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It’s all about Jesus for visiting singer-songwriter and performer
Youth gather to adore Him
Bishop Donald Sproxton elevates the monstrance during Benediction and Eucharistic Adoration at Notre Dame University on August 15. Visiting US singer-songwriter Steve Angrisano, below, is joined on stage by Fr Mark Payton and CYM’s Anita Parker. PHOTOS: MICHAEL CONNELLY
MUSIC, it is sometimes said, cuts across all boundaries. That’s one reason why hundreds of Notre Dame university students and youth from around Perth converged on the University’s Drill Hall in Mouat Street, Fremantle, on the Feast of the Assumption to hear American Catholic singer Steve Angrisano. Angrisano, whose music has surged in popularity in the last decade as an alternative to the bland fare of pop culture, has performed at World Youth Days and is now a leading fixture in the faith music scene; he was in Perth to lend a hand to Catholic Youth Ministry’s ongoing promotion of the Year of Grace. But if it was a concert aimed at the young, it was not like any of the normal kind carefully calculated by
Instead, Angrisano’s appearance in the jointly hosted evening between Notre Dame and CYM was aimed at marking the Year of
But if it was a concert aimed at the young, it wasn’t like any you normally hear about. How many these days feature Eucharistic Adoration? promoters to draw youth and their money – after all, most concerts of the kind youth flock to these days
don’t begin with Mass celebrated by a Catholic bishop. Nor do they feature Eucharistic Adoration.
Grace called by Australia’s bishops when in Rome during their ad limina visit last October, and helping young people hear a message largely absent from contemporary
culture: the importance of contemplating the face of Christ. The Mass, celebrated for the solemnity of the Assumption, featured the Angrisano-composed ‘Mass of a Joyful Heart’ music setting, supported by parish musicians from Bateman and Myaree youth music ministries. After Mass concelebrated by Bishop Donald Sproxton and other Perth clergy, Angrisano set himself the task of helping to lead participants in a journey from an inward-looking focus on self to experiencing an outward-looking, Christ-focused contemplation. Bishop Sproxton’s homily honed in on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Assumption, outlining how Marian devotion deepens our relationship with Christ. Please turn to Page 6
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Cheers for being right and just By Robert Hiini CATHOLICS said farewell and thank you to someone who had been the Archdiocese’ go-to man for social justice questions for 15 years on August 16. Retired former Executive Officer of the local Catholic Social Justice Council, Terry Quinn and retiring, long-time social justice volunteer Judy Bartlett were thanked at the Catholic Pastoral Centre, Highgate by a bevy of friends and well-wishers, including Bishop Don Sproxton. Although Mr Quinn formally retired in March, it was the first opportunity to gather people together for the occasion, with Mr Quinn enjoying overseas sojourns in Ireland and Thailand in the intervening months. Mr Quinn had worked on almost every conceivable justice issue since taking up the role in 1997 and nominated Aboriginal affairs as his favourite area when speaking to The Record on the night. A former public servant with the Department of Aboriginal Affairs in the 1970s, Mr Quinn said progress had been slow but evident when he revisited the camp of Wiluna in the late 1980s. There was still a lot of work to do, not only in the regions and suburbs, but in the Church. “One of the things that really worries me is [Indigenous’] lack of participation in Church matters, in Church life” he said. “The bishops in 2000 gave a really great encouragement for all of us … to try and put a lot of effort, including finance, into putting women, and especially Indigenous women, into various institutions, parishes and educational life. “That’s happened to a good extent in the Catholic Education
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Retired former Executive Officer of the Australian Social Justice Council Terry Quinn, right, and retiring volunteer Judy Bartlett, receive the thanks and well wishes of Bishop Don Sproxton, from left, John Hollywood and Jim Smith.
Office but not so much in parishes,” Mr Quinn said. In some brief words to those gathered, Mr Quinn said, despite the ups-and-downs of the Church, he had felt “enormously proud of being a Catholic”: “I always have, and it’s been a struggling pride because you look at the Church and you have great hopes. It has a fantastic tradition, a great intellectual tradition and a fantastic liturgy … [and] it’s got a great mob.” Retiring volunteer Judy Bartlett
was praised for her teaching gift and the research work she had done for the Council, in issues such as homelessness and refugee welfare. Fr Peter described her as “a heart person who is very concerned about people,” and noted her assistance out at Acacia Prison, her Amnesty International letter writing and her service as a Eucharistic Minister. Both Mr Quinn and Ms Bartlett plan to remain actively involved in Church work. Mr Quinn said he hoped to work on various projects, together
with his local priests in the parish of Maylands. Ms Bartlett said she would continue in her work as a catechist and as a volunteer at the Christian Centre for Social Action. Former Catholic Earthcare project officer Jim Smith took over the reigns of the Social Justice Council in May. The Council will hold a Public Forum on September 13 at the Catholic Pastoral Centre, as a prelude to the upcoming Social Justice Sunday Statement, The Gift of Family in Difficult Times.
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THE FAITHFUL from St John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Maylands helped parishioner Kataryna Marczak celebrate her 90th birthday on August 7. The celebration took place at the residence of the Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate whose members carry out pastoral work in the parish. Her friends took the opportunity to with Mrs Marczak a very warm ‘Mnohaja Lita’. Sr Nicodema SSMI organised an appetising afternoon tea and snacks which were enjoyed by all.
Correction for Our Lady The Mass that concludes the Legion of Mary’s Rosary Bouquet on September 8 was incorrectly listed as taking place at St Mary’s Cathedral. Its actual venue is St Joachim’s in Victoria Park (11.30am Rosary, 12.10pm Mass). Our Lady’s Birthday was also incorrectly listed as the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The actual date of the latter celebration is December 8.
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From left, Year 7 Emmanuel students Caitlin Crouch, Zac Elliott and Altina Cotter who slept under the stars for Vinnies. PHOTO: EMMANUEL CATHOLIC COLLEGE
By Sarah Motherwell EMMANUEL Catholic College students and teachers slept under the stars in cardboard boxes on August 17 to raise money for the annual Vinnies Sleep Out campaign. About 50 students and teachers participated in the annual event that raises awareness about homelessness in society and collects donations of money, clothes, items and food for St Vincent de Paul. Year 11 student Grace Goncalves, who headed the event, said she hoped she and other students would gain a better understanding of what it means to be homeless by taking part in the sleep out.
“It will make us realise how much we take for granted in our daily lives and perhaps it will make us try to do more to help those less fortunate than us,” she said. “I think that initiatives such as sleeping out help spread awareness of the plight of the homeless in our communities and I hope that it can make people be more charitable towards them and try to help more.” Local business proprietor Tony Ale of Tony Ale Fruit and Vegetable Market donated vegetables and pasta to the school’s “soup kitchen” where students made their dinner of minestrone soup and MMM Egg Farm donated more than 90 eggs for breakfast the next day.
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Irene McCormack Catholic College’s winning Year 7 soccer team who crushed their opponents in the semi-finals, 10-0, and took out the final.
By Juanita Shepherd IRENE McCormack Catholic College’s Year 7 soccer team won the Perth Glory State Cup with a 1-0 win over Christian Brother’s College Fremantle. Their confident 10-0 win over Forrest Crescent in the semi-final secured them a place against the formidable Christian Brother’s College Fremantle side in the grand final.
Coach Ross Laing said, “the match began fairly evenly with both sides creating chances but it was a well placed through ball from Chok Dau and a powerful finish from Ajoung Maker-Makur that gave them an early lead.” The Irene McCormack Catholic College boys had an excellent defensive side, putting together counter attacking plays. After a great deal of determination and teamwork, along with two
crucial saves by Patrick Bruce in the last few minutes of the game, the Irense McCormack team won the State Championship. The Irene McCormack Catholic College soccer team has enjoyed other victories winning the Northern Region Harnwell Cup; they also competed in the Glory Cup finals in Spearwood against the winners of the Southern, Eastern and Peel Regional Competitions. Coach Laing is looking forward
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to working with the students in next year’s Football Academy at the College, which will see 50 Year 7 and 8 talented soccer players access to a specialist program as part of their curriculum. Irene McCormack Catholic College specialist Football Academy offers a wide variety of training including Brazilian techniques, a small side Dutch approach, Tiqui Taca and the alternative South American game of Futsal.
THE VIRGIN Mary is the model for helping Catholics understand the transformative power of God’s grace in this, the ‘Year of Grace’, Mount Lawley parish priest Fr Tim Deeter said at a vigil Holy Hour for the feast of the Assumption on August 14. Over 200 people attended the vigil, titled ‘From grace to glory’, at the Aquinas College chapel. It included Rosary – led by Fr Deeter – comprising various mysteries taken from the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious, and Benediction by former Aquinas chaplain and student, City Beach parish priest Fr Don Kettle. The event was organised by the Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, a private, voluntary and fraternal association of Catholic bishops, priests and deacons of the dioceses of Australia, of which Fr Kettle is the Western Australian delegate. Fr Deeter, a former director of the Archdiocese of Sydney’s liturgy office who holds a Doctor of Ministry in liturgical spirituality, said that Catholics’ confusion about the very definition of grace likely stems from translations from the original language of the Evangelists. He noted the Hebrew word for grace – ‘hen’ – means ‘favour’, thus the word ‘grace’ appears 38 times in the Old Testament, including a reference to one of the last prophets, Zechariah, who predicts “the Lord will pour out on the house of David a spirit of favour, and they shall look upon Him Whom they have pierced” – referring to Jesus. This leads into the New Testament use of the word in the Gospel of Luke who wrote in Greek, and the Greek word for grace is not ‘hen’ but ‘charis’ – on which words like ‘charisma’ are based. The Year of Grace began on Pentecost Sunday on May 27, 2012.
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Archbishop Timothy Costelloe with the Year 6 students of St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Kalgoorlie.
RED dust and Rosaries were all around when Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB visited the Goldfield’s parish of KalgoorlieBoulder in early August. The Archbishop began his tour of the region at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Kalgoorlie and St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Boulder. On the feast day of St John Vianney, Archbishop Costelloe
concelebrated Mass at Kambalda with Fr Andrew Bowron PP where he met six students from the After School’s Catechetical Classes Program. Archbishop Costelloe and Fr Andrew also concelebrated Mass at St Mary’s Church in Kalgoorlie, where the Sacrament of Confirmation was conferred on 50 Year 7 students from St Mary’s Catholic Primary School.
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Later in the week the Archbishop concelebrated Mass at All Hallows Church in Boulder before visiting John Paul Catholic College. Archbishop Costelloe concluded his visit with a trip to Coolgardie, before he concelebrated Mass in the Missionary Sisters of Charity Convent Chapel. He said he intends to return to Kalgoorlie before the end of the year.
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Sanctuary of grace for special year of searching THE SCHOENSTATT Sisters have thrown open their doors ever wider in recent months, redoubling their efforts to invite people to discover a sanctuary of grace in this special year. The Schoenstatt Movement gather at the Mount Richon Shrine once a month to commemorate Covenant Sunday. Last Covenant Sunday, Movement members gathered to contemplate the face of Christ with Mary, lighting a Year of Grace candle for the purpose. Fr Joseph Kentenich founded the Apostolic Movement of Schoenstatt in Germany as a strong devotion to the Virgin Mary in 1914. The Schoenstatt Movement is active in 42 countries around the world. The centre point of the Movement is the Shrine, based on the first shrine in Schoenstatt where the movement began and of which there are 200 replicas of around the world. In prayer they renew their Schoenstatt Covenant of Love with the Mother Thrice Admirable, which is intrinsic to the Schoenstatt spirituality. The Schoenstatt Shrine offers three specific graces of Home, Transformation and Mission. Eucharistic Adoration, available at the Shrine every Friday, originally began with the intention to pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life, as well as to pray for the intentions of the diocese. The Shrine is open daily from 7am to 8pm, on Friday there is 10am Holy Mass followed by exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and silent adoration until 8.15pm.
Catholics gather at the Schoenstatt Shrine in Armadale for a recent celebration. There are 42 such shrines around the world.
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Bishop Don Sproxton joined Natural Family Planning educators and supporters at the NFP Week Mass on August 11. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
By Juanita Shepherd NATURAL Family Planning Week was celebrated at the Newman Siena Centre on Saturday August 11 with an Afternoon Reflection and Thanksgiving Mass hosted by Billings LIFE WA. Bishop Donald Sproxton celebrated Mass and the participants gave thanks for God’s gift of Love and Life that Natural Family Planning has provided to them as couples and families. Facilitated by members of SmartLoving formally known as Celebrate Love, the reflection entitled ‘Responsible Honesty’ rede-
fined honesty in marriage. The talk stressed on the importance of total honesty being the foundation for a trusting marriage; there is no room for ‘white lies.’ The participants learnt that being honest with oneself and spouse has its challenges that require ongoing development and awareness. ‘Responsible Honesty’ acknowledged all aspects of marriage and is of the opinion that honesty is a way of life that a couple builds together over a sustained period of time in which they learn, care and trust each other. The afternoon concluded with light refreshments and a chat over a glass of wine.
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Bishop Donald Sproxton concelebrates Mass at Notre Dame University on August 15.
Continued from Page 1 As he spoke, a statue of Mary, borrowed from a generous family of the Archdiocese for the occasion served, as a reference point throughout the night. Between Mass and Angrisano’s polished performance, which included dialogue and banter with his audience, the glow-sticks came out as participants got the opportunity to experience some local talent: dancers of The Assumption Crew who came on stage after an engaging performance by upcoming band, SeaKeeper. During the concert, Angrisano’s energetic and relational style of ministry had everyone up singing and dancing with the music. The American musician’s stories shared a testimony of faith through the journey of life in its trials and in its quirky moments. Building on Bishop Sproxton’s account of St John and St Luke’s care for Mary, Angrisano outlined the importance of seeing Christ in others with songs and stories. The night culminated in a personal invitation from Bishop Sproxton to young people to enter into the ‘Year of Grace’, encouraging them to spend this year developing their relationship with Jesus. Bishop Sproxton led all present in 10 minutes of silent adoration before a lively end with more music from Angrisano.
The CYM office also launched its WYD packages for Rio de Janeiro and announced the upcoming meeting for pilgrims interested in travelling to Brazil in July 2013. For more information about Catholic Youth Ministry’s upcoming events visit the website at www.cym.com.au or email admin@cym.com.au.
US singer-songwriter Steve Angrisano performs for Perth’s youth at Notre Dame University’s Drill Hall in Fremantle on the Feast of the Assumption. PHOTO: MICHAEL CONNELLY
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Peachey keen over gift of the Rosary Brian Peachey shares his love of Our Lady, the Rosary and the saint who strove to keep Mary and Jesus safe from harm. By Robert Hiini ALTHOUGH there are no words accorded to the Saint in Scripture, it is clear, Brian Peachey says, that St Joseph knew what it was like to battle for his family. The neglected saint takes up a sizable chunk of the second and revised edition of Mr Peachey’s The Gift of the Rosary booklet, which was released in Perth late last month. The booklet has received some valuable additions since it was first printed in 2000, not least of which is the Peachey-penned St Joseph Mysteries. St Joseph is someone who has looked out for Mr Peachey his whole life, the 83-year-old Woodlands man told The Record, helping him through his lowest ebbs. It was during one of those dark periods that Mr Peachey first felt an affinity and connection to the Saint. Back in 1956, the then-27-yearold had just been taken to the figurative financial cleaners, losing his successful record store business in the Royal Arcade, opposite the Perth Town Hall. In somewhat acrimonious circumstances, the lessor used an obscure clause in their agreement to cancel the lease. Left with no means of earning, he only narrowly managed to avoid bankruptcy, losing two blocks of land and several expensive insurance policies. It was around then that Mr Peachey met his bride to be, Miriam, with only a mountain of debt to his name. “My poor father-in-law was terrified thinking “you won’t be able to live anywhere, you won’t be able to pay the rent”,” Mr Peachey recounted. “St Joseph to me was the person who would stand me in good stead and find me a house.” His future father-in-law could not believe Mr Peachey would find a house with what he had leftover each week, after servicing the debt. With the assistance of a priest, he met a Catholic woman who owned a house on West Coast Highway and she let him rent it for considerably less than she had originally been asking. She even handed Mr Peachey’s fiancé, Miriam, a 10 pound note saying “here you go; go buy something nice”. While Mary and Jesus remain the core of Mr Peachey’s revised booklet, one would surely be hard pressed to find a more eclectic booklet on the subject. It contains not only the details of the Rosary’s saintly origins – Mary is said to have given the original prayers to St Dominic by means of
The St Joseph Mysteries 1. The betrothal of Joseph to Mary Joseph was the most privileged of men. He was not called, but was one of the few who are chosen. He was chosen by God to be the spouse of the purest of creatures, who was to be the mother of the Son of God. 2. Joseph accepts that Mary is to be the mother of God. Joseph, the humble carpenter, son of David, was chosen by God to fulfill the words of the prophet. Like Mary he did not refuse to
Brian Peachey has kept a record of every pair of Rosary beads he has made and given away since the mid-1990s.
a dream in the 13th century – but also the step-by-step know-how to make your own beads. In addition, there is a chapter about growing the grass that produces the seeds known as ‘Job’s tears’, a favourite among Mother Theresa’s Missionaries of Charity, for making Beads. There are also a couple of sur-
“There you are; that’s you there. You’re number 2320,” Mr Peachey says. He has kept a record of every pair of beads he has made and given away since making his first set in 1995. He sets his mind back to a gift for an elderly Italian woman, a friend of many years, when he came upon the idea of making her a Rosary
“It’s difficult, I don’t know who has, but I haven’t,” Mr Peachey said. Like most everybody else, his mind wanders when he is saying the Hail Mary, when he is supposed to contemplating the relevant mystery. “And if you’ve got a mind like mine, you’ll find it is somewhere else. That’s always been the case,”
“My poor father-in law was terrified thinking ‘you won’t be able to live anywhere, you won’t be able to pay the rent’ ... St Joseph to me was the person who would stand me in good stead and find me a home.” prises here one would not normally expect such as how to preserve olives. Like the rest of the book, it was born out of Mr Peachey’s own experience of trial, error and persistence. He very kindly makes me a gift of one of his Rosary Beads, pulling out an account book and writing my name next to a number on a ledger.
do as the angel of God told him. Joseph was to have authority over Jesus and be his protector. Note: that it is Joseph who is commanded to name his son Jesus. 3. Joseph takes Mary to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus. Joseph set out from the town of Nazareth in Galilee ... to the town of David, which is called Bethlehem ... in order to be registered with Mary his betrothed wife ... while they were there, the time came for her to have her child ... and she gave the birth to a son, her first born. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger. (Luke 2:4-7). 4. The flight into Egypt For the second time, as Holy
using seeds from her own olive tree (there is a section on using olive seeds in his booklet). In spite of the many thousands of Hail Mary’s he has prayed and beads he has put together, this veritable champion of the Rosary, perhaps unwittingly, gives hope to the rest of us when says he has never, said the Rosary perfectly.
Scripture records, Joseph has the honour and privilege of being visited by an angel, sent by God. He, a poor carpenter, is commanded to use all his human ability and his meager material resources to protect the very life of the Son of God. He obediently rose and took Mary and the infant Jesus by donkey, south to Hebron, the burial place of Abraham, then to Beersheba and into Egypt. It was a long journey in the depth of winter. 5. Jesus submits to the authority and fatherly care of Joseph. Mary and Joseph searched for three days and found Jesus in the Temple. Imagine the anxiety of Joseph. He had been entrusted by an angel from God with the responsibility of protecting Jesus.
he says with a wry smile. The reason for the Rosary’s enduring appeal was summed up by Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey at the booklet’s launch on July 22: “It appeals to people of all levels in society from poor unlettered people to the highly educated. The reason for this is its simplicity – prayers that are familiar
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to us and scenes taken from Holy Scripture,” Archbishop Emeritus Hickey said. The booklet has a definite fan in Perth’s former chief prelate. “I am pleased that this booklet has been launched here in Australia during the Year of Grace. “The Bishops of Australia have asked us to pause for a while, take stock of our own faith, commitment and spiritual state, and prepare ourselves to take our full part in the life of the Church, including its missionary call in this age of secularism and unbelief. “This little book helps us to all these things,” Archbishop Emeritus Hickey told the crowd, describing it as “vademecum, [an authoritative handbook] for all”. So many gifts are wrapped up in this small book, the fruit of eight decades of Brian Peachey’s experience and faith. It is my pleasure to launch it.” The Gift of the Rosary is available from The Record Bookshop for $8.
Prayer to St Joseph O great and good St Joseph, chaste spouse of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and guardian of the Word Incarnate, we place ourselves under your protection and beg you to teach us to practise the virtues of the Child Jesus. We thank God for the singular favours He was pleased to bestow on you, and we earnestly desire to become pure, humble, patient and courageous like you. Pray then for us, St Joseph through that love which you have for Jesus and Mary and which they have for you, obtain for us the invaluable blessing of living and dying in the love of Jesus and Mary. Holy St Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church and of a happy death. Pray for us.
Brian Peachey with some of the olives he turns into beads. R HIINI
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US Catholic men’s movement grows MICHAEL Jones, a member of St Columbkille Parish in Papillion, said he came to the third annual Heartland Catholic Men’s Conference on August 4 in Omaha to meet others in fellowship and learn more about the faith of the church. Such opportunities for inspiration and formation were lacking when he was raising children, said Jones, 63, noting that although ages of participants varied widely at the conference, many who had gathered there were about his age. “Maybe we just all got hungry (for spiritual growth) at the same time,” Jones said. Similar sentiment – a strong desire for sharing in faith formation – appears to have been the spark that more than a dozen years ago ignited what has become a growing Catholic men’s movement in the United States, said Peter Kennedy, administrator of adult faith formation in the Omaha Archdiocese’s Office of Evangelisation and Catechesis. And the movement is being fuelled in part by concerns about a loss of male spiritual leadership in
the midst of declining morals and a secularisation of society, he said. “There’s a genuine spiritual hunger,” Kennedy told the Catholic Voice, Omaha’s archdiocesan newspaper. Many men now being schooled through men’s groups that concentrate on spirituality and teachings of the church say things like “I never heard this before,” Kennedy said. Some aspects of Catholicism – the centrality of the Eucharist and the church’s insistence on social justice – were taught well over the past 40 years, he said. But other aspects of catechesis often were insufficient, such as Church teaching on baptism and penance, the dangers of contraception and the importance of marriage and family life, Kennedy said. Men’s groups organised around Bible study and spirituality have sprung up in parishes for decades, and some have been established over the past 20 or 30 years at a diocesan or regional level. But new men’s groups are helping feed men’s hunger for spirituality and encouraging them to take on faith-filled, leadership roles, Kennedy said. Two
of those are the Houston-based “That Man is You!” and “The King’s Men,” which began in Philadelphia. Both were founded in 2004 and are growing across the country through small, parish-based groups. Other nationally known efforts include “St Joseph’s Covenant Keepers” and weekend retreats designed separately for men
New men’s groups are helping feed men’s hunger for spirituality and encouraging them to take on faith roles. and women, such as “Christians Encounter Christ” in the Archdiocese of Omaha. The call of Pope Benedict XVI and Blessed John Paul II for a “new evangelisation” of Catholics and non-Catholics in the midst of a heightened secularisation also is being heard across the US, and men are among those responding,
Kennedy said. The Archdiocese’s response to the movement includes the Heartland Catholic Men’s Conference in Omaha, which this year drew about 600 men from as far away as Illinois and Wisconsin, as well as Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota, Kennedy said. The Archdiocese also has encouraged participation in “That Man is You!” and it has established a site on its website – www.archomaha. org/mensministry – that includes a list of men’s groups and resources. The conference included talks by theology professor Scott Hahn of Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, Deacon Alex Jones, who serves in the Archdiocese of Detroit, and Deacon Ralph Poyo of the Diocese of Raleigh, NC. The men’s movement is not a phenomenon unique to Catholics. A ministry based at a Baptist church in Albany, Georgia, made the widely known films Courageous (2011) and Fireproof (2008), which call men to stand up for their faith. And the evangelical, ecumenical, Colorado-based “Promise Keepers,” founded in 1990, drew many
Catholics – and was one impetus for Catholics to form similar groups. Mark Houck, president and founder of “The King’s Men,” said his group encourages weekly meetings that include reciting the rosary and holding 45 minutes of catechesis. Its ministries include helping battle abortion and pornography and defending traditional marriage, he said. Even as “The King’s Men” was organising eight years ago, “That Man is You!” was founded, driven in part by noting that a Protestant men’s group was drawing a lot of attention in Houston, and Catholics were among those joining the group, said Jamie Gonzales, a program co-ordinator for the group. That acted as a prompt for “That Man is You!” founder Steve Bollman to design the organisation’s three-year men’s program, which combines the teachings of the Catholic Church and inspiration drawn from its saints with social science research demonstrating the importance of faith to society, Gonzales said. - CNS
Vatican II anniversary a new boon for laypeople AS Catholics prepare to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, all Church members need to make a renewed effort to ensure laypeople are aware of their responsibility for the Church and are allowed to exercise it, Pope Benedict XVI said. “Co-responsibility requires a change of mentality, particularly regarding the role in the Church of the laity, who should not be considered ‘collaborators’ of the clergy, but people who truly are coresponsible for the being and action of the Church,” the pope wrote in a message to the assembly of the International Forum of Catholic Action. The August 22-26 assembly in Iasi, Romania, brought together representatives of Catholic Action groups from around the world. The international forum promotes lay involvement in parish and community life, particularly through studying and acting on the principles of Catholic social teaching. Pope Benedict’s message, released by the Vatican August 23, said the Church needs a “mature and committed laity, able to make its specific contribution to the mission of the church” in a way that respects the different roles and ministries of its members. The Vatican II dogmatic constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, described the style of relationships within the Church as “familial,” the Pope said. Viewing the Church as a family emphasises shared responsibility, mutual support and joint action while, at the same time, recognising the special role of guidance belonging to the church’s pastors, he said. The Pope asked Catholic Action members to work with and for the Church through their “prayer, study, active participation in ecclesial life, (and) with an attentive and positive gaze upon the world in a continuous search for the signs of the times.” He asked the members to help with the new evangelisation, proclaiming salvation in Christ “with language and methods understandable in our age.” - CNS
Members of the media and residents gather outside a mosque on August 23 near the locked family house of Rimsha Masih, a Pakistani Christian girl accused of blasphemy, on the outskirts of Islamabad. PHOTO: CNS/FAISAL MAHMOOD, REUTERS
Work begins to free Christian girl of ‘blasphemy’ charges PAKISTANI institutions and religious leaders are working together for the release of a Christian girl accused of blasphemy and to reduce the risk of Muslim-Christian violence over the incident, said the Pakistani prime minister’s special adviser on minorities. Paul Bhatti, the Catholic adviser, told the Vatican’s Fides news agency on August 23 that those working to secure the girl’s release included Muslim leaders. Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has reported that the girl, Rimsha Masih, is an 11-yearold with Down syndrome.
She was taken into custody on August 18 after allegedly being found with burned pages of the Quran, the Muslim holy book. When the police took her away, hundreds of angry Muslims were
“The situation is under control,” Bhatti told Fides. Catholic leaders in Pakistan and human rights activists have said the country’s anti-blasphemy law, which includes offenses against the Quran, has been
Eleven-year-old Christian girl with Down syndrome charged for burning the Quran. reportedly gathering in the mainly poor Christian neighborhood of Islamabad where she lived. Hundreds of families have fled the neighbourhood, and the police presence has increased.
misused to persecute Christians and other minorities in the country. Daughter of St Paul Sr Daniela Baronchelli, who works in Pakistan, told Vatican Radio on August 20: “We have been told that the girl
cannot respond to the interrogation. They found her with a bag that had parts of a burned Quran inside. They don’t know, however, who gave it to her or where she got it; they don’t know anything.” Sr Daniela said the angry crowd “wanted to burn her alive because they say it was a great offense against the Quran.” The unjust use of the antiblasphemy law “unfortunately is becoming all too common. “The fact is that the extremists don’t want the Christians here anymore, so any little thing – true or not – is enough to incite a revolt,” she said. - CNS
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Seven priests forced to flee Heilongjiang province CHINESE government officials have forced seven priests in Heilongjiang province, who resisted the illicit episcopal ordination of Fr Joseph Yue Fusheng of Harbin, to leave their parishes, local Catholic Church sources said. The action was taken, the sources said, to force the priests to “repent for their wrongdoing,” reported the Asian church news agency UCA News. The priests are either staying with parishioners, returned to their hometowns or have fled to other provinces, according to the sources.
Prior to the July 6 ordination, religious officials within the Chinese government warned that disobedient priests would face dire consequences. In recent weeks, they ordered priests with “dissatisfactory performances” to take three months of leave for self-examination, sources said. The seven priests were either absent from the ordination or openly expressed their opposition to Fr Yue, who did not receive a papal mandate and is seen as being too close to the government. The Vatican declared that Father
Catholic images removed from homes
Taiwan bishop enters eternal life
GOVERNMENT authorities from a district in Vietnam’s Central Highlands forced ethnic villagers to remove Catholic pictures and items from their chapel, and authorities replaced them with images of the late communist leader Ho Chi Minh. A church source told the Asian church news agency UCA News that government authorities from Kon Thuc hamlet, led by district security officials, visited the Catholics August 12 after Mass and asked them to remove a cross and Marian image from the chapel. The source said authorities threatened to imprison the lay leader if Catholics from the leper village of Dak Pnan did not comply. Villagers had to carry the cross, Marian picture, altar and tabernacle to the lay leader’s house, the source told UCA News. Authorities then put two pictures of Ho Chi Minh in the places where the cross and Marian picture had been. On August 13, authorities dismantled the bell of the chapel after local Catholics refused to do it. The bell was also taken to the lay leader’s house. One lay leader said authorities told parishioners that the building was to be used “for village activities, not for worship.” Local Catholics said the building, sponsored by a France-based charitable organisation, was built in 1999 for villagers, most of them ethnic Bahnar Catholics, to worship and hold their common activities. Since 2007, priests from other places started to visit weekly and provide pastoral services for villagers at the building, which has been used only for worship. On August 13, Bishop Michel Hoang Duc Oanh of Kon Tum visited local villagers and encouraged them to live out their faith bravely and work for the common good. He has not made any public response to the events. - CNS
Yue incurred automatic excommunication for participating in the illicit ceremony. Despite the action, he continues to celebrate Mass in bishop’s garb. Since the ordination, according to the sources, some priests are avoiding concelebrating Mass with Fr Yue, while the number of Massgoers at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Harbin -- the socalled cathedral -- has dropped significantly. The government is requiring the priests to submit a letter of repentance to Fr Yue and concelebrate
Mass with him within three months or face expulsion from the church in Harbin, the sources said. One of the priests already has concelebrated Mass with Fr Yue at the consecration July 16 of a new church in Bei’an, in Heilongjiang province. Meanwhile, Bishop Joseph Wei Jingyi of Qiqihar in northeastern China, who is not recognised by the government, said he expects political pressure on the unregistered Catholic community in Heilongjiang to increase. “In past decades, the unregis-
Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi the retired bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, died August 22 at the age of 88. Cardinal Shan was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2006, about eight months after retiring. PHOTO: CNS/REUTERS/JERRY LAMPEN
tered community in Hebei province has been a major target of suppression. After Bishop Paul Meng Qinglu of Hohhot was ordained in 2010, the unregistered community in Inner Mongolia suffered a strong blow last year. We can anticipate Heilongjiang would be the next after Father Yue’s ordination,” he told UCA News. The only Catholic church in Ordos, in China’s autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, was destroyed June 7, 2010, and the priest and a lay leader were detained by police. - CNS
Galeotti goes head-to-head with Gates’ birth control UNDER the headline “birth control and disinformation,” the Vatican newspaper took to task Melinda Gates, wife of the Microsoft founder, who announced in early July that the couple’s foundation would give $560 million during the next eight years to increase women’s access to contraception. Written by Giulia Galeotti, a frequent contributor on abortion and other life issues, the article on the front page of the July 29 edition of L’Osservatore Romano said Gates is free to make charitable donations to whomever she wants, but not to spread incorrect information. In an interview July 10 with The Guardian, a British newspaper, Gates identified herself as a practicing Catholic who “struggled” with the idea of publicly opposing church teaching to promote a project aimed at giving 120 million women in developing countries access to contraceptives by 2020. Gates said she felt compelled to act to “keep women alive. I believe in not letting women die, I believe in not letting babies die.” In the Vatican newspaper piece, Galeotti wrote, “The American philanthropist is off the mark,” the victim of “bad information and persistent stereotypes on this theme. “To still believe that by opposing the use of condoms, the Catholic Church leaves women and children to die because of misogynist intransigence is a baseless and shoddy reading” of reality. Gates told The Guardian that the Catholic Church allows natural family planning, but “for our foundation, well, we promote modern tools because these have the most impact.” Galeotti said the comment reflected the widespread, but mistaken notion of the ineffectiveness of natural family planning methods that involve teaching couples to recognise the natural signs of a woman’s fertility and act accordingly. - CNS
Assumption is proof God is waiting for us: Pope ASSUMED into heaven, Mary is with God and is ready to listen and respond to cries for help, Pope Benedict XVI said. Joining God in heaven, Mary “does not draw away from us, does not go to an unknown galaxy,” but becomes “even closer to each one of us,” the Pope said on August 15 during his homily at Mass for the feast of the Assumption. With his 88-year-old brother, Mgr Georg Ratzinger, seated in the front pew, the pope celebrated an early morning Mass in the Church of St Thomas. Using a white-han-
dled cane, the pope walked to the church across the square from the main entrance to the papal villa at Castel Gandolfo. Mary’s assumption, he said, gives believers “a sure hope: God expects us, he awaits us. We are not moving toward a void.” “And going to that other world, we will find the goodness of the Mother (Mary), we will find our loved ones, we will find eternal love,” the pope said. Pope Benedict, who set aside his prepared text for much of his homily, said that Mary’s closeness to God ensures her closeness to all
God’s creatures. “Mary, totally united with God, has a heart that is so big that all creation can find a place there,” a fact illustrated by the votive offerings people around the world leave at Marian shrines and statues when their prayers are answered, he said. Mary’s presence in heaven shows that “in God there is room for man,” he said. At the same time, he said, she demonstrates that “in man there is room for God,” and when God is present within individuals and they allow God to influence the way they
act in the world, the world becomes a better place. Many people today speak of their hopes for a better world, he said. “If and when this better world will come, we do not know. But one thing is certain: A world that moves away from God will not become better, but worse. Only the presence of God can guarantee a better world.” The Christian hope for a better world and for finding a place with God for eternity “is not just yearning for heaven,” but allowing one’s desire for God to “make us untir-
ing pilgrims, increasing our courage and strength of faith, which is at the same time the courage and strength of love,” he said. Later on August 15, Pope Benedict recited the Angelus with visitors crowded into the courtyard of the papal summer villa. Continuing his reflection on the meaning of the Assumption, he said that “it shows us, in a brilliant way, our destiny and that of humanity and of history. In Mary, in fact, we contemplate that reality of glory to which each one of us and the entire Church is called.” - CNS
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I have no regrets? My choice to enter the Church brought joy. Engineer and former Anglican evangelises from the tennis courts and beyond.
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became a Catholic in 1997 and for the last 10 years I have played tennis on Fridays with an Anglican Rector, and a champion athlete who is an Agnostic and another friend who is a Pentecostal. Faith does come up in the conversation and they know where I am at. It just shows it doesn’t matter where you are, be it work or on the tennis court. There is always an opportunity to engage. I work part-time as a National Assessor for Chartered Status for Engineers Australia. Originally, I was born in Singapore in 1949 and was baptised an Anglican as a child. My mother was a Methodist (now the Uniting Church) and my father was an Anglican. I went to a Methodist school in Singapore and then finished my schooling at Wesley College in Perth. I became a resident at St George's College (Anglican) whilst completing a four year degree in engineering. I married in 1976 and we had my daughter Emily (the joy of my life). My marriage broke down in 1988 causing a major life crisis for me (the marriage was annulled in 2001). In 1990, I began attending an Anglican Church in Yokine and became a Pastoral Assistant and warden there. The Rector was Paul Howells and he is one of the tennis players. My faith continued to grow as I assisted in running ALPHA, a course offering the opportunity for anyone to explore the Christian faith in 10 weekly sessions. I have also played music for spirit growth Why I became sessions. I started attending Flame Catholic Ministries in Perth and they came DEBBIE WARRIER out to the Yokine Church to run one of their Flame Holy Spirit weekends. It was through that, my Catholic friends and my reading about the faith that I felt a call to the Catholic Church. After receiving the OK from my Rector, I attended the RCIA with Fr Gerard Dickinson at St Mary’s Cathedral where I was later accepted into the Catholic Church. Since becoming Catholic I have continued evangelisation in a variety of ways. I assisted in running the ALPHA course in the Nedlands parish over two years and attended an ALPHA workshop in Sydney in 2003. I have also done training in CaFÉ or Catholic Faith Exploration. With encouragement from the Vatican, CaFE has been producing DVD resources for Catholics and those exploring the faith in faith formation, sacraments and youth, among otherss. From 2001 to 2011 I was a Careline Counsellor at Sonshine Radio and helped train new counsellors. I have also worked at the Shopfront in Maylands. Shopfront is an agency of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth, serviced predominantly by volunteers. The role and function of The Shopfront is to relieve poverty and suffering in an environment that offers practical assistance, fellowship and hospitality. Keith Collins enjoys being there I do praise and worship on at the canonisation of St Mary a regular basis for retreats and MacKillop in 2010. PHOTO: SUPPLIED healing Masses. I also assist Alan Ames in his talks with music. In 2010 I attended a three-month training course on Fridays at Graylands Hospital and now have a certificate for pastoral work in Mental Health. I go out to Graylands every Sunday and assist Fr Kevin Cummins with the music at Mass. Fr Doug Harris is my spiritual director. I have always had one since becoming a Catholic, with the first being Fr Gerard Dickinson. I think it helps me see where God is leading me. I have been to Italy, Lourdes and was in Rome for the canonisation of St Mary MacKillop. My daughter works for the Australian Embassy in Rome so I have been there four times to see her and the holy places in Italy. I plan to go to Rome and Fatima this year. Most recently I have attended a Legion of Mary retreat and also one run by the Marian Movement of Priests. I found that it was more focused on the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Since converting, I have wanted to learn more about Mary so I found that interesting. I have visited the crypts of St Peter, St Paul, St Thomas, St Luke, St Andrew and St Mark. I love the charisms of the Catholic Church like that of the Franciscans and have been to Assisi twice. I love the sacraments like Reconciliation which I go to every four weeks. I enjoy Adoration, where I like to pray as well as listen. I have never had any regrets about joining the Catholic Church because it has opened up a whole new level in faith for me and was like ‘coming home’. I think that it was just a matter of timing, that it occurred when I was ready. The Anglican Church has not been around as long as the Catholic Church and if you want to learn more about the early Church and the lives of the Apostles and the teaching of the Saints you have to go back to the beginning. Having been on a Scavi tour in Rome and seeing the bones of St Peter is being at the start.
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A superb location, cheap meals and all in the Franciscan spirit at this very affordable location between Piazza Navona and the Tiber River. That just about sums up Fraterna Domus.
A The dome of St Peter's Basilica, seen from the Vatican gardens. For pilgrims visiting the eternal city there is a seemingly endless vista of panoramas such as this one but staying in Rome can be expensive. Fraterna Domus offers affordable accomodation for visitors and pilgrims conscious of keeping an eye on holiday costs. PHOTO: ALESSIA PIERDOMENICO, REUTERS
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nown as the 'House of Welcome', Fraterna Domus, is a little known but excellent destination and residence for pilgrims visiting Rome that emerged from the vision of an Italian cleric, Don Francesco Bisinella, at the time of Vatican II. Don Francesco started a community of Sisters called Christian Social Service Volunteers in Bassano del Grappa in the convent of the Capuchin Fathers. He formed them in the spirit of St Francis of Assisi and the community became known for making visitors feel welcome and for getting others to volunteer their services. Don Francesco was fond of saying that Jesus was the first volunteer. “At Cana he changed water into wine for free!” Among the notable features of Fraterna Domus are its historic chapel, dating from at least 1002AD and rebuilt in the 16th century. According to an internet entry, Santa Lucia della Tinta is in the Campo Marzo, on the Via di Monte Brianza. It is dedicated to a Roman martyr called Lucy, but not the more famous one from Syracuse. The name Tinta comes from the locality, which contained dyeworks in the Middle Ages. Rebuilt in 1580 by the Confraternity of Coachmen, it was restored again in 1911 when parts of a cosmatesque floor were uncovered. Fraterna Domus (the House of Welcome) is among the more unique options for pilgrims headed for Rome, taking its name from a style and message to transmit to the world. It was designed and built as a place where the Christian life is understood, valued and lived with responsibility and joy. The charism of hospitality of Don Francesco has always concentrated more on pastoral and ecclesial identity specific to the Association: “Every person is Jesus. Every per-
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son should be honored and loved like him. In this house, there is always an open door, a lighted window, and volunteers ready to welcome our brothers and sisters who want to enter”. Besides the Sisters, many volunteer to come and help make Fraterna Domus even more wonderful. Some stay for over thirty years. Now it has become their home. The welcome visitors receive is a warm and effective part of the
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Bed and breakfast (included): 56 Euro (single room) Lunch (not included): 15 Euro (per person) Dinner (not included): 15 Euro Air conditioning: 10 Euro (a day per room) Note: the city of Rome adds a fee of 2 Euro per tourist over 10 years old per night, in all hotels of the city. The supplement must be payed cash in Rome. Fraterna Domus is located between Piazza Navona and the Spanish Steps, very close to St Peter’s. The home is quite small and was constructed around an old church (Santa Lucia della Tinta). It describes its hospitality and spirituality as “Franciscan”. After recent renovations all rooms have a small bathroom with a private shower and toilet facilities. Fraterna Domus has stairs but no lift. Travelling with small luggage is advised. The doors close every evening at 11pm but visitors can be provided with a key if they will be returning late.
charism of Fraterna Domus which is to talk about God and help Christians rediscover their dignity as children of God, dedicated to Him by the Sacrament of Baptism. A valued service to guests is to assist tourists to discover the roots of Christian Rome through the history and art of the eternal city. Those who stay at Fraterna Domus are numerous and come from all parts of the world, including Australia. More than a few pilgrims from Perth have enjoyed its unique charm in recent years. Meanwhile, priests and various ecclesial communities often come together at the residence to pray and assist at other exercises of piety. Many Italian and European
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fter the Consecration in the Roman Canon, or Eucharistic Prayer I, we find a list of 15 saints: eight men and seven women. The first one is John. But which John? Since the three following saints are Stephen, Matthias and Barnabas, all of whom are mentioned in the New Testament, and since John the apostle was already mentioned before the Consecration, this must be John the Baptist. The argument is strengthened by the Eastern practice in the early centuries of commemorating both John the Baptist and Stephen, the first martyr, in the prayer for the dead, and the fact that the prayer where they are mentioned in the Roman Canon immediately follows the memento of the dead. John is followed by Stephen, who is clearly the deacon and first martyr, whose death is described in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 6:8-7:60). His feast is celebrated on December 26. Then come Matthias, the one chosen as an apostle to replace Judas Iscariot (cf. Acts 1:15-26), and Barnabas, the companion of St Paul on his missionary journeys. They are both considered to be apostles, as we see in the liturgical celebration of their feast days, on May 14 and June 11 respectively. The next saint mentioned is Ignatius, undoubtedly St Ignatius of Antioch who, on his way to Rome to be martyred in 107 AD, wrote seven letters to churches in which he revealed his great longing to die and to be with Christ. His feast is celebrated on October 17. Ignatius is followed by Alexander, and again there is some uncertainty about who this is. A likely candidate is the Alexander listed by some early writings as the fifth Pope, who was martyred, like St Ignatius, during the reign of the emperor Trajan (98-117). In 1855, a semi-subterranean cemetery of the martyrs Alexander, Eventulus, and Theodulus was discovered near Rome, at the spot where the tradition declares the Pope to have been martyred. Next come Marcellinus and Peter, two martyrs whom ancient sources consider to be a priest and exorcist respectively. Although there was a Pope Marcellinus, who reigned from 296 to 304, it is more likely that the Marcellinus in the Canon is a priest of the same name, since it is known that a priest named Marcellinus and an exorcist named Peter were martyred at the time of Pope Marcellinus, during the persecution of Diocletian. That brings us to the seven women saints, all of whom were martyrs and all well known. Saints Felicity and Perpetua were martyred in Carthage on March 7, 203. Perpetua was a 22-year-old married woman of noble birth and Felicity a slave. When she was arrested, Perpetua was nursing a young son and was pregnant with a daughter, to whom she gave birth shortly before her death. Perpetua and Felicity were martyred by being attacked by a wild cow and then being put to death by the sword. Their feast is celebrated on March 7. St Agatha is one of the most venerated virgin martyrs of the early centuries. She was put to death for her faith in Catania, Sicily, probably during the persecution of Decius (250-253). Her feast is celebrated on February 5. St Lucy is another virgin martyr, from Syracuse in Sicily, put to death according to the tradition in the year 303 during the persecution of Diocletian. One tradition has it that her mother Eutychia was cured of an illness after praying before the tomb of St Agatha in Catania. St Lucy’s feast is celebrated on December 13. St Agnes, another virgin martyr, was from a noble Christian family in Rome. She was put death at the age of 12 or 13 on January 21, 304, during the persecution of Diocletian, for refusing to marry the son of the Prefect. Her feast is celebrated on January 21. St Cecilia, another much venerated virgin martyr from a noble Roman Christian family, was killed by a sword sometime towards the end of the second or first half of the third century. Her feast is celebrated on November 22. Finally, St Anastasia was martyred at Sirmium in present-day Croatia, perhaps during the persecution of Diocletian, although little is known about the circumstances or time of her death. For a long time she was commemorated in the second Mass on Christmas day.
St Anastasia was martyred at Sirmium in present day Croatia. For a long time she was commemorated in the second Mass on Christmas Day.
Besides the Sisters, many volunteer to come and help. parishes use the facilities. Fraterna Domus has always made a point of helping the poorer groups visiting from Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia as well as struggling families. One project is to use the home of St Martha to accommodate the elderly. In the Church, we want to be the heart that receives the flame, the life lived that makes faith grow. The heart of the “Citadel of Welcome” is the church dedicated to Our Lady, Mother of Welcome, dedicated on February 5 last year by Cardinal Agostino Vallini. For many years Fraterna Domus has accommodated many groups led by Monsignor Michael Keating. It is a loved place for all those who have stayed there. It is very close to the Vatican, is very reasonably priced and has wonderful meals. Ask Monsignor Keating at St Mary’s Cathedral for more details of this special place or email: fraternadomus@alice.it
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The burial chamber of a Roman noble woman, left, is seen in this lighted view of the Catacombs of St Thecla in Rome. PHOTO: NICOLA FORENZA, PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR SACRED ARCHAEOLOGY
A fourth century image of St Andrew. PHOTO: NICOLA FORENZA, PCSA
West Australian pilgrims gather outside the barely noticeable main doors of Fraterna Domus earlier this year. PHOTO: BRADLEY BARBUTO
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THE NEW head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith says he wants the department to play a positive role in the New Evangelisation, rather than simply responding to doctrinal problems as they arise. “The task of this congregation is not only to defend the Catholic faith but to promote it, to give the positive aspects and possibilities of the whole richness of the Catholic faith,” Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller told Catholic News Agency in a July 20 interview. “We must speak about God the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and also about Holy Scripture, the great Tradition of the Church, our Creed and our belief. In this way our hearts will be more open and our thinking more profound,” he said. The 64-year-old former Bishop of Regensburg, Germany was appointed to his new Vatican post by Pope Benedict on July 2. “The Holy Father did not ask me. He nominated me without discussion,” he laughed. The Pope said, “‘you have to do it,’ and you cannot give a negative answer to the wishes of the Holy Father!” The two German theologians have had a long association. Archbishop Müller hesitates to use the word “friendship,” since in German it usually refers to someone of the same age bracket, whereas Pope Benedict “is one generation older than me.” However, Archbishop Müller does still consider their relationship “a friendship ... but he has the role of father and I have the role of son.” Archbishop Müller still recalls the intellectual impact of Father Joseph Ratzinger’s “Introduction to Christianity,” published in 1968 at the height of the campus rebellions across the western world. “He re-vindicated our faith and convinced us of the reasonableness of Catholic belief; he re-established our confidence in the Church,” the Archbishop remarked. He is now in charge of editing the writings or “Omnia Opera” of Pope Benedict XVI, a grand project that
will stretch to 16 volumes. He described Pope Benedict as “a great intellectual and an important thinker for today,” particularly when it comes to “explaining the depth and richness of our Christian faith” to contemporary society. “It’s too early to speak about the legacy of this papacy, but in a certain sense we can compare our present Holy Father with the great intellectual pontiffs of history, such as Pope Leo the Great in 5th century and Benedict XIV in the 18th century.” Archbishop Gerhard Müller was born in 1947 in the Mainz region of Germany into a family of four. He is still very much a family man, and boasts of being an uncle to 22
“These are not criticisms, they are provocations ... either they have not read what I have written or they have not understood it.” nephews and nieces, with “number 23 coming soon.” He studied philosophy and theology in the German cities of Mainz, Munich, and Freiburg, producing not one but two doctorates. The first focused on the work of the 20th century Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, while the second explored the veneration of saints, “a very Catholic subject,” he noted. After his studies, he was named a professor of dogmatic theology at the University of Munich “for 16 happy years,” he recalled with a laugh. A decade ago, Pope John Paul II appointed him the Bishop of Regensburg. His trajectory in life has been almost identical to his mentor Pope Benedict – an academic career followed by an episcopal appointment, followed by a transfer to the Roman Curia. In fact, he now
occupies the same Vatican job that Pope Benedict fulfilled from 1981 to 2005. Archbishop Müller’s latest appointment, however, has been met with a degree of criticism from some who allege he holds unorthodox views on a range of issues – from the perpetual virginity of Our Lady, to the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, to the relationship of non-Catholic Christians to the Church. “These are not criticisms, they are provocations. And not very intelligent provocations at that,” he said. “Either they have not read what I have written or they have not understood it.” “Our Catholic faith is very clear,” he explained,“that at the consecration during Mass a change occurs so that the whole substance of the bread and wine is changed into the whole substance body and blood of Jesus Christ, and that this change is rightly called transubstantiation. And we have refused to accept all the other interpretations, consubstantiation, transignification, transfinalisation and so on.” The Church is also equally clear on the “virginity of Mary, mother of Jesus, mother of God, before, during and after the birth of Christ,” Archbishop Müller stated. As for inter-Christian relations, the Archbishop noted that in his 4th and 5th century debates with the Donatists, St Augustine underscored that the Church recognise “everybody who is validly baptised is incorporated into Christ,” even if they are not in full communion with the Catholic Church. But on a more pressing note, Archbishop Müller has to deal with the issue of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in the United States. In April 2012 the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith called for a reform of America’s largest female religious group, after a four-year audit or “doctrinal assessment” concluded there was a “crisis” of belief throughout its ranks. Earlier this month the group’s president, Sr Pat Farrell, suggested that the key question in their dis-
PopeBenedict XVI named Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller of Regensburg, left, as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, accepting the retirement of Cardinal William Levada, above, a year after he reached the canonical age of retirement at 75. PHOTOS: ONLINE SOURCE.
cussions with the Vatican is, “Can one be Catholic and have a questioning mind?” Archbishop Müller’s answer is a clear: “Because faith and reason belong together, it is obviously not incompatible to be Catholic and to have a questioning mind - but we cannot have negotiations about revealed truth,” he said. “We are in communion with the Church only in so far as we accept the whole and the complete revelation of Jesus Christ, all the doctrine of the Church.” He is extremely reluctant, though, to go to war with the American religious sisters. Instead, Archbishop Müller wants to “come together and not to struggle against each other or be suspicious of each other.” “We are sisters and brothers of Christ and we want to work
together, not like a political party or a human organisation, but we are the family of God, the body of Christ,” he said. As a native of Mainz, Archbishop Müller said he takes great inspiration from the region’s 19th century bishop, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, a pioneer of modern Catholic social thinking. His work subsequently influenced the pontificate of Pope Leo XIII and, in particular, his 1891 social encyclical “Rerum Novarum.” It is this vision of Catholic social teaching, the Archbishop believes, that “helped to rebuild a democratic Germany after the war” and has been repeatedly reflected in more recent Church documents such as the Second Vatican Council’s “Gaudium et Spes” and Pope Paul VI’s 1967 encyclical “Populorum Progressio.”
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HE gentle fingers ran smoothly through her hair and her mother’s soft singing lulled her into a deep sense of peace, a blanket of love tightly enfolding her. She knew heroin was a deceiver, but she did not care about that for now. In fact the deception was what attracted her, so she snuggled further into the blanket. But, as always, the illusion slowly began to shatter and through the darkness of the cracks a hand reached down and wrenched the blanket away. “You stupid bitch ....” the words resounded from deep in her past, “Did you think you could hide from Uncle John?” But she was saved from reliving that nightmare by a sharp pain that exploded from the side of her ribcage. She grimaced as she looked up to the torchlight burning in her eyes, as two burly security guards stood over her. “Haven’t I told you ya can’t sleep here ya filthy junkie”, one shouted, “And I oughta give you another kickin’ for using that crap”, he yelled as he pointed to the needle still hanging in her arm. “F… you too”, she muttered as she picked up her dirty blanket. She dragged herself through the darkness to the bush next to the toilet block. The drizzle was starting to get heavier, but there was less chance of being found. “At least you can enjoy your hit now”, the familiar voice inside her whispered. “At least you can escape for a while”. “Yeah”, she muttered back as she rubbed her ribs, “For a while anyway.” Her eyes rolled back into her spaced-out head as she tried to recapture the moment with her mum. But it was a fitful trip, as her “Uncle” was always lurking some-
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where in the shadows. As morning came, the roar of traffic finally became too much and she dragged her aching body into a sitting position. She painfully coughed phlegm and blood reminding her of her hazy encounter with the security guard not so long ago. “Filthy junkie”, the words echoed in her head. “Yeah”, she muttered, as she looked at her trembling hands. She could not even work out whether she was cold or already starting to hang out for the next hit. Instinctively she reached into her pocket, but any expectations came crashing down as she vaguely recalled the “mate” who had taken her other hit and said he’d be “back in a minute”. “Idiot”, the voice inside said, “I told you to never trust anyone” “I know”, she muttered, “But he’d been so nice for those few days”. “Sure…” said the voice cynically, “…they’re all nice to start with. How many stay that way!?” She thought of Uncle John and the chain of men after him. They had all disappeared once they had got what they wanted. She sat for a while with her head in her hands, trying to fight off the growing tension in the pit of her stomach. She knew it would grow into an agonising cramp unless she got herself some temporary relief. “The merry-go–round continues”, the voice snickered inside her. “Go on slut, get up and get the money the only way you know
how”. She bit her lip in self-disgust, because she knew the voice was right. But then another voice arose from within her, a gentle one, from far beyond the darkness of the first. “It doesn’t have to be like this”, it pleaded. But she wasn’t really listening as her innards began to violently twist. After vomiting she began to drag herself toward her usual haunts. The city was getting busy and everyone seemed to have somewhere to go. “Too busy for you”, said her familiar voice. She bit her lip again and wished her mum was still alive. “She was the drunken bitch who left him with you”, the voice quickly
“They only mean the good people. This place isn’t for you,” said the dark voice from within. reminded her. So she walked on in silence. “Lift your head”, said the deeper voice. And for the third day in a row she found herself outside the same church. “Jesus will forgive all your sins”, said the sign. “Not yours, you little whore”, the first voice said matter-of-factly. “They only mean the good people. This place isn’t for you”. “Go in”, said the gentle voice. The twisting in her stomach gripped harder and her body jerked in pain. “Come on, 10 minutes work and you’ll have enough money to make the pain go away”, the first voice caressed. “Let’s get
out of here”. “I can stop the pain”, the loving voice beckoned. “I am waiting for you”. Tears rolled down her cheeks. She lifted her face toward the sky, “Someone please help me”, she whimpered. She didn’t see the man come from the church and she opened her eyes in surprise as his hand touched her on the shoulder. A beautiful, unfamiliar warmth suddenly radiated inside her. His eyes looked kind… but as she looked deeper she could see his fear. “You can’t stay here”, he said nervously. “We’ve been robbed before, so we don’t keep any cash. You’d best move on. I don’t want to call the police”. She felt the spark in her die. “Didn’t I warn you?” the first voice whispered. Her deep pain camouflaged itself in anger. “F… you too!” she spat, “…and your damn church!” She turned her back and headed toward where she knew she was wanted. “Did you really think that someone would care?” the first voice snickered. She hung her head and wept… … the deeper voice also wept with her. I wrote this story over 10 years ago and thought it may be worth sharing. At the time I was trying to understand the internal battles that were being expressed to me through the increasing number of encounters I was having with those struggling with drug addiction. It was a part of my own journey in trying to understand where God was in the lives of these tormented people. it is a fictional tale, but within it is a kaleidoscope of many I have met people I had met in the 10 years since.
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Violence in South Africa reaches critical point SIX Pretoria-based priests and a doctor in South Africa expressed concern that violence is becoming commonplace in the country and urged a campaign to re-emphasise the sanctity of human life. “We can no longer hide behind our violent past, however true that may have been,” they said, noting that until South Africa’s first multiracial election in 1994, “most of the deaths of black people were linked to resistance against apartheid rule, yet today the violence happens in a country that has the best constitution in the world.” Fr Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, former member of Parliament and mayor of Tshwane who now heads South Africa’s Moral Regeneration Movement, was among the signers. In a statement, the priests warned that the violence at a platinum mine in Marikana captured the country’s imagination because of its magnitude. At the Marikana mine, 34 people died and 78 were injured on August 16 when police opened fire on striking miners who, armed with machetes and homemade spears, were gathered on a rocky outcrop at the mine. Another 10 people, including two policemen, had already been killed in violence at the mine since the start of an illegal strike a week earlier. “It is remarkable to note the manner in which the public sector and organs of civil society have spontaneously responded to the Marikana saga,” the Pretoria group said, noting that this shows that “good will could once again restore the greatness of our country.” The government “has admitted that unemployment, especially among the youth, is a huge problem,” the statement said, noting that linked to this “is the worsening social distance between the government and the masses of people.” At the same time, religious leaders in South Africa’s Western Cape province warned that rampant corruption fuels violence in the country. “With half the population living in poverty and millions still without jobs, housing, electricity, adequate sanitation and medical care, the human cost of corruption is widely felt,” said in a statement by the Western Cape Religious Leaders’ Forum, including Archbishop Stephen Brislin of Cape Town, president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference. The “sound moral and ethical standards found in our constitution are being compromised and abused,” they said, noting that “the corrupt pursuit of money and power is threatening our democracy and robbing the poor of their basic needs and opportunities.” The leaders said the poor communities they serve have told them how corruption fuels their frustrations. “We heard of the ways in which our common rules are unevenly applied and of shameful levels of service delivery due to incompetence and misuse of public resources,” they said. Among its effects, corruption “causes communities to lose faith in the democratic system and leads some to violence (burning schools, clinics, libraries), which only compounds their suffering and delays service delivery,” the leaders said. “While their anger is understandable, such violence is counterproductive and wrong,” they said. CNS
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Social teaching the preserve of no one Fr Robert Barron writes about US Republican candidate, Mitt Romney’s choice of a Catholic running mate, Paul Ryan. For many on the left, Paul Ryan is a menace, the very embodiment of cold, indifferent Republicanism, and for many on the right, he is a knight in shining armour, a God-fearing advocate of a principled conservatism. Mitt Romney’s choice of Ryan as running mate has already triggered the worst kind of exaggerated hoo-hah on both sides of the political debate. What is most interesting, from my perspective, is that Ryan, a devout Catholic, has claimed the social doctrine of the Church as the principal inspiration for his policies. Whether you stand with First Things and affirm that such a claim is coherent or with Commonweal and affirm that it is absurd, Ryan’s assertion prompts a healthy thinking-through of Catholic social teaching in the present economic and political context. Ryan himself has correctly identified two principles as foundational for Catholic social thought, namely subsidiarity and solidarity. The first, implied throughout the whole of Catholic social theory but given clearest expression in Pope Pius XI’s encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, is that in the adjudication of matters political and economic, a preferential option should be given to the more local level of authority. For example, when seeking to solve a traffic flow issue in a suburb, appeal should be made to the municipal authority and not to the governor, even less to the Congress or the President. Only when a satisfactory solution is not achieved by the local government should one move to the next highest level of authority, etc. This principle by no means calls into question the legitimacy of an overarching federal power (something you sense in the more extreme advocates of the Tea Party), but it does indeed involve a prejudice in favour of the local. The principle of subsidiarity is implied in much of the “small is beautiful” movement as well as in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, which exhibits a steady mistrust of imperial power and a steady sympathy for the local. Now in Catholic social theory, subsidiarity is balanced by solidarity, which is to say, a keen sense of the common good, of the natural and supernatural connections that bind us to one another, of our responsibility for each other. I vividly remember former New York Governor Mario Cuomo’s speech before the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco in 1984, in the course of which he effectively lampooned the idea that individual self-interest set utterly free would automatically redound to the general welfare. Catholic social thought does indeed stand athwart such “invisible hand” theorising. It also recognises that, always in accord with subsidiarity, sometimes the federal and state governments are the legitimate vehicles by which social solidarity is achieved. Does anyone today, outside of the most extreme circles, really advocate the repeal of Social Security, unemployment compensation, medical benefits for the elderly, food stamp programs, etc? Solidarity without subsidiarity can easily devolve into a kind of totalitarianism whereby “justice” is achieved either through outright manipulation and intimidation or through more subtle forms of social engineering. But subsidiarity without solidarity can result in a society marked by rampant individualism, a Gordon Gekko “greed is good” mentality, and an Ayn Rand/Nietzschean “objectivism” that positively celebrates the powerful person’s dominance of the weak. Catholic social theory involves the subtle balancing of these two great principles so as to avoid these two characteristic pitfalls. It does, for example, consistently advocate the free market, entrepreneurial enterprise, profitmaking; and it holds out against all forms of Marxism and extreme socialism. But it also insists that the market be circumscribed by clear moral imperatives and that the wealthy realise their sacred obligation to aid the less advantaged. This last point is worth developing. Thomas Aquinas teaches that ownership of private property is to be allowed but that the usus (the use) of that privately held wealth must be directed toward the common good. This is because all of the earth and its goods belong, finally, to God and must therefore be used according to God’s purpose. Pope Leo XIII made this principle uncomfortably concrete when he specified, in regard to wealth, that once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest of what one owns (is that a correct adjustment? Owes to owns?) belongs to the poor. And in saying that, he was echoing an observation of John Chrysostom: “If you have two shirts in your closet, one belongs to you; the other belongs to the man who has no shirt.” In his wonderful Orthodoxy, written over a hundred years ago but still remarkably relevant today, G K Chesterton said that Catholicism is marked through and through by the great both/and principle. Jesus is both divine and human. He is not one or the other; nor is he some bland mixture of the two; rather, he is emphatically one and emphatically the other. In a similar way, the Church is radically devoted to this world and radically devoted to the world to come. In the celibacy of its priests, it is totally against having children, and in the fruitful marriage of its lay people, it is totally for having children. In its social teaching, this same sort of “bi-polar extremism” is on display. Solidarity? The Church is all for it. Subsidiarity? The Church couldn’t be more enthusiastic about it. Not one or the other, nor some bland compromise between the two, but both, advocated with equal vigour. I think it would be wise for everyone to keep this peculiarly Catholic balance in mind as the debate over Paul Ryan’s policies unfolds.
Solidarity without subsidiarity can easily devolve ... “justice” is then achieved by manipulation and intimidation.
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Dirty Harry’s scandal rains on Royal Family’s parade Has Prince Harry damaged all the efforts of the Royals to reclaim their public approval gained from the wedding and the Diamond Jubilee? Clear view GUY CROUCHBACK
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HE British Royal Family had been having a good year: the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had been picture-book perfect, the new duchess seemed ideal. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh had won the admiration of millions, standing for hours, despite their ages, on a cold rocking boat in the rain to review diamond jubilee pageant on the Thames. There had been the Olympic Games, with, despite their cost and excessive eccentricities, a fillip to British spirits. And now, just when the Royal Family seemed to be recovering its public dignity, we have Prince Harry cavorting naked with strangers at a five-star Las Vegas hotel for the benefit of the world’s paparazzi. One question this raises is, of course: why should anyone want to see him naked? Another is: should he feel an overwhelming urge to disrobe, he must know many millionaires with private islands who could offer him secluded beaches for such activities. The real point, however, is that this in not the sort of thing princes ought to do, at least not if they want to stay princes. The monarchy has built up a great deal of public respect in recent years, not least because of the Queen’s unfailing dignity. Now this is on danger of being squandered. Prince Harry is not a child. He is just short of his 28th birthday. He is a serving officer, an officially-recognised leader of men, responsible ot only for lives but also for highlycostly machinery (and apparently perfectly competent at his job). But what on Earth has gone wrong with him, that he does not seem to know or care that a most important part of his job – his job in particular – is setting a good example? Not just to the men under him, but to the people on general. Even poor old mad George III knew that much. With Britain having one of the highest rates of juvenile drunkenness and crime in the developed world, a good example is needed. A survey of European children a few years ago by various government authorities reported that British children had the highest rate for drunkenness except for Denmark. Russia, a by-word for dangerous, drunken chaos, had a rate of teenage drunkenness just over a third of that of Britain, and France, where children were frequently given wine from childhood, a rate of just under one seventh The survey looked at 15 and 16 year olds who had been drunk more than 20 times in their lives. The results were Britain: 29 per cent, Russia, 10 per cent, France 4 per cent.
Prince Harry, pictured above, was caught by a photographer hugging a naked woman at a five-star Las Vegas hotel. PHOTO: ONLINE SOURCE
Is it his pigeon-brained mother’s genes coming through? Do the younger members of the House of Windsor have a death-wish for the dynasty? Or has British culture become so decadent that such behaviour by a prince only a few places from the throne has come to be regarded as normal? Why so test the loyalty of his own supporters and give fresh ammunition to those sad cases who want the monarchy abolished? It simply makes no sense. Memories are
Britain has one of the highest rates of juvenile drunkenness in the world - a good example is needed. being revived of not-so-old pictures of Harry dressed as a Nazi or staggering drunk out of a London night-club with vomit running down his shirt. How many more Royal scandals is it thought the monarchy can take? It is no excuse to say his bodyguards or protection officers should have warned him off. Of course they should, but that only seems to prove a lack of judgement, duty and common sense among those
responsible. As it happens, last night immediately before seeing the Royal antics on television, I watched on YouTube the 1958 film Dunkirk, a masterpiece which has never had the recognition it deserves. Leadership and setting a good example are its themes: an unenthusiastic, middleaged corporal (John Mills), plainly unused to command, leads a handful of men to safety through France in the allied rout of 1940. In the general collapse he, largely by his bearing, holds together the tiny fragment of the British Army that he is entrusted with. The film has vignettes of heroism along the way: the officers and men of an artillery battery await annihilation by Stukas without a thought of retreating or abandoning the guns without orders. When the artillery major steadies his men, or the corporal gets his exhausted men up and on the road again, one realises what being a leader is all about. Elderly yachtsmen steer their boats under a rain of bombs to lift a few troops from the beaches … In part an indictment of Britain’s military unpreparedness, the values of the film are about duty, fortitude, and setting an example. One soldier at the end acknowledges to the corporal that they would never have made it without the example he provided. Prince Harry ought to see it.
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Facets of friendship should be embraced wholly Should our lives be filled with altruistic friendships or is there cause to edit out certain people in our life?
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WAS scrolling through Facebook this week and I saw the following message; “KEEP people in your life that truly love you, motivate you, encourage you, inspire you, enhance you & make you happy. If you have people who do NONE of the above, let them go.” These sort of short inspirational messages are all over the internet and I have posted up a few of them myself. However as I read this one I found myself wondering what I should do with the people in my life who didn’t love me or motivate me or encourage me or inspire me or enhance me or even make me happy. And what if these same people did not motivate or inspire anyone? What if these people were a drain on me, their families and on the whole society? It is important to surround ourselves with people who are going to encourage and inspire us. After all we become a reflection of the company we keep. If we spend our time with those who live to get drunk
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and party then we will end up doing the same. If we keep the company of those who strive for higher ideals then we will begin to strive for those same ideals. It would be hard to get up every morning for an entire lifetime if there was never anyone to pat us on the back and say ‘you’re doing well, keep going’. At times we need encouraging and sometimes we encourage others. This is the story of good friendships, each person looks out for the other and when either one is struggling the other is there to pick them up. However we might add another category of people in our life and that is those who are always a bit of a drain on us. These people are always down, always needy and they probably have no real prospects of making something noteworthy of
their life. They may not be able to work, they may never marry, they may always be sick or they may just generally not ‘fit in’. The reality is though our world is made up of a multitude of people from the strong and the successful to the unloved and those perceived
Admittedly it can be difficult to embrace those who will make our life harder but the mark of any of us is how we embrace the weak and unloved. to be ‘useless’. Throughout history various people and ideologies have tried to remove the useless from society and it continues to this day. It is estimated that China has
approximately 35 million more males than females due to deliberate male sex selection. Have you ever wondered why you see less children with Down’s Syndrome these days? That is because 90 per cent of them are aborted when their parents receive a prenatal diagnosis of the condition. Admittedly it can be difficult to embrace those who will make our life harder, but the mark of any of us is how we embrace the weak and those whom no one else will love. Jesus of Nazareth told his disciples in very explicit terms that to love the hungry, the sick and the lonely was to love him and to ignore the hungry, the sick and the lonely was to ignore him and thus salvation. This pursuit of such ‘useless’ people is what continues to make Mother Teresa of Calcutta an example of virtue to Christian, Hindu and Atheist. As good as it is that we are all willing to open our wallets to the starving in Africa and the Tsunami
victims in Indonesia I think the test of who we are is found much closer to us. It is in that friend from school who still calls us every week even though he has nothing to say. It is in our meddlesome aunt who lives alone with no one to talk too. It is in that person we have lunch with each month even though they probably get more out of it than we do. The truth is these are the very encounters that define us. When the rich young Pier Giorgio Frassati died in 1925, it was the poor of Turin that packed his funeral in honour of the life he had secretly given in their service. It is good to surround ourselves with those who love, motivate and encourage us. But let us never dismiss or forget those who cannot and will not be able to offer us these things. The ‘rejects’ of society deserve as much friendship as the next person. For it is only by the undeserved grace of God that we find ourselves not in that category. www.foolishwisdom.com
Dealings in death: wrong and right
Are those in the medical professional assisting with euthanasia doctors or judge, jury and executioner of those who need help?
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AM no murderer... Why is it that a doctor should be made to feel like an executioner?” Outspoken pro-euthanasia advocate Dr Phillip Nitschke, founding director of the euthanasia support group EXIT International recently mused over his life’s work and the direction in which he is hoping to take it into the future at a lecture of a recent conference of the same organisation. Nitschke, most well known for his influential role in the short-lived euthanasia victory in the Northern Territory is at the forefront of the pro-euthanasia movement internationally and an eloquent exponent of the arguments in support of his cause. In the lecture given earlier last month, Dr Nitschke sketched for his listeners a history of the movement and the development of his own thoughts on the topic. His own views have put him at odds with other well known exponents of the pro-euthanasia debate who aim at changing the law to allow euthanasia. For him, the changing of the law is inconsequential and would still leave him with the burden of being executioner, to use his own words. It is the role of executioner which is a little too much for him to bear. He advocates the abandonment of the lobbying project to legalise the practise of euthanasia in favour of a techno-driven DIY approach to euthanasia; what he terms ‘safe euthanasia’ - a seemingly self-contradictory term, by which he means a method which is sure to kill, rather than seriously maim the person using it. For Dr Nitschke, the autonomous will of anyone over the seemingly arbitrary age of 65 should be respected, and the means should be made available to anyone over that age to be able to kill themselves at any time, regardless of their condition physically, emotionally, or mentally. This separates him from other pro-euthanasia campaigners in that he sees very little need to follow any real legal procedure. He also claims that even if the laws were changed to allow euthanasia, in many cases it would have to be both physician assisted and tightly controlled; with those seeking euthanasia forced ‘against their will’ it is claimed, to submit to a psychological assessment.
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An assessment which is somehow supposed to determine that the one seeking to end his or her own life via euthanasia is ‘of sound mind.’ to ease suffering, even when no cure is ultimately available?” perhaps reworked in a less confrontational manner for example; “The desire to ease suffering which motivates the efforts of Dr Nitschke and other proponents of euthanasia has arguably led to an excessive solution which ignores successes in branches of medicine which seek to ease suffering, even when no cure is ultimately available.” The palliative care movement for example, which is developing with increasing rapidity across the globe, not least of all here in Australia, is one that seeks
For one doctor, a change in the law is inconsequential and would still leave him with the burden of being executioner, which is a little too much for him to bear. to ease the suffering of the dying, and to allow them and their loved ones to come to terms with what really is a natural part of life. The desire to ease suffering which seemingly motivates the efforts of Dr Nitschke and other proponents of euthanasia has led in their case to an excessive solution which ignores successes in branches of medicine which seek to ease suffering, even when no cure is ultimately available. Palliative care is real medicine, in that it seeks to treat the person in his or her fullness with the love and care which is their due by virtue of their mere humanity. It allows the patient to come to terms with the natural process of dying, and it allows their loved ones surrounding them to be present with them in the last stages of their life, free of the burden which so often accompanies
the thought of being responsible for the death of one whom they love. Palliative care is not however merely prolonging life, or a malicious elongation of potential suffering. This is a popular misconception often spread by pro-euthanasia supporters. Palliative care is in fact something else entirely. The aim of palliative care is to ease the suffering of one in the final stages of dying. To put to use the wisdom of the long and venerable medical tradition to alleviate pain and enhance the comfort of the dying, to allow them to die in peace. Another case for euthanasia is that society should respect the autonomous will of the sufferer, regardless of what they want. In many cases, and particularly in the case of Dr Nitschke, this autonomy is all that is sacred, more sacred than life itself. Unfortunately for Nitschke, the apparent nature of mental illness and despair seem to allude him entirely. The soundness of one’s mind is increasingly being defined out of any relevant considerations. In his lecture cited above, Nitschke approvingly refers to a statement made by the now deceased Dutch Supreme Court Judge Mr Huib Drion, who claimed that the seemingly arbitrary age of 65, rather than any medical or psychological assessment, should be the only criterion which should determine whether someone should have access to the technology that would enable one to kill him/herself, in this case a pill. What is perhaps most confronting about such an argument is the incongruence between the taking of this pill for someone aged over 65 being termed as ‘euthanasia’, while someone younger who ingests a similar poison, or acts with a similar intent to kill his/herself is suicidal. Suicide itself, whether or not it is referred to as euthanasia is always tragic and often motivated by a fear of carrying on, a fear of letting life unfold, a fear of losing control. Sadly we see that suicide is most often a result of severe depression or anxiety, or another form of mental illness which has not been treated effectively. Traditionally, suicide has been prohibited by the law, and psychological counselling as well as psychiatric treatment has been made
Kelsey Bohlender takes part in a silent protest in support of Terri Schiavo whose case brought public scrutiny to end-of-life care issues in 2005. PHOTO: CNS
available to people who are entertaining suicidal thoughts. What is being witnessed here in discussions about euthanasia is a growing societal-schizophrenia, which on the one hand rightly discourages suicide and, acknowledging its link to mental illness, works actively to prevent it across the board; and on the other hand, argues of the right each individual has to end his or her own life regardless of their health and/or mental condition. Ultimately euthanasia is not a loving option. It tells the sufferer that they are a burden and not worth the time or the care that we
ought give them. To that end, for someone like Dr Nitschke, technology is the saviour; the way out of this feeling of being an executioner. It will put in the hands of everybody a way to ensure that they will die when they want to, regardless of their condition. This is not true salvation, but rather one other way of further removing ourselves from the weak, who need our strength; the suffering who need our care; and the dying, who more than anything need our love, rather than providing them with the highly suggestive option of a ‘safe’ way of killing themselves.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Day with Mary 9am-5pm at Pater Noster Parish, Cnr Marmion and Evershed Sts, Myaree. Day of prayer and instruction based on the Fatima message. 9am Video; 10.10am Holy Mass; Reconciliation, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic Adoration, sermons on Eucharist and on Our Lady, Rosaries and Stations of the Cross. BYO lunch. Enq: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286. Now booking for bus to Bindoon for October DWM. Call Nita 9367 1366.
NEXT WEEK SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Divine Mercy 1.30pm at St Francis Xavier Parish, 25 Windsor St, Perth. Main Celebrant: Fr Doug. Homily: St Gregory the Great. Reconciliation, Holy Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be offered. Refreshments afterwards. Enq: John 9457 7771. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 ‘A Springtime walk with St Francis of Assisi’ four-week program on Franciscan Spirituality 7.30-9pm at The Alverna Centre in St Lawrence’s Parish, Albert St, Balcatta. The Secular Franciscan Order are presenting a short four week program for youth 18+. A Time of Contemplation and Reflection. Tuesday, September 11; Tuesday, September 18 and Tuesday, September 25. Enq: Noel 042 302 9677 or Anthony 044 986 4287. ‘Open to God’s Love’ Seminar 7-8pm at St Benedict’s School Hall, Alness St, Applecross. View a weekly short video broadcast at www.thefaith.org.au. Presented by Norma Woodcock. Cost: collection. Accreditation recognition by the CEO. Enq: Norma 94871772 or www. normawoodcock.com. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 TO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Our Lady’s Rosary Bouquet – Legion of Mary 6pm at St Joachim’s Parish, Cnr of Shepperton Rd and Harper St, Victoria Park. Our Lady’s 48 hour perpetual Rosary Bouquet. Concludes 6pm Friday. Commitment times send to: Legion of Mary, 36 Windsor St, East Perth or legionofmary@bigpond. com. Enq: Rosemary 9328 2726. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Prayer in style of Taize 7.30-8.30pm at Our Lady of Grace Parish, 3 Kitchener St, North Beach. Includes: Prayer, song and silence - in candle light – the symbol of the light of Christ. www.taize.fr . Enq: 9448 4888 or Joan 9448 4457. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Discovering culture night – Indian 7pm at Gosnells Parish, 175 Corfield St, Gosnells. Celebrating the multi cultural nature of our parish community with a series entitled "Discovering Culture". Join us for the food, fun and just a hint of "Bollywood" in the St Munchin’s School Hall. Tickets and Enq: Arlene 0432 630 108 or Sandra 9398 8583. Early Spiritual Exercises - Seminar 9-12pm at The MacKillop Room (Multi-Purpose Room) John XXIII College, Mooro Dr, Mt Claremont. Presenter: Chris Gardener. St Ignatius of Loyola suggested people engage to have some spiritual conversations around their desires in life; their faith and what God’s desires may be for them. Chris has been involved with Ignatian Spirituality for 25 years. Experience some early exercises using a format that St Ignatius suggested. Cost: donation (for Inigo centre) Registration and Enq: Murray 9383 0444 or graham.murray@johnxxiii. edu.au Meditation Day 10am - 3.30pm at Ned Kenny Centre, Kent St, Busselton. (next to St. Joseph’s Parish). Presenters: Stephanie Wood, John Coleman, Monica Mulcahy. The presenters will be introducing and exploring the ancient art of meditation within the Christian tradition. BYO lunch. Tea and coffee provided. Cost: Donation. Books and tapes available for sale. Enq: Jenny 9754 4006 or 0407 544 205. The Birth of Our Blessed Virgin Mary Mass – Legion of Mary 12pm at St Joachim’s Parish, Cnr of Shepperton Rd and Harper St, Victoria Park. Main celebrant: Archbishop Costelloe. Enq: Rosemary 9328 2726 or fax 93282782 by September 7) Our Heavenly Mother’s Birthday in the Parish Centre. 6.30pm at St Jude’s Parish, 20 Prendiville Way, Langford. Please bring a plate of finger food and refreshments. Sun 7.30am, 9am and 5.30pm Enqs.: Parish Office 9458 1946. Divine Mercy 2.30pm at St Francis Xavier’s Parish, Windsor St, East Perth. Main Celebrant: Fr Marcellinus Meilak. Reconciliation in English and Italian offered. Divine Mercy prayers followed by Veneration of First Class Relic of St Faustina Kowalska. Refreshments afterwards. Enq: John 9457 7771. SATURDAY TO SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8-9 menAlive Men’s Weekend 8am at St Denis Parish, Cnr Roberts and Osborne Sts, Joondana. Finishes 1.30pm Sunday. Enq: Ben 0407 088 431.
UPCOMING SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Eucharist Hour – The World Apostolate 3pm at Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Keaney Pl, City Beach. Enq: Diana 9339 2614. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Stigmata of St Francis of Assisi Celebration Secular Franciscan Order 2.30pm at the Chapel of the Redemptetorist retreat house, 190 Vincent St, North Perth. Followed by afternoon tea. Enq: Anthony 0449 864 287 or anthony.porrins@gmail.com or Angela 9275 5658 or angelmich@bigpond.com SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Focolare - Faith in Families 2-4.30pm at Our Lady’s Assumption Parish, 356 Grand Promenade, Dianella. Children program held simultaneously. The Faith in Families afternoon is aimed at helping unite families through discovering God’s love and finding practical ways that families can bring Christ into the home. Focolare 9349 4052 or ffperth@iprimus.com.au. FRIDAY TO SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14-16 ‘Contemplating the Face of Christ in the Franciscan Tradition’ Retreat Retreat live in/live out at the Redemptorist Retreat House, 190 Vincent St, North Perth. Leader: Fr John Cooper from Sydney. Enq: Anthony 0449 864 287 or anthony.porrins@gmail.com and Angela 9275 5658 or 0408 801 215 or angelmich@bigpond.com. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 St Padre Pio Pilgrimage 8am-4pm at St John the Baptist, Stirling Terrace, Toodyay. 8am – Buses depart ($17 per person); 10.15am – DVD; 11.30am – Mass, Confession available; 1pm – Lunch (BYO); 2.30pm Eucharistic Procession, Rosary, Adoration, Divine Mercy and Benediction. 4pm – Depart to Perth. Enq: Catrina 9255 1938. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Medjugorje Evening of Prayer 7-9pm at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament. 175 Corfield St, Gosnells. In thanksgiving for reported daily apparitions of Our Blessed Mother in Medjugorje. Includes: Eucharistic Adoration Rosary. Benediction and Holy Mass. Free DVDs on Donald Calloway’s life of drugs and crime to his conversion and priesthood; also info on pilgrimage: Rome/Medjugorje May/June 2013. Enq: Eileen 9402 2480 or 0407 471 256 or medjugorje@ y7mail.com. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 ‘The Theology of Islam from a Roman Catholic Perspective’ Workshop. 9am-12.30pm at St Denis Parish, Cnr Roberts Rd, and Osborne St, Joondanna. Enq: Admin admin@ stdenis.com.au. FRIDAYTO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12 - 14 Inner Healing Retreat (live-in) 7.30am Epiphany Retreat Centre, 50 Fifth Ave, Rossmoyne. A time to be healed and renewed. Leaders: Vincentian Father. Regn and Enq: Melanie 0410 605 743 or m.fonseca@curtin.edu.au.
REGULAR EVENTS EVERY SUNDAY Gate of Heaven Catholic Radio Join the Franciscans of the Immaculate from 7.309pm on Radio Fremantle 107.9FM for Catholic radio broadcast of EWTN and our own live shows. Enq: radio@ausmaria.com. Pilgrim Mass - Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation 2pm at Shrine, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. Commencing with Rosary followed by Benediction. Reconciliation available before every celebration. Anointing of the sick administered during Mass every second Sunday of the month. Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin of the Revelation last Sunday of the month. Side entrance to church and shrine open daily between 9am-5pm. Enq Sacri 9447 3292. Praise and Worship 5:30pm at St Denis Parish, Cnr. Osborne St and Roberts Rr, Joondanna. Followed by 6pm Mass. Enq: Admin admin@stdenis.com.au EVERY FIRST SUNDAY St Mary’s Cathedral Youth Group – Fellowship with Pizza 5pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, 17 Victoria Sq, Perth. Begins with youth Mass followed by fellowship downstairs in parish centre. Bring a plate to share. Enq: Bradley on youthfromsmc@gmail.com. Singles Prayer and Social Group 7pm at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St George’s 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. Join us for songs of praise and worship, Exposition of the
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Blessed Sacrament and prayers for the sick. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or parish office Tue-Thu, 9am2.30pm 9344 7066. EVERY THIRD SUNDAY Oblates of St Benedict – Meeting 2pm at St Joseph’s Convent, York St, South Perth. For all interested in studying the Rule of St Benedict and its relevance to the everyday life of today for laypeople: Vespers and afternoon tea afterwards. Enq: Secretary 9457 5758. EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley. The hour includes exposition of the Blessed Eucharist, silent prayer, scripture and prayers of intercession. Come and pray that those discerning vocations can hear clearly God’s call.
first class relic of St Faustina. Enq: John 9457 7771. St Mary’s Cathedral Praise Meeting 7.45pm every Thursday at the Legion of Mary’s Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Includes praise, song and healing ministry. Enq: Kay 9382 3668 or fmi@flameministries.org. Group Fifty - Charismatic Renewal Group 7.30pm at the Redemptorist Monastery, 150 Vincent St, North Perth. Includes prayer, praise and Mass. Enq: Elaine 9440 3661. EVERY FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH 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.
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A Ministry to the Un-Churched 12.30-1.30pm at St John’s Pro-Cathedral, Victoria Ave, Perth (opposite church offices). With charismatic praise, and prayer teams available. Help us ‘reach out to the pagans’ or soak in the praise. Enq: Dan 9398 4973.
Dinner and Rosary Cenacle - St Bernadette’s Young Adults. 6.30pm at Hans Cafe, 140 Oxford St, Leederville. Begins with dinner, followed by Rosary cenacle at St Bernadette’s Parish, 49 Jugan St, Glendalough. Cenacle includes: 8pm reflection by Fr Doug and Rosary. Tea and coffee afterwards. By repeating words of love to Mary and offering up each decade for our intentions, we take the shortcut to Jesus, which is to pass through the heart of Mary. Enq: Fr Doug st.bernadettesyouth@gmail.com
EVERY LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH 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 Evening Adoration and Mass 7pm at St Thomas Parish, Claremont, cnr Melville St and College Rd. Eucharistic Adoration, Reconciliation, evening prayer and Benediction, followed by Mass and night prayer at 8pm. Enq: Kim on 9384 0598 or email to claremont@perthcatholic. org.au.
LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH 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 a cuppa at the end. Enq: Lynne 9293 3848 or 043 5252 941. EVERY TUESDAY Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 6pm at Pater Noster Church, Marmion and Evershed Sts, Myaree. Mass at 5.30pm followed by Benediction. Enq: John 0408 952 194. Novena to God the Father 7.30pm at St Joachim’s parish hall, Victoria Park. Novena followed by reflection and discussions on forthcoming Sunday Gospel. Enq: Jan 9284 1662. EVERY FIRST TUESDAY Short MMP Cenacle for Priests 2pm at Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Enq: Fr Watt 9376 1734. EVERY WEDNESDAY Holy Spirit of Freedom Community 7.30pm at The Church of Christ, 111 Stirling St, Perth. We are delighted to welcome everyone to attend our Holy Spirit of Freedom praise meeting. Enq: 0423 907 869 or hsofperth@gmail.com. Bible Study at Cathedral 6.15pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, 17 Victoria Sq, Perth. Deepen your faith through reading and reflecting on holy Scripture by Fr Jean-Noel. Meeting room beneath Cathedral. Enq: Marie 9223 1372. Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry Mass at 5.30pm and Holy Hour (Adoration) at 6.30pm at the Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Enq: www.cym.com or 9422 7912. Adonai Ladies Prayer Group 10am in the upper room of St Joseph’s Parish, 3 Salvado Rd, Subiaco. Come and join us for charismatic prayer and praise. Enq: Win 9387 2808 or Noreen 9298 9935. EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY Holy Hour Prayer for Priests 7.30-8.30pm at Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Keaney Pl, City Beach. All welcome. Enq: Linda 9341 3079. Novena to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop 7-7.45pm at Blessed Mary MacKillop Parish, cnr Cassowary Dr and Pelican Pde, Ballajura. Begins with Mass, novena prayers and Benediction. Followed by healing prayers and anointing of the sick. Enq: Madi 9249 9093 or Gerry 0417 187 240. EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY Chaplets of Divine Mercy 7.30pm St Thomas More Catholic Parish, Dean Rd Bateman. It will be accompanied by Exposition and followed by Benediction. Next devotion: Wednesday, August 8. Enq: George 9310 9493 or 6242 0702 (w). EVERY THURSDAY Divine Mercy 11am at Ss John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Pray the Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy and for the consecrated life, especially here in John Paul Parish. Concludes with veneration of the
EVERY THIRD THURSDAY Auslan Café – Sign language workshop 12.30pm at St Francis Xavier’s Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor St, Perth. It’s Australian Sign Language - Auslan Café is a social setting for anybody who would like to learn or practice Auslan in a relaxing and fun atmosphere. Light lunch provided. Next event: Thursday, 16 August. Enq: Emma emmanuelcentre@westnet.com.au EVERY FRIDAY Eucharistic Adoration at the Schoenstatt Shrine 10am at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Drive, Mt Richon. Includes: Holy Mass, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Silent adoration till 8.15pm. In this Year of Grace join us in prayer at a place of grace. Enq: Sisters of Schoenstatt 9399 2349. EVERY FIRST FRIDAY Healing Mass 7pm at St Peter’s Parish, Inglewood. Praise and worship, Exposition and Eucharistic Adoration, Benediction and anointing of the sick followed by holy Mass and fellowship. Celebrants Fr Dat and invited priests. 6.45pm Reconciliation. Enq: Mary Ann 0409 672 304, Prescilla 0433 457 352 and Catherine 0433 923 083. Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life 7pm at Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins St, Glendalough. Mass followed by Adoration with Fr Doug Harris. All welcome. Refreshments provided. Healing and Anointing Mass 8.45am Pater Noster Church, Evershed St, Myaree. Begins with Reconciliation followed by 9am Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, anointing of the sick and prayers to St Peregrine. Enq: Joy 9337 7189. Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Ss John and Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton – Songs of Praise and Prayer, sharing by a priest followed by thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments after Mass. Enq: Kathy 9295 0913 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail.com. Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christi Church, Lochee St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, cnr Ravenswood Dr/Majella Rd, Westminster (Mirrabooka). The Vigils consist of two Masses, Adoration, Benediction, prayers and Confession in reparation for the outrages committed against the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357 or Fr Giosue 9349 2315or John/Joy 9344 2609. Pro-Life Witness Holy Mass at St Brigid’s Midland at 9.30am, followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic, and led by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Please join us to pray for an end to abortion and the conversion of hearts. Enq Helen 9402 0349. EVERY SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH Discover the Spirituality of St Francis of Assisi 12pm at St Brigid’s Catholic Parish Centre. The Secular Franciscans of Midland Fraternity meet for lunch followed by 1-3pm meeting. Enq: Antoinette 9297 2314. EVERY FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Healing Mass 12.35pm at St Thomas Parish, cnr Melville St and College Rd, Claremont. Spiritual leader Fr Waddell. Enq: Kim 9384 0598, claremont@perthcatholic.org. au. EVERY LAST SATURDAY Novena Devotions – Our Lady Vailankanni of Good Health
5pm at Holy Trinity Parish, 8 Burnett St, Embleton. Followed by Mass at 6pm. Enq: George 9272 1379. EVERY FOURTH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Voice of the Voiceless Healing Mass 12pm 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 are of very high quality. For any parish willing to accept and place inside the church. Oil paintings - 160 x 90cm and glossy print - 100 x 60cm. Enq: Irene 9417 3267 (w). Sacred Heart Pioneers Is there anyone out there who would like to know more about the Sacred Heart pioneers? If so, please contact Spiritual Director Fr Doug Harris 9444 6131 or John 9457 7771. St Philomena’s Chapel 3/24 Juna Drive, Malaga. Mass of the day: 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 set in beautiful gardens in suburb of Glendalough. “Making the elderly happy, that is everything!” St Jeanne Jugan (foundress). Registration and enq: Sr Marie 9443 3155. Resource Centre for Personal Development The Holistic Health Seminar “The Instinct to Heal’’, every Tuesday 3-4.30pm; and RCPD2 “Internalise Principles of Successful Relationships and Use Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills” every Tuesday 4.30-6.30pm, 197 High St, Fremantle - Tuesdays 3-4.30pm. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585. Bookings are essential. Is your son or daughter unsure of what to do this year? Suggest a Certificate IV course to discern God’s purpose for their life. They will also learn more about the Catholic faith and develop skills in communication and leadership. Acts 2 College of Mission & Evangelisation (National Code 51452). Enq: Jane 9202 6859. AA Alcoholics Anonymous Is alcohol costing you more than just money? Enq: AA9523 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 their own parishes, communities, etc. We have available authenticated relics, mostly first-class, of Catholic saints and blesseds including Sts Mary Mackillop, Padre Pio, Anthony of Padua, Therese of Lisieux, Maximilian Kolbe and Simon Stock and Blessed Pope John Paul II. Free of charge and all welcome. Enq: Giovanny 0478 201 092 or ssra-perth@catholic.org. Enrolments, Year 7, 2014 La Salle College is now accepting enrolments for Year 7, 2014. For a prospectus and enrolment form please contact college reception on 9274 6266 or email lasalle@lasalle.wa.edu.au. Pellegrini Books Wanted An order of Sisters in Italy is looking for the following: The Living Pyx of Jesus, Fervourings From Galilee’s Hills, Fervourings From the LoveBroken Heart of Christ, Fervourings From the Lips of the Master, Listening to the Indwelling Presence, Sheltering the Divine Outcast, Daily Inspection and Cleansing of the Living Temple of God, and Staunch Friends of Jesus, the Lover of Youth. If you are able to help, please contact Justine on 0419 964 624 or justine@waterempire.com. FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 AND SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Theatrical play Women on the Fringe 7.30pm at Prendiville Performing Arts Centre by St Simon Peter Players. Written by Gerald Searle of St Anthony’s Parish about women marginalised because of gender, race, nationality, culture, religion and moral standing who were transformed when they encountered Jesus. 2pm matinee. Tickets after all Masses at parishes in Ocean Reef, Whitfords, Wanneroo, Clarkson, and the Cathedral. Enq: Gerald 9404 7292. SUNDAY, 19 AUGUST 40th Anniversary An invitation is extended to all “Shalomites” (past and present). Enq: Anne 9248 1767 or theshalomites@gmail.com Saints and Sacred Relics Apostolate SATURDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER AND SUNDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER In St Bridgid’s Parish, Cnr of Great North Highway and Morrion Rd, Midland. Cost: free. 300 relic exposition and talks on relics of the Saints, including first class relic of Bl Pope John Paul II. Enq: Giovanny 0478 201 092 or ssra-perth@catholic. org SATURDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER AND SUNDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER
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Blessing of the sick and elderly with the Blessed Sacrament. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 - Day 6 of Novena 7pm – Begins with Novena devotions, homily and Benediction. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 - Day 7 of Novena 7pm – Begins with Novena devotions, homily and Benediction (Novena raffle will be drawn). THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 - Day 8 of Novena 7pm – Begins Novena Devotions, homily and Benediction. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 - Day 9 of Novena 6pm – Begins with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Divine Mercy Chaplet and Litany of the Most Sacred Heart. Followed by silent Adoration. 7pm – Mass, anointing of the sick, followed by Novena devotions and Benediction. Novena Devotion to Our Lady of Vailankanni - St. Jude’s Parish 20 Prendiville Way, Langford. www.stjudescatholic.org.au. Celebrants: Fr. John, Fr. Gilbert, Fr. Terry, Fr Raj. Enq: Fr Raj 9458 1946 THURSDAY, AUGUST 30- Day 1 7pm: Holy Mass (Homily), Novena Devotion. FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 - Day 2 7pm: Holy Mass (Homily), Novena Devotions. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 - Day 3 6pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Holy Rosary. 6:30pm: Holy Mass followed by Novena Devotions. Special blessings for Fathers. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 (FATHER’S DAY) - Day 4 Sunday Masses 7:30am, 9am & 5:30pm: Holy Mass followed by Novena Devotions, Special blessings for all the Fathers. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 - Day 5 7pm: Holy Mass (Homily), Novena Devotions. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 - Day 6 7pm: Holy Mass (Homily), Novena Devotions.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 - Day 7 7pm: Holy Mass (Homily), Novena Devotions. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 - Day 8 7pm: Holy Mass (Homily), Novena Devotions. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 - Day 9 7pm: Healing Mass (Homily), Novena Devotions. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 - Day 10 Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Please bring plate. 6pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Holy Rosary. 6:30pm: Concelebrated Holy Mass Acts 2 College, Perth’s Catholic Bible College, is now pleased to be able to offer tax deductibility for donations to the College. If you are looking for an opportunity to help grow the faith of young people and to evangelise the next generation of apostles, please contact Jane Borg, Principal at Acts 2 College on 0401 692 690 or principal@acts2come.wa.edu.au. Divine Mercy Church Pews Would you like to assist, at the same time becoming part of the history of the new Divine Mercy Church in Lower Chittering, by donating a beautifully handcrafted jarrah pew currently under construction, costing only $1,000 each. A beautiful brass plaque with your inscription will be placed at the end of the pew. Please make cheques payable to Divine Mercy Church Building fund and send with inscription to: PO Box 8, Bullsbrook WA 6084. Enq: Fr Paul 0427 085 093. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 God’s Farm 25th Anniversary Retreat 7.30pm at The Stone Chapel on God’s Farm. Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of The Stone Chapel on God’s Farm; Fr Brian Morgan will offer Holy Mass daily. Friday 7.30pm; Brother Andrew’s 12th Thanksgiving Mass. Saturday Mass at 10.30am with retreat topic: God the Father of all Mankind’. More details, bookings for retreat: Betty 9755 6212. Bus reservations: Yvonne 9343 1897
ACROSS 2 Passover meal 7 The Wise Men came from here 8 “O come, O come ___” 9 ___ Saints’ Day 10 “___ at the right hand of the Father” 12 Biblical instrument 13 President Johnson’s daughter who converted to Catholicism 14 This kind of man renounces the Lord (Ps 10:3) 15 Home of St. Teresa 16 “My punishment is too great to ___.” (Gen 4:13) 18 Common biblical harvest 20 Son of Sarah 22 John Paul II’s “Ecclesia in ___” 23 Simon’s mother-in-law was cured of this (Lk 4:38–39) 24 The California mission road, El ___ Real 26 Biblical animal of transport 28 One of the prophets 29 Founder of the Society of the Divine Word, ___ Janssen 31 NT book 32 Sin of the 3D kind 33 Catholic singer Perry ___ 34 Fr. Junipero ___
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has touched the body, of a saint The Works of Mercy require us to forgive all these Founder of the Discalced Carmelites Isaiah spoke of a new one (Isa 66:22) “I ___ no evil for thou art with me” (Ps 23:4) Some Carmelites (abbr.) Father of Jehoshaphat Holy Spirit Declare a marriage invalid Diocese or bishop starter The domestic church St. Peter ___ Mother of Augustine Magdalene and the sister of Martha Jubilee entry
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DOWN 1 Papal symbol 2 The Infant of Prague, for one 3 Describes some sins 4 Physical remains of, or item that
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ENQUIRY DAY Sunday, September 16, 2012 You are welcome to join us for
9.30am Morning Prayer
11.30am Holy Mass
12.30pm Lunch
For Catering purposes please RSVP to Helen by September 9 on 9279 1310. For further information please contact Fr John O’Reilly on 9279 1310. For Single males 17 years & Over
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