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Ordination happy sign of growth for Perth’s Ukrainian Catholics

Bishop Peter Stasiuk CSsR holds candlesticks aloft during the Divine Liturgy at St John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Maylands last Sunday after having ordained Perth man Richard Charlwood to the sub-diaconate. The event was a major milestone in the life of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Perth. Story, photos - Pages 10-11 PHOTO: PETER ROSENGREN

In blistering remarks, Pope Francis calls world food shortages a disaster

Global hunger a scandal

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A famous 1985 photo by Sebastiao Salgado of a malnourished child being weighed during the Ethiopian famine. PHOTO: PUBLIC SOURCE

IT IS “truly scandalous” that the global level of food production is enough to feed the planet’s people, yet millions of people are malnourished and millions more “must be satisfied with the crumbs falling from the table”, Pope Francis said. Addressing the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) conference on June 20, Pope Francis said the global financial crisis obviously has made the situation worse, but it cannot continue “to be

used as an alibi”. Food is not simply a commodity but is a human necessity and right, he told 400 delegates from about 200 countries. “The human person and human dignity risk turning into vague abstractions in the face of issues such as the use of force, war, malnutrition, marginalisation, the violation of basic liberties and financial speculation, which presently affects the price of food, treating it like any other merchandise and overlooking its primary function,” the Pope told the delegates.

But the problems affecting agriculture, forestry and fisheries in both developed and developing countries, he said, are not simply technical and any solutions must recognise that “the human person and human dignity are not simply catchwords, but pillars for creating shared rules and structures”. The current crisis was not just caused by financial factors, Pope Francis said; it also “is a consequence of a crisis of convictions and values, including those which are the basis of international life”,

particularly the value of solidarity. Addressing the conference on what was World Refugee Day, Pope Francis also spoke about how “grave food crises” lead to the uprooting of individuals, families and entire communities. FAO is dedicating its work in the coming year to rural families, which the Pope said is an important opportunity “to reaffirm the conviction that every family is the principal setting for the growth of each individual, since it is through the Continued - Page 8

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a talk on schizo-affective disorder on July 2. Dr Williams will share his personal experiences in Living with Schizo-Affective Disorder. He aims to break the stigma and discrimination associated with mental health issues. A key aspect of his talk will be strategies for coping regarding the disorder, which he has found useful in the past. Dr Williams’ speech is scheduled for Tuesday, July 2 at St John and Paul Parish Centre on the corner of Pinetree Gully Road and Wainwright Street, Willetton. The talk starts at 6pm and concludes at 8. Tea and coffee would be provided, organisers said, but a plate of food to share would be appreciated. For more information, contact Betty Thompson on 9457 4991, Ann Page on 9291 6670 or Barbara Harris on 9328 8113.

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Irene McCormack staff down books for paintbrushes The Irene McCormack Catholic College Staff Retreat this year saw 16 staff members head for Shopfront in Maylands, armed with painting equipment and energy. The staff painted three rooms, transforming them into even more welcoming spaces. The College has a long relationship with Shopfront. Students and staff have helped out through volunteering, tin drives, clothes drives and annual fundraising. Shopfront is an agency of the Perth Archdiocese and is serviced predominantly by volunteers. Karen Wilson, Christian Service Coordinator at the College, said that the staff loved volunteering their time helping at what she described as a ‘wonderful agency’.

Ball to mark 25th birthday of Chisholm Catholic College The Alumni of Chisholm Catholic College are holding a ball to mark the school’s 25th anniversary. The College was formed in 1989 as a result of the merger between St Mark’s College, Bedford and St Thomas Aquinas College, Inglewood. Named after Caroline Chisholm, a Catholic social reformer and social justice advocate in colonial New South Wales, the school opened with the motto Grow in Christ. Twentyfive years later, past students have decided to celebrate this auspicious event by hosting a ball on Saturday,

International healing rally in Perth, courtesy of young Indonesians

Sixteen Irene McCormack Catholic College staff downed books to tackle a different kind of task recently, painting three rooms at the Catholic social outreach agency Shopfront, in Maylands, as part of their staff retreat. PHOTO: SUPPLIED August 17 at the Hyatt Regency in Perth. The event starts at 7pm and concludes at midnight. Tickets are priced at $150 each or $1,500 for a table of ten. The price of the tickets includes dinner, drinks, music and photography. For further enquiries, email alumni@chisholm.wa.edu.au.

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The son of Irish gentry, Oliver was educated by his Cistercian cousin, Patrick Plunkett, who took part in the 1641 rebellion. Ordained in Rome in 1654, Oliver stayed there to teach and review books for the Sacred Congregation of the Index. In 1669, he was named archbishop of Armagh and primate of Ireland. Over the next decade, he organized synods, visited dioceses, opened schools and confirmed thousands of Catholics. With a new wave of English persecution, he was forced into hiding in 1679. Arrested late that year, while visiting his dying cousin, Patrick, in Dublin, he was imprisoned until his execution in London on trumped-up charges of treason. Extant letters reveal a devoted and courageous prelate who embraced martyrdom.

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An Indonesian Catholic Charismatic group will hold an international healing rally with Indonesian healing minister Benyamin Ratu on August 24. The Turrist Orationist Ministry (TOM), an Indonesian Catholic youth ministry, was begun in Perth in 2000 by the Heman Salvation Ministry, another Indonesian Catholic Charismatic group. TOM started with 13 members but now exceeds a 100 Indonesian youth in WA. The group was formed out of a desire to praise and worship God. The main aim of TOM is to assist the youth and help them build a deep and long lasting relationship with Christ. Dubbed Miracle Possible, the rally will take place at Kennedy Baptist College Arts Centre in Murdoch. For more information, contact Cerissa on 0433 229 288 or Michael on 0416 134 206.

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Father Jim celebrates 50 years among the people

MORE than 1,000 past and present parishioners joined the friends and family of Father Jim Corcoran at Mater Christi, Yangebup on June 2 to celebrate his 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. The church was packed to overflowing at the 10am Sunday Mass as Fr Corcoran celebrated in thanksgiving together with his brother, Monsignor Tim Corcoran, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and local and overseas priests who have shared the journey of ministry with Fr Corcoran since coming to Australia. A special choir led the congregation in some of Fr Corcoran’s favourite hymns At the end of Mass, Fr Corcoran reviewed his experiences over the years, reminiscing about the many wonderful people who had been part of his journey. Reminding everyone that he “wanted no fuss”, he invited everyone over to the parish centre. Everyone was treated to a multicultural luncheon amid large banners showing pictures from Fr Corcoran’s life from his early days as a student at the seminary in Ireland, through scenes from parishes as far apart as Kambalda

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Fr Jim Corcoran celebrates his 50th anniversary of priesthood with Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and his brother, Mgr Tim Corcoran (centre). SUPPLIED

and Armadale to the most recent image, a 2.2m photo of Fr Corcoran at the recent Confirmation. Everyone delighted in over a dozen food stalls including curries from India and Malaysia, a spit roasted pig and a barbecue. After an exhibition of Irish dancing and a humorous speech

by parish priest Fr Bryan Rosling, a few behind the scenes stories by Fr Steve Casey and a presentation from the parish, Archbishop Costelloe emerged from the crowd to pay tribute to Fr Corcoran who was clearly overwhelmed as he cut the cake and thanked all for their kind words.

THE LOVE a husband demonstrates for his wife serves as an example of respect to the couple’s children, the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales said. “Committed, faithful fathers are good for their children, for their educational achievement, psychological wellbeing and their social behaviour,” said Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster in a June 19 speech in London. He said one of the best examples a father could give to his sons and daughters is to love their mother. “To a significant degree, a father influences his children through the quality of his relationship with the mother of his children,” he said in his speech at the Citizens UK Summit for Civil Society Leaders at Queen Mary, University of London. “When he enjoys a healthy relationship with her, he’s probably going to spend greater time with his children,” he said. “A mother who is genuinely loved and valued

by her children’s father shares this affirmation with her children,” the Archbishop continued. “Evidence indicates that fathers who treat the mother of their children with respect, and deal with conflict in an adult and appropriate manner, are more likely to have sons who understand how they are to treat women and who are less likely to act in an aggressive fashion towards them. “Girls with respectful fathers involved in their upbringing learn how they should expect men to treat them...They are less likely to become ensnared in violent or unhealthy relationships,” he added. “Whilst, of course, many generous and committed fathers are found outside of marriage, it seems that they are more likely to be found within the bond of marriage itself.” The most “satisfying title” for any priest, he said, was “Father” as it implied a central role of helping to raise the next generation. - CNS

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Parish in full flower for Christ

Mosman Park’s assistant priest Fr Wilson Donizzetti Martins, left, processes with the Blessed Sacrament. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

IN PREPARATION for next year’s 50th anniversary celebrations, the Corpus Christi Parish in Mosman Park produced a spectacular floral arrangement covering the central aisle of their church for the Feast of Corpus Christi on June 2. The artwork was a communal effort with many parishioners contributing flowers and greenery from their gardens and a group of ten laying them out the day before the celebration. Parishioner Rommie Masarei told The Record that during Mass only the side aisles were used, with the centre aisle only utilised when

Fr Wilson Donizzetti Martins processed down the carpet of flowers with the Blessed Sacrament during

Parishioners went all out making a carpet of flowers to honour the Body and Blood of Christ. Benediction at the conclusion of Mass. Ms Masarei said that the flowers remained in the church throughout the following week, allow-

ing students from adjoining Iona College to appreciate the spectacle. She explained how the church had opened in 1964 and throughout the years parishioners had cherished the church’s dedication to the Body and Blood of Christ. “Some years ago the carpet was a feature of the celebration of the patronal feast of Corpus Christi,” Ms Masarei explained. “It was decided to revisit the idea as some longtime parishioners had very happy memories of it.” She said the community was now looking forward to repeating the display at next year’s 50th celebrations.

‘Dumbing down’ the faith has driven Catholic exodus

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THE “dumbing down of the Catholic faith” that impacted catechesis in the mid-1960s “was a pastoral disaster of the first order”, Father Robert Barron told a crowd of about 500 people at the Catholic Media Conference in Denver on June 19. “That’s why many people in my generation left the faith,” Fr Barron, creator of the Catholicism television series, told conference attendees and members of the public who came especially to hear his evening keynote address, “Don’t dumb down the message”. That was the second of six suggestions Fr Barron gave for spreading the new evangelisation. His other suggestions included “leading with beauty” and “preaching with ardour”. Fr Barron, who currently is rector of Mundelein Seminary in the Chicago Archdiocese, started out by noting that the convention marked the 20th anniversary of World Youth Day in Denver in 1993, where it is widely though that

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the stage for Christ’s incarnation. “Don’t turn Jesus into a bland cypher,” he said. “He’s not just another mystic or guru.” Noting the large number of people in modern society who suffer from addictions, Fr Barron said the Church must also help people reject “false gods of wealth, honour, pleasure and power” and teach the anthropology of St Augustine who

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Blessed John Paul II kicked off the new evangelisation, which urges Catholics to renew their faith and aims to re-ignite the Catholic faith in traditionally Christian countries where the people’s practice of the faith has grown lax. In leading with beauty, the Catholic Church will draw people to itself the way the main character in Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited was drawn to the Church - from beauty to goodness to truth, Fr Barron said. Another way the Church can spread the new evangelisation is to “tell the great story of salvation history” that includes the Old Testament story that set

wrote that “our heart is restless until it rests in thee”. “We need to mock (false gods) publicly,” Fr Barron said. And to combat modern atheism, the Church must spread the message of St Irenaeus, who wrote that “the glory of God is a human being fully alive”, Fr Barron said. The saint, who died in the early third century, taught that the creed contains the essential truths of Christian faith. In Christianity, God and man do not compete with each other, he added. It is only in pagan and atheistic belief systems that gods stand in the way of human progress.

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Catholic schools on the up, five planned

Kelly dons the mighty purple for great cause

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By Matthew Biddle THE CATHOLIC Education Office of Western Australia (CEO) plans to open at least five new primary and secondary schools in Perth over the next three years. All five schools will begin operation with classes from Kindergarten to Year 2, before gradually introducing classes in other year levels. Catholic primary schools in Baldivis and Hocking will commence in 2014, while Holy Cross College in Ellenbrook will also open its primary campus next year. Forrestdale Catholic College will open in 2015, and Byford Catholic College will begin classes in 2016. The CEO also plans to open Bunbury Catholic College in 2015, with students in Years 7, 8 and 9 initially starting at the school. Each of the proposed schools

New schools are planned for Ellenbrook, Hocking, Forrestdale, Baldivis and Byford. is currently accepting expressions of interest. With the five new additions, the number of Catholic schools in the Perth Archdiocese will rise to 113. Chief strategy and governance office for the CEO in WA Jeff Thorne said the schools would help to cater for Perth’s rapidly growing population. “The decision to build a new school is never taken lightly and links directly to projected population growth,” he said. “It is always based upon detailed demographic research and systemic planning to ensure that we continue to provide quality Catholic schooling for our evergrowing community.” Meanwhile, Hammond Park Catholic Primary has moved into its brand new school after spending its first few months in the Mater Christi Community Centre. The school moved into its premises on Woodrow Avenue late last month and principal Chris Cully said he was excited to have the school completed and operational. “We had a brief, 13-week wait but from all accounts the wait was well worth it,” he said. “The look on the children’s faces as they entered their new school was like Christmas morning with one gift being opened after another.” Opening this year with 17 Kindergarten students, the school already has 43 students enrolled for classes next year, and Mr Cully said he was pleased with the school’s progress. “It has been quite noticeable since being on site just how the interest in our school has grown,” he said.

Kolbe Catholic College staff member Kelly Stirling was happy to don a comic, purple bra for a good cause on Friday, June 21. She rattled a tin around the school at recess and lunchtime raising money for Purple Bra Day with funds raised going to combat breast cancer. PHOTO: LEANNE JOYCE

Pope lived Vat II labour pains MARKING the 50th anniversary of the election of Pope Paul VI, Pope Francis asked 5,000 pilgrims to examine how well they imitate the late Pope’s love for Christ, for the Church and for humanity. Calling Pope Paul a “great pontiff ”, Pope Francis said, “he fully lived the labour pains of the Church after the Second Vatican Council its lights, hopes and tensions. He loved the Church and gave his

life for it.” The pilgrimage of the Diocese of Brescia, the diocese for which he was ordained a priest in 1920, marked the 50th anniversary on June 21 of Pope Paul’s election in 1963. The pilgrims met Pope Francis the next day. The Pope asked the pilgrims to examine their own lives and ask themselves if they love Christ like Pope Paul did and if they find ways to demonstrate that each day.

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Quoting, as he often does, from Pope Paul’s 1975 apostolic exhortation on evangelisation, Evangelii Nuntiandi, Pope Francis asked if the Church and its members today truly are united with Christ. “[We need] to go out and proclaim him to everyone, even and especially those who are on what I call the ‘existential peripheries’ or are we closed in on ourselves in our groups?” - CNS

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No change to school as Sisters move out By Matthew Biddle AFTER MORE than 50 years in charge, the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth have relinquished ownership of Our Lady of Grace Primary School to the Catholic Education Office of WA. The Sisters made the decision earlier this year, but the change did not come into effect until June 10. However, school principal Chris Kenworthy said there would be minimal, visible change to the ordinary operation of the school. “We’re blessed to have two nuns working in the school on a daily basis at the moment, and that will

not change at all with the transfer of ownership of the property,” he said. “The charism of the Order, based on the values of the Holy Family, will be as strong as ever and the faith development of our students will continue as before.” As part of the decision, Sr Irene and Sr Joseph have now moved from the North Beach convent to a smaller residence in Duncraig. Mr Kenworthy said the most significant change would be to the constitution of the school board. “In future [it will] conduct annual elections for membership and will change to the Catholic Education Commission constitu-

tion used by most Catholic schools in WA,” he said. Archbishop Prendiville opened Our Lady of Grace school in 1954,

“We’re blessed to have two nuns working in the school... and that will not change at all.” and it was directed by Dominican Sisters until 1958. When the Dominicans opened a new school in Doubleview, the Sisters of the Holy Family of

Nazareth took charge of Our Lady of Grace. They have made an outstanding contribution to the school ever since, according to Mr Kenworthy. “Having sisters active in the school and highly visible on a daily basis around the school is just so special,” he said. “It reinforces to anyone and everyone that the school is Catholic, and that the charisms of the order are alive and active in the school.” “We truly treasure them, they are active members of the staff, treasured by staff and the community.” The school has more than 500 children enrolled this year.

Kolbe retreat gives students insight into parishes By Leanne Joyce MORE THAN 200 Year 8 students from Kolbe Catholic College went on retreat on June 13. The retreat was themed around the Quality Catholic Schooling framework and was designed to further strengthen the Catholic life and culture with the students’ parishes. To achieve this, students spent quality time with their respective parish priests in order to learn more about the history and charisms of each particular parish. The retreat started with Mass and during all the Masses students were presented with cross pins as a retreat gift from the College. Each priest then addressed the students and outlined: the charism of the parish based on the patron saint; the history of the parish and its links with the primary schools; the importance and uniqueness of each community to the priest; what each student could contribute to his/her community; and if the student belonged in the parish, how could he/she make it even more special? Masses on June 23 then saw students of each particular parish participate in the Mass. Students at St Bernadette’s Parish enacted the Gospel reading, while students from Our Lady of Lourdes performed the Mass readings and placed crosses that they had made during retreat around the church. At Mother Teresa Parish the students also read the reading of the Mass, and at St Vincent’s, Kwinana, the Year 8 students spoke about what they did on retreat, the purpose of the retreat and what they got out of it. Thanks must go to our local parish priests from Our Lady of Lourdes in Rockingham, St

Past pilgrim recalls the experience of a lifetime By Juanita Shepherd GOOD SHEPHERD Kelmscott parishioner Helen Crosby went on a pilgrimage to Rome in 1985; the precursor to World Youth Day (WYD). A year before Ms Crosby went to Rome, more than 300,000 young people responded to an invitation from Pope John Paul II to celebrate the International Jubilee of Youth on Palm Sunday in Rome. The following year, Palm Sunday coincided with the United Nation’s International Year of Youth, so the Pope took the opportunity to once again welcome them. On December 20, 1985, WYD was instituted and a year later the first official WYD was held.

Helen Crosby attended the precursor to WYD in 1985. PHOTO: JOANNE SHEPHERD

Rockingham parish priest Fr Michael Separovich assisted students from Kolbe Catholic College during their retreat on June 13. Students then took part in Mass on June 23. PHOTO: LEANNE JOYCE

Bernadette’s in Port Kennedy, St Vincent’s in Kwinana and Mother Theresa in Baldivis for their patience, care and understanding

in the spiritual formation of the students. Kolbe students now have a better understanding of the role they can

play in the enrichment of their spiritual life and in the strengthening of their roles within their respective parishes.

“I went to Rome in April 1985,” Ms Crosby said. “It was also the Pallotine Jubilee Year and we went on the Pallotine Youth Pilgrimage.” At the time Ms Crosby had a voluntary position as a house leader for two deaf girls at the Emmanuel Centre; she was also a part-time telephonist at the RAC and had recently had her marriage annulled. Ms Crosby’s mother thought her daughter should go on the youth pilgrimage after reading about it in the Riverton parish bulletin. The pilgrims celebrated Easter in Millgrove, Victoria before flying to Rome where they stayed in different Pallotine centres. The Pallotines are followers of St Vincent Pallotti whose incorrupt body is enshrined in the Church of San Salvatore in Onda, Rome. “Standing in front of Vincent Pallotti was the most moving thing I have ever done,” Ms Crosby said. “I had never been in the presence of a saint before.” Ms Crosby had recently returned to the Church and described her time in Rome as a journey of faith. She has some advice for those travelling to Brazil in July for WYD. “Really be present in each moment,” she said.

UNDA nurses and midwives honoured SIX ACADEMICS from the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Notre Dame’s Fremantle Campus were recently recognised for their outstanding commitment to the nursing profession in WA. Professor Selma Alliex, Professor Leanne Monterosso, Judith Wilson, Karen Clark-Burg, Peter Carr and Darren Falconer were formally inducted into the inaugural Western Australian at Large Honour Society of Nursing (WAHSN) at a special function held in May. The WAHSN has been formed as a partnership between nursing programs from Notre Dame, UWA, ECU and Curtin University, with support from the Nursing and Midwifery Office and the WA Department of Health.

The Society represents the commitment to excellence by nurses and midwives. Membership is available to nurse leaders who show exceptional achievements in nursing, and to undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students who demonstrate excellence in scholarship. Prof Alliex, dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery on the University’s Fremantle and Broome campuses, said it was wonderful to have Notre Dame’s nursing academics recognised. “It is a privilege to join this Society that is committed to extending the scholarship of nursing and providing support to nurses who aspire towards this goal. This announcement reflects perfectly the Objects which bind the University of Notre Dame Australia,” she said.

Notre Dame’s inaugural inductees into the WAHSN – Darren Falconer, Professor Selma Alliex, Professor Leanne Monterosso, Karen Clark-Burg, Judith Wilson and Peter Carr. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Homelessness no sweet dream By Mark Reidy MANY OF Perth’s business leaders experienced a restless night on June 20, but it was a drop in temperature rather than share prices that kept them awake. As the gauge slipped below five degrees, 111 CEOs gathered at the WACA Oval to participate in the St Vincent de Paul Society’s CEO Sleepout, raising over one million dollars for their night of discomfort. St Vincent de Paul spokesperson Lucinda Ardagh said the response to the event, in terms of participants and money raised, had increased every year since the national campaign began in 2010. “It is a wonderful opportunity, not simply to raise money for Vinnies projects,” she said, “but to raise awareness of the existence of homelessness in Perth and to provide a taste of the reality some people have to live with every day of their lives.” It was a reality participants were exposed to when 24-year-old Josh shared his story before the CEOs drifted into secluded pockets of the stadium with their sleeping bags and single layer of cardboard. Josh described his decision to leave home at the age of 14 to escape the physical abuse of his stepfather. “I figured that there was no safety for me in the house so I may as well be on the streets,” he explained. Sharing his descent into a life of drugs, crime and ultimately imprisonment, Josh explained how his connection to Passages, a St Vincent de Paul resource centre for youth in Northbridge, over the next 10 years had been a source of hope for him. “The staff there became like family,” he said. Ken, who struggles with mental illness, also shared his journey from a life of marriage and employment to four years of homelessness in his late 50s, including his encounters with rats and snakes as he lived in a shed; suicide attempts; and his mistreatment in government institutions. “If it wasn’t for VincentCare where I am now living I wouldn’t be speaking here tonight,” he declared. St Vincent de Paul CEO Mark Fitzgerald had earlier told the audience of his experience explaining to his six-year-old son that he was heading out for the night in an effort to help people who didn’t have anywhere to sleep. “I could see by his expression that he couldn’t quite comprehend the notion there were people without a place to live,” he said. “And he is not alone. There are many in our community who do not understand this reality.” Mr Fitzgerald thanked participants for their sacrifice but implored them not to limit their involvement to a single night and continue to support services and raise awareness within their spheres of influence. “Finding a house will not solve homelessness,” he said. “It is not simply about an individual’s choices. There are social, economic and political failures that contribute to this issue.” It was a night that temporarily united Perth’s social spectrums. Josh said he was overwhelmed by the response of people who had been so successful in life. “When you live on the streets you tend to cut yourself off from society. You harden your heart, hide from your reality behind a wall of drugs and eventually you start hating yourself,” he shared. “I can’t believe the number of people here who actually care. That Andrew Forrest guy gave me a huge

Dale Alcock was one of 111 CEOs who took part in the fourth annual CEO Sleepout at the WACA Oval on June 20.

The CEOs who collectively raised more than one million dollars for the St Vincent de Paul Society. PHOTO: ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

hug when he arrived, and he’s one of the richest men in Australia,” he said. Leading fundraiser Dale Alcock of ABN Group with over $129,000

told The Record that the event touched the hearts of many in the community and the opportunity to donate allowed them to partici-

PHOTO: ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

Participants were given a single layer of cardboard to transform into a temporary bed for the night. PHOTO: ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

pate indirectly. “[The Sleepout] will hopefully lead to a deeper look at the issue of homelessness and to possible interventions to assist peo-

Students get a cold “lifelong lesson”

Year 11 students and staff at Irene McCormack College in Butler braved chilly two degree temperatures on May 30 to raise over $1,600 for Shopfront, a Catholic agency working with people experiencing homelessness and financial distress. Christian service co-ordinator at the College Karen Wilson said those participating slept outdoors with only a sleeping bag and a piece of cardboard. “Students get a lifelong lesson from experiencing a night sleeping rough,” she said. “It gives them a greater understanding and empathy of homelessness that you just can’t learn in the classroom.” PHOTO:SUPPLIED

ple in avoiding this situation in the first place,” he said. Greenwood parishioner and managing director of Atteris Eric Jas was looking forward to his first Sleepout, having recently become involved with the Holy Spirit of Freedom Community, a Catholic outreach to the homeless. “I was horrified to discover that there are young children trapped in the cycle of homelessness,” he said. “I feel honoured to sacrifice some of my time to assist softening the burden of those who have not received the opportunities given to me in my life.” The day after the Sleepout, Mr Jas told The Record it had been a rewarding experience. “I’m under no illusion though, of the reality of our situation,” he said. “We may have been able to experience the physical hardships for one night, but we have no idea of the terror and threats those on the streets have to live with night after night.” There are an estimated 14,000 homeless people in WA, over 2,000 of whom are under the age of 12. Donations can be made to the Sleepout appeal until the end of August at: www.ceosleepout.org.au. All money raised will be used to fund programs, services and material provisions provided by the St Vincent De Paul Society.

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St Joseph wins his way into Mass texts

St Joseph is depicted in a mosaic at Galway Cathedral in Ireland. PHOTO: CROSIERS, CNS

POPE FRANCIS and retired Pope Benedict XVI have a special devotion to Saint Joseph and have assured that devotion regularly will be shared at Mass by Catholics around the world. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments said Pope Francis confirmed a decision originally made by Pope Benedict to include St Joseph permanently in the Eucharistic prayers used at most Masses in the Latin rite. A decree signed on May 1 by Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, congregation prefect, and Archbishop Arthur Roche, congregation secretary, said Pope Benedict had received petitions from Catholics around the world and approved adding after the name of the Virgin Mary, the words “with blessed Joseph, her spouse”. Blessed John XXIII had added the name of St Joseph to the first

Eucharistic prayer, known as the Roman Canon, in the 1960s. The new decree inserts his name into Eucharistic prayers II, III and IV. A congregation official told CNS on June 18 that national bishops’ conferences could set a date for the changes to begin if they believe that is necessary, “but because it is a matter of only adding five words, priests can begin immediately”. The decree described St Joseph as “an exemplary model of the kindness and humility that the Christian faith raises to a great destiny, and demonstrates the ordinary and simple virtues necessary for men to be good and genuine followers of Christ”. St Joseph, “caring most lovingly for the Mother of God and happily dedicating himself to the upbringing of Jesus”, has been the subject of deep Catholic devotion around the world for centuries, the decree said. The congregation provided bish-

ops around the world with the exact wording to use for Masses in Latin, English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, German and Polish. Pope Francis, who has a flower used as a symbol of St Joseph on his coat of arms, also chose the March 19 feast of St Joseph as the date for his inaugural Mass. In his homily at the Mass, Pope Francis said that in the Gospels, “St Joseph appears as a strong and courageous man, a working man, yet in his heart we see great tenderness, which is not the virtue of the weak, but rather a sign of strength of spirit and a capacity for concern, for compassion, for genuine openness to others, for love”. The new Pope said exercising the role of protector as St Joseph means doing so “discreetly, humbly and silently, but with an unfailing presence and utter fidelity”, even when he finds it hard to understand. - CNS

Baptist’s feast a big day for islanders of Menorca

Calling God a father has some big implications WHEN Christians address God as “our Father” they acknowledge that God created and loves them, but they also recognise that all people are their brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said. “We have a Father who is very close to us, who embraces us,” the Pope said on June 20 during the homily at his early morning Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae where he lives. Commenting on the Gospel of Matthew’s presentation of the Lord’s Prayer, Pope Francis said it begins with a recognition of the God who created each person, loves each one and knows what each one needs. “To whom do I pray? To ‘Almighty God’? No, he is too far away” and remote, the Pope said. And the nebulous “cosmic God” who seems so popular today is not personal enough. “You must pray to the Father. ‘Father’ is a strong word,” the Pope said. “You must pray to one who generated you and gave you life.”

If I’m not at peace with others, I can’t say ‘Father’ to him.

A rider spears a suspended ring with a lance as he races through a cheering crowd during the traditional feast of St John the Baptist in downtown Ciutadella, on the Spanish Balearic Island of Menorca on June 24. PHOTO: ENRIQUE CALVO, REUTERS

Martyr’s ring picked as relic WITH THE body of the recently beatified Italian martyr Odoardo Focherini consumed by the fires of a concentration camp’s crematorium, his home Diocese of Carpi needed to find an alternative relic. They chose his wedding ring. “The life of Odoardo was a love song,” said Bishop Francesco Cavina of Carpi, Blessed Focherini’s hometown. Focherini, an Italian journalist and father of seven, saved more than a hundred Jews during the Holocaust. His beatification on June 15 was praised by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) in a press release. “Odoardo Focherini acted selflessly in accordance with the highest moral principles shared by our two religions,” said Lisa PalmieriBillig, representative of AJC in Italy and liaison to the Holy See. “This act will create yet another bond between Christians and Jews.”

Focherini was declared “Righteous Among the Nations” in 1969 by the Jewish memorial organisation Yad Vashem. The distinction is given to those who risked their lives to help Jews during the Holocaust. Focherini helped orchestrate escapes from Italy into Switzerland with forged identity cards. He was arrested by the Nazis while organising another rescue at a hospital in Carpi in 1944 and taken to a prison in Bologna. He was transferred to several camps before arriving at a camp in Hersbruck, Germany, where he was said to be an inspiration to other prisoners. “Even in the prison camps, he spread optimism and hope,” said Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, who presided over the beatification ceremony. Before he died of a leg wound in the camp in 1944, Focherini man-

aged to send more than 150 letters to his family and friends. His wife, Maria Marchesi, gave her support to his heroic work when he asked for her consent in risking his life to help those persecuted by the Nazis. “We have a house and bread,” Maria told him. “They do not.” The couple’s love is reflected in the choice of Focherini’s wedding ring for the official relic. The martyr’s grandson, Luca Semellina, gave the ring to the Diocese of Carpi on “permanent loan”. Semellina, a goldsmith, set the ring in a golden cross and surrounded it with barbed wire to symbolise the joining of his grandfather’s sufferings with Christ’s passion. Significantly, the wire is “deliberately and forcefully ripped”, according to Semellina, to demonstrate that evil will ultimately be defeated. - CNS

At the same time, he said, Christians don’t say “my Father” but “our Father because I am not an only child, none of us is.” Pope Francis said people cannot think they are coming honestly to God in prayer and addressing him truly as “our Father” if they are angry or are holding grudges against someone. “If I am not at peace with my brothers,” he said, “I cannot say ‘Father’ to him.” In the day’s Gospel selection, the passage includes the Lord’s Prayer, but concludes with Jesus telling the disciples: “If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.” Pope Francis said he knew people were thinking, “It’s so hard to forgive others” and to let go of the desire to get even. However, “you cannot pray with enemies in your heart,” the Pope said. “Jesus has promised us the Holy Spirit. He will teach is, from within, from the heart, how to say ‘Father’ and how to say ‘our.’” - CNS

Francis decries malnutrition around globe as ‘a scandal’ Continued from Page 1 family that human beings become open to live and the natural need for relationships with others.” “Over and over again,” he said, “we see that family bonds are essential for the stability of relationships in society, for the work of education and for integral human development, for they are inspired by love, responsible intergenerational solidarity and mutual trust.” Archbishop Luigi Travaglino, head of the Vatican delegation to the FAO conference, addressed the delegates on June 19 and called for the adoption of “specific instruments” aimed at improving food security for the poor. He also urged delegates to favour “a change in lifestyles marked by excessive consumption, the waste of food and the non-food use of agricultural products.”

In particular, he said, rural communities must be involved in developing strategies that increase food production and distribution in a way that recognises the needs of individuals and communities now and in the future. If production criteria focus only on profit, he said, “they risk creating greater price volatility with negative impacts on food security and nutrition”. International and national policies in agriculture, forestry and fisheries also must recognise the need to preserve biodiversity, not only because it is an environmental imperative, but also because the reduction of species has serious harmful impacts on available food and on employment. Rural communities and indigenous peoples, he said, “in many cases are the only custodians of the resources of creation”. - CNS

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Sahel faces Islamist campaign THE HEAD of the Catholic Church in Niger warned that much of Africa’s Sahel region is facing a “coordinated Islamist campaign” that is leaving Christian communities “living in anxiety and fear”. Archbishop Michel Cartateguy of Niamey said attacks by Islamist rebels have been limited to nonreligious targets, but that the wellcoordinated actions are sending clear messages to non-Muslims. “It’s clear these actions are all closely organised. Strong links already exist between Islamist groups in several countries and a network is forming,” the Archbishop said.

“We thought the Islamists had been dispersed earlier this year in northern Mali. But they merely regrouped in southern Libya and intervened elsewhere,” he said following the June 9 episcopal ordination of Auxiliary Bishop Djalwana Laurent Lompo, the country’s first Niger-born bishop. The ordination went forward amid fears of a pending attack by the rebels. A member of the Society of African Missions, Archbishop Cartateguy told CNS on June 18 that he had requested an auxiliary because he is unable to visit parts of Niger out of fear of being abduct-

US abortion victory ‘most important in 10 years’

Enjoying the view not always a clean-cut affair

THE US House of Representatives has passed a law limiting abortion which pro-life campaigners have hailed as the most important legislative advance in the last 10 years on the issue. The Pain Capable Unborn Protection Act passed on June 18 prohibits abortion nationwide after 20 weeks of gestation, approximately the stage at which scientists say unborn babies are capable of feeling pain. After heated debate on the floor of the Republican-led House, the bill passed early in the evening with a 228-196 vote. “We are far outside the global mainstream” with regard to abortion, Representative Chris Smith, a co-sponsor of the bill, said in comments on the floor earlier in the day. Smith, a Catholic, is co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus. “It may come as a shock to many, but according to the Americans United for Life Legal Defence Fund, the United States is one among only four nations in the world that allows abortions for any reason after viability, and is currently one of only nine nations that allows abortion after 14 weeks gestation,” he said. “That subset consists of Canada, China, Great Britain, North Korea, the Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, Vietnam and the United States.” At a morning news conference on June 18, Penny Nance of Concerned Women for America called the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act “the most important pro-life bill to be con-

ed as a French national. He said the rebels’ anti-Western and antiChristian sentiments are partially a backlash against the legalisation of same-sex marriage in France, the region’s principal former colonial power. He said that he recently closed a Catholic parish in northern Niger to protect local Christians. “France congratulated itself on its intervention in Mali, but it also bears a heavy responsibility for what’s happening today,” the Church leader said. “The presence of foreign forces here has worsened the violence by failing to respect the region’s culture. Muslims have been quick

to connect Christianity with the West, so the Islamist campaign looks set to intensify,” Archbishop Cartateguy said. Frequent electric power cuts in Niamey, Niger’s capital, create “favourable conditions for suicide attacks” by leaving the city in darkness and cutting links with the outside world, he added. “Christian communities are living in anxiety and fear. It’s the first time Islamist militants have come into the open on such a scale,” said the Archbishop, who has headed the Church in Niger since January 2003. “Catholics have always been well accepted by ordinary Muslims

here. But integrist movements have begun to agitate and preach against Christianity and the West, and this is something new.” Niger’s 25,000 Catholics comprise a small fraction of the country’s mostly Muslim population of 19 million, and include immigrants from other West African countries, including Benin, Togo and Ivory Coast. Violence throughout May and June in Niger follows a wave of bloody Islamist-linked attacks from Nigeria to Kenya, and a March takeover of the Central African Republic by Seleka, an Islamist-led rebel alliance, which includes Arabspeaking Muslims. - CNS

A boy covered with mud and dried banana leaves attends a Mass celebrating the feast of St John the Baptist in the remote village of Bibiclat in the Philippines on June 24. Hundreds of Catholics participated in the religious tradition, which has been held in the village annually since 1945. PHOTO: CHERYL RAVELO, REUTERS

sidered in the last 10 years”. Though the Democraticcontrolled Senate will most likely table the passage of the bill to prevent it becoming law, pro-life advocates still claimed the House vote as a moral victory. Other pro-life legislation has survived a tough fight in Congress, said Marilyn Musgrave, vice president for government affairs at the Susan

B Anthony List, an organistion that works to get pro-life women elected to office. She pointed to the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. In the 1990s, Congress had twice passed a ban on partial-birth abortions. Both times, the bills were vetoed by President Bill Clinton. In 2000, the Supreme Court struck down a Nebraska ban on partialbirth abortions.

In 2003, Congress again passed a ban on partial-birth abortions, and the bill was signed into law by President George Bush. The law withstood several court challenges on constitutional grounds, but the US Supreme Court upheld it in 2007. “I believe this bill will eventually become law,” Musgrave said about the Pain Capable Unborn Protection

Act. “A majority of Americans, including and especially women, support what we are trying to do,” said Smith before the vote. “According to the Gallup poll, 64 per cent of Americans believe that abortion should not be permitted in the second three months of pregnancy. Eighty per cent say abortion should not be permitted in the last three months of pregnancy.”

Bishop had courage to call segregation ‘heresy’ SIXTY YEARS ago, before Rosa Parks ushered in the civil rights movement by refusing to budge from a bus seat, and before the Supreme Court declared segregated public schools unconstitutional, one courageous bishop desegregated all Catholic churches in his state in one fell swoop. Bishop Vincent Waters of Raleigh issued a pastoral letter 60 years ago in June ordering the desegregation of all churches in what was then a state-wide diocese. In “the Church Christ founded,” Bishop Waters wrote, “all the members, no matter of what race, what nation, what qualities of body or of mind, or with how many or how few possessions, all are in one communion if they belong to that one Church. Anything to the

contrary is heresy... The future there can be no Church, that calls itself misunderstanding on Catholic today, because the part of anyone, let it is Catholic, still has me state here as emphatmore people of coloured ically as I can: There is skin in its one communno segregation of races ion than those who call to be tolerated in any themselves Caucasian,” Catholic Church in Bishop Waters added. the Diocese of Raleigh. “This Catholic Church The pastors are charged CNS with the carrying out of has been meeting and Bishop Walters solving by Christ’s teachthis teaching and shall ing race problems in all parts of tolerate nothing to the contrary. the world: in India, in Africa, in Otherwise, all special Churches for Central America, in Mexico, in the Negroes will be abolished immediWest Indies, in the United States, ately.” in the North, in the East and in the Bishop Waters added, “I am not West. It will also solve them in time unmindful, as a Southerner, of in the South.” the force of this virus of prejudice As Bishop Waters’ pastoral letter among some persons in the South, neared its close, he issued decrees as well as in the North. I know, using capital letters: “So that in the however, that there is a cure for

this virus and that is our faith. Many Southern boys facing death together in the trenches will bear me out. I revolt against our children being infected with this virus, when men and women of good will everywhere can preserve them from it. The virus will not die out of itself, it has to be killed by being exposed to the light of faith.” After describing Satan as “the archenemy of the Church” with his power to divide, Bishop Waters said, “My only sorrow is the fear that I shall not convince you of the wiles of Satan. But I shall be able to convince you if I love you enough, and if you love me you will understand, for God has first loved us.” His successor, Bishop Michael Burbidge of Raleigh, in commemorating the 60th anniversary

of Bishop Waters’ pastoral, said in a statement, “It is with gratitude to Our Lord that we remember the ways in which many of the wounds of segregation have been healed in the last 60 years. “Yet, it is also with vigilance that we renew our commitment to attend to any situation where the dignity of the human person is threatened, whether through segregation or violence or even by omission.” At the core of Bishop Waters’ pastoral, Bishop Burbidge said, was “about forming a fundamental disposition of love for another. As such, we are guided by Our Lord to look closely at all of our relationships, including how we encourage and promote economic and educational opportunities for others.” - CNS

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Light of the

EAST In an ancient ceremony rich in symbolism, Perth's Ukrainian Catholic community, based at St John the Baptist Church in Maylands, celebrated a special milestone when Perth man Richard Charlwood was ordained a subdeacon last Sunday. Mr Charlwood and the community are hoping this step will lead on to service as a Deacon for Perth's Ukrainian Catholics. Photographs by Peter Rosengren

erth’s Richard Charlwood was ordained to the minor orders of Lector and Subdeacon for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church on June 23 at St John the Baptist Church in Maylands. Bishop Peter Stasiuk CSsR presided over the ceremony with the help of Fr Wolodymr Kalinecki, Fr Brian Kelty, Fr Chris Ross OSM, Fr Steve Truscott SM and Fr Kevin Cummins. It was the first time the ceremony had been performed at the Maylands church, and a significant day for Mr Charlwood. Having already spent 16 years in a religious order before taking on various teaching roles, Mr Charlwood said it had been a long journey. “It’s 20 years since I left religious life, but the call never left, so I’m responding to a call that goes back a long way,” he said. “It’s been an amazing journey.” Mr Charlwood received tonsure in the form of a cross, and was vested with a small phelonion, only worn on the day.

After reading from the Epistle Book, Mr Charlwood was vested in the sticharion for his ordination as a subdeacon. Prior to his ordination, Mr Charlwood told The Record how his entry into the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in 2008 came about. “The first Ukrainian Greek Catholic church I went into was in Sydney and I would have been 12

"I can read Greek but I'm still getting my head around learning some of the Ukrainian characters..." or 13,” he recalled. “We had a very good RE teacher at one of the schools I was at, and he told us about the Churches of the East. My interest was sparked then.” Mr Charlwood, who has been teaching Indonesian since 2007, said he would need to add another language to his repertoire.

“As I proceed toward diaconate, I’ll need to learn the parts of the liturgy in Ukrainian,” he said. “I’ve started that process. I can read Greek, so some of the characters are familiar, but some of them are just totally new, so I’m still getting my head around them.” Already filling the role of cantor, Mr Charlwood will have additional roles to perform during the Divine Liturgy as a subdeacon. “Basically, the subdeacon serves at the liturgy, that’s his basic function,” he said. “He also can serve some of the minor orders that come before that, so he can still be a cantor, a reader and a candle bearer. He really comes into his own during an hierarchical liturgy [when] the bishop is present.” Mr Charlwood said he hoped he would be ordained to the order of deacon in the near future. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia was recently proclaimed as a recognised religious denomination in its own right. Australia’s Governor-General Quentin Bryce made the announcement on June 13.

Mr Charlwood, above, is presented to Bishop Stasiuk before the ordination.

Having been ordained to the ministries of Candle Bearer, Reader, Cantor and Sub-deacon, Mr Charlwood and other clergy process out of St John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Maylands last Sunday. Mr Charlwood is hoping to be ordained to the diaconate for the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Among those present for the special moment last weekend were Anna Moroz with, from left, children Layla, 6, Thomas, 3, and Georgia, 8.

Bishop Stasiuk, above, places a cloth over the head of Mr Charlwood, symbolising his service to the Gospel. Earlier, Bishop Stasiuk was welcomed in traditional fashion, below, with bread and salt presented to him by Mrs Myrosalwa Stasiuu and Mr Vladimir Kania.

The ladies of the Ukrainian Catholic community engineered an admirable lunch and were kept busy pushing out the meals.

Bishop Stasiuk, above, displays an icon of St Nicholas of Myra the Wonderworker, presented to him by Mr Charlwood. The newly-ordained subdeacon is also an accomplished iconographer. Ukrainian Catholic priest Fr Wolodymyr Kalinecki, left, censes the congregation during the Divine Liturgy.

Happy clergy, acolytes and servers, above, pose with Bishop Stasiuk and Mr Charlwood after the ordination and Divine Liturgy. Earlier, Fr Brian Kelty, at left, the episcopal vicar for evangelisation for the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia, led prayers after Mr Charlwood had been vested in his subdicaonal robes. A community lunch after the morning's ceremonies was enjoyed by everyone - from the very old to the very young, at right.

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Power to make us an authority on love

Power and authority in the Church are not for those who wield them but stem from our humble Saviour, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB says in Part II of his Great Grace Conference presentation.

HAT then of being a priestly people? What does it mean to participate in the priesthood of Christ? In our Catholic tradition, we associate the notion of Christian priesthood very much with the Eucharist and so, while we could come at this matter from many different directions, I would like to approach it from this perspective. One of the reasons for this, in the light of what I have already said, is that the Eucharist is so intimately connected with the passion and death of Christ on the cross. Just as we discover the deepest meaning of Christ’s prophetic and kingly roles in the context of his suffering and death, so we will find the true nature of his priesthood, and therefore of ours, in the same context. Each time we gather to celebrate the Eucharist, and the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit as the ordained priest pronounces the words of Jesus, “This is my body given for you, this is my blood poured out for you”, we also hear the priest repeat those other words of Jesus, “Do this in memory of me”. We continue to celebrate the Eucharist because Jesus told us to. But is that all he told us when he said to the twelve gathered with him around the table, “Do this in memory of me”? I think we all realise that he was asking us also, and in a sense more fundamentally, to give over our bodies and pour out our blood for the sake of others, just as he was giving over his body and pouring out his blood for the life of the world. In the Letter to the Hebrews, we are reminded: “For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer” (Heb 8:3). Offering sacrifice to God: this is what priests do. Jesus is a priest precisely because he too offered gifts and sacrifices to God. But as the letter to the Hebrews tells us, “He (Jesus) offered himself as the perfect sacrifice to God”. It seems to me then that when Jesus says to the twelve gathered around the table that they are to “do this in memory of me”, he is instructing them, and us, not only to gather as a community to celebrate the Eucharist in his memory, but to be and become a priestly people by offering ourselves, in union with Christ, as a perfect sacrifice. We make ourselves a gift to and

for others so that they might have the life of Christ within them. In this context, it is absolutely vital to see that Christ’s offering of himself, fully and finally on the cross, was in a very real sense the last act in a life that was, at its deepest and truest level, an act of self-offering to God. Jesus does not become a priest when he dies on the cross. Rather, he finally manifests his priesthood which began with his incarnation and informed every moment of his life. This is precisely what Paul says in his letter to the Philippians when he tells the community that they must have in them the same mind that was in Christ Jesus. What was that mind? His state was divine yet he did not cling to his equality with God but emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave and became as men are; and being as all men are he was humbler yet even to accepting death, death on a cross (Phil 2:6-8). Priesthood, then, in the Christian understanding, is about selfemptying, humility, a total giving of oneself to God and to others so that God’s people might have life. In this sense, priesthood is not about power and authority as “the world” understands it. The power and authority of the priesthood, Christ’s priesthood and our sharing in it, lie in the reality of self-emptying and The question becomes, therefore, ity, the Church, cannot be what humble service. how we as the Church can remain we are called to be unless we look Of course, it is all very well to in Christ and can continue to draw beyond ourselves to Christ who is have St Paul tell us that we must our life from him as our head? It our head and shepherd and draw have in us the same mind and atti- is the conviction of the Church, our life from him. In our Catholic tude that were in Christ. It is a won- formed over many centuries, that understanding, the presence in our derful ideal, a nice dream, but I am the Church’s absolute and radical community of faith of bishops and not sure that it is yet a reality for dependence on Christ as its head priests is the divinely-appointed many, if for any, of us. Is Christ ask- is sacramentalised, made real and way in which this ongoing, real, ing too much of effective presence of us? Well, yes, he Christ as our head and is, if he expects “Power and authority, if it is genuine and shepherd is realised. us to achieve this Power and authority all on our own. faithful, will look like humble and self-effacing are certainly invested, But of course he in quite a unique way, doesn’t. As he service... so that the People of God can exercise in those who are called says in St John’s to make present the Gospel, where he the power and authority of Christ, whose body shepherding, leading describes himself and teaching role of as the true vine, they are, by making their lives a Christ, but they, like “cut off from me all of us, must be conyou can do noth- living sacrifice. stantly reminded that ing” (Jn 15:5). it is Christ’s absolutely On the other unique way of exercishand, he reminds us, “Whoever effective, through the ordained ing power and authority which they remains in me, with me in him, ministry. Ordained priests and must embody. bears fruit in plenty”. This brings bishops, within the community of That power and authority, if it us back to the central point that as the disciples of Christ, are called to is genuine and faithful, will look members of the Church we belong sacramentalise, make real and effec- like humble and self-effacing serto that community which, togeth- tive, Christ’s presence in his Church vice. The authority and power of er, forms the Body of Christ, with specifically as the Church’s head the ordained ministry must be Christ as its head. This Church, the and, so our long theological tradi- exercised as a service to, and at the sacrament of Christ in the world, tion tells us, the Church’s shepherd. service of, the People of God so knows that cut off from him as the We, the People of God, the commu- that this holy people can exercise head, it can do nothing but will nity of disciples, the sacrament of the power and authority of Christ, wither and die. communion with God and human- whose body they are, by making

their lives a living sacrifice for the life of the world in memory of, and in imitation of, him. Vatican II, in rediscovering some fundamental dimensions of the Church’s identity, and especially its Christological foundations, has simply shed a spotlight on the true nature of power and authority in the Church. Whether the power and authority we are talking about is that exercised by the ordained ministry or that exercised by the whole community of faith, it is a power and authority which must be a living expression of Christ’s way of being priest, prophet and king. It is and must be a power and authority which is expressed through service. It is the Church, all of us together, which has been given the authority to be the authentic proclaimer of the Good News of Jesus. “Go and proclaim the Gospel to all the nations.” Within this Church, in order to keep us firmly anchored to Christ our head and shepherd, the source of our life, and the one without whom we can do nothing, the ordained ministry exists as a ministry of service, after the example of the foot-washer, in order to enable us to be, as the Church, all that we are called to be.

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Moses or not, first five books are inspired In a recent Bible study group, someone asked who wrote the book of Genesis and when? Someone thought Moses wrote it but was unsure. Can you help us?

Top: Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB prays over Fr Stephen Hill, a priest ordained for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross. Above: Then-Pope Benedict XVI exercises his ministry of service, pouring water on the head of an infant during a Baptism ceremony on January 13, 2008 in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. PHOTO: ROBERT HIINI/CNS

ATHER than ask who wrote Genesis, we should ask who wrote all five first books of the Bible, known as the Pentateuch, since it seems they have a common origin and form a unity. Those books are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The Navarre Bible commentary on the Pentateuch says there was a strong tradition that it was indeed Moses who wrote the books. For one thing, they were called the “Law of Moses” in the Bible itself. For example, the book of Joshua says, “as it is written in the book of the law of Moses” and it goes on to say that Joshua “wrote upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written” (Josh 8:31-32; cf Josh 23:6; Neh 8:1-8). This was the tradition at the time of Our Lord too. Philip says to Nathanael, “We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote...” (Jn 1:45). St Paul too seems to accept Moses as the author of the Pentateuch: “Moses writes that the man who practises the righteousness which is based on the law shall live by it” (Rom 10:5; cf Lev 18:5). We see here the great authority the five books of the Pentateuch had at that time as the word of God written by Moses. Nonetheless, from very early times, biblical writers were aware that the Pentateuch as we now know it dates from the time of the return from exile in Babylon, in the sixth and fifth centuries BC. For example, St Jerome explains that the account of Moses’ death (cf Deut 34) and remarks such as “to this day” used in the book of Genesis (cf Gen 26:33; 35:20) were written by Ezra when he copied out the Law of Moses after returning from Babylon (cf De Perpetua Virginitate B Mariae, 7). In more recent times, beginning in the 18th century, the sources of the Pentateuch have been the subject of much research. It seems clear that the final edition of the books used materials from many different periods, some of them very old, which were rearranged and rewritten by the inspired writers. They reveal a core teaching which was particularly meaningful to the Jews after their experience of the exile – that Israel is God’s chosen people, that they have received the gift of the Law from God and they must be faithful to it if they are to remain as a people and dwell in the promised land. According to the Navarre commentary, we have no reliable information as to what form this material took prior to its being incorporated into the final version of the Pentateuch, or what the history of this material was. But there is good reason to suppose that ancient traditions

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about the patriarchs, Moses and the years in the desert, and the conquest of the promised land under Joshua were all collected and expanded in various ways at periods of greater religious and cultural activity among the Jewish people. Scripture scholars identify at least four different traditions that fed into the final version of the Pentateuch. A first tradition seems to come from the northern kingdom, which fell to the Assyrians in the ninth century BC. Since God is referred to by the name Elohim in this tradition, it is called the Elohist tradition and is identified by the letter E. A second tradition comes in the seventh century BC under Kings Hezekiah and Josiah, when there were profound religious changes which

In more recent times, beginning in the 18th century, the sources of the first five books of the Bible have been the subject of much research. helped towards a new understanding of the past and brought a literary revival, with the writing of the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings. This account is described as the Deuteronomic (D) because it included part of Deuteronomy as an introduction to the history narrated in those books. A third tradition, known as the Yahwist and identified by the letter J from the German Jahwist, involved narrative cycles of the great events from the origin of the world to the entry into the promised land. And a fourth tradition, known as the Priestly (P) seems to have originated during the Babylonian exile in the sixth century BC, when the priests kept up the people’s faith by reminding them of the traditions of their ancestors. So the authorship of the Pentateuch is not at all clear, even though it is often attributed to Moses. What matters is that we show great respect for the inspired origin of these important books, even if we are not sure exactly who wrote them and when. For more, see Fr Flader’s blog at fatherfladerblog.wordpress.com or contact Fr Flader on frjflader@gmail.com.

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TODAY’S GOSPEL Luke 9::51-62

JESUS KINGDOM NEWS FIRE FOLLOW Across 2. But Jesus answered, ‘Leave the dead to bury their dead; your duty is to go and spread the ____ of the kingdom of God.’ 3. When Jesus asked another man, the man said, ‘I will ____ you, sir, but first let me go and say goodbye to my people at home.’ 4. As the time drew near for ____ to be taken up, he began to head towards

Jerusalem and sent messengers ahead of him to make preparations in a Samaritan village.

As the time drew near for Jesus to be taken up, he began to head towards Jerusalem and sent messengers ahead of him to make preparations in a Samaritan village. Seeing that the people in the village would not welcome Jesus, the disciples James and John said, ‘Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?’ But Jesus told them off and they went on to another village. As they travelled, Jesus met a man and asked him ‘Follow me’. The man replied, ‘Let me go and bury my father first.’ But Jesus answered, ‘Leave the dead to bury their dead; your duty is to go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.’ When Jesus asked another man, the man said, ‘I will follow you, sir, but first let me go and say goodbye to my people at home.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Once the hand is laid on the plough, no one who looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.’

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‘Humility the key to sharing Christ with others’ By Carol Glatz

Pope Francis accepts a hug from a girl as he arrives to celebrate Mass in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican on June 16. PHOTO: PAUL HARING, CNS

WHEN boasting of having Jesus Christ as one’s savior, people shouldn’t pretend they aren’t guilty of sin, Pope Francis said in a morning homily. The sincere and humble admission of one’s weaknesses, of having “a sliver of Satan in my flesh,” shows that the power of salvation comes from God, not oneself, the Pope said at Mass on June 14 in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. The Pope concelebrated Mass with Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy; those in attendance at the Mass included members of the clergy office. The Pope highlighted the day’s

reading from St. Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians in which the apostle said, “We hold this treasure in earthen vessels that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us.” In fact, the only way to truly receive the gift of sal-

Jesus didn’t save us with an idea. He saved us with his flesh. vation is in “an earthen vessel,” that is, in recognising one’s own sinful nature with real humility, the Pope said. “The dialogue of salvation” happens between Christ and people exactly “as we are,” he said. He said when St Paul spoke to

the people, he always referred to his past mistakes and sinful nature, and never insinuated that “’Now I am a saint.’ No. Even now a sliver of Satan in my flesh” remains. St. Paul “is a sinner who welcomes Jesus Christ, speaks with Jesus Christ.” The key to sharing Christ with others is humility, which all priests should reflect, Pope Francis said. “If we only boast about our resume and accomplishments and nothing else, we will end up being mistaken. We cannot proclaim Jesus Christ the Savior because in the end we don’t feel it” if people don’t really experience salvation, he said. People have to demonstrate “real humility” and repentance for specific, concrete sins, and not be “sinners with that humility that looks

more like a little angel face. No, intense humility,” he said. If Christians and priests cannot achieve this humility and make “this confession to themselves and the Church, then something is wrong;” and the first thing that will fail is “understanding the beauty of the salvation Jesus brings us.” “We have a treasure – Jesus Christ the Savior, the cross of Jesus Christ, that we are proud of,” he said. “But we hold it in an earthen vessel. “Jesus Christ didn’t save us with an idea, with an intellectual program, no. He saved us with his flesh, with the concreteness of the flesh.” And it is only in the flesh, “in earthen vessels that one can understand, one can receive” Christ’s gift of salvation, he said. - CNS

Medicated children on the rise W By Carol Glatz

hen children exhibit behavioral problems, doctors and families should consider social and psychological support and not immediately try to address the difficulty with prescription drugs, said a number of speakers at a Vatican conference. Caution should be used not only because many prescribed medications can cause serious side effects, but because often the child’s behavioral problems are rooted in anxiety, stress and other psychological, not biological, causes, many speakers said. Pediatricians, pharmacologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, ethicists and members of religious orders active in the field of health care were among the dozens of speakers at an international meeting hosted by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry on June 14-15. Speakers at the conference, “The Child as a Person and as a Patient: Therapeutic Approaches Compared,” presented their findings and preferred practices for dealing with disturbed, distressed or troubled children and adolescents. Several speakers noted an increase, especially in North America and parts of Europe, in the use of anti-depressants and socalled psychotropic medications for children who have been diagnosed with depression or who exhibit hyperactive, anti-social or aggressive behavior. Jacqueline Sparks, a professor at the University of Rhode Island’s department of human development and family studies, said prescription rates of anti-psychotics have “dramatically increased” in the United States. Worse hit are poorer or vulnerable children who receive Medicaid and have seen a “seven- to 12-fold increase in prescriptions,” she told CNS. But one “very disturbing trend” for this group of children is they are “four times more likely to be prescribed an anti-psychotic” for irritability or behavioral problems which are not the psychotic episodes – such as hallucinations and extreme mental disturbances – the drugs are meant to treat, she said. Anti-psychotics are being used to help “restrain” or calm troubled youths “because of their somnolence effect,” she said. However, she and others said doctors should consider whether the serious physical side effects, which include weight gain, sexual

Jacqueline Sparks, a professor at the University of Rhode Island’s Department of Human Development and Family Studies, says US children with behavioural problems often receive anti-psychotic drugs in situations where they may not be needed. PHOTO: PAUL HARING, CNS

dysfunction and suicidal thoughts, outweigh the sometimes questionable short-term benefits. Speakers didn’t discount the importance of pharmaceuticals in providing needed medical care and relief; rather the criticism lay in claims that many of the medications being prescribed don’t adequately tackle the root causes of many mental health problems. Jaakko Seikkula, a psychotherapist and professor at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, said that mental health problems, including anxiety, depression and psychoses, represent the body’s reaction to unbearable or unmanageable situations. “It’s a question of being in an extremely stressful situation,” he said. While medicinal treatment can be appropriate depending on the severity of the emotional reaction, many problems can be managed in the long term with dialogue, he told CNS. He said this so-called “Open Dialogue Treatment,” which he helped develop, brings patients, family members and peers together with the help of trained professionals to learn to talk about their struggles, understand each other’s

feelings and develop healthier ways to deal with problems. Seikkula said it’s important to “stop the isolation process, which is very dangerous,” and reconnect patients with loved ones and peers because people “left alone in their struggles of life develop a kind of survival strategy in which odd behavior emerges.” Depression in children has increased, he said, in part because “demands are heavier” both on children and families, and because social relations seem to be more precarious in individualistic societies. Children today can “easily feel excluded and that is very harming.” Some mental health professionals at the Vatican conference expressed concern that a “pill culture” also teaches children the wrong lessons in life. Dr Joanna Moncrieff, who teaches in the department of mental health services at University College London, told attendees that one message such a culture sends children is that “they need a drug to control themselves; they need a crutch or they can’t learn.” Father John M. Bonavitacola of Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Tempe, Ariz., said that when kids are on medication and get no

therapy, “their coping skills atrophy or they never learn how to deal with life” and with handling various personalities and situations. The diocesan priest, who works with teens who have eating or cutting disorders, abuse drugs or suffer from other problems, said often the spiritual approach to life’s difficulties has been abandoned “as archaic, a product of Medieval times.” “Problems are emotional, solutions are spiritual. People need spiritual tools and the best spiritual tool is having a relationship with God,” he told a working group at the conference. Dr Pat Bracken, a psychiatrist in Cork, Ireland, said in his speech that religion and prayer used to play a larger role in helping people deal with sadness, loss and distress. “While religion is not the answer to everything, different societies have different ways to respond” to the emotional reactions triggered by life’s challenges and pains, he said. Sparks, the Rhode Island professor, said that by labeling a child or adolescent’s problem as an illness “carves the kids out as deficient right when they are forming their identities.”

This can worsen some behavioral problems as kids may “use their illness to get out of responsibilities” and blame their unwillingness to do homework or treat others respectfully on their diagnosis. “It’s a vicious cycle and parents are often at a loss as to how to hold their child accountable,” she said. Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, president of the health care ministry council, said in his opening remarks that medical approaches should be holistic – taking care of the child’s physical, psychic and spiritual well-being. Practitioners need to employ not just “clinical techniques” in medicine, but also address the child’s social surroundings, relationships and access to spiritual support and care, he said. Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro of the Pontifical Academy for Life told CNS that the Church advocates a “multi-disciplinary approach” that stresses the importance of building a sense of hope based on respectful and caring relationships between professional staff, family and patient. Treatments need to be about “finding meaning, not just a medical outcome,” he said. - CNS

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Moments of Faith in the trajectory of life

A failed revolution which devours itself

evolutions are always aimed at overthrowing some tyranny - real or imagined. In the case of the Sexual Revolution the tyranny it reacted against so violently was ultimately the institution we call marriage. There were undoubtedly failures in the way marriage was lived out in society before the 1960s - there always have been - especially where something meant to be based daily on the unique dynamic of the spousal relationship between man and woman was replaced by patterns of mere social convention. However the primary intent, often unconsciously embraced, by the Sexual Revolution was the deconstruction of marriage itself. Until - very roughly speaking - that decade, marriage was widely accepted as being based on love, respect, fidelity, fruitfulness and unconditional commitment. The Sexual Revolution progressively broke down each of these essential requirements. Love is meant to be unconditional but the adoption of laws making it easy to divorce meant that marriage was from that point onwards increasingly based on conditional love. Even now our society is unwilling to face up to the human pain of divorce, especially among children who deal with its effects usually for the rest of their lives. If one is only willing to love conditionally it follows that a person only respects the person they are married to on a conditional basis as well. One of the things easy divorce laws created is a fear in the young today that it is extremely difficult to find the person you can trust for life. Whatever we might call this, it can’t be termed a success. The possibilities for infidelity and promiscuity, for example, were powerfully aided and freed from the deterrent of their own consequences by artificial contraception. Artificial contraception also freed human beings from the bothersome things we call children, turning them instead into events we were prepared to accept in our lives more or less when it suits us. When artificial contraception’s failure became apparent, abortion solved the problem. Abortion only works if it can guarantee no child will be born, which is why societies around the globe have ultimately introduced laws to make it legal to kill a child at any stage of pregnancy up until birth. Step by step, the Sexual Revolution progressed. At this stage in its long march we can say its devastating effects are apparent everywhere. In effect, the meaning of marriage and PO Box 3075 the family, once considered Adelaide Terrace fundamental building blocks PERTH WA 6832 of human society, have now been substantially degraded as have the concepts on which office@therecord.com.au they are based. Perhaps more Tel: (08) 9220 5900 importantly, we can say that Fax: (08) 9325 4580 there is far less left of the thing we call trust. It is also why any pattern of relationships involving any number of people can be accepted in modern society as marriage - effectively because the word ‘marriage’ has lost much of its meaning. Somewhat paradoxically, the institution which has suffered so publicly from the consequences of the phenomenon of sexual abuse of the young - the Catholic Church - almost alone maintains the one authentic vision that can help human beings to find fulfilment and happiness in their lives when it comes to understanding the real meaning of marriage and the importance of the family. This also has important social consequences and benefits. But together with orthodox or traditional Christianity, it is the Catholic Church which sees man and woman as created in the image and likeness of God. When our whole society insists that marriage and its relationships, including parenthood, are now only conditional, it is Christianity which most spectacularly insists that marriage is based on mutual subjection of the spouses to each other. This is true love. In this regard it is highly likely that the success of the thing called the New Evangelisation depends substantially on how capable the Church and Christianity will turn out to be of reasserting the authentic nature and fundamental importance of marriage and of the family unit. By every indicator known to the social sciences it is the family made up of a biological mother and father which is the place where children do best and are best prepared for the journey we call life. This is not to say that other kinds of families cannot succeed but it still remains true that the most preferred setting for a child to be conceived, born and to grow is within the confines of its own family and with its own parents. In this sense, Christianity is no longer the prevailing convention of our society. It is, instead, the new counter-culture. It is counter-cultural precisely because of its commitment to the primacy of the truth and to the primacy of love. Global culture has for decades been engrossed in abandoning God for a new faith in its own technological lesser gods. Yet our culture is not so much post-Christian; as the phenomenal historian Christopher Dawson would have said, it has long been engaged in reverting to a pre-Christian state. Dawson would also have noted that we are witnessing a body in the process of abandoning its soul. Christianity alone recognises that love comes from God and it is this recognition which makes all the difference. The Sexual Revolution did not bring with it a new freedom other than the kind of the last days of the Weimar Republic - societies increasingly bound to chasing the transient, brutal and ephemeral pleasures of the moment regardless of the pain and suffering these have inflicted on the innocent.

While our society insists marriage is only conditional, Christianity insists love is of God.

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The Rev Patty Berron of Koinonia Ministerial in Desoto, Texas, prays during the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington on June 20. Hispanic faith leaders from across the US attended the annual event sponsored by Esperanza, a Latino evangelical network. PHOTO: BOB ROLLER, CNS

My life’s quest for meaning led me home to the Church Searching for the right religion, Jenny Rafala found the Catholic Church - and a new meaning in her life, especially helping others ... Why I became

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HAVE always believed in God. I grew up around several different religions and I liked studying them. I collected Bibles and even read the Koran. I was just searching for the right religion. The first time I went to a Catholic church was about 17 years ago when a Catholic friend of mine told me she had terminal cancer. She didn’t have much time and she asked me not to be upset. When she passed away, her cousin contacted me to let me know. I went to the funeral, which was held at a Catholic church and I felt so at peace when I was there. It was a beautiful church and it made me feel good. I was welcomed into the Catholic Church on March 30 this year but that visit was really the beginning of my conversion. I am originally a California girl but I moved to Montana to be closer to my grandmother. I was a nursing assistant there and I worked with veterans. Then I met my husband who is Australian and we just knew we were perfect for each other. We decided to get married and I moved to Australia in 2004. Our daughter Emily is aged two. My husband is Catholic and so are my in-laws. My qualifications as a nursing assistant aren’t recognised here so once I got my temporary visa in 2005 I began work as a carer and I am still doing it. I currently take care of a young autistic boy. I have taken care of elderly people and the mentally challenged. I took care of someone who used to play the organ at the church that I go to now. I fell in love with St John and Paul Parish in Willetton. I took her there weekly. I’m the one who wanted to go! She passed away, but my attachment to that church has remained

Jenny Rafala and daughter Emily.

and it has become my parish. I was so excited when Emily got baptised there. It meant the world to me. I was nervous at my own Baptism because I thought everyone would be staring at me but it worked out good because Emily ran up to the front of the altar and sat down. She was yelling, “Mama!” and everyone starting laughing. Afterwards, I felt wonderful. Before she became my Godmother, my friend Tina gave me a guardian angel brooch. One of the people I cared for was an epileptic and I used to take him bowling every week. Each of the men and women on that league is mentally challenged in some way and the age range was from 25-60. Tina’s son was one of them and that’s how we met. We just clicked. When I asked her to be my Godmother she was honoured. She supported me throughout the RCIA and when I got baptised she gave me a crucifix. I chose the name Hedwig for my confirmation. I decided on St Hedwig of Silesia (1174-1243) as my patron saint because she helped others. She was originally from Germany, the daughter of a Count, and married into Polish royalty. After her husband died she helped the poor and donated her fortune to the Church.

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Then she moved into a monastery of nuns which her husband had built at her request and assumed the religious habit of a lay sister though she did not take vows. I love people and I love helping them. I would like to be like her. I have German royalty in my family tree and am looking into my ancestry in case we are distantly related! I feel really good each time I go to Mass. I know God can hear me and when I pray I have a conversation with him. I talk to my husband about my faith every day. I have religious books that I read to Emily and have given her a Rosary. She is too young to understand about her faith yet, but my husband has taught her to respect her Rosary which he calls her ‘Jesus Cross’. He knows I pray every night. I pray for the people I love and those who I think need prayers. I say the Novena of Our Lady of Perpetual Help for a little boy who has cancer. My favourite quote in the Bible is, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him may not die but may have eternal life” [Jn 3:16]. Every day I thank God that Jesus died for us. I wish I could have met Him. I want to follow Him and just be everywhere He is.

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Churches minus crucifixes fail us all When we relegate images of the crucifixion to less visible parts of our churches, we’re making the faith more bland as well.

E R E C E N T LY attended Mass in a neighbouring diocese, some distance from home. The celebrant was one of our former parish priests, and a good friend. We had not seen him in nearly 15 years and had a pleasant reunion afterward. He seems not to have changed one iota, looking (and preaching) much the same as ever. He is one of those priestly gems who seek not to be ‘relevant,’ but to teach the truth with clarity and charity, which–unlike certain fads– never gets old. The parish church where he is now situated is of faddish design: most notably, there is no crucifix above the altar. A fully robed ‘resurrected Christ’ sculpture bursts forth: arms out, palms up, floating above the fray. Perhaps the artist was going for some combination of a liturgical gesture and friendly embrace, but as my brother noted, it looked more (to him) like some kind of “Ta da!”

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pose that might accompany the conclusion of a magic trick. An empty cross was also mounted on the wall nearby: tiny (as though a great distance away) and set at a rakish angle—as if the cross were a quaint but irrelevant anachronism. If you hadn’t already suspected as much, I dislike most modern church art and architecture. Not only is much of it objectively ugly, but its abstract nature seems to say more about the cleverness (or angst) of the artist than it does about God’s relationship with man. I don’t much care for expunging the crucifix from the sanctuary either. I’ve heard the arguments in favour of the new and improved renderings of Jesus, the principal one being: “We are an Easter people

and Hallelujah is our song.” (The same argument is used for banishing kneeling and penitence from Catholic life, but I digress.) If we’re truly a resurrection people, perhaps we should levitate at Mass. Alas, we are bound by gravity, and thus we hit the crux of the matter. Most of us want the resurrection without the crucifixion that must precede it.

it makes sense without Christ. So we go to the local church (which doesn’t always look like one) and our Crucified Lord is nowhere to be found. As in the parish we visited, the Suffering Servant has been cast out, so much to say that we’ll tolerate Jesus’ suffering, as long as he does it where fewer people will see him. Within the sanctuary, we often want the ambience to be ‘happy and clappy’.

Yet in a fallen world suffering is a daily reality. A Jesus on the Cross understands our own pain. Yet in a fallen world, suffering (in some form, and to some degree) is our daily reality: adverse weather conditions, too little sleep, too much stress, aches and pains, kids’ behavioural issues, cranky coworkers, physical or mental illness (our own, or a loved one’s), job loss, fear and anxiety, financial burdens, crime, injustice, conflict. Suffering is our lot, and none of

Hint: sometimes when people come to church, they are not looking for mirth; they are looking for someone who knows their pain (and can redeem it). They find Him on the cross. Having been settled awhile in the parish, my priest friend has informed his congregation that the crucified Christ is being reinstated at the front of the church.

In relating this intention to my husband and me, Father gestured with a wave of his hand. I looked in the direction he indicated, and there was the crucifix: stuck in a corner of the entryway above the main door. Most striking (to me) was that this was the first time I had laid eyes on it. I had not seen it when I’d entered the church building; the moment I was inside, my back was to the cross. Now there’s a metaphor for a post-modern church. We repudiate suffering, because its redemptive meaning has been lost to us. It is easier to pursue materialism and other pain-killing pastimes than it is to embrace suffering (our own, or anyone else’s). Yes, we are destined for resurrection, but first we must pass through the crucible. In order to do so with grace (and joy), we need a constant reminder of what our Lord endured for our sake in order to redeem us. - LADYWRITER.ULRICH@GMAIL.COM

Global financial reform - now The obvious inability of the global financial system to accept human dignity means it needs to change, writes Nigel Hayward ...

ECENTLY, Pope Francis spoke out on the need for global ethical financial reform and the end to the ‘Cult of Money’. In his address to new ambassadors to the Holy See, he acknowledged that in a period of great advances in health, education and communication throughout the world, there are also increasing levels of insecurity, fear, desperation and a diminishment of the joy of life. The Pope attributed this situation to our relationship with money and the power that we accept it has over ourselves and our society. We have created a new ‘golden calf ’ which has led to individuals being viewed as consumer goods that can be easily discarded by free market pressures. This call is nothing new and it echoes the Old Testament view that abundance is a gift from God but that economic goods and riches should not be an end in themselves - rather a means to the service of all mankind. Jesus called for a new social order to find solutions to poverty, oppression and reduce the effects of physical afflictions. St Gregory the Great said that rich men are “only administrators of their possessions”. In giving to those in need, the rich man is simply repaying the gift he owes. This message has been repeated by the Church throughout the centuries. In marking the anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum (“Rights and Duties of Capital and Labour”), Pope John Paul II concluded in 1991 that “economic freedom is only one element of human freedom. “When it becomes autonomous, when man is seen more as a producer or consumer of goods than as a subject who produces and consumes in order to live, then economic freedom loses its necessary relationship to the human person and ends up by alienating and oppressing him.” Such alienation and oppression can be evidenced within the changes to social policy of

Salaj Mohammed Kasim, then aged 7, weeps during a police raid on an embroidery workshop in Bombay in 2004. Over 90 child labourers between the ages of 7 and 10 were rescued at the time in India’s financial hub while working in the embroidery workshop, police said. Child labour exists because of poverty - and because of the unwillingness of wealthy societies to choose the welfare of people above financial systems. PHOTO: SHERWIN CRASTO, REUTERS

the Commonwealth of Australia. Both the public and private policy focus on economic rationalism has meant that the cherished Australian notions of a fair go for all and development for the common good have been reduced to the principle of equality of distribution and the cult of the consumer. Policy has emphasised wealth creation through tax incentives and superannuation to encourage investment but the reality is that only the top 10 per cent of society has shown significant increases in wages over the last 35 years in Australia. The pursuit of profits in the public utilities sector, where ‘competition’ is viewed as being beneficial to all, has meant that the fam-

ily is increasing viewed in purely economic terms, valued only as a power of consumption or source of labour. Over time, we have come to view ourselves as consumers and investors rather than citizens with community responsibilities. The maximisation of profits ahead of care of society’s members belongs in neither a democratic nor a Christian society. The recent changes in support for the family announced in the Federal budget, like changes to the Baby Bonus, reflect the priority given to economic rationalism in Australian public policy (as noted in The Record on 22 May) and mark, according to former ALP National President Barry Jones, one

of the attributes of a mediocre society in its preoccupation with short term gain over long term vision for the common wealth. Catholic Social Teaching has its basis in this principle of subsidiarity, that the dignity of an individual can only be promoted through due concern for the family, groups, associations and the systems within which that individual operates (for further information, see The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church). Social psychology insists the individual must be viewed in the context of his/her relationship with others and the social systems within which they function. In unethically reducing the individual to a disposable consumer,

both governments and free markets are placing the means ahead of the end. The questions that we need to ask ourselves in light of the remarks of Pope Francis, given the recent global financial disasters, relate to whose future we are best serving by focusing on building personal wealth? Is it our own, our families and our societies – or are we unwittingly supporting the philosophy of individuals as consumer goods. The failure to ask such questions can result in disasters like the death of over 1127 workers in the building collapse in Bangladesh in April this year. Nigel Hayward is a Project Officer for the Catholic Social Justice Council of the Archdiocese of Perth

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SUNDAY, JUNE 30 Grace and Silence Retreat Day 9.30am-4.30pm at 9 Talus Drive, Mt Richon. An invitation to young women aged 17-30 to silent prayer and reflection on their vocation to marriage or consecrated life at the Schoenstatt Shrine. Includes an impulse; Eucharistic Adoration; silent personal prayer concluding with a group Rosary. Cost $20 includes lunch and materials. Numbers are limited! Registration to Grace and Silence Team. Enq: 9399 2349 or www.schoenstattwa. org.au. 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. SUNDAY, JUNE 30 AND JULY 14 Latin Mass 2pm at the Good Shepherd Church, Streich Ave, Kelmscott. Enq: John 9390 6646. 10th Year Celebration of Feast of The Sacred Heart 2.30pm at Our Lady’s Assumption Parish, 356 Grand Prom, Dianella. Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament and Procession in the school/church grounds, Holy Rosary, Holy Solemn Mass with Emeritus Archbishop BJ Hickey, Rev Fr Vincent Conroy, Fr Marcellino and all other priests are invited to concelebrate. Refreshments later in the hall. Enq: Franco 9275 4504. TUESDAY, JULY 2 Talk: Living with Schizo-Affective Disorder 6-8pm at Sts John and Paul Parish Centre, corner Pinetree Gully Rd and Wainwright St, Willetton. In sharing his personal experience, Dr Robert Williams PhD aims to break down mental health stigma and discrimination, citing strategies for coping. Please bring finger food to share. T&C provided. Enq: Betty 9457 4991 Ann 9291 6670 or Barbara Harris 9328 8113. Spirituality and the Sunday Gospels 7-8pm at St Benedict’s School Hall, Alness St, Applecross. Presented by Norma Woodcock. Everyone is welcome. Cost: collection. Accreditation recognition by the CEO. Enq: 9487 1772 or www.normawoodcock.com. FRIDAY, JULY 5 - SUNDAY, JULY 7 Annual Marian Retreat - Marian Movement of Priests 7pm at the Redemptorist Retreat House, 190 Vincent St, North Perth. Enq: 0413 707 707. SATURDAY, JULY 6 Day with Mary St Brigid Church, 69 Fitzgerald St, Northbridge. 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, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet and Stations of the Cross. Finish approximately 5pm. BYO lunch. Enq: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286. Family Movie Night: One Night with the King (PG) 6.45pm at 67 Howe St, Osborne Park. Movie is based on the Book of Esther. Doors open 5.30pm. Cost: Adults $10; Concession $8; Family $30. Free kids’ movie. Snacks and refreshments available. Enq: Bookings 041 992 3420 or perth. disciplesofjesus.org/movies. SUNDAY, JULY 7 Divine Mercy 1.30pm at St Francis Xavier Church, 25 Windsor St, Perth. An afternoon with Jesus and Mary, exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, homily on St Thomas the Apostle, Holy Rosary and Chaplet of the Divine Mercy. Main celebrant will be Fr Anthony Van Dyke. Refreshments later. Enq: John 9457 7771. SATURDAY, JULY 13 St Padre Pio Prayer Day 8.30am-1pm at St Joseph’s Church, 20 Hamilton St, Bassendean. 8.30am - St Padre Pio DVD in parish centre; 10am - Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Divine Mercy, Silent Adoration and Benediction; 11am - Holy Mass, St Padre Pio Liturgy, Confessions available; 12pm - bring a plate for a shared lunch, tea/coffee supplied. Search YouTube.com - type “Hello from San Giovanni Rotondo” . Enq: Des 6278 1540. One-day Retreat on the Precious Blood of Jesus 9am–1.30pm at Lot 375, Alcock St, Maddington. Program includes Praise and Worship, Preaching of the Word of God, Confession, Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration and Healing Prayers. Morning tea and lunch provided. Enq: 9493 1703. Divine Mercy Healing Mass 2.30pm at St Francis Xavier’s Church, Windsor St, East Perth. Main celebrant Fr M Meilak, OFM. Reconciliation in English and Italian will be offered. Divine Mercy prayers followed by Veneration of First Class Relic of St Faustina. Refreshments later. Enq: John 9457 7771. SUNDAY, JULY 14 Eucharistic Reparation 3pm at St Jerome’s Parish, Troode St, Munster. The

World Apostolate of Fatima invites you to attend a Eucharistic Holy Hour. Enq: 9339 2614. TUESDAY, JULY 16 Solemnity of Our Lady of Mt Carmel 11am Concelebrated Mass at the Carmelite Monastery, 100 Adelma Rd, Nedlands. Emeritus Archbishop Barry Hickey will be the principal celebrant. All are most welcome to the Mass and refreshments afterwards. FRIDAY, JULY 19 TO SUNDAY, JULY 21 Reflection weekend - The Life-giving Fountain of Faith 5pm at St John of God Retreat Centre, 47 Gloucester Cr, Shoalwater. For women who provide spiritual nourishment and care to people overwhelmed by suffering in hospital or parish. To experience quiet space away in order to recognise the gift of faith that sustains you. Enq: Sr Ann 0418 130 200 or Sr Kathy 0418 926 590. SUNDAY, JULY 21 Auslan Cafe 10.30am -12 noon, Emmanuel Centre Hall next to St Francis Xavier. Ever thought about learning how to communicate with profoundly deaf people through Auslan (Australian Sign Language)? Now you can and it’s FREE. Come and learn in a relaxed and fun way. There is always an interpreter at St Francis Xavier Church, corner Windsor and Lord Sts, Perth for the 9.30am Sunday Mass. Light lunch provided. Enq: Emma or Barbara by email emmanuelcentre@westnet.com.au or 9328 8113. FRIDAY, JULY 26 Medjugorje Evening of Prayer Group 7-9pm at St Simon Peter Parish, corner Prendiville Ave and Constellation Dr, Ocean Reef. It is reported Our Blessed Mother has been appearing daily in Medjugorje since 1981 with messages for all her children. In thanksgiving, The Medjugorje evening of prayer group meet monthly in a different parish to spread Our Blessed Mother’s messages. Free DVDs on Medjugorje. NEWSFLASH! Pilgrimage to Rome, Italy, Medjugorje $3,999, Oct 8-24. Enq. 9402 2480, 0407 471 256 or medjugorje@y7mail. com. SATURDAY, JULY 27 Love Ministry Healing CCR Team After 6.30pm Mass at St Emilie Parish, 151 Amhurst Rd, Canning Vale. Come all, including clergy and be prayed over, healed from the past or present issues or stand in for a loved one who may be ill or facing problems at this time. Reconciliation available. Enq: Gilbert 0431 570 322 or Fr David Watt 9376 1734.

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Divine Mercy Hour 3pm at St Pius X Church, 23 Paterson St, Manning. There will be Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Divine Mercy Prayers, Rosary and Benediction. Please join us in prayer. Enq: Mrs K Henderson 9450 4195. EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY Shrine Time for Young Adults 18-35 Years 7.30-8.30pm at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon; Holy Hour with prayer, reflection, meditation, praise and worship; followed by a social gathering. Come and pray at a place of grace. Enq: 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 TUESDAY Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 6pm at Pater Noster Church, Marmion and Evershed Sts, Myaree. Mass at 5.30pm followed by Benediction. Enq: John 0408 952 194. Novena to God the Father 7.30pm at St Joachim’s parish hall, Vic Park. Novena followed by reflection and discussions on forthcoming Sunday Gospel. Enq: Jan 9284 1662.

EVERY WEDNESDAY Holy Spirit of Freedom Community 7.30pm at Church of Christ, 111 Stirling St, Perth. We welcome everyone to attend our praise meeting. Enq: 0423 907 869 or hsofperth@gmail.com.

Praise and Worship 5.30pm at St Denis Parish, corner Osborne St and Roberts Rd, Joondanna. Followed by 6pm Mass. Enq: Admin on 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.

Sacred Heart Pioneers Would anyone like to know about the Sacred Heart pioneers? If so, please contact Spiritual Director Fr Doug Harris 9444 6131 or John 9457 7771.

Social Dinner (Young Adults aged up to 35) and Rosary Cenacle 6.30pm at St Bernadette’s Church, 49 Jugan St, Mt Hawthorn. Begins at 6.30pm with dinner at a local restaurant, followed at 8pm by a Rosary Cenacle, short talk and refreshments at the church. Great way to meet new people, pray and socialise! Enq: 9444 6131 or st.bernadettesyouth@gmail.com.

Healing Mass 6pm at Holy Family Parish, Lot 375, Alcock St, Maddington. Begins with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Healing Mass followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Enq: admin 9493 1703 or www.vpcp. org.au.

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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.

FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY

EVERY MONDAY For You My Soul is Thirsting (Psalm 62:1) 7pm at St Thomas Parish, 2 College Rd, Claremont. Tend to your thirst for God. Begins with Adoration, then 7.45pm - Evening Prayer; 8pm - Communion Service and Night Prayer. Come to the whole thing, or just to a part! Enq: Michelle: 0404 564 890.

EVERY FIRST TUESDAY Short MMP Cenacle for Priests 2pm at Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Enq: Fr Watt 9376 1734.

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.

Free Divine Mercy Image for Parishes High quality oil painting and glossy print – Divine Mercy Promotions. Images of very high quality. For any parish willing to accept and place inside the church. Oil paintings: 160 x 90cm; glossy print - 100 x 60cm. Enq: Irene 9417 3267 (w).

EVERY FRIDAY Eucharistic Adoration at Schoenstatt Shrine 10am at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon. Includes holy Mass, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent adoration till 8.15pm. Join us in prayer at a place of grace. Enq: Sisters of Schoenstatt 9399 2349.

LAST MONDAY Be Still in His Presence – Ecumenical Christian Program 7.30-8.45pm at St Swithun Anglican Church, 195 Lesmurdie St, Lesmurdie (hall behind church). Begins with songs of praise and worship, silent time, lectio divina, small group sharing and cuppa. Enq: Lynne 9293 3848 or 0435 252 941.

Bible Study at Cathedral 6.15pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, Victoria Sq, Perth. Deepen your faith through reading and reflecting on holy Scripture with Fr Jean-Noel Marie. Meeting room beneath Cathedral. Enq: 9223 1372. Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry Mass at 5.30pm and Holy Hour (Adoration) at 6.30pm at Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Enq: www.cym.com or 9422 7912. EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY Novena to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop 7-7.45pm at Blessed Mary MacKillop Parish, corner Cassowary Dr and Pelican Pde, Ballajura. Begins with Mass, novena prayers and Benediction. Followed by healing prayers and anointing of the sick. Enq: Madi 9249 9093 or Gerry 0417 187 240. EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY Chaplets of Divine Mercy 7.30pm at St Thomas More Parish, Dean Rd, Bateman. Accompanied by Exposition, then Benediction. Enq: George 9310 9493 or 6242 0702 (w). EVERY THURSDAY Divine Mercy 11am at Sts John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Pray the Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy and for consecrated life, especially in our parish. Concludes with veneration of the first class relic of St Faustina. Enq: John 9457 7771. St Mary’s Cathedral Praise Meeting 7.45pm at the Legion of Mary’s Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Includes praise, song and healing ministry. Enq: Kay 9382 3668 or fmi@ flameministries.org. Group Fifty - Charismatic Renewal Group 7.30pm at Redemptorist Monastery, 150 Vincent St, North Perth. Includes prayer, praise and Mass. Enq: Elaine 9440 3661. EVERY FIRST THURSDAY Holy Hour Prayer for Priests 7-8pm at Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Keaney Pl, City Beach. All welcome. Enq: Linda 9341 3079. Prayer in Style of Taizé 7.30-8.30pm at Our Lady of Grace Parish, 3 Kitchener St, North Beach. Includes prayer, song and silence in candlelight – symbol of Christ the

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EVERY SECOND THURSDAY Life in the Spirit Seminar 6pm at 2 King St, Coogee. The Resource Centre for Personal Development and Catholic Charismatic Renewal will hold seven sessions every second Thursday until October. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585.

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.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 Alan Ames Healing Mass and Talk 6pm at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 82 Collick St, Hilton. Begins with Holy Mass followed by talk by Alan Ames and Healing Service. Enq: 9314 7733.

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

light of the world. Taizé info: www.taize.fr. Enq: secretary 9448 4888 or 9448 4457.

EVERY FIRST FRIDAY Mass and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 11am-4pm at Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins St, Glendalough. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament after Mass until 4pm, finishing with Rosary. Enq: Sr Marie MS.Perth@lsp.org.au. Healing and Anointing Mass 8.45am Pater Noster Church, Evershed St, Myaree. Begins with Reconciliation, then 9am Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, anointing of the sick and prayers to St Peregrine. Enq: Joy 9337 7189. Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Sts John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Songs of Praise and Prayer, sharing by a priest, then thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments. Enq: Kathy 9295 0913 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail.com. Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christi Church, Lochee St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, corner 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, corner 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 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. Mission Rosary making at the Legion of Mary 9.30am-2pm at 36 Windsor St, East Perth. All materials are supplied. The Rosaries made are distributed to the schools, Missions and those who ask for a Rosary. Please join us and learn the art of Rosary making on rope and chain. Enq: 0478 598 860. EVERY SECOND SATURDAY Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Succour) and Divine Mercy Chaplet (Chant) 8.30am at Our Lady of the Mission Parish, Whitfords. 270 Camberwarra Dr, Craigie. Holy Mass at 8.30am followed by Novena. Enq: Margaret 9307 7276. 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.

St Philomena’s Chapel 3/24 Juna Dr, Malaga. Mass of the day: Mon 6.45am. Vigil Masses: Mon-Fri 4.45pm. Enq: Fr David 9376 1734. Mary MacKillop Merchandise Available for sale from Mary MacKillop Centre. Enq: Sr Maree 041 4683 926 or 08 9334 0933. Financially Disadvantaged People Requiring Low Care Aged Care Placement The Little Sisters of the Poor community is set in beautiful gardens in the suburb of Glendalough. “Making the elderly happy, that is everything!” St Jeanne Jugan (foundress). Registration and enq: Sr Marie 9443 3155. Is your son or daughter unsure of what to do this year? Suggest a Cert IV course to discern God’s purpose. They will also learn more about the Catholic faith and develop skills in communication and leadership. Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation (National Code 51452).Enq: Jane 9202 6859. AA Alcoholics Anonymous Is alcohol costing you more than just money? Enq: AA 9325 3566. Saints and Sacred Relics Apostolate Invite SSRA Perth invites interested parties, parish priests, leaders of religious communities, lay associations to organise relic visitations to parishes, communities, etc. We have available authenticated relics, mostly first-class, of Catholic saints and blesseds including Sts Mary MacKillop, Padre Pio, Anthony of Padua, Therese of Lisieux, Maximilian Kolbe, Simon Stock and Blessed Pope John Paul II. Free of charge and all welcome. Enq: Giovanny 0478 201 092 or ssra-perth@catholic.org. Enrolments, Year 7, 2014 La Salle College now accepting enrolments for Year 7, 2014. For prospectus and enrolment please contact college reception 9274 6266 or email lasalle@lasalle.wa.edu.au. Acts 2 College, Perth’s Catholic Bible College Is now pleased to be able to offer tax deductibility for donations to the college. If you are looking for an opportunity to help grow the faith of young people and evangelise the next generation of apostles, please contact Jane Borg, Principal at Acts 2 College on 0401 692 690 or principal@ acts2come.wa.edu.au. Divine Mercy Church Pews Would you like to assist, at the same time becoming part of the history of the new Divine Mercy Church in Lower Chittering, by donating a beautifully handcrafted jarrah pew currently under construction, costing only $1,000 each. A beautiful brass plaque with your inscription will be placed at the end of the pew. Please make cheques payable to Divine Mercy Church Building fund and send with inscription to PO Box 8, Bullsbrook WA 6084. Enq: Fr Paul 0427 085 093. Abortion Grief Association Inc A not-for-profit association is looking for premises to establish a Trauma Recovery Centre (pref SOR) in response to increasing demand for our services (ref.www.abortiongrief.asn.au). Enq: Julie (08) 9313 1784. RESOURCE CENTRE FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT - 2013 COURSES Holistic Health Seminar The Instinct to Heal (begins July 25) Thursday 11am-1pm; RCPD2 Internalise Principles of Successful Relationships, and Use Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills, now on Thursdays 11am-1pm. 197 High St, Fremantle. Bookings essential. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585 or www.rcpd.net.au. Drop-In Centre and Op Shop - Volunteers urgently needed at RCPD, 197 High St, Fremantle. 1) RCPD6 ‘The Cost of Discipleship’ This course combines theology with relationship education and personal/spiritual awareness by teaching self-analysis. 2) ‘The Wounded Heart’ Healing for emotional and sexual abuse promotes healing and understanding for the victim and the offender. Holistic counselling available - http:// members.dodo.com.au/~evalenz/. 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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ACROSS 3 Divine ___ 9 The Archdiocese of Edmonton is in this province (abbr) 10 Paul preached in ___ Minor 11 “___ Grace” 12 Patron saint of sailors 14 Breaks the eighth commandment 16 Man of the ___ 17 “___ not, that you be not…” (Mt 7:1) 18 Patron saint of Germany 20 The Archdiocese of Oslo is found here 22 St Mary’s Cathedral is this New South Wales capital 24 Land in which the tower of Babel was built 26 Brother of John 27 Alpha and ___ 30 “Blessed is the fruit of your ___” 32 “…that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and ___.” 34 Month of the Rosary 35 “Eternal ___ grant unto them” 36 Biblical measure 37 Blend of oil and balsam

wings…” Religious ceremony Group of religious OT wisdom book Minor Prophet noted for having been swallowed by a great fish 19 “…and darkness covered the ___.” (Gen 1:2) 21 Feature of Psalm 119 23 Abraham was one 24 Birds of the air don’t do this (Mt 6:26) 25 Ahab desired his vineyard (1 Kings 21:1–2) 26 Jesus healed his daughter (Mk 5:22–42) 28 Church days 29 Worship 31 “___ wide the doors to Christ” 33 Catholic columnist Bombeck 8 13 15 17

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DOWN 1 “___ Noster” 2 NT epistle 4 St Joan of Arc is a patron of this country 5 The Diocese of Boise is here 6 Arrival of the Magi 7 “I will raise you up on ___

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