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As cantors, Bishop Donald Sproxton and other clergy look on, Cottesloe Assistant Priest Fr Wilson Donizetti baptises a child in the new full-immersion baptismal font at St Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Cottelsoe last Tuesday evening, August 20. The parish unveiled its stunningly refurbished interior during a ceremony which saw the new altar consecrated by Bishop Sproxton. See Pages 10-11 PHOTO: ROBERT HIINI

‘A better education system needs better-formed teachers’ By Matthew Biddle THE FAITH formation of staff and teachers at Catholic schools must be improved if Catholic education in WA is to fulfil its purpose, according to Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB. The Archbishop addressed about 200 of the State’s leaders in Catholic education on August 20 at the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle, speaking on the topic of the future of Catholic education in WA. The audience included members of the Catholic Education

Commission, staff of the Catholic Education Office of WA, trustees and directors of the University of Notre Dame, and numerous school principals and teachers.

education with those present, saying that such a vision cannot be attained unless God remains at the “heart and soul of all our educational institutions”.

It becomes vital that leaders, especially principals – the ‘faith leaders’ – are well formed in their faith. The Archbishop stressed the importance of allowing the past, present and the future to “interact with and mutually inform each other”. He shared his vision for Catholic

During the question and answer session, Archbishop Costelloe acknowledged the unfortunate situation the Church faces regarding the retention of young people. “We often hear principals and

teachers saying the Catholic school is the experience of Church for most young people today,” he said. “Now that’s true, but it’s not a good situation.” As a consequence of this, it becomes even more vital that teachers, and especially principals, whom the Archbishop described as the “faith leader” of the school, are well formed. “If we’re going to be able to continually work towards this vision that I’ve been trying to outline tonight, one of the big challenges… is the formation of our teachers,” he said.

“If there was one thing that I would identify as the big challenge for us in terms of our Catholic education… it’s that we need to form the formators, we need to form our staff, our teachers, better than we’re doing.” Archbishop Costelloe also said the difference between Catholic schools and public schools should not just be the inclusion of religious education classes in the former. “That’s not what makes a Catholic school. What makes a Catholic school is the Catholic culture,” he said. Archbishop’s talk - Pages 12-15

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Power founder to grace Kalamunda dinner Father Greg Donovan, parish priest at Holy Family Parish in Kalamunda, is holding this year’s Kalamunda Shire Prayer Dinner on Friday, September 13 at the Lesmurdie Club. Graham Power, founder and chairman of The Power Group in South Africa and founder of The Unashamedly Ethical Campaign, will be the guest speaker. Established in 1983, Mr Power set up The Power Group as a civil contractor followed by The Unashamedly Ethical Campaign, an organisation which promotes clean living, ethics and values. The shire dinner will mark the beginning of the 40 hours of prayer in the shire led by local pastors and the prayers will be offered up for the community, the youth, Australia and the world. Tickets to the dinner are priced at $35. For more information, contact Fr Greg at the parish office on 9293 1646.

Nollamara on pilgrim trip to Schoenstatt On September 8, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Nollamara is going on a pilgrimage to the Schoenstatt Shrine in Mount Richon. The bus leaves the parish grounds at 10am and, upon arriving at the shrine, Mass will be celebrated followed by a shared lunch. At 1.30pm the pilgrims will travel to the picturesque Araluen Botanic Park, located in the Darling Range 35km from Perth, to see the tulips. Tea and coffee will be provided and the pilgrims will return to Our Lady of Lourdes by 5pm. The pilgrimage costs $20 per person. Organisers have suggested a camera should be taken on the trip to capture the scenic sights. For more information and further enquiries, contact the parish office on 9345 5541.

Cake call for Bayswater disadvantaged KORA, a charitable organisation run by the Servite Sisters, is running a cake stall on August 31 to raise funds for the disadvantaged families in Bayswater. The cake stall will take place at Bunnings, High Road, Willetton from 8.30am till 2pm. The Servite Sisters have asked for donations in the form of cakes, muffins, biscuits and slices which can be dropped off on Friday, August 30 at 53 Tudor Avenue, Riverton. They have also said no to nuts and cream as some people have allergic reactions to these ingredients.

The presence of a young gentleman in the above photo should have alerted us to the fact the that it was not from Iona Presentation College (a girls’ school), but Irene McCormack Catholic College. The photo illustrates their generosity, having raised over 1,000 items for their recent Shopfront Tin Drive. The Record apologises for the error. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Perth group to be in Rome for consecration A Perth group booked on a Marian pilgrimage to Rome is delighted at the news Pope Francis will

consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during its visit. The Pope will make the consecration on October 13 as part of the Marian Day celebration and will include the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, which normally resides in the Little Chapel

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Immaculate Heart secures grant to start building By Matthew Biddle IMMACULATE Heart College in Lower Chittering has received a government grant to build the first stage of its permanent primary school, with building expected to commence next year. The school, which is one of just a handful of Catholic schools that operates independently in WA, began classes in 2012 and continues to make strong progress. School principal Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis told The Record the school has 55 students from kindergarten to Year 4 in 2013, more than double the number of students in 2012. While classes are held in demountable buildings and a transformed assembly hall, Dr Evangelinou-Yiannakis said she’s been pleased with the current facilities. “We’re very comfortably set out,” she said. “We’ve got demountable buildings with all the necessary fittings in them, so when you walk in you don’t even know you’re in a demountable building.” Although eventually the school plans to teach from kindergarten to Year 12, it may be several years before this is possible. “We want to consolidate ourselves as a primary school for a few years,” Dr Evangelinou-Yiannakis said. “Having said that, our parents at the moment are very keen for us to go straight into a secondary school, but that’s not something we can promise straight away.” Dr Evangelinou-Yiannakis said being a school that operates independently of a central Catholic education office had its advantages.

Our school: Year 3 and 4 Immaculate Heart College students work in their self-created vegetable garden in June.

“You can tailor your educative program to suit the families that you have within your school community and you can attribute at least 20 per cent of the timetable on a specific focus area,” she said. One of the features of the school is daily religious education

classes taught by the Sisters of the Missionary Congregation of Mary. “At this school… we put in a fair amount of time into the shaping of the moral character of the child,” Dr Evangelinou-Yiannakis said. “The staff also attend Mass every morning and have Catechesis once

a week.” Dr Evangelinou-Yiannakis said being the foundation principal of Immaculate Heart College, which is about an hour north east of Perth, was an “honour, privilege and thrill”. “In 2011, there was nothing on this land, and then to see a school

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Irish nun with a century of memories SISTER Mary Scholastica Hartnett celebrated her 100th birthday on August 22 with her sisters and friends at Mercyville Hostel, Craigie. Her special day was celebrated in style, commencing with Mass in the Craigie Chapel with Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey, and three priest friends, including Whitford parish priest Fr Joseph Tran. This was followed by morning tea and an interview on ABC720 with Geoff Hutchinson where she acquitted herself very creditably with memories of an early Perth and advice about how to live a good life, all the time expressing deep gratitude for the goodness of her family, friends and sisters in community. In the afternoon, sisters and friends gathered for afternoon tea and cutting of the cake. Words of appreciation were given by Sr Joan Buckham and congratulatory messages from Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, WA Governor Malcolm McCusker, and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd were read. Since her birthday, Sr Scholastica has also received letters from the Queen and State Opposition leader Mark McGowan. Sr Scholastica was born in 1913 at Ballyheigue just 10km north of Tralee on the west coast of Ireland, where her father’s farm was situated close enough to the North Atlantic Ocean for its citizens to be able to smell the salt in the air. Luckily, the family was still living in this house when Scholastica made her first visit to the land of her birth in 1959. Sr Scholastica grew up in a time of political tension and passionate discourse as Ireland was evolving into its present state of nationhood. On the world scene at the time of her birth, the first World War was about to ignite. By the time she left Ireland aged 20 to join the Sisters of Mercy in West Perth, the bitter struggles of Irish nationalism were being resolved and Eamon De Valera was about to become head of government in Ireland. Margaret Mary Hartnett left Ireland 80 years ago with 15 young Irish women on the steamship Bendigo and joined the novitiate of the Sisters of Mercy at Leederville in 1933. Sr Scholastica is the last surviving member of this group. Sr Mary Scholastica is a beloved member of the former West Perth Congregation, now part of the

Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea. Her years in ministry were spent as a primary school teacher in the schools of the Congregation and as that period in her life was drawing to a close, she assisted in the Congregation archives and could always be counted on to hold the community household together.

Sr Scholastica also served the inner life of the community and was appointed the Novice Mistress at one point and later was elected the Vicar of the Congregation during Mother Phillip Shine’s term of office in the 1960s. She is a figure of trusted serenity and her advice is still sought today for its good sense and practical-

Sr Scholastica is the last surviving member of the group of women who left Ireland 80 years ago. She lived in the convent houses at St Brigid’s, West Perth; St Mary’s, Leederville; St Kieran’s, Osborne Park; Our Lady of Lourdes, Nollamara and St Bernard’s, Kojonup. Sr Scholastica taught in the schools attached to those houses as well as at St Patrick’s in Havelock Street.

ity. Her sense of humour is much appreciated. She is often consulted on points of Congregation history and she is the centre of all hospitality which is enjoyed in the sisters’ sitting room at Craigie. She is all neatness and care and to this day writes in an elegant, graceful handwriting style.

Top, Sr Joan Buckham, Sr Mary Scholastica and Sr Jilyan Dingle. Above, Sr Scholastica, left, pictured in the 1950s. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

Catholic education champion becomes Dame Commander By Matthew Biddle FORMER director of Catholic education in WA Therese Temby has been awarded the papal honour of becoming a Dame Commander of the Order of St Gregory. The Papal Nuncio to Australia Archbishop Paul Gallagher presented Mrs Temby with the award earlier this month at a dinner in Melbourne, in recognition of her contribution to Catholic education in Australia over three decades. Mrs Temby worked in various roles for the Catholic Education Office of WA from 1980 to 1993, before serving as director from 1993 to 2003. In 2008 she was appointed as the chair of the National Catholic Education Commission, a position she remained in until June. Mrs Temby said she was caught by surprise when the award was presented to her. “It was completely unexpected, but I do feel deeply honoured to receive such an award,” she said.

Therese Temby is re-presented with the papal honour by Bishop Gerard Holohan on August 18 at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Bunbury. PHOTO: SEAN SCALLAN

The papal honour included a unique Grand Cross Riband and a Commander’s badge that represent Mrs Temby’s entry into the prestigious Order of St Gregory. She said working in Catholic education has been a great experience. “Catholic education has been a passion of mine for a long time,” she said. “Excellent Catholic education is something that we need to con-

tinue to develop and provide, and I think it’s something that is a real asset to the Australian community.” The award was re-presented to Mrs Temby at a Mass in her home diocese of Bunbury on August 18. The Order of St Gregory was founded by Pope Gregory XVI in 1831. Initially it comprised four classes, and in 1994 Dames were admitted to the Order.

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Matthew’s magical mission brings smiles to all By Matthew Biddle AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY has raised more than $2,000 for an orphanage in Bali after he was inspired by the plight of children there recently. Matthew Cirocco travelled to Indonesia with his family during the April school holidays where he visited the Franciscan-run orphanage at Tuka-Dalung. The Year 6 student from St Luke’s Catholic Primary School in Woodvale told The Record he enjoyed meeting some of the 45 children who reside at the orphanage. While there, Matthew spent his pocket money on purchasing groceries for the orphanage, as well as donating toys he had collected from children at his school. The budding magician even performed several tricks for the children’s entertainment. “Some of the tricks they couldn’t quite understand, so it was a bit tricky, but they all really enjoyed it,” he said. “One trick was they would tie my hands with a rope, I would turn around, and in a second I’d be out of the rope.” Although the Cirocco family have travelled to Bali regularly for several years, it was their first visit to the orphanage, and Matthew said he was touched by the simplicity of the children he met. “I suppose because they’re orphans, they don’t have parents, so they’re not as loved as they should be,” he said. “I felt a bit sad [when I saw their living conditions], but I was quite happy because they all seemed very happy.” Matthew decided it was important to raise funds for the children when he recognised the struggle to provide for the children. “They have so little and we have quite a bit, so we can give a lot of what we have to them,” he said. The family is planning to return to Bali in January to present the orphanage with the money they’ve raised. Matthew said the money would make a great difference to the children. “For most of the children it would probably pay for a lot of education, and probably a lot of food as well,” he said. Since returning to Perth, Matthew has facilitated several fundraising ventures at his school and parish, under the title of ‘Matthew’s Mission’. He said his friends had gladly embraced the project, with many families now planning to make their own visits to the orphanage in the near future. Matthew’s mum Catherine said the family was “very proud” of Matthew’s achievements. “We’ve taught him to try to think along those lines, but to take it that step further and orchestrate it, we’re very happy,” she said. “We’re also very humbled by the reception from other people and their generosity.

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Top, some of the children at the TukaDalung orphanage in Bali, where 11-year-old Matthew Cirocco visited recently. Far left, Matthew with Sr Maria, one of the four Franciscan nuns who run the orphanage. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

“We here in quite a lucky country can give to others, so we’re very thankful for the help of the parish and the school for supporting Matthew’s Mission.” Woodvale parish priest Fr Francisco Mascarenhas said he was impressed with his young altar server’s initiative and desire to help the orphanage. “He’s taken a very keen interest in it, he has taken it to heart and raised a lot of funds,” he said. Last month, Matthew spoke at the parish’s weekend Masses, and Fr Francisco said the presentations were well received by all present. “He didn’t even ask for money as such, he just said what he had done and people just started giving him donations after Mass,” he said. “People really wanted to encourage him and to say how much they appreciate what he’s doing.”

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Bridge builders seek home and help By Mark Reidy WHEN Jean Vanier welcomed two men with a disability to make their home with him in the French town of Trosly in 1964, he would never have thought his act of love would still be reverberating around the world today, even to the far southwest corner of Australia. The Friends of L’Arche (FOL), Perth are a group of people with and without a disability. They are part of the international family of L’Arche, a federation of 137 communities spread over 40 countries, where people with intellectual disabilities are invited to share fully in community life, both in residential and non-residential settings, as suited to their specific needs and hopes. In Australia, there are expressions of L’Arche in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Hobart, Newcastle, Hunter Valley, Bendigo and Perth. Les Goode, chairman of the Board of FOL Perth, explained to The Record that the French name L’Arche derives from the Ark of Noah and symbolises a place of refuge for people who have been overwhelmed in a civilisation going too fast for them. The word also refers to the arch of a bridge and implies a bridging role in bringing people together. Among the foundational beliefs of L’Arche is the understanding that everyone has the capacity to grow, mature into adulthood and make a contribution to society, regardless of physical or intellectual limitations as well as recognising that the unique capacity of each person can be fulfilled within small communities of friendship and mutuality, where values of compassion, inclusion and diversity are upheld and lived by all. Mr Goode said Jean Vanier continues to share his vision for a world where each person is welcomed as they are through his writings, retreats and prayers. He was recently awarded the prestigious Pacem in Terris Award from the Diocese of Davenport in the USA in recognition of his contribution to the quality of life within the world through the ministry of the International Federation of L’Arche. The award, whose previous recipients have included John F Kennedy, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Martin Luther-King Jr, was presented to Vanier in France, the first time it has ever been presented outside the USA. When sharing his understanding

Jean Vanier, founder of the International Federation of L’Arche Communities.

of people with disabilities, Vanier once said, “I come here to tell you how much life these people have given me, that they have an incredible gift to bring to our world, that they are a source of hope, peace and perhaps salvation for our wounded world”. Mr Goode said that FOL Perth

is founded on such an understanding and he hopes the community in Perth will continue to grow, not only in number, but into a deeper commitment to the belief “all people are ‘gifted’ and by love, trust and persistence will discover and share an enriched life together”. FOL Perth has been developing

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for 10 years and has a number of events where those interested can become involved or discover more about the community. “On the first Sunday of most months the group meets in Subiaco for a ‘bring and share’ evening meal,” Mr Goode said. “There are also L’Arche-style residential weekends twice a year at

the Sisters of St Joseph retreat house in South Perth.” A group of members also meets regularly to reflect on the writings of Jean Vanier, Henri Nouwen and others in an effort to share their wisdom to deepen the life of those committed to the dream of furthering the development of FOL Perth. Other activities include the Annual General Meeting which will be held in Floreat on September 7 and an annual Day of Reflection, which this year will be held on August 31 in Morley. Mr Goode said this year’s Day of Reflection would be led by Claire Lawler, Deputy National Leader of L’Arche Australia, Kumar Rasiah, Chair of the Board of L’Arche in Sydney and “most importantly” Gabriel Vartulli, a ‘core’ member of the L’Arche Community in Sydney. Mr Goode explained that within each residential L’Arche community those with an intellectual disability are named as the ‘core’ members and are supported by ‘assistants’ who both live in and out under the leadership of a house and community leader. Mr Goode hopes that FOL Perth will grow through the energy and enthusiasm of people who will capture the vision developed by Jean Vanier and the team of dedicated workers in Australia and around the world. He said the board was looking for an influx of energetic members who will lead the group forward and was currently searching for a ‘home’ base from which to further its goal to grow L’Arche in WA. Mr Goode offered a quote from Jean Vanier which he hoped would give anyone interested in becoming involved a deeper understanding of the Community’s goal: “L’Arche believes in the dignity of every person. This is expressed in a life shared between people with an intellectual disability and those choosing to join them in community. Central to this life is relationship built on trust, compassion, forgiveness and an openness to love. In this we take the Beatitudes (Matt 5:1-11) as foundational and a source of life. We seek to help each other grow and develop towards our potential. We do this by recognising and respecting the gifts of each person and creating a community of hope where true autonomy can exist and interdependency can be encouraged.” For more information, contact Les Goode on 0427 355 441 or lmgoode@iprimus.com.au or see folperth.org.

Tony Abbott’s ‘envy’, opportunity to contemplate By Robert Hiini A SYDNEY-BASED expert on Roman Catholic ritual and belief said he could understand the admiration Tony Abbott expressed at the discipline of Muslim Australians earlier this month. Mr Abbott, a practising Catholic, attended an iftar in the Western Sydney suburb of Lidcombe on August 5 – a meal to celebrate the end of the day’s fast during Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting. “I pay tribute to your zeal – a zeal I have to say is, these days, rarely emulated amongst members of my own tradition, but I salute you for your dedication, for your faith and for your love of God,” Mr Abbott told the gathering. In an interview with the ABC the following day, he said he “felt both admiration and a touch of envy” at the event. “Once upon a time, Christians did it during Lent. That’s a prac-

tice that’s rapidly disappearing if it hasn’t disappeared altogether.” In a conversation with The Record, Fr John Flader, a priest of the personal prelature of Opus Dei, said he wondered how many Catholics were aware of their own tradition’s teaching on fasting and its positive purpose as a spiritual practice. Fr Flader said Christian acts of

rifice in reparation for sin. “People of faith are not afraid to take up the cross. Every Friday is a day of penance and I just wonder how many Catholics today are aware of that and do something practical and positive every Friday,” Fr Flader said. Roman Catholics “had it easy” relative to Eastern Catholics and Orthodox Christians, as well as Jews and Muslims.

of penance - of fasting from meat “or some other food as determined by the Episcopal conference” unless the day happens to coincide with a solemnity or feast day. As in most Anglophone countries, the Australian Conference of Catholic Bishops exempt Catholics in Australia from being required to abstain from meat on Fridays, encouraging them to simply give

“I pay tribute to your zeal,” Mr Abbott told the largely Muslim gathering, “a zeal I have to say is, these days, rarely emulated amongst members of my own tradition, but I salute you for your dedication... for your love of God”. penance had their origin in the words of Jesus: “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me” (Matthew 16:24). Fasting from food by eating only one full meal per day, and abstaining from meat, are traditional ways Catholics have made personal sac-

The Church requires Catholics to both abstain from meat and to fast from food on two days of the year (Ash Wednesday and Good Friday). Canon law designates days in the season of Lent as days of penance, excepting Sabbath days (Sundays). It also designates Fridays as days

up something, whether food or otherwise. “When I was growing up what we did on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday we did every day of Lent and it was very healthy,” Fr Flader said. “You lost weight a little bit. You felt hungry. You were living in union with Our Lord on the cross and in

his own fasting and that is spiritually beneficial.” Fr Flader said the practice of penance stood in stark contrast to the consumerism of our own age and reflected the Judeo-Christian view of creation as a gratuitous gift from God and not simply a collection of goods to be used and exploited. “It manifests reverence for God by giving back to him in sacrifice part of the creation he has given us. We deny ourselves in reverence for him and gratitude for his bounty. “All these things help us to identify as Catholics and also to identify with our Lord’s suffering on Friday that we do something that is tangible, something that is generous that demands a sacrifice. “We need it to make up for our sins and we can offer it up for some intentions – someone who is very sick, a marriage that can get back together, whatever it is. It has great value as the prayer of the senses when we’ve offered up something for another intention.”

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Giant hard hitter for the faith Those who equate Christianity with meekness should watch Greater Western Sydney footballer Jonathan Giles in full flight. His faith is with him wherever he goes, Matthew Biddle writes - on field and off.

IS FATHER and grandfather were both ministers for the Uniting Church in Australia, but Jonathan Giles is instead taking on the AFL heavyweights every weekend as the number one ruckman for the Greater Western Sydney Giants. After missing just two games last season, Giles has played every match in 2013, shouldering the Giants’ ruck division and winning the praises of AFL pundits. But unlike most who play at the highest level, Giles doesn’t come from a footballing family. In fact, his pedigree is rather unique. Growing up in the Barossa Valley town of Tanunda in South Australia, the Giles family was heavily involved in the local Uniting Church. “My dad was a minister, so going to church was a part of my life every Sunday,” the 200cm ruckman explains. “Mum’s dad was also a minister for the Uniting Church, so it was sort of a rich family of ministers. Mum also played the guitar and she was a singer at the church.” With ministering in his pedigree, Giles could have chosen the same path as his ancestors, but he says it was never really on the cards. “People have asked me if I would ever be a minister,” he says. “I was always very sporty and… now I’m studying business, so becoming a minister wasn’t really one of my goals. “So at this stage of my life it doesn’t interest me to follow in my dad’s footsteps.” Although he now attends services at Hillsong in Sydney regularly, the 25-year-old says his family were the most important influences of the development of his Christian faith. “My parents taught me good values and good morals in terms of respect and treating everyone the same way you want to be treated so I’ve always tried to live that way,” he says. “It helps define me in a way, the values you get taught through the Bible and the good morals that you get taught. “You don’t need to go to church to be a good person at all, but I find that church is great for me to keep practising my faith and living out a good life.” Giles says the club has always respected his Christian faith, and he’s got the support of two Christian teammates, Anthony Miles and Josh Growden, who join Giles at church services on weekends. “The footy club’s got lots of different people in there from lots of different backgrounds,” he says. “Everyone loves to have a good joke and good banter... but it’s all good fun and it makes us closer. Everyone respects [our] decision to go to church, so it’s not really a big deal at all, it’s just normal.” Nevertheless, Giles says he often has discussions with friends and teammates about God. “They challenge me because they want to know what it’s about or why I go, because it’s not the most common thing in footy,” he says. “But I think a lot of the guys know I’m pretty open and I’m always up for a talk about whatever they want to talk about.” While there are several players in the AFL who practise their faith, including North Melbourne’s Daniel Wells, a Catholic, they remain a minority. But Giles has no fear at all of making his beliefs known. “I enjoy going to church and

Giants ruckman and practising Christian, Jonathan Giles, left, competes with the Kangaroos’ Michael Firrito for the ball on June 30.

it’s never been a big thing for me to worry about what other people think or what they say,” he affirms. “At the end of the day, if you do what you believe in, people like you for who you are and they respect you for who you are.” While he says his Christian values affect how he lives his life, Giles is quick to reject any notions that he’s more inclined to be gentle on the field. “My faith doesn’t deter me from wanting to hit the ball hard or hit the player hard, it’s all part of the game,” he says. When it comes to off-field behaviour, however, Giles has a strong awareness of the influence he can have on the lives of others. “I think it’s a very fortunate position that footballers are in, that they can make a positive impact on people’s lives and kids’ lives,” he says. He admits the position of footballers as role models has its chal-

lenges, but simply says it’s part of the package. “You’re always in the public spotlight and the kids look up to us as role models so we have to be doing the right things all the time,” he says. What’s unique about Giles is that his road to AFL success has been one that’s required persistence, perseverance, and a burning desire to achieve his potential. Described by former teammate Warren Tredrea as the “poster child for never giving up on your dream”, Giles was first drafted to play in the AFL by Port Adelaide in 2005, as a promising 17-year-old. But he couldn’t break into the senior team and, after four years without an AFL game, Giles was delisted. His chance to play in the AFL seemed lost. For most players, there would be no return from such an experience. After four years of being unable to make it into the big time,

it seemed Giles was destined to play in the State league for the rest of his career. Instead, Giles worked on his game, improved his fitness, and reaped the rewards. In 2010, the newly formed GWS Giants selected Giles in the rookie draft. In the Giants’ debut season, he came fifth in the club’s Best and Fairest award, and was described as “one of the great surprise packets of 2012” in the 2013 season preview written by Inside Football. In the club’s first win over Gold Coast in Round 7, the man nicknamed “Joffa” polled three Brownlow Medal votes in a 21-disposal, three-goal display. Another best-on-ground performance in Round 19 helped secure the Giants’ second win over Giles’ former club, Port Adelaide. After his outstanding season, Giles attracted interest from several clubs during the AFL’s trade period, but he eventually signed on with

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the Giants until the end of 2015. Despite the lack of on-field results, Giles says the feeling around the club is still one of excitement. “It’s fantastic to be part of the 18th club in the AFL,” he says. “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of a new club and set a new culture, and we’ve got such an exciting bunch of players here.” Although the Giants have struggled at times, Giles says the team’s morale is not in dire straits. “We’re just constantly trying to build on what we’re doing and just keep improving to get better as a team,” he says. “We’d rather be winning than losing, but it just builds resilience in the team. “We’re not going to give up and we’re not going to stop until we keep improving and keep getting better.” It’s a brave, somewhat faith-filled optimism that perhaps only someone with the faith of Jonathan Giles can have.

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Muslim men guard Christian churches By James Martone CHURCHES and other Christian properties around Egypt had already been looted, so when Catholics in Berba were tipped off that their southern village could be next, they acted fast. They and other Christian leaders got on their phones and called their Muslim friends, neighbours and colleagues who all had the same message: “They were told, ‘Don’t be afraid, we will guard your churches,’ and that is what happened,” said Sister Darlene DeMong, a Canadian member of the Congregation of Notre Dame de Sion who has worked and lived in Egypt since 1978. She was in Berba at the time the warning came on August 16. When she and two other sisters left the parish convent

to stay with village families, “groups of (Muslim) village men showed up to guard it”, Sr Darlene said. The men positioned themselves in front of the Catholic church and its development centre, as well as in front of Berba’s other Christian facilities, Sr Darlene said from the order’s Cairo residence. She was set to fly from Egypt to Jordan with a novice on August 23 on a previously scheduled trip. “The day went by peacefully and we returned home about 6pm, but the men stayed outside our house and in front of the church and the development centre all night, and we had no problems, Alhamdulilah,” said Sr Darlene, using the Arabic for “praise be to God”. Egyptian human rights groups report that a growing number of Christian institutions are under attack in the

general state of violence that has engulfed the country since early July, when Egypt’s military overthrew the elected Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, following mass popular protests against him. The rights groups say such attacks have intensified since August 14 when the country’s security forces used bulldozers and tear gas to vacate two Cairo camps where thousands of pro-Morsi demonstrators had been living. Hundreds were killed in the siege. Sr Darlene said that on August 18 in Berba, about 240km south of Cairo, the parish priest made special note of what the village’s Muslims had done to protect their Christian neighbours. “He thanked them, and they could hear it through the sound system,” she said. - CNS

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Canadian Sister Darlene DeMong stands with a novice at the order’s residence in Cairo. PHOTO: CNS

Relatives of car bomb victims inspect the damaged cars at the explosion site on August 24 in front of a mosque in Tripoli, Lebanon. Bombs hit two mosques the day before in the northern Lebanese port city, killing dozens of people and wounding hundreds. PHOTO: CNS/JAMAL SAIDI, REUTERS

We must unite to save Lebanon: cleric

By Doreen Abi Raad CARDINAL Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch, visited a predominantly Muslim city hit by explosions and called on political leaders to come up with a plan to save Lebanon. The Cardinal visited Lebanon’s largely Sunni Muslim city of Tripoli on August 25 to extend his condolences to the families of victims of twin bombings there two days earlier. “Isn’t all this innocent blood enough reason for reconciliation?” he asked. At least 45 people were killed and 500 injured on August 23 when car bombs exploded outside two Sunni mosques, including one where Friday prayers were in progress. The bombs were the deadliest oneday violence in Lebanon since the country’s 1975-1990 civil war. Tripoli, 80km north of Beirut and less than 40km from the Syrian border, has experienced sporadic brutal clashes between Sunni supporters of Syria’s opposition movement and Alawites connected with the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. An explosion on August 15 in the mostly Shiite Muslim Beirut suburb of Ruwais, considered a stronghold of the Islamist group Hezbollah,

killed more than 25 people and injured more than 300 others. During his visit to Tripoli, Cardinal Rai visited Sunni clerics and political representatives and made clear that Muslims and Christians were united in their sorrow. “We extend our condolences and say that we’re also feeling what you’re feeling because the disaster affected everyone,” he said. He said “the same hand of evil orchestrated the Tripoli bombings”

a result of the absence of harmony, frankness and dialogue. Had we been united and had we shouldered the responsibility of building the state, we wouldn’t have reached the disasters we’re witnessing today,” he added. The patriarch called for finding “a salvation plan for the sake of Lebanon”. Earlier that day, in his homily at the Divine Liturgy at Diman, the summer seat of the Maronite Catholic Church in northern

“... a time of national catastrophes requires them [political leaders] to steer Lebanon away from regional and sectarian conflicts.” and the Ruwais bombings, “and I tell you in the name of the Maronite Church that... (both)... are our tragedies because we are one body and one family.” Cardinal Rai, who has repeatedly implored Lebanon’s rival political leaders to put aside their differences and return to the stalled national dialogue to solve the country’s problems, chided the politicians, saying that such attacks would not have occurred if leaders were unified. “All those who fell were killed as

Lebanon, Cardinal Rai said the responsibilities of political leaders “at a time of national catastrophes requires them to steer Lebanon away from regional and sectarian conflicts”, he said. Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, a Maronite Catholic, also appealed to rival political leaders, calling upon them to safeguard the country. He urged feuding parties to return to stalled national dialogue discussions without conditions and to dissociate the country from regional conflicts. In a

Poverty and ignorance at heart of the attacks

televised address on August 24, Sleiman said he shared people’s worries, citing “the mounting terrorist danger and fears of Lebanon descending into strife”. In an interview with Vatican Radio on August 23 following the Tripoli blasts, Cardinal Rai said ‘’there is a plan to intensify interconfessional conflict in the Muslim world, between Sunnis and Shiites’’. ‘’Unfortunately, this is a policy that comes from abroad,’’ the Cardinal emphasised. “There are countries, especially Western ones but also Eastern ones, that are fomenting these conflicts.’’ Cardinal Rai warned that Lebanon’s tradition of coexistence is now in danger because of growing conflict between Muslims. ‘’We Christians,’’ he said,’’ have been living alongside Muslims for 1,400 years, and we have spread the human and moral values of ... plurality and modernity in these lands. Thanks to the presence of Christians, in our daily lives in all of these Arab countries we have created a certain moderation in the Muslim world.’’ But, he lamented, the region is now “watching the total destruction of everything that Christians have built over the past 1,400 years”. - CNS

TWO Egyptian-born Christian clergy, in separate telephone interviews with Catholic News Service (CNS), each blamed both poverty and “ignorance” for the attacks on Christian churches in Egypt. Some 38 Christian churches were known to have been destroyed as at August 20, with attacks on another 23 houses of worship according to the Maspero Youth Union. The attacks led by Islamist extremists stem from the Egyptian’s army deposing of President Mohammed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood who was elected Egypt’s president last year. There is anger over what extremists perceive as Christian support for his ouster. Egypt has been torn by violence since Morsi was ousted, with more than 1,000 dead after clashes between protestors and police or members of the army. “These people are getting money to do that (commit the church violence),” charged Deacon Medhat Hanna of Resurrection Coptic Catholic Church in Brooklyn, New York. “They are getting $500 a day to do that. ... Money is given to the poor people to vote.” Although some irregularities were cited, Morsi was generally considered to be the first democratically elected president of Egypt. Deacon Hanna, who said he is on the phone “all the time” with friends and relations in his native Egypt, cited “poverty, ignorance” as what lies behind the church destruction. “This is not a coup. Is this a coup, or do people reject the old regime?” Deacon Hanna told CNS. “As far as I know, people got fed up with the old regime and expressed their concern and feelings and they demonstrate, a record worldwide for the number of demonstrators. The number is in the books, nobody can deny that.” Morsi was deposed on July 3, barely a year after he was elected. While Egypt has one of the largest populations of Christians in the Middle East, they still make up only about 10 per cent to 15 per cent of the populace of 82 million people, the majority of whom are Sunni Muslims. Most of the country’s Christians are Coptic Orthodox. Egypt has 200,000300,000 Catholics, most of the Eastern Coptic rite. Father Marcos Daoud, assistant pastor of St Mary Coptic Orthodox Church in the Chicago suburb of Palatine, Illinois, said it was possible the country could tip over into perpetual lawlessness. “The only way to prevent this from taking over, or not to continue,” he said, is there “should be a long-term (plan) of development. That’s the only way.” Fr Daoud said lslamists in Egypt “are able to have, to gain members and followers because of the poverty and the lack of knowledge, the ignorance.” A native of Alexandria, Egypt, Fr Daoud said the situation in his hometown is “not that bad” but is “much worse” in what he called “upper Egypt” where Cairo, the capital, is located. Of the Muslim Brotherhood pro-Morsi supporters, he said: “They have weapons, they have followers, they have people who are ready to do anything in the name of God.” He added, “Our parishioners are very worried about their families and the church. They are very concerned.” - CNS

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Narrow door always open, it is we who are shut By Cindy Wooden

People in St Peter’s Square look on as Pope Francis leads the Angelus from a window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. PHOTO: CNS/GIAMPIERO SPOSITO, REUTERS

JESUS told his disciples that the entrance to heaven is like a “narrow gate”, not because God has made salvation so difficult, but because people find it difficult to recognise their sinfulness and accept God’s mercy, Pope Francis said. Jesus is “the gateway to salvation”, the Pope said on August 26 before reciting the Angelus with visitors in St Peter’s Square. “The gate that is Jesus is never closed; this gate is never closed, it is always open and open to everyone, without distinction, without exclusions, without privileges.” The Pope said he knew some people would be sceptical and say, “But Father, surely I am excluded, because I am a great sinner. I have done so many things in my life.” But the Pope insisted, “No, you are not excluded.”

“Jesus prefers the sinner, always, in order to pardon him, to love him,” Pope Francis said. “Jesus is waiting for you, to embrace you, to pardon you. Don’t be afraid: He’s waiting for you.” Commenting on the day’s Gospel reading, Luke 13:22-30, the Pope said the narrow

The gate that is Jesus is never closed. People are closed in by sin. gate that is Jesus is not the entrance to “a torture chamber”. But Jesus asks “us to open our hearts to him, to recognise ourselves as sinners, in need of his salvation, his forgiveness, his love, needing the humility to accept his mercy and to be renewed by him”.

Being a Christian does take some effort, he said. It is “not having a ‘label’” but living and witnessing to the faith “in prayer, in works of charity, in promoting justice, in doing good. For the narrow gate which is Christ must pass into our whole life”. Pope Francis urged the tens of thousands of people gathered in St Peter’s Square not to be afraid “to pass through the gate of faith in Jesus, to let him enter more and more into our lives, to go out of our selfishness, our being closed in, our indifference toward others”. Jesus, he said, can light up a person’s life with “a light that never goes out”. The light of faith is not flashy or momentary like fireworks, he said. “No, it is a soft light that always endures and that gives us peace. That is the light that we meet if we enter through the gate of Jesus.” - CNS

Baskets of apples at the ready for Pope Francis By Tom McGregor MANY rural villages in Shaanxi do not have a Catholic parish, and some with churches struggle with sparse attendance. But the village of Fufengxian, near the town of Baoji, has a population that is more than 80 per cent baptised Catholics. When villagers are not tending to their apple orchards, they can be found attending Mass or praying at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church. They call themselves “China’s Hometown of Apple Catholics”. The official population of Fufengxian stands at a mere 300, but many young adults have migrated to the big cities, so most of those who remain are elderly farmers and young children. About 90 villagers live there permanently, while more than 70 residents are parishioners. The church was established in 1986, as the Chinese Catholic Church was emerging from decades of communist repression. The parish currently is served by three priests and three sisters from the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. Sister Ma Wang-ge said the nuns had received medical training so they could open up a small medical clinic with a pharmacy in the village. They have taught many local children how to read by tutoring them and organising Catholic catechism classes, she told Catholic News Service in an email interview.

Children gather with parish priests for a photo on the steps of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in the village of Fufengxian, in China’s Shaanxi province, in late July. The Catholic parish was marking its 17th anniversary in a region known for its apple groves. PHOTO: CNS

Although the Chinese government has been accused of persecuting some religions, including Catholics, Sr Ma said Fufengxian has not had any problems with Beijing. “We are just a village of farmers and all of us work hard to make a living,” she said. “We are not a

threat to Beijing, since we prefer a stable life just like our government does, so officials do not interfere with our parish.” She said farmers prefer a daily routine for their work, and the same goes for their spiritual activities. Mass is celebrated at 7pm on Saturdays and 6am on Sundays, and

the parish offers a weekday prayer service at 7pm. “It is always crowded at these times,” she said. “The villagers come with sincere faith in their hearts.” One thing they pray for is that diplomatic relations be established between the Vatican and China. “Everybody in our church, as

well as Catholics in China, we all hope and pray that the Pope could come visit our nation. Oh, what a wonderful day that would be for Chinese Catholics,” Sr Ma said. “If Pope Francis comes to China, the farmers in our parish would love to greet him and give him a basket of our delicious apples.” - CNS

Government wins right to continue “Allah” action THE MALAYSIAN government has won the right to continue its appeal against a court ruling that allowed non-Muslims - including a Malay-language Catholic newspaper - to use the word Allah. In a case that has sparked nationwide debate over which religion has exclusive rights to the word Allah, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal ruled unanimously that the government’s efforts to ban the use of the word in Christian publications will continue. The next hearing is scheduled for September 10, reported ucanews.com, an Asian Church news portal. Christians argue that Allah is the only word for God in the Malay language. The case dates back to a dispute over the re-registration

of the publishing licence for The Herald, a national Catholic weekly, following criticism from the Home Ministry over political articles that appeared in its pages. In 2009, the Malay edition of the paper received

Christians argue that “Allah” is the only word for God in the Malay language. an injunction to cease publication. The Herald and the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur successfully sued for the right to continue, but the government then lodged an appeal against the High Court ruling,

which stated that Muslims did not have exclusive ownership of the word Allah. The 2009 ruling spurred acts of vandalism against Christian churches and death threats against the presiding judge in the case. The same year, the government seized shipments of Malay Christian Bibles that contained the word Allah. An agreement signed in 2011 enabled the impounded Bibles to be released, but prosecutors said that had no bearing on The Herald’s case because it did not specifically grant rights to the use of the word Allah. “We are concerned [recent] statements are stoking racial sentiments and creating religious tension in our country,” the Archdiocese said in a statement. - CNS

Muslim demonstrators display a banner on August 22 that reads, “Save the word Allah” outside Malaysia’s Court of Appeal. PHOTO: CNS/BAZUKI MUHAMMAD

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Standing room-only left at Cottesloe ceremonies

It is from the font that new Christians are born... They, in that sense, are generated as new sons and daughters of God."

- Bishop Donald Sproxton

St Mary, Star of the Sea parish priest Fr James D'Souza, right, speaks at the conclusion of Mass as Bishop Donald Sproxton looks on. PHOTO: ROBERT HIINI

Bishop Donal Sproxton blesses parishioners, assisted by recently ordained Deacon Crispin Witika.

LITURGY AND SPACE

A veritable body for the Body of Christ Bishop Donald Sproxton described interior renovations to St Mary, Star of the Sea church as enhancing the existing beauty of the church during his homily at a special Mass on August 20. “It makes us think of God through the beauty of the environment in this building; that’s what the architecture, what the elements we have placed in the church here, are meant to do - to help us enter into that communion with God through something that is absolutely beautiful,” Bishop Sproxton said. In describing the Church as the Body of Christ, he likened the arrangements of the new elements – the presider’s chair, the ambo, the altar and the baptismal font – to that of a human body. “The chair... represents the place of Christ. Christ is the head of the body,” Bishop Sproxton said. “When the liturgy is celebrated in this church, the priest is acting in the person of Christ – Christ the head... The ambo or lectern is the place where

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Members of Cottesloe's parish choir who provided rousing music throughout the August 20 dedication of the new altar. PHOTO: ROBERT HIINI

Above and below, Fr Wilson Donizetti Martins baptises two new community members.

Cottesloe parishioners adorn their newly consecrated altar with flowers in preparation for the Eucharistic prayer. PHOTO: ROBERT HIINI

Fr Dennis Sudla dips St Mary, Star of the Sea, Cottesloe's Paschal candle into the parish's new baptismal font.

I am very grateful to God - to God, first of all, who helped me go forward and finish this work with the parish community. - Fr James D'Souza, parish priest, Cottesloe.

More to come: parishioners continue to pour into St Mary, Star of the Sea church in anticipation.

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A Church of Worship

At his service: altar servers await the beginning of Mass to celebrate recent renovation work to their historic church. PHOTO: ROBERT HIINI

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here was a point during the dedication of the altar ceremony at Cottesloe, last week, when the church felt like a great bellows as the community sang its eponymous hymn in honour of their patroness, St Mary, ‘Star of the Sea’. The August 20 event was the culmination of months of renovation work beginning in November last year. The work included the replacement of the church’s roof, re-pointing of its stonemasonry, the addition of a new stained glass window, and extensive work to its interior. The church’s new marble sanctuary includes a marble presider’s chair, a marble ambo, and a marble altar. Bishop Donald Sproxton anointed the altar with oil after earlier placing relics of St Cecilia and St Maria Goretti in its reliquary. Assistant parish priest Fr Wilson Donizetti Martins made use of the new baptismal font, sunk into the floor immediately in front of the

altar, baptising three new Christians: Solomon Jack Bowler Vittorio, Lynda Curtis and Katya Amadita. Parish priest, Fr James D’Souza was clearly delighted with the work, and with the night’s celebration. “I would like to thank each one of you. There are many, many people

Local Member Colin Barnett addresses the gathering after the ceremony.

Story and photos by Robert Hiini

who have given their time and who have been very generous for us to proceed with this renovation work. “I am very grateful to God, first of all - to God, who helped me to go forward and to finish this work together with the parish community.” Fr D’Souza thanked and congratulated building designer Tommaso Trentin on doing a “beautiful job”, as well as Perth Builders’ Sergio Lucas and Colgan Industries. West Australian Premier and Member for Cottesloe Colin Barnett joined the parish community in the hall after Mass, congratulating them on their hard work. "What a beautiful church and what a wonderful job this parish has done in terms of its restoration," Premier Barnett said. St Mary, Star of the Sea church was completed in 1904 and was designed by architect Michael Cavanagh who also designed the 1929 Gothic section of St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth, and St Patrick's Basilica in Fremantle.

Fr Manoel Borges holds the cover to the altar reliquary.

Cottesloe assistant priest Fr Wilson Donizetti Martins discusses a detail of the refurbished Church with building designer Tommaso Trentin after the August 20 Mass to celebrate the dedication of the parish's new altar. PHOTO: ROBERT HIINI

the word of God is proclaimed and preached. This is the mouth of the body... The table or altar is the place where the sacrifice of the Eucharist is celebrated. This is the place where we are nourished with the Body and Blood of Christ… It is where the food of life is received.” Bishop Sproxton said the baptismal font was like the “womb” of the church. “It is from the font that new Christians are born… They are, in a sense, generated as new sons and daughters of God... New life is given to the community whenever a baptism is celebrated, whenever the Holy Spirit is given, whenever faith is received.” God was calling the entire community to bring Christ to the world, the bishop said. “We pray that the Lord will give us that faith... that he will fan that faith into a fire within us; that always, when we enter this church we will sense the presence of the Lord within this community calling us to be the Body of Christ - a community of faith to continue this important mission to go into the world, to baptise, and to bring people to Jesus Christ.”

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Education? Catholic school teachers, principals and other Catholic education leaders gathered at Notre Dame University on August 20 to listen to Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB reflect on the future direction of Catholic education. Here is the complete text of Archbishop Costelloe’s talk...

HEN I was a young man in my final years of preparation for ordination as a priest, one of my lecturers in Church History, Fr Austin Cooper, often spoke about the role and importance of conservatism in the life of the Church. At the risk of over-simplifying his views, the “take-away” message from his lectures was, as we might say today, that conservatism is all about evaluating what has been handed on from the past in order to discern what is of lasting value and, indeed, essential, from that received tradition if we are to be faithful to our own identity as we seek to move courageously and enthusiastically into our future. I WAS IMPRESSED by that insight at the time and remain so today. To manage the present and build for the future with confidence, we need to be people who live out of the richness of our past, while not being people who are slavishly locked into that past. As we think about Catholic education in our country, in our state, and in this Archdiocese of Perth, this means we need to have an eye on the past, an eye on the present, and an eye on the future. I do realise this makes three eyes and we only have two. So let me use another image. We need to be like jugglers, circus performers, who have to keep three balls in the air at the same time: the past, the present and the future. Just as the circus act will be a failure if the juggler drops any one of the balls, so our attempts to construct a viable vision for Catholic education will falter if we fail to allow the past, the present and the at least partly unknown future to interact with, and mutually inform, each other. AS FAR AS the future is concerned, what we are really talking about, I believe, is the vision that informs and guides us. We do not

Catholic education as it was. Students at Mary’s Mount Catholic Primary in Gooseberry Hill pose for a photo with their teacher, a Religious Sister. The photo probably dates to the 1960s. PHOTO: MARY MOUNT PRIMARY

about the last 150 years here in Australia, we quickly realise there was a fundamental purpose in the establishment of a Catholic education system in Australia in the early years of British settlement. In the very earliest days of the colonies, different religious traditions, notably the Anglicans, Catholics and Presbyterians, all established schools for their own adherents, and received some form of government aid to do so. However, it was in the second half of the 19th century that the various colonial governments gradually moved away from supporting denominational schools to supporting government schools which would be, to quote the famous Victorian Education Act of 1872, free, compulsory and secular. What we today would call state or government schools were established and financial assistance to the various religious traditions to assist them in the running of their own denominational schools was diminished or discontinued. This happened a little later in Western Australia than in other parts of the country, but with the passing of the Assisted Schools Abolition Act of 1895, government aid to Catholic schools came to an end and Bishop Gibney, the bishop at the time, set about doing whatever he could to provide a Catholic education for Catholic children and, it is important to note, for any other families who wished to take part in what the Catholic system had to offer.

know what the future will hold. We do not know the difficulties, opportunities, challenges, or at least not in any detail. We can, of course, make some predictions about these things and plan for them in the best way we can. But we do not have a crystal ball, and our Catholic tradition would not encourage us to consult the stars or astrology pages in the local

EARLIER in that century, in 1869, the Catholic bishops of Australia, in the face of growing opposition to government assistance for Catholic schools, had already taken a momentous decision which was to determine in large part the nature of the Catholic Church in Australia from then on, right up until today. In that year, the bishops

newspaper. What we can do is seek to identify that which lies at the heart of the Church’s engagement with the education of young people and seek to ensure that as we try to meet the myriad challenges which will confront us, and grasp hold of the many opportunities which will be set before us, we do so with courage, with creativity, with energy, and also

with fidelity. The decisions about where we wish to go in the future will need to be in harmony with the fundamental insights which have guided the Catholic Church’s involvement in education for the last 1,500 years or more. IF WE DO look to the past, and here I am talking not about the last 1,500 years but rather

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Catholic education now. The winning of Government funding of non-government schools in the 1950s and 1960s meant a rapid expansion of Catholic education. Notre Dame students Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, left, Samara D’Monte and Chiara Lembo enjoy their new school’s surrounds in 2011. PHOTO: COURTESY NOTRE DAME PRIMARY

declared that “as far as we can we will take care that separate education for Catholic children be everywhere propagated”. This decision to establish a separate system of Catholic schools lies at the origin of the Catholic system as we know it today, and indeed set a course which would shape the whole Catholic Church, and not just its schools, which is still evident in the way our Church operates in the 21st century. Significantly, because of the absence of government funding and the poverty of the Catholic community generally, the bishops looked overseas, especially although not only to Ireland, for religious sisters and brothers who

For Catholic education in the archdiocese we need to have an eye on the past, the present and the future. I realise this means we need to have three eyes... could, to put it bluntly, provide a cheap and reliable labour force to run the schools. At the same time, remarkable initiatives were taking place within Australia in this regard. Archbishop Polding established the Sisters of the Good Samaritan in Sydney, and St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, together with Fr Julian Tennyson Woods, began what would eventually become the Sisters of Saint Joseph, the Josephites. The extraordinary contribution of religious sisters, brothers and priests, which has deeply marked our experience of what it is to be the Church here in Australia, cannot be overemphasised – and that presence is due in large part to the decision of the bishops to erect a Catholic school system. THE EARLY HISTORY of Catholic education in Western Australia, and in Australia generally, is both a remarkable and a complex one. We do not have time to delve into it tonight. There is one question, however, I would like to raise and it is this. Why? Why did the bishops make the decision they did? Why did they

not, instead, consider the possibility of concentrating their efforts on a system of Sunday School classes as many of the other traditions did? Why did they not, in other words, decide to leave the secular realm of education in the three Rs to the government and provide for what was lacking, in their eyes, in government education, namely, education in the faith? IT SEEMS TO ME that, if it has not already been done, then someone might take up these questions as the basis of a doctoral thesis. I have not had time to research any documentation which could shed light on the fundamental motivation of the bishops, or the specific factors driving their decision, although it would not be hard to make a few guesses which would need, of course, to be tested. Did the bishops feel that the Church was under siege from a kind of militant anti-Catholicism masking itself as a benign or even aggressive secularism? Did they operate out of a kind of ghetto mentality which saw the non-Catholic world as the enemy? Were they frightened of losing their people, and especially their young people, if they did not maintain and strengthen a separate Catholic education system? Did they believe that as a somewhat persecuted and marginalised community, the best way for the Church to combat this marginalisation was to give their children the best possible education within a context which would enable those children to be educated, climb the social and employment ladders, and be strengthened in the faith at the same time? I am sure all these factors, and many others, played some part in the decision by the bishops to establish their own system of schools. But behind all these possible reasons, I cannot help wondering if the bishops, either implicitly or explicitly, were motivated by the belief that it is not in fact possible to separate religion from all the other dimensions of life: that education, if it is to be complete and integral, must be informed by and permeated by a world view, an understanding of what it is to be human, which, in the case of the Catholic tradition, places the relationship between a person and God at the heart

of what life is all about. This, of course, is the very opposite of a secular, or at least a secularist, world view. Indeed, to opt for a secular system of education rather than a faith-based one is as much the adoption of an ideology as is the decision to opt for a faithbased system. I WOULD PROPOSE then that a foundational reason for the establishment of the Catholic school system in Australia lies in a deeply held conviction that there is no true and comprehensive

The foundation of Catholic education must include the unshakeable conviction of faith in God. education unless that education is informed by, underpinned by and permeated by the unshakeable belief that the exclusion of God from the educational endeavour so badly distorts the true meaning of what it is to be human that

it is a betrayal of young people. I would argue that the bishops in the late 19th century were not prepared to betray their young people in that way. The religious who so heroically responded to the bishops’ call similarly were not prepared to betray the young people in that way. And, most importantly, the Catholic community, and Catholic parents, were not prepared to betray their children in that way. The remarkable story of Catholic education marked by extraordinary courage and sacrifice and played out in parish primary and secondary schools all over Australia, had begun. IF WE HAD TIME, I would have liked, at this point, to make something of a theological excursus to explain what I am trying to express here. We do not have time, but let me simply make this point. We live at the moment in a society and culture which seeks to relegate religion to the private sphere. It is acknowledged, sometimes grudgingly and with some perplexity, that religion is important to many people, and the right to freedom of religion is upheld in theory, if not always in practice.

Society is prepared to allow people to “be religious” if that is their inclination, but religious belief is not something to be forced on others, and religious convictions certainly should not be the basis for public policy. What this means is that the question of God is removed from the public sphere and confined to people’s private lives. While there are many examples from history and from contemporary experience of the damage that can be caused by the misuse of religion in public life, and while our own history in Australia is marked at times by a very destructive sectarianism, nevertheless, for a believer, the practical exclusion of God from public life, and the demand that a belief in God should not and must not have any effect on the way in which believers engage in public life and discourse, makes no sense at all. From a Christian’s point of view, we might say that if God is as we believe he is, if God is as Jesus tells us he is, then God stands at the heart of everything: God stands at the heart of an individual’s life; God stands at the heart of people’s relationships; God stands at the heart of the common lives we share as members of communities; God stands at the heart of our life as a society. The fact that so many people, including religious people, do not experience God in this way, does not point to the fact that God is not at the heart of life, but rather to the mystery of humanity’s banishment of God from their lives. This is the idea captured in the Book of Genesis where, after the first sin, the man and woman seek

We live at the moment in a society and culture which seeks to relegate God to the private sphere... to hide from God, to distance themselves from God, because of the gulf they opened up between God and themselves through their sin. Because of sin, the God with whom they had walked in the garden in friendship now becomes a God to be feared and avoided. God hadn’t changed - he was still the God of friendship and love – but humanity had changed. It had lost its sense of the true nature of God and succumbed to a distorted understanding of who God really is. We see this same phenomenon of seeking to keep God at bay playing out in human history ever Continued overleaf

Queen Elizabeth II visits Clontarf College, founded by the Christian Brothers, in 2011. The Catholic Church has been a leader in providing education to Indigenous Australians. PHOTO: THE WEST AUSTRALIAN

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Charting the future Continued from Page 13 since: we see this same phenomenon playing itself out in our own personal stories and in the story of our society and culture. The very existence of our Catholic education system is a clear proclamation that we, as a Catholic community, do not accept this banishment of God to the margins. I WENT TO Catholic schools in Melbourne from 1959, when I was in prep, until 1971 when I completed my secondary schooling. Both schools catered for what we might call working class families. Mum worked part time in a fruit shop and dad worked in the local pub. They had to make great sacrifices to send both my brother and me to Catholic schools and it was not easy for them to find the funds for such things as uniforms, books, even bus fares at times, not to mention such things as excursions, although these were in reality few and far between in those days. In both my primary and secondary schools, there were some excellent teachers, some ordinary teachers and some poor teachers. The facilities were not overly impressive, the resources were limited, the classes were large. One thing, however, was very clear. The “God question” was absolutely front and centre. Prayer at the beginning and end of the day, regular celebration of the sacraments, daily religious education classes, religious images, and the presence of religious sisters, brothers and priests all pointed in the same direction. God, as God was understood within the Catholic tradition, was the whole reason for the school’s existence. Not everyone embraced it, not everyone liked it, some agitated against it, many just put up with it, but no-one was in any doubt as to just why the school existed. AT THE beginning of this presentation I suggested that, as regards Catholic education, if we wish to manage the present and build for the future with confidence we need to be people who live out of the richness of our past, while not being people who are slavishly locked into the past. I would now like to suggest that this fundamental pillar of Catholic education, namely, that is, based on the conviction that a full and integral education of the young is only possible if the existence of a loving God who is made known to us in Jesus Christ informs and permeates the educational environment and all aspects of the educational endeavour, must remain the foundational principle and fundamental philosophy of our involvement in education. A Catholic school will always be, or at least should always be, a school where the “God question” is front and centre. BEFORE considering what this might mean in practical terms, I would like to make the following point. Education of the young is one of the many aspects of the Church’s life which we might think of as our Gospel-inspired contribution to the welfare, the common good, of the society in which we live. In this sense, it stands alongside our involvement in health care which is quite extraordinary here in Western Australia, and in our social outreach through the many agencies which are supported by the Catholic community. I am think-

A remarkable diversity. Students and staff from Bindoon Agricultural College with some of their prize-winning cattle at the Perth Royal Show in 2011. PHOTO: SARAH MOTHERWELL

ing of LifeLink, of Centacare, of the St Vincent de Paul Society, of Pregnancy Assistance, of Aboriginal Catholic Ministry, of the Emmanuel Centre, and of many others. I would like to think that each of these endeavours is grounded in the kind of inspiration that we find in one of St Paul’s letters where he remarks

Our young people must be able to encounter the God of Jesus Christ in our schools and in our university. If they cannot do this, then we are failing... that “the love of Christ urges us on” (2 Cor 5:14). Certainly, each one of our agencies would have begun that way. As the Letter to the Corinthians makes clear, Paul does what he does, and by extension we as Christians do what we do, because he and we are inspired by and supported by the love of Christ – our love for him and his love for us. The motivation is important. St Mary MacKillop is famous for her advice to her sisters: “Never see a need without doing something about it”. Another of her sayings, again addressed to her sisters, is less well known but is in fact the counter-balance to the first saying. “Never forget” she advises her sisters, “who it is you are following.” THERE IS AN ongoing and very necessary discussion in Catholic agencies as to what the Christian origins and inspiration of these agencies, and their grounding in the Catholic tradition, means for their present and their future. This is a complex matter and we do not have time to go into it in any detail now. However, if we were to briefly take health care as an example, one of the things we would certainly say is that a Catholic hospital or health care facility, while it is necessarily and gladly open to everyone, will not provide procedures which are not morally acceptable in the Catholic tradition. Many people find this difficult and argue that

if public money is being spent in these facilities, then the full range of procedures should be available just as they are in other non-Catholic facilities. The point that is often missed, of course, is the fact that these restrictions are not arbitrary rules but rather inevitable consequences of the fundamental vision of life which grounds the very existence of our Catholic hospitals in the first place. They are a consequence of the “never forget who it is you are following” principle without which Catholic institutions of any kind, be they health-related, welfare-related or educationrelated, have no reason for existing. IT FOLLOWS that a Catholic hospital, while it will not necessarily only employ Catholics, will require of its staff that they

agencies will not involve themselves. But it is important to recognise that while the decision not to be involved in certain things sets a minimum standard for the Catholic identity of any particular institution or agency, what is really at stake is the vision of life, the world view, which underpins these particular instances, and it is the presence of this world view, and the desire to make it the foundation of the particular agency’s day to day activities, which is really the key to the agency’s Catholic identity: Caritas Christi urget nos – the love of Christ drives us on. WHAT ABOUT Catholic education? Can we and should we say much the same about the Church’s involvement in this area? Well, yes, we should and do. But in the case of Catholic education do we need to say something more?

Key leaders. UNDA’s Vice Chancellor Celia Hammond, Archbishop Costelloe and the CEOWA’s Tim McDonald at UNDA on August 20. PHOTO: UNDA

support and comply with, or at least do not seek to undermine, the Catholic ethos and moral standards of the hospital. Catholic hospitals claim the right to operate within the parameters of Catholic moral teaching because they exist as a practical expression of what following Jesus means. If they are not able to be faithful to that fundamental imperative, then they have no right to continue as Catholic facilities. THE SAME could be said of most Catholic welfare agencies. At the very minimum there are certain things in which Catholic

CERTAINLY, the provision of a good education, like the provision of good health care or the provision of worthwhile services and assistance for those in need, is a valuable contribution to the common good. It is better that young people be educated than that they not be, just as it is better that people have good health care than that they are left to suffer. When the Church involves itself in these activities, it does so in response to the command of Jesus to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit prisoners and care for the sick. If someone is suffering from a particular disease and is admitted to

hospital, the aim of the care that person receives in the hospital is that he or she be healed of the illness if at all possible. If a person is hungry and comes to a welfare agency seeking assistance, the aim of the assistance is, in the first instance at least, to alleviate the hunger. Catholic hospitals must be allowed to be, and must strive to be, good hospitals. Catholic welfare agencies must be allowed to be, and must strive to be, efficient and compassionate providers of the goods and services people need. And Catholic schools must be allowed to be, and must strive to be, providers of the very best education they can possibly offer. And this is the point. It is the absolute conviction of the Catholic faith that the education, the integral formation, of young people can only ever be partial if it excludes, or marginalises, or trivialises, education in the faith. As Catholics, we take seriously the famous saying of St Augustine: “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you”. The implication of this, it seems to me, is that the explicit proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus and explicit teaching of the Catholic faith must have a central place in the work of Catholic education which they do not necessarily have in either the health-care sector or the welfare sector where the proclamation of the Gospel will often be much more implicit. It is all about the nature of the service the Church is offering. Education is about formation. It is about moulding and shaping a young person so as to equip him or her for the future. It is about providing young people with the skills they need to enable them to enter into the exciting adventure of adult life as fully as possible. This is why we want our children to develop the skills and knowledge they need to make their lives successful, satisfying and complete. It is also why we make our schools centres of evangelisation and Gospel proclamation. Schools are meant to equip young people for their future, not to handicap them by denying them an essential dimension of their human formation. I am very conscious that this is a faith inspired statement. Of course it is. Our Catholic schools, in their foundation and the ongoing commitment of the Catholic community to them, are and always have been a faith statement – and a very concrete one built on bricks and mortar, and much more importantly on courage, on self-sacrifice and commitment, and on trust in God’s providence. I NEED to make another important point here. I will make it briefly but this does not indicate that it is not absolutely essential to the task of Catholic education. I would like to make it in reference to our present Pope and his immediate predecessor. Speaking during an apostolic visit to Portugal in 2010, Pope Benedict made the following comment: The “indispensable mission of every ecclesial community” is “to receive from God and to offer to the world the Risen Christ, so that every situation of weakness and of death may be transformed, through the Holy Spirit, into an opportunity for growth and life… Everyone, in the end, asks this of us, even those who seem not to. From personal and communal experience, we

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of Catholic education know well that it is Jesus whom everyone awaits.”

is attractive to so many, and repugnant to so many others. But while the Catholic tradition holds up these high ideals, it is also extremely realistic. Our own personal history, and the long history of our Church, has taught us that most of us, much of the time, fail to live up to the ideals. There is always a significant gap, sometimes even a yawning gap, between where we are and where we are called to be. The challenge and the adventure lie in continuing to strive towards the ideals, while never ever despairing because we are not there yet. The great mistake would be to believe that because the goals and ideals are so far beyond where we are at the moment that our only option is to give up, settle for something far less ambitious, and no longer believe in who we are and who we are called to be.

“AND SO”, Pope Benedict concludes, “we impose nothing, yet we propose ceaselessly.” This idea of proposing, but not imposing, the message of Christ, seems to me to be a key to the way in which Pope Francis goes about his ministry. It was certainly clear in his visit to Brazil for World Youth Day. Both his words and actions are about communicating the joy of following Christ – he invites, he encourages, he explains, he reaches out, he engages – but he does not threaten, coerce or impose. His words for the World Mission Day this year (2013) can help us catch something of his approach: “The Church – I repeat once again – is not a relief organisation, an enterprise or an NGO, but a community of people, animated by the Holy Spirit, who have lived and are living the wonder of the encounter with Jesus Christ and want to share this experience of deep joy, the message of salvation that the Lord gave us. It is the Holy Spirit who guides the Church in this path.” A CATHOLIC school or university is a living, dynamic expression of the Church. It is, in Pope Francis’ words, “a community of people, animated by the Holy Spirit, who want to share the experience of deep joy, the message of salvation that the Lord gave us”. To share, to offer, to propose – not to impose, or force, or coerce. A Catholic school or university will be, and will want to be, a place where this desire to propose and facilitate, but never to impose or force an encounter with Christ, is at the heart of the school or university’s daily life and its self-understanding. And why? Because this encounter will lead to an experience of deep joy which comes from the gift of salvation and life offered by Christ in and through his Church. It seems to me that if we don’t believe this, then we will find it difficult to account for Christ or his Church – and therefore difficult to account for the existence of Catholic schools and universities. THE IMPLICATION of all that I have said so far is that Catholic schools must be places where the students come first. Our schools, and our university, exist for them. Decisions about the day to day running of the institution will be taken with the best interests of the students at heart. Policies and procedures will be developed on the basis of what most benefits the students. Staffing decisions, curriculum issues, extra-curricula activities, allocation of resources – all these will be considered with the needs of the students in mind. And in a Catholic school or university, the presence of God, as he is made known in Jesus and in the life and teaching of the Catholic Church, will be a fundamental principle which informs all these decisions because an education which does not seek to lead people into a deeper encounter with and appreciation of God is an education which is incomplete, an education which short changes our young people. THIS fundamental conviction informs my vision for Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Perth. It is both my hope and my aim that every Catholic school,

Faith first: Archbishop Costelloe sets out his vision for Catholic education at UNDA on August 20.

primary or secondary, and our Catholic University of Notre Dame, are places of educational excellence where our young people are provided with the very best education possible. I want our schools and our university to be places of professionalism and unwavering commitment to young people. I want them to be provided with the best facilities possible, with the most qualified and talented teachers and administrators available. I want them to be leaders in educational methods. I want them to be innovative, creative and deeply inserted into the life of our society. I am sure that everyone shares these desires with me. But, in the light of our Christian faith, I also want to say that our schools and our university cannot be and will not be all this if God is not the heart and soul of all our educational institutions. And so I also want our schools, colleges and university to be places where the God of Jesus Christ is not marginalised but acknowledged and honoured, where the richness of the Catholic

tradition is not minimised but celebrated, where the beauty of the Catholic understanding of what it is to be fully human is not apologised for but promoted and defended, and where the Catholic world view permeates every dimension of the school’s or university’s life. I want our educational institutions to be places where the beauty and power of the Christian faith is never imposed, but always proposed in every way possible. THE CATHOLIC Church in Australia remains committed to Catholic education because it believes that life lived with an openness to God is infinitely richer than one lived with the practical absence of God at its heart. As Archbishop of Perth, I remain committed to Catholic education for the same reason. If we are to be involved in the crucial work of education, of formation of young people, of involvement in preparing them for the life which awaits them once school or university has finished, then we

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can only do so with integrity if we keep striving to keep the mystery of God both at the heart of our own motivation and at the heart of the day-to-day running of our schools, colleges and universities. Our young people must be able to encounter the God of Jesus Christ in our schools and in our university. If they cannot, then we are failing. I AM WELL aware of the challenges and very real obstacles which make the full realisation of this vision rather difficult. I do not intend to rehearse all those challenges and obstacles here: they are as familiar to many of you as they are to me. But I do want to say this. The genius of Catholicism can be glimpsed in many different aspects of the Church’s life and teaching. One such dimension, which has always seemed to me to be of vital importance, is this: Catholicism proposes high ideals and at the level of principle refuses to compromise on them. It is one of the reasons why Catholicism

IN MY 18 months in Perth, I have become very aware of the remarkable richness and remarkable potential we have in our Catholic education system. I am conscious of the extraordinary and often heroic contribution made by our principals, teachers and other staff to the formation and development of fine young men and women who are being equipped to take up their roles in our community. I am very alive to the ways in which qualities of generosity, compassion, responsibility, leadership, integrity and so many others are being fostered and encouraged and developed in our schools and here at Notre Dame. In all of this, our schools, and I believe our university as well, are complementing the formation and reinforcing the values which so many of our young people are receiving at home from their families. I am conscious, too, of the great efforts which continue to be made to make the sharing of our faith through formal religious education classes, retreat programmes, liturgical life, social outreach programmes and here at the University through rigorous and professional theological education, a vital part of the experience of life in a Catholic school or university. In talking about my vision for the future of Catholic education, I want to acknowledge fully and with gratitude that we are not starting with a blank canvas – far from it. But, in light of what is already being achieved, the question I would put to each of our schools, and to our university, is this: are we yet the vibrant, Gospel-inspired, faith-filled and mission-oriented Catholic community we are called to be? And if not, and to the extent that we are not, what can we do to become more what we already are and what our identity as Catholic schools and universities calls us and requires us to be? IT IS MY HOPE that in my time as Archbishop of Perth I can work with our schools and university, with our principals and staffs, with the director and staff of our Catholic Education Office, with our clergy and religious, especially in the parish setting, and with our parents, to find together answers to the question I have just posed. Our young people need and deserve that we do our best for them. I invite you all to join me in responding to them to the very best of our abilities.

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A protest more about how Church is seen...

report in last week’s edition of The Record carried a photo of supporters of what is called same-sex marriage protesting at the gates of St Mary’s Cathedral on August 13 as a congregation of approximately 150 people gathered inside participated in a Mass celebrated by Bishop Donald Sproxton to mark National Marriage Day. National Marriage Day is an initiative of the Australian Family Association aimed at celebrating the most fundamental of our society’s institutions and to promote its benefits and unique nature in an era when the very ideas of commitment and fidelity between adults is under attack from a range of quarters - not so much from protestors as from the media who are our culture’s main formers of opinion in almost everything. Several things were very interesting about the August 13 event at St Mary’s Cathedral. The first is the protestors themselves. The young people protesting outside St Mary’s were not the outrageous queer campaigners we might expect such as, for example, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence who usually appear to be drag queens with a penchant for attacking the Catholic Church. (We might observe, in passing, that the remarkable witness of religious women over centuries such as the Sisters of Mercy, St Mary MacKillop’s Josephites or Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity – to name only a handful – hardly seem an appropriate subject for the often vicious ridicule they are subjected to by groups such as the ‘Sisters’ of Perpetual Indulgence - but that is another matter.) In fact, the young protestors outside St Mary’s looked and acted very much like typical young Australian university students - as, in fact, many of them were. It was clear that they were protesting what they see as a clear injustice in belief and attitude towards those who experience same-sex attraction, an intention to deny others the fulfilment they seek for their own lives which others are allowed to experience purely on the basis of blind adherence to obviously outdated religious dogmas. Here, in a nutshell, was the whole problem of the Catholic Church in the present era - or, at any rate, a large slice of the problem. Meanwhile, gathered inside St Mary’s was a relatively modest number of people whose average age was significantly older than the protestors. In fact, the evening was, in one sense, really all about the thing called the New Evangelisation. It was clear that the whole challenge of the New Evangelisation for the Catholic PO Box 3075 Church was expressed in Adelaide Terrace the events of the evening of PERTH WA 6832 August 13, for the Church has come gradually (often aided office@therecord.com.au by self-generated scandals such as the sexual abuse issue Tel: (08) 9220 5900 of the last 15 years or so) to be Fax: (08) 9325 4580 perceived widely over several decades in the ways in which the young protestors see it. What the Church actually is, of course, is something utterly different, something so radical and ever-new that those protesting outside the gates would be astonished if they saw it. However, what they see (or think they see) is something completely different. First, they see the Church as an institution. Considering that Christianity’s very first adherents referred to the Church not as ‘the Church’ but as ‘the Way’, it is clear that the Church is widely perceived in our society to be something like a corporation (and in the most suspicious sense) rather than a way of life, a way of being. For the young protestors, and huge numbers of Australians, this is how the Church is primarily perceived. Secondly, the Church is seen as overwhelmingly (again, usually in the worst possible ways) committed to the primacy of dogma over human persons and the most important questions which each and every human life is confronted by - who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going? How am I meant to be? The Church, in their eyes, is essentially hostile to the deepest aspirations of the human heart and to the deep desire for fulfilment which drives every human being, a body obsessed with the letter of the law but not its spirit. In short, it seems fairly clear, both the young protestors and large numbers of Australians see the Church exactly as the Pharisees who crucified an innocent man in the interests of maintaining power and political expediency. The scene set out above is actually the field of the New Evangelisation, a renewed impulse coming from the heart of the Church to re-propose the faith of Christianity to all men and women in new and fresh ways so that its reality and the beauty of its faith, rather than the mirage so widely believed, can be perceived by anybody. The scandals and the betrayals from within in the issue of sexual abuse, and the widespread perception of the Church as utterly our of date and irrelevant to all except the simple, the obtuse and the unintelligent, mean that business as usual and evangelisation by diocesan committee cannot possibly work. There are some reasons for hope that the Church in Australia is slowly beginning to understand this. This is also one reason why Pope Francis is such a refreshing presence for the whole world and the Church. He speaks directly to all in simple, sometimes blunt, language. What the young protestors and the rest of our contemporaries need to hear from the Church is – firstly – that they are not judged, that they are respected even if we disagree with them, as Bishop Sproxton importantly pointed out inside St Mary’s that evening. What they need to hear is what they have not yet heard - that God is love and that they are, before anything else, loved. They also need to sense that Catholics regard their lives as more important than their own.

How many Australians now see the Church is how we would look at the Pharisees...

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Gay marriage support marred Vatican II talk

Great news on lowgluten hosts I WOULD like to congratulate you on your article on “Coeliacs in the Church Rejoice”. As a person diagnosed with coeliac disease, your story clarified the situation we face with people wondering why we have to have a different host. They have no idea of the reaction a small amount of gluten can cause, from minor stomach aches and bloating to immediate massive reaction. So it is very special thanks and many prayers to the Carmelite Sisters who now make the low gluten hosts in Perth.

I AM WRITING as I was concerned to read on Page 2 of The Record the promotion of the Silva mind control course being hosted by the Willeton Parish. I am concerned because the course is written by a self-professed clairvoyant and someone who openly encourages ESP and psychic practices (Jose Silva). Why would such a course be run in a Catholic parish as part of a parish retreat and be promoted throughout the Archdiocese when it contradicts our Faith practices? The Church expressly condemns and forbids engagement in activities linked to the occult. Yes, we all want to live a “full, happy life” but is false hope being offered to those suffering life threatening illnesses? I conclude with a quote from Archbishop Norberto Rivera Carrera, the Cardinal Archbishop of Mexico City, in his pastoral instruction on the New Age, A Call to Vigilance: “Finally, we must emphasise the fact that the promoters of New Age’s spirituality usually affirm its absolute compatibility with Catholic faith and doctrine. In some cases this might be out of ignorance or superficiality. But in general, at least in Mexico, it probably comes from market studies: since the Mexican population is mostly Catholic, they strive not to wound the religious sensitivity of potential clients. It is not unusual for organisations such as the Great Universal Fraternity and programs such as Silva Mind Control, to name a few, to dress up in a very ‘Christian’ vocabulary and present their beliefs as the ideal complement to Catholicism. Nonetheless, they lead their initiates towards pantheism and the denial of the essence of Christianity.” The full text can be found at http://www.ewtn.com/library/bishops/acall.htm

THE THIRD talk titled The People of God, in a series of four on the Second Vatican Council (19621965), was held on August 14, 2013 at Our Lady of the Mission, Whitford. Celebrating 50 years since the opening of Vatican II, this talk was delivered by Sister Gemma Simmonds CJ, a Senior Lecturer in Pastoral and Social Studies and Theology, at Heythrop College, University of London. For her major theme, Sr Gemma developed Chapter 2 of Lumen Gentium (the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church) commencing specifically at Paragraphs 13 and 14: that the baptised are called to be prophet, priest, and king, so the design of God’s will may be fulfilled. She defined, for example, the role of a prophet being to proclaim the Word because Jesus did exist and He changed the world. Sister spoke until very late, enlightening her listeners with her exposition of this mid-Vatican Council II document. However, in the end question from the floor closing the talk, which was to do with the acceptance of all religions on account of our common destiny (as per Nostra Aetate), a question which was very nearly not asked, Sr Gemma responded by proffering two unexpected points. The first, that universal love is commanded of us, but that it must also include the acceptance of homosexuals. I see this particular aspect of Sr Gemma’s answer as consistent with Jesus’ last discourse: “Father, that they may be one” (John 17:11); and with His cry from the Cross: “It is consummated” (John 19:30); together also with “God our Saviour will have all men saved” (1 Timothy 2:4). But the second point in Sr Gemma’s brief answer, that of her token support for “gay marriage”, was a political irrelevancy. This polemical matter, which would change the meaning of marriage by statute, was put forward almost as an aside, even though still quite audible. It was irrelevant because politics has nothing to do with our Christian love for the homosexual as a person. And to talk about homosexual unions as “gay marriage” goes against all conjugal logic. Yet this confusing, intrusive irrelevance into Lumen Gentium (Light of the Nations) has everything to do with the Church’s refusal to countenance an avowed political aim of the homosexual lobby. That aim is to establish the autonomy of man, sidelining the moral sovereignty of God. One night before this third talk, the Australian Family Association attended and actively participated in a Mass in St Mary’s Cathedral, celebrated by Bishop Donald Sproxton, assisted by Emeritus Archbishop Barry J Hickey and several priests. At the front, there was a young father and mother and their children sitting next to me. Giving the homily, His Lordship – with unmistakable presence and gravitas, defined marriage as “exclusively between a man and woman for life” (Genesis 1:27-28). Throughout the pews, that Word was welcomed to the echo. In these times today, the people of God know that their Church is engaged in an eschatological struggle with Satan for man. By introducing the term “gay marriage” into her talk–inside the Church and before the tabernacle–in one fell swoop, Sr Simmonds unravelled her major theme, and has perhaps done incalculable subliminal damage.

Bri Lowe KARRINYUP, WA

JFA Sutherland KELMSCOTT, WA

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Photo not appreciated in The Record I DID NOT appreciate or agree with the Page 3 profile and photo given to the same sex marriage protestors by The Record at the recent special Mass for National Marriage Day. A great story and photos on the Vietnam Religious Sisters, however. Bob Thompson ORELIA, WA

Young couples were probably at home IN RESPONSE to the article and comments made regarding the National Marriage Day Mass and lack of attendance by couples aged less than 50 - I believe that most faithful couples in this age group would have been serving their family at the altar of their homes, raising their children, at 6.20pm on a Tuesday night. It was not our lack of support for the event nor our apathy towards upholding the Sanctity of Marriage but the timing of the Mass and the difficulty of getting into the city that prevented us from attending. We all have much work to do in proclaiming the truth with love and giving continued public witness to our faith. I suggest that next year a parish in each Perth region be designated to celebrate a special Mass concurrently, uniting us together in prayer, to enable more families the opportunity to participate. Julie Bogoni BYFORD WA

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Record was wrong on rock music at Masses I FEEL compelled to comment on Matthew Biddle’s article “Classical, not rock music, fits church” in The Record, 14 August 2013. I appreciate that Matthew was attempting to extol the virtues of the pipe organ, even correctly quoting Article 120 of the Vatican II document on sacred music. However, by denigrating another form of legitimate liturgical music, namely “rock music”, he takes a narrow, inward-looking, conservative perspective on music in the liturgy. I believe that Johann Sebastian Bach composed some of the best sacred music ever written, but if Matthew thinks that the majority of Catholic congregations throughout the world want a Bach cantata or a Schubert Mass (which are magnificent pieces of sacred music) to accompany their Sunday Mass, then he is sadly out of touch. To claim that “The pipe organ has more power to raise hearts and minds to God, than other musical instruments…” clearly denies the legitimacy of all other forms of liturgical music, used in the majority of churches and places of worship throughout the Roman Catholic world. Pipe organs are the domain of large, mainly western, churches and grand cathedrals. I doubt if the hundreds of thousands of small churches throughout the world even have the luxury of a pipe organ to enhance their liturgies. Many third world countries use the human voice for praise and worship. If you have ever heard the singing of a congregation in a liturgical gathering of an African country, for example, there is little doubt that the magnificent sound of their voices has the “…power to raise hearts and minds to God…”. Matthew would have noticed that Article 119 actually stresses the importance of local music in liturgical services. “In certain parts of the world… there are people who have their own musical traditions, and these play a part in their religious and social life. For this reason due importance is to be attached to their music, and a suitable place is to be given to it…”. From another perspective, I feel the article ignores or even demeans the selfless dedication and hard work of musicians and singers in parishes all over the world. Would you believe that some of this music is actually “rock style music”? Pipe organs, classical music and cathedral choirs have a place in our worship but they are more a liturgical performance in which the congregation feel like spectators rather than being participants in a community liturgical celebration. Patrick O’Connell MELVILLE, WA Ed - The views expressed in the article were not those of journalist Matthew Biddle but of Ms Jacinta Jakovcevic, the Director of Music at St Mary’s Cathedral. Mr Biddle was merely reporting Ms Jakovcevic’s comments.

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A daughter’s lesson in prayer Out of the mouths of babes, they (whoever ‘they’ are) sometimes say. Actually, my daughter has taught me it’s true...

was perusing my six-yearold daughter’s schoolwork recently when I came across a prayer she had written “God, help me to be me”. I was struck by the profound nature of Ana’s simple request. It dawned on me that this is probably the only prayer any of us ever need to pray. We have all been uniquely created by a loving Father and if we are to live a fulfilled existence our ultimate aim must be to become that person. The problem, however, is that capturing the essence of our lives in the simplicity of a six-year-old’s prayer is a lot easier than bringing its reality to fruition. Even the holiest of saints struggled with this type of identity crisis. “Who am I God, and who are You?” is said to be one of the fervent prayers of St Francis of Assisi. Acutely aware of the battle between his own will and God’s, St Francis understood he first needed to identify who God had created him to be if he was to begin the process of pruning those parts not of

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him. The problem and irony of this reality, St Francis realised, was that in order to discover his true identity, as implanted by God, he needed God’s intervention. When we strive to discover our identities outside his loving guidance, we inevitably serve only to become someone God never intended us to be. In his book, Reaching the Invisible God, US author Philip Yancey laments the fact that, despite theoretically and, at times, actually recognising God’s unrelenting love and purpose for his life, he does not wake up each morning secure in this understanding and has to consciously and constantly remind himself. Yancey compares this battle to those experienced by organ transplant patients. In these situations,

doctors must utilise anti-rejection drugs to suppress the immune system so the body will not reject the new organ. Yancey sees the Holy Spirit as this agent – a power living within that keeps us from rejecting God’s identity. “My spiritual immune system needs daily reminders that God’s presence belongs within me and is no foreign object,” he writes. It is essentially the battle of our sinful nature versus God’s sinless one. The two are incompatible and unless we attune ourselves to the Holy Spirit we will never fully recognise God within. The Holy Spirit is, in essence, a barometer measuring our proximity to the divine identity we all carry. In his letter to the Galatians, St Paul provides a blueprint on how to succeed on this journey: “Be guided by the Spirit and you will no longer yield to self-indulgence. The desires of self-indulgence are always in opposition to the Spirit,” he writes. But he also provides markers along the way to gauge our pro-

gress. The more love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self-control there is in our lives, the closer we are to discovering God and consequently becoming who we were created to be. Invariably, when the fruits of self-indulgence - sexual vice, impurity, the worship of false gods, antagonisms, rivalry, jealousy, bad temper, quarrels, malice, drunkenness etc – define our lives, we are moving further away from fulfilling our potential. It could almost be said we reach our spiritual peak at the moment of conception. Our bodily cells become indelibly imprinted with the spirit and identity of God but, unfortunately, we also become spiritually, physically, emotionally and mentally vulnerable to the environment around us. From this point on our divine identities will be either spiritually affirmed or buried under the worldliness of our environment, dependent on the words, actions and attitudes of those around us and the choices we

make in response. Unfortunately, for most of us the imperfections of our surroundings begin to conceal our God-given identity and by the time we reach adulthood we have either completely lost sight of it or we identify with St Paul and see only a dull reflection of our true selves (1Cor 13:12). It would be easy to become overawed by our humanity. If St Paul and St Francis struggled to recognise their true identities, what chance do any of us have? The answer lies in our willingness to follow the example of Jesus, who did not strive to become who he was created to be, but rather, did it by surrendering to the love of his Father. I guess I could read the Bible more, study spiritual books, spend extra time in quiet contemplation and delve into the lives of great saints, but before I do any of that I know there’s one thing I need to do first. I need to sit down with Ana and listen intently when she patiently tells me, “Now Daddy, just repeat after me…”

Problem of evil certainly real Faith is vital, but not all that easy to have. When one of life’s nightmarish tragedies hits, it can shake us to the very core... Comment BISHOP GREG O’KELLY

T IS A TRUTH that for not a few people an experience of tragedy can squash faith. How could a God of love allow a horrible event to happen? – the violent or painfilled death of a child, or a loved one killed in an earthquake or hideous accident; or the experience of yet another year of crippling drought, destroying crops and stock and a lifetime of financial and family struggle; or my husband or wife or sister struck down by a lethal cancer, with so much of life yet to be lived, my prayers going into an apparent empty space, a silence of no comfort. To many people knowing such pain of loss, academic, theological answers are of little help. What does it mean to speak of God’s “permissive will”, that God did not directly activate an incident of

To many people who experience such losses, academic answers help little. What does it mean to them to speak of ‘God’s permissive will?’ tragedy, but because God respects freedom of will and God’s created laws of nature, God does not intervene to prevent such tragedies. It is not God, this theory says, who is responsible when a reckless driver fatally injures an innocent cyclist, or Nazi men and women organise and conduct the gassing of almost two million Jewish children in the holocaust, or my wife and two children are gunned down by a madman at Port Arthur, or my boy who was a motorbike racer gets killed in a race, or the hope of my Religious Order contracts cancer and dies, as we say, far too young.

How does all this square with Jesus telling us that sparrows do not fall out of the air without our Father’s knowledge, and that all the hairs of our head are counted? We know that if people decide to drink and drive, someone might be killed; that if you give people guns, someone will get shot. God did not do it, and nor does God start wars; it is men who do. We know that for the nonbeliever the Problem of Good matches the challenge that the Problem of Evil presents to the believer. If we are nothing but an envelope of chemicals, and there is

no afterlife and no God, then how explain heroism and generosity, how explain soldiers sacrificing their lives in order to save others, or policemen and firemen running into the Twin Towers to save lives. If we have but one life, then we do not throw it away. But we know that such self-sacrifice is a truly authentic human act, that we call such people heroes who inspire us, and all this only makes sense in a context of a truth beyond the immediate appearance. There is mystery. Why did Jesus have to die a death of violence at a young age? Would we have been

saved if Jesus died of old age? Was his murder necessary? The truth is that God so loved the world he sent his only Son among us. God sent Jesus into our world, where man-made and natural tragedy is part of our human experience, where fanatics blow up themselves and others gun down the innocent; man-made motor cars catch fire; volcanoes explode as the earth contracts. God is not distant; God is present in Jesus, sent amongst us. St Paul says we continue on earth now what was lacking in the Passion of Christ. What was that? It is his presence in time after the

ascension when he left this earth. We are the Body of Christ through baptism on our earth now. Jesus entered fully into our daily lives. He was immersed in the River Jordan, with all that symbolism of full immersion. He was plunged fully into the river of our humanity, good and bad, and he knew family life and weddings and funerals and rejection, hope and disappointment, he shared bread and wine, and he endured an innocent death of violence. Only a spiritual gaze can address the problem of evil. It does not fully solve the challenge; the full answer we will only know after the Moment of Truth that is our death. Christ suffered to identify with our humanity, to point us back to the Father. We are sometimes called to share that vocation. Christ said “why have you abandoned me? Remove this chalice of suffering from me”. It is very human for us to shrink from pain and endure doubt, as did Jesus. In our pain, however, Jesus remains our rock. There is an ancient Christian prayer called the Anima Christi, a favourite of the early Jesuits, which starts “Soul of Christ, sanctify me”. There is a line that I find most meaningful for people in suffering, “within Thy wounds hide me”. Sometimes there is nowhere for us to go in our pain apart from the sufferings of the tortured Jesus, at a level without and beneath words. So, in faith, we can identify with the Suffering One whom the love of God put amongst us, and who rises in time above and beyond death, in new and fuller life as we will. For the non-believer there is nothing but chance and chaos and random, and there is no explanation for the goodness of people. Seeing or experiencing suffering and evil is not at all easy for the believer, but with faith and perseverance we might receive the peace of Christ, the peace the world cannot give. Many of us have seen people grow mighty as human beings through their suffering. It is a grace to pray for. Bishop Greg O’Kelly SJ is the Bishop of Port Pirie in South Australia

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 TO SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Novena to Our Blessed Mother and Retreat on Marian Healing 7.30-8.30pm at Holy Family Parish, 34 Alcock St, Maddington. Also Sep 7: 9am-1.30pm one day Retreat on Marian Healing: Praise and worship, preaching, Confessions, Mass, Eucharistic Adoration and healing prayers, morning tea and lunch provided, then from 7.30-8.30pm Novena; Sep 8: 6.30-8.30pm, Feast Day Novena. Enq: 9493 1703 vincentiansperth@yahoo.com. 30th Novena to Our Lady of Good Health, Vailankanni with Fr Leo Spicer OSM 7pm at Holy Trinity Church, 8 Burnett St, Embleton. Mass, procession and supper. Aug 31 and Sep 1, 6pm Mass and blessing of fathers. Sep 2-5, 7pm homily, Benediction, Exposition, children’s blessing, the sick and the elderly. Sep 6, 6pm, Exposition, Divine Mercy, Adoration, 7pm holy Mass, anointing of the sick, Benediction; Sep 7, 6pm Mass and Benediction; Sep 8, Our Lady’s Nativity, concelebrated Mass, procession, raffle draw. Enq: 9271 5528, 0417 185 203. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 An Afternoon with Jesus and Mary 1.30pm at St Francis Xavier Church, 25 Windsor St, East Perth. Homily on the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet, Reconciliation offered. Refreshments afterwards. Enq: John 9457 7771. Latin Mass 8.15am at The Good Shepherd Church, Streich Ave, Kelmscott. Enq: John 9390 6646. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 TO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Fr John Rea - Public Healing Ministry 7.30pm, 67 Howe St, Osborne Park. Healing service for women. 6.45pm Sep 4, Healing Mass at All Saints Parish, 7 Liwara Pl, Greenwood; 7.30pm Sep 5, Healing Mass, St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth; 7.30pm Sep 7, Healing Service for Marriages and 3pm Sep 8, Healing Service, both at 67 Howe St, Osborne Park; 10am Sep 10, Healing Mass at Holy Spirit Parish, City Beach. Enq: Disciples of Jesus 9202 6868. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 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. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 TO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 48-Hour Perpetual Rosary Bouquet for Our Lady’s Birthday The roster sheets are available in all parishes. Pledged times can be mailed to: The Legion of Mary, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Ph: 9328 2726 or email: rosarybouquet13@gmail.com by 6pm Friday, Sep 6 for inclusion on the scroll. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 TO SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Feast of Maria Santissima del Tindari with Street Procession 7.30pm at St Patrick’s Basilica, 47 Adelaide Tce, Fremantle. Begins with a Tridiuum (ThuSat) celebrated by Fr Leo Spicer. Sep 8: 9.45am concelebrated Mass, principal celebrant Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey. The procession through the streets of Fremantle will commence from the Basilica at 2pm. Enq Joe 0404 801138, 9335 1185. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Day With Mary 9am-5pm at St Brigid’s Church, 69 Morrison Rd, Midland. 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. BYO lunch. Enq: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286. 25th Anniversary of the 48-Hour Perpetual Rosary Bouquet Mass 10.30am at St Joachim’s Church, Shepperton Rd, Victoria Park. Begins with a meditative Rosary, followed by holy Mass celebrated by Archbishop Emeritus BJ Hickey at 11am. The scroll with pledges will be presented during the Mass. A light finger food luncheon will follow. Please bring a plate to share. All welcome. Enq: to rosarybouquet13@gmail.com or 0478 598 860. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Eucharistic Hour – World Apostolate of Fatima 3pm at St Joseph Pignatelli, Davidson Rd, Attadale. All welcome. Enq: 9339 2614. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 TO SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 A Live-in/Live-out Retreat - Faith and Grace Held at the Redemptorist Retreat House, North Perth. Fr Carl Schafer OFM from Sydney, National Spiritual Assistant to the Secular Franciscan Order in Oceania, will lead the retreat. Fr Carl’s ministry to the Secular Franciscans spans 48 years, 12 of those in Rome. Enq: Angela 9275 5658, or angelmich@bigpond.com. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Fundraising Jumble Sale - Myaree Parish 10am–4pm at Pater Noster Parish grounds. Wide

range of all pre-loved items. Entrance Evershed St. Enq: Margaret 9330 3848. Divine Mercy Healing Mass 2.30pm at St Francis Xavier’s Church, 25 Windsor St, East Perth. Main Celebrant is Fr Marcellinus Meilak, OFM. Reconciliation offered in English and Italian. Divine Mercy prayers followed by Veneration of First Class Relic of St Faustina Kowalska. Refreshments afterwards. Enq: John 9457 7771. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Auslan Cafe 10.30am-12 noon Emmanuel Centre hall next to St Francis Xavier Church, Windsor St, Perth. 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 for the 9.30am Sunday Mass. Lunch provided. Enq: Emma or Barbara emmanuelcentre@westnet.com.au or 9328 8113. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 TO SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Inaugural Zimbabwe Catholics Australia and New Zealand Congress Starting Afresh In Jesus Christ. 7pm at Swanleigh, 58 Yule Ave, Middle Swan. Drums have been warmed. The Zimbabwe Catholics Perth community will host this inaugural congress. Two dynamic priests from Zimbabwe will be guest speakers supported by local priests. Various activities have been lined up to make this congress spiritually uplifting. Come, let us journey together in the Year of Faith. Enq: Bibiana 0458 945 444, Jane 04240 667 819. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 AND THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Small Group Emmaus Walks 2.30pm at Bardon Park carpark, cnr Fourth Ave East and Bardon Pl, Maylands. Sunday and Thursday, 10am. 10 minutes’ walk from the carpark to Friendship 2000 Townhouse on the Swan River walkway. With Gospel reading and reflection session on life’s Emmaus experiences. Refreshments, donation to Mission Partners Morley outreach. Bookings Essential. Enq: margaretbox7@icloud.com or 9272 8263. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 St Padre Pio Feast Day 6pm at Infant Jesus Church, 47 Wellington Rd, Morley. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Divine Mercy, Silent Adoration and Benediction; 7pm holy Mass, main celebrant Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey, St Padre Pio Liturgy. Confession available in English and Italian. Enq: Des 6278 1540. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 St Francis of Assisi and Br Andrew’s 13th 7.45pm at God’s Farm, 94 Woodlands Rd, Wilabrup, 40km south of Busselton. Marist priest Paul Glynn from NSW, outstanding author and Retreat Master, to give one retreat here commencing with holy Mass. Map sent if requested. Bookings/Enq: Betty Peaker Tel/Fax 9755 6212. Bus reservations Yvonne 9343 1897. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 TO SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 Individual Silent Directed Retreat 4.30pm at St Catherine’s House of Hospitality, 113 Tyler St, Tuart Hill. Meet daily with your retreat directors, Celia Joyce or Fr Stephen Truscott SM, to explore the movement of God within your life. The retreat unfolds at your own pace. (Limited to 10 retreatants.) Enq: 9485 8980 or www.fullnessoflife.org. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 Inner Healing Live-In Retreat 7.30am at Epiphany Retreat Centre, 50 Fifth Ave, Rossmoyne. Come and receive Jesus’ embrace and healing through his Word and Sacraments during this retreat. Led by the Vincentian Fathers. Enq: Melanie 0410 605 743 or vincentiansperth@ yahoo.com. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Peranakan Community Perth - Fair 9am-2pm at Fr O’Reilly Centre, St Norbert College, 135 Treasure Rd, Queens Park. Proceeds from fair will go towards St Norbert College’s “breakfast club” to feed students who come to school without any basic nutrition; Holy Spirit Freedom Community for their Perth’s homeless, abused, poor ministry and those who have been hurt. Those interested in helping or running a stall offering anything typically Peranakan, are welcome. Enq: Fr Christopher Lim 0437 307 170 or 9458 2729.

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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. 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. 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 LAST SUNDAY Filipino Mass 3pm at Notre Dame Church, cnr Daley and Wright Sts, Cloverdale. Please bring a plate to share for socialisation after Mass. Enq: Fr Nelson Po 0410 843 412, Elsa 0404 038 483. EVERY MONDAY For You My Soul is Thirsting (Psalm 62:1) 7pm at St Thomas Parish, 2 College 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.

LAST MONDAY Be Still in His Presence – Ecumenical Christian Program 7.30-8.45pm at St Swithun Anglican Church, 195 Lesmurdie St, Lesmurdie (hall behind church). Begins with songs of praise and worship, silent time, lectio divina, small group sharing and cuppa. Enq: Lynne 9293 3848 or 0435 252 941. EVERY TUESDAY Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 6pm at Pater Noster Church, Marmion and Evershed Sts, Myaree. Mass at 5.30pm followed by Benediction. Enq: John 0408 952 194. Novena to God the Father 7.30pm at St Joachim’s parish hall, Vic Park. Novena followed by reflection and discussions on forthcoming Sunday Gospel. Enq: Jan 9284 1662.

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 THURSDAY IN AUGUST Introduction to the Study of Contemporary Christian Spirituality Course 7-9pm at St Catherine’s House of Hospitality, 113 Tyler St, Tuart Hill. Presented by Fr Stephen Truscott SM PhD; course examines contemporary Christian spirituality as both lived experience and academic discipline, combining reading, discussion, lectures and reflective exercises. You will build the capacity to develop beyond yourself in relationship with others and with God in understanding, liberty and love. Enq: 9485 8980 or www.fullnessoflife.org. 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 light of the world. Taizé info: www.taize.fr. Enq: secretary 9448 4888 or 9448 4457. 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. FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY 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. 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. 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. Eucharistic Adoration - Voice of the Voiceless Ministry 7.30-9pm at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Eucharistic Adoration, beginning with praise and worship; and reflection to the scriptures. All welcome. Enq: adrianluke1999@ yahoo.com.au.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry 5.30pm at Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Mass followed at 6.30pm with Holy Hour. Enq: 9422 7912 or admin@cym.com.au. EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY Novena to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop 7-7.45pm at Blessed Mary MacKillop Parish, corner

Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Sts John Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. There will be songs of praise, prayer, sharing by a priest, then thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments. Enq: Ivan 0428 898 833 or

Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail. com. Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christie Church, Loch St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, corner Ravenswood Dr/Majella Rd, 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 93492315, John/ Joy 9344 2609. 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 SATURDAY Teachers, Parents and Friends Mission Outreach 10am at Morley Parish Centre, 47 Wellington Rd, Morley. Meet during school terms. Primary English teachers and prospective aides offer their services for a small remuneration and donations from the tuition are distributed to missionaries. “Come and See” sessions are offered. Enq: Maggie 9272 8263, margaretbox7@icloud.com. Children’s Religious Education Program (Pre-Primary and Year One): 11am–12.30pm at Our Lady Queen of Poland Parish, 35 Eighth Ave, Maylands. The official Perth Archdiocese Parish Religious Education Program gives an opportunity to children attending non-Catholic schools age-appropriate religious education in a creative and fun environment. Families outside of Maylands welcome. Enq: Hayley 0423 008 500. 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, Whitford, 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.

GENERAL 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). 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. 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. Continued from Page 18 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

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DEATH NOTICE MR NUNZIO PIZZUTO. Died peacefully on August 17, 2013, age 85 years old, beloved brother of Meeca Mangarno and Camela Muscara, uncle of Angela and Joe Muscara. May his soul rest in peace. Amen.

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