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ISSUE 29 FEBRUARY 2021

THE YEAR OF

Saint Joseph

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In the Norbertine tradition PAGE 10

Archbishop Foley 30th Death Anniversary PAGE 14

Assembly takes multimodal approach PAGE 24

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F E AT U R E D T H I S M O N T H

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Year of Saint Joseph An intercessor, support & guide in times of trouble

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Port Pirie’s New Bishop Karol Kulczycki “Ready to go wherever God leads”

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Interviewing Principal Geri O’Keefe Mother Teresa Catholic College’s Principal

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“Lord to whom shall we go? You have

the message of eternal life...” — John 6:67

John Lazberger Floreat-Wembley parishioner receives OAM

F R O M T H E E D I T O R Jamie O’Brien Welcome to the first issue of The Record Magazine for 2021.

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Commencing from this issue, we are looking at stories from across the community; these are real stories of faith, hope and life. In this Issue 29 of The Record Magazine, we talk about the Year of St Joseph, and what it means for each one of us

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today. We speak to new Port Pirie Bishop, Karol Kulczycki SDS, who previously served in the Archdiocese of Perth.

OAM recipient and Floreat-Wembley parishoner, John Lazberger, talks about his service to the community through social welfare organisations.

Mother Teresa Catholic College’s (Baldivis) Principal, Geri O’Keefe, tells us about her 47 years of experience in schools across Victoria and Western Australia.

Don’t forget that these and many more stories are available at www.therecord.com.au. The Record Magazine is a magazine for the people and I hope you will enjoy taking the time to engage with us. Please feel free to share your thoughts via editor@therecord.com.au.

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From Archbishop Timothy Costelloe Lenten Pastoral Letter 2021 IN THIS EDITION

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2021 CMLF Lenten Journal Archbishop Foley’s Death Anniversary Australian Catholic Superannuation Mercy Sisters 175th Anniversary Plenary 2020 Multimodal Approach Activity Page Colouring Page

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Look beyond the surface to a much deeper truth

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Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB recently spoke to the Catholic Education community at the Annual Commissioning Mass.

In this Year dedicated to Saint Joseph, who was both a (foster) father and a teacher, these reflections have a special significance.

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he Gospel passage of today’s Mass (Matthew

not divine quality - but rather about the capacity, and the

23:8-12) is a good example of why we need to be

passionate desire, of a true father to be a life giver, to be a

careful in our interpretation of Scripture and also

life affirmer, to be, in other words, a source of life for others.

why we, as Catholics, are very fortunate to have

Jesus tells us we should call no one on earth our father

a teaching authority which can guide us in our

for we have only one father who is in heaven, but because

interpretation of the Scriptures. Often, of course, the correct

we do in fact call people fathers, as Jesus well knew and

interpretation of a Scriptural text is quite obvious.

knows, we might more profitably say that we only recognise

No one, for example, would take Jesus literally, although I

fatherhood as genuine and noble when it is a reflection of

hope we would take him seriously, when he says that if your

the fatherhood of God.

tongue causes you to sin you must cut it out and if your hand

And so it is with teachers and, by extension, with anyone

causes you to sin you must chop it off.

who is engaged in the task of forming and educating children

We instinctively understand the nature of this kind of

and young people. We should call no one on earth a teacher,

language and recognise that on this occasion what Jesus is

says Jesus, nor allow others to call us teachers, because

really doing is stressing the gravity of sin and the damage it

we have only one teacher and that teacher is Christ, who

causes, and the lengths, therefore, to which we should go to

himself tells us that he is the Way, and the Truth and the Life.

avoid falling into sin.

Or, again, perhaps we should rather say, because we have

On other occasions the very graphic language of Jesus

looked beyond the surface of Jesus’ words to their deeper

is taken literally by Christians or at least by those in the

meaning, that we only recognise a genuine and trustworthy

Catholic tradition. When Jesus says, “My flesh is real food

and reliable teacher, and especially one who has accepted a

and my blood is real drink”, we understand Jesus to be

position in a Catholic school, when he or she is a reflection

speaking of the gift of himself in the Eucharist where we do

of and witness to Christ, for it is Christ who seeks, through

indeed eat his body and drink his blood, under the outward

teachers, to form and shape and lead young people into the

appearances of bread and wine.

fullness of life.

It is the long history of the Church, and the accumulated

We believe that every human being is made in the image and

wisdom of the Church, as well as our belief in the Lord’s

likeness of God and that, in a very real sense, the journey

promise to animate the Church through the gift of his Holy

of life is a journey into an ever deeper living out of this

Spirit, that we can be confident of the true and deepest

fundamental truth.

meaning of the Scriptural texts we read, because we read

As teachers, as educators, as those engaged in the education

them within the context of the Church’s faith.

of the young in any way, we know that we are the first

The words of Jesus in today’s Gospel invite us to look beyond

collaborators with the parents who send their children to us

their surface and literal meaning to a much deeper truth

in the formation and in the journey of maturation of young

which is, in fact, vitally important both for those who are

people as they prepare for life both while they are at school

fathers and those who are teachers.

and, much more importantly, for the life which awaits them

True fatherhood, genuine fatherhood, will inevitably be a

beyond their school years.

reflection of the fatherhood of God. And the fatherhood

What an incredible privilege this is, and what an enormous

of God is not about the maleness of God – this is a human,

responsibility it is.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Open yourself to God’s healing power this Lent, says Archbishop Costelloe

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The difficult realities we face can threaten to overwhelm us,

for ourselves. Archbishop Costelloe then goes on to say

but that can also be a reminder to us of how much we need

that it is this mysterious mix of good and evil, of noble

God, says Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB in his

intentions and ignoble actions, of high ideals not realised in

2021 Lenten Pastoral Letter.

reality, that the season of Lent allows us to confront and

Released one week ahead of Ash Wednesday on Thursday

address, and to do so not in despair or self-condemnation

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but in hope and trusting faith.

Church’s teaching on original sin.

“If we adopt, as an image of sin, a person bent over him or

At the very heart of the Church’s teaching on original sin,

herself in such a way as to be unable to look outwards, the

explained Archbishop Costelloe, is the fundamental truth

six weeks of Lent offer us an opportunity to allow God to

that sin enters the world, and is active in the world, not

heal us of our infirmity and allow us to stand straight and

through God’s doing but through our own doing.

tall."

He highlights, with reference to the story of Adam and Eve,

He emphasises that in our Catholic tradition the three main

that from the very beginnings of human history, human

ways in which we open ourselves to God’s healing power

beings have not lived in fidelity to God’s creative intention.

are through our prayer, our fasting and our alms-giving.

“Made in the image of God, a communion of self-giving

“These are, in a sense, the exercises to which we need to

and life-giving love, we instead often find ourselves living

be faithful each day if we are to remain upright rather than

lives of self-centredness, of isolation, and even of cruelty,”

slowly deteriorate and find that we are once again curving

Archbishop Costelloe said.

in on ourselves.

“This dark truth of our human story, itself the ongoing

“They are the divinely prescribed remedies which can keep

consequence of original sin, is of course eclipsed by the

us strong and true."

bright light of salvation which comes to us in Jesus Christ.

Archbishop Costelloe concludes his Pastoral Letter saying

"Sin is real and powerful but grace is more powerful still.”

that if during the coming six weeks of Lent we can find the

Lent, continues Archbishop Costelloe, is a time when we

courage and humility to acknowledge that we are, indeed,

are all invited, and challenged, to recognise that, like Saint

sinful people, and that our sinfulness is not something trivial

Paul, we too have a battle raging within us that so often

but rather, because of its destructive effects on others and

leads us to be much less than God has created us and is

on ourselves, something very serious, then we will have

calling us to be.

begun the journey towards a true celebration of Easter.

“For many Christian thinkers across the centuries, beginning

“And if over these same six weeks, by our openness to God’s

with Saint Augustine, this lack of harmony between where

grace, our faith is strengthened and deepened so that we

God is calling us and where we find ourselves at any given

truly understand and believe that the greatness of our sins

time, is powerfully captured in the idea of the human

is absolutely eclipsed by the incredible love, compassion

person as curved in on him or herself.”

and forgiveness of the Lord, then as Easter comes we will

“It is as if we are caught in a destructive pattern of

know what it means to have died with Christ and risen with

looking inward and focusing on our own selfish and often

him.

destructive desires rather than looking outward and

“If through our prayers, our fasting and our alms-giving we

focusing on the needs of others.”

have allowed the Lord to help us stand straight, with eyes

Archbishop Costelloe highlighted that experience teaches

fixed on him and therefore also on those he loves, we will

us that living this kind of self-centred life may bring us

know what Jesus meant when he said to his disciples, “I

momentary satisfaction but it does not bring us deep or

have come that they might have life and have it to the full”

lasting happiness.

(John 10:10).

“There is something within us that calls us to a more generous, more noble, more truly human way of living. In our best moments, which may be few or many, we recognise

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that this is both what God wants for us and what we want

Pastoral Letter.

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St Joseph AN INTERCESSOR, SUPPORT AND GUIDE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE

W O R D S Junno Arocho Esteves, CNS

Marking the 150th anniversary of St Joseph being declared patron of the universal church, Pope Francis proclaimed a year-long celebration dedicated to the foster father of Jesus on 8 December 2020.

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n his Apostolic Letter, Patris Corde (“With a father’s heart”), Pope Francis said Christians can discover in St Joseph, who often goes unnoticed, “an intercessor, a support and a guide in

times of trouble.”

“St Joseph reminds us that those who appear hidden or in the shadows can play an incomparable role in the history of salvation. A word of recognition and of gratitude is due to them all,” he said.

As Mary’s husband and guardian of the Son of God, St Joseph turned “his human vocation to domestic love into a superhuman oblation of himself, his heart and all his abilities, a love placed at the service of the Messiah who was growing to maturity in his home.”

Despite being troubled at first by Mary’s pregnancy, he added, St Joseph was obedient to God’s will “regardless of the hardship involved.”

“In every situation, Joseph declared his own ‘fiat,’ like those of Mary at the Annunciation and Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane,” Pope Francis said.

“All this makes it clear that St Joseph was called by God to serve the person and mission of Jesus directly through the exercise of his fatherhood and that, in this way, he cooperated in the fullness of time in the great mystery of salvation and is truly a minister of salvation.”

St Joseph’s unconditional acceptance of Mary and his decision to protect her “good name, her dignity and her life” also serves as an example for men today, Pope Francis added.

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“Today, in our world where psychological, verbal and physical violence toward women is so evident, Joseph appears as the figure of a respectful and sensitive man,” he wrote.

Pope Francis also highlighted St Joseph’s “creative courage,” not only in

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finding a stable and making it a “welcoming home for the Son of God (who came) into the world,” but also in protecting Christ from the threat posed by King Herod.

“The Holy Family had to face concrete

... (he) guarded

problems like every other family, like so

the intimate

many of our migrant brothers and sisters

secret that lies at

misfortune and hunger. In this regard, I

who, today, too, risk their lives to escape

the bottom of the

consider St Joseph the special patron of

heart and soul.”

because of war, hatred, persecution and

all those forced to leave their native lands poverty,” the Holy Father said.

As a carpenter who earned “an honest living to provide for his family,” Christ’s earthly guardian is also an example for both workers and those seeking employment and the right to a life of dignity for themselves and their families.

“In our own day, when employment has once more become a burning social issue, and unemployment at times reaches record levels even in nations that for decades have enjoyed a certain degree of prosperity, there is a renewed need to appreciate the importance of dignified work, of which St Joseph is an exemplary patron,” he said.

The Apostolic Penitentiary, a Vatican tribunal that deals with matters of conscience, also issued a decree on 8 December stating that plenary indulgences will be granted to Catholics not only through prayer and penance, but also through acts of justice, charity and piety dedicated to the foster father of Jesus.

Among the conditions for receiving an indulgence are a spirit detached from sin, receiving sacramental confession as soon as possible, receiving Communion as soon as possible and praying for the Holy Father’s intentions.

However, the decree also highlighted several ways to obtain the indulgence throughout the year, including to those who “meditate on the prayer of the ‘Our Father’ for at least 30 minutes or take part in a spiritual retreat of at least one day that includes a meditation on St Joseph.”

As a “just man,” the document continued, who guarded “the intimate secret that lies at the bottom of the heart and soul,” St Joseph practiced the virtue of justice in “full adherence to the divine law, which is the law of mercy.”

“Therefore, those who, following the example of St Joseph, will perform a corporal or spiritual work of mercy, will also be able to obtain the gift of the plenary indulgence,” it said.

The statue of St Joseph at St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth. Pope Francis has

Indulgences will also be granted to families and engaged couples who recite the rosary together and thus imitate

proclaimed a year-long celebration

the “same climate of communion, love and prayer lived in

dedicated to the foster father of Jesus.

the Holy Family.”

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Centre for Life, Marriage and Family launches 2021 Lenten Journal Perth Archdiocesan Centre for Life, Marriage and Family (CLMF) has this year launched a Lenten Reflection Journal to help Perth Catholics across the Archdiocese of Perth prepare themselves for the season of Lent.

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LMF Driector Derek Boylan, Life Services Manager Bronia Karniewicz and Project Officer Sarah Paverd-Joyce first published a Lenten Journal last year to celebrate the 25th

anniversary of the now St (Pope) John Paul II’s encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel Of Life).

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Officer Sarah Paverd-Joyce (middle) and Life Services Manager Bronia Karniewicz are creators of the Journal.

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Following the earlier successful Advent and Lent Journals produced by the CLMF, the journal features daily Mass readings, accompanied by questions to encourage readers to think about how they can prepare for Easter in their personal life, family, and community.

“It is my hope that this journal will help you grow closer to God; to be challenged by God, and for you to allow God to call you into being an ever more faithful witness of thez Gospel in your home and community life,” Archbishop Costelloe SDB said.

Included in the Journals are supplementary sections, aimed at deepening our understanding and experience of different forms of prayer, including Lectio Divina and the Stations of the Cross. Speaking to The Record ahead of the release of the Journal, Mr Boylen said Lent calls us to unite our suffering with the suffering of Christ, and discover the kind of faith communities, homes, and families that God is calling us to become.

“Taking time for deep reflection can help us gain new perspectives, learn to recognise and appreciate God's presence in our lives, and create an ongoing dialogue with Jesus,” Mr Boylen said.

CLMF hopes this resource leads people into a deeper reflection of their dignity and the incomparable worth of every human person as they journey with Christ to the Cross and Salvation.

CLMF 2021 Lenten Journals are available for purchase online for $15 (inclusive of GST) plus postage here: https://CLMFjournal.ecwid.com/.

To know more information and bulk orders, email: lifeservices.clmf@perthcatholic.org.au or call (08) 9241 5000.

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ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM FOLEY

Celebrating a visionary who dared to dream big W O R D S Amanda Murthy

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ven 30 years after his passing, Perth fourth

In 1954, the newly ordained Father Foley served at Shenton

Archbishop, William Joseph Foley is celebrated for

Park parish, then at St Mary’s Cathedral as Assistant Priest.

his many contributions as senior leader of the local

His services extended to those at home and in the hospitals

Catholic Church (1983 to 1991).

of Shenton Park and Royal Perth Hospital’s crisis ward.

Known for recognising and embracing the realities of Modern

Subsequently, taking on the responsibilities of three roles at

Church, while having the courage to dream big, Archbishop

once – as Director of Missions, Migration and Welfare for the

Foley was born in Nedlands, Western Australia in 1931.

next seven years.

In his youth, William Foley was educated by the Loreto Sisters

Archbishop Foley would witness first-hand the qualities

at Nedland’s St Theresa School, later attending Christian

needed in future parish priests of the Archdiocese of Perth

Brothers College in Perth.

when he took on the responsibility of diocesan Vocations

Upon accepting his calling to the priesthood, he enrolled into

Director in 1969.

St Charles Seminary in its fourth year of operation.

Two years later, Fr Foley, in his first role as Parish Priest, was

As a seminarian, William Foley also studied in Genoa, Italy,

challenged to build a new Church from the ground up for the

alongside more than 50 men from China, who were some of

then Langford Parish, which began as a bush cabin, with a

the last to escape before the communist regime took over.

curtained annex for a bedroom.

This would expose William to the hardships faced by the

At Maddington and Lynwood parishes, Archbishop Foley

Asian community and develop a deep sense of compassion

would shoulder the burden of developing a new parish, with

for the Asian migrants in WA.

many parishioners from migrant communities, including the UK, Ireland and several Asian countries.

As many of these families he had personally welcomed into WA, he was fully aware that these people did not have much to begin with. This was a challenge he took on for

From left: Rabbi Dabid Freilich, Sheik Ibrahim Abdullah, Archbishop Foley and Rabbi Charles Wellach. Photo: The Record.

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seven years until he received a call in September 1976 from then Archbishop Sir Launcelot Goody to return to St Mary’s Cathedral, this time as Dean.

With so much to offer, it was in July 1981 at the age of 50 that Fr Foley would humbly accept a new role and challenge, being appointed as the sixth Bishop of Geraldton.

Archbishop Foley was just 52 years of age when he was appointed Archbishop of Perth, following his installation on 15 December 1983 at St Mary’s Cathedral.

Expressing his vision and mission for the Church in Perth, the new Archbishop said he wanted “to provide the climate in which the skill of all members of the Church could be fostered and developed.

“For the church to be relevant, its leaders must hear people in real life and help them find ways of hearing Christ speaking to them,” Archbishop Foley said.

“An opportunity had to be given in the life of the Church to hear and involve the laity. There was a richness that had not been tapped sufficiently. The challenge is to make God real in the lives of the people.”

He was a big advocate on

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For the church to be relevant, its leaders must hear people in real life and help them find ways of hearing Christ speaking to them.”

inclusiveness and quickly focused his attention on building relationships with the wider community, noted through his role as Chairman of the Association of Churches in WA. Former Director of Catholic Education Western Australia and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia,

“I worked very closely with Archbishop Foley during my

Dr Peter Tannock AM summed up the contribution of

appointment. He was a simple, humble man with genuine

Archbishop Foley to Education, in a tribute article published

vision, generosity of spirit and much courage. He was always

in The Record Newspaper in 1991.

accessible, willing to hear a case and able to decide ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in a way that was very affirming.

“Archbishop Foley’s short time as Archbishop was marked by many significant developments in Catholic Education WA. “He presided over the implementation of the Religious Education Guidelines, which have far-reaching implications for the nature and direction of CEWA. “He supported the development and diversification of the role of Catholic Education Commission and its office in WA. “He strongly supported the establishment of the University of Notre Dame Australia and initiated the establishment of the Catholic Education Office in Leederville.”

Archbishop Foley passed away in his sleep on 10 February 1991 at the age of 59. He was last seen in public, at the Aboriginal cultural festival called ‘Kyana’ at the Esplanade the day before.

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Dedicated 92-year-old Floreat-Wembley parishioner John Lazberger has this week been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in this year’s Australia Day Honours list for service to the community through social welfare organisations.

VOLUNTEER SERVICE SEES DEDICATED FLOREAT-WEMBLEY PARISHIONER RECEIVE OAM W O R D S Theresia Titus

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ORDER OF AUSTRALIA

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he OAM, which is awarded by the Governor-

The family relocated to Perth in 1964 where Mr Lazberger

General, His Excellency General the Honourable

had the opportunity to establish a computer service

David Hurley AC DSC, to a total of 371 recipients

organisation along with various other businesses over the

this year, acknowledges “individuals who

years.

have demonstrated outstanding service or exceptional

A devout Catholic, Mr Lazberger, has also dedicated his time

achievement in any field endeavour or service”.

voluntarily to St John of God Hospital Subiaco from 1978,

Speaking exclusively to The Record journalist Theresia Titus,

continuing for the next 14 years, serving as Deputy Chair of

Mr Lazberger said first of all, it’s an honour and a wonderful

the Finance Committee and Advisory Board.

surprise.

“It was a great privilege and pleasure to work with the Sisters

“I feel greatly humbled and honoured by this award which

of St John of God. I have the greatest admiration and respect

came as a great surprise to me,” Mr Lazberger said.

for their ministry and the work they undertake.”

“I thank my mother and father who decided to come to

From the year 2000, and continuing for the next 20 years,

Australia 80 years ago—we went straight to Kalgoorlie, and if

Mr Lazberger served on the Operations Committee and

it hadn’t been for them, I wouldn’t be where I am today—what

Finance Committee of St Vincent De Paul Society WA as well

a wonderful country in all aspects.

as chairing their Mental Health and Homelessness Advisory

“When I came here, I was 10 years old. I couldn’t speak

Committee for a number of years.

English and Australia has given me a hell of a lot of

“It was also with privilege that for more than 20 years I have

opportunities, which I was happy to take and have taken. I

had the honour to work alongside with Board members, staff

have never in my wildest dreams expected an honour of this

and volunteers who have been so incredibly committed and

kind,” he added.

dedicated to the work of St Vincent de Paul including Mental

Arriving from Molat, the former Yugoslavia in 1938, a young

Health & Homelessness.

John Lazberger went to school at the now John Paul II

“These people have also provided strength, vision and

College Kalgoorlie, before deciding to become an accountant.

expertise who have helped to guide the Society to where it is

The opportunity opened many doors and was one that led him to be actively involved with many notfor-profit works.

Mr Lazberger moved to Melbourne in 1956 where he had the chance to work for leading international companies, holding senior finance and management positions.

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today. I pay tribute to them.”

... to give somebody, to give something, back to the community.”

Giving his time voluntarily was also undertaken as husband to his wife Annette (nee Wells) of 60 years, whom he married on 19 December 1960, and father of four children and now grandfather to six grandchildren.

The importance of having

not-for-profit work is, as Mr Lazberger explained, “to give somebody, to give something, back to the community”, and he believes the younger generations of today are as capable of dedicating their lives for others.

“I guess really, it’s a dedication, you want to succeed, and you want to do good. I think the present generation can do the same.

“I think they’re going to carry this country through in the world elegantly. Their way of doing things is different to ours, but they’ll achieve it their way.”

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FOUR FINANCIAL HABITS TO DEVELOP IN 2021

AUSTR A LIA N CATH O LIC SU PE R A N NUATI O N A N D R ETI R E M E NT FU N D :

The start of the year is usually a time when people vow to cultivate healthy habits and ditch those that no longer serve them.

Given that money touches many parts of our lives, managing our personal finances is a habit that is useful to help us achieve our goals and provide peace of mind.

Not sure where to start? The tips below provide some things you may like to consider to stay on top of your money.

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AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC SUPERANNUATION

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TRACK YOUR MONEY A budget is an effective way to identify which of your expenses are essential and those that

2.

START SMALL AND START TODAY Whatever your goals are, you’ll have a higher chance of

you could potentially reduce. It also helps you

realising them if you start saving today. Thanks to the

assess all sources of income that keep your

power of compounding, even small amounts that you save

household running.

can grow by reinvesting the returns with the initial amount.

You can use Australian Catholic

To get started, you may like to set up an automatic transfer

Superannuation’s Budget Calculator to assist

from your regular account so that a certain amount

you with staying on top of your income and

is transferred to a high interest savings account, an

expenses and to help you get a step closer to

investment or your super each time you receive your pay.

your goals.

If there’s one thing that the global pandemic has taught

After you’ve created a budget, the next steps

us, it’s to expect the unexpected. Having money for

are to implement and stick to it, as well as

unexpected situations such as a job redundancy or a

to conduct regular reviews to ensure it’s

major car repair can minimise the need for you to take up

meeting your needs. In fact, why not set up

a personal loan or use your credit card, both of which can

a reminder in your calendar to do a budget

attract high interest charges.

check-in over the next few months.

3.

MAKE YOUR SUPER WORK HARDER FOR YOU Planning for retirement may not be your priority especially if

your spouse’s super. These contributions can also help

you have many more years before you leave the workforce.

grow your spouse’s super especially if they’ve taken a

However, the funds you set aside now can determine

career break.

whether you have enough to live on after you stop working.

use your super contributions towards a deposit for your first home under the First Home Super Saver Scheme

other advantages of making voluntary contributions to your

(FHSS).

super or your spouse’s super. If you meet the Australian Tax

Another thing you may like to check is whether you have

Office’s eligibility criteria, you may benefit in the following

multiple super accounts. Having more than one account

ways:

could mean that you’re paying multiple fees and insurance

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receive a government co-contribution of up to $500

premiums out of your super balance.

to your super if you are a low or middle income earner,

Consider consolidating multiple super accounts to ensure

who has made an after-tax contribution.

that you are not using your retirement savings to cover

save on taxes if you make post-tax contributions to

unnecessary costs.

MANAGE YOUR DEBT If you have debt with interest that isn’t tax deductible, consider reducing those with the highest interest rates first.

You may like to check with your lender to ascertain if there are any early repayment penalties.

Other ways that may help manage your debt include making repayments more frequently or consolidating your loans.

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be complex. A financial adviser can help you with these

circumstances and other goals into account.

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EDUCATION

Norbertines community in Australia prepared for all the good works

Queens Park, one of the few schools in the world with a link to the Order.

Speaking with The Record, Prior of the Norbertine Community in Australia, Father Peter Joseph Stiglich O Praem,

W O R D S Theresia Titus

who lives at the Priory next to the College, said the spirit of community

O

n Christmas Eve in 1120, the

in Ireland, upon the invitation from

first 40 Norbertine Canons

then Archbishop of Perth, Redmond

professed in the Valley of

Prendiville, to Abbott Felim Colwell O

Prémontré, France.

Praem.

This year, Norbertine Canons

Now aged in his 90s, Fr Cooney, one

worldwide will celebrate the 900th

of the founding fathers, still lives at

anniversary of the Order founded by

the Queens Park Priory with three

Saint Norbert of Xanten with a year-

Norbertine Brothers studying to

long jubilee.

become Norbertine priests.

Australia’s Norbertine community

Just a few years after the arrival of the

was founded in Perth in 1959 when

three Norbertine Canons, St Norbert

young priests Father Peter O’Reilly O

College was opened by Archbishop

Praem, Father John Reynolds O Praem

Prendiville, on 27 February 1966,

and Father Stephen Cooney O Praem

and has since grown to be known as

arrived in Perth from Kilnacrott Abbey

“the hidden gem on Treasure Road” in

instilled in the Order differentiates it from the others.

“We are a small, independent community and follow the rule of St Augustine which some other [Orders] do. However, one of the hallmarks from St Norbert of Xanten was that he followed the rule because it starts with: ‘the first reason you have come together is to be common in the house, to be at one heart and mind on the way

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College Principal Simon Harvey

and Prior of the Norbertine Community in Australia, Father Peter Joseph Stiglich O Praem. Photo: Theresia Titus ●

R I G H T

Class of 2020 graduate

Chloe Reder received the All-Rounder Award presented by College Principal Simon Harvey. Photo: St Norbert College/Lisa Quartermain

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St Norbert College managed to secure a spot in the top 50 schools in WA for 2020 amid a challenging year. Photo: St Norbert College/Lisa Quartermain

and other key liturgical events, while following restrictions, were also incredible,” he continued.

With the motto Ad Omnia Paratus – Prepared for All Good Works”, the College community aims to provide “an authentic Catholic education in the Norbertine tradition”, which is more than academic results.

Class of 2020 graduate Chloe Reder told The Record the College community she belonged to since Year 7 had prepared her to pursue her aspiration in becoming a midwife.

“When I look back at everything that the school did, including the rules that they gave out, it all helped me to get

“

... the first reason you have come together is to be common in the house, to be at one heart and mind on the way to God’

where I am today,” Miss Reder said.

“The College helped me to move into the future; to get the marks, a job and into uni. I couldn’t have got here if I didn’t go to school and learn these things.”

Ranked in the top 12 WA Catholic schools and the top 50 WA schools for 2020, based on median ATAR results, 920 students are returning to the College in the new academic year, along with 100 staff, to be involved in

to God’,” Fr Peter said. “Hence in our

“If we focus too much on the

the many celebrations planned for the

formula, we promise life and community

challenging period we had, we would

900th anniversary of the Order the

and the vows of poverty, chastity and

forget the gains and wins we had

College community belongs.

consecrated celibacy. But the first thing

during the year - that we never thought

“It will be a privilege to be able to

we promise is life in the community.”

possible,” Mr Harvey said.

celebrate 900 years of the Norbertines

It was also the community spirit

“The support we receive from the

throughout the world,” Mr Harvey said.

that enabled St Norbert College -

community, parents and family - and the

“We, as staff, students, parents and

an apostolate of the Order and the

teachers’ focus on the students’ - needs

members of our community, owe a

only Norbertine-owned school in

just escalated to another level. I believe

sense of gratitude to the Norbertines

Australia - to enjoy a successful 2020,

that is something we need to celebrate.

for founding St Norbert College.”

a challenging year for many, including

“The collaborative nature of our staff

those in the education sector as

“We’re very comfortable saying that

working with our students and parents

COVID-19 crippled the world.

the greatest strength [that] people have

in a remote learning sense, I think it was

attributed to us is a sense of community

College Principal Simon Harvey believes

just amazing, and that’s the greatest

- and we get that directly from the

that as challenging as 2020 was, there

win. To be able to look at opportunities

Norbertines. We must treasure their

were many gains and wins worth

to celebrate our community, such as

warm and genuine presence in our

celebrating at the College.

the graduation of our Year 12 students

school community.”

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Port Pirie’s Bishop “ready to go wherever God leads” W O R D S Amanda Murthy

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Trzebinia, Poland, proudly displayed the Church’s universality during a three-hour live-streamed Mass on Polish Catholic television, to officially welcome Salvatorian Bishop Karol Kulczycki SDS as the 12th Bishop of Port Pirie (formerly Port Augusta) on 29 September 2020.

where I was first ordained to the priesthood in Trzebinia, back in 1994.

“Yes, there was much preparation and coordination to do in terms of organising the Mass, speaking to bishops for advice, guidance and support – which was a busy time for me and all who helped behind the scenes - but it was very important that I prepared myself spiritually. So, I

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dedicated one week, where I went away in private to the

Bishop Kulczycki made history as the first priest from

spent 21 years as a missionary priest in the dioceses

the Polish-Salvatorian province, to be ordained a Bishop

of Perth, Bunbury and Geraldton (from 1997), before

on Australian soil.

returning to Poland in 2018 after being elected Vice-

The Australian celebrations took place at Saint Mark’s

Provincial of the Polish province of the Society of the

Cathedral in Port Pirie on 28 October, with the

Divine Saviour.

installation concelebrated by past and present bishops

Reflecting on his journey, Bishop Kulczycki shared that

from the Adelaide Province.

although he had always been a Church-going Catholic,

“Due to COVID-19, I could not return to Australia for

it was a mere 15 minutes of deep contemplation before

a while and instead God blessed me with two amazing

the Blessed Sacrament as an 18-year old, that would

celebrations, with many people from all over the world

change his life forever.

reaching out to me to express their prayers and support

“I attended a Salvatorian-run retreat, and like any other

upon the announcement of my appointment – I honestly

teenager, I took this as a time to spend time with friends;

could not ask for more,” he said.

we celebrated Mass every morning, participating in all

“It was an extremely meaningful and emotional in the

the activities planned without putting much thought

best way, a blessing to have the Mass at the basilica

into it.

he Port Pirie Diocese is one of the largest in

monastery to have the time to reflect, give thanks, pray

Australia, stretching from Uluru to Port Lincoln

and rely on God’s grace as I humbly accepted this new

and from the Western Australian border to the

role,” Bishop Kulczycki added.

River Murray.

Born in Poland in 1966, Bishop Kulczycki previously

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“On one of the days, the priest challenged us to sit before the Blessed Sacrament for 30 minutes. I had never prayed for so long in my life, I thought to myself!

“For the first 15 minutes I was praying the traditional prayers and not really concentrating at times, but for the final 15 minutes, as I knelt there in silence, something amazing happened.

“I heard a strong call by God, calling me by name, and a voice asking me what I am going to do about it?”

Bishop Kulczycki left the retreat a changed man but vowed that he would give himself three years to complete his studies, before making any further decisions.

“There were times that I tried to make other plans for my future, but for those three years, everything I did always directed me back to the priesthood and it was then that I knew, there was nothing left to do, but to drop everything and follow Him.

“

... calling me unexpectedly to religious and priestly life; directing my heart to serve Him in Australia.”

“I find it amazing to recount that after becoming a priest in the Salvatorian order, my first placement was at the vocations office, running retreats for young people, the same kind of retreats that led me to realise my very own vocation!

“It was at the vocations office that I also met many fellow priests from different countries, many who served in Australia – and another calling to serve God in another part of the world was answered – the rest was history!”

In a statement prior to the ceremony, Bishop Karol said God has always worked in “mysterious ways” in his life.

“Firstly, calling me unexpectedly to religious and priestly life; secondly, directing my heart to serve Him in Australia and now serving Him and His people in Port Pirie Diocese,” he said.

During the Australian installation service, Bishop Karol spoke of the three components of building a “family of families” – common home, common table and common goal.

“I relate how God is working in our daily life by relating it to a relationship between an idealistic family-life. For me these three factors are extremely important, as a family of God in His Church, having a place we can all call home, sit together at the same table (although sometimes challenging) is a step in building strong communities.

“Building our relationship with God, through the three components mentioned above. By understanding our human

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A screenshot of the livestream from Bishop Karol Kulcyzki’s

relationships and their importance, we can understand how

installation mass at the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Trzebinia, Poland. Photo:

God is working with us, and in us.

Sourced. ●

“My mission will always be to be opened to God’s call, to go

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Bishop Karol Kulczyki at his installation Mass on 29

September 2020. Photo: Supplied. ●

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R I G H T

Bishop Karol and

other concelebrants outside the Basillica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in

wherever He leads, to serve His people,” he concluded.

Trzebinia, Poland. Photo: Supplied.

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You’ve been a leader for a number of years. What can you tell me about this experience?

Mother Theresa Catholic

I have been so blessed to have had many years in this profession, and

College’s

access to great faith formation. I was a Brigidine Sister for 11 years,

Foundation

where I was an untrained teacher for some of those early years. I’ve

Principal Geri

spent 47 years in schools in Victoria and Western Australia, and 26

O’Keefe. Photo: Supplied

years as a principal. This includes the seven-and-a-half-years that I have been Foundation Principal of this college and other leadership roles, as well as six-and-a-half years as Coordinator of Primary Curriculum and Teaching, as well as Coordinator of Leadership at Leederville. I also served in the rural and remote areas of Australia, including in the Kimberley.

LEADERSHIP: With some 47 years of experience across the education sector, Mother Teresa Catholic College’s Foundation Principal Geri O’Keefe spoke to The Record journalist Amanda Murthy about why community building, religious values and education go hand-in-hand.

‘Do as Mother Teresa did’, Principal Geri’s recipe to success WORDS Amanda Murthy

“Strong in Faith and Love” is your school’s motto. How does the school uphold this motto for students and staff?

Our motto comes from the words of our patron Saint Teresa of Kolkata.

They remind all of us in the college community of the way she lived her life – with great outreach to every person, with great love and humility, with a sense of service. We try to model her inclusivity and limitless service in everything we do here.

Mother Teresa said and put to action so many other beautiful things including, “Give only Jesus to all you meet”. She made no distinctions as to race or religion, social status or world views and modelled what Christian love is supposed to be. At the same time, the staff and our older students know that Mother Teresa’s great challenge was her “Dark Night of the Soul” (as coined by St John of the Cross).

For many years, Mother Teresa was deprived of any sense of God’s presence in her own life. She shared the burden of Jesus’ sense of being utterly abandoned in the Garden of Gethsemane – and yet, to everyone she encountered she radiated joy and cheerfulness. “We shall never know the good that a simple smile can do” and “Let us always meet each other with a smile, for a smile is the beginning of love.”

So this is what I try to remind myself and instil, as a leader, in the staff and students of this college.

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What were some of the steps taken by Mother Teresa College to remain connected as a school community, especially during the earlier

queries about their work all day long using the TEAMS platform.

stages of the pandemic?

We remained open the whole time for

The staff worked hard to set up the

workers, and staff delivered ‘thank you’

online learning, staff trialed it the week

cards and chocolates to these parents.

before home-schooling started, to make

Members of the Extended Leadership

sure everything would run smoothly.

Team organised online messages of

Teachers and extended members of the

encouragement and care from all

leadership team checked-in with every

staff to all the 570 plus families of our

family at least once a week.

school.

Our Teachers and Educational

You can see how hard the staff worked

Assistants supported the home-

behind the scenes, out of their kindness

schooling by responding to children’s

and generosity.

students whose parents were essential

“ ... (make) no distinctions as to race or religion, social status or world views and modelled what Christian love is supposed to be.”

will become their means of contribution and decision-making for the whole college, and together we will work in community to bring out the best in one another and our students.

We also have many opportunities for the staff to connect – to have fun and share stories, including faith-journey sharing. Our staff-parent sessions

Can you tell me about your

support a friendly and understanding

leadership style?

environment and sense of belonging.

Our leadership style at MTCC is different in the sense that all staff exercise leadership. We work on six pillars that can increase in number according to staff consensus.

Our current pillars are: Making Jesus Real, Inquiry Learning, Sustainability, Well-being, Technology and Student Learning Data. Each staff member chooses a pillar to commit to, and that

We also encourage the students to be leaders by encouraging them to express and implement their ideas, acknowledging their efforts and supporting them the best we can.

Our team for evangelisation and religious education focuses on Catholic curriculum, catechesis and Christian Service Learning, encouraging young people to contribute to society by ’Making Jesus Real’ in their lives.

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Sisters of Mercy remembered for equal, caring and compassionate outlook It was 1845 when the newly elevated Perth Bishop John Brady came to call on the Sisters of Mercy in Dublin.

A

s recalled by the Sisters, Bishop Brady was ascetic, undoubtedly holy, but also naive, misguided and ill-informed, seeking sisters to join a missionary

band which he had convinced (and had somehow convinced himself) was to tend to more than 5,000

caring and compassionate outlook for all Western Australians, no matter who they were, the first Sisters of Mercy arrived in Perth, Western Australia on Friday 9 January 1846.

The sisters arrived in the blistering summer heat, dressed in their dark woollen habits, with no accommodation prepared, and a small, dominantly Protestant community in the city hostile to their presence.

Their first experiences in the colony were in stark contrast to the vision of millions of souls ripe for conversion inspired by Brady. There were, in fact, only 337 Catholics in the colony, and an unspecified, but not large, number of Aboriginal peoples.

Recounting this day in her letter to the sisters back in Dublin, Sr Ursula wrote, “We had a most delightful sail.

European children and two million Aboriginal peoples awaiting Catholic instruction in the 16-year-old Swan River Colony.

Fired by Bishop Brady’s words, the Sisters of Mercy agreed to send three sisters and three novices on this mission and Ursula Frayne was selected as their Superioress.

The Irish sisters were part of a group totalling 27 missionaries from Spain, Italy and France.

Ursula Frayne and her six companions sailed up the Swan River from Fremantle to the young, struggling township which, in time, would become the modern, vibrant, multicultural city of Perth.

With the vision of creating a better, more equal,

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“The weather was glorious; a strong breeze tempered the heat of the burning sun, and filling our sails, propelled us along so smoothly that we hardly felt the motion. The scenery was charming, the river broad and winding. Nature here had an undivided empire; human industry had literally done nothing”.

Despite their initial trials, the Sisters wasted no time commencing their mission, opening their first school on 26 January 1846.

“

When only one Catholic

It was, instead, her role as an educator that is still

girl turned up at the newly

clearly evident today.

... her minted Mercy School (a which rose only role as an number to five after a week), Sr educator that is Ursula wrote: “[t]his was rather discouraging to still clearly in persons who had come journey of sixteen evidence today. athousand miles in order

to teach some at least of the four thousand little ones … I fancy His Lordship had mentally included the Aboriginal natives who might possibly number 4,000 roaming about the wilds of Australia, and whom it might be possible to Christianise”.

But by September of that year it had grown to 60 children, the largest school ever known in Perth.

Although they did end up being visited quite regularly by the Aboriginal peoples, Sr Ursula and her sisters quickly realised that converting the Aboriginal people and their families to Catholicism was not ever going to be their chief mission in Australia.

However, the original ideal of atheist conversion, which had brought her to the colony in the first

Mercedes College in Victoria Square at Perth’s centre traces its origins back to Ursula’s first school of 1846 and was the first school Australiawide to be founded by a religious order, the first permanent school in Western Australia, and Western Australia’s first secondary school.

The Sisters went on to open the first secondary school in Western Australia in 1849.

Nearly two decades after they first arrived in Australia, the Sisters of Mercy established the St Joseph’s Girls Orphanage in Victoria Square.

Eight years later, the Sisters took over management of the Subiaco Boys Orphanage, situated on the current site of MercyCare’s Wembley campus. In 1901, the Sisters moved St Joseph’s to the Subiaco site, where they remained until March 2002.

For the next century and a half the Sisters of Mercy delivered education, welfare and health services in Perth and beyond without judgement; caring for all.

Courtesy Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea and MercyCare.

place, proved remarkably tenacious.

This ideal underpinned the establishment of the so-called Benevolent Institution – a small residential house for Aboriginal children and destitute European children adjacent to the sisters’ convent.

The greatest legacy of Ursula Frayne in Perth, however, was not to be in the problematic moral minefield of Aboriginal care and conversion.

An original photo of Ursula Frayne.

Photo: Institute of the Sisters of Mercy Australia and Papua New Guinea

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Plenary Council President, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, recently announced an additional 15 new delegates nationwide, who have been called to join the existing 267 delegates ahead of the first assembly of the Plenary Council (PC) to be held in October 2021.

FIRST PLENARY COUNCIL ASSEMBLY TAKES MULTI-MODAL APPROACH, FIFTEEN NEW DELEGATES FROM ACROSS AUSTRALIA CALLED

W O R D S Amanda Murthy

T

he announcement was made in

Education Consultant, Ms Catherine

conjunction with another major

Nguyen and Iona Presentation College,

update, confirming that the first

Dean of Mission and Catholic Identity,

Assembly which was scheduled to be

Ms Gemma Thomson.

held in Adelaide, will now take place

In a letter released to delegates in

with a combination of online and faceto-face participation, as uncertainty remains over restrictions on travel and gatherings.

SDB spoke about some of the factors surrounding Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s (ACBC) decision to adopt this ‘multi-modal’ approach.

two additional delegates who have

“After considering a range of

delegates, including those that must be called and those who may be called.

possibilities, the Bishops confirmed that the first Assembly of the Plenary Council will go ahead from

The two additional delegates have been

3 to 10 October in

named as Catholic Education Western

2021,” Archbishop

Australia Catechist Service Religious

Costelloe said.

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Gemma Thomson. Photo: Supplied.

December 2020, Archbishop Costelloe

The Archdiocese of Perth has received joined the current group of 12

Iona Presentation College, Dean of Mission and Catholic Identity, Ms

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n of

Ms

lied.

Catholic Education Western

Rev Father Vincent Glynn, Episcopal Vicar for Education and Faith Formation,

“We had essentially been preparing for an in-person gathering, while at the

Ms Catherine Nguyen.

same time trying to devise a backup

Photo: Feby Plando

pictured speaking with other

plan if COVID-related restrictions

delegates of the Plenary

remained in place,” he said.

Council. Photo: Ron Tan.

Australia Catechist Service Religious Education Consultant,

“Now we can focus solely on ensuring that the first assembly can honour and carry forward the listening, dialogue and discernment that has already taken place, albeit in ways we couldn’t have imagined a year ago.”

Noting that while the details still need to be determined and the circumstances of the various parts of Australia would need to be considered, Archbishop Costelloe said the basic idea would be that Council delegates gather in small groups, and that small groups interact with each other online

“We also decided the Assembly will

to retain the national character.

be conducted using a combination

“We are mindful that other issues

of videoconferencing and in-person

such as the technical logistics and

delivery in diocesan, inter-diocesan or

support, easy access and use for all

provincial groups.”

delegates, the challenging nature of

The possible challenges faced by the Plenary Council, as explained by Archbishop Costelloe, include the issue of social distancing, which he said will most likely be a part of the “new normal”.

“With a group of more than 300, many of the spaces at our venue will not allow us to gather while maintaining mandated social distancing measures.”

Other significant factors include relevant financial, health and travel risks.

“While they are not the primary concern, further delaying a decision on the celebration of the first Council Assembly would have created significant financial risks in terms of

being online for long periods of time and the challenge of doing communal discernment must be addressed in order for the first assembly to be successful,” Archbishop Costelloe stated.

Archbishop Costelloe reminded Australian Catholics that the Plenary Council is a two year long journey, and that there will be a second assembly in Sydney in July 2022.

the Assembly will be conducted using a combination of videoconferencing and in-person delivery in diocesan, inter-diocesan or provincial groups.”

“The first assembly will inevitably take on a somewhat different flavour because of the multi-modal format, but the key principles of prayer, of discernment and of renewal in Christ remain central.”

deposits on accommodation, venue hire and a range of other expenses,” Archbishop Costelloe cited.

Archbishop Costelloe has this

Archbishop Costelloe added that the

week elected and welcomed

decision to migrate to a multi-modal format was made to ensure that further planning could now proceed with greater certainty under the current circumstances.

15 new delegates nationwide, who will be joining the existing 267 delegates, as they journey in anticipation towards the first PC Assembly, to be held in October 2021. Photo: Ron Tan.

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OAT SLICE C O U R T E S Y St Norbert College

A great lunchbox filler, this oat slice, created by food science & technology teacher Mrs Leon Rogers, was the most requested recipe from parents at St Norbert College Open Day and is on the menu every day in the school canteen. Despite its name, there are no oats in the buttery, chunky, fruit and seed slice, so named because it resembles a muesli bar.

INGREDIENTS • 125g butter

• 1 cup coconut

• 1 cup sugar

• ½ cup chopped dried dates

• 1 tablespoon golden syrup

• ½ cup chopped dried apricots

• 1 egg • 1 cup plain flour

• ½ cup pumpkin seeds

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• ½ cup sunflower seeds

METHOD 1. Preheat oven to 170C. 2. Line a small lamington tray with baking paper.

3. In a large bowl place all the ingredients in the given order and mix thoroughly.

4. Spread evenly over lamington tray and bake in oven for approximately 25 minutes.

5. Turn dish around and cook for another 5 minutes.

6. Allow to cool in the tray prior to slicing.

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ACROSS 1

So be it!”

26 Papal vestment

3

Commandment word

28 Patron saint of servants

6

There were 40 days and nights of this

29 Irish bishop-saint whose feast day is February 6

10 A dove brought back this branch back to Noah

30 Nevada diocese

11 Administer a sacrament 14 “Take, ___; this is my body.” (Mt 26:26)

33 One of the Twelve 35 It burned without being consumed

15 “I have finished the ___” (2 Tim 4:7)

36 Catholic actor Martin ___, of “The West Wing” fame

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39 Floor length vestment

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