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UNDERSCORING the vital contributions of women, Pope Francis said that men and women who are careerists and social climbers using people, the Church and their brothers and sisters in religious life as a springboard for their own personal interests and ambitions are doing enormous harm to the Church. His comments came in remarks on May 8 to 800 leaders of women’s religious orders in Rome for the plenary assembly of the International Union of Superiors General. The group welcomed the Pope with loud applause and with the ululations of the African sisters among them. Pope Francis urged religious never to forget that the power they held was for serving others. “We must never forget that true power, at whatever level, is service, which has its bright summit upon the Cross,” he said, quoting Christ’s words in the Gospel of Matthew:
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‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them ... But it shall not be so among you.’ Nor could religious live a merely ‘theoretical poverty’, he said. Instead, they must be in close contact with the poor and suffering: “Theoretical poverty doesn’t do anything. Poverty is learned by touching the flesh of the poor Christ in the humble, the poor, the sick, and in children.” Poverty, the Pope said, teaches solidarity, sharing and charity and helps to “guard against the material idols that obscure the true meaning of life – poverty, which is learned with the humble, the poor, the sick, and all those who are at the existential margins of life.” The Church needs religious women he said. “What would the Church be without you?” the Pope told the women. Continued - Page 9
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Charismatics get fired up for Pentecost On the Eve of Pentecost, May 18, from 9.30am to 4.40pm, Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) is holding a Renewal Day. Presented by Father Jack Soulsby SM at St Emilie’s Parish Hall, Amherst Rd, Canning, the theme of the day is Pentecost Is My Life. The day will include prayer and praise, teachings, fellowship and prayer ministry. All are welcome. While tea and coffee are provided, the event is a BYO lunch, as well as BYO Bible and notepad. Admission is free, although offerings are welcome. On the following day, May 19, CCR Perth is facilitating an invitation for lapsed Catholics to return to the Catholic faith. Titled Catholics Come Home, a presentation will be held at St Mary’s Cathedral beginning at 7.30pm and concluding at 9pm. For more information on both events, contact Dan on 9398 4973.
Hope for the grieving at Willetton For anyone grieving the loss of a loved one, the Journey to Peace Bereavement Support Group part of the John Paul Care Program is offering a six-week program to deal with the grief. Starting on May 20, from 1pm till 2,30pm, meetings are conducted in a friendly and confidential setting at the St John and Paul Parish Centre, at 5 Ingham Ct, Willetton. The John Paul Care Program offers support through its volunteers and practical and pastoral support is given in the areas of transport, meals, home help, emergency babysitting; visiting the sick, elderly, and bereaved and preand postnatal visitations. For more
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In celebration of Pentecost, an ecumenical service will be held at St George’s Cathedral on Sunday, May 19 at 5pm. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB will preach and inaugurate the study series Unity in Diversity. In addition to the study series, The Council of Churches is presenting a series of talks on A History of Ecumenism though the Ages commencing on May 22 from 7.15pm till 8.30pm at St George’s Cathedral. For more information, call 9380 6112 or visit www.churcheswa. com.au.
St Anthony’s Primary School is holding a Big Morning Tea on Thursday, May 23 in their school hall to raise funds for the Cancer Foundation. Morning tea will be served from 9am until 10.30am and a gold coin donation is appreciated. Many people within the school community have felt the horrid affects of cancer in some way and the morning tea is a gesture supporting those who have been affected by the illness.
Bunbury Catholic Diocesan Liturgical Choir is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The choir was formed in 1993 and Saturday, August 31, 2013 will mark 20 years. The choir has invited all past members and friends to join in the celebrations, which will begin with a Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Bunbury followed by a celebratory meal to commemorate the event. Bookings are essential and for more information, email millsmusic@bigpond.com.
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Dreams come true for young scientist A THIRST for knowledge and a passion for science resulted in Year 12 student Clare Bradley of St Norbert College being selected to attend the London International Youth Science Forum for 2013. Clare was an active, effective participant at the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF): a 12-day residential program run in both Canberra and Perth in January this year. To be selected for the NYSF, Clare competed for one of 432 places with 2,000 other applicants from all parts of the country, all top science students at their schools. At the January Forum, Clare demonstrated exceptional levels of interest, capacity and potential in fields of science, and also strong interpersonal, teamwork, inquiry, communication and potential leadership skills. Clare then sought, and has been selected, to represent Australian youth science at this prestigious international event. “A chance to attend LIYSF is incredible,” an excited Clare said. “Before I attended the NYSF, which opened so many new perspectives and options for me, I could not have dreamed of being a part of this amazing opportunity.” “In the next couple of years, I will be making some career-shaping decisions, so to have the chance to experience cutting-edge science at an international level is a fantastic springboard into the future.” The time in London will provide a real understanding of science in action on a global scale. Participants have a unique opportunity, not only to network with peers and leading scientists from all over the world, but also to travel and build intercultural awareness. “Most top scientists I have met are well-travelled, with a firsthand appreciation of different cultures,” says NYSF Director, Geoff Burchfield. “Travel seems to enrich people’s lives profoundly, and to give them an edge professionally.” Before jetting off, Clare must take on the difficult task of fundraising $10,000 to cover costs. Any sponsorship or donations from local business and Rotary Clubs would be deeply appreciated by Clare and her family, a representative from St Norbert’s told The Record, adding that the opportunity had inspired Clare toward future university success.
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Prayer boring without focus on Jesus and the needy IF A person’s prayer life is boring, that generally means that he or she is focused too much on the self and not enough on Jesus and the needs of others, Pope Francis said during a morning Mass homily. “True prayer leads us out of ourselves toward the Father in the name of Jesus; it’s an exodus out of ourselves,” the Pope said on May 11 during Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. During the Mass, attended by members of the Vatican police force and by Argentine journalists working in Rome, Pope Francis said prayer typically involves two forms of exodus: one “toward the wounds of Jesus, and the other toward the wounds of our brothers and sisters. This is the path Jesus wants our prayer to take”. Ascending to heaven after his death and resurrection, Jesus “went to the Father, leaving the door open”, not because “he forgot to close it” but because “he himself is the door”, the Pope said, according to a report in L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper. Jesus is the eternal high priest, the Pope said, and the wounds of his crucifixion witness forever to his sacrifice. “In his resurrection, he has a beautiful body: the cuts of the scourging and the (crown of) thorns are gone, all of them. His bruises from the beatings have disappeared” but the crucifixion wounds in his hands, feet and side remain and become “his prayer of intercession with the Father”. When Jesus tells people they will receive what they ask the Father in his name, Jesus is asking them “to have trust in his passion, trust in his victory over death, trust in his wounds,” the Pope said. Ascending to the Father, Jesus “gives us the freedom to enter that sanctuary where he is the priest and intercedes for us so that whatever we ask in his name, he will give. But he also gives us the courage to go into that other ‘sanctuary’ of the wounds of our needy brothers and sisters, those who suffer, who carry the cross and still have not been victorious like Jesus was.” - CNS
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As ever, Perth’s Ukrainian Catholic celebration of Easter was full of a colour and symbolism special to the Eastern Church. By Matthew Biddle PERTH’S Ukrainian Catholics celebrated Easter according to the Julian calendar on May 5 at St John the Baptist church in Maylands. The Holy Week ceremonies included the reading of the 12 Gospels on Holy Thursday and the veneration of the burial shroud and tomb of Jesus on Good Friday. Parish priest Fr Wolodymyr Kalinecki said it was another excellent Easter. “The church was packed for Easter,” he said. “It was very moving to see people praying and reflecting on spiritual things.” Fr Kalinecki, who also celebrated his birthday on Easter Sunday, said the burial shroud of Jesus was an important symbol for Eastern Catholics. “[After] bringing out the shroud of Jesus, we process around the Church and we place it on the special grave, or tomb, that has been prepared,” he said. “Then on Saturday we have the Resurrection matins, where we
come to the Church and we say prayers in front of the tomb and the priest removes the burial shroud of Jesus.” The priest then places it on the altar, where it remains until the feast of the Ascension, forty days later. After the liturgies on both Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday, Fr Kalinecki blessed numerous baskets of food for parishioners. “In the basket are all the things we were fasting from during Lent, such as meat, milk, cheese, and eggs,” Fr Kalinecki explained. A large loaf of bread called the Artos, a Greek word meaning ‘Lamb of God’, is also blessed at Easter. On the following Sunday, known as St Thomas Sunday in the Eastern Church, the Artos is cut into small pieces and distributed to the congregation. In 2014, for the first time since 2011, both Eastern and Western Catholics will celebrate Easter Sunday on the same day, April 20. Fr Wolodymyr Kalinecki, Parish Priest of St John the Baptist Church in Maylands and parishioners celebrate Easter in ceremonies marking Christ’s death and Resurrection PHOTOS: BOHDAN WARCHOMIJ.
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Vatican II was big deal, students learn By Matthew Biddle MORE than 250 students attended a seminar covering the Second Vatican Council on May 3 at John XXIII College in Mt Claremont. The Year 12 students came from a number of different Catholic schools around the State, some travelling from as far as Bunbury and Busselton. Rector of St Charles’ Seminary in Perth, Monsignor Kevin Long, delivered a lecture to the students explaining what led to the Council and its consequences and significance in the life of the Church. David Byrne from the Catholic Education Office said it was the first time such an event had been held and was part of the Archdiocese’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Council. Mr Byrne said the aim of the seminar was to “provide some practical support” for Year 12 students in preparation for their end of year exams. Religious Education and Faith Formation consultant Peter Higgins explained to students that the Council was an important event in the life of the Church. “There was a very strong attendance at Mass at the time, so that was not the trigger,” he explained. “But certainly there was a need to re-engage with the world.” This year marks 50 years since the opening of the Second Vatican Council by Pope John XXIII in 1963.
Students discuss the Second Vatican Council at a seminar held during the school holidays at John XXIII College in Mt Claremont. The Catholic Education Office’s David Byrne said the seminar provided practical support in applying what they had learnt throughout the year. PHOTO: MATTHEW BIDDLE
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By Matthew Biddle ONE MONTH after being appointed as the parish priest at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament parish in Gosnells, Father Patrick Lim has already started to rejuvenate the parish’s digital presence. Fr Lim, who maintained the Archdiocesan website for 12 years, has transformed the parish bulletin and started to re-design the parish website. He is also in the process of creating a parish logo for Gosnells that will be used on all parish publications. Fr Lim said one of the challenges for parishes was to ensure they could provide as much information as possible in an easily accessible form. “A website is like a garden,” he said. “If you don’t maintain it, it goes wild and it dies.” Fr Lim, who was appointed to the Gosnells parish at the beginning of April, said the parish website was in need of urgent attention.
“Nobody was maintaining it so we are trying to get a group of parishioners to help with it,” he said. “Hopefully, this group will, with my guidance, improve and keep the website up to date.” The priest of 27 years said he was trained as an artist and consequently has a flair for designing. He created the parish logos for St Andrew’s church in Clarkson and several eastern state parishes. Although he now manages both the Emmaus Series website and the Fr John McKinnon page, Fr Lim said he “forced himself to learn” the skills of website construction almost 20 years ago. Fr Lim said while he had created the framework for the website, there was much more still required before it would be completed. The website includes a link to short video reflections on the Sunday Gospels that Fr Lim hopes will be beneficial to all Catholics. He hopes to begin a parish blog in the near future.
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Church needs to look in mirror: Vatican official By Robert Hiini THE CATHOLIC Church has to be honest with itself in assessing why many former Catholics have switched to Pentecostal Christianity, a leading Holy See official in ecumenical affairs said in Sydney recently. Monsignor Juan Usma Gomez, an official of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, was in Australia to address Australia’s bishops at their recent plenary meeting, May 2-9. While there were some accusations of proselytism, or ‘sheep stealing’ on the part of Pentecostal churches, Mgr Gomez told xt3.com it was an inadequate explanation for the shift in affiliation.
“We are called, as Church, to be very honest about our methodology because the people who leave the Catholic Church for these communities [do so] for what they offer,” Mgr Gomez said. “They do not change because of dogmatic reasons. They are looking for spiritual experiences and it seems these communities are offering them that. All the analysis [shows that]. So offering spiritual experiences to the people is [key]”. Catholics and Pentecostals have “more in common they we think” and ongoing dialogue was necessary to dispel prejudices and misunderstanding. Mgr Gomez said there were some dangers in certain trends associated with Pentecostalism, including in
the so-called ‘Prosperity Gospel’. “It seems at times that you do not need to have any suffering because ‘that is not what God wants’ and, in that sense, we are in some ways putting aside the Cross, and that is quite difficult for us,” Mgr Gomez said, adding that he did not think Pentecostal Christians were teaching that officially. “They [also] have a very simple way of presenting the Gospel. You get the impression that there are four or five points which you can handle and then that is enough, but in reality, this is the first step … You need to gain all of the Christian Tradition.” The Holy See and Pentecostal Churches entered into formal dialogue in 1972. Estimating global
numbers was difficult, Mgr Gomez said, because of the nature of the movement. Stressing the importance of direct spiritual experience of God, Pentecostalism began in the United States in the early 20th century as an offshoot of the Wesleyan churches. In the 1950s, it entered all mainline Protestant congregations. It entered the Catholic Church in the 1960s and spurred the growth of non-denominational churches from the 1980s onwards. A 2011 report released by the Pew Forum stated the number of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians globally to be more than 584 million. The 2011 Australian census showed the number of people identifying as Pentecostal Christians to be
238,000, increasing from one per cent of the total population in 2001, to 1.1 per cent in 2011. In other comments, Mgr Gomez said secularisation, while a global phenomenon, was manifesting differently in different regions of the world: “In Europe, [it] seems to go hand-in-hand with no religious affiliation. While in the United States ... growing secularisation, growing religious affiliation, and growing religious pluralism [are all] there. It is not only one side of the coin.” The answer to increased secularisation was not, in the first instance, about changing Church structures: “First you renew yourself and then the structures,” Mgr Gomez said.
Masterclass in Rosary manufacture By Matthew Biddle BATEMAN parishioners are among a growing number of Perth Catholics who are generously making Rosaries to be sent to overseas missions. The parish has recently started hosting Rosary-making classes where parishioners are taught from scratch how to turn 59 beads, a small crucifix, a medal and a piece of string into a Rosary. Felicia Krasinski made her first Rosary last year and is now sharing her knowledge with fellow parishioners. “One day I was just reading a magazine and saw that there was someone requesting Rosaries, and then I thought maybe I should start to learn,” she said. “I went on the internet and learnt the instructions and then went from there.” In October, in honour of the month of the Rosary, Mrs Krasinski made a number of Rosaries that she donated to her parish. She then decided to pursue the initiative after parishioners
expressed an interest in learning to make Rosaries. Materials are generally sourced from the internet and purchased from any donations received. “From there we do the classes … we start off with a decade of the Rosary and we say a prayer, and then we all just start making the Rosaries,” Mrs Krasinski explained. The completed Rosaries are then blessed and sent overseas to any places that request them. “We sent off 100 to Thailand … and then we sent 100 to St Bede’s orphanage in India. Since March, we have made 663 Rosaries,” Mrs Krasinski said. The website of Our Lady’s Rosary Makers International frequently lists overseas missions that require Rosaries for their work. Destinations include missions in Kenya, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. While for beginners it can take up to an hour to make a Rosary, it usually takes about 15 minutes for those more experienced.
We sent 100 to Thailand and 100 to an orphanage in India. We’ve made 663 since March.
Catholics in Bateman practise their newfound art of Rosary making.
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Brigidine Congregation history launches in Perth By Chris Jaques TEACHING now at Mercy College, Perth, former Sr Carmel Gentelli recalled joining the Brigidine Congregation at 17 because she admired the calibre of women involved and their mission in the Church. Taught by Brigidines, she still feels today she was influenced by the “strong women; the modern women; the women who taught that even in the 60s, being a woman was not an impediment to success in the world”. Mrs Gentelli-Pace said she became very aware of the social justice ethos imparted by the Brigidines and talked of many students who later entered helping professions. While there is now no active presence here, she is quite sure the Sisters’ influence lives on. Mrs GP, as she is affectionately called by students, remembered fondly Mother Canice because of her love and gentleness and Mother Gerard for her practicality, saying she still teaches in the same way in which Mother Gerard taught her. My mum was Kathy Chesson when she went through a Brigidine education at St Joseph’s Primary School opposite the Axon St bridge and later at the Brigidine Convent on the corner of Salvado Rd and Station St. She was able to name all her teachers, including her first
non-religious teacher, Mrs Brown, in her final year when she was the only student doing Leaving. By that time, fees were paid on account but Kath (now) Jaques remembers taking two shillings in every week for fees in primary school and donations to the Missions every Monday at one or two pence which eventually built up to 2/6d, enough to “buy a black baby” - an affectionate phrase used by children at the time. Like many ex-students, Kath also reminisced about the ‘cowsheds’ at the back of the former farm property on which was built their school next to the convent. The first of the sheds housed Mother Catherine McNamara’s small music room; the middle was the typing room and the end, a library with a little glass-fronted case for books. Both Kath and Carmel maintain contact with school friends from the earliest days and are anticipating the book launch of the Brigidine history, Providence Provides. Sub-titled The Brigidine Sisters in the NSW Province, this is a history of the Brigidines’ life and ministry in Australia from 1883-2007. The Congregation was founded in Ireland in 1807 by Bishop Daniel Delaney and given his motto of Fortiter et Suaviter – Strength and Gentleness. Its mission was the education and evangelisation of
Carmel Gentelli-Pace with the Cross of St Brigid.
youth and, in 1883, a small group of Brigidine women heard the call to travel to NSW. A further 60 years on, in 1942, Archbishop Prendiville invited a group of Sisters to establish a foundation in Wembley, WA. As a former Sister, Carmel remembers the prayer: Providence did provide; Providence does provide; Providence will provide; and remembers little Mother
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Francis who would comment that “Jaysus is at the door” when tramps would knock. Providence not only provided for the tramps; when there was no more food, someone would usually arrive at the convent with food in place of fees for the Sisters. The Congregation remains active in Australia and worldwide and, while only one Sister, Bernice Tonkin CSB, remains in Perth
and is retired, she continues the Brigidine mission through her activities. Herself an ex-student of the Brigidines, Sr Bernice is well known for her involvement in social justice and is the founder of Brigid’s Well, a prayer group comprising numerous Religious from different Orders. She also remains in contact with other Brigidine ex-students and sings in a professional choir. The book was launched in NSW on May 1 and, Perth being part of the NSW Province, it will be launched here at the parish centre of St Cecilia, Floreat Park at 2.30pm on Sunday, May 19. Written by Dr Janice Garaty, it will be launched in Perth by an ex-student of the Brigidines, Associate Professor Rosanna Capolingua. Sr Ann Harrison, a Brigidine in Sydney, says Providence Provides “is a great human read”, “reads like a novel” and is a “great tribute to all the Sisters who were in WA”. Copies will be available on the day and all ex-students and staff, friends and family are invited to attend the launch of the book, the foreword of which describes it as “a story of struggle, hardships, quandaries, conflict and great changes but also of success, lasting friendships, enduring hope and new horizons. It is our family face …”
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Perth commuters think again on euthanasia By Matthew Biddle PERTH’S Right to Life Association took to the train stations and the streets as part of its annual ‘Life Week’ held from May 6 to 11. The group distributed flyers to hundreds of people in Fremantle’s Kings Square, at Perth train station, and in the Murray Street Mall during the week. ‘Life Week’ has taken place every year in Perth since 1976, and aims to promote respect for all human
life from conception to natural death. Right to Life WA president Peter O’Meara said the week was a great success. “People were accepting of the message we were sending and were taking the handouts,” he said. “The train station was a very good exercise of handing out flyers, and people stopping and coming back and asking to take a few for other people.” Mr O’Meara said the majority of
the Perth public congratulated the group and said they did not support euthanasia. “There were a couple of people
in their head that we explain to them, hopefully the grace of God will work in them.” Right to Life groups in coun-
Once you start disrespecting life at any stage, anything is possible. People need to know. who said they did [support euthanasia], and when we explained to them the situation, they changed their mind a bit,” he said. “If they go away with something
try areas of the State – including Broome, Derby, Geraldton, Albany and Bunbury – were also out in force during the week. Mr O’Meara said it was impor-
tant to take the pro-life message to the wider community, particularly those who are indifferent to life issues. “If they don’t come across people who can explain to them what euthanasia is and how it affects the community, they just go along with what’s in the media,” he said. “Once you start disrespecting life at any stage, anything is possible, especially for people who manipulate and use human life for their own purposes.”
Knights urge alms for the homeless Advertorial WITH Perth’s temperatures starting to drop and the wet season approaching, the city’s growing homeless population is bracing itself for the bitter winter conditions. The Order of Malta, a lay Order of the Catholic Church and a humanitarian aid organisation, has initiated a project to provide some comfort to those sleeping rough by distributing their specially designed “Coats for the Homeless”. Over the last two years, the project has distributed over 4,000 coats nationwide, with a further 2,500 to be distributed in 2013. “Our unique coat has been designed in close consultation with homeless people themselves, to ensure it meets their specific needs,” said Dr Michael Shanahan, Member of the Order from Perth. “It is three-quarter length, showerproof, quilted and warm. Importantly, it is black so the person wearing it is inconspicuous, after feedback revealed their biggest fear is being assaulted.” The coat provides the warmth of a sleeping bag or swag without restricting movement. It is free from uncomfortable buttons or zips, with just elastic and Velcro to offer a comfortable night’s sleep and ease of wear. Over the last two years, Members of the Order in WA have provided The Shopfront in Marylands with 200 coats, with Brian Tierney,
Tanya is pictured camped out in suburban bushland after being made homeless due to housing affordability.
Director of the agency, describing them as ‘literally a lifesaver’ for their visitors who live on the streets. However, there is an ongoing need for more coats and, as Michael explains, “Currently the project is limited only by a lack of funds”. Michael is urging Australians to
give someone warmth and comfort this winter by buying them a coat. “Every day, almost 20,000 Australians are sleeping rough on the streets of our cities and towns,” he said. “Half of all people who request accommodation from the homeless service system are turned
away each day, due to a lack of beds. This leaves them extremely vulnerable, not only to the cold weather but to other dangers.” $100 will buy three specially designed, warm, showerproof coats for people who find themselves without a home this winter.
Mason shows what neighbours made of By Matthew Biddle PARISHIONERS of St Francis of Assisi parish in Maida Vale are eagerly awaiting the official opening of two new parts of the church grounds. The grotto, as well as a “Memorial Wall for the Unborn,” was built by parishioner Len Harrison and church neighbour, Tom Hogg. Parish deacon Trevor Lyra said the grotto’s construction was providential. “We were trying to get somebody to give us a cheap quote to build the grotto,” he explained. “The guy living opposite the church, a non-Catholic, just happened to make conversation with Fr Elver [Delicano] who was telling him we were looking for someone who can do stone work to build this grotto.” A few days later, Mr Hogg offered to build the grotto for no charge, much to the amazement of Fr Elver and Maida Vale parishioners. “He started work almost immediately and in about two weeks it was all completed,” Mr Lyra said. The parish is now awaiting the delivery of the statue to be installed, and plans to officially bless and
Maida Vale’s grotto and memorial wall, built by Len Harrison and Tom Hogg.
open the grotto on the feast of the Assumption of Mary on August 15. The Shire of Kalamunda has also recently approved the construction of a “Garden of Remembrance” in the Maida Vale church grounds. Work is about to commence on the columbarium, which will hold the cremated ashes of more than
100 deceased parishioners and their families. Mr Lyra said Maida Vale parishioners have participated in several fundraisers to help cover the costs of building the grotto and the garden. “We’ve raised close to $70,000 so far,” he said. “We had a cake stall
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last Sunday and raised another $2,000 there.” It is hoped the Garden of Remembrance will be ready by the feast of St Francis of Assisi on October 4. Our Lady of the Mission in Whitford also intends to construct a columbarium later this year.
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If you would like to support the project, visit w w w. coatsforthehomeless.org to make a donation or send a cheque payable to ‘The Order of Malta’ to: Coats for the Homeless - WA Appeal. The Order of Malta, PO Box 257, Surry Hills, NSW 2010.
Pope: end Holy Spirit neglect THE HOLY Spirit is more than a pretty dove; it is an integral part of the Trinity and deserves a prime place in people’s lives, Pope Francis said. Many Christians say they get by with God the Father by praying the Our Father and with Jesus by receiving Communion, but that they aren’t quite sure who the Holy Spirit is, he said during a morning Mass homily. People who are aware of the Holy Spirit, he said, may know him only superficially, identifying him as “the dove, the one who offers the seven gifts” of wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. “The poor Holy Spirit is always in last place and doesn’t find a prime place in our life,” the Pope said on May 13 during Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. The Mass was attended by Vatican Radio employees and officials at the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travellers, including Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio. The Pope said the Holy Spirit is “God active in us,” the one who “wakes up our memory”.
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A timeless message from Fatima to Fremantle In new ways and old, large numbers of Catholics honoured Our Lady of Fatima in Fremantle on Tuesday evening May 13.
Left: Children prepare themselves to take part in leading the procession around Fremantle. Above: The statue of Our Lady of Fatima which was processed through the streets. Below: Two girls dressed up as angels lead hundreds of people in procession. PHOTOS: MAT DE SOUSA Right: Fr Joe Cardoso OCD gives a homily at St Patrick’s Basilica, Fremantle, last Monday May 13. Below: The choir sings hymns from Portugal and children (Jessica, Adam and Lia) participate by dressing up as Fatima seers Lucia, Francesco and Jacinta to mark the feast. P HOTOS: MAT DE SOUSA
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‘House of horrors’ doctor convicted A JURY found US doctor Kermit Gosnell guilty of murder on May 13 in the deaths of three babies born alive during abortions and acquitted him of a fourth similar charge. The Philadelphia doctor was also convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death by drug overdose of a patient who had an abortion. Gosnell, 72, was accused of snipping the spines of babies born alive during illegal late-term abortions. Pennsylvania law prohibits abortions after 24 weeks of gestation. A few weeks earlier in the sixweek trial, after the prosecution
had rested its case, Judge Jeffrey Minehart of the Common Pleas Court dismissed three other murder charges against Gosnell, saying they lacked evidence. The same jury was to convene on May 21 to consider Gosnell’s sentence. Prosecutors were seeking the death penalty. Gosnell was arrested in 2011 and charged with seven counts of infanticide and one count of murder in the case of a woman from Virginia who died during an abortion. Several patients and former employees testified about squalid conditions at the clinic, described
Catholics ‘should be fearless like Pope Francis’
Poverty the backdrop to WYD 13’s setting in Rio
IN DEALING with several serious issues confronting the Church and society today, “the only question is how you respond, not whether you should”, said Helen Alvare at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, held on May 9 in Washington. The response Alvare suggested to her audience: “As our leader (Pope Francis) is fearless, let us be fearless leaders.” Alvare, an associate professor at the George Mason University School of Law in Virginia, said Christians can’t merely find issues on which to work. “Rather, they find us,” she added. “You live when you live, in the place where you’re put, and you’re given the issues you’re given,” Alvare said. The prime issue she raised in her talk was that “our government is today endorsing a view of intimate human relationships we might call ‘sexual expressionism.’ That is, it is championing as a cherished right, any consensual sexual act, with an emphasis on those (acts) divorced intrinsically or technologically from having kids, and even often divorced from forming any lasting adult relationship!” She referred specifically to matters of abortion, contraception and same-sex marriage. Alvare cited “decades of experience with sex, marriage and parenting practices that violate Catholics’ and, really, most Americans’ deeply held beliefs about what promotes the flourishing, of women – and men – and kids and societies.” She added, “We know – even using the limited tools the world accepts as legitimate, that is, empirical data – that the new sex, mating and marriage marketplaces have
by some as “a house of horrors.” Several former workers in the clinic, including Gosnell’s wife, Pearl, a cosmetologist by training, earlier pleaded guilty to charges including third-degree murder, racketeering and performing illegal, late-term abortions. Prosecutors said one of the babies Gosnell killed was at nearly 30 weeks of gestation and was so big that Gosnell joked it could “walk to the bus”, reported The Associated Press. The involuntary manslaughter charge came in the death of Karnamaya Mongar, 41, of
Woodbridge, Va, who was given repeated doses of powerful drugs to induce labour and sedate her. The jury also found Gosnell guilty of infanticide, racketeering and more than 200 violations of Pennsylvania laws, for performing abortions past 24 weeks or failing to counsel women seeking abortions 24 hours before providing the procedure. He still faces federal drug charges over abuse of prescriptions for OxyContin and for letting staff members make out prescriptions to patients who paid cash. The case against Gosnell took
shape after a team of health inspectors and investigators looking into drug trade raided Gosnell’s clinic, known as the Women’s Medical Society, in February 2010. A grand jury report that followed reported on filth throughout, including blood on the floor, cat faeces on the stairs and surgical rooms that resembled a “bad gas station restroom”. The investigators gathered the remains of 45 fetuses stored in bags, milk jugs, juice cartons and cat food containers. Gosnell’s licence was suspended and he was arrested in January 2011.
Josefa da Silva is pictured inside her home on May 7 in the Manguinhos complex of slums in Rio de Janeiro, where Pope Francis is expected to visit on July 25, during his visit for World Youth Day. PHOTO: RICARDO MORAES, REUTERS
treated women terribly – women, who were supposed to reap most of all of the advantages of separating sex and marriage and kids via contraception and abortion.” Alvare said, “Policymakers are all too often trying to deal with the gap between the advantaged and the disadvantaged on the cheap, right? First with more contraception, then more abortion, then when those don’t work, more long acting, invasive contraception – marketed especially to the poor – or emergency contraception, even for kids, then by forcing even religious
institutions to go along with their program.” Alvare said, “The poorest citizens don’t seem to be anywhere near the top of anyone’s political agenda these days. This is despite increasing evidence that the poor are suffering terribly – from inadequate schools, from unemployment or underemployment – at wages that can’t even keep up with the rising price of gas. They are disproportionately ill, intergenerationally, downwardly mobile, and increasingly bereft of the fundamental goods of marriage and
marital parenting, access to which I would argue should be the basis even for a new human rights, new civil rights struggle for those disadvantaged men and women who are called to marriage and parenting.” The Catholic approach to poverty “has something to ruffle nearly everybody’s feathers”, she added. “Catholic teaching speaks clearly of the evils of consumerism, of the right to a living wage, and to educational opportunities and working conditions respectful of the dignity of workers and their families and their established communities and
cultures, and respectful of the natural environment. These are radical proposals in an age of cutthroat price competition, skittish investors, and a global marketplace.” Alvare said Pope Francis is “fearless, both on the imperative to begin thinking again about the invisible poor, and about preserving the links between sex, marriage and childbearing. We are proud to see him evangelising the world with such messages – even when the reception is chilly, or worse, contemptuous.” - CNS Full text: www.therecord.com.au
Pope reaffirms women’s vital role in the Church
Pope Francis greets representatives of the International Union of Superiors General in Paul VI hall at the Vatican on May 8. PHOTO: L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO, CNS
Continued from Page 1 “It would be missing maternity, affection, tenderness and a mother’s intuition.” Pope Francis told the sisters that religious life is a fundamental charism for the Church’s journey “and it isn’t possible that a consecrated woman or man might ‘feel’ themselves not to be with the Church – a ‘feeling’ with the Church that has generated us in Baptism; a ‘feeling’ with the Church that finds its filial expression in fidelity to the Magisterium, in communion with the Bishops and the Successor of Peter, the Bishop of Rome, a visible sign of that unity.” He quoted Pope Paul VI, saying it was impossible for religious to follow Jesus without the Church: “It is an absurd dichotomy to think
of living with Jesus but without the Church, of following Jesus outside of the Church, of loving Jesus without loving the Church,” he said, urging religious to “feel the responsibility that you have of caring for the formation of your Institutes in sound Church doctrine, in love of the Church, and in an ecclesial spirit.” Obedience, poverty, and chastity were essential to religious life, he said, describing obedience “as listening to God’s will, in the interior motion of the Holy Spirit authenticated by the Church, accepting that obedience also passes through human mediations.” Chastity is “a precious charism, that enlarges the freedom of your gift to God and others with Christ’s tenderness, mercy, and closeness.
Chastity for the Kingdom of Heaven shows how affection has its place in mature freedom and becomes a sign of the future world, to make God’s primacy shine forever.” However, he urged the sisters, “please, [make it] a ‘fertile’ chastity, which generates spiritual children in the Church. The consecrated are mothers: they must be mothers and not ‘spinsters’! Forgive me if I talk like this but this maternity of consecrated life, this fruitfulness is important! May this joy of spiritual fruitfulness animate your existence. Be mothers, like the images of the Mother Mary and the Mother Church. You cannot understand Mary without her motherhood; you cannot understand the Church without her. - CNS
WHERE DID THE APOSTLES GO AFTER PENTECOST? ST PETER (ROME) After heading the Church in Jerusalem after Jesus' Resurrection until 37AD, Peter's mission begins in Samaria (Israel) and Antioch (Turkey). Imprisoned in Jerusalem (40AD), Peter escapes and heads to Rome until 49AD, bringing the word of God to the Romans. Under the Edict of Claudius against the Jews, Peter is expelled from Rome and spends from 50-54AD in Antioch, Bithynia, Pontus and Cappadocia (all now Turkey). Peter then returns to Rome for a second time in 54AD and directs Mark in writing his Gospel. From 57-62AD, Peter goes to Bithynia, Pontus and Cappadocia, then he goes back to Rome for a final time. Here, Peter writes his Canonical Epistles until 67AD when he is martyred in Rome and buried where the Vatican is located today.
ST ANDREW (PATRAS, GREECE) It is believed that after Our Lord ascended into Heaven, St Andrew preached in Cappadocia, Galatia and Bithynia (all now Turkey), then in the Scythian deserts, afterwards in Byzantium (Turkey) itself, where he appointed St Stachys as its first bishop, and finally in Thrace (Ancient Thrace corresponds to an area that today would cover Southern Bulgaria, North Eastern Greece and European Turkey), Macedonia, Thessaly and Achaia (in Greece). He is said to have been put to death at Patras in 60AD on a cross, to which he was tied, not nailed. He lived two days in that state of suffering, still preaching to the people who gathered around their beloved Apostle. Interestingly, some writings suggest St Andrew's presence also in the Ukraine, Africa and Scotland.
ST JOHN (TURKEY)
After the Ascension of Our Lord, John's life was passed chiefly in Jerusalem and at Ephesus (Turkey) caring for Mother Mary. He founded many churches in Asia Minor. He wrote the fourth Gospel, and three Epistles, and the Book of Revelation is also attributed to him. Brought to Rome, tradition relates that Emperor Dometian ordered him cast into a cauldron of boiling oil but he came forth unhurt and was banished to the island of Pathmos for a year. He lived to an extreme old age, surviving all his fellow Apostles, and died at Ephesus (present-day Selçuk, Turkey) about the year 100.
Ancient writers tell us that he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Idumaea (all Turkey), Syria, Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Libya. According to Eusebius, he returned to Jerusalem in the year 62 and assisted at the election of his brother, St Simon, as Bishop of Jerusalem. He is the author of an Epistle (letter) to the Churches of the East, particularly the Jewish converts, directed against the heresies of the Simonians, Nicolaites and Gnostics. This Apostle is said to have suffered martyrdom in Armenia, which was then subject to Persia (Iran).
According to this tradition, St James the Greater, having preached Christianity in Spain, returned to Judea and was put to death by order of Herod in 44AD. Since some texts claim that he had not yet left Jerusalem at the time of his crucifixion, some suggest he did not go to Spain.
ST MATTHIAS (JERUSALEM) St Matthias was the Apostle chosen by the remaining 11 Apostles to replace Judas Iscariot following Judas' betrayal of Jesus and suicide. He was chosen as an Apostle through casting lots in order to discover God's will. This is the first and last time we hear of St Matthias, although it is said that he was martyred in Jerusalem.
It is told by SS Jerome and Epiphanius that our Lord, at his ascension, recommended his Church of Jerusalem to St James and, before their dispersion, the Apostles constituted him bishop of that city. St James governed the Church in Jerusalem during the violent persecutions. In 51AD, James assisted at the Council of the Apostles in Jerusalem, about the observance of circumcision and other legal ceremonies of the law of Moses. James had written not before 59AD a canonical epistle which refuted false teachers who pretended that faith alone was sufficient to justification without good works. Finally, in 62AD, Ananus, the high priest, assembled the great council of the Jews, summoned St James and accused him of violating the laws. James was then delivered to the people to be stoned to death.
The mission given to St Philip, after preaching in Galilee, was to evangelise and bring Jesus' words to Asia Minor (Turkey). According to some texts (not recognised by the Catholic Church), from Galilee, St Philip went to Greece and preached among Jews who had settled there. From Greece, the Philip went to Parthia (Iran), and then to the city of Azotus. From Azotus, Philip set out for Phrygian Hieropolis, passing through Syrian Hieropolis, Syria, Asia Minor, Lydia (all Turkey) and Emessa (Syria), preaching the Gospel. In Phrygian Hieropolis, the prefect Amphipatos gave orders to arrest St Philip, his sister and the Apostle Bartholomew travelling with them. Here is where it's believed St Philip was crucified, died and was buried.
ST JUDE THADDAEUS (ARMENIA)
ST JAMES THE GREATER (SPAIN)
ST JAMES THE JUST (JERUSALEM)
ST PHILIP (PHRYGIA)
ST BARTHOLOMEW (ARMENIA) Scholars believe St Bartholomew is the same as Nathanael mentioned in John, who says he is from Cana and that Jesus called him an "Israelite ... incapable of deceit". The Roman Martyrology says he preached in India and Greater Armenia, where he was flayed and beheaded by King Astyages. Tradition has the place as Abanopolis on the west coast of the Caspian Sea and that he also preached in Mesopotamia (Iraq), Persia (Iran), and Egypt.
ST SIMON (JERUSALEM) After the death of St James the Just, the Apostles unanimously chose Simon to be the Bishop of Jerusalem. In the year 66, civil war broke out in Palestine (Israel and Palestinian territories), as a consequence of Jewish opposition to the Romans. St Simon and the Christians occupied a small city called Pella, returning only after the capture and burning of Jerusalem. At an old age St Simon was brought before Atticus, the Roman governor, he was condemned to death and, after being tortured, was crucified. Various accounts have St Simon travelling also to Persia and dying there. The actual place of his burial is unknown.
ST MATTHEW (ETHIOPIA) Writing for his countrymen of Palestine (Israel and Palestinian territories), St Matthew composed his Gospel in his native Aramaic, the "Hebrew tongue" mentioned in the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. Soon afterward, about the time of the persecution of Herod Agrippa I in 42 AD, he took his departure for other lands. One tradition states that Matthew left the country and travelled to Cypress and North Africa. He was then put to death at Naddabar in Ethiopia.
ST THOMAS (MYLAPORE, INDIA) When the hour of dispersion came for the Apostles, Thomas was given the assignment of bringing the Good News to India. Thomas became the carpenter for a prince of the royal house in Parthia and used this time to learn as many Indian languages as possible. Travelling to and from Taxila, Thomas established many churches in Persia (Iran) and Mesoptamia (Iraq) and there are strong traditions surrounding Thomas in these lands. After many years, Thomas returns to Jerusalem in 49AD for the dormition of Mother Mary, entrusting the community to one of his local disciples. In 50AD, Thomas leaves to return to India; on his journey, Thomas stays on Socotra for one year (off Yemen coast), converting many on the island. Landing in the Chera Kingdom of India, Thomas proclaimed Jesus' words and denounced the evil he found there for 17 years. Once he felt the Lord's presence was cemented, he moved on to the Chola Kingdom. In 72AD, one of the Brahmins from the temple of Kali attacked Thomas and pierced his heart with a lance. Thomas died and was buried at Mylapore.
WHERE DID THEY GO HISTORY OR MYTH? We know for sure where some of the Apostles went, likely when and what happened to them - Saints Peter and Paul are the two most well-known examples, but we also know James the Just was martyred in Jerusalem and John the Beloved lived a long life, much of it in Asia Minor. But what of the rest? Eight of the 12 simply disappear from well-documented and accepted history. Yet Christ had chosen the 12 carefully so each must must have been of special, unique importance. Interestingly, if we look at the map where a variety of traditions claim they went, it becomes clear that each went beyond the boundaries of the Roman Empire effectively of the known world. The truth therefore seems to be that when Christ spoke to the disciples at Galilee, after his resurrection, of carrying his message to the ends of the earth (see Christ's Great Commission at bottom of page) they took him at his word that this was what he wanted them to do. Peter took the whole world as the Church's mission field. James the Just remained as Bishop of Jerusalem, effectively given care of the children of Israel; John, Philip and, later, Paul seem to have been given the whole of the Roman Empire as their missionary field. Tradition asserts a variety of destinations for the remainder of this little band of followers but in only two cases is there enough evidence to hazard a reasonably probable historical reconstruction - St Thomas and St Jude Thaddeus. In the case of Thomas, the evidence for his mission to India (two journeys resulting in martyrdom) is good and consistent. In the case of St Jude Thaddeus, it seems possible that he went to Edessa in northern Mesopotamia to the court of King Abgar the Black, whom he may have cured of leprosy. With him, he took the burial cloth of Jesus. The evidence for all the others is frustratingly absent for historians but, in one way, this makes sense. If the remaining Apostles went to destinations inhabited by barbarian peoples beyond the boundaries of the Empire with little in the way of written records, it is almost unsurprising that anything now exists other than traditions.
WHAT ABOUT PAUL? St Paul, the indefatigable Apostle of the Gentiles, is more like a phenomenon than a man. He was converted from Judaism on the road to Damascus after Jesus Christ had died and was resurrected. He remained some days in Damascus after his Baptism, and then went to Arabia, possibly for a year or two to prepare himself for his future missionary activity. His First Mission was Cypress (1), Pamphylia (2), Pisidia (3) and Lycaonia (4), Pisidian Antioch (5), Iconium (6), Lystra (7) and Derbe (8). His Second/Third missions included Galatia, Philippi, Thessalonica, Beroea, Athens and Corinth; then return to Antioch by way of Ephesus and Jerusalem. After two years of imprisonment at Caesarea, he finally reached Rome where he was kept another two years in chains. St Paul was released from his Roman imprisonment but later imprisoned a second time and, in the year 67, was beheaded.
CHRIST'S GREAT COMMISSION: "Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshipped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” - Matthew 28: 16-20
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llegal immigrant women in the Caribbean told proabortion researchers in 2005 that they had accessed the ulcer treatment misoprostal (Cytotec) for abortion, via the black market or false prescriptions, because they could not afford to see a doctor and could not risk the visibility of distress of their pregnancies. They described their experience of minimally supervised or self-administered chemical abortion as involving “sangró mucho, mucho dolor” (much blood and much pain/sadness). Haunting comments such as these reveal the risks and suffering faced by women so desperate and undersupported that they resort to “backyard” and off-licence substances to “resolve” their crises. Haunting, too, is the rhetoric of first-world proponents of chemical abortion such as the Federal Minister, Tanya Plibersek, and a monopoly of powerful lobbyists who argue that subsidised chemical
Even feminist supporters of surgical abortion see RU486’s danger, writes Anna Krohn. PHOTO: P CASAMENTO
abortion will be “less harrowing”, “more private”, cheaper and more accessible to “underprivileged women” and those in remote and under-resourced rural areas of Australia. On April 26 this year, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) recommended
that Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) reimburse the costs of the dual use of Mifepristone Linepharma (RU486) and the prostaglandin misoprostal (Gymiso™) for abortion. This marked a further milestone in a campaign which began in 2006 when Federal Parliament amended the regulation of RU486 which effectively enabled the population control and abortion movement of Marie Stopes International (and its affiliate, MS Health) and 187 approved physicians to implement and research trials of hundreds of chemical abortions. MS Health invested a further $335,000 to have the chemical process assessed and more widely registered by Therapeutic Goods Australia (TGA) last year. The TGA website states: “This will mean that only medical practitioners recognised by Marie Stopes International Australia as having completed appropriate training will be able to prescribe the medicines.” The availability of the two drugs for abortion will also be wholly man-
aged by the sponsor, Marie Stopes. While the taxpayer contributions strongly advocated by the Health Minister may reduce the patient contribution for the MS-patented $450-a-dose drugs (and offset MS Health’s expenditure) to around one tenth of the monetary cost, none of the other “mythic” promises can be safely vouched for. Feminist writer, Renate Klein, who supports existing supervised surgical abortions, argues that even reduced cost and the perception
of ease of access preached by the RU486 promoters will “push many more women into using the drugs instead of asking for safer suction abortion”. It is precisely the “underprivileged” and under-resourced pregnant women who will feel the pressure to opt for what Klein has for many years described as a “second-rate, unpredictable and dangerous chemical cocktail”. Her concerns, that the “mantra” that RU486/Gymiso is a gentler, faster and “more natural” way to terminate a pregnancy, will appeal to women who feel ambivalent or negative about the “invasive” nature of abortion, are also well-founded. The mantra is wracked by contradictions.
Women will experience the painful uterine contractions, a tragic and possibly lonely parody of labour. While popping pills can seem more instant than undergoing surgery or facing the other options of continuing with a problematic pregnancy - to be considered safe, chemical abortion involves a whole safety net of clinical visits to monitor the precarious and unpredictable risks posed by the abortion cocktail. In France, where RU486 has been widely available, the official Health Minister Dossier advises that medical practitioners follow a 4-5 step process over several weeks. These steps include: a) diagnosis of pregnancy and monitoring of the nature and stage
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a good thing. However, seven years ago when this was last debated in Parliament, a young woman working for a pharmaceutical company pointed out that “RU486 is not like any other drug. It is not designed to prevent, treat or diagnose an illness, defect or injury. It is not therapeutic. It is designed to cause an abortion that will end a developing human life.” The issue of abortion, unplanned pregnancy and how our society responds to women have always been issues of interest, particularly to the churches. They continue to lead to bitter debate. I write this piece with the knowledge that I, and many women, could potentially find myself in a position where the use of such a drug could be a question, and I find the possibility of its wide availability a cause for concern. I stand in solidarity with women who find themselves in the situation where they feel they have no other choice, and passionately seek to find ways to walk with them in love and help them seek other alternatives and appropriate support. (See: www.walkingwithlove. catholic.org.au and www.godsolovedtheworld.com.) Under the guise of helping women, a proposal to cover RU486 under the PBS ignores the truth of what this drug is. RU486 is often referred to as the “abortion” pill and, by taking it, women will have the experience of a chemical abortion. Fr Kevin McGovern wrote in Eureka Street on May 2, explaining the use of RU486: “The ‘abortion drug’ RU486 kills embryos. RU486 of pregnancy [chemical abortion is only “effective” up to 49 days of gestation] b) a regulatory 8-day “period of reflection” for the mother c) signing of a consent and risk-notification form along with the clinically supervised administration of RU486 tablets) the return in two days for dosage of uterine contraction/cervix softening misoprostal [with the option of staying at the clinic while contractions occur and the “embryo and placenta are expelled”] e) the woman’s return to the clinic to check for dangerous side effects such as excessive bleeding or retained placenta or foetal parts. Far from de-medicalising abortion, the chain of precautions suggests intense medical involvement. In China, chemical abortion is considered too labour intensive for practical use in larger hospitals. On the other hand, it removes the medical practitioner from the stark reality (and perhaps the litigation) of surgical abortion. As Renate Klein suggests, “It’s just easier for doctors to hand out pills than to do the abortion themselves”. What if the woman selfadministers the drugs in the “privacy” advocated by the RU486 supporters? What control does this give her? The “effectiveness” is only recommended for women up to 49 days pregnant or who do not have an ectopic pregnancy and, in France, it is not advised for any woman over 35, or who smokes heavily or with pre-existing conditions such as cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure or epilepsy. However, even correctly administered, drugs in tandem may fail to complete abortion in up to 10 per cent of cases, “requiring” a second surgical intervention, more so if the woman somehow fails
to follow the mifepristone with misoprostal or falls off the medical radar - surely more likely if she belongs to the purported target audience of marginalised or remote populations. Even the Australian Marie Stopes-promoted patent, Gymiso product information sheet issues warnings for drastic events which are associated with prostaglandin in their selective trials: “Bronchospasm”, heart crises, risks of severe bleeding and, in up to 7-10 per cent of cases, the need for follow-up surgical abortion. Reported side effects from other studies echo the grim accounts of the migrant women of the Caribbean - but are not counted as “significant” - fever, severe pain, long-lasting bleeding, severe gastric symptoms and vomiting. What is not noted either is the incidence of toxic shock and the “high risk of infection” noted by studies in US and Canadian trials. One study suggested that “RU486 affects the innate immune system”, thus leading to bacterial infection. (Reported in the Women’s Forum of Australia submission of 2005.) Ironically, as well as being dangerous for these reasons, abortion by RU486 is also likely to be more harrowing and haunting as women will be fully aware of the painful uterine wracking contractions which serve as a tragic but possibly lonely parody of labour. As Respect Life advocate and researcher, Marcia Riordan, observes, “we do not need another abortion method (still less a risky chemical one): whichever way it is done, abortion is reflection that as a society we are not offering real options.” Anna Krohn lectures at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne.
Sexual and reproductive health policies need to eliminate factors leading women to choose against life, writes Beth Doherty. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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s a young woman of childbearing age, I have watched with interest the debate on RU486. The last time RU486 was discussed at any length in this country was seven years ago when Opposition Leader Tony Abbott served as Health Minister under the Howard Government. It became available in Australia at this time. Now, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee is proposing RU486 be subsidised under the PBS, which would reduce the cost from $375 to $12. Given the kerfuffle seven years ago when then Health Minister Tony Abbott could decide whether RU486 was imported or not, isn’t it ironic we are waiting on the decision of another health minister? Superficially, one might argue that reducing the cost of a drug is
or mifepristone destroys the lining of the womb so that the developing embryo is detached, deprived of nutrients and dies of starvation. A day or two later, another drug called misoprostol is used to induce contractions and to expel the nowdead embryo.” The very thought of this taking place inside a woman’s body while she goes about her daily business seems desperately sad, both for the woman and the life inside her, and does little to commend any benefits of the drug’s use. This is not simply an attempt by churches and pro-family groups to prevent societal progress. In fact, such progress would merely show a society which no longer values its most vulnerable members – that is, women facing an unplanned pregnancy and children. When Health Minister Tanya Plibersek considers whether to subsidise the abortion drug RU486, I want her to think about how
we can support women to take a different path. I want her to think about how we can achieve a more child-friendly community. Really, I want her to consider whether an operation or drug can really provide the answer to a difficult social problem. All too often in Australia, we have had highly charged debates on abortion. A parliament or a minister makes a decision, the issue sinks back into obscurity and women are again obliged to make lonely decisions by themselves because we are told the choice is theirs alone. No longer is pregnancy a cause for joy or celebration; it is something the woman must simply “deal with in silence”. Governments are great at rolling out the safety net but, often by doing so, wash their hands of responsibility. Their primary focus is on whether you, as a statistic, fit the entitlement. There are so many other ways we as a community can respond to women who find they are pregnant
Australia’s TGA has so far received 792 reports of adverse effects for RU486; 126 cases required surgical abortion. One woman died after taking it. in difficult circumstances than to provide an operation or abortifacient drugs. Women taking RU486 would pay $12 to end an unplanned pregnancy. The process takes place in relative silence. Her mental health is at great risk of untold trauma through this experience. She will experience all the physical effects of abortion or miscarriage: physical cramping, pain, and bleeding – and eventually will expel the embryo after a number of days. It is said that pain and bleeding is worse for women with the use of RU486 than with a termination undertaken at a medical facility, and that, often, the embryo or its parts remain. Women often therefore need to undergo surgical treatment anyway. Over the first six years of RU486 being available on a limited basis in Australia, the TGA received 792 reports of adverse affects. Most of these pertained to parts of the embryo remaining (579); 126 required surgical abortion. One woman died in Australia from infection in 2010 after using RU486. The Government should be offering a broad policy approach to assist women who have unexpected pregnancies. More importantly, we all should strive in love and solidarity to walk with women finding themselves in a difficult and sometimes embarrassing situation. Policies on sexual and reproductive health need to have a social justice approach to eliminate the factors preventing women taking a life-giving course, especially for women who are young and marginalised. We can all do more to be more welcoming of children born in difficult circumstances and to be more supportive of their mums. Beth Doherty is Media Officer for the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference
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Dignified dialogue a pathway to respect
Father Peter Porteous.
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Our Lady of the Mission principals and religious came together in Perth to celebrate their mission, pictured above at dinner in Fremantle.
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Euphrasie’s spirit going strong
By Robert Hiini A RECENT education symposium in Perth showed that the loving arms of Our Lady of the Missions founder Sr Euphrasie Barbier RNDM still span the world. Principals from more than 30 RNDM-founded schools in Australia, New Zealand, Bangladesh, England, and India gathered at Sacred Heart College in Sorrento to honour her charism and to look for ways to share and collaborate. The April 21-26 symposium heard from the order’s global leader Sr Maureen McBride, as well as Western Australia’s Director of Catholic Education Tim McDonald. Australian Province Leader Sr Madeleine Barlow RNDM and Sr Marie Therese Ryder RNDM said the symposium had been a wonderful sharing of cultural and educational treasures. “Our foundress’s initial charism was to go outside our own cultures and bring the gift of education mainly to women and children who were disadvantaged,” Sr Barlow told The Record. One of the symposium’s speakers Sr Joicy Madassery RNDM, the principal of a college in Kolkata, delivered a paper on teaching in an inter-faith school. Only two per cent of her school’s 1,500 students were Catholic, with the rest being Hindu or Muslim. Despite experiencing many localised challenges, the cultural sharing among principals also revealed great commonality. “We were surprised when Sr Joicy talked about the issues confronting teenagers there. Everybody from Australia and New Zealand were nodding saying not much is different. The issues were very much the same,” Sr Barlow said, citing drugs, fear of teenage suicide, alcohol, and an anti-authoritarian attitude as common challenges. Prayer was a daily feature, a
reflection of Euphrasie Barbier’s conviction that a Christian could not be missionary if he or she were not first contemplative. “While you were an active missionary, you were also a contempla-
The RNDM mission to bring the gift of education, mainly to women and children, continues. tive pray-er; you took time to attend to your spirituality,” Sr Barlow said, “so that when you looked out at the world you would let your heart be wounded by the suffering and that would be the call of God. Our foun-
dress said, it is no good going to the ends of the earth if you did not, first, know your God and spend time with your God.” Euphrasie Barbier did not share an older mentality of mission, that it was the missionaries’ job to take God to a faithless people. “She never had that understanding … She would say we go with God in our heart to meet God. Wherever we go, God is already there.” “A missionary must go with a respectful heart for the people and the culture and the way they are … to uncover God together,” Sr Barlow said. RNDM schools in Western Australia and Victoria were giving students a global missionary perspective, Sr Barlow said, with groups of Sacred Heart College, Sorrento students and teachers missioning to the disadvantaged in Vietnam on a regular basis.
Above, sisters and principals, lay and religious, from Australasia and Asia at a recent symposiun in Perth.
FATHER Peter Porteous, parish priest of St Denis, knows the value of respectful discussion. The chairman of the Ecumenical Affairs Committee spoke to The Record recently about the importance of ecumenism and inter-faith dialogue. “There are about nine of us on the committee.” Fr Porteous said. “We meet on the last Tuesday of every month at 7.30 and all are welcome.” The Committee works with the Council of Churches WA and does a lot of work among the Eastern Catholic Communities. One of the main topics discussed by the Committee is inter-faith dialogue; coming to understand other faiths, discussing issues that are facing the community; and learning more about being Catholic. “We try to achieve key steps in our inter-faith dialogue” Fr Porteous said. The latest issue that the Committee is addressing is the kidnapping of the Syrian Bishops. “For years the Syrian church has worked with the current Syrian regime which is predominantly Shiite Muslim,” Fr Porteous said. “They have been able to have a working relationship with them.” However, the emergence of a new predominantly Sunni rebel force threatens the future of the Syrian Christians as a whole. “One of our members is in touch with the Eastern Catholic brothers and sisters and through the CCWA keeps us informed on how the situation is.” “At the moment, the call is to pray and pray support; as an archdiocese we continue to pray for them.” The Ecumenical Affairs Committee follows the Vatican II declaration, Nostra Aetate on the relation of the Church with non-Christian religions. “Nostra Aetate sets down the guidelines,” Fr Porteous said. “People might feel a certain sense of betrayal of their faith if they sit down with people of other faiths but to explore differences will deepen our appreciation for our own faith as Catholics. “ Through inter-faith dialogue it has enriched the tradition of my own Catholic faith,” Fr Portoeus said.
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The Church has what the young need most
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t does not appear to be grasped by much of the Church in Australia, including not a few of those in leadership roles within it and its burgeoning bureaucracy, that a key work of the Church must be to do not with money and structures but with families. Instead, it sometimes seems that the Church is viewed by its own members more as an institution or a corporation, much as one would look at a federal government department - only much bigger. Yet both contemporary believing Christians, as well as non-Christians conscious of some general outline of history, could well be forgiven for looking about the known world with a sense of increasing dismay at how things appear to be tumbling down at an increasingly faster pace, a dégringolade of society, culture, commonly-held moral principles and standards of behaviour. The dismay is not, of course, really justified - or at least not the sort of dismay that leads to disheartenment. However, dismay at the increasing barbarity of our society is not inappropriate, nor is the assumption that just as it has on numerous occasions throughout history, widespread dislocation of culture is one of the final symptoms of a crisis and a cataclysm. This tumbling-down of culture in what are usually called developed societies over decades has already produced widespread social devastation and suffering at a concrete, individual level to which, humanlyspeaking, the Church has not been completely immune. In Australia, Catholics are, numerically, almost indistinguishable in their outlook and beliefs from secular moral-relativist society and have drifted whichever way our society has chosen to go, regardless. This indicates a basic widespread ignorance among those described as Catholics by Bureau of Census statistics. Meanwhile, by every indice known to the social sciences, the innocent victims of progress have continued to pile up, year by year and decade by decade - children, marriages, families. At the centre of a battle between a vision of man and woman as created in the image and likeness of God is the family unit. On one side of this battle, very roughly speaking, are religious faiths such as Judaism and Christianity, but not excluding a number of others - sometimes apparently surprisingly. On the other side is what might be called the spirit of modernity, which is represented by an array of ideologues usually to be found in the media and in politics in its many disparate forms. We could almost point to two proPO Box 3075 tagonists as exemplars of two Adelaide Terrace visions of the human person: a PERTH WA 6832 figure such as Jorge Bergoglio who sees every human being as carrying a spark of the office@therecord.com.au divine mystery of life within Tel: (08) 9220 5900 them on the one hand; on Fax: (08) 9325 4580 the other a figure such as President Barak Obama who sees human beings and families as disposable or dismantleable under a range of circumstances. The crisis of modern family life in Australia, which is one part of this global picture, is defined by how parents are to pass on their faith and moral principles to their children. On these foundations their children can build a good life. Without them, they are likely to waste their time in this existence, turning down all the false and fading perspectives and empty corridors that our culture offers them under the guise of freedom. Often too late, they find out the true cost of embracing a life lived without knowing that God is love. Essentially, the young are influenced by peer pressure - we could say overwhelmingly. They are influenced by culture, the media and those in authority in politics and entertainment to name a few key sources of the infection. Therefore, we might ask, what is missing in the Church that fails to convince them? We could nominate communion. What they do not see around them, especially in Australia, is a strong vibrant living community of individuals of all ages for whom faith is a vital concern. World Youth Day in Sydney was an illuminating and inspiring glimpse of what might be, admittedly under unusual circumstances, but nevertheless a vision of what is possible. Nevertheless, what they do not see including, unfortunately, in parish life, is Christianity as normality. Evangelisation by committee does not work. If the young are increasingly isolated from their families, it follows that the antidote is communion. Unfortunately, this is hard to detect in average Australian parish life, despite the best efforts of many. What is needed is a different approach that is methodical but which seeks to create living Christian communities centred on parishes. This means convincing parents of the importance of their own role and the importance of marriage and the family - too often taken simply for granted. It means working hard to develop conscious associations and links between families based on a recognition or acceptance of the Christian fact. In the end, it means waking up ordinary Catholics to their baptismal vocation. One of the effects will be to demonstrate to the young that being a believing Christian is normality, not its opposite. Too often they feel completely out of place in Australian parishes and detect the gormless attempts to be cool which fall far short of their goal - often embarrassingly so. What they sense - perfectly correctly - is that Christianity as niceness impresses no-one. What they need is to know why death has been destroyed by Christ’s victory. In this sense, the witness of those around them is powerful and neutralises the peer pressure they receive everywhere else. This is overwhelmingly a work to do with the domestic Church we call the family.
Without it, they will waste their lives turning down all the empty corridors of our society.
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husband and wife. By definition, these have excluded same sex couples because they cannot have a religious service. I suggest we not change the dictionary definition of ‘marriage’ but change the wording of civil marriage by amending it to read ‘civil union’.
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A limited Christian political vision? THE Australian Christian Lobby and others are to be commended for speaking out against a recentlydisplayed billboard with sexualised content (The Record, May 8, 2013). My admiration for these parties would rise to dizzying heights, if they had been equally condemnatory of another billboard whose message also has a deleterious impact on the moral health of the community. In late April, the Federal Opposition unveiled the latest version of its billboard in West Perth, featuring a tally of the number of what it calls “illegal boats”. The billboard was intended to deliberately misrepresent the status of asylum seekers, to a largely uninformed and fearful public, for base electoral reasons. However, no amount of truth-averse, semantic spin can alter the reality that it is not illegal, under international and domestic law, to seek asylum in Australia. Yet, to my knowledge, no Christian groups denounced this billboard of unconscionable false advertising, with its concomitant demonisation of desperate people who are fleeing from persecution and even death. How can this inflammatory rhetoric about asylum seekers be compatible with the teachings of the founder of Christianity, a refugee himself? To Christian groups, I would ask the following questions. When is something intrinsically right or wrong, and when is it interpreted in terms of a Right-Left dichotomy? Isn’t a wrong simply a wrong? Of course, I realise that drawing attention to certain inconvenient truths will be unpopular with some of my fellow Christians, which is why I suspect that this letter may suffer a no-publication fate.
Bill Ritchie ROCKINGHAM WA
Congratulations to a Hippocratic doctor CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Mark Hobart for choosing life for the unborn and having courage to face the law which gave the permission to parents to kill their unborn, the most innocent of all, the voiceless. Christ died to save us all but sadly, today, since 2008, the law has changed to allow death and harm to the human race. When man goes against nature, nature itself rebels. May God have mercy? D Hogan WEMBLEY WA
Women Church doctors not known enough I WAS surprised to hear a priest recently state on the Feast of St Catherine of Siena, that there are 33 Doctors of the Church, three of them women. There are actually 35 – four of them women. Benedict XVI recently proclaimed two new doctors: St John of Avila (1499-1569) and St Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), now the earliest woman to be so proclaimed. I wonder if Catholic papers in Australia have done enough to make this known? Fearghal O’Ciobhain CLOVERDALE WA
When freedom becomes a dictatorship
Mitchel Peters MARANGAROO WA
The essence of marriage is in its definition
FREEDOM of religion is a basic human right written into the laws of all western democracies and is included in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, written in 1948. But in many countries this freedom is being attacked and eroded. Civil law should stand firm on well-established principles and not be seduced by the undefined empty slogans of “choice”, “quality of life” and “non-denomination” which are then used to slander many good citizens as “phobic” or using “hate speech” in an attempt to intimidate them into silence. Christians must argue their rights to exist in our Judeo-Christianbased free society or they will be pushed out of modern culture by the totalitarians of the new secular order. In the UK, there is persecution already, where a couple with an exemplary record as foster-parents were declared unfit guardians because they refused to teach children that homosexual acts were acceptable. In the US, Catholic charities have been removed from vital social services because they refused to agree
IT APPEARS to me that everyone is conveniently overlooking a most important concept of what is involved in defining the word ‘marriage’. To date, in all the column inches written on the subject, I have yet to see someone state what I am saying. Recent comments in the letters section of The Record, by Father E Miller (The Record April 10) and Mrs R A Lorrimar (The Record April 24) concerning marriage, have not stated the obvious. The dictionary defines civil marriage as being conducted by a civil official without a religious service. This implies that the word ‘marriage’ consists of both a religious as well as a civil service. I married in a religious service before the altar and then went into a side office for a separate and distinct civil service. This was because the priest was not licensed by the civil authorities to conduct the civil service. To this point, both ‘marriage’ and ‘civil marriage’ have meant the joining of a man and a woman as
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In stirring homily at the Chrism Mass, Archbishop Costelloe urges Catholics not to be disheartened.
DO NOT BE AFRAID QUOTABLE Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB addresses priests of the Archdiocese and Mass-goers at St Mary’s Cathedral on March 26, urging Catholics not to be disheartened by challenges confronting the Church at the present time such as the scandal of sexual abuse, divisions among Catholics and the widening gap between society and Gospel values. PHOTO: ROBERT HIINI
This is the unedited text of the homily given by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB of Perth at the Chrism Mass in St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth on Tuesday evening, March 26, 2013.
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n the year 1207, in a little rundown and crumbling church in the countryside not far from a market town in central Italy, a young man of 26 knelt down in prayer. He had been a soldier and came from a rich merchant family but, having returned from the war and from imprisonment sick and dispirited, he had experienced a profound conversion of heart and now preferred to wander the hills and valleys alone, reflecting on and praying about
his future. The young man’s name was Francis, the little church was the Church of San Damiano, and the nearby town was called Assisi. It is this young man, St Francis of Assisi, whose name our new Pope bears. It seems opportune then for us to ask ourselves this evening what St Francis, and Pope Francis, might be able to teach us as we celebrate this Chrism Mass together. AS THE young Francis knelt in that church, looking up at the crucifix with its lamp burning before it, he seemed to hear the Lord speaking to him from the cross. “Go and rebuild my Church, for it is falling into ruins.” Francis was a simple young man. As he looked around him at the ruined church in which
he found himself, he decided that the Lord was calling him to repair the building which he immediately set out to do. Years later, long after he had come to understand much more clearly what the Lord was asking of him, he presented himself before Pope Innocent III, seeking approval for the group of followers he had gathered around him. The Pope was initially reluctant but after a dream in which the Pope saw his own Cathedral, Saint John Lateran’s, beginning to topple and fall, only to see Francis run in and put his shoulder to the crumbling pillar and hold it up, the Pope realised, as Francis himself had done, that the Church herself was beginning to crumble and was in urgent need of renewal.
NINE hundred years later, our new Pope has invited us to recall again the story of St Francis of Assisi. In doing so, we might be inclined to see ourselves, our Church, in a similar situation to that facing the young Francis of Assisi. Certainly, in the crowd gathered in St Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ Mass of Installation, there were many banners held high carrying the same words St Francis heard in San Damiano’s: go and rebuild my Church. We all know of the challenges we face: the awful scandal of sexual abuse and the ways in which our response as a Church has often been very poor; the very low percentage of Catholics who gather regularly, at least in our part of the Church, Continued - Page 6
“We all know the challenges we face: the awful scandal of sexual abuse and the ways in which our response as a Church has often been very poor, the very low percentage of Catholics who gather regularly to celebrate Mass and the Sacraments, internal divisions between so-called progressives and so-called conservatives ...” “We must never allow ourselves to forget that the Church, our Church, this Church, is the body of Christ and this means we have Christ as our head ...” “Tonight, as we recognise ourselves to be in stormy seas, we must all hear two things from the Lord: ‘Go and rebuild my Church’ and ‘Do not be afraid. I am with you’.”
to policies or procedures, usually to do with same-sex couples wishing to adopt children, which violate their own deeply held beliefs and principles. In Massachusetts, families are denied the right to remove their children from sex-education classes, the content of which they disagree with, and an ensuing court case has overturned the constitutional right of parents to choose their children’s education. In Australia, laws do not protect the right to life of the unborn, so that there are now an estimated 100 000 abortions annually plus the horrendous post-abortion suffering and grief of mothers concerned! This amounts to approximately a million children lost since the 1960s. We could well do with this extra-natural population for our development and to support the aged. Marriage and family life are under serious attack in Western societies. All basic human rights and duties should be seriously considered at the coming federal election. Brendan Keogh, President of the AFA BENDIGO BRANCH, VIC
Indigenous evictions lack credibility WE SEEK your intervention on behalf of the Indigenous tenants and prospective tenants. We, at Daydawn, have been shocked at yesterday’s eviction of a blind Martu woman and her partner who was also blind. The woman was a double amputee. The 402 evictions made recently by the Department of Housing includes hundreds of women and children. In one case, a pregnant woman with four children was evicted; we have seen other double amputees who have been evicted. The blind couple described above were members of the Martu people who, in the early 1900s, were dispersed from their traditional land to make way for nuclear testing. Many Martu people died almost instantly due to this displacement by Native Welfare and Federal patrol officers. These ancient people had suffered many other disabilities from contact. We have communicated with Mr Mick Gooda, the Federal Commissioner and Federal Minister for Disability. We have taken one of these cases to the media, and will make representation to the world Indigenous Movement who seek to alleviate the destruction of ancient cultures. As raised in the WA Parliament by Mr Tinley on June 1, 2012, a high proportion of these evictions involve water use and other maintenance issues that are difficult to corroborate. D and B Buchanan Daydawn Advocacy Centre PERTH WA
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My path to humility goes via the oven It’s time to admit that after 27 years of effort my career in the kitchen has been less than spectacular. But there’s a lesson in that ...
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T’S PAINFUL to admit any shortcoming in the domestic arts, but I’m not a very good cook. I’ve kept my family alive and fed for nearly 27 years, but Curtis Stone I am not. The Lord asks us to carry our crosses; sometimes my husband, Dan, has to eat his. On the positive side, I have probably saved him and our children from a lifetime of obesity. While in general my bad culinary luck seems mysterious and insuperable, I know that some failures are preventable. Despite years of hard evidence to the contrary, I persist in the belief that it’s not really necessary to follow recipes. While improvising can yield new and exciting creations, in my case it usually doesn’t. Some time ago, I made what my children (charitably) described as an “interesting” meal. It was a modified Chicken Tetrazzini casserole: ‘modified’ because I’d had no fresh or frozen chicken on hand (I used tinned), no real cream (I used condensed milk),
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no sherry (did not even attempt a substitute), and no egg noodles (I used leftover, chopped up spaghetti). I did have salt and pepper. Dan, who is usually just happy to be fed (bless him), tucked in and exclaimed, “This is great!” Either the dish really was palatable or he was feeling especially generous (or mischievous), because he added, “You should write a cookbook”. This brought forth hearty laughter from all around the table, especially me. I could write a book all right. It would include such gems of advice as: • Do not attempt any recipe from which you are missing more than half the ingredients. • There is no way to get spaghetti sauce off the kitchen ceiling without ruining the finish.
• Potholders ignite in much less time than you’d think. • Buns of Steel is not a baking video (but at my house, it could be). In the depths of pathos, I’ve been known to blame my tools, appliances or environment, hoping that my skills would improve with a new range, fancy pots, or maybe even a complete renovation. My kitchen still has much of its original 1975 décor—and while ‘Mid-Century Modern’ may be back in vogue, I’m having none of it. I’ve lived through
moment (inverting the cake onto a plate to reveal the glossy rings of pineapple adorning the top), half the cake plopped out, but the pineapple rings stayed firmly glued to the pan. My nine-year-old daughter tried to comfort me. “You’re not a terrible cook, Mum; it’s just that the things you make don’t turn out.” (This child may have a future in law or politics.) On the upside, I can capitalise on teachable moments with my children (beyond the blatantly obvious:
Once, my nine-year-old daughter tried to comfort me. That child has a future in law or politics. the 70s once; I’m not doing it again. But I digress. What really baffles me is when I conscientiously try to follow recipes, and they still flop. I have vanquished nearly every “No Fail” recipe I’ve encountered. I still remember my first attempt at a pineapple upside-down cake: at the climactic
“When you grow up and become mistress of your own kitchen—don’t do this …”). One time, we were able to glean a physical geography lesson (tectonic plate movement) from an inordinately runny peach cobbler. Not only was it visually entertaining, but the earth’s crust and peachflavoured magma were rather tasty
with vanilla icecream. And thankfully, not everything fails—I just wish Dan wouldn’t sound quite so surprised when a meal turns out well. I continue bravely on, but as a rule would rather spend more time at the laptop than the cooktop. I often meet readers who compliment–nay thank me—for my writing. Never (to date) has one of my children laid a gentle hand on my arm and said in warm, flattering tones, “Oh, I just love your cooking. I always look forward to your next culinary creation.” But perhaps someday they will, and that will be a defining moment in my motherly existence. In the meantime, I have embraced my gastronomic handicap much as St Paul accepted his thorn in his flesh; it’s the Lord’s way of keeping me humble (the majority of my disasters happen when I have dinner guests) and focused on him. His grace is enough for us, even when the potatoes run short.
Pentecost’s roots run deep indeed I have always been intrigued, a reader asks, by the Holy Spirit coming down on the apostles on the Jewish feast of Pentecost. What exactly was this feast and is there any connection between it and our celebration of the coming of the Holy Spirit? Q&A FR JOHN FLADER
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HIS is indeed an intriguing question and I am happy to answer it. It is good for all Catholics to know the history and customs of the Jewish people, since they are our ancestors in the faith. After all, Jesus, Mary and Joseph formed part of the Jewish people. The Old Testament prepares for the New and contains numerous prophecies of Christ. We recall how Jesus, “beginning with Moses and all the prophets”, explained to the two disciples of Emmaus “in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself ” (Lk 24: 27). It is in the Old Testament that we find the answer to your question. As you say, the day on which the Holy Spirit came down on the apostles was the Jewish feast of Pentecost, which had brought to Jerusalem “Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven” (Acts 2:5). What were the Jews celebrating on that day and why was it called Pentecost? The name Pentecost is Greek, meaning fiftieth, and it was the name given to the Jewish feast by the Greek-speaking Jews. On that day the Jews were celebrating two different events. The first and original feast celebrated the end of the harvest (cf Ex 23:16) and so it was called Hag ha-Bikkurim (the Festival of the First Fruits). It was also known as Shavu’ot, the Festival of Weeks (cf Ex 34:22; Deut 16:10). For that feast, as for the Passover and for another harvest feast at the end of the year, all males were to present themselves before the Lord (cf Ex 23:17; 34:23). This explains why so many people from all over that part of the world were in Jerusalem. But why was the harvest feast also called Pentecost, and what does it have to do with the number 50? The answer is found in the book of Leviticus. There, God tells the Israelites that once they entered the promised land they were to
bring a sheaf of the first fruits of their harvest to the priest and wave it before God on the day after the Sabbath, that is on Sunday. He goes on: “And you shall count from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven full weeks shall they be, counting 50 days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall present a cereal offering of new grain to the Lord” (Lev 23:1015). Because it was celebrated 50 days after the wave offering, it was called Pentecost and, because it was seven weeks afterward, it was also called the Festival of Weeks. The feast was celebrated on a Sunday, the day on which we celebrate it today. And it was to be celebrated for all time: “And you shall make proclamation on the same day; you shall hold a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious
work; it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations (Lev 23:21). In fact, the Jews continue to celebrate Shavu’ot to this day. Although the text from Leviticus does not say so expressly, the Sabbath of the wave offering was the first one after the celebration of Passover, so that the 50th day
Moses on Mount Sinai. For this reason it was called Hag Matan Torateinu (the Festival of the Giving of our Torah). According to the book of Exodus (cf Ex 19:1), God gave Moses the Law on Mount Sinai 50 days after the first Passover, when the Israelites left Egypt. The Jews see a close connection between the
Just as the Jewish Pentecost closed the Passover season, the coming of the Spirit closes Easter. closed both the harvest season and the Passover season. This is significant for us today as our feast of Pentecost closes the Paschal, or Easter, season, just as it did for the Jews. The second event celebrated in the Jewish Pentecost feast was the giving of the Torah, or the Law, to
Passover and the giving of the Law. Just as in the Passover they were freed from over 400 years of slavery in Egypt, so the Torah freed them spiritually from their slavery to idolatry and immorality. On the night before the feast, it is customary for the Jews to stay up the entire night studying the Torah
and then to pray as early as possible in the morning. Why did the Holy Spirit come down on the apostles precisely on this feast? Without presuming to know the mind of God, just as the giving of the Torah made the Israelites the people of God with a particular religion, so the coming of the Holy Spirit gave “birth” to the Church of the new people of God. And just as the Jewish Pentecost closes the Passover season, so the coming of the Holy Spirit closes the Paschal or Easter season. Finally, the fact that so many Jews were in Jerusalem for the feast meant that the apostles could preach the faith to a much larger number of people from many countries, leading to the conversion of some three thousand that very day (cf Acts 2:41). Readers can send their questions to: frjflader@gmail.com.
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THURSDAY, MAY 9 TO OCTOBER 10 Life in the Spirit Seminar 6pm at 2 King St, Coogee. The Resource Centre for Personal Development and Catholic Charismatic Renewal will hold seven sessions every second Thursday until October. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585. THURSDAY, MAY 16 Catholic Man – Breakfast series: Sponsored by Men Alive 7-9am at Parmelia Hilton, 14 Mill St, Perth. For men to be encouraged and inspired in their faith. God is glorified when men are fully alive. Hear co-founder Robert Falzon tell his story. Suitable dress code requested. Enq: Bookings cmbs@ menalive.org.au. Robert 0412 745 734, Peter 0404 727 271. FRIDAY, MAY 10 TO SATURDAY, MAY 18 Novena to the Holy Spirit and Pentecost Vigil 7.30-9.30pm at Holy Family Parish, Lot 375, Alcock St, Maddington. Fri,10: Healing Mass with Novena; Sat, 11 - Thu, 16: 7.30-8.30pm - Novena with Eucharistic Adoration; Fri, 17: 7.30-9.30pm Healing Mass with Novena; Sat, 18: 8pm - Novena, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament; 10pm - Vigil Mass. Enq. 9493 1703. SATURDAY, MAY 18 Catholic Charismatic Renewal Day Pentecost in My Life. 9.30am-4.30pm at St Emilie’s parish hall, 151 Amherst Rd, Canning Vale. A day of Prayer and Praise, Teachings, Fellowship and Prayer Ministry. Presented by Queensland priest, Fr Jack Soulsby SM. Tea and coffee provided, BYO lunch, Bible, notepad. Cost: free but a love offering will be taken up! Enq: Dan 9398 4973. Grace and Silence Retreat Day for Young Women 17-30 Years 9.30am-4.30pm at 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon. An invitation to silent prayer and reflection on your vocation to marriage or consecrated life at the Schoenstatt Shrine. Day includes an impulse; Eucharistic Adoration; silent personal prayer concluding with a group Rosary. Cost $20 includes lunch and materials. Enq: Hanna 0415 306 090 or email sr.rebeccasampang@gmail.com to register. PENTECOST SUNDAY, MAY 19 Catholics, Come Home 7.30-9pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth. Facilitated by Catholic Charismatic Renewal in keeping with the Year of Grace. Fr Jack Soulsby SM from Queensland will present short talks giving reasons and encouragement for people to return to the Church. Helpers will be available to ‘partner’ people back to Church if they wish. Please, summon the courage, invite family and friends and see what the Holy Spirit can do for your loved ones! Enq: Dan 9398 4973. International Commemoration of Irish Famine (1845 – 1851) 3pm at The Irish Club Theatre, Townshend Road, Subiaco. FAMINE ECHOES is an evocation of famine in sound, music and verse devised and directed by Frank Murphy with a cast of theatre performers and musicians, featuring Scoil Ceide Dancers. Admission $20 full, AIHA Member $10, includes Irish afternoon tea. Enq: Bookings 9335 9401. Net Proceeds will be donated to Claddagh (Welfare) Association. Meditative Prayer in the Style of Taizé 7-8pm at St Joseph’s Convent Chapel, 16 York St, South Perth. Remembering the anniversary of Sr Irene’s death. Chapel door open 6.30pm. Bring a friend and a torch. Enq: Sr Maree Riddler 0414 683 926. Latin Mass 2pm at the Good Shepherd Church, Streich Ave, Kelmscott. Enq: John 9390 6646. The World Apostolate of Fatima - Eucharistic Holy Hour 3pm at St Mary’s Church, James St, Guildford. Enq: 9339 2614. Next Auslan Cafe 10.30am–12.30pm at Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor St, Perth. Auslan Cafe is a social setting for anybody who would like to learn or practise Auslan (Australian Sign Language) in a relaxing atmosphere. Everyone welcome. Please RSVP for a BBQ lunch. Enq: Emma by email: emmanuelcentre@westnet.com.au or Barbara (08) 9328 8113. 100th Anniversary of Birth of Bruno Cornacchiola, Founder of Sacri Association 2pm at the Shrine of Virgin of the Revelation, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary followed by Mass. There will be a reading of Another Little Boy Born in a Stable. Tea and coffee provided; please bring a plate to share. Enq: 9447 3292. MONDAY, MAY 20 TO JUNE 24 Journey to Peace Bereavement Support Group – John Paul Care 1-2.30pm at Sts John and Paul Parish Centre, 5 Ingham Ct, Willetton. Have you lost a loved one and need support through your grief? A sixweek program where meetings are conducted in a friendly and confidential setting. Bookings essential. Enq; Betty 043 885 8212 or Parish Office 9332 5992. FRIDAY, MAY 24 Holy Trinity Community Holy Hour Adoration 7pm at St Benedict’s Church, 115 Ardross St, Applecross. Enq: Yunita 0412 677 568
TUESDAY, MAY 28 Higher Certificate in Biblical Studies Information Session 6.15-7.15pm at The Faith Centre, 450 Hay St, Perth. Offered by Lebone Biblical Studies is a distance education program, followed in your own home at your own pace, face-to-face contact workshops periodically. Equivalent to a one-year tertiary course. Aim is to complete it in two years. Fosters intellectual, personal and spiritual growth of learners through up-to-date Bible education offered by guided learning. Enq: 6140 2420 or email: info@thefaith.org.au. FRIDAY, MAY 31 Medjugorje Evening of Prayer Group 7-9pm at St Helena Parish, cnr Coolamon Blvd/ Strathmore Pkwy, Ellenbrook. It is reported Our Blessed Mother has been appearing daily in Medjugorje since 1981 with messages for all her children. Monthly meetings in thanksgiving and to spread Our Blessed Mother’s messages. Free DVDs on Medjugorje. Pilgrimage Oct 8-24 Rome/ Italy/Medjugorje $3,999. Enq. 9402 2480 mob 0407 471 256 email medjugorje@y7mail.com. SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Day With Mary 9am–5pm at Our Lady Queen of Peace, cnr Harfoot and Milroy Sts, Willagee. Day of prayer and instruction based on the Fatima message. 9am Video; 10.10am Holy Mass; Reconciliation, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic Adoration, sermons on Eucharist and on Our Lady by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet and Stations of the Cross. BYO lunch. Enq: 9250 8286. Retreat on the Merciful Heart of Jesus 9am-1.30pm, at Lot 375 St, Maddington. There will be praise and worship, preaching, confession, Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration and healing prayers. Morning tea and lunch provided. Enq: 9493 1703. SUNDAY, JUNE 2 Annual Toodyay Corpus Christi Mass and Procession 10.30am at Marian Friary of Our Lady Help of Christians, 36 Stirling Tce, Toodyay. Begins with Holy Mass; Procession: 12pm. Enq: Franciscan Friars 9574 5204. Divine Mercy Apostolate – Feast of Christ the King 10am at St Jerome’s Parish, 36 Troode St, Munster. Begins with Holy Mass followed by a procession. Refreshments afterwards in the parish hall. Enq: john 9457 7771. FRIDAY, JUNE 7 TO SUNDAY, JUNE 9 Inner Healing Retreat 7.30am at Epiphany Retreat Centre, 50 Fifth Ave, Rossmoyne. Come and receive Jesus’ embrace and healing through his Word and Sacraments during this retreat. Led by Vincentian Fathers. Registration and Enq: Melanie 0410 605 743 or vincentiansperth@yahoo.com.
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SDS or office Tue-Thu, 9am-2.30pm on 9344 7066. EVERY THIRD SUNDAY Oblates of St Benedict’s 2pm at St Joseph’s Convent, York St, South Perth. We welcome all who are interested in studying the Rule of St Benedict and its relevance to the everyday life of today for laypeople. Vespers and afternoon tea conclude our meetings. Enq: Secretary 9457 5758. EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY Shrine Time for Young Adults 18-35 Years 7.30-8.30pm at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Drive, Mt Richon; Holy Hour with prayer, reflection, meditation, praise and worship; followed by a social gathering. Come and pray at a place of grace. Enq: shrinetimemtrichon@gmail.com.
EVERY FRIDAY Eucharistic Adoration at Schoenstatt Shrine 10am at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon. Includes holy Mass, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent adoration till 8.15pm. In this Year of Grace, join us in prayer at a place of grace. Enq: Sisters of Schoenstatt 9399 2349.
EVERY LAST SUNDAY Filipino Mass 3pm at Notre Dame Church, cnr Daley and Wright Sts, Cloverdale. Please bring a plate to share for socialisation after Mass. Enq: Fr Nelson Po 0410 843 412, Elsa 0404 038 483.
Healing Mass 6pm at Holy Family Parish, Lot 375, Alcock St, Maddington. Begins with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Healing Mass followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Enq: admin 9493 1703 or www.vpcp. org.au.
EVERY MONDAY For You My Soul is Thirsting (Psalm 62:1) 7pm at St Thomas Parish, 2 College Road, Claremont. Tend to your thirst for God. Begins with Adoration, then 7.45pm-Evening Prayer; 8pm-Communion Service and Night Prayer. Come to the whole thing, or just to a part! Enq: Michelle: 0404 564 890.
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.
LAST MONDAY Be Still in His Presence – Ecumenical Christian Program 7.30-8.45pm at St Swithun Anglican Church, 195 Lesmurdie St, Lesmurdie (hall behind church). Begins with songs of praise and worship, silent time, lectio divina, small group sharing and cuppa. Enq: Lynne 9293 3848 or 0435 252 941. EVERY TUESDAY Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 6pm at Pater Noster Church, Marmion and Evershed Sts, Myaree. Mass at 5.30pm followed by Benediction. Enq: John 0408 952 194. Novena to God the Father 7.30pm at St Joachim’s parish hall, Vic Park. Novena followed by reflection and discussions on forthcoming Sunday Gospel. Enq: Jan 9284 1662. EVERY FIRST TUESDAY Short MMP Cenacle for Priests 2pm at Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Enq: Fr Watt 9376 1734. EVERY WEDNESDAY Holy Spirit of Freedom Community 7.30pm at Church of Christ, 111 Stirling St, Perth. We welcome everyone to attend our praise meeting. Enq: 0423 907 869 or hsofperth@gmail.com.
REGULAR EVENTS
Bible Study at Cathedral 6.15pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, Victoria Sq, Perth. Deepen your faith through reading and reflecting on holy Scripture by Fr Jean-Noel Marie. Meeting room beneath Cathedral. Enq: 9223 1372.
Cathedral Cafe Cathedral Cafe is now open every Sunday 9.30am1pm at St Mary’s Cathedral parish centre, downstairs after Mass. Coffee, tea, cakes, sweets, friendship with Cathedral parishioners. Further info: Tammy on smcperthwyd@yahoo.com.au or 0415 370 357. Pilgrim Mass - Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation 2pm at Shrine, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. Commencing with Rosary followed by Benediction. Reconciliation available before every celebration. Anointing of the sick administered during Mass every second Sunday of the month. Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin of the Revelation last Sunday of the month. Side entrance to church and shrine open daily between 9am-5pm. Enq Sacri 9447 3292. Praise and Worship 5.30pm at St Denis Parish, cnr Osborne St and Roberts Rd, Joondanna. Followed by 6pm Mass. Enq: Admin admin@stdenis.com.au. EVERY FIRST SUNDAY Singles Prayer and Social Group 7pm at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St Georges Tce, Perth. Begins with holy hour (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
FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY Social Dinner (Young Adults aged up to 35) and Rosary Cenacle 6.30pm at St Bernadette’s Church, 49 Jugan St, Mount Hawthorn. Begins at 6.30pm with dinner at a local restaurant, followed at 8pm by a Rosary Cenacle, short talk and refreshments at the church. Great way to meet new people, pray and socialise! Enq: 9444 6131 or st.bernadettesyouth@ gmail.com.
Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley. Includes Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent prayer, scripture, prayers of intercession. Come and pray that those discerning vocations can hear clearly God’s call.
SATURDAY, JUNE 15 AND SUNDAY, JUNE 16 Book Sale - Myaree Parish Fundraiser 10am-4pm at Pater Noster parish hall, entrance Evershed St, Myaree. All types of books for sale. Enq: Margaret 9330 3848.
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.
Prayer in Style of Taizé 7.30-8.30pm at Our Lady of Grace Parish, 3 Kitchener St, North Beach. Includes prayer, song and silence in candlelight – symbol of Christ the light of the world. Taizé info: www.taize.fr. Enq: secretary 9448 4888 or 9448 4457.
Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry Mass at 5.30pm and Holy Hour (Adoration) at 6.30pm at Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Enq: www.cym.com or 9422 7912. EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY Novena to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop 7-7.45pm at Blessed Mary MacKillop Parish, 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 at St Thomas More Parish, Dean Rd, Bateman. Accompanied by Exposition, then Benediction. Enq: George 9310 9493 or 6242 0702 (w). EVERY THURSDAY Divine Mercy 11am at Sts John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Pray the Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy and for consecrated life, especially in our parish. Concludes with veneration of the first class relic of St Faustina. Enq: John 9457 7771.
Healing and Anointing Mass 8.45am Pater Noster Church, Evershed St, Myaree. Begins with Reconciliation, then 9am Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, anointing of the sick and prayers to St Peregrine. Enq: Joy 9337 7189. Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Sts John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Songs of Praise and Prayer, sharing by a priest, then thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments. Enq: Kathy 9295 0913 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail.com. Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christi Church, Lochee St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, cnr Ravenswood Dr/Majella Rd, Westminster (Mirrabooka). Vigils are two Masses, Adoration, Benediction, prayers, Confession in reparation for outrages committed against the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357; Fr Giosue 9349 2315; John/Joy 9344 2609. Pro-life Witness – Mass and Procession 9.30am at St Brigid’s Parish, cnr Great Northern Hwy and Morrison Rd, Midland. Begins with Mass followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic, led by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Please join us to pray for an end to abortion and the conversion of hearts. Enq: Helen 9402 0349. EVERY SECOND FRIDAY Discover Spirituality of St Francis of Assisi 12pm at St Brigid’s parish centre. The Secular Franciscans of Midland Fraternity have lunch, then 1-3pm meeting. Enq: Antoinette 9297 2314. EVERY FIRST SATURDAY 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 Parish, Gladstone St, Rivervale. Begins with Mass celebrated by Fr Carey, followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic. Please join us to pray for the conversion of hearts and an end to abortion. Enq. Helen 9402 0349. EVERY FOURTH SATURDAY Voice of the Voiceless Healing Mass 11.30am at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Bring a plate to share after Mass. Enq. Frank 9296 7591 or 0408 183 325. EVERY LAST SATURDAY Novena Devotions – Our Lady Vailankanni of Good Health 5pm at Holy Trinity Parish, 8 Burnett St, Embleton. Followed by Mass at 6pm. Enq: George 9272 1379.
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St Mary’s Cathedral Praise Meeting 7.45pm at the Legion of Mary’s Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Includes praise, song and healing ministry. Enq: Kay 9382 3668 or fmi@ flameministries.org.
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).
Group Fifty - Charismatic Renewal Group 7.30pm at Redemptorist Monastery, 150 Vincent St, North Perth. Includes prayer, praise and Mass. Enq: Elaine 9440 3661.
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.
EVERY FIRST THURSDAY Holy Hour Prayer for Priests 7-8pm at Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Keaney Pl, City Beach. All welcome. Enq: Linda 9341 3079.
St Philomena’s Chapel 3/24 Juna Dr, Malaga. Mass of the day: Mon 6.45am. Vigil Masses: Mon-Fri 4.45pm. Enq: Fr David 9376 1734.
Mary MacKillop Merchandise Available for sale from Mary MacKillop Centre. Enq: Sr Maree 041 4683 926 or 08 9334 0933. Financially Disadvantaged People Requiring Low Care Aged Care Placement The Little Sisters of the Poor community is set in beautiful gardens in the suburb of Glendalough. “Making the elderly happy, that is everything!” St Jeanne Jugan (foundress). Registration and enq: Sr Marie 9443 3155. Is your son or daughter unsure of what to do this year? Suggest a Cert IV course to discern God’s purpose. They will also learn more about the Catholic faith and develop skills in communication and leadership. Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation (National Code 51452).Enq: Jane 9202 6859. AA Alcoholics Anonymous Is alcohol costing you more than just money? Enq: AA 9325 3566. Saints and Sacred Relics Apostolate Invite SSRA Perth invites interested parties, parish priests, leaders of religious communities, lay associations to organise relic visitations to parishes, communities, etc. We have available authenticated relics, mostly first-class, of Catholic saints and blesseds including Sts Mary MacKillop, Padre Pio, Anthony of Padua, Therese of Lisieux, Maximilian Kolbe, Simon Stock and Blessed Pope John Paul II. Free of charge and all welcome. Enq: Giovanny 0478 201 092 or 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. Acts 2 College, Perth’s Catholic Bible College Is now pleased to be able to offer tax deductibility for donations to the college. If you are looking for an opportunity to help grow the faith of young people and evangelise the next generation of apostles, please contact Jane Borg, Principal at Acts 2 College on 0401 692 690 or principal@ acts2come.wa.edu.au. Divine Mercy Church Pews Would you like to assist, at the same time becoming part of the history of the new Divine Mercy Church in Lower Chittering, by donating a beautifully handcrafted jarrah pew currently under construction, costing only $1,000 each. A beautiful brass plaque with your inscription will be placed at the end of the pew. Please make cheques payable to Divine Mercy Church Building fund and send with inscription to PO Box 8, Bullsbrook WA 6084. Enq: Fr Paul 0427 085 093. Abortion Grief Association Inc A not-for-profit association is looking for premises to establish a Trauma Recovery Centre (pref SOR) in response to increasing demand for our services (ref.www.abortiongrief.asn.au). Enq: Julie (08) 9313 1784. RESOURCE CENTRE FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT - 2013 COURSES Holistic Health Seminar The Instinct to Heal (begins July 25) Thursday 11am-1pm; RCPD2 Internalise Principles of Successful Relationships, and Use Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills, now on Thursdays 11am-1pm. 197 High St, Fremantle. Bookings essential. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585 or www.rcpd.net.au. Drop-In Centre and Op Shop - Volunteers urgently needed at RCPD, 197 High St, Fremantle. 1) RCPD6 ‘The Cost of Discipleship’ This course combines theology with relationship education and personal/spiritual awareness by teaching self-analysis. 2) ‘The Wounded Heart’ Healing for emotional and sexual abuse promotes healing and understanding for the victim and the offender. Holistic counselling available - http:// members.dodo.com.au/~evalenz/. EVERY DAY IN MAY Daily Novena in Honour of Our Lady of Fatima 6.30-7.30pm Monday-Friday at Holy Cross Church, cnr Ommanney/Carter Sts, Hamilton Hill. Saturdays: 6pm. Sundays: 8am. All during May, the month of Mary. Enq: Connie 0437 803 322. Religious Item 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. Would You Not Watch One Hour with Me? Adoration - St Jerome’s Spearwood We have been able to add Sunday night/Monday morning to our Adoration Roster. It is now continuous from Wednesday, 6am through to Monday, 10pm. Please pray for new Adorers to keep Jesus company on the two nights (Monday and Tuesday) which still finish at 10pm. Adorers needed urgently: Thursday, 10am, 11am and 12 noon. Please see the roster for other times Adorers are needed. Enq. Mary 0402 289 418.
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Church parish priest at 1pm at St Mary’sCoffee, tea, cakes, sweets, frien : URDAY Ronconi is the Assumption in by hea 187 240 Fridayme all you SAT do d 7 pm 041 owe RTH inan s. y info 7.30 Foll . Mas Ferd FOU Gerr r her rest Fr or RY afte you EVE . Furt stairs 9 9093 Mass Lady of the d and I will give ’s Orchard Glor y Farm 5 edral parishioners sick. Enq: Madi 924 celess Healing Church of Our in need of religious items St. ship with Cath hwyd@yahoo.com.au or 041 Voice of the VoiBrigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen s. the He is munity. l nday at Bindoon pert Phuket, Thailand. and holy medals for his loca Holy Trinity Com Tammy on smc WEDNESDAY 11.30 am at St g a plate to share after Mas Sponsored by a: Fr Sergius Paulus CSE, EVERY SECOND help, as Rosaries . Brin 357. idge such nesi 370 cy thbr 325 ne Indo If you are able to Nor Mer 183 Elei 8 from ine the el), s Virgin of r of Carm 6 7591 or 040 sh, Dean Rd, plets of Div ation and visitors. 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Enq: John 6am through Monday mor mons on the cy Chaplet and Stations of painting and glos Praise and Wo is Parish, cnr Osborne St ands. relic of St Faustina from Wednesday High quality oil Images of very high quality. For ary, Divine Mer . Franciscan Sisters of the now continuous Please pray for new Adorers to ise Meeting 5.30pm at St Dendanna. Followed by 6pm Mas Mercy Promotions. to accept and place inside the 10pm. y’s Cathedral PraMary’s Edel Quinn Centre, day Joon ts (Monday Mar ss. BYO lunch Enq6. Rd, Mon St nigh to ing 100 erts t au. two will Rob sy prin on of any parish pany on the in@stdenis.com. des praise, song maculate 9250 828 s: 160 x 90cm; glos 7.45pm at the Legi keep Jesus com ch still finish at 10pm. Adorers Enq: Admin adm Meeting East Perth. Inclu church. Oil painting 3267 (w). 36 Windsor St, istry. Enq: Kay 9382 3668 or fmi@ Outreach Special and Tuesday) whi Thursday 10am, 11am and 12 . Enq: Irene 9417 60cm x achers Mission s Parish Centre, 47 Wellington min DAY : ling SUN ST hea ntly and EVERY FIR r times Adorers needed urge org. am at Infant Jesu s English teachers to tutor neers rt the roster for othe . up flameministries. erou Sacred Heart Pio to know about the Sacred Hea Fr and Social Gro noon. Please see 77 l Group 2 289 418 d, Morley. Gen kly and donate half the tuition Singles Prayer ts Chapel, Allendale Sq, r rismatic Renewa ld anyone like . Enq. Mary 040 itual Director ent Cha ded Wou Spir y Vinc nee act Fift Sain 150 are hou cont up ry, All se ne student wee Partners Morley - establisheda holy Gro plea with 7pm at torist Monaste se and Mass. pioneers? If so, 6131 or John 9457 7771. Perth. Begins 4. Funding prai ee to Mission 7.30pm at Redemp St Georges Tce, ration, Rosary and teaching) folto Vietnam 201 and changes Includes prayer, Doug Harris 9444 988. Possible visit St, North Perth. 3661. (Eucharistic Ado at local restaurant. 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Enq: Richon; holy hou worship; followed by a social: AA Alcoholics Ano Theologian, Ret a, 59 Newton St, Spearwood you more than just ixes tion, praise and and pray at a place of grace. Enq Is alcohol costing s 11amEVERY FRIDAY dral’s Crucif 10am at Casa Luis oenstatt Shrine e Sch s at 10am. Talk s on Com 6. at g. Mas 356 on 5 erin with rati 932 Mt these gath ts AA St Mary CatThehereco Each day star m; 7-8.30pm. Unique talk rs 9399 2349. Eucharistic Ado statt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, rd Bookshop are ate Invite Siste stol att Apo enst ics ion. New in stock to the wood Sacred Rel parish m at Schoen Mass, Exposition of Blessed 12.30; 1.30-3p ness, theology and redempt to Scho and from ies, 10a e ts od, part mad s Sain ed stho ifixe In this dres Includes holy ns to the Prie beautiful Cruc invites interest munities, lay assopm. hun on. h atio 8.15 spirituality, holi 30pm. 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