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8 December 2016
Edition #111
OR DINAT ION TO T HE DI ACONAT E:
NEW DEACONS CALLED TO BE MEN OF PRAYER
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe (centre) with Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton (far right) and Ordinary of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Mgr Harry Entwistle (far left) and the four newly ordained deacons, (from second left) Rev Konrad Gagatek, Rev Mariusz Grzech, Rev Tung Vu and Rev Joseph Laundy. P H O T O : R O N TA N
By Jamie O'Brien
ARCHBISHOP TIMOTHY Costelloe last week spoke about the importance of prayer as he ordained four men from St Charles Seminary to the Diaconate. The four newly ordained, Rev Tung Vu, Rev Joseph Laundy, Rev Mariusz Grzech and Rev Konrad Gagatek, originally hail from Vietnam, Poland and Australia, having reached
this important step of their formation through years of prayer, discernment, academic study and service within and outside of the Archdiocese. Their ordination brings them a step closer to the ministry of priesthood and one of the three forms of the sacrament of Holy Orders. In front of a packed crowd of some 900 people at St Mary’s Cathedral on Friday, 2 December, Archbishop
Costelloe said no one can become the person that God is calling them to be, if they do not become a person of prayer. “In mysterious ways which we cannot always understand or even notice, prayer shapes and moulds us, as a potter shapes the clay,” Archbishop Costelloe said. “And so, among other things, each morning our soon-to-beordained young men will recite the prayer we know as the
Benedictus,” the Archbishop explained. “It is a prayer which takes on special meaning in this time of Advent because it is the prayer prayed by the priest Zechariah after the birth of his son, John, who will grow up to become the man we know as St John the Baptist. Full Text available at
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EXCLUSIVE: NOTRE DAME AUSTRALIA AND CATHOLIC EDUCATION WA LAUNCH NEW COURSE IN CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP A POSTGRADUATE program designed to give aspiring leaders added management and theoretical skills to pursue a career in the Catholic business sector has this week been launched at The University of Notre Dame Australia’s
(UNDA) Fremantle Campus. In launching the new course, which will be delivered in conjunction with Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) through the Notre Dame University’s School of Business, UNDA Vice-
Chancellor Professor Celia Hammond said the University is hoping that this particular course will bridge a gap and provide a path for those who work in Catholic organisations. She also stated that she hopes the course will build
their understanding of Catholic social teaching to a level equal to their confidence in their professional skills and knowledge. Continue on page 2
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