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Lying dormant after wowing audiences at WYD Sydney
Goliath lives again
A veteran plies his craft: Gaetan Raspanti, formerly a featured artist on the ABC’s Triple J Unearthed website, seen above playing at the Goliath Music Festival 2012 in Highgate.
By Robert Hiini GOLIATH is alive. Not the Biblical behemoth of old, but the Catholic music festival which last regaled young Catholics when it travelled to Sydney for World Youth Day in 2008. Resurrected for 2012, Goliath saw a packed auditorium in Highgate treated to musical acts, old and new, as well as stand-up comedy from Mick the Joker and MC Anthony D’Loia as well as “B-boy” dancing from Simon Yeak.
Veteran Catholic singersongwriter Gaetan Raspanti graced the stage for the fourth time in the event’s history, having performed at every Goliath since its inception in 2006 as did Flame Music Ministries International who closed out the night with a full band and synced video display. Other performers included Bateman Parish Youth Music Ministry and a slew of artists from the next wave of Catholic performers, including Stacee Parkinson. “A new scene of musicians has
been emerging over the past few years,” Catholic Youth Ministry Perth director Anita Parker told The Record. Ms Parker lauded the performance of upcoming songwriter Christine Jung, backed by experienced players in Daniel Lu, Reuben DeMello and J J Leong. “(Her) final song had the crowd up and dancing to her funky new tunes and calling for an encore,” Ms Parker reported. Taking place on April 1, the event coincided with World Youth
Day which falls on Palm Sunday in between years it is not celebrated at a global gathering. Ms Parker shared some of Pope Benedict’s message for WYD 2012 with the crowd. “Christians are men and women who are truly happy because they know that they are not alone. They know that God is always holding them in his hands,” the Pope said in the message. “If the way Christians live at times appears dull and boring, you should be the first to show
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the joyful and happy side of faith. The Gospel is the “good news” that God loves us and that each of us is important to him. Show the world that this is true,” the Pope said. The Catholic Youth Ministry team is now counting down towards the next WYD in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, July 23-28, 2013. If you are interested in joining the pilgrimage, email admin@cym.com.au for updates after pilgrimage options have been released. For more information on CYM events, visit their website: www.cym.com.au.
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PARISH ROUND-UP Ukrainian’s take to the webosphere
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THE Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) wants photos, video and audio files about the life of the eparchies, parishes, schools, monasteries and charitable Church organisations so it can publish them on its website. It plans to broadcast services from various churches, press conferences, academic events and more. “In this way, we will be one step closer to creating a full online television channel for the UGCC with program listings, news, etc,” said Fr Ihor Yatsiv, head of the Information Department. Send comments and suggestions to press@ugcc.org.au.
$14K to rid the weed TONY Simpson MLA, Member for Darling Range, presented Good Shepherd, Kelmscott with a grant for $14,000 recently, applied for in 2011 when it became obvious the Watsonia grass on its block was extensive and contributing to fire risk during summer. The State Natural Resource Management grant will allow it to rid their school block of this and other noxious weeds over a three year period which will allow regeneration of natural plant life and revegetation of some areas. Principal Gabrielle Doyle said, “Mr Simpson was very impressed by the use of the grant money and of course our beautiful school grounds”.
SJOG scores first with expert in accute pain JILL Kelly of St John of God Hospital, Subiaco is the first nurse within Australia’s private sector to be
Lake Monger set for a wheel-a-thon to remember A community wheel-a-thon will be held at Lake Monger on April 22 (see story, right). Above, participants at a Remembrance Day walk in New York in 2006. PHOTO: CNS appointed a Nurse Practitioner in Acute Pain. She will be able to provide an advanced level of care such as seeing patients after surgery, prescribing some medication and follow up care at the Hospital’s Pain Clinic. According to Jill, becoming a Nurse Practitioner means she can use her clinical expertise working alongside Hospital specialists and continue to teach and mentor nurses while still enjoying patient interaction. “Being a Nurse Practitioner will allow me
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to be the link between our nursing staff members and the medical consultants, providing holistic and ongoing care to our patients,” Jill said. Passionate about patients and the quality of their care, Jill has completed over ten years of study leading up to this endorsement, including nursing qualifications, postgraduate studies in both orthopedics and education. Most recently she completed a Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner).
WHEN Mitchel’s mother Dorothy was diagnosed with dementia, as sole carer, Mitchel needed extra support and was referred to MercyCare’s Davis House. Located in Wembley, Davis House provides a comfortable and safe home-like environment for people affected by moderate
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A community wheel-a-thon for people with disabilities, their families, friends and supporters, including corporate groups using donated wheelchairs, will be held at Lake Monger on Sunday, April 22 from 9am until 1.30pm. There will be a fair showcasing opportunities available to people with disabilities with a BBQ and entertainment including live music. Tickets for the wheel/walk include an event pack with water and goodies, certificate and a chance to win one of many door prizes. Tickets cost $10 a person and under 12s are free. Bookings for 4 people costs $30. For more information on this event and other initiatives, see the Wheelchairs for Kids facebook page.
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Our expectation is they will refer: WA Health By Sarah Motherwell ST JOHN of God Health Care’s tender as operator of the planned Midland Health Campus, worth $360 million, is still under negotiation despite civil liberties groups calling on the State Government to reconsider discussions. The calls follow revelations a doctor was barred from practicing at SJOG’s Subiaco hospital for performing a vasectomy earlier this
year in breach of SJOG by-laws. Speaking on ABC720, the President of the Civil Liberties Council of Australia Terry O’Gorman said the State should require religious groups to make referrals for abortion and allied services when they are in receipt of public funds. On the same programme, Director-general of the WA Health Department, Kim Snowball said SJOG was clear and upfront on the types of services they provide.
“When we first sought expressions of interest ... we provided a range of services we’re expecting to see provided - it is up to providers to come back and say we can provide all or part of those services, for whatever reason,” he said. “I can just reassure that if there’s any public hospital ... our expectation is that if they aren’t able to provide that service for whatever reason they would have a process in place that refers people to ser-
He was ordained to the priesthood in May 1951 by Ukrainian Archbishop Ivan Buchko. Fr Szewciw began his priestly service in England. He arrived in Australia in 1959 and served in Ukrainian parishes in Adelaide before spending more than four years in Perth. In 1980 he received ecclesiastical dignity of Mitred Archpriest from Patriarch (Archbishop-Major) Joseph Slipyj - a similar honour to that of Monsignor in the Western church. A post announcing the news on the Ukrainian Catholic Church
website of Oceania asked people to pray “that the Lord will place his soul where all the saints repose”. Fr Szewciw’s funeral was held on April 3 at Lidcombe in Western Sydney. Last weekend, Ukrainian Catholics around the world celebrated the Christian Pasch and the beginning of Easter, according to the Julian calendar.
vices that can provide that service.” “The vast majority of these are planned procedures, so they’re elective... so they can be referred to other services quite easily.” A spokesperson for SJOG said until negotiations have been finalised they are unable to provide detailed comments about what services will be provided. “As a Catholic health care organisation, SJOG Health Care abides by the teaching and medico-moral
principles of the Catholic Church and our focus is on providing compassionate and holistic care that respects the dignity and needs of each person. “All of our doctors are required to comply with our by-laws which reflect these same principles and apply equally at all of our hospitals.” Last year St John of God Health Care was confirmed as the preferred operator of the Midland Health Campus.
Farewell to Ukrainian founding father By Robert Hiini ONE of the founding fathers of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Perth, Fr Ivan Szewciw, has died and been mourned by Ukrainian Catholics in Maylands. The Parish of St John the Baptist held a special memorial service for Fr Ivan on April 1, remembering the man who was their Parish Priest from February 1963 to October 1967. Fr Szewciw worked hard to lay the foundations for the Ukranian Catholic community’s St John the Baptist Church in Maylands and was fondly remembered by older members of the community, according to Parish Priest Fr Wolodymyr Kalinecki. The 86-year-old Fr Szewciw died on March 21 in Sydney where he had ministered as a parish priest from 1967 to 1995. Fr Szewciw was born on November 1, 1926 in the village of Harbuziw in the Ternopil region in Western Ukraine. He studied at the Ukrainian Minor Seminary in Lviv (19421944) and at the Pontifical Ukrainian Seminary of St Josaphat and the Pontifical University Urbanianum in Rome (1945-1951) where he received a baccalaureate in philosophy and a licentiate in theology.
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Fr Ivan Szewciw was remembered fondly and farewelled by Ukrainian Catholics throughout Australia, including in Sydney and Perth. PHOTOS: COURT L VALEGA
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Castles made of sand and aspirations of youth By Robert Hiini SCARBOROUGH was awash with Catholic iconography on March 31 with more than 100 young people participating in the Annual World Youth Day Sand Sculpture Competition. In preliminary rounds, the 13 teams could sculpt a Christian image of their choice. St Peter’s Basilica, Jesus, the loaves and fishes and rosaries all made an appearance; a religious cavalcade for passing beachgoers. For the final round, teams had to sculpt a prescribed image in 45 minutes. This year, organisers Catholic Youth Ministry Perth chose Da Vinci’s The Last Supper as the image for the final battle. The image was chosen, CYM’s director Anita Parker said, to highlight the Eucharist as the source and summit of the Faith as the Church entered into Holy Week, the event having taken place on Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday is also World Youth Day in the Church in years when there is no large-scale international WYD gathering. Founded in the lead-up to WYD 2008, the event was designed to share the WYD spirit with the wider public. Judges Fr Roman Wroblewski SDS (CYM chaplain) and Tom Gannon (Notre Dame Fremantle
The annual Sand Sculpture competition saw more than 100 participants, 13 teams and only one victor’s cup for which to fight it out
campus minister) were joined by Bishop Sproxton for the final round judging. Youth group Firm in the
Faith, formed after WYD Madrid 2011, took out the top spot in the finals, winning a hamper prize
and the honour of having its name placed on the WYD Sand Sculpture Competitions perpetual shield.
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‘St Maximilian Kolbe’ from the Mandurah’s Ministry of Fire were runners up.
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Perth’s Catholic College, Acts 2 College of Mission & Evangelisation, celebrated the graduation 2011 class on Sunday, March 18 with Mass, a graduation ceremony and reception. Then-Perth Archbishop Barry Hickey, along with priests Fr Steve Tynan MGL and Fr Andre Nahhas, celebrated Mass in Osborne Park that was attended by graduates’ families and friends, staff of Acts 2 College and members of the Disciples of Jesus Community (DOJ). The college prides itself not only on equipping graduates for future careers in ministry but also in providing life changing experiences now, Principal Mrs Jane Borg said. “The college is producing authentic and credible messengers – Catholics who know what they believe and why; who live out their faith in a radical and personal way.” The parents of one of the students, Maryanne Cheng, had the honour of accepting an award of excellence on their daughter’s behalf. Maryanne is already putting her skills to good use as a member of the Youth Mission Team - an outreach of the DOJ providing retreats
for Catholic schools (she is currently serving in Sydney). According to a recent survey of past students, half are currently using their skills in either a full or part-time capacity in parishes, Catholic schools, lay groups and Catholic youth ministry. Two graduates are pursuing vocations to the priesthood. Two of the current students are now looking forward to being the first to graduate with the new Diploma in Youth Ministry. The Certificate IV course includes units in Church History, Catechism, Scripture and Ministry as well as competencies in Youth Work and Music. Graduate Kym Krishnan said the experience had been invaluable. “When I started uni I knew fairly soon that living out my faith was going to be extremely hard. I’m thankful therefore that I spent a year at Bible College. It’s given me the foundation, background and spirit to stay strong in what I believe.” After thanking Archbishop Hickey for his suppport, the college welcomed its incoming students. For more information, visit acts2come.wa.edu.au or call (08) 9202 6859.
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Witness the breakfast of champions
Archbishop Barry Hickey meets the students at WA’s newest Catholic school. PHOTO: IMMACULATE HEART
IT began just the way its name would suggest. With standing room only and with one united voice, guests and students of WA’s newest Catholic school, Immaculate Heart College, gathered in its Chapel to sing the hymn, Immaculate Mary, to its patron. Anticipation pervaded the Saturday, March 10 event before its official commencement at 3pm, as college directors, board members, staff, students and parents gathered to welcome Archbishop Barry Hickey for the school’s official blessing. Smartly attired in their summer school uniform, students waited patiently in line formation to welcome Archbishop Hickey at the entry gate to the school’s paved courtyard. At the conclusion of the service, the Archbishop blessed all those present in the Chapel, and proceeded to bless the Teaching Block, the Administration Block, and the college grounds. At the conclusion of the blessing ceremony, Father Paul Fox (Director and Chair of the College Board) addressed the audience and thanked His Grace for taking special time out of his very busy schedule to come to Immaculate Heart College to bless the school and its community. Principal Dr EvangelinouYiannakis gave her address, thanking His Grace and the community in turn. She also give a synopsis of some of the events that led to the foundation of the college. Dr Evangelinou-Yiannakis ended with a tribute to the students, saying they were delightful young people receiving an holistic education thanks to the efforts of everyone involved in Immaculate Heart College. Archbishop Hickey emphasised the importance of having faith; faith as demonstrated by the founders of the college who had managed to build a school “in the middle of nowhere”. Before cutting a “blessing cake” prepared by Mrs Kenny, the grandmother of two students at the college, Archbishop Hickey invited all the children to join him in conducting the official duty. From his expression, it was evident the Archbishop took great joy in having the students of Imaculate Heart College around him. The feelings of joy were
Six years and still going strong, St Jerome’s Young Adults traverse Coogee beach, praying to Mary on their way to breakfast.
By Robert Hiini IT WOULDN’T be the first time Christians had taken to the waterside to witness to the Gospel. At Coogee beach on Easter Monday mornings, it has become something of a tradition. For the sixth year in a row, young adults from St Jerome’s Somascan youth group trekked across the white sand, praying to Our Lady with rosary beads in hand. It’s a tradition which has been going
almost as long as the group itself which began at the parish in 2005. Setting off at 8.45am, the young adults and their Parish Priest Fr Johnson Malayil finished up at the Coogee Cafe where they relaxed over breakfast. This mix of beachside witness and breakfasting was begun with a three-fold purpose in mind, according to organiser and Somascan postulant Chris De Sousa. “(It was) to encourage youth to continue to celebrate the Risen
Christ past Easter Sunday through prayer and feast,” Mr De Sousa said. “We also commemorate when the risen Jesus Christ revealed himself to his disciples for the third time on the beach by the Sea of Tiberias (Galilee) and said “come and have breakfast”. “Thirdly, we provide a witness to others enjoying the public holiday at the beach as to the significance of the season by praying the Glorious Mysteries.” The rosary is something of a
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stalwart activity for the group, being a regular practice at their weekly Wednesday night prayer meetings. The group usually celebrate members’ birthdays and other significant occasions after the parish’s weekly 6pm youth Mass. All young adults are welcome to join the prayer group or to email any petitions to youth@stjeromesparish.org where the Somascan Young Adults will add them to their Rosary petitions.
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Servites share Servant spirit By Mark Reidy WHEN it comes to fraternising with local schools founded by the same religious order, Servite College, Tuart Hill is all alone. In response to this sense of isolation, the Friar Servants of Mary established the International Servite Schools Network (ISSN) with the hope of building strong links with other Servite schools throughout the world. One of the fruits of the network was the recent visit of eight students and two staff from the Servite school in Paris. “The students were hosted with our families,” Servite College principal Phillip Cox told The Record. “They spent two weeks attending classes and absorbing the Servant spirit evident in our community.” Mr Cox said one of the main aims of the ISSN was to share ideas, policies and processes “that keep the spirit of the Servite Order alive in (our) schools”. As well as taking in Perth, the French contingent visited Bindoon Agricultural College and were given a taste of Australian culture by Year 8 students. The two week visit provided students and staff the opportunity to share ideas, procedures and leadership models each school uses to strengthen the Servite spirit. Students will continue to maintain communication with each other and also their American counterparts via Skype sessions in the lead up to a meeting in the US in October this year that will be attended by 12 Tuart Hill students.
By Sarah Motherwell THE Parents and Friends Council of St Mary’s School, Merredin has picked up a 2012 Award for Excellence from the Parents and Friends Federation of Western Australia for creating a sense of community. The school’s principal, Mark Marando, nominated the P&F of the regional school, located in the central Wheatbelt. Mr Marando mentioned a number of the P&F’s achievements in his nomination letter; the school fair, a celebrity book auction, a football tipping competition and the catering committee, all coor-
dinated under the supervision of outgoing president Sonya Barnett. Incoming president of the P&F, Mick Callghey, said a sense of community in Merredin is important because “we are all in it together”. “It’s great to see all the hard work the parents have put in over time has been recognised,” he said. “We have a catering committee - if anyone needs catering in town they ask the St Mary’s P&F because they say we’re the best.” Six P&Fs and 14 parents were nominated for the award. St Mary’s deputy principal, Judy Middleton, accepted the award on St Mary’s P&F’s behalf at an award ceremony held at the WACA on March 23.
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French students take in the sights and smells at Bindoon Agricultural College during their visit to Servite College, Tuart Hill. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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HOW could the words of a man in the throes of death lead to such refreshment? Around 70 people received spiritual replenishment at Santa Clara Parish, Bentley on March 24 when their new priest, Father Dennis Sudla, gave a presentation on The Seven Last Words of Jesus on the Cross. The Lenten recollection began with psalm singing led by Fr Sudla, accompanied by classical guitar. Between 9am and 3pm, Fr Sudla explained the Saviour’s last sayings : “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do”; “Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise”; “This is your son … this is your mother”; “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”; “I thirst”; “It is accomplished” and “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit”.
The first words were explained in a way that reflected the story of the Prodigal Son where the father approaches, without reproach, the son who sinned. Fr Sudla also explained the relationship between Mother Mary and us as having been intimately established under the cross. Mary our Mother understands the mystery of suffering that all of us go through and we are called to love her as Christ loved her till the end, Fr Sudla said. Tears were shed during a musical video reflection featuring Perfect Love (Mary’s Song). The day ended with silent Adoration before the Eucharist and the Sacrament of Reconciliation offered with the help of five visiting priests. The event was billed as an ‘adult recollection day’. A youth recollection day was held on March 31.
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The Way still strong
Cardinal Pell at the inauguration of the Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary.
Damir Gavorcin Catholic Weekly NEO-CATECHUMENAL communities are one effective way of preserving and transmitting the faith to young people and helping and healing adult members, said the Archbishop of Sydney, George Cardinal Pell in his homily during the inauguration of the Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary, Chester Hill, on Sunday, February 26. “There can be no Catholic communities without priests. (The fact) the ministerial priesthood is revered is one of the signs the NeoCatechumenal Way is heading in the correct direction,” he said. Cardinal Pell said the new building is one of 86 Neo-Catechumenal Missionary seminaries throughout the world and complements the Good Shepherd Seminary already existing in Sydney.
“By any standards it is an impressive building, certainly one of the finest in the suburbs of Villawood or Chester Hill,” Cardinal Pell said. He inaugurated the new seminary in front of about 250 guests, including Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto. Cardinal Pell noted “the Way’s” beginnings in Madrid’s shanty towns during the time of the Second Vatican Council, citing it as an example of the New Evangelisation. Local followers of the Way live out their faith in small communities, exploring and celebrating the Word, the sacraments and community building. They have two different catechumenates geared towards the unbaptised and baptised who have lapsed. Fr Eric Skruzny, rector of the Redemptoris Mater Seminary, said there are 14 nationalities among its 21 seminarians. He described the
Jewish-Catholic dialogue expansion at St Paul’s
The synagogue in Cologne, much like the one St Paul’s will visit in Menora. PHOTO: CNS
By Giles MEMBERS of St Paul’s Parish, Mt Lawley will soon have the chance to expand their understanding and knowledge of the Jewish faith on a tour of the Menora synagogue. They will be led by Parish Priest Fr Timothy Deeter who has long worked for the expansion of Catholic-Jewish dialogue, and will include a discussion with Rabbi David Freilich. The tour represents the culmination of a five week course on Judaism run by the parish during Lent, where participants learnt about Jewish rituals and daily life, the history of Israel and Vatican-Jewish relations. Fr Deeter was inspired to launch the course in order to help promote
greater understanding of Judaism amongst his flock, noting the significant Jewish population in the area. Catholics and Jews also meet annually at a service organised by the Council of Christians and Jews to commemorate Kristallnacht. Although there is little other formal contact between Jewish and Catholic congregations in his area, Fr Deeter said any interaction was always well received by both groups and he would be interested in pursuing dialogues with other faiths. The tour is open to all and will begin at 7pm on April 26 at the synagogue on Freedman Road. Men are requested to wear hats or caps, and women are asked to wear something other than pants and/or sleeveless tops.
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Way as being “an itinerary of formation which gives faith to those who feel the need to meet Christ and allow him to change their life”. “Such people may come from within the Church or indeed from very far away – the ‘lost sheep’ of the gospel,” Fr Skruzny said of those who attend. “Through this process of Christian initiation in parishes they discover little by little the immense love of God shown to them in Christ. “This in turn produces a generous response in them, such that many offer themselves for the priesthood or religious life and are prepared to go anywhere in the world to do the will of God.” He added: “Today, God can be glorified that he has given to the Archdiocese of Sydney another seminary to provide for the needs of the New Evangelisation throughout Oceania for generations to come.”
Sheen’s name still linked to the best
The imposing figure of Archbishop Fulton J Sheen, at the forefront of technology in his lifetime. PHOTO: CNS
By Robert Hiini ARCHBISHOP Fulton J Sheen is still bringing the best of what’s new to the forefront – or at least his Perth-based enthusiasts are. This year’s An Hour for Sheen concert will feature upcoming clarinettist Benjamin Pallagi and will raise money for Kikumini Catholic Mission in Kenya and local prostitution-exit outreach, Linda’s House of Hope. Benjamin is a student of Allen Meyer, the WA Symphony Orchestra’s head clarinettist and also learns piano under renowned pianist Mark Coughlan. It is not the first time the Fulton Sheen Society have promoted new talent, organiser Daniel Tobin said. “It’s been a policy of the Society to encourage young and up and coming artists wherever possible
by giving them the opportunity to perform in front of a reasonably large audience,” Mr Tobin said. At the same time, older and more experienced hands will continue to grace the stage. Pianist John Meyer, who has accompanied most of the concert’s performers over the past three years, will perform solo Chopin works while last year’s centrepiece performer, Daniel Mullaney, will present his programme as a tenor, having developed from a rich baritone. Voyces, formerly St Joseph’s Chamber Choir, will perform two jazz pieces showcasing their versatility, as directed by Dr Robert Braham. “This group of singers has caught the imagination of all the audience over the past two years,” Mr Tobin
Promoted by the Fulton Sheen Society, the 12th concert to occur at Trinity College is not to be missed. said, “because of the quality of their work and also because of the varied programme they present.” The 2012 concert will be the twelfth the Society has held at Trinity College. The Society’s patron and Servant of God, Archbishop Fulton J Sheen (1895-1975), was at the forefront of technology during his lifetime, using radio and TV to preach Christ to millions from 1930 to 1968. For tickets and enquiries, phone Daniel on 9291 8224 or email sheensociety@globaldial.com.
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moments past, passing and to come
True believer championed Catholic presence in politics Obituary
By Peter Kennedy THE former Labor Deputy Prime Minister, Lionel Bowen, who died in Sydney earlier this month, was a great supporter of Catholics getting more involved in politics instead of complaining from the sidelines on issues such as state aid, abortion and family law. Mr Bowen, who was 89, was a high profile Catholic in the Whitlam cabinet in the early 1970s, and deputy to Prime Minister Bob Hawke from 1983 until his retirement from politics in 1990. He was widely respected on both sides of politics for his decency and commitment to basic issues during his public life, which included terms in both local government and the NSW Parliament, before being elected to federal politics. Mr Bowen told the Sydney Catholic Weekly after his retirement that he had detected a change in the attitude of Catholics towards politics and public life.
Priest wins environment prize FATHER Edwin Gariguez thought it was a joke when he received the call from the office of the Goldman Environmental Prize that he was one of six international winners of a US $150,000 award. “My first question was, ‘Is this really real?’” he said with a laugh. “With all the scams going around on the Internet, I thought it was not true. “When I discovered it was true my first question was, ‘What have I done to deserve this award? I’m just doing what I’m supposed to do.’” What he did was spend a dozen years working to prevent a 24,000acre nickel mining operation from starting up in the Philippine island of Mindoro, about 160km south of Manila. Starting in the late 90s, Fr Gariguez led protests by Mindoro’s indigenous people, environmentalists, Church organisations – Catholic and Protestant – local officials and numerous other activist groups. Their argument: Mining waste would pollute the abundant sea and endanger a watershed, both of which are crucial to this island, one of the country’s top producers of fruits and vegetables. They saw the project of Norwaybased Intex Mining and its local partners as a serious threat to the environment, their livelihoods and their way of life. In particular, Fr Gariguez said, it would affect the indigenous people or Mangyans as the eight indigenous tribes in Mindoro are known. As a seminarian, the diocesan priest sought to work with people in poverty, and his immersion assignment was to live among the Mangyans. “(I had) all this idealism about really working for the poor and if you really try to see, who are the poorest of the poor? “They are the indigenous people,” said Fr Gariguez, known locally as Fr Edu. - CNS
Lionel Bowen AC Born: December 28, 1922 Entered eternal life: April 1, 2012
Former Labor Deputy Prime Minister Lionel Bowen.
“Sometimes I think Christians today, particularly Catholics, just don’t want to get their hands dirty for the sake of their faith anymore,” he said. “They reckon politics is a
dirty game. And good Christians don’t play dirty games. Then they whinge when they lose. “The other side - the intellectuals, the extremists, the irreligious - they were delighted when we got out of the game. When all the Catholics in the ALP picked up their marbles and went and sat on the sidelines and said they weren’t going to play politics anymore because they reckoned good, God-fearing Christians shouldn’t mix with the godless ... the intellectuals were absolutely delighted.” He said there were only a few Catholics with any influence left in the Labor Party but most seemed to be involved in single issues. On state aid, Mr Bowen said the teachers’ unions enjoyed a high
profile because their members, as a deliberate policy of self-interest, had become involved in many ALP branches to press the union policy. “How many Catholics are in ALP branches?” he asked. “Or how many Anglicans ... or any Christian who wants Christian education, who wants state aid for Church schools? I don’t know any. Again, we’re on the sidelines screaming instead of kicking the ball around on the field.” Mr Bowen estimated about 50 per cent of the population were Catholic or Anglican but this group had isolated itself and was not being heard. He said Catholics upset by Government decisions should take action. “Join a political party,” he urged. “Stand up for what you believe in. Get out and work for what you believe in, in every aspect of life.” Mr Bowen, the father of eight children, was surrounded by family members who were reciting the rosary when he died.
Dennis and Philomena mark 60th anniversary
Yankee rocket scientist who ministered down under Obituary
Fr William (Larry) Reitmeyer Born April 15, 1928 Entered eternal life: February 5, 2012 By Glynnis Grainger A POPULAR and well-known American-born Perth priest who came to the priesthood late in life after having helped design the Saturn rocket, passed to eternal life in New Mexico, USA, on Sunday, February 5 aged 83. A Memorial Mass for the repose of the soul of Fr Larry Reitmeyer, with Archbishop Barry Hickey as main celebrant, was concelebrated at the 9.30am Mass on Sunday, February 12 at Pater Noster Church, Myaree, the church Fr Larry literally built. Archbishop Hickey said Fr Larry came to Geraldton when he was bishop of that diocese in the 1980s. He offered his services as a Catechist with a pilot’s licence, saying he wanted to go to remote areas and teach children.
Popular priest Fr Larry Reitmeyer.
Dennis and Philomena Baxter were married in the sight of of Fr Delahunty at St Mary’s church in Bruce Rock on April 23, 1952. They started their married life in the Quairading and Shackleton area, raising their seven children for 18 years before moving to Bassendean where they have been active members of St Joseph’s Parish for the past 42 years. The couple still participate in weekly tennis and dancing and delight in keeping up with their family. Their daughter Lucy Stokes said that after 60 years of marriage her parents are still in love, and were planning to celebrate their special occasion with their seven children, 20 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren and friends. PHOTO: COUTESY LUCY STOKES
At that time Larry Reitmeyer was a Permanent Deacon, having already raised a family to adulthood. Among the-then deacon’s achievements were that he had degrees in maths, astronomy, theology and aerospace engineering with a double doctorate. He had worked for US aerospace giant Martin Marietta to help design the Saturn rocket, helped build the observatory at Magdalena Peak in New Mexico and been Professor of Astronomy at New Mexico State University for many years. Archbishop Hickey said he would be more interested if he ever wanted to consider the priesthood. After studying for the priesthood at a seminary for late vocation in Seattle, Fr Reitmeyer became a priest of the Geraldton Diocese. He was appointed to Port Hedland, then Mingenew, where he took a keen interest in Aboriginal people. He was appointed to Corpus Christi, Myaree in March 2002 and asked by Archbishop Hickey to make the parish viable or close it. The challenge appealed to Fr Larry and, to get parishioners energised, he suggested a church be built. His efforts and those of the parishioners were brought to fruition on December 23, 2007 when Archbishop Hickey consecrated the new church and, in doing so, changed the name of the parish to Pater Noster. Nearing 80, Fr Larry returned to family in his homeland State of New Mexico in 2008. Fondly remembered, many parishioners kept in touch with him.
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Fr Gaetano still powering on Outstanding Service Fr Gaetano Nanni OMI Ordained: May 3, 1943 in Italy
FR GAETANO Nanni OMI is a living legend among a large section of the Catholic Church in Western Australia; some people think he knows every Italian in Perth, especially those in Fremantle. Next year he will celebrate his 70th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood, while later this year he hopes to reach his 93rd birthday on September 3. Although he typically refuses jubilee celebrations and doesn’t like a fuss being made over him, he finally gave up driving a car six months ago. However, the energetic priest still celebrates the Sunday 9.45am Mass in Italian at St Patrick’s Basilica. Ordained to the priesthood on May 3, 1943 during the dark days of the Second World War, the young Fr Nanni worked in parishes in central Italy before being sent out to Australia in 1951 where he spent decades working with thousands of Italian pre- and post-war migrants and their families. “He’s done a tremendous service to the Italian community,” fellow Oblate Fr Tony Maher OMI told The Record during a telephone interview. Assigned to Fremantle, he served as parish priest in the port city throughout the 1960s. As the first ever non-Irish/British parish priest of Fremantle, he caused a stir but became popular with his flock and was eventually reappointed for a third term as parish priest and Superior.
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Fr Gaetano Nanni OMI, left, with fellow Oblates of Mary Immaculate and Fr Filippo Magni OFM Cap, above, are each presented with a certificate of honour recognising their outstanding service to the Church and WA’s Italian community over decades by their biggest fan, Archbishop Barry Hickey. Between them, the two priests have almost 140 years of priesthood under their belts, most of it in WA. PHOTOS: COURTESY ARCHBISHOP BARRY HICKEY
He was stationed at another parish with a strong migrant focus in the decades after the War, St Brigid’s in West Perth, with the young Fr Barry Hickey and was also sta-
named a square in West Perth, Piazza Nanni, after him. In 2001, he received an award from the Italian consulate in WA to honour 50 years’ work among the Italian
He is close to the people and always there for them. No-one says a bad word about Fr Nanni. tioned at Kalamunda, where many Italian families took up orchard farming, for a number of years. In 1999, Perth City Council
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throughout Perth, particularly Freo,” Fr Maher said. “The people love him. He still concelebrates at funerals, too. Even now he visits the sick and the dying.” Fr Maher described Fr Gaetano as a great visitor. “He loves to visit the people, and he visits the sick. He is close to the people and always there for them.” “He’s got a heart of gold and the people know that; he looks after them. No-one says a bad word about Fr Nanni.”
A PRIEST widely known in Perth for his ministry to Italian migrants will celebrate 70 years of priesthood in July this year. Now aged 94, Fr Filippo Magni OFM Cap was ordained on July 11, 1942 in Monza, his hometown near Milan in Northern Italy. A resident of Villa Terenzia in Marangaroo, he likes to recount that the Monza Cathedral houses the Iron Crown, so called from a narrow band of iron about one centimetre within it, said to be beaten out of one of the nails used at the crucifixion. He arrived in Bunbury shortly after the end of the Second World War with a Capuchin confrere, Fr Atanasio Gonelli OFM Cap. Fr Magni was presented with a special Certificate of Honour at the Villa by one of his fans, Archbishop Barry Hickey, in recognition of his outstanding service to the Church. He worked tirelessly among the Italian community in WA’s southwest in the Harvey area and was well known for his passionate sermons and apostolic zeal. He transferred to the diocese of Bunbury and was incardinated when the Capuchins left the diocese. He has been living at Villa Terenzio, a retirement and nursing facility established by Perth’s Italian community, for the last 11 years and still assists at daily Mass.
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St Mary's secret seraph She was five-yearsold when she died and a 1917 statue was dedicated to her memory. Robert Hiini wonders what happened to Loreto Bernice Wood?
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F THERE is a sadder symbol than a memorial for a dead child then I have yet to see it. It signifies a reality that, perhaps more than any other, cries out for explanation. Perhaps it is an explanation no one this side of heaven can give. Recently, I came face to face with one such reminder, in plaster form. I was covering a story about the restoration of statues from St Mary’s Cathedral. There in the Archdiocese's conservation workshop, somewhat humbler in size than the Sacred Heart and St Vincent de Paul, stood the kneeling statue of an angel. “In memory of Loreto Bernice Wood,” read the brass plaque at the statue’s base. “Died 2nd April 1917. Aged 5 years. RIP” A large bowl for Holy Water sat in the statue’s lap. It was found in the pro-Cathedral but may originally have come from St Mary's. Either way, many thousands of Catholics must have blessed themselves by it, oblivious to the statue’s origins and to the object of its vouchsafe. Back at the office, we all wondered aloud: What happened to that little girl? Perhaps she had been a victim of Spanish Influenza, the epidemic which tore through the Continent and the Empire at the time of First World War. Perhaps she was a victim of the higher child mortality of an earlier time. We wondered whether curiosity about a little girl’s death was macabre? Leaning towards the sordid, even? Of one thing we were certain: Loreto Bernice Wood was in heav-
en, in the company of God and hopefully, of her long departed parents. And so we reconciled ourselves with that eminently human desire to know. On showing him photos of the statue, The Record’s production designer and all-round history tragic Mat De Sousa’s eyes lit up, excited at the prospect of sleuthing out what had happened to little Loreto. Putting years of history training to good use, he searched every online registry he could find, but netted only scant information. A Cemetery Board record was our first hit. It listed her name incorrectly as Loretta Bernice Wood and wrongly stated that she was 4-years-old at the time of her death. The record revealed that the grant of her gravesite – in the Roman Catholic section at Karrakatta Cemetery - had expired in 1961. Scant information, but a start. We changed tack and turned out attention to the records of the Church. Perhaps our journalistic predecessors at The Record had reported her death or the donation of the statue. Perhaps her parents were prominent or well known in St Mary’s congregation. We contacted Archdiocesan Archives who kindly conducted their own search, trawling through their names database for people who had been mentioned in the paper in 1917 and surrounding years. Nothing. We knew from the cemetery record that she had been born in Maylands so we contacted the parish.
Their records went back only as far as 1925 so we tracked down the parish’s former historian who hadn’t heard of Loreto or the Wood family. Archives might be sitting on Maylands pre-1925 baptism records, she said; why didn’t we try there? Yet another search, kindly executed once again, but sadly to no avail. Finally, we visited Births, Deaths and Marriages off St Georges Terrace. It was more than worth it. Loreto Bernice Wood, her birth certificate revealed, was born on the first day of June 1912 at the family
Perhaps she was the victim of Spanish Influenza or general higher child mortality. Perhaps our curiousity was macbre, leaning towards sordid even. home on 8th Avenue in Maylands. Her parents William and Elizabeth were married on September 19, 1900 at Fremantle. Her father, William Henry Wood, was born in Toodyay and was a 38-year-old engineer at the time of Loreto’s birth. Her mother was born Elizabeth Gertrude McKinley in Brisbane and was 32-years-old. This new information was fuel to the fire. Surely, we would find some public reference to her father, at least: an engineer in a burgeoning and relatively young State. We searched for William Henry Wood in old, digitised newspa-
pers (1840-1954) on the National Library of Australia’s Trove website, looking for any mention of Mr Wood before or after his daughter’s death. There were more than a few William Henry Wood(s) to be found. William Henry Wood, the owner of a Victoria Park petrol station; sued for charging above-regulation rent during the Second World War. That William Wood appealed his case all the way to the full bench of the Supreme Court and lost, according to a report in The West Australian on November 29, 1947. There was also the 27-year-old William Henry Wood who had collapsed and died at the finish line of a bicycle race in Bunbury on 12 March 1933. The similarly named William Henry Woods was fined on November 1927 for riding his bike without a light and giving a false name to attending police, as reported in Perth’s defunct Daily News. By far and away our most dramatic find was William Henry Woods, aged 23, who died after being found with a bullet wound to the head at his Boulder lodgings in May 1935. Reporting in the Western Argus and The West Australian at the time gave blow-by-blow coverage of the inquest into his death. A “Dr Hogan of Boulder” testified that Woods had been involved in an industrial accident on April 29 at the Croesus Proprietary Mine where he worked. He was found suffering from concussion with injuries to his head and neck. On May 5 he was witnessed drinking heavily and behaving “in a peculiar manner”, quite out of
character. The following day, Woods was “quite rational and showed no signs of mental instability”, according to one witness, although he had reported “some weird nightmares but no mention of any delusion that he would be unable to work again”. At 9.50pm on May 16, when Dr Hogan attended the scene, he found Woods sprawled out on his kitchen table with a bullet wound to his left temple. A pool of blood had gathered on the floor and the patient smelt strongly of alcohol. The inquest heard how the deceased’s spinal fluid was drained to ascertain the cause of death “laceration of the brain by a bullet”. The gun belonged to Woods’ fellow lodger Harry Thomas who had gone to the pictures with Woods that morning. Woods seemed his normal self, Thomas said, when he left him at their lodgings at 2pm (he later posited the idea that the film, which contained scenes of gunfire, may have given Woods the idea to shoot himself). Later on that evening, his landlady Mrs Crompton said Woods was raving and threatening to shoot himself. She was searching for the gun in his room when she heard a loud scream from the direction of the kitchen. “She was just opening the kitchen door,” the West Australian reported, “when there was an explosion and she saw the deceased falling to the floor with a revolver dropping from his hand”. The .22 calibre revolver was found by a kitchen table leg, fully loaded bar a single discharged cartridge. Woods lived for another seven
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hours after the fatal, self-inflicted wound, dying the following day at Kalgoorlie District Hospital. As fascinating as the details of each gentleman Wood(s) were, we were no closer to finding our real target, William - father of Loreto. Here’s what we did know about William: Aged 38 at the time of Loreto’s birth in 1912, William was probably born to one of the first families to settle in Toodyay. Following the dots, we found a death record for his mother, Mary Wood, born at Toodyay in 1854 (died aged 46 in 1896). Back then modern day Toodyay was known as Newcastle. The original town of Toodyay was established three kilometres upstream from the present site and was prone to regular flooding. So much so that in 1860, the town of Newcastle was surveyed where modern day Toodyay lies today. The original township was eventually abandoned.
Newcastle changed its name in 1910 when the Newcastle Road Board agreed to Federal Governments urging of a name change, prompted by postal confusion with that other well known town of the same name in New South Wales. The adoption of ‘Toodyay’
William had died aged 88 in 1961, preceded by Elizabeth, aged 82, in 1959. William and Elizabeth were both buried in the same lot at Karrakatta in the Roman Catholic section and, unlike their daughter’s, the grant on their grave site had been renewed. The most exciting thing was that
Wood family. With the plot number and a cemetery map in hand, Mat set off for Karrakatta the following morning. The remains of two couples, as well as some of their siblings and children, awaited him. William and Elizabeth Wood shared the site with Maurice and Gertrude Flynn nee Wood, born
She was opening the kitchen door when there was an explosion and she saw the deceased man fall to the floor, the revolver dropping from his hand. seemed the easy and obvious choice. And that was all we could find out about Loreto’s father, leading not even marginally closer to knowledge about Loreto herself. However, more concrete revelations were on their way. Mat struck gold with additional searching of cemetery records finding the burial details for both of Loreto’s parents.
it listed the name of the man who had renewed it. Our hopes were lifted. This man cared enough about posterity to pay for the continued rest of those, presumably his ancestors, to go on undisturbed. “Here is the man,” we thought. “Here is the one who can tell us what happened.” It did not take long to locate Maurice Flynn and to uncover his connection to the
February 17, 1920 – possibly Loreto’s younger sister. Gertrude had passed away in 2006 and Maurice in 2010. We looked for their four sons, as listed on the gravestone, in the Whitepages, but without any success. “One last check and we’ll give it up.” Once more we trundled off to Births, Deaths and Marriages to apply for Loreto’s death certificate.
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Five business days later and the final fruits of our search were before us. They were bitter indeed. After a four-day onset, Loreto Bernice Wood had died of laryngeal diphtheria with toxemia. Neither of us being medical men, we made a cursory search on the Internet. Bacteria produced toxins that caused the growth of a destructive membrane in her throat. Her neck would have swollen up. It is likely she would have suffocated to death. Fr Richard O’Neill of Coteslloe Parish presided over her funeral and M O’Dea Jnr was listed as the undertaker. Loreto died in the same Maylands house she was born in. We don’t know anything else. Perhaps we weren’t meant to. But at least there's this: if the statue that was dedicated to her memory is any guide, we know she was loved and mourned. That’s enough. Loreto Bernice Wood. Pray for us.
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‘Heresy’ is a loaded word, but the history of the Church is replete with numerous major controversies about what it is Christians precisely believe. But heresies have also helped define what Christianity actually is, as Mark Reidy writes.
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eresies have been instrumental in moulding the Church that we know today. By confronting and countering the many challenges to the fledgling faith, the early Fathers were able to establish the true identity of the Church founded by Jesus. He had warned his Apostles that there would be counterfeit teachings that would confront them and future leaders of his Church, “For there shall rise false Christs and false prophets ... who will deceive, if possible, even the elect” (Matt 24: 24). The letters of St Paul often included admonishment for various communities that had strayed from the teachings that had been passed on. He certainly let the “foolish Galatians” know that they had been led away from the truth, and to the Roman community he wrote, “I appeal to you brethren, to take note of those who create dissensions and difficulties, in opposition to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them” (Rms 16:17). This responsibility to protect the true teachings of the faith was then passed throughout Christendom to the proceeding bishops and they too were called to stamp out the heretical spot-fires that punctuated the first five centuries. Early Church historian Harry Boer states in A Short History of the Early Church: “By 250 there was a firm organisation of the Church in each main area of the empire, with a bishop at the head of city and district churches. A canon of the New Testament listed the authoritative Scripture. A universally recognised creed taught how the Scripture was to be understood. And all this stood
fast in apostolic authority: the bishops ruled in apostolic succession; the canon was apostolic writing; and the creed presented apostolic teaching.” Boer’s description provides us with a glimpse of the basic structure of the developing Church and reflects the scenario in which the early bishops had to deal with heretical teachings; however, it does not address the difficulties of co-ordination, consultation and communication that Church leaders had to contend with. This meant that any process for dealing with heretical teachings was arduous and never immediate. However, as indicated by the following examples of four of the better known heresies of the first centuries, the Holy Spirit was able to guide the Church through this period of great controversy: Gnosticism: Gnostic theories existed before Christianity and refer to a wide variety of sects which, in a broad sense, claimed a “secret knowledge” that would grant salvation of the soul for those who possessed it. One gnostic sect, known as Docetists, attempted to marry their philosophy with Christian beliefs. They claimed that, because all matter is evil, Jesus could not have been a man but simply appeared as one. Consequently, they espoused, there could have been no resurrection as Jesus could not die and could not return in a physical body. Some gnostics even believed that they could act as immorally as they wished as the physical body was irrelevant to salvation. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, who died in 110, was one of those who defended the humanity of Christ.
“He was truly born and ate and drank, was truly persecuted under Pontius Pilate ... was truly raised from the dead ... I know that He was in the flesh even after the resurrection, and when He came to Peter and his company, He said to them, ‘Lay hold and handle me, and see that I am not an incorporeal spirit’”. Irenaeus, one of the first great Christian theologians and Bishop of Lugdunum, published a book in 180, Against Heresies, which provided a detailed attack on Gnosticism. In it, he emphasised the traditional elements in the Church such as Scripture and tradition and stated
I know that He was in the flesh and came to Peter and his company and said, ‘Lay hold and handle me and see that I am not an incorporeal spirit.’ that the only way for Christians to retain unity was to accept one doctrinal authority – episcopal councils in union with the Bishop of Rome. Around the year 200, Hippolytus wrote the Apostolic Tradition, including questions asked to new converts that were to help define the Apostle’s Creed that we use today. Montanism: Around 170AD, Montanus, a Christian convert from Phrygia, attracted a strong following. At first, his practices did not fall outside the Church’s teachings, with calls to fasting, celibacy and separation from the
world. However, problems began to develop in the movement with claims that Montanus and two other “prophetesses” were receiving Divine Revelation through ecstatic encounters. They did not speak as prophets from the Old Testament, ie, “Thus says the Lord ...”, but claimed to be possessed by God, using statements such as; “I am the Lord God omnipotent, who have descended into man”, and “neither an angel nor an ambassador, but I, the Lord, the Father, am come”. Some bishops, such as Serapion of Antioch, became concerned that the Montanists considered their ‘revelations’ as equal to or even greater than the authority of Scripture and would create confusion among Christians. Montanus was excommunicated from the Church, but the movement continued for several more centuries, dying out around 500AD. The Church reiterated that any prophesy that was revealed after the Apostolic Age could only explain, but could never add to the Word of God. Arianism: Arius, a Christian presbyter in Alexandria, Egypt in the latter half of the third century, triggered one of the biggest threats to the unity of the early Church. Arius taught that Jesus Christ was divine and was sent to earth for the salvation of mankind, but because he was a created being, he was not equal to the Father or the Holy Spirit. Arius and his followers appealed to Bible verses such as Jesus saying that the Father is “greater than I” (John 14:28). Under Arianism, Christ was of “like” essence with God, but not the same. His opponents argued that this would make Jesus less than God and was therefore conflicted
with the Trinitarian belief. It is estimated that almost half of all Christians at the time followed the teachings of Arius at its peak in the 4th century. Anthanasius, who later became the Patriarch of Alexandria, argued that the Word became man, the Word did not come into man, and therefore Christ is fully God and fully man. The debate gathered so much momentum that a Council was convened in Nicea in 325. Arius lost the debate and the doctrine of homoousios – that Christ was of the one substance with the Father - was affirmed and proclaimed in the Nicene Creed which is still prayed at Mass today. Nestorianism: This is basically the doctrine that Jesus existed as two persons - the man and the divine Logos, which dwelt in the man - rather than as a unified person. The teaching was attributed to Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, at the beginning of the 5th century. Nestorianism stated that the divine God could not have suffered and died on a cross and subsequently Jesus must have been inhabited by dual identities. Those opposing Nestorianism argued that it denied redemption and salvation, because if it was only the Man Jesus who suffered on the Cross and died for the sins of men, then how could he redeem the human race? This understanding led to other controversies relating to Nestorianism included the denial of Mary as “Mother of God”. Nestorius believed that Mary was the mother of Christ only in relation to his humanity. St Cyril of Alexandria, one of the fiercest opponents of Nestorianism, wrote to Pope
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Today, the Catholic Catechism defines heresy as, “The obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or likewise it is an obstinate doubt concerning the same” (CCC2089). Heresy, which derives from the Greek word, “Hairesis” (a self-chosen opinion) differs from ‘apostasy’ which is the total repudiation of the Christian faith, and from ‘schism’ which is the refusal of submission to the Pope or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him. To be considered heretical, a person must have been baptised into the faith and his or her persistent doubt or denial must concern a matter that has been revealed by God and solemnly defined by the Church - such as the Trinity, the Real Presence in the Eucharist or the Incarnation.
Celestine of Rome outlining the teaching’s threats to orthodoxy. As a result, the Pope called a Council in Rome in 430, which condemned Nestorius and called for him to be deposed. St Cyril then proclaimed 12 anathemas against Nestorianism, declaring it to be heretical. Nestorius and St Cyril both
attended the 431 Council of Ephesus which was called to address the issue. There was division amongst the attending bishops but finally the Council decided in favour of St Cyril and against the teachings of Nestorianism. There were many other heresies in these times that were addressed,
analysed and ultimately rejected, each in their own way contributing to the fine-tuning and resolve of the embryonic Church. By providing the early Fathers with the opportunity to protect the truth with which She had been entrusted - they were able to define who She was by discovering who She was not.
REMEMBER attending weekend youth retreats and getting so ‘high on God’ that I positively crashed on Monday morning. In theory, I was meant to come back and share the Good News; in practice, I snapped at my parents, fought with my siblings, grumbled through my chores, and had no heart for algebra. Naturally, my parents and teachers were annoyed: they had expected the retreats to have a positive effect. I felt misunderstood; in fact, I didn’t understand myself. I’d tasted heaven, and didn’t want to return to earth and the bothersome tasks of daily life. I was afflicted with the PostTransfiguration Blues. When Peter, James and John witnessed the Transfiguration, they saw our Lord resplendent. Overwhelmed, Peter enthused, “Rabbi, how good it is for us to be here!” He wanted to set up three tents so Jesus, Moses and Elijah (and presumably the three apostles as well) could stay and enjoy each other’s company. Almost as if interrupting Peter’s train of thought, the voice of God boomed, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him” (Luke 9:35). The apostles fell on their faces in fear. The Gospel of St Matthew continues: “Jesus came toward them, and, laying his hand on them, said, ‘Get up! Do not be afraid.’ When they looked up they did not see anyone but Jesus” (17:7-8). I sometimes wonder how Peter, James and John felt after this event. Was there a letdown? Were they tempted to shirk the daily grind; did they long to go back up the mountain? Judging by Peter’s betrayal of Jesus, as well as the apostles’ (save John) fear and timidity both before and after the Crucifixion, we might conclude that they experienced some kind of postTransfiguration setback. If only naming the malady would eliminate it. The PostTransfiguration Blues invade our household after every holiday, family reunion, Catholic conference or retreat. After the fun and fellowship has ended, real life sets in, with its dirty laundry, squabbling kids, bothersome co-workers and hectic schedules. It takes a true saint to bounce out of bed Monday morning, full of determination to tackle the day. I’d rather pull the covers over my head and wish myself back to Friday evening. Only God’s grace helps us to heed Jesus’ words: “Get up! Do not be afraid.” It is significant that all three Gospel accounts of the Transfiguration (Matthew, Mark and Luke) follow immediately after Jesus’ proclamation of the Doctrine of the
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Cross. You must suffer and persevere, he tells his apostles; but there is a reason and a reward. It is Heaven, and here is a taste of it. Holidays and retreats can be a taste of Heaven. We escape our daily duty and experience any or all of the following: God’s love, spiritual revelation, the camaraderie of the Communion of Saints, authentic worship, joy, peace, laughter. But these experiences are not just an opportunity to bask in the glory of God; they are also meant to be a transfiguration. We don’t go on retreat merely to have a good time, but in order to be transformed. We ought to come back home a little closer to Jesus, and eager to share Him with others. If we tend not to, perhaps we need to respond more fully to the grace that God offered to us during our time away.
As a ‘misunderstood’ teen, I saw my faith chiefly as a source of comfort or fun. Jesus was my buddy. I just wanted to stay in my tent with him. When the smoke cleared after Jesus’ Transfiguration, the Gospel tells us the apostles looked up, and “they did not see anyone but Jesus.” This statement can be interpreted in more than one way. As a ‘misunderstood’ teenager, I saw my faith chiefly as a source of comfort or fun. Jesus was my buddy and, after the retreat, I just wanted to stay in my tent with him, wallowing in my Post-Transfiguration Blues. Or we can allow God to transform us so that loving and serving him is our reason for being. Not for the way it makes us feel, but for the sake of the love he poured out on Calvary, and continues to pour out in the Eucharist, and through every retreat, reunion, or other ‘mountain-top moment’ in our lives. Then, when we look at the people we are meant to serve, we will see only Jesus –not a moody spouse, a sullen teenager, a demanding boss, a whining toddler, an obnoxious neighbor. Only Jesus. Get up. Do not be afraid. Lord, how good it is for us to be here.
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The Community of the Sons and Daughters of God
Brothers with Perpetual Vows after their Chapter Meeting.
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ince November 2009 a new religious community based in Florence, Italy opened a little monastery in the Sandhurst Diocese, in Dookie, at the kind invitation of Bishop Joe Grech. It is called the Community of the Sons and Daughters of God. We are a small group of three monks but there are also lay members who are living in various parts of Australia and New Zealand. But what is this new community all about? It was founded in 1947 by an Italian priest, Fr Divo Barsotti (1914-2006); established first in Italy and recognised as a Public Association of the Faithful by the Catholic Church in 1984. It has now spread to Australia, Benin, Columbia, Croatia, England and Wales, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. This community consists mainly of laypeople who, through Fr Barsotti, have discovered a contemplative vocation and been inspired to live the monastic spirit in the world. The community also comprises people living as religious (in the traditional sense) in small monasteries under a specific monastic rule and with a religious habit. Is it possible to live like a monk in the world? A monk is one who seeks God alone in a radical way. The monastic life has always been associated with cloistered life, silence, solitude and austerity.
But are these things essential to be a monk? For us, the model for monastic life is Jesus. Jesus alone lived, even in his human nature, with that same complete devotion to God the Father that he, being the Eternal Son of God, lives with for all eternity. However, this relationship with the Father did not draw Jesus away from a relationship with human beings whom he himself called “brothers” and whose lives he chose to share. If, therefore, we wish to live the monastic spirit, we must be united to Christ. In the community, this union with Christ can be lived in the state of life in which God has placed us: as laypeople, either married or single, who live in our own homes and who come from all walks of life. The distinguishing characteristic of a monk’s life is continual prayer. This implies a constant search for God, renouncing one’s self in order to welcome God into one’s heart. Our heart is the ‘interior cell’ in which we meet the Lord and abide with him in an intimate relationship. Thus we speak of ‘interiorised monasticism’, inspired by Eastern Christianity, especially the Russian Orthodox tradition. The vision of the community The community originated from a desire to live out and help others live out the grace of Baptism in all its radicalness which entails a commitment to strive towards holiness.
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For further information, contact: Community of the Sons and Daughters of God or Comunità dei figli di Dio (CFD) PO Box 7000 Reservoir East LPO VIC 3073 AUSTRALIA Email: cfdaustralia@gmail.com Australian website: www.web.me.com/cfdaustralia Italian website: www.figlididio.it Fr Divo Barsotti, founder of the community (1914-2006). PHOTO: ONLINE SOURCE
How do we live out this commitment? The Lord, who bestowed baptismal grace upon us, gave us also the means to cultivate, develop and increase this grace through the Sacraments, especially the Eucharist, The Liturgy of the Hours Listening to the Word of God (Holy Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium of the Catholic Church), Prayer of the heart, living in the Divine Presence and, of course, Fraternal communion. All these means will enable us to be docile to the Holy Spirit and
obedient to the Heavenly Father’s Will. Our Apostolate The aim of the community is to help everyone to uphold the absolute primacy of God through a life of faith, humility, silence and prayer. The community does not have an active apostolate. What is our Service to the Church and to Mankind? To bear witness to the primacy of God, who cannot be lowered to a mere means to serve our human interests; to give others a sense of the reality of the Kingdom of God, which is already present through the Christian Mystery; and finally to anticipate the life of Heaven here on earth, a life to which everyone
is called, and thus direct all our actions towards this one and only end. The structure of the community In order to help us live as monks, our community is structured into four branches which are all united under one but a threefold consecration: to Christ, Mary and the Church. The members of the first, second and third branches live out this consecration in the world. The consecrated laypersons of this community, married or single, also have the option to take religious vows, whilst remaining in the world. The members of the fourth branch are men and women religious who live out the consecration with the religious vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, in small monastic houses, with a lifestyle similar to that of the traditional monastic orders. How do I join the community? Entry into the community takes place by means of a formal rite of consecration after a spiritual formation of at least one year. How is the life of the community lived? The consecrated members meet locally in small groups once a week to foster community life through prayer, spiritual formation and fraternal sharing. All the small groups meet regionally once a month in a larger gathering. In addition, the community holds an annual silent retreat.
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F The Record – or any other newspaper – were to publish an editorial asserting that the problem of methamphetamine production in suburban drug laboratories was obviously impossible to stamp out and that the best course of action to handle this pernicious problem would be to legalise drug production in contained areas for later sale in the nightclubs of Northbridge, people would think this were odd. If an editorial asserted that child pornography is impossible to stamp out and therefore the best policy would be legalisation and containment, people would probably find this suggestion offensive and bizarre. If an editorial asserted that the problem of domestic battery was, regrettably, extremely difficult or impossible to stamp out and that therefore the best policy would be to legalise it in some suburbs where it could be ‘contained’, readers would think that whoever authored such a tract had lost a substantial grip on reality. These three examples, chosen at random, help highlight the pseudointellectualism of The West Australian newspaper’s editorial of April 11 substantially backing Attorney General Christian Porter’s legislation drafted to legalise prostitution in Western Australia. The first, but by no means the least, glaring problem with The West’s editorial was its false characterisation of the debate as being between the “realistic approach” of legalisation and containment, and the ‘impossibility’ of stamping out prostitution completely. In fact, the debate has always been between those who support legalisation and those who see very clearly the dangers it represents and this alone reveals the false nuance of the editorial. Nevertheless, those who support the first position were characterised as reasonable while those who oppose it were characterised as possessed of an unreasonable, moralistic mindset, blinding them to reality. But here is an interesting question: could The West Australian apply the same philosophical principles that it has brought to bear on prostitution’s proposed legalisation to the three examples of human exploitation outlined above? In any argument or moral discourse, intellectual consistency is a fundamental requirement. One cannot, for example, assert that all human beings have certain inalienable rights and then assert that some human beings do not. To do so would make any discussion of human rights impossible, rendering it a useless exercise. To do so would merely be an attempt to erect a pseudo-intellectual veneer of respectability in order to mask a falsehood. This problem was manifested in the headline ‘Attempts to outlaw sex work are futile,’ despite the fact that what is under debate is not any kind of work (as if prostitution is no different to clocking on to a shift at the local factory) but human sexual PO Box 3075 exploitation and degradation of Adelaide Terrace the grossest kind. PERTH WA 6832 The first problem of The West’s editorial is that it cannot office@therecord.com.au be applied to any other compaTel: (08) 9220 5900 rable situations without, rightly, Fax: (08) 9325 4580 causing outrage. This therefore reveals the deep flaw of its logic. Meanwhile, three parliamentary opponents of legalised prostitution, the newspaper lamented, were “unfortunately” aiming to block the bill because of moral objections. And yet many would wonder what the problem with having a moral objection to the most widespread form of modern-day slavery could possibly be? These were chastised for wanting a sunset clause inserted, phasing legalised prostitution out in five years. Their opposition was patronisingly described as “wishful thinking at its most idealistic and absurd” but it seems rather relevant to wonder who is really being absurd here: politicians (at least half of WA’s Parliament, apparently) who have moral objections to human slavery or a daily newspaper that does not – or cannot – apply basic principles of intellectual consistency. Given that prostitution has been debated in WA since Labor Attorney General Jim McGinty first attempted legalisation in 2007, it is remarkable that the state’s major newspaper only proposes the same response that has been tried and spectacularly failed in numerous countries over the last 100 years – take the Netherlands, for example – causing untold human misery and death in the process. That The West Australian can give major daily headlines and coverage to cases of sexual abuse in the courts but not manage to join the dots on the essential similarities between these and what happens in prostitution is almost tragic. Given that a growing number of other countries are adopting measures based on a personalist or human analysis of what’s wrong with prostitution and the power relationships that are its essence, and that in these countries truly remarkable advances have been demonstrated, it is remarkable that The West gives every sign of being oblivious to what has been happening in the world. Its editorial position on legalising the ownership of women and girls for the purposes of sexual exploitation borders on culpable for its contribution to institutionalising human exploitation and degradation and, almost as disturbingly, looks just plain ignorant in the most bourgeois ways.
AUSTRALIANS are living in a dangerous, materialistic society. It is dangerous because many think that happiness comes mainly from more possessions, and from doing whatever we feel like, without due regard for self-control or the consequences of evil behaviour. No society can survive like this. We are not free to do evil – to kill, to steal, to lie etc – as both natural law and commonsense indicate. Daily, we read of widening social disorders: drunken brawls, robberies, violence, vandalism, sex assaults, easy drugs, pornography, prostitution and now the demand for the ‘right’ to same-sex ‘marriage’. All societies have had a certain tolerance for human weakness in private, but never for public promotion of evil behaviours as free ‘choices’ or ‘rights’ with the threat
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to be like several European countries now on the verge of collapse, due to their lifestyle of self-indulgence and entitlements (welfare) dependence. In such countries with an antilife mentality (below births replacement level) and an ageing population, there are not enough workers to keep up the economy and pay the taxes for the progress and welfare they need. They are doomed. In Australia, since 1960, fertility rates have dropped from 3.5 to 1.8, well below replacement level; and ex-nuptial births have risen from 4.8 per cent to 34.8 per cent, showing this pleasure-seeking lifestyle dooms us too - only to be delayed economically by the mining boom. The abominations of Sodom and Gomorrah continue and no doubt will bring the same disaster in due course. God help us all. Fr Bernard McGrath BENDIGO, VIC
THE BIG BASH Making nothing out of something
Cardinal George Pell’s polish is the sheen of granite Dr Jennifer Carroll has no problem ‘fessing up as a George Pell fan.
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FREELY admit to being a Pell fan but, bias aside, Cardinal George Pell wiped the floor with Richard Dawkins on the ABC’s Q&A on April 9. Dawkins hardly held the floor, appearing insubstantial and lightweight, while Pell, who to be fair was working with better material, exuded authority and gravity, combined with easy charm and a quick wit. One even felt slightly sorry for the small, pale man whose discomfort and anxiety increased as Pell relaxed into the role. Why did this happen? • Pell’s formidable intellect is well known. That is one of the reasons why he is one of the most prominent of the English speaking cardinals. Dawkins may be more ‘flash than substance’ but the premise he seemed to be defending was ‘There is no God because I believe in science, people who believe in God are idiots.’ There wasn’t a lot else so, when obliged to stretch it out over an hour and confronted by an opponent who was clearly not an idiot, it all fell apart. • Pell is accustomed to hostile audiences while Dawkins likes fawning undergraduates. I would have thought that, as a result, they both would have been at home on the ABC but a couple of hard questions or, rather, answers from Pell
was sufficient to take Dawkins out of his comfort zone. • Pell had done his homework; he knew who Dawkins was and where he had come from. Dawkins, on the other hand, while devoting his life to opposing Christians on the basis of science, had not even bothered to find out what the largest single group of Christians believe about Evolution: 30 seconds on Wikipedia was all it would have taken. • Strangely enough, very few of the questions were fielded at Dawkins. Either the audience
I was proud of our team’s performance on Sunday night and grateful for the leadership God has given us. felt that it already knew what he thought or they were not interested. Trying to confront Pell on ‘gay marriage’ (because obviously he had never had to defend that one before) or catch him out on “Would you tell a child he would go to hell if he was bad?” merely gave Pell the floor, and at times poor Dawkins, who was at pains to point out that
he had flown a long way to be there, felt rather left out. I should have liked to ask Dawkins, “What would you say to a dying child?” but clearly those sorts of questions were not part of the agenda. My only reservations were that Pell began to flag a bit towards the end of the hour, clearly a long time to hold the floor on national television, and this is when I thought he didn’t do a brilliant job on ‘Why is there suffering in the world?’ While clearly a very difficult question to answer, it is also one which might have been anticipated. On the other hand, nobody bothered to ask Dawkins. Australia often punches above its weight for a country with a very small population and also in religion, or at least our religion. The main reason is a few outstanding individuals. One of these individuals would have to be Cardinal George Pell. The envy of the Church in America, Pell has the polish and charm of a Roman prince but it is polished granite. Rock is, of course, very popular in Rome. I was proud of our team’s performance on Sunday night and grateful for the leadership God has given us. Dr Jennifer Carroll is a Perth archaeologist currently engaged in a long-range domestic engineering project.
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HERE was a great deal about ABC’s Q&A of April 9 with which one could be disappointed. In increasing gravity, one could be disappointed with the ill-mannered man who addressed the Cardinal as ‘George’; but perhaps he had not been taught manners. One could be disappointed that Tony Jones did not interrogate Richard Dawkins regarding his weak argumentation; but perhaps he felt sorry for him. One could feel disappointed that the ABC passed the online vote they facilitated as a ‘poll’; but perhaps they have not heard of self-selection bias. All this pales, however, before the most disappointing aspect of the evening: the intellectual mismatch between the participants. We were promised a stimulating debate between a world-famous atheist scientist and Australia’s most senior churchman. The world-famous atheist’s arguments were, to put it kindly, intellectually trivial. It was akin to watching the 1982 boxing match between Larry Holmes and Tex Cobb (try googling ‘terrible boxing mismatches’). On the other hand, I was not disappointed by Cardinal Pell’s contribution: he presented a well-researched, reasoned and considered response to the questions. It was a witness to the rich intellectual tradition which has been part and parcel of the life of the Catholic Church. I had set myself up for disappointment with regards to Dawkins. I had read his arguments before and heard him speak; each time I was bemused at the rapturous response he received. He gives the impression of a man who has never read a history book. But I thought he would have prepared for this debate. He was asked about the basis for a moral world view and responded with a hope. Any teacher would recognise the weasel words, ‘I hope no one would think’. He could not present a cogent and intellectually sound response; indeed, he did not respond properly at all. He went on to make some comment about positive changes being ‘wrung out’ of Christianity. I wonder what his sources are. Is there any
A pictorial metaphor of the divide between debaters on the ABC’s Q&A on April 9.
basis for the comment? There are excellent books, by Charles Taylor amongst others, on the genesis of contemporary understandings of the self and of moral universes. Has Dawkins read any of these? One gets the impression that the basis for his ideas of Christianity, history, philosophy and theology is not research, but common knowl-
with a reference to a book by his co-traveller, Lawrence Krauss. The Cardinal’s response was spot on. Krauss re-defines ‘nothing’ to suit his argument. His ‘nothing’ is not ‘nothing’ at all. In the New York Times review to which the Cardinal made reference, David Albert has this to say about Kraus’ book: “Where, for starters, are the laws
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work in this regard.” Dawkins tries to dig himself out of this particular hole by saying that Kraus’ ‘nothing’ is simpler than God. Dear me, the man has obviously not done elementary philosophy. Kraus’ ‘nothing’ is not simple; God, on the other hand, is truly simple. Dawkins wants to take the path that Bertrand Russell took many
I hope in vain that, having seen their hero exposed as a man of straw, atheists will look elsewhere. It’s a pity. Good interlocutors enrich religious discourse. edge of the kind, ‘everyone knows that the Church teaches such and such, or did such and such,’ – no more than an appeal to everyday prejudices. The trouble with many of these prejudices is that they are not supported by critical historical studies (I have tried in a small way to illustrate this in this newspaper in the past). When he was asked about ‘creation from nothing’, he responded
of quantum mechanics themselves supposed to have come from? Krauss is more or less upfront, as it turns out, about not having a clue about that. He acknowledges (albeit in a parenthesis, and just a few pages before the end of the book) that everything he has been talking about simply takes the basic principles of quantum mechanics for granted. “I have no idea if this notion can be usefully dispensed with,” he writes, “or at least I don’t know of any productive
years ago in his famous debate with Fr Frederick Copleston. When Copleston raised the question, ‘Well, why stop at one particular object? Why shouldn’t one raise the question of the cause of the existence of all particular objects?’ Russell responded, ‘Because I see no reason to think there is any tout court. The Cardinal alluded to the failure of intelligence, the failure of enquiry which this entails. Cardinal Pell also raised the issue
of contemporary biology’s research into patterns in evolution. One biologist who has delved into this is Simon Conway Morris, Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at Cambridge. He writes of evolutionary convergences (his book Life’s Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe is one I recommend to you as a fascinating read). In the 2005 Boyle Lectures, he said: ‘Who hasn’t met the scientist who boomingly – and they always boom – declares that those who believe in the Deity are unavoidably crazy, “cracked” as my dear father would have said, although I should add that I have every reason to believe he was – and now hope is – on the side of the angels.’ Something else he said in that lecture is relevant: ‘It is surely telling that the apparent disagreements between science and religion are so often treated with a bluntness and unsubtlety that in any normal discourse would be dismissed as juvenile.’ I suppose I hope in vain that having seen their hero exposed as a man of straw, atheists will look for inspiration elsewhere. It is a pity because good and informed interlocutors enrich the religious discourse. The last word I leave to David Albert: “When I was growing up, where I was growing up, there was a critique of religion according to which religion was cruel, and a lie, and a mechanism of enslavement, and something full of loathing and contempt for everything essentially human. Maybe that was true and maybe it wasn’t, but it had to do with important things — it had to do, that is, with history, and with suffering, and with the hope of a better world — and it seems like a pity, and more than a pity, and worse than a pity, with all that in the back of one’s head, to think that all that gets offered to us now, by guys like these, in books like this, is the pale, small, silly, nerdy accusation that religion is, I don’t know, dumb.” Fr Sean Fernandez is Parish Priest of Attadale and lectures at Notre Dame University’s Fremantle campus.
Catholic schools are the crown jewel Archbishop Barry Hickey gives a glowing report card to the job carried out for the Church by Catholic schools in WA.
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he decision of the Australian bishops in the 19th century to establish their own schools had a profound influence on the subsequent history of Australia. Their decision resulted in the growth of a huge Australia-wide system of Catholic education of the highest standard, a system that can welcome the poorest families as well as the well-off. Through its powerful lobby it has maintained its independence and freedom to teach religion and employ Catholics and staff who reflect and support its aims. The same lobby ensures government subsidies that enable the education system to offer proper salaries to the almost entirely lay teachers and staff. These features are among those that I especially admire about Catholic education, but there is much more I could comment on. Our system is able to cope very efficiently with the growth of cities. Perth, in particular, is expanding at an extraordinary rate, yet through close cooperation with the Archdiocesan Finance Office, land is purchased, numbers of children are assessed and expert planning is
done, resulting in the opening of more schools in new areas. This activity assists the Archbishop to plan for new parishes and to allocate a priest to accompany the planning process so the parish and school can grow together. The same professionalism that directs the planning also looks at the needs of students in the schools. I have been very pleased at the openness of our schools to
the Missions we have continued to offer Catholic education to isolated indigenous communities despite enormous difficulties. The time has come to increase significantly the inclusion of local indigenous students into our schools. Given the burdens that weigh down many families, we offer an education that respects personal dignity, respects families and encourages self-worth, hope, joy and fraternity. Our faith inspires
present special challenges to the school. Thankfully, those days are nearly over as our schools become far better resourced. I have taken a keen interest in this development because I see it as much a matter of faith as of education. If we believe in the absolute dignity and rights of all children before our Creator, we must act accordingly. We have now made great progress in absorbing all children with disabilities whose parents
The time has come to increase significantly the inclusion of local indigenous students into our schools. It is time for us to reach out further. absorb different ethnic groups and to provide for their educational and social needs. As each wave of migration and refugee intake passes, children and their families prosper with enormous help from their Catholic school. The most recent and very visible presence in our schools is from Northern African countries. It seems to me that we are ideally placed to offer the unique benefits of Catholic education to Aboriginal children. This was a feature of our early Missions throughout Australia. Since the closing of
all these gifts. It is time for us to recognise what we are currently doing in this field and reach out further, because our contribution can and will have long lasting and beneficial results. Our response to the needs of children with disabilities has been gradual at first but in more recent times it has been greatly accelerated as awareness of its importance has been understood. Parents, hearing the Church’s insistence on sending their children to Catholic schools, are hurt and bewildered if their children are refused because they
want Catholic schooling, and I am sure the momentum for full inclusion will not stop. Another feature of our Catholic system is the formation of teachers. Professionally, all teachers must be educated to high standards. In our system, they must also be “formed”, to understand the values of the Catholic system, the basis of Faith on which it rests, and be offered opportunities to assimilate Catholic truth and virtue to add that spiritual quality to their work. In addition, Catholic teachers of Religious Education are given extensive expo-
sure to the teachings of the Church, to biblical understanding and the reasons for belief. This formation has produced, and will produce for a long time to come, lay Catholic leaders who will be a powerful influence for good in every part of Australia’s cultural, social and political life. Let us not underestimate their potential. There is still much to be done. If our schools hold 50 per cent of Catholic students, what is happening to the other 50 per cent? This is a worry for bishops around Australia. Our catechists are active in most parishes but, again, they cannot reach all students and are often restricted to sacramental programmes. As Jesus said, the harvest is great but the labourers are few (Matt 9:37). I am sure my successor will find an impressive system of Catholic schools, happy teachers and happy students, and a central management that has a great track record of expertise, sound Catholic values and a close working relationship with the clergy and the local bishops. This is an edited version of an article which appeared in the first WA Catholic Education Circular magazine for 2012.
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PANORAMA SATURDAY, 21 AND SUNDAY, APRIL 22 Catholic Faith Renewal Retreat 9am-6pm at James Nestor Hall, 50 Ruislip St, West Leederville. Fr Gino Henriques will lead a retreat on “God’s life-giving covenant of love in marriage and family life”. Enq: Kathy 9295 0913 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail.com.
NEXT WEEK SUNDAY, APRIL 22 Latin Mass 2pm at Good Shepherd Parish, 42 Streich Ave, Kelmscott. Enq: John 9390 6646. TUESDAY, APRIL 24 Is Jesus your ‘Good Shepherd’? 7-8pm at St Benedict’s School Hall, Alness St, Applecross. Why do we need a good shepherd? Presented by Norma Woodcock. View a weekly short video broadcast at www.thefaith.org.au. There will be a collection. Accredited - CEO - Faith Formation for ongoing renewal - $10 reg. Enq: 9487 1772 or www.normawoodcock.com. FRIDAY, APRIL 27 Medjugorje evening of prayer 7pm at All Saints Parish, 7 Liwara Pl, Greenwood. Evenings commence with Eucharistic adoration, holy rosary, benediction and conclude with holy Mass. Free DVDs on conversion of Donald Calloway from life of drugs, crime to the priesthood. Enq: 9402 2480 or 0407 471 256 or medjugorje@ y7mail.com. SATURDAY, APRIL 28; SATURDAY, MAY 5 The Bible and The Mass 10.30am-12pm at St Paul’s Parish undercroft, 106 Rookwood St (near Alexander Dr), Mt Lawley. Fr Tim Deeter will again present this 2-part series outlining the biblical rationale for the revised Mass translation, and the biblical foundations for all of our Mass prayers.
UPCOMING SUNDAY, APRIL 29 75th Anniversary 10am Mass at St Francis Xavier Church, Quairading followed by lunch. Celebrating the anniversary of the blessing and opening of the parish. Enq: Boyle (08) 9645 1513 or Box 163, Quairading 6383. Reflection Day 10am at Secular Franciscan Order, Redemptorist Monastery, 190 Vincent St, North Perth (enter though main door). Morning tea followed by morning prayer 10.30am. Mass at 2.30pm. Please bring a plate for shared lunch. Enq: Angela 9275 5658. FRIDAY, MAY 4 Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils Good Friday As Friday, April 6 falls on Good Friday, the Friday/ Saturday vigils at St Gerard Majella Church, Mirrabooka and Corpus Christi Church, Mosman Park will not take place but will recommence on Friday, May 4 as usual. Healing Mass There will not be a Healing Mass on Good Friday, April 6 at St Peter’s Parish, Wood St, Inglewood. The next Healing Mass will be on Friday, May 4 and every first Friday following. SATURDAY, MAY 5 Day with Mary 9am-5pm at St Jerome Parish, 36 Troode St, Munster. Day of prayer and instruction based on the Fatima message. 9am video; 10.10am holy Mass; Reconciliation, procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic adoration, sermons on Eucharist and on Our Lady, rosaries and Stations of the Cross. BYO lunch. Enq: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286. SUNDAY, MAY 6 2012 Busselton May Rosary Pilgrimage in Honour of Our Lady 12.30pm at Queen of the Holy Rosary Shrine, Bove’s Farm, Roy Rd, Jindong, Busselton. Begins with hymn singing and concelebrated Mass led by Fr Tony at 1pm. Followed by rosary procession, benediction and afternoon tea. Note: Roy Rd runs off Bussell Hwy, approx halfway between Busselton and Margaret River. Enq and bus bookings: Francis 0404 893 877 or 9459 3873. Parish Mission 6pm at St Joseph’s Parish, 20 Hamilton St, Bassendean, will be presenting a parish mission entitled To Serve is to Reign by Fr Joseph Aytona, Fathers of Mercy. Five consecutive nights, confession followed by presentation and benediction prayer service. Except the last night on Thursday, 5.30pm confession, 6pm holy Mass followed by closing dinner. Bring a plate and RVSP is needed for dinner. Topics include The Holy Eucharist, God’s Infinite Mercy, The Church: Mother and Teacher, The Universal Call to Holiness and Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Enq: 9379 2691 or stjosephs.bassendean@perthcatholic.org.au.
What’s on around the Archdiocese of Perth, where and when
Divine Mercy 1.30pm at St Francis Xavier Parish, 25 Windsor St, East Perth. Celebrating 20 years of Divine Mercy devotions in the Archdiocese of Perth with thanksgiving. Mass will be celebrated by Fr Marcellinus Meilak OFM and Fr Johnson Malayil CRS. The afternoon concludes with veneration of first class relic of St Faustina Kowalska. Followed by refreshments. Enq: John 9457 7771.
Voice of the Voiceless Healing Mass 12pm at St Bridgid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Bring a plate to share after Mass. Enq: Frank 9296 7591 or 0408 183 325.
Vincent St, North Perth. Includes prayer, praise and Mass. Enq: Elaine 9440 3661.
EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
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.
Latin Mass 2pm at Good Shepherd Parish, 42 Streich Ave, Kelmscott. Enq: John 9390 6646.
A ministry to the un-churched 12.30-1.30pm at St John’s Pro-Cathedral, Victoria Ave, Perth (opposite Church offices). With charismatic praise, and prayer teams available. Help us ‘reach out to the pagans’ or soak in the praise. Enq: Dan 9398 4973.
SATURDAY, MAY 12
EVERY LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH
Divine Mercy 2.30pm at St Francis Xavier’s Parish, Windsor St, East Perth. Mass will be offered by the main celebrant Fr Marcellinus Meilak OFM. Divine Mercy prayers followed by veneration of first class relic of St Faustina Kowalska. Followed by refreshments. Enq: John 9457 7771.
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 03 8483.
St Padre Pio Prayer Day 8.30am at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. St Padre Pio DVD in parish centre.10am exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, rosary, Divine Mercy, silent adoration and benediction. 11am holy Mass, St Padre Pio Liturgy. Confession available. 12pm. Bring a plate for shared lunch. Enq: Des 6278 1540. FRIDAY, MAY 18; SUNDAY, MAY 20 Opening the door to your heart 6pm at St John of God Retreat Centre: 47 Gloucester Cr, Shoalwater. A reflective weekend for young professional women seeking the path to the Sacred which will lead us through many doors. Life provides us with lots of challenges that sometimes can close the most important door, the door that forms who we can become. The door opener is Christ. This weekend will assist in taking a closer look at the door of your heart as you grow in intimacy with the door opener. Sunday begins at 1pm. Enq: Sr Ann 0409 6029 27 or Sr Kathy 0418 926 590. SUNDAY, MAY 20 Latin Mass 2pm at Good Shepherd Parish, 42 Streich Ave, Kelmscott. Enq: John 9390 6646. SUNDAY, MAY 27 Taizé Prayer Evening 7-8pm at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. Spend an hour listening to simple music (canons), short readings from the Scriptures and intercession prayer. Reflect on the mercy of God in silence. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or parish office Tues - Thur, 9am2.30pm 9344 7066.
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. Pilgrim Mass - Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation 2pm at Shrine, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. Commencing with rosary followed by benediction. Reconciliation is 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. EVERY FIRST SUNDAY St Mary’s Cathedral Youth Group – Fellowship with Pizza 5pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, 17 Victoria Sq, Perth. Begins with youth Mass followed by fellowship downstairs in parish centre. Bring a plate to share. Enq: Bradley on youthfromsmc@gmail.com. EVERY SECOND SUNDAY
EVERY MONDAY Evening Adoration and Mass 7pm at St Thomas Parish, Claremont, cnr Melville St and College Rd. Eucharistic adoration, reconciliation, evening prayer and benediction, followed by Mass and night prayer at 8pm. Enq: Kim on 9384 0598 or email to claremont@perthcatholic.org.au.
The Life and Mission of St Mary MacKillop 9.30-11.30am at Infant Jesus Parish Centre, cnr Wellington Rd and Smith St, Morley. Cost: $15. Enq: Shelley 9276 8500.
LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH Be Still in His Presence – Ecumenical Christian Programme 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 a cuppa at the end. Enq: Lynne 9293 3848 or 043 5252 941. EVERY TUESDAY Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 6pm at Pater Noster Church, Marmion and Evershed Sts, Myaree. Mass at 5.30pm followed by benediction. Enq: John 040 8952 194. EVERY FIRST TUESDAY Short MMP Cenacle for Priests 2pm at Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Enq: Fr Watt 9376 1734. Novena to God the Father 7.30pm at St Joachim’s parish hall, Victoria Park. Novena followed by reflection and discussions on forthcoming Sunday gospel. Enq: Jan 9284 1662. EVERY WEDNESDAY Holy Spirit of Freedom Community 7.30pm at The Church of Christ, 111 Stirling St, Perth. We are delighted to welcome everyone to attend our Holy Spirit of Freedom praise meeting. Enq: 042 3907 869 or hsofperth@gmail.com. Bible Study at Cathedral 6.15pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, 17 Victoria Sq, Perth. Deepen your faith through reading and reflecting on holy Scripture by Fr Jean-Noel. Meeting room beneath Cathedral. Enq: Marie 9223 1372. Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry CYM is back in 2012, followed by $5 supper and fellowship. Mass at 5.30pm and Holy Hour (adoration) at 6.30pm at the Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Enq: www.cym.com or 9422 7912. EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY Holy Hour Prayer for Priests 7.30-8.30pm at Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Keaney Pl, City Beach. All welcome. Enq: Linda 9341 3079. Novena to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop 7-7.45pm at Blessed Mary MacKillop Parish, cnr Cassowary Dr and Pelican Pde, Ballajura. Begins with Mass, novena prayers and benediction. Followed by healing prayers and anointing of the sick. Enq: Madi 9249 9093 or Gerry 0417 187 240. EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY
Healing Hour 7-8pm at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. Join us for songs of praise and worship, exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and prayers for the sick. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or parish office Tues - Thur, 9am2.30pm 9344 7066.
Chaplets of Divine Mercy 7.30pm at St Thomas More Parish, Dean Rd, Bateman. A beautiful, prayerful, sung devotion. Includes exposition followed by benediction. Enq: George 9310 9493 or 9325 2010 (w).
EVERY THIRD SUNDAY
EVERY THURSDAY
Oblates of St Benedict – Meeting 2pm at St Joseph’s Convent, York St, South Perth. For all interested in studying the Rule of St Benedict and its relevance to the everyday life of today for laypeople: Vespers and afternoon tea afterwards. Enq: Secretary 9457 5758.
Divine Mercy 11am at Ss John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Pray the rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy and for the consecrated life, especially here in John Paul Parish. Concludes with veneration of the first class relic of St Faustina. Please do come and join us in prayer. Enq: John 9457 7771.
EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley. The hour includes exposition of the blessed Eucharist, silent prayer, scripture and prayers of intercession. Come and pray that those discerning vocations can hear clearly God’s call.
St Mary’s Cathedral Praise Meeting 7.45pm every Thursday at the Legion of Mary’s Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Includes praise, song and healing ministry. Enq: Kay 9382 3668 or fmi@flameministries.org. Group Fifty - Charismatic Renewal Group 7.30pm at the Redemptorist Monastery, 150
EVERY FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH
EVERY FIRST FRIDAY Healing Mass 7pm at St Peter’s Parish, Inglewood. Praise and worship, exposition and Eucharistic adoration, benediction and anointing of the sick followed by holy Mass and fellowship. Celebrants Fr Dat and invited priests. 6.45pm Reconciliation. Enq: Mary Ann 0409 672 304, Prescilla 043 3457 352 and Catherine 043 3923 083. Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life 7pm at Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins St, Glendalough. Mass followed by adoration with Fr Doug Harris. All welcome. Refreshments provided. Healing and Anointing Mass 8.45am Pater Noster Church, Evershed St, Myaree. Begins with reconciliation followed by 9am Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, anointing of the sick and prayers to St Peregrine. Enq: Joy 9337 7189. Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Ss John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton –Songs of Praise and Prayer, sharing by a priest followed by thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments after Mass. Enq: Kathy 9295 0913 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail.com. EVERY SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH Discover the spirituality of St Francis of Assisi 12pm at St Brigid’s Catholic Parish Centre. The Secular Franciscans of Midland Fraternity meet for lunch followed by 1-3pm meeting. Enq: Antoinette 9297 2314. EVERY FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Healing Mass 12.35pm at St Thomas Parish, cnr Melville St and College Rd, Claremont. Spiritual leader Fr Waddell. Enq: Kim 9384 0598, claremont@perthcatholic.org. au. EVERY LAST SATURDAY Novena Devotions – Our Lady Vailankanni of Good Health 5pm at Holy Trinity Parish, 8 Burnett St, Embleton. Followed by Mass at 6pm. Enq: George 9272 1379.
GENERAL Free Divine Mercy Image for Parishes High quality oil painting and glossy print – Divine Mercy Promotions. Images are of very high quality. For any parish willing to accept and place inside the church. Oil paintings - 160 x 90cm and glossy print - 100 x 60cm. Enq: Irene 9417 3267 (w). Sacred Heart Pioneers Is there anyone out there who would like to know more about the Sacred Heart pioneers? If so, please contact Spiritual Director Fr Doug Harris 9444 6131 or John 9457 7771. St Philomena’s Chapel 3/24 Juna Drive, Malaga. Mass of the day: Monday 6.45am. Vigil Masses: Mon-Fri 4.45pm. Enq: Fr David 9376 1734. Mary MacKillop Merchandise Available for sale from the 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 - set in beautiful gardens in the suburb of Glendalough. “Making the elderly happy, that is everything!” St Jeanne Jugan (foundress). Registration and enq: Sr Marie 9443 3155. Resource Centre for Personal Development The Holistic Health Seminar “The Instinct to Heal’’, every Tuesday 3-4.30pm; and RCPD2 “Internalise Principles of Successful Relationships and Use Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills” every Tuesday 4.30-6.30pm, 197 High St, Fremantle - Tuesdays 3-4.30pm. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585. Bookings are essential. Courses held at The Faith Centre in 2012 450 Hay St, Perth 1. RCPD2 - Internalise Principles of Successful Relationships and Use Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills This course provides knowledge of principles that, if applied, will improve all relationships. Skills of self-analysis are taught as well as communication skills. Mondays: 5-7pm, from until 10 Dec. For enquiries or bookings ph Paul 0402 222 578. 2. RCPD4 – Increase Personal and Spiritual Awareness and Improve Relationships This course promotes self-awareness and spiritual
growth. Emotional development is explained in order to improve understanding between persons. Study of Psychology and Theology. Mondays: 10am–12.30pm, from until 10 Dec. For enquiries or bookings ph Eva 0409 405 585. 3. Higher Certificate in Biblical Studies The Higher Certificate of Biblical Studies is a distance education programme that can be followed in your own home at your own pace with periodic face-to-face contact workshops. Tutorial assistance is available as required. It is equivalent to a one-year tertiary course, although it is recommended that you aim to complete it in two years. For enquiries and enrolment, ph The Faith Centre on 6140 2420. Is your son or daughter unsure of what to do this year? Suggest a Certificate IV course to discern God’s purpose for their life. They will also learn more about the Catholic faith and develop skills in communication and leadership. Acts 2 College of Mission & Evangelisation (National Code 51452). Enq: Jane 9202 6859. AA Alcoholics Anonymous Is alcohol costing you more than just money? Enq: AA 3253 5666. Saints and Sacred Relics Apostolate Invite SSRA, Perth invites interested parties, parish priests, leaders of religious communities, lay associations, to organise relic visitations to their own 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 and Simon Stock and Blessed Pope John Paul II. Free of charge and all welcome. Enq: Giovanny 0478 201 092 or ssra-perth@ catholic.org. Aboriginal Scholarships, Year 7, 2013 – Closing April 27, 2012 As a commitment to working with Aboriginal people to enhance life choices and help further career opportunities for Aboriginal youth, La Salle College offers Aboriginal Scholarships each year. This scholarship entitles the recipients to full/ partial tuition. Applications close April 27, 2012. An application form can be downloaded from the college website at www.lasalle.wa.edu.au by viewing Scholarships under Parent Resources. Enrolments, Year 7, 2014 La Salle College is now accepting enrolments for Year 7, 2014. For a prospectus and enrolment form please contact college reception on 9274 6266 or email lasalle@lasalle.wa.edu.au. Pellegrini Books Wanted An order of Sisters in Italy is looking for the following: The Living Pyx of Jesus, Fervourings From Galilee’s Hills, Fervourings From the LoveBroken Heart of Christ, Fervourings From the Lips of the Mast, Listening to the Indwelling Presence, Sheltering the Divine Outcast, Daily Inspection and Cleansing of the Living Temple of God, and Staunch Friends of Jesus, the Lover of Youth. If you are able to help, please contact Justine on 0419 964 624 or justine@waterempire.com. Secondhand Electric Organ Good working condition. Angela Vigolo would like to give it away to a good home; maybe a parish would like it? Enq: Angela 9276 9317.
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