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Jessica and Alana Kursar, at left, celebrate with Taylor Smethurst after Jessica and Taylor received the Sacrament of Confirmation on the feast of Pentecost at St Bernadette’s Parish in Port Kennedy last weekend. Across the Archdiocese, numerous Confirmations were held on the feast, which celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the Church. More photos - Page 4 PHOTO: LEANNE JOYCE
Payback with Satan way rotten: Pope By Carol Glatz PAYBACK with Satan is rotten as he pushes people to be loveless and selfish, finally leaving them with nothing and alone, Pope Francis said. “Satan always rips us off, always!” he said during a morning Mass homily. The Pope concelebrated Mass on May 14 with Archbishop Ricardo Tobon Restrepo of Medellin, Colombia, in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. During the Mass, attended by employees of the Vatican Museums, the Pope said selfish people don’t understand what giving and love
are. Judas exemplified this selfcentredness when he complained that the expensive oil Mary used to anoint Jesus’ feet could have been sold for money to give to the poor, the Pope said. The account from the Gospel of John explains that Judas didn’t care about the poor and wanted the money instead because he was a thief and would steal the contributions. The account from the Gospel of John suggests that Judas’ attitude toward money was a form of idolatry, the Pope said. “This is the first reference that I have found in the Gospels of poverty as an ideology,” Pope Francis said, according to the Vatican
Radio website. “The ideologist doesn’t know what love is because he doesn’t know how to give himself,” he said. Judas was “distant in his solitude” and his selfishness grew to the point of betraying Jesus, he said. The selfish person “takes care of his own life, grows in this egoism and becomes a traitor, but always alone”. People who isolate their conscience within their egotistical world end up losing their conscience, like Judas who “was an idolater, attached to money”. “This idolatry led him to isolate himself ” from the community and from others. “This is the ordeal
of an isolated conscience, when a Christian begins to isolate himself, he also isolates his conscience from the sense of community, the sense of the Church and from the love that Jesus gives us,” he said. On the other hand, it’s only by giving one’s life and by “losing” it, as Jesus says, that one regains it in fullness, the Pope said. People who “give their lives for love are never alone, they’re always in a community, in a family”, he said, reflecting on the day’s reading from the Gospel of John in which Jesus tells his disciples, “No one has Please turn to Page 5 Perth lawyer: my professor, the Pope - Page 7
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Willetton on fire for intercessory prayer Kaye Rollings of Flame Ministries International (FMI) is conducting an Intercessory Prayer Seminar over three consecutive Wednesday evenings. FMI is a Charismatic lay preaching organisation of the Catholic Church. The group aims to share Christ with the world in the spirit of Ad Genetes, Evangelii Nutiandi, Dei Verbum and the New Evangelisation. The seminars will be held at St John and Paul Church in Willetton and will cover the many various forms of Catholic and mystical prayer in both praying blessings and spiritual warfare. The seminar dates are on May 22, 29 and June 5 at 7.30pm. Kaye Rollings will give an indepth explanation from biblical principles and her experience; the event will also involve the participants in experiential exercises. For more information, contact Michelle Ricketts from the John Paul Prayer Ministry on 9456 4215.
Young women find purpose in silence The Schoenstatt Shrine in Mt Richon is holding a day of prayer, silence and reflection for young women aged 17 to 30 who are contemplating their vocations. On May 18, June 30, July 20 and August 25 from 9.30am till 4.30pm, the Schoenstatt Shrine, described as a true spiritual haven, will offer the women some time to enjoy an uninterrupted day to pray and reflect on what they want to do with their lives, and help them in their decisions about marriage or a consecrated life. Registration is essential and places are limited. Cost
Current designation: Ministry: Good Grief, Pastoral Care, Spirituality Religious congregation: Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart Place of birth: Kalgoorlie, WA Anniversary of profession: January 6, 1953 Confirmation Saint: St Elizabeth of Hungary
Patrick Shepherd, 11, and his father, Michael, after his Confirmation at Good Shepherd, Kelmscott, last Saturday. PHOTO: JUANITA SHEPHERD of the retreat is $20 which includes lunch. For more information, contact Sister Rebecca on 0417 738 339 or email www.schoenstattwa.org.au.
Twilight retreat offered On June 18, The Year of Faith Twilight Retreat with Reverend Father Vincent Glynn will be held at Clune Theatre, Newman Siena Centre, 33 Williamstown Road, Doubleview. The retreat starts at 4pm and runs for an hour and a half. Coffee will be provided at 3.30pm along with finger foods and tea from 5.30pm to 6pm. For more information, contact Liz on 9427 0314 or email lizh@ archdiocese-perth.org.au.
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The Year six students from Good Shepherd Primary School in Kelmscott made their Confirmation on Saturday, May 18. Mass was celebrated by Good Shepherd Parish Priests, Father’s Andrew Lotton and Marcelo Gonzales. “This was the first time we’ve had a Confirmation service on a Saturday evening,” David Tuncheon, vice principal of Good Shepherd said. “The opening procession was very special when the children came in with lit candles representing the Holy Spirit in the darkened church.”
St Brigid’s Parish, Midlands is celebrating the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians with a Holy Mass on May 26 at 9.30am. At the conclusion of the Mass there will be a procession around the church followed by Benediction and refreshments afterwards. Preceding this celebration, the Rosary will be said on Thursday, May 23 and Friday, May 24 at 7pm followed by Triduum at 7.30pm. All are welcome.
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Monday 27th - Green ST AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY, BISHOP (O) 1st Reading: Sir 17:24-29 Turn to the Lord Responsorial Ps 31:1-2, 5-7 Psalm: Rejoice in the Lord Gospel Reading: Mk 10:17-27 Sell everything you have Tuesday 28th - Green 1st Reading: Sir 35:1-12 Follow the Law Responsorial Ps 49:5-8,14, 23 Psalm: Saving power of God Gospel Reading: Mk 10:28-31 A hundred times more Wednesday 29th - Green 1st Reading: Sir 36:1,4-5,10-17 No God but you Responsorial Ps 78:8-9,11,13 Psalm: The Light of your kindness Gospel Reading: Mk 10:32-45 To Jerusalem Thursday 30th - Green 1st Reading: Sir 42:15-25 The work of the Lord Responsorial Ps 32:2-9 Psalm: By the word of the Lord Gospel Reading: Mk 10:46-52 Let me see again
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Friday 31st - White THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (FEAST) 1st Reading: Zeph 3:14-18 Sentence repealed Responsorial Isa 12:2-6 Psalm: God’s glorious deeds Gospel Reading: Lk 1:39-56 Elizabeth greeted Saturday 1st - Red ST JUSTINE, MARTYR (M) 1st Reading: Sir 51:12-20 Give me wisdom Responsorial Ps 18:8-11 Psalm: Precepts of the Lord Gospel Reading: Mk 11:27-33 By what authority Sunday 2nd - White THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (SOLEMNITY) 1st Reading: Gen 14:18-20 Bread and wine Responsorial Ps 109:1-4 Psalm: A priest for ever 2nd Reading: 1Cor 11:23-26 Body and Blood Gospel Reading: Lk 9:11-17 Five loaves, two fish
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Be shepherds, not proud wolves, Pope tells priests By Cindy Wooden POPE FRANCIS asked Catholics to pray for their bishops and priests, asking God to help them be real shepherds who are poor, humble and meek. “Pray for us bishops and priests,” he said on May 15 during an early morning Mass with employees of Vatican Radio. “We need to remain faithful, to be men who watch over our flocks and over ourselves.” Celebrating the Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the Pope asked the employees to pray that God would defend bishops and priests
from what St Augustine defined as their principal temptations: money and pride. “If we follow the path of riches, if we follow the path of pride, we will become wolves and not shepherds,” the Pope said. “Pray for this.” According to Vatican Radio, the Pope’s brief homily focused on the initial verses of the day’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles (20:28-29) in which St Paul tells the elders in Ephesus: “Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, in which you tend the Church of God that he acquired with his own blood. I
know that after my departure savage wolves will come among you, and they will not spare the flock.” The Pope said the passage is one of the most beautiful in the New Testament, “full of tenderness and
a priest for himself, but for his people,” he said. They must serve the flock, help them grow and protect them from danger, he said. “When the priest has this beautiful relationship with his people,”
If we follow the paths of riches and pride, we will become wolves and not shepherds. pastoral love” in explaining how bishops and priests must love God and the members of their flocks and how pastors and their people should love each other. “A bishop isn’t a bishop for himself, but for his people; a priest isn’t
the Pope said, love grows between them and the unity of the Church increases. However, Pope Francis said, “when a priest, a bishop, runs after money, the people don’t love him and this is a sign”.
St Paul is a model for pastors, he said. The apostle reminded the early Christian communities that he worked with his own hands, “he didn’t have money in the bank, he worked. And when a bishop or a priest follows the path of vanity” or falls prey to “the spirit of careerism - which does much damage to the Church - he ends up being ridiculous”. The faithful, he said, have no love for a bishop or priest who “takes advantage, likes to be seen as all-powerful”. So, pray for bishops and priests, he said, “that we would be poor, that we would be humble, meek and at the service of the people”. -CNS
Thirty-three and growing stronger still By Matthew Monisse MORE than 600 people gathered at Bove Farm, south of Busselton on Sunday, May 5, for the annual Busselton May Rosary Celebration. The event is held in honour of Our Lady at the Queen of the Holy Rosary Shrine located on the property and has been celebrated every year since 1980. This year, a concelebrated Mass was led by the Vicar General of the Bunbury Diocese, Fr Tony Chiera, along with the new parish priest of Busselton, Fr Nick Lim, as well as other priests and deacons from the Bunbury Diocese. Fr Tony spoke on the need for Christians to imitate Mary by allowing Jesus to enter deeply into their hearts and minds. In this way, the Lord can be made present to the people we meet as well as our families and friends. He asked all gathered to open themselves fully to the presence of Christ just as Our Lady did. After Mass, the statue of Our Lady was crowned and then pilgrims processed behind the statue around the property during which the Rosary was recited. The liturgical celebrations concluded with benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Afterwards, a delicious array of food and beverages was provided to pilgrims thanks to the Catholic Women’s League.
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Port Kennedy’s joy confirmed Sixty-two children were confirmed at Port Kennedy Parish last weekend; Leanne Joyce was on hand to capture the scene ...
Finn Vincent receives his Confirmation Certificate from Parish Priest Fr Gavin Gomez.
Looking slightly overawed, Jamie Kennedy is confirmed by Fr Gavin.
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When Osborne Park Parish Priest, Fr Michael Gatt, decided to promote the possibility of students in nonCatholic schools making their First Communions, Reconciliations and of being confirmed in his parish he had no idea of the response he would get. After posting advice on Facebook that students who do not attend Catholic schools could receive the Sacraments through his parish, he was overwhelmed to eventually find 49 takers from 22 parishes across the Perth metropolitan area. The wide appeal boosted numbers receiving the Sacraments for the first time in the parish to 253 this year, an unprecedented number for the parish. “It has never happened like that before - what a year of Grace,” Fr Gatt told parishioners in the parish bulletin last weekend. Religious instruction for State school students has been being held every Wednesday in the church at 4pm. This year, the parish is having three celebrations of First Holy Communion - two for parish school students, on Sunday, June 9 at 10am and then 1pm - and another for State school students on Sunday, June 16 at 1pm. In April, St Kieran’s also saw 54 students from the parish school making their First Reconciliation. All up, 92 students are making their First Reconciliation; 101 are making their First Communion, with 60 being confirmed.
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One in six humans are members of the Church The number of Catholics in the world and the number of bishops, priests, religious men and seminarians all increased in 2011, while the number of women in religious orders continued to decline, according to Vatican statistics. The number of permanent deacons is showing “strong expansion” globally, but especially in Europe and the Americas, it said. At the end of 2011, the worldwide Catholic population reached 1.214 billion, an increase of 18 million or 1.5 per cent, slightly outpacing the global population growth rate, which was estimated at 1.23 per cent, said a statement published on May 13 by the Vatican press office. Catholics as a percentage of the global population remained “essentially unchanged” at around 17.5 percent, it said. - CNS
By Robert Hiini GREENWOOD man, Trevor Knuckey, has announced his intention to establish an Aboriginal drop-in centre in Midland, and is calling on the Church in Perth to help. For the past three years, at Moorditj Noongar Community College in Midland, Mr Knuckey has been putting his proverbial money where his mouth is, reforming the defunct breakfast club as well as establishing several different student clubs and incentive reward programs for behaviour and attendance. A 2011 recipient of the Prime Minister’s National Volunteer Award, Mr Knuckey said his experience at the school convinced him that more could be achieved through involving parents and changing generational attitudes to the importance of education. Mr Knuckey first encountered the school after becoming St Vincent de Paul Regional President for Swan in 2010; it was a place that gave him hope that substantive change was worth pursuing. “I was affected strongly by the Aborigines there because, for 20 years with St Vincent de Paul, I’ve been going into so many Aboriginal homes on visitation to help with utility bills and food,” Mr Knuckey said. “I have seen how hopeless their situation is and I knew what
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Alva and Trevor Knuckey with one of the shirts they give students who are making the effort to study.
we were doing was not really helping them. We were helping them to exist but not to get up.” He said he wanted to change that by instilling self-belief in the children at the school. “A lot of them don’t realise they can work; they think that when they leave school they’ll go on Centrelink payments [like many of their relatives].” For around six months, Mr Knuckey has been speaking to people throughout Perth with interest and experience in the area, including Aboriginal elders. At present, students are often removed from classrooms by their parents for
extracurricular activities because of the low importance placed on education. “That’s [one of the reasons] I want to get a drop-in centre going, to try and break the cycle. For that, they have got to trust me, and they don’t trust white people, so it’s hard work but I think we could get some of that going,” Mr Knuckey said. The centre will provide a site for Aboriginal adults, young Indigenous people who need work, and Indigenous homeless, to access information technology and referrals for other services. Mr Knuckey also hopes it could be a meeting place for elders and
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Indigenous volunteers. Mr Knuckey traces his enthusiasm for helping others back to his pilgrimage to Medjugorje in 1990, where he says he received a personal epiphany. The greatest immediate need for the establishment of a Medjugorje drop-in centre in Midland is a site and building (Mr Knuckey can be contacted at 9255 1068). Mr Knuckey’s incentive rewards programs at Moorditj College have been a big hit with students, particularly his partnership with a helicopter operator which, to date, has taken 12 students for scenic flyovers of Perth.
Satan’s payback rotten Continued from Page 1 greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” People, like Judas, who want to keep their life all for themselves end up losing it, he said. That is why “Satan’s payback is rotten,” he’s always tricking people into a bad deal. If people want to follow Jesus, they have to “live life as a gift” to give to others, “not as a treasure to keep” for one’s own, he said. Pope Francis asked people to pray to the Holy Spirit “to give me this big heart, this heart that is able to love with humility, with meekness.” - CNS
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Perth’s pastors got together for sports and fraternity recently, participating in fierce but friendly competition at the annual Cleric Cup. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB presented the winning priests with their awards. PHOTO: FR ROBERT CROSS
Year of Grace comes to close, organisers ask for feedback THE end of the Year of Grace was a time to take stock of what the Holy Spirit was saying to the Church and reflect on what the year had meant, Perth Year of Grace coordinator, Paddy Buckley, said last week. The year’s conclusion on the Feast of Pentecost last Sunday was an opportunity to look at what its ‘fruits’ had been, to communities and individual believers, Ms Buckley said. “Pentecost is not so much of familiarity as an openness to the future … an openness to the Spirit as we are led to the future, an openness to the challenges that we may have identified during the Year of Grace,” Ms Buckley told The Record. “What do you believe the Spirit is calling the Church to be or to do? Have you come to know Jesus more?” The national planning team for the Year of Grace has created an online survey “to identify, nurture and harvest the fruits of the Year of Grace”, which Ms Buckley is hoping Catholics in Perth will fill in.
The survey asks four qualitative questions: What difference has the Year of Grace made in your life?; What do you believe the Holy Spirit is now calling our Church to be and do?; What signs of hope and good news do you experience now in our Church and world?; as well, asking participants to share ‘a moment of grace’ they had experienced. Ms Buckley said it was now time to focus on the Year of Faith which
What difference did the Year of Grace make in your life? shared the same aims of “encountering Christ afresh in our lives through prayer, reflecting on the scriptures, celebrating liturgies, and repenting of our failures, and listening to the voice of the Spirit”. Last year, Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Peter Comensoli, told The Record how Australia’s bishops had
talked to then-Pope Benedict XVI of their plan to ordain a Year of Grace, only days before the Year of Faith was announced. The Year of Faith, which began on October 11, 2012 and will continue to November 24, 2013, is also expected to see the release of a papal encyclical on faith, begun by Pope Benedict and completed by his successor Pope Francis. The Year of Grace survey can be accessed at www.surveymonkey. com/s/yearofgrace.
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The eminently ordinary Jorge I knew Pope Francis wasn’t an especially “holy” type, a man who was a student of then-rector Jorge Bergoglio tells The Record’s Matthew Biddle. Unsurprisingly, the then-rector was known for his humility, but he was no push over either. POPE FRANCIS will be “flexible, accessible and approachable” as the leader of the Catholic Church, according to George von Waidkuns-Velazquez, a former student of the Pope’s. George von WaidkunsVelazquez spent almost two years at the Collegio Maximo San Jose in San Miguel, a Jesuit seminary in Argentina, in the 1980s where he was taught pastoral theology and humanities by Jorge Bergoglio. Although he eventually realised his vocation was not to be a priest, he remembers the Jesuit priest and lecturer fondly. “Everybody loved him,” he said. “He wasn’t a hard marker, but he always said to us ‘I’m not here to judge you, but if you get part of my message and you serve God because of that, I’ll be satisfied and I will pass you’.” Bergoglio was rector of the College during Mr von WaidkunsVelazquez’s time, yet his former pupil said there were no airs or graces about the man. “He had quite a neat office in a small room,” he explained. “As the director, he could have had the big upper room … but he was living with all the students like anyone else.” As the rector, Bergoglio was firm and authoritative when he needed to be. “He’s not a soft-hearted man at all,” Mr von Waidkuns-Velazquez said. “When he wanted to be respected he would tell you in a very straightforward way … He’s not an angry man at all, but when he needs to be hard, he will be.” Now a legal consultant in Perth after moving to Australia 15 years ago, Mr von Waidkuns-Velazquez said Bergoglio exemplified a great humility some 30 years before he was elected as Pope.
“You could see that he may be taken for granted because of his humility,” he said. “But it’s the reason Cardinal Quarracino made Bergoglio a Cardinal – because of his extraordinary humility and modesty.” When asked if his former teacher showed any clear signs of holiness three decades ago, Mr von Waidkuns-Velazquez responded quickly, “No, not really”. “He was just another priest, another person,” he explained. “Looking back in my mind, I would say he was a bit of a nerd. “He always had one or two books with him. He was reading about
He is not a soft-hearted man at all ... He is not an angry man at all, but when he needs to be hard, he will be. three books a week, he’s a very wellread man.” Bergoglio was a quiet man who minded his own business and fulfilled his teaching and priestly duties at the College with minimal fuss. “I remember we were getting to class once and he was finishing his breviary in a corner alone,” Mr von Waidkuns-Velazquez said. One of about ten lecturers at the college, Bergoglio had a good sense of humour, a love of poetry, and was popular among the students studying for the priesthood. “He was approachable all the time … you could interrupt him, you could ask him if he had a minute after class, everybody could see him any time,” Mr von WaidkunsVelazquez said. By 1986, both teacher and pupil
had moved on from the Collegio Maximo San Jose but, serving as an acolyte at Buenos Aires Cathedral, Mr von Waidkuns-Velazquez followed the progress of his teacher. As a young man, Mr von Waidkuns-Velazquez went with Bergoglio to an Argentinian jail for midnight Mass one Christmas. “He loved that … he always had a commitment to the poor, the disadvantaged, and to social justice,” he said. “Commonsense, understanding, compassion – he was developing those qualities in those days, he was such a simple person.” In 1992, Fr Bergoglio became an Auxiliary Bishop and, in 2001, Pope John Paul II elevated him to the rank of Cardinal. His election to the papacy in March this year provided immense joy for Mr von WaidkunsVelazquez. “I received a call at three o’clock in the morning from a priest friend of mine from the Cathedral at Buenos Aires, and he said, ‘Do you know what? Jorge’s Pope!’” he recalled. “I was so happy. I was jumping for joy, because it’s the best thing that could happen to the Church.” As a seminary lecturer, Bergoglio’s teaching method reflects the way he will go about his business as the Bishop of Rome, Mr von Waidkuns-Velazquez said. “His teaching was simple and practical,” he said. “He’s not a person who will give you a deep theological message; if he does, it is always connected with some practical examples in society or in our lives. “And he was very creative in bringing secular people into his examples, like Nelson Mandela or Martin Luther King.” During his time at the Collegio Maximo San Jose as a 19 year old,
Pope Francis exchanges skull caps with a young girl after arriving for his weekly audience in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican on May 8. PHOTO: CNS
Mr von Waidkuns-Velazquez said the Jesuits were clearly divided between conservatives and liberation theologians. “[Bergoglio] was right in the middle all the time, he was teaching us the good and the bad of both sides … he was always a balanced guy,” he said. As Pope Francis, Jorge Bergoglio has already demonstrated a distaste for hierarchical authority, and this was evident during his time as a Bishop in Argentina. “I remember once he was celebrating Mass and I was about to kiss his ring and he pulled his hand away and looked at me like he was a bit annoyed,” Mr von WaidkunsVelazquez recalled. The event is fresh in the Perth lawyer’s memory, and has helped him to form a solid picture of what Pope Francis’ papacy will be like. “He thinks of the Church as a hospital,” he said. “You can go there for a checkup, you can go there for healing … but it’s not an army, where you
are training all the time, receiving orders and instructions.” One of Pope Francis’ strengths is that he is an excellent, efficient administrator who will put the Church in order, according to Mr von Waidkuns-Velazquez. “He will delegate discretionary powers to different Bishops, Archbishops and Cardinals around the world,” he said. “We have a hierarchy that is very strict at the moment and he will be flexible with that to allow lay people participation in the decisions of the Church.” Liturgically, Mr von WiadkunsVelazquez expects Pope Francis to continue to be “solemn” in his celebration of the Mass. “He loves a correct liturgy according to the Second Vatican Council, but he will allow other Bishops to be flexible about that,” he said. “I think he will allow local vernacular music and style, without much solemnity … he especially loves the African Missa Luba.”
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Lifelong vows signal a joyful choice for community, poor By Mark Reidy A CATHOLIC community founded in Melbourne in 1986 to reach out to society’s most vulnerable members took a further step in its spiritual journey when two members made private vows as consecrated lay people in late April. Although many members of the Holy Spirit of Freedom Community had previously made life commitments, Robert McLernon and Orial Khaliffe, now known as Brother Robert and Sister Mary, are the first members to make lifelong vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Br Robert’s vows were received by Father Robert Romano on behalf of Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB at the Sacred Heart Church in Pemberton on April 28, witnessed by a church packed with family, community members and local parishioners. It was an emotional moment for the 47 year old who has lived most of his life in Pemberton. “The build up to the occasion was very exciting, but very hectic”, he told The Record. “By the time I was standing before the congregation and making my vows I have to admit I could feel the tears welling.” The occasion was the climax of a five-year discernment Br Robert equates to an ‘engagement’. “I consider this to be my marriage,” he shared. “In one way, it is the conclusion of one stage of my life, but it is also the beginning of an even greater one.” The joy of the commitment was magnified by the presence of Br Robert’s mother, Roma, who was escorted from the Manjimup Nursing Home to witness the occasion. “It was an honour to have Mum attend,” he said. “She has been such an important part of my journey.” Sr Mary made her own life vows as an Oblate of the Holy Spirit before Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey the following day at Notre Dame Church in Cloverdale. The occasion was shared by over 100 people including HSOF members, friends and family, including Sr Mary’s brother, sister and nephew who joined the community’s Music Ministry for the ceremony. Archbishop Hickey described an Oblate as one who gives him or herself completely to the service of God and explained how Sr Mary’s role would be fulfilled within the HSOF community. Sr Mary said she was now committed to living a contemplative life centred around the Church’s Sacraments and daily prayers. “I feel as though this is a call within a call,” said Sr Mary. “I believe I was led to the HSOF community many years ago by the deep and committed prayer life that they lived out and now I see this as a natural progression.” She believes her spiritual journey has been leading
Brother Robert McLernon, centre, is congratulated by Fr Robert Romano at Sacred Heart Church in Pemberton after taking lifelong vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in the Holy Spirit of Freedom Community on April 28. He is watched by fellow HSOF Community member and acolyte Glenn Ebsary.
Br Robert celebrates with friends after taking his vows, above. The following day HSOF member Orial Khaliffe, at right, made her lifelong vows before Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey at Notre Dame Church in Cloverdale, taking the name of Sr Mary. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED
her on a progressively deeper call to asceticism and sees her life ahead as one of contemplation, interceding for the Church and the community. Br Robert, who also pledged allegiance to the HSOF leadership and to serving those to whom the Community ministers, as well as to the service of the Children’s Ministry within the community, shared how his spiritual journey had been inspired by his late uncle, Ivor McLernon, who had also been professed as a lay-Brother later in life. After ill health had forced Ivor to defer a priestly call a the age of 19,
he went on to become a commando and served in Borneo in World War II. His call to commit his life to God reignited as he approached 40 and he knocked on the door of North Perth Redemptorist Monastery. He took the name Br Robert but, sadly, his service to them lasted only a few years before ill health returned and he passed away in 1958. “At birth, I was given my uncle’s Redemptorist name,” Br Robert said, “and when I took my private vows I chose not to change it, in part
to honour him.” Marcelle Batticci, member of the HSOF Leadership Council, said that Sr Mary’s and Br Robert’s vows represented an exciting step for the community. “We are delighted that these two beautiful people have committed themselves to a life of service to the Church and our community,” she said. “We pray that their example will inspire others to seek a deeper relationship with Christ - in whatever capacity they are called.”
Church needs believers - not ‘couch potato Catholics’ THE CHURCH doesn’t need couch potato Catholics; it needs believers with “apostolic zeal”, willing to preach the uncomfortable words of Christ, Pope Francis said. “And if we annoy people” with this zeal for Christ, then “blessed be the Lord”, he said in his daily morning Mass homily on May 16. In his homily, the Pope talked about the day’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles. St Paul caused a near riot during his trial in Jerusalem when he addressed a group of men divided over the belief in the resurrection of the dead. “Paul is a nuisance” in his preaching, his work and his attitude, the Pope said, “because he proclaims Jesus Christ”. Evangelisation “makes us uncomfortable; many times our comfort zones, even Christian comfort zones, are bothered” by it, he said. God wants people to always move forward, even despite the trials and obstacles, and to not “take refuge in an easy life or in a cozy world”. St Paul, by preaching the Lord, “annoyed people” but he kept at it “because he had that very Christian attitude inside of apostolic zeal, he had real apostolic fervour”, the Pope said. “He wasn’t a man of compromise. No. The truth goes forward, proclaiming Jesus Christ goes forward,” he said. Apostolic zeal is not a drive for power, to obtain things, the Pope said, but “something that comes from inside that the Lord wants from us”. It does not come from any intellectual or scientific knowledge of Jesus, though “that is important because it helps us”. Rather, this zeal comes from a real, living, personal encounter with the Lord. But going forward and sharing Jesus with the world meant St Paul always found himself in trouble, not because he wanted to create trouble, but it was trouble for God’s sake, Pope Francis said. Though apostolic zeal happens with love, there is “something crazy” about it, “a spiritual craziness, a healthy craziness”. Apostolic zeal is not just for missionaries, it is for everyone, the Pope said, and he asked that people pray to the Holy Spirit for this gift. There are “lukewarm Christians” in the Church who “don’t feel like going forward”, he said. “There are even couch potato Christians, right? Those who are well-mannered, all perfect, but they don’t know how to bring people to the Church” with evangelisation and zeal. “Today, let us ask the Holy Spirit to give this apostolic fervour to all of us and also the grace to be a nuisance to the things that are too quiet in the Church” and go to the “outskirts” of life, he said. - CNS
Time to rediscover the Holy Spirit, too often left in last place, urges Pope THE HOLY Spirit is more than a pretty dove; it is an integral part of the Trinity and deserves a prime place in people’s lives, Pope Francis said. Many Christians say they get by with God the Father by praying the Our Father and with Jesus by receiving Communion, but that they aren’t quite sure who the Holy Spirit is, he said during a morning Mass homily. People who are aware of the Holy Spirit, he said, may know him only superficially, identifying him as
“the dove, the one who offers the seven gifts” of wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. “The poor Holy Spirit is always in last place and doesn’t find a prime place in our lives,” the Pope said on May 13 during Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. During the Mass, attended by Vatican Radio employees and officials at the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travellers, including its president Cardinal Antonio
Maria Veglio, the Pope said the Holy Spirit is “God active in us”, the one who “wakes up our memory”. Being able to recall the faith one inherited and remembering one’s sinful nature and how Jesus came into one’s life are essential parts of being a Christian, he said, according to Vatican Radio. When someone is “a bit vain and believes himself to be a bit like a Nobel Prize laureate of holiness, memory does us good, too”, he said. “A Christian without a memory is not a real Christian; [he or she]
is a man or a woman who is held prisoner by trends”, a slave to the spur of the moment, he said. Christians without memory of their sinful roots and God’s promise are engaged in “idolatry”, worshipping a god who has no direction and doesn’t know how to lead the way, he said. “Our God leads the way with us, mingles with us, walks with us, saves us, shapes history with us,” he said. The Holy Spirit jogs people’s memory, reminding them where
they came from and what conditions they were in before Jesus came to save them, he said. The Holy Spirit says, “Remember where I found you: the last of the flock, you were straggling behind,” he said. “Memory is a great grace” that renders life more fruitful, he said. He called on Christians to pray for this grace so they won’t forget the headway they’ve made, the graces received in their lives, and “the forgiveness of their sins, that they were slaves and the Lord set them free”. - CNS
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Historic handover honours a heart for mission THE SISTERS of Our Lady of the Mission (RNDM) have become the first religious congregation to hand over their archives to the Archdiocese of Perth for preservation. Perth Archdiocesan Archivist Stefania Di Maria joined sisters and staff at Our Lady of the Missions convent in Maylands on Monday, May 20. The gathering witnessed province leader Sr Madeleine Barlow RNDM and Ms Di Maria sign the historic document of transfer as part of a ritual handover which included prayer and song, including remembrance of past RNDM sisters. The archives hold 115 years of RNDM history since their presence in Australia began at Highgate Hill in 1897, spreading to Victoria and “down the rail line” from Perth – to Bunbury diocese, Wagin, Narrogin, to the Goldfields and to the Kimberleys. The archives contain documents and photographs prepared by Srs Shelley Barlow and Lorna Brown and by RNDM staff Jennifer George and Maureen Palfrey who helped to digitise the collection with the sisters’ late archivist Sr Pat Hogan who died earlier this year. In offering some remarks on the occasion, Perth Sister Marie Therese Ryder RNDM read words taken from Psalm 78: “Teach your children that the next generation might rise up and tell their children the works of God – that these might ever be remembered.” Sr Ryder said the work of the sisters, since beginning locally in Highgate, was an important part of development in the Catholic faith in Australia. “Those beginnings tell a story of great faith expressed in the love, generosity, courage and belief in the importance of a Catholic education of the five pioneering Sisters, a story repeated many times over the ensuing years as the sisters began new missions in uncharted places and in a diversity of works,” Sr Ryder said. “We believe that today we stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before us and whose lives are
held in honour here.” Ms Di Maria praised the initiative, which began under the previous Archdiocesan archivist and her immediate
It is a story of great faith, generosity, courage and belief in the importance of a Catholic education. predecessor Sr Frances Stibi PBVM. “We are honoured to be a repository for such a rich and wonderful archival collection, so
thank you,” Ms Di Maria told the gathering. “You’ve done a wonderful job of getting these archives ready for the transfer. That’s an important thing because it really enhances future access to the archives. So congratulations.” Maureen Palfrey, who has been involved with the collection for five years, said the archive contained many fascinating documents, such as correspondence relating to the defence department’s commandeering of the RNDM convent in Fremantle during the Second World War. A digitised copy of the archive will continue to be added to and maintained, she said.
Sr Madeleine Barlow, top, and archivist Stefania Di Maria, above, sign the transfer of the RNDM sisters’ archives to the archdiocese. PHOTOS: ROBERT HIINI
Migration law is hard-hearted By Robert Hiini THE NEED of persecuted people to seek refuge takes precedence over Australian notions of territorial integrity Bishop Gerard Hanna said last week in condemning the Australian Parliament’s decision to excise the mainland from the migration zone. The bill, which paves the way for asylum seekers who arrive on the mainland to be sent and processed offshore, was passed last Thursday with Opposition support in the face of strong criticism from refugee and Church groups. Bishop Hanna, Australian Catholic Bishops Delegate for Migrants and Refugees, said the 2001 excision of Christmas Island and other external territories had done little to deter people fleeing violence from seeking asylum in Australia. “The majority of people seeking asylum in Australia by boat come from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Sri Lanka, these four countries all feature in the top 10 countries at risk of serious human rights violations and mass killings,” Bishop Hanna said. “It is tragic to think our response is to bypass their legal protections under the refugee convention and send them to remote indefinite
Members of a Christian family, refugees from the war in Syria, in Lebanon earlier this year.
mandatory detention on Manus Island or Nauru. “Australia has the right to regulate migration across its borders but this must be carried out with justice and mercy. “When people are suffering from persecution their need to enter Australian territory takes precedence over our preference to maintain the sovereignty of our national borders” said Bishop Hanna.
Bishop Hanna’s was a sentiment echoed by Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office director Fr Maurizio Pettenà CS. “The territory of Australia has been entrusted to us as stewards, to care for this land and to ensure it is there at the service of all humanity and especially those in most need” said Fr Pettenà said. “For as long as conflict and violence continue to press upon our
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brothers and sisters we can expect to see more asylum seekers arrive at our shores by boat.” The bill’s introduction last year was a major about face for the Labor government, after roundly condemning the policy in Opposition when the former Howard government attempted to pass the measure. The excision was a recommendation of last year’s expert panel led by Angus Houston which the gov-
ernment had pledged to implement. The Church’s strong opposition to the move came a week after Bishop Christopher Saunders, chairman of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, condemned government plans to transfer children and their families to remote detention centres. He called into question the credibility of Immigration Minister Brendan O’Connor’s assurance that children would be detained for the shortest time possible, saying similar promises were made in 2008. “There is something particularly uncaring about locking away children and families in a starkly isolated facility such as Curtin in the Kimberley,” Bishop Saunders said. “Isolated facilities are the wrong place to keep traumatised children and parents … The basic requirement of justice must be to ensure those who have fled desperation and disaster of their homelands do not now face destitution in Australia.” The ‘benefits’ of releasing families from detention would be negatively offset by preventing them from earning enough to support themselves, the bishop said. “I am worried that we could be creating an underclass of severely marginalised people who could be subject to exploitation.”
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Cause of scholar-Jesuit China missionary back on track
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lthough it has taken more than 400 years, the sainthood cause of Jesuit Father Matteo Ricci, the 16th-century missionary to China, appears to be back on track. Bishop Claudio Giuliodori, apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Macerata, Italy, where Father Ricci was born in 1552, formally closed the diocesan phase of the sainthood process on May 10. The cause now moves to the Congregation for Saints’ Causes at the Vatican. Bishop Giuliodori had met Pope Francis, a Jesuit, at the Vatican in the first week of May. He wrote in the Macerata diocesan newspaper, “I never imagined I’d be able to speak about the cause of Father Matteo Ricci with a Jesuit pope.
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Many Catholics don't know the Church has a whole legal system, replete with courts and avenues of appeal, setting out rules for Church governance and the rights of all the baptised. Often, when they find out, they assume Canon Law exists only in order to facilitate marriage annulments. Meanwhile, in the light of the abuse scandals of the last 15 years, Church leaders are now grappling with updating a system that was only partly working, reports Cindy Wooden ...
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ishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta has a special briefcase he uses exclusively to carry documentation for a project that would completely revise an entire section of the Catholic Church’s basic law. The black case contains a 40-page draft text for a new “Book VI: Sanctions in the Church” section of the Code of Canon Law, as well as the 800-page synthesis of recommended amendments and objections to the proposed changes. Bishop Arrieta, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, delves into the briefcase at work in his office overlooking St Peter’s Square and at home in
the evening. Like any society, the Catholic Church has laws, Bishop Arrieta said, and while the tenets of its faith do not change, its laws do need to be adapted to the changing situations in which its members try to live out their faith. While the pontifical council is looking at small adjustments to several sections of the Code of Canon Law, promulgated in 1983, and ways to speed up the process for evaluating the validity of marriages, the section concerning offenses and penalties was judged to be in need of more than a touch up. The current code was drafted in the 1970s, Bishop Arrieta said, “a period that was a bit naive” in regard to the need for a detailed
Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta takes part in a symposium on the reform of the Code of Canon Law at the Vatican in January. PHOTO: GINACARLO GIULIANI, CATHOLIC PRESS PHOTO
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After the great attention given by Benedict XVI, who never missed an occasion to encourage us to promote the cause, we now have the joy of placing it into the hands of a Jesuit.” The bishop said when he spoke to Pope Francis about the cause, the Pope highlighted Father Ricci’s “innovative method of evangelisation based on the inculturation of the faith” and the missionary’s courage and humility in learning from the Chinese. Father Ricci died in Beijing on May 11, 1610, and his death was followed by centuries of Church debate and even disputes over the extent to which a very limited number of Confucian practices – including veneration of ancestors
– could be seen as a tolerable part of Chinese social and cultural tradition rather than as religious practices incompatible with Christianity. Father Ricci is also known for having brought European scientific instruments and knowledge to China, opening up a scientific exchange between the two continents. The diocesan phase of Father Ricci’s sainthood cause opened in 1984, but was almost immediately closed when questions were raised about his commitment to pure Christianity. Opened again with Vatican approval in 2010, much of the work the past three years has involved an examination by historians and theologians of Father Ricci’s writings. - CNS
A Latin-English edition of the Code of Canon Law is pictured on a bookshelf. The Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts is drafting text for a new “Book VI: Sanctions in the Church” section of the code dealing with offenses and penalties. Smaller changes are being considered for several other sections. PHOTO: CNS
description of offenses, procedures for investigating them and penalties to impose on the guilty. It reflected a feeling that “we are all good,” he said, and that “penalties should be applied rarely.” “The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, when Pope Benedict was prefect, was obliged to act as a consequence of the fact that the (Church’s) penal law was not working,” he said. The naivete of the law became clear with the sexual abuse crisis, Bishop Arrieta said. In addition, the sanctions section of the 1983 code was written with such an emphasis on the role of the individual bishop in his local diocese that each bishop bore the full weight of deciding when and how to intervene and what sort of sanction or punishment to impose on the guilty. The law ended up being too vague, and Church sanctions were being applied so haphazardly, that the Church appeared to be divided, he said.
The project to revise the section began in 2008. The draft was completed in 2011 and sent to bishops’ conferences and pontifical faculties of canon law, which had a year to respond. The suggestions were organised and synthesised, and now council officials and consultants – mostly professors of canon law – meet for an afternoon every two weeks to go through them, line by line. Bishop Arrieta said it will be at least two years before a new draft is ready to present to Pope Francis. As the Church’s chief legislator, it is the Pope who decides whether or not to promulgate it and order that it replace the current law. The proposed draft incorporates the Vatican’s 2010 updated definition of delicta graviora – Latin for “graver offenses,” including clerical sexual abuse of minors, the “attempted ordination of women” and acts committed by priests against the sanctity of the Eucharist and against the Sacrament of Penance.
The two chief concerns in the new section, as in all Church law, he said, are “to safeguard the truth and protect the dignity of persons.” At the same time, the rules are more stringent – “if someone does this, he must be punished,” the bishop said. While it withdraws the discretionary power of the bishop
The law ended up being too vague, and Church sanctions were being applied so haphazardly, that the Church appeared to be divided. in certain cases, he said, “it is for the good of the bishop.” Another set of modifications to the Code of Canon Law is already on Pope Francis’ desk, awaiting his judgement. They deal with areas
in which the code for the Latinrite Catholic majority differs from the Code of Canons of the Eastern Catholic Churches. Bishop Arrieta said that in most cases they are rules for situations that the Latin-rite code never envisioned, but that the Eastern code, published in 1990, did. With the large number of Eastern Christians – Catholic and Orthodox – who have migrated to predominantly Latin territories in the last 25 years, Latin-rite pastors need guidance, he said. For example, Eastern Catholics who do not have access to a priest or parish of their rite are free to receive the sacraments in a Latinrite parish, including baptism and matrimony. The proposed revisions for the code specify that in such situations the parish’s sacramental register must include a notation that the people involved belonged to an Eastern Catholic Church, he said. In addition, Latin-rite pastors must know that while a Latin-rite
marriage is valid in the presence of a deacon, in the Eastern-rite Churches a priest must preside. Many Catholics think canon law is something they need to be concerned about only if their marriage breaks down and they want an annulment. The annulment process is another area currently under study and scrutiny by the pontifical council, the bishop said. The Church’s law must uphold Church teaching, but do so responding to the concrete situations of the faithful. “Church law follows the theological reality of things,” he said. “It isn’t canon law that forbids divorce, the faith does. Canon law then transforms that into juridical language.” So while the council is not trying to find ways to facilitate annulments, “we are trying to identify the bottlenecks that delay” judgements in the annulment process and identify improved procedures, he said. - CNS
A statue of Jesuit Father Matteo Ricci stands outside the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing. The sainthood cause of the 17th-century missionary to China has moved to the Vatican after the diocesan phase of the sainthood process closed on May 10. Father Ricci was born in Macerata, Italy, in 1552 and died in Beijing on May 11, 1610. PHOTO: NANCY WIECHEC, CNS
Vibrant parish life, touching the poor, praying for persecuted Christians top Francis's Pentecost agenda
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ith humour and passion, Pope Francis shared highlights of his personal faith journey and explained some key points of his teaching to an enthusiastic crowd of representatives from Catholic lay movements. Celebrating a vigil on the eve of Pentecost with an estimated 200,000 people singing, chanting and waving their groups' banners, Pope Francis focussed on the importance of parents and grandparents educating their children in the faith, the knowledge that God wants a relationship with each person, the importance of caring for the poor and the need to pray for people who are
denied religious freedom. Without using a prepared text, the Pope responded to questions presented to him prior to the May 18 event. Pope Francis, who often talks about the beauty of God's mercy and the Sacrament of Confession, told the crowd about one confession that he said changed his life. "It was September 21, 1953. I was almost 17 years old," he said. In Argentina, it was the first day of spring. He said he felt the need to go to confession and entered his parish Church where there was a priest he had never met before. "I found someone waiting for me," he said. "I don't know what had happened, I don't remember why that priest was there
or why I felt the need to confess, but the truth is, that someone was waiting for me and had been waiting a while." "After that confession, I felt something had changed. I wasn't the same," he said. "It was like a voice, I felt a call; I was convinced I had to become a priest." Pope Francis said people talk a lot about the need to seek God, but the truth is that God always seeks people out first, that he is always waiting for them and always ready to love them. Implying that he would like to hear confessions in Rome parishes like he did as archbishop of Buenos Aires, he said, "but I can't, because to leave to hear confessions – there is no way out of
here," he said, leading to great laughter in St Peter's Square. He told the crowd that often when he heard confessions in Buenos Aires, he would ask penitents if they had given alms to those begging on the Church steps. If they said yes, he would ask if they looked the person in the eye and if they touched the person or just threw coins at him or her. Catholics, he said, must "touch the body of Christ, take on the suffering of the poor. For Christians, poverty is not a sociological or philosophical or cultural category, it is a theological category," because Christ made himself poor in order to walk the earth, suffer, die and rise to save humanity.
Pope Francis said the current global financial crisis is about much more than the economy; it's a crisis caused by a lack of values and by putting money ahead of concern for people. "Today – and it pains me to say this – a homeless person dying in the cold doesn't make the news" nor do the millions of children around the globe who go to bed hungry each night. "This is serious. This is serious," he told the crowd. "We cannot rest easy while things are this way" and Christians cannot say, "'Well, this is the way things are.' We cannot become stodgy Christians, so polite, who speak of theology calmly over tea. We have to become courageous
Christians and seek out those who are the flesh of Christ, those who are the flesh of Christ." Asked how he came to have faith. Pope Francis responded, "I had the grace of growing up in a family in which the faith was lived simply and concretely; but it was especially my grandmother – my father's mother – who marked my faith journey. She explained things to us, spoke to us about Jesus, taught us the catechism. "We don't find the faith in the abstract," he said. Faith is something one learns about from another person, and usually that person is a mother or grandmother. The Pope said he draws strength from
praying the Rosary each day and from praying in front of the Blessed Sacrament each night - "sometimes I nod off, it's true ... but he understands. And I feel such comfort knowing that he's watching me." Pope Francis, who has spoken often at his morning Masses about the need for the parishes to have a strong outreach, returned to the theme with the lay movements, many of which focus on evangelisation. A parish that is focussed only on being well organised and keeping members close to others who think and live like they do runs a great danger, he said. "When the Church becomes closed, it becomes sick, sick.
"Think about a room closed up for a year," the Pope said. When someone finally enters there is an odour and nothing feels right. "A closed Church is the same way; it's a sick Church." While Jesus stands at the door and knocks, trying to get into people's hearts and lives, he said, there is also a possibility that Jesus is shut up inside a parish and "knocks at the door to get out and we don't let him out because we're insecure." The Church is called to be a light to the world, he said. The world needs Christians' witness to the Gospel, its "witness of fraternal love, solidarity and sharing." Telling the crowd he would spare
them a show of hands, Pope Francis also asked how many people pray each day for persecuted Christians. Before the Pope spoke, the crowd had heard from Paul Bhatti, who took over as Pakistan's minister of minority affairs after his brother, who held the same position, was assassinated in 2011. Bhatti spoke about the witness of Pakistan's Christian minority despite discrimination and even violence. "We must promote religious liberty for all people," the Pope said. "Every man and woman must be free to profess his or her faith, whatever it may be. Why? Because that man and that woman are children of God." - CNS
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Tailor’s faith leads to sainthood By Carol Glatz THE MARTYRDOM of an estimated 800 Italian laymen killed by Ottoman soldiers in the 15th century is a reminder to Christians of Jesus’ call to concretely give witness to the Gospel of love, not revenge, said an Italian archbishop. Antonio Primaldo and some 800 fellow townsfolk will be canonised in St Peter’s Square on May 12 by Pope Francis – more than 500 years after their gruesome deaths in Otranto, a port city on the easternmost tip of southern Italy. Rather than be “misinterpreted or distorted,” their martyrdom must represent a “purification of the memory of the Catholic Church and a rooting out of every possible lingering resentment, rancour, resentful policies, every eventual temptation toward hatred and violence, and every presumptuous attitude of religious superiority, religious arrogance, moral and cultural pride,” said Archbishop Donato Negro of Otranto. Remembering Christian martyrs is an occasion to examine one’s own life and make sure it corresponds with the Gospel call to love and forgive, he said in a letter dedicated to the martyrs, published on December 20, 2012. Ottoman troops launched a weeks-long siege of the small port city in 1480. When surviving residents refused to surrender, the soldiers were ordered to massacre all males over the age of 15. Many were ordered to convert to Islam or die, but Antonio Primaldo, a tailor, spoke on the prisoners’ behalf: “We believe in Jesus Christ, Son of God, and for Jesus Christ we are ready to die,” according to Blessed John Paul II, who visited Otranto in 1980 for the 500th anniversary of the martyrs’ deaths. The humble tailor inspired all the other townspeople to take courage, the late Pope said, and to say: “We will all die for Jesus Christ; we willingly die so as to not renounce his holy faith.” There were not “deluded” or “outdated,” Blessed John Paul said, but “authentic, strong, decisive, consistent men” who loved their city, their families and their faith. “They wanted, like you, joy, happiness and love,” which they found choosing Christ, the Polish pope had said during his visit. According to the archdiocese’s website, popular tradition holds that when the soldiers beheaded Primaldo, his body remained standing even as the combatants tried to push him over. Legend has it that the decapitated man stood until the very last prisoner was killed, at which point Primaldo’s lifeless body collapsed next to his dead
‘Francis’s words spur desire for Confession’ By Cindy Wooden
People view relics of the Martyrs of Otranto in 2011 in the Cathedral of Otranto, in Puglia, Italy. Antonio Primaldo and some 800 fellow townsfolk will be canonised in St. Peter’s Square on May 12 by Pope Francis, more than 500 years after their gruesome deaths in Otranto, a port city on the easternmost tip of southern Italy. PHOTO: CNS
comrades. In 1771, the Church recognised the validity of the local veneration of Primaldo and his companions and allowed them to be called blessed. In 2007, retired Pope Benedict XVI formally recognised their martyrdom and, in 2012, he recog-
nised a miracle attributed to their intercession. Martyrs do not need a miracle attributed to their intercession in order to be beatified. However, miracles must be recognised by the Vatican in order for them to become saints. The miracle involved the late-Poor Clare Sister
Francesca Levote. She was suffering from a serious form of cancer but was healed after a pilgrimage to pray before the martyrs’ relics in Otranto in 1980, a few months before Pope John Paul’s visit in October. She died in February 2012 at the age of 85. - CNS
THE HEAD of the Vatican office promoting new evangelisation said that while he does not like the terms “Francis effect” or “Francis bump,” it is true that “Pope Francis has touched the hearts and minds of many people.” Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation, said he does not care for the term “Francis effect,” since Pope Francis has not changed Church teaching. But speaking to reporters on May 15 about activities for the Year of Faith, he said that during an early May visit to southern Italy and in conversations with priests from northern Italy where he grew up, he repeatedly heard reports that “a lot of people have been going to Confession and many have said that while they hadn’t gone in a long time, they felt touched by the words of Pope Francis.” Archbishop Fisichella noted that requests for tickets to the weekly general audiences held by the Pope in St Peter’s Square have consistently numbered between 50,000 and 70,000, which is significantly higher than in the past. For the April 28 Mass his office organised with the Pope and young people receiving Confirmation, some 70,000 people signed up in advance, but more than 100,000 showed up. The crowds were similarly large on May 6 when, despite the rain, as many as 100,000 people came for the Pope’s Mass with members of Catholic confraternities. “People want to be present, listen to his voice and see him, touch him, because he makes a connection (with people) that is very moving,” the Archbishop said, adding that the Pope’s popularity reflects the “importance of the faith, the importance of being Christian, and the importance of the Pope at this moment in the history of the Church.” Bishop Jose Ruiz Arenas, secretary of the council, said that when he met with bishops and priests from Mexico and Colombia who were at the Vatican for a Canonisation Mass on May 12, he heard “testimony that this phenomenon” of increased confessions is taking place everywhere. “In Latin America, during Holy Week, many people who hadn’t confessed for many years” returned to the sacrament because of things they had heard Pope Francis say. - CNS
As Syria descends into a daily barbarism, the By Doreen Abi Raad THE SYRIAC Catholic patriarch said events in Syria were the result of Western nations carrying out a geopolitical strategy “to split Syria and other countries” in the Middle East. “It’s not a question of promoting democracy or pluralism as the West wants us to understand of its policies. This is a lie, this is hypocrisy,” Syriac Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan told Catholic News Service. Western nations did not heed warnings and so “bear responsibility for what is happening in Syria.” “We were warning all those involved, the countries in the region and in the West – that means the United States and some of the European Union countries, like the United Kingdom and France – that
this kind of violence would lead to chaos and the chaos to a civil war,” Patriarch Younan said. “And at that time, two years ago, they chose not to believe that.” The Patriarch spoke to CNS on May 10, as Western nations gave contradictory reactions to the war between the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebel forces. The United States and Russia were calling for an international conference on Syria in Geneva at the end of May, but US President Barack Obama was said to be considering arming rebel groups as war intensified in certain parts of Syria. “Since the beginning, they (Western nations) just stood against the regime, calling it a dictatorship, saying the dictatorship must fall. Now it’s over 25 months, the
conflict is getting worse, and the ones who are paying the price are the innocent people,” said Patriarch Younan, leader of nearly 40,000 Syriac Catholics in Syria. He said the morale of Christians in Syria is “very, very low.” Patriarch Younan, who served for 14 years as bishop of the New Jersey-based Diocese of Our Lady
the crisis in the country. The patriarch emphasised that “we are not siding either with Assad or with his regime. We are with the Syrian people, and our concern is how can we get this country (Syria) back on its feet for the sake of the population. “We are accused of siding with the (Syrian) regime. This is not the truth,” he said. “Sure, we did say
It is not a question of promoting democracy or pluralism. This is a lie; this is hypocrisy. of Deliverance for Syriac Catholics in the United States and Canada, was elected Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church in January 2009. He and other Eastern Catholic patriarchs in Lebanon have repeatedly warned against toppling Assad, calling instead for dialogue to solve
from the beginning, this regime has to make reforms, true reforms, both political and in the area of civil liberties.” But the Patriarch said that does not mean ousting the regime is the solution, because it could then be replaced with fundamental-
ist groups, as Church leaders had warned, citing Libya and Egypt and other countries of the Arab Spring. “We are not politicians,” the Patriarch said. “We just want our people to be able to stay in their own country and to live peacefully with others, and we want true civil rights and religious liberty.” He said Western nations must look at what happened in Iraq, which still suffers from confessional conflicts, killings, bombings and kidnappings and has already experienced the exodus of more than 50 per cent of its Christians. The Patriarch described the situation in his native province of Hassake as “very critical” and said Christians were being pressured to leave the area. “People live in fear. They fear kidnapping and killing, and many
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Pontiff’s global finance reform call ‘strongest yet’ By Carol Glatz POPE FRANCIS called for global financial reform that respects human dignity, helps the poor, promotes the common good and allows states to regulate markets. “Money has to serve, not to rule,” he said in his strongest remarks yet as Pope concerning the world’s economic and financial crises. A major reason behind the increase in social and economic woes worldwide “is in our relationship with money and our acceptance of its power over ourselves and our society,” he told a group of diplomats on May 16. “We have created new idols” where the “golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is face-
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less and lacking any truly humane goal.” The Pope made his remarks during a speech to four new ambassadors to the Vatican presenting their letters of credential. The new ambassadors from Kyrgyzstan, Antigua and Barbados, Luxembourg and Botswana will not be residing in Rome. The Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, told journalists it was the Pope’s “first forceful speech on the economic and financial crisis,” social justice, and the attention needed to the world’s poor. The speech “is in continuity with his previous talks on these subjects” as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina; “but as Pope it is his first powerful and explicit speech” touching on such
themes in-depth, the spokesman said. In his 10-minute scripted speech to new ambassadors, the Pope highlighted the root causes of today’s economic and social troubles, pointing to policies and actions that stem from a “gravely deficient human perspective, which reduces man to one of his needs alone, namely, consumption.” “We have begun this culture of disposal,” he said, where “human beings themselves are nowadays considered as consumer goods which can be used and thrown away.” The wealth of a minority “is increasing exponentially,” while the income of the majority “is crumbling,” he said. This economic inequality is caused by “ideologies which uphold the absolute autonomy of markets
and financial speculation, and thus deny the right of control to states, which are themselves charged with providing for the common good.” The lack of adequate economic regulation or oversight means “a new, invisible and at times virtual, tyranny is established, one which unilaterally and irremediably imposes its own laws and rules,” he said. Ethical principles and policies of solidarity are “often considered counterproductive, opposed to the logic of finance and economy,” he said. “Ethics, like solidarity, is a nuisance” and so they are rejected along with God, he added. “These financiers, economists and politicians consider God to be unmanageable, even dangerous, because he calls man to his full real-
isation and to independence from any kind of slavery.” Pope Francis called on the world’s political and financial leaders to consider the words of St John Chrysostom: “Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs.” The Pope said he “loves everyone, rich and poor alike,” but that as Pope he “has the duty, in Christ’s name, to remind the rich to help the poor, to respect them, to promote them.” He called for ethical financial reform that would “benefit everyone” and for the world of finance and economics to make people a priority and take into account the importance of ethics and solidarity. - CNS
Dancers bring the Mayan spirit to St Peter’s
By Cindy Wooden THE KEY PROBLEM in everyone’s relationship with God is not that they sin, but that they are not ashamed of their sin and don’t ask forgiveness, Pope Francis said. In a homily about St Peter’s relationship with Jesus, Pope Francis said Peter thought he was a good disciple, but ended up denying he even knew Jesus – three times. Later, when Jesus asks him three times “Do you love me?” Peter is hurt by the question and ashamed of his sin, the Pope said on May 17 during the homily at a Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. “I once knew a priest, a good pastor who worked well; he was named a bishop and felt shame because he didn’t think he was worthy, he was spiritually tormented,” the Pope said. The priest went to his confessor, who listened to him and told him, “Don’t be afraid. If with the whopper Peter committed he was still made Pope, you keep going.’” Pope Francis said that a relationship with Jesus usually follows a pattern; it matures as one is called, recognises his sin, is forgiven and moves on. “We are all sinners,” the Pope said. “The problem isn’t being a sinner. The problem is not repenting of our sins, not being ashamed of what we have done. That’s the problem.” - CNS
Performers in traditional Mayan warrior dress perform in front of St Peter’s Basilica during Pope Francis’ weekly audience on May 8 in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican. PHOTO: CNS/STEFANO RELLANDINI, REUTERS
country’s Christians wonder where it will end. of the Christians just want to get out in whatever way they can,” he said. “It’s very sad to say that there is no hope for the future for the young generations, all because of the lasting conflict, and the West bears the responsibility of this conflict.” He said Western nations encouraged conflict in the Mideast “in the name of the so-called awakening of people, of democracy,” adding that “the so-called Western democracy” cannot be exported to countries that still look at religion as a base for ruling their regimes or political life. Those attempts over the past 20 years to bring so-called democracy in the region, he said, instead were not for the good welfare of the Christians in the Middle East and “were very much harming our
very existence. And for us Middle Eastern Christians, the faith means a lot. For us, religious liberties come first, otherwise we would not have been surviving for centuries in this area. Western leaders don’t want to understand this,” Patriarch Younan said. “Christians in the Middle East have been not only abandoned, but we have been lied to and betrayed by Western nations, like the United States and the European Union,” he said. “And I believe there will be a time coming when the Christians of the Middle East will no longer look to the West for support and perhaps to better strengthen their roots with the Eastern culture and civilisation. They are better to look to the East, to ... Russia, to India, to China,” he said.
The Patriarch said he had no news of two Orthodox bishops kidnapped on April 22, but said the United States was “very able to get the news if they want to.” When asked if he considered the bishops’ kidnapping a message to Christians, the Patriarch replied, “How can it be otherwise?” The incident, he said, makes Christians in Syria more fearful and desperate to flee. “We keep praying for peace and the liberation of all kidnapped,” he added. The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon already is more than 1 million, equal to one quarter of Lebanon’s population. Every day, Patriarch Younan said, Christian families from Syria who have left everything behind, come to the patriarchate in Beirut seeking refuge. - CNS
A Free Syrian Army fighter throws an improvised hand grenade toward forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on May 15 in Deir al-Zor. PHOTO: CNS
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APERTURE Moments of Faith in the trajectory of life
Top and Left: Pope Francis celebrates Mass and greets the crowd after Mass on the feast of Pentecost on May 19 in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Below: Ethnic Hungarian pilgrims march to attend an outdoor Mass on the eve of Pentecost on May 18 in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania. Bottom Right: Pilgrims push a cart, bearing a pennant of the Virgin of El Rocio on their way to the shrine of El Rocio on May 14 in Coria del Rio, Spain. PHOTO: CNS/PAUL HARING/BOGDAN CRISTEL, REUTERS/MARCELO DEL POZO, REUTERS
Right and Bottom: A member of the Church of the Vietnamese Martyrs crowns a statue of Mary and dancers from Maryland perform during during the “Asians and Pacific Islanders for Mary” pilgrimage on May 11 in Washington, USA. Below: Young people carry the World Youth Day cross during its arrival on May 19 in Niteroi, Brazil. PHOTO: CNS/MICHAEL HOYT, CATHOLIC STANDARD/RICARDO MORAES, REUTERS
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Family unit should be the focus of budgets
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he business of Government demands the best and most honest minds in any society, married to a commitment to act consistently for the common good and welfare of the nation. The effective dropping of the Baby Bonus in the recent Federal Budget was therefore a strange measure taken by a government, explicable only by its appearing to be in a state of panic. The fact that the Opposition used the occasion to, shortly after, go one step further and announce it would drop the Baby Bonus altogether, indicated strongly that political leadership in Australia is in a state of drift with regard to at least some of the key issues confronting the future of the country. One of the fundamental problems of national economic life in Australia is the increasingly precarious position of the family unit. It is the family that is the fundamental unit of society rather than the individual because, from the moment a person enters into this life he or she always requires some context of care and growth. We might almost say that although our culture glorifies self-sufficiency and the radical autonomy of the individual, especially in choices to do with lifestyle, material possessions and moral conduct, it is actually the family that matters most because it is the family which conceives, brings to life, provides for materially and emotionally, and cares for the individual whose life is part of its own rich tapestry. This theoretical or philosophical point to do with the family is not irrelevant at all, least of all with regard to such things as the Budget and baby bonuses. Furthermore, one way of interpreting the decision by both the Labor Government and the Liberal Opposition to effectively do away with the Baby Bonus is that the move leads to the conclusion that neither of this country’s major formal political forces really understands at all what is so important about families. In fact, families should be the major and primary focus of any economic policy because to ensure the welfare of families is to ensure the welfare of societies. In Australia, however, it is very much the opposite; the family is usually the pawn of politics dominated by forces hostile or indifferent to its existence. It is also the increasingly marginalised loser in calculations of a purely brutal political nature. In this particular instance the Federal Government and the Opposition have both agreed that, for the time being, it PO Box 3075 should become more expenAdelaide Terrace sive to have children. This PERTH WA 6832 could be called many things but perhaps the most accurate office@therecord.com.au is to call it madness. The basic Tel: (08) 9220 5900 problem is quite clear: neither Fax: (08) 9325 4580 Julia Gillard, nor Kevin Rudd, nor Tony Abbott appear to understand the really important issues looming in this country - nor do many of their colleagues. Why? Australia’s primary political and economic focus should be to underpin the welfare and flourishing of families - not making it more economically difficult to have children. This could at best be described as political negligence. In the long term it will contribute to serious economic and demographic decline. Australia is an ageing society. This is an increasingly serious national problem with extremely serious consequences but not, apparently grasped in any significant degree yet by a political class inspired by the idea that there should be no more than approximately 1.2 children in any particular couple’s lives. The problem in Australia is not yet as serious as Japan and Europe but the figures for these countries should give some inkling as to why hostility to the family in public policy is not a well-thought out idea at all. France, for example, has one of the lowest fertility rates of any society on the face of the earth except Japan, but not far different to almost all of Europe. Because it has adopted childlessness as a national goal it must pay the price: as demographer Massimo Livi-Bacci points out, all known studies indicate that France’s working population, aged from 15-64 will decline by 10 per cent by the year 2050, but its elderly population will increase by 79 per cent. This picture is more or less repeated across all of Europe (Germany will lose a population equivalent to the former East Germany by the same point in time.) The economic and social consequences are astonishing. In Europe there are currently 35 people of pensionable age for every 100 of working age. By 2050 the ratio will be 75 pensioners to every 100 workers. In Spain and Italy the ratio will be one to one. Among the consequences of rapidly ageing societies increasingly devoid of children are that there are no known welfare, healthcare, taxation, fiscal or economic systems that can sustain this state of affairs. The dropping of the Baby Bonus in Australia was therefore, at one level, not catastrophic but was yet another negative pressure placed on the shoulders of ordinary Australian families. Its dropping was as clear an indicator as we could want that neither of our political leaders and their parties really understand (or are interested in) much beyond the short-term horizon of political advantage over each other. They variously describe themselves as progressive or conservative, but the irony is that neither political leader is either. They are, in fact, simply intensely conventional. The situation for families is not irreversible but it takes political leadership, and a political class, of a completely different calibre altogether to make real change a possibility.
Neither of this country’s major political parties understands why families are important.
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The ceremony can be civil or religious. The “vows” are essential. The “vows” are certified after the ceremony on the same government forms by the minister of religion or by the civil celebrant who act as government agents (virtual civil servants). A marriage certificate follows. The formulation of the “vows” must follow Australian law to be valid. Church documents are additional and confirm the same information. Congratulations to the previous Record on the article about a million people in Paris proclaiming “Marriagelovers, not homophobes”, the point I made in my earlier letter. The Church is upholding the dignity of heterosexual marriage, not attacking per se those who want to change the fundamental nature of marriage.
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Constitution’s terms on marriage excel THE OPINION of B Ritchie (letters, May 15) is astray. Going by the dictionary is risky. I stand by the definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman for life as stated in the Australian Constitution. It is adequate. Marriage is more than the ceremony (letter P Gilet, May 1). So the future intentions of bride and groom are sought. In every wedding ceremony in Australia at least, the man and the woman effect the marriage by vows. The official witness, whether religious or civil, is essentially a witness. (The Church teaches that too.) In Australian law, the ceremony surrounding the “vows” is optional.
Rev E Miller Fremantle WA
Pentecost the sign of the Saviour ANOTHER excellent issue of The Record (May 15). I will be keeping the double-page spread on the Apostles’ journeys and also Fr Flader’s particularly informative article on the Jewish celebration of Pentecost, which reinforces my own personal opinion that at the very moment the High Priest was offering the first fruit of the harvest in the Temple, our Saviour would have been presenting himself to his Father as the First Fruit of the Resurrection. Hugh Clift Lesmurdie WA
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Hoarding’s futility trying to fill our soul’s empty house The phenomenon of hoarding fascinates us. It’s inspired numerous TV programs. But deep down, what is it hoarders are really trying to do?
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ost of us would be aware of people referred to as ‘hoarders’ - individuals who habitually collect and surround themselves with material goods to the point that their homes become a health hazard. These people have become regular fixtures on television shows over recent years and there is now an entire series produced in the US (and airing here) dedicated to the issue, believed to affect over two million people. Hoarding: Buried Alive captures the obsessive habits of people whose homes have become rabbit warrens within cascading piles of unnecessary possessions. Once considered a subtype of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, the American Psychiatric Association has, this month, now officially recognised it as a Mental Health Disorder in its own right. Hoarding is an illness fascinating to many, reflected by the increasing media attention it has won for itself. We are left wondering how people could voluntarily inflict such an oppressive and restrictive existence on themselves. Dr David Tolin, Director of the US Anxiety Disorders Centre believes the intensity attached to collected items becomes so excessive it overrides any human attachment. “Some people have told me that all the things in their homes feel like friends or family members, so they can’t bear to throw them out”, he said. Tolin referred to one recovering hoarder who began her obsessive collecting after her father passed away. She eventually came to recognise the emotional void she had been trying to fill. It is a fascinating insight I believe could be relevant to many of us. We may not be able to identify with the individual who has literally bar-
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ricaded themselves within their home, but it is worth exploring the symbolic existence of those now labelled as hoarders”. The concept of filling voids is literally lived out within the confines of hoarders’ own homes. Hoarders cram every corner of their environment with a barricade that creates a wall between themselves and any perceived area of empty space – a physical attempt to create a haven to shelter from an emotional emptiness within. A hoarder’s house can come to
A hoarder’s house can seem like trenches in the First World War - pathways between towering possessions. resemble a series of trench-like pathways within the towering piles of accumulated possessions. Not unlike frontline soldiers in the trenches of the Somme, they attempt to hide from an external threat, but in the case of the hoarder the enemy is the void within them. How many of us live our lives trying to fill in a void we feel within - to manufacture something to replace a sense of emptiness inside? How often do we cram our lives with unnecessary and worthless goods and activities? How often do we barricade ourselves with busyness or material possessions that consume our time and mind?
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In stirring homily at the Chrism Mass, Archbishop Costelloe urges Catholics not to be disheartened.
DO NOT BE AFRAID QUOTABLE Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB addresses priests of the Archdiocese and Mass-goers at St Mary’s Cathedral on March 26, urging Catholics not to be disheartened by challenges confronting the Church at the present time such as the scandal of sexual abuse, divisions among Catholics and the widening gap between society and Gospel values. PHOTO: ROBERT HIINI
This is the unedited text of the homily given by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB of Perth at the Chrism Mass in St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth on Tuesday evening, March 26, 2013.
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n the year 1207, in a little rundown and crumbling church in the countryside not far from a market town in central Italy, a young man of 26 knelt down in prayer. He had been a soldier and came from a rich merchant family but, having returned from the war and from imprisonment sick and dispirited, he had experienced a profound conversion of heart and now preferred to wander the hills and valleys alone, reflecting on and praying about
his future. The young man’s name was Francis, the little church was the Church of San Damiano, and the nearby town was called Assisi. It is this young man, St Francis of Assisi, whose name our new Pope bears. It seems opportune then for us to ask ourselves this evening what St Francis, and Pope Francis, might be able to teach us as we celebrate this Chrism Mass together. AS THE young Francis knelt in that church, looking up at the crucifix with its lamp burning before it, he seemed to hear the Lord speaking to him from the cross. “Go and rebuild my Church, for it is falling into ruins.” Francis was a simple young man. As he looked around him at the ruined church in which
he found himself, he decided that the Lord was calling him to repair the building which he immediately set out to do. Years later, long after he had come to understand much more clearly what the Lord was asking of him, he presented himself before Pope Innocent III, seeking approval for the group of followers he had gathered around him. The Pope was initially reluctant but after a dream in which the Pope saw his own Cathedral, Saint John Lateran’s, beginning to topple and fall, only to see Francis run in and put his shoulder to the crumbling pillar and hold it up, the Pope realised, as Francis himself had done, that the Church herself was beginning to crumble and was in urgent need of renewal.
NINE hundred years later, our new Pope has invited us to recall again the story of St Francis of Assisi. In doing so, we might be inclined to see ourselves, our Church, in a similar situation to that facing the young Francis of Assisi. Certainly, in the crowd gathered in St Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ Mass of Installation, there were many banners held high carrying the same words St Francis heard in San Damiano’s: go and rebuild my Church. We all know of the challenges we face: the awful scandal of sexual abuse and the ways in which our response as a Church has often been very poor; the very low percentage of Catholics who gather regularly, at least in our part of the Church, Continued - Page 6
“We all know the challenges we face: the awful scandal of sexual abuse and the ways in which our response as a Church has often been very poor, the very low percentage of Catholics who gather regularly to celebrate Mass and the Sacraments, internal divisions between so-called progressives and so-called conservatives ...” “We must never allow ourselves to forget that the Church, our Church, this Church, is the body of Christ and this means we have Christ as our head ...” “Tonight, as we recognise ourselves to be in stormy seas, we must all hear two things from the Lord: ‘Go and rebuild my Church’ and ‘Do not be afraid. I am with you’.”
We plug our daily routines with pursuits that, in the context of our eternal existence, are futile and, even worse, divert us from our relationship with God. These can come in the form of obviously destructive addictions such as drugs, alcohol, pornography and excessive materialism, but more subtle, and therefore potentially more hazardous to our spiritual journey are those pastimes that are essentially amoral, but can become obstacles we create to protect or shelter us from any sense of emptiness we feel within. Jesus was clear about where our focus should always be: “Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth….for wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be too” (Matt 6: 19 – 21). These “treasures” I believe, do not only refer to material goods, but to anything we allow to draw or distract our attention from God. They can take on many shapes and forms, but it is up to each of us to monitor the choices we make and analyse how they affect our relationship with our Heavenly Father. St Augustine travelled down many paths in an effort to fill the emptiness that echoed within his soul, but eventually abandoned his futile pursuits and famously cried out to God “My heart will not rest until it rests in You”. It is a journey each of us must take. We need to ask ourselves what aspects of our lives are merely “void-fillers” and what are drawing us closer to God? Seventeenth century mathematical genius, turned Christian philosopher, Blaise Pascal, found his own answer. “There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every person, and it can never be filled by any created thing. It can only be filled by God, made known through Jesus Christ.”
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When pro-life loose canons fire
The conviction in the US of abortionist doctor Kermit Gosnell led some pro-lifers to condemn him and others like him in the harshest of terms. But former Planned Parenthood coordinator Abby Johnson explains why such attitudes are a terrible mistake
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have heard so much vitriol spewed from the mouths of “Christian pro-lifers” since the Gosnell trial has concluded, I feel I must address it. When I was confirmed as a Catholic, I chose Mary Magdalene as my Confirmation saint. I felt an immediate connection to her. She had sinned so much … and was forgiven in even greater amounts. She knew she didn’t deserve forgiveness … but received it anyway. And because of this she clung to Christ. She knew she was nothing without him. I have also done my fair share of sinning. And I have also been forgiven much more than I deserve. I abused and betrayed women in the worst possible way. I convinced them to kill their children. Did I slit the necks of children after they were born? No. But, I was an accomplice to murder. Thousands of times … women I knew, women I didn’t, my friends, even my family. I lied to people. I lied to women when they came to me for accurate information. I was among the worst sinners … those who help to take and destroy life. I am no better than Kermit Gosnell. I took my own children’s lives … twice. Not because I was coerced. Not because I didn’t know better. But because I thought children would be an inconvenience to my lifestyle. I am responsible for their deaths … no one else. So when someone talks about Gosnell and says things like, “murderers and people like him don’t deserve to breathe the same air as I do”, or “I hope he burns in hell”, it hurts a little. Because that was me. But I am still here … breathing that same air … and trying to spend my life righting my wrongs. And it’s not just me. I know they hurt others like me, as well. People who have left the abortion industry will work every day to recover from their sins. People who are still in the industry and think they will be shunned by the pro-life movement … maybe they would reach out to us if they knew we would
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams makes remarks about the sentence of abortion clinic operator Dr Kermit Gosnell on May 15 during a news conference in Philadelphia. Gosnell was sent to prison to serve three life terms without parole for murdering babies during late-term abortions and other crimes at his squalid clinic in Philadelphia. Page 74, below, from the US grand jury report on Dr Kermit Gosnell’s Philadelphia abortion clinic shows a photo of jars containing severed feet. PHOTOS: ABOVE: TIM SHAFFER, REUTERS; BELOW: CNS
I smile every time I imagine Kermit Gosnell’s conversion. What a heavenly victory that would be. accept them. I am always terrified that clinic workers will see some of the words from pro-lifers. I have been told by several former workers that they will never come forward with their stories because they are so scared of how they will be treated by us ... by us ... the supposed “Christian” movement. Their fears are real and legitimate. I know some will say, “but you repented, that is the difference”. But what if I hadn’t … not yet. What if I was still inside the abortion industry? What if I was still an accomplice to murder? What if it took me longer to realise the truth? Do I deserve to die? Are we saying repentance is about our timing? Certainly, it is not about us. It about God and his perfect timing. Right now, I shouldn’t be in this movement. I should be the chief executive officer of the fourth largest revenue generating Planned Parenthood affiliate in the US. I should be overseeing the largest abortion facility in the Western Hemisphere. I should be making six times the amount of money
that I make in the pro-life movement. But I’m not. Why? Because of forgiveness. Because of mercy. Because of grace. Because of God. And because of real pro-lifers. The people I turned to accepted me for me ... baggage and all. They knew that I was a broken person and loved me anyway. They knew I needed significant healing and they helped to provide it.
I remember one story in particular. One of the ladies, Karen, who immediately befriended me after I left Planned Parenthood, was asked a question by a reporter. He asked her, “So, what was Abby like before she became pro-life? I mean, how nasty was she?” Karen’s answer was so genuine, and so Christ-like. She simply said, “I don’t remember that person. She is a new creation
in Christ. I won’t talk about her past, I only want to talk about her future.” Wow. What grace. What forgiveness. She could have really spilled the beans on me, but she chose not to. Why? Because she truly loved me ... and she always had, even while I was working at Planned Parenthood. She always believed the best in me, always believed that my conversion would
happen. It was Christ who changed me. It was the merciful and compassionate words of his people. It was no condemnation. It was not prayers that I would burn in hell. It was not those who yelled and called me names. It was the words of people like Karen. Those who prayed that I would, one day, walk out of that clinic. Those who had constant faith ... even when that faith was a struggle to have. I am here because of them and because of their Christ-like witness. Don’t we want that for every abortion clinic worker and abortion provider? Don’t we want that for Kermit Gosnell? I smile every time I imagine his conversion. What a heavenly victory that will be! Can it happen? If you say no, then you do not know the God that I do. My God is in the business of miracles. And my God does not want anyone to suffer in hell. He wants all his children to come to him ... yes, even those of us ‘monsters’ who are in or have been in the abortion industry. Hate comes from hell. Mercy comes from Christ. When we have hate in our hearts, our spirits are damaged. Be careful with your words. Not only are you a living witness of Christ and his truth, but you could put your own soul at risk. “Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him” (1 John 3:15). When we hate, we are no better than those who kill. I am not the sweetest person. I’m not the one who catches all the flies with honey … sometimes I am all vinegar. What do you expect? Do you expect the most tender-hearted to work in the abortion industry? Maybe we aren’t like all of you. Maybe we aren’t the most kindhearted. Maybe you don’t understand how we could do what we have done. But those of us who leave … we are fighters. We are willing to take hits for our former sins. We are willing to stand up in places that are uncomfortable. We are willing to be bruised by others because we know we have to … we know that will be the price we pay … it just hurts more when the bruises come from those who should be rejoicing in our repentance. We are passionate. We don’t waste time beating around the bush … not when it comes to life … especially the lives that we helped take. Those of us who have worked in the industry all live our lives with a constant burden. One that we will not be free of until we reach heaven. We can’t let our burden slide off our shoulders, it is what keeps us on fire. It reminds us of why we fight so hard. We have seen death and evil in a way that most haven’t … and we participated. We are forgiven. So, should I be able to “breathe the same air as you?” That’s not really up to me to decide. But if you say things like that, know that a small piece of our hearts is broken, and I have to believe that it grieves Christ. But even if you break our hearts, we forgive you. Even if you bruise us, we forgive you. He who has been forgiven much, loves much. And we love a lot. I am eagerly awaiting the day when I can call Kermit Gosnell a former and repentant abortion provider. Abby Johnson is a former director of a US Planned Parenthood clinic who converted to the pro-life cause. She has since founded a ministry, And Then There Were None, which is dedicated to helping workers in abortion clinics transition out of the industry. Reprinted with permission of the author.
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MONDAY, MAY 20 TO JUNE 24 Journey to Peace Bereavement Support Group – John Paul Care 1-2.30pm at Sts John and Paul Parish Centre, 5 Ingham Ct, Willetton. Have you lost a loved one and need support through your grief? A sixweek program where meetings are conducted in a friendly and confidential setting. Bookings essential. Enq; Betty 043 885 8212 or Parish Office 9332 5992. FRIDAY, MAY 24 Holy Trinity Community Holy Hour Adoration 7pm at St Benedict’s Church, 115 Ardross St, Applecross. Enq: Yunita 0412 677 568. SATURDAY, MAY 25 Malaysian/Singapore Catholic Community Fundraiser Dance 7pm-late at Vasco Club, 1 Vasto Place, Balcatta. Funds to go to WA orphans, street kids, youth and indigenous. DJ, Live Band, Asian cuisine, sweets and soft drinks. BYO Alcohol. Cost $40 Enq: Margaret 0407 776 000, Fr Roy Pereira 0417 936 449. TUESDAY, MAY 28 Higher Certificate in Biblical Studies Information Session 6.15-7.15pm at The Faith Centre, 450 Hay St, Perth. Offered by Lebone Biblical Studies is a distance education program, followed in your own home at your own pace, face-to-face contact workshops periodically. Equivalent to a one-year tertiary course. Aim is to complete it in two years. Fosters intellectual, personal and spiritual growth of learners through up-to-date Bible education offered by guided learning. Enq: 6140 2420 or email: info@thefaith.org.au. Spirituality and the Sunday Gospels 7-8pm at St Benedict’s School Hall, Alness St, Applecross. Presented by Norma Woodcock. Cost: collection. Accreditation recognition by the CEO. Enq: 9487 1772 or www.normawoodcock.com WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 Inner Freedom and Healing – taste of The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola. 7.30-9.30pm at John XXIII College MacKillop Room, Mooro Drive, Mt Claremont. Presenter, Murray Graham, Director of Inigo Centre for Adults. Talk includes: Brokenness and re-connecting; transforming our inner wounds; being drawn rather than driven; Ignatian Scriptural meditation. Cost: Donation to Inigo Centre. Enq: Murray 9383 0444 or graham.murray@johnxxiii.edu.au. FRIDAY, MAY 31 Medjugorje Evening of Prayer Group 7-9pm at St Helena Parish, cnr Coolamon Blvd/ Strathmore Pkwy, Ellenbrook. It is reported Our Blessed Mother has been appearing daily in Medjugorje since 1981 with messages for all her children. Monthly meetings in thanksgiving and to spread Our Blessed Mother’s messages. Free DVDs on Medjugorje. Pilgrimage Oct 8-24 Rome/ Italy/Medjugorje $3,999. Enq. 9402 2480 mob 0407 471 256 email medjugorje@y7mail.com. Dominican Past Pupils Annual Luncheon 12 noon at Botanica’s, 401 Scarborough Beach Rd, Innaloo. Enq: Veronica 9272 9596. SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Day With Mary 9am–5pm at Our Lady Queen of Peace, cnr Harfoot and Milroy Sts, Willagee. Day of prayer and instruction based on the Fatima message. 9am Video; 10.10am Holy Mass; Reconciliation, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic Adoration, sermons on Eucharist and on Our Lady by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet and Stations of the Cross. BYO lunch. Enq: 9250 8286. Retreat on the Merciful Heart of Jesus 9am-1.30pm, at Lot 375 Alock St, Maddington. There will be praise and worship, preaching, confession, Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration and healing prayers. Morning tea and lunch provided. Enq: 9493 1703. SUNDAY, JUNE 2 Annual Toodyay Corpus Christi Mass and Procession 10.30am at Marian Friary of Our Lady Help of Christians, 36 Stirling Tce, Toodyay. Begins with Holy Mass; Procession: 12pm. Enq: Franciscan Friars 9574 5204. Divine Mercy Apostolate – Feast of Christ the King 10am at St Jerome’s Parish, 36 Troode St, Munster. Begins with Holy Mass followed by a procession. Refreshments afterwards in the parish hall. Enq: John 9457 7771. SUNDAY, JUNE 2 AND 16 Latin Mass 2pm at the Good Shepherd Church, Streich Ave, Kelmscott. Enq: John 9390 6646 FRIDAY, JUNE 7 TO SUNDAY, JUNE 9 Inner Healing Retreat 7.30am at Epiphany Retreat Centre, 50 Fifth Ave, Rossmoyne. Come and receive Jesus’ embrace and healing through his Word and Sacraments during this retreat. Led by Vincentian Fathers. Registration and Enq: Melanie 0410 605 743 or vincentiansperth@yahoo.com. SATURDAY, JUNE 8 Divine Mercy - Healing Mass 2.30pm at St Francis Xavier’s Church, Windsor
St, East Perth. Fr Marcellinus Meilak O.F.M. will be the Main Celebrant. Reconcilliation offered in English and Italian. Divine Mercy prayers followed by Veneration of First Class Relic of St Faustina Kowalska. Refreshments afterwards. Enq: John 9457 7771. SUNDAY, JUNE 9 The World Apostolate of Fatima Eucharistic Hour 3pm at Our Lady’s Assumption Church, Grand Promenade, Dianella. Enq: 9339 2614. SATURDAY, JUNE 15 AND SUNDAY, JUNE 16 Book Sale - Myaree Parish Fundraiser 10am-4pm at Pater Noster parish hall, entrance Evershed St, Myaree. All types of books for sale. Enq: Margaret 9330 3848. FRIDAY, JUNE 28 TO SUNDAY, JUNE 30 Catholic Faith Renewal - Young Adult Retreat Orchard Glory Farm, Bindoon. Who Am I... Really? A three-day live-in retreat of reflection for young adults aged 18-35. Enq: Search Facebook: “Who Am I Really? 2013 Retreat”, whoamireally2013@ gmail.com or call Ann 0412 166 164 or Lucas, 0400 230 578.
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Cathedral Cafe Cathedral Cafe is now open every Sunday 9.30am1pm at St Mary’s Cathedral parish centre, downstairs after Mass. Coffee, tea, cakes, sweets, friendship with Cathedral parishioners. Further info: Tammy on smcperthwyd@yahoo.com.au or 0415 370 357. Pilgrim Mass - Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation 2pm at Shrine, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. Commencing with Rosary followed by Benediction. Reconciliation available before every celebration. Anointing of the sick administered during Mass every second Sunday of the month. Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin of the Revelation last Sunday of the month. Side entrance to church and shrine open daily between 9am-5pm. Enq Sacri 9447 3292. Praise and Worship 5.30pm at St Denis Parish, cnr Osborne St and Roberts Rd, Joondanna. Followed by 6pm Mass. Enq: Admin admin@stdenis.com.au. EVERY FIRST SUNDAY Singles Prayer and Social Group 7pm at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St Georges Tce, Perth. Begins with holy hour (Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and teaching) followed by dinner at local restaurant. Meet new people, pray and socialise with other single men and women. Enq: Veronica 0403 841 202. EVERY SECOND SUNDAY Healing Hour 7-8pm at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. Songs of praise and worship, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament and prayers for sick. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or office Tue-Thu, 9am-2.30pm on 9344 7066. EVERY THIRD SUNDAY Oblates of St Benedict’s 2pm at St Joseph’s Convent, York St, South Perth. We welcome all who are interested in studying the Rule of St Benedict and its relevance to the everyday life of today for laypeople. Vespers and afternoon tea conclude our meetings. Enq: Secretary 9457 5758. EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY Shrine Time for Young Adults 18-35 Years 7.30-8.30pm at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Drive, Mt Richon; Holy Hour with prayer, reflection, meditation, praise and worship; followed by a social gathering. Come and pray at a place of grace. Enq: shrinetimemtrichon@gmail.com. Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley. Includes Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent prayer, scripture, prayers of intercession. Come and pray that those discerning vocations can hear clearly God’s call. EVERY LAST SUNDAY Filipino Mass 3pm at Notre Dame Church, cnr Daley and Wright Sts, Cloverdale. Please bring a plate to share for socialisation after Mass. Enq: Fr Nelson Po 0410 843 412, Elsa 0404 038 483. EVERY MONDAY For You My Soul is Thirsting (Psalm 62:1) 7pm at St Thomas Parish, 2 College Road, Claremont. Tend to your thirst for God. Begins with Adoration, then 7.45pm - Evening Prayer; 8pm - Communion Service and Night Prayer. Come to the whole thing, or just to a part! Enq: Michelle: 0404 564 890.
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Rosary. Enq: Sr Marie MS.Perth@lsp.org.au. Healing and Anointing Mass 8.45am Pater Noster Church, Evershed St, Myaree. Begins with Reconciliation, then 9am Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, anointing of the sick and prayers to St Peregrine. Enq: Joy 9337 7189. Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Sts John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Songs of Praise and Prayer, sharing by a priest, then thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments. Enq: Kathy 9295 0913 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail.com. Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christi Church, Lochee St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, cnr Ravenswood Dr/Majella Rd, Westminster (Mirrabooka). Vigils are two Masses, Adoration, Benediction, prayers, Confession in reparation for outrages committed against the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357; Fr Giosue 9349 2315; John/Joy 9344 2609. Pro-life Witness – Mass and Procession 9.30am at St Brigid’s Parish, cnr Great Northern Hwy and Morrison Rd, Midland. Begins with Mass followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic, led by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Please join us to pray for an end to abortion and the conversion of hearts. Enq: Helen 9402 0349. EVERY SECOND FRIDAY Discover Spirituality of St Francis of Assisi 12pm at St Brigid’s parish centre. The Secular Franciscans of Midland Fraternity have lunch, then 1-3pm meeting. Enq: Antoinette 9297 2314. EVERY FIRST SATURDAY Healing Mass 12.35pm at St Thomas Parish, cnr Melville St and College Rd, Claremont. Spiritual leader Fr Waddell. Enq: Kim 9384 0598, claremont@perthcatholic.org. Vigil for Life – Mass and Procession 8.30am at St Augustine Parish, Gladstone St, Rivervale. Begins with Mass celebrated by Fr Carey, followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic. Please join us to pray for the conversion of hearts and an end to abortion. Enq. Helen 9402 0349. EVERY FOURTH SATURDAY Voice of the Voiceless Healing Mass 11.30am at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Bring a plate to share after Mass. Enq. Frank 9296 7591 or 0408 183 325. EVERY LAST SATURDAY Novena Devotions – Our Lady Vailankanni of Good Health 5pm at Holy Trinity Parish, 8 Burnett St, Embleton. Followed by Mass at 6pm. Enq: George 9272 1379.
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Acts 2 College, Perth’s Catholic Bible College Is now pleased to be able to offer tax deductibility for donations to the college. If you are looking for an opportunity to help grow the faith of young people and evangelise the next generation of apostles, please contact Jane Borg, Principal at Acts 2 College on 0401 692 690 or principal@ acts2come.wa.edu.au. Divine Mercy Church Pews Would you like to assist, at the same time becoming part of the history of the new Divine Mercy Church in Lower Chittering, by donating a beautifully handcrafted jarrah pew currently under construction, costing only $1,000 each. A beautiful brass plaque with your inscription will be placed at the end of the pew. Please make cheques payable to Divine Mercy Church Building fund and send with inscription to PO Box 8, Bullsbrook WA 6084. Enq: Fr Paul 0427 085 093. Abortion Grief Association Inc A not-for-profit association is looking for premises to establish a Trauma Recovery Centre (pref SOR) in response to increasing demand for our services (ref.www.abortiongrief.asn.au). Enq: Julie (08) 9313 1784. RESOURCE CENTRE FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT - 2013 COURSES Holistic Health Seminar The Instinct to Heal (begins July 25) Thursday 11am-1pm; RCPD2 Internalise Principles of Successful Relationships, and Use Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills, now on Thursdays 11am-1pm. 197 High St, Fremantle. Bookings essential. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585 or www.rcpd.net.au. Drop-In Centre and Op Shop - Volunteers urgently needed at RCPD, 197 High St, Fremantle. 1) RCPD6 ‘The Cost of Discipleship’ This course combines theology with relationship education and personal/spiritual awareness by teaching self-analysis. 2) ‘The Wounded Heart’ Healing for emotional and sexual abuse promotes healing and understanding for the victim and the offender. Holistic counselling available - http:// members.dodo.com.au/~evalenz/. EVERY DAY IN MAY Daily Novena in Honour of Our Lady of Fatima 6.30-7.30pm Monday-Friday at Holy Cross Church, cnr Ommanney/Carter Sts, Hamilton Hill. Saturdays: 6pm. Sundays: 8am. All during May, the month of Mary. Enq: Connie 0437 803 322. Religious Item Donations for Thailand Church Fr Ferdinando Ronconi is the parish priest at the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Phuket, Thailand. He is in need of religious items such as Rosaries and holy medals for his local congregation and visitors. If you are able to help, please post items to: PO Box 35, Phuket 83000, Thailand or, if you are on holiday in Phuket, bring your donated items with you to church and stay for Mass! Fr Ferdinando can be contacted on tel: 076 212 266 or 089 912 899 or ronconi.css@ gmail.com. Would You Not Watch One Hour with Me? Adoration - St Jerome’s Spearwood We have been able to add Sunday night/Monday morning to our Adoration Roster. It is now continuous from Wednesday, 6am through to Monday, 10pm. Please pray for new Adorers to keep Jesus company on the two nights (Monday and Tuesday) which still finish at 10pm. Adorers needed urgently: Thursday, 10am, 11am and 12 noon. Please see the roster for other times Adorers are needed. Enq. Mary 0402 289 418.
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Church parish priest at 1pm at St Mary’sCoffee, tea, cakes, sweets, frien : URDAY Ronconi is the Assumption in by hea 187 240 Fridayme all you SAT do d 7 pm 041 owe RTH inan s. y info 7.30 Foll . Mas Ferd FOU Gerr r her rest Fr or RY afte you EVE . Furt stairs 9 9093 Mass Lady of the d and I will give ’s Orchard Glor y Farm 5 edral parishioners sick. Enq: Madi 924 celess Healing Church of Our in need of religious items St. ship with Cath hwyd@yahoo.com.au or 041 Voice of the VoiBrigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen s. the He is munity. l nday at Bindoon pert Phuket, Thailand. and holy medals for his loca Holy Trinity Com Tammy on smc WEDNESDAY 11.30 am at St g a plate to share after Mas Sponsored by a: Fr Sergius Paulus CSE, EVERY SECOND help, as Rosaries . Brin 357. idge such nesi 370 cy thbr 325 ne Indo If you are able to Nor Mer 183 Elei 8 from ine the el), s Virgin of r of Carm 6 7591 or 040 sh, Dean Rd, plets of Div ation and visitors. 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Enq: John 6am through Monday mor mons on the cy Chaplet and Stations of painting and glos Praise and Wo is Parish, cnr Osborne St ands. relic of St Faustina from Wednesday High quality oil Images of very high quality. For ary, Divine Mer . Franciscan Sisters of the now continuous Please pray for new Adorers to ise Meeting 5.30pm at St Dendanna. Followed by 6pm Mas Mercy Promotions. to accept and place inside the 10pm. y’s Cathedral PraMary’s Edel Quinn Centre, day Joon ts (Monday Mar ss. BYO lunch Enq6. Rd, Mon St nigh to ing 100 erts t au. two will Rob sy prin on of any parish pany on the in@stdenis.com. des praise, song maculate 9250 828 s: 160 x 90cm; glos 7.45pm at the Legi keep Jesus com ch still finish at 10pm. Adorers Enq: Admin adm Meeting East Perth. Inclu church. Oil painting 3267 (w). 36 Windsor St, istry. Enq: Kay 9382 3668 or fmi@ Outreach Special and Tuesday) whi Thursday 10am, 11am and 12 . Enq: Irene 9417 60cm x achers Mission s Parish Centre, 47 Wellington min DAY : ling SUN ST hea ntly and EVERY FIR r times Adorers needed urge org. am at Infant Jesu s English teachers to tutor neers rt the roster for othe . up flameministries. erou Sacred Heart Pio to know about the Sacred Hea Fr and Social Gro noon. Please see 77 l Group 2 289 418 d, Morley. Gen kly and donate half the tuition Singles Prayer ts Chapel, Allendale Sq, r rismatic Renewa ld anyone like . Enq. Mary 040 itual Director ent Cha ded Wou Spir y Vinc nee act Fift Sain 150 are hou cont up ry, All se ne student wee Partners Morley - establisheda holy Gro plea with 7pm at torist Monaste se and Mass. pioneers? If so, 6131 or John 9457 7771. Perth. Begins 4. Funding prai ee to Mission 7.30pm at Redemp St Georges Tce, ration, Rosary and teaching) folto Vietnam 201 and changes Includes prayer, Doug Harris 9444 988. Possible visit St, North Perth. 3661. (Eucharistic Ado at local restaurant. 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Suggest a Cert n more about the Catholic faith Mount Hawthor nt, followed at 8pm by a Rosary for all pre-boo g/movies. Funds raised erSecretary 9457 575 They will also lears in communication and lead on disciplesofjesus.or0419 923 420. at a local restauratalk and refreshments at the SUNDAY and develop skillege of Mission and Evangelisati DOJYMT. Enq: Lisa Cenacle, short to meet new people, pray and Years EVERY FOURTH Adults 18-35 Mt way Y, MAY 6 uth@ t ng esyo NDA Grea You MO dett rch. ship. Acts 2 Coll 52).Enq: Jane 9202 6859. for TO erna chu 4 e Y ed ne, 9 Talus Dr, 4 6131 or st.b Shrine Tim e 514 Shri 944 Gift : Cod SATURDAY, MA l r, att Enq ! iona ake enst alise Spe (Nat Scho soci rnational 7.30-8.30pm at r with prayer, reflection, meditay Hickey nymous Talks by UK Inte gmail.com. . reat Master: Ton money? Enq: Richon; holy hou worship; followed by a social: AA Alcoholics Ano Theologian, Ret a, 59 Newton St, Spearwood you more than just ixes tion, praise and and pray at a place of grace. Enq Is alcohol costing s 11amEVERY FRIDAY dral’s Crucif 10am at Casa Luis oenstatt Shrine e Sch s at 10am. Talk s on Com 6. at g. Mas 356 on 5 erin with rati 932 Mt these gath ts AA St Mary CatThehereco Each day star m; 7-8.30pm. Unique talk rs 9399 2349. Eucharistic Ado statt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, rd Bookshop are ate Invite Siste stol att Apo enst ics ion. New in stock to the wood Sacred Rel parish m at Schoen Mass, Exposition of Blessed 12.30; 1.30-3p ness, theology and redempt to Scho and from ies, 10a e ts od, part mad s Sain ed stho ifixe In this dres Includes holy ns to the Prie beautiful Cruc invites interest munities, lay assopm. hun on. h atio 8.15 spirituality, holi 30pm. Please bring a plate for are Pert Rich Voc till ch A for n whi r l SSR ratio Cathedra Holy Hou , religious com ament, silent ado from St Mary’s a place of grace. Lunch 12.30-1. provided. Cost: Love offering from the priests, leaders ofnise relic visitations to parishes lington St, Morley.t Sacr of Grace, join us in prayer at2349. Religious Life filled with history share. Coffee/tea 9494 2604. in the Jesus Parish, Wel Year of years old and ciations to orga We have available authenticatenstatt 9399 2-3pm at Infant n of Blessed Sacrament, silene Scho y’s Cathedral back of Mar ers and St etc. , of ts Sist : on Tony. Enq: Jenny ities sain Enq olic concepti commun ifixes are Includes Expositio, prayers of intercession. Com r first-class, of Cath e amazing cruc 5 St, ed relics, mostly g Sts Mary MacKillop, Padre Pio, 19th Century. Thes which are prayer, scripture e discerning vocations can hea SUNDAY, MAY Healing Mass ily Parish, Lot 375, Alcock Celebration crucified Christ seds includin ux, Maximilian on May Rosary adorned with the and pray that thos s. 6pm at Holy Fam ins with Exposition of thes, bleshony of Padua, Therese of LisiePope John Paul The 2013 Busselt Lady made from Bras call. Beg ’s Ant Cros sed God ton. ne, the Our Bles rly of Shri of ding clea k and Mad y Rosary in Honour nt, Rosary, Stations Kolbe, Simon Stocand all welcome. Enq: Giovann , en of the Holy DAY Blessed Sacrame wed by Adoration of the Blessed 12.30pm at Que Rd (off Bussell Hwy), Jindong EVERY LAST SUN II. Free of charge ssra-perth@catholic.org. Large: $140.00 3 or www.vpcp. Healing Mass follo Bove’s Farm, Roy0pm - hymn singing; 1pm – holy ht : admin 9493 170 0478 201 092 or Filipino Mass e Church, cnr Daley and Wrig Sacrament. Enq Medium: $90.00 Busselton. 12.3 s led by Fr Tony Chiera. 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