The Record Newspaper 20 August 2008

THE R ECORD

“Be indefatigable in your purpose and with undaunted spirit resist iniquity and try to conquer evil with good, having before your eyes the reward of those who combat for Christ.”

the Parish. the Nation. the World.

In all its splendour

Fundraising is going well St Mar y ’ s Cathedral is taking shape An historic journe y that began 145 years ago when the foundation stone of our mother Church was laid, is coming to an end. P P NEXT

GREENOUGH MILESTONE

St Peter’s Church in Greenough has celebrated a centenary of faith - and the history of a community and those who built it.

WHO IS SHE?

KING ME

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-Bishop Matthew Gibney 1874

Saint for the week

Louis of France

1214-1270

feast – August 25

Crowned King Louis IX of France in 1226, he married Marguerite of Provence in 1234 and they had 11 children. He was an ideal medieval king, promoting justice and peace at home and abroad. His subjects greatly admired his piety and goodness. Following a serious illness, he went on a Crusade to the Holy Land. Louis was taken

Pallottine returns to the Father

Stewardship

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time St Paul reminds us today – that all things come from God: “For from him and through him and to him are all things.” Good stewards understand and believe this. Stewardship as a way of life begins in acknowledging that, all that you have and all that you are and ever will be is a gift, given to you by a good and gracious God. Everything is created by and comes from God, and one day you will be held accountable for how you stewarded all that you received. How did you use it, how did you share it, how did you return it to God?

For further information on how stewardship can build your parish community, call Brian Stephens on 9422 7924.

Walking with Him Daily Mass Readings

24 S 21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Gr Isa 22:19-23 Key of David’s house

Ps 137:1-3.6.8 God’s love eternal

Rom 11:33-36 The depths of God

Mt 16:13-20 Who do you say I am?

25 M St Louis (O); St Joseph Calasanz, priest (O)

Gr 2Thess 1:1-5.11-12 Constancy and faith

Ps 95:1-5 The Lord is great

Mt 23:13-22 Blind guides

26 T

Wh 2Thess 2:1-3.14-17 The Lord’s coming

Ps 95:10-13 God will judge fairly

Mt 23:23-26 Virtues neglected

27 W St Monica (M)

Wh 2Thes 3:6-10.16-18 No burden on anyone

Ps 127:1-2.4-5 The Lord bless you

Mt 23:27-32 Finish the work

28 T St Augustine, bishop, doctor of the Church (M)

Wh 1Cor 1:1-9 Enriched by Christ

Ps 144:2-7 Praise God’s name

Mt 24:42-51 Stay awake

29 F The Beheading of John the Baptist (M))

Red 1Cor 1:17-25 Sent to preach

Ps 32:1-2.4-5.10-11 Justice and right

Mt 25:1-13 Ten bridesmaids

30 S Gr 1Cor 1:26-31 Wise or influential?

Ps 32:12-13.18-21 The Lord is our help

Mt 25:14-30 Faithful in small things

■ By Glynnis Grainger

PALLOTTINE priest for 45 years, Fr Michael McMahon, 69, died on July 5 after a short battle with cancer.

His funeral at Trinity College chapel on July 10 was attended by 1400 people at the school where he had been a much-loved chaplain for six years.

As a measure of the impact he had on the students at Trinity College, Trinity’s website’s Book of Condolences had more than 200 entries.

Many people touched by his life also put death notices in The West Australian in the days following his passing.

In his eulogy, Laurie McMahon said Fr McMahon was born in Footscray, Victoria, on 27 January, 1939, the youngest of eight children.

Six months later, the family moved to the bayside suburb of Hampton.

Aged two and barely mobile, he undertook his first crusade, when he crossed onto the nearby railway line and waved a stick at the oncoming train, like Don Quixote and the windmill. That he lived is testimony to the fact that the train stopped.

His primary education was provided by the Presentation Sisters of St Mary’s, Hampton, and his secondary education by the Christian Brothers at CBC, St Kilda.

He owed his educational opportunities to the selfless work of the Nuns and Brothers.

Michael’s secondary education was iden-

■ By Therese

Spruhan

MELBOURNE-BASED political activist

BA (Bob) Santamaria wrote one speech every month for 60 years and after the Labor Party split founded a new organisation every two years for 40 years, it has been revealed. He also wrote 10,000 letters to bishops, cardinals and political figures in Australia and overseas and received more than 30,000 letters on political and religious issues. These were some of the facts editor Patrick Morgan revealed at the launch in the Crypt at Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral of Running the Show, BA Santamaria Selected

Documents: 1939–1996

The book will be launched in Perth on September 10 at 7.30pm by Archbishop Barry Hickey in the Alexander Library Theatrettes at Perth Cultural Centre on Francis Street. The Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, who presided at the

tified by his cap, his homework and the School Cadet Corps.

Each morning Michael’s cap would go missing and there would be frantic efforts to locate it. Michael was unperturbed but his mother, frantic.

Homework for Michael was an optional extra but he still ended up a missionary priest.

Membership of the School Cadet Corps at CBC was compulsory but Michael refused to pick up a rifle when rifle-shooting practice began.

The young ethical non-conformist had emerged. He said he had no intention of killing anybody, rifle practice was pointless to him, so he was excused.

His youthful enthusiasm was further evidenced in his neighbourhood where an elderly lady was dying of cancer.

The compassionate schoolboy Michael visited each day to see what errands she required.

His youthful idealism and the charismatic appeal of the late Fr Wally Silvester, led Michael to devote his life to the Church.

After training with the Pallottines in Sydney, he was ordained on 20 March, 1963.

A time as curate to Fr Tim O’Sullivan at Bentleigh parish, near his Hampton home, was followed by highs and lows in his life with his appointment as a missionary to Broome.

It began his love affair with the indigenous people and place of the Kimberley.

After 25 years of ministry, Fr Michael left

Broome in January, 1992, where he influenced so many lives, including the establishment of the Mungarri Co-Operative, to provide reasonably-priced food to low income families.

More than half his adult life had been spent in the Kimberley and he felt a sense of rejection when he left the region, where he had been a wonderfully compassionate and supporting priest.

He worked with juvenile offenders for Juvenile Custodial Services at Banksia Hill, Rangeview and Perth Children’s Court for 16 years.. He was chaplain at Clontarf Aboriginal College, was a mentor to Catholic Agricultural College, Bindoon, was a friend of the Good Shepherd Sisters and became chaplain at Trinity. He was also a friend of the Sisters and staff of St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, who nursed him before his passing.

His life resumed its sense of worthwhile purpose and he delighted in the achievements of his charges at all venues.

When based in Broome, he took leave one July, ignoring the wonderful winter climate of Broome, to head to the bitter winter weather of Melbourne.

He went to see the Western Bulldogs (formerly Footscray) play. He always had his priorities right. It is a pity that 54 years after the Bulldogs were premiers in 1954, the year his greatgrandfather Michael McMahon died, and with his Doggies doing so well this year, he had to leave at half-time.

Sydney launch, said the book shows a formidable intellect at work and reveals the man’s fundamental religious motivation. He said Running the Show was a wonderful collection of documents and a precious source of information for scholars, friends and opponents of BA Santamaria.

Cardinal Pell said that he did not always agree with Bob Santamaria’s politics, but with the passing of years he had developed sympathy for his political positions.

“I always felt that Santamaria had something of the Irish Australian Christian Brothers about him. He shared the same assertiveness, courage and perserverance and their belief that they deserved a place in Australian society. He wasn’t primarily a writer or a commentator; he was an activist and a doer. He was a pessimist who was attracted to crisis situations and he did have an urgent apocalyptic tone.”

Bob Santamaria (1915–98), a devout Catholic and founder and head of the National Civic Council, was a key figure

in the Labor Party split in the 1950s that spawned the Democratic Labor Party.

After he died his family gave his papers and books to the State Library of Victoria. His archives are among the largest in Australia – 350 boxes of documents, memos, speeches, position papers and audio tapes and 280 boxes of newspaper clippings he collected over 60 years.

His daughter, Dr Bernadette Tobin, who will also speak at the Perth launch, said at the launch that she grew up “thinking that all fathers read ceaselessly, were serious thinkers and tireless organisers – that the word father meant great man”. She said that as her father’s life and work were controversial the family thought that rather than having someone write his biography it was better to present his work and let the readers make up their minds.

Running the Show is the second volume of his documents edited by Patrick Morgan.

-Courtesy of The Catholic Weekly

Left: Guard of honour for Father Michael Right: Fr Michael with students

PHOTOS: TRINITY COLLEGE

Former clerk, Anglican, enters diaconate

■ By Anthony Barich

BARELY two years ago, Andrew Lotton was in Canberra working as a clerk at the South African High Commission, convinced that he was done with any notion of the priesthood.

But on August 15, Archbishop Barry Hickey ordained him to the diaconate on the way to becoming a priest.

It’s been a long journey for the former non-practising Anglican. Andrew, 44, left school after Year 12 without a clue as to what to do in life.

Living in Canberra, he followed his father into the public service until two friends from his country spur-dancing class (he laughs as he recalls it now) invited him to their Catholic Charismatic worship. It got him thinking about his own faith, which was non-existent.

Although he was baptised Anglican, Andrew was drawn by catechists of the Neocatechumenal Way teaching at his local Anglican church.

However he decided to join the Society of the Sacred Mission - an Anglican Order that forms its students for the priesthood in a similar approach to that used by the Catholic Church.He became a lay

brother, studying in Melbourne and Adelaide.

Two years there were enough to decide that the order wasn’t for him, so he returned to Canberra.

He still felt as though he didn’t have a clue about what his true calling was in life.

Attending Catholic Masses, he had developed a love for the liturgy and the Eucharist that, as an Anglican, he could not receive.

He began to contemplate becoming a Catholic, and after approximately nine months felt a call to the priesthood beginning to form in him.

Received into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil in 1995, he tried to forget the call, but kept getting reminders until World Youth Day 1997 in Paris.

There, as is customary, Neocatechumenal leaders issued a call the day after the week-long event for men and women who felt called to priesthood and religious life to step forward.

Andrew stepped forward too.

Toto and Rita Piccolo, who are responsibles in Australia for the Way in Australia, took him under their wing as catechists.

In 1998 he stepped forward again at a national meeting, and was then sent to Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Perth in 1999. But

the lure of the world was strong. After five years at the seminary, he still had doubts about whether he should be getting married or not.

He left the seminary and returned to Canberra and to the public service, working in the High Commission. He was desperate to let go of his calling. But God wouldn’t let him go.

During his two years away from the seminary, he attended another Neocatechumenal national meeting in 2006. He had no intention to step forward again, but instead found himself in a ‘constant argument’ with God, who he felt was calling him during the meeting’s teaching sessions. “That time was an important point in my life,” he says. “I came back to the seminary because I felt God was calling me back, not because it was my idea. I’d left the seminary.”

What kept him there was one of the key messages of the Neocatechumenal Way: that God meets you where you are in your life, even if you’re not perfect.

The Neocat life is a missionary life. He could be sent anywhere in the world. But “the missionary life doesn’t faze me,’ he says.

“God has looked after me and I want to share the Good News with others.”

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Deacon: Andrew Lotton kneels in front of Archbishop Barry Hickey at St Gerard Majella’s Church in Westminster, to promise obedience to the Archbishop and his successors, left, and assists at Mass after his ordination as deacon, above.

the Parish

As cathedral progresses, last push is on for goal

Key donors to be remembered

■ By Anthony Barich & Joanna Lawson

MEMBERS of the West Australian community have the unique opportunity to become Leadership Donors as the fundraising effort for St Mary’s Cathedral nears its end and the goal of raising $25 million comes into view.

To date, pledges and donations worth $23,809,548 have been received.

The St Mary’s Cathedral Conservation and Completion Appeal is now hoping for another $1.5m to take it over the finish line.

As part of the last push to attain the funds, the Appeal has launched the In Memoriam program which gives people, for a donation of $10,000, the opportunity to have their names and those of loved ones who have passed away carved into a stone panel which will be set into the wall of the completed Cathedral.

Donations of $10,000 and above will be designated as Leadership Gifts and will be afforded special acknowledgement, donors will be invited to join Archbishop Barry Hickey for a private Mass and Memorial Dedication Ceremony at which the memorial will be unveiled.

Society appeals urgently for bedding

AFTER an extremely busy win- an winter, the St Vincent de Paul Society’s Osborne Park Depot is now bare, with no single/double beds or mattresses, or household furniture available for those in need.

The Society gave away 154 single and 54 double beds and mattresses during the month of July alone and with Western Australia’s current economic climate, the demand for

bedding is expected to continue – prompting an urgent plea to the WA community for any unwanted household items.

Osborne Park Depot General Manager, Gavin Dempster says the demand for bedding, furniture and clothing over winter was phenomenal and the Society responded where possible due to the past generosity of donors. “We had a

The Memorial Wall will offer three areas of recognition:

● Leadership Donors – the names of all general leadership donors,

● Specific Gifts – the specific project or item funded and the donor’s name, and

● In Memoriam – a “register of loved ones” including the donor’s name.

On top of all this, an annual Mass will be offered at the cathedral in remembrance of all leadership donors and gifts provided in the memory of loved ones.

The Memorial area is located adjacent to the south west entrance of the yet-to-be-completed cathedral.

Monsignor Michael Keating, Chairman of the Appeal, said that the program was an excellent opportunity for donors to have people who have been significant figures in their lives publicly recognised.

fantastic response to our last plea for donations, meaning those who called on the Society for help, got the necessities they needed.

“Once again we’re asking people to donate their unwanted mattresses, bedding, furniture, bric-a-brac and clothing to help those in need,” Gavin says.

The Society urges the community to donate, so start your spring

cleaning early this year and call the Vinnies Depot on 9444 5622 to arrange a pick-up in any part of Perth’s metropolitan area. Please note the Society cannot accept stained, soiled or ripped mattresses due to strict Occupational Health and Safety laws. To donate furniture call (08) 9444 5622 or for more information call (08) 9475 5400 or www.vinnies.org.au.

“We have found that people who have donated $5000 have heard about the program and then put in the extra $5000,” Mgr Keating said.

In Memoriam will also feature a Book of Remembrance which will sit in the narthex - the entrance hall at the west end of a Christian church between the porch and the nave of the Cathedral.

The book will also include images, drawings and artists’ details of specific works and artworks contained in the new cathedral; plus the names of all leadership donors and a “register of loved ones” for gifts made In Memoriam.

To ensure donation confidentiality, recognition items will not record the donation amounts provided by individual donors.

Only the donor’s name and/or information on the specific item funded or In Memoriam details will be publicly acknowledged.

The building is due to be finished about Easter 2009.

For more information, go to www.stmarysappeal.com. au, call (08) 9427 0322 or email admin@stmary’s appeal.com.au

Work in progress: A tradesman cuts a lonely figure as he works on the side door to the sacristy, above, when The Record visited the St Mary’s Cathedral building site visited the St Mar y ’s Cathedral site on Monday. Work is progressing towards completion some time around Easter next year. Formwork has been laid down for the vast glassed side sections, above right, a worker paints the ceiling high above floor level. Even the stained glass windows will be cleaned and touched up before the opening. PHOTOS: P ROSENGREN

The galloping priest and his legacy

■ By Tanya Moffat

THE story of the oldest church in the diocese is one of those stories Hollywood could make a movie about.

While outlaws like Ned Kelly get all the glory of history’s rose-coloured lenses, the pioneering Catholic clergy and laypeople whose blood, sweat and tears built the foundations of that which we take for granted today are rarely mentioned.

So the centenary of the oldest Church in the diocese of Geraldton that involves these very remarkable people deserves to be celebrated.

It is the story of a pioneering priest whose flock extended from Northampton; a priest, loved and respected, whose “Christmas horse rides” were legendary.

At the Mass celebrating the Church of St Peter’s in Greenough on June 29, Bishop Justin Bianchini, who concelebrated the Mass with Frs Geoff Aldous. Gerard Totañes and Peter Downes, told the remarkable story.

Belgian-born priest Fr Adolphus Lecaille came to the area in 1865, aged 40.

A good shepherd to the flock for some 23 years, he would set off after Midnight Mass at Northampton, celebrate Mass at Geraldton then ride on to a third Mass at Greenough - all of this before he was able to break the then strict fast from midnight, that excluded even water.

This horse ride was re-enacted by a group of people in the diocesan centenary celebrations of 1998. Father Lecaille died in Perth.

“It is wonderful that his remains were brought back to the diocese in 1936 and entombed in the chapel at Utakarra Cemetery,” Bishop Bianchini said.

Then there’s the first church, completed and blessed by Fr Lecaile, which was badly damaged in the floods of 1888.

Apart from this it was also too small for the needs of the people. It was knocked down and the new one, in which the June 29 Mass was celebrated, had its foundation stone laid on September 13, 1908. The connection with

the past is the fact that stones from the original church were used in the new one.

Fr Lecaille installed the bell, which called people to Mass regularly. He would also ring it after having been away on pastoral trips, to let people know that he had returned. “We have that same bell today, outside our beautiful Church of St Peter’s,” the bishop said.

The new church was officially opened by Bishop Kelly on January 31, 1909, assisted by Frs O’Malley, Ryan, Creagh and O’Hare.

The Bishop noted that the large crowd present at the opening showed their appreciation by donating 100 Pounds towards the outstanding debt of 400 Pounds on the new building. “Today history will note that assisting me are Fr Peter Downes, Geoff Aldous and Gerard Totañes. I am very grateful that we have no outstanding debt now on the church,” Bishop Bianchini said.

“As we celebrate a centenary we celebrate history and we celebrate human endeavour. Above all it is a celebration of Faith. It’s a celebration of the Faith of people, priests and Religious which expressed itself in building this beautiful church to give glory to God and bring them together and unite them as one family.

“It’s the Faith of people who lived and worked here. It’s the Faith of priests who ministered here. It’s the Faith of Dominican and Presentation Sisters who taught here and shared their lives, their Faith and Love with the people.”

“Likewise, this church of St Peter’s is very special in itself and has great symbolic value. It is much richer because of all that it has absorbed over 100 years. It has had the presence of the Blessed Eucharist in it over that time. The Mass has been celebrated countless times. People of Faith have gathered in it down through the course of all those years. People have been baptised and received the Sacraments of Initiation. Many people have been joined in marriage here. Truly for many reasons it is a holy place.”

- This is an edited version of an article which first appeared in the Geraldton Sower

the Nation

Adelaide gets rare ordination to priesthood

■ By Anthony Barich

THE Archdiocese of Adelaide has been buoyed by the ordination of Fr Matthew Newman, a 31year-old who grew up on a farm in Kersbrook in the Adelaide Hills.

He was ordained by Archbishop Philip Wilson on July 8 at Adelaide’s St Francis Xavier Cathedral, where he is now based in his first pastoral placement.

Fr Paul Cashen MSC, Archdiocesan director of strategic planning, said the ordination – a rare occurrence in the Archdiocese without a seminary - would give everyone in the diocese “a sense of hope for the life of the Church, for which we should be truly grateful to God”.

Fr Newman’s ordination is the fruition of a long journey that started when his mother, who is of no religion, enrolled him into Rosary Primary School in Prospect, North Adelaide, and he wanted to be a priest after witnessing his first Mass there on the feast of the Assumption.

“Since then I’ve wanted to do nothing else but become a priest,” Fr Newman told The Record.

On his own decision, he was baptised aged 13 and entered the seminary in Adelaide in the late 90s but left to work as a farmhand

while doing a semester as a lay student at the Adelaide College of Divinity before returning in 2002 to complete his studies at the Seminary of the Good Shepherd at Homebush in Sydney.

There he studied under Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Julian Porteous, the rector of the Seminary of the Good Shepherd.

In his homily during the ordination Mass, Archbishop Wilson stressed the importance of the priest’s call to serve.

“We must be sure, what we are involved in today is an ordination to the priesthood and not a coronation,” the archbishop said.

“People who are ordained priests are ordained for service. They are asked by the Lord to live the reality of the Gospel that we have just read for our Eucharistic celebra-

tion today; to love one another, to love the Lord, to give one’s life in service for others.” He said that the memory of Jesus is at the very centre of a priest’s life.

“When someone is ordained to the priesthood, something happens to them at the depths of their being,” he said.

“It’s technically called an ontological change, but that doesn’t matter much.

“What it means is that while a man remains who he always was, and who he always will be, that the Lord, through the power of the Spirit, commits Himself to him, so that in the very act of living and carrying out his responsibilities, he activates the memory of Jesus as we live in the middle of the world today. “So, this is a great day for all

of us, but it is a day that is committed to the service of God’s people.

“It is a day in which you now are about to change, not in yourself – you will always be Matthew Newman with all your wonderful strengths and gifts and also all of your limitations – but Jesus takes you to Himself today through the power of the Holy Spirit and makes you a priest; not for your sake or for your glory, but that you may be the servant of God’s people.”

Our man in Canberra elevated by Benedict XVI

Monsignor Jude Okolo, counsellor at Canberra’s Apostolic Nunciature, appointed Nuncio to Chad and Central African Republic.

■ By

Anthony Barich

MONSIGNOR Jude Thaddeus Thaddeus

Okolo, counsellor the Apostolic Nunciature in Canberra, has moved up in the world after Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as Apostolic Nuncio to Chad and the Central African Republic.

The Holy Father made public the appointment on August 2, and also elevated Mgr Okolo to the dignity of Archbishop.

Archbishop Philip Wilson, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, said Okolo is well prepared for the role, having served as the assistant to Australia’s Apostolic Nuncio with panache.

“I am delighted that Mgr Okolo, who has served both the current and the previous Apostolic Nuncio in Australia so well, will now take on that role himself,” Archbishop Wilson said.

“The Australian Catholic Bishops and all Catholic people congratulate him on this appointment.

“The Catholic community in Australia bids farewell to him sadly because his presence among us has been such a joy. We wish him well as he takes up this new challenge and assure him of our prayers.”

The 51-year-old Archbishop-elect

was born in Kano, Nigeria and ordained a priest on July 2, 1983.

He holds a Doctorate in Canon Law and entered the Diplomatic Service of the Holy See in 1990, serving in Sri Lanka, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Switzerland and Liechtenstein and the Czech Republic.

He has been Counsellor at Australia’s Apostotlic Nunciature since 2006 and is fluent in English, Italian, Spanish, German, French, Igbo and basic Czech.

He was assistant to Archbishop Ambrose De Paoli until he returned home to the United States to die last October, and his successor, Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, the former Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, among other diplomatic posts.

Archbishop Lazzarotto arrived in Australia on May 4 after being appointed last December.

The moment: Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide ordains Matthew Newman to the priesthood at St Francis Xavier Cathedral.

Fr Matthew Newman

Monsignor Jude Okolo

the Nation

New Pentecost on its way in Brisbane

THE ‘New Pentecost” that Pope Benedict XVI was praying for in Australia as a result of World Youth Day has begun, with Faith on Tap successfully launched at the Pineapple Hotel at Kangaroo Point on August 11.

Launched by Justin Lynch, who was inspired by the wildly successful Theology on Tap sessions that draw up to 1000 a month at PJ Gallagher’s Irish Pub in Parramatta, a crowd of young Catholics under 35 from across Brisbane and even Toowoomba and the Gold Coast to witness Faith on Tap.

More than 100 young people turned out to hear Jessica Aravena talk on her conversion story - from staying at the five star Ritz hotel in Paris to working as a Catholic missionary on university campuses in Poland.

The movement shows promising signs of further growth, with over 200 members having signed onto the event’s facebook page on the internet.

During her talk Jessica said she was personally inspired by Sydney Cardinal George Pell, who challenged youth not to sit on the fence to commit oneself to God in an active way during his homily at the WYD opening Mass at Barangaroo.

“It was as if he was speaking directly to me when he said ‘Don’t spend your life

sitting on the fence, keeping your options open, because only commitments bring fulfillment’,” Jessica said.

“Happiness comes from meeting our obligations, doing our duty, especially in small matters and regularly, so we can rise to meet the harder challenges. Many have found their life’s calling at World Youth Days,” she said quoting Cardinal Pell again.

Jessica told the crowd how being on the other side of the world, away from her Catholic friends and living a five star lifestyle, bit by bit she dropped off her faith, stopped going to Mass, stopped praying and drifted away from the Church.

She emphasised the importance of good Catholic friends, and how events like FoT are a good place to make new Catholic friendships.

FoT organiser Allison Atkins said World Youth Day in Sydney showed that young people are willing to make the effort, to rise to the challenge.

“They don’t want the easy way out,” she said. “They are not afraid to be Catholic and they transformed Sydney during that week. We have every confidence that the ‘fire’ started in Sydney will really make a difference in Brisbane.

“Young people have a taste now for coming together, to think big and change culture. It’s exciting to know that it’s an opportunity right here, right now.

“This is only just the beginning - the Church in Australia is about to experience the fruits of a new Pentecost - in the words of Pope Benedict XVI himself, ‘to bring about a new generation of apostles, to bring the world to Christ’,” she continued. “WYD has given a whole new generation ‘permission’ to go for it with their faith, to be apostles, to preach the good news.”

Trevor Tibbertsma, 20, who MCed the event and also did a mission year last year with the Youth Mission Team, said: “It was such a great opportunity to be a part of an initiative born out of WYD to help get our Church more active.”

Anthony Goodwin from St Peter and St Pauls Balmoral said: “Faith on Tap was an exciting launch - way better then I expected. Jess’s managed to connect with everyone and the Pineapple Hotel was a perfect setting.

“I’m really looking forward to next months – it was really good to see a really good mix of young Catholics and have a great time in a friendly combination!”

New technology such as the Facebook and

xt3.com websites helped in getting the word out. The Facebook site had over 200 members before the actual launch and helped to get the invites flowing.

“It was great for so many different groups to meet and mix, swapping ideas and future plans since their inspirational trips to WYD,” said Justin Lynch, one of the FoT organising team.

“Since going to Sydney many young people now feel empowered to put on new initiatives like FoT in a new and more encompassing way. WYD showed us that if you put on big events people will travel – even ‘to the end of the earth’.“

“We’re so delighted with the location at the Pineapple. A great atmosphere and they even agreed to host the night for free!”

FoT already have a plan rolled out for their next two speakers with a monk of the Order of St Paul, Fr Columbra, set to speak on “A Monk’s Life” and International Secretary of the World Congress of Families, Allan Carlson, from the US will be speaking in October on the topic: “Why Marry?”

Carlson is a published author on Catholic Family issues and is the International Secretary of the World Congress of Families.

WYD pilgrims differ from their Gen Y peers: they have deep faith

PATHWAYS

Majority of WYD pilgrims “deeply committed Catholics”, extensive web-based study reveals.

■ By

Anthony Barich

WORLD Youth Day pilgrims are far more interested in nourishing their faith than the majority of their Generation Y peers, an extensive study has revealed.

Rev Dr Michael Mason CSsR and Prof. Ruth Webber from Australian Catholic University and Monash University’s Dr Andrew Singleton, who previously worked together from 2003-2007 on The Spirit of Generation Y study, canvassed 12,275 pilgrims before and during WYD08 to gauge why they went and what they were hoping to get out of it.

The survey, commissioned by WYD08 administrators, conducted from May 2-15 on the internet, was anonymous and confirmed the impression the team derived from lengthy interviews conducted earlier – that the pilgrims sacrificed to get to the event and therefore wanted to be there.

“The majority of pilgrims expressed a strong faith; and, of those who were not yet at that point, many seemed to be ‘seekers’, like the centurion in the Gospel who went looking for Jesus. When asked if he believed in Him, he replied, ‘Lord, I believe; help my unbelief’,” a survey summary, issued August 14 by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, said.

The respondents could be spilt into two groups who had much in common. The first group, with almost two-thirds of the English speaking Catholics in WYD’s target age range of 15-35, were older, in their 20s, in tertiary education, working or looking for employment. They set the tone for the majority attitude towards WYD.

“They were making sacrifices to take a week out to come to WYD and they were not messing around,” the summary said. “Their spirituality was very full-on, and so was their approach to WYD – they saw it as a sacred time.”

The second group were mostly aged 1518, still in high school, whose decision to attend did not require the same high level of motivation as they were sponsored by their school or community.

Though they were initially attracted by the adventure of the event, deeper probing revealed that “the faith and spiritual practice of most of the younger group were actually very strong,” Fr Mason said.

“The most surprising finding from the survey so far was the strength of the younger group’s spirituality,” he added.

“We’d got the impression from previous research, and from some interviews that quite a few pilgrims, especially the younger ones, were not much involved with their local church.

“However that seemed to be the case with only about a quarter of the younger group. Nearly half of them were regular church attenders, had a strong faith and a firm sense of Catholic identity.

“They were a lot more involved in the life of faith than was typical for Catholics their age. What the survey told us was that underneath the youthful exuberance, most of them had a core of solid commitment.”

This differed strongly from the research team’s previous study, The Spirit of Generation Y, which surveyed the beliefs and practices of Australians aged 13-29. It revealed that only half identified with any religion – considerably below the national average.

As Cardinal George Pell of Sydney told the National Catholic Education Conference in September 2006, about 30 percent of Generation Y were moving away from their Christian origins.

Hive of activity: Jessica Aravena, left, addressed a large crowd, p;ictured right, at Brisbane’s first Faith on Tap session on August 11 at the Pineapple Hotel at Kangaroo Point. PHOTOS: JUSTIN LYNCH

Syrian monastery gives a glimpse of ancient life

■ By Brooke Anderson

Athe World monaster y gives a of ancient life

sixth-century monastery in the desert of western Syria is giving today’s visitors the experience of visitors the of ancient spiritual life.

Named after St Moses, an Ethiopian monk, the Mar Musa monastery is about 20 miles from the nearest town, Al-Nebek.

The monastery and its church are staffed with Catholic and Orthodox nuns and priests, and the compound has become a centre for Muslim-Christian interfaith dialogue. With its vegetable garden and goat herd, the desert monastery is a model of sustainability.

“I felt like I had a calling to come here, and I felt at home in Mar Musa even before I started living here,” said Father Michel Toma, a Syrian Catholic priest from Homs, Syria, who moved to the monastery several months ago after having visited the remote spiritual oasis several times over the last 10 years. “I love nature. It’s a relaxing and calm place.”

Everyone who visits works to help keep the monastery running. Some tend to the goats and make cheese. Father Toma’s specialty is making candles, something he is teaching the other residents.

He is particularly proud of the monastery’s hospitality to all who visit regardless of race, religion or nationality.

“We welcome everyone,” Father Toma said. “It’s not important that someone prays the same way, but that we all live together. We eat and pray together. That’s the way we live.”

This is what Italian Jesuit Father Paolo Dall’Oglio envisioned when he founded the community about 20 years ago.

After celebrating an energetic Mass in Arabic, Father Dall’Oglio was quick to greet a tour group from Italy.

“Come and see the new church,” he said, leading the group across a bridge and up a cliff to a nearly

has been rebuilt and medieval frescoes have been restored. More than 340 steps have been added almost seamlessly into the mountain, easing the climb to the monastery for visitors.

According to legend, the son of a wealthy Ethiopian king named Musa founded the monastery. Preferring the monastic life to the throne, he travelled to Egypt, then to the Holy Land, settling in Syria where he became a monk in Qara, southern Syria.

He lived as a hermit in the valley where the monastery is now situated until he died a martyr at the hands of a Byzantine soldier. As the story goes, the king’s family took his body but his right thumb was separated from his body and remains a relic in the Syrian church in Al-Nebek.

emony. Once the child was dipped in the water, the priests immediately sang a joyful Arabic hymn to the beat of a large drum.

As the Jameel family and other visitors left, a group of French tourists who spent five days at Mar Musa took one last moment to rest under the tent on the monastery’s terrace before returning to Damascus.

Claire-Lise Henge of Alsace, France, said she was pleased with her visit.

“It’s not too strict, not what you’d think a monastery would be like,” she said. “It’s very open here. They joke around and people feel comfortable.”

She welcomed the mandatory participation in daily life, jokingly saying, “It means we’re not just squatters here.”

completed stone church.

When Father Dall’Oglio stumbled upon Mar Musa’s ancient ruins in the early 1980s, the monastery was in severe decay. The site had been long forgotten, known only to a few local goat herders.

Churches in Spain trial staying open 24/7

VALENCIA, Spain (CNS) - In 2002, Carlo Ravasio trekked more than 3200 kilometres from Moscow to Valencia, stopping by churches along the way to pray for the unity of Christians.

But when the Italian pilgrim arrived at the churches, he encountered a recurring problem: The doors were locked.

In response, Father Miguel Angel Vives, pastor of the Nativity of Our Lady of Burjassot Parish in Valencia, decided that for one year his church would never close its doors. In 2004, more than 66,000 visitors came at all hours of the day.

Ravasio “found few churches open on his journey. Churches are always closed in Spain.

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The ancient monastery is reminiscent of an era when rocky landscapes provided shelters for selfsustaining religious communities. With the help of volunteers, the Syrian government and international sponsors, the church roof

So I decided to open them,” Father Vives told CNS. “It’s just the way I am. As a child, my house was always open,” and churches should be no different, he said.

Churches in Spain and other parts of Europe are normally closed between Masses. One reason for this is the need to prevent theft, but Father Vives said there were fewer thefts at his church in 2004 than in previous years.

This year, with Ravasio’s help, Father Vives is pushing a plan backed by the Archdiocese of Valencia to enlist 12 Catholic churches to open 24 hours a day for one month each.

So far, seven churches have signed up to unlock their doors; in late July, Father Vives was still looking for five more.

The priest said he is open to all places of worship, including mosques, joining his plan. In February and May, two evangelical churches participated in the priest’s project.

“It is very hard” to find enough volunteers

Mar Musa once belonged to the Syrian Antiochene rite. It was more than 500 years - in 1058before the church was built. The church’s frescoes, which date from the 11th and 12th centuries and depict biblical scenes, are the monastery’s pride.

Restoration work has revealed three layers of artwork: Two are from the 11th century and the other is from the end of the 12th century or the beginning of the 13th century, according to restorers.

The nave of the church is decorated with images of saints, with females on the arches and males on the pillars. A representation of the Last Judgment is depicted on the wall of the nave. Each evening, there is about an hour of quiet time, followed by a prayer service. The liturgy usually is celebrated in Arabic, French or English.

Recently, the Jameel family made the eight-hour trip to Mur Masa from their home in northeastern Syria, near the Iraqi border, to have their 6-month-old daughter baptised.

During the baptism the priests sang and prayed while a group of about 50 people observed the cer-

to keep churches open, he said. “Yesterday I felt discouraged. But today, I feel like we can do it,” he said on July 30, adding that he probably would not pursue the project again next year.

Father Juan Carlos Alemany, pastor of St Francis of Assisi Parish in Valencia, told El Pais newspaper that he adopted the 24-hour schedule in July to “reclaim the church as a space for personal prayer, a meeting place of silence and prayer that does not close when there are no more celebrations.”

One hundred volunteers at St Francis worked in shifts at the church entrance around the clock to answer questions and guide visitors.

In August, Our Lady of the Angels Church took over as the church open 24/7.

Father Vives said worshipers are “superhappy” to have a place to pray and reflect in silence at any time of the day. - CNS

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Carole Perez-Pinard, also from the French group, acknowledged that life at Mar Musa was somewhat of an acquired taste.

“Communal living was a big change for me,” she said. “The first day, I couldn’t imagine staying four nights.”

Like the French visitors, Jane Bornemeier, a tourist from New York, decided to visit Mar Musa out of curiosity.

“I didn’t know what it would be like. But it seemed adventurous, so we did it,” she said.

She admitted it was not what she expected.

“When we arrived, we were dropped off at the bottom of a cliff. When I saw how far up it was that we had to climb, I said, ‘No way.’ It’s much more remote and roughing it than I expected, much more like camping out than I thought it would be.”

But after one night of sleeping under the stars on the monastery’s roof, she quickly warmed to the surroundings.

“It’s an extraordinary place,” she said while helping with a meal for other visitors. “This modern version of an ancient tradition is really something.”

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The monastic way: An overview, at top, of the sixth-century Mar Musa monastery in the desert of western Syria. The monastery, staffed by Catholic and Orthodox clergy, has become a centre for Muslim-Christian interfaith dialogue. Meanwhile, visitors prepare green beans at the monastery. PHOTOS: CNS PHOTO/ BROOKE ANDERSON

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Woman oman the world needs you

■ By Natalie Thomas

The modern world is in the midst of a crisis, writes NATALIE THOMAS . Deep down, is a key part of the answer it is searching for nothing less than the rediscovery of the true gift of the feminine?

In the 1993 film ‘So I Married

An Axe Murderer,’ funny man Mike Myers jumps onto a poet’s stage and bellows a tune called ‘Woman! Woah, Man!’ a tune about a woman who uses her feminine wiles to steal his heart and his cat (how about that?).

Whilst the scene and its sentiments are hilariously funny, it is also one of many examples of the portrayal of women in our culture.

Women have been portrayed in many ways covering the entire spectrum of characteristics such as victim, vixen, graceful, tyrannical, nurturer, mediator, smart, ditsy, confused, empowered, insecure, weak, strong... the list goes on.

But beyond these characteristics, accurate or not, what does ‘being a woman’ mean?

Enter stage left a Jewess-becomeCatholic by the name of Edith Stein. Stein, killed in the gas chamber at Auschwitz, is also a Saint and Doctor of the Church, partly for her pioneering thoughts on what ‘being a woman’ means.

Her thoughts go beyond superficial gender roles, warm fuzzies and liberal feminist chants. What she offers is an indepth analysis on the nature of woman.

The ‘ethos’ of being a woman

Stein begins her analysis by looking at what woman’s ‘ethos’ is. That is, the inner spiritual attitude that every woman has, which is not something that is imposed from outside, but which arises from within, to form the principle way in which she interacts with the world. Stein concludes that woman seeks to embrace that which is living, personal, whole and concrete. This is her ethos.

Put simply, woman’s ethos is a deep attention to life and to form, protect, nourish and advance all forms of life, especially the human person. Proof of this ethos can be found by analysing women’s conscious experience of living as a woman, the way women interact with the world, and the deepest desires that lie at the core of a woman’s heart.

Being a woman means being wifely and maternal in soul and body Stein believes that every woman has a two-fold vocation as wife and mother that stems from her ethos to form, nourish, protect

and advance life. Unfortunately, a number of women have had negative experiences that have caused much hatred toward the terms ‘wife’ and ‘mother’, particularly with regard to the way these terms have been used to demean women. Stein implores women and men to understand these terms rightly and grant them the reverence they deserve.

To be wifely means being happy to share one’s life with another and take part in all things that come their way. In other words, it means to be in communion with another, in a relationship of mutual companionship and support. This ties in with wom-

an’s desire to lovingly belong to another and have another lovingly belong to her. Woman knows that the advancement and fulfillment of every human person, including herself, cannot be achieved in solitude.

It is only in relationship with another that woman can live out her ethos to pay deep attention to the person and form, protect, nourish and advance those in her care.

Likewise, it is in relationship with woman that human persons can advance. This is why when woman interacts with the world she is very conscious of the persons she encounters.

From this wifely vocation then

stems the second part of woman’s vocation – to be maternal. To be motherly means to form, nourish, protect and advance the human person.

This is necessary to ensure the human person is brought to the fullness of their humanity, including woman herself.

This is attested to by the aspiration in every female heart to be advanced in her whole being and assume active roles as a complete human person, and to help others do the same.

The human person is an integrated whole, with a soul, intellect, will and emotions which animate the person’s body. If one aspect of the person is advanced

the whole person is advanced. If one aspect of the person is not matured or is suffering, the entire person is affected.

Woman’s perceptive attention to the whole of the person is a gift she carries with her at all times.

It is a gift that aids her in helping develop the body, mind and soul of those in her care. It is a gift that aids her to detect and awaken what lies dormant within the person, what is needed to advance the person, and the fortitude that is required to do so.

Stein calls this woman’s ‘maternal gift’. It flows from the nature of her soul. Since the soul is the animating principle of the body, she is also endowed in her body to be a mother. Thus every woman is gifted with the maternal gift and this is reflected in her body.

Stein is not stipulating that every woman is bound to physically bear children. Of course, she herself was a Carmelite Nun. However, she is making clear that every woman who lives out her maternal ethos, gradually bringing herself and those in her care to a fuller humanity, is living out her maternal vocation in body and soul.

Woman’s vocation to be a wife and mother is something that can be lived in whichever state of life she lives, whether she be married, consecrated celibate or single. Woman can carry out her mission in marriage, religious life, home, work, school or leisure. Whether a woman is to live out her wifehood and motherhood in the marital vocation or the celibate vocation, is a gift for the Lord to bestow.

With regards to women who live the marital vocation, this is a concrete way of living the twofold feminine vocation. It is a primary and most natural vocation arising from the truth of woman’s ethos, soul and body. It is a gift and vocation that, today, sections of society have tried to squash, demean, and truncate in the name of liberation and societal progress, rather than promote as crucial for true liberation, true progress, and the true advancement of humanity.

Woman’s two-fold vocation to advance the human person as wife and mother is not a secondary role, nor is it to be taken lightly, or to be less valued.

It is a vocation that is crucial for the world.

If we have a society of people who are superficially successful, but under-developed and unfulfilled as persons, than we have an empty world.

Authentic feminism allows women to be their wifely and maternal selves everywhere they go

This brings us to Stein’s most significant thought regarding authentic women’s liberation. Our world is in a severe crisis.

Celibate... but also wife and mother. St Edith Stein is depicted in a detail from a mosaic by Jesuit Father Marko Ivan Rupnik in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel at the Vatican.

PHOTO: CNS COURTESY OF CENTRO ALETTI

Natalie Thomas is a graduate of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family Studies in Melbourne and the founding Manager of The Record’s bookshop.

Woman oman the world needs

continued from Vista 1

We are experiencing a world of ing dehumanisation. People are being Workers are being abused for the increased profits, made to step all other in a bid to be the most successful or to simply keep their jobs. Women being used as objects for gratification consumerism, then left to deal consequences.

Violence against the human growing. Certain governments the world treat their citizens as machine. People have no time other, even in families. Education academic and sporting success rather the development and fulfillment whole person.

Woman is needed in this world. woman. No matter whether she elderly, single, married, religious. Her ral maternal ethos to bring the focus to the whole person and the dignity person is needed at home, in the workforce, at school and in society at large.

An authentic women’s liberation embrace the crucial maternal tion women can make to re-humanise world, re-focus attention on the help persons become more complete, help women live out their natural wifely maternal gift to accompany, form, advance, and protect the whole person whatever place they occupy in society.

Woman is needed in this world.

Every woman. No matter whether she is young, elderly, single, married, religious. Her natural maternal to bring the focus back on the person and the dignity of each is needed at home, in the workforce, school and in society at large.

Woman has a particular gift to home, work, school or leisure environment that puts the fulfillment and development of the whole person before profits superficial success. Women thus power in these environments to intuitively answer the question: Are you fulfilled integrated as a person? And the gauge what is needed, if the answer

This gift can help build relationships between people and ensure humanity respect within these environments, offer more rounded remedies to problems, which abstract and combative miss. It is a gift that can discern where is a need and discreetly work toward is a gift that will slowly grow and more advanced as it is practised.

The key to advancing woman to humanity and helping advance the ity of others – living relationship

Stein’s challenge to modern woman lofty. It is a great responsibility. It great privilege that God has bestowed every woman. The question that asked is what is the point of woman’s sion to form, nourish, protect and the human person?

The answer is this. Every human is created and redeemed by God specific purpose – to live in eternal tude with God and His Saints. God person’s ultimate fulfillment. The person can only be truly advanced fulfilled when they are in a living relationship with God, their Creator Redeemer. Thus, woman’s ethos sion to form, nourish, protect and the persons in her care is ultimately people to a living personal relationship God, and help them to live in accordance with their dignity as heirs to His Kingdom. It is none other than a mission humanity prepare for eternal life.

This process begins with woman

If woman’s mission is to help others fuller humanity, she must also attain humanity. Stein believed passionately every woman should be advanced son, a woman, and as a unique individual. is the Lord who gave every woman

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her own specific gifts and traits, making her a unique revelation of something of Him.

It is the Lord who longs to continue advancing her to the fullness of her being, to be truly alive in body, mind and soul, and lead her to live out her wifely and maternal ethos according to her own uniqueness and path the way that He wills to lead her. The only way this can be done is for woman herself to embark on a personal relationship with God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the source and final destination of her life.

This relationship is nourished and deepened through a life of prayer and contemplation; catechetical education, Scriptural meditation on God; living the Sacramental life where she encounters the Body, Blood, soul and divinity of Christ in her whole being; and the practice of living out of a virtuous life.

In this relationship woman will begin to understand the reality that her life is received daily from the Lord and her inalienable dignity comes from the fact that she is a daughter of God the Father, redeemed by Christ the Son, and given power by God the Holy Spirit to live her life as an heir to His Kingdom and the wisdom, knowledge, courage, fortitude and prudence needed to fulfill her wifely and maternal mission.

In this personal and living relationship with the Holy Trinity woman can give others a genuine experience of the reality of God and the works He wants to perform in their lives, and help them live their lives befitting their dignity as heirs to the Kingdom of God.

When the feminine ethos becomes disordered

Woman’s ethos to form, nourish, protect and advance the living, the personal and the whole is a gift bestowed upon her by the Lord. However, since the Fall it must be acknowledged that every woman faces the challenge of resisting numerous disorders that have skewed her understanding and living out of her wifely and maternal ethos.

One such disorder is an over-exaggeration of focus on the person. Woman may have an over-developed focus on herself, showing itself as vanity and constant self pre-occupation. Or woman may have an exaggerated focus on other persons.

This may show itself in the form of unhealthy feminine curiosity (prying) and gossip with regards to others.

Even more insidious is when woman has invested so much time and energy on others that she neglects to develop herself as a complete person.

Woman loses being a subsistent person capable of communicating herself to others and being in communion with others and thus loses a sense of who she is and her sense of self-worth.

As she does so she begins to completely absorb herself in the life of another, giving herself away too easily despite the possible consequences and placing herself in a position of slavery to the other, even when the other does not want this.

Along with this comes the desire to possess or manipulate that person for herself, whether it be her children, husband, fellow workers or friends. She begins to demand the other do the same for her, and thus domination and the need for the other to focus on her replaces woman’s joyful service to help the other develop in their full humanity and be free to live as God wills in preparation for eternal life.

These disorders must be purified if woman is to become a more complete, mature and self-contained person, ready to help develop others so that they too can be advanced to a fuller humanity.

Stein points out that the remedies for these disorders lie first in woman surrendering herself completely to the Holy Trinity.

Only God can receive woman’s total surrender in a way that she will not lose herself in the process, but rather be affirmed by God, loved by God and brought more and more to the fullness of who she was created

An Auschwitz martyr who became model for the whole Church

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ope John Paul II canonised Edith Stein in October 1998, declaring sainthood for a woman he considered one of the more complex and inspiring figures of the 20th century.

to be. Woman must orient herself not to be motivated to pleasing others or herself but live to please God and be faithful to Him.

to be Woman must orient not to motivated to others or herself but Stein points out that much of these dis-

Stein points out that much of these disorders stem from an imbalance between the spiritual faculties, in particular, woman’s emotions overriding her intellect and will.

and inspiring of the 20th centur y she became an atheist before conver tto Catholicism at age 31 She

his faithfulness to

God, participating in the life the Lord had set for him as the protector of the Holy Family and helping further him as a human person.

Stein is not condemning emotions. Indeed, they are necessary to help woman live out her ethos. However, Stein does propose that woman keep her emotions in check with the use of her intellect, will and constant honesty with herself as to the reality of the situation and her motives when interacting with others.

To do so, Stein proposes that woman be engaged in some form of objective work, which requires attention to the task at hand and obedience to objective rules and values. This will help train woman to balance her subjective experience and emotions with the external objective reality.

Stein also states that having a living communion with Christ is indispensable in helping woman balance her spiritual faculties and bring harmony between her subjective experience and objective reality, as he was the one who had to the privilege and pain of balancing his own subjectivity with objective reality in order to redeem the world. Ultimately it is his grace that will uproot a disordered focus on the personal from the inside, restoring woman’s ethos to what it is meant to be.

Stein also touches on the need for woman to have close personal relationships with other women that go beyond ‘gossip sessions’, but rather aim at encouraging and challenging each other to grow in virtue, to acknowledge the reality of the problems she may be experiencing, and have a living personal relationship with the Holy Trinity.

Woman also benefits from strong healthy friendships with men. Just as woman can help a man grow in his humanity and remind him of the priority to put the person first, man can also aid woman in appreciating the value of objective work and bringing one’s emotions into line in order to balance subjective experience with objective reality.

Stein is also very clear that Our Lady is necessary for woman to reach the fullness of her humanity and heal from any disorders of the feminine ethos.

Some have attempted to argue that it is unrealistic to uphold Our Lady as the model of womanhood.

On the contrary, it is in a living personal relationship with Our Lady that woman will be guided to live out a mature wifely and maternal ethos. Our Lady knew what it was to live as a woman here on this earth.

She knew what was required of woman to live out her wifely and maternal ethos, especially when it was hard. She knew that her worth and dignity came from her identity as a daughter of the Father, and her affirmation came from a deep living relationship with the Holy Trinity, in her body and soul.

She knew what it was to entrust herself to her husband even in times of danger, trusting

She knew what it was to bring life to the world. She accompanied and formed her Son for his mission to redeem the world. She welcomed him from God the Father and gave him back when the time had come. She was given the grace to know when to act and when to withdraw, even when her heart ached to do so. She knew her investment of herself in her son was not solely for herself, but for the benefit of the world.

Thus, Our Lady is mother of all women. It is not a matter of every woman being compared to Our Lady. It is a matter of woman allowing Our Lady to accompany her and guide her as she strives to reach her fuller humanity and bring others to that fuller humanity also.

How can woman begin to live her ethos today?

Stein’s study on the nature of being a woman is pertinent for today. However, there is still much to consider in finding ways to help woman live her wifely and maternal ethos today.

Many women struggle to achieve a healthy balance between family, work and taking time out for themselves. Many live their lives in a cycle of anxiety and tiredness, and lose sight of their feminine ethos under the excessive load they must carry. How can one find the time to do all that is required of her and have a daily living relationship with the Lord to help advance and nurture herself and others?

Stein also states that having a living communion with Christ is indispensable in helping woman balance her spiritual faculties and bring harmony between her subjective experience and objective reality...

Stein is clear that only by grace can nature be made whole. Woman has to make her relationship with the Lord her top priority.

Only in a daily relationship with the Lord can woman herself be nourished and slowly purified of disorders to her ethos, and in turn have the wisdom and strength to carry out her mission properly.

Woman keeps much in her heart. She needs regular times of silence to acknowledge, contemplate and allow the Lord to love and affirm her while she can just ‘be’.

This requires the participation of her family and those around her. Society too must play its part in recognising the needs of woman. Woman plays a critical role in re-humanising society and thus society must also help her.

Woman must also help herself. Woman must be honest and real with herself and the choices she is making. In a living personal relationship with the Lord a vision for her life will unfold, which goes far beyond what she could dream for herself. The choices woman makes can last a lifetime.

She must take the time to assess if the choices she is making fit with this vision or if they will set her back.

God is all-knowing and desires woman reach her full potential. Staying close to the Lord and open to his vision for her will protect her and make clear her path so she can get to where she really needs to go.

Contrary to the sentiment one derives from the daily news bulletins, there is much hope for today’s world. Woman is called to play a critical and active role in bringing this world to a greater glory.

This begins with woman herself drawing on the supernatural power and affirmation the Lord so desperately longs to give her and will give her if she opens herself to receive it.

Born into a Jewish family in Poland in 1891, she became an atheist before converting to Catholicism at age 31. She joined a Carmelite convent 11 years later and died in the Nazi gas chambers at Auschwitz in 1942. The church considers her a martyr for the faith. Over the years, some Jews have protested her sainthood cause, saying that she was arrested and killed because of her Jewish heritage.

But the pope beatified her in 1987, declaring her a ``daughter of Israel’’ and a ``daughter of Carmel.’’ In 1997, the church recognised the cure of a US girl as a miracle attributed to Blessed Stein.

For John Paul II, elevating Blessed Stein to sainthood gave the Church a model of faith in action - in normal society and in the dramatic context of wartime suffering.

The canonisation held deep personal significance for the Polish-born pope as well. He grew up not far from the Auschwitz death camp, and as a young seminarian he, too, was attracted to the Carmelite order. Like St Edith Stein, he wrote extensively on the Carmelite mystic St John of the Cross. Both studied philosophy and pondered the connections between reason and faith.

Reflecting on her accomplishments in life in 1995, the Pope said Blessed Stein’s activities as a philosopher, writer, social activist and contemplative made her a model for women of today. Her works include ``The Science of the Cross’’ and ``Life in a Jewish Family.’’

At that time the Pope spoke about the sensitive issue of her conversion to Christianity, saying it was reached after a painful personal search and ``did not signify the refusal of her cultural and religious roots.’’ Instead, Christ was helping her to ``read the history of her people in a deeper way,’’ he said.

Edith Stein was born the youngest child in a large Jewish family in what is now Wroclaw, Poland. She received a doctoral degree with honours in philosophy during World War I and later became assistant to Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology, the current of philosophy that the future Pope John Paul wrote about in his doctoral dissertation. She became a wellknown professor, lecturer and writer. After years of unbelief, she was baptised in 1922 into the Catholic Church. She taught several years at a teacher’s college in Speyer, now in Germany, but was forced to leave teaching in the 1930s by Nazi anti-Semitic legislation.

In 1933, she joined the Carmelite cloister in Cologne, Germany, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Alarmed by the Nazi policies, she requested transfer to a convent in Holland in 1938.

She was arrested there by the Nazis in 1942 and was among 200 Catholics sent to Auschwitz in reprisal for a pastoral letter the Dutch bishops had written criticising Nazi persecution of Jews. The Germans had ordered the arrest of all priests and religious who were even one-eighth Jewish.

Within a week she and her sister, Rosa, were gassed and cremated at the Auschwitz death camp. John Paul II said Blessed Stein faced the prospect of deportation and death with a ``heroic’’ awareness of dying for her people.

One aspect of Blessed Stein’s life that he highlighted was her work in favour of women and women’s rights, in the home and in wider cultural spheres. She taught women most of her life, lectured extensively on women’s education and professional standing, and was said to be researching a pedagogical theory regarding the education of women when she was forced to give up teaching in 1933.

- JOHN THAVIS, CNS

Edith Stein

Frontiers of love go beyond continents

Perspectives

Write your life for Him

How does one become second-rate?

Can you tell me that?

How does the dust fall?

Jeronimo Flamenco

IM- “Carl Ekdahl” in Fanny Och Alexander

magine a life is a blank sheet, as young people are often told it is, and then imagine we live by marking the paper.

On this image, those who squander their lives are like those who scribble on the sheet, or who write something obscene in giant letters.

On the page of a human life, that is, we must write carefully, or risk leaving behind something trivial, something worthless as a testament.

Those who spend their time rutting, or speaking about sexual acts, or writing about them, or obsessing in some other way, those men and women inordinately impressed by sexual things, they are the sort who leave behind nothing more exhilarating, and more memorable, than a crude joke printed in a childish hand.

Too many same sex attracted men write their lives in this way.

We squander. We are told to prefer sexualised surfaces. So-called Pride marches feature, as a matter of form, bare-chests, underpants, and sex.

Being Heard

By John Heard

Christ takes the world’s brash “me!” and shatters all self-regarding mirrors.

Some claim that the Christian life is, therefore, fit only for slaves.

The Church has always claimed that, on the contrary, too many people follow a warped view, one that is derived from a mistaken understanding of man’s place in the scheme of things.

Only when man puts himself above God, then, does he think it right, or natural, to speak of himself, and his desires, as supremely important.

This is the sort of tension; these are the sorts of existential struggles, which the great Swedish director Ingmar Bergman featured in his films.

Certainly, Fanny Och Alexander lies coiled beneath this column. I watched Bergman’s masterpiece before sitting down to write.

live their lives in full view of the same. Further, many wise men and women come to the sort of vantage occupied by the characters in Bergman’s films. They can see the gap between a new life in purity and an old life in the ruts. A good life, however, is a life lived against the habit of evil.

Instead of coming to the brink, instead of peering into eternity, and losing hope – either in one’s capacity for goodness, or else in God’s existence – saints are those then who steady their hands (to keep with the image) and write freely and surely: “humility”, “duty”, “love”, “service”, and “poverty”.

They live these words. They model them for good-chasers everywhere.

Doubt comes down; therefore, not where Bergman’s generation might have seen it - on the fact of others’ holiness, or the existence of God - rather one finds it in the challenge of one’s own life, lived in light of God’s offer. What will I do? What will I write? When will I start the great work I was given to set down?

These are the central questions of any man’s life, but in Christianity, the deadly, silvery knot that is modernity - and its agnosticism - is undone.

All it takes: love God, and love one another.

y name is Jeronimo Flamenco. I come from El Salvador in Central America and have lived for two years at St Charles’ Seminary in Guildford. I was born in a small rural village in El Salvador and was raised in a family with very strong faith. As a little boy I did not understand why my father prayed the Rosary every morning and every evening together with the family but now I understand and see the principles my parents possessed, which are now, for me, a source of grace in my vocation. In 1992 I started in the Minor seminary in El Salvador. After four years I continued my study of philosophy in the Major seminary; I also studied two years of theology in same seminary. After that I studied civil law for three years in the Catholic University in El Salvador.

When the opportunity arose to come to Australia I discerned that it was God’s will for me. When I think of my vocation I understand that the frontiers of love are more important than the boundaries of one’s own country. This belief has been tested since arriving in Australia, for example, I could not speak English when I arrived two years ago.

Furthermore, my faith has always been stronger in the context of a vibrant Christian community, which I have found to be present here as it was back in El Salvador. However, my life is not mine, but belongs to the Kingdom of God and in service of the Catholic Church and more specifically the Perth Archdiocese.

For me the ministry of the priesthood within the Catholic Church is not about privilege, honour or power but, instead, is a special gift from God calling one to service in the Christian community.

The Catholic Church needs priests who are holy and wise; but not only priests, the Church needs all men and women to be holy.

This holiness must be grounded in the real world; a holiness that is down to earth. It is my belief that the priest, in this present time, must be capable of sharing his experience of God with others, grounded in a deep faith, love and knowledge that is in communion with the Christian community.

Finally, in my journey to the priesthood I have consecrated myself to the Virgin Mary; and every day I ask her to watch over not only me but also my fellow seminarians at St Charles’ Seminary and all the Christian community.

“Gay” lifestyle magazines do not hesitate to prescribe, as a matter of self-constitution and definition, a certain life for “gay” men.

That life, written on a single sheet, would likely contain only a handful of words, such as: “pride”, “me”, “rights”, “will”, “sex”, and “money”.

Indeed, such a sheet might – on the darkest readings – accurately represent the life of any “modern man”, and “liberated woman”.

Christianity, by sharp contrast, calls us to live a life characterised by the antonyms of those words: “humility”, “duty”, “service”, “love”, and “poverty”.

His touchstone concerns: ‘Does God exist? What is man to do with his life? What is happiness?’ can also be said to trouble, in a foundational way, much of modern culture and contemporary life.

It is not useless to imagine one’s life as a sheet of paper to be written on when attempting to engage some of these concerns. It doesn’t pay to labour the image, but it is there.

The image scares me silly.

Why? Because Catholics are called to sanctify our lives in Christ, and one cannot escape.

To attempt to answer Bergman, then, one might begin by saying that happy men are those who need not be oblivious to human weakness; rather they

Great artists of the last century, such as Bergman, might have found that too simple, but we are told that the very simplicity of Christ’s commandments reveals something of the mystery of God’s nature, and points the way to happiness.

Man becomes second-rate, then, by ignoring this truth. The dust falls, indeed, when same sex attracted men (and so many others) stop too long to ponder unworthy things.

For, we are built to write our lives beautifully for Him.

John Heard is a Melbourne writer. johnnyheard@gmail.com

Why call no one father, Father?

IN the gospel Jesus says we should call no one on earth “father”, since God is our only father. How are we to understand this, when we all call our earthly father “father”? And how do we answer some non-Catholics who use this passage to say we should not call priests “father”?

Jesus did indeed say: “And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.” (Mt 23:9).

How are we meant to understand

How are we meant to this? Clearly, Jesus was not forbidding us to call our earthly father “father”, any more than he was forbidding us to call our earthly mother “mother”. Nothing is more natural and time-honoured than to refer to our parents by these titles.

Jesus himself used these titles to refer

By Fr John Flader

to our earthly parents: “He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me.” (Mt 10:37)

Indeed, it is only because we understand what earthly fatherhood means that we can grasp the meaning of divine fatherhood, of calling God “our Father”.

As the Catechism of the Catholic Church says, “The language of faith thus draws on the human experience of parents, who are in a way the first

representatives of God for man... [God] also transcends human fatherhood and motherhood, although he is their origin and standard: no one is father as God is Father” (CCC 239). Thus it is clear that Jesus does want us to refer to our earthly parents as father and mother.

We also use the term “father” in a spiritual sense, and this usage too is found in Scripture. For example, in the Old Testament, Joseph says that God “has made me a father to Pharaoh” (Gen. 45:8), Job says that “I was a father to the poor” (Job 29:16), and Elisha cries out, “My father, my father!”, as Elijah is carried up into heaven (2 Kgs 2:12). Here it is a matter of calling father one who cares for another in a spiritual sense.

This usage is found also in the New Testament. St Paul often refers to the first Christians as his children and to himself as their father. For example, he writes to the Corinthians: “For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the Gospel” (1 Cor 4:14-15). Elsewhere he writes: “But Timothy’s worth you know, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.” (Phil 2:22)

St Paul had suffered much in planting the seed of the faith in the first Christian communities and he had a deep love for them, feeling himself truly their father. And the people would have regarded St Paul as their spiritual father.

From this biblical usage it is easy to understand how Catholics, and some other Christians as well, have come to call their priests “Father”. Priests, after all, pour themselves out for their people and have a deep spiritual bond with

them. They feel themselves fathers to their people in a real sense.

What did Jesus mean, then, when he said not to call anyone on earth “father”? He was obviously only trying to point out that, while we use the term “father” to refer to different people on earth, and it is quite appropriate to do so, no one is father as God is. God is the one from whom all earthly fatherhood takes its name (cf. Eph 3:15) God is father in the truest sense. He is “the first origin of everything and transcendent authority” and “he is at the same time goodness and loving care for all his children.”

(CCC 239) Earthly fathers have these qualities only in a limited way.

We should not forget either that at the same time as Jesus said not to call anyone on earth father, he also said, “But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren... Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ.” (Mt 23:8,10) He was speaking to the scribes and Pharisees, who in their pride loved to be called rabbi, teacher or master, and to have their authority recognised by others. Jesus clearly did not mean that we should call no one teacher, since he sent the apostles out to teach (cf. Mt 28:19-20) and St Paul frequently refers to himself as a teacher (cf. 1 Tim 2:7; 2 Tim 1:11).

In summary, Jesus is not forbidding us to call anyone on earth father, or teacher or master. He is only reminding the scribes and Pharisees, and all of us, that when we do this, we should always remember that only God is the true father, teacher and master.

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UK government OKs Newman’s exhumation

■ By Simon Caldwell

LONDON (CNS) - The British government has agreed to allow the exhumation of the body of a 19th-century cardinal whose cause for sainthood is widely expected to progress soon to beatification.

The Ministry of Justice granted a licence to allow undertakers to dig up the body of Cardinal John Henry Newman from a grave in a small cemetery in the suburbs of Birmingham, England, and transfer it to a marble sarcophagus in a church in the city, where it can be venerated by pilgrims. The licence was expected to arrive on August 11, the 118th anniversary of the cardinal’s death in 1890.

Approval had been delayed by several months because of a 19thcentury law that forbids the transfer of bodies from graves to church tombs.

But Sir Suma Chakrabarti, permanent secretary to the Ministry of Justice, finally decided to make an exception to allow the exhumation to go ahead.

The licence was confirmed in an August 6 letter sent to Peter Jennings, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Birmingham, by Robert Clifford, the head of the burials team of the coroners unit of the Ministry of Justice.

Jennings told Catholic News Service in an August 8 telephone interview that he was “most grateful” to the government “for granting this licence in exceptional circumstances.”

“The Ministry of Justice has recognised the importance of (Cardinal) Newman as a national figure and as a figure of great importance to the country, the Church and to ecumenism,” he said.

Jennings said the Vatican

Congregation for Saints’ Causes wanted Cardinal Newman’s body to be moved into a setting that befits his status as a potential saint. He said that undertakers will open the lead-lined coffin at the graveside and Cardinal Newman’s corpse, wearing the vestments of a priest, will be photographed. It will then be transferred to a

morgue where “major relics” - such as bones from the cardinal’s hands - will be retrieved.

Cardinal Newman’s remains will be moved to a new coffin that will be displayed to the public before it is placed in a marble sarcophagus after a celebratory Mass in the Birmingham Oratory church.

The tomb will be engraved with

the cardinal’s motto: “Ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem” (from shadows and images into the truth).

The date of the exhumation will be kept secret but will take place before December, when Pope Benedict XVI is expected to announce Cardinal Newman’s beatification. Born in London in 1801, Cardinal Newman was an Anglican priest who led the Oxford movement in the 1830s to draw Anglicans to their Catholic roots. He converted to Catholicism at the age of 44 after a succession of clashes with Anglican bishops made him a virtual outcast from the Church of England. Cardinal Newman’s cause was

Worried US Anglican clergy visit Catholic Bishop

■ By Chaz Muth

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Four priests from the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, who said they are troubled by the “liberal” direction taken by the Episcopal Church met with the Catholic bishop of Fort Worth.

The meeting raised questions about whether they intend to seek a way to join the Catholic Church.

The Episcopal clergy members met with Bishop Kevin Vann of Fort Worth on June 16 to explore how the two faith communities can better collaborate spiritually, Pat Svacina, director of communications for the Catholic diocese, confirmed to Catholic News Service on August 14.

“The bishop listened to them as part of an ongoing dialogue he has been having with them,” Svacina said. “The bishop has not taken a position on this topic at this time. Ultimately, full communion with the Catholic Church would be a decision made by the Vatican.”

The priests who met with Bishop Vann were the Rev. Charles Hough, a canon and an assistant to Fort Worth Episcopal Bishop Jack Leo Iker; the Rev. William Crary, rector of St Laurence Church in Southlake; the Rev. Christopher Stainbrook, vicar of St Timothy Mission in Fort Worth, and the Rev. Louis Tobola, vicar of St

Barnabas Mission in Fort Worth.

Established in 1983 when it was created from the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth has resisted ordaining women as priests, which the Episcopal Church allows, and its members have voiced opposition to the church ordaining an openly gay bishop.

In a prepared document delivered to Bishop Vann, the Episcopal priests said they have witnessed Episcopal dioceses throughout the US “fall away from a traditional biblical and Catholic practice of the faith.”

The document also states the four priests realise that England’s King Henry VIII - the monarch who broke with Rome but who wrote the “Defence of Seven Sacraments” and was granted the title “defender of the faith” - never intended to make any substantive or permanent changes in the Catholic faith.

“The four priests did go to visit the local Catholic bishop and did talk about a fuller communion,” said Suzanne Gill, director of communications for the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth.

“It was not an attempt by the diocese to join the Catholic Church, but to reach a fuller unity on those things that we do hold in common.” However, the document presented to Bishop Vann does suggest the Episcopal priests are seeking guid-

ance from Pope Benedict XVI to effect “more quickly the healing of this portion of the broken body of Christ.”

Though Bishop Iker knew the priests were meeting with Bishop Vann and was given a copy of the document they presented to him, they were not representing their diocese, bishop or congregations, Gill told CNS.

“They represented only themselves.”

The meeting with Bishop Vann follows a year of the Episcopal diocese studying various agreed statements that have come out of ecumenical dialogues between Anglicans and Roman Catholics on the national and international level, Bishop Iker said in a prepared statement.

The priests’ “discussion with Bishop Vann has no bearing upon matters coming before our diocesan convention in November, where a second vote will be taken on constitutional changes concerning our relationship with the General Convention of the Episcopal Church,” he said. “There is no proposal under consideration, either publicly or privately, for the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth to become part of the Roman Catholic Church.”

The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth intends to realign with an orthodox province in South America as a constituent mem-

ber of the worldwide Anglican Communion, a decision affirmed in its diocesan convention in 2007, Bishop Iker said.

In 2006 Bishop Iker and several clergy from his diocese travelled to Rome and discussed with Cardinal Bernard Law, archpriest of the Basilica of St Mary Major, “the crisis in our branch of Christendom,” said Rev. Stainbrook in the document presented to Bishop Vann.

“At that meeting, Cardinal Law indicated that the Catholic Church was aware of the current difficulties faced by Anglo Catholics, and particularly the Anglo Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth,” he said.

The Episcopal Church is the US member of the Anglican Communion, which has its origins in Henry VIII’s 16th-century break with Rome after the pope’s refusal to grant an annulment of his first marriage.

This is often referred to as the English Reformation.

The document also asserts the Reformation itself was intended to be for a limited time only, “a season,” a reference to the Book of Ecclesiastes.

“We believe that it is now time for a new season,” Rev. Stainbrook said in the document.

“It is, perhaps, time for a church of Reformation to die and a new unification among Christ’s people (to) be born: unification possible only under the Holy Father.”

opened in 1958. In April, Vatican medical consultants ruled that an inexplicable healing in August 2001 was a result of his intercession. Deacon Jack Sullivan of Marshfield, Massachusetts, had been suffering from a serious spinal disorder but was cured after praying to the cardinal.

The case is now being studied by a committee of theological consultors, who will meet again on September 30.

If they decide that the healing was a miracle and their finding is confirmed by the sainthood congregation and the Pope, it will mean that Cardinal Newman can be beatified and declared “blessed.” A second miracle is needed for his cause to progress to canonisation.

Vatican

makeover

Library gets

VATICAN CITY (CNS)The Vatican Library’s makeover will include construction of a fireproof bunker for manuscripts and a climate-controlled room for precious papyrus fragments, the head of the library said.

In addition, the library is reclaiming as a reading room the finely decorated Sistine Hall, which has been used in recent times for Vatican Museums’ exhibits.

The project includes the restructuring of three floors of the 16th-century library building, which houses laboratories dedicated to manuscript restoration and photo archiving. An external elevator will connect the floors.

This summer employees finished the painstaking work of packaging the library’s 75,000 ancient manuscripts and transferring them to protected storage areas inside the Vatican, the cardinal said.

In addition to manuscripts, the library houses about 8,300 early printed works, more than 70,000 prints, engravings and maps, more than 300,000 coins and medals, and more than 1.6 million books.

- CNS

Towering figure: A portrait of Cardinal John Henry Newman, left, and an architect’s sketch shows how the future tomb of Cardinal Newman in the Birmingham Oratory church in England might look. Britain’s Ministry of Justice granted a license to allow undertakers to dig up the body of Cardinal Newman and rebury it in a marble sarcophagus in Birmingham Oratory church.

PHOTO: CNS IMAGE/COURTESY OF ARCHDIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM

China restricts Beijing clergy to keep Games inscrutable

BEIJING (CNS) - Catholic clergy who work near Beijing and have not registered with the Chinese government faced restrictions on their work as the 2008 Olympic Games approached.

The government forbade unregistered bishops and priests to administer sacraments or do pastoral work from late July, and some bishops have been put under house arrest, church sources told the Asian church news agency UCA News, before the Olympic Games began.

In Beijing, a layman from an unregistered church community told UCA News in early August that most priests who had been working semi-clandestinely in the capital have returned to their hometowns until the Olympics end.

While these priests are out of town, he said, they agreed to have their parishioners attend Masses led by registered priests in Beijing, since Bishop Joseph Li Shan of Beijing has papal approval.

The layman said that as the Olympics neared, the government started imposing strict controls on people from other provinces entering Beijing. Officials tightened security checks in residential areas as well as at subway stations and other public transportation centres.

The Chinese government requires the registration of bishops and church communities. Some Catholics view registration as a tool for control and prefer to exercise the faith in a semi-clandestine manner. Pope Benedict XVI has urged the two Catholic communities to unite.

In Tianjin municipality and Hebei province, which surround Beijing, church sources told UCA News unregistered bishops have been put under house arrest and strict surveillance and are forbid-

den to contact their priests. They also said that government officials in those areas said clergy without permits from the Catholic Patriotic Association, which functions as a liaison between the registered churches and the State Administration for Religious Affairs, are forbidden to celebrate Mass or administer any sacraments, including the anointing of the sick.

Some priests said they were warned not to leave their hometowns, while Catholic villagers said they were warned not to receive unregistered priests who usually stay at the laypeople’s homes. Anyone violating the orders would be fined heavily, they added.

In Wuqiu village in Hebei, where Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo of Zhengding resides, a small house was built in April in front of the cathedral for public security officers to guard the unregistered bishop around-the-clock, church sources told UCA News in early August. Previously, these officers had rented a residential house nearby to monitor the prelate.

Sources reported officers now take eight-hour shifts and enter the bishop’s residence in the cathedral compound every two hours to check on 73-year-old Bishop Jia, who is on medication.

Although laypeople living outside Wuqiu have been warned not to visit the cathedral, the prelate still insists on celebrating Mass there every day, the sources said.

They noted that, with the August 15 feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary falling during the Olympics, unregistered Catholic communities are monitoring the security situation and would decide whether or not to gather to celebrate the feast.

In eastern China, unregistered priests in Anhui and Shandong provinces faced similar restric-

Comfort zone: Pope’s dialogues with priests flow freely

■ By John Thavis

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The world sees the public side of Pope Benedict XVI generally at big ceremonial events in Rome or on foreign travels, when he’s under the glare of the media.

But over the last three years, the “real Benedict” has emerged most fully in a series of semi-private encounters with an audience he feels at home with - groups of priests.

In the northern Italian city of Bressanone in early August, the 81-year-old Pope engaged in what has become a summer tradition: a question-and-answer session with the region’s diocesan and religious priests.

The dialogue ran the gamut from environmental problems to papal primacy, and the Pope took more than 10 minutes to answer each of the six questions. There weren’t many softballs tossed his way.

One priest asked whether pastors should administer sacraments of Communion and confirmation to young people

longer recognise any power over us, but see only ourselves.”

People today have the strong sensation that “the world is slipping away,” he said, and it’s a perfect opportunity for the church to publicly promote the Christian solution, which must include a more humble and moderate lifestyle.

What distinguishes these encounters is that the Pope obviously feels he is speaking as a priest among priests, not an authority figure.

During his first summer meeting with priests in 2005, he told his audience: “I also want to say that the Pope is not an oracle, that he is infallible in only the rarest of situations, as we know.”

That’s a point the Pope has made more than once as a preface to his responses; he’s there to provide reflection and some guidance, not prefabricated answers to pastoral dilemmas.

In addition to the summer meetings in various parts of Italy, the Pope holds the same kind of informal meetings each year with the several hundred priests of the Diocese of Rome. The first

tions, UCA News learned. In northeastern China, Bishop Joseph Wei Jingyi of Qiqihar told UCA News on August 5 that government officials recently phoned him and asked if he would be travelling or holding any religious gatherings during the coming days.

“I know they don’t want us to organise any activities during the Olympics,” the 50-year-old prelate said.

He said he told the officials he “won’t go anywhere, but will support the Olympics at home, in front of the television.”

His diocese in Heilongjiang province has not held any special Masses for the Olympics, but Catholics will pray for the success of the event at Sunday Masses, he said.

He added that he learned some unregistered priests who serve Catholics in Beijing and its surrounding areas had returned home or decided to vacation in northeastern China, where the weather is cooler, to avoid problems and inconveniences. Laypeople would be safe as long as they pray at home and did not join religious gatherings, he added.

In Inner Mongolia, an underground priest told UCA News on August 2 that local priests had canceled catechism classes for young people and pilgrimages this summer to avoid trouble.

Priests now spend their time visiting laypeople living in remote villages and playing sports to keep fit and deepen their fraternity, he said.

In southeastern China, church sources told UCA News that local officials had not imposed restrictions or given warnings to the unregistered communities in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, but priests there were conscious of not organising large-scale activities during the Olympics.

who aren’t really aware of their significance.

The Pope, in a moment of selfrevelation that’s become typical of these encounters, said he used to be more strict about administering the sacraments, but he’s come to see that it’s more important to be generous if it can encourage even a “glimmer” of faith.

The comment immediately prompted speculation that Pope Benedict might prove to be somewhat more lenient than expected on other sacramental issues.

Another priest, picking up on a strong papal theme of late, wondered whether the church over the centuries had dropped the ball when it comes to moral teaching on environmental protection.

The Pope acknowledged some gaps in the Church’s attention to ecology, but said it was false to suggest that the Christian understanding of “subduing” the earth meant carelessly exploiting its resources.

“The brutal consumption of creation begins where there is no God, where material is considered only material for us,” he said. “And the squandering of creation begins where we no

came shortly after his election, when he fielded 12 questions and comments.

The get-togethers allow the Pope to hear what’s on the minds of priests these days. For the most part, the focus has been on modern pastoral trials: the continuing drift away from the sacraments, the difficulties in educating young people beyond a certain age, the loss of church members to religious sects and the challenge of invigorating parish life.

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, told CNS that the Pope wants to keep the free-flowing atmosphere of these encounters.

He’s made only one rule - that it take place away from the public and the media.

The content comes out when the Vatican publishes a transcript a few days later. On his recent flights to the US and Australia, he gave reporters 20 minutes of question-and-answer time.

His clerical audiences, on the other hand, are often treated to nearly two hours of unrehearsed dialogue.

With priests, the Pope is clearly in his comfort zone.

Towering figure: A boy poses near policemen in front of the Forbidden City ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 5. Chinese authorities clamped down on underground Catholics, placing Bishops under house arrest and constantly monitoring them before the Games commenced.

PHOTO: CNS/JASON REED, REUTERS

Brother to brother: Pope Benedict XVI arrives for a closed-door meeting with about 400 priests and religious in the cathedral in Bressanone, Italy, on August 6. PHOTO: CNS PHOTO/L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO VIA REUTERS

Begun, the Clone Wars have; thrilled you will be

The Jedi Knights’ chivalrous code is on display in all its majesty in the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars, part 2.5 of the iconic big screen series.

NEW YORK (CNS) - Part of the mythical Jedi Knights’ chivalrous code, we learn in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Warner Bros), is to share fighting skills with young warriors in training, much as medieval men-at-arms did for the squires who apprenticed with them.

Accordingly, this seventh bigscreen installment of the intergalactic saga - the first in animated form - has master fighter Anakin Skywalker (voice of Matt Lanter) teamed with an unlikely and initially unwanted sidekick, a 14year-old girl named Ahsoka (voice of Ashley Eckstein).

Anakin’s commander, Yoda (voice of Tom Kane), has created this odd couple with the hope

of smoothing some of the rough edges of his courageous but arrogant underling. For her part, Ahsoka will have to get her soldierly education on the fly since - wouldn’t you know - there’s a war on, pitting the Republic, which the Jedi serve, against seceding planets known

Oblates mark 50 years

Oblates of St Benedict

THE Oblates of St Benedict celebrate 50 years in the Archdiocese of Perth on September 28 when Archbishop Barry Hickey will celebrate with Oblates who attend monthly meetings at St Josephs Convent, South Perth at 2pm..

The Oblates in Perth were started in 1958 at St Benedict’s Parish, Applecross, whose parish priest, renowned musician Fr Albert Lynch, was appointed the first chaplain.

St Benedict himself started the Oblates when he first established and wrote his Rule to cover Monks, Sisters and Lay people (Oblates). The term ‘Oblates’ derived from the rule as ‘One offered to God’ and is still used today. Oblates study the Rule of St Benedict and the Gospels.

Abbot Gregory Gomez OSB of New Norcia appointed Fr Theodore Fernandez OSB as chaplain and as director of Oblates throughout Australia. Branches were established in most states of Australia.

Fr Theodore OSB was followed by Fr Basil Noseda OSB whose own mother Eva became one of the first Oblates in

Fr Anscar

New Norcia. Fr Basil was eventually replaced by Fr Anscar McPhee OSB who remained director of Oblates for the next nineteen years.

Fr Anscar appealed to all groups around Australia to keep the Benedictine Oblates alive. Fr Anscar wrote the first chants of Oblates and also established a magazine entitled. ‘Life in Christ.’

Other Benedictine Monks, Frs David Barry OSB, Justin Bruce OSB and Anthony Louis OSB have all contributed over the years to keep the Oblate Chapter alive and well.

Fr Anthony Louis OSB is its present director of Oblates and travels each month to Perth for meetings.

collectively as the Separatists. The titular clones are created as endless cannon fodder for the Republicans, with robots serving the same purpose on the secessionists’ side.

But this morally fraught back story is just a device to keep the bullets flying and the screen filled with troops.

As Ahsoka begins to prove her worth, winning Anakin’s grudging approval, the two are dispatched on a quest by Yoda and fellow commander Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice of James Arnold Taylor). Their mission is to free the kidnapped infant son of master bandit Jabba the Hutt, whose control of trade routes

makes him a vital ally.

The blobby, malodorous baby is being held at a remote monastery as part of the nefarious schemes of Count Dooku (richly voiced by Christopher Lee), who’s aided by his battle-hardened minion Asajj Ventress (voice of Nika Futterman).

Despite all the details of the elaborate mythos, storytelling takes a back seat to prolonged battle sequences in director Dave Filoni’s noisy addition to the franchise.

But the violence never becomes graphic, and there’s virtually no objectionable material.

The stylised computer generated animation - partly inspired by the 1960s British television series “Thunderbirds” - may strike some viewers as iconic, others as merely stiff.

This episode is designed to fall between the movie Episodes II and III.

The film contains moderate fantasy violence and one mild oath. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. Some material may not be suitable for children.

Servant who traversed the State

60th Anniversary of OrdinationFr Hubert Kelly

August 2 was a memorable day for Fr Hubert Kelly and marked a very significant milestone in his long and fruitful life.

Fr Kelly had studied for the priesthood at Springvale and Manly in Sydney during the 1940’s. He always retained a close bond and friendship with his classmates and travelled to the eastern states when he could to visit them.

Very few of the group are alive today but he wanted to see those remaining once again.

Hence, he headed east for perhaps one last long Journey on July 21 making it tough for those keen to celebrate his special day with him. So, with fellow residents of St John of God Villas, Subiaco and close family, a concelebrated Mass on July 19 marked the 60th th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood, albeit quite a few days early.

Fr Kelly was born in Geraldton in 1919, one of six children, three boys and three girls, where he remained until the family moved to Victoria Park.

With his brothers and sisters, he attended school at St Joachim’s for a number of years until the family moved again, this time to Kalgoorlie. He completed his formal education at Christian Brothers College. On leaving school, he got a job in Kalgoorlie with the then Postmaster Generals Department or PMG, as it was more commonly known.

On moving to Perth, Fr Kelly continued his employment with the PMG before his true vocation called him and he moved to NSW to commence his studies for the priesthood.

Along with several other seminarians, he was ordained in St Mary’s Cathedral in Perth by Archbishop Prendiville on August 2, 1948.

Following his ordination, Fr Kelly served as a curate at St Bridgid’s West Perth, St Columba’s South Perth and Our Lady of Fatima Palmyra.

In 1953, he was appointed curate at Wagin in the south west. This was the start of 52 years of ministering to parishes and communities throughout the region.

On the Diocese of Bunbury being established in 1954, Fr Kelly was incardinated to the new diocese. From then until the end of 1994, he was parish priest at Boyup Brook, Gnowangerup, Kojonup, Margaret River, Mount Barker, Narrogin, Pemberton, as well as being at the Cathedral Parish in Bunbury.

At the beginning of 1995, he “retired” from parish life and took on the role of priest in charge of Hosea Prayer House in Dardanup until 2005 when he moved to Perth and took up residence at St John of God Villas. This in itself was very appropriate in that Fr Kelly had been closely involved

SPORT and religion clashed when Fr John Hill sm celebrated 60 years a priest last week.

That Sunday was also Shaun McManus’ swan song for the dockers.

Half the congregation planning to attend his celebration suddenly learnt only days before the Western Derby of Shaun’s farewell.

Fr John took it in his stride and prayed at the Mass for Shaun and his extended family.

Fr Hill’s mother was a Miller so he is related to Shaun and also to Daniel Kerr. On Father’s paternal side he is related to Quentin Lynch.

Cousins from that side also joined in celebrating with Father.

Fr John gave a hint at the Mass of his team of choice though, declaring his stay at Neesham’s had been a joyous one.

Originally from Adelaide, Fr Hill has spent 58 years as a missionary in Japan.

Five years ago at 80 he declared he had visited Oz for the last time.

with the St John of God nuns and their work in the South West.

Throughout his priesthood, Fr Kelly is remembered as a prayerful, gentle natured person with a good sense of humour and a good listener. These attributes helped him to provide advice, guidance and comfort to everyone who sought his wise counsel.

He was a chaplain for Marriage Encounter and had a special interest in ecumenical matters.

Fr Kelly kept close ties with his family.

Flo and Dorothy, his two surviving sisters were special guests at the anniversary of his ordination. Dorothy, being the youngest of the siblings mentioned she could not recall a lot of memories of the family’s early life and times in Kalgoorlie. However, one special memory was of Fr Kelly teaching his three sisters to dance by waltzing them around the dining room.

-Brian Parry

Superstar connections, missionary focus

However, 62 youth from Japan needed an interpreter at World Youth Day and Fr John got the job. A happy coincidence, it enabled Fr John to visit family and friends across Australia for his Diamond Jubilee of Ordination.

At the Mass a 140-year-old family Bible was carried in procession and read at the Gospel.

In his homily Fr John displayed the missionary fire in his voice, explaining that he was ordained on the feast of St Francis Xavier in the Cathedral of St Francis Xavier in Adelaide without knowing he would spend the rest of his life as a missionary in Japan.

St Francis Xavier was the first to preach the Gospel in Japan over 400 years ago. A large black forest cake and supper followed in the new Hall at Our Lady of Fatima Palmyra. There was no cake left, so we were lucky half the expected congregation went to Shaun’s sendoff. A retiring collection for Father raised $1180.

Fr John is a grand-uncle of cyclist Stuart O’Grady who has just completed a baker’s dozen of Tours de France.

Then: Fr Hubert Kelly.

Now: Fr Hubert Kelly.

Animated fun: Ahsoka Tano engages in battle in this scene from the animated movie “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. IMAGE: CNS/LUCASFILM

Kids bitz

COOKING

THE MOST UNIQUE CATHOLIC COOKBOOK EVER!

colouring in

COOKING WITH THE SAINTS

By Ernst Schuegraf

A feast of spiritual and culinary delights!

Over 170 recipes from 21 countries. Richly illustrated with colour photos of saints and dishes including inspiring short biographies of 73 saints.

St Anne

In Nazareth there lived a childless couple, believed to be of the house of David. Joachim and Hannah. Hannah prayed to the Lord to take away from her the curse of sterility, promising to dedicate her child to the service of God. An angel came to Hannah and said: “Hannah, the Lord has looked upon thy tears; thou shalt conceive and give birth and the fruit of thy womb shall be blessed by all the world”. Hannah gave birth to a daughter whom she called Miriam (Mary). The supposed relics of St Anne were brought from the Holy Land to Constantinople in 710 and were still kept there in the church of St Sophia in 1333.

CREME SAINTE-ANNE

Ingredients:

125g sugar

2 tbsp. water

1 tbsp. butter (unsalted)

50g macaroons, crushed 300ml milk

1 egg 3 egg yolks

Method:

Butter 4 ramekins. Put half the sugar in a pan and moisten with 2 tablespoons of water. Bring to the boil and cook to an amber caramel. Pour the caramel into 4 ramekins, to make a thin layer in each, and allow to set. Place a thin slice of butter on the caramel in each ramekin and sprinkle with crushed macaroons. Heat the milk to simering point. Whisk the egg, egg yolks and remaining sugar until creamy. Beat in the hot milk and pour into the prepared ramekins. The macaroons will float to the top.

Stand the ramekins in a tray of simmering water that comes half way up their sides. Bake in a moderate oven at 160 celcius for 20-25 minutes until set. Allow too cool, loosen edges and turn out onto a plate.

CARRY ALONG BIBLE FUN

Includes:

■ four paperback booklets

■ mini panoramas for stickers

■ multiple sticker sheets

■ marker pens

■ A3 Activity sheets

■ Mini stories of Noah, Moses, Jesus and the Christmas Story RRP: $16.95 The Record Bookshop ph: 227 7080

kids pics

LETTER

Dear Mrs Stevens

jokes

Sounds of the Night

A man is driving down the road and breaks down near a monastery. He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, “My car broke down. Do you think I could stay the night?”

The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, and even fixed his car. As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound. The next morning, he asks the monks what the sound was, but they say, “We can’t tell you. You’re not a monk.”

The man is disappointed but thanks them anyway and goes about his merry way.

Some years later, the same man breaks down in front of the same monastery. The monks accept him, feed him, and fixed his car. That night, he hears the same strange noise that he had heard years earlier. The next morning, he asks what it is, but the monks reply, “We can’t tell you. You’re not a monk.”

The man says, “All right, all right. I’m dying to know. If the only way I can find out what that sound was is to become a monk, how do I become a monk?”

The monks reply, “You must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of grass there are and the exact number of sand pebbles. When you find these numbers, you will become a monk.”

The man sets about his task. Forty-five years later, he returns and knocks on the door of the monastery. He

says, “I have traveled the earth and have found what you have asked for. There are 145,236,284,232 blades of grass and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth.”

The monks reply, “Congratulations. You are now a monk. We shall now show you the way to the sound.”

The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, “The sound is right behind that door.”

The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He says, “Real funny, may I have the key?”

The monks give him the key, and he opens the door. Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone. The man demands the key to the stone door.

The monks give him the key, and he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby.

He demands another key from the monks, who provide it. Behind that door is another door, this one made of sapphire. So it went until the man had gone through doors of emerald, silver, topaz, amethyst...

Finally, the monks say, “This is the last key to the last door.”

The man is relieved to no end. He unlocks the door, turns the knob, and behind that door he is amazed to find the source of that strange sound.

But I can’t tell you what it is because you’re not a monk.

In response to your request in the Record for recipes for the children’s page, may I submit a few of my ideas?

I don’t have children of my own but do have 7 great nieces who come to visit and love to cook with me. They are all primary school age so I have worked out the enclosed program of “steps” to teach them how to do things in a methodical way and also to clear away and clean up as well. If your idea is to get children cooking I am sure their mothers would also appreciate a kitchen left clean and tidy as well.

I will write out the steps and also a sample recipe with the tips I give the children. If this is the sort of thing you require I can write out many easy recipes the children like to make.

STEP 1 Turn the oven on to the temperature given for the recipe.

STEP 2 Collect all the utensils required, oil and paper line cake tin to be used.

STEP 3 Collect all ingredients needed.

STEP 4 Run hot water and detergent into the sink ready to put used things in. Wash hands.

STEP 5 Make up the recipe. Put in oven to cook.

STEP 6 Wash up all the utensils, dry and put away. Wipe door and benches.

STEP 7 Remove cooked item and leave to cool. Make up frosting if required. Store the item away.

STEP 8 Leave the kitchen, benches, and sink clean and tidy.

ROCK BUNS

Turn on oven to 2200

Collect Mixing bowl, flour sifter, measuring cups, (1 cup and ½ cup) and tablespoon. Large oven tray covered with Glade bake paper.

Collect 1-cup Self-raising flour

Sugar Butter Sultanas

1 60-gr egg ½ cup milk

METHOD

Sift the flour into the bowl. Add 2 tablespoons butter. Rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips (if you are doing this correctly you never get flour on the palms of your hands). Add 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 cup sultanas (if liked ½ cup sultanas and ½ cup currants) Mix well. Add 1 egg and ½ cup milk. Mix all to a stiff dough. Put tablespoon full of mixture out on the oven tray in rough heaps.

Bake in 2200 oven 10-12mins. When cooled split in half and spread with a little butter to serve.

While they are cooking wash up and put things away. Leave the kitchen clean and tidy. (A little tip, if flour has been spilt, wipe it up with a dry paper towel or a dry cloth.)

This was how I was taught by my mother some 60 years ago.

Yours faithfully

G Morey Boulder

Thanks for your tips. I often use the recipes I put in the paper with my children and your steps will definetly help! Justine

Pirate and Batgirl

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Wednesday August 27

PREGNANCY ASSISTANCE INFORMATION DAY

9.30am-2.30pm at Pregnancy Assistance Inc, 195 Lord Street, East Perth. Are you pro-life? Compassionate? Are you good listener? Register to know more about becoming a pregnancy support volunteer. Enq: Lydia 9328 2926.

Wednesday August 27

SUCCESS AT SCHOOL- OVERCOMING STUDY AND EXAM BLOCKAGES

7.30pm-9.30pm at Multi-purpose Room John XXIII College; Presenter: Hasser Graham - Registered Psychologist. Cost, $10, unwaged $5. Enq: Murray 9383 0444.

Friday August 29

TRUE LOVE WAITS DVD WORKSHOP

7.15pm at Claremont Parish Hall; featuring Chris West’s inspiring teaching on the Theology of the Body running over 8 Friday nights. Catering provided. Enq: www. truelovewaitswa.com or Stephen 0431 228 630 or truelovewaitswa@yahoo.com to register.

Saturday August 30

CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL

9.30am to 4pm at Como Parish, Corner Thelma Street and Canning Highway; Bishop Joe Grech, a WYD keynote speaker, will talk on the Writings of St Paul. Tea and Coffee provided. Bring Bible and notepad. BYO lunch. A collection will be taken up. Enq; Pam 9381 2516 or Dan 9398 4973.

Saturday August 30 to Monday September 8

SILVER JUBILEE OF THE NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF GOOD HEALTH, VAILANKANNI

6pm Vigil Mass at Holy Trinity Church, 8 Burnett Street, Embleton; Celebrant Archbishop Charles Bo of Yangon ,followed by Novena, devotions, Benediction and banner hoisting. Times: weekend 6pm, weekdays 7pm. September 1,2, and 6 blessing of children, anointing of the sick and Novena Food Fete. September 8, after Mass, candlelight procession to Grotto to honour Our Lady and farewell Archbishop. Bring plate. Enq: George 9272 1379.

Friday September 5 to Monday September 8

48-HOUR PERPETUAL ROSARY BOUQUET FOR OUR LADY’S BIRTHDAY

6pm Friday to 6pm Sunday, WA’s gift to Our Lady for her Birthday, free intentions, Rosary can be said anywhere, anytime. Monday 11.30am at St Joachim’s Victoria Park, meditative Rosary led by Fr Paul Carey, 12.10pm Mass, Celebrant Archbishop Barry Hickey, scroll with names to be taken up during Mass. Enq: Margaret 9341 8082 or bowen@iinet.net.au, Jan 9255 1382. Visit: www. rosarywa.info

Friday September 5

CATHOLIC FATIH RENEWAL

7.30pm at St John and Paul’s Church, Pinetree Gully Road, Willetton. Praise and Worship, then talk – Be still and Know I am God, by Fr Clayton Mitchell. Thanksgiving Mass, followed by refreshments. All welcome, bring family and friends. Enq: Maureen 9381 4498 or Rose 4043 300 720.

Saturday September 6

DAY WITH MARY

9am to 5pm at St Andrew Church, 53 Belleville Gardens, Clarkson; 9am Video on Fatima. Day of prayer and instruction based upon the Fatima message. Reconciliation, Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, Sermons on the Eucharist and Our Lady, Rosaries, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament and Stations of the Cross. BYO lunch. Enq: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286. Transport: Nita 9367 1366.

Sunday 7 September

SOLEMN PONTIFICAL HIGH MASS

3.30pm Rosary at the Good Shepherd Parish, 40-42 Streich Avenue, Kelmscott; 4pm Latin Traditional Mass celebrated by Archbishop Barry J. Hickey. Experience the timeless beauty and sacredness of this ancient rite including Gregorian Chant. Usual time 2pm. All welcome.

Sunday September 7

DIVINE MERCY

1.30pm at St Joachim’s Church, Shepperton Road, Victoria Park, Holy Rosary and Reconciliation. Sermon on St Gregory the Great, by Fr Terry Rag. Followed by Divine Mercy prayers, Benediction and refreshments. Video/ DVD on Holy Rosary, Part 3 by Fr John Corapi. Enq: 9457 7771.

Friday September 12 to Sunday September 14

SPRINGTIME WEEKEND WITH ST FRANCIS AND ST CLARE

ANNUAL RETREAT SECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER 7pm at the Redemptorist Retreat House; come learn more of the Franciscan spirituality at the annual retreat. Presenter, Sr Shelley Barlow RNDM. All welcome. Bookings: Mary 9377 7925 by 31 August.

Saturday September 13

FEAST OF THE STIGMATA OF ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI

2.30pm at the Redemptorist Chapel, Retreat House, North Perth; all are welcome to join the Secular Franciscan Order, WA, celebrate the Feast with the readings of the Stigmata of St Francis. Conclude with tea. Enq: Mary 9377 7925.

Sunday September 14

THE WORLD APOSTOLATE AUSTRALIA INC

Fatima Devotions 3pm at St Joseph’s Church, Hamilton Street, Bassendean, all welcome. Enq: 9339 2614.

Thursday September 11 to Sunday September 14

FEAST OF OUR LADY MARIA SANTISSIMA DEL

TINDARI

7.30pm at Basilica St Patrick, Adelaide Street, Fremantle; Triduum Mass celebrated by Fr Christian Fini OMI –Melbourne. 9.45am Sunday concelebrated Mass, principal celebrant Archbishop Barry J Hickey. 2pm Sunday procession from the Basilica through Fremantle Streets. Enq: Joe 0404 801 138 or 9335 1185.

Friday September 19 to Sunday September 21

WEEKEND RETREAT-TRANSFORMATION AND EUCHARIST

7pm at St John Of God Retreat Centre, you are invited to explore and deepen your understanding of the Eucharist. Enq: Sr Ann Cullinane 0409 602 927.

Saturday September 20

ONE-DAY INNER HEALING RETREAT

9am to 5pm at St Aloysius Church, 84 Keightley Road West, Shenton Park; led by the Vincentian Fathers and assisted by Brother Joe Fernandes, Singapore. No charges but donations are welcome. Lunch and tea provided. Bookings: 9381 5383 or vcparackal@rediffmail.com before September 17.

Saturday September 20

ST PADRE PIO PILGRIMAGE TO TOODYAY – FEAST DAY AND 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH

8.15am depart, route, Glendalough, Balcatta, Leederville, Morley, Bassendean and Midland. 10.15 Padre Pio DVD. 11.30am Mass. 12.45 Lunch BYO. 2pm Eucharistic Procession, Rosary, Adoration and Benediction. Confession available. 4.15 Return. Enq: Des 6278 1540. Victoria Park, Mirrabooka, Girrawheen, Nita 9367 1366.

Friday September 26

MEDJUGORJE EVENING OF PRAYER

7pm to 9pm at St Gerard’s Parish, Changton Way, Mirrabooka; a prayer with Our Lady Queen of Peace, will commence with Adoration, Rosary, and Benediction

ending with Holy Mass. All welcome. Free DVD on Medjugorje. Enq: Eileen 9402 2480.

Monday September 29

DIVINE MERCY PILGRIMAGE TO GINGINCHITTERING FEAST OF THE ARCHANGELS

11.30am lunch BYO at Gingin; 12.30pm Holy Rosary and Way of the Cross - with Pilgrim Cross. 1.30pm depart to the Divine Mercy Shrine for 2pm Holy Mass, followed by Divine Mercy Devotions and Benediction. 3.30pm Tea. 4.30pm return. Divine Mercy Prayer Groups welcome. Transport: Francis 9459 3873 or 0404 893 877. Enq: Sheila 9575 4023 or Fr Paul 9571 1839.

Friday October 3 to Sunday October 5

GOD’S FARM RETREAT

7.30pm at God’s Farm, Gracewood, Father Paul Glynn, renowned author, will celebrate Brother Andrew’s 8th Anniversary on Feast of St Francis of Assisi with talk; The Healing Dimensions of the Sacraments and Brother Andrew. The Tony Glyn Story - book will be promoted. One retreat in WA, book early, limited seats. Enq: Yvonne 9343 1897 or Betty 9755 6212.

Friday October 3 to Sunday October 5

CATHOLIC FAITH RENEWAL – RETREAT

6.30pm at Advent Park, 345 Kalamanda Road, Maida Vale; Talk, God – I am yearning for you, longing for you and desiring you- Where are You, by Fr Gino Henriques, CSsR, an international speaker. Enq: Kathy 9295 0913, Rose 0403 300 720, Maureen 9381 4498.

Mid October

DIVINE MERCY APOSTOLATE

Pilgrimage to Lourdes for nine days. Father Meilak will be the Spiritual Director. This invitation is open to anyone who would like to join us. Consider this wonderful place of healing for all humanity in body, mind and spirit. Lourdes celebrates 150 years this year. Enq: John 9457 7771.

Every Thursday August 14th to October 2nd

BE BAPTIZED BY FIRE: THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HIS ANOINTING

7.45pm 450 Hay Street, Perth. CATHEDRAL PRAISE MEETING. A Free Seminar on the Power of the Holy Spirit. Oil. Water. Light. Cloud. Seal. Hand. Finger. Dove. Fire, and a mighty rushing Ruah! Presented by Flame Ministries International - Ph: 9382 36689.

Every Monday

ADORATION, RECONCILIATION AND MASS

7pm at St Thomas, corner Melville and College Roads, Claremont; Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with Evening Prayer and Benediction, spend 40 minutes quietly before our Lord for the health, faith and safety of yourself and your loved ones; Reconciliation 7.30pm, Mass and Night Prayer 8pm. Come to all or part of this evening of prayer.

Every 2nd Wednesday of the Month

CHAPLETS OF THE DIVINE MERCY

7.30 pm at St Thomas More Catholic Church, Dean Road Bateman; a beautiful, prayerful, and sung devotion. Next monthly devotion is on 10 September. All are welcome. Enq: George 9310 9493 home or 9325 2010 work.

Every Saturday

VIDEO/DVD NIGHT

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CATHOLIC FAITH

After the 6.30pm Mass at St Joseph’s Church, 20 Hamilton Street, Bassendean; 23 August Kibeho Apparitions, Africa; Apparitions approved by the Church. 30 August; Miracles of the Eucharist. DVD’s approximately 30 mins. Bring family and friends. Enq: 9379 2691.

Every 1st Tuesday of the Month

HEALING MASS

7.30pm at St Joachim’s Parish Hall, Shepparton Road,

Victoria Park. Incorporating hymns, spiritual reflection and Novena to God the Father. Enq: Jan 9323 8089.

Every Sunday

MUSICIANS AND SINGERS

6pm at the Redemptorist Monastery Church, Vincent Street, North Perth; the Shalomites have been providing the music and singing for over thirty years. We are looking for new members particularly musicians. All interested singers and musicians are welcome. Enq: Stephen or Sheelagh 9339 0619.

Every 1st Sunday of Month

DIVINE MERCY

Commencing with the 3 o’clock Prayer at Santa Clara Parish, Bentley, followed by the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, reflection and Benediction. All friends and neighbouring parishes are invited. Tea and coffee provided. Enq: Muriel 9458 2944.

Every 2nd Wednesday of Month

CHAPLETS OF THE DIVINE MERCY MONTHLY DEVOTIONS

7.30 pm at St Thomas More Catholic Church, Dean Road, Bateman. All welcome. Enq: George 9310 9493 home or 9325 2010 work.

Every Thursday

JOURNEY THROUGH THE BIBLE

7.30pm, Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation, Osborne Park using The Bible Timeline; The Great Adventure can be studied towards accredited course or for interest. Resources provided. See http://www. acts2come.wa.edu.au/ or Jane 0401 692 690.

First Friday and First Saturday

COMMUNION OF REPARATION-ALL NIGHT VIGIL Corpus Christi Church, Mosman Park, 47 Lochee Road. Starting with Mass at 7pm on Friday with Father Bogoni and concluding with Mass at midnight. Confessions, Rosaries, Prayers and silent Adoration every hour. Please join us for reparation to The Two Hearts according to the message of Our Lady of Fatima. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357.

Third Sunday of the Month

OBLATES OF ST BENEDICT MEET

2pm St Joseph’s Convent, York Street, South Perth, affiliated to Benedictine Abbey of New Norcia. All interested in studying rule of St Benedict, its relevance to lay people’s day-to-day life. Vespers and tea conclude meetings. Enq: 9457 5758.

Every Saturday

HOLY SPIRIT OF FREEDOM CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING

10.30am to 12.30pm at St Peter the Apostle Parish Hall, 91 Wood Street, Inglewood. All welcome. Enq: 9475 0155.

First Friday of Each Month

CFC PRAYER ASSEMBLY

7.30pm at St Joachim Parish Hall, Shepperton Road, Victoria Park. The Couples For Christ and its Family Ministries welcome all members who now reside or are visiting Perth to join the community in its monthly general prayer assembly. Enq: Tony and Dolly Haber 9440 4540.

CARETAKER COUPLE NEEDED

For Catholic Church, Bindoon. Accommodation provided. Suit active pensioners. For details telephone 9571 1839 or 9576 0006.

AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS

If a loved one’s drinking is worrying you – please call AlNon Family Groups, for confidential information, meetings etc. Call 9325 7528, 24 hours.

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Lutherans to talk

Pope invites Lutheran theologians to discussion about Jesus

ROME (CNS) - As Pope Benedict XVI continues work on the second volume of his book about Jesus of Nazareth, he has asked two Lutheran theologians and some of his former students to discuss with him issues he will be writing about.

Martin Hengel and Peter Stuhlmacher, both retired professors of New Testament studies from the Protestant theology faculty at the University of Tubingen, Germany, said they have been invited to lecture August 30 at the meeting at the Pope’s summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome.

The August 29-31 meeting is the annual gathering of the Pope’s former doctoral students, known as a “schulerkreis” (student circle). Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict, began the annual meetings with his former students in 1978. He already has sent participants an outline of his talk, which he titled “Questions About the Historical Jesus of

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Nazareth: Considerations After Writing a Book on Jesus.” In 2007, Hengel’s book, “Jesus and Judaism” was published in Germany.Stuhlmacher told CNS his task will be to “try to demonstrate how Jesus himself understood his passion and death.”

The two scholars are referred to often - with both positive comments and critical observations - in the first volume of the Pope’s book, “Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration.” The 400-page book, published in April 2007, highlights what the Bible says about Jesus, what the moral implications of his teachings are and how reading the Scriptures can lead to a real relationship with Jesus.

During Pope Benedict’s 2007 summer vacation and again this year when he headed to the mountains of northern Italy in late July, he was working on the second volume of the book, said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, papal spokesman.

The volume is expected to cover the end of Jesus’ public ministry, his passion, death and resurrection.

INVITATION

The Executive Committee of the Catholic Pastoral Workers Association invite you to A EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION AND DINNER

to be held at St Catherine’s House of Hospitality 113 Tyler Street, Tuart Hill on Tuesday 26th August. Mass 6pm. Celebrant and Dinner guest speaker will be Father Paschal Kearney CSSP. Cost $25. Bookings essential by 19th August (Limited numbers) Margaret 9390 8365 or Tracey 6380 5160 maranatha@ceo.wa.edu.au

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THANK YOU

PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN MARY

Oh most beautiful flower of Mt Carmel, fruit of the vine, splendorous of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin assist me in this my necessity. Oh Star of the Sea help me and show me herein your are my Mother. Oh Holy Mary Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and

Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succour me in my necessity. There are none that can withstand your power. Oh show me here you are my Mother. Oh Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (three times). Thank you for your mercy towards me and mine. Amen.

TWENTY FITH ANNIVERSARY

■ JUBILEE YEAR

NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF GOOD HEALTHVAILANKANNI

Saturday August 30

Monday September 8 6pm at Holy Trinity Church, 8 Burnet Street, Embleton; Preacher; Archbishop Charles Bo of Yangoon Myanmar.

Enq: Mons 9271 5528 or George 9272 1379.

■ PLEASE HELP

WANTED

A monstrance, candelabra and icons are required for Eucharistic Adoration at Murdoch University. If you are able to assist with any of these items please contact Fr Joe Cardoso on 0403 303 667.

■ ORGANIST

St Joseph’s, Subiaco is seeking an organist to play for Masses and other occasions. Lessons given if required. Please contact Michael Peters, Director of Music, on 041 429 4338 or michael@michaelpeters.id.au

KING ME: What Every Son Wants and Needs from his Father

By Steve Farrar

RRP:$21.95 The Record Bookshop

The Last Word

■ Reviewed by Mark Reidy

IF you don’t believe that fathering is your most important mission in life, or if you believe that you can fulfil your role as father without God, then this book is not for you.

But if you sense or understand the truth of these two principles, then “King Me” may provide the avenue to a renewed and more fulfilling relationship with your son/s, no matter what their age.

This is a book for parents who want their boys to become the men God created them to be.

Author Steve Farrar, who writes from the experience of raising two boys, offers hope to modern day fathers, founded on the wisdom, experience but, more often, failures

of the 43 Kings of Judah and Israel who feature in the Old Testament. “Deep down”, he writes, “Every son wants to know his father and be as close to him as possible.”

The problem, he suggests, is that the Biblical principles of fatherhood that were ignored by the ancient kings are the same principles that are being ignored or misunderstood today.

Farrar claims that by failing to fulfil God’s “job description” of loving Him with all our heart, soul and might and very intentionally passing this wisdom onto our sons, we are repeating the errors of the past and ensuring that individuals, generations and even cultures are continuing to suffer.

Farrar’s tone in this book is firm and challenging and he makes no apologies for his call to fathers to

B E T T E R DA D S, S T R O N G E R S O N S

stop building their own kingdoms and to take seriously their God anointed role of building their sons into future leaders.

Believing that we are all born with a tendency for self-gratification, Farrar states that obedience is not an optional aspect of parenting but is a matter of life and death. He is adamant however, that fathers who discipline without ever having spent time “hearing the ticking of your son’s heart” are promoting rather than extinguishing the rebellion within them.

By intertwining personal experience and relevant stories, the author is adamant that fathers must guide their sons into recognising their gifts and consequently God’s purpose for their lives, but that they can only do this by helping them move from self-centredness

to self-discipline. Farrar explores issues of masculinity and looks at how these have been altered over the last century or so, causing, he claims, a feminisation of males and our overall culture.

Also explored is the issue of authority versus authoritarianism and the importance of mentoring in areas, among others, of sexual purity, anger and choosing friends.

Whilst Farrar could be deemed “old fashioned” in his attitude, I found myself not only nodding in agreement at his appraisal of the fatherhood vacuum that is currently undermining the unique qualities of masculinity, but also becoming caught up in his pervading sense of hope that all could be restored if the wisdom of these Old Testament principles were understood and adopted.

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