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Joey Alexander: An ACYF experience PAGE 12

Inspired by St Mary of the Cross Mackillop PAGE 14

Being living examples in the vocation PAGE 18

Official magazine for the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth

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ACYF Photos What happened last December?

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Watch and Pray New book to encourage prayer

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Teaching

“ ... your light must shine in people’s sight, so that seeing your good works, they may

give praise to your Father in heaven...”

Being living examples in the vocation

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— Matthew 5: 16 FROM THE EDITOR Jamie O’Brien The Gift of the Young Church is the focus of this issue of The

Youth Gathering Encouraged to be inspired by

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St Mary of the Cross Mackillop

Record Magazine.

We take an indepth look at the recent Australian Catholic Youth Festival celebrations, as well as some of the significant events and the work of its people, across the Archdiocese.

Perhaps one of the greatest inspirations for young people all over the world today is St John Paul II. It was because of his love for youth that millions and millions now come together every few years for World Youth Day. St John Paul II earned the confidence of youth, because he took them seriously.

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From Archbishop Timothy Costelloe From Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton

IN THIS EDITION Centre for Faith Enrichment Joey Alexander: ACYF Experience

They sensed that he understood their concerns. He challenged

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In his special catechesis for the 2017 Australian Catholic Youth Festival in Sydney, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB spoke about ‘The Gift of the Young Church’.

In this short extract of the full speech, he speaks specifically about the meaning of a gift. A copy of the full catechesis is available at www.perthcatholic.org.au.

The Gift of the Young Church “…I

am here to talk about the gift of the young Church, but we have actually

been living the gift of the young Church for the last three days. So in a sense, you are the people who should be telling me what the young Church is all about.

What I would like you to recognise is that you have been living the reality of the topic we are talking about today, the gift of the young Church.

Let us think for a moment about the idea of gift.

I think it is important for us to do so. Certainly as I think it through I realise that a gift, a true gift, is something which is freely given.

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ARCHBISHOP’S WORD

A genuine gift, a gift that is really worthwhile, is given

then the gift really is a genuine one. It becomes a sign of

by someone because he or she wants to give it. There is

affection or esteem. It indicates that you really admire

something moving in the heart of the person who gives

someone, and want to have a way of showing how much

the gift, something free rising up within them, which leads

you admire them. It is a gift from the heart. More than

them to offer a gift to someone who, of course, can either receive it or not receive it.

In this light I want to invite you to think about this idea: that the gift of the young Church, before it is a gift young people make to the Church, is actually a gift of God to the Church.

You are the gift of God to the Church. In a sense therefore we can say that something has “moved within the heart of God”, who wants to give this gift to His people, which means of course to the whole Church.

Something very important for us to remember these days, when it is not easy to belong to the Church because of all the difficulties the Church is experiencing, is our belief that at its heart the Church itself is God’s gift to us.

The desire within the heart of God to give us this special gift of the Church leads God to offer this gift to us but of course leaves us free to decide how we will respond.

We do need to remember, though, that what motivates a person to give a gift, a genuine gift, is affection and love.

If you give a gift because you are expected to or even

anything else, then, a gift is a sign of love.

Because of all this we can say that the gift of the Church is a gift to us from God because of God’s great affection and real esteem for us; in other words it is a sign of God’s love for us. I have always believed that understanding the Church as God’s gift to us is one of the best ways to think about the Church. It reminds us that before the Church is a gift we give to others, or the “young Church” is a gift young people give the rest of the members of the Church, the Church is a gift from God to us.

In reality there is no such thing as the young Church, or the old Church, or the Australian Church. There is only the Church, not created by us but given to us, all of us, from the Lord. It is for this reason that young people have absolutely the same right as anyone else to claim the Church as a gift you have been given.

This Church, the Catholic Church, is the Church to which you have a right to belong. It is yours as much as it is mine as a bishop, or Pope Francis’, or your parents or your

forced to then the gift really does not have much value.

teachers or anyone else. It is your Church because it is

If instead you give a gift because you care about the person,

God’s Church and God is giving it to you as a gift.

because you want to make that person happy, because

Welcome and embrace it with all your heart and help it

you want to make that person’s life a richer, and fuller,

to be the Church the Lord is calling it to be.

+ Archbishop Tim Costelloe SDB A RCH B I S H O P O F PER T H

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WHEN THE LORD CALLS, Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton offers readers of The Record Magazine a reflection on his 40 years of priesthood, which he celebrated in December 2017.

HE FOLLOWS UP WITH WHAT IS NEEDED Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton with 24:7 Youth Ministry members after the WA Mass and gathering at the Mary Mackillop Memorial Chapel for ACYF 2017. Photo: Joshua Low.

BISHOP’S WORD

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mong the memories of my ordination to the priesthood in December 1977, is the one about the awful heat that the city suffered through on that Saturday.

The ministry of school chaplaincy was something that I loved. Quite a number of weddings that I have celebrated down the years have resulted from my contact with those students and staff.

My fellow ordinand, Tony Pires and I, had decided to host a joint reception for our families and friends at St Charles Seminary.

I was asked by Archbishop Goody to become his personal secretary for the last couple of years of his term as Archbishop.

After the ordination, driving out to Guildford, I was wondering at the wisdom of our decision.

T his b ro u g ht m a ny n e w l e a r nin g s a n d g re at experiences as I accompanied the Archbishop, whose own priesthood stretched back to the early 1930s.

The temperature rose to over 40 degrees, but it did not spoil the celebrations held under the shade of the massive oak trees.

My love of history was rekindled by him, as was my appreciation of the events that have impacted the Church in the twentieth century, which was considerably deepened by his insights and experience.

Archbishop Goody presided over the ordination which was concelebrated by the majority of priests in the Archdiocese.

His successor, Archbishop Foley invited me to continue in the role and I learnt so much from his energetic and visionary leadership, and his caring pastoral style.

This in itself was a great encouragement for us both as we began the priestly ministry.

The highlights of my priestly ministry have been during my appointments as Parish Priest: firstly in Wongan Hills-Dalwallinu and later in Mirrabooka.

There were many Irish-born priests in the Archdiocese and the remainder were mostly Australian- born.

A much smaller number were priests who came from other countries.

I learnt in the country parish, how it is possible to develop the sense of community. The care for one another would be demonstrated again and again, and the support for each other was remarkable.

I was appointed to the Cathedral parish. The ministry to Royal Perth Hospital was the major work for the staff.

This was something I wanted to bring with me to the metropolitan parish. The work had already been going on when I arrived, thanks to Fr Geoff Aldous and the parish community. I only needed to continue the vision and encourage the work of building the variety of communities of the parish.

The three assistant priests were assigned a third of the wards each, which we visited almost daily.

This gave us the opportunity to assist the Catholic patients as they faced operations and sometimes prolonged recovery schedules.

We learnt the skills to respond to the trauma experienced by families as loved ones were admitted to the Emergency and Casualty departments.

The surprising and new direction of my priestly ministry came with my election as a bishop.

These sixteen years have been very challenging but I still love the opportunity to serve, as best I can, locally and nationally.

Looking back, I have a strong belief that when the Lord calls, he follows up with what is needed for the mission.

It is because of this that I am so grateful for his trust in me and support for these forty years of discipleship and service.

I gained an appreciation for the power of the Sacraments, as I observed their effects in the troubled and fearful hearts of patients.

During the four years I assisted in the Cathedral, I undertook chaplaincy at Mercedes and Trinity Colleges.

Bishop Donald Sproxton AUXILIARY BISHOP OF PERTH

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What better way to live life than to turn to the Word of God...

WATCH AND PRAY: NEW BOOK TO ENCOURAGE PRAYER WORDS Brian Peachy and Jamie O’Brien

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meritus Archbishop Barry Hickey has published a new 54-page-book of prayers and scriptural meditations to encourage Eucharistic Devotion.

The Emeritus Archbishop explained to The Record that he designed the book over some eight months, with the idea of providing assistance to those who are fortunate to be in a parish with, or have access to, Eucharistic adoration.

“It is also a book for personal prayer and a means to generate family prayer,” Emeritus Archbishop Hickey said.

“What better way to live life than to turn to the Word of God where we see what Christ did and hear him speak,” he said.

“He has much to say to us today, especially in these difficult times.”

Emeritus Archbishop Hickey added that unless we pray and join our life to God himself, whatever we do will not be very effective.

“It is for those who take their daily cares to bed and struggle to sleep,” Emeritus Archbishop Hickey said.

In speaking about his new book, Emeritus Archbishop Hickey encouraged Perth Catholics to pray the Psalms, which he explained forms part of the Jewish Prayer Book.

“They were generally sung. Over the centuries they expressed in poetic form the people’s experience of God.” The book has also been given Nihil Obstat from Archbishop Timothy Costelloe.

The cost of the book is $5. A special price has been developed for purchases of 10 or more.

For more information or to purchase a copy of the book, contact the Pastoral Centre on 08 9422 7900 or email watchandpray@outlook.com.au.

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WORDS Jamie O'Brien

Per t h A r c hbi s hop T i mot hy C o s tel lo e SDB h a s w elc ome d t he a n nou nc ement t h at t he ne x t Au s t ra l i a n C at hol ic Yout h Fe s t iv a l (AC Y F) w i l l b e held i n Per t h , i n D e c emb er 2019.

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rchbishop Costelloe said the people of the Archdiocese will be greatly blessed by the experience

The outdoor Mass in the heart of Sydney was the biggest Catholic Mass held in Australia since World Youth Day

of hosting the next ACYF.

in 2008.

“Isn’t it great to hear the excitement and enthusiasm of our

The young people arrived at The Domain on foot, following

young people of Perth,” Archbishop Costelloe exclaimed,

pilgrimages from points across Sydney, including the

upon the announcement at the closing Mass, Saturday 9

burial place of Australia’s first Saint, Mary MacKillop at

December, at The Domain, Sydney.

North Sydney.

“We have a beautiful city and the Perth Catholic community

The Mass was the culmination of the three-day festival

will be keen to see all young Catholics make the pilgrimage

of prayer, music, worship, and friendship, attended by

across our Great Southern Land for the next ACYF in 2019,”

almost 20,000 young people from across Australia and was

he said.

preceded by a music concert featuring Grammy-nominated

“Given the pressure that was put on me to say yes to this

Catholic megastar Matt Maher and Australian artists.

invitation by our young people, and by our youth ministry,

Director of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

how could I do anything else but say yes (to Perth being

Office for Youth, Malcolm Hart, said the final Mass, shared

host for 2019) with great enthusiasm and great excitement.

with the people of Sydney, was a beautiful way to end a

“And so, as the Archbishop of Perth and in the name of the

hugely successful ACYF.

Bishops of Western Australia, and all of the people, the

“Tens of thousands of young Australians came to the ACYF

clergy, the religious and the lay people of our Archdiocese

with open hearts and a love for Jesus and the Church and

and of our state, I want to invite all of you who can, to make

by bringing their enthusiasm, their faith, and their witness

the pilgrimage across the Nullarbor plain in two years to join

they made the Festival the success that it has been,” he said.

us for the next Australian Catholic Youth Festival.

In his homily, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP, Archbishop

“You will find a warm welcome, a beautiful state, a wonderful

of Sydney and Bishops’ Delegate for Youth, told the young

city, a dynamic Church and an absolutely alive youth ministry

people that they were at the beginning, not the end, of the

in our diocese, so please come and join us,” he concluded.

faith experience inspired by ACYF17.

Archbishop Costelloe was met with loud cheers of joy and

“These three days have opened our eyes and minds and

clapping for his invitation from an estimated 20,000 people

hearts to new horizons. We’ve encountered the deep joy

who gathered in Sydney’s Domain for the final Mass of the

found in Jesus Christ. And we’ve begun to discern how we

2017 ACYF.

can best share that joy with others,” he said.

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe processes up the aisle with Hobart Archbishop Julian Porteous, during the closing Mass of ACYF on Saturday 9 December 2017. Photo: Alphonsus Fok

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“You’ve grown in confidence that you are not alone, that thousands like you share your faith and doubts, your fears and dreams, and that your faith is reasonable, and beautiful, and lifegiving.”

Canadian singer Matt Maher performs during the opening

celebrations of ACYF 2017. Photo: Giovanni Portelli

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Fr Rob Galea performs during praise and worship

celebrations at ACYF 2017. Photo: Alphonsus Fok

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Parramatta

Bishop Vincent Long and Melbourne Auxiliary Bishop Terence Curtin take part in a panel discussion during ACYF 2017 on Friday 8 December. Photo: Jamie O'Brien

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INSPIRED TO CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND SHARE HIS LOVE THROUGH YOUTH MINISTRY – An ACYF Experience WORDS Josh Low

For Whitford Parish youth leader Johannes (Joey) Alexander, the 2017 Australian Catholic Youth Festival was an incredible experience which allowed him to deepen his relationship with God and inspired him to know more about the Catholic faith.

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orn in Jakarta and adopted by a married Catholic couple, Joey explained that his upbringing had been

of great importance as he was brought to Church and introduced to the faith at a young age.

“In my teenage years however, I wasn’t practising the faith I was in a Catholic school, but wasn’t practising the faith to its fullness,” Joey said.

“I wasn’t utilising the sacraments and didn’t truly understand what it meant to be at Mass.”

Joey said that only after serving two years of national service in Singapore and returning to Australia did he realise that there was ‘somehow a need that yearned to be fulfilled’, and began his journey to a deeper commitment to the Catholic faith.

“I hadn’t gone to Mass for those two years, because I was alone in Singapore without my family and so caught up with daily life,” he said.

After speaking to priests, as well as friends who took their Catholic faith seriously, Joey said he realised that this relationship with God was vital and had to be deepened, not just to improve his own faith but to be a witness to those around him.

“Deep in my heart I had a great sense of yearning and connecting that I needed to fulfil.

Joey says he wants to use the gifts and talents God has

”I knew I had a Church, a community that I belonged to and

given him to help other young people discover and deepen

a family; people who were connected to the faith.

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their own relationship with Christ. Photo: Supplied

I hadn’t gone to Mass for those two years, because I was alone in Singapore without my family and so caught up with daily life.

“I know now that continually building that relationship is important instead of just standing idly by, and I want to use the gifts and talents God has given me to help other young people discover and deepen their own relationship with Christ,” he said.

Joey said ACYF has inspired him in what he does for youth ministry for Whitford Parish.

“This is my first time at a Catholic youth festival of this scale, and I saw that there were areas in youth ministry that I needed to improve.

“This is definitely something young people need, but also something we need as youth leaders as we sometimes in youth ministry while focusing on the youth, forget that we need spiritual nourishment and to grow in our faith too.”

He added that some of the highlights of ACYF were the opportunities to observe and listen to people he looked up to and said he has gained a deeper appreciation for prayer.

“Music plays a big part in my life and fills me with joy, so to be in the presence of people like Matt Maher,

Steve Angrisano and Fr Rob Galea, hearing them sing and their testimonies of faith has been incredibly special,” Joey said.

“Prayer is also something that we don’t do often enough because maybe we feel like we don’t have the time, but this journey in ACYF has definitely helped me a lot more in my prayer life.

“For every day that we’ve been at ACYF, myself and a group of guys made the commitment to pray the Rosary, to make the effort and the time to pray and respond to God, as well as ask Our Lady and the saints for their intercession,” Joey said.

“I’ve gained a lot more patience and an appreciation for times of quietness; to find stillness and peace in moments where there is so much going on, and to not be shy to actually stay back after Mass in Church to spend some quiet time in prayer to continue trying to cultivate that relationship with God and become closer to Him.” “I’ve found it has been a great thing to do because God is always so open to us, we should make time for Him as well and open ourselves to discerning His will for us in our life,” he concluded.

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n the eve of what is one of the biggest Australian Catholic youth gatherings, Perth Archbishop

Timothy Costelloe SDB invited some 200 youth to be open to anything that the Lord might seek to do in their lives.

WA YOUTH ENCOURAGED TO BE INSPIRED

BY ST MARY OF THE CROSS MACKILLOP WORDS Jamie O'Brien

Archbishop Costelloe was speaking to the youth, who were aged between 16 and 30, during Mass at Mary Mackillop Chapel, North Sydney, where they had gathered to celebrate the impending start of the 2017 Australian Catholic Youth Festival, from 7 to 9 December.

Joined by Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton and Leader of the Ordinariate, the Very Rev Mgr Harry Entwistle PA and several priests, Archbishop Costelloe spoke about the words of St Mary of the Cross Mackillop, when she said, ‘Never see a need without doing something about it.’

“We need to be people like that, and that means we need to have eyes that are open, because you won’t even see the needs, if your eyes aren’t open, and how can you respond if you haven’t seen the need in the first place,” Archbishop Costelloe said.

Archbishop Costelloe continued, reinforcing another of St Mary Mackillop’s sayings, which he explained is maybe not so famous, but is definitely just as important.

“She said, ‘Try to remember who it is you’re following’. And it’s when you put the two sayings together that you begin to understand how St Mary McKillop became a great figure in our history that she is, and how any of us, can hope to live up to her first saying. It’s by also remembering the second saying,” he said.

Christians are nothing, exclaimed Archbishop Costelloe, if they’re not first and foremost, people who’ve committed themselves to following Jesus.

“Nothing else about our faith makes any sense at all, if that’s not there at the heart.

“All the rules, all the regulations, all the traditions, all of those things, important though they are, won’t make sense to anybody, won’t make sense to any of us in the end, if we don’t look at them and understand them, think about them, as ways in which we follow Jesus.

Youth participated in the whole Mass, including the proclamation of the readings and offertory processions.

Photo: Jamie O'Brien

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The following day, the WA youth joined some 20,000 young people who were urged to set the world on fire with their faith.

The next day, Thursday 7 December, the festival officially kicked off with a Welcome to Country, followed by Canadian Catholic music star Matt Maher blasting the stage in praise of Jesus, and Archbishop Anthony Fisher’s opening address.

Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher, who is Bishops’ Delegate for Youth, challenged the young people present to follow the example of Mary and “Say Yes” to the plans God has for their lives and he reminded them of Pope Francis’ call for young people not to live as couch potatoes.

“Get up off the couch and you’ll be able to see further as well as do more,” he said. “And that new horizon that is opened up will be a source of joy for you and for others.

Say a Marian YES, an in-God-I-trust YES, a with-all-my-heart YES, a for-today-and-always YES to God and see what He can do with you.”

Speaking at a press conference afterwards, Archbishop Fisher said he was enlivened by the faith of the young people on display during the Festival opening.

“It was just wonderful,” he said. “The young people were on fire with faith from the very beginning. Right from the start, you sensed the Holy Spirit among them, their love for the Church, and their hopes.”

Archbishop Fisher continued by saying his hope for the Festival is that the young pilgrims will have an encounter with Jesus and a conversion of heart that will impact their lives.

“I hope we will be sending 20,000 young people away full of God, on their way to being saints, and ready to change the world,” he said. “ I f o u r yo u n g p e o p l e c a n h e a r, c a n encounter Jesus Christ in these three days, I think that’s very important. I think it’s very important that we’re having ACYF here at this time in Australia.

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In an interview with The Record Magazine, Aquinas College Director of Spirituality, Dr Andrew Kania, outlined the importance of a teacher’s role, and of schools being more than just a place for academic advancement, but an environment which fosters the personal growth of each young person.

BEING LIVING EXAMPLES IN THE VOCATION WORDS Josh Low

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s the value of the schooling system measured only by academic success? What role do teachers

understand and appreciate a person’s character, in addition to solely aiming to score highly in examinations.

play in the shaping of young minds?

“For in being able to recognise and appreciate the good individual, the graduate must know the difference between virtue and vice, and for the individual to do this, they must have within them a moral code, or ethic.

The Congregation for Catholic Education document which speaks of the Catholic school in the Third Millennium , dr aws at tent ion to, as St Pope John Paul II said, “the impor tance of communicating knowledge in the contex t of the Christian vision of the world, of life, of culture, and of history.”

The document, which was based on St John Paul II’s Apostolic Exhortation, Christifideles Laici (The Lay Members of Christ’s Faithful People), regards school subjects to be avenues not only for knowledge to be attained, but also for acquiring values and discovering truths.

Dr Kania highlights the importance of schools being places which help young people in the development of their values and attitudes, in addition to their academic side.

He emphasised the need for schools to equip their students with the ability to

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“I believe that one should strive for academic excellence, but it is one thing being brilliant in bridge construction, or tooth extraction – but another thing completely to be unaware or unappreciative of goodness, truth, integrity and self-control.

“What good is it to have a brilliant min d , i f t h e h e a r t a n d s o ul a re corrupt?”

St Pope John Paul II also highlighted the importance of the teacher’s role, and the impact they have by being true witnesses to the Gospel.

His words were made in unison with the Congregation for Catholic Education’s call for educators to be ‘a reflection, albeit imperfect but still vivid, of the one Teacher’.

we have a mission to better the world’s condition “The example of teachers and others responsible for their formation is crucial: the witness of adults in the school community is a vital part of the school’s identity,” he said.

“I’m committed to [fostering] the

chalk-board, or by text-book, but in

spiritual and emotional growth of

the living example they provide (or not)

my students, and my primary role as

to their students of those values that

a teacher is to help them meet their

keep society aspiring to the heights,

fullest potential.

rather than devolving into natural

Corpus Christi College teacher Joelle L’Aiguille, who has been teaching for 13 years, said she has a great opportunity to share her faith with students and help them to discover the person of Jesus.

“The Catholic beliefs and values that

selection and self-aggrandisement,”

“My personal mot to as a person, teacher and Catholic is, ‘we have a mission to better the world’s condition.’

“There are many different ways that we can do so, with non-Catholics of course also able to better the world, but for me the most important way to do so is to be rooted in person of Jesus Christ, as He is the Way, the Truth and the Life,” she said.

Ms L’Aiguille is also involved in youth ministr y out side of her teaching position, and said that working with young people is something she really treasures.

I uphold have shaped the person I

he said.

am today.

Dr Kania described his experiences

“As a Catholic teacher, I can use my

while growing up, and the impact that

own faith experience to encourage my

his teacher, Brother Peter, had on his

students to develop and nurture their

faith journey.

relationship with God,” she said.

“One of the most profound and long-

In what parallels the adage that people

lasting lessons was taught me; how

may not always remember what

an individual can give their lives for

you say or did, but will remember

others, and work without the hint of

how you made them feel, Dr Kania

a reward, beyond the goodness that

reflected on the impact of a teacher

they are doing.

on their students.

“I cannot remember the content of the

“Long after you leave a teacher’s class,

notes Br Peter penned, but his example

and long after you have forgotten the

has formed an indelible imprint on my

information they taught you – you

memory.

will remember who they were and the

“I can say that I became a firmer

content of their character.

believer in a heaven, for there must

“For teachers it would seem, teach

be a place for such people who live

their greatest lessons, not by way of

selflessly,” he concluded.

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The Archdiocese of Perth gained the service of six men to the order of Priesthood during a monumental celebration at St Mary’s Cathedral on 17 November 2017.

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ore than 1300 people gathered for the priestly ordination of Fr Joseph Laundy, Fr Kenneth Acosta Garcia, Fr Konrad

Barry Hickey, Vicar General the Very Rev Fr Peter

Gagatek, Fr Patricio Carrera Morales, Fr Mariusz Grzech

Southern Cross, the Very Rev Mgr Harry Entwistle PA,

and Fr Tung Vu.

St Charles Seminary Rector Fr Phillip Fleay, Redemptoris

The Ordination Mass was celebrated by Per th

Mater Seminary Rector Fr Michael Moore SM, Deacon

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and concelebrated

Mark Rucci and Frs Peter Bianchini, Vincent Glynn,

by Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, Emeritus Archbishop

Conor Steadman and Brennan Sia as MC’s.

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Whitely VG, St Mary’s Cathedral Dean Mgr Michael Keating, Ordinary of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of the

VOCATIONS

The newly ordained priests with from left, Mgr Michael Keating, Very Rev Fr Peter Whitely VG, Fr Joseph Laundy, Fr Konrad Gagatek, Very Rev Mgr Harry Entwistle PA, Emeritus Archbishop Barry Hickey, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Bishop Don Sproxton, Bishop Joseph Dang Duc Ngan, Fr Tung Vu, Fr Marisuz Grezch, Fr Patricio Carrera Morales, Fr Kenneth Acosta Garcia, Fr Michael Moore SM and Fr Phillip Fleay. Photo: Jamie O'Brien.

Bishop Joseph Dang Duc Ngan of Da Nang Diocese, from where Fr Tung Vu originally hails, also travelled to Perth to concelebrate for the occasion.

priest’s life and ministry into an ever

Some 20 0 pries t s from across the Perth, Bunbury, Broome and Geraldton diocese also concelebrated for the occasion. Several priests from overseas were also present to concelebrate and witness the ordination of the men from their diocese.

several nations, including Australia

In his homily for the occasion, Archbishop Costelloe spoke about t h e role of ordain e d minis t r y, explaining that through the labours (of ordained clergy), God’s people are enabled to bear fruit, which the Lord wishes to bring to fullness in His Church and in His world.

... Our priests are God’s

“ This gif t of a voc ation to the ministerial priesthood – and it is indeed a beautiful and precious gift – is given not so much for the priest himself, but for all those who will be drawn through the

deeper relationship of love for and commitment to the Lord,” Archbishop Costelloe said.

The newly ordained men hail from (Joseph Laundy), Poland (Mariusz G re zc h a n d Ko n r a d G a g ate k ), V ietnam ( Tung Vu), Dominic an Republic (Kenneth Acosta Garcia) and Guatemala (Patricio Carrera Morales).

unique gift to his Church to remind us that we rely not on ourselves or on each other...

C o nt inuing his h o mil y fo r t h e occasion about the role of ordained ministry, Archbishop Costelloe said all ordained ministers must remember that the whole people of God is a priestly people.

“ T hrough t heir live s and t heir ministry, our priests are God’s unique gift to His Church to remind us that we rely not on ourselves or on each other, but rather on the one whose living presence as our shepherd our priests are called to be.”

Cathedral Director of Music Jacinta Jakovcevic and the Cathedral Choir lead the assembly in several selected hymns, together with cantors from Redemptoris Mater Seminary and the Neocatechumenal Way, who contributed selec ted songs by NCW founder Kiko Arguello for the celebration.

At the conclusion of the Mass, Fr Tung Vu thanked all present on behalf of his fellow newly ordained, making special mention to Archbishop Costelloe, Mgr Michael Keating, Director of the Centre for Liturgy Sr Kerry Willison and her team for the significant contribution to the liturgy, as well as their seminary formators, and lecturers at the University of Notre Dame.

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FAREWELL MONSIGNOR KEATING

Cathedral parishioners, Perth Catholics, farewell much loved Dean WORDS Jamie O'Brien

Mgr Michael Keating incenses the altar during his final Mass as Dean of St Mary’s Cathedral, Sunday 28 January 2018. Photo: Ron Tan

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undreds of parishioners of St Mary’s Cathedral and Catholics from across Perth marked the end

of an era with the retirement of Monsignor Michael Keating as Dean at the end of January this year.

Mgr Keating celebrated his final Mass at 11am on Sunday 28 Januar y, and was joined for the occasion by Assistant Priests Frs Brennan Sia, Jeffey Casabuena, Conor Steadman and Deacon Bruce Talbot.

The Mass was also the farewell celebration for Fr Sia who is heading to Kalgoorlie Parish to take on the role as Administrator.

The 78-year-old Perth born Monsignor Keating, will take a short holiday before moving to the former cottage of Emeritus Archbishop Barry Hickey.

In speaking of his retirement as Dean, Mgr Keating insisted he would still be active in his priestly role.

“I have been so very blessed during my time here as Dean, it has been a great privilege

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and honour to serve all who come to our

Hundreds of Parishioners from St Mary’s Cathedral and Perth Catholics came to

beautiful Cathedral,” Mgr Keating said.

witness the final Mass of Mgr Michael Keating as Dean on Sunday 28 January, 2018.

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Photo: Ron Tan.

Outoing St Mary’s Cathedral Dean, Mgr Michael Keating with his sisters, brother in laws and nieces, following his final Mass as Dean on Sunday 28 January 2018. Photo: Ron Tan

“We have a beautiful Cathedral and I will remember my time here and all that has taken place, but especially the people who have welcomed me and given me so much to be grateful for in my role as Dean,” he said.

Born in Perth, Mgr Keating was educated at St Louis Jesuit College in Claremont and then Aquinas before finishing his education at St Charles Seminary.

At the age of 19, Mgr Keating travelled to Rome where he spent the next several years undertaking studies in Italian, Greek and Latin.

Graduating from Propaganda Fide College with a Masters in Theology in June 1963 after being ordained to the Diaconate in June 1962, it was during this time that Mgr Keating served as an official with the first session of Vatican II.

In 1966, he returned to Perth where he served as Assistant Priest at Cottesloe Parish and then Northbridge.

In 1974, he became Parish Priest at Mirrabooka St Gerard’s Church before becoming Parish Priest at Highgate Sacred Heart Church in 1984 and also Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Perth.

He served in the role full time as Vicar General from 1997 until 2000.

Mgr Keating then became Parish Priest at Bateman St Thomas More Church, taking on the role as Dean in 2009.

With somewhat hundreds of experiences during his priestly life, Mgr Keating recalls his near death experience in the US as one of the most significant.

“I realised at the time how important it was to be involved with Vatican II,” he said.

The experience happened when a Sunday afternoon swim at the beach nearly turned into the then 25-year-old getting caught in a rip and drowning. Thankfully, he recalled, he was saved by a lifeguard.

“I was charged with looking after a whole group of bishops, taking attendance cards and assisting with voting,” he said.

Mgr Keating recalled that he still wears the medal to this day that identifies him as a priest from Perth, Western Australia.

M g r Ke at i n g w a s o rd a i n e d t o t h e P r i e s t h o o d o n 22 December 1962, spending the next few years completing a Doctorate in Canon Law in Rome, which he finished in 1966.

“I am so very grateful for all the staff of the Cathedral Office that I have worked with during my time here and I look forward to the next part of what the Lord has planned for me,” he said.

It was during this time that he went twice to the United States to study at various tribunals in Boston and Los Angeles.

“I also thank Archbishop Costelloe and Emeritus Archbishop Hickey for their support, guidance and co-operation.” he said.

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atholic parents are being encouraged to make use of a new guide on how to protect their child’s personal, physical and emotional well-being, in accordance with Church teachings.

Protecting God’s Children – A Catholic Parent’s Guide to Keeping Their Kids Safe, aims to build a strong parent-child communication, develop a language of safety, cultivate optimism, and educate children as young as four years old on how to identify and respond to unsafe situations.

Per th Archdiocese Safeguarding Director and author Andrea Musulin believes that the key to successful parenting is not based on over the top family rules or being overprotective.

“The best parenting style in accordance to the Church’s teachings, is based on the deepest feelings of love and affection for your children.

“These are channelled simply through empathy and understanding.”

Parent Handbook to play vital role in equipping children with knowledge to prevent abuse WORDS Amanda Murthy

A l a r m i n g s t at is t i c s re l e a s e d by the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence state that an estimated one out of four Australian children face abusive relationships before they turn 16 years old.

According to the guide, a major contributing factor to child sexual abuse is opportunity and a child’s lack of knowledge, which increases opportunity for the offender.

Mrs Musulin said that the vast majority of children who are abused are actually victimised by someone they already know, love and trust, such as a family member.

“The most common forms of abuse is emotional, followed by neglect, then physical.”

She cited that while educating them on how to stay safe from strangers is good, but it is also very important to teach them about which kinds of behaviours that ring an alarm.

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“Some of the signs that children need to look out for, include someone looking at rude pic tures in their presence, playing games involving private parts, and being asked to keep secrets, especially when the situation does not feel right.

“Children must then inform a trusted adult immediately,” she said.

Mrs Musulin explains in the guide that parents need to play a vital role in ensuring their kids are equipped with enough information in order to decrease the chances of harm towards them.

She writes about 10 “basket fillers”, which describes the sections in which all children should be educated on.

The first theme titled “God gave all children the right to feel safe at all times” touches on how to deal with various emotions and why God as a creator, gave all children the right to feel safe at all times.

The second part poses the solution, “Nothing is so awful that we can’t talk with someone about it.”

This section delves deeper, explaining how children and teens can identify who to trust , who to avoid, and scriptural teachings on sexuality and sex education.

Throughout the handbook, there are activities and games that parents can conduct with their children in order to identify what state their children are in.

By completing the activities together, parents can engage with their child’s personal views, in a less awkward and informal space.

Prior to release of the guide, Mrs Musulin met with primary students from St Lawrence Catholic Primary School in Balcatta and the St Thomas More youth group in Bateman, in an open forum to discuss personal safety.

This event was held in conjunction

with the annual Child Protection Week. It was here that she discovered that many children are not aware of personal safety.

“From talking to both sets of students, it has become very apparent that many children know about personal safety, but many children don’t.

“While adults are responsible for the safety of children, it is apparent that children need to play a part in keeping themselves safe. What this points to is our collective responsibility in making sure we educate children on keeping safe,” she said.

Mrs Musulin also added that there are specific scripture verses writ ten throughout the chapters of the handbook to encourage the young ones.

“They need to know that it was God’s desire that all children be safe, and when they are not feeling safe, they need to talk to a grown up about it.”

Copies of Protecting God’s Children – A Catholic Parent’s Guide to Keeping Their Kids Safe are now available. Contact the Archdiocesan Safeguarding Office on 08 9221 7763 or email safeguarding@perthcatholic. org.au to obtain your copy.

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MOVIE REVIEW

SAMSON WORDS John Mulderig

Taylor James stars in a scene from the movie Samson. Photo: CNS/Pure Flix

W

hile not suitable for the youngest viewers, the spirited biblically based drama Samson can

destiny and resists being raised to the quasi-monarchical

provide a fine introduction to the Hebrew he-man’s story

a device for introducing conflict into the plot than a

for teens.

genuine character trait.

Adults as well will find this an enjoyable riff on the

The script also takes an ambivalent stance toward

exploits of Ancient Israel’s super-strong champion, affably portrayed here by Taylor James.

violence. Samson sees the oppression of the Israelites but consistently tries to adopt peaceful means to bring

When not mowing down his foes, Samson skylarks with

their Philistine rulers around.

his younger brother, Caleb (Greg Kriek), and risks his

Yet the dialogue hints that God wants him to lead his

family’s displeasure by romancing a Philistine, Taren (Frances Sholto-Douglas). He takes a different tack, though, with Rallah (Jackson Rathbone), the wicked Philistine prince who, together with his deeply cynical father, King Balek (Billy Zane), embodies that people’s tyrannical and exploitative rule over the occupied Promised Land.

As scripturally literate moviegoers will remember, Samson’s biography does not end well, thanks to the infamous wiles of femme fatale Delilah (Caitlin Leahy).

She gets a more sympathetic treatment at the hands of the film’s quartet of screenwriters - Zachary Warren

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office of judge. Such lack of ambition feels more like

fellow countrymen to war rather than resort to diplomacy.

When he’s forced into a fight, though, as he often is this version of events, Samson goes at it with gusto, thanks to his divinely infused might. These moments of more-thanhuman prowess are shown to descend on him in response to his frequent prayers.

Samson’s successful pleas could provide parents with an opportunity to discuss with youngsters how the proper use of their talents can be guided by prayer. His piety also comes to the fore at critical moments when things appear hopeless, another good lesson for young moviegoers to

Smith, Jason Baumgardner, Galen Gilbert and Timothy

ponder.

Ratajczak - than might be expected, even achieving a

Overall, this tale of faith-motivated derring-do is a

limited form of redemption.

pleasant piece of entertainment that’s appropriate for a

Director Bruce Macdonald follows the formula of golden-

broad audience.

age Hollywood adaptations of the Good Book with large-

The film contains much combat violence with little gore,

scale battles, a love angle (more than one, in fact) and an

a scene of torture and references to prostitution and

effete villain.

womanising.

Some of the necessary expansion on the Old Testament

The Catholic News Service classification is A-II - adults and

account fails to convince.

adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America

Thus, Samson wants to live the conventional life of

rating is PG-13 - parents strongly cautioned. Some material

a family man rather than follow his divinely ordained

may be inappropriate for children under 13.

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BISHOP DRAWS LESSONS FROM SEEING POPE FRANCIS AT PRAYER The following excerpt of an essay on Pope Francis and prayer was written by Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas, for the book, A Pope Francis Lexicon.

Edited by Vatican Correspondent Joshua McElwee and Catholic News Service Rome Bureau chief Cindy Wooden, the book contains 54 essays by cardinals, bishops, theologians, women and men religious and professional writers.

Catholic News Service Rome Bureau chief Cindy Wooden and Vatican Correspondent Joshua McElwee, talk to Pope Francis about their book A Pope Francis Lexicon during a flight to Colombia in September 2017. Photo: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano

“I

had Mass with Pope Francis at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

Well, I and a couple hundred thousand others in and around the Basilica.

There we were, from different places and coming with different concerns, the rich and the mighty poor, the communion of the baptized around the successor of Peter, at the altar of Christ in the house of the Virgin Mother of God. Here was the Church on sacramental display, showing forth her identity as a body at prayer. This is what I first think about when asked about this Pope and prayer.

I have only greeted Pope Francis briefly on a few occasions.

But watching him celebrate Mass, hearing him preach and being in his presence when he pauses for silent contemplation are experiences, like the one in Mexico City, that have left deep traces on my mind.

Maybe in our individualized societies, with our relational selectivity, we think

first about personal prayer when we use the word “prayer.”

them he allowed them to touch, in his

But I think for the Holy Father, prayer is first of all a work initiated by the living God who swoops into our lives and pulls us into his vision and into his activity.

Morelia, Michoacan, Feb. 16, 2016).

The event of God’s swooping is the creation of an “us,” a people, a body.

The church is supposed to be like your

We are never more at prayer than when it is we who pray. This is why it came so naturally to Pope Francis to ask for the prayers and blessing of the great crowds assembled at St Peter’s Square on the night of his election. There is great grace and blessing in the assembly of the communion of the baptized.

said to have said once. Whether he

When the Holy Father preaches, he is showing us that prayer is a response to Jesus in the flesh. Not just to his words or to his teaching but to him in person: “Jesus wished to introduce his companions into the mystery of life, into the mystery of his life. ...

He invited them to share his life, his interiority, and in his presence among

is not exactly the saying of one whose

flesh, the life of the Father” (homily in Some have said that the Holy Father’s preaching is down-to-earth, or even earthy. I would say that Pope Francis has the gift of getting to the point. mother, not your mother-in-law, he is did or did not say exactly that is not as important as the fact that we can all imagine that he could have said it. The Lord was fairly earthy in his preaching too: Jesus said in reply, “It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs” (Mt 15:26). This first priority is politeness. Yet as with the Gospel itself, the abruptness and the imagery the pope uses all point to mercy. Only prayer can successfully navigate that kind of preacher’s curve.

“A preacher has to contemplate the Word, but he also has to contemplate his people” (“Evangelii Gaudium,” 154).

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ACROSS 1 Purloined fruit of Augustine’s Confession

24 “…the ___ will be first…” (Mt 20:16) 25 Oscar-winning actress

3 Doctrines

who converted to

7 Brother of Jacob

Catholicism, Jane ___

9 Latin for “to pray”

28 Type of cross

10 Day on which God created man (Gen 1:26–31)

29 Woody’s son, a

11 Palms are burned to make these

of the Lamb

12 President Johnson’s daughter who converted to Catholicism 13 Patron saint of mothers

1 Sacred song 2 Part of the Eucharistic Prayer

28 Biblical money

8 Wise Men 11 Bible book about the early Christians 12 Satan, the Father of ___

35 Focal place of the Mass 37 OT prophetic book sacraments, in Roman numerals

17 Tool of trade for Peter and Andrew

39 Worms meeting that

20 They blew these outside the walls of Jericho

40 Martyred Salvadoran,

23 Creche

41 Say the rosary

denounced Luther Bishop Romero

Commandments”

4 “On the third day he ___ again”

7 Papal dispensation permitting a deviation from church law

bought it (Mt 27:6-8)

pharaoh in “The Ten 27 ___ of the Lord

6 Matthew collected this before he met Jesus

33 Judas’ blood money

26 Brynner who played

3 “Ite, ___ est”

5 Notre Dame nickname, “The Fighting ___”

31 ___ in the blood

38 Number of

14 “___ Mary”

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convert to Catholicism

30 Patriarch respite, perhaps 31 Communion host 32 Version of the Bible 34 Letters above the cross 36 Pertaining to the nonordained members of the Church 37 Patron saint of lawyers ANSWERS

15 Mother of Mary 16 Ark passenger 18 Religious ceremony 19 NT epistle 21 Nevada diocese 22 One of the traditional names of 8D 25 Catholic publishers, Sheed and ___

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