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Hypocrisy undermines our credibility: Pope By Cindy Wooden THE CREDIBILITY of Christianity is undermined by pastors and faithful who preach one thing and do another, Pope Francis said. “One cannot proclaim the Gospel of Jesus without the tangible witness of one’s life,” the Pope said on April 14 during a homily at Rome’s Basilica of St Paul Outside

the Walls. Before beginning the evening Mass, Pope Francis walked down to St Paul’s tomb under the main altar. He blessed the area with incense, and then bowed deeply in prayer for several minutes. In his homily, Pope Francis said people outside the Church “must be able to see in our actions what they hear from our lips.” “Inconsistency on the part of the

pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church’s credibility,” the Pope said. Pope Francis said St Paul teaches Christians that following Christ requires a combination of three things: proclaiming the Gospel; bearing witness to the faith in one’s life, even to the point of mar-

tyrdom; and worshipping God with all one’s heart. The proclamation of the faith made by the apostles, he said, was not merely or primarily in words. Their lives were changed by their encounter with Christ, and it was through their actions and their words that Christianity spread. In the day’s Gospel reading, Jesus tells Peter to feed his sheep.

“These words are addressed first and foremost to those of us who are pastors: We cannot feed God’s flock unless we let ourselves be carried by God’s will even where we would rather not go, unless we are prepared to bear witness to Christ with the gift of ourselves, unreservedly, not in a calculating way, sometimes even at the cost of our lives,” Pope Continued - Page 20

St Anthony’s drama brings Easter alive THE PARISH family of St Anthony’s Wanneroo increased this Easter with the welcoming of nine newly baptised parishioners. A mother and her baby child joined three others who were received into the Catholic Church, along with four others who completed their Sacramental formation following the completion of the RCIA program. Parish Priest, Fr John Daly, commented on the large number of parishioners who actively participated in the liturgies. He said that all Holy Week services were well attended, including the Easter Sunday Mass which saw the church filled to capacity. Fr Thomas Zureich, Assistant Priest, reported that the attendance at the Easter Sunday Mass, celebrated at Banksia Grove Catholic School, was so large that the supply of Easter eggs for the children was almost exhausted. The highlight of Good Friday was the professional dramatisation Continued - Page 18 Due to an error on the part of The Record, this story was inadvertently left out of last week’s special Easter issue - Ed.

Parishioners of St Anthony’s Parish in Wanneroo vividly brought the events of the Gospel to life in numerous ways, including re-enacting the Passion of Christ during their Easter program. Meanwhile, 14 catechumens and candidates were received into the Church through the parish. PHOTO: ST ANTHONY’S PARISH, WANNEROO

Student wins prestigious Waugh essay prize AN INTRIGUING essay about the country house tradition in wartime England has delivered an Arts graduate from The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus a “rare” and “outstanding” achievement in an international essay competition. Ellen O’Brien, now a current English Literature tutor in the Fremantle School of Arts and Sciences, won the essay competition sponsored by the Evelyn Waugh Society. Her prize winning essay, entitled Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited and the Country House Tradition, will be published in

the peer reviewed journal, Evelyn Waugh Studies. The novel, written by Evelyn Waugh, an iconic English author and famed convert to the Catholic Church, is set during World War II. The book deals with concepts of faith, especially Roman Catholicism, and the internal, and often unwitnessed, challenges that faced the English nobility who used to reside in elegant country houses. The novel was made into a popular BBC series in 1981. Ms O’Brien’s essay was originally part of her Honours coursework in preparation for the 2012 literary tour to England and Ireland as part

of a School of Arts and Sciences’ program. Whilst on the tour, she visited a number of English country houses which were of a similar nature to those featured in Brideshead Revisited. Associate Dean Professor Chris Wortham, said it was rare for an undergraduate student’s work to be published in an international peerreviewed academic journal. “The University is extremely proud of Ellen’s achievements and we wish her the very best in her move to England to study at the Royal Holloway College in the University of London later this year.”

An essay written by UNDA graduate Ellen O’Brien has won an international competition sponsored by the Evelyn Waugh Society. PHOTO: UNDA

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ALL ARE welcome to join the Christian Meditation Community (WA) for a day seminar entitled ‘Introduction to Christian Meditation and prayer in our lives.’ The event will be held at St Martin’s in the Fields, corner of Dyson and Vista Streets, Kensington, on Saturday, April 20, from 10am–3.30pm. Cost is by donation.

Pilgrim Jegorow off to the Amber Coast Only a few places remain to join a pilgrimage led by Ballajura priest Fr John Jegorow through Germany and Russia. The Amber Coast Pilgrimage departs Perth on Sunday, October 6, 2013 and concludes Wednesday, October 30, 2013. It will travel by coach and visit churches and Teutonic castles, the sites where martyrs gave their lives for their faith, the birthplace of Solidarity, the independent self-governing Polish labour union founded in 1980 and supported by Pope John Paul II. In addition to these sites the pilgrimage will also visit the Hill of Crosses, the place where Catholics in Lithuania peacefully resisted threats against their faith. The Winter Palace also features on the agenda as well as the Cathedral of Spilt Blood, and the burial place of the czars. For more information contact Father John Jegorow on 9249 1247 or email marymackillop@bigpond.com.

A century of Marist tradition PAST AND present staff, students, families and friends are invited to join in celebrating the presence of the Marist Brothers in WA for 100 years (1913-2013). The centenary event will be held at St Mary’s Cathedral in Perth on Saturday, May

Current designation: Parish Priest – St Lawrence and Mary Immaculate, Balcatta; St Theresa, Gwelup Place of birth: Wodzislaw Slaski, Poland Anniversary of ordination: May 24, 1997 Confirmation Saint: St Paul Siblings: Three brothers

Trinity College won the prestigious Head of the River on Saturday, March 23. In an exciting race, the Trinity First VIII finished just ahead of Christ Church, who have won for the past two years. PHOTO: SUPPLIED 25 with Mass commencing at 11am. No RSVP is necessary. Enquiries can be made to Kevin Wringe on 9326 3469.

Tour of a lifetime heads east and west Father Irek Czech SDS is leading a 22-day pilgrimage, called the Tour of a Lifetime. The pilgrimage travels from Perth and will visit Petra, Amman, The Holy Land, Dubai and Poland. The scheduled dates for the pilgrimage is Monday, October 7 and the party will return home

Monday October 28. The cost for the pilgrimage is $6000 per person and includes accommodation, tours, daily breakfast and dinner. For more information and the full itinerary please contact St Lawrence Parish on 9344 7066.

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Girls at crossroads hold audience in play’s thrall By Matthew Biddle STUDENTS and staff at Santa Maria Catholic College in Attadale staged five enthralling showings last week of the school’s production, Daughters of Venice. The school’s theatre was filled to capacity for each performance from Wednesday night’s opening to Sunday evening’s final show. In total, more than 700 people saw the show over the five nights. Daughters of Venice is set in 18th century Venice and follows the story of three orphaned girls who are cared for by the sisters of the Pieta convent. Having reached the age of twenty, each girl must decide which path to follow in life. The options are to become a religious sister or to marry, as explained to the girls by the mother superior of the convent, played by Alex de Graaf. The play showcased a number of outstanding performances complemented by several extravagant costumes and original Venetian masks. Preparation for the production began last year, steadily becoming more intense closer to the date of the first show. “We started the process of choosing a script, getting it cast, designing sets and costumes in September last year,” Amanda Huxtable, the show’s director, said. Rehearsals began in January, and over the weekend prior to the show’s opening, the performers spent more than 15 hours rehearsing. The cast of 32 included 23 girls from years 10, 11 and 12, most of whom had performed before. Ms Huxtable said Daughters of Venice was the perfect story to produce. “It’s got a lot of roles for women,” she said. “Being an all-girls school, it is always a challenge to find a script that has some substantial roles for girls.” The performance also included music from the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, who wrote many musical pieces for the Pietà convent – the setting of Daughters of Venice. “Because the girls in the Pietà were playing the music and singing his songs, that’s how he started to become renowned for his music,”

Santa Maria students play characters at the cross-road of discerning their God-given vocation in Daughters of Venice.

Ms Huxtable said. The performers told The Record last week that they had auditioned for the production for a variety of reasons, such as wanting to be a part of a group project and hoping to improve their acting. Annie Craig, who played the Contessa di Montefalcone, said the girls all took their acting very seriously. “Most of us … went to New York last year and saw plays on Broadway, so we’re probably all pretty inspired by that,” the year 12 student said.

Ms Huxtable said the performing arts helps to build strong relationships between individual students and also between students and staff. “That’s something that we value

close. It’s one of the activities in the college where the students really mix across the year groups that are selected.” Ms Huxtable said she thoroughly enjoyed directing the performance

Seeing them develop throughout the process and the end product always blows me away. quite highly,” she said. “Working with each other outside of the classroom, sometimes in very highly stressful and emotional circumstances, you become very

and seeing the development in the girls. “I love it,” she said. “It’s at times quite stressful, and you put your heart and soul into making the

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show all come together for the girls. “Seeing them develop and blossom throughout the process and then seeing the end product always blows me away and I’m so very proud of what they achieve and how hard they work.” Santa Maria’s middle school production will take place later this year. Santa Maria Catholic College in Attadale was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1937, and currently has about 1200 students. It is celebrating its 75th anniversary throughout this year.

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Business leaders’ hearts for homeless By Mark Reidy WHEN most of Perth will be tucked warmly in bed on June 20, as temperatures head toward zero, a number of CEO’s from organisations across the state will be braving the elements in an effort to draw attention to the growing number of people enduring the hardships of sleeping out. The 2013 Vinnies CEO Sleepout will be the fourth time St Vincent de Paul Society has encouraged WA business and community leaders to raise money for the Society’s homeless and emergency relief services by spending one night without shelter. The official launching for this year’s event was held on April 10 at Passages Resource Centre in Northbridge, a place that provides support, care, practical assistance, networking and counselling to homeless youth. The Federal Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Mark Butler, used the opportunity to encourage more CEO’s to raise funds for the Society by joining the 44 already committed. He acknowledged the Society’s work in addressing immediate needs such as shelter and food as well as their broader efforts to assist individuals and families in cutting the cycle of homelessness. “By sleeping rough for one night, Australia’s business and community leaders can raise much-needed funds that will directly support Vinnies work”, Mr Butler said. Joining the Minister at the launch was St Vincent De Paul CEO, Mark Fitzpatrick, who described the event as the Society’s largest source of funding and an important avenue for raising community awareness of the reality of homelessness. He said that over the past three years the CEO Sleepout had raised over $1.8million in WA, which has allowed the Society and their partnership with the Rotary Club of Perth to expand and continue to provide support services for homeless and street present young people (12-25 year olds). “The event has also provided direct support to individuals and families in crisis and on the knife edge of homelessness ensuring they are able to remain in their homes

Some of Western Australia’s most prolific CEOs will take to sleeping in the streets this June to raise money and awareness of homelessness.

and not become another statistic”, he said. The event, which will be held at the WACA oval in Perth will be repeated in capital cities across the nation simultaneously. Mr Butler

and education. Mr Butler said that this year more than 330 CEOs had already risen to the challenge and signed up for the Sleepout - 35 of them from Western Australia - and he encouraged more to sign up so

Australians deserve a safe, secure home, and we will continue to work to provide affordable housing for Australia’s most vulnerable people”. Last year Mr Fitzpatrick said there was a myth in WA that

By sleeping rough for a night, Australia’s business leaders can raise millions for people doing it tough, and those on the knife-edge of homelessness. noted that last year, more than 1000 participants and other supporters across the country raised $5.3 million, which went directly towards giving some of the most vulnerable Australians a hand up, through accommodation, meals, training

that last year’s efforts could be surpassed. “Organisations like St Vincent de Paul are critical to helping us break the cycle of homelessness, and I congratulate them on this great initiative”, he said. “We believe all

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because of the states booming economy homelessness was not a major issue, but he emphasised that due to escalating home and rental properties an increasing number of WA citizens were facing life on the streets. Many people were only one

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or two pay packets away from being homeless, he stated. “It is an issue that doesn’t have a single face”, he said. “We support kids as young as 12 ... we’ve got families that are homeless, normally its single parent families with kids sleeping in cars ... It’s not one demographic”. St Vincent de Paul society estimates that more than 100,000 Australians find themselves homeless each night of the year. Just under half of these are women; a quarter are under the age of 18.

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Seminarians join Fr Gatt celebration By Robert Fimmel FOR a group of WA’s seminarians, their invitation to attend a special Mass in Osborne Park on April 7 was an opportunity to observe parishioners’ appreciation of “a caring priest in action”, for a pastoral job being well done. On Sunday April 7 fifteen priestly students and their Rector, Monsignor Kevin Long, joined 600 parishioners and friends of St Kieran’s own Father Michael Gatt to celebrate the 45 year milestone along this priest’s life journey. The joyful celebration consisted of a Mass concelebrated by Fr Gatt and Mgr Long, and complemented by the quality choir Salvado Schola Cantorum. It was followed by a tasty brunch served in the church’s parish centre, where a celebratory cake was cut. There was telling symbolism in the offertory procession’s gifts. St Kieran’s parishioners saw that those fifteen items (from the Maltese priest’s parental photo, the 24-thousand-plus Mass register, Royal Australian Airforce Base Pearce emblem, through to an award

Fr Michael Gatt, parish priest of St Kieran’s, Osborne Park celebrating 45 years as a priest. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

plaque for Fr Gatt’s Christmas Helpline) represented Father’s busy, giving-type of pastoral life. His robust support for St Kieran’s school community was gratefully acknowledged by Redmond Berson, the school’s Principal, in a short address. While not obvious, Father’s old friends from other parishes and chaplaincies across the state were present to celebrate with him. The whole occasion was a memorable and deserving tribute to Fr Gatt’s “God’s way - My way” approach.

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Fundraising so everyone can play By Matthew Biddle ST KIERAN Catholic primary school in Tuart Hill held a fête on April 14 to raise funds to build a unique all-abilities playground. The school grounds were transformed with everything from face painting to sumo wrestling taking place throughout the day. Despite fears of wet weather spoiling the event, the sun shone brightly as the festivities were enjoyed by hundreds of families. Coordinator Tania Cleverly said staff, students and parents had been preparing for almost a year. “It is impossible to create a successful event such as this without the generosity of time, money, hard work, creativity and love for children by the community,” she said. St Kieran primary has approximately 500 enrolled students, including 72 special needs children. Ms Cleverly said it was the school’s “dream” to construct a playground that caters to the needs of every student. “We hope we have raised enough funds to begin our upgrade,” she said. “There’s a misconception by many that as a Catholic school we receive enough funding to cover costs for such things as the upgrade of a playground.” Ms Cleverly said the event was a great success. “The weather was great, the attendance was fantastic and the community atmosphere was perfect,” she said.

Boys from St Kieran’s enjoy the rough and tumble fun on offer at the school’s fête to raise funds for an all-abilities playground.

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The local ROM Tae Kwon Do club display their fighting prowess at St Kieran Catholic primary’s fete on April 14. PHOTO: MATTHEW BIDDLE

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Marist graduates to celebrate 100 years

Marist Brothers founder, Saint Marcellin Champagnat. PHOTO: PUBLIC SOURCE Past and present staff, students, families and friends are invited to join in celebrating the presence of the Marist Brothers in WA for

100 years. At the invitation of the Abbot of New Norcia, the Marist Brothers arrived in Western Australia establishing St Ildephonsus College in 1913. The Marist Brothers tackled a number of problems, including poor transport networks, general lack of water, electricity and isolation. However, a combination of faith and perseverance helped them overcome these issues and the students of the college formed a loyal group known as Old Boys. Today, the Marist Brothers continue to follow in the steps of St Marcellin Champagnat, the founder of the Marist Brothers who dedicated his life to education. The celebrations will begin with a Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday May 25 at 11am, concelebrated by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, fellow Bishops and Marist Old Boy priests. Mass will be said marking the centenary of the arrival of the Marist Brothers in Western Australia as well as honouring the Marist’s Brothers contribution to education. No RSVP is necessary and all enquiries can be made to Kevin Wringe on 9326 3469.

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Academic assesses Twitter’s courtroom impact THE IMPACT of social media can significantly impact decisions made in a courtroom, sometimes preventing an accused from receiving a fair trial, according to research conducted by an academic in the School of Law at The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus. Civil Procedure lecturer and lawyer, Marilyn Krawitz, is currently completing her PhD on the use and role of social media in the Australian courtroom. She was drawn to the topic having read a newspaper article about

a juror who was jailed in the United Kingdom for eight months after contacting the accused in a trial via social media. Despite a body of literature on the issue in the United Kingdom and the US, Ms Krawitz’s preliminary research found there was little information about the effects, both positive and negative, of social media in the Australian judicial system. “Australian courts are based on the English court system – some of the traditions go back thousands of years. Social media, on the

other hand, is new and its use has exploded over the past decade,” Ms Krawitz said. “Whilst we should not expect Australian courts to make changes

trial may be affected.” In her 2012 research paper, Guilty as Tweeted: Jurors using social media inappropriately during the trial process, Ms Krawitz referred to a study which

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One juror in the UK was jailed for eight months after contacting the accused via social media. overnight because of social media, we should expect that court officials should give this issue careful thought when possible, particularly when an accused’s right to a fair

found that prospective and active jurors in the study’s sample Tweeted at a rate of once almost every three minutes. While some of the Tweets were

By Matthew Biddle THREE young Catholics will perform at a concert on April 27 at the Infant Jesus parish hall in Morley to raise funds for the work of Pregnancy Assistance. James Rodgers has written several original songs, which he will perform for the first time, along with his good friends, Reuben De Melo and Joshua Low. Mr Rodgers said he decided to host a music concert because he felt he needed to “do his bit” to support the pro-life movement. The 18-year-old from Wanneroo parish said he had a high regard for the work of Pregnancy Assistance. “It’s an organisation that supports life and supports women in crisis and their families,” he said. “When I was about 12 years old, I really started to become interested in the issues and the work that they do, and ever since then I’ve just wanted to help them any way that I can.” Mr Rodgers, who describes himself as a “casual musician”, said music provided him with the perfect way to express his feelings towards life issues. One song he has written is titled I Knew You. “It’s really about … the first time you look at the ultrasound of your child, which is quite a moving and almost life-changing moment,” he said. Pregnancy Assistance is a nonprofit organisation that relies solely on donations. The concert will be held at the Infant Jesus parish hall on the corner of Wellington Road and Smith Street in Morley from 2pm to 5pm. Tickets are $10 and can be secured by contacting Mr Rodgers: jamesrodgers6@yahoo.com.au or 0413 884 734.

Balcatta Parish Priest Fr Irek Czech SDS, left, high-fives a fellow participant in the parish’s sports day held on April 7. Participants competed in golf and soccer. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

THE SCHOOL and parish of St Lawrence in Balcatta hosted a soccer competition on April 7. Sixty players took part in the St Lawrence Parish Cup, which was held at a nearby oval during the afternoon. Being Divine Mercy Sunday, all players and spectators took a break from the competition at 3pm to recite the chaplet of Divine Mercy. “It was wonderful experience for

many,” parish priest Fr Irek Czech SDS said. “It showed how we can bring prayer and spirituality to the field.” The parish also organised a golf day on April 5 at Hamersley golf course. Parish council chairperson Nancy Bonfiglio said both sporting events were great successes. “The St Lawrence Parish Cup is an initiative to develop the Parish

community by providing opportunities for the Parish to partake in an array of events,” she said. “Parents were enquiring about further events as they saw the validity and appreciated the work in organising the event. “At this stage, the discussion is that we will meet the ten-pin bowling challenge next term, but we need to discuss this as a committee first.”

complaints or statements about being called for jury duty, a “significant number” wrote about the guilt or innocence of the accused. She said this could lead to juror bias and an inaccurate view of the case by friends, other followers and the media. Ms Krawitz believes that one of the reasons jurors use social media is simply because some people are addicted to it. Her research states that despite a court’s instructions against using social media during a trial, jurors feel “empowered” and “emotionally satisfied” using social media to deliberate on the future or the final outcome of a case. “Social media can be tendered as evidence in a trial. For example, in many personal injury cases, a plaintiff could tell the court that they suffered great pain and were unable to live a normal life. But social media posts tendered could inform the court that this is not the case,” Ms Krawitz said. “Conversely, if jurors use social media to learn information about an accused or a witness in a trial, the jurors could become biased and deliver a judgement that they would not have delivered otherwise. “Journalists who use social media in the courtroom can also be problematic as they may inform the public or potential jurors about information that a judge later decides to suppress, which can also significantly affect a trial.” In Australia, the courts’ approach to the use of mobile phones differs across jurisdictions. In WA, a jury officer takes jurors’ mobile phones from them only whilst they consider their verdict. Other states have a total ban on all electronic devices in the courtroom. While there are several measures taken by courts, such as banning electronic devices in the courtroom, juror sequestration (isolating jurors from the public) and verbal warnings, to curb the use of social media by jurors, Ms Krawitz says more research needs to be conducted on the issue in Australia. “Through my research, I hope to inform Australian court officials about how social media may be impacting on the courts, and how other common law jurisdictions are dealing with the impact of social media. In particular, I hope to make recommendations to the courts which are practical and helpful,” Ms Krawitz said. “Social media may negatively impact the courts, but it can also be positive. In some Australian courts, court officials send information to the public via social media which results in people becoming more engaged with the court’s work. “It is crucial that Australian courts actively address these issues because of the importance of what is at stake: an accused’s right to a fair trial.”

UNDA awards recognise excellence, commitment THE UNIVERSITY of Notre Dame Australia has recognised and celebrated its students and staff members for outstanding academic achievement in 2012 at its annual Awards Ceremony held in March. Academics in the Fremantle School of Medicine, Professor Greg Sweetman, Professor David Playford, Associate Professor Mark Fear, Dr Dianne Ritson, Associate Professor Alan Wright and Dr Michael Veltman, received a Vice Chancellor’s Award for Initiatives that Enhance Student Learning in the category of Innovation in Curricula, Resources and Approaches to Student Learning. The group was recognised for its work on the new Living Anatomy Programme – an innovative learn-

ing tool for Medicine students to enhance their knowledge of human anatomy. Associate Professor Deborah Gare from the School of Arts & Sciences was presented with a Vice Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in University Teaching and Learning in recognition of her outstanding commitment to the development of the University’s History program. Since 1997, Associate Professor Gare’s dedication to the provision of exceptional learning outcomes for Arts and Sciences students has seen her hold several distinguished roles at the University. The University Medal, the highest academic honour awarded to a Notre Dame graduate, was present-

ed to Danielle Thomas. She completed her Bachelor of Biomedical Science degree in 2012 obtaining either a distinction or high distinction in all her units. In recognition of a student who has made an outstanding contribution to service and to the University, the Foley Award was presented to Education student, Kiara Robinson, while the Faulkner Award was presented to Law/Arts graduate, Sophie Harrison. For exceptional service to the Catholic Mission of the University, Katelyn Bownes received the Helen Lombard Award, and Jack Jones’ work on developing a drug and alcohol support centre in Northam was rewarded in receiving The Saint Mary MacKillop Award.

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Parishioners enjoy meeting the new shepherd By Vincent Oswald The visit by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB to our parish, Holy Spirit, in City Beach, was encouraging, enlightening and a refreshing event. Parishioners were keen to see their new Shepherd for the first time in the flesh. These visits are an important part of parish life. Holy Spirit was keen to not only welcome Archbishop Costelloe but also to get his feedback. As a commuWith Parish Priest Fr Don Kettle, left, Archbishop Costelloe talks with parishioners. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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nity it was pleasing to hear at the weekend Masses His Grace give an informal imprimatur to our activities, stating that “ Holy Spirit is a very active, vibrant and busy parish that is most of all a prayerful community and loyal to the Archdiocese and himself ”; that he found Holy Spirit Parish very inspiring. The Archbishop made himself, after his formal business agenda was complete each day, very available to those who wished to meet him. His humble and relaxed manner made us – collectively and individually – feel special to him personally. He listened attentively to those with whom he

came into contact; he engaged and was engaging. His sermons were clear. The message could not be misconstrued; it was a message directed to and at us, how we could make a difference in our own lives personally; how our self-evangelisation would assist the parish to grow and thus our wider community. The message was very clear, not easy – but clear, refreshingly so. He is a remarkable and talented orator, who had the ability to use language that all understood. We found in Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB a priest, a leader who is a servant and a support.

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Perth church appeals for completion funds A SHORTAGE of funds has led to the building work on the new Divine Mercy Church in Lower Chittering to come to a stop. Father Paul Fox has made an urgent appeal for donations in order for construction on the church to resume. The Prindville Group is building the Divine Mercy Church on Maryville land, which was donated, to the Archdiocese. Donations for the Divine Mercy Church can be sent to the Divine Mercy Church Building Fund at PO Box 8, Bullsbrook WA 6084, or for more information call 9571 8068.

By Matthew Biddle S E V E N T Y- T H R E E y ou n g Catholics from the Perth Archdiocese will attend World Youth Day in Brazil later this year as part of a Catholic Youth Ministry (CYM) group. The group includes several parish groups, as well as individuals from various communities and movements around Perth. CYM Perth director Anita Parker said the election of Pope Francis last month did not have a major influence on the size or makeup of the group. “Probably 90 per cent of our group had committed prior to the announcement of Pope Benedict resigning, let alone a new Pope being elected,” she said. The 73 pilgrims will travel to the capital of Brazil, Brasilia, in two separate groups, with one group arriving in the South American city four days earlier than the other. “We’ll be staying with families there, having an immersion into the parish,” Ms Parker said. The big difference in this year’s World Youth Day to previous ones, according to Ms Parker, is the replacement of ‘Days in the Diocese’ with ‘Mission Week’. ‘Mission Week’ will take place in Brazil from July 16 to July 20, during the week immediately preceding World Youth Day. The role of CYM in coordinating the group’s journey and activities is strongly pastoral in its focus. “When we plan the itinerary we look at what is the type of journey and experience, faith-wise, that we want these young people to have,” Ms Parker said. “Our biggest role is actually in the few days after World Youth Day, when we take the pilgrims on a retreat time … when they can process the experience that they’ve had.” World Youth Day begins on July 23 in Rio de Janeiro and concludes on July 28.

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St Norbert Year 9 student Sean Maggs is relatively new to the sport of Triathlon, but he is already making a mark. Recently returned from competition at the School Sport Australia National Triathlon Championships held in Penrith, New South Wales, Sean and his WA teammates placed third in the event. Sean has only been doing triathlons for a year. “I started doing swimming and then I worked on my cycling, then Mum said I should try triathalon”, Sean said. His swimming ability was on display at the Associated Catholic Colleges Swimming Carnival (D division) held in March, where he was named Champion Boy for his age group. “We’re proud of Sean’s achievements in swimming and triathlon. Sean is a determined young man and I’m sure he will achieve much more success in the future”, school principal Mrs Annette Morey said. PHOTO: ST NORBERT’S

CHRISTIANS escaping the two-year civil war in Syria will soon have their own humanitarian aid camp in which to live, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey told local media. The agency said the separate camp for Christians is being built near Mor Abraham Syriac Monastery near the Turkish town of Midyat, about 50 kilometres from the Turkish-Syrian border. The US bishops’ aid arm reported in March that approximately 200 Syrian Christian refugees in that area were sheltering in local churches and were afraid to go to the other 17 relief camps on the border, where Turkey’s government is providing humanitarian assistance to an estimated 200,000 refugees, most of them Syrian Sunni Muslims. A UN spokesman in Turkey told CNS the decision to build the Christian camp is most probably the result of recent meetings between Turkish government and church officials. “A month ago, some churches met with the (Turkish) foreign minister, and they requested that for Christians it would be better to open another camp,” the UN High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman in Turkey, Metin Corabatir, told CNS April 12. The UNHCR estimates that the conflict between pro-government forces and rebels in Syria has killed as many as 70,000 people and produced more than 1 million refugees, most of them children, and most now living Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. - CNS

Servite’s students look to Maria Incinta in 2013 By Matthew Biddle SERVITE CATHOLIC COLLEGE in Tuart Hill celebrated one of its most important feast days on April 8, that of the Annunciation. Students and staff filled the school hall for the Mass, which was celebrated by school chaplain, Fr Vincent Gilbertraj OSM. One of the school’s six factions is called Annunziata, after the first church priory the Servites built in 1233 which is the Order’s Mother house.

Staff and students are also focusing on ‘Maria Incinta’ throughout the 2013 school year. Students were given a prayer card at the start of the year with an image of ‘Maria Incinta’, which has been loosely translated at ‘Mary with Child’. Servite College principal Philip Cox said students have been pausing at midday to recite the prayer each day. “Mary is a central figure for all Servites and so she is a wonderful model for our students,” he said.

“We focus on her “yes” to become the mother of God and in doing so, she models the Servite charism of service.” The image of the pregnant Blessed Virgin Mary was taken from a painting on the wall of the Catholic basilica of Santa Maria dei Servi in Bologna, Italy. “It shows a very real Mary who appears to have fallen asleep after her days work,” Dr Cox said. “The book she was reading has fallen into her lap. She looks tired and worn out.”

Every year staff and students of Servite focus their thoughts and prayers on a Servite saint, blessed, or significant person associated with the Order. “We focus on the Seven Sorrows of Mary that remind us that she lived a life that was marked by trials and tribulations, and so can be seen as someone that we can all relate to,” Dr Cox said. The College is also celebrating the 40th anniversary of becoming a co-educational institution in 2013.

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Diocesan priests offered possibility of community By Robert Hiini DIOCESAN priests may get the opportunity to live a more fraternal life with the Archdiocese of Brisbane announcing an Oratory will be established in the city by 2016, the first of its kind in Australia. Archbishop Mark Coleridge has given his go ahead to a ‘Congregation of the Oratory of St Philip Neri’, to be established under the guidance of the Confederation of the Oratory, based in Rome. Like other oratories around the world, the Brisbane Oratory will provide a location where diocesan priests may live in community and participate in shared ministries, without the specific strictures typical of a religious order. The Congregation of the Oratory will begin its life as an Oratory “community in formation” consisting of priests and perhaps seminarians, the Archdiocese told media last week. The congregation’s formation phase lasts for at least three years, during which time the community will be supported by an oratorian delegate appointed by the Procurator General, or chief diplomat, of the Oratory in Rome. Other Oratories, perhaps even the Birmingham Oratory of Cardinal John Henry Newman fame, may provide support and assistance as requested. Archbishop Coleridge will also oversee its development in his capacity as the local bishop. After at least three years, and with the approval of both the archbishop and the Procurator General, the community may petition the Holy See to be formally established,

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under Church law, as a fully-fledged Congregation of the Oratory. The Brisbane ‘community in formation’ will comprise four experienced diocesan priests in good

standing from different Australian Dioceses as well as two seminarians. Those young seminarians will begin their studies for the priest-

hood in an overseas Oratorian seminary in September this year. Archbishop Coleridge is yet to decide on the Brisbane Oratory’s location and the ministries its

members will undertake. The archdiocese said it plans to keep Catholics around Australia abreast of the nascent community’s developments.

We are not for discriminating: CHA By Robert Hiini CATHOLIC Health Australia will not stand in the way of proposals to remove Catholic health providers’ current exemption from anti-discrimination laws which allow them to discriminate in who they employ and serve on religious grounds. Writing in the latest edition of CHA’s Health Matters, CEO Martin Laverty addressed Federal Government proposals to change existing anti-discrimination laws, released by former AttorneyGeneral Nicola Roxon last November. Mr Laverty said the very existence of the exemption would come as a surprise to many Catholic health sector workers. “It will surprise them because Catholic hospitals and aged care services do not discriminate in their employment practices, and nor do they discriminate with regard to whom they serve,” Mr Laverty wrote. “It is of course the case that Catholic hospitals, in particular, do not provide the full range of services that can be accessed in hospitals operated by governments or other non-Catholic providers. [But] to not ever provide a specific service is not to discriminate.” The government raised concerns, last year, about the possibility of religiously-affiliated aged care services refusing service on the grounds of sexual orientation. Mr Laverty’s said Catholic healthcare providers would not discriminate precisely because of the Catholic Church’s religious convictions about the fundamental dignity of every human person. Mr Laverty cited the Joseph Ratzinger-penned Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual

Catholic Health Australia CEO Martin Laverty says all people deserve respect in healthcare.

Persons, issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 1986. “The Church provides a badly needed context for the care of the human person when she refuses to consider the person as a ‘heterosexual’ or a ‘homosexual’ and insists that every person has a fundamental identity: the creature of God,” the letter states. It remains unclear whether the bills will ever reach the parliament following Ms Roxon’s resignation to the back bench in February and the Coalition’s enduring opposition to the changes. The government has already junked part of its proposal after a backlash from media organi-

sations, sections of business and the churches, citing freedom of speech and freedom of religion concerns. Mr Laverty said even if the bills do not proceed, the proposal provided CHA with a valuable opportunity to state its actual position. “Former High Court Judge Michael Kirby has asked why the legislation can’t be expanded beyond its current remit to also require religious schools and hospitals to lose their right to discriminate in who they provide services to. Justice Kirby’s question about hospitals is a good one. Catholic hospitals don’t discriminate in either employment practice or service delivery, so why is the current

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exemption still necessary?” While CHA has indicated it will not stand in the way of removing the current exemption in relation to employment and service, Sydney law professor Patrick Parkinson told ABC Radio National’s Encounter program recently that churches’ ability to discriminate on the basis of mission remained important. “I believe there are real threats to religious freedom in this country … largely from a very secular view of the world which has very little place for personal faith other than as a hobby,” Prof Parkinson said. “There is an Animal Farm approach to human rights, coming particularly from the human rights

lobby and that puts what they call equality or non-discrimination at the top and religious freedom ... perhaps below the bottom, not even observed sometimes as a serious human right.” With one quarter of all Australians being born overseas, and with most being people of religious faith, it was critically important for future harmony that proper respect was shown to freedom of religion, he said. Prof Parkinson has put forward a five-point agenda for religious freedom, that people be free: to manifest their religion; to appoint people of faith to organisations run by faith communities; to uphold moral standards within their own communities; to discriminate between right and wrong; and to teach and instruct others, including the freedom to make truth claims. “There is a lot of nonsense spoken about discrimination … very often what is required, what is asked for, is the right to select people who fit with the mission of the organisation. Nobody would criticise Julia Gillard for wanting Labor party members or supporters in her office because that is part of the mission fit of a Labor prime minister. [For the same reason] I have absolutely no problem with a gay bar wanting gay staff.” Prof Parkinson, an Evangelical Christian and former advisor to the Catholic bishops, said he was worried about Australia heading towards “moral monoculturalism”: “What I mean by that, is that a new secular majority is imposing on people who don’t share those values certain values about the way we behave which are anti-thetical to people’s faith. Respect for religious freedom, respect for people of faith, means allowing them to hold a different view on moral issues.”

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First co-ed Catholic girls mark 40th IN 1973 the Servite College in Tuart Hill was the first Catholic school in Perth to introduce girls into their school and a Mass to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the event was celebrated on February 18. The Mass was held at the college on the main feast day of the Order, the Feast of the Seven Holy Founders and began with four former students, each representing a decade since co-education was introduced, joining the entrance procession carrying symbols relevant to their era. 1970s student, Mrs Denise Brown, presented a College blazer and hat was joined by 1980’s student and current staff member, Mrs Nerida Williams, who carried one of the Honour Boards that has recorded the names of parents and staff who played a significant role in the growth of the College during that time. Joining them was Mrs Lauren Giuffre, a student from the 1990s, who brought forward one of the Priory flags and Miss Tina Buri, representing the first decade of this century, who presented a framed photograph of the first College crest that had been salvaged from

the recently demolished original building. School Principal, Mr Philip Cox, told The Record that the crest had since been placed on the wall of the school entrance. “It serves as a reminder of our origins and also of those who have come before us”, he said. The school will be holding several other social events over the

The crest serves as a reminder of our origins and of those who have gone before us. coming months to celebrate the 40th anniversary, which Mr Cox hopes will provide past female students with the opportunity to gather together and celebrate. For details of upcoming events see servite.wa.edu.au. Servite College alumni, today (above) and in the 1970s (right). SUPPLIED

Father Bartlett a man who saw Jesus in others By Mark Reidy ALTHOUGH Perth born priest, Father Kevin Bartlett, was not ordained until he was in his midfifties, he spent the last 22 years of his life bringing the love of Christ to isolated communities in the highlands of central Taiwan. The uniqueness of Fr Kevin’s life was outlined by long time friend John Barich during a Memorial Mass in Crawley on March 21. Speaking to over 50 family and friends at the St Thomas More Chapel, Mr Barich described a man who, despite achieving great academic and sporting success in his earlier life, will be fondly remembered by the indigenous people he served. This love and respect was reflected by the three Bishops, 65 priests and hundreds of mourners who attended his funeral in Taiwan on March 2. Born on March 7, 1936 , the eldest of six children, Fr Kevin first discovered his sporting prowess at St Louis Jesuit School in Perth. He was a member of the sub-junior 4 x 220yard relay team which broke the state record in 1952. He was later to run third in State championship sprints in 1953 and 1954. Such achievements, however were soon overshadowed by Fr Kevin’s passion for academic pursuits when he began studies in medicine at Adelaide University. After three years he decided to pursue an alternative career and returned to Perth to study Law at the University of Western Australia. He followed this degree with another in Arts and then Economics, before working as a Lawyer in Perth. He then continued his law work in London and during this time applied to work with Australian missionary, Brother Andrew, who was ministering to children living on the streets of Calcutta. He was unable to fulfil this desire because he could not obtain a visa, but a seed of reaching out to the most vulnerable was already alive within him. He also visited the underground church in China in 1974. Upon returning to Australia, Fr Kevin studied with the Jesuits in Melbourne and obtained a degree in theology as well as passing a course in Chinese. He then combined his passions for travel and learning by attending university in the Philippines to study philosophy

Perth born Fr Kevin Bartlett was remembered as a man with a thirst for knowledge and a love for serving others.

for a year. The increasing desire to experience life outside Australia did have its consequences however, as Mr Barich explained during his recollection, with Fr Kevin misplacing his passport on seven occasions. Authorities resolved this issue by holding on to his travel documents until he required them for further travel. He did so when he left for Taiwan to work with Bishop Wong in the Diocese of Taichung. It was here he dedicated his life to God and the Church and was ordained to the priesthood in 1992. In his early ministry Fr Kevin worked in the local hospital and in homes for the Aged. He also nurtured a relationship with the indigenous people from the highlands of Li Shan

where he would travel on weekends to celebrate Mass. In 2000 he was to become their full time pastor. It was a role he embraced and spent the remaining years of his life serving these isolated and simple communities,

difficult it was for him to walk, he never missed his Communion with God”, he recalled. Fr Kevin’s death was attributed to “pneumonia, heart failure and malnutrition”, but despite the hardships he experienced he always accepted the struggles attributed to his challenging call. “He loved being the priest in the mountain”, his friend recalled, “He always tried to do what Jesus wanted him to do in works and in action”. The speaker said the last time he saw Fr Kevin, the priest was well aware of his imminent death. He described a face full of joy and peace. “He wanted everyone to love one another and God, to forgive themselves for whatever sins they had committed”. During the last week of his life Fr Kevin was

He was acquainted with daily suffering. Fr Bartlett was a man who embraced the lifestyle of locals and never missed Communion despite difficulty walking. even through the ill health of his final years. During Fr Kevin’s funeral in Taiwan, the Eulogist made reference to the “daily suffering” experienced by this dedicated priest who embraced the lifestyle of the locals. “I remember that no matter how

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visited by his two surviving siblings, Mary Grant and Betty Foster. Mary was able to be by his bedside during his last night and was privileged to witness the outpouring of respect shown to her brother during the traditional five day grieving process in which his body was displayed in an open casket. Hundreds of mourners made their way from the highlands to the Cathedral grounds to pay their respects. In a letter addressed to his relatives, current Bishop of Taichung, Martin Yao – Wen Su, thanked Fr Kevin’s family for their generosity in supporting their brother throughout his Taiwanese ministry. “He was a man who saw Jesus in others and joyously served him”, the Bishop wrote, “We can all be assured that now the Lord receives him with open arms, into his bosom”.

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Pell joins Curia Commission By Francis Rocca AMID rising concerns about corruption and mismanagement in the central administration of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis named an international panel of cardinals to advise him on the latest reform of the Vatican bureaucracy. The Vatican Secretariat of State announced on April 13 that the Pope had established the group – which includes Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley and Sydney Cardinal George Pell – to “advise him in the government of the universal Church and to study a plan for revising the apostolic constitution on the Roman Curia, ‘Pastor Bonus.’” “Pastor Bonus,” published in 1988, was the last major set of changes in the Roman Curia, the Church’s central administration at the Vatican. It was largely an effort at streamlining by reassigning responsibilities among various offices, rather than an extensive

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reform. Complaints about the shortcomings of Vatican governance increased markedly during 2012 following the “VatiLeaks” of confidential correspondence

providing evidence of corruption and mismanagement in various offices of the Holy See and Vatican City State. That affair prompted a detailed internal report, which Pope Benedict XVI designated exclusively for the eyes of his successor. The College of Cardinals extensively discussed the problems in meetings preceding the conclave that elected Pope Francis last month. According to the April 13 Vatican statement, the suggestion for an advisory panel on reform arose during those meetings. Only one member of the new panel is a full-time Vatican official: Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, president of the commission governing Vatican City State. All of the others currently serve as diocesan bishops. The group’s coordinator is Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, who is also president of Caritas Internationalis, a Vaticanbased umbrella organisation for

national Catholic charities around the globe. The other members are Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, retired archbishop of Santiago, Chile; Cardinal Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Mumbai, India; Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Germany; and Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Congo. They will meet for the first time from October 1-3, 2013, the Vatican statement said. The Holy See – whose major organs consist of the Secretariat of State, nine congregations, 12 councils and three tribunals – employed 2,832 employees as of the end of 2011. Its financial statements for 2011 showed a deficit equivalent to about US $19.4 million. The commission governing Vatican City State, which is not part of the curia, employed another 1,887 people at the end of 2011 and reported a surplus of the equivalent of $28.4 million. - CNS

A little soup brings some warmth to the street

A man carries a cup of hot soup after members of the Friends of the Street association delivered food to people in need in Valencia, Spain, on April 14. Caritas Spain reports that 22 per cent of Spanish households are living in poverty while another 30 per cent face serious economic difficulties. PHOTO: HEINO KALIS, CNS

Francis reaffirms reform of women religious' Conference POPE Francis reaffirmed the Vatican’s call for reform of the US-based Leadership Conference of Women Religious. Archbishop Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, told the US-based nuns’ group that he had “recently discussed the doctrinal assessment with Pope Francis, who reaffirmed the findings of the assessment and the program of reform for this conference of major superiors.” The doctrinal congregation met on April 15 with the LCWR leadership and Seattle Archbishop Peter Sartain, who had been assigned by the Vatican to oversee the reform of the pontifically recognised leadership group. LCWR, in a statement on its

website, said its representatives included Franciscan Sister Florence Deacon, president; Sister Carol Zinn, a Sister of St Joseph, president-elect; and Sister Janet Mock, a Sister of St Joseph and the organisation’s executive director. LCWR is a an umbrella group that claims about 1,500 leaders of US women’s communities as members, representing about 80 per cent of the country’s 57,000 women religious. The organisation said in its statement that “the conversation was open and frank.” “We pray that these conversations may bear fruit for the good of the Church,” it said without further elaboration. Last April, the doctrinal congregation issued an assessment of

LCWR, citing “serious doctrinal problems which affect many in consecrated life.” The assessment called for the organisation’s reform to ensure its fidelity to Catholic teaching in areas including abortion, euthanasia, women’s ordination and homosexuality. LCWR’s canonical status is granted by the Vatican. During the April 15 meeting at the Vatican, Archbishop Muller said the group, like any conference of major superiors, “exists in order to promote common efforts among its member institutes as well as cooperation with the local conference of bishops and with individual bishops.” “For this reason, such conferences are constituted by and remain under the direction of the Holy See,”

said the written statement released by the doctrinal congregation. “It is the sincere desire of the Holy See that this meeting may help to promote the integral witness of women religious, based on a firm foundation of faith and Christian love, so as to preserve and strengthen it for the enrichment of the Church and society for generations to come,” the statement said. During the meeting, the archbishop “then highlighted the teaching of the Second Vatican Council regarding the important mission of religious to promote a vision of ecclesial communion founded on faith in Jesus Christ and the teachings of the Church as faithfully taught through the ages under the guidance of the Magisterium,” it said. - CNS

Pope affirms tough line on clergy who abuse By Carol Glatz POPE Francis reaffirmed the importance of responding decisively to the problem of the sexual abuse of minors by members of the clergy and called on the Vatican office dealing with suspected cases to continue carrying out its mandate. During an April 5 meeting with Archbishop Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Pope discussed the office’s various responsibilities. However, he made a particular point of highlighting its work to counter clerical sexual abuse, telling Archbishop Muller he wanted the congregation “to act decisively concerning cases of sexual abuse,” the Vatican said in a written statement released after the meeting. The Pope, the statement said, asked the congregation to continue: “promoting measures that protect minors, above all; help for those who have suffered such violence in the past; necessary procedures against those found guilty; (and) the commitment of bishops’ conferences in formulating and implementing the necessary directives in this is area that is so important for the Church’s witness and credibility.” The Pope also assured victims that they had a special place in his heart and prayers. As archbishop of Buenos Aires, the future Pope had said his archdiocese had been very attentive to the problem and “rigorous” in its screening and selection of candidates for the priesthood and religious life. Sex abusers suffer from a “perversion of a psychological kind” that is not caused by or directly linked to celibacy, he said in a book-length series of interviews. “If a priest is a paedophile, he is so because he brought that perversion with him from before his ordination,” and not even priestly celibacy would be able to “cure it,” the future Pope said in the book, “Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio” by Sergio Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti. Because such a perversion already would be present in a candidate, he said, “it’s necessary to pay lots of attention to the choice of candidates to the priesthood.” He also described how candidates undergo in-depth psychiatric tests to look for different forms of deviant tendencies, including “megalomaniacal, dishonest and criminal” tendencies. In On Heaven and Earth, a 2010 book of conversations with a Buenos Aires rabbi, the then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio said, when it is discovered that a priest has engaged in such behaviour, it is imperative that no one “look the other way.” The proper action to take against an abuser, he said, would be to prohibit him from exercising his ministry and begin a canonical process in the diocese. The future Pope Francis said moving an abusive priest to another parish in an effort to protect the image of the Church had appeared as a “solution” at times in the US, but that it was “foolishness” because the abusive priest only takes his problem with him to a new parish. He said he admired “the courage and honesty of Benedict XVI” in confronting the problem, calling for “zero tolerance” and enacting stricter measures to protect children and to punish abusers. - CNS

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Putin raids Russia's parishes By Jonathan Luxmoore RUSSIA’S Catholic Church expressed surprise and concern after a wave of raids on its parishes and charities, part of a government clampdown on organisations with foreign links. “The Catholic Church is classified as an organisation benefitting from foreign funds,” explained Father Kirill Gulbunov, spokesman for the Moscow Archdiocese, who added, “We can’t help feeling surprised that associations linked with our Church are viewed as possible sources of extremism or terrorist activity.” US

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Father Gulbunov spoke to Catholic News Service on April 9, the same day security agents raided the Moscow offices of Caritas, the Catholic charitable agency. On April 3, government agents “inspected” Caritas headquarters in St Petersburg. Father Gulbunov said the archdiocese had not been notified of the planned raid. He said a Catholic parish in Orel, Russia, had been told it was to be “checked” just before the raid took place. “The people responsible have evidently received a very broad list of organisations to watch as part of this nationwide operation,” the

Russian priest said. “Although we can’t say whether local authorities are deliberately using the operation against the Catholic Church, it has caused surprise and consternation.”

We're suprised parishes are linked with potential terrorism ... In February, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered checks on thousands of nongovernmental organisations and the seizing of computers and documents, under a July 2012 law requiring groups

with outside funding to register as “foreign agents.” On March 15, a Catholic parish in Novocherkassk was ordered to pay a 450,000-rouble ($14,600) fine for allegedly failing fire safety standards. Father Aleksi Polisko, rector of the city’s Most Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, which has just 50 regular Mass goers, told Agence FrancePresse the fine was around 150 times the parish’s weekly income, but said the local procurator had threatened to close his church unless it was paid within a month. The director of Caritas in St Petersburg, Natalya Pevtsova, told

the Interfax news agency that officials had “examined everything ... from the state of our toilets to our charity documents,” during the raid of her offices. Russia’s million-strong Catholic Church has long complained of discrimination in Russia and protested when a Moscow charity house belonging to Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity was bulldozed in 2011 and a Catholic parish in Pskov was barred from building its church because of “legal technicalities.” Russian newspapers said the Russian Orthodox Church had not been affected by the raids. - CNS

US punk rock's 'Godmother' meets the Pope

Kansas and Virginia have joined the growing list of US states that this year have passed new restrictions on abortion. Kansas lawmakers passed a bill declaring that life begins "at fertilisation" and which bans sexselection abortions. Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, a Republican, has said he will sign the legislation. In Virginia, the state's Board of Health gave its approval by an 11-2 vote on April 12 on new regulations for abortion clinics. Among the new regulations are mandatory state inspection of clinics, and architectural requirements to match those of newly constructed hospitals.

Korean POW chaplain gets Presidential medal A Catholic Korean War chaplain who selflessly pulled wounded men from enemy fire and helped his fellow prisoners of war keep a sense of hope was honoured posthumously with the Medal of Honor, the US's highest military honour, in an April 11 White House ceremony. In paying tribute to Father Emil Kapaun, an Army captain, President Barack Obama told multiple stories of the "shepherd in combat boots" from Kansas who voluntarily stayed behind with the wounded to face certain capture, rather than evacuate when his division was overrun at Unsan, Korea, in November 1950. "This is the valor we honor today -- an American soldier who didn't fire a gun, but who wielded the mightiest weapon of all, a love for his brothers so pure that he was willing to die so that they might live," said Obama. Some of Father Kapaun's fellow prisoners, who walked out of their prison camp carrying a crucifix they'd fashioned to honor their deceased chaplain, were in attendance at the ceremony.

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Khartoum expels key priest, religious Sudan's security force expelled the secretary-general of the Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference and two other religious brothers. Father Santino Morokomomo Maurino told the Sudan Catholic Radio Network after arriving in Juba from Khartoum on April 12 that security officials ordered him to leave the country for undisclosed reasons. The priest said he was called to National Intelligence and Security Services headquarters in Khartoum where he was briefly detained and given three days to buy an airline ticket. He said he was not given a chance to defend his work at the conference. Two De La Salle Christian Brothers living in Khartoum also were also expelled, he said. - CNS

Pope Francis greets US singer Patti Smith during his weekly audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 10. Smith has been described as one of the most important influences on American punk music in the 1970s. PHOTO: L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO, REUTERS, CNS

James II's tolerance 'was revolutionary' By Simon Caldwell AN ACCOUNT of a speech on religious liberty by England’s last Catholic king published by a US historian shows that the 17th-century monarch was revolutionary in his thinking on the freedom of conscience. The significance of the 1687 speech by King James II in Chester, England, reveals that he believed religious liberty was a fundamental right rather than a privilege to be conferred by the government, said Scott Sowerby, assistant professor of history at Northwestern University. Sowerby published for the first time a diarist’s account of the speech in his book, Making Toleration: The Repealers and the Glorious Revolution. In the speech, James likened a person’s religious convictions to the colour of his or her skin. He argued that just as it would be unreasonable to jail people simply because they were black, it also would be wrong to jail people because of their religious convictions. James asked his audience to support “tolerationist” candidates

during elections the following year so that laws discriminating against Catholics, Protestant dissenters, Quakers and Jews could be repealed. “Suppose said he there would be a law made that all black men should be imprisoned,” said the account by Sir Willoughby Aston, one of the men at the meeting. “Twould be

James knew personally intolerance's effects ... unreasonable and we had as little reason to quarrel with other men for being of different opinions as for being of different complexions, ... and he was sure no Englishman could desire to see others persecuted for differences of opinion, and therefore again told us, the way to reconcile all differences was to take of(f) those Lawes which made men uneasy under them and deprived them of theyre Rights.” Sowerby explained that the speech had never been cited in any published review of James’ reign other than in his own work. He said it was the most note-

worthy of the king’s speeches on the subject of toleration because it revealed for the first time that James had developed a “sophisticated rationale for an expansive liberty of conscience” which he understood as an “indefeasible right.” “In his speech at Chester, James described the underpinnings of his new line of argument, declaring liberty of conscience to be a fundamental right of all English subjects,” Sowerby wrote in his book. After two centuries of religious wars and persecutions that followed the Reformation in the 16th century, religious toleration in the 18th and 19th centuries was hailed as a cornerstone value of the Enlightenment. In 1963, the beliefs of James also found an echo in Pacem in Terris, the celebrated encyclical of Blessed Pope John XXIII, who wrote that every person has a right “to worship God in accordance with the right dictates of his own conscience, and to profess his religion both in private and in public.” As Duke of York, James had given his name to New York after seizing the colony from the Dutch.

He introduced a policy of toleration that allowed Jews to open their first synagogue there. He ascended the English throne in 1685 but was overthrown in 1688 by Dutch forces invited into the country by a group of Anglican bishops fearful of what his “tolerationist” reforms might bring. He was replaced by the Dutch Protestant William of Orange who became King William III. Thomas FitzPatrick, principal secretary of the Royal Stuart Society, a British historical association, said that historians had been unkind to James and that recent research “is possibly going some way to redress the balance.” He said that James had converted to the Catholic faith in 1668 but was forced to step down as Lord High Admiral by the Test Act of 1673 that prohibited Catholics from holding military office. “James knew personally the effects of religious intolerance, having been adversely affected himself, so had a sympathy for others disadvantaged under the law for their personal beliefs,” FitzPatrick wrote. - CNS

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After the boarding house doors shut After Geraldton Catholic school boarding house announces closure, parents of families living in remote to send their children after 2015 and the enormous difficulties they face over the future of

areas talk frankly about their dismay at finding they will have nowhere an education, reports Matthew Biddle.

My lesson: the way to share faith is to live it A convert mum says she couldn’t see the sense in not becoming Catholic. Others helped and inspired her along the way. She takes her faith seriously, and maintains hope for her son ...

ARENTS of students at Nagle Catholic College in Geraldton are concerned for the future of their families when the College closes its boarding facilities at the end of 2015. The school announced its decision in February citing a change in rural dynamics and substantial financial losses as the main determinants. Parent of two current boarding students and a 2012 graduate, Allison Whybrow, said several aspects of the decision were disappointing. The Whybrow family live in Badgingarra, about two hours south of Geraldton. They told The Record they first received news of the closure of Nagle’s boarding houses from their children. After a phone call from her eldest daughter in Perth, Mrs Whybrow received a text message from her youngest daughter that read: “Mum, they’re closing my home.” “Half an hour after the news had made it to Facebook, we got an email from the College, which was really appalling,” Mrs Whybrow explained. “The College and the Catholic Education Office (CEO) have acknowledged that it was not done well, but the damage and the hurt that that caused can’t be undone, it was just appalling, so that was a real shame.” Mrs Whybrow said that at first she did not believe the decision was final: “Initially I thought, ‘It can’t possibly happen because nobody’s been told, there’s been no consultation,’” she said.

“Then I was angry, I was really, you go to, all the Perth colleges have ble to find boarding accommodareally angry at the damage done promotion stands to plug board- tion in Geraldton in 2016 for our unnecessarily.” ing at their facility. The school has daughter,” Mr Logue said. It was a similar story for other never done that.” Even though his son, who is in parents too. There are approximately 83 stu- year 10, should be accommodat“Many of us received our first dents boarding at Nagle’s facili- ed until 2015, Mr Logue said the notification of the closure from ties in 2013. The highest in recent school has told parents that if numvery upset and confused children,” memory was 103 in 2008, accord- bers fall below a certain threshold said Phil Logue, who has two chil- ing to the NBPA. the facility will close earlier. dren boarding at Nagle. Mrs Whybrow said the school “We have no way to plan for this “We continue to fluctuate has stated that it needs 120 board- beyond praying that it does not between anger and despair as to ing students to make the residen- occur,” he said. the future for our children.” tial accommodation financially Mrs Whybrow said she desperNagle principal Declan Tanham viable. ately wants her children to stay has cited both a changing demoIn the wake of the decision, at Nagle, but in reality the family graphic and heavy financial losses Mrs Whybrow said she was disap- needs an alternative plan. as the main reasons for the clo- pointed at the way the matter was “I [called] every boarding facility sure of the school’s residential handled. in Perth,” she said. “The most spacfacilities. “It still makes me really dis- es that any of the schools had was Parents have told The Record tressed, that for a Catholic school, two, but a lot of them had none, and they are unhapa lot of them only had py they were not one, and they couldn’t informed of the “Initially I thought, ‘the closure can’t possibly guarantee it. financial prob“Because of the year lems earlier. 7 intake and the recent happen because nobody’s been told, “The Nagle closure of Swanleigh, Boarders Parents there’s been no consultation’. Then I they were all over Association capacity. (NBPA) have a was really angry at the damage done. “So that was not meeting every very heartening, and I term … telling - Allison Whybrow, parent of two current boarders. assume everyone who [Mr Tanham] has been ringing has our concerns,” Mrs Whybrow said. they seem to have just flicked the been getting the same response. So “All he had to do was to say, Catholic ethos. The pastoral care I now what do we do?” ‘Numbers are dropping, get out would state to be zero over this, it’s Even if students were to be given there and promote [Nagle]’ … appalling,” she said. a place at a Perth boarding school, and we would have done. But at The future for families such at for many families it would not be no point did he even ring an alarm the Whybrows and the Logues is financially viable. bell.” uncertain. “For parents from some of those Mrs Whybrow said she believes Mr Logue said parents had been far-reaching towns it would add the school had not done enough in told the boarding facility would stay $20,000 a year to their expenses, its recruitment of future students. at the school’s two AGM’s in April just simply in travel costs, to have “September last year was the first and December of 2012. their children in Perth, so its not a time that the College sent out two As such, the school’s subsequent possibility for them,” Mrs Whybrow representatives to the Mingenew decision to close the boarding facil- said. Expo, to promote boarding at ity threw the family’s plans into disThe Pownall family live in Nagle,” she said. array. Paraburdoo – some 1500 kilome“At every other rural show that “We believe that we will be una- tres from Perth – a greater dis-

tance than that from Adelaide to Sydney. With a daughter who has just started at the school in year 11 and a son in year 9, Ian Pownall said it would be impossible for him to send his children to board in Perth. “If we ever send them to Perth, they’ve got no family close by and it’s an extra six hours driving for me which turns it into a 17-hour drive,” he said. Mr Pownall said he was “shocked” to hear the College was closing its boarding house. “We had no idea at all,” he said. “We were looking at buying a house in Geraldton in the future to settle down there … to me it’s the perfect location, its very popular, it always has been.” “It’s a very emotive thing when it comes to my kids. Knowing that we put the hard effort of saving this money and grooming [them] for boarding school … to then find out a week after starting that it’s all changed, it was pretty gutwrenching.” The only other option for families is to have their children board at the nearby Geraldton Residential College. Nagle College and the CEO have declared they are working with Geraldton Residential to facilitate the displaced students after 2015. But Mrs Whybrow said this solution was “not practical.” A spokesperson for Geraldton Residential College told The Record the school can accommodate 115 students but has “limited vacancies for male students”. Mrs Whybrow said sending students to Geraldton Residential would contradict Nagle’s previous

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enrolment policy, which stated that any of its students requiring accommodation had to reside at the College’s boarding house. “We chose Nagle for a reason … because we want our children educated and living within that pastoral care environment,” she said. But it’s not only Nagle parents who recognise problems with the closure of the school’s boarding facilities. At the Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association state conference in March the pending closure was described as “a blow to rural education in the Mid West”. Council member Liz Sudlow reported to the conference that Nagle’s decision “has the potential to further reduce the choice for families living in the northern half of the state.”

“The only boarding option for the Mid West will be the government run Residential College, which is currently almost full to capacity well before the 2015 Year 7 change,” she said. Fellow council member Justine Reudavey questioned the school’s reasons for closing in her report on student accommodation. “One of their reasons is falling numbers and they have said this is an Australia-wide issue,” she said. “However, we have found in WA this is the opposite, boarding schools are filling and many now have waiting lists.” Mrs Whybrow has written to the Bishop of Geraldton, Justin Bianchini, asking him to consider the option of the diocese running the boarding facilities. She believes the school’s employ-

ees would support the option. “I know that should the Geraldton diocese want to look at the option of taking it on, they’d all stay, they love what they do,” she said. For families, the school, and the CEO, facilitating such an option would provide the perfect solution, she said. “How beautiful would it be, if the Geraldton diocese employed a business manager and just kept running it, and ran it as a separate business?” she asked. “I’d love to see that option explored, and I really think that option has a huge backing from the Christian community as a whole and from the general community, and not just the Geraldton community. “This reaches to the very corners of WA.”

WAS baptised into the Uniting Church. My family was never heavily into the Church. We probably went half a dozen times to an Anglican Church when I was six. I did Sunday school on and off for a couple of years. As a kid I really enjoyed all the Gospel stories they would tell us. Even then I really wanted to learn more. But because I was going through the public school system it wasn’t cool to be into religion. Yet it was always something that I had in the back of my mind. When I hit high school we did one class on religion in Year 8. The teacher said, “This is my last chance to tell you about this.” She told us about a postal Sunday school where we could continue learning about religion if we wanted to, which I did. So I received Gospel booklets with questions through the mail. I did that for a couple of years and then it waned. Years later my daughter was going through Year 7 and was being confirmed. She asked me, “So why aren’t you a Catholic?” The issue had never been pushed on me by my husband who is Catholic. It was that little push from my daughter that made me think about it. I thought I had been living the life of a Catholic and it wasn’t necessary. But then I thought, “If I am really living the life, then what is holding me back?” I decided to attend the RCIA. When Father Joseph Tran and Father Benedict Lee saw me in the group they said, “What are you doing here?! Aren’t you Catholic?!” I thought maybe by doing RCIA and going through that final stage I could inspire my family to have a stronger

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faith. I was welcomed into the Catholic Church in 2007. Since then I have become a Special Minister at my parish, Our Lady of the Mission in Whitfords. That was pretty humbling and daunting. When Father Joe first asked me I felt that I wasn’t worthy. I had Church friends who were already living the life of a Catholic and here he was asking me - a beginner! Now I see the same faces coming up for Communion and I feel like I am giving something to all those people that feeds them spiritually. It is more than just receiving a wafer. I feel uplifted and more fulfilled. I love the feeling of peace and harmony as well as the sense of community. Learning about the faith has helped me realise that there is more to being Catholic then just attending Mass (although this is very important). So I was looking for other ways to do Christian service. Now I do two days a week volunteering at the Vinnie’s shop. It is just something extra. I do take my conversion really seriously. My daughter is in Year 11 and my son is in Year 9 now. Just in the last 18 months with my son it has become really uncool to be into religion. It is becoming more and more difficult to take him to Mass. He still comes with me every now and then. I hope he’ll come back. I still feel that the best way to show him faith is important is by living it.

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Hope amid the darkness that t Clinical depression is a debilitating condition which seems to be affecting more and more people on a daily basis. Author Christine Scheller interviews Psychiatrist Dr Aaron Kheriaty on a new book he has co-written with a priest, Monsignor John Cihak, about Catholics and clinical depression and the possibilities offered by complementing medical treatment with the virtue of hope and the Sacrament of Reconciliation ...

met Dr Aaron Kheriaty while working on a wire service story about the Psychiatry and Spirituality Forum at the University of California, which he directs in addition to serving as director of residency training and medical education in the department of psychiatry. When my son Gabriel died by suicide the day after I submitted that 2008 story, Aaron was the first person I called. He became a good friend as he ministered to my family. I was deeply moved when he included Gabriel in the dedication of The Catholic Guide to Depression, his new book (co-authored with Monsignor John Cihak). Aaron writes about what it was like for him to walk into my family’s tragedy. More importantly, he and his co-author offer hope to depression sufferers and their families. Why did you write a book about depression specifically for Catholics? THE CONCEPT for the book originated from my publisher, Sophia Institute Press, a Catholic publisher with its own niche market, so they wanted to highlight the aspects of the book that are distinctively Catholic. Also, there are books written by Protestant Christians on depression, but we didn’t see much written by Catholics, and certainly nothing written by a Catholic mental health professional. We saw an audience that we could speak to very directly, but as I was writing the book, it was clear to me that any Christian who professes Jesus as Lord could benefit from it as well. You say many people think depression is nothing more than an intense episode of “the blues.” Why are they wrong? ONE OF the things that gets in the way of people comprehending this illness as something profoundly different from everyday emotional experiences is the word depression itself. It’s a really pathetic word. Depression goes beyond a passing emotional state and really affects the whole body and the whole mind. We have to get past that word and try to explain to people that what their loved one is going through is profoundly debilitating both mentally, and in a sense, even physically. A person feels drained and sapped of vitality and they lack a normal sense of being connected to the world and even connected to their own body. Not long after my son’s suicide, I watched a television report on depression in which a mental health professional described it as the feeling of being “a terrible person.” Is this common? THE SENSE of irrational selfloathing is unfortunately very

common, especially in moderate to severe depression and bipolar depression—a real dark, nihilistic sense of worthlessness or even selfhatred. Does the biological aspect of bipolar depression cause this self-loathing or is it working in concert with other social and/or spiritual issues? It’s a little too simplistic to say that the biological factors in depression cause it, but this certainly contributes. We need a well-functioning brain to have clear thinking. That’s obvious. What happens with depression is that the person seems to lack cognitive or mental flexibility, so their thoughts become very constricted and it’s difficult for them to perceive or consider alternate solutions to what they see as life problems. Relational factors contribute to that, but also the biological lack of vitality will drag a person’s thoughts downward. You say Christians don’t always treat depression like the multifaceted problem that it is, but can over-spiritualise it. A LOT OF Christians come to me pretty reluctantly and often against the advice of a Christian friend or family member, sometimes even a minister, who suggests that they shouldn’t trust psychiatrists or that medications aren’t appropriate because this is really a spiritual problem. I consider that to be unfortunate. Often it delays the time between the onset of symp- we understand that the material rightly so, a sense of reintegration toms and appropriate treatment. world can mediate spiritual reali- with a community after making a However, I argue in the book that ties. As human beings, creatures good confession. a purely medical model also is not of both body and soul, we relate to adequate to describe depression. God, among other things, through In the last chapter, you talk about Reducing it to a chemical imbal- our senses. If I’m burdened by guilt “divine filiation” and the virtue of ance in the brain or a biological or by sins of the past, when I go to hope. Can you describe these two disease model alone doesn’t take confession I’m able, in a very tangi- principles? into account other important fac- ble way, to hear words of absolution tors, including spiritual factors, from the priest who is acting in the JOHN IN HIS EPISTLE says that behavioural factors, things that the name of Christ and the Church. we are truly children of God in person may be doing (knowingly Many people who have gone Christ. He has adopted us by grace or unknowingly) to be his sons and that contribute to daughters. This is not the depressive epi- “Many people who have gone to confession just one more relisode. gious or metaphysical I think you can describe is as a powerful experience. truth among many. go off the rails easThis truth has to be ily in both direc- - Dr Aaron Kheriaty, the foundation for tions. I advocate Founding director of UCI’s Psychiatry and Spirituality our whole existence looking at depres- Forum as Christians. I think sion from multiple of it as the glasses we perspectives, both put on that allow us in trying to understand what’s caus- to confession will describe it as a to see everything in our life with ing it and in finding appropriate powerful experience—to be able more clarity. It’s the lens through treatments for it. to walk away knowing with a great which we experience joys, sorrows, deal of conviction that they have pain, suffering. How does the Sacrament of indeed been forgiven, that the burThis idea of being a child of God Confession, for example, help a den they’ve been carrying has been is so fundamental and life-altering person recover from depression? lifted. I think that’s consistent with that we have to try to live constantly our psychological makeup as well. with an awareness of that divine ONE OF the principles of Catholic The other thing that I think hap- filiation, an awareness that God is theology is the principle that we call pens in confession is that we under- near, that I’m always in his presence. sacramentality. The idea is that in stand that sin not only harms our Wherever I am and whatever I’m the incarnation, God took on our relationship with God, but it harms doing, he’s there sustaining me with flesh. He became a man. Because our relationships with others. So such profound love and mercy that that is a central truth of our faith, many people experience, I think I can’t possibly fathom how much

he loves me. That’s something of what I was trying to convey in the last chapter of the book. It gives rise to the three theological virtues that Saint Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians, chapter 13: faith, hope, and love. I focus on the virtue of hope because it’s the one we hear the least about in terms of preaching. We hear a lot about faith and about love, but less about Christian hope. Depression is really sort of an affliction of the soul, because very often it strikes precisely there—it makes it difficult to have hope. Both on a human level and on a spiritual level, our basic hopes for this life can be shattered by depression. A sense of a future in this life can be shattered by depression. And also, our hope for union with Christ and for heaven can be eclipsed. I won’t say that it can be shattered because hope is given to us by God’s grace; it’s not something that we manufacture. But our sense of it, our awareness of it, our knowledge and subjective feeling of hope can be eclipsed when we are depressed. And so we sometimes have to recall that fundamental truth, even when we can’t subjectively feel it. This interview first appeared in First Things and is reprinted with permission.

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Tale of a beloved Marian prayer crafted by the hands of love Is anything known about the origin of the “Hail, Holy Queen” that we say at the end of the Rosary? I have always liked this prayer.

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HE “Hail, Holy Queen”, or “Salve Regina” in Latin, is traditionally said at the end of the Rosary and it is one of the four Marian hymns said after Compline in the Divine Office. It is a rich and much loved prayer and it goes back many centuries. As with some other prayers there is an element of uncertainty about who wrote it, historical writings attributing it to at least three persons. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, one such person is Petrus of Monsoro, Bishop of Compostella in Spain, who died about 1000. Another is Adhemar, Bishop of Podium (Puy-en-Velay) in France, who was the first to ask permission to go on the Crusades. Adhemar is said to have composed the hymn to invoke the protection of Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, before leaving for the Crusades in 1096. But the most probable writer is Blessed Hermann Contractus, or Hermann the Cripple, who died in 1054. What is clear is that the hymn dates back to at least the eleventh century. Blessed Hermann has an interesting story. He was born in 1013 at Altshausen in Swabia, Germany, one of fifteen children of Count Wolverad II. Hermann was deformed, crippled and very small, whence the name in Latin “Contractus”. He could not stand or walk unaided, and he could barely sit upright in the special chair they made for him. His fingers were so twisted that it was almost impossible for him to write, and his mouth and tongue were so deformed he could hardly be understood when he spoke. Yet he gradually overcame these difficulties to a point where he was able not only to write but also to make clocks and astronomical and musical instruments, and to help the many people who sought his advice. He was extraordinarily gifted intellectually, so much so that when he was only seven his parents entrusted him to the learned Benedictine Abbot Berno on the island of Reichenau in Lake Constance, where he later took monastic vows as a Benedictine. In spite of his handicaps Hermann excelled in such disciplines as theology, mathematics, astronomy, music, Latin, Greek and Arabic. Students flocked to him from all over, attracted not only by his learning but also by his virtue and pleasant personality. His biographer describes him as pleasant, friendly, cheerful and never complaining, always trying to cooperate. Hermann wrote many books on a variety of subjects and

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is considered one of the most gifted minds of the eleventh century. He also wrote religious hymns, and to him are attributed not only the “Hail, Holy Queen” but also another great Marian hymn, the “Alma Redemptoris Mater”, also used in the Divine Office. At the age of forty-one he contracted pleurisy and died ten days later on September 21 1054. He was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1863. Hermann is a testimony to what can be achieved in spite of severe physical handicaps. The “Hail, Holy Queen” quickly became popular all over Europe. St Bernard of Clairvaux, who had great love for Our Lady, did much to promote it. There is a touching story of him entering the cathedral of Speyer on Christmas

Hermann overcame serious disability to become one of the most sought-after teachers of his time. Eve in 1146 while the hymn was being sung. At the words “O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary” he is said to have genuflected three times in veneration of Mary. A book on St Bernard records that brass plates were later laid in the pavement of the cathedral to mark the spot where the saint showed this devotion. By the middle of the twelfth century the “Hail, Holy Queen” had been introduced in shrines and monasteries in many places, including Cluny and Citeaux. In the thirteenth century it was used after Compline in the Divine Office of the Dominicans and later the Franciscans. Pope Gregory IX (1227-1241) prescribed it for the universal Church. The hymn is a heart-felt plea for mercy from the “poor banished children of Eve” to Mary, addressed as “Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope”. The petition ends: “Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us; and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Pray for us, O holy mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.” Our Lady will not to fail to answer those who pray to her with such humility and faith.

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ROCKINGHAM I Kolbe Catholic College

he Kolbe Catholic College community gathered to reflect and pray about the last hours of Jesus’ life and his resurrection from death on Holy Thursday. The celebration of Jesus’ resurrection at Easter is central to our Christian faith. Congregating on the Avenue, we participated in prayer and reflection about the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus. Our Year 12 students led us in action, song, word and dance in the comparison of lives of Jesus and St Maximilian Kolbe, dying for the salvation of others. Under the direction of Mrs

Sherie Chant, students planned a liturgy that drew on the parallels between the suffering and death of Jesus and the suffering and death of St Maximilian Kolbe. Both Jesus and Saint Maximilian Kolbe have displayed the ultimate example of unselfish love. “We are so proud of our students and Mrs Sherie Chant and Mr Nick Fielding and grateful to them for providing us with the opportunity to reflect on the heart of our faith and our College community,” said Robyn Miller, Principal of Kolbe Catholic College. “We could not have wished for a more fitting way to enter into our Easter celebrations.” LEANNE JOYCE

There are parallels ... Jesus and St Maximilian Kolbe have displayed the ultimate example of unselfish love.

Kolbe Catholic College students participate in liturgical celebrations of their own creation, earning the praise of their Principal Robyn Miller. PHOTOS: LEANNE JOYCE

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HE darkness of the Easter tomb became a literal experience for parishioners of St Vincent Pallotti in Kununurra. A quiet celebration on Holy Thursday, which included the washing of parishioner’s feet, was followed by very solemn and prayerful ceremonies in both the Kununurra Church as well as in the neighbouring Queen of Apostles parish in Wyndham. There had been a great deal of preparation and organising for the Saturday Vigil Mass, but a total power failure throughout the

region meant that parishioners celebrated most of the Mass with the aid of torchlight. Despite the invasion of flying bugs and insects, a sense of great peace accompanied the occasion. Power returned just as parishioners were leaving, symbolising perhaps, the light of Easter that each was carrying with them. Sunday morning saw many people come to celebrate the great occasion of Resurrection as tourists and grey-haired nomads, who had ventured north to escape the colder weather of the south, joined many locals in celebration. KUNUNURRA PARISH

Above, a power failure resulted in literal darkness at Kununurra but parishioners were happy just to worship. KUNUNURRA

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WANNEROO I St Anthony of Padua Parish Continued from Page 1 of Christâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suffering and death per-formed by a cast of budding actorsfrom the parish. Gerald Searle, who brilliantly played the role of Christ also produced and directed the drama. Approximately 500 parishioners gathered in the church car park to witness the portrayal, which included scenes from the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus before Pontius Pilate, Jesus meeting with Mary and the women of Jerusalem, Veronica, the Crucifixion on Calvary and the laying of Jesus in the tomb. Fr John extended a heartfelt thanks to all parishioners who assisted in the preparation and celebration of the services over the Easter Tridiuum. WANNEROO PARISH

Scenes from St Anthony of Padua Parishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Passion re-enactment which includes Mary holding her son one last time, the Liturgy of the Word during the dramatisation of The Passion, the Betrayal, Pilate washes his hands of the Blood of Christ and Jesus carries his cross. Below, the Baptism of Sin Yuan Ng and her daughter Carmen as well as the Confirmation of the 14 catechumens and candidates. PHOTOS: WANNEROO PARISH

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WILLETTON I Ss John and Paul Parish

HE EASTER Triduum events are always wellattended at the Parish of Sts John and Paul Willetton. This year’s events saw record numbers crowding into the church and overflowing out to the courtyard. For the first time, newly installed audio-video facilities projected sound and images from the Church out to the courtyard, allowing parishioners there to participate more fully in the celebrations. On Holy Thursday, the community celebrated Christ’s institution of the Eucharist and the Ordained Priesthood. Following Christ’s example, parish priest Fr Thai Vu and Assistant Fr Anibal Leite washed the feet of 12 parishioners. Later that evening, a large number of parishioners spent quiet time with the Lord at the Altar of Repose. On Good Friday, a large crowd attended Stations of the Cross in the morning and celebrated the Lord’s Passion in the afternoon. The newly commissioned “Youth Cross” was used for the Good Friday service for the first time, as the congregation celebrated and reflected on the immensity of Christ’s sacrifice. The Easter Triduum climaxed at the Easter Vigil Mass, with Fr Thai and Fr Anibal presiding over the liturgies. The community received the Light of Christ at the Service of the Light and heard his plan of salvation at the Liturgy of the Word. At the Liturgy of Baptism and Confirmation, four adults and a child were received into the parish family through the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation. These new members of the Church were the first to receive the precious Body and Blood of Christ in the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The ceremony was a vivid reminder to all present that God is at work in the community. He continually draws new members to our Church. Before the end of the Mass, Fr Thai and Fr Anibal delighted the children by distributing Easter Eggs. WILLETTON PARISH

Willetton Parish celebrated Easter with gusto, projecting video and audio to their outdoor courtyard for the first time. PHOTOS: WILLETTON PARISH

OPINION

EDITORIAL

Keeping Good Friday a special day

ustralians can be football-made – that’s true – but one of the more interesting events in religious affairs in recent weeks was the public statement by AFL North Melbourne captain Andrew Swallow praising the AFL for not scheduling football matches on Good Friday - interesting because to risk so obviously publicly identifying one’s self as a Christian these days is also to risk inviting ridicule from many quarters. We could say that in a business where sporting stars are treated as gods, Andrew Swallow was risking losing much of his status as one of the nation’s best footballers by being associated with something as outdated as Christianity. Yet Andrew Swallow’s opinion was, whether he realised it or not, also a public witness and therefore something of an act of courage. At the heart of the issue were a number of things but not the least important is that it is remarkable to think that 2000 years after an individual was executed on a cross in a far-flung corner of the Roman Empire, people in Australia and around the world still pause in great numbers to remember him, the words he spoke and everything we know about his life. This is basically what Good Friday is about and the large numbers were obvious in last week’s special edition of The Record. In fact, we could say that whether they realised it or not all those thousands of Catholics and other Christians who gathered for services, liturgies, re-enactments and the like were publicly witnessing to their faith as well. The other thing at the heart of this issue is that, possibly because of our convict beginnings, Australia has never produced what might be called a resilient and high culture where traditions such as Good Friday were important for much other reason than inherited conventionality. This is why in the minds of some sporting organisations such as football clubs there is no problem with playing matches on a day which they see as essentially nothing more than a holiday. Their view is, of course, understandable given the limited information with which they would be making such decisions. The WAFL implemented Good Friday matches several years ago, as did the VFL, while in South Australia the decision to play SAFL matches was only made recently and in today’s Australia it is hard to visualise organisations such as football clubs taking factors such as the traditional religious significance of days like Good Friday into account when there are PO Box 3075 other more alluring reasons Adelaide Terrace to go the other way. PERTH WA 6832 We cannot help admiring and applauding Andrew office@therecord.com.au Swallow for his public willTel: (08) 9220 5900 ingness to state his opinion Fax: (08) 9325 4580 despite the risk of being categorised or marginalised by the fickle thing called public opinion. It is interesting to note that Andrew Swallow is not a Catholic, either, but was educated at Perth’s Rehoboth Christian College. In fact, we wonder why more Catholics did not come forward to support his position? To insist on Good Friday’s solemn nature is not to try and impose some alien morality or perspective on those who do not believe but to recognise and respect the very origin of our culture and our society, even if, in many regards, numerous Australian leaders appear to be running away from such a thing as fast as they can. Another aspect of Andrew Swallow’s example was precisely that it was an example. If many prominent figures in our community came forward to defend the solemnity of days such as Good Friday it is entirely possible that decisions to reduce Good Friday to nothing more than an opportunity for a barbecue and a beer might be dropped. It is clearly a tendency in Australian life on the part of governments and businesses to increasingly try to take advantage of Christian religious holidays for purely business reasons or to do away with them altogether in the interests of the gods of efficiency and productivity. Paradoxically, if Good Friday, established in part to permit Christians to participate in the solemn commemoration of Christ’s passion and death, became only a public holiday there would be no reason to keep it. If there was no reason to keep it, there would be no reason to play football games on what was essentially a Friday just like any other working Friday. In this sense, football leagues such as the WAFL and others are really only trying to take advantage of something which is not theirs in the first place. Therefore it is somewhat interesting to wonder where, when the issue comes up as it does from time to time, the Catholic and Christian figures from all sides of politics who might, briefly, engage in a bipartisan show of solidarity were? Or where all the admired figures from the world of entertainment and public life were as well - actors, singers, business leaders and the like - those to whom our community often looks for examples of how to be? If growing numbers of prominent figures in our community who also happen to be Christian came forward at moments such as these to quietly but firmly insist on the importance of social respect and tolerance for religious belief it is entirely possible that such occasions will remain as a significant moment in the nation’s year and its culture. It would be a good thing for our society because such voices can point us towards what is important in our lives, individually and as a community. That would be worth doing and it took the example of a young outstanding footballer from a Christian school in Perth to show that.

We cannot help admiring Andrew Swallow for publicly stating his position.

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LETTERS

Congratulations on Record editorial CONGRATULATIONS regarding The Record’s forthright criticism of the State Government’s attitude to prostitution (The Record, April 10). The issues mentioned were particularly timely, as The West Australian’s editorial of the previous day and a follow-up article (written by a sex worker) need to be rejected on two grounds. Does The West Australian have a vested interest in prostitution? In 2001, I calculated that the revenue derived from classified advertisements in The West for sexual “services” would have amounted to approximately $6.8 million, and I have no doubt that the revenue for 2012 would be well in excess of that amount. Moreover, the article blithely claimed that the Swedish legislation (which makes it an offence to procure the services of a prostitute) was inappropriate and praised the situation in New Zealand (where prostitution has been decriminalised). The author of the article may have no concerns regarding her personal wellbeing as a prostitute, but it ought to be quite obvious, from reading your editorial, that many women become trapped in a situation of sexual slavery - and

that situation should be regarded as absolutely intolerable and utterly unworthy of any civilised society. In 2001, when The West Australian was campaigning self-righteously against streetwalkers, I wrote a letter to the editor, regarding it’s vested interest in off-street prostitution. Of course, the letter wasn’t published. Hugh Clift LESMURDIE, WA

Let us pray for Pope Francis, for strength I MUST express some misgiving about Ms Chandler’s letter (20th March). The heading “A breath of fresh air” immediately begs the question “Is this a criticism of the previous Pope, Benedict XVI? The next reaction is one of concern; the last time the Church had a breath of fresh air “the smoke of Satan entered the sanctuary of the Church,” to borrow Pope Paul VI’s own description. We should be wary of so called breaths of fresh air when we talk about an institution as old as the Catholic Church. One must also beware of engaging in papolatory – idolisation of a Pope just because he is the Pope, and remember that not everything that a Pope does or says is infallible. Many a person has been led astray because they have blindly followed misled clergy. We are all respon-

sible for our own souls; we must be informed about our Catholic faith, make sure that we have an informed conscience and measure all by what the Church has always taught and done Yes we have a new Pope and Ms Chandler is right, we must all pray for him for he has more to worry about than “a few traditionalists”: he has been left to clear out the mess of paedophilia and, possibly, corruption in the Vatican. We will watch, and pray, for him for our Church for our country and for ourselves. Mrs R A Lorrimar PALMYRA WA

Thanks for including parish in Easter issue Thank you for including the photos of our parish celebration of Easter in last week’s issue of the Record. Much appreciated. God Bless! Eric D’Souza Queen of Apostles Parish

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Pope Francis listens as he is addressed by US Cardinal James Harvey, foreground, archpriest of the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, during Mass at the basilica in Rome on April 14. PHOTO: CNS / PAUL HARING

continued from page 1. Francis said. “The testimony of faith comes in very many forms,” the pope said. “In God’s great plan, every detail is important even yours, even my humble little witness, even the hidden witness of those who live their faith with simplicity in everyday family relationships, work relationships, friendships.” While most Christians are called to the “middle class of holiness” of fidelity and witness in the normal business of everyday life, Pope Francis noted how in some parts of the world even average Christians suffer, are persecuted and even die for their faith in Christ. Looking at what it means to worship God with all one’s heart, the pope said it, too, has a very practical, concrete expression. Worshipping God is not simply a matter of prayer - although that is a big part of it - but rather it means demonstrating in one’s life that

God alone is God. “This has a consequence in our lives: We have to empty ourselves of the many small or great idols that we have and in which we take refuge, on which we often seek to base our security,”

The apostles feared no one and nothing; and persecution was honour. he said. “They are idols that we sometimes keep well hidden,” like ambition, careerism or a drive to dominate others, he said. “This evening I would like a question to resound in the heart of each one of you, and I would like you to answer it honestly: Have I considered which idol lies hidden in my life that prevents me from worshipping the Lord?” At the end of the Mass, the Jesuit Pope Francis went into the basilica’s Chapel of the Crucifix where a

13th-century icon of the Madonna and Child hangs. St. Ignatius of Loyola and his first Jesuit companions made their vows as religious before the image in 1541. Earlier in the day, the pope recited the “Regina Coeli” prayer with tens of thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square. In brief remarks, he commented on the same Scripture readings used at Mass that evening. Talking about the apostles’ courage in the face of persecution, Pope Francis told the crowd, “We cannot forget that the apostles were simple people; they weren’t Scribes or doctors of the law and they did not belong to the priestly class.” Yet, he said, their faith was based on “such a strong and personal experience of Christ, who died and was risen, that they feared no one and nothing; in fact, they saw persecution as an honor that allowed them to follow in the footsteps of Jesus.”

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Publican or pharisee? It’s our choice

Others’ failings or ignorance may be real but while we can see their outsides, it’s their hearts that count. Only God sees those.

ORD have mercy! It’s 9:03 am and Mass still hasn’t started. Father arrived late—in fact, he looks as though he just woke up. Can’t he get out of bed at a decent hour so that we’re not kept waiting all morning? Lord have mercy on me for failing to consider that perhaps Father had a good reason for being late. Maybe he was at the hospital during the wee hours with a dying person and only managed a few hours of sleep. Lord have mercy! Can’t that woman control her kids? Why does she sit up in the front pew anyway? If she’s going to drag all four of them to church, you think she’d have the decency to sit in the back. Lord have mercy on me for forgetting that her husband is a longdistance truck driver, who often works weekends. It’s a testimony to her faithfulness that she never

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fails to bring her small children to Sunday Mass. Remind me, Lord, to give her a word of encouragement and perhaps even offer to babysit her children sometime. Lord have mercy! Look at the ripped jeans that boy is wearing! And his ears are pierced! Not to mention the blue streaks in his hair—what kind of parents would let their son come to Mass looking like such a freak? Lord have mercy on me for judging that young man–and his parents–by his appearance. Only you can read his heart; only you know the struggles his parents have faced. Forgive me for not being pleased

and grateful that he has come to Mass at all. He endures the ridicule of his friends every time he steps through the church door, yet he continues to come. Lord have mercy! Who ever told that cantor he could sing? He sure botched up the Responsorial Psalm—again. There must be better singers in this congregation; why don’t they volunteer to replace this guy?

with others, but the choir’s repeated pleas for new members have fallen on deaf ears. Lord have mercy! Look at that woman’s shabby, out-dated clothes. I’d be too embarrassed to go to the grocery store in that outfit, let alone to Sunday Mass. Lord have mercy on me for my vanity, my selfishness, my upsidedown priorities. I have enough clothing in my closet for ten

I have enough clothing in my closet for ten women and I haven’t worn many items in years. Lord have mercy on me for forgetting the widow’s mite. It is not the gift itself that counts, so much as the state of the giver’s heart. If he sings with a heart full of love and a desire to serve You, O Lord, then his effort is pleasing to you. He would gladly share cantor duty

women, and I haven’t worn many items in years. Most don’t even fit me; why haven’t I donated them to thrift shops? Lord, help me to clean out the clutter in my closet—and my soul. Lord have mercy! Look at those people chatting after Communion.

Why, they didn’t even take time for thanksgiving after they got back to their pews. If I were Father, I’d say a thing or two to people like that. Lord have mercy on me for paying more attention to other people’s behaviour than to the miraculous visitation that has just taken place in this church and within me. I have received you, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, yet I have neglected to focus on this mystery and sing your praises in the quiet of my heart. The Publican and the Pharisee vie for ascendancy in my heart and mind. Only God’s grace can quell the inner musings that are not so much prayer as condemnation: Thank God I’m not like those people! Instead, my prayer must be: Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner. Help me to be more like you. Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy on me.

Noble man for the darkest time Abraham Lincoln’s leadership has lessons for Australians convinced they should lead the nation, writes Dr Andrew Kania.

eam of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln is the title of a Pulitzer Prize-winning work by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Published in 2005, Goodwin’s work would later be used as the basis for the acclaimed 2012 motion picture, Lincoln. Where it would be fair to say that the motion picture is far more widely known now than the book; it would also be well within the mark to say that the book has a lot more to instruct the audience than the film, due primarily to the limitation of time constraints. The film, Lincoln, highlights the last few months of Abraham Lincoln’s life and office as President of the United States. In particular the motion picture concentrates on the machinations as to how Abraham Lincoln was able to bring to fruition the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a change that outlawed slavery. Yet alternately, Goodwins’ thesis cuts deeper than any one particular event in Lincoln’s tenure of office, but is a study of how this man, despised by many of his cabinet colleagues, was able to gain their respect and lead a Team of Rivals, and nation, out from the very precipice of defeat to a glorious, and bloody victory; not only against slavery, but also to bring together once more the United States of America, a political entity ripped apart by Civil War. Doris Kearns Goodwin’s text is essentially a comparative study of four men’s lives: Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865), who won the 1860 Presidential election; and the three men who Lincoln subsequently appointed to his Cabinet, the very men who had stood against him in the race for President; all highly capable and ambitious men, and subsequently: his Secretary State, William Seward (1801–1872); his Attorney General, Edward Bates (1793–1869), and his Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon Chase (1808–1873). Disappointingly, we are not introduced to any of these three rivals in any worthy fashion in Lincoln, something that detracts immensely from the potential power of the story that needed to be told. What makes Team of Rivals such a compelling read is how Lincoln’s style of leadership is so vastly different to what we see now on our

nation’s political scene. The contest for the Presidency in 1860 was electrically charged not only with the normal competition for high public office, but more so because of the looming expectancy that a civil war was soon to take place. The men who ran against Lincoln had credentials that, on face value, seemed to far outweigh those of the lawyer from Springfield, Illinois. In fact, Seward was considered to be the front-runner, a man so confident of securing the Presidency, that in the months preceding the canvassing for nomination of the Republican ticket, he had taken leave to go on a Grand Tour of Europe. Seward would discover soon enough that Lincoln, although a rustic in manner, speech and general demeanour, was a man only too acutely aware of political shaping and maneuvering. As Goodwin writes: “Lincoln understood that

the greatest challenge for a leader in a democratic society is to educate public opinion.” Thus, instead of basking in the warm light of a presumed victory, Lincoln sought to win hearts and minds. He did this not by kissing babies, or by making false and shallow promises, but by revealing himself to be a man of the people; not just a politician seeking votes – but a man, honest, selfdeprecating and authentic, a man willing to work for them, and for their fractured nation. Goodwin would comment that in listening to a speech made by Lincoln, the people would be of the mind that they were listening to their very selves thinking out aloud. Lincoln won his ‘rivals’ respect over time. Seward who was publically shamed by his loss to Lincoln, and privately crushed, in humility accepted Lincoln’s offer to be Secretary of State. Seward, crestfallen, offered his services for the

good of the nation. In time, Lincoln would spend nearly every evening at Seward’s home, laughing and telling stories – the two men would become the best of friends, and Seward would eventually concede that the right man had won the election. History would also record the indebtedness of the United States to Seward. The Secretary of War, Stanton, another of the cabinet who had had initial reservations about Lincoln, and who was irritated by Lincoln’s gift as a raconteur, (especially when things were serious), would not doubt at Lincoln’s death, that he, Stanton, had walked beside rare greatness. It was Stanton who at the head of Lincoln’s death-bed commented when Lincoln breathed his last: “Now he belongs to the ages.” But what can the present and leadership of our nation learn from Lincoln? It is obvious enough that we have no shortage of politicians who believe that they have the ability to lead our nation. But to lead a nation does not mean that one has to have the highest office in the land. Lincoln understood that those who ran against him were men of great talent. He also understood that these men were disaffected, and that they believed that they could do as good a job or better than he in the role of President. That is why Lincoln appointed such individuals to positions beside him in the Cabinet. Instead of cutting them away from him, so as to protect himself from any future threat Lincoln embraced his ‘rivals’. As John Nicolay, Lincoln’s personal assistant would later explain: “[Lincoln’s] “first decision was one of great courage and self-reliance.” Each of his rivals was “sure to feel that the wrong man had been nominated.” A less confident man might have surrounded himself with personal supporters who would never question his authority.” Lincoln was a great leader, because he was aware that to lead one had to bring out the best in those that you lead; one had to put these individuals in a position to make them shine, even if it meant that to do so, your own light seemed to flicker the less brighter. Goodwin continues: “Later, Joseph Medill of the Chicago Tribune asked Lincoln why he had chosen a cabinet comprised of enemies and opponents. He particularly questioned the

president’s selection of the three men who had been his chief rivals for the Republican nomination, each of whom was still smarting from the loss. Lincoln’s answer was simple, straightforward, and shrewd. “We needed the strongest men of the party in the Cabinet. We needed to hold our own people together. I had looked the party over and concluded that these were the very strongest men. Then I had no right to deprive the country of their services.” How many of our present leaders, and not just those in politics, would be able to offer such words of magnanimity? Lincoln would not have won the war without his Team of Rivals. His greatness lay, in part, in his self-confidence, that he did not feel threatened by the talents of others – but felt empowered by their presence. A weak person seeks to destroy a ‘rival’ because of their goodness or talent; and thus being so, the ‘whole’ loses. How much do we lose in our nation today, because our leaders are too weak? Christ showed us on the very night that he was betrayed, what it means to lead. He knelt on the ground, and taking the foot of the man he had appointed to lead His Church, washed the feet of Peter. Here was God, washing the foot of an individual who had described himself as a sinful man (cf. Luke 5: 8). None of us is perfect. Even the great Saints have, so-often, been those who have recovered from great sin. If Christ has shown us the way of servant leadership, why can we not also seek to draw out the best in others, by encouraging them to be so? Perhaps our encouragement may not go appreciated; perhaps we may need to move ourselves from out of the spotlight for a time – but God has made humanity as a patch-work quilt, and none of us is so great of talent that we can better others in everything. Our skills, combined in their best fashion, will achieve the maximum; for the converse, unbridled selfinterest detracts from any ultimate purpose. This being so, why not look into the eyes of others, not so as to see the reflection of ourselves in their eyes – but to understand that in these eyes there is somebody to be understood, and someone to be valued, and a higher purpose to be garnered by so doing.

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UPCOMING FRIDAY, APRIL 19 Priestly Ordination of First Malaysian Premonstratensian Canon 7.30pm at the Priory Church of St Joseph, 135 Treasure Rd, Queens Park. Archbishop Costelloe is the main presider. As a sign of ordination of Br Christopher Jacob Lim OPraem, the bestowal of the white biretta will take place at Vespers on Saturday, April 20 at 5.30pm followed by Rev Christopher Lim’s first Thanksgiving Mass at the same church. RSVP 9458 2729 or 9451 5586. St Jerome’s Divine Mercy Prayer Group 5th Anniversary Celebration Mass 2-4pm at St Jerome’s Church, 36 Troode St, Munster. St Jerome’s Prayer Group invites all Divine Mercy Prayer Groups and everyone to our celebration. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, praise and worship, followed by Mass by Fr Varghese Parackal VC and talk on Divine Mercy and Healing. Enq: Connie 0437 803 322. SATURDAY, APRIL 20 Introductory Day to Christian Meditation 10am-3.30pm at St Martin in the Fields, cnr Dyson and Vista Sts, Kensington. Join members of the Christian Meditation Community (WA). Bring a friend, morning tea provided, BYO lunch. Enq: 0429 117 242 or christianmeditation@iinet.net.au Youth Mission Team Movie Night 3pm and 7pm at 67 Howe St, Osborne Park. The movie The Human Experience is rated: Festival Rating - under 15s require accompanying adult. Tickets - Concession $8, Adults $10, Families discounted. Free crèche. Fundraising for YMT. Enq: bookings 0417 637 040 or perth.disciplesofjesus. org/movies. SUNDAY, APRIL 21 Learn Auslan –Australian Sign Language 10.30-12noon at Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor St, East Perth. Auslan is used by many people who are deaf in Australia. Learn how to communicate with your hands with others who use Auslan. No experience necessary, no stress, fun environment. Cost: Free, includes light lunch. Contact Emma, Barbara or Fr Paul on emmanuelcentre@westnet. com.au or SMS 0401 016 399. SUNDAY, APRIL 21 AND MAY 5 Latin Mass 2pm at the Good Shepherd Church, Streich Ave, Kelmscott: Enq: John 9390 6646. FRIDAY, APRIL 26 Holy Trinity Community Holy Hour Adoration 7pm at St Benedict Church, 115 Ardross St, Ardross, Enq: Yunita - 0412 677 568. Medjugorje Evening of Prayer Group 7pm-9pm at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish, 43 Camberwell St, East Victoria Park. It is reported Our Blessed Mother has been appearing daily in Medjugorje since 1981 with messages for all her children. Free DVD’s on Medjugorje. NEWSFLASH Pilgrimage. October 8-24 Rome/Italy/ Medjugorje. $3,999. Enq: 9402 2480, 0407 471 256 email medjugorje@y7mail.com SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Love Ministry Healing CCR 6.30pm at St Brigid Parish, 69 Morrison Rd, Midland. After the 6.30pm Mass the CCR Healing Ministry Team including clergy, CCR Chaplain Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey will be in attendance. Reconciliation available. Come and be prayed over, healed from the past or present issues or stand in for loved ones facing illness or problems. Enq: Gilbert 0431 570 322, Fr David Watt 9376 1734. TUESDAY, APRIL 30 Day of Reflection, Marian Movement of Priests 10.30am-2pm at St Paul’s, 106 Rookwood St, Mt. Lawley. Celebrant and Speaker: Rev Fr. Timothy Deeter. Rosary, Holy Mass and talks (including Holy Hour of prayer for Priests). Confessions available. Bring lunch to share. Tea/coffee supplied. Enq: 9341 8082. SATURDAY, MAY 4 Day with Mary 9am-5pm at Our Lady of the Mission Church, 270 Camberwarra Dr, Craigie. 9am-video; 10.10am-holy Mass; Reconciliation, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic Adoration, Sermons on the Eucharist and on Our Lady, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet and Stations of the Cross. BYO lunch Enq. Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286. Teachers Mission Outreach Special Meeting 11am at Infant Jesus Parish Centre, 47 Wellington Rd, Morley. Generous English teachers to tutor one student weekly and donate half the tuition fee to Mission Partners Morley - established 1988. Possible visit to Vietnam 2014. Funding a group project is rewarding, exciting and changes lives. Registration essential. Enq: margaretbox7@ bigpond.com or 9272 8263. One-Day Retreat on The Holy Rosary 9am-1.30pm at Holy Family Parish, Lot 375 Alcock St, Maddington. Come and spend the day with our Blessed Mother before the Blessed Sacrament. Confession, Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration and Healing Prayers. Morning tea and lunch provided. Enq: 9493 1703.

Narnia - Family Movie Night-Big Screen Saturday 6pm at 67 Howe St, Osborne Park. Doors open 6pm. Cost: Adults $10, Concession $8, Family $30. Funds go to DOJ Children’s ministry. Enq: 0419 923 420, or dojchildrensministry@gmail.com. SATURDAY, MAY 4 TO MONDAY, MAY 6 Divine Will Conference with Tony Hickey 10am-8.30pm at Casa Luisa, 59 Newton St, Spearwood. Each day starts with holy Mass. Tony is a gifted theologian, speaker and retreat master from England. He will be speaking on the Doctrine of the Divine Will. Enq: Jenny 9494 2604 or 0458 153 184. SUNDAY, MAY 5 The 2013 Busselton May Rosary Celebration in Honour of Our Lady 12.30pm at Queen of the Holy Rosary Shrine, Bove’s Farm, Roy Rd (off Bussell Hwy), Jindong, Busselton. 12.30pm - hymn singing; 1pm – holy concelebrated Mass led by Fr Tony Chiera. Rosary procession and Benediction following Mass. Afternoon tea provided. Enq: for bus bookings from Perth phone Francis Williams 0404 893 877 or 9459 3873. Divine Mercy - An Afternoon with Jesus and Mary 1.30pm at St Francis Xavier Church, 25 Windsor Street, Perth. The Main Celebrant for the afternoon will be Fr Doug Harris – Homily on St Athanasius. Followed by refreshments. Enq: John 9457 7771. FRIDAY, MAY 10 TO SUNDAY, MAY 12 Santa Clara Youth Group JUMPSTART retreat for all young adults (18+) 6pm at Eagle’s Nest, 1406 O’Brien Rd, Gidgegannup. Open to any parish. 5pm-bus leaving from Santa Clara’s returning to parish about 4pm Sunday. Full of opportunities to reignite your faith, reconnect with God and build new friendships! Cost: $80. Registration closes April 21. Enq: Alwin Liew 0433 566 867 or Clarissa 0433 829 742, youth. santaclara@gmail.com. FRIDAY, MAY 10 TO SATURDAY, MAY 18 Novena to the Holy Spirit and Pentecost Vigil 7.30pm-9.30pm at Holy Family Parish, Lot 375 Alcock St, Maddington. Fri.10th: Healing Mass with Novena; Sat 11th-Thurs.16th: 7.30pm-8.30pmNovena with Eucharistic Adoration; Fri 17th: 7.30pm-9.30pm-Healing Mass with Novena; Sat May 18: 8pm-Novena, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament; 10pm-Vigil Mass. Enq. 9493 1703. 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.

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

Cathedral Cafe Cathedral Cafe is now open every Sunday 9.30am1pm at St Mary’s Cathedral parish centre, downstairs after Mass. Coffee, tea, cakes, sweets, friendship with Cathedral parishioners. Further info: Tammy on smcperthwyd@yahoo.com.au or 0415 370 357. Pilgrim Mass - Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation 2pm at Shrine, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. Commencing with Rosary followed by Benediction. Reconciliation available before every celebration. Anointing of the sick administered during Mass every second Sunday of the month. Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin of the Revelation last Sunday of the month. Side entrance to church and shrine open daily between 9am-5pm. Enq Sacri 9447 3292. Praise and Worship 5.30pm at St Denis Parish, cnr Osborne St and Roberts Rd, Joondanna. Followed by 6pm Mass. Enq: Admin admin@stdenis.com.au. EVERY FIRST SUNDAY Singles Prayer and Social Group 7pm at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St Georges Tce, Perth. Begins with holy hour (Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and teaching) followed by dinner at local restaurant. Meet new people, pray and socialise with other single men and women. Enq: Veronica 0403 841 202. EVERY SECOND SUNDAY Healing Hour 7-8pm at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. Songs of praise and worship, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament and prayers for sick. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or office Tue-Thu, 9am-2.30pm 9344 7066. THIRD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH Oblates of St Benedict’s 2pm at St Joseph’s Convent, York St, South Perth. We welcome all who are interested in studying the Rule of St Benedict and its relevance to the everyday life of today for laypeople. Vespers and afternoon tea conclude our meetings. Enq: Secretary 9457 5758.

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EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY Shrine Time for Young Adults 18-35 Years 7.30-8.30pm at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon; holy hour with prayer, reflection, meditation, praise and worship; followed by a social gathering. Come and pray at a place of grace. Enq: Schoenstatt Sisters 9399 2349.

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.

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.

Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley. Includes Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent prayer, scripture, prayers of intercession. Come and pray that those discerning vocations can hear clearly God’s call.

EVERY 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.

AA Alcoholics Anonymous Is alcohol costing you more than just money? Enq: AA 9325 3566.

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.

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. Spirituality and The Sunday Gospels 7-8pm at St Benedict’s school hall, Alness St, Applecross. Presenter Norma Woodcock. Accreditation recognition by the CEO. Everyone is welcome. No meeting during school holidays (April 23 and 30). Cost: collection. Enq: 9487 1772 or www.normawoodcock.com. EVERY FIRST TUESDAY Short MMP Cenacle for Priests 2pm at Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Enq: Fr Watt 9376 1734. EVERY WEDNESDAY Holy Spirit of Freedom Community 7.30pm at Church of Christ, 111 Stirling St, Perth. We welcome everyone to attend our praise meeting. Enq: 0423 907 869 or hsofperth@gmail.com. Bible Study at Cathedral 6.15pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, Victoria Sq, Perth. Deepen your faith through reading and reflecting on holy Scripture by Fr Jean-Noel Marie. Meeting room beneath Cathedral. Enq: 9223 1372. Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry Mass at 5.30pm and Holy Hour (Adoration) at 6.30pm at Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Enq: www.cym.com or 9422 7912. EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY Novena to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop 7-7.45pm at Blessed Mary MacKillop Parish, 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.

EVERY FIRST FRIDAY Mass and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 11am-4pm at Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins St, Glendalough. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament after Mass until 4pm, finishing with Rosary. Enq: Sr Marie MS.Perth@lsp.org.au. Healing and Anointing Mass 8.45am Pater Noster Church, Evershed St, Myaree. Begins with Reconciliation, then 9am Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, anointing of the sick and prayers to St Peregrine. Enq: Joy 9337 7189. Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Sts John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Songs of Praise and Prayer, sharing by a priest, then thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments. Enq: Kathy 9295 0913 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail.com. Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christi Church, Lochee St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, cnr Ravenswood Dr/Majella Rd, Westminster (Mirrabooka). Vigils are two Masses, Adoration, Benediction, prayers, Confession in reparation for outrages committed against the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357; Fr Giosue 9349 2315; John/Joy 9344 2609. Pro-life Witness – Mass and Procession 9.30am at St Brigid’s Parish, cnr Great Northern Hwy and Morrison Rd, Midland. Begins with Mass followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic, led by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Please join us to pray for an end to abortion and the conversion of hearts. Enq: Helen 9402 0349. 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 11.30 am 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.

Prayer in Style of Taizé 7.30-8.30pm at Our Lady of Grace Parish, 3 Kitchener St, North Beach. Includes prayer, song and silence in candlelight – symbol of Christ the light of the world. Taizé info: www.taize.fr. Enq: secretary 9448 4888 or 9448 4457. FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY Social Dinner (young adults aged up to 35) and Rosary Cenacle

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.

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) Thurs 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/. 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 12noon. Please see the roster for other times Adorers are needed. Enq. Mary 0402 289 418. Art Exhibition and Sale at St Mary’s Cathedral by Margaret Fane After all Masses on the weekend of April 14. All proceeds to the Cathedral. Enq: 0432 834 743.

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