cakes for the patients. The Tardun Boys’ Farm was also feeling the pinch and Subiaco branch forwarded a sewing machine to the Sisters there with a promise of clothes in the near future. This branch was commenced in 1938 with a few members but grew to 45 by December that year. An immediate problem was an attempt to return to normality after the war years and the many hardships that these had entailed. The whole of Australia was altered. The norms and morals of the 1920s and 1930s had gone, never to return. The league members had helped those in the scattered regions of war and stretched out a helping hand to the distressed around them. Famine stalked through Europe in the latter half of the 1940s. Distressed priests from France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Austria and Bavaria sought the basic necessities of life from Australian citizens for their parishioners and requests came too from the other side of the fighting lines. The first to seek such food parcels were members of the Pallotine Order in the Kimberley on behalf of their distressed and impoverished relations in Germany – all their requests were fulfilled with gratitude for their apostolic work. There were other areas where
TEN GOOD REASONS TO JOIN CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE 1. To have a voice on matters that concern you in today’s society. 2. To make new friends at home and across Australia. 3. To enrich your community. 4. To strengthen your spiritual muscle by praying together. 5. To give assistance and show appreciation to your Parish Priest and to promote and support vocations to the priestly and religious life. 6. To educate yourself and have input on a Diocesan, State, National and International level. Your local CWL branch is your window of opportunity for this. 7. To make our world a better place for our children and grandchildren. 8. To develop your unique God-given talents. 9. To be a friend to those who need friendship.ww 10. To support Christian values in our community and to foster ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue.
the people were still starving and many churches had been reduced to rubble. Precious chalices and tabernacles had been stolen, sold or just melted down for their metal. These, with vestments were replaced in time by countries nearer to Europe but the priests did seek other requisites for the celebration of the Mass. Linen was purchased by the League and the Carmelite Sisters at
sations as the League. During the three years from 1948 to 50 a total of 33,750 displaced Europeans came to WA – a small number compared with those who were relocated into the eastern states. By 1961 one third of the State’s population was Catholic. At the same time, priests from different countries arrived, usually acting as chaplain to their particular ethnic group.
out for assistance. One of these was Travellers’ Aid, where members met trains and boats and distributed food and clothing parcels to migrants travelling to other States. Clothing parcels were frequently forwarded to the Derby Leprosarium and for many years the Kalgoorlie branch of the League continued to work for the Sisters of St John of God and their suffering patients.
The League was increasingly busy on numerous fronts. By 1961 a third of WA’s population was Catholic. Catholic minorities from Europe flourished. Nedlands offered to make purifiers, corporals and finger towels. Parcels were sent to Europe until at least 1950 and many grateful letters were received from these priests. Aware of the distressed and homeless people, along with many orphaned children, a Federal Catholic Immigration Committee was set up with delegates and committees operating in every diocese. Eventually these committees were found in the majority of parishes, often working through such organi-
League members planned raffles, fetes or bazaars and worked at for months in advance of the event. Popular Girl contests gave way to the more exciting, so it was thought, Beauty Quests. Along with renewed parish activity, the street collections that had never wavered either in their regularity or variety during the war years, continued to be held. The League found itself affiliated to an increasing number of organisations desperately crying
True to the Goldfields’ spirit which in all its walks of life encompasses the motto of the League – Charity, Work and Loyalty – the ecumenical spirit was a strong element in the branches at Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie. The league became an integral part of those organisations that invited them to their committees, such as the Red Cross, Inter-Faith Services and community efforts of all kinds. The Catholic Ball held at Kalgoorlie proved a great fund-
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raiser where the debutantes of the season were presented to the Archbishop or his representative. Pensioners and families in need, faced with unexpected medical expenses and a train journey to Perth, knew where to seek the fare and advice about accommodation. With added funds, league members were able to provide shoes, clothing, food, wood and even First Communion frocks and outfits to needy families, to the orphans at Broome and contributing to the ever-expanding needs of the league members at headquarters. The Mercy nuns ran the “Bushie” school at Coolgardie for those children in scattered areas of the Goldfields who could not receive instructions to receive the Sacraments. The Agricultural College at Tardun in 1948 was seeking crockery and financial aid to assist them in their expanding program of caring for and educating migrant orphans. Bindoon was seeking shirts and the league’s seamstresses soon made 60 shirts of various sizes after one request. The Home for the Aged Blind in Victoria Park and the Braille Society were also helped with sewing by the League. By July 1951, the league’s chaplain Fr Langmead asked for Army Mass kits for chaplains, which the league enthusiastically met along with a request for assistance in the furnishing of the small chapel at the Swanbourne Military Camp. Another request to the league was for help for soldiers returning from Korea on compassionate leave due to the illness of their wives and where there was no one to care for the family’s children. Fr Langmead was assured of the whole-hearted support of all branches. To be continued next week.
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A Commission to uncover the truth
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s many Catholics will know by the time this edition of The Record is in parishes, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB welcomed the announcement on Monday by Prime Minister Julia Gillard of a Royal Commission into the abuse of children in church and state-run institutions in this country over decades. The news of the Commission has also been welcomed by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, including Bishop William Wright of Maitland-Newcastle in whose diocese significant numbers of children and/or youth were abused decades ago. It has been welcomed by senior church leaders such as Cardinal George Pell of Sydney and Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne. Bishop Wright had also said he was personally in favour of a Royal Commission several days before the announcement by Prime Minister Gillard. The welcoming of the announcement by the leaders of the Church in Australia is a critically important step at a number of levels, but first and foremost it was important for victims throughout this country. Although many Australians might be inclined not to believe it, the bishops of the Church in Australia are responding for the victims’ sake in the most appropriate way at this moment, much as Pope Benedict XVI has so notably done in countries such as Ireland, the US and here in Australia, when he has met privately with, and heard first-hand the pain of, victims of abuse by Church personnel. Welcoming the Royal Commission has shown that the bishops want the whole truth of abuse to be considered and faced. In so doing they have shown a radical commitment to uncovering the truth and to the protection of our children into the future. This is undoubtedly one of the main advantages of the Royal Commission: to the extent that it is historically accessible, the whole truth will be studied. A further advantage is that it can reasonably be hoped that the Commission’s extensive powers will eventually help all Australians to develop an adequate perspective on the true size, scope and extent of the crime of the abuse of children and the young in our society. On this front many painful truths will certainly need to be faced by our entire society. It is theoretically possible that there may yet be further revelations of individual cases involving the Catholic Church but on the available evidence it also seems likely that the Church’s efforts to address the needs of victims and the existence of sexual abuse within the ranks of its own official personnel over the last decade and a half through the nationally-adopted Towards Healing process and, in the case of Melbourne, that archdiocese’s own unique process, have borne significant fruit. It is significant that the bishops have said they trust that the Commission will acknowledge the work they have done over the last 16 years to provide victims with means of redress, justice and healing. PO Box 3075 It is also to be hoped that in Adelaide Terrace Australia the Royal Commission PERTH WA 6832 will act for the nation much as the 2004 report of the New York office@therecord.com.au John Jay College of Criminal Tel: (08) 9220 5900 Justice inquiry commissioned Fax: (08) 9325 4580 by the bishops in the US and as the 2009 Ryan Report commissioned by the Irish government did in those countries in exposing the truth. This country’s Royal Commission, it is to be hoped, will have the advantage of considering the entire scope and extent of the problem in this country so that from this point on the crime of sexual abuse of the young can be guarded against and eradicated as far as it is humanly possible to do. It is occasionally said that new information is sometimes painful to discover. This is undoubtedly true, but the pain of discovering the truth is also necessary. Unless the truth is faced and understood, no progress can be made and it is only in the absence of the truth or in its suppression that evil multiplies. The Catholic Church has learned a painful lesson at a global level over the last decade and a half which has often led to its shame. Individual members of the Church and those entrusted with the duty of guiding it and leading it have felt sickened and ashamed by the betrayals from within. Among the major problems which have been exposed was a clericalist, bureaucratic culture devoted to protecting the good name of the Church at the expense of the victims. Another was the naive fallacy that offenders could be treated in therapy. However, without seeking in any way to minimise or sideline the crimes, the violations and the pain suffered by victims, it can be reasonably argued that the Church has largely learned this painful and bitter lesson and, increasingly over the last decade, has been busy cleaning up its own act, including the vetting of candidates for ministerial life, its processes for handling allegations , measures for dealing with cases where allegations are vindicated and offering healing processes. It is to be hoped that this Royal Commission’s investigations will enable numerous other organisations in Australian life and our society to begin doing the same. For such organisations, just as it has been for the Church, the process will also be painful and bitter as the truth is confronted and the full extent of the betrayals are exposed. But it is only on the basis of being prepared to face up to the truth that there is any possibility of being able at all to address the deep, underlying structural factors that led to or facilitated such situations. Evil, it is often remarked, prospers when good men do nothing. This Royal Commission marks an important step in Australian life confronting the worst crime of all.
In so doing, Australia’s Bishops have shown a radical commitment to the truth.
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Bishop Fisher spoke the truth on the elderly I SHARE Bishop Anthony Fisher’s concern in remarks made during his talk at St John’s College, Oxford. He quite rightly raises the spectre of the treatment and care of our elderly who are seen as a group, which can be sacrificed to ease the increasing cost of health care. His remarks are in response to the news that State-funded hospitals in the UK are being paid millions to adopt an end-of-life treatment protocol which many families in the UK claim has deliberately hastened the deaths of their relatives. This contradicts the belief at the heart of our Catholic faith, which is the dignity and worth of all human life. It informs our teaching on abortion, euthanasia, the treatment of people with disabilities, the elderly and all vulnerable people. If our older citizens become a statistic in economic planning, who is next? People with disabilities? Those who are deemed to have no social contribution? Who makes these choices? I have a son with Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism. Unlike many young adults of his age, he
doesn’t smoke, drink or do drugs or graffiti. He doesn’t wander the streets vandalising property. He has a TAFE certificate and is studying for another. When he finds something funny, he laughs so hard he cries. He is maddening and frustrating at times, just like his peers without a disability. He wants to have a home, a girlfriend and a dog, not necessarily in that order! My son has taught me the difference between what it means to be normal, and what it means to be human. With regard to end-of-life treatment protocols, we need to provide funding for palliative care and pain relief. The thought of dying alone and in pain is what many fear most. Governments need to increase hospice funding, not look for cost-savings by ending lives. Melissa Kelly BALCATTA, WA
Bring back the Penny Catechism I LIKED your editorial of October 24 on the Synod. But why on earth did we chuck out the old Penny Catechism? It was virtually the same as the new one, and would
be ideal for first Communions and adult conversions. “Fuhrerbunker churches?” Spot on. Not just because of the shape of many new churches, but also because so many of us, as in all defeats and routs, are defecting to the enemy and embracing its culture of death, abortion and euthanasia. Peter Gilet BELMONT, WA
A confession a week keeps the devil weak WHEN BRIAN Smith the Head Coordinator of Emmanuel Covenant community arrived in Brisbane from a visit to Medjurgorge in 1981, he said Our Lady was asking for frequent monthly confessions, preferably weekly. This surprised everyone but since then I see the Eternal Word Television Network suggests it has the advantage of not letting the devil get a footing into our lives and can be compared to keeping our bodies clean. The Catholic Catechism speaks of the value of going to Reconciliation often. Jess Connally PEMBERTON, WA
No room in Christian mind for despair
Some people despair and have no hope in God when things do not go their way, writes Fr Brian Mullady OP. This cannot be a Christian attitude.
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he world itself now bears witness to its approaching end by its fading powers. […] The peasant is failing and disappearing from the fields, the sailor at sea, the soldier in the camp, uprightness in the forum, justice in the court, concord in friendships, skill in the arts, discipline in morals.” Someone might think these words were written today in response to a decline in American society witnessed by the attempt to so centralise the government that the freedom of the Church is threatened. Yet these words were written by St Cyprian, an early Church Father, around the year 250. At the time, the Christians thought that the world was coming to an end as they knew it. Yet St Cyprian, as all good Christians, was not moved to despair. This is because Christians realise that history in a sense has already come to an end. When Christ rose from the dead and ascended into heaven, the whole purpose for the world was realised: God was finally glorified in Jesus Christ. The only thing left is to fill up the perfect number of those whom God has chosen to see him in the face through the action of Christ. Once we realise that the final realisation of the world cannot occur on this earth, then — though one must be involved in what happens here, as this is our pilgrim road to heaven — looking at time from eternity is the only thing that makes sense. There are those who despair and have no hope when things do not go their way in the political order. This cannot be a Christian attitude. If it is true that our final fatherland is only in heaven, then each society here must be of concern to us — but the Christian cannot put his hope here. His hope is centred only in God. After all, though Christ has redeemed the world, human beings still suffer from the weakness of
ignorance, malice and lust that characterised original sin. People are still sadly motivated by the “desire to dominate,” which is the origin of all lust and its final expression. All is not lost when political factions succeed in introducing legally sanctioned injustice into a state. The Christian has many options to demonstrate his final hope and interest in the solution to the problem of man. He may seek to promote virtue in the context for which he is most responsible: the family, the shop or the local community. In this he affirms the principle of subsidiarity: that small is beautiful, and it is not the function of the higher community to usurp the lower. He
Someone might think these words were written today in response to a decline in American society. They were written in AD 250. may redouble his efforts in his context to promote a culture of life. The corporal works of mercy, which have in some ways been abandoned by some Christians and left to the state or bureaucracies, are a marvellous way to strengthen the life of hope and grace for individuals and society. The Christian may also become more involved in the political process. This can be by studying the issues more to be a more responsible member of society or outright participation in holding office. St Augustine was not daunted by the fact that the world as he knew it was passing, for he had hope in heaven. This had guided all his actions on earth and now was his final consolation. The Church has seemed to be asleep for a long time regarding
the dangers to limiting the freedom of Catholics’ religious practice. Fortunately, more and more Catholics are becoming alive to the real possibility of dictation by the state concerning our practice of religious freedom. This can and should alarm anyone who is serious about allowing his or her religious faith to influence his or her participation in the public square. True, in a democracy or a democratic republic, the clergy should not have an active role in the political process as clergy. But, as citizens, each of us as Catholics must be aware that the kind of behaviour that is necessary to preserve democracy is not necessarily the kind of behaviour democracies like. Freedom cannot be license. It must respect the inalienable rights of man, which must, for example, include life. Just because Christians hope in God does not mean that they are freed from concern and action in the civil order. Still, in the final analysis, this hope is the only thing that can serve. During his life, St Augustine was not only a bishop; he was also a civil magistrate. When he was dying, his city of Hippo was being besieged by the Vandals, particularly nasty barbarians who would eventually capture and destroy all he had worked for. On his deathbed, he insisted that the walls be covered with verses from the Psalms so he could think about God. St Augustine was not daunted by the fact that the world as he knew it was passing, for he had hope in heaven. This had guided all his actions on earth and now was his final consolation. As he said of heaven: “There we shall rest and see; see and love; love and praise. This is what shall be in the end without end” (Augustine, City of God, Book 22, c. 30). This article originally appeared in the National Catholic Register.
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Save us from the dictatorship of the technocrats Some scientists may go dewy-eyed over the prospect of immortality. But what would the likely consequences of their naivete be?
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AVE you heard the joke that begins: “An AngloCatholic theologian, a delusional geneticist, and Death walk into a bar…” No? Well, that’s because the joke doesn’t exist. It doesn’t have to, when we have scientists who actually believe that temporal immortality is not only possible but desirable. For Catholics, November is traditionally a month to remember the dead, and to ponder the Four Last Things. Advent looks forward not only to Christmas, but also to Christ’s second coming. Some misguided theologians consider this emphasis on death a quaint anachronism; science would like to eliminate it altogether. Some years back, on a Canadian science programme called “The Nature of Things,” I heard an interview between the host, Dr David Suzuki (a geneticist turned climate guru, who now has the dubious distinction of being the Canadian Al Gore), and another geneticist whose name (alas) I do not remember. Let’s call him Dr. G. I do recollect that he was presented
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as a credible and serious scientist (as opposed to the assorted kooks you’ll find online today if you Google the phrase “Immortality Gene”). The excitement of mapping the human genome caused Dr G to declare that science would soon find–and eliminate—the “aging” gene, so as to achieve immortality for mankind. The science itself is debatable; what struck me is that neither geneticist sought to explain why living forever would be a good thing. While Suzuki ventured that immortality might engender ethical dilemmas for society (ya think?) it did not seem to occur to him that the implementation of such genetic manipulation would itself be a huge ethical problem. He cited, for example, the need for population control, suggesting that once the Immortals had been
genetically engineered to perfection, fertility could be eliminated. But not entirely. He further postulated that only the rich would be able to afford genetic ‘immortality’ treatments. On the assumption that these folks would not wish to spend any part of their eternity cleaning toilets, they would need to employ the poor (mortals), who in turn would be allowed to reproduce, but only under controlled circumstances (Aldous Huxley, call your office). The drones, naturally, would not
evolution will stop.” I submit that this happened long ago, in the Garden of Eden, when the serpent beguiled Eve: “Ye shall be like gods.” Little has changed since then. There is no guarantee that immortality would make life enjoyable, or even tolerable; I suspect it would be precisely the opposite. It’s ironic that many scientists consider the traditional concept of heaven (and an all-loving God, who can fulfill the deepest longings of the human heart) a silly fairy tale, but believe that a genetically-mod-
Presumably immortal human beings would not want to clean toilets. They’d need drones. desire immortality: a life of eternal servitude? No thanks. Of course, for earthly life to be (ahem) heavenly for the Immortals, all war, disease, pestilence, infirmity, strife, and natural disasters would also need to be eliminated— good luck with that. But then the naïveté of post-modern science is boundless. Dr G declared that, thanks to the ability to perfect our DNA, “human
ified and climate-controlled heaven on earth, engendered by MA’s and PhD’s, is a concrete possibility. Rather makes you think that science is the opiate of the Masters. I have long admired the brilliant mystery writer, scholar, theologian, and staunch Anglo-Catholic Dorothy Sayers. In her poem, Hymn in Contemplation of Sudden Death, Miss Sayers gives thanks to God
for the many blessings of her life: “For all things merry, quaint and strange / For sound and silence, strength and change / And last, for death, which only gives / Value to everything that lives.” In other words, it is death that makes life worth living. Life is precious, not because it is fun, but because it is fleeting. In a 1937 letter to a clergyman and school headmaster, Miss Sayers wrote of the effect of Christ’s resurrection: “It is precisely because of the eternity outside time that everything in time becomes valuable and important and meaningful. […] ‘Eternal life’ is the sole sanction for the values of this life. The revelation in Christ is the means by which we get into touch with what the eternal pattern is.” We needn’t strive in vain for a shabby imitation of immortality; the Lord of Life offers an infinitely more glorious option, if we but choose to accept it. Christ our Saviour has already conquered death (genome maps not required, thank you), and thus we need not fear it. All ye saints and holy souls, pray for us.
I got the ‘why’ of the Church’s ‘what’
Benedictine monks, the Office and reading Blessed John Paul II’s writings changed US Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers bigtime.
How I Pray DEBBIE WARRIER
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WAS born in Barbados and immigrated to the United States when I was two and a half years old. My wife Colleen and I have been married for 18 years and we have four beautiful children: Claire (14), Angela (12), and Benjamin and Sophia (9). Having kids has brought me closer to God by allowing me to exercise patience and heroic virtue. I am the President and CEO of Servant Enterprises, Inc., a non-profit organisation that also hosts an international institute for Catholic male spirituality, coordinates speaking tours and retreats, and develops products and services that support family life. I am also the Director and Managing Partner of The Greatest Commandments, LLC. So far, we have produced The Greatest Commandments: A 40-Week Spiritual Journey for Married Couples, a marriage enrichment program rooted in Biblical values designed to help husbands and wives know, trust and love God throughout their marriage. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame, and a Master’s degree in Theological Studies from the University of Dallas. I hope to start doctoral studies within the next two years or so. I am a Benedictine Oblate of Mt Angel Abbey, an associate member of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, and a member of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy. I give lectures, retreats, and seminars in parishes, workshops, and at numerous conferences across the nation and around the world. I have appeared in Envoy Magazine, The Catholic World Report and The National Catholic Register, and on many national and international radio programs, including Catholic Answers Live, Catholic Connection, and Kresta in the Afternoon. My first book, The Mass in Sacred Scripture, was recently released and I am a frequent Eternal Word
Above: Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers of EWTN fame spoke to hundreds at the Univeristy of Notre Dame in Fremantle on October 15 during his Perth visit.
Television Network contributor. When I’m home, my office serves as my “chapel.” I travel over 160,000 kilometres a year for my work so I often pray in airports or on planes. I pray the full Liturgy of the Hours everyday (Vigils and Lauds in the morning, None in the afternoon, and Vespers and Compline in
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with him or her personally. I love formal, structured prayer that moves the mind and the heart. I’ve loved the Divine Office long before I was “required” to pray it as an ordained minister. Every life situation imaginable is in the Psalms and I often lose myself in them. My breviary is stuffed with prayer
Latin. I am a huge fan of Eucharistic Adoration. With the monks, I enjoy the harmony and rhythm of chanting the Office, where disparate voices come together as one, which reminds me of Saint Paul’s analogy of the Body of Christ: “Though many parts, we are all one body in Christ.” (See 1 Corinthians 12:1214). The strongest influence on my prayer life would be my mother. My dad was pagan and my mum was a convert. She sent my siblings and me to Catholic school and made sure we went to Mass every week. Anytime I showed an interest in a faith-based activity, she always supported and encouraged me – like altar serving. I also saw the great sacrifices she made so that we could be successful and that made a huge impact. Another influence on the way I pray would be the Benedictine monks of Newark Abbey who ran my high school, St Benedict’s Prep. I spent a lot of time with them during high school and during the summers when I was home from college. It was through them that I learned to love the Liturgy of the Hours and Latin. The Benedictines truly nurtured my ever-deepening desire for union with God and His holy will in my life. There are lots of different faiths but it was the Catholic Church that was founded by Jesus Christ (Matthew 16:18, 18:18; John 20: 19-23). In college, I struggled with long held Catholic beliefs (although I never left the Church) and, for a while, fell under the spell of self-aggrandised professors who thought they knew better than the Church. It wasn’t long before I realised how unhappy and unfulfilled I
Dad wanted me to earn money. I wanted to enter the monastery. We stopped talking until about three years ago. God and an abbot became my fathers. the evening) I also recite a prayer throughout the day: “Jesus I love you, Jesus I trust you, Jesus I give my life to you.” This helps me to keep things in perspective in the midst of a very busy life. Prayer is a conversation with God. You really can’t get to know someone well without speaking
cards which I utilise often while travelling. I also enjoy praying the Rosary, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and the Prayer to St Michael the Archangel. I like praying by myself and with monks. When I’m alone, I can savour each moment of intimacy with God in prayer, often using
was living according to “my” truth. Reading Blessed John Paul II changed my life. He gave me the “why” behind the “what” of Church teaching. He gave me reasons to believe that made complete and perfect sense, reasons that went to the very core of who I am. Through
John Paul II, I found myself and I’ve never looked back. The reason I remain Catholic is that what the Church teaches is true, good and beautiful. Centred in objective truth, the Magisterium (or “teaching authority”) of the Church protects and defends those truths, known collectively as the Deposit of Faith, i.e., Holy Scripture and Sacred Tradition. I love and trust the Church as my spiritual mother, just as I loved and trusted my earthly mother. My father becoming a Christian who is on fire for Christ was amazing and totally unexpected. He destroyed our family and my parent’s marriage through multiple affairs and drinking. If a man like that could come to know the loving and life-giving power of Jesus Christ, than there is hope for anyone. I didn’t have to deal with my feelings about my parent’s divorce until I entered the monastery after college. My dad wanted me to make a lot of money so he could be proud and brag to his friends, but I wanted to follow God. We basically stopped speaking after that until about three years ago. In a very real sense, God the Father would become my new father and the Abbot of the monastery my spiritual father. I left the monastery after my mum became ill and nearly died. It was supposed to be a temporary leave but, at a wedding, I met the woman who would eventually become my wife. As our relationship progressed, I became increasingly afraid of getting married. I spent six months discerning whether I should get married or go back to the monastery. I wanted to make sure my thinking of returning to the monastery wasn’t because I was afraid my marriage would turn out like my parents. This was a very intense time of prayer and complete submission to the will of God. I discerned a call to marriage and the rest, as they say, is history. Without my faith I guess I would be a moral relativist like almost everyone else instead of being “in the world but not of the world” as Christ commands (see John 17:16).
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Fete 10.30am-3pm at Mt Laverna Retirement Village, St Francis Hostel, 678 North Beach Rd, Gwelup. Come and enjoy the many stalls, craft, jams, Devonshire teas, sausage sizzles, bric a brac, etc. Archbishop Costelloe will be visiting to bless our palliative care room and visit the residents. Enq: Brenda 9445 7030.
UPCOMING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Prayer in the Style of Taizé 7-8pm at Sisters of St Joseph Chapel, 16 York St, South Perth. Includes prayer, chants, and silent prayer. Bring a friend and a torch. Last Taizé prayer for the year. Bring a small plate to share for supper afterwards. Enq: Sr Maree 0414 683 926.
Youth Inner Healing Retreat (live-in) 7.30am at St Thomas Moore College, 48 Mounts Bay Rd, Crawley. Led by Vincentian Fathers. Registration and Enq: Sonia 0410 596 520 or Sheldon 0415 841 737 or dmymau@gmail.com. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 TO MONDAY, JANUARY 28
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Holy Hour Adoration by Holy Trinity Community 7pm at St Benedict Parish, 115 Ardross St, Ardross. Enq: Fayan 0416 51 1947 or Bryan 0406 671388.
Immaculate Cafe Immaculate Cafe is now open every Sunday 9.30am-1pm 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.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Christ the King – An Afternoon of Praise 3pm to 5pm, at the Disciples of Jesus Community, 67 Howe Street, Osborne Park. Join us for a time of charismatic praise and worship, to proclaim Christ’s royalty over individuals, families, society, governments, and nations. Healing ministry will be available. Refreshments afterwards. Pope Pius XI established the Feast of Christ the King in 1925.
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.
Solemnity of Christ the King 2pm at the Shrine of Virgin of the Revelation, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. It comprises Eucharistic procession, Holy Mass and Consecration with Confessions before Mass. His Grace Archbishop Emeritus Hickey is the principal celebrant. Enjoy a family picnic on the lawns afterwards. A bus will be leaving from Good Shepherd Parish, Lockridge, 215 Morley Drive (cnr Altone Road) at 11.30am. Cost $15 per head. Enq: Nick 9378 2684 or famdeluca@optusnet.com.au
Praise and Worship 5.30pm at St Denis Parish, cnr Osborne St and Roberts Rd, Joondanna. Followed by 6pm Mass. Enq: Admin admin@stdenis.com.au.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4 Emmanuel Centre’s Christmas Party 11.30am at Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor St, Perth. Share with Archbishop Emeritus BJ Hickey in preparation for Christmas. Come join in the singing and meet other people of Emmanuel. Children welcome. Christmas Carols; Lunch BYO to share, tea, coffee, and cool drink supplied. RSVP: November 30. Enq: Admin 9328 8113 (Voice) or 9328 9571 (TTY) or SMS 0401 016 399 or Fax: 9227 9720 or Emmanuelcentre@westnet.com.au SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 One Day Faith Renewal retreat – part 3 9am-4.30pm at Holy Family Parish, Lot 375 Alcock St, Maddington. Cost free. Morning tea and lunch provided. Enq: Admin 9483 1703. Divine Mercy – Healing Mass 2.30pm at St Francis Xavier’s Parish, Windsor St, East Perth. Main Celebrant: Fr Marcellinus. Reconciliation in English and Italian offered. Divine Mercy prayers followed by Veneration of First Class Relic of St Faustina Kowalska. Refreshments afterwards. Enq: John 9457 7771.
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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 FRIDAY Mass and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 11am-4pm at Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins St, Glendalough. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament after Mass until 4pm finishing with Rosary. Enq: Sr Marie MS.Perth@lsp.org.au.
EVERY FIRST TUESDAY Short MMP Cenacle for Priests 2pm at Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Enq: Fr Watt 9376 1734.
EVERY SUNDAY Gate of Heaven Catholic Radio Join the Franciscans of the Immaculate from 7.309pm on Radio Fremantle 107.9FM for Catholic radio broadcast of EWTN and our own live shows. Enq: radio@ausmaria.com.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 Divine Mercy 1.30pm at St Francis Xavier’s Parish, Windsor St, East Perth. Main Celebrant: TBA. Homily: Holy Family. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Holy Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be offered. Refreshment afterwards. Enq: John 9457 7771.
Sacrament. Enq: admin 9493 1703 or www.vpcp. org.au
Our Lady of Lourdes 70th Anniversary Mass – with Archbishop Costelloe 9.30am at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 207 Lesmurdie Rd, Lesmurdie. Enq: Fr Kenneth 9291 6282 or 9291 8952 or 0434 934 286.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 Day With Mary 9am-5pm at Corpus Christi Parish, 43 Lochee St, Mosman Park. Day of prayer and instruction based on the Fatima message. 9am Video; 10am Holy Mass; Reconciliation, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic Adoration, sermons on Eucharist and on Our Lady, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet and Stations of the Cross. BYO lunch. Enq: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286.
Evershed Sts, Myaree. Mass at 5.30pm followed by Benediction. Enq: John 0408 952 194.
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REGULAR EVENTS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Medjurgorje Evening of Prayer 7-9pm at St Joseph’s Parish, 3 Salvado Rd, Subiaco. Prayer in thanksgiving for Our Lady’s reported daily apparitions; with Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and Holy Mass. Free DVDs on conversion of Donald Calloway from life of sin to priesthood available. Please see pilgrimage advert. Enq: 9402 2480 or 0407 471 256 or medjugorje@y7mail. com.
November 14, 2012
Ninth Annual Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 5.30-6pm at St Luke’s Parish, 2 Parkside Rmbl, Woodvale. Novena from Tuesday, October 9 to Tuesday, December 4. A devotion of 30 minutes of public prayer with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Novena prayer, reflection and Benediction. Enq: Fr Francisco stlk@iinet.net.au.
Youth Inner Healing Retreat (live-in) 7.30am at St Thomas Moore College, 48 Mounts Bay Rd, Crawley. Led by the Vincentian Fathers. Registration and Enq: Sonia 0410 596 520 or Sheldon 0415 841 737 or dmymau@gmail.com.
Latin Mass – Kelmscott 2pm at Good Shepherd Parish, Streich Ave, Kelmscott. Enq: John 9390 6646. Spirituality & The Sunday Gospels 7pm-8pm at St Benedict’s School Hall Alness St Applecross. Presented by Norma Woodcock Everyone is welcome. Cost: collection. Accreditation recognition by the CEO Enq: 94871772 or www.normawoodcock.com
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EVERY FIRST SUNDAY Singles Prayer and Social Group 7pm at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St George’s Tce, Perth. Begins with Holy Hour (Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and teaching) followed by dinner at local restaurant. Meet new people, pray and socialise with other single men and women. Enq: Veronica 0403 841 202. EVERY SECOND SUNDAY Healing Hour 7-8pm at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. Songs of praise and worship, exposition of Blessed Sacrament and prayers for sick. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or office Tue-Thu, 9am-2.30pm 9344 7066. EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY Shrine Time for Young Adults 18-35 years 7.30-8.30pm in Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon; Holy Hour with prayer, reflection, meditation, praise and worship; followed by a social gathering. Come and pray at a place of grace. Enq: Schoenstatt Srs 9399 2349. Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley. Includes exposition of Blessed Eucharist, silent prayer, Scripture, prayers of intercession. Come and pray those discerning vocations can hear clearly God’s call. EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY A Ministry to the Un-Churched 12.30-1.30pm at St John’s Pro-Cathedral, Victoria Ave, Perth (opposite church offices). With charismatic praise and prayer teams available. Help us ‘reach out to the pagans’ or soak in the praise. Enq: Dan 9398 4973. EVERY LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH Filipino Mass 3pm at Notre Dame Church, cnr Daley and Wright Sts, Cloverdale. Please bring a plate to share for socialisation after Mass. Enq: Fr Nelson Po 0410 843 412, Elsa 0404 038 483. EVERY MONDAY Evening Adoration and Mass 7pm at St Thomas Parish, Claremont, cnr Melville St and College Rd. Eucharistic Adoration, Reconciliation, evening prayer, Benediction, then Mass and night prayer at 8pm. Enq: Kim on 9384 0598 or email to claremont@perthcatholic.org.au.
LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH Be Still in His Presence – Ecumenical Christian Program 7.30-8.45pm at St Swithun Anglican Church, 195 Lesmurdie St, Lesmurdie (hall behind church). Begins with songs of praise and worship, silent time, lectio divina, small group sharing and cuppa. Enq: Lynne 9293 3848 or 043 5252 941. EVERY TUESDAY Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 6pm at Pater Noster Church, Marmion and
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, 17 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. Adonai Ladies Prayer Group 10am in upper room of St Joseph’s Parish, 3 Salvado Rd, Subiaco. Come and join us for charismatic prayer and praise. Enq: Win 9387 2808 or Noreen 9298 9935. EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY Holy Hour Prayer for Priests 7.30-8.30pm at Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Keaney Pl, City Beach. All welcome. Enq: Linda 9341 3079. Novena to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop 7-7.45pm at Blessed Mary MacKillop Parish, cnr Cassowary Dr and Pelican Pde, Ballajura. Begins with Mass, novena prayers and Benediction. Followed by healing prayers and anointing of the sick. Enq: Madi 9249 9093 or Gerry 0417 187 240. EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY Chaplets of Divine Mercy 7.30pm 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 Ss John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Pray the Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy and for consecrated life, especially in our parish. Concludes with veneration of the first class relic of St Faustina. Enq: John 9457 7771. St Mary’s Cathedral Praise Meeting 7.45pm every Thursday at the Legion of Mary’s Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Includes praise, song and healing ministry. Enq: Kay 9382 3668 or fmi@flameministries.org. Group Fifty - Charismatic Renewal Group 7.30pm at Redemptorist Monastery, 150 Vincent St, North Perth. Includes prayer, praise and Mass. Enq: Elaine 9440 3661. EVERY FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH Prayer in Style of Taizé 7.30-8.30pm at Our Lady of Grace Parish, 3 Kitchener St, North Beach. Includes prayer, song and silence in candlelight – symbol of Christ the light of the world. Taizé info: www.taize.fr. Enq: secretary 9448 4888 or 9448 4457. FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY Dinner and Rosary Cenacle - St Bernadette’s Young Adults 6.30pm at Hans Cafe, 140 Oxford St, Leederville. Begins with dinner, then Rosary cenacle at St Bernadette’s, 49 Jugan St, Glendalough. Cenacle includes 8pm reflection by Fr Doug and Rosary. Tea and coffee after. By repeating words of love to Mary and offering up each decade for our intentions, we take the shortcut to Jesus which is to pass through the heart of Mary. Enq: Fr Doug st.bernadettesyouth@gmail.com EVERY THIRD THURSDAY Auslan Café – Sign Language Workshop 12.30pm at St Francis Xavier Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor St, Perth. Its Australian Sign Language - Auslan Café is a social setting for anybody who would like to learn or practise Auslan in a relaxing and fun atmosphere. Light lunch provided. Enq: Emma emmanuelcentre@westnet.com.au. EVERY FRIDAY Eucharistic Adoration at Schoenstatt Shrine 10am at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Drive, Mt Richon. Includes Holy Mass, exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent adoration till 8.15pm. In this Year of Grace, join us in prayer at a place of grace. Enq: Sisters of Schoenstatt 9399 2349. Healing Mass 6pm at Holy Family Parish, Lot 375 Alcock St, Maddington. Begins with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament; Rosary; Stations of the Cross; Healing Mass followed by Adoration of the Blessed
Healing Mass 7pm at St Peter’s Parish, Inglewood. Praise and worship, Exposition and Eucharistic Adoration, Benediction and anointing of the sick followed by holy Mass and fellowship. Celebrants Fr Dat and invited priests. 6.45pm Reconciliation. Enq: Mary Ann 0409 672 304, Prescilla 0433 457 352 and Catherine 0433 923 083. 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 Ss 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 North Hwy and Morrison Rd, Midland. Begins with Mass followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic, and led by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Please join us to pray for an end to abortion and the conversion of hearts. Enq Helen 9402 0349. EVERY SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH Discover Spirituality of St Francis of Assisi 12pm at St Brigid’s parish centre. The Secular Franciscans of Midland Fraternity have lunch, then 1-3pm meeting. Enq: Antoinette 9297 2314. EVERY FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Healing Mass 12.35pm at St Thomas Parish, cnr Melville St and College Rd, Claremont. Spiritual leader Fr Waddell. Enq: Kim 9384 0598, claremont@perthcatholic.org Vigil for Life – Mass and Procession 8.30am at St Augustine’s 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 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. EVERY FOURTH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Voice of the Voiceless Healing Mass 12pm at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Bring a plate to share after Mass. Enq: Frank 9296 7591 or 0408 183 325.
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. Resource Centre for Personal Development Holistic Health Seminar The Instinct to Heal Tue 3-4.30pm; RCPD2 Internalise Principles of Successful Relationships and Use Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills Tue 4.30-6.30pm, 197 High St, Fremantle - Tuesdays 3-4.30pm. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585. Bookings essential. Is your son or daughter unsure of what to do this year? Suggest a Cert IV course to discern God’s purpose. They will also learn more about the Catholic faith
and develop skills in communication and leadership. Acts 2 College of Mission & Evangelisation (National Code 51452).Enq: Jane 9202 6859. AA Alcoholics Anonymous Is alcohol costing you more than just money? Enq: AA 9523 3566. Saints and Sacred Relics Apostolate Invite SSRA Perth invites interested parties, parish priests, leaders of religious communities, lay associations to organise relic visitations to parishes, communities, etc. We have available authenticated relics, mostly first-class, of Catholic saints and blesseds including Sts Mary MacKillop, Padre Pio, Anthony of Padua, Therese of Lisieux, Maximilian Kolbe, Simon Stock and Blessed Pope John Paul II. Free of charge and all welcome. Enq: Giovanny 0478 201 092 or ssra-perth@catholic.org 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 Pellegrini Books Wanted An order of Sisters in Italy is looking for the following: The Living Pyx of Jesus, Fervourings From Galilee’s Hills, Fervourings From the LoveBroken Heart of Christ, Fervourings From the Lips of the Master, Listening to the Indwelling Presence, Sheltering the Divine Outcast, Daily Inspection and Cleansing of the Living Temple of God, and Staunch Friends of Jesus, the Lover of Youth. If you are able to help, please contact Justine on 0419 964 624 or justine@waterempire.com. 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 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 - www. members.dodo.net.au/~evalenz/. SAINTS AND SACRED RELICS APOSTOLATE 300 first and secondclass relics available for public veneration in the following churches: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 TO SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Sts John and Paul Parish, 5 Ingham Ct, Willetton. All Masses. Talk on relics during each Mass. Religious items donations for Thailand Church Fr Ferdinando Ronconi is the parish priest at the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Phuket, Thailand. He is in need of religious items such as rosaries and holy medals for his local congregation and visitors. If you are able to help, please post items to: PO Box 35, Phuket 83000, Thailand or, if you are on holiday in Phuket, bring your donated items with you to church and stay for Mass! Fr Ferdinando can be contacted on tel: 076 212 266 or 089 912 899 or ronconi.css@gmail.com Good Shepherd Parish History I am compiling the history of the Good Shepherd Parish and everyone who has been a part of building the Good Shepherd community is invited to write their story and include photos. An editor has been engaged and the deadline to receive your story is 30th January 2013. Please forward on email: goodshepherdparishhistory@gmail.com Any enquiries ring Nick De Luca on 9378 2684 or 0419 938 481.
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