NOVEMBER 09, 2003, vol 53, no 23 by CatholicNews

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MEN IN RED —• “You must be ready to act with strength, unto the spilling o f blood, fo r the building up o f the Christian faith, fo r the peace and tranquility o f the people o f God, and fo r the freedom and growth o f the holy Roman church - Pope John Paul I I explaining to the cardinals what the red colour signified. New Italian Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, archbishop o f Genoa, celebrates a t the end o f the consistory in St. P e te r’s Square Oct. 21. H e was among 30 prelates elevated to cardinal by P ope John P aul II during the ceremony, c n s p h o t o CNS P H O TO

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But there is so little publicity on the millions of babies who are being aborted, he commented. Pray the rosary, the archbishop urged. Through the rosary, we honour Our Lady who “brought life and promotes life”. The rosary also gives us a deep knowledge of Christ and leads us to communion with him, Archbishop Chia explained. He thanked Family Life Society for promoting a respect for life, and added that promoting life should be everyone’s duty. “Pray for those thinking of abortion. Pray for a respect for life. Pray for all pregnant women,” he urged. □

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foundation for peace and unity is mutual love. When people love others regardless of their differences, when they love others as they love themselves and when they are the first to love, they inspire others to reciprocate that love. This was the gist of Ms Hedy Lipburger’s talk at the Oct 16 Catholic-Muslim Interfaith Session in Pasir Ris East Community Centre. Ms Lipburger represented the Catholic perpective on the evening’s theme “Universal Brotherhood: Not Just Words.” Representing the Muslim community was Mr Abdul Rahim. Ms Lipburger, coordinator of the Focolare Movement here, based her talk on an address of Focolare founder Chiara Lubich. “We enter into dialogue among ourselves of the most various religions, when we are open to one another, when we have reciprocal

esteem, respect, kindness. Then we are also opening ourselves to God,” she quoted Ms Lubich. In the Focolare experience of working with different religions for the past 60 years, “this is the great effect of our mutual love and the secret force which gives vigor and success to our efforts towards peace and brotherhood,” Ms Lipburger said. Mr Rahim asserted that great religions carry the same message: that there is only one God. “Great and true religions differ in their rituals, ceremonies, customs and laws... but belief in the oneness or unity of God was common to all,” he stated. “We are all people of one God. If there were more than one, there will be discord, disruption; nothing will exist with stability and there will be no laws.” Quoting Prof K.S. Ramakrihna Rao, who has written on Islamic prophet Muhammad, he said, believers need to know

about all the great religions in this world “in the proper spirit to promote mutual understanding.” THE event continues the threeyear-old Catholic-Muslim Dialogue begun by the two communities in April 2001. It was organized jointly by the Islamic Fellowship Association, Focolare Movement and the Canossian Sisters. About 60 people, mainly Christians and Muslims, participated in the event actively voicing their sentiments and interacting with one another. A Muslim woman, Salina, shared how she was taught to fear God as a child and not as the Koran says to love him. Now she is realizing she is learning to love him from the Christians. She added: “The peace and love we felt among us (tonight) is all a reflection of God’s love and mercy.” Canossian Sister Rosalia Yeo said, “I feel strongly that we need to continue in this interactive way and to foster ties of friendship and real bonding by sharing experiences, our desires and ideals.” Vincent Especkerman, a Catholic, said mingling with the Muslims “helped break down whatever prejudices and suspicions I secretly harboured, and certainly made it easier for me to believe that Islam is a religion of peace.” □

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He was was bom in Marano, Naples, Italy Sep 7, 1952, ordained a priest in 1976 and ordained an archbishop by Pope John Paul in Rome inl999. The archbishop was chaplain to the pope in 1986 and his honorary prelate in 1996. He served in Rwanda before becoming nuncio in Southeast Asia. Before that, he served in the Apostolic Nunciatures in Panama (1979-82), Ethiopia (1982-85), Australia (1985-86) Turkey (1987-89), Egypt (1899-91) Yugoslavia (1991-95) and Ireland (1995-98). □

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property owned by religious orders. “In Article IV of the ‘fundamental agreement’ (between Israel and the Holy See), it states that the government of Israel will respect and protect the property of Catholic institutions. This is not respect,” said Archbishop Pietro Sambi, papal nuncio. The Israeli security wall being built in East Jerusalem and the West Bank cuts across property belonging to the Franciscans and the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. If it is built as planned, it will go through the Passionist Fathers’ and Comboni Sisters’ properties. □

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to remove a crucifix from an Italian classroom has provoked strong criticism from some sectors of the Vatican and cautionary words from Pope John Paul II (see article below). At the same time, some Vatican officials were reluctant to wade into the controversy lest they help fuel a new and unnecessary ChristianMuslim conflict. “It is a complicated Italian question, involving religion, politics and culture. We are not saying anything about it,” said Msgr. Khaled Akasheh of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, which coordinates Vatican relations with Muslims. No one seemed to want the October controversy - no one, that is, except Adel Smith, a Muslim activist who has made a career out of pushing for Islamic rights and a more multicultural society in Italy, his adopted country. In the central Italian mountain town of Ofena, Smith first asked that a verse from the Quran be displayed next to the crucifix in his children’s classrooms. When that was denied, he sued. He said he’s simply exercising his constitutional right against religious discrimination. □ cns

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discussions with Vatican officials left the presidents of Englishspeaking bishops’ conferences confident that future work on preparing liturgical translations would proceed without the confusion and delays that marked the work in the past. About 40 presidents of conferences and officials from the International Commission on English in the Liturgy met Oct. 23 with Cardinal

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II said the religious symbols of the Christian majority in Europe deserve respect, even as the continent’s population is shifting because of immigration. Without mentioning the Italian crucifix issue explicitly, the pope argued that religious symbols in a Christian country simply cannot be canceled from public life in the name of interreligious tolerance. “Europe, bom of the encounter of various cultures with the Christian message, is seeing the growth in its midst of a number of cultural and religious traditions, caused by immigration,” the pope said in his prepared text. That demographic change requires an attitude of cooperation and dialogue, he said. At the same time, he said, there should be legislative recognition of the religious traditions in which European countries find their roots and their identity. □ cns

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BIBLICAL figures surround the marble statue of Moses, Michelangelo’s masterpiece at the Church of St. Peter in Chains in Rome. The famous sculpture, originally planned as part of Pope Julius II’s tomb inside St. Peter’s Basilica, was completed in 1545 at the church. The monument was reopened Oct. 28 after a three-year restoration project. □

Firefighters escape flare-u p in C a lifo rn ia FIREFIGHTERS scurry down a blazing hillside to escape a sudden flare-up of the Simi Valley fire Oct. 29. With thousands of homes destroyed and several people killed in Southern California wildfires, religious leaders offered support and prayers and asked others to do what they can to aid victims. □

true and convincing picture of Terri’s wishes and her condition will emerge.” Schiavo, 39, resumed receiving MARY Schindler, the mother o f Terri and nutrition and hydration FLORIDA Gov. Jeb Bush. CNSPHOTOS through a feeding tube Oct. 23 at a Pinellas S c h i a v o ’s f e e d i n g Park nursing home, where she returned after a brief stay at tu b e b a c k a fte r Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater to receive intravenous F lo r id a le g is la to r s , fluids. Her feeding tube had been removed Oct. 15 by court order, g o v e r n o r a ct but an executive order by Bush rescinded the removal. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Mary Schindler, the mother of Gov. Jeb Bush and the state’s Terri, told news media that her legislators “have bravely risked daughter is responsive to certain erring on the side of protecting words. The 39-year-old Terri, life” in the case of Terri Schindler who suffered severe brain Schiavo, the Catholic bishops of damage more than 10 years ago, Florida said in an Oct. 23 is the center of a legal dispute statement. “We applaud this between her husband, who argues courage and pray with them that Terri would not want to be kept clarity and resolution will follow alive by artificial means, and her in this tragic case,” they added. parents, who say she’s not in a “It is our ardent hope that while persistent vegetative state and the judicial system further reacts to their presence and considers this extraordinary and voices. □ extremely difficult case, that a

T e r r o r is m w ill n o t stop I r a q i r e l ie f e ffo r ts BALTIMORE - Chaldean Archbishop Djibrail Kassab of Basra, Iraq, said Catholic and other humanitarian organizations have not been shaken in their mission despite the recent suicide car bombings in his country that included an attack on the International Committee of the Red Cross. “The bombings will not stop them from delivering the humanitarian aid to the people,” said Archbishop Kassab.“In fact, the bombings will encourage them to do more,” Archbishop

Kassab said. The Chaldean Catholic archbishop was in Baltimore Oct. 27 to visit Cardinal William H. Keeler and to meet with leaders of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops’ overseas relief and development agency. CRS provides support to various projects in the Basra Archdiocese, including a food ration program, a pharmacy that distributes free medication and a computer learning institute that helps 42 students a month. □

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shift of the Catholic Church and the future of its missionary efforts drew attention from cardinals and bishops gathered to discuss the first 25 years of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate. At the closing session of a Vatican conference Oct. 18, Cardinal Ivan Dias of Mumbai, India, outlined the evangelization picture since the pope’s election in 1978, noting the church’s strong growth in new areas like Africa and Asia and its slippage in places like Europe. Cardinal Dias said church leaders need to reflect on missionary plans at a time when “the winds of secularization and globalization are blowing ever strongly all over the world and threaten to invade the sacred precincts of the church itself.” He said, “Indeed, Europe is now one of those traditionally Christian places which, in addition to a new evangelization, require in some cases a first evangelization.”

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A p io n e e rin g s p ir it M ary Tarcisius Leong left a comfortable life in the governor’s house to be a nun, a healthcare pioneer and a missionary. SISTER Tarcie, as St Tarcisius Leong is affectionally known, grew up in a comfortable home. Her father, Tun Leong Yew Koh, was a prominent Malayan politician, an important player in the years leading to independence and for many years after. Sr Tarcie was the third of seven children. Despite their status, the Leong family’s lifestyle was far from extravagant.

They had servants, but Sr Tarcie’s mother made it a point that the children helped out with the housework. They were also taught never to complain and whine, to be grateful for what they had, and to care for the poor. Leading a religious life was far from Sr Tarcie’s mind at that time. She studied at an IJ convent in Penang and lived with the nuns there in a boarding house. When the Japanese occupied Malaya during World War II, she was separated from her ‘'imily. She missed

them dearly, so when she finished her studies, instead of getting married or finding work, Sr Tarcie decided to stay home with her family. “Since I was away from my family for so long, I decided to catch up,” she said. She ended up staying at home for five years. Said Sister: “Finally my father said to me: “What are you going to do now? You’ve had enough of staying at home with us. It’s time for you to marry and settle down.’ “I had always wanted to help society in some way, especially the sick, so I thought I would try out medical or nursing school.” As God would have it, Archbishop M Olcomendy, then the archbishop for Malacca and Singapore, had invited some sisters from the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood (FMDM) to Singapore to help boost nursing here. They had opened a hospital in China and were on their way back to England. The sisters stopped at Singapore where they helped to start a maternity ward at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. They also ran a nursing school. It was here that Sr Tarcie found herself. “When I heard about them, I asked to join. I told myself: ‘If I have to do something useful with my life, this is my chance.’ ” said Sr Tarcie. Being from a Catholic family, her father had no objections to his daughter’s choice. But Sr Tarcie’s mother was anxious. “Her first question to me was: “Are you sure they’ll accept you?”’ remembered Sr Tarcie with a smile. “But I had already applied on the quiet and had been accepted.”

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SISTER Tarcie’s father, Tun Leong Yew Koh, was a founding father o f the Malayan Chinese Association, a forerunner o f today’s Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA). He was Minister of Health & Social Welfare (1955-57) in pre-independent Malaya (now Malaysia). When Malaya gained independence in 1957, he was appointed the first governor o f Malacca (1957 -1959) and Malaysian Minister o f Justice (1959 - 63).

1976, the maternity and outpatient clinic at the order’s hospital in Kinmen, Taiwan Sr Tarcie went to England in 1980 to care for the senior sisters in La Verna, Bramshott and returned to Singapore in 1981 to serve at Villa Francis, home for the elderly at Mandai Rd. Not long after, her life changed dramatically. Famine stricken Ethiopia beckoned and Sr Tarcie’s adventurous and caring spirit could not resist. For two years, she served and lived among the refugees and confronted human suffering on an enormous scale.(See “2003: Among the starving”).

SISTER Tarcie entered postulancy in Singapore in 1951, the first Malaysian to be accepted. She left for Guildford in England for training and stayed there for 10 years. During that period, she made her first (1953) and final (1958) profession of religious vows and learned nursing and midwifery. When Sr Tarcie returned in 1960, she was asked to help to set up a hospital in Singapore. She became one of the pioneering sisters of Mount Alvemia Hospital. Then in Moulmein Road, Sr Tarcie ran the maternity unit at Mt Alvemia. Looking at the hospital today, she swells with satisfaction. “I feel very proud because people say there’s a different atmosphere here. It is happy and homely. Even the staff like it here,” said Sister. Her competence was noticed. In 1963 she was given the responsibility for setting up the maternity wards at Our Lady’s Hospital in Ipoh, Malaysia and in

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ETH IO PIAN children share a portion o f corn and meal distributed by Catholic Relief Services recently in the village o f Arba Gosa in central Ethiopia. Recently the relief agency warned that chronic hunger and food shortages will continue in the east African nation without long-term development projects supported by the international community. cns photo

AFTER her Ethiopian experience, Sr Tarcie worked with Bishop James Chan in Plentong, Johor to form a new community. She also served at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, ministering to youth, RCIA and BEC groups. Asked about her achievements, Sr Tarcie, whose jubilee was on Aug 22, said: “Growth of the human person is not in terms of achievements. I haven’t done anything very much.” A colleague describes Sr Tarcie as a person who will serve wherever she is posted - in any circumstance, harsh or pleasant, hot or cold - until she is called away to another assignment. Today, Sr Tarcie works as a volunteer at the Assisi Home and Hospice, located on the grounds of Mt Alvemia Hospital in Thomson Road. Her days are spent peacefully and happily, but some things in today’s world disturb her. One of these is the breaking up of families and children who are left unattended to while parents busy themselves with work and pursuing a better lifestyle. “They’re not attended to on a personal basis because the parents just have no time for them,’ she said. □

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1983: Among the starving WHEN she came face to face with the starving children, Sr Tarcie reeled from the severity of the situation. “It was very sad,” she said. “The children were literally bones and skin with big, round eyes. We had seen it on TV, but on TV, it was just another picture. When you’re in front of them, you don’t want to eat anything you have. You just want to give it all to them.” Sr Tarcie had volunteered to help out in Ethiopia during the 1983 drought. She went there with sisters from various other orders. Addis Ababa was like any other big city, recalled Sr Tarcie. In fact, it looked much like Singapore. “The only difference was the shops were all empty. Whatever food there was was all gone,” she said.

AS Sr Tarcie and her companions rode out into the barren countryside in Land Rovers, the extent of the drought hit her. People would walk many kilometres to the missionaries’ camp just to collect water.

Sr Tarcie thought she knew exactly w hat to expect when she stepped off the plane in Addis Ababa. After all, she had seen pictures of E thiopia’s hungry people in the newspapers and on TV. But... “They were pulling carts and they took hours, sometimes overnight just to get there. Then two days later, they would have to come back again,” said Sr Tarcie. When a little rain fell, the women would rush out with jugs to scoop up water from the muddy ground. “They would use it for cooking and drinking,” said Sr Tarcie. “I don’t think they ever cleaned themselves.” There just wasn’t enough water for that.

SISTER Tarcie’s job at the camp was to weigh the babies and advise their mothers on how best to care for them. She would give them rations of milk and instruct them on how much to feed their tiny infants. It was a simple job made difficult by the extreme poverty of the country.

to help them with. “Sometimes, I’d need to set up a drip for a dehydrated baby and I’d have to hang the drip from a tree with the baby lying on the “H o w can you eat w hen ground on his mother’s shawl. “But then the baby y o u s e e s u c h a th in g ? ” survives. We come back the next week to the camp, and we see the baby bouncing.” But not all the children were so lucky. Said Sr Tarcie: “Sometimes, we come back and we don’t see the baby any more. It is very hard to ask the mother what happened. I never ask. It must be really painful for them.” Often, Sr Tarcie would give up her own food to the starving children. She would suck on a sweet to quell her A STARVING CHILD at a refugee camp in Mekele, Ethiopia, 1985. cns photos own hunger instead. But even that brought its surprises. When Sr Tarcie threw the empty candy wrapper into a dustbin, a child scurried over, picked it up and licked it hungrily. “How can you eat when you see such a thing?” said Sister.

Recalled Sr Tarcie: “These people were really pathetic, but the most challenging thing was we hadn’t the modem equipment

2003: Will famine return? ETHIOPIA is in the grip of a drought thought to be worse than the one in 1983. This year, the largest emergency food aid programme in the world shipped tens of thousands of tonnes of mainly US grain to Ethiopia, reported The Guardian. Still, it is proving pitifully inadequate for Ethiopia’s population. Because of a sixth poor rainy season in three years, the authorities and western charities are beginning to accept that 20 million people - not 13 million as originally thought - may now need help at least until the end of the year to avoid destitution and starvation. “The situation is deteriorating rapidly and the government’s nightmare scenario is coming true,” said Ms Carol Morgan, the head of Concern Ethiopia, one of the largest western charities in the country. “Despite food getting in, malnourishment is growing alarmingly in some areas. This is now worse than the 1984 famine, when only 10 million people needed food. The need is far greater.” The problem is said by charities to be particularly bad in Ethiopia’s remote southern provinces. In Arusi Wayde, a small lowland village, farmers said that one in three people was now malnourished. □

TINBIT is helped by her mother at a hospital in West Hararghe, Ethiopia, Nov. 22, 2002. Severely malnourished, she is fed with food provided by aid agencies. Food and water crises in several African countries have led the United Nations and humanitarian groups like Catholic Relief Services to call fo r international intervention to stave off famine.

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celebrated. “They didn’t celebrate the way we do,” said Sr Tarcie. “Theirs was more religious with a lot of singing and praying. “If you see them praying, your heart really goes out to them because they are begging for rain and food. They depend so much on providence.” THAT year, Sr Tarcie learnt some valuable lessons. “I realized that I must not grumble about food - that it is too much or too little or too salty or too sweet - but that I must be grateful.” What touched her was the giving nature of the world’s poorest people. One day, a woman gave Sr Tarcie three cobs of shriveled maize. “She had nothing, yet she insisted I take them,” said Sister. The woman insisted she had plenty, and took Sr Tarcie to her home to prove it. She lived in a mud hut with her six children, aged between six and two. The hut had a doorway but no door. It had a hole for a window with a cardboard flap to close it. Along one wall, several jugs of water stood in a line, and nearby, hung a string of dried com. The floor was dirt with a hole for a fire in the middle. That was all the woman had and yet, it was, to her, plenty. Said Sr Tarcie: “The poorest people are the most generous. They won’t hold back. That really made me think: Religious life is poor, but they are richer than me in that sense.” □

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stands next to decaying cattle carcasses south o f the town ofDanan in Ethiopia April 7, 2000.

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‘ B e fe a rle s s w itn e s s e s ’ By John Thavis VATICAN CITY - In ceremonies

Pope creates 30 new cardinals and asks them to preach the Gospel “ to all people, w ithout exception”

that combined solemn tradition and the cheers of the faithful, Pope John Paul II created 30 new cardinals and asked them to preach the Gospel “to all people, without exception” on every continent. The liturgies Oct. 21-22 highlighted the international mix of the College of Cardinals, the group that will one day elect a new pope. New members from 22 countries were added. The pope said the new cardinals reflected the “multiplicity of races and cultures that make up the Christian population.” He also created one cardinal “in pectore,” or in his heart, withholding publication of his name. The pope formally inducted the cardinals in a consistory held in a sunlit St. Peter’s Square Oct. 21. The next day, he presented them with rings, sealing their special bond with the pontiff, during a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. In his sermon and prayers, the pope emphasized the cardinals’

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Australian Cardinal George Pell o f Sydney kisses the hand o f Pope John Paul II as he receives the document designating his new title. CNS PH O TO S

special duty to preach the Gospel and serve others. “Only if you become the servants of all will you complete your mission and help the successor of Peter to be, in turn, the ‘servant of the servants of God,”’ he said in his consistory sermon, which was read by an aide. Throughout the consistory ceremony, the 83-year-old pontiff looked pleased and alert. From an altar area decorated with thousands of red and yellow tulips, he gazed out and waved to a crowd dotted with flags and banners from many countries. But because of his increasing difficulty in speaking, the pope let others speak for him at several key points, including the reading out of the new cardinals’ names. “All of us were pleased to be here today, although there was a hint of sadness with the manifest decline of the Holy Father,” Australian Cardinal George Pell said after receiving his red hat. The liturgy included several time-honored traditions. After

NEW Nigerian Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie of Lagos greets guests at the Vatican following the consistory with Pope John Paul II. Most Nigerians regard him as a fearless advocate for human rights, religious freedom and democratic rule.

pronouncing a profession of faith and an oath of obedience to the pope, the cardinals came forward and knelt one by one before the pope, who handed them a fourcornered red biretta. The cardinals placed the birettas on their own heads.

THE pope explained to the cardinals that the red color signified that “You must be ready to act with strength, unto the spilling of blood, for the building up of the Christian faith, for the peace and tranquility of the people of God, and for the freedom and growth of the holy Roman church.” Pope John Paul also gave each cardinal a scroll assigning titular churches in Rome, symbolizing the cardinals’ status as members of the clergy of Rome and their relationship with him as bishop of Rome. Each of the cardinals had a rooting section of well-wishers in the square, who applauded and cheered as their favorite received the red hat. The new cardinals included seven Vatican officials, 19 resident archbishops from around the world and four theologians over the age of 80 with personal ties to the pope. Their induction left the College of Cardinals with 194 members a new record. Of these, 135 were under the age o f 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a conclave; that matched a record high set at the last consistory in 2001. In his sermon, the pope told the cardinals he was counting on their collaboration and prayers.

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Keith O ’Brien celebrates in St. Peter's Square following the consistory led by Pope John Paul II Oct. 21.

POPE John Paul II greets a relative o f Cardinal Renato Martino at a reception at the Vatican. The pontiff led a special audience for the families o f the 30 prelates he elevated to the rank o f cardinal. He asked them to preach the Gospel “with words and with example” and to serve the church humbly, “refusing every temptation of career or personal benefit.” Selfless service is a difficult ideal to realize, he said, but “the Good Shepherd assures you of his help.” Seated apart on his throne, the pope appeared to share in the joy experienced by the cardinals as they greeted each other following distribution of the red hats. “In this square today ... shines the church of Christ, ancient and always new, gathered around the

successor of Peter,” he said in his sermon.

AT the “ring Mass,” held in the basilica because of rain, the pope presided over the liturgy, but the main celebrant was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, dean of the College of Cardinals. Once again, the pope’s sermon was read in its entirety by an aide, and so were some of the prayers the pontiff was scheduled to recite. The pope struggled to pronounce the formula for the bestowing of the rings, asking the cardinals to “accept this ring from the hand of Peter and know that, with the love of the prince of the Apostles, your love for the church is strengthened.” Then the pontiff slipped a gold ring on the right hand of each new cardinal as they knelt before him, one by one. Cardinal Justin Rigali o f Philadelphia said afterward the ring was a natural sign of unity. “Like a wedding band, it is a sign of union, a link to the pope and to the Diocese of Rome,” Cardinal Rigali said. The first prayer of the faithful was offered “for our most beloved Pope John Paul II”: “May the Lord fill him with wisdom and the consolation of

the spirit, and may his cry always resound in the church and the world, a cry made 25 years ago from this place: ‘Open wide the doors to Christ.’” In the text of his sermon, the pope spoke of the power of prayer and its ability to support people and instill great courage. “I myself have been able to experience this comfort,” he said. Prayers also were offered in Swahili, Vietnamese, Arabic and Hindi — another sign of the international atmosphere that reigned at the ceremonies. Between the liturgies, the new cardinals found time to host receptions in various rooms and hallways of the Vatican. Thousands of dignitaries, fellow prelates, pilgrims and interested Romans converged on the receptions, as the new cardinals good-naturedly chatted and posed for pictures. □ cns

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‘‘Brother Bear” - a delightful animated fable about a Native American warrior who is transformed into a bear. An allegorical tale about love, forgiveness and man’s fellowship with nature. By David DiCerto

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A NATIVE American boy on the cusp of manhood learns his place in the circle of life by becoming a bear in the delightful animated fable “Brother Bear” (Disney). Directors Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker combine timeless themes with stunning scenery to craft an allegorical tale about love, forgiveness and man’s fellowship with nature. Set among Inuit tribesmen in the Pacific Northwest at the close of the Ice Age, the story centers on three brothers: Sitka (voiced by D.B. Sweeney), the eldest, Denahi (voiced by Jason Raize), and Kenai (voiced by Joaquin Phoenix), the youngest. The film opens on the day of Kenai’s coming-of-age ceremony, a ritual during which Tanana (voiced by Joan Copeland), the tribal shaman, will bestow on the young warrior his totem - a symbol revealed by the Great Spirits to help guide him through life. At their initiations, Sitka and Denahi had received symbols of an eagle (representing guidance) and a wolf (for wisdom), respectively. Tanana presents Kenai with a carved bear - the

symbol of love. Kenai can’t mask his disappointment over such a seemingly unmanly totem. Denahi adds insult to injury with some good-natured ribbing. Humiliated, Kenai impetuously steams off, ready to prove his bravery as a warrior by stalking a bear who had stolen a basket of fish left unattended during the rite. When the confrontation with the ferocious beast turns deadly, Kenai is rescued by his two older

siblings, but in saving Kenai’s life, Sitka makes the ultimate sacrifice. The bear escapes and Kenai, against Denahi’s counsel, vows to avenge their brother’s death. Kenai manages to hunt down and kill the bear atop a mountain, yet at his moment of victory Kenai is transformed into

Tanana that it was the spirit of Sitka who caused the transformation in order that Kenai leam an important lesson. She also tells him that the only way to change back into his human form is to travel to a sacred mountain “where the light touches the earth.” With Denahi

the creature he just slayed. Denahi, who had been tracking Kenai, arrives at the scene right after the metamorphosis and seeing the bear - whom he does not know is really his brother standing over Kenai’s spear and shredded clothes, he assumes the worst. Forswearing his former pacifism, Denahi now takes up Kenai’s vendetta. Barely escaping with his life, Kenai learns from the wise

hot on his furry heels, Kenai, accompanied by a precocious bear cub named Koda (voiced by Jeremy Suarez), sets out on a journey of self-discovery, during which he learns that you can never judge another person - or bear - until you have walked a mile in his or her, er, paws. He also learns to live according to his totem - love - the gift of the Great Spirits which binds all things together.

WHILE the main characters are engaging, the real scene-stealers are the hilarious bunch of prehistoric peripherals, including a pair of dimwitted moose and two bighorn rams. There is something inherently more inviting about the traditional hand-drawn images in “Brother Bear” that is lost in computer-generated animation. Though the film contains some intense scenes that may prove scary to tykes, violence is kept to a minimal, with much of it off screen. Regrettably, except for the rousing, percussion-heavy opening number, “Great Spirits,” performed by Tina Turner, the film lacks any of the showstopping numbers that made “The Lion King” an instant classic. In “Brother Bear,” Disney returns to familiar thematic waters, touching on coming-of-age issues and the emotional devastation caused by a parent’s death. Based on traditional Native American folklore, the transformation tale is underpinned by an almost Franciscan spirituality which imparts a strong message about the interconnectedness of all living things, reminding us of our responsibility to live in harmony with the rest of God’s creation. □

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communicator, Mercy Sister Mary Ann Walsh knew that her press packet had to be extra-special to stand out in the deluge of information that would surround Pope John Paul II’s 25th anniversary - so she made it into a book. “John Paul II: A Light for the World,” a 256-page “pictorial documentary,” was published by Sheed & Ward in October to coincide with the papal silver jubilee, but prepublication sales passed the 30,000 mark. The clothbound, coffee-table/

resource book combines essays or personal anecdotes by all the active U.S. cardinals and a cross section of clergy and laity, a foreword by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, photos by Vatican photographers of papal visits all over the world and an extensive list of “essential resources” on the pope. In August Publishers’ Weekly said it “may be the pick of the crop” among new books on the pope. Sister Walsh, who edited the book, is deputy director for media relations for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington. □

I HAD many personal encounters with our Holy Father which I cherish as among the happiest moments of my life. When I first shook hands with him during his first apostolic journey to the United States, when as a young seminarian I served his Mass in the Vatican, when I concelebrated Mass with him in San Juan de los Lagos during one of his trips to Mexico - those moments have been a tremendous source of renewal, joy, and excitement. During the years following Vatican II, Pope Paul VI had been able to hold the embattled Catholic Church together. But Pope John Paul II’s vitality, youthfulness, and missionary spirit brought renewed strength, confidence, and security. Then came May 13, 1981.1 was attending class in the seminary when the phones began ringing. I could hear the footsteps of superiors running through the halls. Our professor became very nervous. He left the classroom but returned crushed by the news that the

pope had been shot.We feared the pope was going to die. Then the bell rang three times and the entire seminary gathered in the chapel to pray the Rosary for the pope. Our prayers were answered; hope was restored as news arrived that he had survived. Pope John Paul II has profoundly influenced my preparation for the priesthood and my ministry as a priest. I am a Catholic priest of the John Paul II generation. I love our Holy Father. I will always defend him. I will always do whatever he asks me to do. Despite all the amazing things that he has accomplished during these astonishing 25 years, I cannot help but think about the tremendous burden that he carries. Sadly, despite his clear teaching, so many of his children disobey him. So, I would like to make an appeal. Love the pope and love the church! Through the Internet, I would like to ask every Catholic bishop, priest, religious, and layperson to love the pope and to love the church. Let us rediscover the

beauty of our church. Let us put aside divisive issues. It is extremely disturbing that so many sons and daughters of the church create scandal from within by their immoral actions or dissent against even the most fundamental teachings of the Catholic Church. Our greatest gift to the pope is our unconditional obedience. Love the pope! Love the church! Be holy! Save souls! Give glory to God! What is so complicated about this? Is this not what it means to be a Roman Catholic? I will never waver. I am unconditionally with the pope. If he tells me to celebrate Mass upside down, that is what I will do. No matter how many people may criticize me, I will always stand with him. Where the pope is, there is the church. Thank you Pope John Paul II! You have shown me how to be a priest of Jesus Christ. □ c n s Fr. James Farfaglia is the Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish and St. Helena of the True Cross Parish in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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WHEN a marriage fails and breaks up, the kids are the most affected. At least, that is my belief (as a family & marital therapist) coming from parents who have divorced and remarried. It is inevitable that the kids do suffer and I hope parents reconstruct their lives and move on, the hurt of their separation stays on with the children until their adult lives as they grieve the death of their family. According to Claire Berman,

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author o f “Adult Children of Divorce”, many children develop difficulty trusting others, many fear commitment and intimacy (“My parents left me so why should this person stick around?”) Other characteristics of children of divorce include: Low self-esteem (“My parents left me, so something must be wrong with me.”), loneliness and isolation (“Since no one would understand, I learned to deal with the loneliness by myself and now have a problem sharing my emotions with others.”), becoming control freaks ( “No one should put me through that pain again.”), emphatic about financial stability (“With money, I protect myself from being dependent and miserable.”), and placing high value on being successful (“If I am on top, everyone will love me and not leave me. It will also mask my secretly sagging self-esteem.”) Studies show that tension and anger between the parents, not the actual divorce, can put your children at serious risk. If you really have to end your marriage, know that your children will get hurt. Thus, it is your responsibility as a parent to support and guide your child through the difficulties that your separation will inflict on them:

Tell them FIRST of all, get your act together and tell your kids about the separation. Don’t hope that they are stupid or deaf and will not notice that something is amiss. It is so painful for kids to hear it

Everything you need to know about Confession Book review by Sharen Choo

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Confession Experiencing God’s Love and Forgiveness AUTHO R:

Father Bill Murphy P U B L IS H E R :

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HAVE you ever wondered why you have to go to Confession? When in the queue, do you wonder, “What am I supposed to say?” You will find the answers in this 55-page book. Confessions reminds you what Confession is, what it can and cannot do for you and how to prepare for it. Although Catholics usually say, “I am going to Confession,” Confession has many other names and each name has a special meaning. Confession explains that the sacrament is not just about confessing your sins. It is also a conversion experience, penance, forgiveness and reconciliation.

from behind your doors or from others. It’s amazing how parents still continue to underestimate their children. Parents should stop assuming that their excuses about where dad slept last weekend will be credible for very long. Family therapists say that as long as the parents don’t blame each other and assure the kids that it will work out even if mom and dad are separated, the kids are better off with the truth. Don’t say, “Your dad and I are separating because he has another woman and he does not love us anymore!” Instead, explain to them in more neutral tones like, “Your dad and I have problems that we have to sort out..” Ideally, both spouses should talk to the kids together.

Do not bad-m outh your ex “WHEN you criticize your ex, you criticize your child,” says Gary Neuman, author of Helping

Your Child Deal With Divorce. Your child feels very much a part of his parents and when you say, “Your father is a miserable twit,” the child feels he is much of a twit, too. Name-calling and mudslinging are painful for your child to witness and shatter his self esteem. Even subtle body language, like rolling your eyes when your ex calls, affects the children. Be civil with your ex and, if you really love your children, rise above temptation and be friends with your ex. (Wow, this is difficult, yah?) This can be the best thing you can do for your child when your marriage fails. I assure you that your child will be delighted to see both of

This book is also handy if you have non-Catholic friends who ask, “Why must I tell my sins to a priest?” Confession helps us examine our conscience and reduce the occasions we forget to confess some sins by taking us methodically through the Ten Commandments. It does that through a list of questions relating to each Commandment. Confession shows us that all spiritual growth is reconciliation with God, and reconciliation with God should become a way of life for us.

Confession is available in Catholic bookshops at $3.50 a copy. S P E C IA L O F F E R : For one month from the date of this review Single copy: $3.00 20 copies or more: Discount of 30% From: Daughters Of St Paul Tel 6560-8003, and Apostolate Of The Media Tel 6892-1639. □

you as friends. Remember, the problem is between him and you - please keep the kids out of it.

Assure your kids that the separation is not their fault

judge or scold them. Tell them that they can talk to you about whatever is bothering them anytime - and mean it. It may be easier to dodge their questions because it is so heart-breaking. And when confused, you can always fall back on the line, “Don’t worry, Mom and Dad love you very much even if we are not together anymore.” Never mind if you are clumsy and seem to be at a loss for words, as long as you are open to the kids. Not talking about the situation will cause your kids to suppress their emotions or shut down emotionally.

EVEN the best divorces, children feel that they are to blame. I don’t know why this happens. Maybe because the kids feel their parents are perfect and therefore, faultless. So the kids take the warped blame: “Maybe I wasn’t smart enough or good enough that’s why my parents separated...” Tell them, “Dad and I have many problems which we could not solve while being together. You have nothing to do with why Dad left.” Say “We both love you very much,” to quell any fears that you will stop being his parents when you stop being married, or that you may give him away to grandmother or BROTHER Collin Wee abandon him and is a family therapist by look for a new profession and is now a family or a new life staff o f the Pacific Asia - which I hope is Regional Novitiate, a not your intention. training center o f the

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WHEN parents involve the kids in custody, visitation or financial discussions, it makes them feel vulnerable and insecure. Let the kids know that you and your ex will make the decisions about how much time they will spend with you, eliminating the anxiety in having them choose one parent over the other. Decide the terms and present De La sale Brothers, in these to the kids D on’t ask your the Philippines. with sympathy kids to take about how the sides terms sit with them. And when it KIDS pick up even non-verbal is your turn, be there with your cues or subtle pressure about kids. Tell your office you cannot choosing one parent over the work overtime on those days and other, even if you think they are tell your friends you can hang out too young and innocent to do so. with them on other days. Your If you badger the kids to choose kids’ presence should be precious you by looking like you are the to you so make the most of it. right choice or the underdog, know that they feel rotten inside M ake a new com m itm ent for betraying the other parent. as a parent to them They will be extremely anxious and confused - and secretly hate I HAD clients who became you for manipulating them. Never better parents when they say things like: “I am so sad when separated because they stopped you are with mom,” or “Dad does taking the kids for granted. Ask not give you money anyway, so yourself what you can improve why do you want to spend the on and do whatever you can for weekend with him?” or the most the well-being of your child, be it notorious, “Who do you love therapy, counseling, quality time more - Mom or Dad?” It is a or meditation. major distress sign when children are afraid to express affection towards one parent in front of the REMEMBER that what you do to other. kids in childhood they take with them with the same impact into Open the lines of their adult lives. The kids will carry the hurt of your separation com m unication like it happened yesterday. Go easy on them and do what you DON’T just ask, “How are you?” can to lessen this load by being Kids will always say they are present for them as you get lost okay (or fine) because to tell you picking up the pieces. exactly what they feel is so Children need to know that overwhelming it might frighten even if Daddy and Mommy even you. Instead, say “It sounds aren’t together anymore, they can like you feel angry (or sad or still love both parents and be hurt).” This gives the kids loved by both parents, without assurance that you will listen to feeling disloyal or guilty. □ what they want to say, and not

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CONCEPTION, Mo. - The simple, black-and-white logo of the Printery House depicts a robed monk bent over a desk who appears to be laboring carefully over a manuscript. The image is a nostalgic one for the greeting card and gift line sold by Conception Abbey and Seminary in Conception through its publishing branch. But it’s far from the reality. Although the Benedictine monks at the Printery House still

BROTHER William Buchholz oversees the operations o f Printery House, a state-of-the-art publisher o f religious greeting cards, c n s p h o t o wear their traditional robes, they ply their ancient trade with the assistance of high-tech, state-ofthe-art computers, scanners, laser engravings and a Swedish fourcolor printing press. Instead of copying manuscripts by hand as monks once did, they produce up to 6 million greeting cards sold around the world. And even if the messages on the cards are divinely inspired, there are also spreadsheets to tally up the best selling items and market surveys to poll customers on which new designs are the most appealing. And when Benedictine Brother William Buchholz, director of the Printery House, starts work each morning, he knows he is not only charged with preserving and spreading the

Gospel message, but he has to do it better than greeting-card industry giants such as Hallmark Cards and American Greetings, which also have begun to produce religious cards. “Ten years ago when you went to religious card or gift conventions, you wouldn’t see the big companies,” Brother Buchholz told The Leaven, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kan. Conception is in the neighboring Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. “Now Hallmark and American Greetings are there. That is big-time competition,” he added. When the printing division was created 50 years ago in a carpenter’s shop at Conception Abbey and Seminary, it only took a couple of monks to run it. Now, there are 46 employees in all. The $3 million-plus annual sales generated by the Printery House help keep the costs down for the more than 100 seminarians from more than 20 dioceses who attend Conception Seminary. Brother Buchholz did not have any formal training in a print shop before being named director of the Printery House, but came to the position with an appreciation for efficient production and a can-do attitude. Shortly after his arrival, he convinced the abbey’s administration that investing in a new system for laser engraving of printing plates would save time and money. And it has. The old system required days for a new card design to go from concept to printing. Now it takes only hours. Original artwork from freelance artists is scanned, and digital images quickly are transferred to printing plates. The new technology has kept production costs down while at the same time improving the printing quality. Brother Buchholz also designed a shipping room conveyor system that eased the workload of the shipping employees. He then examined the marketing plan and hired two former Hallmark Cards employees and greeting and gift card industry consultants. Based on their advice, the Printery House has created a Web site - www.printeryhouse.org where customers can view and purchase products as well as read a daily Scripture passage. It also

developed new Hispanic and Irish/Celtic lines of greeting cards and incorporated products made in countries such as Lithuania and El Salvador to help support poor people in those areas. Benedictine Brother Michael Marcotte, art director of the Printery House, also designed a new line of greeting cards for people facing difficult situations such as divorce or suicide. “We’re in a unique position to go places other organizations can’t go simply because w e’re a Catholic operation supported by a community of monks,” he told The Leaven. “I think we will continue to build on those cards,” he said, “which enable us to proclaim the Gospel message in the midst of real-life situations.” □ c n s

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Finding the guts to defy the w orld NOBODY goes through life without facing criticism, opposition, misunderstanding, suspicion, and, at some point, having to experience hatred. This is one of the great pains, perhaps the greatest, inside family, church, and community. Eventually we are subject to criticism, our motives and integrity are questioned, and we have to live with the bitterness of those judgements, a bitterness that can rob our lives of joy and us of any self-confidence. The real pain though is not when these negative judgements come from outside, when the big world out there questions our integrity, but precisely when it comes from inside, from persons with whom we are meant to share family and faith. Experiencing hatred, bitterness, and being accused of hypocrisy are not easy to cope with. How do we not question our own essential goodness in the face of criticism and judgement? How do we not question our own essential goodness in the face of criticism and judgement? I’VE often wondered how Jesus coped with this because certainly he had to face it. He moved around Palestine preaching love, joy, community, and vulnerability, even as people called him a blasphemer (the ultimate accusation of egoism) and hated him enough to kill him. How did he stay joyful in the face of this anger? How did he let himself be vulnerable when others were attacking him? How did he continue to be self-confident in his mission when he was accused of being hypocritical and self-deluded? How did he handle this? By always taking his real identity from God and not from himself or from the opinions others had of him. As Jesus moved about doing his mission, he met every kind of reaction: Sometimes the crowds loved him and tried to make him king, other times the same people hollered for his head, “Crucify him!”. He was both loved and hated and always there were some who stood, sincerely no doubt, in bitter opposition and accused him of being the ultimate egoist and blasphemer. By Fr Ronald What’s important to notice is that Jesus Rolheiser never took his identity from these reactions, good or bad, feeling confident when the crowds supported him and feeling insecure when he faced opposition. He took his truth and identity from elsewhere. Where? “I do the will of my father.” His identity, his truth, his courage to act, and his joy were all rooted in something beyond the affirmations or criticisms of the moment, beyond public opinion, beyond the judgement of those who hated him. Looking at Jesus, we see that, in the face of criticism and hatred, his key questions weren’t: “Can I live with this criticism? Do I let another’s negative judgement intimidate me from the truth and mission I feel called to? Do I let someone’s hatred of me destroy my energy and joy?” Looking at Jesus, we see that the key questions are: “Can I live with myself? Can I be patient enough to let God, history, and truth be my judge? Can I be sensitive to how I’m seen and judged by others, even as I take my identity from a reality deeper than public opinion and the view of those who dislike me? Can I, by casting my eyes more towards heaven, continue to sustain myself in energy and joy even in the face of bitterness and hatred?” JESUS shows us the way here, albeit it’s far from an easy one. This gate too is narrow. It’s not easy to not be intimidated from doing what we are called to do because we experience opposition. There will always be opposition. Not just because darkness perennially resists light; but because it’s impossible to live for any length of time inside of any kind of closeness, family or community, without irritating and hurting each other. We have different personalities, different histories, different perspectives, and we all arrive on the scene carrying wounds from elsewhere. Community isn’t automatic and it isn’t easy, but we must not let our truth and our joy die in the face of opposition. Though a caution needs to be added: there is always a danger of self-delusion when we discern our truth. In the face of criticism, opposition and hatred, we should always seek spiritual direction from the wise and from the good. Wisdom and goodness are the great principles of discernment. Hence, go to those within the community who are wise and go to those who are good. Ask them how they see you and how they see those particular actions of yours that are so upsetting to your critics. And know and accept that always there will be criticism, anger, and sometimes even hatred. Jesus experienced this and, in the end, it killed him. He warned that; for us, it will be no different. Hell will always try to blackmail heaven, but that’s to be resisted. □

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THE Basilica of the Lateran is the cathedral church - or central church-of the Diocese of Rome. As such, it is also the cathedral church of the pope, who is the Bishop of Rome. Over the centuries, John the Baptist has been its patron saint, and St. John the Evangelist has also been associated with the basilica. This is why it is often called “St. John Lateran.” Because of its role in the history of the church, celebrating the anniversary of this basilica’s dedication is seen as much more than just honouring one of many churches in Rome: It is celebrating Jesus, who declared that not even the gates of hell will prevail against his church (Matthew 16:18). Throughout the ages, God has always hallowed certain places and been present to them in a special way At a place near Haran, Jacob experienced God’s presence in a dream in which he saw angels ascending and descending a ladder to heaven and heard the Lord declare his sacred name, Yahweh (Genesis 28:1213). When Jacob awoke, he was awestruck, “Surely the LORD is in this place; and I did not know it.... This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven” (28:16-17). In response to the dream, Jacob set up a “pillar” as a memorial of worship and communion with God. He consecrated the place to the Lord by pouring oil over it and giving it a new name: Bethel, which means “house of God.” Any place where God’s name is held sacred, and where his people live in obedience and love, carries a special blessing. This is true of every “domestic church,” every family, that is set apart for the Lord. Today, as we pray for the church and the Holy Father who leads it, let us also pray for

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"Father, we pray fo r your church and fo r Pope John Paul II. Watch over us and protect us. May your presence come upon all your people as we place ourselves, ourfamilies, and our homes under the reign o f your Son, Jesus Christ, the head o f the church.”

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to return to earth: signs like thick darkness, falling stars, and fearful trembling. Passages like today's first reading and the gospel can sound frightening. But Jesus wants to reassure us that no matter what happens, he rem ains sovereign. He remains committed to his promise to bring us into his presence at the end of time, as long as we do our best to stay faithful to him. We may experience trials at different points, but none of them can prevent Jesus from offering us the hope that we too can shine with him in heaven. Perhaps we are already living in the times of tribulation Jesus foretold. Or maybe overwhelming difficulties in our lives just make it feel that way. But whatever our situation, we can hold fast to Jesus’ promises and lift up our hearts in hope. Why? Because God remains with us. Fear, worry, or grief may temporarily blind us to his presence, but the signs are always around us if we quiet our hearts and look. The miracle of new life, a rainbow, and the Eucharist: These are just some indicators that God is still in control and committed to loving us. Even Jesus' names tell us of his intentions to bring us into his heavenly home. “Jesus” means “God saves” and “Emmanuel” means “God is with us.” The salvation Jesus won does not change, nor does his promise to be with us always-even “to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). So let’s put our full trust in a faithful Saviour whose love for us endures forever. □

“Jesus, I trust in you. I give you my burdens and ask you to help me bear them. Teach me to be always confident in your presence. Come, Lord Jesus!”

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The D evil is “good” FACT: Reciting the Lord’s Prayer takes about 20 seconds, and the Hail Mary less than 15 seconds, and yet I cannot recall when was the last time I could recite these prayers without the mind straying. Can you? Twenty seconds to have a single mindedness of purpose to be able to recite the Lord’s Prayer does not seem to be too much of a task. But it is, isn’t it? Somehow or other, something or other intrudes and the prayer is seldom, if ever, completed in one go, and the credit for all this goes to - you guessed it - the Devil! Funny, when I am in the swimming pool with my family and friends, I do seem to achieve a single-mindedness of purpose, that is, to enjoy myself with them. And the Devil lets me be. He sits there watching me relax and enjoy myself. To do anything I want - except try and communicate with God. And the moment I even think about wanting to go and sit down in prayer, he (the Devil) quickly bestirs himself and diverts me to what is going on in the office, what is going on in the home, a hundred and one things just keep popping in my mind. The Devil is good, very good at his work, which is to disrupt our lines of communication with God. He wants you (and me) and he will get us, at least that is what he thinks. I, for one, want to deny him that satisfaction, and using the free will that God has given all of us, I want to and will, with the grace of God, defeat him.

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PERIODICVALLY, w e’re asked why The Compass prints bad news. Just stick with the good news, w e’re told. There are several problems with that counsel. First, one person’s good news is often bad news for another. For example, since a single case of mad cow disease was diagnosed in Canada earlier this year, the price o f American beef has risen rapidly. Good news for Am erican farmers, but bad for their Canadian counterparts and A m erican consumers. Or consider reports of sexual abuse by priests — certainly bad news, considering the pain and shame it’s caused, but also good news in that a problem is being addressed.

St C ath erin e o f Siena I WOULD like to draw your attention on the special report, “Pope John Paul II: A Remarkable 25 Years (CN Sept. 28 and Oct. 5). St Catherine of Siena was declared Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul IV on Oct 4, 1970 and not 1980 as mentioned in the report. Presently there are three women Doctors of the Church; St Teresa of Avila and St Catherine of Siena (both declared by Pope Paul IV in 1970) and St Therese of Lisieux (declared by Pope John Paul II in 1997).

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The sexual abuse issue also points out a danger of not printing bad news: Ignoring a problem is not the same as solving it. We can also look to the Bible. It certainly has its share of bad news, for example, the fall and Cain killing Abel - and that’s in just the first four chapters of Genesis. And the Gospels (the word itself comes from the old English word “god sp el,” meaning “good n ew s”) abound with reports of bad news: the slaughter of the Holy Innocents, the murder of John the Baptist, apostles bickering over who’s the most important, the betrayal by Judas, the denial of Peter and the crucifixion of Jesus. These are not happy, feel-good stories. But, as Christians, we believe God can bring good out of bad. Indeed, we believe that resurrection

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Response to letter on “No o ff day m aids WE are pleased to note that Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has recently announced that a restday may be made compulsory for domestic workers. For the last five years the Commission for Migrants and Itinerant People (CMI) has been engaging the authorities in our ‘social justice’ mission for foreign workers in Singapore. In 2001 we initiated with MOM an Orientation Workshop for Employers of Foreign Domestic Workers. In 2002, we proposed to MOM a standard employment contract to regulate fair and consistent terms of employment. In 2002, we launched a restday campaign at parish and national events. This year in partnership with TWC2*, amendments to the Employment Act to cover Foreign Domestic Workers were submitted to MOM. CMI continues to be in regular and open dialogue with MOM on the well being of foreign workers and we wish to thank Ms. Laura Hendricks (letter to CN Oct. 12&19) for her interest in our work with MOM.

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C T M ’S 45 T H A N N U A L G E N E R A L M E E T IN G Organised by: Catholic Teachers’ M ovem ent (C T M ). Venue: St M ic h a e l’s School (3 Essex R d about 3 minutes w alk from Novena M R T station). D ate : Sat N o v 15, 3.30 pm - 7 pm. E m a il: johnchan_teacher@yahoo.com.sg C H U R C H O F T H E H O L Y S P IR IT G R A N D O P E N IN G E V E N T S P arish C a rn iv a l on Sunday, D ec 7 from 8am to 2pm. Venue: Church o f the H o ly Spirit, 248 Upper Thomson Rd. T h em e: C atholiC ity - W here Com munities Gather. D ed ication M ass & G ra n d O p enin g on Sunday, N o v 16 at 6pm. C ele b ran t: Archbishop Nicholas Chia.

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FR PAUL O’MALLEY-JONES Of the Redemptorist Community, Kogarah, Australia Gained eternal and deserving rest in the Lord’s Kingdom on Sunday morning - Oct 26, 2003 He was laid to rest on Oct 29, 2003 at the Redemptorist section of Rookwood Catholic Cemetery, Lidcombe, Australia “He led the people and his Community in the Novena Church untiringly till 1985 when he retired to Australia. But he did not leave us without touching the hearts of many old, and young in his lifetime, especially when he administered at school missions. Today, many remember him fondly and we thank God for this generous Religious Priest.” Thirty-fourth Anniversary

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Departed: Nov 21,1995 We often think of bygone days, When we were together; The family chain is broken But memories live forever, Always remembered by your loving wife, children and grand-children. Ninth Anniversary

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Departed: Nov 20,1994 Peacefully sleeping, resting at last Dear Mama we miss you so In silence you suffered, in patience you bore Till God called you home to suffer no more. May you rest in peace.

C E C IL IA L IM G U E K H IA N G

Departed: Nov 20,1979 Always remembered by loved ones at home. Second Anniversary

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JOSEPH TAN WAN BENG Departed: Nov 19, 1998 We miss you very much dear husband and father as we endure your departure. As you continue to reside within our lives, we are heartened and consoled that you are in the loving care of our Father. Always loved and cherished by your wife, children and grandchildren.

Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him, May he rest in peace, Amen.

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Departed: Nov 12,2001 Take her in Thy arms, dear Lord, And ever let her be A messenger of love Between our hearts and Thee. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren.

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THANKSGIVING Most sincere thanks to St Jude Thaddeus for urgent petition answered. May the name of St Jude be always invoked. Thanks also the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and Holy Mary for favours received both past and present. Thank you dearest Heavenly Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit for your mercy and Mother Mary for your intercession for my son in his unit posting. Holy Spirit, you make me see everything and show me the way to reach my ideal. You who give me the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me and who are in all instances of my life with me. I, in this short dialogue want to thank you for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be, I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory. Amen. Anne

Departed:Nov 11,2000 Broken is the family circle, Our dear one has passed away, Passed from the earth and earthly darkness Into bright and perfect day But we all must cease to languish Over the grave of him we love, Strive to be prepared to meet him, In the better world above. Requeim mass on Nov 11, 2003 at Church of the Holy Spirit at 6.30 am. Third Anniversary

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We do not grieve like those who have no hope. We rejoice in the certain hope of Heaven where we shall meet again. Deeply missed and lovingly remembered by children, chidren-in-law, grandchildren and all loved ones. Mass will be offered at the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour on Saturday, Nov 8 at 6.30 pm.

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Departed:Nov 19,2000 Dear Mum, Three years have passed and gone. The memory and pain remains. Like the saying goes You do not know a mother’s love Until you see the empty chair. We will always miss you. Your children: Rosa, John, Anna, Tony and families. Memorial mass will be held at St Peter’s Church (Malacca), Nov 15,2003 (evening) at 6 pm mass service.

MICHAEL MARKOSE SILVA 15 February 1924 - 15 November 2002

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Departed: Nov 5,2002 Time takes away the edge of grief But memory turns back every leaf Gone from our lives one so dear But in our hearts forever near. Always remembered by Merle, Russell and loved ones.

G od looked around H is garden And found an em pty place H e then looked dow n upon this Earth And saw your tired face. H e put his arms around you A nd lifted you to rest G o d ’s garden m ust be beautiful He alw ays takes the best. Deeply loved and missed by wife - Victoria, loved ones and all who knew him. Requiem mass w ill be held in the Church o f O ur Lady o f Lourdes on Novem ber 15, 2003 at 6 pm.

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