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Pope Francis wants young people to know, it’s not always easy but it is worthwhile

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By Cindy Wooden THE CATHOLIC Church must help young people understand that marriage isn’t always easy, “but it is so beautiful,” Pope Francis said in Rome last week. “There are problems in marriage: different points of view, jealousies, arguments, but tell young couples to never let the day end without making peace. The Sacrament of Matrimony is renewed in this act of peace,” the Pope said on October 25 during a meeting with members of the Pontifical Council for the Family.

“This path is not easy, but it is so beautiful,” the Pope said. “It’s beautiful. Tell them that.” For the Catholic Church, he said, a family isn’t simply a group of individuals, but it is a community where people learn to love one another, share with and make sacrifices for each other and “defend life, especially of those who are more fragile and weak”. The family as a special community must “be recognised as such, especially today when so much emphasis is placed on the safeguarding of individual rights,” he said. “We must defend the rights of

this community that is the family.” Defending the family also means defending the basic fact that it is a community founded on the marriage of a man and a woman, he said.

for growth in goodness, truth and beauty,” he said. As he has done on several occasions, Pope Francis also spoke about the special place in the family reserved for children and for the

Any time a child is abandoned or an older person marginalised, it marks the failure of that society. “Spousal and familial love clearly reveal that the vocation of the human person is to love one other person forever and that the trials, sacrifices and crises in the life of the couple or the family are stages

elderly, family members who are “the most vulnerable and often the most forgotten”. “Any time a child is abandoned or an older person marginalised, it is not only an act of injustice, but

marks the failure of that society,” he said. “Taking care of little ones and of the elderly is a mark of civility.” Pope Francis, departing from his prepared text, told members of the council, “When I hear the confession of a young married man or woman, and they refer to their son or daughter, I ask, ‘How many children do you have?’ and they tell me. Maybe they’re expecting another question after that, but I always ask, ‘And tell me, do you play with your children? Do you waste time with your children?’” “The free gift of a parent’s time is so important,” he said. - CNS

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Embrace the Grace changed me The 10th Anniversary of the Embrace the Grace (ETG) youth camp for 16 to 25 year olds will take place at New Norcia for five days starting December 11. Annually, the retreat has attracted over 100 young people and is hosted by the Respect Life Office. “Embrace the Grace is a Catholic youth camp in which people from all levels who are at different stages in their spiritual growth gather together and learn more about their faith, form friendships and become closer to God,” Brad Joyce, the MC for ETG 2013 told The Record. Every year the ETG retreat has a theme and this year the theme is Called to Freedom. Mr Joyce is an ETG veteran who has been to eight out of the ten ETG retreats. “Throughout the camp there are several talks on specific aspects of the faith,” Mr Joyce said. “It’s a good place to meet like-minded people. It helps to make people feel less alone in their beliefs and more comfortable.” ETG has had a profound influence on Mr Joyce. “The first ones made me start thinking about faith as a decision which I am making myself rather than what my parents wanted,” Mr Joyce said. “ETG was a little bit of a spiritual awakening and I have gained many friends out of it and it has reaffirmed my own beliefs. It helps me put myself back on track,” he said. “It also gives me a chance to re-evaluate who I am and the kind of person I want to be.” One of Mr Joyce’s favourite parts about the youth camp is playing soccer during free time. For more information about Embrace the Grace: www.facebook. com/embracethegraceconference.

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Charismatic and Carmelite: The Holy Trinity Community of Perth, part of a religious community founded in Indonesia, brought the fullness of the faith to Perth for a spiritual series of events last week. PHOTO: JUANITA SHEPHERD

Indonesian group offers fullness of faith to all The Holy Trinity Community of Perth welcomed two Carmelite nuns and a priest from Indonesia who hosted a seminar on St Theresa of Lisieux and how her spirituality can be applied in our lives, on Saturday, October 28. Founded by Father Yohanes Indrakusuma on January 11, 1987, the Holy Trinity Community is a mixture of Catholic Renewal in the Spirit and the Carmelite Spirituality. “The aim of the community is to experience God’s love,” Fr Gabriel of the Cross CSE said. “We hope to

The Holy Trinity Community offers retreats, games, prayer groups and discussions on Bible readings. On Friday, October 25, the community held a praise and worship night and Fr Gabriel presented a talk titled Light of Faith at the seminar on Saturday. The Holy Trinity Community follows a system called the cell system. “The cell system is the growth of the community,” Adri Sudjana, the coordinator and area servant of the Holy Trinity Community said. “Perth has two cell groups, one is Indonesian speaking and the other is English speaking. There are four to 16 members in each group. When more people are added to the group, another

bring others to this experience.” The Holy Trinity Community has its headquarters in Indonesia but also has groups based in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. Its Perth presence was begun in 2011. The Holy Trinity Community also focuses on the needs of young Catholics within society. “We offer young people the ability to choose God,” Sister Marietta PKarm said. “Today, many are facing the crisis of losing the meaning of their faith in their lives and the Holy Trinity Community allows them to meet Jesus personally and to know His love and power and to help them go back to their Christian faith so that they can live a meaningful life.”

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In a bid to raise funds for the St Norbert Breakfast Club, the Peranakan Community Perth Fair will be held on Sunday, November 24 from 9am-2pm at St Norbert College, Queens Park. “The community is made up of descendants of mostly Chinese merchants,” Father Christopher Lim OPraem, coordinator of the Peranakan Community told The Record. The group also includes people from Malaysian, Burmese, Thai and Indonesian backgrounds. “We are fusion culture,” Fr Lim said. “We are from countries from South East Asia who have migrated to Australia and it is our dream to set up the Peranakan Community as an association,” Fr Lim said. “We will be selling traditional food, clothing, brochures, accessories, sweets and other nic nacs. It has become very multicultural and we want to promote our culture to the general public who will get a chance to know about us.” Fr Lim helps students, teachers and parents cook and prepare breakfast on Mondays and Wednesdays for students who come to school early, “like those who have swimming classes and don’t have time to eat breakfast,” Fr Lim said. In the hotter months, the club also feeds the students of St Joseph’s Primary School.

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cell is created.” The Holy Trinity Community also held a Healing Mass to emphasise the presence of God during the Sisters’ and Father’s visit to Perth. “Our mission is to experience the love of God,” Sr Skolastika PKarm said. “Jesus loves us and wants to heal us.”

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Warm welcome for new Australians THE SCENE at the beautiful Carine Glades Park for the Welcome to Australia refugee picnic on Sunday, October 20 was good for the soul. Lively, face-painted children and cheerful, energetic youth and adults engaged in a variety of fun activities – soccer, cricket, football, dancing all to the beat of bright music. The more sedate were happy to relax amidst the trees and grassy surrounds enjoying a chat with family and friends. The latest Welcome to Australia Picnic was organised jointly by the St Vincent de Paul Society and the Christian Brothers. On this occasion, the welcome was being extended to around 80 recently arrived “new Australians” who had come as refugees from their former homelands of Burma, Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran. As at previous such picnics, the lively, cheerful spirit was largely set by the admirable staff and students, 40 of them, from Sacred Heart College, Sorrento, who entertained, encouraged and delightfully cared for the children. Their efforts were boosted by the bright music and cheerful commentary provided by the ever generous DJ, Felix James. Of course, the new Australians were treated to a fine Aussie barbeque prepared and served by dedicated volunteers from the parishes of Girrawheen and Greenwood. Among those who came along to show support were Mr Peter Bothe, Principal of Sacred Heart College, and Fr Blasco Fonseca, Archdiocesan Vicar for Migrants. When the time came for the guests to board the buses for home, they took with them gifts of books, toys and other helpful items provided in the main by the generous folk from Sacred Heart College. Christian Brother Geoff Seaman cfc said it was a shame hardline opponents of a more generous approach to asylum seekers were not there to witness the occasion. “What an ideal occasion this would have been for those of our political leaders who constantly seek to demonise and punish those suffering,” Br Seaman told The Record, “desperate people who

take great risks to seek safety in Australia to meet some of them face to face and get to know what fine people they are.” Refugee advocates and media commentators have criticised the Federal Government in recent

that the restriction of information was necessary for operational reasons. “Taking control of how that information is released denies people smugglers the opportunity to exploit such information and is just

This would have been an ideal time for political leaders who constantly seek to demonise to meet some of these desperate people, face to face. months for restricting official information about the arrival of boat loads of asylum seekers to a weekly media briefing. Immigration minister Scott Morrison told media in September

another one of the many measures we are utilising to stop the boats as the Government has promised it would do.”

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You are not alone: mental health forum for everyone RAISING AWARENESS of youthrelated mental health issues and discussing avenues for seeking advice from mental health experts was the focus of a recent public forum held at The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle campus. The University, in collaboration with Notre Dame Students for Social Justice (NDSSJ) and the Fremantle Foundation, recently hosted the successful Mental Health Forum, attended by Notre Dame students, staff and members. The forum was designed not only to assist those affected by mental illness but also their families in accessing the best knowledge and services. Moderated by the head of counselling services at Notre Dame, Andrew Duirs, the forum panelists comprised Headspace Clinical Support Officer, Annabeth Bateman; author and mental health sufferer, Joshua Cunniffe; and psychologist, Dr Gwen Brookes. The forum provided a compelling insight into the state of Australia’s approach to mental health treatment. Questions posed by students and audience members led to constructive dialogue on how to best tackle early symptoms of

depression and other serious mental health problems. Many attendees shared personal experiences, trading wisdom and information about treatments and support practices. Some of the mental health issues discussed during the forum included eating disorders, sexual abuse and future state-of-mind. The forum also covered avenues

A key purpose was not simply to think about problems but to map out pathways forward practical things. to prevent youth suicide, emotional and personal abuse on social media websites, and the need for more government resources to cope with the rising numbers of mental health patients. “The Mental Health Forum was about sharing stories, providing support and developing solutions that tackle mental health problems. From a Notre Dame perspective, it

gave clarity to what we could do to support those suffering from mental health issues within our own university community,” NDSSJ President Caroline Lansdell said. Senior Lecturer, Politics and International Relations in the Fremantle School of Arts & Sciences, Dr Martin Drum, said he was pleased with the depth of discussion on a range of critical aspects to the issue. “A key purpose of the event was not simply to think about the problem, but map out pathways forward and to consider what practical things we can do individually and as a community,” Dr Drum said. “We were particularly interested in the impact of mental health challenges on young people, including those facing changing personal circumstances and stressful work or study environments. “Given the significance of this issue in our community, we hope to build on this event and host similar ones in the future.” More information about depression and anxiety may be obtained at Beyond Blue at www.beyondblue. org.au or call 1300 224 636, or visit Headspace. To speak to someone urgently, contact Lifeline - 13 11 14.

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Ukrainians celebrate a major musical milestone ON OCTOBER 20, past and present members of the Vesna Ukrainian Choir celebrated its 25th anniversary at the Rise in Maylands. The choir’s first performance was a CYM concert on October 18, 1988. Vesna’s conductress Suzanna Prushynsky, who is originally from Sydney, thanked Bohdan Mykytiuk and Erica and Dorica Konderewicz for their inspiration that set the then Vesna “Young” Women’s Choir on its journey. Mrs Prushynsky also paid homage to the women who were the pioneers of the current choir. She said that Vesna reached a peak membership of 20 women and seven men but that over the 25 years more than 60 people had participated in Vesna. The choir has performed at many Ukrainian cultural events and some weddings with performances including solos, duets, trios and quartets. Such performances were made possible by the hard work of the choristers, committee members, fundraising committees, costume designers, dressmakers and seven piano accompanists.

A special silent tribute was held for fondly remembered and sorely missed departed former members and cherished friends, Mollie Czwerenchuk, who was a valued accompanist, and Zirka Doszchak, a renowned soprano soloist. The 37 guests who attended the celebration included Perth’s Ukrainian Catholic parish priest Fr Wolodymyr Kalinecki, who is also

The choir tackled songs at Perth events and eisteddfods, all without music or lyrics in front of them. a choir member. Past and current choir members, their spouses and other guests who attended were treated to a video showcase of the choir’s performances and albums displaying photos of performances and a delicious smorgasbord of food, which was supported by the kind

donation of Ivan Prymak’s catering raffle prize win. Mrs Prushynsky said the Vesna choir always sang to demonstrate its love of the diverse and wonderful Ukrainian music. She said the choir had also tackled songs that involved complicated and intricate choreographies, dancing and even rhythmic instruments at Perth events and eisteddfods, even winning first prize a few times, all without music or lyrics in front of them. Vesna committee president Daria Majewski thanked Mrs Prushynsky on behalf of all Vesna members for her wonderful, steadfast dedication and enthusiastic and inspirational leadership, presenting her with a token of gratitude and appreciation. After all present sang Mnohaya Litiya, the celebratory cake was cut. It was an enjoyable and successful event enlivened by pleasant reminisces and camaraderie. The choir hopes to sing for as long as there are voices willing to celebrate the wonderful, lyrical and rousing Ukrainian national songs, lullabies, ballads and hymns.

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Priests from the Northern Zone of WA have enjoyed their recent gatherings, which have been more social than formal.

By Mark Reidy THE monthly meeting of Northern Zone priests and deacons has taken on a new dimension in recent gatherings, incorporating a social aspect to the more formal business approach of the past. The meetings, which include priests from Yanchep to Scarborough, began as a means to pray together and discuss events and issues affecting them as individuals and parishes, Fr Erasmus Norviewu-Mortty told The Record. The Northern Zone secretary said the past two months, which have included a trip to Northam and a shared banquet in Balcatta, have enflamed the group with a new zeal. “To be able to spend time together socialising has been beautiful,” he said. “The desire to continue to

meet together in this way has been unanimous.” Fr Erasmus, who is chaplain at Joondalup hospital, has coordinated the meetings for almost three years and is well aware of how busy priests are, which is why he is determined to promote the social aspect of the gatherings. “We, of course, will continue to pray Vespers and Evening Prayer

in September was a highlight for many. “We were warmly hosted by Fr Emmanuel Dimobi and on the return trip by Fr Steve Cooney in York,” Fr Erasmus recalled. “May the Lord bless them for their generous display of fraternity and hospitality.” The joy of the occasion was echoed by Fr Francisco Mascarenhas

Fr Erasmus has extended an invitation to all WA priests and deacons to join them for future events. whenever we meet, and to discuss relevant issues, but I believe it is important to maintain the camaraderie that grows in our informal time together,” Fr Erasmus shared. There are usually between 15 and 25 clergy who attend the meetings on the third Thursday of most months and the trip to Northam

from Woodvale parish, who was surprised at how much he appreciated the day. “I was a reluctant and not-sohappy camper and attended the Northam picnic almost ‘kicking and screaming’,” he said. “But I must confess that I returned a happy and converted person.”

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Fr Erasmus said the “serene, joyful and merry atmosphere” of the Northam trip carried over to the October 17 gathering in Balcatta. “Fr Adam and his parishioners laid a beautiful agape banquet with linen from the ancient Palace of Solomon, and with local and exotic wines,” Fr Erasmus poetically described in his synopsis of the occasion. “In fact, a pontifical banquet organised in Paris during the Avignon papacy will surely be a comparison.” The success of the past two meetings has generated an excitement among the group and they are already planning an outing to either New Norcia or Kalgoorlie early next year. Fr Erasmus would like to see the group expand and has extended an invitation to all priests and deacons, irrespective of their zones, to join them for future events.

Archdiocese and Toyota strike priests car deal PERTH PRIESTS are the benefactors of a unique deal brokered between Toyota and the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth recently. The arrangement, which allows clergy to purchase new Toyota vehicles at “Fleet Discount” rates, has been the fruit of patient negotiations between Toyota’s WA Fleet Team and the Archdiocesan Finance Office according to Compliance and Suppliers Manager Warren Lethridge. “It is a win-win outcome,” Mr Lethridge said. “The benefits on offer for the Church’s clergy are unequalled in the Australian Motor Industry.” Mr Lethridge believes the deal, which covers Toyota’s full range of vehicles as well as benefits on servicing, will provide peace of mind to priests who travel significant distances undertaking parish work: “We would like to express our thanks to the local Toyota WA Fleet Team (Kate Findlater, Johann Caspersz and Jason Davey) who all worked hard to achieve this great result, in some way,” Mr Letheridge said. “So hopefully, more Australian-built motor vehicles will be seen on the roads around Perth.” MORE INFORMATION - 9427 0300

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Little heroes recognised for giving By Matthew Biddle VINCENT Pettinicchio and Matthew Cirocco were among those recognised at the inaugural Kids Who Give WA awards ceremony at Government House on October 24. The pair received awards in the best individual projects category, in recognition of their efforts during the year to assist the less fortunate. Vincent’s ‘Project for the Homeless’ was first reported in The Record in April, before other media outlets including The West Australian gave the eight-year-old’s initiative some more publicity. He generated enough donations to compile almost 200 packs of essentials, which were distributed to the homeless people of Perth. Matthew’s project, which also featured in The Record, raised more than $2,000 for a Franciscan-run orphanage in Bali. More than $50,000 worth of prize money was distributed to the award winners, with both Vincent and Matthew taking home $250. Forty-six schools received awards at the ceremony for a variety of projects, including several Catholic schools. The efforts of Aquinas College, Dawesville Catholic Primary, Holy Rosary Primary, Holy Spirit Catholic Primary, Immaculate Heart College, Whitford Catholic Primary and Mel Maria Catholic Primary were all recognised. Master of ceremonies for the day Tod Johnston told those present he was inspired by the generosity of all the children involved in the program. “One of the things about the Kids Who Give program is seeing a ripple or snowball effect,” he said. “The example that all the children have set today will be followed by others in the community.” Matthew, who attends St Luke’s Catholic Primary School in Woodvale, said he was pleasantly surprised to win an award and was looking forward to visiting the Bali orphanage again in January.

Above, Matthew Cirocco with parents Catherine and Francesco, right, parish priest Fr Francisco Mascarenhas, and school principal David Hunter. Below, Vincent Pettinichio with mum Pina and dad Giacomo. Both boys won awards at the Kids Who Give WA presentation ceremony last week. PHOTOS: MATTHEW BIDDLE

The 11-year-old had no hesitation when asked what he would be doing with his prize money. “We’re definitely going to give it to the orphanage,” he said.

The example that the children have set will be followed by others. Event host Tonya McCusker said those involved in the projects were outstanding young people. “When you get children when they’re very small, and you fill them up with forms of compassion and

kindness, they will grow up and we will have a generation of more caring, giving people,” she said. “And at just [eight] years old, Vincent is definitely an example of this… what an outstanding young man.” Vincent’s mum Pina said her son would continue his project next year. “He wants to continue with his project, but this time try to involve as many schools as possible, Catholic and non-Catholic,” she said. Kids Who Give WA was launched in February with the aim of encouraging and recognising the acts of care and kindness of children under the age of 12.

Halloween the eve of two great Church feasts By Juanita Shepherd OBSERVED on October 31, Halloween is widely thought of as an American holiday connected to children dressing up in macabre costumes, Jack-o-Lanterns, trick or treating and chilling ghost stories. However, Bishop Peter Ingham from the Diocese of Wollongong believes that Halloween, a feast initially influenced by the Celtic harvest festival, is an opportunity to deepen our understanding of another aspect of the Catholic faith. “Halloween leads us into the back-to-back feast days of All Saints and All Souls,” Bishop Ingham said. All Saints and All Souls are celebrated on November 1 and 2 respectively; the former commemorates the departed who have attained the beatific vision and the latter commemorates the faithful departed. “These two days celebrate what we affirm in the Apostles Creed, ‘I believe in the Communion of Saints’, which means the union that exists between the blessed in Heaven, the souls expiating their sins in purgatory and we who are still on our earthly pilgrimage to eternal life with God,” Bishop Ingham said. While Bishop Ingham sees a connection between Halloween and the feasts of All Saints and All Souls, he disagrees with dressing up in costumes – a major part of the culture of Halloween. “Costumes and decorations that glorify witches and devils are hardly appropriate,” he said.

“Witches and devils symbolise the evil that Jesus Christ has overcome by his death and resurrection.” Death, another major theme of Halloween, is a subject which Bishop Ingham discuses with frankness. “You and I need to press the pause button in our crowded lives to reflect on our own mortality with all the spiritual and practical consequences that go with it,” Bishop Ingham said. “Halloween invites us to talk openly about death, which is a taboo for so many, almost as if it were not a real fact of life.” Bishop Ingham acknowledged that the popularity of Halloween has risen over the years, and he believes one positive aspect of the commercialisation of Halloween is that it creates awareness of the Christian faith in secular society. However, he fears that its Catholic roots are in danger of becoming lost. Bishop Ingham said the feast of All Saints has an integral link to Halloween. “Halloween is All Hallows Eve,” he said. “Hallow is a word in the Lord’s Prayer, hallowed be thy name, so to celebrate Halloween without connecting it to All Saints Day would be like celebrating Christmas Eve without a Christmas Day. “Fortunately, each year the Church gives us two feasts; All Saints and All Souls.” He also said that if the saints were taken away from Halloween, along with the Christian beliefs about the dignity and destiny of humans, only a pre-Christian superstition about the dead would be left.

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Pilgrims agree: God’s love not just for WYD By Sister Joanne Linh Le RSJ VIETNAMESE Catholic Youth Ministry of WA invited World Youth Day Rio pilgrims from throughout Perth to the Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Centre in Westminster on October 20 to reflect on the themes of the three most recent WYDs. The night began with attendees indulging in authentic Vietnamese dishes prepared by the young people and some helpful parents. While pilgrims enjoyed the cuisine and conversation, footage from the last three WYDs in Rio (2013), Madrid (2011) and Sydney (2008) aired in the background to reignite memories. Father Huynh Nguyen, chaplain of the Vietnamese Catholic Community of WA, was present to have a meal with them. Shortly afterwards, we were also lucky enough to have Catholic Youth Ministry Perth chaplain Fr Thomas Zureich come to provide his support. While most pilgrims there had previously met, some additional

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‘ice-breaking’ activities organised by VCYM’s leader Peter Nguyen ensued, ensuring everyone’s eventual acquaintance with one other. As the social events concluded, so came time to reflect on everyone’s experiences and recall the WYD themes driving the mission of these young pilgrims. A group rendition of Guy Sebastian’s unforgettable anthem Receive the Power was performed with the enchanting “Alleluias” of the chorus filling the room. With no detectable sense of patriotic bias, it was unanimously agreed that Sebastian’s song was the greatest WYD theme song of all time. Discussion of the themes led to agreement that a call was being broadcast to all the youth to spread the message of the Church. They were as follows: “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you” (Sydney 2008); “Rooted and built up in Jesus Christ, Firm in the Faith” (Madrid 2011); and “Go and make disciples of all nations” (Rio 2013). While a

Vietnamese Catholic youth leader Thuc Hoang shares his testimony of faith with a recent post-WYD gathering in Westminster. PHOTO: PETER BUI

reaffirmation of one’s beliefs and involvement with the Catholic Church was important, a duty to communicate those ideals was required to ensure the perpetuation of the faith. This responsibility was also

echoed in the personal testimony of Thuc Hoang, Youth Music Coordinator of the community and facilitator for the event. Sharing his experiences at WYD and in his life of faith seemed to resonate with many of the pilgrims present. It

Future shepherds readied to serve

By Matthew Biddle ORGANISERS of the Beginning Experience in Perth, a ministry for the divorced, separated and bereaved, are hopeful the ministry will be revived, despite closing at the weekend. Around 60 people gathered on October 26 for a Mass at St Vincent Pallotti chapel in Rossmoyne to celebrate the work the ministry has done over the past 28 years. President of the Beginning Experience in Perth, Mauz Kay read aloud a letter written by the AsiaPacific regional president, Margaret Payton. The letter expressed gratitude towards those who have kept the ministry going, and served as a reminder that a revival is possible. “We want to honour you today for the courage and determination that you have shown in moving through your experience,” Ms Payton wrote. “I myself was part of a Beginning Experience springtime after the reemergence of my own team, as is the Singapore team. “It is possible, but it comes not in our time but when the winter gives way to spring.” The Beginning Experience hosts two weekend programs each year for people who have suffered the loss of a spouse or parent through divorce, death or separation. The program is presented by people who have suffered such loss themselves and, ideally, participants would volunteer to lead the program soon after completing it. But a lack of committed helpers made it inevitable that the ministry would close, Ms Kay said. “Over the last few years we’ve had people not being able to commit to coming onto the presenting team,” she said. “There are several of us who have been on the team for six years… and we need to move on. “It is a big commitment of time, but that is the way the ministry needs to be to run properly and to give the full benefit to our peers who are still wounded.” Last year, 23 participants completed the program, but only one person joined the ministry team. The decision to close Beginning

was interesting to hear how the next generation of disciples handled the challenges of applying the papal messages to their lives in a modern and ever-changing world. After praying for the guidance of the Holy Spirit in their lives, the attendees participated in a traditional Brazilian custom witnessed by some of the pilgrims who visited Rio. Brazilian wish ribbons, which can be seen wrapping the gates of the church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim in Salvador, were tied to each other’s wrists and a prayer said for each of the three knots fastened. The evening concluded with some yummy, traditional Vietnamese dessert, as well as discussions about WYD Krakow 2016. If you observe anyone with these ribbons still attached to the wrist, it is because the tradition states that these prayers are only answered if the ribbon falls off. It was a great night had by all and invigorating to see the enthusiasm exhibited by the youth. Please pray for our next generation of disciples. LITURGICAL TITBIT

Confusion on when to stand at Mass By Matthew Biddle

Archbishop Costelloe SDB made his annual visitation of St Charles’ Seminary on Friday, October 11. At the conclusion of the visitation the Archbishop instituted Tung Vu (far right) into the Ministry of Lector and then instituted Garner Vergara II (second from Right), Joseph Laundy (second from left) and Konrad Gagatek (far left) as acolytes. The Archbishop gave a stirring homily challenging the seminary community to draw strength from the example of the various saints commemorated in October. PHOTO: ST CHARLES’ SEMINARY

Experience in Perth was made soon after. “I’ve been holding the reigns for the last several years, sometimes a little too tightly, and in the last six months I loosened the reigns a fair bit and now it’s time to let them go,”

there is an obvious need for such a ministry. Ms Kay said the program had transformed many lives and provided healing to those struggling to deal with their loss. “The Beginning Experience is the most life-changing, powerful

“It really addresses the need of an individual to work through the devastation of losing that life relationship... to be able to rebuild.” Ms Kay said. While she expressed sadness at the ministry’s closure, Ms Kay was hopeful that it would be revived in the near future. “It’s really sad that 28 years have come and gone and we’re not able to continue,” she said. “But hopefully somebody will hear the call and take it up.” With an estimated 1,500 people completing the Beginning Experience program since 1985,

program that I’ve ever done and for people who have been involved, it’s been a similar story,” Ms Kay said. “It really addresses the need of an individual to work through the devastation of losing that life relationship and to move forward, to be able to rebuild themselves.” Anyone interested in re-establishing the Beginning Experience in Perth can contact the AsiaPacific regional board via email at aprb@xtra.co.nz.

Australia’s changing face of divorce The number of divorces in Australia has stayed relatively steady over the past 15 years, while the number of people over 50 initiating divorce has more than doubled in the past two decades. Around 48,900 marriages ended in divorce in 2011, the most recent available year of ABS data, a 2.6 per cent decrease from the previous year. The median duration was 12.2 years, with 48.3 per cent of divorces in that year involving children. Using ABS data, the Sydney Morning Herald reported earlier this year that in 1991 women divorcing over the age of 50 represented 6.3 per 1,000 of the population. In 2011, this grew to 15.2 per 1,000 while the number of men over 50 getting divorced doubled.

MORE than five years after their implementation, there’s still confusion among Australian Catholics regarding the changes to the Order of the Mass. The main confusion appears to be regarding when members of the congregation should stand during the Preparation of the Gifts. Parishes in Perth, as well other dioceses around Australia, have recently included reminders in their parish bulletins about the correct practice. Since May 11, 2008, congregations have been required to stand as they respond to the priest’s invitation to pray. The Roman Missal states that, after the priest’s invitation, Orate, fratres (Pray, brethren), “the people rise and reply: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands…” RCIA coordinator in Perth and liturgy field officer Karen Hart said the majority of people in her parish stand during the priest’s invitation to pray, which is incorrect. “These days people often don’t have their own Missal and follow the power-point. If that is not clear then the assembly will not know,” she said. The source of the confusion could be a contradiction present in the preliminary instructions in the Roman Missal, which states that: “The faithful should stand… from the invitation, Orate, fratres (Pray, brethren)”. But this is at odds with the section in the Missal that details the Order of the Mass, where the aforementioned instruction to “rise and reply” occurs. Fortunately, for Australia, the situation appears to have been clarified. In both the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and the St Paul’s Weekday Missal, published in 2012, the instruction to stand from the priest’s invitation to prayer is made irrelevant. Both publications include a side note titled ‘In Australia’, that affirms that the faithful “should stand… from the completion of the priest’s invitation”.

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A dedicated servant, right to the end

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Bishop Anthony Burgess Born: July 29,1938 Entered eternal life: October 23, 2013 By Fr Greg Bourke OFM ANTHONY BURGESS was born on July 29, 1938, the eldest of eight children, in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia. After attending the local convent school, he won a scholarship to St Stanislaus College, Bathurst (Vincentians). Having obtained his Leaving Certificate, he returned home to work in his father’s business. After three years he decided to become a diocesan priest and entered the seminary. Two of his classmates were the future Cardinal George Pell of Sydney and Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne. Because of his time in his father’s business he was several years older than them. While he was still in the seminary Bishop Guilford Young of Tasmania asked for some of the students to come to Tasmania where parishes were scattered and there were few priests. Tony agreed and worked as a priest in Tasmania for six years. He then heard a similar request from the Bishop of Aitape in the West Sepik province of Papua New Guinea seeking help. Tony was to remain in PNG for 40 years. Arriving in 1973, Tony was sent to Karaitem near Lumi in the Torrecelli Mountains. Lumi was a large government station and the parish was under the care of Franciscan Fr Tom Ritchie. When Tom had to return to Australia for some months following the death of his father, Tony cared for both Lumi and Karaitem. Later on, he was appointed to Wassisi in the Nuku district. Wassisi is an important station on the junction of the road between Nuku and Wewak. With the collapse of airlines, all the supplies for the missionaries and government had to pass through Wassisi. Tony’s business and bookkeeping skills all came to

Bishop Anthony Burgess, centre, with two confreres. Bishop Burgess served God among the people on Papua New Guinea for 40 years.

the fore now. His father had trained him well. He built a large bulk store for all who needed supplies, especially the mission stations. He did not neglect his parish duties. He kept a record of every village visited and made sure none were neglected. He received great support from the Franciscan Sisters at Wassisi and his care for the Religious would be a characteristic he would bring later to Wewak. Maybe being the eldest of a large family left him with a legacy of care. When Brian Barnes was Bishop of Aitape he appointed Tony to his Council with particular responsibility for Finance. He later became the Vicar General of the diocese. When the

terrible tsunami hit the Aitape coast in 1998, it virtually wiped out three large villages. The cost in lives and materials was immense. Tony was a key figure in the

when Fr Tony was named Auxiliary Bishop of Wewak in the year 2000 and took over the diocese two years later. We knew he had a lot of contact with Wewak from Wassisi and was

When the terrible 1998 tsunami hit the Aitape coast, it wiped out three large villages. Tony was a key figure in resettling survivors. resettlement of survivors and the one responsible for making sure that every Kina of donated money was accounted for. At the same time he continued to care for his large parish of Wassisi. We were caught by surprise

well known to the Wewak priests. He was always a strong, clear speaker and couldn’t stand corruption in any form. He always worked long hours right to the end. When he got sick a couple of years ago and went to

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Sydney for tests he stayed with the Franciscans. Many were old friends from PNG including retired Archbishop Brian Barnes and Fr Tom Ritchie. Tony became a secular Franciscan (former Third Order) in his home parish in Australia. On his return to PNG at the end of last year, he received the award of Grand Companion of the Order of Logohu by the Governor General. and was acknowledged as a “Chief ”. He tried to continue working in Wewak until his cancer caused him great pain and eventual collapse. He was airlifted to Sydney on Sunday, September 8. He returned to the Lord he so faithfully served on October 23, 2013 at 7am PNG time.

Mayor Manea’s life inspired bridging of divides BUNBURY’S St Patrick’s Cathedral was filled with almost 1,000 mourners on Friday, October 25 for a rare ecumenical service to honour the life of an extraordinary man, Bunbury’s former mayor, Dr Ernie Manea. Albany-born Dr Manea, 86, was an Anglican but was held in high regard by all religious denominations, and particularly the Sisters of St John of God who staffed the local hospital. “He was an enormous friend of the St John of God order who adopted him as their personal saint, I think,” another former mayor of Bunbury, David Smith, told the ABC. “He chaired the local board for many years.” Part of Dr Manea’s affection for the nuns could be explained by the fact his mother was Irish, in addition to having had a Greek father. Dr Manea’s son, Mark, told the congregation in his eulogy that when his father had arrived in Bunbury in 1952, a hectic work schedule on his first weekend had him wanting to return to Perth. But the kindness from the St John of God Sisters, in the form of a hot cup of tea and a sandwich, had helped change his mind. About 15 sisters who attended the service were given a spontane-

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Dr Ernest Manea Born: December 23, 1926 Entered eternal life: October 15, 2013 ous ovation for their work after they were asked to stand by Canon Brian Newing, who coordinated proceedings. Sister Helen Connolly also led prayers for the Manea family. Father Edwin Ocho and the Uniting Church’s Reverend Greg Ross had responsibility for the

but also around the State, that he received approaches from three major political parties to represent them at various elections. All approaches were declined. I first met Dr Manea in 1965 when he was president of the South Bunbury Football Club and I was a player. Several years earlier his family had adopted a young Aboriginal boy, Syd Jackson, who quickly established himself as a champion player in Bunbury, Perth and Melbourne. Mr Jackson was a pallbearer at the funeral.

So highly was Dr Manea regarded, not only in the South-West but also around the State, that he received approaches from three major political parties. All approaches were declined. readings, and the Salvation Army’s Major Trevor Wilson read Psalm 23. Dr Gary Mincham read the Physician’s Oath. Politicians, past and present, were scattered through the congregation. So highly was Dr Manea regarded, not only in the South-West

The last time Dr Manea and I spoke was in 2010 when he organised morning tea at Parliament House for the St John of God nuns. It was a grand occasion and the Premier, Colin Barnett, and veteran Labor MP Tom Stephens dropped by to have a chat. PETER KENNEDY

Dr Ernie Manea, former Mayor of Bunbury, as pictured in a memorial notice on Manea Senior College, Bunbury’s website. PHOTO: ONLINE

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Fremantle marks a great

TRADITION

Every year since 1948 the streets of Fremantle have been home to the Fishing Fleet Festival, and this year’s event was one of the biggest, with thousands taking part in the procession. The streets were full of smiles, colour, prayer and music as Matthew Biddle explains... THOUSANDS of people gathered for the 65th annual Fishing Fleet Festival in Fremantle on October 27. The procession through the streets of the port city meant several roads were closed to traffic, but the locals didn’t appear to mind, with most using a mobile phone or iPad to capture the incredible scene. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB took part in the procession for the first time, joining Perth priests Fr Tony Maher OMI and Fr Nino Vinciguerra. Members of sodalities carried their group’s banner during the walk from St Patrick’s Basilica, while children dressed in white carried a large Rosary. The statues of Our Lady of Martyrs and Our Lady of Capo d’Orlando were carried towards the back of the procession. The procession ended at Fremantle Boat Harbour, where those involved, including Archbishop Costelloe, boarded several boats. Each boat circled the harbour three times, with Archbishop Costelloe blessing the fleet during the second lap. He also blessed the water, praying for the safety of the fishermen and for a productive catch. Fr Maher, who took part in the festival for the fourth time, said this year’s was one of the biggest in recent times. “I enjoyed it immensely,” he said. “It’s a religious event because we’re praying for the fishermen and… it’s a great tradition going back over hundreds of years. “As well as having that prayerful, religious significance, it’s a social event too, where people come together to celebrate life and to celebrate how much good the fishing industry has done, not just for Fremantle, but for all of WA.” The procession always attracts the interest of observers, and Sunday’s event was no exception, Fr Maher said. “There’s no disrespect

Above, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Fr Nino Vinciguerra on board one of the ships prepare to bless the fleet. Right, the view from the Moores Building on Henry Street, during the procession. PHOTOS: MATTHEW BIDDLE

shown, some of them were looking on in a state of amazement,” he said. “It was a great witness to the people of the value of religion and faith and of the belief we have in God and particularly the intercession of our Blessed Mother.” The fishing fleet festival is a highlight on Fremantle’s calendar of events each year, and this year it coincided with the city’s Seafood Festival and the first day of the Fremantle Festival. A triduum of Masses was held in preparation for the festival at St Patrick’s Basilica from October 23-25. The procession was first held on September 8, 1948.

The leader of a group of children who carried a large Rosary, above. Right, onlookers saw the boats circle the harbour three times. PHOTOS: MATTHEW BIDDLE

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All aboard: Left, excited children joined the large number of people on the boats, above. Below, the procession takes over the streets, with the statue of Our Lady of Martyrs taking centre stage. PHOTOS: MATTHEW BIDDLE

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Sydney Catholic priest part of a unique cricket team that seeks more than on-field success

Taking wickets for God

Soon seminarians and priests will play cricket for the newly-formed Vatican cricket team, but an Australian priest has been hitting sixes for the faith for many years, taking his priestly ministry onto the field every weekend in summer, as Matthew Biddle explains...

It's been claimed that the three stumps and the two bails represent the Trinity and the two natures of Christ respectively. The 11 players, along with the 12th man, who has limited capacities, have been said to replicate the 12 disciples. The 12th man accounts for Judas Iscariot.

N 365 DAYS of the year, Fr James McCarthy will don his priestly vestments, celebrate Mass, and talk to his parishioners about the Church and God. But on 22 Saturdays every summer, Fr James will wear his grass-stained whites, run around after a cricket ball, and talk about batting orders, inswingers, and that huge six he hit over cow-corner. The Sydney-based Catholic priest isn’t exactly the average cricketer; nor is he the average man of the cloth. Most priests like to use their Saturdays for gardening or for chores around the house. Fr James prefers to spend the day trying to hit a cricket ball into outer space. Then, in a rapid transformation akin to that of Superman, while the rest of his teammates finish the match, Fr James suddenly appears at his parish in his priestly attire to say the Saturday evening Mass. The cricket-playing priest has been involved with the aptly named Papal Bulls cricket team in the NSW Churches cricket competition for more than a decade. He says he has always enjoyed playing cricket and believes it can be a good priestly ministry. “It’s good exercise and it’s a good team sport,” he says. “For people to see a priest doing normal things is a good thing, and it sometimes gives people opportunities to talk to a priest and to talk about things they may not have talked about otherwise.” A left-arm fast bowler, Fr James often fields at first slip, where his conversations with teammates seem to have benefits allround. “After chatting with a number of other people who are relatively young and switched on with society and their faith, I sometimes will modify my Sunday homily based upon some of the discussions I have sitting at slip,” he says. The Papal Bulls is a Catholic team in the NSW Churches competition, taking on teams from a variety of Christian denominations including Anglican, Baptist and Uniting Church sides. The competition was established in NSW more than 110 years ago and has a unique rule that allows priests or pastors to be replaced during a match if church duties necessitate an early departure. It’s just one of many advantages of playing in an inter-faith competition for the fast bowling priest. “I think it’s a very good thing to have a Church competition,” he says. “It’s a good opportunity to connect with people of different denominations and to break down some of the barriers that exist there at times. “Just the other day we played against a team which is from a [branch] of the Anglican Church. I had never really had much contact with these people before so

Above, Sydney's Fr James McCarthy who was ordained in 2009. Right, players from the Vatican cricket club train at Maria Mater Ecclesiae's Catholic College in Rome. A competitive cricket series involving the team will kick off in mid-November. Far right, Fr McCarthy appeals for an LBW (leg before wicket) decision, during a match playing for the Papal Bulls. The Catholic cricket club has played in the NSW Churches cricket competition since 1999, facing off against teams from other Christian denominations, including Anglican, Uniting Church and Baptist sides. PHOTOS: CNS; PETER STEVENS

I had a bit of a chat with some of their team about what they believe and what their faith is.” While the competition prides itself on playing the game in the right spirit at all times, Fr James says there are occasional flare-ups, sometimes even involving himself.

I'm not always perfect, sometimes I get overly aggressive and I think that's not always a good thing. At times I feel like I want to bowl a short ball and I think 'Is this the right thing to be doing?' “Sometimes there are good attitudes towards Catholics and towards Catholic priests and sometimes there are things that are not so pleasant,” he says. “Getting hit in the head when I was batting by a person who knew I was a priest was not the best experience, although I’m sure the bloke didn’t intend to hit me in the head. I’ve learnt to put the helmet on now. “I’m not always perfect, sometimes I get overly aggressive and I think that’s not always a good thing. At times I feel like I want to bowl a short ball and I think ‘Is this the right thing to be doing?’”

Although he generally steers clear of bowling “chin music”, Fr James says the cricket pitch is not necessarily the place for acts of mercy. “It’s important to try our best but we have to realise that at the end of the day it’s just a game and we’re there to have a bit of fun,” he says. As a Catholic team, prayer is an important part of the Papal Bulls’ preparation. At the beginning of each game, Fr James leads the team in prayer, ending with a blessing. According to teammate Justin Faehrmann, achieving victory is not the prayer’s intention. “It’s usually just to help us to play to the best of our abilities,” he says. “We don’t ask to win… it’s more about enjoying ourselves and giving glory to God through putting in the best performance you can. If that does result in winning that’s great, but that’s not the main focus.” Several Papal Bulls players are seminarians, and the whole team often makes its way to the Good Shepherd Seminary in Homebush for a post-match barbeque. Fr James says the gathering has become somewhat of a tradition, and one that has numerous advantages. “Young men can see that the seminary exists and you don’t have to have three heads to be the sort of person to go to the seminary,” he says. “Even for people who are not thinking about the priesthood, I think it’s important for young men to see that faith should be a part of everyone’s life.”

Mr Faehrmann says Fr James has made a significant contribution to the club, both on and off the field. “He’s someone who’s very passionate about his sport, and he definitely shows that in all facets of the game,” he says. “He’s also a faithful priest… whose ministry comes onto the cricket pitch as well, playing with young people and showing that they can give glory to God through participating in sport.” The 22-year-old wicketkeeper says a Catholic cricket team has a different outlook on the game compared to that of a standard local club. “Our mindset and our focus is channelled towards giving glory to God rather than just personal satisfaction and desire

to achieve a personal goal,” he says. The Papal Bulls cricket club was established in 1999, going through its first season undefeated to win the premiership. Fr James began playing cricket at the age of seven, and continued to do so through his school days, before being a major part of the 1999/2000 premiership side. When he joined the seminary to study for the priesthood, he continued playing, even taking his love of the game with him to Rome in 2004 when he was sent to the North American College. “We convinced NSW Cricket to give us a cricket kit so we could play cricket in Rome, which was good fun,” the 31-yearold recalls.

“We had a few games in Rome, and I taught some Americans how to play cricket as well.” Whatever Fr James taught his fellow seminarians and priests in Rome, it worked. Earlier this month the Vatican announced that it had set up a cricket team that would begin playing competitively in November. It’s no coincidence, then, that the idea for a Vatican cricket team came from Australia’s ambassador to the Holy See, John McCarthy, who is also Fr James’ dad. Mr McCarthy, himself a former cricketer, hopes that the Vatican’s team will play against teams from other denominations, in much the same way that the

NSW Churches competition operates. Although cricket has never been generally regarded as a “Catholic” game, the Vatican’s endorsement of the sport suggest there may be some Catholic links to the game. “There’s pretty strong evidence historically… from about the 13th century in England, of monks playing a game that’s quite similar to the concept of cricket, using a thing similar to a bat with someone bowling a ball,” Fr James says. There are other intriguing connections, too. It’s been claimed that the three stumps and the two bails represent the Trinity and the two natures of Christ – human and divine – respectively. Perhaps of more substance is the

unique number of players on a cricket team. Eleven players take the field, with a 12th man permitted to field, but not to bat or bowl. This unusual set-up has been said to replicate the 12 disciples, with the 12th man likened to Judas Iscariot. Links aside, there is no doubt that sport can be an aid to the Christian life. Pope Francis recently described sport as a “noble vocation”, and Fr James said cricket has the capacity to foster virtues in those who play the game. “You can have one good player in a cricket team and you will not be a successful team,” he says. “The best teams I’ve always been a part of have been where everyone encourages everyone else to achieve their best. If you

bring the best out of everyone, the team will be successful.” It’s a theme that has put the Papal Bulls on the front foot for many years, and one that could help the Australian side, although Fr James isn’t so confident. “I think Australia needs a lot of prayers for the upcoming Ashes,” he says. As for the Vatican cricket team, which will have an ample supply of divine intervention, Fr James says he is “genuinely excited” about its establishment. “It’s a reminder to me, and hopefully all priests and seminarians, that we occasionally have to leave our expected routines and be sent into the deep, to the boundary fence to be ready to receive a catch for Christ and his Church,” he says.

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Pair of priests take up the WA country challenge Fr Pavol Herda and Fr Emmanuel Tv Dimobi look after seven parishes in country WA, all complete with idyllic scenery, lively gossip, and the everpresent challenge of small congregations. Juanita Shepherd found out firsthand what a day in the life of a country priest is like.

HE DARK Mitsubishi Lancer drove down the narrow country lane and there was a good chance that Fr Pavol Herda was breaking the speed limit. The car seemed to bounce along, zooming past wide green pastures, hills covered in purple flowers and acres of farm land. Fr Pavol was driving towards St Isidore Parish in Jennacubbine, one of the seven parishes that he manages together with Fr Emmanuel Tv Dimobi. The drive down had given the word ‘Godspeed’ a whole new meaning and Fr Pavol explained later that he used to race his brother when they were younger. It was a regular Thursday morning in Northam, a country town nestled in the Avon Valley 96km northeast from Perth and approximately 20 minutes from Toodyay. Life in the country is always imagined to be quaint and simple, and when Fr Pavol was asked what a typical day was like he replied by saying he woke up in the morning and had the day off. But the laughter that soon followed, together with the noticeboard that hung in the kitchen, only confirmed that he was joking and that neither priest was on summer holidays. The huge whiteboard was dotted with blue and red magnets, each magnet representing one priest; Fr Pavol was blue and Fr Emmanuel was red, and between the two of them they administered to the needs of the country. They celebrate Mass and provide Adoration, Holy Hours, Benediction, and Divine Mercy prayers at St Joseph’s in Northam, St John the Baptist in Toodyay, Our Lady Queen of Heaven in Wundowie, Holy Cross Parish in Cunderdin, Holy Family Parish in Baker’s Hill, Holy Family Parish in Tammin and Trinity Church in Meckering. “Being in the country has broadened my view on pastoral life,” Fr Pavol said. “As a priest I have had to adjust and adapt to country life and I find that I have more time for reflection on the spiritual life.” Fr Pavol, who is originally from Slovakia, was ordained in 2008 at St Joseph’s Parish, Subiaco after finishing his studies at the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle. Following his ordination he was sent to Sacred Heart Parish in Thornlie. “I served there as a deacon for half a year, then as a priest for two and a half years,” Fr Pavol said. After that he was sent to Good Shepherd Parish in Lockridge before being posted as the parish priest of St Joseph’s in Northam, with Nigerian-born Fr Emmanuel as the assistant priest. Fr Emmanuel was ordained in 2011; he served as a parish priest at St Emilie’s in Canning Vale before

Above, the scene from Toodyay Bridge. Right, Fr Emmanuel shows he’s a hit with the local primary school students. PHOTOS: MICHAEL SHEPHERD; JUANITA SHEPHERD

finding himself out in the country. “Welcome to Northam,” was the first thing Fr Emmanuel said. He likes the country but both priests admit that the numbers of the congregations, which on many occasions are just two people, is the biggest challenge that they face. Unfortunately, an elderly parishioner in Meckering passed

The priests have been busy playing soccer with students, painting the church, fixing the church roof, visiting parishioners, giving swimming lessons, setting up a choir, and helping those in need of food and resources. away recently, leaving the priests with just one member to say Mass for. “In Jennacubbine, at times we have two, three or four people,” Fr Emmanuel said. “Last Sunday, I got four.” The population in the surrounding towns is miniscule compared with the large city parishes, with Toodyay being one of the biggest with approximately 2,000 people. Other towns like Tammin have a population of only 160 to 200 people. With such small numbers of people for whom to say Mass, homilies

in the country differ significantly to those in city parishes. “I change my homily on the spot,” Fr Emmanuel said, “especially if it’s just one person.” Fr Pavol echoes his friend’s views. “When you preach to one person you don’t want to preach for 10 to 15 minutes,” Fr Pavol said. “You don’t want them to think that you are staring at them so you have to change it to suit them otherwise they will look at me and say ‘what are you talking about?’ “The homily has to be a little bit about touching the person.” Fr Emmanuel and Fr Pavol have touched the lives of the country parishes they care for, whether they are receiving fresh eggs from parishioners’ chickens or being a part of the lives of students and staff at St Joseph’s Primary School and the high school. It is evident that the priests are adored by the students who broke into song, as loud chants of Mary Must Be Honoured In My Life Every Day, a song taught to them by the priests, filled the classroom on their arrival. Many students started highfiving Fr Emmanuel, who walked around the classroom and made sure everyone got a high-five; while others called out to Fr Pavol who smiled and waved. “To have two priests who engage with the school so much – and by engage I mean they engage with the school, staff and parish and the St Joseph’s community – it’s wonderful,” Kevin Sheehy, principal of St Joseph’s Primary School, told The Record. Mr Sheehy shares a great camaraderie with both priests and enjoys

teasing Fr Pavol, an avid soccer player who has been playing since he was six years old, about the game. “When did Slovakia get into the World Cup?” he asks jokingly, before adding, “he treasures his soccer and I love stirring him up about it.” Fr Emmanuel and Fr Pavol, a big Manchester United supporter, play soccer with the high school students as well as with the teachers;

they both pick their teams and play against each other. In addition to playing soccer, they have achieved a number of remarkable feats in the seven months that they have been in the country, including fixing the church roof, painting the church, starting the visitation of parishioners in Toodyay, giving swimming lessons, setting up a church choir and executing St Joseph’s Care, an

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Natural law a concept with ancient origins Recently, in a discussion with some friends, one of them said the idea of the natural law was an invention of mediaeval Catholic theologians. Is this true?

Left, Fr Pavol Herda, who has been working with Fr Emmanuel Tv Dimobi for seven months in country parishes of WA. Above, the Our Lady Help of Christians Marian Friary in Toodyay. PHOTOS: JUANITA SHEPHERD; MICHAEL SHEPHERD

initiative to aid anyone who needs assistance with food. They also offer Mass to their largest congregation, approximately 300 people, at the detention centre in Northam. “Most of them are from Vietnam,” Fr Emmanuel said. “When they sing you get goose bumps, it is very powerful.” Another powerful aspect of life in the country is that no matter

where in the world one is, gossip still remains a country town’s favourite pastime. “Everyone knows everyone’s business,” Fr Pavol said, laughing good-naturedly. “They have their own system,” Fr Emmanuel said. “It is very hard to change anything and I am trying to be more Northam than Northam.” The priests had lunch at the local pub, before they began to prepare

for the evening, a meeting discussing the upcoming Confirmations. Charles Dickens once said it is not easy to walk alone in the country without musing upon something. Perhaps, whether among the concrete and cement in the city or the lush green fields of the country, what one may muse upon is the words Fr Pavol used when describing the Eucharist – Christ is timeless.

T IS MOST certainly not true. The concept of the natural law predates Christianity by many centuries. For the benefit of those unfamiliar with the natural law, it will be helpful if I first explain briefly what it is. In simple terms, the natural law is the series of rights and duties, or rights and wrongs, based on human nature. That is, merely by considering human nature we can deduce that certain acts are in keeping with that nature and contribute to human flourishing and are therefore morally correct, while other acts are contrary to that nature and are morally wrong. Among the latter are killing the innocent, stealing and lying. These are wrong not because the Bible says so, but because they are contrary to human nature. Or, if you like, the Bible says they are wrong because they are wrong in themselves. If we ask what human nature is, it is simply what makes a particular being human rather than something else like a tree or a dog. In short, it is what all human beings have in common. We all have human nature, just as dogs have dog nature and tables have table nature. Based on human nature are not only moral precepts about right and wrong but also human rights. For the very fact of being human, a person has such basic rights as the right to life, to liberty, to follow his or her conscience in matters of religion, to marry and form a family, etc. Many of these human rights are listed in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. To believe in human rights is therefore to believe in the natural law. Another concept based on the natural law is crimes against humanity. Even though leaders of some nations authorised practices like genocide, use of chemical weapons against their own people or lethal experiments on the handicapped, prisoners and the insane, they were still accused of crimes against humanity, because human rights take precedence over manmade laws and decisions. The Nuremburg trials after World War II judged matters such as these and found the perpetrators guilty. The fact that the accused had acted according to the laws of their country was not a legitimate defence. The higher natural law and the human rights based on it take precedence. Getting back to your question, belief in a law based on human nature goes back long before Christ, let alone before mediaeval theologians. There is evidence of belief in a universal law binding on all human beings in Oriental literature, especially in China, many centuries before Christ.

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But a more developed concept of the natural law is found in the ancient Greeks, in writers like Sophocles (c 497-406 BC), whose play Antigone features a clear understanding of a natural law which is higher than the law of the king. The play was first performed in 441 BC. Other ancient Greeks who presented a concept of a natural law that is universal and known to all were Thucydides (c 460-400 BC) and Zenophon (c 427-355 BC). In the 4th century BC, a great exponent of the natural law was the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BC). In his Nicomachean Ethics, he distinguished clearly between what is just by nature and what is just by human law (Book V). And, in his work On Rhetoric, he wrote that “there is in nature a common principle of the just and unjust that all people in

Belief in natural law goes back long before Christ, let alone before mediaeval theologians. some way divine, even if they have no association or commerce with each other” (Book I, Ch 13). One of the greatest exponents of the natural law in ancient times was the Roman jurist and philosopher Cicero (106-43 BC). In his work Laws, he wrote: “What is right and true is also eternal, and does not begin or end with written statutes... From this point of view it can be readily understood that those who formulated wicked and unjust statutes for nations, thereby breaking their promises and agreements, put into effect anything but ‘laws’. It may thus be clear that in the very definition of the term ‘law’ there inheres the idea and principle of choosing what is just and true... therefore Law is the distinction between things just and unjust, made in agreement with that primal and most ancient of all things, Nature, and in conformity to nature’s standard are framed those human laws which inflict punishment upon the wicked but defend and protect the good.” Later, Christian theologians like St Augustine and St Thomas Aquinas based their teaching on the natural law on these ancient writers. So the concept of the natural law is ancient indeed. - FRJFLADER@GMAIL.COM

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1. He ran on ahead and climbed up into a ____ to see Jesus as he passed that way.

2. There was a man named Zacchae’us; he was a ____ tax collector.

5. And Jesus said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your ____ today.” 6. ____ stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have robbed anyone of anything, I restore it to them.”

Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. And there was a man named Zacchaeus; he was a rich tax collector. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was too small. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a tree to see Jesus as he passed that way. And when Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” So he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it they all murmured, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have robbed anyone of anything, I restore it to them.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.”

3. And Jesus said to him, “Today ____ has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.” 4. Zacchae’us wanted to see who ____ was, but could not see over the crowd because he was too small.

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And when Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today.”

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What were you thinking? When people argue in difficult ethical debates, it’s almost never a case of simply saying “I reckon this” writes WA philosopher, Geetanjali Arora. They’re usually arguing an established position, even when they are not aware of it.

ISCUSSIONS about difficult ethical questions have abounded for me recently. Sadly, a tete-a-tete I was having with one person about the vexed issue of euthanasia disintegrated all too quickly. It gradually dawned on me as the conversation progressed that the other party had very little understanding of the ethical model she was appealing to, that is, she had no idea how to look at what the (morally) right thing to do was. For most Catholics, the thing that makes euthanasia so abhorrent is that it is viewed as identical to committing an act of murder, the person in question actually dies. The truth of the situation is merely repackaged and labelled differently, so that it looks nicer. So what philosophical models of thinking can we use to assess euthanasia, or any other moral issue for that matter? Throughout history, almost every possible response to this question has been categorised into one of three ethical positions. Some people may feel inclined to act based upon a set of rules, others will focus on possible consequences, and others again on the virtue of the action in question. The first view is known as Deontology; the second, Consequentionalism; and, finally, Virtue Ethics. Deontology The term is derived from the Ancient Greek deont, meaning ‘necessity’ or ‘duty’, and logia, meaning ‘discourse’. It is an ethical position which looks for what necessarily must be done; a position which holds that there is a set of rules which you must obey in order for your actions to be moral. It seems relatively easy: there are rules, we follow them and, in doing so, we are acting morally. Well, OK, but what are the rules? This is where disagreement usually starts, particularly when it comes to euthanasia. For example, a rule may be, “treat each person according to their intrinsic dignity”. For you, that might mean, “let the person die with some dignity, let her choose to go while she can still function normally in some way”. I may disagree and say “no, that means that we must value human life above all, even if the person can no longer function on her own”. What has happened here is that the discussion has boiled down to a difference in values, not ethics; the values used to arrive at, and in applying, the rule. The Christian, at this point in our hypothetical discussion, should explain Christian values, where they come from and why they’re good values to adopt. You can then explain the basic rule in Christianity, “do unto others as you would have others do unto you” (Matt 7:12) and the rich tapestry of values which underpin it. The best known exponent of Deontology was Immanuel Kant, hence the name of the sub-field ‘Kantian Ethics’. Consequentialism This is the most popular ethical viewpoint today. It is quite slippery because it does not focus on the action itself, but rather the consequences of an action, as the name indicates. That is, the moral worth of an action depends on its outcome, and whether it is the best

How we can act morally: The Scottish, Catholic philospher Alistair MacInyre, above, a leading proponent of Virtue Ethics.

possible outcome. This is quite a nice view, after all, we’re just working together for the overall good of mankind. So, does euthanasia contribute to the overall good of mankind? Someone may say yes, since it reduces suffering or the burden on the medical system. Others will say no, because what is fundamentally good is life, and in this scenario you’re eliminating life. The issue that we’ve come across here is that the words ‘good’ and ‘best’ (the superlative of good) don’t really mean anything on their own. We don’t really disagree with the fact that consequences are worth considering, simply how to judge what the best outcome is. Some people will argue that the ‘good’ we’re working towards is pleasure, others may say happiness or even the most useful outcome. Once you can show that the focus of your discussion is, once again, values, not ethics, you’re set. As an aside, this is the view that most easily allows for euthanasia to be seen as morally good, since it is quite easy to adopt values such as ‘minimising pain’ or ‘suffering’ as your overall good, and show that euthanasia does this. The Christian’s duty is to explain why these values are not the ulti-

mate good, and conversely, what is, from our point of view. If you’d like to do some further reading, JS Mill has a very interesting construction where he considers the ultimate good to be the most useful outcome: this view is known as Utilitarianism. Virtue Ethics This ethical system is quite old, in fact Aristotle came up with it. It differs from the other two systems in that it focuses on the virtue of

also need a system of values to determine what your virtues are in Virtue Ethics. Euthanasia may be seen as both compassionate and cowardly, because in your compassion you wish to end the suffering of someone else, but you lack the courage to see the illness to the end. On the other hand, perhaps it is more cowardly to keep someone alive if you lack the courage to end her life. Here, the virtue courage actually conflicts with itself depending on

At the base of every major ethical position which claims itself to be objectively true are hidden values. It is our job to articulate our own. the moral act. Here, it is not your motivation/rule or the consequence which is evaluated but the action itself. Put simply, this take on ethics encourages you to act in accordance with virtue. Excellent, let’s get back to euthanasia. Is euthanasia virtuous? Well, that really depends on how you define your virtues. By now you should have noticed the pattern, just as you needed a value system for the rule in Deontology and to determine the ultimate good in Consequentionalism, you

your reading of the situation. If only we truly knew what the virtues are! But we don’t. Aristotle has quite an amazing guide to virtues but, of course, his entire discussion, even the fact that all virtues are some skewed midpoint between two excesses, depends on his values and perception of the world. The Christian Virtue Ethicist, just as the Deontologist and Consequentionalist, needs to do some work for himself. He needs to understand what Christian values

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are, and then discern how these values translate into virtues. I’ve tried very hard to be unbiased in my explanations on the various ethical systems, but I do have to say that Virtue Ethics is my favourite. It has the same issue as the other two: you need to insert personal values in order to make the ethical system make sense but, in addition, it addresses the moral worth of the action itself. Deontolog y focuses on motivations - rules by which you decide that euthanasia is (im)moral. Consequentionalism looks to the outcomes, the consequence(s) of euthanasia, but neither really looks at what actually happens in the same way as Virtue Ethics. Virtue Ethics would consider whether the act of aiding a sick person who wishes to die, to die, is virtuous or not, regardless of the motivations or consequences. Regardless of which system you sympathise with, remember, the truly important thing in any ethical discussion is your values. If you can reduce a conversation to one about values (as above), and Christian values in particular, giving clear explanations as to why Christians, and yourself in particular, adopt these values, you’re more than half way there.

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EDITORIAL

Unwitting world reels for robust answers

t a conference in Rome last year, the BBC’s veteran Vatican correspondent David Willey asked a question which has surely crossed the minds of many secular as well as religious journalists, the world over. Why do announcements that emanate from the Church seem so frequently “anodyne”? Integrating recent comments from Pope Francis on “ecclesial narcissism”, we could offer this rephrasing for ourselves: “Are we, the Church, in our official and unofficial manifestations, more interested in soothing internal sensibilities than sharing the glory and import of the Good News of Christ with the wider world, much less among one another? Are we hamstrung by mandated inoffensiveness and resulting timidity?” This is not, of course, to deny a healthy place for optimism, social pleasantries, even the occasional good-natured comment about daily familiarities such as football. Ultimately, however, if people look to the Church at all - and increasingly, they do not - it is implicitly to see if Christ really meant what he said: “I have come that they might have life and have it to the full”. People, in other words, are looking for bold and substantive answers. Recently, The Record spoke to a mother about an online post she had made asking for help of a seemingly straightforward kind. She had just bought a smart phone for her teen-aged son and, admitting to being technologically challenged, was pleading for advice on how to “lock it down”, to protect her son from depraved and debilitating content. What she didn’t share with online readers was that she had discovered a stream of violent pornography on her son’s handheld device some years earlier; that her son had developed a reputation for soliciting naked images from girls via “sexting” apps; and that she had tried to get help from commercial providers, his school, and the state, to little or no avail. Why has the incidence of this kind of behaviour become so prevalent and the ubiquity of exposure to pornography, even amongst pre-teens, become a reality? If hell is the deprivation of God, how had such a space, despite her best efforts, opened up in her Christian home? Without the aid of the church in understanding what has happened and much more importantly, helping her to elucidate the fullness of the only alternative - the plan of God - it would be impossible PO Box 3075 for her to feel anything other Adelaide Terrace than alone against the world. PERTH WA 6832 The “it’s the new normal, get over it” responses of some of her online correspondents office@therecord.com.au are no answer at all. Like many Tel: (08) 9220 5900 committed parents, she told Fax: (08) 9325 4580 The Record that she hoped for a future of love-in-community for her son - of marriage, and children, and joy. While many baulk at any mention of sexuality, parents and singles listening to drive time radio on the way to work or school or visiting commercial news sites online know that it is not the Church which has obsessively raised sex to a transcendental value in our society. But divorced from the love of God, the life of the Trinity, even the good things of the world lose their lustre; they turn inwards and become toxic. “There is a sense that secularity can’t any longer celebrate the world,” Anglo-Catholic theologian John Milbank said, last year, “[that] if you try simply to celebrate these things in their own terms they won’t work, in fact they will collapse; they will collapse into despair; they will collapse into nullity, perversity, and so on”. The paradoxical outcome of severing sex from love and relationality might be gleaned from recent media reports on why scores of young Japanese have apparently lost interest in sex and romantic love. Punishing anti-family economic realities, a fear of loss of autonomy, restrictive cultural expectations and extremely permissive attitudes to bizarre sexual sub-cultures have all contributed to an instrumental view of sex which has, in that context, rendered it uninteresting to many in Japanese society. Exploring the thought of the Catholic philosopher-theologian David Schindler, Jeremy Beer wrote recently that the dominant liberal view of the world as a theatre for autonomous, self-actualising individuals whose natural relation to others is self-interest was entirely contrary to the Gospel: “To live well, Schindler argues, is to live in a way that is proper to our being,” Beer wrote. “Conversely, when a misapprehension of being structures our thinking and actions, we experience unhappiness, brokenness, and poverty in its deepest sense—the absence of meaning... “Liberalism fails to apprehend that “love is the basic act and order of things.” Love brings all there is into existence, it is through love that all there is continues in existence, and it is for love that all things exist.” “Understanding reality as an order of love has profound implications. Among these are that being is a gift, and our proper response to being is in the first place one of receptivity and gratitude. If we do not respond to the cosmos in this way, it is because in some sense we have been “coached out of it”—by our culture, perhaps, or by our own choices and habits.” This might sound lofty to ordinary ears but a future of making these understandings incarnate to ordinary people will beat “how about those Eagles?”-avoidance, hands down. Anytime. Anywhere.

If hell is the deprivation of God, how had this, despite her best efforts, happened in her home.

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LETTERS

Turn back animosity for boat people Mr Abbott FIRSTLY, congratulations on assuming the role of [acting] editor of The Record. I look forward to continuing to read The Record, which I purchase from my parish of Our Lady of Mercy in Girrawheen. I read with interest Geoffrey Miller’s letter (The Record, October 16, 2013) in which he expresses disappointment with Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s reported comments that his Catholic faith does not inform his politics. I absolutely agree with Mr Miller that a person’s faith can’t be quarantined so that it only guides behaviour in the private sphere, and that faith must necessarily permeate behaviour in all areas of life. I am, nonetheless, bemused by Mr Miller’s observation that Mr Abbott’s comments represent “a worrying aspect of his introduction to the Prime Ministership”. Mr Abbott has been in public life long enough for us to be able to glean insights into his stance on issues that have heavy-duty implications for faith and propriety. Amongst such issues, one that is emblematic is the treatment of asylum seekers. During his tenure as Federal Opposition Leader, Mr Abbott consistently misrepresented the status, relative numbers, and cause of desperate people arriving in leaky boats. He has erroneously referred to asylum seekers as “illegals”, and has hyperbolically described their arrival as an “invasion” and a “national emergency”. Indeed, a cursory look at the news archives will verify that, in the last few years, Mr Abbott and his Coalition colleagues have linked asylum seekers—who are unable to defend themselves—with criminality, terrorism, disease, and even traffic problems. As Prime Minister, Mr Abbott is now discovering that his one-time mantra du jour, “turn back the boats”, is not so easy to implement. Tragically, it will be even more difficult to turn back the rising tide of hatred for asylum seekers in the community, which his inflammatory rhetoric has helped to encourage. The last time I looked, I counted at least 14 Biblical references to welcoming the stranger. Perhaps I missed the memo stating that demonising the stranger was compatible with Christian precepts. Mr Miller ends his letter with the important admonition that we live “in an era in which people should be standing up for Christian beliefs, not denigrating them”. Are we also guilty of harbouring a private faith, extricated from the social domain,

when we don’t stand up against demonstrable wrongs and against those whose actions are injurious to others? Mitchel Peters MARANGAROO, WA

Pope sparks confusion in need of answers I WRITE in regards to the letter from Rosemary Chandler in The Record dated October 23, 2013. Before she rushes the Holy Father towards canonisation, may I suggest she read the editorial adjacent to her letter for a more balanced position in respect to Holy Father’s utterances? I don’t recall ‘confusion’ as being either a gift or a fruit of the Holy Spirit. Even she must agree that some of his words have been a little confusing. The most disconcerting comment (in my mind) has been his reference to the ‘two major’ concerns facing the Church today. “The most serious of evils that afflict the world these days, are youth unemployment and a loneliness of the old.” As the editorial suggests, his comments have been both ‘rigorously distained or earnestly fetishised’. If that comment in itself does not indicate confusion in the minds of both the laity and clergy of the Church then nothing will. There are other examples. I, like most I am sure, fall somewhere between these two extremes. I, for one, have not heard a word from anyone offering an explanation. Can someone please explain to me what the Holy Father means by his comments, given the scourge of abortion, euthanasia, same-sex marriages, genocide, the refugee problem and others that beset the world today? Unemployed youth and the lonely aged are problems, yes, but the two most serious of evils? I can be convinced if someone would only offer an explanation. That an explanation is needed speaks volumes. We continue to pray for the Holy Father.

our parish priest, Father Ken Asaba, and the principal of St Brigid’s College, Dr Amelia Toffoli, presented a verbal proposal to refurbish the major portion of our parish centre for the accommodation of 15-16 boarding students. This included the proposal that the parish borrow the necessary funds ($500,000) for the refurbishment of the building and that St Brigid’s would oversee all refurbishment and cover repayments of the loan during the life of the agreement (10 years). This building was constructed about 60 years ago and originally used by the Oblate Fathers as the parish church and their living quarters. Although under-utilised, it is currently used by a number of church and local community groups on a weekly basis. In early September, the parish was provided with a written proposal from St Brigid’s to the effect that the parish enter into an agreement with the college for five years with a possible extension to 10 years; that the parish take out a $500,000 loan for refurbishment of the centre and that St Brigid’s would oversee all works and repay the parish at $60,000 per annum. This offer differed in some respects to the original verbal offer. Both offers were assessed by the Finance Committee and deemed to be economically unviable given the parish’s current income and ability to service the loan at the end of the agreement; should the college not exercise its option after a 10-year term, our parish would be left with a debt of approximately $240,000 to $250,000. A meeting of interested parishioners was then called and a representative group of about 60 people attended. The Parish Council and Finance Committee representatives informed those present that a decision had been made not to proceed with the offers and this was confirmed by consensus but invited ideas for future income streams for the parish and alternative uses for the parish centre. Ron Howard LESMURDIE, WA

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Parish’s finance council puts forward its view I AM WRITING on behalf of Our Lady of Lourdes Finance Committee in reference to the article, ‘St Brigid’s struggles to help boarders’, October 19, 2013. Some months ago, at a meeting consisting of members of our Parish Council and Finance Committee,

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Dawson Society politics and faith talk: change of date DUE TO UNFORSEEN circumstances, The Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture has had to reschedule its next Speakers Forum featuring WA Senator-elect Joe Bullock. Mr Bullock will address the ever-topical and vexed subject of ‘Faith and Politics’ on Wednesday, November 6 at Rosie O’Grady’s in Northbridge, and not the day prior as previously advertised. One of the Society’s principal organisers, Tom Gourlay, said an unexpected change in the venue’s availability was the cause of the change. Speakers at previous Dawson Society Speakers Forums have included Dr Tracey Rowland, Dean of the John Paul II Institute in Melbourne; Celia Hammond, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia; and

The Perth-foundered Dawson Society has announced a last-minute change to its next speakers forum featuring WA Senator-elect, Joe Bullock. ONLINE

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In the medical theatre of the good and the ‘brave’ “Seven children, that’s a brave number,” the doctor said. How did living an ordinary Catholic life get to be so heroic?

CONSULTED with a new physician the other week. We will not here undertake a treatise on state-regulated healthcare bureaucracies, but when your regular practitioner is booked solid for several weeks in advance, and you need medical advice yesterday, you must perforce meet new doctors on a fairly regular basis. Gentle reader, you need not fear that this involves the same cardiac concern about which I last wrote; this is a new investigation. One of the joys of middle age includes the fulfilment of an older friend’s warning: the closer one gets to achieving the half-century mark, the more aches and pains you wake up with each day. It’s a bit like Russian Roulette, not knowing which pains to ignore and which to investigate. One hates to be constantly running to the doctor, but one also fears the prospect of a dismal prognosis delivered with the admonition, “If only you’d come to us a few months ago…” When you are a woman, no matter what the health issue may be, you must answer questions about

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your obstetric history. In the course of this interview, it came to light that I am the mother of seven children. The doctor seemed surprised by this (most people are). I did not see her face when she said the following, as she had turned away and was entering data into a computer terminal, but her voice sounded cautiously sincere (if there is such a thing). “Seven: that was a brave number of children to have.” How exactly does one respond to such a statement? I said nothing, but had I been thinking on my feet (never easy to do when perched nervously on an exam table, wearing a cold, crinkly paper robe) I might have responded as did Elizabeth Bennett to Miss Bingley in Chapter 8 of Pride and Prejudice: “I deserve neither such praise nor such censure.” On the wall behind me was mounted a massive glossy

poster displaying every toxic, invasive and intimacy-destroying form of contraception known to man. I suspect it was not placed there at the behest of the clinic janitor. Tending toward cynicism (another personal flaw exacerbated by middle age), one is tempted to think the doctor was being mildly sarcastic. That in this enlightened age, parents of seven are ‘brave’ only in the sense that fools rush in where post-moderns fear to tread. In an

contraception’s ill effects) to see the normal functioning of our bodies as some sort of terrifying alien force that must be subdued or eliminated. When Dan and I married 27 years ago (celebrated our anniversary only last week), we did not set out to have exactly seven children— much less to prove our bravado in any way. (Though with current rates of cohabitation and divorce, just getting married has become a courageous undertaking.) Because we were committed to following the

In this enlightened age, parents of seven are ‘brave’ only in the sense that fools rush in where post-moderns fear to tread. overly planned, cautious, litigious, regulated and sanitised world, bravery is synonymous with stupidity. From such attitudes comes the notion that fertility is a disease to be treated, not a gift to be accepted and lived with harmoniously. It is catastrophic for civilisation in general (but women in particular, for they bear the brunt of most of

Church’s teaching on marriage and sexuality, we were open to having children—and on God’s timetable, not ours. I even daresay we were open to having a “large” family, which in North America means more than two children. Among the West’s über-wealthy and Eco-hysterical, it means having more than zero.

In my humble opinion, in order to deserve the adjective “brave” you need to know what you’re in for, and parents never do, not really. You can imagine you know: you can hearken to the tales of horror, or hope in the stories of Parenting Sweetness and Light, but you never really know parenthood until you are there, and then… God help you (and he does). We set out in faith and hope to do God’s will for our lives, no more, no less. You don’t become a person of faith and hope because you are brave to begin with; you receive courage and strength from God if and when you are willing to put your trust in him. Incidentally, the word “brave” derives from the Latin barbarus. One might cheekily extrapolate (and many do) that only barbarians have large families. I don’t know if the ancient Romans espoused this view, but we know theirs was a culture of death—to which the empire eventually succumbed. The more things change, the more they stay the same. ladywriter.ulrich@gmail.com

Ave Maria. That’s how this Friar rolls. From rolling down US streets blaring Santana to life in Perth, God has been so good, Friar Gabriel tells Debbie Warrier.

My Vocation AS TOLD TO DEBBIE WARRIER

DECIDED to be a Religious because Christ showed me “One day within his house is better than a thousand elsewhere” (Psalm 84:10). I joined the Community of the Franciscans of the Immaculate in 1995 at age 17 and made solemn vows in 2000 in Griswold, Connecticut at Our Lady of Guadalupe friary mother house in the hands of our founder, Fr Stephano M Manelli and in the presence of our co-founder, Fr Gabriel M Pelletieri. I was sent to Australia in February of 2001 to help out at a mission here in Perth. I am 35 years of age, have been skateboarding for 25 years and am still loving it. Ethnically, I am half Costa Rican but all American. I was born in Concord, New Hampshire, USA and raised in Bristol, NH. Many people visit NH in the fall to see the foliage change colour. Thanks to my beautiful parents, my childhood is full of happy memories. I have one sister whom I dearly love and three brothers who were my best friends growing up and always will be. In 1994, I had a conversion which, I am very happy to say, enjoys some humour because I love humour. Having moved from Concord to Virginia Beach, Virginia because of my dad’s work transfer, my three brothers and I all managed to find jobs on the beach front. And after having purchased a house inland, our family settled there a good distance from the shore. Naturally, travel to school and work became an issue. My brother had the presence of mind to make a novena to ask the Lord for a vehicle. The deal was if he obtained a car through the nine-day Novena and fasting on bread and water, he would assign himself to an hour of Eucharistic Adoration (my mother was already going nightly). Low and behold, he obtained a car! It was procured very quickly too! Not just any car but a 1970 Cadillac Coupe deVille in beautiful condition from an elderly lady who gave it to him for a shoe string.

US-born Friar of the Immaculate Gabriel Cortes, who has served in Perth since 2001.

After having covered this low rider with new upholstery and gold tassels around the ceiling, we, The Cortes Clan, would drive around like suave Latinos blaring Santana: “Everything is going my way’… Keep in mind that even though we were “practising Catholics” my three brothers and I were, unfortunately, all living double lives in the sense that our personal lives, on a practical level, did not line up

dom”. So I began to recite the holy Rosary (at least mechanically) as we had been taught as kids. I ended up completing the entire Rosary of all three mysteries! That, in itself, was a miracle. Well, after my conversion, for a year previous to my entry into religious life my daily routine consisted of: Three Masses every morning, followed by Stations of the Cross, travelling to school, gardening and

To my great consolation and joy I have met and made friends with saints and angels here. nicely with the Gospel. To make a long story longer, one day my brother was about to leave our home for his hour of Adoration and he asked me if I wanted to go. I immediately felt like saying, “NO!” Looking around the kitchen and living room, I realised there was nothing else to do and pronounced the most important “OK” I’ve ever uttered. There, I found myself faced with 60 minutes ahead of me of what I thought at the time was (please excuse me) holy “bore-

cleaning around the house, and Eucharistic Adoration and Rosary in the evening with my mum. I basically lived like a religious before I became one. As St Augustine put it, “You breathed your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for you. I have tasted you, now I hunger and thirst for more. You touched me, and I burned for your peace.” Then my second eldest brother, London, was thinking about joining the Cistercians, which I did visit for

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a week in company with my eldest brother Daniel who, when there, experienced an incredible grace of conversion while watching the sunset over the hills opposite the monastery building and that got me thinking. In addition, my mother had an image of St Francis embracing Christ Crucified and I said to myself I want to be that, even though I knew almost nothing about him. I found the order and ministry I was to adopt as my own through an elderly Conventual Franciscan friar by the name of Br Francis Mary Kavelage. He directed my steps toward the Community of the Franciscans of the Immaculate (FI) and then joined himself about two months after I did. My novitiate year was so beautiful and educational and forever I am grateful and pray for Fr Francis M Pimentel whose example, at that time, formation, direction and charity I’ll never forget. I chose the community because: it enjoyed faithful adherence to Rome and Magisterial teaching, Eucharistic adoration was recognised as the chief work of its

apostolate and its members made a solemn promise to God that they would live and die for the Blessed Mother. My solemn profession day couldn’t have taken place on a better day, viz August 22 ie The Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, year 2000. From that day onward She was mine and I was hers forever! My parents were excited and delighted and my three older brothers joined the Order with me. My parents, too, wanted to separate and become 1st Order members as well but, in God’s providence, it didn’t work out so they joined the Third Order of St Francis for married couples. My sister, who is the eldest, always loved me, and especially in this decision. At that time I was withdrawn from friends my age. I have overcome obstacles in my life by reflecting on these words: “Amen, amen I say to you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy... and your joy no man shall take from you” (John 16:20). To my great consolation and joy I have met and made friends, so to speak, with saints and angels here. I have been showered by Australians of all ethnicity with so many unmerited gifts and unforgettable experiences and kindnesses. In return, as the Bible says, “But I most gladly will spend and be spent myself for your souls” (2 Corinthian 12:15). In conclusion, my vocation to religious life was sown in the wheat field of the Eucharist and there germinated in the moisture of Mary’s grace and it is in this happy field I wish to remain. My three older brothers all had subsequent conversions immediately after me and when we all joined the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate together we were received and invested as aspirants and then postulants at the same time. My two older brothers eventually discerned that marriage and family was their vocation. As for myself, I am most at home in Adoration where there in the Castle of the King and Queen (ie with Jesus and Mary) I, a Knight of the Immaculate, live happily ever after.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 First Friday Holy Hour 7.30pm at St Bernadette’s Parish, Glendalough, cnr Jugan and Leeder Sts. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, music and chants, silence, readings and meditative decades of the holy Rosary. Tea/ coffee and cake to follow. Enq: Sean Tobin of Bl Elisabeth of the Trinity Choir 0439 720 066. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Day With Mary 9am-5pm at St Anne Church, cnr Stirling Hwy and Alfred Rd, North Fremantle. Day of prayer and instruction based on the Fatima message. 9am video; 10.10am holy Mass; Reconciliation, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic Adoration, sermons on Eucharist and on Our Lady by Archbishop Emeritus Barry James Hickey, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet and Stations of the Cross. Finish approx 5pm. BYO lunch. Enq: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate 9250 8286. One day Inner Healing Retreat 9am–1.30pm at Holy Family Parish, 34 Alcock St, Maddington. Program includes Praise and Worship, Preaching of the Word of God, Confession, holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration and Healing Prayers. Morning tea and lunch provided. Enq: 9493 1703 or vincentiansperth@yahoo.com. Billings Life - 60th Anniversary Celebration 11am at Newman Siena Centre, 33 Williamstown Rd, Doubleview. 60th Anniversary of Billings Ovulation Method, please join us for Mass, Celebrant Bishop Don Sproxton. Light refreshments later. Enq: Mandie 0407 577 435 bnfpwa@ westnet.com.au. WAAPA to sing Durufle’s Requiem during Mass at St Paul’s 6pm Mass at St Paul’s Church in Mt Lawley. This will be a unique opportunity to hear the Requiem sung, not as a concert piece, but within the actual setting of the Mass for which it was composed. Readings and prayers from the Masses of All Souls Day and the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Divine Mercy - Afternoon With Jesus and Mary 1.30pm at St Francis Xavier Church, 25 Windsor St, East Perth. Homily by Fr Alphonsous on All Saints and Holy Souls followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Holy Rosary, Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Benediction, veneration of first class relics of St Faustina Kowalska and Reconciliation. Refreshments follow. Enq: John 9457 7771. Schoenstatt Spring Fair 10am-2pm at 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon. Grand Raffle Draw 2pm - 1st prize return tickets to Europe or cash; BBQ; international food stalls; books; Piety and Christmas gifts; raffles; cakes; plants; children’s Gold Rush. Bargains and fun for the whole family! Enq: Sr Rebecca 9399 2349 or 0417 738 339 or www.schoenstattwa.org.au. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 AND THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Small Group Emmaus Walks 2.30pm Sunday at Bardon Park carpark, cnr Fourth Ave East and Bardon Pl, Maylands. Thursday, 10am. 10 minutes walk from the carpark to Friendship 2000 Townhouse on the Swan River walkway. With Gospel reading and reflection session on life’s Emmaus experiences. Refreshments, donation to Mission Partners Morley outreach. Bookings essential. Enq: margaretbox7@icloud.com or 9272 8263. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Spirituality and the Sunday Gospels 7-8pm at St Benedict’s School Hall, Alness St, Applecross. Presenter Norma Woodcock. Everyone is welcome. Cost: collection. Accreditation recognition by the CEO. Enq: 9487 1772 or www. normawoodcock.com. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Divine Mercy Healing Mass 2.30pm at St Francis Xavier Church, 25 Windsor St, East Perth. Main celebrant is Fr Marcellinus Meilak OFM. Reconciliation offered in English and Italian. Divine Mercy prayers followed by veneration of first class relics of St Faustina Kowalska. Refreshments afterwards. Enq: John 9457 7771. St Padre Pio Pilgrimage – Toodyay Church 8am- Buses depart to St John the Baptist Parish, Stirling Tce, Toodyay. 10.15am- DVD; 11.30amMass, Confession; 1pm- BYO lunch, tea and coffee provided; 2.30pm- Eucharistic procession, Rosary, Adoration, Divine Mercy and Benediction. 4 pm- Depart for Perth. Bus transport $17 p/ person. Enq: Leederville 9444 3617, Balcatta 9276 1952, Midland 9255 1938, Morley 9377 5017, Bassendean 9279 7261, Vic Park 9367 1366. Alliance of the Holy Family International Day of Recollection 11am at LJ Goody Bioethics Centre, Jugan Street, Glendalough. The Alliance of the Holy Family International invites you to a Day of Recollection with Fr John Sebastian and ends with holy Mass. Please bring plate to share. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357, Nick 0428 953 471 and Hilda 0417 779 590. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Commemoration of Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) 5.30-6.30pm in Government House Ballroom, St Georges Tce, Perth. Reflect and respond on the 75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht. Hosted by Council of Christians and Jews WA, in the presence of His Exellency Malcolm McCusker

AC CVO QC, Governor of WA. Guest Speaker The Hon Justice James Edelman, Supreme Court of WA. Access from 5-5.20pm. RSVP by Mon, Nov 4: ccjwa@aol.com or PO BOX 1469, Booragoon, WA 6954. Annual Regional Chapter and Reflection Day for the Secular Franciscan Order 10am-3pm at the Edel Quinn Centre 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Commencing with morning tea followed by Morning Prayer. Please bring a plate for a shared lunch. Mass at 2.45pm. Visitors welcome. Enq: Angela 9275 5658 or angelmich@ bigpond.com. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Medjugorje Evening of Prayer Group 7-9pm at St Gerard Majella Parish, 37 Changton Wy, Mirrabooka. In thanksgiving, the Medjugorje evening of prayer group meets monthly in a different parish to spread Our Blessed Mother’s messages from Medjugorje. Free DVDs on Medjugorje. Enq: 9402 2480 or 0407 471 256 email medjugorje@y7mail.com. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 TO SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Parish Mission with Robert Haddad - Theme: “I Make All Things New” Rev 21:5 At St Paul’s Catholic Church, 106 Rookwood St, Menora. Friday, 15 - 7.30pm after 6.30pm Mass: “Why we need a new Apologetics, now!” Saturday, 16 - 9.15am: “The Pope: The Prime Minister of the New Israel”; Saturday, 16 - 11am: ”The Eucharist: The Fruit of the New Tree of Life”; Saturday, 16 - 7.30pm (after 6pm Vigil Mass): “Mary: The Ark of the New Covenant” Sunday, 17 - 11am (after 9.30am Mass): “A New Pope, a New Evangelisation and a New Apologetics: What’s New and Old about Pope Francis?” Free event open to all with CDs, DVDs and books available during the Mission. Enq: 9271 5253. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Toodyay Parish Celebrates 50th Anniversary 11am at St John the Baptist Parish (est 1854) Stirling Tce, Toodyay. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB will concelebrate Mass at 11am followed by lunch at St Pio’s Hall. Fr Pavol Herda and the parish community cordially invite all past priests, Religious, past and present parishioners and friends to join in this celebration. RSVP October 20 Barbara Moran 9574 5786 or oliomio@iinet.net.au. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Peranakan Community Perth - Fair 9am-2pm at Fr O’Reilly Centre, St Norbert College, 135 Treasure Rd, Queens Park. Proceeds from fair will go towards St Norbert College’s “breakfast club” to feed students who come to school without any basic nutrition; Holy Spirit Freedom Community for their Perth’s homeless, abused, poor ministry and those who have been hurt. Those interested in helping or running a stall offering anything typically Peranakan, are welcome. Enq: Fr Christopher Lim 0437 307 170 or 9458 2729. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Talk - Creating a Life-giving Culture for Family Life 7.30-9pm at St Thomas More Parish, 100 Dean Rd, Bateman. Our Series of talks keynote speaker is Dominican Sr Margaret Scharf. Based in California for 18 years offering retreats, most recently in Safety Bay. Enq: Sr Ann Cullinane 0418 130 200 or 9310 8248.

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.

Cathedral Cafe Cathedral Cafe is now open every Sunday 9.30am1pm at St Mary’s Cathedral parish centre, downstairs after Mass. Coffee, tea, cakes, sweets, friendship with Cathedral parishioners. Further info: Tammy on smcperthwyd@yahoo.com.au or 0415 370 357. Pilgrim Mass - Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation 2pm at Shrine, 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook. Commencing with Rosary followed by Benediction. Reconciliation available before every celebration. Anointing of the sick administered during Mass every second Sunday of the month. Pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin of the Revelation last Sunday of the month. Side entrance to Church and shrine open daily between 9am-5pm. Enq Sacri 9447 3292. Praise and Worship 5.30pm at St Denis Parish, cnr Osborne St and Roberts Rd, Joondanna. Followed by 6pm Mass. Enq: Admin on admin@stdenis.com.au. Latin Mass 8.30am at The Good Shepherd Church, Streich Ave, Kelmscott. Enq: John 9390 6646. Mass with Sign Language Interpreter and PowerPoint 9.30am at St Francis Xavier Church, 23 Windsor St, East Perth. Enq: Voice-9328 8113, TTY-9328 9571, 0401 016 399 or www.emmanuelcentre.com.au.

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EVERY FIRST SUNDAY Singles Prayer and Social Group 7pm at All Saints Chapel, Allendale Sq, 77 St Georges Tce, Perth. Begins with holy hour (Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and teaching) followed by dinner at local restaurant. Meet new people, pray and socialise with other single men and women. Enq: Veronica 0403 841 202. EVERY SECOND SUNDAY Healing Hour 7-8pm at St Lawrence Parish, Balcatta. Songs of praise and worship, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament and prayers for sick. Enq: Fr Irek Czech SDS or office Tue-Thu, 9am-2.30pm on 9344 7066. EVERY THIRD SUNDAY Oblates of St Benedict’s 2pm at St Joseph’s Convent, York St, South Perth. We welcome all who are interested in studying the Rule of St Benedict and its relevance to the everyday life of today for laypeople. Vespers and afternoon tea conclude our meetings. Enq: Secretary 9457 5758. Divine Mercy Hour 3pm at St Pius X Church, 23 Paterson St, Manning. There will be Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Divine Mercy prayers, Rosary and Benediction. Please join us in prayer. Enq: Mrs K Henderson 9450 4195. EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY Shrine Time for Young Adults 18-35 Years 7.30-8.30pm at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon; Holy Hour with prayer, reflection, meditation, praise and worship; followed by a social gathering. Come and pray at a place of grace. Enq: shrinetimemtrichon@gmail.com. Holy Hour for Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life 2-3pm at Infant Jesus Parish, Wellington St, Morley. Includes Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent prayer, scripture, prayers of intercession. Come and pray that those discerning vocations can hear clearly God’s call. EVERY LAST SUNDAY Filipino Mass 3pm at Notre Dame Church, cnr Daley and Wright Sts, Cloverdale. Please bring a plate to share for socialisation after Mass. Enq: Fr Nelson Po 0410 843 412, Elsa 0404 038 483. EVERY MONDAY For You My Soul is Thirsting (Psalm 62:1) 7pm at St Thomas Parish, 2 College Rd, Claremont. Tend to your thirst for God. Begins with Adoration, then 7.45pm - Evening Prayer; 8pm - Communion Service and Night Prayer. Come to the whole thing, or just to a part! Enq: Michelle: 0404 564 890.

LAST MONDAY Be Still in His Presence – Ecumenical Christian Program 7.30-8.45pm at St Swithun Anglican Church, 195 Lesmurdie St, Lesmurdie (hall behind Church). Begins with songs of praise and worship, silent time, lectio divina, small group sharing and cuppa. Enq: Lynne 9293 3848 or 0435 252 941. EVERY TUESDAY Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal 6pm at Pater Noster Church, Marmion and Evershed Sts, Myaree. Mass at 5.30pm followed by Benediction. Enq: John 0408 952 194. Novena to God the Father 7.30pm at St Joachim’s parish hall, Vic Park. Novena followed by reflection and discussions on forthcoming Sunday Gospel. Enq: Jan 9284 1662. 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 Church of Christ, 111 Stirling St, Perth. We welcome everyone to attend our praise meeting. Enq: 0423 907 869 or hsofperth@gmail.com. Bible Study at Cathedral 6.15pm at St Mary’s Cathedral, Victoria Sq, Perth. Deepen your faith through reading and reflecting on holy Scripture with Fr Jean-Noel Marie. Meeting room beneath Cathedral. Enq: 9223 1372.

Miracle Prayers 7.30pm at 67 Howe St, Osborne Park. An opportunity to receive prayers for healing of mind, body and soul. Enq: miracleprayers@ disciplesofjesus.org or Michelle 0404 028 298. EVERY THURSDAY Divine Mercy 11am at Sts John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. Pray the Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy and for consecrated life, especially in our parish. Concludes with veneration of the first class relic of St Faustina. Enq: John 9457 7771. St Mary’s Cathedral Praise Meeting 7.45pm at the Legion of Mary’s Edel Quinn Centre, 36 Windsor St, East Perth. Includes praise, song and healing ministry. Enq: Kay 9382 3668 or fmi@ flameministries.org. Group Fifty - Charismatic Renewal Group 7.30pm at Redemptorist Monastery, 150 Vincent St, North Perth. Includes prayer, praise and Mass. Enq: Elaine 9440 3661. EVERY FIRST THURSDAY Holy Hour Prayer for Priests 7-8pm at Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Keaney Pl, City Beach. All welcome. Enq: Linda 9341 3079. Prayer in Style of Taizé 7.30-8.30pm at Our Lady of Grace Parish, 3 Kitchener St, North Beach. Includes prayer, song and silence in candlelight – symbol of Christ the light of the world. Taizé info: www.taize.fr. Enq: secretary 9448 4888 or 9448 4457. FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY Social Dinner (Young Adults aged up to 35) and Rosary Cenacle 6.30pm at St Bernadette’s Church, 49 Jugan St, Mt Hawthorn. Begins at 6.30pm with dinner at a local restaurant, followed at 8pm by a Rosary Cenacle, short talk and refreshments at the Church. Great way to meet new people, pray and socialise! Enq: 9444 6131 or st.bernadettesyouth@gmail.com. EVERY SECOND THURSDAY RCPD Charismatic Prayer, Bible Study and Teaching 6pm - 7.30pm, 2 King St, Coogee. Enq: Eva 0409 405 585. EVERY FRIDAY Eucharistic Adoration at Schoenstatt Shrine 10am at Schoenstatt Shrine, 9 Talus Dr, Mt Richon. Includes holy Mass, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, silent adoration till 8.15pm. Join us in prayer at a place of grace. Enq: Sisters of Schoenstatt 9399 2349. Healing Mass 6pm at Holy Family Parish, Lot 375, Alcock St, Maddington. Begins with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Healing Mass followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Enq: admin 9493 1703 or www.vpcp. org.au. Eucharistic Adoration - Voice of the Voiceless Ministry 7.30-9pm at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Eucharistic Adoration, beginning with praise and worship; and reflection to the scriptures. All welcome. Enq: adrianluke1999@ yahoo.com.au. EVERY FIRST FRIDAY Mass and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 11am-4pm at Little Sisters of the Poor Chapel, 2 Rawlins St, Glendalough. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament after Mass until 4pm, finishing with Rosary. Enq: Sr Marie MS.Perth@lsp.org.au. Healing and Anointing Mass 8.45am Pater Noster Church, Evershed St, Myaree. Begins with Reconciliation, then 9am Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, anointing of the sick and prayers to St Peregrine. Enq: Joy 9337 7189. Pro-life Witness – Mass and Procession 9.30am at St Brigid’s Parish, cnr Great Northern Hwy and Morrison Rd, Midland. Begins with Mass followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic, led by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Please join us to pray for an end to abortion and the conversion of hearts. Enq: Helen 9402 0349.

Holy Hour - Catholic Youth Ministry 5.30pm at Catholic Pastoral Centre, 40A Mary St, Highgate. Mass followed at 6.30pm with Holy Hour. Enq: 9422 7912 or admin@cym.com.au.

Catholic Faith Renewal Evening 7.30pm at Sts John Paul Parish, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton. There will be songs of praise, prayer, sharing by a priest, then thanksgiving Mass and light refreshments. Enq: Ivan 0428 898 833 or Ann 0412 166 164 or catholicfaithrenewal@gmail. com.

EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY 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.

Communion of Reparation All Night Vigils 7pm-1.30am at Corpus Christi Church, Loch St, Mosman Park or St Gerard Majella Church, cnr Ravenswood Dr/Majella Rd, Mirrabooka. Vigils are two Masses, Adoration, Benediction, prayers, Confession in reparation for outrages committed against the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Enq: Vicky 0400 282 357, Fr Giosue 9349 2315, John/ Joy 9344 2609.

EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY Chaplets of Divine Mercy 7.30pm at St Thomas More Parish, Dean Rd, Bateman. Accompanied by Exposition, then Benediction. Enq: George 9310 9493 or 6242 0702 (w).

EVERY SECOND FRIDAY Discover Spirituality of St Francis of Assisi 12pm at St Brigid’s parish centre. The Secular Franciscans of Midland Fraternity have lunch, then 1-3pm meeting. Enq: Antoinette 9297 2314.

RCPD Charismatic Prayer, Bible study/ teaching 6–7.30pm, 2 King St, Coogee. Enq: 0409 405 585. Nov 13, ‘History of Mary’s Apparitions’ DVD. Dec 11, God’s ‘Destiny of the Nations’ DVD & Intercession. EVERY SATURDAY Teachers, Parents and Friends Mission Outreach 10am at Morley Parish Centre, 47 Wellington Rd, Morley. Meet during school terms. Primary English teachers and prospective aides offer their services for a small remuneration and donations from the tuition are distributed to missionaries. “Come and See” sessions are offered. Enq: Maggie 9272 8263, margaretbox7@icloud.com. Children’s Religious Education Program (Pre-Primary and Year One) 11am–12.30pm at Our Lady Queen of Poland Parish, 35 Eighth Ave, Maylands. The official Perth Archdiocese Parish Religious Education Program gives an opportunity to children attending non-Catholic schools age-appropriate religious education in a creative and fun environment. Families outside of Maylands welcome. Enq: Hayley 0423 008 500. EVERY FIRST SATURDAY Vigil for Life – Mass and Procession 8.30am at St Augustine Parish, Gladstone St, Rivervale. Begins with Mass celebrated by Fr Carey, followed by Rosary procession and prayer vigil at nearby abortion clinic. Please join us to pray for the conversion of hearts and an end to abortion. Enq. Helen 9402 0349. Mission Rosary Making at the Legion of Mary 9.30am-2pm at 36 Windsor St, East Perth. All materials are supplied. The Rosaries made are distributed to the schools, missions and those who ask for a Rosary. Please join us and learn the art of Rosary making on rope and chain. Enq: 0478 598 860. EVERY SECOND SATURDAY Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Succour) and Divine Mercy Chaplet (Chant) 8.30am at Our Lady of the Mission Parish, Whitford, 270 Camberwarra Dr, Craigie. Holy Mass at 8.30am followed by Novena. Enq: Margaret 9307 2776. EVERY FOURTH SATURDAY Voice of the Voiceless Healing Mass 11.30am at St Brigid’s Parish, 211 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. Bring a plate to share after Mass. Enq. Frank 9296 7591 or 0408 183 325.

GENERAL Free Divine Mercy Image for Parishes High quality oil painting and glossy print – Divine Mercy Promotions. Images of very high quality. For any parish willing to accept and place inside the Church. Oil paintings: 160 x 90cm; glossy print - 100 x 60cm. Enq: Irene 9417 3267 (w). Sacred Heart Pioneers Would anyone like to know about the Sacred Heart pioneers? If so, please contact Spiritual Director Fr Doug Harris 9444 6131 or John 9457 7771. St Philomena’s Chapel 3/24 Juna Dr, Malaga. Mass of the day: Mon 6.45am. Vigil Masses: Mon-Fri 4.45pm. Enq: Fr David 9376 1734. Mary MacKillop Merchandise Available for sale from Mary MacKillop Centre. Enq: Sr Maree 041 4683 926 or 08 9334 0933. Financially Disadvantaged People Requiring Low Care Aged Care Placement The Little Sisters of the Poor community is set in beautiful gardens in the suburb of Glendalough. “Making the elderly happy, that is everything!” St Jeanne Jugan (foundress). Registration and enq: Sr Marie 9443 3155. Is your son or daughter unsure of what to do this year? Suggest a Cert IV course to discern God’s purpose. They will also learn more about the Catholic faith and develop skills in communication and leadership. Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation (National Code 51452). Enq: Jane 9202 6859. AA Alcoholics Anonymous Is alcohol costing you more than just money? Enq: AA 9325 3566. Saints and Sacred Relics Apostolate Invite SSRA Perth invites interested parties, parish priests, leaders of religious communities, lay associations to organise relic visitations to parishes, communities, etc. We have available authenticated relics, mostly first-class, of Catholic saints and blesseds including Sts Mary MacKillop, Padre Pio, Anthony of Padua, Therese of Lisieux, Maximilian Kolbe, Simon Stock and Blessed Pope John Paul II. Free of charge and all welcome. Enq: Giovanny 0478 201 092 or ssraperth@catholic.org. Enrolments, Year 7, 2014 La Salle College now accepting enrolments for Year 7, 2014. For prospectus and enrolment, please contact college reception on 9274 6266 or email lasalle@lasalle.wa.edu.au. Acts 2 College, Perth’s Catholic Bible College Is now pleased to be able to offer tax deductibility for donations to the college. If you are looking for an opportunity to help grow the faith of young

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BRENDAN HANDYMAN SERVICES Home, building maintenance, repairs and renovations. NOR. Ph 0427 539 588. PAINTERS IN PERTH since 1933. AJ Cochrane & Sons 08 9248 8211. BRICK RE-POINTING Ph Nigel 9242 2952.

TAX SERVICE QUALITY TAX RETURNS PREPARED by registered tax agent with over 35 years’ experience. Call Tony Marchei 0412 055 184 for appt. AXXO Accounting & Management, Unit 20/222 Walter Rd, Morley. Trade services.

RELIGIOUS PRODUCTS RICH HARVEST - YOUR CHRISTIAN SHOP Looking for Bibles, CDs, books, cards, gifts, statues, Baptism and Wedding candles, etc. Visit us at 39 Hulme Ct (off McCoy St), Myaree. Ph 9329 9889 (after 10.30am Mon to Sat). We are here to serve. KINLAR VESTMENTS www.kinlarvestments.com.au Quality vestments, Australianmade, embroidered and appliquéd. Contact Vickii for a quote - 08 9402 1318, 0409 114 093 or kinlarvestments@gmail.com.

IN MEMORIAM BRIAN JOSEPH CANNY 11th Anniversary 18/10/2002 - Loved husband of Janet, dearly loved dad of David, Janine, Paul and Gregory. Pa of eleven, great Pa of four. May his soul rest in peace.

FOR SALE RETIREMENT VILLAGE OPPORTUNITIES in Albany 4 new, 2-bedroom Independent Living Units with garage. Close proximity to church and all city amenities. From $230,000 to $295,000. Contact: Board of Management (08) 98474303 email: manager@stjosephslodge. com.au.

PERROTT PAINTING Pty Ltd For all your residential, commercial painting requirements. Ph Tom Perrott 9444 1200. BOB’S PAINTING Registered and insured. Free quotes 0422 485 433 www.bobthepainter.com. au. VAN REYK MEDIATIONS Alternative Dispute Resolution. Contact Lisha Van Reyk on 0404 290 778.

FURNITURE REMOVAL ALL AREAS. Competitive rates. Mike Murphy Ph 0416 226 434.

PILGRIMAGES 14 DAYS: PETRA/AMMAN, HOLY LAND AND DUBAI Departs Perth on Saturday, March 8, 2014. Spiritual Director: Fr Son Kim Nguyen. 17 DAYS: POLAND (DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY), LOURDES, FATIMA, AND MEDJUGORJE Departs Perth on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Spiritual Director: Fr Emmanuel Tv Dimobi. 20 DAYS: CANONISATION OF BLESSED POPES: JOHN XXIII AND JOHN PAUL II, ROME, POLAND, LOURDES AND FATIMA. Departs Perth on Monday, April 21, 2014. Spiritual Director: Fr Vinh Dong. 17 DAYS: CANONISATION OF BLESSED POPES: JOHN XXIII AND JOHN PAUL II, ROME, SHRINES OF ITALY AND POLAND. Departs Perth on Thursday, April 24, 2014. Spiritual Director: Fr Irek Czech SDS.

16 DAYS: PETRA/AMMAN, HOLY LAND AND MEDJUGORJE. Departs Perth on Saturday, September 6, 2014. Spiritual Director: Fr Nicholas Nweke. 18 DAYS: PETRA/AMMAN, HOLY LAND AND POLAND. Departs Perth on Saturday, September 6, 2014. Spiritual Director: Fr Dariusz Basiaga SDS. 22 DAYS: POLAND, ITALY, LOURDES AND PARIS. Departs Perth on Monday, September 22, 2014. Spiritual Director: Fr Tadeusz Seremet SDS. 12 NIGHTS: ASIA CRUISE ON SEA PRINCESS. LOMBOK (INDONESIA), PORT KELANG (KUALA LUMPUR), PENANG, LANGKAWI, PUKET AND SINGAPORE. Departs Fremantle (Perth) on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. For itinerary and more information, please contact: Francis Williams (Travel Coordinator) T: 9459 3873 (after 4pm) M: 0404 893 877 (all day) E: perthfamily888@gmail.com Skype ID: perthfamily88. Reserve your seats for the Canonisation of Blessed Pope John Paul II and Blessed Pope John XXIII. Pilgrimage to Italy and France (covering Rome, Assisi, San Giovanni Rotondo, Lourdes, Paris) from April 24 to May 15, 2014. Contact Father Quynh at St Mary’s Cathedral: 9223 1371 / 0406 662065. Email: frquynhpilgrimage@gmail.com. Don’t miss out on the Treasures of the Promised Land. Book your seats for the pilgrimage to Jordan and Israel from: March 14-27, 2014, November 17-30, 2014. For details on above and other tours to: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Germany, Spain and Portugal (Fatima) Turkey and Greece, South America region, Asia region. Please email to Sheila or Sue at info@alternative-events.net or leave message for us on 08 6461 6183. Call or text on 0433 77 1979 / 0421 835 408.

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Continued from Page 18 people and evangelise the next generation of apostles, please contact Jane Borg, Principal at Acts 2 College on 0401 692 690 or principal@acts2come.wa.edu.au. Divine Mercy Church Pews Would you like to assist 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. Donate Online at www.ginginchitteringparish.org.au.

Tablet 2.7” 8GB Wi Fi. Enq: 9202 6859 or http://acts2come.wa.edu.au.

Abortion Grief Association Inc A not-for-profit association is looking for premises to establish a Trauma Recovery Centre (pref SOR) in response to increasing demand for our services (ref www. abortiongrief.asn.au). Enq: Julie (08) 9313 1784.

Holy Hour slots at St Bernadette’s Glendalough “Every Holy Hour we make so pleases the Heart of Jesus that it will be recorded in heaven and retold for all eternity” ~ Blessed Mother Teresa. Adorers needed for: Sundays 4am-5am; Monday 2am to 3am and 3am to 4am; Thursday 4pm to 5pm; and Friday 12noon to 1pm. If you would like one of these hours or would like more information please call the parish office Enquire: 9444 6131.

Pilgrimage: Following Christ and His Saints Fr Tim Deeter and Fr Michael Rowe will lead a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Italy, Jan 6-31, 2014. Israel and Jordan, Rome, Subiaco, Genazzano, Norcia and Cascia in Italy. $7,850 from Perth is allinclusive except your drinks and souvenirs. Enq: casapgf@iinet.net.au or 9271 5253. Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation Competition Create a viral 30-second video that will promote Acts 2 College of Mission & Evangelisation and win a Samsung Galaxy

Free Rosaries For The Missions If you or anybody you know are going to the missions and would like to send or take rosaries to spread the faith local or overseas or for school or first Holy Communion please contact Felicia 0429 173 541 or Hiep 0409 128 638. PERPETUAL ADORATION Would You Not Watch One Hour with Me? Adoration - St Jerome’s, Spearwood Adorers are needed. Please contact Mary 0402 289 418.

Ever thought about volunteering for work in an office dealing with people with disability? Learn new skills like getting out newsletters, data entry, filing and interacting with people. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays 9am-3pm. Training provided. Enq: Barbara Harris, Coordinator of Emmanuel Centre 9328

C R O S S W O R D ACROSS 1 Direction from the Jordan to Bethlehem 3 Make the sign of the cross 6 Sunday service 10 Not clergy 11 Patron saint of architects 14 Symbol of Confirmation 15 French-speaking Canadian diocese 16 He entered Judas (Lk 22:3) 18 The Diocese of Des Moines is here 19 Pertaining to the Blessed Mother 20 Sanctuary ___ 24 OT prophetic book 25 Grandson of Adam 26 “So the last will be ___” (Mt 20:16) 28 Peak in ancient Palestine 29 OT prophetic book 30 Ishmael and Isaac, to Abraham 33 Biblical mount 35 Tarsus, to Paul 36 Article of clothing or bone of a saint 39 Sydney’s first archbishop, John ___ Polding 41 Jesus told Peter to cast this out 42 Noah took them into the ark 43 Biblical animal of transport 44 The yoke of Jesus (Mt 11:30) 45 Old Testament hymn 46 Land where Moses died DOWN 1 These fell in Jericho 2 Canonized one 4 Catholic horror actor, Bela ___ 5 Cain and Abel 7 Husband of Eve 8 “… and the waters that were gathered together he called ___.”

8113, TTY 9328 9571, emmanuelcentre@ westnet.com.au or 25 Windsor Street, Perth, 6000. Resource Centre For Personal Development 2014 Courses 197 High St, Fremantle. RCPD2 ‘Successful Relationships, Emotional Intelligence/ Communication Skills’; RCPD3 Part1 ‘Health – Mental, Physical and Spiritual’ ‘Understanding and Healing the Consequences of Emotional and Sexual Abuse’ Lecture and Discussion; RCPD11 ‘Therapeutic Workshop’; RCPD7 Part1 ‘Psychology and Christian Spirituality’; RCPD7 Part2 ‘Exorcists and Psychiatrists’. Volunteers required for OP/Shop Drop-In Centre. Enq: 9418 1439, 0409 405 585 www.rcpd.net.au.

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Service book Alien god of the Exodus The Upper ___ Amo, ___, amat Catholic portrayer of Obi-Wan OT wisdom book Catholics called her “Bloody,” not her sister At least 35 craters here are named after Jesuits Perfumes the altar The daughter of Pharaoh found a baby here (Ex 2:5–6) St Angela ___ Paul refers to these animals in 1 Cor 9:9 Father of Elam and Aram The Mass is one It was thought to be the abode of the unbaptised but innocent He accompanied Joshua as he reconnoitred the land of Canaan “…and the secret of his heart will be laid ___.” (1 Cor 14:25) “None of us lives to himself, and none of us ___ to himself.” (Rom 14:7)

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